Do you know: I have a different surname: Wang, uncle Minglan

Gu Tingye came to the Sheng family today, and he specially chose the time when Sheng Changbai was on leave.

Sheng Hong was still on duty.

So, the person responsible for receiving Gu Tingye became Sheng Changbai.

In the main hall.

Sheng Changbai saw Gu Tingye directing some servants to move several large boxes, and immediately frowned slightly, dissatisfied:

"Gu Houye, you brought so many gifts, and specifically asked to see my sixth sister, what are you thinking?"

Gu Tingye smiled and said: "Changbai, you and I are brothers, don't you know my feelings?"

Sheng Changbai was a little anxious, "Even if you like my sixth sister, you shouldn't be so high-profile. If you and my sixth sister don't work out, what will the people of Bianjing say about my sixth sister?"

To be honest, Sheng Changbai is definitely qualified as a brother.

He protects the three sisters at home.

If someone outside said that he is not, he would probably just laugh it off.

But if someone outside said something about his sister, he would probably argue with reason, even if he couldn't win.

Because it was about his sister's reputation.

Therefore, Minglan, Rulan, and Molan all respected Sheng Changbai as their brother.

Gu Tingye said, "Changbai, you are too kind. I just want to see Minglan and say a few words to her. Apart from that, I have no other intentions."

Sheng Changbai snorted.

Hai Chaoyun, who was standing aside, said hurriedly: "I have sent someone to invite Minglan. Uncle Gu, why don't you sit down for a while?"

Gu Tingye said: "Since we are here, we must visit Minglan's mother. Can you send someone to lead the way?"

Sheng Changbai was furious, "Gu Tingye, you have impure thoughts. It's ok to have the idea of ​​​​hitting my sixth sister, but you actually want to go to my Sheng family's inner house. What do you think my Sheng family is?"

Gu Tingye said: "Brother Changbai, this is wrong!"

"Madam Wei is the biological sister of Marquis Wei, and Marquis Wei has given me a second life. It is reasonable for me, a junior, to visit the elders?"

Sheng Changbai couldn't argue with him, and suddenly brushed his sleeves, turned his head away, and no longer looked at Gu Tingye.

Seeing this, Hai Chaoyun shook his head helplessly and said, "Since Ningyuan Hou is interested, sir, you should take Ningyuan Hou to visit my little girl."

Sheng Changbai sighed, "My sixth sister is such a good woman, why would she be willing to associate with a rogue like you."

Gu Tingye smiled, "Brother Changbai, I actually have many advantages."

Sheng Changbai rolled his eyes at him, "You and my uncle from the Wei family are both from the military, but my uncle from the Wei family is not like you."

Gu Tingye said, "How dare I compare myself with Lord Wei!"

Speaking of this, Sheng Changbai took him to Mu Cang Zhai.

At this time, Lin Qinshuang had not left yet. Not only did she not leave, she even secretly asked the servants to call Molan and Changfeng.

She thought that with the status of Ningyuan Hou, if he married Minglan in the future, he would be considered her daughter's brother-in-law.

If we can use Minglan and her mother to let the dignified Ningyuan Marquis help arrange some marriages or a future for Changfeng today, wouldn't it be a good thing?

If other men came to the Sheng family today, let alone the inner house, it would be impossible for them to even meet Molan and Minglan.

But why can Gu Tingye see them?

Because Gu Tingye and the brothers and sisters of the Sheng family are classmates.

Relying on this friendship, as long as the elders are present, even if there is a difference between men and women, they can still meet.

Soon, Gu Tingye came to Mu Cangzhai.

Sheng Changbai bowed to Wei Shuyi and said, "My dear, Ningyuan Marquis wants to come and see you, so I brought him here."

For other people in the capital, the inside of the Sheng family may be Sheng Changbai.

After all, no matter who Minglan's uncle is, she is still a woman and will get married in the future.

Even Sheng Hong feels that the future of the Sheng family still depends on Sheng Changbai.

But only Sheng Changbai knew that the real strength of the Sheng family, for now, was in Wei Shuyi.

As long as Wei Shuyi still had the status of an imperial edict, was still Wei Yuan's biological sister, and was still in the Sheng family, the Sheng family would not fall.

On the contrary, if one day, Wei Shuyi divorced Sheng Hong due to various problems and left the Sheng family.

Then, Sheng Changbai fully believed that the next day, the Sheng family would be executed or exiled by the court for any reason.

This is not alarmist.

But who can ensure that a family like the Sheng family is truly clean?

As long as they have done dirty things, Wei Yuan can always find a reason to punish them.

In other words, the court can do without one or more Sheng families, but it cannot do without Wei Yuan.

Even Wang Anshi thought so.

If he wanted to reform successfully, he needed a pillar to ensure that the state system would not be in chaos.

And this pillar could only be Wei Yuan.

As long as Wei Yuan was there, the Great Zhou would not be in chaos.

Even if they encountered a difficult situation, such as the time when the Liao people went south, wasn't it still solved by Wei Yuan?

As soon as Sheng Changbai finished speaking, Gu Tingye bowed deeply and said:

"Junior greets Madam Wei."

Hearing this, Wei Shuyi smiled and said, "Sit down."

Gu Tingye was very polite, "Thank you, Madam."

At this time, Minglan was standing behind Wei Shuyi.

And Lin Qinshuang and the others were sitting aside.

Lin Qinshuang said, "Marquis Ningyuan is really heroic and brave. I don't know which girl will be lucky enough to marry you in the future."

Hearing this, Gu Tingye frowned slightly, and when he looked at Minglan standing behind Wei Shuyi, his brows suddenly relaxed and said:

"Ms. Minglan, I haven't seen you for nearly a year. I wonder how you are doing recently?"

Mo Lan suddenly took over the conversation, stood together with Minglan, held Minglan's delicate hand, pretending to be a sister of deep love, and said:

"Sixth sister often plays polo and is always in good health."

Gu Tingye said "Oh" and said, "I happen to have nothing to do these days. How about calling a few people and let's go play polo together?"

Anyone who can be called Marquis Ningyuan is probably either rich or noble in this capital. Mo Lan's eyes lit up and she said:

"Second Uncle Gu, I wonder if I can go when the time comes?"

Gu Tingye's face darkened. Why has this Sheng Molan not made any progress after so many years?

Minglan smiled and said, "Let's talk about it then."

Gu Tingye nodded quickly, "Okay, I may stay in the capital from now on. As long as the sixth sister is free, we can go at any time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sheng Changbai immediately caught his attention and asked curiously: "Stay in the capital? Now that Xiying has just been established, Duke Kang has returned to the capital. Yanbian is in the midst of hiring people. Why are you back?"

When they heard that it was something happening in the imperial court, all the female relatives started chatting about other things.

Gu Tingye hesitated again and again, but still said: "It was Lord Wei who asked me to come back. I think the court must have other plans for me."

Sheng Changbai was relieved, "I'm too talkative."

Gu Tingye smiled and said, "It's not a secret at all."

Wei Shuyi knew very well that Gu Tingye came here for Minglan, not for anyone else.

So, after chatting for a while, she made an excuse to leave, "I'm a little tired, Minglan, please entertain Gu Hou well."

Just as Minglan nodded, Sheng Changbai also said, "Chang Feng, how have you been doing in your recent studies? I'll test you."

As soon as these words came out, how could Lin Sushuang and others not know what they meant?

If he continued to rely on her, it would be counterproductive, so he and Mo Lan left one after another.

When only Gu Tingye and Minglan are left here.

The former said: "Minglan, how about you and I go for a walk?"

Minglan nodded, "Then let's go."

The two went to the place where they once studied together.

After walking all the way, Gu Tingye didn't know what to say.

Suddenly, I saw that the former library was still there, so I curiously asked:

"I haven't seen Zhuang Xuexue for many years. I wonder how he is doing?"

Minglan lowered her head and said, "I don't know either, but I heard from my second brother that Zhuang Xuexun returned to Yangzhou to set up an academy, and many literati from the south of the Yangtze River went there to study."

Gu Tingye didn't know what to say, so he could only continue talking about this topic.

"Zhuang Xuexue is a great Confucian. If he starts a class, how can Jiangnan scholars not attend?"

Minglan said: "Yes."

The two were speechless again.

Gu Tingye really wanted to find a topic to chat with Minglan.

But when the words came to my lips, I didn’t know what to say.

Until it was getting late, Gu Tingye was about to leave, and Minglan saw him off.

Gu Tingye suddenly pulled Minglan to a deserted place.

Minglan was frightened by his actions and said, "This is my home, what do you want to do, Lord Marquis?"

Gu Tingye said depressedly: "Others just call me Hou Ye. Why do you even call me that?"

Minglan didn't know why, "Then how should I call you? Second Uncle Gu?"

Gu Tingye was stunned. After a moment, he said helplessly: "Starting from your uncle, you do have to call me second uncle, but I regard your second brother as my close friend, so can't you also call me brother?"

Minglan frowned slightly.

Seeing this, Gu Tingye panicked, "That's not what I meant, I meant..."

Before she finished speaking, Minglan said bluntly: "Second Uncle Gu, don't say any more. I know what you mean, but do you understand what I mean?"

Gu Tingye was a little confused, "What do you mean? Could it be that you don't like me? Or are you still thinking about the young master of the Duke of Qi's mansion?"

Hearing this, Minglan immediately became furious, "I have nothing to say to you. The young master and I are innocent. If you hadn't spread the rumors, how would anyone in the capital be spreading those rumors now?"

"My young father-in-law is now married. Second Uncle Gu, if you really like me, don't say this again in the future!"

After saying that, Minglan turned around and left.

Gu Tingye wanted to catch up.

As a result, Minglan sternly scolded: "Master Gu, please respect yourself. Today you and I have gone too far. If you say you really like me, you won't make it difficult for me. Today you come to my Sheng family to give gifts and ask to see me by name." , what should the people in this capital think?"

After that, she left without looking back.

Gu Tingye was left stunned, thinking to himself, what went wrong?

Originally, Sheng Changbai wanted to keep Gu Tingye for a drink.

But considering that Minglan was already angry, Gu Tingye was too embarrassed to stay and simply left.

As soon as he left, Minglan became angrier as she thought about it. After all, it was about her reputation. Which woman wouldn't feel aggrieved if someone said it out loud or in person?

She got directly into the carriage and went to the Zhongyong Hou Mansion.

It happened that Wei Yuan did not go to court these two days and had been staying with Zhang Guifen at home.

As soon as Minglan entered the Hou Mansion, she put on a crying look.

Zhang Guifen saw it and immediately went to greet her, feeling heartbroken.

"Good Minglan, who provoked you?"

Even Brother Zhuang and Sister Jing who were following Zhang Guifen felt distressed and said one after another:

"Sister, don't cry. I want to cry too."

"Who bullied sister Minglan? I'm going to beat him up!"

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Zhang Guifen glared at Zhuang Ge'er, "You are so young, who did you learn this from? You want to beat this and that? With your body, who can you beat?"

Zhuang Ge'er said, "I will beat anyone who bullies Sister Minglan!"

Zhang Guifen ignored him, but asked Minglan to sit on the chair and said, "Minglan, tell me quickly, who bullied you?"

Minglan choked and said, "Gu Tingye! He said that I had a private affair with the young master of the Duke of Qi, and that I still miss him in my heart!"

Zhang Guifen was angry, "Did he really say that?"

Minglan nodded.

Zhang Guifen was also angry, "A girl's reputation is as important as her life. How can Gu Tingye speak nonsense! Just wait, I will vent your anger. Let's not have anything to do with Gu Tingye!"

Minglan said, "That's fine. I never care about those rumors. But he came to my Sheng family today and asked to see me. He also brought several boxes of gifts. Outsiders saw him just because he came to my house to propose marriage!"

"Ah?" Zhang Guifen realized the seriousness of the matter instantly.

"Gu Tingye, he does things How could you be so inappropriate?"

"You two haven't even been together yet, and something like this has happened. If you really marry into the Gu family, how can you be good?"

At this time, Wei Yuan had come to the two of them, and took Jing Jie'er in his arms, saying:

"Gu Tingye is a warrior, and although he is also meticulous, he is more focused on leading troops. It is really difficult for him to talk about love."

Zhang Guifen said dissatisfiedly: "Ming girl has been wronged, why are you helping outsiders?"

Wei Yuan was speechless.

Zhang Guifen saw his helpless expression and frowned immediately:

"What do you mean? It's fine if you don't help Ming girl, but why do you make this expression?"

Wei Yuan said: "I said at the beginning, let's wait and see, don't rush to settle Ming girl's marriage, what kind of person is Gu Tingye, do you know?"

Zhang Guifen stood up suddenly, "So, you blame me for deliberately bringing Ming girl and Gu Tingye together?"

"I" Wei Yuan wanted to say something else, but saw tears in Zhang Guifen's eyes, he immediately felt distressed and said:

"Ming girl cried because she felt that Gu Tingye said something wrong, why are you crying?"

Zhang Guifen sat on the stone bench, turned her head away, and said sullenly: "I cry if I want to, I feel distressed when I see Ming girl crying, can't I cry if I want to?"

Wei Yuan: "."

What happened today?

It's all Gu Tingye's fault!

"Okay, okay, I'll help you vent your anger and beat up Gu Tingye, how about that?" Wei Yuan coaxed the two.

Zhang Guifen's eyes lit up, "It's time to teach him a lesson."

"Before he came to our house, you taught him a lesson, I thought that if he married Minglan in the future, we would be a family, and I also gave him medicine for wounds."

"Now that he has offended Minglan like this, it's not too much to beat him to death!"

Wei Yuan was embarrassed, that's Ningyuan Hou!

Minglan stopped crying and hurriedly said, "You don't have to beat him to death"

Zhang Guifen chuckled, "Then beat him up and let you vent your anger, okay?"

Minglan realized that it was Zhang Guifen who was teasing her,

"Aunt!"