Rebirth: The first daughter-in-law

Duke Gufu of Jin State.

A young girl with a sweet smile on her face. The string of beads hanging on her body swayed slightly as she walked, making her figure both slender and swaying.

There is nothing tacky about the peach-pink shirt and skirt she wears. If she can wear pink to look elegant and beautiful, then she is a rare person.

"Grandma!" The voice was crisp and sweet.

"Yes." The woman sitting at the top listened to her voice, opened her eyes slightly, and smiled when she saw her cute and agile appearance.

"Chuchen, grandma is going to the palace later, please accompany me." The person who said this was Mrs. Gu, the Duke of Jin. If you look at her from her appearance and expression, you would never guess who she is. She is fifty-six years old and looks like a woman in her early forties, which shows that she has taken good care of herself.

The woman who was called Chuchen was Miss Gu Jiu of the Duke of Jin's Mansion. Gu Chuchen was also the youngest in the manor. She was very popular with Mrs. Gu. She was only ten years old, but she was a poor girl. Tingting Yuli, how cute is her little face?

"Although I hate playing with the seventh princess, but since she is not a bad person, I will go and play with her for a while." Gu Chuchen thought that the seventh princess was also pitiful, even though she was the youngest. The princess was very fond of the emperor, but because she had no mother-in-law since she was a child, she could only be raised by other concubines.

"You are naughty, the princess is the daughter of the Tian family, you must not go beyond the rules, do you understand?" Mrs. Gu said some words to remind her, but she still had a smile on her face.

This granddaughter is not like the dignified ladies in the house. She is lively and dares to love and hate. Although Mrs. Gu dotes on her, she never indulges her. Mrs. Gu likes this most. of.

"Don't worry, grandma, Chuchen has her own sense of propriety!" She said as she walked over and took Mrs. Gu's arm.

The mother-in-law beside Mrs. Gu came over and replied, saying that the carriage was ready and was just waiting for them to set off.

Gu Chuchen smiled sweetly and said, "Grandma, when did you pass on your beauty tricks to me? If you stand with my mother, if outsiders don't know, they will think that you two are sisters!"

"I will fill your grandmother with honey!" Mrs. Gu teased her.

"My granddaughter is telling the truth. I think my mother is also a beautiful flower, so...it shouldn't be considered a stain on my grandmother's beauty!" She said, and laughed secretly.

The grandfather and grandson were walking and chatting like this.

After getting on the carriage, Gu Chuchen didn't look around. For her, she was tired of walking around the streets of the capital. She often wanted to go outside to experience the local life, but her mother always took care of her. Fortunately Mrs. Gu always followed her temperament and often said that it was a good thing for her daughter's family to go to more places and gain more experience.

Gu Chuchen took a look at Mrs. Gu. She had a dignified and beautiful face, and her well-maintained black hair didn't even have a single gray hair.

Because she liked to stay in her grandmother's yard since she was a child, she was closest to Mrs. Gu and accepted Mrs. Gu's thoughts the most.

Whenever her fifth brother went out to do business, as long as it was not dangerous, Mrs. Gu allowed her to accompany her fifth brother. Although she was only ten years old, she went to Jiangnan, Huguang, Shu, and many places around the capital.

She likes to go out with her fifth brother and feel the beauty of the world and the different wonderful things that different regions bring to her.

Regarding her grandmother, Gu Chuchen only wanted to use the word "legendary" to describe her. She was a woman different from others. What she taught Gu Chuchen was a woman's independent survival and uniqueness. Of course, this was from her

She started to like going out with her fifth brother. Now that she likes this kind of

To live a life, you have to understand the situation she will face in this world in the future and the various constraints on women. Her grandmother will never treat her as a child. When making any decision about her, she will ask her opinion first.

And ideas, this is what Gu Chuchen thinks her grandmother is most wise about.

Her grandmother would always tell her and her fifth brother some very magical things. They were stories that they had never seen in any books, but they felt that those magical things did exist.

In a short time, the carriage arrived at the Imperial City. After a routine inspection, the carriage traveled some distance before stopping.

When I got off the carriage, I saw the aunt from the palace coming to salute and then lead the way.

Today, the one who came to lead the way was still Aunt Qingbi from Concubine Rou's Palace.

"Old Madam, our Concubine Rou has been waiting for you for a long time. The Seventh Princess knew that Miss Ninth was coming to the palace, so she waited in our concubine's palace early." When Qingbi girl smiled, she was so mediocre.

The cheeks have gained a lot of radiance.

"When I meet the seventh princess, I will kiss her a little more." Although he was in the palace, Gu Chuchen was quite casual in front of the people in Concubine Rou's palace.

Although the relationship between Concubine Rou and Mrs. Gu seems to be just a friendship on the surface, in reality the relationship is much better than it appears on the surface.

As soon as they arrived at the palace gate of Concubine Rou, the seventh princess ran out in a delicate goose-yellow dress. Regardless of whether others would say that she followed the rules of the Tian family, she took Gu Chuchen's hand and started to make out.

In front of the Seventh Princess, Gu Chuchen is sometimes like his elder sister. He feels happy when he sees his sister clinging to him, but sometimes he also finds this follower a bit annoying.

When Concubine Rou saw Gu Chuchen, she praised her sincerely for her increasingly outstanding words, and then asked her and the Seventh Princess to go play in the garden behind.

Gu Chuchen knew that Concubine Rou must have something to say to her grandmother, so he obediently left Concubine Rou's palace with the Seventh Princess.

"See you, Concubine Rou!" Mrs. Gu saluted.

"Get up quickly!" Concubine Rou helped him quickly.

After sitting down and looking away from the other maids, he joked with Mrs. Gu and said, "So many years have passed, but you still seem to be as beautiful as before."

Although the years have carved some small wrinkles on her forehead, her calm charm has not changed at all, and has even become more calm and graceful.

Mrs. Gu smiled and said softly: "You asked me to come here just to say these nice things to me?"

Concubine Rou gently held her hand and said, "The emperor is waiting for you inside. He has something to say to you."

Since the Emperor specially waited for Concubine Rou at her place, he must have something important to say to her.

When Mrs. Gu stood up, Concubine Rou gently pulled the corner of her clothes and said, "The Emperor has been feeling a little unwell recently, so..."

Mrs. Gu returned her hand and gave her a comfort, "I know what's going on."

Seeing Mrs. Gu walking straight into the inner hall calmly, Concubine Rou was stunned for a moment. This woman was the one that the emperor could not let go of in his life. She sat down secretly and looked at the green tea in the teacup.

The green tea soup stirred up the spirit, and many past events emerged one by one. Those were the days when they were in their prime.

When Mrs. Gu met the emperor, he was wearing his usual clothes, his cheeks were a little thin, and his expression did not look very focused.

When he saw Mrs. Gu, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, which was quickly submerged, and he only said softly: "You're here!"

Mrs. Gu hurriedly saluted, "My wife has seen the emperor, may the emperor be blessed!"

He looked at her as if it had been a long time ago. At that time, she was dancing in the woods in a crescent-colored dress. Like a smart butterfly, she instantly got into his heart.

He looked at her, as if she had not changed much as before, "Gu Da is gone, and I am getting old, but you are still the same."

After saying these words, he felt sour and uncomfortable in his heart. The woman in front of him was once the person he longed to have his whole life, but she was also the woman he could never get in his life.

There are so many beauties in the harem, so many years, so many years late at night, but he still thinks of her. When it rains, he thinks of whether she was in the bamboo house with Gu Da admiring the rain, drinking tea and poetry, and whether they hugged each other on snowy nights.

To sleep in heaven...

These were all things she told him. She once said to him personally: "Your Majesty, all I want is a husband. Someone who can accompany me to listen to the sound of rain and drink tea with me on rainy days. Someone who can embrace each other every year."

When I get up, I stand outside the window to watch the first snowfall, and when I get tired of the capital, I am willing to take you to other places to play... I believe that Gu Da can give me these things."

Yes, everything later proved that for her, Gu Da did not favor any aunt in the house. For her, Gu Da would hand over his military power and accompany her to the ends of the earth and do everything she wanted to do as soon as the frontier was stabilized.

, Gu Dan could give her these things, but he couldn't.

Mrs. Gu's fingers were slender and clean, and she gently touched the daisies embroidered on the cuffs. "As long as the emperor takes good care of his body, he will live a long life."

These polite words seem to be only suitable to be said at this moment.

"Man'er..." He called her name and wanted to stretch out his hand but finally retracted it.

This was the third time he saw her since Gu Da's death.

The first time was the day after Gu Da's death. It was a night thirteen years ago. He was seriously injured on the battlefield. He took his last breath and finally returned to the capital after two and a half months.

He didn't close his eyes until he saw her face.

She didn't cry at that time, but it was an expression that made him feel more distressed than crying.

The second time was ten years ago. He thought he could replace Gu Da. He could get the woman the emperor wanted no matter how he used it. She just said to him lightly: "You can get my person, but

You will never get my heart. After I die, I will definitely go down to see Gu Da and tell him everything. The master he gave his life for and the man he regarded as his brother took away his wife after he left.

body."

At that time, her expression was cold, so cold that he did not dare to approach her for fear of getting hurt.

From then on, when he wanted to send some information, he always had Concubine Rou holding his hand. He didn't dare to see her, and when he saw her, he felt heartbroken. After so many years, he still couldn't let go of the fact that he didn't have what he wanted.

A woman like her.

She once told him that the reason why he could not forget it was because all his beautiful imaginations about women were placed on her. In fact, she was not as perfect as he imagined, but he did not see her bad side.

.

But how much he wanted to tell her that he knew her bad side and still loved her.

The concubine in the palace who looked most like her was Concubine Rou. When he first saw her, she was just a palace maid, but her temperament was three-thirds like hers, so he favored her, and her temperament was also

There are many places like Mrs. Gu, so Concubine Rou has become the most stable person in the palace.

Mrs. Gu took two steps forward and looked into the emperor's eyes. The once bright and deep eyes were now a little cloudy.

Her face was slightly stunned, and then she said calmly: "Your Majesty, I hope that you will not take any pills in the future, as they harm the very foundation of your body."

"But after taking the elixir, I feel much refreshed."

"That's only temporary. If you don't accept it, your body will collapse badly." Mrs. Gu was very disgusted with this point. Later, she believed that the ancients believed in the elixir of life, which was just self-deception.

"If I don't take the elixir, how can I live longer than you?" The emperor looked at her face, unable to hide the sadness in his eyes, "Gu Da has already walked in front of you, I want to walk behind you."

He only thought that during her lifetime, he would protect her and keep her safe.

After hearing this, Mrs. Gu thought a little. She was not unaware of the emperor's feelings for her. After hearing these words, even the cold-blooded woman couldn't help but feel grateful that the emperor had saved her life and her descendants.

She saw his care in her eyes and remembered it in her heart, so she used her wisdom to do something for his country.

Many times, she also asked herself, if he was not in the emperor's family, would she choose a man like him?

She took a deep breath, and the wrinkles on her forehead floated slightly. In his eyes, she was so moved. He had also imagined growing old with her, counting the wrinkles on her forehead, and drawing her eyebrows.

…

"If you want to live longer than me, then you must listen to me." At this moment, she said a little stubbornly.

Just like the time when they first met many, many years ago, he didn't know that she was a concubine from a failed family, and she didn't know that he was a prince born from an emperor. When he was wrong, she always stubbornly asked him to listen to her.

The suggestion is not like a girl's family at all, but he just likes her like this. In front of her, he can't show off the airs of an emperor at all.

"Okay, then I'll listen to you." He was always willing to listen to her, just like when they first met.

When she knew that the emperor was taking elixirs, Mrs. Gu asked the imperial doctor to analyze the emperor's physical condition from Concubine Rou. According to his constitution, she carefully prepared various medicinal diets. The diet would be different within a month, and then again

After submitting the dietary list to the imperial physician to verify that there was nothing wrong, he gave the list to Concubine Rou and asked her to order the people in the imperial kitchen to cook it for him. However, he stopped eating after one day.

Ten days later, they finally met again after ten years.

"From today on, you will eat the meals provided by Concubine Rou." She warned him. It was such a habit that even she was a little surprised.

"Okay, I listen to you." He was waiting for her to tell him this, just like that year when he was injured and she took good care of him for a month. He was picky about food and would never eat this or that.

, she has a good temper and patiently mixes the food that he doesn't eat but that is good for her body with other food, and the taste of it makes him no longer disgusted.

When he ate the medicated food, he knew that the food combination must have been made by her. Why did she care about him and always wanted to borrow someone else's hand? She didn't let him know. Maybe, she was afraid that he would say something negative again.

If it should be...

Silence fell in the air, and neither of them spoke anymore. He couldn't bear to look away from her face.

Mrs. Gu couldn't bear such an atmosphere. More importantly, she was afraid that such an atmosphere would bring something inappropriate to the Emperor's heart. Therefore, she broke the situation and said: "Your Majesty, if nothing happens, I will

Then he withdrew."

She has regained the sense of distance she had when she first came in. He doesn't like her like this, he likes her calling me in front of him, and he likes her accusing him of doing this or that...

"I am getting older, and the princes have all grown up. I am afraid that some of them are unstable." The brotherhood of the emperor's family is cold-blooded and ruthless in the face of power. Back then, he had always fought with each other.

Mrs. Gu listened to his words and knew that he wanted to hear some of her opinions and opinions.

"Your Majesty, are you dissatisfied with the Crown Prince?" If he is satisfied with the Crown Prince, he can delegate his power to the younger generation, so that the restless princes will not let go of their greed as soon as possible. If those princes who are willing to cultivate their own power will have endless troubles.

Why didn't he want to give up his power? His dissatisfaction with the prince was one thing, but more importantly, he wanted to protect her. How could he protect her without this power?

"I want to hear what you think of my prince?" When looking into her eyes, he didn't want to call himself me.

"I don't speak nonsense about political affairs. All I can do is support the emperor's thoughts. The Gu family has only done one thing since the establishment of the government, and that is to be loyal to the emperor. Therefore, I will definitely let my descendants do only this thing.

"

But he smiled, looking at her small and upright nose, which was still so cute.

"The prince is impulsive, the second prince is unable to understand his thoughts, the fourth prince is least interested in power, the sixth prince is hesitant when encountering problems, and the seventh prince is too young." At the end, he said lightly, "The third prince is the most like me.

"

Among so many sons, he never favored or taught any of them. He focused most of his energy on national affairs. Peace and prosperity in the world was his promise to her. He did it, and he also hoped that his son

It can be done, but the prince is by no means the most suitable one.

If the prince is not the most suitable, then the ensuing struggle for power and position is inevitable.

"The Concubine Rou is gentle on the outside and strong on the inside. She personally taught the third prince to grow up. Concubine Rou's affection for the emperor is seen by the courtiers. Therefore, the third prince taught by the Concubine Rou is the most like the Emperor, because she will teach you

Everything is engraved in my heart, and when I teach the third prince, I will ask the third prince according to everything you have."

Concubine Rou was somewhat close to her. Because their temperaments were similar, the two had a good relationship before they left the palace. Later, by chance, she entered the palace as a maid, but she caught the emperor's eye. She was happy for her.

She is also happy for the emperor, because she knows that Concubine Rou will never be the kind of person who hates because of love.

The fact is, she knew that the woman the emperor loved in his heart was Mrs. Gu, so she felt sorry for him and how hard he loved her, just like Concubine Rou herself loved the emperor.

"Concubine Rou..." he called out in a low voice, "I failed her. If she were not in the palace, she deserves a good husband who loves her."

"Actually, you can do it. Concubine Rou is worthy of your love for her." Mrs. Gu met his gaze, her eyes were as clear as water, and her bright eyes that could speak remained unchanged.

He just smiled but did not respond to her words.

After a long time, he said: "A Yuan and the third prince are very close to each other. One time when I saw A Yuan and the third prince, it was like seeing me and Gu Da in the same place."

He and Gu Da are very good brothers, closer than those royal brothers who are related by blood. Back then, he met Man'er before Gu Da, but Man'er ended up marrying Gu Da for a second term.

Relieved but unable to abandon their brotherhood, in the end, he could only choose to fulfill the life Man'er wanted, a husband who would treat her wholeheartedly.

Since he chose the world, he was destined not to have Man'er, because he wanted to consolidate the country and have many concubines to stabilize the ministers.

Listening to him talking about Gu Haiyuan, Mrs. Gu's eyes showed a smile unconsciously, "A Yuan's temperament is very similar to that of Gu Da, but he is a little quieter than Gu Da. This is just like his father.

More."

"sorry!"

His sudden apology made Mrs. Gu a little confused.

"Gu Zhe is the first child of you and Gu Da, and Gu Li is the second, but...but they all sacrificed for my country..." Her husband and her two sons sacrificed for him.

All of his country died in the battle. For this, he will owe her his whole life and will never be able to repay her...

The wars in those years were so cruel. She couldn't understand why none of her sons came back. Why didn't they miss her?

After going through hardships one after another, she felt relieved. Fortunately, his sons all gave birth to grandchildren, and she could go see Gu Da after her death.

"I didn't want Ayuan to follow the path of his father and grandfather, but he wanted to do it himself, and I can't control his future." Mrs. Gu couldn't stop this, "Fortunately, Haiyang and Haiming like Wen More

Some."

This was the first time that the two of them met again in ten years. He was depressed and she was silent for a long time before they dispersed.

After Mrs. Gu left the palace, the emperor took the initiative to tell Concubine Rou that he wanted to take the medicinal food. From that day on, the emperor sent away all those who were practicing the elixir.

Regarding his change, Concubine Rou knew that it was all because of Man'er. Although she felt a little sad in her heart, she was happy after all. At least there was one person whose words he could listen to unconditionally. As long as he lived healthily and safely, she didn't care.

He has always had Man'er in his heart, because when he loved Man'er so much, she also loved him that much. If he could be so magnanimous, tolerant and protective of the people he loved, she could do the same.

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This is an episode about Mrs. Gu, I will get back to the topic tomorrow :)

Today, the boss after get off work asked me to stay and work overtime to correct things, so I had to come back late, so I could only make an update of 6,000.