Malicious Medical Princess of the Marquis House

Gu Yu whispered: A few days ago, General Dou, who was guarding the Xiaguan Pass in the north, died in battle, and the news reached the capital, causing an uproar among the honorable generals.

The north is dry this year, and I heard that the cattle and horses in Beirong have suffered serious casualties. They couldn't get through, so they wanted to enter the border and loot.

General Dou was stationed at Xiaguan for three months. General Dou died in battle, not a crime of war. But because the supply of food and grass is not timely.

The documents for allocating food and grass have been pressing in the political affairs hall. Several adults in the political affairs hall deliberately delayed, resulting in the lack of Xiaguang food and grass supply, causing General Dou to die in battle.

This matter was stabbed out, and the military generals Xungui and the civil servants quarreled directly in the court hall in front of His Majesty, and later moved their hands.

Li Shizhong of the province under the door was hacked and broke the bridge of his nose. Second sister know, who is this Li Shizhong?

Gu Jiu frowned, her heart moved, Could it be from the Crown Prince?

No. Strictly speaking, Li Shizhong is a member of the Queen's concubine. Recently, the master heard a piece of news that the master was promoted to the governor of the capital, and it was this Li Shizhong who spoke to His Majesty, and this caused this matter. Work in the Political Office.

Gu Jiu suddenly realized.

All honorable and noble generals hate His Royal Highness.

Exactly. As far as I know, General Dou was promoted by Marquis Lu alone, and his accumulated military merits rose to the second-rank general. But I didn't expect that he would eventually die at the hands of his own. Rumor has it that Marquis Lu lost his temper in the military camp and threatened to Let everyone in the political office wait and see.

Gu Jiu said, Is Li Shizhong the first to bear the brunt?

Gu Yu nodded, Almost. The water here is too deep, not only the prince's faction is moving, but others are also fishing in troubled waters.

We take care of our family and start our business by military merit. Although the old man became a civil servant, there is a fundamental difference from those civil servants who rely on the imperial examinations.

The roots of the master are still on the side of the honorable generals.

Gu Jiu understood, Thank you fourth brother Gu for telling me this.

Gu Yu smiled, Second sister just knows it in her heart, don't say it. The marriage of the sisters is likely to be married into a noble family in the future. The second sister must perform well tomorrow and strive for a good future.

Thank you fourth brother Gu for the point.

Gu Jiu returned to the Zhilan Courtyard with a lot of thought.

Qingmei asked quietly, Is the girl worried about the master?

Gu Jiu shook his head slightly.

She is worried that those people will live and die.

The Empress was still lying down and jumped out impatiently. Is this trying to be cannon fodder or cannon fodder?

Gu Jiu lowered his head and smiled.

When the queen dies, the crown prince is in danger.

Either the prince will overthrow all the honorable generals, and no one will fight in the future, but he can successfully ascend the throne.

Either he was turned over by the anti-Prince faction, his body died, and all the dust returned to dust. There are only a few paragraphs left in the history books of his life.

Gu Jiu shook his head from the position of the Gu family.

She can't affect Master Gu at all now, let alone the Hou Mansion next door.

To Gu Jiu, the Hou Mansion's position in the past was very good. Who is the emperor supports who.

The emperor is still in position, then obey the emperor's orders and be the emperor's loyal minister.

What kind of battle for succession is involved, most of them will not end well. Even if we win, with reference to history, few people will end well in the end.

After all, honest monarchs are rare animals.

Most of the monarchs, when dealing with heroes, either guard, kill, or imprison. One or two are the lives of cannon fodder.

Gu Jiu rubbed his brows.

That's all, she can't influence the decision of Master Gu and the Hou Mansion now, she can only follow the general trend one step at a time.

The danger is not imminent, don't scare yourself.

Moreover, danger does not necessarily come.

Gu Jiu said to Qingmei, Don't worry about me. Remember to wake me up early tomorrow morning.

The slaves obey.

The next day, early in the morning, Gu Jiu woke up from his sleep.

Shaking his head, he remembered today's banquet in the palace. It was also the first time for their family to treat a guest after they returned to the capital.

I hurriedly washed up, changed my clothes, ate a little something to fill my stomach, and rushed to the flower hall.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Xie, are busy with their wives and maids.

Twenty tables were served this time.

There are about twelve tables for men and eight for women.

Inside and outside, from the menu, to the dishes, to the tea, to the seating arrangement, to greeting the guests, all have to be checked one by one, so as to be afraid of making a little mistake and being gossiped.

The eldest Mrs. Zhang held the list and frowned.

Brother and sister, your mother's family can't sit at the same table with the ladies of Xungui's family. You should know the reason.

Xie was stunned for a moment, My mother's family should have sat at a table with me. But I want to greet the guests, this seat is not easy to arrange.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, said simply, Anyway, your maiden's family can't sit at the same table with Mrs. Xungui. Why don't your maiden family sit with the girls.

Xie frowned. It was too frivolous for her family to sit with the girls.

Several children also have to greet guests. They have to accompany the girls from other houses. It's not suitable for my family and girls to sit at the same table.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, stared at Mrs. Xie, Then what do you say? You can't offend all these noble ladies.

Xie shi frowned, Just let my mother's family and the sisters-in-law of Hou's residence sit at a table.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, snorted coldly, Brother and sister, what are you thinking about? The sisters-in-law of the Hou residence have to help greet guests, so how can they accompany your mother's family.

Xie Shi was dissatisfied, According to my sister-in-law's wishes, do you have to let my maiden family and the girls sit at a table?

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, said with an expressionless face, Brother and sister, you haven't forgotten what the purpose of this banquet is. It's for your master's career and to help you open up the capital's personal connections.

Your eldest brother is an official of the Eastern Palace, and naturally you will not deal with the nobles.

You have offended people by arranging your family's daughter-in-law and Mrs. Xungui at the same table, but I would like to know how to manage the connections for your master.

Pillow wind is no joke. Originally, because of your parents' position, it was not easy for your master to be an official.

Now, instead of sharing his worries for him, you are instead causing trouble. I want to ask my younger siblings, are you looking for your parents' family or your husband's family?

Xie's face suddenly collapsed, Sister-in-law, don't be so rushed.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, snorted coldly, This time, it's your second room's treat, not our big room. I could have been a hands-off shopkeeper and didn't care about anything.

But my brother and sister do things, it really makes me worry. According to your arrangement, you must offend people.

At that time, the relationship between people was not managed, but it also attracted the hatred of others.

I don't care if it's just your second house unlucky. But the two of us haven't separated yet.

Your second room offends people, and our big room will also have bad luck. Like this, how can I just sit back and ignore it?

Brother and sister, I advise you to focus on the bigger picture. Don't ruin a good situation for a little face.

Xie Shi gritted his teeth and was extremely angry, Then let my maiden's family sit at a table with my sister-in-law's maiden family, so the head office will do.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, shook her head, Brother and sister, your arrangement is really a bad idea. Did you forget that my parents' family is also a military general?

My mother-in-law's eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law have a very good relationship with the female family members of Daihou's house. Also, my eldest brother and second brother were all promoted by Prince Zhu.

Today's banquet, my mother-in-law's eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law will definitely walk with these two female families, and have no time to greet your mother's family.

Xie Shi was annoyed and wanted to refute, but could not find a reason to refute.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, said something ugly, but she was telling the truth.

Just like this, Xie Shi was too embarrassed.

Gu Jiu saw that the two wives had been arguing for a long time, but no result had been reached.

So he reminded, Then open a seat for the daughters of the Xie family, and no one will be offended.

The two wives were stunned, and Qi Qi looked at Gu Jiu.

Gu Jiu said with a smile: The Xie family is a civil servant, and the Mrs. Xungui and Mrs. Xungui are indeed not the same. Everyone is embarrassed to sit together. It is better to have a single seat, so that no one has any opinion.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, laughed, The second girl is still smart, why didn't I expect it. Brother and sister, what do you think?

Xie squinted his eyes and looked at Gu Jiu.

Gu Jiu was generous and allowed Xie to look at it.

Xie said with a stern face: Then have a single seat.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, nodded again and again, The female guest will prepare nine tables, peony, order to go down and let the kitchen prepare two more tables of feasts.

Mrs. Xie looked back at Mrs. Zhang, the eldest wife, Why do you need to prepare two more tables of banquets?

Don't need money to prepare a banquet?

With Zhang's stingy temper, he prepared two more tables of banquets, at least one or twenty taels of silver.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, said, There is also a seat for the male guest. In addition to your parents' brothers, there are also officials from the government's house.

You let my eldest brother sit at a table with the officials of the Fu Yin Mansion?

Otherwise? Madam Zhang replied, Do you want to arrange a table with your elder brother, Duke Zhu, and the Marquis?

Brother and sister, although your eldest brother is an official of the East Palace, he is only a fourth-grade high-ranking person after all.

Zhu Guogong, Daihou, they are super-quality. It is Haixibo, and it is also a product.

Do you know who is qualified to sit by their side? There are only the old Hou Ye of the Hou Mansion next door, and the eldest Master of the Hou Mansion.

My master, your master, can only stand aside. Only relying on the introduction of the old marquis is qualified to drink two glasses of wine with them.

Brother and sister, I said so much, do you understand? Let me remind you again, this is the capital, not the northwest. Don't use the rules of the Northwest to compare the capital.

Especially for a banquet like this, there should be no mistake in the seating arrangement. Otherwise, it is not a friendship, but a vengeance.

In addition, Mrs. Luhou and Mrs. Zhu Guogong had a private conflict, so it is best not to arrange the two people to sit at the same table.

Xie's chest was rising and falling rapidly, and he was obviously very angry. Unable to refute.

Everything she was proud of in the past has become vulnerable and even superfluous under the harsh words of the eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang.

Back in the capital, it was the first time to hold a banquet, and there were so many mistakes, and in front of all the women in charge, Mrs Xie couldn't hold back her face.

Today, I lost my face and lost it at home.

Gu Yue, Gu Shan and the others also felt ashamed.

I used to think that my mother is very capable, especially this kind of welcoming and sending, which is what my mother is best at.

Unexpectedly, when he returned to the capital, he was beaten back to his original shape for the first dinner.

Both Gu Yue and Gu Shan lowered their heads, and even Gu Zhen and Gu Lin felt embarrassed and cramped. Xie's shame, and they also have no face.

The head wife makes mistakes in basic human relationships. As children, they are naturally worse than the head wife. As a result, the four of them felt embarrassed.

The words that the eldest Mrs. Zhang said were like a slap in the face, slapping them in the face, and it felt a lot of pain.

At this moment, in the eyes of the stewards, Mrs. Xie was an uninformed and self-righteous country woman.

I only saw the wealth and glory of the capital, but I couldn't see how deep the water in the capital was.

Do you really think that the capital is the same as the northwest, and you can just deal with it?

How naive.

Among all the people in the second room, Gu Jiu was the only one who didn't feel embarrassed at all.

Gu Jiu stood aside, looked at the eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, and firmly remembered all the words Mrs. Zhang said.

These are all knowledge! And it is knowledge that cannot be bought.

The words of the eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, benefited Gu Jiu a lot.

In the last life, Gu Jiu never had the opportunity to organize the banquet in person. The family cared for her and refused to let her get tired.

For all the banquets, she only needs to dress up and be present on time.

I don't know anything about the preparations behind the banquet.

In this life, Gu Jiu has not had the opportunity to learn to be a steward, let alone organize a banquet for hundreds of people.

Can only seize the opportunity to learn a little, is a little.

Madam Zhang looked at Xie and snorted coldly, she really couldn't expect too much from Xie.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, was very straightforward. She picked up a pen and re-written a list of seats and gave it to the steward. According to this list, arrange the banquet. You must prepare enough drinks and let the warehouse prepare a few more, and don't be stingy with money.

The lady in charge takes orders.

One has two.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, continued to write and revise Mrs. Xie's various preparations.

Xie's anger was bitter, but he was powerless to stop it.

She couldn't bear the risk of the banquet failing, so she had to sit aside and watch the eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, busy.

Gu Jiu thought about it for a while, and took the initiative to step forward, Auntie, I write very quickly and neatly. I don't know if I can help Auntie share the burden.

Huh?

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, looked at Gu Jiu.

Then Mrs Zhang laughed, and she was a wise girl, much stronger than the other girls.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, handed the brush to Gu Jiu, You can write.

Gu Jiu took the brush with a smile, and without sitting up, he directly raised the pen to write.

Mrs. Zhang sat and spoke, while Gu Jiu stood up and wrote with a pen.

Zhang shi glanced at the handwriting, and sure enough, it was written quickly and well as Gu Jiu said.

Zhang Shi laughed, Second girl's words are really good.

Gu Jiu smiled and said, Auntie Miaozan, my handwriting is not good enough, but neatness is better.

It's already very good. You are a girl, you don't need to go to school, you don't need to write so well.

Gu Jiu smiled and said nothing.

Zhang continued to talk, and Gu Jiu continued to record.

This scene surprised Gu Yue and the others.

How could Gu Jiu be so courageous? How did you come up with the idea of ​​helping with the record?

Also, when will Gu Jiu be able to write in the air? How could they not know.

Gu Yue stretched her neck and leaned in to take a look.

When she thought about it, Gu Jiu was writing in the air, and her writing was definitely not very good.

As a result, she saw a beautiful hairpin in small letters.

Gu Shan also saw it, and said in a low voice, I didn't expect that in just half a year, the second sister's calligraphy has improved so much.

Gu Shan remembered that Gu Jiu's writing was not as good as it is now.

Gu Zhen also saw it, and nodded secretly, the writing was really good.

Gu Lin recalled her oath of hard work again, and felt ashamed when she thought of her three days of fishing and two days of netting. Once again, cheer yourself up, work hard, work hard.

Xie shi stared at Gu Jiu, this dead girl is really good at acting.

This scene actually allowed Gu Jiu to find an opportunity to perform.

Mr. Zhang not only revised the seats, but also revised the menu, and even changed the dishes.

Xie Shi originally prepared a set of white porcelain.

Mr. Zhang said, White porcelain is not good, but I still use the set of porcelain that I have more than every year. I can get a lot of money when I look at the festivity.

Xie opened his mouth, but did not refute.

Gu Jiu saw that the Xie shi had no objection, so he took a pen and recorded it.

Zhang's arrangements for Xie's were thorns everywhere.

Even the seat cushion of the chair, she gave no.

The color of the cushions arranged by my brother and sister is too old and outdated. I'd better use the set of cushions newly purchased in the warehouse this summer. The colors are fashionable and the colors are good. Brother and sister, do you have any opinion?

Xie's nostrils blew out, What opinion can I have? All the ideas are taken by my sister-in-law, and I'm learning on the side.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, raised her eyebrows and smiled, her brows raised, her whole person looked shrewd and neat.

She said to Mrs. Xie: Brother and sister, don't be unconvinced. This place in the capital, one of the rare rich and noble places in the world, is full of people who uphold the highs and step on the lows.

As for us, as the host family, we do not ask for more satisfaction from our guests, but only want to do things with a clear conscience, arrange everything properly, and do our best.

Brother and sister follow me to learn more, you will understand later, the banquet in this capital is asked by the university.

If you meet those unlucky people, even a dish placed at random can become a reason for the other party to pick on her, thinking that she is ridiculing her, and thus hate the host.

Xie's half-smile, Today I have to thank my sister-in-law for worrying so much for me.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, said with a smile: We are a family, and this is what I should do.

Mr. Xie gritted his teeth and scolded Mr. Zhang over and over again in his heart.