The heavy rain was pouring, and the hall on the first floor of Yuanming Pavilion was covered with thick carpet. Lao Mu took Gu Xiaonuan out of the stroller and placed him on it. He, Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu all took off their shoes and socks and sat on it, surrounding Gu Xiaonuan.
Enjoy playing games.
Min Rou followed Su Liang out of the underground secret room and saw this scene: Gu Xiaonuan was babbling and she didn't know what to say. Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu each held Gu Xiaonuan's little hand with one hand and gently kissed her in rhythm.
Swaying lightly, as if they were dancing with their baby sister.
The first child and the second child played a game of drawing blocks. A round thick wooden board was placed on the carpet. On the wooden board, small wooden strips were overlaid to form a pillar-shaped building block. Each person took turns pulling out one block to see who the block fell to.
In your hands, you lose.
When Zheng'er carefully reached out with one hand to pull out the piece of wood he had chosen, Gu Xiaonuan suddenly pulled him.
His strength was very small, but Zheng'er subconsciously turned in the direction of Gu Xiaonuan, fearing that he would drag his sister, and the result was that the building block suddenly collapsed.
Ji Xiaoshu was instantly excited, "Haha! Senior brother, you lose!"
Gu Xiaonuan also chuckled.
Zheng'er reluctantly took away a small piece of wood that fell on Gu Xiaonuan's leg, still holding Gu Xiaonuan with one hand and shaking it gently, "Sister, just be happy."
"I'm willing to admit defeat!" Ji Xiaoshu pulled Zheng'er and Gu Xiaonuan away, hugged Gu Xiaonuan in his arms, grabbed her hands and waved, "Elder brother, frog jump!"
Su Liang stood not far away and watched with a smile on her face. Min Rou was a little confused, what is frog jumping?
Zheng'er squatted down, clasped his hands on the back of his head, and then did a frog jump around the edge of the carpet. This was one of the punishment methods proposed by Su Liang for losing the game.
"Sister, does senior brother look like a big frog?" Ji Xiaoshu asked with a smile.
Gu Xiaonuan sat in Ji Xiaoshu's arms and smiled happily, waving to Zheng'er all the time.
"No, I haven't seen a real frog yet!" Ji Xiaoshu turned around and when he saw Su Liang, he called out sweetly, "Master! Where can I find frogs? I want to catch tadpoles!"
Su Liang told Zheng'er the story of a little tadpole looking for its mother, and Zheng'er told it to Ji Xiaoshu. But neither child had ever seen with their own eyes what frogs and tadpoles looked like.
Su Liang smiled and said, "Look for your master and ask him to take you to catch tadpoles another day."
At this moment, a voice came from outside the Yuanming Pavilion, "The Queen Mother has ordered, please Chang Xinhou to enter the palace immediately!"
Gu Ling also came out of the underground secret room at this time. When passing by Su Liang, he turned his head and kissed the side of her face.
Min Rou was stunned. She knew they were husband and wife, but was it really okay to do intimate things in public like this?
Min Rou went to see Lao Mu, but saw that they all acted as if they were used to it, without any special reaction.
If he had to say something, Ji Xiaoshu did. He stood up with Gu Xiaonuan in his arms, raised his little face, and said with bright eyes, "Master, I want to kiss you too!"
Gu Ling leaned over, kissed her precious daughter, then pinched Ji Xiaoshu's ears, and walked to the door in the blink of an eye.
"Master, Master hit me again!" Ji Xiaoshu "accused" Gu Ling.
Gu Xiaonuan raised her hand and slapped Ji Xiaoshu on the face.
Ji Xiaoshu laughed loudly, "Wow! My sister is so strong!"
Min Rou felt that this place had a very special atmosphere that she didn't know how to describe for a moment. It was windy and rainy outside the window, and Min Rou felt that except for her, everyone in Yuanming Pavilion was very warm and happy. And she,
The warm and harmonious home I thought I had was just a joke...
"You can think about it, if your grandpa wanted to kill me, would he throw explosives directly here? What would be the consequences?" Su Liang said softly beside Min Rou.
Min Rou was watching Gu Xiaonuan. Her heart skipped a beat when she heard this and she clenched her sleeves with her hands. She wanted to say, no, her grandfather was not so inhumane, but she couldn't say it because she didn't even know the nature of her parents. She didn't know, let alone the grandfather who was very strong in martial arts and would occasionally go out for long periods of time to do business... She had no idea what her grandfather had done when he went out, maybe including the time when he almost killed Gu Ling.
Min Rou remembered what Su Liang asked her, did her grandfather and grandpa just have different positions?
No... Min Rou knows the answer.
Apart from his status as a minister of the Qian Kingdom, her grandfather was an ordinary person, the head of the Min family. He loved his children and grandchildren and took care of the overall situation. Therefore, Min Rou would not blame Old Minister Min harshly for not helping her reject the imperial decree of marriage. One thing is that she is unwilling to enter the palace, but entering the palace does not necessarily mean tragedy and pain, nor does it mean that her life will be in danger. Min Rou believes that if the person who is given the marriage is her cousin, Old Minister Min will also Treat her the same way. Moreover, the truth is now revealed. Emperor Qian did not like her at all, but was just setting up a trap against her parents.
But her grandfather was super powerful and very ambitious, if what Su Liang said about them cooperating with the Liang royal family was true.
It is true that people have different stances, but the good and evil of human nature cannot be concealed by just one word of stance.
"Who is this aunt?" Zheng'er noticed Min Rou.
Min Rou thought she knew Zheng'er, but the person she met twice before was actually Ji Xiaoshu in disguise. She realized now that the voice of "Zheng'er" she heard and the face of Zheng'er she saw were different. From those two kids.
Min Rou was disguised as someone else by Su Liang, so Ji Xiaoshu didn't recognize her. Only Lao Mu knew who she was.
Su Liang introduced her, "Her name is Chunhua. She will take care of you here from now on."
Min Rou frowned. She didn't like the pseudonym Chunhua, but she was not qualified to say anything.
But later that day, when Min Rou saw Qiu Yue, she knew why Su Liang casually named her Chun Hua...
Su Liang carried Gu Xiaonuan upstairs to feed her baby, while Min Rou sat quietly watching Lao Mu playing games with the two children on the floor.
After another round, Zheng'er took the initiative to invite Min Rou, "Aunt Chunhua, come and play too! It's very simple!"
Min Rou waved her hand quickly, but Ji Xiaoshu ran over to pull her, "Let's play! It's more fun when there are more people!"
After Su Liang put Gu Xiaonuan to sleep and then carried her down and put her in the cradle, she heard Ji Xiaoshu say she was hungry.
"What do you want to eat?" Su Liang asked.
Ji Xiaoshu ordered a dish, and just as he was ordering, Lao Mu also said the name of the dish. Su Liang gave everyone one chance when ordering. But most of the time, they were not allowed to order.
Min Rou had never heard of the names of the three dishes. She looked at Su Liang and stood up to give up her seat, "You come and play, I..." She didn't know how to cook either...
"After you finish this round, come over and help me light the fire." After saying this, Su Liang went to the kitchen.
Min Rou had no intention of playing the game and lost in the end.
Zheng'er felt that it was not appropriate to ask his beautiful aunt to perform the frog jump, so he suggested that Min Rou make a face.
"It has to be very ghostly." Ji Xiaoshu demonstrated.
Min Rou comforted herself that it was much better than the frog jumping, it didn't matter, she couldn't see it anyway, then she wiped her hands and made a face imitating Ji Xiaoshu.
Then Zheng'er pointed in the direction of the kitchen, "Aunt Chunhua, go over there."
When Min Rou entered the kitchen, Su Liang was chopping vegetables, her movements were smooth and skillful.
"Don't you have any servants here?" Min Rou asked.
Su Liang asked back, "You are the eldest lady on the island, and you have servants to take care of you?"
Min Rou suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Although Su Liang's tone was not sarcastic, she thought about it. She had been used to a life of being served by others since she was a child. Even on the way to the capital, there was a maid who waited on her.
"I have a maid at home, but she is not my maid." Su Liang said. Qiuyue served Nangong Qian. But now Nangong Qian is completely different from before. She is very happy to be a heroine and cook, and she is getting better and better at it. The better.
Min Rou sat on a small bench and lit a fire, looking at the flames burning in the stove. Thinking of today's events, she couldn't help but get red eyes. Her mother was a prisoner, and her father didn't know what was going on. Her grandfather was planning to kill Qian Guo. Emperor, and she became the spring flower girl of Su Mansion, not knowing what will happen next.
Su Liang saw that Min Rou was not in a good mood and did not comfort her. They could have had nothing to do with each other. It was not she and Gu Ling who caused things to develop to this point. The couple just tried every means to protect themselves after realizing the danger.
Min Rou quickly adjusted her mood and started to watch Su Liang cooking. After watching it for a while, she couldn't help but ask, "Do you usually cook?"
Su Liang shook his head, "Gu Ling did more."
Min Rou was stunned, "Gu Hou? He also knows cooking?"
Su Liang looked calm and said, "You can cook better than me." To be honest, although Gu Ling learned his cooking skills from her, he had caught up from behind and created some very good dishes of his own.
This overturned Min Rou's understanding. Before today, she thought Su Liang was a martial arts champion, a miraculous doctor, and a hero among women. She thought that Gu Ling was from a noble family, a Marquis of Chang Xin, with strong martial arts skills and good medical skills. As cold as a banished immortal.
But what Min Rou saw and heard at this moment was that the couple's skills were real, and they might even be more powerful than she knew. At the same time, they were very smoky and truly had a happy family. .
And her grandfather wanted to destroy Su Liang and Gu Ling's family.
Min Rou thought that it would be understandable if Su Liang took his anger out on her.
But in fact it was not the case. Although she was arrested, she was not mistreated in any way. Su Liang was polite to her and always told her facts and reasons.
"I just hope you can tell me where your original home is and where the island is." Su Liang took out a prepared dish and didn't look at Min Rou, but he said it to her, "If your family doesn't If they don't harm me if they do evil, I won't do anything to them. Do you believe it?"
Min Rou closed her eyes and said nothing. She wanted to say that she believed it, but at the same time she was conflicted. On one side were her family members who had watched her grow up, and on the other side was Su Liang, whom she only really got to know today, even if it was done by her parents. The incident hit her hard, and it was difficult for her to turn to Su Liang's side all of a sudden.
"Bring this over." Su Liang did not ask Min Rou to answer now, but handed the plate in her hand to her.
Min Rou stood up, took it, and carried it to Yuanming Pavilion.
The old man and the young man came over immediately. Without chopsticks, Lao Mu took out a bamboo fork usually used for eating fruit from the covered bamboo tube next to him, picked up a piece of meat, blew on the hot air, and handed it to Ji Xiaoshu.
Ji Xiaoshu opened his mouth to catch it, but the meat that was about to reach his mouth flew away again and was fed to Zheng'er by Lao Mu.
"Mr. Mu!" Ji Xiaoshu was so angry.
Lao Mu laughed, fed the second piece to Ji Xiaoshu, and then ate the third piece himself.
When Min Rou was wondering why the two little guys didn't take their own forks to eat, she saw the three of them each finished a piece and then went back to play again.
Zheng'er seemed to notice Min Rou's doubts and said with a smile, "There are also good dishes later. It's not worthwhile to eat all at once!"
Min Rou couldn't help but smile, "That makes sense."
…
After Gu Ling entered the palace, he went to the Empress Dowager Xiao.
Duanmuyi asked Gu Ling gloomily what was going on. Gu Ling ignored him and only told Empress Dowager Xiao a few words. There might be an informant from Liang Guo in the palace. In order to prevent the enemy from "making up for the damage", he did not go back to the palace. Go to the library to find Duanmu Chen.
Lin Bojun led troops to surround the Empress Dowager's Ci'an Palace. When he saw Gu Ling, he only asked, "How is the emperor?"
Gu Ling's answer was, "Alive, but can't show up."
After Gu Ling left the palace, he did not return home immediately, but went to Min Shangshu's mansion. According to the agreement, he would give Min Rui acupuncture today.
Because of the thunder, very few outsiders knew about the explosion in the palace.
Old Minister Min was still a little uneasy because of Min Rou's mother and daughter's escape. When he saw Gu Ling coming even though he was late, he felt inexplicably less nervous.
After the acupuncture, Gu Ling asked Mr. Min to step aside and said he had something to talk to Min Rui.
Minister Min thought that the emperor asked Gu Ling to ask something, so he left.
"I really don't know where my wife and daughter went. They didn't discuss it with me, I swear." Min Rui took the initiative to speak.
Gu Ling looked calm and said directly, "Your father-in-law wants to kill you, maybe tonight."
Min Rui's face froze, and it took him a while to react, "I don't know what you are talking about... My father-in-law has died a long time ago."
"It's just a kind reminder, you're welcome." After Gu Ling finished speaking, his eyes passed between Min Rui's eyebrows, and he turned and walked out. Min Rui must have suffered a bloody disaster recently, but there was no black mist between his eyebrows, indicating that he was not a person worth saving. You deserve it.
Min Rui's heart was beating like a drum. Seeing Gu Ling arrive at the door, he couldn't help but ask, "Why did you say that?"
Gu Ling ignored it, opened the door and went out.
Gu Ling left the Min family, entered the Duke of Qin's mansion as before, and then disappeared.
Soon, Gu Ling secretly returned to Min Shangshu's mansion and asked Cen Man, who had been monitoring Min Rui, to go home. Then, he entered Min Rui's room.
Min Ruizheng was panicking because of Gu Ling's words. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that He Wei would definitely kill him and silence him. He didn't even hear the sound of opening the door. When he saw Gu Ling appearing in front of him, his expression changed drastically, "Why...are you back?"
Without saying a word, Gu Ling knocked Min Rui unconscious with a wave of his palm, then took out the disguise medicine, disguised himself as Min Rui, kicked him under the bed, and sat on Min Rui's bed.
…
Su Mansion.
Seeing Cen Man come back, Su Liang knew that Gu Ling was watching Min Rui again.
Thinking that Gu Ling hadn't eaten lunch, Su Liang decided to speed up her psychological offensive against Min Rou.
So, Min Rou saw an unconscious old man, and her expression showed that she knew this man.
"He was one of the masters who assassinated the emperor a few days ago. There were five of them in total. Two died in the palace, one was captured, and two escaped. I suspect that one of the two who escaped was your grandfather." Su Liang said.
"What are you going to do with him?" Min Rou asked with a frown.
"He is a dead man. He was put into a coma because once he wakes up, he will commit suicide to avoid leaking the secret. One of his companions did this." Su Liang said, "Do you know why he would rather die?
A secret that must be guarded?”
Min Rou looked ugly, "I don't understand... why they did this..."
"This is exactly what I want to know." Su Liang said, taking out an airplane model made by Gu Ling and showing it to Min Rou, "Do you know what this is?"
Min Rou's shocked expression showed that she had really seen something similar.
"Where did you get it?" Min Rou clenched her sleeves, her eyes uneasy.
"Gu Ling did it." Su Liang said, "Where have you seen it? And who did it?"
Min Rou began to rub her sore forehead. Her mind was in chaos and she couldn't figure out what was going on. She wanted to say something, but she felt that she shouldn't say it and must not say it.
"Have you seen her?" Su Liang put down the model, took out a portrait and opened it for Min Rou to see.
The portrait shows Yuan Ying's grandmother Yue Mei. Su Liang suspects that she has colluded with the force from which Min Rou came.
Min Rou nodded, "I've seen her before." She didn't like this woman, but her mother said she was an honored guest on the island.
"Is there a young girl beside her?" Su Liang opened the second portrait, which showed Yuan Ying.
Min Rou looked uneasy, "I really don't know who they are."
Su Liang held a portrait in one hand, "Let me tell you briefly. This girl is my sister. She was kidnapped by this witch. It seems to be related to your family. I must find her and rescue her. You can
Tell me, where can you go to save people?"
Min Rou bit her lip, "You want to know where my home is just to save people?"
Su Liang nodded, "That's right. Your surname is Min. I hope you can think about the problem from the Min family's point of view, step away from it, and then visit your former home."
When Min Rou heard Gu Xiaonuan laughing downstairs, she could imagine her cute appearance. She wanted to convince herself that Su Liang was not the same person as her and could not be trusted. But she could not find any reason to doubt Su Liang, and
Numerous suspicious things appeared in her former home one day after another.
"You swear that you will not harm the innocent people in my family." Min Rou took a deep breath and looked at Su Liang steadily and said.
Su Liang raised his hand, "I swear, I will never hurt innocent people."
Min Rou loosened her grip on her sleeves and said softly, "Okay, I'll say..."