The Lin brothers and Lin Xie were surprised when they heard that Gu Ling said that Su Liang was on his way to the capital of Liang Kingdom.
"Wait a minute!" Lin Wei suddenly frowned, "What the King of Yue means is that he has already sent someone to invite Su Liang, but the emperor may not really let Su Liang come, right?"
Gu Ling looked calm and said, "Yes."
Lin Boyan thought thoughtfully, "As long as the 'remuneration' given by the King of Yue is high enough."
"With Emperor Liang's life, the remuneration will naturally not be low." Hearing that both Gu Ling and Lin Boyan thought that Su Liang would come, Lin Qi held his hands happily, "Great! Now that Su Xiaoliang is here, I can see with my own eyes what she does.
I’m pursuing Gu Xiaoling! Haha!”
"Are you really going to live in Prince Yue's Mansion?" Lin Bojun asked Gu Ling.
Lin Xin hugged Gu Ling, "Of course we went together! I heard that Prince Yue's Mansion is also called Beauty Mansion, and everyone in it, old and young, is a beauty! I want to go and take a look!"
"Well, Lin Yi is coming with me." Gu Ling nodded slightly.
He still didn't know the purpose of Duanmu Yi sending Su Liang here, but it was definitely not to treat Emperor Liang, and it was definitely not a trivial matter, and it was most likely related to Situ Xie. This was the reason why Gu Ling agreed to live in Prince Yue's Mansion. He was here
Prince Yue's Mansion. When Su Liang comes and wants to pursue him, it would be reasonable to ask to live in Prince Yue's Mansion.
"Would it be unsafe for Da Lin and Xiao Lin to stay in the post house?" Lin Wei asked. During this time together, he and the Lin brothers have become very good friends.
Lin Boyan shook his head slightly, "As long as you don't kill people and set fire to Prince Yue's Mansion, you don't have to worry about our safety."
Lin Wei chuckled, "I can't, Gu Xiaoling can't say. By the way, did the King of Yue say when his people were sent out? When is Su Xiaoliang expected to arrive? I'll go out of the city to pick her up!"
Gu Ling shook his head, "I don't know."
"I'll ask the King of Yue when I see him again," Lin Wei said.
…
When Situ Jing, the eldest grandson of Situ Xie and the eldest brother of Situ Yao, came to pick up Gu Ling at the post house, it started to snow again in Yaocheng.
Lin Wei was talking to Gu Ling, and the door was open. When he saw the jade-faced young man approaching in the snow, Lin Wei couldn't help but sigh, "Your cousin is really good-looking!"
People of the Situ family have fair skin, and Gu Ling's complexion is even more flawless and fair that any woman would envy.
Situ Jing is tall, with deep and delicate facial features. His eyebrows and eyebrows are similar to Situ Xie's, and his speech and behavior are also like the younger version of Situ Xie. He is gentle, polite, and exquisite.
Lin Xie looked at the way Situ Jing was chatting with Gu Ling and felt that overall, this person was more perfect. In comparison, many people would not like Gu Ling's aloof and taciturn character.
"This must be General Lin? I have admired him for a long time." Situ Jing smiled sincerely.
Lin Xin smiled more sincerely, "Both each other. I have a question that I would like Mr. Situ to answer."
"Oh?" Situ Jing nodded, "Young Master Lin, it doesn't hurt to ask."
"Who is the most beautiful person in your palace?" Lin Wei asked seriously.
Situ Jing chuckled, "I never thought about this before, but now I can answer Mr. Lin. The most beautiful person in the Yue Palace is of course cousin Gu Ling."
"Doesn't he count?" Lin Wei asked again.
Situ Jing looked at Gu Ling and sighed slightly, "That was my aunt. But she has passed away."
Situ Xie only had one daughter, Gu Ling's mother Situ Ning.
Hearing Situ Jing mention his ancestors, Lin Wei couldn't ask further questions or make jokes, so he had to end the topic.
When he learned that Gu Ling was going to take Lin Qi to live in Prince Yue's Mansion, Situ Jing expressed his welcome. If the Lin brothers were willing, they could go with him.
By the time they set off, Lin Xian and Situ Jing were already chatting happily. The two of them walked in front and chatted, while Gu Ling followed behind alone, as if he was an outsider.
Situ Jing stopped and waited for Gu Ling. Lin Xian put his arms around his shoulders and continued walking forward, "Don't worry about Gu Xiaoling. He feels tired talking. If you have to talk to him, it will be a burden to him."
Situ Jing smiled and said, "It is said that cousin Gu Ling only has one friend, but now it seems that the rumors are untrue."
Lin Xin nodded, "Gu Xiaoling and I have known each other since childhood, but no one knows about it. Master Situ, besides Princess Yaoguang, do you have any other sisters?"
Situ Jing shook his head, "There are many boys in our family, and I only have one sister."
Lin Qian said it was a pity, giving people the feeling that he intended to be the son-in-law of the Situ family but had no chance, but in fact he was thinking, this is great, Situ Yao has already made an engagement with Duanmu Chen, and there is no other choice in the Yue Prince's Palace.
Miss, you don’t have to worry about someone competing with Su Liang for Gu Ling! Even if there is someone, they can’t compete with her!
Situ Jing smiled, "I have some cousins here."
Lin Xian immediately expressed that he would like to meet him if there was a chance.
…
The carriage stopped and Gu Ling got out of the car. He saw many people standing outside the gate of Prince Yue's Mansion, including Situ Xie.
Lin Xian glanced around and couldn't help but sigh, "What a beauty's mansion!" There is a saying that the people in Yuewang's mansion are all really outstanding in appearance, no one is ugly, and there is no one who is even mediocre in appearance.
But there is no one more beautiful than Gu Ling... This is the conclusion Lin Wei came to.
"Cousin!" Situ Yao stood beside Situ Xie, waving to Gu Ling with a sweet smile.
Situ Jing also has two younger brothers, who are twins. They are the same age as Gu Ling and look almost exactly the same.
Lin Xie was distinguishing the twins when he heard Situ Xie calling him.
"Master Lin, please come quickly." Situ Xie smiled.
"The King of Yue is too polite." Lin Xie walked to Situ Xie and said, "I heard that Su Liang is coming to treat Emperor Liang? I wonder when she will arrive?"
"Young Master Lin is familiar with Imperial Physician Su?" Situ Xie asked.
Lin Wei nodded and followed him through the door, "We are quite familiar with each other. I am her best friend. I even pursued her before but was rejected. I am completely okay with her liking Gu Xiaoling.
No one else can."
Situ Xie couldn't help laughing and told him the time to send people to Qian Country. If it was quick, Su Liang was expected to arrive at Yaocheng in eight or nine days.
The first impression Lin Wei left on the people of Prince Yue's Mansion was that he was outspoken, talked a lot, and said whatever he thought.
Situ Xie personally sent Gu Ling and Lin Xi to the courtyard where Situ Ning lived before getting married. It was called Ningxiang Ju, which was quiet and elegant. The cold plum trees reflected the snow in the courtyard, and the cold fragrance hit people.
Gu Ling lived here when he came to Liangguo when he was a child.
Situ Ning's room was still the same, with a few naive jade-carved dolls on the table. Situ Xie gave them to Gu Ling many years ago when he came to play with them, but he didn't like them and didn't take them with him when he left.
Lin Xian saw a portrait hanging on the wall and walked over to take a look. In the painting, the girl stood under the plum blossom tree, raising her head slightly and smiling in the wind. She was so beautiful.
It was Situ Ning, but Gu Ling had never seen this painting before.
Looking at the inscription, it is dated this year and was painted by Situ Xie.
"Since Ning'er passed away, every year on her birthday, I will draw a portrait of her and hang it in this room until the next year." Situ Xie sighed, "Does Ling'er want to live in this room?"
Gu Ling nodded.
"You guys take a rest for a while. Because the emperor is ill, it is not appropriate to hold a big banquet. I will hold a banquet in the palace tonight and invite Shangshu Lin and General Lin to come and wash away the dust for you." Situ Xie said and left.
"The King of Yue only has one daughter. If he loves his daughter so much, why would he be willing to marry her to the Kingdom of Qian?" Lin Wei expressed confusion, "Now I have to marry my only granddaughter. Although I can't say that the marriage will not be a good one, but the divorce It's so far away. If anything happens, I won't have the support of my mother's family. If I have a daughter in the future, I will definitely not marry far away. She will have to be under my nose and no one can bully her!"
Lin Wei sighed at Situ Ning's portrait, then turned around and found that Gu Ling was gone.
Looking outside, I saw Gu Ling folding plum blossoms.
"Do you like plum blossoms?" Lin Xian came over and said, "It's beautiful, but it's too cold. I like flowers with bright colors."
Gu Ling broke off three plum blossoms and placed them in a white porcelain vase on the window sill.
The servant Situ Xie arranged for Ningxiangju was not a maid, but a handsome young man named Gu Ming. He was the younger brother of Gu Yue and Gu Xiang who went to Qian Kingdom to invite Su Liang.
After briefly tidying up, Gu Ling and Lin Wei went to the garden of Prince Yue's Mansion.
"Walking in the snow, it would be great if I were Su Xiaoliang, we can recite poems and talk about love in the snow." Lin Xin looked serious, "It would be great if you were Su Xiaoliang, we could walk in the snow Win the last game."
It's a pity that there are only two men, Gu Ling and Lin Wei. It's very strange to compete in poetry. It's okay to have a fight, but they will definitely lose. Lin Wei chooses not to fight. Although he is not sure that he can beat Su Liang, the disparity is not that big. .
After following Gu Ling for a walk around the garden, Lin Wei saw that he was looking at the scenery very seriously and felt something was wrong.
"The tree is nice." Gu Ling said.
Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, "So?"
"The Changxinhou Mansion is too empty." Gu Ling said.
Lin Qian held his head and said, "Don't tell me that you plan to dig up all the trees in the garden of Prince Yue's Mansion, take them back to Qian Country and plant them in your house?"
Gu Ling nodded, "That's exactly what I meant."
The two of them were sitting in a pavilion by the lake. The lake was covered with thick ice.
Lin Xie made sure that there was no one around, approached Gu Ling and asked in a low voice, "Are you deliberately provoking your grandpa? You want to see how far he can tolerate you?"
Gu Ling shook his head, "You are thinking too much."
Lin Wei hummed, "Although I don't know why you don't like your grandpa, but he asked your mother to marry far away, so it's not too much for you to move away from the garden of Prince Yue's Mansion."
"I want ten of your orange trees," Gu Ling said.
Lin Xian immediately shook his head, "That won't work!"
Gu Ling nodded slightly, "Broken off."
Lin Wei held his forehead and explained to Gu Ling that the orange tree had been moved to the capital of Qian Kingdom and the climate had changed, so it would no longer be able to bear good fruit.
"Let's do this. Every year when the oranges turn red, I will send people to deliver ten baskets to you at full speed!" Lin Wei said that he was definitely not a stingy person.
"Deal." Gu Ling said yes.
"But you didn't give me anything, so why did you close the deal?" Lin Wei suddenly felt that he was at a disadvantage.
"Then break up the relationship." Gu Ling said.
Lin Wei: ...you have to rush to give gifts before you can be friends with him, right? But it is impossible to break up the friendship. He is still waiting to let his son or daughter kidnap Gu Ling and Su Liang's daughter or son in the future. We must build a good relationship and make sure they get married!
But Lin Xie was right about something. Gu Ling wanted to move the garden of Prince Yue's Mansion not because of the deceased Situ Ning, but because he wanted to see how good Situ Xie could be.
He went to the city gate in person to borrow Gu Ling, delivered it to the posthouse in person, and stood with his whole family to greet him at the gate. He painted Situ Ning's portrait every year... Since Situ Xie cared so much about his grandson, Gu Ling would carry out his willfulness and indifference to the end.
Let's see how long Situ Xie can endure it.
…
The dinner party at the Yue Prince's Mansion was very grand, and almost all the important officials of the Liang Kingdom were present, including people from General Peng's Mansion. The prince and another prince came from the royal family.
Peng Wei has recovered from the serious injury, but his hair has turned completely white and he has lost a lot of weight, but he is still in good spirits.
Peng Qian's mobility is no longer hindered and he does not need to use a wheelchair or be supported.
The protagonist of this dinner was Gu Ling, but not long after it started, he left the party with the excuse of having a headache. Lin Wei did not go with Gu Ling and stayed behind to help the Lin brothers entertain.
Everyone could see that Gu Ling did not want to deal with the Liang royal family, and he was very withdrawn and did not like to interact with others.
Gu Ming followed Gu Ling back to Ningxiang Residence, and Gu Ling asked him to prepare hot water.
After Gu Ling took a bath, he leaned on the bed and read a few pages of the book before Lin Wei came back.
"Gu Xiaoling, can you please stop relying on your beauty to do whatever you want without paying attention to anyone? You left as soon as you said you wanted to, and your cousin the prince's face turned black at that time!" Lin Wei complained, "Is it that uncomfortable?
How much pretense is okay?”
Gu Ling shook his head, "I can't act."
If Su Liang were here, he would definitely give Gu Ling a big roll of his eyes.
Lin Wei shrugged, "Forget it, they are all your relatives anyway, let's see how much your grandpa loves you! Should you talk to the King of Yue tomorrow about what the Emperor has told you, or should you wait for Su Xiaoliang to come and treat Emperor Liang?
After that, talk to Emperor Liang again?"
"Wait." Gu Ling spoke concisely and to the point.
Although Situ Xie was actually very powerful in Liang Kingdom, in name, Duanmu Yi sent Gu Ling to discuss cooperation with the Emperor of Liang Kingdom, and also asked him to visit Situ Xie, an elder.
Gu Ling still didn't know what Duanmu Yi wanted Su Liang to do. He planned to wait until Su Liang arrived and determined her purpose before deciding how to act. Before that, he would do nothing.
Lin Wei thought this was fine, because if Su Liang arrived late, there would be no reason to stay after they had finished their work.
…
The next day, Gu Ling met Situ Xie again and mentioned that he liked the garden of Prince Yue's Mansion. The Changxin Marquis Mansion that he was rewarded in the Qian Kingdom was a burned-out ruin.
Situ Xie immediately said that he would soon send craftsmen to the capital of Qian Kingdom to repair Gu Ling's garden.
Lin Wei was listening and felt something was wrong. Wouldn't this be a slap in Duanmu Yi's face? Let everyone in the world know that he treated Gu Ling harshly.
As a result, Gu Ling said that no craftsmen were needed, he only wanted the trees in the garden of Prince Yue's Mansion, and sent someone to deliver them to Qian Kingdom and hand them over to Nian Jincheng.
Situ Xie also agreed, saying that those trees had grown up with Situ Ning, and Gu Ling wanted to give them to him.
So that day, the Yue Palace began to dig trees, many of which were precious ancient trees, which needed to be transported by large trucks, and the cost was quite high to transport them all the way to Qian Country in the freezing weather.
As soon as the news spread, Gu Ling's reputation in Yaocheng plummeted. Everyone felt that Situ Xie was obedient to him, but he was too willful and it was just nonsense.
"Since we're not talking about business now, let's go out and have some fun!" Lin Wei wanted to drag Gu Ling out.
Gu Ling pushed Lin Xie away and said, "You go find Boyan Bojun to play with you, I won't go."
"Why?" Lin Xin expressed confusion.
"You told people that my face gets rash when the wind blows." Gu Ling turned over a page of the book with a calm expression.
Lin Xin coughed slightly, "I forgot. Then you can wear a mask."
Gu Ling shook his head, "It's too cold, so I won't go."
Lin Xian tried to persuade her to no avail, but suddenly he smiled and said, "That's great! This is Su Xiaoliang's first time coming to Liang Country, and she definitely wants to play here. Forget it if you don't want to go. We'll wait until she comes! I'll tell you first.
Dalin and Xiaolin are going to explore the road to see where there is fun and delicious food, and let Su Xiaoliang take you there in a few days!"
After saying that, Lin Xie took Gu Ling's cloak and went out.
The window was open, and Gu Ling watched Lin Wei disappear at the entrance of the courtyard, nodded slightly, and responded to what he just said, "I'm waiting to play with her."