On July 14th, Tang Ning thought that Rongyue would not go to Lingyun Temple, but unexpectedly in the afternoon when she was leading Xue Ru to set off, Gu Helian accompanied Rongyue.
The two of them looked normal. Gu Helian was also a little distanced from Rongyue. He was very measured in his words and deeds. Even his venomous tongue in the past had become a lot more serious. But it was because he was so serious that Tangning was so serious at a glance. Something was wrong.
"What are you looking at?" Gu Helian asked.
Tang Ning looked away: "It's nothing, it's just that I haven't seen my uncle for a few days."
Gu Helian: "There is something wrong with the Gu family's business. The people below are coming and going here to cause trouble. During this period, I am living over there in Changshoufang."
Rongzhai is also in Changshoufang.
Tang Ning listened to his words that seemed to be an explanation. If she hadn't seen the nervousness in her aunt's sitting figure, she would have believed Gu Helian's nonsense.
However, Tang Ning didn't reveal it. She just pretended not to hear his bluff and said softly to the two of them:
"I just said why I haven't seen you for several days, but my aunt moved back to Rongzhai. During this time, I didn't know about my brother's injury. Fortunately, Rongzhai is also in Changshoufang, and my uncle can still take care of my aunt."
After she finished speaking, she asked: "Aunt, are you going to Lingyun Temple with me or uncle?"
Gu Helian shook his head: "I won't go. There are a lot of things going on with the Gu family, but I heard that you fell into the water just on Chinese Valentine's Day. During this period, there were constant messy things. Maybe some bastard is trying to plot against you. You and your aunt should bring more guards when you go out of the city, or else let Mu Feng go with you."
Tang Ning smiled and said, "No need, Mu Feng still has to protect his uncle."
Compared to her, who is the most popular person in the eyes of a new powerful person, Gu Helian is the God of Wealth covered in golden light, the kind that dazzles people's eyes with his radiant light. Especially, he is also ostentatious, never acts low-key, and has a venomous mouth that offends people. A lot of people.
There were countless people in the capital who coveted her, both covertly and overtly, and she didn't dare take Mu Feng away.
"Brother asked Cang Lang to accompany me, as well as Hang Li, Yue Jian and the others, and also asked thirty black armored guards to accompany me in plain clothes for protection. Everything will be fine."
Gu Helian did know that Xiao Yan was protecting his shortcomings. With so many people protecting him, nothing would happen. Moreover, Lingyun Temple was considered a national temple, and there were many dignitaries who went to the Bon Bon Festival. No one would be unlucky after thinking about it. His eyes met Tangning and the others.
It was past noon outside, so Gu Helian didn't stay too long. After asking a few questions about Xiao Yan's injury, he left first.
Tang Ning then got on the carriage with Rong Yue and Xue Ru and headed out of the city, while Hua Wu and Xichun followed in smaller carriages.
There was some distance between the capital and Lingyun Temple, and there were many carriages leaving the city. After Tang Ning and the others arrived outside the city, the road became wider.
The heat of midsummer was extremely heavy. Even though there was an ice basin on the carriage and the curtains were replaced with tulle, the wind blowing in the face still carried a suffocating heat, making the fan in Tang Ning's hand fan even more. Soon.
"The weather is really hot this time." Rongyue fanned: "It has never been this hot in previous years."
"Yes, there was a lot of rain a few days ago, but it didn't feel much cooler."
Next to her, Xue Ru saw that Tang Ning was sweating from the heat and was fanning her with a fan. Tang Ning looked outside and said, "I should have known that I would leave the city again at night."
Rong Yue laughed: "How can I go out of the city at night? It's so dark that I can't see the road. What if I meet someone with ill intentions?"
Although the suburbs of Beijing are safer than other remote places, and there are often patrols nearby, there is no guarantee that there will not be a few brainless thieves. Moreover, everyone knows that there are many powerful people in Lingyun Temple in Zhongyuan. If someone gets involved, What if you take risks out of spite?
Rongyue glanced outside and said: "It's hot at noon, and there is no shade on this section of the official road. It will be fine after we walk down the mountain of Lingyun Temple and enter the forest and walk on the path. The trees over there It’s shaded and it won’t be so hot if it blocks the sun.”
The ice basin on the carriage turned into water visibly with the naked eye. Rong Yue also fanned Tang Ning: "What happened to you when you fell into the water on the night of Chinese Valentine's Day? I didn't tell you when I came back. If your aunt hadn't sent me a letter saying that you had suffered People are plotting, and I didn’t even know such a big thing would happen.”
Tang Ning knew that Mrs. Wen Xinhou had a good relationship with her aunt. Hearing this, she said: "They are just some brainless people who covet the bad things done by Rongsheng Academy. Sister A Yue and I are fine, so we don't want to let my aunt do it." Worry, and Qian Shangshu has already saved our face."
"You." Rongyue nodded her forehead: "Don't think about doing everything by yourself, my aunt is not that useless."
"I know that my aunt loves me the most. I just don't want to upset my aunt."
Tang Ning nuzzled Rongyue and had her head rubbed as before. Seeing that her aunt was in a good mood, she asked, "Aunt..."
"Um?"
"Uncle Gu..."
Tang Ning originally wanted to ask Gu Helian about it, but when she saw Rong Yue's face becoming visibly nervous and her body suddenly tensing up, she swallowed back her words as soon as they reached her lips.
"Uncle Gu has been in Beijing for a while. Is it okay if there is no one in Zuozhou to take care of him?"
Rongyue's racing heart suddenly stopped: "I don't know, but the Gu family has a big business, so I don't think he needs to take care of everything."
She paused, feeling a little guilty:
"I asked your uncle before. He said that the Gu family used to live in Zuozhou and avoided the capital because of King Cheng's business. But in the future, you will stay in Beijing. He plans to open a store in Beijing and bring his business here, so he wants to I probably won’t be returning to Zuozhou for the time being..."
Tang Ning suddenly felt a little funny when she saw Rong Yue's wandering eyes.
If the Gu family wants to settle in the capital, they can just send a steward to take care of the business. This small place in the middle of the capital is not as important as the business of Zuozhou and the entire Wei Dynasty, so Gu Helian can stay here in person.
Besides, although Gu Helian treated her well, he was mostly "loving her". On the one hand, it was because of her mother-in-law and her grandfather, and more importantly, because of her aunt. But even if she liked her, it was still to take care of the younger generation, but because of him, she stayed. Not so in Beijing.
After Xue Ru told her about her aunt and uncle last night, she thought a lot about it. Seeing the two of them today, she could roughly guess that they were really making progress.
Tang Ning was happy that Rong Yue could get over the incident with Prince Cheng and find someone she liked. Moreover, Gu Helian had not married for so many years and had been waiting for her. She would also be happy if they could get together, but she saw that her aunt was worried. , obviously not planning to say it now.
Tangning didn't get to the bottom of it: "That's good. I originally thought that if my uncle returned to Zuozhou, my aunt and I would be the only ones left."
Rongyue fanned her fan and asked tentatively: "Do you like Gu Helian very much?"
Tang Ning said, "I like it. My uncle seems to have a bad temper and a bad mouth, but in fact he is sincere in protecting his shortcomings. If he hadn't been tricked into driving out of the Rong family back then, he would have definitely protected my aunt and I from being bullied."
Rong Yue felt relaxed after hearing this, and the fan in his hand became lighter: "It was a misunderstanding before, but he will protect you in the future."
Tang Ning: "I know, uncle is very good."
Rongyue looked more relaxed. It seemed that Tang Ning didn't hate Gu Helian...
Xue Ru sat aside and watched Mrs. Rong Guo carefully testing her sister's attitude. She pursed her lips and held back a smile. She fanned herself hard to cover up the narrow look that Tang Ning gave her. Two dimples were exposed on her lips. Yue quickly lowered her head before looking over.
The carriage was walking forward in the wilderness. When it approached the foot of Lingyun Temple, there were more carriages around.
Before they even went up the mountain, Tang Ning and the others were stopped.
"Girl, this is the carriage from the Fourth Prince's Mansion."
