Chapter 505 Extra (Part 3)

The old lady has been in the capital for so long. Even though she has little contact with the wives of officials, she will be served by a group of people. Not only did she not grow old, but she became younger and younger. She wears gold and silver all day long. When Gu Lao Da and Gu Lao San came to Beijing for the first time, they didn't even recognize that this was their mother.

They thought she was an old lady from some family.

The old lady Gu is now full of momentum. Her two sons were scolded by her like quails, and they just kept nodding.

Chen Chunhua is indeed a stubborn person, but no matter how much she thinks, her strength is not as good as Gu Lao Da.

Gu Lao Da dare not take any risks. Now he doesn't do anything else. He keeps a close eye on Chen Chunhua at home all day long to prevent her from making mistakes.

Gu Yun entered Jingzhao Prefecture under Gu Mingda's arrangement and returned to his old job as a small clerk.

However, although he was young, he was experienced and had an uncle who was a high-ranking official. The people in Jingzhao Prefecture were very polite to him. Before long, his life in the capital was on the right track.

He was even lucky enough to solve a major case and was appreciated by his superiors, who married their daughter to him.

Even though Gu Yun had a difficult start, he took root in the capital. He himself did not like to study, but he saw with his own eyes that the second branch of the Gu family became prosperous through studying. When his own son was born, he made every effort to watch his son study.

Gu Yun's action was laughed at by the old lady Gu, saying that she was forcing her son to fly because she could not fly.

Although the old lady laughed at him, she also helped him brainwash his great-grandson, but all the spiritual energy of the Gu family seemed to be given to the second branch.

Gu Yun brainwashed his son for many years, and indeed made his son develop a habit of loving reading. However, due to his limited talent, Gu Yun failed in the exams after his son passed the imperial examination and finally became a small official. Although he was not rich, he also changed the status of the first branch.

In contrast, under the leadership of Zheng Cui'er, the third house seemed to be particularly sober all the time. No matter how high the official position of the second house Gu Mingda became, Zheng Cui'er was always thinking about her business.

Zheng Cui'er was very skilled in making soy products. When she first came to Beijing, she decided to continue to open a small tofu shop. With the cooperation with the Luo family, her business was getting better and better.

When Gu Xiaoya grew up, she was a talent. She improved the family's products and produced a tofu fruit that was popular throughout the capital.

Gu Laosan was reluctant at first, but under Zheng Cui'er's insistence, he invested money to open a snack bar for Gu Xiaoya.

Even though the third house had a son, Gu Xiaoya did not marry out, but chose to stay in the Gu family. Her snack bar became bigger and bigger, and she opened several branches in Beijing. The third house was no longer worried about food and clothing.

In comparison, her younger brother, the only child of the third house, Gu Xiaobao, seemed much more mediocre.

Gu Mingda's official position became higher and higher, because his relatives were around him. Even if someone wanted to do something bad, he would know immediately and stop it in time, so there was no scandal.

The Gu family members in his hometown had caused several troubles, but Gu Mingda did not cover up or condone them. Instead, he sent his confidants back to his hometown to inquire about the situation from the beginning, and took his post to ask local officials to deal with it impartially.

Seeing that he had no intention of indulgence, the old family gradually gave up their crooked thoughts of breaking the law and lived a peaceful life.

After Liu Xiaoru married Luo, although she had the imperial decree of the empress dowager to grant marriage, many people in the Luo family still talked about her behind her back.

But as Gu Mingda's official position continued to rise like a rocket, the Luo family had no time to curry favor with him, and no one dared to say that Liu Xiaoru could not have children.

The competition for the head of the Luo family was originally suspenseful. Shopkeeper Luo had no children and was on the verge of being eliminated. However, due to the sudden rise of Gu Mingda and the marriage between the Gu family and Prince Ding, the position finally fell on Shopkeeper Luo.

Liu Xiaoru had always been looking forward to having her own children, but later she saw with her own eyes that a young woman in the Luo family lost her life because of childbirth. She also thought it through and never drank those bitter soups and medicines again, and focused on her own business.

She gave up the idea of ​​having children, and Shopkeeper Luo was not in a hurry. When the couple were over 30, it happened that the parents of a child in the Luo family had an accident. After discussing it, the couple took the baby back to their home and raised it as their own.

Liu Xiaoru's own business was also very large, but money was just a number to her.

Whenever a natural disaster occurred, the imperial court would provide relief money and food to the local area. Liu Xiaoru always took the lead in donating silver. Because of her actions, she was awarded a plaque of "Benevolent Merchant" by the imperial court. In this way, not only in the circle of businessmen's wives, but even in the circle of businessmen, Liu Xiaoru was the first.

Not to mention, the current emperor and empress would call her "Auntie" when they saw her.

Although Xie Xingchuan recognized her as a relative, he did not change his surname to Gu because he remembered the many years of upbringing of the Xie family.

When Xie Xingchuan was sixteen years old, the border was in danger, General Xie was defeated, and the foreigners asked the princess to marry.

They pointed the spearhead directly at Princess Baoer.

Not a royal family, the foreigners would not agree.

Although the old emperor was getting older and his body was declining, he had lived for most of his life and only had Baoer as his biological daughter. How could he bear to let his biological daughter marry?

But apart from Baoer, there was no suitable woman among the royal family, either because of the wrong age or because of the distant blood relationship. After much thought, the most suitable person turned out to be the sixteen-year-old Shen Ling.

Shen Ling had been engaged to Gu Yan, but because the eldest princess wanted to keep her daughter for a few more years, she had not yet married her daughter off.

The princess was the first to notice that something was wrong with the old emperor. She had only one daughter and naturally couldn't bear to let her go. She couldn't help but regret that she shouldn't have forced her daughter to stay at home.

The old emperor was hesitant, and the princess was worried every day.

The Gu family was also immersed in the shadow of the future eldest son's wife might have to marry.

At the critical moment, Xie Xingchuan didn't discuss with anyone, and ran directly to the old emperor to sign a military order.

"I will not retreat, and the soldiers I lead will not retreat either. I will definitely drive the foreigners out of the border town! If I fail, I will die!"

Xie Xingchuan likes the capital and likes to stay with the Gu family, but he knows very well that he will eventually return to the battlefield.

Gu Yan blamed himself when he learned about this, thinking that because of his happiness, his brother was in danger.

Xie Xingchuan comforted his elder brother for his future marriage harmony, "Brother, the capital is so prosperous that I am getting lazy. If it weren't for you guys in the capital, I would have returned to the border long ago. Even if Miss Shen hadn't happened, for my adoptive father, I would have asked His Majesty to order me to guard the border."