The general was a starlet

Su Wanxi finally knows how troublesome it is during the Chinese New Year!

Today I will go to Zhang’s family to pay New Year’s greetings, tomorrow I will welcome Li’s family back and forth, and the day after tomorrow I will pray with my parents...

After finally freeing up for a day, it was another dinner that he took the initiative to arrange!

Gu Zijing arrived at Baiweitang early, and pulled Shen Changying to chat, while Gu Zifeng sat beside him with a blank expression.

Shen Changying, who only had a New Year's Eve dinner at home, still ignores Gu Zifeng, even if she is scolded, she doesn't talk back like before.

Su Wanxi walked in with Gu Zining, looked around for a week, and asked, "What about Ziming? Didn't you come with you?"

"Ninth brother can't come today." Gu Zijing replied.

"Why? Didn't everyone agree that everyone wants to have dinner together today?" Su Wanxi was very surprised, he felt that Gu Ziming would not refuse his invitation.

"Oh, I don't know the specifics. Brother Nine doesn't show up on this day every year." Gu Zijing explained, and couldn't wait to call the waiter over to the shop.

Su Wanxi was not talking, because of the New Year, he hadn't seen Gu Ziming for a long time, and he always felt empty and uncomfortable around him.

Although he always warned himself that His Highness Ninth Prince and President Gu were not the same person, but he couldn't stop wanting to get close to him.

For this, Su Wanxi often scolded herself in her heart, but whenever she saw or thought of Gu Ziming, she put everything behind her.

"Today is the little lord's treat. You order a bunch, is there any courtesy?" Gu Zifeng's voice of reprimanding Gu Zijing brought him back to reality.

Su Wanxi smiled slightly, and said indifferently, "Order whatever you want, don't worry about me."

The waiter repeated the dishes he had ordered, and Su Wanxi said, "Add squirrel and mandarin fish."

"Brother Wan Xi likes to eat fish?" Gu Zining asked.

"Oh, Ziming likes it." After the words came out, Su Wanxi thought that Gu Ziming was not here today, so she said, "Let Changying bring him back later."

Gu Zining nodded, not continuing the topic.

The dinner with Gu Zining present was always very quiet. Su Wanxi tried her best to adjust the atmosphere, but without Gu Ziming's help, it didn't have much effect.

After eating enough, Gu Zining said to the crowd, "How about going winter hunting tomorrow? Father has released many fat animals in the hunting ground recently."

"Zijing and I will have dinner with my mother and concubine tomorrow, so we won't disturb His Highness the Crown Prince's pleasure."

Gu Zifeng's alienated address made Gu Zining's expression gradually become lonely.

Su Wanxi saw it in her eyes, and felt sad for Gu Zining in her heart, obviously he tried so hard to blend in with the brothers, but just because of one identity...

"Brother Zining, I'll go. I haven't hunted with Brother Zining for a long time. It's a strange skill."

Back home, Su Wanxi saw that Chen Xiansi's light was on, so she wanted to go and have a look.

"Mother, where is my father?"

Chen Xiansi was the only one in the room tending the potted plants, which was rare.

"Silly boy, don't your father have to go out every year on this day, how come you forget about it." Chen Xiansi pointed Su Wanxi's forehead with his finger.

Su Wanxi naturally didn't know, and he didn't ask what was the matter, but thought of what Gu Zijing said today, and said, "Ziming didn't come to eat with us today either."

"Well, it is said that since Ziming became sensible, he went back to Concubine Rong to be with her every year today, but he didn't know how Concubine Rong could be so cruel." Chen Xiansi showed distress on his face, and his tone was full of melancholy.

When Su Wanxi heard this, she became a little curious. He had long felt that there was something wrong between Gu Ziming and his mother and concubine.

"Mother, tell me, since I fell into the water, my brain is not working well." Su Wanxi pulled Chen Xiansi to a chair and sat down, and said coquettishly while pinching her shoulders.

Chen Xiansi couldn't match his own son, so he said: "Today is Brother Rong's memorial day, he is Ziming's uncle."

"Brother Rong's death touched your father and the emperor a lot, and it hit Concubine Rong even more. Since then, Concubine Rong seems to have changed, especially when General Rong was sent to suppress Jiangzhou. From then on, I became less and less concerned about Ziming, and now, I don’t even see him face to face.”

Su Wanxi could understand everything, but he couldn't figure it out, what did this matter have to do with Gu Ziming?My brother is dead, so I don't care about the children?

Thinking about asking further, Chen Xiansi felt a little tired, so Su Wanxi had no choice but to go back to her room.

Tossing and turning at night and unable to sleep, Su Wanxi ran out wearing a fur coat and wandered around in the courtyard by the moonlight.

Although Lang'an has four distinct seasons, the temperature in winter does not seem so cold.

The wintersweet in the yard was in full bloom, Su Wanxi suddenly wanted to drink a cup of plum blossom wine, he smacked his tongue and smiled self-deprecatingly.

As she was walking, she heard movement in the yard. Su Wanxi panicked. She wanted to call someone, but felt that the voice sounded familiar, so she tiptoed over.

It was Su Qinglin and the emperor!

The two people were sitting opposite each other, and each of them was holding a jug in his hand. Beside them, there was also a wine jug.

"Aotian, do you think Ziming is very similar to Yingjie?"

Su Wanxi was a little shocked, is her father so powerful?Not only abducted the emperor home to drink, but also called him by his first name!

"No, Lao Jiu doesn't look like their Rong family, but like me, like when I was young." Gu Aotian said drunkenly, Su Wanxi was afraid that he would fall to the ground.

"It's really smug, I'm talking about character, just like Yingjie, it looks cold, but it's very hot inside." Su Qinglin said while patting his chest.

Su Wanxi nodded secretly, thinking: That's right, Gu Ziming is indeed a person with a cold face and a warm heart.

"Yingjie, if he was still around, Chenyan and I wouldn't be in the situation we are now, and the Rong family wouldn't be the most troublesome thing for the two of us." Gu Aotian smiled lonely.

Su Wanxi stopped eavesdropping, quietly walked to Chen Xiansi's bedroom, told her that Su Qinglin and Gu Aotian were drinking in the backyard, and asked her to find someone she trusted to keep an eye on, so as not to cause any problems.

Chen Xiansi told Su Wanxi to go back to the room to sleep at ease, saying that someone was watching them, Su Wanxi didn't ask any further questions, and went back to the room to sleep, after all, he had to go hunting with Gu Zining tomorrow.

The next day, Su Wanxi woke up from the cold on the ground. He returned to bed trembling, and he missed the big bed in his apartment.

He didn't sleep well and always fell off the bed, so Gu Ziming specially customized a big bed for him, which was big enough for him to turn over.

When they arrived at the hunting ground, Gu Zining had already arrived, followed by an unknown nobleman.

"Brother Wan Xi, this is the eldest son of Mr. Li, the servant of the Ministry of Rites. You should have met at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet." Gu Zining introduced.

After exchanging polite greetings, the three of them rode their horses into the hunting ground. Suddenly there was the sound of hoofbeats behind them. Looking back, it was Gu Ziming.

Su Wanxi was overjoyed, he greeted him, and said excitedly: "Ziming, long time no see, did you eat the squirrel mandarin fish I asked Changying to bring back for you yesterday?"

"Well, thank you." Gu Ziming's response was a little flat, but Su Wanxi didn't care.

Gu Zining also came over, with joy on his face: "I thought you wouldn't come then."

"It's just fine, I'm bothering His Highness the Crown Prince." Gu Ziming gave a slight salute, which was both alienating and hard to find fault with.

The atmosphere was a bit cold, Su Wanxi quickly smoothed things over, "Ziming, I'll be with brother Zining later, don't say we bully you, who told you to be so powerful."

"Okay." Gu Ziming paused, "Be careful."

Su Wanxi's heart warmed, this was the first time Gu Ziming cared about himself, right?

But he didn't notice that Gu Zining's eyes suddenly darkened.