The mother chatted with her for a while, and seeing that Ah Chu was dozing off, she told her to have a good rest, and called a few maidservants to remind her, saying that she must take good care of the lady, then put down the teacup, stood up and prepared to leave.

Achu grabbed Princess Yang'an's clothes and looked up at her.

"Mother, will I marry Fu Gongming?"

Ah Chu added the second part in his heart, it doesn't matter if you think about it or not, I won't marry anyway.

Liu Hua touched her warm little hand and smiled.She said softly:

"Will not.

…No matter what other people think, or what your father thinks, Ah Chu is my only daughter, and I will not accept it. "

For the first time, she didn't call her "Qiniang", but directly called Ah Chu by his name.

Ah Chu was startled, and then said after a while: "...Thank you, mother."

She is unilaterally unfamiliar with the mother of this world, but Liu Hua really regards her as her daughter.Liu Hua's unconditional tenderness and kindness made her a little at a loss, so Ah Chu could only shut up in the end, watching her mother close the door and walk away from the corridor.

After sending her mother away, Ah Chu thought about the overwhelming amount of information, and felt that he was no longer sleepy. He ordered someone to get a pen and paper, got up quickly, threw himself on the table, and wrote and drew in the simplified square characters she was familiar with. .

She now has a preliminary understanding of Luoyang's situation.

First, the three parties in Luoyang competed for snobbery, namely the gentry, eunuchs, and relatives.

Second, the eunuch party is powerful, and has repeatedly launched the disaster of party imprisonment, crowding out the gentry in the officialdom, and there is a deep hatred between the two parties.

Third, the relatives have collapsed. They once joined forces with the nobles to eliminate officials, but failed.Because of Empress Dowager Dou's hesitation, his relatives, Dou's family, fell into a slump, and the gentry were also devastated by the second party ban.

The Fu family can be regarded as a faction of nobles, but because the mother Liu Hua is now the princess of Yang'an, and the father does not easily reveal his position after Fu Fu, the situation of the Fu family is considered safe.

Gao Wang, one of the ten permanent servants, wants to betroth his daughter to the nobles. What kind of signal is this?Could it be that the eunuch hopes to use the power of the gentry to improve his prestige?

Fu Gongming rejected Gao Wang and turned around to discuss marriage with Fu's family. It seemed capricious. It was easy to say that he rejected the eunuch, as Qingliu always did.You can find Fu's house.Could it be...?

Achu was startled, and couldn't help sitting up straight.

She shook her head and bit her lower lip.From the point of view, there are families that are more inclined to the gentry than the Fu family and reject eunuchs. From the perspective of sex, there are many families with daughters of the right age.But Fu Gongming...

...He wants to drag Fu's family into the water? !

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was not impossible, but right now there was no one to discuss it with, so she really didn't know what to do.

Ah Chu was in a state of turmoil, feeling that the thoughts of these politicians were twists and turns, too deep and unfathomable, so he quickly picked up a pen and wrote a text message to Xun Yu, telling him in advance that he might visit today and tomorrow.

Ah Chu rolled up the bamboo slips and handed them to the boy servant, and ordered him to send them to the Xun Mansion immediately without delay.

While holding the brush, Ah Chu was not proficient in writing, while praying silently in his heart.

Xun Yu, Xun Yu, the future chief counselor of Cao Wei, give me some clues, let this matter be exposed easily, don't make people embarrassing.

Fortunately, the letter sent by Ah Chu received a reply soon.

Her home was only two streets away from Xun's, so delivering a letter was a one-off thing, and it wasn't even a courier within the city, it was at most a takeaway.

She had just finished dinner, and when a few oil lamps were lit in the room, Ah Chu spread out Xun Yu's bamboo slips and slowly read each word.

Her own letter was very concise, and she wrote one or two lines, simply telling her that she had roughly understood the situation in Luoyang, but some details were still unclear, and it was inconvenient to bother the elders in her family, so she wanted to ask Mr. Xun Lang.

After thinking about it, I finally added the expression of a little weeping villain, but there is a generation gap between her and the Eastern Han people of more than 2000 years, and I don't know if the other party can understand it.

Xun Yu replied to her seriously:

I know it's a tough situation for girls and I hope you take care.

I'm very free recently, you can come anytime, just tell Xunfu's servants.

Both your father and mother were loving parents, and they should have thought about this carefully, both in private and on the surface.So you don't have to bother too much. You can relax a little when you return to Luoyang for the first time.

Also: what do you believe the last pattern means?Is it a password?

Scholars wrote letters in a polite manner, and she stared at them for a long time before translating the meaning.

Ah Chu sighed in his heart: Xun Yu is really a kind child, he still did not forget to comfort her at this time, it is clear that his position at this time is even more difficult.

Anyway, with Xun Yu's off-court assistance, this matter seemed less terrifying than when she faced it alone.

Now Ah Chu felt quite confident, so he decided to put down the bamboo slips, take off his clothes and go to bed, and only waited for the sun to rise tomorrow, so he could visit Xun Yu again.

Ah Chu didn't know when his father came back.Anyway, when she woke up and finished dressing, washing, and tidying up everything, her father and mother were already sitting in the living room and discussing it.

Ah Chu was young and his footsteps were soft, so he didn't enter the door first, and hid outside the door to listen to a few words.

Fu Wan: "...Because of Mrs. Fu, the attendant has been targeting me more and more in the court recently. Your Majesty often avoids me now. I don't know what those eunuchs said."

"Just because of Fu Gongming? I can't see it." Liu Hua's tone was much more aggressive than in front of her.

Fu Wan is also used to the character of the main wife, otherwise, logically speaking, he would not talk about the political affairs of the front house to the woman in the back house.

Fu Wan replied: "I understand. Earlier, His Majesty was planning to sell his official position to become a nobleman, but I persuaded him for a long time to no avail. Probably since then, Zhang Rang and those people have been eyeing my family."

Liu Hua said: "Think about it carefully.

Back then, the Xun family was going to move back to Yingchuan, but you begged to keep Xun Shuang, saying that he was brilliant in scholarship and capable. What did Zhang Rang say to those bastards?

To say that you 'planted the disaster' is to leave the seeds of danger with His Majesty.Fortunately, His Majesty didn't listen to them at that time, otherwise... hum. ’ she said, with another sneering laugh.

Ah Chu understood.It turns out that Xun Shuang Xun Yu now and Xun You back then were able to stay in Luoyang because of his father's blessing.No wonder Xun Shuang has a close relationship with him, even Xun Yu is willing to take her into the house as a guest.

There was no one around, presumably it was because the parents wanted to discuss important matters, so they specially screened out the servants.But Ah Chu is new at home, they probably missed her, this happens to be a good opportunity to listen to information.

She couldn't help holding her breath, and listened carefully:

Liu Hua: "The Fu family has a strong personality. After being imprisoned by the party, the whole family moved back to Runan to write books. The surname Gao even wanted to marry them...

... Fu is not an official, he can't get any benefits, and he was sucked blood by the eunuch. His own reputation has been ruined, and he made an eunuch, how could such a good thing happen? "

Fu Wan: "Ah Hua is right. He turned to find the Xun family in Luoyang, which can be regarded as a reluctant compromise."

"However, let the benefits go a little bit, who cares about this kind of compromise. If he didn't use his power to suppress people, how could the Xun family agree to such a thing?"

"That's right, I was at the Ciyang Mansion yesterday, and I heard them talking about it. However, Xun Wangming is not like Ciming, he has always been afraid of eunuchs, maybe he will betray his son."

"Mr. Xun's family is pitiful. I only blame the eunuch..."

Ah Chu nodded repeatedly.

Wow, mother is amazing.

A Chudan knew that politics was behind Gao Wang's prostitution, but he didn't expect such interests to be involved. Xun Yu was ranked second behind Fu Gongming as Gao Wang's second choice to adopt a daughter-in-law, and it may not be because of Xun Yu's reputation is not as good as his.

From this point of view, eunuchs are indeed not smart. Ah Chu can understand such things at a glance. There are so many smart people in the world, how can they not see through them?

Thinking about it, Ah Chu couldn't help shaking his head: Eunuchs and eunuchs have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and their political ability is still a little worse than that of the aristocratic family.

"Who?"

"..."

Ah Chu silently glanced at his toes.I was so excited that I accidentally touched the ground, and it seemed that I couldn't hide it now.

She walked slowly into the living room from the door, bowed to her parents, and called, "Father, Mother."

When Liu Hua saw that it was her, her expression softened immediately, "It's Qiniang," she raised her hand, as if she didn't care about Ah Chu's eavesdropping, and pointed to the untouched mung bean cake on the table, beckoning her over , "It's not time to eat, let's eat some snacks to pad your stomach."

Ah Chu said honestly, "Thank you, mother."

Ah Chu felt a little regretful that he hadn't been able to hear them talking about their views on Fu Fu's family's marriage just now.Although my mother told her that she "wouldn't respond", and she had learned about her parents' general intentions from her uncle, how could a light result from someone else's mouth be enough?After all, it is not as reassuring as she sorted out the interests behind it and figured it out.

Fu Wan didn't seem to be very good at communicating. He watched her walk in silently. After Liu Hua finished speaking for a while, he stared at her and said slowly:

"Qiniang...Ah Chu, I haven't seen you for many years, I really grew up."

Ah Chu was speechless.That's right, the last time we met was when I was born, now I can talk, walk and eat alone, and I was proposed to be married by a man twice my age, which is really amazing.

Mother had calculated the date and waited in front of the door, but he didn't come until the next day, she was not surprised.

It was not easy for her to express her thoughts on the bright side, so she had to reply in a neutral manner: "Thank you, father."

Liu Hua glanced at Ah Chu resentfully, but didn't interrupt her, let alone say anything to save the situation.Thinking back to when the only daughter was sent away, she might not be angry.

Fu Wan probably knew that he felt guilty, so he glanced at Ah Chu, who was half-embraced by Princess Yang'an, and calmed down as if nothing had happened.

Ah Chu leaned against his mother and ate two pieces of mung bean cake by himself under the watchful eyes of his parents. Feeling less hungry, he wiped his hands and told them about today's arrangement:

"Mother, father, I'm going to the Xun Mansion later to visit Mr. Xun Yu."

Liu Hua took out the handkerchief, pulled Ah Chu over, wiped the crumbs from her mouth, and said:

"Okay. You were in the Xun Mansion yesterday, and you didn't hold on to Zhi Zhi. After a while, someone will prepare it for you. You will bring the meeting gift to Mr. Xun Xiaolang. Don't lose your courtesy."

Fu Wan looked at her, hesitant to speak.

Both the parents and Ah Chu knew that the most important thing at this time was actually the Fu family's marriage proposal.Regardless of whether Fu's family has the intention to pull Fu's family in, the Fu's family is indeed in a situation at this time.

As the center of the incident, Ah Chu and Xun Yu have met twice since they returned to Beijing yesterday, which makes it hard not to have some associations.

It's just that the two of them are young after all, especially Ah Chu is only eight years old now, he is less than his father's waist height, and he came back from Xuzhou, so he may not be clear about the situation in Luoyang, so no one pays special attention to it.

"What happened to father?"

Fu Wan hesitated for a moment, but finally said nothing:

"It's okay, Qiniang can go."

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