On this day, Gu Wenjing handled the official business well, greeted his colleagues with a smile, and then got off work and was about to go home.

In ancient times, officials went to work early, especially those who had to go to court, had to go to court before dawn. However, they got off work early in the afternoon and got off work at four or five o'clock. However, if the work was not finished that day, they would have to work overtime.

Gu Wenjing has always been very efficient in work. Compared with other colleagues who have to grind ink for a long time, he does things faster and better, so he has never worked overtime.

Like today, with colleagues working overtime, Gu Wenjing can happily get off work and go home.

As the prince of the Hou Mansion, Gu Wenjing certainly did not have to walk to and from get off work, but had a carriage to pick him up. He got on the carriage, and the servant Qingyan sat next to the coachman outside.

On the way home from get off work, I would pass by Liu Ji Roast Duck Shop. Gu Wenjing remembered that his son Gu Zhenghong had to take Liu Ji's roast duck back last night, and said, "Stop! Qingyan, go to Liu Ji to buy a roast duck."

Qingyan responded, jumped down, and walked to the long queue of Liuji Roast Duck Restaurant.

Liuji Roast Duck Restaurant is a time-honored brand in Beijing. It is said that it is the craft of a retired imperial chef. Ordinary chefs cannot learn it. Many people will send people to buy a freshly baked roast duck back, and the business is excellent.

When Qingyan was queuing up, a man in gray who had just bought two roast ducks came over and said to him: "You want to buy roast duck too? I have one of them to share with you."

Qingyan was a little puzzled: "Who are you?"

The man in gray said, "My master invites your master to reminisce about the past. You just need to tell Lord Gu that it is Master Qi who invites you."

As he said that, the man in gray stuffed a roast duck in his hand to Qingyan. Although Qingyan felt strange, he still ran to the side of the carriage with the roast duck and reported to Gu Wenjing: "Criminal Master, someone just gave me a roast duck, and said that his seventh master asked you to reminisce about the past."

"Seventh Master?" Gu Wenjing immediately understood. He lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw the man in gray waiting beside him at a glance. He found that this person was indeed seen by the Seventh Prince before, so he got off the carriage, "Qingyan, you are waiting for me here."

Gu Wenjing followed the man in gray into the private room of a nearby restaurant. When he saw the Seventh Prince sitting there, he saluted: "Gours to the Seventh Prince!"

The seventh prince smiled and said, "Sir Gu, there is no need to be so polite when you are outside." He pointed to the position opposite him, "Sir Gu, please sit down."

Gu Wenjing did not refuse and sat down. The man in gray who had just brought him in exited the box and carefully closed the door, so he and the Seventh Prince were left in the box.

The Seventh Prince said: "In the disaster relief matter, I have not thanked Lord Gu yet!"

Gu Wenjing understood what he meant, obviously the information he wrote to the Seventh Prince was of great use. "The Seventh Prince was awarded more than the award, and the subordinates only fulfilled their responsibilities."

Seeing Gu Wenjing's respectful and alienated look, the Seventh Prince smiled and said, "Mr. Gu doesn't have to be so reserved, just treat him as a friend to have tea and chat."

Gu Wenjing listened to the words of winning over the Seventh Prince but did not listen to them. The distance that should be kept was still maintained. Anyway, even to other princes, he respected the Seventh Prince high, but he did not respond to his kindness at all.

In this case, the Seventh Prince of Gu Wenjing's attitude was almost completely understood. Although he was unhappy with Gu Wenjing's rejection of his favor, he would not be dissatisfied. After all, Gu Wenjing did not surrender to other princes, but Ningyuan's Marquis's Mansion was firmly stance to neutralize the royalist party.

As long as he thought that when he ascended the throne and became the emperor in the future, the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion would stand in his camp so firmly today and remain unwavering at all for his sons. He would not be dissatisfied with Gu Wenjing.

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When Gu Wenjing sat back on his carriage, his tense nerves relaxed slightly.

He would not look down on the ancients because he was a time traveler from modern times. In fact, there was no simpler ancient people who could make a fortune in the officialdom. Once they underestimate them, they would only capsize. The Seventh Prince was able to break through the siege of so many brothers and the officials who supported them behind them, and became the final winner, and he was as scheming as he could.

Gu Wenjing did not dare to relax in front of the Seventh Prince, worried that he would be taken to sell himself in a pit without paying attention.

He sat in the carriage and closed his eyes slightly, but he was thinking about the conversation he had just had with the Seventh Prince, and he was sure that he had no move to cross the line, and the Seventh Prince had no intention of getting angry, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

He doesn't want to bet on a certain prince's opportunistic thing, which does not mean that he wants to offend the next emperor. If he really offends the Seventh Prince, he has to work hard to support another prince ascend the throne. In this way, he might as well surrender to the Seventh Prince directly!

It's just right now. He gave up the idea of ​​the Seventh Prince to win him over and let the Seventh Prince see his ability, so he wouldn't have angered the Seventh Prince and be held grudge.

The carriage stopped and interrupted Gu Wenjing's contemplation. He opened his eyes, lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage. The side door of the Marquis' Mansion was right in front of him.

Gu Wenjing took Liu Ji roast duck from Qingyan and went straight to Rongjinyuan.

After asking the servants, he learned that his son Gu Zhenghong was playing in the small garden, so he went to the small garden to find Gu Zhenghong's little friend.

As soon as I got closer, I heard the crisp laughter of Gu Zhenghong's little friend and seemed to have a lot of fun.

Gu Wenjing couldn't help but smile, and his steps became much lighter. Bypassing a rockery, he saw Gu Zhenghong squatting on the ground with his little butt sticking out. The person next to Gu Zhenghong turned out to be Yuan Susu.

Gu Wenjing paused, then accelerated his speed and walked over. Yuan Susu, who was half-squatting next to Gu Zhenghong, raised her head and saw him, and stood up a little embarrassedly: "Cousin..."

He did not scold Yuan Susu indiscriminately, but asked calmly: "What are you doing?"

Yuan Susu replied restrainedly: "I am teaching Hong'er to draw."

Gu Wenjing also saw a vivid bird and a bird with a branch on the land in front of Gu Zhenghong. The lines were tilted and deformed. It is believed that the former was painted by Yuan Susu, and the latter was painted by Gu Zhenghong's little friend.

He lifted up the hem of his clothes and squatted down, and hugged his son in his arms with one hand, and asked gently, "Hong'er likes to draw?"

Gu Zhenghong's little friend lit up his head vigorously and said in a slight voice: "It's fun to draw!"

Gu Wenjing touched his little head: "Will your father teach you how to study and draw in the future?"

Gu Zhenghong's little friend patted his little hands stained with dust, and smiled so hard that he showed his teeth: "Okay, okay! Learn from my father!"

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Gu Wenjing asked the maid who served Gu Zhenghong to take him to wash his hands and face. After Gu Zhenghong left, Gu Wenjing turned to look at Yuan Susu, who was standing aside with his head slightly lowered down.

When Yuan Susu saw Gu Wenjing looking over, she said nervously: "Cousin, I'm really just passing by here. Seeing Hong'er so cute, I couldn't help but play with Hong'er for a while."

She was worried that Gu Wenjing would mistakenly think that she had bad intentions towards Gu Zhenghong. If she had a son, she might really dislike Gu Zhenghong. But the current situation is that she probably couldn't have her own children. After all, she had been married to Gu Wenjing for several years and was still a young daughter.

So now Yuan Susu also stopped thinking and kept taking his cousin and Miss Cousin peacefully. In addition, Yuan gave her all the property left by the Yuan family. Her wealth and honor were still very casual, and she didn't want to make other thoughts ruin her current life.

Gu Wenjing nodded indifferently: "It's nothing, you are Hong'er's aunt, it's okay to play with him for a while."

On the surface, he seemed to be very relieved about Yuan Susu. In fact, Yuan Susu had his eyeliner around him, so basically he could not hide any action from him. Even the industries in Yuan Susu's hands had been bought by others. He was not greedy for the property in Yuan Susu's hands, but was just worried that she would use this wealth to do something disgusting, such as drugging, or something.

It can be said that Yuan Susu has been under Gu Wenjing's all-round surveillance in recent years, and Yuan Susu has been very content in recent years and has not made any small moves. Maybe it was because she saw that Yuan did not support her and Gu Wenjing didn't like her, and knew that it was useless to make trouble, so she went honest.

Yuan Susu has been obedient in the past few years, and Gu Wenjing is not as if she is facing a great enemy when she approaches her son. No matter what, she is Gu Zhenghong's cousin, and it will be fine if she plays with the child for a while.

Gu Wenjing and Yuan Susu fell into silence for a moment. After he came through, he kept avoiding Yuan Susu because he knew the plot. Except for Yuan Susu taking the initiative to linger, he rarely talked to her. Now that the two are alone, there is nothing to say.

Gu Wenjing thought about it and broke the silence first. He asked politely: "Is the servants around me still careful in serving you? If someone is negligent, just ask your mother or Yuhua to replace you with someone."

When Yuan Susu heard this, she suddenly recalled that when she first entered the Marquis’ Mansion many years ago, she was not familiar with her cousin, and her cousin was so polite to care about how she was doing in the Marquis’ Mansion.

My cousin has always been so polite to her, but before, she felt that this kind of polite concern was to remind her that the Marquis' Mansion was not her home, she was just an orphan who lived in a guest house.

Now she became her cousin's concubine as she wished, becoming her own person in the Marquis's mansion, not just a guest. But when she heard her cousin's polite words again today, Yuan Susu was strangely feeling relieved.

Perhaps it is because the cousin who lives in the Marquis's Mansion is much better than the unpopular prince and concubine.
Chapter completed!