Gu Qingzhou woke up from a nightmare and stayed up all night.

When she got up early the next morning, after she was grooming, the servant said, "Madame, please have breakfast with you."

Every time Mrs. Hirano had something important, she would call Gu Qingzhou to have breakfast, and then ask Gu Qingzhou to follow her out.

"Okay." Gu Qingzhou said.

She rubbed her astringent eyes and splashed her face with cold water when she was grooming.

When people got a little bit of energy, Gu Qingzhou painted a little powder to cover his dark circles, and then went to see Mrs. Hirano.

Every time Gu Qingzhou sees Aheng and Mrs. Ye, it's like looking in a mirror.

She would see her own marks on their faces.

Yet it is a little different.

Mrs. Hirano is noble, and her wrists and eyes are full of scorching style, and her demeanor is graceful enough to look down on the people of the world.

Her every move seems to have been carefully sculpted, and everything is trained. Aheng is far less than Mrs. Hirano, and Gu Qingzhou is even more distant.

"A Qiang, sit next to E-niang." Mrs. Hirano said.

She said that Gu Qingzhou's name was A Qiang, and it was taken by the second-to-last Qing emperor who had passed away. Although he hoped to have a son at that time, he decided that the child was a daughter.

Mrs. Hirano abandoned the common name of Manchu and did not let the children call her Eniang, because it was too ostentatious. Of course, she still calls herself "Emian" in private.

Gu Qingzhou has always wanted a "mum", which may be an old habit engraved in his bones. So, when she had an extra "mother", she didn't feel any surprise.

"Okay." Gu Qingzhou agreed and sat beside her.

Gu Qingzhou still remembers that when their mother and daughter first met, Mrs. Hirano wept bitterly and was heartbroken.

She held Gu Qingzhou's hand at that time, and Gu Qingzhou could feel her trembling.

Gu Qingzhou yearns for family affection the most, but she is really hard to move towards Mrs. Hirano.

Mrs. Hirano cried so hard that even Aheng wiped her tears next to her, and Gu Qingzhou cried along with her. She also cried sadly.

Gu Qingzhou believes in the first feeling the most.

When she saw Mrs. Hirano, she couldn't accept the affection between mother and daughter without the feeling of mutual understanding between mother and daughter.

Even today, she is more distant than affectionate towards Mrs. Hirano.

And Mrs. Hirano didn't believe her either.

Mrs. Hirano had met many people in private, but she would not recommend it to Gu Qingzhou, but took Aheng there instead.

Even the purpose of their going to Taiyuan Mansion, Mrs. Hirano didn't tell Gu Qingzhou.

She just kept saying: "Taiyuan was the most important military force before."

She told Gu Qingzhou truthfully: "The situation in the world, Taiyuan is enough to lay the foundation. As long as Taiyuan doesn't move, don't think about calling from the south, and don't think about going south from the north, it can block the traffic in the south."

After Gu Qingzhou heard it, he acted as if he understood, but did not comment.

Mrs. Hirano also said: "To fight wars and maintain stability, we all need weapons. Coal and iron can be used to make steel, and Shanxi's coal and iron are the best in the world. With enough weapons, we can compete for hegemony."

Only at this time did Gu Qingzhou know that Mrs. Hirano was ambitious. I just don't know what position Mrs. Hirano places on the famous Ye Dujun.

Shanxi is Dujun Ye's territory. Mrs. Hirao wants coal and iron from Shanxi. Is Dujun Ye so easy to deal with?

Mrs. Hirano didn't trust Gu Qingzhou, and she never despised Gu Qingzhou.

It may be Cai Changting's description that made Mrs. Hirano's attitude towards Gu Qingzhou more cautious. She respects Gu Qingzhou and at the same time embankments her.

Gu Qingzhou has never seen any member of the Royalist Party.

Even Governor Ye and Gu Qingzhou didn't understand his true identity: is it a local snake or a royalist?

Ye Dujun's political direction is elusive.

Although he made his fortune in the revolution, he did not like the revolutionary party, refused to join the party, and even refused the senior title of the revolutionary party; at the same time, he supported the republic.

He once publicly called the whole country, saying that Shanxi was willing to: "support the republic and subvert the monarchy."

The unreliable Ye Dujun is notoriously wily in the north, can he easily give up his old nest to Mrs. Hirano?

Gu Qingzhou has only been here for two months, and everything she touches is fur.

She didn't know what was hidden under the fur.

She was in no hurry and started from the fur, wanting to see how deep the water these people were.

Gu Qingzhou also talked about Yuecheng with Mrs. Hirano.

Mrs. Hirano thought she was very sad when she was kicked out by the Si family, so she comforted her and shared her views on Yuecheng.

"When it comes to the Jiangnan consortium, the Si family is not involved in finance, and they are not ranked in the top ten; when it comes to territory and real power, the Si family is just a small warlord in the south; Si Yankong has a false title but no real power, and the Si family is a land. That’s all, Lord, they want to conquer the world, their military and financial resources are far from enough.” Madam Hirano said.

She comforted Gu Qingzhou again, "In the future, E-niang will recruit you a better concubine, you don't need to worry about that."

Gu Qingzhou looked at Mrs. Hirano in surprise.

Mrs. Hirano despised the Si family.

She did not expect that the Si family was hidden so deeply.

Gu Qingzhou knew that there were many warlords in the south of the Yangtze River, and the territory was severely divided, but the Si family was far from being as unbearable as Mr. Hirano thought.

No wonder they gave up the Si family.

After coming out, Gu Qingzhou remembered what Si Xingpei once said to her.

At that time, she had just met Si Xingpei. Si Xingpei's ideal was to take the daughter of a warlord and unite the two families to unify the north and the south.

At that time, Gu Qingzhou thought that his little strategy was enough to replace the military force and could become his virtuous inner helper.

When she arrived in Shanxi, she realized that her intelligence could not be exchanged for a military town, a huge financial capital, or a world-leading coal and iron.

Gu Qingzhou came out, only to know how much Si Xingpei sacrificed in order to marry her!

Si Xingpei must know that marrying Gu Qingzhou will lose the opportunity to integrate his forces. His ideals will be postponed for ten years, and may even be replaced by others.

But he was delighted.

He didn't say anything about the curve policy, didn't make her wait, didn't wrong her to be a concubine.

He put the most lofty ideals under Gu Qingzhou.

When Gu Qingzhou thinks of this, he will feel sorry for Si Xingpei.

She has nothing.

Gu Qingzhou sat next to Mrs. Hirano for breakfast, but her mind drifted far away.

"A Qiang, accompany me to meet Mrs. Jin today." Mrs. Hirano said, "I heard that there are guests from Nanjing. You may have seen him. His father is also an arms expert."

"What Mrs. Jin?" Gu Qingzhou asked.

Mrs. Hirano told her: "The Jin family in Taiyuan specializes in developing weapons, and the general weapons in the north are from the Jin family."

"Then the Jin family is rich enough to rival the country." Gu Qingzhou said.

Mrs. Hirano laughed: "A Qiang, do you care about money?"

"Ok."

"It's a very interesting idea." Mrs. Hirano smiled, her eyes were slightly bright, "A Qiang, you can't do without money in this world. You need money to do big things and small things. I appreciate your ideas, you are very transparent. ."