Chapter 14

Time: More than forty days ago.

When Xu Zaijing was acting cute in the Duke of Qi's tent, thousands of miles away in Yang Zhou.

Wuyi Lane,

Bai residence,

A man in his fifties looked pale at the old Taoist standing in front of the hall, his tone weak, as if his bones had been pulled out, saying:

"You were delayed for more than a month by falling off a cliff in the mountains; the calamity you spoke of is probably already fulfilled.

My child!

How could I be so muddled, not going to Bianjing to look after you for the sake of a false name of not clinging to power!

My child, it is I who harmed you!!"

As he spoke, tears flowed from the man's eyes, clearly in extreme grief.

The Taoist said with a look of shame:

"I also didn't calculate that picking herbs in the mountains would have such a calamity; if it weren't for the hunters in the mountains, I would already be dry bones in the mountains.

The calamity of your daughter, I also calculated it while lying under the cliff waiting for death. Sigh!"

The Taoist's tone was also hateful. He was used to calculating good and bad luck, but this time he went into the mountains while drunk. Who knew it would delay a major event?

He could have not said it, but he was indebted to the generous treatment of the Bai family master, and after having a demon in his heart and thinking for a long time, he could only pour it out.

"Then I will go to the capital. Someone, prepare the carriage."

Bai Shi family master, who seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, said.

More than ten days later, the side gate of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion in Bianjing opened wide, and Gu Yankai, who was off duty, bowed and invited an old man into the manor.

This father-in-law of Gu Yankai was only ten years older than him. Although he was of merchant status, he started from scratch and had a family fortune of millions. In this era, that was very remarkable.

Since ancient times, the business world has been like a battlefield!

Without one's own intelligence, without one's own luck, and without a strong will, one might have been killed and eaten by others before becoming big.

So Gu Yankai respected this old man who realized the class leap by marrying off his daughter and solved the urgent need of the Marquis Mansion.

Moreover, the death of Gu Yankai's first wife had nothing to do with him. Although he had a temper and cold-shouldered Madam Bai at first, after having a healthy and strong second son who looked just like him and also having his first daughter in these few years, his mentality had already changed.

Before, 99% of Gu Yankai's heart was on the deceased Madam Qin.

Now, perhaps 95%.

Looking at his exhausted and ugly father-in-law, Gu Yankai asked with a look of doubt: "Old man, the letter was sent the day before yesterday; why did you arrive in Bianjing so quickly?"

Bai Shi family master, named Bai Wanshu, saw that the Lady Ningyuan Hou Fu's gate was not hung with white after arriving in Bianjing, and he felt a burst of anger in his heart.

He had spent his life to come to this Bianjing.

You know, from Yang Zhou to Bianjing, the super-urgent delivery can arrive in three and a half days.

Basically, it is changing horses but not people.

Bai Wanshu used more than ten days; at his age, one can see the urgency of his heart.

But upon arriving in Bianjing, his mind was somewhat angry.

One was that the Taoist had calculated too accurately for decades, and he couldn't help but believe that his daughter had already entered the Yellow Springs.

The second was that he was of merchant status, fearing that the high families in the capital would not bother to hold a funeral for his daughter.

Upon seeing Gu Yankai, Bai Wanshu's heart had thunder but his face was as calm as a lake, and at the same time, his mind moved, and an uncontrollable possibility emerged in his heart.

Because Gu Yankai's eyes and face, besides surprise, had no other expression.

Bai Wanshu held his spirit. In this capital, he couldn't call Gu Yankai "virtuous son-in-law,"

"Gu Hou, I don't know if Madam is well?"

"She gave birth to a daughter a few days ago, named Tingyi. Both mother and daughter are safe."

Hearing this, Bai Wanshu stopped and felt dizzy. This surprise made him somewhat dizzy, his legs softened, and he almost couldn't stand.

Gu Yankai was originally a military officer and reacted quickly, supporting the old man in front of him.

"Thank you, Gu Hou; this journey was too exhausting."

"The journey was hard; you can rest for a while."

"No need, no need."

The two talked and walked into the courtyard.

In the inner courtyard of the Hou Fu, Madam Bai, who was breastfeeding her daughter, heard the report. Her face, wearing a forehead band, was full of surprise, and she looked affectionately at the daughter in her arms and said:

"Yi'er, Mother's father is here; your maternal grandfather is here."

For some reason, her eyes were full of tears. Sometimes, only in front of relatives would the grievances and bitterness of being wronged become so profound.

Gu Tingyi in the swaddling clothes spat out a milk bubble.

This made Madam Bai burst into tears and smile.

"Mistress, please don't cry; crying in the month will hurt your eyes!"

When Bai Laoyezi Bai Wanshu came in, Madam Bai's eyes were still red.

This old man of the Bai family, who was removed from the clan genealogy and built his own career, saw his only flesh and blood in the room.

Taking the granddaughter from his daughter's arms, he, who had never cried despite how much bitterness he had eaten, had eyes full of tears.

This was the emotion of the continuation of the bloodline!

And the joy that the descendants' bloodline had escaped the merchant status and become the descendants of a noble family.

He held the granddaughter in the swaddling clothes, his eyes full of love.

"Speaking of which, when you were born, I was truly warm when I saw you. This Yi'er's eyes are like yours, but her appearance is as beautiful as the Marquis."

Gu Yankai also had a tenderness he had never had before in his eyes.

Madam Qin gave birth to Gu Tingyu for him.

But the daughter was born to Madam Bai.

Having a daughter for the first time, his mind had changed in a way he didn't feel.

"Father, it's been a long time; you should stay for a few more days."

"Hmm, you should also be careful with your body. Crying in the month is joking with your own body. Chang family?"

"Yes, Master, I will take care of her." Mama Chang said respectfully.

Gu Yankai nodded to the side. He turned sideways and said:

"Old man, you should rest first, and I will hold a banquet for you tonight."

In the evening, Gu Yankai returned to his own room full of alcohol. Looking at his daughter in the swaddling clothes, his eyes were also full of love. His eyes were different from looking at Gu Tingye and Gu Tingyu; looking at his daughter, Gu Yankai was particularly doting.

"Today, the old man brought another 80,000 taels of silver goods. Later, you have the maids count them."

"Yes, Marquis."

Although Bai Wanshu's status was not high and he was a merchant, Gu Yankai still arranged a side room in the Marquis Mansion.

In the evening, Bai Wanshu asked Gu Yankai to let Nanny Chang come to the room.

"Old man, your complexion doesn't look good; are you tired from the journey?"

"Old woman, don't worry about my body first. In the last two months, has there been anything special or abrupt about Madam?"

Mama Chang looked surprised, her eyes somewhat dull,

"Old man?"

"Some things, the letter didn't say clearly. You should tell me about the more special things in these few years, in detail."

"Yes, old man. At Ye-ge's first birthday banquet, the Marquis Mansion's aunt, Yongyi Marquis Mansion Madam Sun's Third Young Master named Xu Zaijing, Dongchang Marquis Mansion Qin family's Second Miss... Jing-er was frightened, invited a Taoist from Yuqing Temple, said that those who care about Jing-er should not go shopping in the garden, and so on..."

"The biggest change was Ye-ge's first birthday banquet; Madam began to gain a foothold in Bianjing."

"Old woman, nothing else. You go back and tell Madam not to worry about me."

"Yes, old man."

Bai Wanshu exhaled. After a while, a person wearing a Hou Fu servant's clothes also entered Bai Wanshu's room.

An hour later, this servant walked out of the room.

Inside the room, Bai Wanshu tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

At the same time, he muttered to himself: "How this calamity was passed, I have to let him come to this Bianjing to see. If great kindness is not repaid, it will be condemned by heaven!"

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

There was no curfew in Bianjing, and there were still merchants lighting candles on the road, and people were coming and going.

Xu Zaijing at home, not yet feeling some changes brought about by his moving the world line, was sleeping soundly.

In the Lady Ningyuan Hou Fu,

Perhaps the arrival of her father made Madam Bai somewhat excited, and Mama Chang was not by her side before sleep, so Madam Bai went to sleep somewhat late at night.

When she slept deeply, she fell into a dream without knowing it.

In a trance, she saw herself dying of blood collapse, but Gu Tingye, who was three or four years old, was crying outside the house, unable to catch his breath.

"Mother! Mother! Woo-woo-woo..."

"Ah! So you can still see things after death! Ye-er, my Ye-er, don't cry!" Madam Bai hurried over, only to find that her hands couldn't touch her son who was crying bitterly.

Madam Bai:!!!

In a trance,

in the clouds and mist of incense,

Gu Yankai married the second Miss Qin, and her son Gu Tingye grew up.

But her son was kneeling on the ground being beaten with boards!

In the dim room, it seemed to be the ancestral hall she had seen,

behind the lingering smoke, the much larger Gu Tingye was looking at Madam Bai with tears in his eyes, repeating "Mother" in his mouth.

The child who didn't shed tears when beaten cried until he couldn't catch his breath in front of his mother's spirit tablet.

When Gu Tingye grew older,

he was actually hung up and whipped.

The candles in the ancestral hall felt Madam Bai's anger, but they only flickered like being blown by the wind.

"Ye-er!!!!"

Seeing that everyone seems to have a big reaction to the last two chapters, actually, Madam Bai's dream is the reputation of Madam Bai after her death and Gu Tingye's encounter (being praised to death, plotting to seize the title, being comforted by Changbai, etc.).

The appearance of the fortune-teller is somewhat abrupt, but it will not develop toward fantasy. *The Story of Minglan* is a fictional historical text, and the main line of fan fiction must be the characters in the original work and the drama.

Whether it is the original work or the TV series, the representative character of the Yongyi Hou Fu is only Old Madam Sheng, so it is assumed that it has declined somewhat and no outstanding figures have emerged, so the protagonist must do some magic changes to get on the main line. If you have any places you cannot accept, you can leave a message, and I will try my best to modify it.

That's all.

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