My Stepmother is Soft and Charming

His self-deprecating smile made the four of them feel uncomfortable, but they also knew that Guo Xiang was telling the truth.

"Grandpa, please don't say this. You are just in a temporary state of poverty. Once you recover, you will still have to rely on you for many things in this court."

"Are you talking nonsense again? Your Majesty is in his prime, but my grandfather is declining. There is no one among you brothers who is particularly provocative, so the burden of the Guo family will still fall on your shoulders in the future. Although you are young, but Regardless of courage or ability, he is the best among the brothers, so I called you, Shaoyu, and your respective wives to come over today because I have something to entrust."

Gu Shaoyu guessed it, so he said to Mr. Guo very respectfully.

"Grandpa Guo, don't worry. As long as I'm here, I will definitely help each other with my brothers in the Guo family."

His words gave Guo Xiang a lot of comfort, because asking someone to do something and others asking for it are two different things, so Guo Xiang held Gu Shaoyu's hand with great gratitude and said.

"I read you right. If the Guo family is in trouble in the future, I hope you can help me."

"I know."

Guo Xiang's words also made Xue Niang and Du Jingyi feel unspeakably sad. Although they also knew that the Guo family would not be like before, but Guo Xiang opened his mouth to mention the suffering, which was really worrying. ♙♕

Guo Silang obviously still had a boyish temper and said to Guo Xiang.

"No, no, no, my grandson will definitely protect this family."

Guo Xiang touched his head lovingly, sighed and took out a key, then divided it into two and said.

"This key locks two secret edicts left by the emperor who founded the sect. It can be said to be a talisman. One of them is for your Gu family. Yan Gang specially sent it to me before he went on the expedition and asked me to keep it for him. I didn't expect this safekeeping. It has been more than ten years. Now that the thing has returned to its original owner, you took it and hid it. If one day in the future, His Majesty turns his back and ruthlessly insists on causing trouble, just take it to save your lives. He will not forgive you. Dare to disobey the founding emperor’s order!”

Having said this, Guo Xiang handed over the key. It was not big, but it was heavy.

Gu Shaoyu took it, and Guo Silang said straightforwardly.

"Enzhi, let the sixth brother and the sixth sister-in-law take care of it. Now the Guo family is very eye-catching. If outsiders find out, something may happen."

Xue Niang also meant this, so she looked at Du Jingyi with eyes full of hope that they could accept the key.

Gu Shaoyu and Du Jingyi looked at each other. They were willing to shoulder some responsibilities, so they took over. ♦♕

Gu Shaoyu was about to assemble his army and set off, so the custody of the key fell into Du Jingyi's hands, so she solemnly spoke to Guo Xiang.

"Grandpa Guo, don't worry, as long as I'm here, nothing will happen to this graceful decree."

"Okay, okay, I'll leave it to you and I'll feel relieved."

Then there were several coughs, but they were much lighter than before, as if they were spitting out all the turbid air in the body.

After staying at Guo's house for a while, the couple left.

When they left, no one knew what they had taken with them, and everyone in the Guo family was still worried about family matters, and these were matters that Mr. Guo had to deal with, so it was not good for them to stay.

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While driving, the couple opened the box that had been sealed for a long time.

Two imperial edicts lay quietly inside the box. They were not large, but they were written by the emperor who founded the sect. They also had the imperial seal on them, so they couldn't be fake.

Du Jingyi sighed and said.

"This is the third imperial edict I have received. The first one was left in the Duke's mansion when the general just returned. The second one was for the general to make him a first-class duke, and I also received the imperial edict."

The first two times were all beautiful, but this time it was a bit dark.

Really everything is impermanent.

Gu Shaoyu held her hand back and said.

"Put it away, this is more important than anything else."

"I know."

The clatter of horse hooves was still running through the streets as before, but the mood of the couple had changed a lot.

On the third day after returning from the Guo family, Gu Shaoyu took the Huben Army and set off to leave Sui'an City. When leaving, the emperor fulfilled his promise and saw them off personally on the city gate tower.

The people were also watching the excitement, and beside Du Jingyi stood the Du family and their children, who also bid farewell to her husband with red eyes.

After leaving, he didn't know when he would come back, but Gu Shaoyu left Liu Xun behind, just in case something happened, so that he could communicate with Sui'an City.

When the Huben Army left, it raised a lot of yellow dust. For them, it was an ordinary attack, but for the emperor's government, it was a complete release.

The days passed day by day. The children were watched by Mr. Wen You and Aunt Wu You, so they made progress every day. Du Jingyi was busy with the autumn harvest, so he didn't have much time to mourn the spring and autumn.

However, a lot of things happened in the imperial court, making Sui'an City today very different from before.

First of all, Prime Minister Guo resigned from office. On the grounds of recovering from illness, he withdrew from the court that he had been running for decades, and took many members of the Guo family away from Sui'an City.

No one knew why they wanted to move their family. They only knew that the entire Guo family became quite empty after leaving.

Only Guo Silang's family was left, so Xue Niang had to step forward and cooperate with her mother-in-law to manage the family affairs, so she quickly grew into a capable daughter-in-law of the Guo family within a few months.

The departure of the Guo family meant that the old ministers in the court had to step aside one after another. Therefore, the new favorite ministers headed by Dingpinghou became the mainstay of the court, and the position of prime minister after Guo Xiang left was also Became the target pursued by everyone.

Marquis Dingping intends to promote one of his own to the throne, and the uncle of the Xing family is also determined to win this position, so even the nearest Xing Zhao is busy running around to build momentum for the uncle in the family.

There were endless arguments outside the palace, and the palace was not idle either.

Originally, the most favored concubine in the palace was Concubine Xing, but now there was also Concubine Jia Gui who was sent to the palace by Dingping Hou Mansion. The two of them were in a fierce battle, and the noisy harem took sides.

What's more, I don't know where the rumors came from. It was said that one of the four concubines would give way to Jia Gui's concubine. As a result, people were panicking. People were speculating whether the concubine's position would really change. At that time, the Queen was keeping a low profile as always.

In the Changchun Palace, within three years, the queen had tidied up the place so that there was no trace of the former Queen Guo's presence. Her presence was everywhere.