The emperor is always bullied and crying [wearing books]

Early the next morning, Gu Xuan went out, and when the carriage came, he was about to feed Dahei some snacks, but Gu Lizhao came over at this time, and brought a person he expected - the thirteenth son Gu An.

Gu Xuan lowered his eyelids slightly, thinking to himself: I have already heard that Gu An is coming to "compete for favor" with him, but I didn't expect to come until today.

Gu Xuan bowed to Gu Lizhao, and met Gu An again.

Originally, Gu An's aunt had followed Zhao Wenjia's instructions to the end of the "Drag Word Art".

But after she saw that Gu Xuan was recorded as the son-in-law, she couldn't sit still.

Her Aunt Zhao's child, Gu An, is good everywhere. It's fine to be compared with the eldest son Gu Xu and the sixth son Gu Yang, but it's not good to be compared with an unlucky bastard.

The one who should be recorded as the legitimate son should be her child.

So last night it was raining and raining outside, but it was spring breeze and drizzle in Uncle Dingbei Gu Lizhao's bedroom. Aunt Zhao blew the pillow wind all night, and said inside and outside:

Master, you can see that our An'er is as good as Gu Xuan, and if you take him with you to do things by your side, he will definitely be more useful than Gu Xuan.

Gu Lizhao didn't know if Gu An was as useful as Gu Xuan, anyway, one son was doing things by his side, and two sons were doing things too.

No problem!

So I brought Gu An here today.

Gu Xuan and Gu An followed Gu Lizhao into the car.

Gu Lizhao sat in the car with his eyes closed, and neither Gu Xuan nor Gu An made a sound.

Gu Xuan took out a book from his arms, and quietly flipped through it.

Gu An didn't expect that Gu Xuan would be able to take out a book from his arms, he was stunned for a moment, and thought: This person can really put on an appearance in front of his father.When can't I read a book?Read a book at this time!

Gu An stared at Gu Xuan with complicated eyes, but Gu Xuan ignored him, and even nodded friendly to Gu An, then went on with his own business.

It wasn't until halfway through the car's journey that Gu Lizhao slowly opened his eyes.

He saw that Gu Xuan was holding a book in his hand, and was reading through it quietly and without distraction.Gu An, on the other hand, closed his eyes and meditated with him, and couldn't help but frowned slightly.

At this time, Gu Lizhao asked Gu Xuan: "Xuan'er, are you watching "University"?"

Gu An was startled when he heard the voice, opened his eyes and sat upright.

Gu Xuan raised his head, looked at Gu Lizhao, and said calmly and gently: "Yes. Speaking of which, I have shamed my father. I don't want my father to love me so much and remember me as his son. I never thought about passing Obtaining honors in the imperial examinations has brought glory to the lintel, and now, thanks to my father's grace, I dare not study hard."

Gu Lizhao suddenly laughed, "Is there something obscure? Do you need to hire a famous teacher for you? An'er's knowledge is excellent, and he studied under the great Confucian Mr. Weilu."

Gu An subconsciously straightened his back a little, and his face also showed some pride.

Gu Xuan responded gently, "Although my father was a nobleman, he was a Jinshi when he became an official. Now he is a minister, a first-rank minister, and a pillar of the humerus. I am currently reading the four books and five classics. My father taught me a little bit, I have benefited a lot from it. Thanks to my father for his kindness, I don’t need to ask a teacher.”

Gu Lizhao couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, it was very useful.

He said: "Then if you encounter difficulties in the future, come and ask me. I will teach you when I have time."

Gu Xuan cupped his hands: "Thank you, father."

Gu Xuan had no intention of taking the imperial examination at all. To put it bluntly, the purpose of taking the imperial examination was to become an official. He believed that with his own ability, it would be a matter of time before he became a high-ranking official.

Those who entered the officialdom through the imperial examinations had to be sent down to serve as county magistrates after they had achieved fame. After three years, they would move to the right.In the beginning, he was just a ninth-rank official.

Gu Xuan has already stepped into the threshold from the outside, why bother to step out and step in again?

Gu An looked at Gu Xuan, who coaxed Gu Lizhao into joy with a few words, and fell into an unspeakable silence: What a flattering, flattering person!How could father like someone like Gu Xuan?

Gu Lizhao looked at Gu An at this moment. He didn't want to neglect his favorite son. In his heart, Gu An was gentle, his son was like jade, and his appearance and temperament were excellent. He liked him very much.

So he said: "An'er, if you have any obscure questions, you can come and ask your father."

Gu An immediately clasped his hands and said, "Thank you, father. My son just has a question here. I was thinking of going to my husband's house to ask this afternoon, but since my father was willing to help his son answer it, my son dared to ask."

"The way of great learning lies in Ming Mingde... the ultimate good. How can this sentence be explained in "The Doctrine of the Mean"?"

Gu Lizhao: "?"

Gu Xuan: "!!"

One dares to speak, the other dares to ask.

Good guy!

But if you knew that Uncle Dingbei was born as a Jinshi and ranked in the bottom ten of the third list, you wouldn't say that.

Gu An watched Gu Lizhao stroking his beard and thinking, and waited for a while without seeing Gu Lizhao open his mouth, and then asked, "Father can't? Know what you know and what you don't know, it's okay."

Gu Xuan was terrified, and even wanted to get out of the car right now.

He didn't want to ride in the same carriage with Gu An, lest innocent people be hurt.

Gu Lizhao's face turned dark.

Gu Xuan: "Ahem, thirteenth brother, you can't be impatient about learning. Father is just thinking about how to simplify the problem and explain it to you. I'm afraid you won't understand it if it's complicated. What's more, father does Learning has always pursued the ultimate, and my father will explain it to you in a few days."

Gu An blinked his eyes, a little stunned, and asked, "Really?"

Gu Lizhao stroked his beard, coughed, and said, "You don't believe in being a father?"

Gu An hurriedly said: "Don't dare!"

The carriage arrived at the gate of the palace smoothly all the way. Gu Xuan got out of the carriage, helped Gu Lizhao get out of the carriage, and tidied up the wrinkles on Gu Lizhao's clothes. He said to Gu Lizhao, "Father, although it rained heavily last night, it was humid and hot. Did you not sleep well?"

Gu Lizhao hummed and yawned.

Gu Xuan sent Gu Lizhao in, gave Gu Lizhao a box of cooling ointment made by himself, and said, "Father is in his prime and hasn't slept well yet. Your Majesty is getting older, and his sleep is even shallower. I don't know if he slept well last night." smiled slightly.

Gu Lizhao looked at Gu Xuan, his eyes changed.

Gu Xuan didn't seem to notice it, and saluted Gu Lizhao: "Send father off."

Gu Lizhao strode into the palace gate.

After getting out of the car, he didn't know what to say or what to do. By the way, Gu An, who disliked Gu Xuan's "self-deprecating, self-deprecating and willing to be a slave" behavior, after watching Gu Li Zhao enter the palace, said to Gu Xuan: "Let's go, we should Went to the office."

Gu Xuan smiled and said yes.

Then he walked to the official office of the Ministry of Industry.

Gu An quickly retracted his foot towards the carriage, stopped Gu Xuan, and asked, "Aren't you going by carriage?"

Gu Xuan said with a smile: "The air is fresh in the morning, and you can get rid of sleepiness by walking around. Besides, it only takes two sticks of incense to walk."

Gu An frowned immediately, and retorted: "The day's plan is in the morning, how can I go to the official office of the Ministry of Industry casually, how can I do it? If I rush there early, I can prepare for what I have to do early."

With a gentle smile on Gu Xuan's face, Gu An was very annoyed in his heart, not ordinary annoyances, but annoyances like boiling water, soaking noodles, ready to eat but the noodles were overturned.

Gu Xuan said to Gu An: "Father uses the carriage, let's take a walk and have some breakfast on the way. How about a treat?"

Gu An said very politely now: "Thank you fourth brother. But before I came out, my aunt told me not to eat those dirty food outside. I advised fourth brother not to eat, the noodles on the stall The heavy oil in the cake hurts the stomach, the noodle maker in the noodle shop didn’t even wear an apron, and the soy milk and fried dough sticks are bowls used by others, and they were served on the table without boiling water... How can such things be eaten? ?”

Gu Xuan: "..."

Suddenly I wanted to thank Zhao Wenjia.

As the saying goes, only when there is contrast can there be prominence.

Without Gu An's support, how can I make it to the next level?

Gu Xuan said to Gu An: "The thirteenth brother can do his own thing. I grew up rough, and I eat very delicious food in these breakfast shops outside. See you in the official office."

Gu An wanted to persuade Gu Xuan to take the carriage with him again, but when he saw Gu Xuan entered a steamed stuffed bun restaurant that he disliked just now, he immediately stopped talking.

Looking at Gu Xuan's back, he shook his head in disapproval.

Then he turned back and went to the carriage place, and ordered: "Go to the official office of the Ministry of Industry."

Carriage driver: "??"

Baodoumi, Chen Xiaogen, and two other servants and four guards: "..."

Gu Sigong always went to the government office by himself, never used a carriage, why didn't Thirteenth Gongzi walk?

After Gu Xuan walked into the steamed stuffed bun restaurant, he stuffed some money to the waiter, and said, "Let a carriage, it's better. Hurry up and come back."

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above the hall;

The emperor didn't sleep well last night, it was hot and humid, and his body was hot and sweaty.

Finally fell asleep, and it was morning time again.

The emperor's temples were throbbing with pain, and his eyes were bloodshot.

The whole person was dizzy and extremely uncomfortable.

He sat on the cold and hard dragon chair, watching the civil and military affairs of the court.

"At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the rain will gradually become abundant. The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War should work together to see if there is any blockage in the river, and whether the houses in the streets of Kyoto are in danger of collapsing... In the territory of Dagan, promulgate Notice to the world, all provinces, counties, and villages should take precautions against natural disasters."

Gu Lizhao came out right then and knelt down.

The hall was suddenly quiet.

Many people woke up from sleepiness.

The emperor looked at the Shangshu of the Ministry of War who was still in the queue with an ugly expression, and the Shangshu of the Ministry of War forced himself to yawn.

emperor:"……"

Am I not tired?

Am I not sleepy?

I have said so much, the Minister of the Ministry of War actually didn't listen to a single word, right? !

When the Minister of the Ministry of War finally saw Gu Lizhao kneeling on the ground, he belatedly remembered that the word "Ministry of War" was included in what the emperor said just now, and seeing the emperor's face, he immediately stepped out, kneeling and kowtowing in fear.

"Yes!"

The emperor turned black with anger.

He got angry on the spot and fined the Minister of the Ministry of War with three months' salary.

Gu Lizhao felt the cool ointment on his forehead, and couldn't help exhaling secretly.

If the emperor didn't sleep well, he would be in a bad mood and would be irritable.However, the Minister of the Ministry of War reacted a few beats slower, because he was hitting the muzzle of the gun.

It's too miserable, being scolded bloody by the emperor.

There is no other important matter. After getting angry, the emperor will stop today's court.A group of officials really just arrived at the Qiankun Jiaotai Hall to stand for a cup of tea time, and they are about to go to the official office to do business.

After Gu Lizhao walked out of the palace in a bright red official robe, he said goodbye to his colleagues, but when he looked around, he didn't see his carriage.

When Gu Lizhao saw Baodougen and the others, he frowned and asked, "Where did the carriage go?"

Baodougen stepped forward tremblingly, knelt down and said, "Back, back to Uncle, Gu Sigong said that this is Uncle's car, and asked Thirteenth to walk with him to the official office of the Ministry of Industry, and eat by the way." Breakfast. But the thirteenth son said that the breakfast outside was filthy, so he insisted on getting into the carriage and asked the groom to take him to the official office of the Ministry of Industry."

Gu Lizhao's face turned blue in an instant!

At this time, Ni Jude, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came over. He listened to it just now, and said with a smile: "Oh, what's the matter? Mr. Gu, the carriage is gone? Why don't I give Mr. Gu a ride?"

Gu Lizhao's face was as black as ink!

Gu Lizhao reluctantly raised the corner of his mouth: "No need, thank you, Master Ni, for your kindness."

Ni Jude: "Since Mr. Gu doesn't need me to send you a ride, then forget it, and I will leave."

When Ni Jude said this, his face was full of gloating, and he walked away.

After Gu Lizhao watched Ni Jude get into the carriage and leave, his temples twitched.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came: "Father."

Gu Lizhao, the servant, and the guards looked east at the same time, only to see Gu Xuan driving a carriage over.

Gu Xuan jumped down from the driver's seat, saluted Gu Lizhao, and then said: "Whenever it rains during this period, the morning dispersal will be earlier. The thirteenth brother said that the plan for a day is in the morning, and he is in a hurry to go to work in a carriage. I'm an official. I'm an unlearned person, no more promising than my thirteenth brother. I'm a person who does big things. I can only do small things that don't take much effort. I'm afraid that my father won't have a carriage, so I rented a carriage temporarily. It's a bit crude, Please don't be offended, father."

Gu Lizhao looked better, but he said coldly: "His daily plan has caught up, and I don't know where my daily plan is?!"

After finishing speaking, he got into the carriage with Gu Xuan's support.

After Gu Xuan put the step stool away, he stretched out his hand to grab a bag of beans and rice, picked up a bag of buns and steamed buns placed by the car, and stuffed them.

He smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay, eat while walking, and only when you are full will you have the strength to do things."

Before they had time to eat breakfast, all the people who were frightened by Gu Lizhao who suddenly came out looked at Gu Xuan gratefully.

With a sincere and friendly smile on Gu Xuan's face, he got into the carriage and drove to the government office of the Ministry of Industry.