Gu Jin was born in the second year of Yongfu.

She heard that when she was born, her father Gu Jiusi was still building the Yellow River by the Yellow River. Shortly after she was born, she met the Saint King's death, the New Lord ascended the throne, and then the New Lord abolished the cabinet. The world was in turmoil. She was still in her infancy and was wandering with her mother.

Perhaps she was born in turmoil, which developed her timid nature. She was three years old and rarely spoke, and even if she spoke, she was stuttering. Liu Yuru was worried that her taciturn influenced her, so she asked Gu Jiusi to take her more. Because Gu Jiusi talked a lot and was outgoing, Gu Jin followed Gu Jiusi, and perhaps she would be brave enough to learn.

Gu Jiusi thought what Liu Yuru said was very reasonable. Moreover, when Gu Jiusi saw Gu Jin looking at people timidly, he felt distressed. So Gu Jiusi took Gu Jin with him every day. Except for the morning court, he did not take her with him when he entered the palace, he always hugged him almost anytime and anywhere. If he saw his colleagues, he would still not help but show off: "Look at how beautiful this girl is, yes, this is Jin'er, my daughter."

So although Gu Jin is young, his life is similar to that of an adult. Every day, she wakes up early, and Liu Yuru puts on a beautiful skirt, combs her beautiful hair bun, and then takes Gu Jiusi to the morning court. At this time, Gu Jiusi goes into the hall to discuss politics, and Mu Nan waits outside the hall. When Gu Jiusi goes to court, she follows Gu Jiusi to work in Jixian Pavilion. In the afternoon, the father and daughter will go home together, and Liu Yuru will play with Gu Jin for a while.

Gu Jin has never said much, but she is very well-behaved. Every morning, Mu Nan would give her a small stool, then put a small table next to the stool, and give her a small round fan. She was like a smaller version of a lady from the palace, shaking the balloon fan, watching the sky, watching the sun rise, and passing by, and looking at the white clouds all morning. When Gu Jiusi got down, as soon as he walked out, he could see a small stool staggeringly running over, coming to him, with his hands open and his big eyes were looking at him, and he shouted in her rare words: "Hug, dad, hug!"

Gu Jin was cute, with a round face, flushed, her eyes were glazed, and she quickly became clear. If she looked at something, she would have something in her eyes, which made people feel satisfied.

Every day, there is such a small ball to welcome him and the court is over. Gu Jiusi is so worried. Ye Shian, who has been single for many years and Shen Ming, who has not yet given birth, have even looked red. He is scrambling to come: "Uncle can hug you, uncle can hug you!"

But how could Gu Jiusi let others touch his daughter? When Shen Ming and Ye Shian rushed forward, Gu Jiusi quickly stepped forward and picked up Gu Jin, hugged her in her arms, and said proudly: "Let's go, Dad will take you home, let's ignore those strange uncles."

Shen Ming was unhappy when he heard this and snorted coldly, "If you don't give me a hug, I will not give me a hug. Ye Yun and I will become a kiss and I will have a child by myself when I go home!"

When Ye Shian next to him heard this, he immediately looked at him and said coldly: "It turns out that you just want Yun'er to give birth to you. You'll have your heart to die! My Ye family will never let her marry someone like you in their entire life!"

Shen Ming: "..."

Ye Shian shook his sleeves and turned around and left. Shen Ming hurriedly chased after him and said, "Brother-in-law, I was wrong. I am not for the sake of the child, I like Ye Yun. Brother-in-law, please walk slowly, brother-in-law!!"

Gu Jin looked out of the morning court and saw that he was five years old. At this time, most people in the court knew her and loved her quite leniently. She originally thought that morning court was a bit boring, but on the first day after spring when she was five years old, when she was bored and looked at the sky, a little brother walked into her sight.

The little brother looked only twelve or thirteen years old. He was wearing a robe with a dragon embroidered with a pearl on his head. After the morning court began, he led the people to the entrance of the hall, and then his eyes fell on Gu Jin.

This is the most beautiful little brother Gu Jin has ever seen.

She had never seen a good-looking man. Her father Gu Jiusi was the top handsome man in Daxia. Her uncles Ye Shian, Shen Ming, Li Yuchang, and even the emperor Zhou Ye were not bad, but they were all too old and in her heart, they were all objects that could not be played with. But this little brother was the youngest and most handsome person she had ever seen.

The little brother was not only handsome, but also gentle. Gu Jin was stunned at the first sight of him. Because he was stunned, the small ball of fan in his hand fell off. The little brother pursed his lips and chuckled. He stepped forward, bent down, picked up the small ball of fan, half-squatted, handed it to Gu Jin, and said softly: "Please take it, don't drop it again."

Gu Jin was so excited when he got these words.

She really wanted to say a few more words to this little brother and wanted him to play with her. She took the round fan, held her strength, and said stutteringly: "Thank you...thank you...thank you...thank you...thank you..."

She wanted to say thank you to the little brother, but she couldn't say it, so she felt a little ashamed. She turned her head and grabbed a plum blossom cake she loved the most, handed it to the little brother, and continued, "Thank you... Thank you... Thank you..."

This time she was almost crying.

This was the case before. As soon as she spoke, she liked to stutter and stutter, and others liked to laugh at her. They dared not smile in front of Gu Jiusi and Liu Yuru, but once or twice in private, Gu Jin understood. So she rarely talked, didn't talk, and didn't make jokes, and would not be ridiculed.

But now she wanted to show off so much that she still made a joke. The first time she met a playmate she liked, she was about to be laughed at. She felt very aggrieved, tears rolling in her eyes, and the plum blossom cake she was holding was deformed by her. But at this time, the little brother raised his hand to take the plum blossom cake and said gently: "Why are you crying? Did I scare you somewhere?"

Hearing this, Gu Jin looked up blankly and looked at the little brother in disbelief. The little brother took a bite of the plum blossom cake and turned around and said, "It's delicious, thank you."

As he was speaking, Xuan’s call came from the hall: “Xuan——His Royal Highness the Crown Prince enters the hall.”

When the little brother heard this, he stood up calmly, patted the debris on his hands, sorted out his demeanor, and smiled at Gu Jin: "I'm going in, you can continue playing."

After saying that, the little brother turned around and led the people into the hall.

Gu Jin anxiously grabbed Mu Nan's sleeve, pointed at the little brother, and barely spoke: "Too...the prince..."

This was the first time she said some words that were not commonly used, which made Mu Nan stunned. Then Mu Nan squatted down quickly and said happily: "Yes, that's His Royal Highness," and Mu Nan whispered over and told her, "Call Zhou Ping."

Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ye’s half-brother is also the crown prince of Daxia.

He studied under Ye Shi'an, Gu Jiusi, and Li Yuchang. He was thirteen years old this year, and the second year he became the crown prince, which was also the first time he entered the hall to listen to politics.

It was fake to say that he was not nervous, but he met a little girl outside the door, and the other party gave him a plum blossom cake. With such a distraction, he calmed down.

He walked into the hall, and his manners were quite good at completing the day's reign. When he walked out of the hall with all the court officials, he smiled very happily, talked about the government affairs with his teacher Gu Jiusi, and walked out strode out.

At this time, Gu Jin opened his hand and ran towards everyone happily.

Everyone was used to it, so Gu Jiusi also bent down, squatted down with a smile, opened his hands, and waited for Gu Jin to pounce on him.

Who would have thought that when Gu Jiusi came to him, Gu Jin suddenly fell down, turned his head and rushed towards Zhou Ping, then opened his hands, looked at Zhou Ping with anticipation, and said happily: "Hug! Your Highness, hug!"

Zhou Ping was stunned, and then he felt a cold wind blowing. He turned his head and saw Gu Jiusi with a meaningful and cold look.

Gu Jiusi stood up, took back his hand waiting for his daughter to come and hug him, and said indifferently: "Jin'er likes Your Highness very much."

"It turns out to be the teacher's child," Zhou Ping felt Gu Jiusi's displeasure intuition and said quickly, "I said why is it so cute."

Seeing Zhou Ping and Gu Jiusi talking, Gu Jin ignored him and burst into tears, but she was also stubborn, so she still stretched out her hand, looked at Zhou Ping, and jumped and said, "Hug, Your Highness, I want to hug you!"

Zhou Ping: “…”

So cute, a little unbearable.

When Gu Jiusi saw that Gu Jin was about to cry, she immediately tried a little and couldn't control her emotions. She said angrily: "She is about to cry, aren't you picking her up yet!"

After Zhou Ping got this, he quickly bent down, held Gu Jin in his arms, and said to Gu Jiusi reluctantly: "Teacher, I offended you."

Gu Jiusi: "..."

Zhou Ping was dragged by Gu Jin and sent Gu Jiusi all the way to the Gu family. He happened to have many questions to ask, so he stayed at the Gu family for a meal.

At the dinner table, Gu Jin tried hard to talk to Zhou Ping. She stuttered. Zhou Ping smiled when he heard it. Zhou Ping didn't think anything was wrong, but the Gu family was silent collectively. After seeing Zhou Ping off, the two of them went to bed at night. Liu Yuru folded her clothes aside and said happily with Gu Jiusi: "Today Jin'er said a lot! In the future, Jin'er would have more contact with His Royal Highness the Prince."

Hearing this, Gu Jiusi got angry, covered her quilt with her back to Liu Yuru, and shouted in grievance: "I don't!"

But Gu Jin was determined. The next morning, Gu Jiusi and Liu Yuru were still asleep, so Gu Jin came to knock on the door. As soon as Gu Jiusi opened the door, he saw Gu Jin standing at the door of the bedroom, looking at him and said, "You must look good, see your brother."

She spoke intermittently, but Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi both understood that she wanted to dress up better, and see Zhou Ping.

Okay, Gu Jiusi's heart was even more disheartened. He didn't want to take Gu Jin to court anymore, but when Gu Jin heard that he had this idea, he sat on the side, crying like he didn't have money. His daughter felt wronged, and Liu Yuru felt distressed and immediately said, "Go, you must go! If you don't take Jin'er, I will take Jin'er in person today!"

Gu Jiusi: "..."

There was no choice but to take Gu Jin there.

Gu Jin is young, but she is very persistent in what she believes in. From that day on, she actively meets Zhou Ping every day, and then she holds her energy and says a few words to Zhou Ping.

Because of this effort, Gu Jin has spoken more than in the past five years in just one year. Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi don’t understand how positive the child is. So one night, Liu Yuru coaxed Gu Jin to sleep and couldn’t help but say, “Why does Jin'er like the prince’s brother so much?”

"He," Gu Jin stuttered, "I won't laugh at me."

"Yes, like my parents, listen to me. No, impatient."

After Gu Jin said this, Liu Yuru understood that Gu Jin liked Zhou Ping because Zhou Ping could not laugh at her for being stuttering and was willing to play with her.

Liu Yuru felt sad when she heard this. As a parent, her children felt uneasy. She was so resilient and strong that she felt a little sore in her eyes when her daughter said this.

After that, Liu Yuru often took Gu Jin to see Zhou Ping. Sometimes Gu Jiusi was teaching Zhou Ping, and Liu Yuru took Gu Jin over in the name of finding Gu Jiusi. Then the mother and mother watched the two people in the corridor. Gu Jiusi was attending class and Zhou Ping listened to the study. After waiting for an hour and a half, Liu Yuru brought Gu Jin over and Gu Jin gave Zhou Ping a gift, which was just a few words to talk, so Gu Jin was very happy. Moreover, Zhou Ping had a good temper. If he had nothing to do, Zhou Ping would take the initiative to play with Gu Jin for a while. He would play shuttlecocks, throw sandbags, jump on the grid, and a simple child thing. Gu Jin was also very happy.

Zhou Ping took her several times, and thought that Gu Jin was about the same age as Zhou Sigui, and took the initiative to ask Gu Jin to come to the palace with Gu Jiusi. When he brought Zhou Sigui, he brought Gu Jin with him. Gu Jiusi wanted to refuse, but thought that Gu Jin would be sad and Liu Yuru would be angry in the future. He could only smile reluctantly and respond respectfully: "I'm sorry to the prince."

So after Gu Jin beat him there, he often went to the palace to play with Zhou Sigui and Zhou Ping. Liu Yuru also filled in another child, a boy named Gu Chang'an.

Zhou Ping has to spend some time every day to accompany Zhou Sigui. When he is with Zhou Sigui, he will accompany Gu Jin.

The incident of Zhou Ping accompanying Zhou Sigui was written in the will before Zhou Gaolang died. Everyone understood what Zhou Gaolang meant, but he hoped that Zhou Ping and Zhou Sigui would have more feelings and would not have conflicts in the future due to the matter of the crown prince.

Zhou Ye must be the emperor, so he must be the crown prince. Everyone has been used to turmoil over the years. The emperor has changed several terms and has already made the worst plans. Because Fan Xuan learned from the past, Zhou Ye promised not to marry again. Zhou Gaolang was really worried about establishing Zhou Sigui as the crown prince. In addition, Zhou Sigui was too young and could not see his character, so he could only establish Zhou Ping in the end.

Zhou Ping's life was saved by Qin Wanzhi. He almost obeyed Zhou Ye and had a good character. As the crown prince, it was better, but everyone was still afraid that he would be in a quarrel with Zhou Sigui as his uncle and nephew, so they would let them play for a while every day.

Zhou Ping is also very good at dealing with children. After bringing Gu Jin to the palace, he led Gu Jin and Zhou Sigui to become friends. Although Gu Jin and Zhou Sigui got along well, they probably met Zhou Ping at the beginning, and Gu Jin still liked to come to Zhou Ping. She went to the palace early every day and came back in the evening. Zhou Ping was a little embarrassed, and he said a little strangely: "Why don't Jin'er like to go home?"

Gu Jin felt nervous. Although she was young, she didn't know what. She seemed to be born, and would cover up the true intention in her heart. It was a bad thing for her to say, 'She wanted to get close to him', so she could only say: "Chang'an, here."

Zhou Ping realized.

He looked at the little girl with his head down in front of him and couldn't help feeling a little distressed. He looked up and touched Gu Jin's head, and said gently: "It's okay, brother will accompany you."

After saying this, Gu Jin lowered his head even lower, but he felt very happy.

Gu Jin lived a very happy life in the palace. She stuttered, and Zhou Ping and Zhou Sigui taught her to speak seriously and played with her. When she was seven years old, she could speak neatly.

Although she didn't speak very well, Gu Jin learned to read and write very quickly, especially in arithmetic, and was even more amazing in her talent. She could be said to have inherited Liu Yuru completely and had a very fast mental arithmetic calculation, and she almost remembered the accounts.

As he grew older, when Gu Jin was ten years old, it was not convenient for her to stay in the palace. Zhou Sigui also started his studies. Zhou Sigui was quite regretful, but he also understood the defense between men and women, so he could only say to Gu Jin: "Gu Jin, I will often come to the palace to play in the future."

Gu Jin smiled, she looked up and saw Zhou Ping standing beside her.

Now Zhou Ping is eighteen years old and is close to a young man. He looks at her as if he is looking at a child. Gu Jin feels a little sad when he sees this look and can't explain why he is for. He lowers his head, his eyes feel a little sore, and he said softly: "Then from now on, you and the prince will come to see me more."

"Don't worry." Zhou Sigui immediately said, "We will come to see you often."

"Don't forget me."

"How could it be?"

Zhou Sigui smiled and said, "If you forget, you can't forget you. We are good friends."

Gu Jin felt a little sad, and she responded softly without saying much.

In the following days, Gu Jin stayed at home. Liu Yuru asked her to take charge of the bill early, and she followed Liu Yuru to do business. Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi were different from their parents. They never taught her less because she was a woman. They would not teach her a girl to marry, embroider, and how to pay attention to fame. They only taught her to make money well, be capable, and live a better life. Gu Jin did not have the concept of glory that it was glory for whom Gu Jin married, and for whom she had, it was not important for her. Her mother said that if she liked anyone, she could marry whom. The other party had no money, she could support him, and if the other party had money, she was worthy of him.

She was busy doing business and then secretly inquired about Zhou Ping's news.

When she was twelve years old, Zhou Ping was crowned, and he could get married this year. When she heard the news, her heart was in pain. That night, she stood in front of Gu Jiusi and Liu Yuru and said hoarsely: "I want to enter the palace."

Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi looked at each other and were quite shocked. Gu Jiusi stuttered: "You...you are only twelve years old...your Uncle Zhou is as old as your father..."

"I'm going to the East Palace."

Gu Jin spoke seriously. Gu Jiusi sighed relieved when he heard this, but after a moment, he reacted again and immediately said: "Then you are not old enough! Otherwise," Gu Jiusi and Gu Jin said, "You are still young, don't think about this kind of problem so early..."

"My mother started thinking about marriage when she was eight years old."

Gu Jin blurted out with tears in his mouth. Gu Jiusi looked at Liu Yuru in shock. Liu Yuru coughed lightly and turned to look out the window. Gu Jiusi said sadly and angrily: "You are eight years old and have you fallen in love with Ye Shi'an?!"

"Don't listen to her nonsense," Liu Yuru said quickly, "What do eight-year-old children know if they like it or not?"
To be continued...