"Impossible!" Li Chuo categorically denied, "This is something that must be said, otherwise, what if Hengshan County sends out another congratulatory gift?"

  "I also think it can't be left unsaid...this..." Mrs. Yan pointed towards the flower hall.

  "Is someone still in the flower hall? I'll go take a look, you don't need to go." Li Chuo rushed out of the warm pavilion and headed straight for the flower hall.

  Mrs. Yan stood at the entrance of the warm pavilion, looking anxiously in the direction of the flower hall.

  Guo Sheng sat in the flower hall, thought for a moment, and had some clarity. This festival gift was probably already prepared to be sent away, and there were only a few days left until the end of the year. It was already too late to ask now...

  What does "girl" mean?

  Guo Shengzheng was lost in thought when Li Cao had already arrived at the gate of the flower hall, Guo Sheng hurriedly stood up and paid his respects with a long bow.

  "As expected, the name is not in vain." Li Chuo stood at the door of the flower hall, looking up and down Guo Sheng several times, with a face full of praise. "Sir's demeanor is extraordinary, indeed a great talent."

  "Thanks for the compliment." Guo Sheng bowed slightly and said politely.

  "Sit down." Li Chuo made Guang win sit, and walked to the upper seat, Xiao Yatou re-brewed tea and came up. Li Chuo retreated the maidservants and asked in a low voice: "What's going on with Fifth Brother?"

  "Master Wu has asked me to come over and pay my respects to the madam, to ask for her guidance on how to prepare the festival gifts for the Bo Manor. The canal officer also knows that this matter of festival gifts is something Master Wu has never handled before, so he doesn't know what to do, sending me on this errand is also a sign of his filial piety."

  Guo Sheng's expression remained unchanged, and he repeated what he had just said.

  Li Chuo sat back, stroking his beard, looking at Guo Sheng, his eyebrows gradually furrowing. Guo Sheng remained calm and composed, lifting up his cup to savor the tea carefully.

  The tea in Cao's mansion is indeed much better than that in the county government of Hengshan.

  "Has Fifth Brother been well recently?" Li Chuo asked Guo Sheng, who was calm and composed.

  "Very well." Guo Sheng replied with a bow.

  "Is Fifth Brother at Wan Song Academy now or is he still in Hengshan County?"

  "In the Wan Song Academy, I went to Hangzhou city yesterday to visit my uncle and received the instructions from Fifth Master, then changed horses in Hengshan County and came here directly." Guo Sheng replied very politely.

  "Is the prince all right?" Li Cao's eyebrows furrowed even tighter as he suddenly asked.

  Guo Sheng bowed again, "I didn't see Master Wang below, nor did I hear Fifth Master mention it."

  Li Cao furrowed his brow, unable to think of a reason. Guo Sheng stood up and said, "I still have to hurry back today. If you don't have any other orders, I'll take my leave."

  Li Chuo stared at him, he came to ask how to prepare for the festival gift, but before he could tell him, he wanted to leave... Why did Fifth Brother let him run this errand? Or, was it not Fifth Brother...

  Guo Sheng looked at Li Cao's increasingly puzzled and cold expression, lowered his eyelids for a moment, then stared straight at Li Cao, cupped his hands together in respect, "Almost forgot, the Fifth Master instructed me to remind you, Marshal: after the New Year, it will be His Majesty's 34th birthday."

  Kuo Sheng finished speaking and turned around to leave.

  Li Chuo sat stupidly for a moment, then suddenly jumped up, his face instantly turning pale.

  Li Cuosi didn't go to the front hall again, and went straight back to the main courtyard. Mrs. Yan followed closely behind him into the house, seeing that Li Cuosi's expression was not right, her heart became even more anxious. She dismissed everyone and personally poured tea to bring over, "Master, is everything all right? Your complexion... isn't very good."

  "There's nothing going on." Li Chao said halfway, let out a long sigh, "All I can say is that for now, there's still nothing going on." Li Chao picked up his tea and drank half of it with his head down, then put the cup down and let out another long sigh.

  "What's going on? Is it something about official business?" Madam Yan's face also changed a bit when she saw Li Chuo like this.

  "Wu Ge let him come, and passed on a message." Li Cao looked at Yan Fu Ren's face which had turned pale with fear, reached out to hold her hand, and gently patted it. "Don't be afraid, Wu Ge said that the Emperor is only 34 years old after the New Year."

  "The emperor has passed the age of thirty-four..." Madam Yan was initially perplexed, her eyes widening before she could finish speaking, "What does this mean? This statement..."

  "That's what I mean, Your Majesty. He's only thirty-three or four years old, in the prime of his life... it's far too early." Li Chuo's voice was soft and airy, with a hint of regret, helplessness, confusion, or fear that couldn't be discerned.

  "Is it because of the time Third Brother went to Hangzhou? Our family and the Ming family have been friends for generations, even before Mr. Ming became a high-ranking official, our two families were close, Third Brother followed Mr. Ming's father..." Madam Yan didn't know who she was explaining this to.

  "I know, it's not that..." Li Chuo paused for a moment, "Don't be afraid, we haven't done anything... Fifth Brother is just here to remind us of something, since he follows the King, he must have heard one or two things..."

  "What's going on?" Mrs. Yan's back stiffened, fearing such a thing, being hurt by someone behind her back, and still knowing nothing about it.

  "Don't worry about anything, you see, Fifth Brother has already sent someone to deliver the message? Don't worry, it's nothing." Li Zuo comforted his wife, suppressing the anxiety in his heart.

  Mrs. Yan looked at him worriedly, "Master, this sentence, think about it carefully, the meaning behind it... is too frightening."

  "I understand." This sentence made Li Chuo's heart anxious again, and it took a while to calm down. "Don't worry, Fifth Brother is just passing on a message... It's not urgent, just a reminder. In a few days, send Song Ge to Hengshan County to deliver some gifts, make sure to go on the day of Fifth Brother's rest, stay overnight and come back."

  "It's been a year, anyway. After the New Year, you send someone to pick up Fifth Brother and his wife, and have Fifth Brother and Sixth Brother come over to play for a few days. Let Song Brother say something first, at that time, no matter how many things there are to ask, it will be fine. For now, don't rush, it's not a big deal, in the past, we've gotten through all sorts of difficulties."

  "It's good." As Li Chuo arranged everything one by one, Mrs. Yan's heart slightly calmed down, sitting close to Li Chuo, the two of them whispered about the difficulties they had been through, from the difficulties to their children, and then further back to the past.

  It was late at night, Mrs. Yan had fallen asleep, but Li Cuishi couldn't sleep a wink all night.

  ………………

  Kuo Sheng left Jiangning City and rode his horse towards Hangzhou Prefecture, facing the wind, he went over this matter from start to finish again and again.

  He went to Xigou Town to ask about Old Zhao's family, and he definitely couldn't get away with it. After running this errand, the blame was shifted onto Li Chuan's head. However, during this trip, when asking about the gift, there was a Mr. Qin in between... This loophole needs to be filled.

  The girl's plan, he still couldn't guess, however, since the girl wanted to put this matter on Mingtao Mountain Villa, she was afraid that no one would stand for her at this time. After all, the emperor was only in his thirties...

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