Rebirth with my ex-husband

Chapter 74

Just as Gu Shixing expected.

After Su Yun and he had breakfast with the two elders, they were about to return to Qinglan Garden when they heard a servant come to report that Prince Dinghuai had come to visit and had brought two loads of gifts.

Su Yun was surprised. This was almost the same as what Gu Shixing had expected.

Gu Shixing looked at Su Yun and smiled calmly, "Just as I expected."

He was so confident and calm, with such an excessive radiance that Su Yun couldn't help but feel a ripple in her heart.

Suddenly she realized that what attracted her was not his handsome looks, nor his considerate treatment of her after they got married again, but the confidence and wisdom he exuded on that basis.

Although he has shortcomings, he also has many outstanding qualities, and these outstanding qualities are all charm.

At this time, Marquis Gu also heard that Prince Dinghuai was coming, and called Gu Shixing back.

Before Gu Shixing went back, he said to Su Yun, "Don't worry about this matter, go back first."

Su Yun nodded, and then went back to the yard.

Gu Shixing went with his father to deal with King Dinghuai.

Not long after returning to the yard, another servant came to report that the eldest son of the relative's family had arrived.

Since Gu Shixing was meeting Prince Dinghuai, Su Yun asked someone to invite his brother to Qinglan Garden.

When Su Changqing saw his sister, he asked, "Why did Prince Dinghuai enter Jindu and come to the Marquis' Mansion?"

Su Yun said to his eldest brother, "I'll tell you in detail later."

The two of them sat down in the pavilion in the courtyard. After the servants brought them tea, Su Yun asked everyone else to leave.

After pouring tea for his brother, he said seriously, "Prince Dinghuai has just arrived and your brother is here. I guess it's not because of Prince Dinghuai's matter."

Su Changqing nodded: "This morning I heard that Chen Minglang was beaten again and carried back to the Chen Mansion. Is that true..." Having said this, he glanced around and asked in a low voice: "Was it my brother-in-law who did it?"

Su Yun also lowered her voice and replied, "It wasn't done by my husband, but it has something to do with him."

Su Changqing opened his eyes slightly and said in surprise: "It really is related to him!"

After being surprised, he asked again: "What's going on?"

Su Yun thought about it for a while before saying, "Let's wait until my husband has finished meeting the guests before telling my brother about this matter."

Hearing this, Su Changqing narrowed his eyes and speculated: "This matter has something to do with him... He must be planning something."

Su Yun smiled and said nothing. While waiting for Gu Shixing, she asked about her sister-in-law: "How is my sister-in-law now?"

Speaking of his wife, Su Changqing came back to his senses from his thoughts, and a soft glow covered his face: "Except that your sister-in-law is a little heavy, she is fine. She just often talks about the fact that the three of you sisters got married at once, and the family has become much quieter."

Su Yun thought for a moment and said, "After a while, I will call my fourth and fifth sisters to go back and see my sister-in-law."

"That's naturally good."

The brother and sister chatted for a while, and then Gu Shixing came back.

Several people sat in the pavilion, and Su Changqing asked, "When did Prince Dinghuai come to Jindu, and why did he come to the Marquis' Mansion?"

Gu Shixing took a sip of tea and then slowly said, "I entered the city yesterday and came to the Marquis' Mansion to apologize on your behalf."

Su Changqing was surprised and said, "I heard that Prince Dinghuai is also an arrogant person. He actually came to apologize in person. I guess he must be very anxious."

After thinking for a while, he asked, "What did you and the Marquis say?"

Gu Shixing sneered: "Let him take the gift back. I won't pursue the matter or forgive him."

Su Changqing frowned: "No more investigation?"

Gu Shixing said coldly, "Liang Yong will eventually destroy himself, so why dirty his hands? Besides, Your Majesty will make his own decision."

Even if he pursued it further, he could not put the blade into Liang Yong's heart. And even if Prince Dinghuai had no intention of treason, Liang Yong was still the bargaining chip that the emperor held over Prince Dinghuai. He could not easily touch Liang Yong.

Su Changqing nodded in agreement, and then said, "Let's not talk about Prince Dinghuai first, but what about Chen Minglang?"

Gu Shixing recounted what he had said to Su Yun again. At the end, he said calmly, "After Prince Dinghuai leaves this time, he will definitely investigate the feud between me and the eldest prince."

Su Yun was surprised: "Can you find out clearly?"

Gu Shixing turned to her and said, "Yes, we will soon be able to find out that Li Ji has been targeting me privately because of a woman."

Upon hearing this, Su Yun and his brother looked at each other in surprise.

The two of them felt at the same time that this seemed to be arranged by Gu Shixing.

After talking for a while, Gu Shixing and his elder brother talked about some political affairs. Su Yun didn't understand much, so she stood up and said with a gentle smile: "My husband and elder brother can talk first. I'll go to the kitchen to make some cakes and send them over."

Su Yun left and went to the kitchen to make some pastries, and also made some extra for her brother to take back to her sister-in-law.

While making pastries, Su Yun couldn't help but think of her mother-in-law.

——If the mother-in-law knew that her brother came to visit Gu Shi today, I don’t know what she would think.

Thinking of this, I felt a little uneasy in my heart and shook my head quickly to get rid of all these random things in my mind.

When Mrs. Gu heard that Su Changqing was coming, her brows were even furrowed more than when she found out that Prince Dinghuai was visiting her.

After pacing around the room for a long time, he finally had no choice but to go into the palace.

She spoke to her sister in private, half shyly, and said that she wanted to get a prescription from Doctor Fu to invigorate a man's blood circulation.

It was said that the Marquis seemed to be getting old and not doing well. Madam Gu used her husband as a shield but kept silent about her son.

*

When Prince Dinghuai came out of the Marquis' Mansion, before entering the palace to meet the emperor, he instructed his followers: "Secretly investigate whether this Prince Gu and the eldest prince Li Ji have any grudges."

The subordinate asked, "Your Majesty, are you not going to report what happened to the Chen family kid last night to His Majesty?"

Prince Ding Huai snorted coldly, "How can I not sue? No matter how bad my son is, he can't be used as a knife by others without knowing it. But first, I have to find out whether the prince of the Zhongyi Marquis's Mansion has any grudges with Li Ji."

At this point, he paused, then said coldly: "But that brat should be punished. Just when Jin Du was determined, he has no sense of propriety at all!"

After all, he only has one biological son, and he has to rely on him to carry on the family line. Even if his son's position as the crown prince is lost this time, he will protect him and bring him back to Dinghuai until he gives birth to a grandson.

*

The Grand Prince's Mansion.

After hearing the news that her brother was beaten and unable to get out of bed again, Concubine Chen cried and said to Li Ji, "These people are not done yet, are they? They beat me before, and now they do it again! Your Highness, you have to take care of my brother."

Li Ji patted the person in his arms and comforted him, "The doctor has checked it. It's just a superficial wound. It's not a serious injury. It will heal in ten days or half a month."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Chen pushed him away and said angrily, "What do you mean by 'no vital injuries, just take ten days or half a month to recover'?! My little brother is still unconscious! Your Highness, you have to make the decision for me!"

This was not the first time that his brother-in-law had caused trouble. He had helped to resolve the problems in previous times, but Li Ji gradually became annoyed.

He liked the concubine, but her family was really hopeless. Gradually, his displeasure with her family turned into impatience with her.

"The people who beat someone up yesterday ran away. No one knows who they are, so it's hard to find them." Li Ji suppressed his impatience and explained patiently.

"How is it possible!" Concubine Chen thought about it, and then connected the first time my brother was beaten with the current time, and suddenly said: "Yes! It must be the people from the Zhongyi Marquis's Mansion who did it. They beat me because I was close to that Prince Dinghuai. Now they must have sent people to beat me!"

Li Ji had doubts about what Concubine Chen said, but this time he felt that it didn't seem like Gu Shixing's doing.

Concubine Chen suddenly seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly pulled Li Ji's sleeve, "Yes, after my sister went to the Marquis Zhongyi's residence yesterday, I was beaten that night. Could it be that my sister said something to that Su, and then Su whispered to Master Gu?"

Hearing this, Li Ji frowned: "The imperial concubine has a gentle temperament and will not do such a mean thing."

Hearing this, Concubine Chen snorted coldly: "Sister, you are gentle and upright, but I am unreasonable and petty?"

Li Ji patiently coaxed her again, "You have a lively and lovely personality, how can you say you are unruly and unreasonable?"

After hearing this, Concubine Chen snorted and said, "But I haven't done anything wrong, but Sister always looks at me with disdain. It's obvious that she is jealous of Your Highness's favor for me, so she dislikes me. Maybe Sister said something to Su yesterday..."

The warmth on Li Ji's face faded a little, and his tone was a bit reprimanding: "The imperial concubine has been feeling unwell recently, so don't go over and tell her about this."

Hearing Li Ji's words, Concubine Chen did not pay attention to the slight rebuke in his tone. Instead, she raised her eyebrows and asked, "Sister, are you feeling unwell?"

Li Ji said "hmm". At this time, someone came to report that there was something to report, so he got up and left the room.

When they arrived at the outer courtyard, the spy said, "Your Highness, Prince Dinghuai arrived in Jindu yesterday, and he carried two large boxes to the Marquis Zhongyi's mansion early this morning."

The eldest prince's face changed: "Prince Dinghuai has come to Jindu!"

His eyes moved slightly and he turned around to look back at Concubine Chen's courtyard. He immediately thought that the person who beat Chen Minglang was most likely the Prince Dinghuai's man.

This loser must not let anything slip, he leaked some information!

Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly became sinister.

If he really let the secret slip, not only would Gu Shixing and Prince Dinghuai beat him, but he would also beat him until he was paralyzed!

*

At night, Su Yun was thinking about the needs of the Marquis' Mansion for this winter and its budget, while Gu Shixing had not returned to his room yet.

Just then, she vaguely smelled the bitter smell of medicine. She raised her head and looked outside the room, and saw her mother's maid standing at the half-open door with a bowl of soup, about to knock on the door.

Seeing that the prince's wife had seen her, the maid did not knock on the door.

Su Yun asked in surprise: "Whose medicine is it?"

The old woman stepped through the door and came in, placing the medicine on the table. After a brief bow, she explained, "Madam saw that the prince was too tired recently and felt a little distressed, so she specially asked the kitchen to prepare a stew for the prince to nourish his body."

He paused and instructed, "Madam specially asked the imperial physician for the recipe. Madam must remember to remind the prince to drink this stew."

After saying this, the old woman put down the stew and went out.

After the old woman left, Su Yun looked at the soup bowl beside him and fell into silence.

After a while, Gu Shixing returned to the room. Su Yun looked up at him, then at the stewed soup on the table. She seemed to have thought about something. When she looked at Gu Shixing again, she chuckled.

Gu Shixing saw her suddenly laugh and was a little curious: "What are you laughing at?" His eyes fell on the soup bowl on the table and he raised his eyebrows slightly: "What is this...?"

"My mother sent it." After answering his question, Su Yun pursed her lips and tried not to laugh.

Gu Shixing seemed to understand something after hearing this. He stared at the soup bowl in silence for a moment before saying, "I don't need it."

Looking at the soup bowl, Gu Shixing thought that he would put on a show after Su Yun's period was over. Otherwise, judging from the fact that his mother had already started sending him soup, there was no telling how long it would take to continue sending him soup.

As for his previous life, Gu Shixing drank the tonic soup on and off for no less than half a year.

Su Yun couldn't help but ask curiously, "I remember my husband took the medicine for a few months, but there were no side effects?"

Gu Shixing walked to the table, opened the soup bowl and looked at it carefully, picked up the soup spoon and stirred it a few times, took a look at the soup residue inside, and then said helplessly: "It's probably the same recipe."

After putting down the spoon, Gu Shixing looked up at Su Yun and said truthfully, "It's so hot that it's hard to fall asleep. Sometimes I get up in the middle of the night to take a cold shower, or I take a short nap at dawn."

Su Yun's eyebrows twitched slightly when he heard this.

"Then you don't have to drink it, my husband."

Gu Shixing sighed lightly, then sat down. After thinking for a while, he told her the things he had never told her before.

"We have been married for nearly four years and have not gotten pregnant. Mother originally thought it was your problem, but after seeing the imperial physician, he said there was nothing wrong with you, so she thought the problem was with me. So of course I have to cooperate. It's better than putting you in a difficult position."

Su Yun was stunned when he heard the answer.

She originally thought that there was only indifference between them during those four years, but now that they had gradually opened their hearts to each other, she gradually realized that he had not done nothing during those years.

"Then your husband has never thought about the issue of offspring," she asked.

Gu Shixing glanced at her lightly and said, "I have thought about it. If I hadn't thought about it, how could I have slept with you again and again?"

Su Yun blushed, and then he said, "But I won't have this kind of trouble in this life." He paused for a moment, and then said, "Let's wait until you are eighteen years old, and then we can discuss the issue of having children."

It is still too early to talk about the issue of offspring less than a month after getting married. After all, pregnancy takes ten months, which is too long.