MTL - My Stepmother is Soft and Charming-Chapter 597 Another year

When the two of them came back, they did not still talk to the young masters just now. Instead, they went to other places to talk to other guests, so naturally no one paid attention to them.

 Someone in the middle came over and said something when he saw Xing Zhao.

"I'm also asking, why are you so slow to take the prince to change his clothes? Are you hiding from drinking here? Let's go, don't even think about defaulting on your debt. If you owe us, you won't come back until you're drunk."

Xing Zhao had a helpless expression as he was forcefully "dragged" away.

Everyone present also laughed, except Prince Bin. Although he had a smile on his face, all his thoughts were focused on what Xing Zhao had just said.

 When Du Jingyi left, Xing Zhao came specially to see him off.

As soon as the two people's eyes met, Xing Zhao nodded steadily. Du Jingyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief before getting into the carriage with peace of mind.

The bait has been thrown out, and it depends on whether the fish will take the bait or not.

Since the Xing family left, there were only about ten days left for the Chinese New Year. Du Jingyi didn't know how Prince Xing spent his time, but they just let nature take its course.

 It’s New Year’s Eve again, and Gu Shaoyu still hasn’t come back.

Last year, Du Jingyi took his children to spend time with the Du family. This year, there were many people in the General's Mansion, so the Du family and his wife came to stay with them.

With the eldest aunt and the fourth aunt working together, Du Jingyi did not need to come out to liven up the atmosphere. In addition, the children in the courtyard made the general's mansion extremely popular.

Steward He and Aunt Dou were so happy that the smile lines around their eyes had grown a lot. Of course, the happiest ones were the children.

 The New Year is the New Year and the New Year is the New Year. The most promising thing every year is to receive the New Year’s red envelope.

None of them are children who lack money, but when they see other brothers and sisters, they are naturally interested in one and one, and their mouths are sweet than one. The red envelopes are naturally one larger than one.

Children get together, sometimes eating dumplings, sometimes playing riddles, their feet never rest, and their mouths are never free.

Du Jingyi was afraid that they would eat too much and move too much, which would affect their health. Just when he was about to persuade them, he saw his aunt stopping them.

“Children are happy, it’s okay. You’ve worked hard all year long, so just relax and chat with us all, and then go back to rest.”

“Auntie feels very sorry for them. If the general comes back and sees them, he will definitely tell them.”

 “He dares?”

The eldest aunt of the Gu family suddenly stared, and then said immediately.

"It's his fault that he still finds fault with such a good wife. I'll come and make your decision right away. I want to see if our general doesn't even give my aunt her face. "

Her words made everyone laugh.

Du Jingyi thought about it, let the children indulge for a day, so he didn't care about it anymore.

　　We sat around until late at night, and everyone dispersed when they were tired.

Du Jingyi first arranged the children and then the elders, and then went back to rest. As soon as she entered the main room, she felt something was not right. There seemed to be a familiar smell inside, so she quickly walked towards Go to the dormitory.

Sure enough, Gu Shaoyu stood with his hands behind his hands and looked at her with a smile on his face.

Du Jingyi threw himself into his arms, hammered him twice, and then asked with a sore nose.

“The general didn’t even say hello when he came back. Everyone in the family misses him so much!”

"I'm busy with everyone coming back this time. Wouldn't it be revealing to go to the front hall to say hello? Today is New Year's Eve, I will accompany you, and after tomorrow, I have to leave again." Du Jingyi raised his head and looked at him in astonishment , eyes full of questions.

"Didn't you just come back? Why don't you stay for a few more days?"

"I came back three days ago, but I have been busy with things outside. I also went to meet with the prince and Mr. Wen. I was supposed to return today, but I thought I'd better come and see you before leaving."

With such a hurry, Du Jingyi knew that there must be something going on in the Huben Army, so it was hard for her to persuade him.

 Just silently hugged Gu Shaoyu's waist, and Gu Shaoyu also held her in his arms distressedly.

The couple haven't seen each other for more than a year, so it's natural not to have outsiders disturb them at this time. Du Jingyi was already a little sleepy, but he couldn't sleep while lying on the bed.

“General, are you coming back for the sake of the Crown Prince?”

“Half of the reason, and the other reason is that I discovered that the emperor secretly took in an old friend, so I came here to see if it was true?”

"who?"

 “Shang Qilang.”

When he heard this, Du Jingyi was still a little frightened. All the people related to the Wei family had died a few years ago. To put it bluntly, the grass on the grave was probably stained. He's already three meters tall, how could he...

Gu Shaoyu naturally knew what Du Jingyi wanted to ask. After all, he was shocked when he first received the news.

"Shang Qilang was considered a person who had surrendered to Marquis Dingping at that time, so he did not die. It probably had something to do with this. However, he was indeed smart and followed the path of Marquis Dingping. Now he is in the eyes of the emperor. Although he cannot stand up to his previous He is officially working in the imperial court, but not many people know him outside Sui'an City, so he must have been assigned overseas this time."

 “Where will he be sent?”

“I don’t know, but there are only a few places on the left, either near Quanzhou, near Cezhou, or near Jinling City.”

Quanzhou was naturally targeting Queen Yan and her party, Cezhou was targeting the Gu family, and as for Jinling City, it was targeting the Xing family.

Thinking of this, Du Jingyi was a little impressed.

“It’s so cold at high places, our emperor is becoming more and more suspicious now.”

"The emperor is the biological son of the late emperor, and his son Xiao's father is no different. It's just a pity that Grandpa Guo, who worked hard all his life for the great prosperity of the government, ended up with such a result. There are also those who sincerely worked for the government and the people. Good officials are now squeezed out by partisanship and have little chance of survival."

Du Jingyi sighed and then asked.

"What will be the result of the meeting between the general and the Crown Prince? Has he thought about the future?"

Seeing this, Gu Shaoyu smiled and kissed her forehead, and then said.

 “You are more impatient than me.”

“Success or failure depends on this one move. If it fails, then our family will have no way out.”

“Don’t worry, the prince is more ambitious than I thought, so this matter will be a matter of course as long as the time is right.”

Du Jingyi didn’t have much contact with the prince, so she couldn’t comment much. But after hearing Gu Shaoyu say this, she still had more hope for the long road ahead.

　　"Okay, go to sleep quickly, it will be dawn if you don't sleep."