What instructions Song Chongjin gave Wu Zhongbao face-to-face, we do not know.
Let's speak of the Gu Family in the Capital City.
When Gu Changqing finished his duties and just exited the palace gates, he noticed his chief attendant approaching with joy, reporting that the Third Old Master had returned to the mansion. The old lady and the Madam were overjoyed, advising the master and the other gentlemen to return home early if they had no pressing matters, so the family could share a meal together.
Even someone as composed as Gu Changqing couldn't help the corners of his beard curling up upon hearing this news.
Laosan had been gone for two or three years; though there were frequent correspondences, and they knew he was not the kind to cause worry,
after all, he was a legitimate brother, and his particularly pitiable background made Gu Changqing, as the elder brother, cherish him all the more.
