Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

"My godfather is coming?!"

Seeing his daughter's wide-eyed look of surprise, Gu Yunji couldn't help but rub the top of her hair and said warmly: "Yes, the godfather is coming. Your Majesty will transfer the godfather to Zhejiang, and he will be under the command of the second-rank commander. From now on, They are all the commander’s deputy.”

Gu Zhaoxi was young and didn't know much about these messy official positions. He only shook Gu Yunji's hand eagerly: "Then, will the godfather stay for a long time? Or will he stay for a few days and leave like the third cousin?"

Gu Zhaoxi has not experienced many separations, and the most unforgettable ones are the departures of Su Qi and Xu Zhenzhi. Even now, several years have passed, and when she learned that Su Qi was coming, she was still subconsciously worried about future separations.

Gu Yunji smiled: "My godfather is here to be an official. Although I don't know how long he can stay, but it should be a year or two at least? And he serves as the deputy of Commander Shen. Lord Shen is stationed in Shaoxing. Mansion, then he will probably come to Shaoxing Mansion. Xi'er will be able to see her godfather more often in the future, aren't you happy?"

Gu Zhaoxi's eyes suddenly lit up and he nodded vigorously: "Happy!"

Not only is her daughter happy, Gu Yunji is also happy.

Calculating carefully, Gu Yunji has not seen Su Qi for more than three years.

Ever since Su Qi led his army to march north when they were at Luxi Academy, they had always gathered less and separated more.Su Qi was a military general and took a different path from the two of them. Later, when Gu Yunji left Beijing to take up his post, the three of them had almost no chance to meet.

Gu Yunji has been an official for six or seven years and has met countless colleagues, but the only friends who have truly entered his heart are Cheng Yan and Su Qi, whom he met when they were young.He has been away from Beijing for more than three years, and the relatives and friends he misses the most every day are not his parents, but his sister and Cheng Yan.

Although I still don't know when I will see Cheng Yan, fortunately, Su Qi is coming.

Su Qi was appointed as the commander of the Zhejiang capital this time. Emperor Jingfeng did not say that he would be relieved of his position as deputy commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, that is, he would hold the post concurrently. Everyone guessed that Su Qi might only serve as a temporary official to help Shen Baiyi stabilize the situation. When the time is right, I will go back to Northern Xinjiang.

Because of the anti-Japanese formation, Shen Baiyi has received poor reviews in the court recently. When they learned that Su Qi, a descendant of the dignified Su family and the distinguished Duke of Dingguo, was going to serve as his foil, many people sighed, gritting their teeth and secretly hating Shen Baiyi for being unworthy. , I felt that Su Qi had been greatly wronged.

Emperor Jingfeng issued the transfer order secretly. By the time everyone knew about it, Su Qi had already arrived in Zhejiang. Even Gu Yunji only knew about it a day or two before others.No one could stop him at all, so they felt sorry for themselves secretly and stopped mentioning the matter.

However, Su Qi himself did not feel any grievance. For him, it was the same wherever he was an official.If you really want to talk about it, the south of the Yangtze River is as warm as water, which is much better than the cold and windy northern Xinjiang. He would still prefer to come to Shaoxing Prefecture, not to mention that there is Gu Yunji and his family here.

On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, Su Qi arrived in Shaoxing Mansion successfully, and Gu Yunji and his wife and daughter came to greet him at the city gate.

Seeing Su Qi riding a horse from a distance, Gu Zhaoxi ran over happily: "Godfather!"

Su Qi's eyebrows were filled with joy, he quickly got off his horse, took a few steps forward, picked up his goddaughter and spun her around several times.Seeing that her godfather had not forgotten this game when they met before, Gu Zhaoxi smiled even more happily, and played with Su Qi happily without giving up at all.

Gu Zhaoxi grew up very fast and was half a hand taller than other children of the same age. Su Qi saw her long hands and feet and was pleasantly surprised and said, "Xi'er has a strange frame and is a good youngster for practicing martial arts." Gu Yunji walked up with a smile: " You are suffering from an occupational disease. My daughter has been raised pampered and can exercise well, but I dare not teach her to endure the hardships of martial arts. I feel so distressed."

Su Qiben said it casually, so naturally he wouldn't take it seriously.Gu Yunji and his wife had been married for many years and had such a sweetheart. They would feel distressed every time they bumped into each other. If he abducted their daughter to practice martial arts, the couple would be afraid of chasing him and beating him.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Gu Yunji looked at the four or five soldiers following Su Qi and said jokingly: "The Duke of Guo is not good at this. The journey is long. If you don't bring some entourage, why don't you even hire a carriage?"

Su Qi snorted and said indifferently: "I'm here to take office, not for fun. Why do I need such a big pomp? The carriage is slow and bumpy, and I don't know how long it will take to get there. I might as well take two relatives with me. It’s great that the soldiers come on horseback and are light-weight.”

Su Qiman had been a general for seven years and had become a heroic young man. However, when Gu Yunji saw him, he felt that he was still the fun and lively young man from Luxi Academy, and his temperament had not changed much.

After receiving Su Qi, Gu Yunji walked back side by side with him and said with a smile: "Everyone says that you, General Su, left Northern Xinjiang and came to Zhejiang to work as Shen Baiyi's deputy. You suffered a great injustice. What do you think?" You look happy, like you're enjoying it?"

Su Qi also smiled: "Of course I'm happy to see you, what's the point of being aggrieved? The sons of my Su family are loyal to the imperial court and are born to lead troops in war. Fighting the Tatars in northern Xinjiang is fighting, and fighting Japanese pirates in Zhejiang is the same. Fighting, there is essentially no difference.”

"Sure enough, you are still like this, you can see clearly."

The group of people walked and chatted, and soon arrived at Su Qi's official residence.

As a fellow commander of the capital, Su Qi's official residence was originally in Hangzhou Prefecture, but Shen Baiyi chose to be stationed in Shaoxing Prefecture, so he had no choice but to follow him.Shaoxing Prefecture only has official residences for officials such as the prefect and tongzhi. Su Qi's house is temporarily rented. It is narrow and small and not as big as Gu Yunji's official residence.

Due to the rush of time, the house was only roughly packed up, and it was barely enough for people to live in. Many of the furniture were not ready, and there was a sense of shabbiness everywhere.Gu Yunji looked around and was not satisfied. He originally wanted Su Qi to stay in the inn temporarily, but there has been a lot of traffic during the Mid-Autumn Festival recently, so the inn must have been full.

Gu Yunji thought for a while and couldn't help but said: "Your place is too simple. It feels like you haven't finished cleaning it yet. Why don't you stay at my house for two days first?"

Su Qi shook his head: "No, it's not that I don't want to go, but there are differences between civil and military affairs. It's okay for us to interact occasionally, and don't seem too close. If I live in your house as soon as I come, I'm afraid it will cause trouble. Criticism is not good for you."

Gu Yunji knew this, but when he thought about becoming an official, he couldn't help himself, and he couldn't help but feel a lump of depression in his chest.

Seeing that Gu Yunji didn't speak, Su Qi thought he was unhappy and advised: "Yunji, don't think you are in Shaoxing Mansion. There are actually many people staring at you. Of course, there are also many people staring at me. Ours Our status is relatively special, and there are a large group of people hoping that we will make mistakes every day, but we cannot let them get their wish."

"Thanks to Cheng Yan in the past two years, he can speak well in front of His Majesty, and he has blocked many knives for us both overtly and secretly. Otherwise, in just one month, I would have been impeached ten or eight times. .”

Gu Yunji suddenly realized something: "Cheng Yan? Did he tell you this? Why didn't I hear him mention it?"