Drunk House

  Chapter 8 Settlement

   Zhou Gu stayed in the East Palace for half an hour.

  Before he left, he finally couldn't hold back and asked curiously, "Your Highness, can I ask? If you find that girl, do you want to repay her?"

   "Yes." Yan echoed and nodded.

   "How can I repay you?" Zhou Gu asked again.

  Yan Echo glanced at him, but said nothing.

  Zhou Gu raised his hand, "Okay, okay, I understand, I won't ask any more, I'm leaving."

  He turned around and left quickly. He walked out the door. After a few steps, he remembered something again. He turned back, leaned on the door and poked his head in. He echoed to Yan, "Well, Your Highness, can I ask you one more thing?"

"explain."

   "That..." Zhou Gu scratched his head, "Can you treat that Qin Luan... better..."

   "Huh?" Yan echoed raising his eyebrows.

  Zhou Gu considered his words carefully, "What I said is good, it is to let her not be bullied, have enough food and clothing, and be stable every day."

   "Okay." Yan Hui agreed.

   "Thank you, Your Highness, then I will go." Zhou Gu left happily this time without looking back.

  After he left, the study became quiet. Yan Huisheng got up and stood by the window. After standing for a while, he ordered, "Call the housekeeper."

  Little Chengzi responded, and ran errands to shout.

   Not long after, the steward arrived and cupped his hands, "Your Highness, do you have any orders?"

   "Test Qin Luan to see if she is qualified to be a female official in the East Palace." Yan Hui replied without turning his head, "I heard that she is intelligent, so you beat her up and tell her not to think about what she shouldn't think about. If you want to be rich and stable, you should be more down-to-earth, and only look at Zhou Gu's face, and you will not treat her badly. If she doesn't know the taste and think about what she shouldn't, Zhou Gu's face won't work."

   Steward shall be.

   Zhou Gu left the East Palace, heaved a sigh of relief, outside the gate of the East Palace, saw the servant in his mansion, raised his eyebrows, "What are you doing here?"

  The little servant hurriedly said: "Madam sent the young one to watch the young master not make trouble in the East Palace."

  Zhou Gu understood, and rolled his eyes, "I thank my mother, she really doesn't have the slightest trust in me." He got on his horse speechlessly, "Let's go, I'm back home."

  The boy quickly followed him.

  Going back to Duke Huguo's mansion, Zhou Gu went directly to the courtyard of the Duke's wife.

   Mrs. Guogong saw him coming back, looking good, and she didn't look depressed. She felt that Qin Luan, that girl, probably didn't get much into his son's heart. She felt relieved, and didn't mention Qin Luan, nor the matter of sending someone. She just said: "You go to Jiangning tomorrow, be careful on the way, and ask the guards to unfurl the banner of the Huguogong Mansion, lest any unsightly bandits will crash into you."

   Zhou Gu thought to himself, he would definitely not unfurl the banner of Duke Huguo's Mansion, if any bandits dared to provoke him, he would take the opportunity to destroy the bandits.

   "The gift prepared for you by the family for the Su family and Miss Su Qi is very precious, and you can't make a mistake. If you dare to destroy the gift, I won't let your grandfather beat you so hard that you can't get out of bed." The son born by Mrs. Guo knew what he was thinking when he didn't speak, and immediately warned him sternly.

   "Okay, I see." Zhou Gu was not afraid of being beaten, but after the beating, lying on the bed and being unable to move would suffocate him, so he could only agree.

   "Also, when you meet the Su family and Ms. Su Qi, you must know the etiquette and don't be too rude." The Duke's wife told him worriedly, "If you don't like him, don't show it too much. After all, he is a daughter's family. As a man, you should take care of the face of your daughter's family. This is the basic upbringing and etiquette. Don't let people say that the people in the Duke Protector's House are uneducated and rude."

   Zhou Gu was speechless, "Mother, what do you mean, even if I don't like it, I still have to pretend to like it?"

   "I don't want you to pretend to like it. It means that even if you don't like it, don't lose your sense of propriety. We don't have this upbringing in our family. The marriage contract was made by your grandfather. Although she has a low status, she can't blame her. You can't feel superior to others and look down on others just because of their low status. No matter what other people's family looks like, we have no such rules in the Duke Protector's House."

   "Got it." Zhou Gu nodded.

   "Also, whether people like it or not depends on fate and similar interests, or various reasons. You don't like people. Maybe it's because of your temper, your interests, or other reasons. It doesn't necessarily mean that the girl is bad. In short, if the girl doesn't do anything excessive to you, or treat you coldly, you can't embarrass people in person."

   "Understood." Zhou Gu was helpless.

   Madam Guo was satisfied, took out a brocade box, and handed it to Zhou Gu, "This is a gift from me to Miss Su Qi alone. After you meet someone, you will give it to her."

   "What is this?" Zhou Gu took the box.

   "It's a pair of bracelets that your grandmother gave me when I got married, one for your eldest sister-in-law, and it's just for your daughter-in-law."

  Zhou Gu immediately pushed back, "Put it away first, you are not afraid that I will lose such a valuable thing after walking such a long distance with it? When she comes to Beijing, you can give it yourself!"

  Anyway, this marriage was what his grandfather wanted, and he couldn't refuse it.

   Mrs. Duke thinks about it too, let it go, "Okay!"

   After Zhou Gu left the courtyard of the Duke’s wife, he went to the courtyard of Princess Sheng’an to have dinner with her.

  Princess Sheng'an didn't preach to him like the Duke and Madam did. Seeing Zhou Gulai, she smiled and waved to him kindly, "Come, come, dear grandson, you are going to travel far tomorrow. I know that you are coming here today, and the dishes you cook are all your favorite dishes."

   "Grandma still loves me." Zhou Gu sat down boneless next to the Eldest Princess, and swayed his head towards her, rubbing her arm.

  The Eldest Princess smiled happily, and gave him food, "Eat more, it is said that Jiangning's food is on the sweet side, and you don't like sweet food since you were young, so I wonder if you can get used to it, or should you take a cook away from the mansion?"

   "No need." Zhou Gu shook his head, "We don't eat sugar when cooking, it's not too sweet. It just so happens that I've been eating the dishes in the mansion for more than ten years, and I'm tired of eating them. I want to change the taste, maybe I think it's fresh."

   "That's true." The Eldest Princess smiled and nodded.

   Nothing to say all night.

  The next day, the old Huguogong repaired a letter, handed it to Li Yan, instructed Zhou Gu, and waved to let people leave.

   Li Yan was shocked to see Zhou Gu accompanying him back to Jiangning. He thought that the old Huguo Gong would at best accept the marriage contract because of his trustworthiness, but he did not expect such a solemn attitude. It's really a big deal for young master Zhou to go to Jiangning with him to attend Miss Seven's wedding ceremony with a heavy gift.

  The Huguogong’s mansion prepared two large chariots, and the old Huguogong sent another hundred guards to **** Zhou Gu.

  The team left the Duke Huguo's Mansion and walked one street. When they arrived at the main street, they ran into a team of horses and horses. The signboard of Prince Rui'an's Mansion was hung in front of the car. Xie Lin rode a horse and walked beside the car.

  When Zhou Gu saw Xie Lin, he immediately thought of his plan to play tricks on others, probably because he planned to play tricks, so he didn't show shame to Xie Lin, instead he greeted Xie Lin with a smile, "Xie Lin, what a coincidence, what are you doing here?"

   Xie Lin turned black when he saw Zhou Gu. There was no other reason. Zhou Gu beat up a dozen of his guards by himself. Not to mention the beatings of the guards, he finally succeeded in beating him. This story is known all over the world. He felt that he had lost all face, and he hadn't left the house for a few days. If his mother hadn't insisted on letting him accompany her when she was going to pay respects to the Buddha at the Great Buddha Temple a hundred miles outside the city, he wouldn't want to go out of the house to meet people.

  Now that Zhou Gu greeted him with a smile as if he had nothing to do, he was about to explode, and opened his mouth to yell at him with a black face, "Zhou Gu, is there something wrong with you?"

   What did he say hello to him? Still smiling, are the two of them meeting and smiling to say hello?

  Zhou Gu Yang smiled, "I'm fine, I'm not sick, I'm not sick, I'm fine, I'm just happy to see you, I'll say hello."

  Xie Lin almost lost his temper, and glared at him, "Zhou Gu, I have a sworn feud with you, so don't do this with me."

  Zhou Gu still smiled, "Don't, that's not how we remember the mortal feud. Killing the father, mother, wife and son is the mortal enmity. The two of us had a fight at most, not mortal hatred."

  Xie Linqi's anger went straight up, "You clearly know that I like Qin Luan, but you still grab me. I lost my love, isn't that called discord?"

   "I really didn't know you liked Qin Luan. If I had known earlier, I would definitely not have robbed you." Zhou Gu raised his hand with a sincere expression, "To be honest, I regret it to death."

  Xie Lin was ashamed and angry, "If you don't do this, you might not know how happy you are."

   "What do I have to drink? Although I snatched someone, I didn't keep it. My grandfather also beat me up and kept me out of bed for seven or eight days. I am also very wronged." Zhou Gu planned to talk to Xie Linhao, "Neither of us got it right, let's reconcile?"

   After the reconciliation, I can find you a low-class woman to seduce you.

   Xie Lin's face was black and angry, "There is no reconciliation."

   "Oh, you are really not generous, and you are too stingy. Aren't you just a woman? Take it easy, or I'll help you find one another day and pay you back?" Zhou Gu took the opportunity to make a move.

   Xie Lin was furious, "You put it lightly, no one is Qin Luan, how can you accompany me?"

  Zhou Gu coughed, "The world is so big, there is always something better, you should be more open-minded, a man is a man, why don't you have a wife?"

   Xie Lin was even angrier, "Hearing your tone, you don't like Qin Luan at all, are you sick? Why are you robbing me?"

  Zhou Gu rubbed his nose, "I've said it all, I regret it."

  He really wanted to go over and pat Xie Lin on the shoulder, but seeing his furious expression, he gave up, "Oh, look away."

  Xie Lin no longer wanted to talk nonsense with him, "Get lost!"

  Zhou Gu had no choice but to say, "Okay, then I'm leaving, you probably won't see me for a month, keep calm and calm down, maybe you'll think about it."

  Xie Lin seemed to have finally noticed that he was about to leave the hospital. He didn't want to talk to him anymore, but he couldn't bear curiosity and asked with a dark face: "Where are you going?"

  Zhou Gu answered him, "Go to Jiangning County."

   "What are you doing there?"

  Zhou Gu blinked, "Go and play."

  Won't tell him that he is going to give his fiancée a passing gift, and it's just a way to play.

   Xie Lin obviously didn't believe it, "You go to play, so mobilize the crowd? Shouldn't you dress lightly?"

  Zhou Gu said without blushing or panting, "I am precious, so naturally I have to bring more things, so as not to eat, drink, or sleep well. I am going out to play, not to suffer."

  Xie Lin felt that it was quite reasonable, and said viciously: "It is said that there are many bandits outside, don't be slaughtered by bandits."

  Zhou Gu snorted, "That's a good word from you."

  Xie Lin: "..."

  He deeply felt that there was something wrong with Zhou Gu, so he took cursing words as blessings.

  It was probably because the two of them talked for too long, the curtain inside the carriage was lifted, revealing the dignified face of Princess Rui'an, she smiled at Zhou Gu, "I heard that Lord Hou has made a marriage contract for you, but it is in Jiangning County?"

  Xie Lin suddenly opened his eyes wide, and looked at Zhou Gu in shock.

   Zhou Gu thought to himself, sure enough Princess Ruian is not easy to mess with, she is as powerful as her mother, the first sentence hit his vitals, he bowed his hands, "Return to the princess, that's right."

  Princess Ruian smiled, "Jiangning is a good place. The mountains and rivers nourish people, and they are beautiful. The girls they raise must be beautiful and soft. The road is a bit long, so be careful along the way."

   "I understand, thank you, Princess." Zhou Gu was still very polite in front of his elders.

   "Since you are going to Jiangning, we are going to the Great Buddha Temple. The hundred-mile journey is still on the way. Don't stand here and talk, let's go together while it is still early!" Princess Rui'an laughed again.

   Xie Lin wanted to say who was walking with him, but he was really shocked and curious, so he didn't say anything.

  Zhou Gu nodded, no objection, anyway, he couldn't walk fast with two carts of gifts, "Okay, let's go together."

  So, the two teams joined together and went out of the city gate together.

  (end of this chapter)