Accompany the prince to study
Chapter 22
In theory, the test scores of the system are divided into five grades, but the first and second grades are fake and will be deliberately vacated.
According to the examiner who originally introduced the grading setting, the purpose of this is to make candidates feel humble. Even if you stand out in this exam, it does not mean that you are the best.
In other words, if the candidate has won the third class, it is the first class, which is the best.
In the imperial examination, there will be a division of Jia, Erjia and Sanjia, and the system is not so troublesome. There is only one name of "Jia Ke", because people who can get the third class in a system examination, generally There will be no more than three.But these three quotas are not rigid rules, they can be more or less, as long as the principle of preferring shortages to excesses will do.
In the past system, it was difficult to fill up the third class with three people. One or two were commonplace, and sometimes even no candidate could get the third class evaluation.
The questions that Gu Qiao participated in this time were extremely biased, which was intentional by the examiners. They could not resist the whims of Emperor Wu who added additional subjects to pray for the Queen Mother, so they could only secretly try to make everyone fail.However, the candidates in this period were unexpectedly upbeat. Judging from their grades, they have become a big year in the department, and their pride does not allow them to give low marks to good articles.
In short, the result is that there are five people who entered the third class, which is the first time in history, and it will be very difficult to meet again in the future.
The crown prince, Gu Qiao, Wen Zhuan, the old man's nephew Bai Yan, and the talented Lu Nanding who came from a poor family but has become famous for his poems in the south of the Yangtze River.
It covers almost all the directions of talents sought today. Several people have different emphases, but they are all talented in writing, and it is difficult to distinguish them from each other.
The examiners intend to add a re-examination before the palace examination, and select two more from the five to become the third-class three who are most in line with the rules.
However, after the memorial was submitted, Emperor Wu did not agree.
Because... When Emperor Wu saw that the prince's name was also in it, he immediately became overjoyed and couldn't care about anything else.Five is five, what kind of brushing, no brushing!
Emperor Wu even happily took the memorial with the list, went to the queen mother's bedroom, and chatted with his old mother who was still "sleeping" for a long time.This is a daily routine of Emperor Wu since the queen mother fell into a coma. He confides to the queen mother a lot of things that can and cannot be said.Today's theme is mainly to announce the good news.
Emperor Wu was so excited that he even spoke incoherently, repeating only a few sentences, with simple semantics, as if calling any enlightened child could have a larger vocabulary than him.
"Anbang is really promising."
"Anbang, my son, the son of me and Zitong."
"Look quickly, how powerful he is, your favorite grandson."
Anbang is another nickname for the prince. It was given by Emperor Wu. The previous princes all had nicknames with similar meanings, such as Baojia, Weiguo and so on.After the princes grew up, basically only Emperor Wu would call them that in private.Every child is the pride of Emperor Wu, but the prince made Emperor Wu even more proud.
"They wanted to take another retest, but I refused."
What if, um, accidentally brushed off the crown prince, what should I do, right?
"Son, it's definitely not that I don't have confidence in Anbang, it's just..." Emperor Wu felt that the prince had worked too hard, and there was really no need to go through that kind of exam environment again.Emperor Wu had always complained about the crown prince shutting himself in the palace for a day and a night to participate in the system and answer questions. Although the test results made him look good, he said that he really got a good third-class ranking after participating.
After Emperor Wu left the Empress Dowager's bedroom, he pretended to be modest and chatted with his close ministers in private: "Oh, he's only so old, a kid is messing around, but he didn't expect to pass the exam, and I didn't embarrass him."
Other ministers have to be like the ancient Chinese parents, crazily flattering their bosses, blowing 360-degree fancy.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince possesses both talents and virtues, Lu Hai and Pan Jiang are the great fortune and the blessing of our generation!
Emperor Wu's teeth did not see his eyes, and he had to wave his hand and said, "No, wherever, where you will make the prince proud", it can be said that it is quite hypocritical.
In short, in order to keep the prince's good grades, Emperor Wu resolutely disagreed with the re-examination.
It was directly announced that they would enter the next stage as soon as possible - the palace examination where the third and fourth grades could all participate.
Like the imperial examination, there is also a palace examination in the system of subjects. The real ranking and whether you can be awarded an official will be determined after the palace examination.The examination in the Gongyuan is a bit similar to the pre-examination, also known as the pavilion examination.Before the palace test results come out, everything is still possible.
"Will Wen Zhuan and others continue?" The examiners asked Emperor Wu again uncertainly.Didn't it mean that Wen Zhuan and the others just had a try with the accompanying candidates?With Wen Zhuan's grades, if the exam continues, will he be given an official?According to the regulations, one has to be awarded an official, but Wen Zhuan is only in his teens, and he has not even experienced the imperial examination, so he is too young.Not to mention the twelve Gu Qiao.
"Why not?" Emperor Wu had never been an emperor who would take the usual path honestly, "Since they have done so well in the exam, there is no reason why they should not continue to take the palace exam. This is what they deserve. And take the exam."
Emperor Wu did not explain much, because he had already thought of a solution for Wen Zhuan and Gu Qiao.
This good news was written on the red list with a gold pen along with the ranking of the results, and posted at the gate of the Gongyuan.Then, the good news was delivered one after another by the announcing officer to the candidates' neighbors with the good news about which candidates could participate in the palace examination.
Due to the same and different characteristics of the system and the imperial examination, the officials who announce the good news can boast as much as they can, and they only hope to get a little more reward.
It is wrong to call out Nangong Gaojie's words to Gu Qiao.
It is true that Gu Qiao has entered the first class, but it is only one fifth, not really the first.But Xie'er was still very happy. Leaning on crutches, the disabled and the only few servants gathered together. He insisted on setting off a three-day and three-night firecracker at the gate of the Duke's Mansion, so that everyone We all know that their young master is not a little pitiful, nor is he hurting Zhong Yong, he really relies on his talent to make a living.
The former Yongji prodigy Gu Qiao is back!
He suffered a lot of difficulties, but he never gave up, and now he stands up again relying on his own strength.Such counterattack stories are always very popular and likable in the market.
There is no need for Xie E to "inadvertently" express this elation, those who have been paying attention to Gu Youyin's case have already spread the word, shared such a happy news with the people around them, and He became really happy for Gu Qiao, and the word "cool" was so straightforward and hearty.
More and more people gave gifts to Gu's family.
However, there are also people who know about the affairs of Xian Guogong back then who are worried and want to test Emperor Wu's attitude towards this.
They didn't dare to speak out in front of Emperor Wu.Just like the hasty funeral of Xian Guogong and his wife back then, it was impossible to define.Logically speaking, the matter is over, and the child should not be held accountable anymore, but who can guarantee that Emperor Wu's dog-temper that loves him so much that he wants to live and hates him that he wants to die will not be angry?
They need a clearer attitude from Emperor Wu, and inquiries about saving the country with various curves.
Then, it was known by Wen Daocheng, who had some ears in the palace.
After presiding over the trial of Gu Youyin's case, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince unexpectedly won some popular support, but he knew enough was enough, and did not directly contact government affairs further to challenge his father's authority.Instead, he followed Gu Qiao's previous routine and retreated to advance. After returning to the case, he honestly returned to the Wenhua Hall, and re-read the sage's book with seven companions.A peaceful look with no yearning for rights at all.
This is so fucking fake, the few princes who have been staring at the prince are almost disgusted by the prince's sudden appearance by Gao Jie.
But Emperor Wu just followed this way, the more he looked at the prince, the more pleasing he was to his eyes, and he would always say it with satisfaction when he caught someone, my prince has grown up.
Because of this, Wen Daocheng got more power from Emperor Wu, which made it much more convenient for him to do some small actions.
Wen Daocheng didn't know what happened to Duke Xian back then, but he believed that most of the dignitaries, like him, didn't know that most people's alienation from Duke Xian was just a way of following the trend to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages .Seeing that others stopped moving, he was afraid that he would step on a thunderstorm, so he followed suit to avoid suspicion, like a snowball, as if Xian Guogong had really done something big and angry.
Judging from Wen Daocheng's understanding of his father, something must have happened that made Emperor Wu furious, but it was not big enough to implicate others.
One of the simplest reasons is that Emperor Wu didn't pursue the title, but he didn't seize the title either, did he?
If it is really too big to be redeemed, it will not be Gu Youyin's turn to abuse Gu Qiao for the sake of that one-acre three-point land, and no one in the Gu family can expect to have a good time.
Emperor Wu left this title to Gu Qiao, which is enough to prove that the matter has already been turned over by Emperor Wu.
But no one dared to bet.If they can't figure it out, they will definitely not dare to get too close to Gu Qiao who has just made some progress. Once a strange circle is formed, they will be very unfriendly to Gu Qiao's future development.
With Gu Qiao's ability, of course he will make a name for himself in the future. Wen Daocheng just hopes to make Gu Qiao less rough.
After all, Gu Qiao called him brother.
Well, when he first heard that Daocheng teased Gu Qiao to call him brother, the reaction he wanted to see was that the child became angry and refused to obey. It was very funny, he knew it, but that was the fun.In the end, Gu Qiao believed it was true, as long as His Royal Highness wants, he will go all out, and shouted firmly, crisply and sweetly: "Brother."
Wen Daocheng wanted to see other people's shy taste gone, but the strange feeling still came to his heart, and he finally realized a problem, no matter what Gu Qiao was, he liked it so much that his heart trembled.
Hearing that he became Gu Qiao to rectify his name, he did nothing but spread the news to the rich and powerful.
——The examiners of the system also had the same concerns at first.
This is true, all the examiners sent by Emperor Wu to examine the system are all human beings.The reason for handing over the memorial of the names of five people is that, on the one hand, the number of people in the Jia Division is indeed a bit beyond the standard, and on the other hand, it is because of Gu Qiao’s particularity. If Emperor Wu directly erases Gu Qiao’s name, no one will be surprised. They would even tacitly pretend that this list never existed because they understood the emperor's mind.
If Emperor Wu did not do this, it means that Xian Guogong is Xian Guogong, and Gu Qiao is Gu Qiao. Since the matter has been settled in the past, it is really over.
Emperor Wu looked careless, but unexpectedly he was a very nostalgic man.He doesn't really want to mention Duke Xian to others, but when he occasionally thinks of Duke Xian because of Gu Qiao, most of what comes to his mind is his general's past charge and fearlessness, not as disgusting as everyone thinks .
After clarifying Emperor Wu's attitude, the gate of the Duke's Mansion was almost knocked down. Even though Gu Qiao always said "the residual poison is not cleared, it is inconvenient to see guests", but it still couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm.
Gu Qiao is only twelve, talented and highly appreciated by the prince, but lacks the care of the elders. What does this mean?
It is simply a godsend opportunity to give charcoal in the snow and pick up the missing investment!
Even Zhou Shubian was told by his shrewd and capable mother-in-law, and he must not break the solid friendship with Gu Shizi that he had worked so hard to forge before: "You are like your father. You have a bad brain, but you are lucky. So, don't let go of it." Get the chance, understand? If you don’t cherish it, good luck won’t take care of you anymore.”
Uncle Zhou held his head and protected his big ears, and wanted to refute a little bit unconvinced. He especially focused on the key points: "How can you say that your son has a bad brain? I have a bad brain, are you proud? "
Mrs. Zhou's speech and response are the same as most ancient mothers. If they can't make sense, they will fight until they can preach.
Poor Zhou Shubian, a man who is eight feet tall, can't fight back, and can only be chased by his mother to run all over the yard.It was very much like the chicken his second cousin bought from somewhere recently, the real chicken, the kind that is alive and kicking, crowing and laying eggs.
After chasing him for a while, Mrs. Zhou finally came to realize that this kid was deliberately tossing and wasting time!It's a ghost if she chases him like this.After Mrs. Zhou figured it out, she stopped on the spot, clapped her hands, and called a few maidservants to rush forward, so that Mr. Zhou, who insisted that he would never touch a woman in his life, could only surrender.
Zhou Shubian squatted on the porch, aggrieved and held out one side of his big head to his mother: "You, please be gentle."
"Heh." It is impossible to be light, and it is impossible to be light in this life.Mrs. Zhou was about to explode with anger, and her lungs were about to explode. She twisted the ears of her youngest son and said, "How can I not know about the little mischievousness in your heart? It's useless. Let me tell you, Uncle Zhou, I I saw Gu Qiao's invitation card, go, you must go for me!"
Gu Qiao's health is still not good, but he won the third class in the court examination, so he can't show it at all.This third class is not the final result, and there will be changes after the palace examination. If he fails the wait at that time, combined with his performance of not seeing any guests today, he is just waiting to be ridiculed.
There is no reason, the world is like this, sometimes it is not because of what you do that you offend people, but what you do not do is the most deadly.
But Gu Qiao really had no way to go out to the banquet, so she thought of a compromise idea of changing from passive to active and asking others to come over the house.He doesn't have to worry about the banquet, the Prince sent the people from the Fourth Division and Six Bureaus to help prepare it.All Gu Qiao needs to do is to communicate with the guests, so she won't be too tired, and she can rest in place once the banquet is over.All in all, holding a banquet at home is the best solution at present.
Once it was decided to hold a banquet, Gu Qiao wrote the invitations by herself, and sent invitations to many talented young men who had only recently become acquainted, including Zhou Shubian.
"Remember to bring your grandmother's gift." Mrs. Zhou added to her son.
Mrs. Zhou is getting old. In addition to taking care of her husband who is sometimes sober and sometimes confused, she just listens to some anecdotes. The hottest topic now is naturally Gu Qiao's Les Miserables.Mrs. Zhou was born with a soft heart, not necessarily when she was young, but when she was old, she couldn't listen to such poor people's pitiful things.She didn't care much about politics and class, she just felt that Gu Qiao was painful, and wished she could take him back to Zhou's house and let her take care of her.
"Gu Guogong, I've seen it before. The handkerchief of our second girl was handed over to Qingniang, remember? Didn't she just marry him? The young man is very energetic. Back then when he rode on a tall horse to get married, no one didn't envy Qingniang of."
In the family of General Situ, there is a girl like Situ Qing, who is so charming and pampered, with red makeup, she also caused a sensation in the city back then.
"I didn't expect their son to be so big in a blink of an eye."
When the accident happened in Xianguo's mansion, it happened that Zhou's mansion was also experiencing the pain of bereavement. The queen of their family went there this year. Mrs. Zhou couldn't bear the white-haired man giving away the black-haired man, and he was confused when he woke up However, the Zhou family was so busy with these two matters that they turned their backs on their backs, so they failed to pay attention to the life of the son handed over by the daughter's handkerchief.
Later, Duke Xian disappeared from the honorary circle. Most people thought that Mrs. Gu was concentrating on teaching her grandson in the closed house, and the Zhou family was fine.
This made the old lady Zhou who knew what happened to Gu Qiao very regretful, and always wanted to make up for it.Mrs. Zhou is also from the countryside, she doesn’t have much experience, and she doesn’t like to pay attention to the gifts she gives. They are all food and clothing made by herself. .
There is no way to escape today.
Facing the iron hammer from his mother's love, Zhou Shubian could only admit his cowardice: "I will definitely give it some other day, I will definitely give it to you, and the one with the drums and gongs will be sent there, isn't it okay? But I really don't want to go to today's banquet. Even if you hate people, you will definitely go."
Zhou Shubian thought that the enmity between him and Wen Zhuan was too great, there was no such thing as me.
"Who can hate people more than you?" Mrs. Zhou, like other wives, has been brainwashed by a gentle, smart and polite child. As the crown prince's cousin, he is excluded from the prince's companion reading. The most shameful thing is that he has not been excluded, "Go and reconcile with him! You are now His Highness's companion, and you will be His Highness' right-hand man in the future. Your own people will make trouble first. Infighting, what is it?!"
In the Zhou family, the most fundamental policy of family management is to ensure that the prince is the first in everything.
That is not only the prince, but also the only surviving blood of the second girl who married out of their family.
Gu Qiao invited almost everyone he thought he should invite, regardless of whether the other party came or not, anyway, his posts and etiquette were thoughtful enough.
Everyone was also very face-saving, and almost all of them expressed their inclination to go to the banquet happily after receiving the invitation.
Zhou Shubian is one of the few people in that group.
After he was forced to come by his mother and grandmother, "almost" became "all".
When Zhou Shubian came with a gift, those one thousand and ten thousand were reluctant, and the old man with a slap in the face, kept complaining to the other two reading companions behind him. Anyway, looking at everything is annoying, special!Don't!bother!
"Where's Gu Qiao? He's the host, and he didn't come to greet anyone at the door?"
Zhou Shubian entered the flower hall while looking for faults, and then saw his prince's cousin appearing suddenly, he was so frightened that he almost knelt down on the spot: "Dian, brother, Dian..." He seemed to be the owner of the card Similarly, it took me a long time to go back and forth, and I was not sure what to call my cousin who was not wearing the prince's clothes.
Wen Dao Chengpi smiled and looked at his cousin: "Mr. Wednesday, you have such a big temper. I heard you dislike this and that before I entered the door. Are you dissatisfied with the banquet prepared by Gu? ?”
"No, no, dare not." Zhou Shubian shook his head like a rattle, crying and wanted to write a suicide note, but he didn't know if it would be too late.
So, when Wen Zhuan and the others arrived, what they saw was the magical scene of Mr. Wednesday running around the Duke's mansion while shouting "I'm a big idiot".I really don't want any face.
Su Su couldn't stand it any longer, and said to Wen Zhuan, "Are you bullying him again?"
Wen Zhuan looked back innocently: "Am I that kind of person?"
Several other accompanying readers nodded together: "You are."
In the past, the prince had eight companions, and they split into two factions: the sons of powerful officials and the sons of nobles. Although there were unfriendly factors from Zhou Shubian and others, Wen Zhuan was naturally not an innocent little white rabbit.On the contrary, since he was a child, he has been the most gentle and caring person, playing around with others, and asking others to thank him for his understanding of righteousness and consideration of the overall situation.
"This time, it's really not." Wen Zhuan recently had a good plan to cultivate himself, at least he really had the intention of shaking hands with Zhou Shubian and making peace, so as not to cause trouble again.
When a group of people entered the Duke's Mansion suspiciously and saw the prince who had been waiting there, they finally believed that Zhou Shu argued that it was not because of Wen Zhuan's calculation that he lost face.
"Come on, sit down." Wen Daocheng greeted everyone skillfully with the attitude of the master, as if he was in the East Palace. Branch Lu Nanding.Lu Nanding was actually at a loss as to why he was able to sit with the prince. Didn't he only receive an invitation to an ordinary banquet from the same department?Why are there so many bosses?
Lu Nan Ding was from a humble family who couldn't be more pure. He came from a grassroots background and had no connection with the dignitaries in the north. When he first came to Beijing, no one knew what kind of onion he was.
Now I am fortunate to be a blockbuster, but I never thought that I would become someone's guest so early.
It was really frightening and dodging surprises, and I couldn't even use the words I was best at.
The young masters who arrived earlier were similar, they were all as uncomfortable as Lu Nanding, feeling like they were sitting on pins and needles, extremely cramped.Just making eye contact with each other, it seems that it is a certainty that Gu Qiao will make up for the prince's companionship.
In the past, they would still be unconvinced, but now that they see Gu Qiao and Wen Zhuan ranking shoulder to shoulder in the department, they have no face to be unconvinced any longer.
Yongji Shuangtong, that acquaintance that has been almost forgotten, once again echoed in everyone's minds.In the future, maybe it will be Yongji Shuangjie, and fate will go around in a circle, and it will return to what it should have been.
"Qingqing just fell ill again and was taking medicine. The banquet will probably be later, you can do whatever you want." Wen Daocheng said.
Everyone was looking at their noses and noses, and they really didn't know how to act casually in front of the prince against the background sound of Mr. Wednesday's loud voice. They even envied Mr. Wednesday, who is a fool who is blessed with foolishness.Although he was fined to run around, at least he was free, and he didn't have to feel the freedom of not knowing where to put his hands in the flower hall.
After a while, the prince got up and called Wen Zhuan to leave. He probably also felt the discomfort of the crowd and walked away on purpose.
As soon as the prince and Wen Zhuan left, everyone heaved a sigh of relief, and finally regained their energy. They discussed the banquet with great interest. It was really the right time!I was lucky enough to meet His Highness the Crown Prince. It was too sudden just now, I was unprepared, and my performance was not good enough. I must make up for it later.
The few remaining companions became the objects surrounded by everyone, hoping to know some topics that His Royal Highness would dare to be interested in from them.
The companions looked at each other, what does His Highness like?The one I like the most at this stage is probably... Gu Qiao, right?
Anyway, ever since they became the prince's companions and followed His Highness, they had never seen the prince show such a big face to anyone, and went out of the palace to attend an ordinary banquet held by the other party in person.It was as if Gu Qiao had played a trick on the prince.
Su Su didn't say anything, because he didn't know why, he always felt that His Highness had a lot of opinions on him recently, especially when he put spicy food in his meal, his eyes could turn into knives.
At the same time, Wen Daocheng called Wen Zhuan to the garden in the backyard of the Gu family. While admiring the branches in early spring, the two really had something to talk about.
Wen Daocheng didn't talk nonsense, straight to the point, and forced to ask his companion: "According to Gu's knowledge, you and Gu Qiao haven't met before, right?"
"No." Wen Zhuan told the truth.
"But how did I hear that you two hit it off and talked happily?" It wasn't that I heard it, it was the prince's own experience. When he was at the gate of the Gongyuan, he was already wondering why Wen Zhuan was so kind to Gu Qiao.
After confirming from Gu Qiao's mouth that Gu Qiao and Wen Zhuan really had no past that others didn't know about, Wen Daocheng's little gloom exploded.This kind of behavior of taking good care of someone and paying attention to abnormalities just because they met once was definitely not something that the Wen Zhuan he knew could do.
It doesn't make sense that Wen Zhuan would treat Gu Qiao differently because of his so-called talent back then.
Wen Zhuan looks gentle and harmless, but he is the most guarded among all the companions, and the pride in his bones will not let him be easily convinced by someone's talent.Because Wen Zhuan felt that he was number one in the world.
If it weren't for Wen Zhuan being a good left and right hand for Wen Daocheng, Wen Daocheng would have directly asked - what is your intention to be so close to Gu Qiao?
Let me tell you, Gu Qiao is standing behind me, if you want to bully him and take advantage of him, you'd better get rid of me as soon as possible!
Wen Daocheng's style of doing things has always been to nip danger in the cradle. He hates making up for it afterwards. If something happens, no matter how much it is made up, it is far worse than not letting it happen in the first place.Although he recently got some inspiration from Gu Qiao to deal with his father better, but he can't spread this inspiration on other things in a short time.In the face of problems, he still likes to directly crush them.
Now, Wen Zhuan is the problem that Wen Daocheng feels.
Wen Zhuan thought in his heart, protecting someone like this is not something that His Royal Highness I know would do.
Of course, Wen Zhuan only dared to think about it, he didn't have the courage to say it out yet.He rested his chin, pondered for a while, and finally told the prince the truth: "Does Your Highness know about Situ Rong?"
"Gu Qiao's cousin." Wen Daocheng knew who Situ Rong was all too well.Because she inexplicably has a great sense of presence in Gu Qiao's mouth, and the frequency of her appearance is very, very high. Gu Qiao's dependence and closeness to Situ Rong's words both in and out of words made Wen Daocheng very uncomfortable.But Gu Qiao doesn't know why, she just likes his cousin who doesn't seem to have anything special at the moment.
It's interesting to say that Situ Rong is also on the list in the outsiders' lobbying to the prince about the concubine, and there are many sayings that the prince would like to marry Situ Rong.
But from Gu Qiwu, Wen Daocheng came to a very rebellious conclusion, the more strongly recommended by others, the more problematic it is.
This recommendation is not necessarily the girl's own wish, or that there is so much energy transmitted to his ears.It should be that there are people with malicious intentions around him, for fear that he will get another powerful foreign aid in the marriage.He always spared no effort to deceive him, needless to say Gu Xiwu, what is Situ Rong doing for?
"She is the minister's fiancée." Wen Zhuan told the truth, "It's the adults' decision, but we haven't met yet."
It was only then that Wen Daocheng remembered that Situ Rong had already passed fourteen and was not married yet, but he was not forced to pay taxes either.In other words, she should have already promised someone else, but she is just a wealthy family, and she is always unwilling to get married in a hurry, and wronged the delicate girl.
This kind of frivolous operation of getting engaged at [-] o'clock and remarrying after two years is very popular among noble women.
However, Wen Daocheng never expected that Situ Rong, who was far away in the border, would have a private marriage contract with Wen Zhuan from Beijing: "When did it happen?"
"It didn't take long." Wen Zhuan didn't have much say in his marriage. Of course, he personally didn't feel that there was anything wrong with being arranged like this. Say, probably some people know about it. It’s just that before we say it, everyone will cooperate.”
Wen Daocheng already sneered in his heart, not to Wen Zhuan and Situ Rong, but to those who persuaded him to marry Situ Rong, they really "considered" him, and wished he could be labeled as robbing ministers' wives .
Once this is done, no one will care whether Wen Daocheng knows about the marriage contract between Wen Zhuan and Situ Rong.
It is even possible that Wen Daocheng will be kept in the dark until he is married, and with his gentle and forbearing character, he may not necessarily speak, but will only hold grudges silently.
This hidden danger is too great.
"After the marriage was settled, Rong Rong wrote me a letter, in which she hoped that I could visit her cousin in the capital on her behalf. Before I could fulfill my promise..." Wen Zhuan learned about the cousin from Zhao Guang. All kinds of brothers.
Wen Zhuan didn't love Situ Rong much at this time, and he didn't even know whether Situ Rong was ugly or beautiful, but he and the prince had similar characteristics in some aspects, which made him feel that it was a responsibility to take care of Gu Qiao.His family, apart from him, no one can bully him.When Zhao Guang said that to him, Wen Zhuan didn't turn his face on the spot, which was already a great deal of face to the Zhao family.
Of course, Wen Zhuan had already made up his mind at that time to teach Zhao Guang some lessons later.This is also the reason why he specially picked up Gu Qiao and went to the Gongyuan together.
"Does Gu Qiao know?"
"I haven't had time to talk to him yet." In other words, Wen Zhuan also has his own thoughts, and he wants to establish a good relationship with Gu Qiao first.After all, this is his future brother-in-law. If the brother-in-law can not be offended, don't offend him in the end.
"You take care of it yourself." Wen Daocheng nodded, and decided to let Wen Zhuan do his own thing in this matter and not interfere any more.
Then the two fell silent.
After all, Wen Daocheng was so suspicious of Wen Zhuan's malicious intentions just now, cough, it's a bit embarrassing now.
However, it is impossible for Wen Daocheng to apologize. He has never apologized to anyone since he grew up. He will only be very nice to that person after realizing his mistake.
Like now.
"You can choose the lonely copy in the lonely study."
"Two copies?" Wen Zhuan had already thought about this result when the prince opened his mouth, and he was very good at fighting for benefits for himself.
"Success." After reaching a tacit agreement, the two parted ways in the garden.
Wen Zhuan happily returned to the Flower Hall, ready to think carefully about which two copies should be taken away.It was not a day or two since he had peeked at the prince's study room, and the rare and rare books inside were an irresistible temptation for him.
Wen Daocheng was familiar with it, and went to Mrs. Gu's yard instead.
Cleaning up Gu Youyin's family is not the end of the matter for the prince, at least there are old lady Gu, Gu Qiwu and other female relatives, making the prince feel like a stick in his throat.
It's just that these people haven't made any big troubles for the time being, making it impossible for him to start.
Especially Mrs. Gu, she is now an old lady who has had a stroke, and she must be cleaned up, but the prince wants her to bear what she should bear under completely normal circumstances.
Wen Daocheng was afraid that Gu Qiao's heart would soften, so he really raised the old lady in the Duke's mansion, that would be too cheap for this old thing.But before the two of them switched to each other's bodies, the prince couldn't keep torturing Mrs. Gu.He can only see stitches.Now he just went to check his results.
The powerful maids who used to pretend to be powerful around Old Madam Gu have all been replaced by Wen Daocheng on the first day, and now there are two old eunuchs serving the old lady.
Gu Qiao's fear of women has never been alleviated. There is no way to alleviate the Duke's mansion. Even the group of big geese that the prince let him raise before are only males.But Mrs. Gu had a stroke, she must be served by someone, men and women are different, it is really hard to find a manservant, in the end the prince found a way to find two men who committed a crime and were demoted from the palace, and they had no money, An old eunuch who almost couldn't survive.
use them...
Naturally, it's because these individuals know the most about the dirty things in the palace, how can they suck the blood of the unfavored master without being seen out, they are the best at it.
When the crown prince sent them over, he almost made it clear that Mrs. Gu was the unfavored master of the Duke's mansion, even despised.
The two old eunuchs tried their best to express themselves, and they were able to show through, and what they did won Wen Daocheng's heart.
Wen Daocheng made a surprise inspection this time, and saw that the two of them were not lazy. They were at the bedside of old lady Gu's evil ghost, repeating Gu Youyin's words over and over again to her who could hear what others said, but she couldn't control her body. The tragedy of a family of three.The two old eunuchs have also been trained, their eloquence may not be very good, but their expressions are provocative enough to scare people.
Today we are talking about the scene where Gu Youyin was beheaded, and the two of them acted as if they had actually gone to the scene to watch it, scaring the old lady into shaking again.
"Oh, I said old lady, Zajia has been in the palace for so many years, but I have never seen anyone more disrespectful than you."
"Why are you peeing again? It's really disturbing."
Wen Daocheng didn't go in, so he stood at the door and listened for a while, because he found that Gu Qiao was also there.While sitting on the recliner at the door and drinking the medicine, he was enjoying listening to the old lady Gu being threatened, as if it was more palatable than sugar.He had been frightened by their grandmother quite a few times in the past, and the one that hurt him the most was when the old lady said that he was the only one who killed his parents.For a long time, the theme of Gu Qiao's nightmares was that his parents died tragically before his eyes again and again, but he was powerless to change it.
Now it's finally the old lady's turn to be frightened, Gu Qiao couldn't be happier, he especially likes to come and listen to these old eunuchs frightening people, their eloquence is really good, and they are all set.
Seeing Wen Daocheng coming, Gu Qiao smiled, a little embarrassed.
Wen Daocheng just raised his hand affectionately, and pinched the child's face. Sure enough, he liked the touch of Gu Qiao's face more than his own. It was as soft as squeezing a ball of jade moon cake. heart.
He couldn't put it down a little bit, Gu Qiao didn't know how to resist, he didn't pinch the white cloth.
"I didn't expect that our son would have
According to the examiner who originally introduced the grading setting, the purpose of this is to make candidates feel humble. Even if you stand out in this exam, it does not mean that you are the best.
In other words, if the candidate has won the third class, it is the first class, which is the best.
In the imperial examination, there will be a division of Jia, Erjia and Sanjia, and the system is not so troublesome. There is only one name of "Jia Ke", because people who can get the third class in a system examination, generally There will be no more than three.But these three quotas are not rigid rules, they can be more or less, as long as the principle of preferring shortages to excesses will do.
In the past system, it was difficult to fill up the third class with three people. One or two were commonplace, and sometimes even no candidate could get the third class evaluation.
The questions that Gu Qiao participated in this time were extremely biased, which was intentional by the examiners. They could not resist the whims of Emperor Wu who added additional subjects to pray for the Queen Mother, so they could only secretly try to make everyone fail.However, the candidates in this period were unexpectedly upbeat. Judging from their grades, they have become a big year in the department, and their pride does not allow them to give low marks to good articles.
In short, the result is that there are five people who entered the third class, which is the first time in history, and it will be very difficult to meet again in the future.
The crown prince, Gu Qiao, Wen Zhuan, the old man's nephew Bai Yan, and the talented Lu Nanding who came from a poor family but has become famous for his poems in the south of the Yangtze River.
It covers almost all the directions of talents sought today. Several people have different emphases, but they are all talented in writing, and it is difficult to distinguish them from each other.
The examiners intend to add a re-examination before the palace examination, and select two more from the five to become the third-class three who are most in line with the rules.
However, after the memorial was submitted, Emperor Wu did not agree.
Because... When Emperor Wu saw that the prince's name was also in it, he immediately became overjoyed and couldn't care about anything else.Five is five, what kind of brushing, no brushing!
Emperor Wu even happily took the memorial with the list, went to the queen mother's bedroom, and chatted with his old mother who was still "sleeping" for a long time.This is a daily routine of Emperor Wu since the queen mother fell into a coma. He confides to the queen mother a lot of things that can and cannot be said.Today's theme is mainly to announce the good news.
Emperor Wu was so excited that he even spoke incoherently, repeating only a few sentences, with simple semantics, as if calling any enlightened child could have a larger vocabulary than him.
"Anbang is really promising."
"Anbang, my son, the son of me and Zitong."
"Look quickly, how powerful he is, your favorite grandson."
Anbang is another nickname for the prince. It was given by Emperor Wu. The previous princes all had nicknames with similar meanings, such as Baojia, Weiguo and so on.After the princes grew up, basically only Emperor Wu would call them that in private.Every child is the pride of Emperor Wu, but the prince made Emperor Wu even more proud.
"They wanted to take another retest, but I refused."
What if, um, accidentally brushed off the crown prince, what should I do, right?
"Son, it's definitely not that I don't have confidence in Anbang, it's just..." Emperor Wu felt that the prince had worked too hard, and there was really no need to go through that kind of exam environment again.Emperor Wu had always complained about the crown prince shutting himself in the palace for a day and a night to participate in the system and answer questions. Although the test results made him look good, he said that he really got a good third-class ranking after participating.
After Emperor Wu left the Empress Dowager's bedroom, he pretended to be modest and chatted with his close ministers in private: "Oh, he's only so old, a kid is messing around, but he didn't expect to pass the exam, and I didn't embarrass him."
Other ministers have to be like the ancient Chinese parents, crazily flattering their bosses, blowing 360-degree fancy.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince possesses both talents and virtues, Lu Hai and Pan Jiang are the great fortune and the blessing of our generation!
Emperor Wu's teeth did not see his eyes, and he had to wave his hand and said, "No, wherever, where you will make the prince proud", it can be said that it is quite hypocritical.
In short, in order to keep the prince's good grades, Emperor Wu resolutely disagreed with the re-examination.
It was directly announced that they would enter the next stage as soon as possible - the palace examination where the third and fourth grades could all participate.
Like the imperial examination, there is also a palace examination in the system of subjects. The real ranking and whether you can be awarded an official will be determined after the palace examination.The examination in the Gongyuan is a bit similar to the pre-examination, also known as the pavilion examination.Before the palace test results come out, everything is still possible.
"Will Wen Zhuan and others continue?" The examiners asked Emperor Wu again uncertainly.Didn't it mean that Wen Zhuan and the others just had a try with the accompanying candidates?With Wen Zhuan's grades, if the exam continues, will he be given an official?According to the regulations, one has to be awarded an official, but Wen Zhuan is only in his teens, and he has not even experienced the imperial examination, so he is too young.Not to mention the twelve Gu Qiao.
"Why not?" Emperor Wu had never been an emperor who would take the usual path honestly, "Since they have done so well in the exam, there is no reason why they should not continue to take the palace exam. This is what they deserve. And take the exam."
Emperor Wu did not explain much, because he had already thought of a solution for Wen Zhuan and Gu Qiao.
This good news was written on the red list with a gold pen along with the ranking of the results, and posted at the gate of the Gongyuan.Then, the good news was delivered one after another by the announcing officer to the candidates' neighbors with the good news about which candidates could participate in the palace examination.
Due to the same and different characteristics of the system and the imperial examination, the officials who announce the good news can boast as much as they can, and they only hope to get a little more reward.
It is wrong to call out Nangong Gaojie's words to Gu Qiao.
It is true that Gu Qiao has entered the first class, but it is only one fifth, not really the first.But Xie'er was still very happy. Leaning on crutches, the disabled and the only few servants gathered together. He insisted on setting off a three-day and three-night firecracker at the gate of the Duke's Mansion, so that everyone We all know that their young master is not a little pitiful, nor is he hurting Zhong Yong, he really relies on his talent to make a living.
The former Yongji prodigy Gu Qiao is back!
He suffered a lot of difficulties, but he never gave up, and now he stands up again relying on his own strength.Such counterattack stories are always very popular and likable in the market.
There is no need for Xie E to "inadvertently" express this elation, those who have been paying attention to Gu Youyin's case have already spread the word, shared such a happy news with the people around them, and He became really happy for Gu Qiao, and the word "cool" was so straightforward and hearty.
More and more people gave gifts to Gu's family.
However, there are also people who know about the affairs of Xian Guogong back then who are worried and want to test Emperor Wu's attitude towards this.
They didn't dare to speak out in front of Emperor Wu.Just like the hasty funeral of Xian Guogong and his wife back then, it was impossible to define.Logically speaking, the matter is over, and the child should not be held accountable anymore, but who can guarantee that Emperor Wu's dog-temper that loves him so much that he wants to live and hates him that he wants to die will not be angry?
They need a clearer attitude from Emperor Wu, and inquiries about saving the country with various curves.
Then, it was known by Wen Daocheng, who had some ears in the palace.
After presiding over the trial of Gu Youyin's case, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince unexpectedly won some popular support, but he knew enough was enough, and did not directly contact government affairs further to challenge his father's authority.Instead, he followed Gu Qiao's previous routine and retreated to advance. After returning to the case, he honestly returned to the Wenhua Hall, and re-read the sage's book with seven companions.A peaceful look with no yearning for rights at all.
This is so fucking fake, the few princes who have been staring at the prince are almost disgusted by the prince's sudden appearance by Gao Jie.
But Emperor Wu just followed this way, the more he looked at the prince, the more pleasing he was to his eyes, and he would always say it with satisfaction when he caught someone, my prince has grown up.
Because of this, Wen Daocheng got more power from Emperor Wu, which made it much more convenient for him to do some small actions.
Wen Daocheng didn't know what happened to Duke Xian back then, but he believed that most of the dignitaries, like him, didn't know that most people's alienation from Duke Xian was just a way of following the trend to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages .Seeing that others stopped moving, he was afraid that he would step on a thunderstorm, so he followed suit to avoid suspicion, like a snowball, as if Xian Guogong had really done something big and angry.
Judging from Wen Daocheng's understanding of his father, something must have happened that made Emperor Wu furious, but it was not big enough to implicate others.
One of the simplest reasons is that Emperor Wu didn't pursue the title, but he didn't seize the title either, did he?
If it is really too big to be redeemed, it will not be Gu Youyin's turn to abuse Gu Qiao for the sake of that one-acre three-point land, and no one in the Gu family can expect to have a good time.
Emperor Wu left this title to Gu Qiao, which is enough to prove that the matter has already been turned over by Emperor Wu.
But no one dared to bet.If they can't figure it out, they will definitely not dare to get too close to Gu Qiao who has just made some progress. Once a strange circle is formed, they will be very unfriendly to Gu Qiao's future development.
With Gu Qiao's ability, of course he will make a name for himself in the future. Wen Daocheng just hopes to make Gu Qiao less rough.
After all, Gu Qiao called him brother.
Well, when he first heard that Daocheng teased Gu Qiao to call him brother, the reaction he wanted to see was that the child became angry and refused to obey. It was very funny, he knew it, but that was the fun.In the end, Gu Qiao believed it was true, as long as His Royal Highness wants, he will go all out, and shouted firmly, crisply and sweetly: "Brother."
Wen Daocheng wanted to see other people's shy taste gone, but the strange feeling still came to his heart, and he finally realized a problem, no matter what Gu Qiao was, he liked it so much that his heart trembled.
Hearing that he became Gu Qiao to rectify his name, he did nothing but spread the news to the rich and powerful.
——The examiners of the system also had the same concerns at first.
This is true, all the examiners sent by Emperor Wu to examine the system are all human beings.The reason for handing over the memorial of the names of five people is that, on the one hand, the number of people in the Jia Division is indeed a bit beyond the standard, and on the other hand, it is because of Gu Qiao’s particularity. If Emperor Wu directly erases Gu Qiao’s name, no one will be surprised. They would even tacitly pretend that this list never existed because they understood the emperor's mind.
If Emperor Wu did not do this, it means that Xian Guogong is Xian Guogong, and Gu Qiao is Gu Qiao. Since the matter has been settled in the past, it is really over.
Emperor Wu looked careless, but unexpectedly he was a very nostalgic man.He doesn't really want to mention Duke Xian to others, but when he occasionally thinks of Duke Xian because of Gu Qiao, most of what comes to his mind is his general's past charge and fearlessness, not as disgusting as everyone thinks .
After clarifying Emperor Wu's attitude, the gate of the Duke's Mansion was almost knocked down. Even though Gu Qiao always said "the residual poison is not cleared, it is inconvenient to see guests", but it still couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm.
Gu Qiao is only twelve, talented and highly appreciated by the prince, but lacks the care of the elders. What does this mean?
It is simply a godsend opportunity to give charcoal in the snow and pick up the missing investment!
Even Zhou Shubian was told by his shrewd and capable mother-in-law, and he must not break the solid friendship with Gu Shizi that he had worked so hard to forge before: "You are like your father. You have a bad brain, but you are lucky. So, don't let go of it." Get the chance, understand? If you don’t cherish it, good luck won’t take care of you anymore.”
Uncle Zhou held his head and protected his big ears, and wanted to refute a little bit unconvinced. He especially focused on the key points: "How can you say that your son has a bad brain? I have a bad brain, are you proud? "
Mrs. Zhou's speech and response are the same as most ancient mothers. If they can't make sense, they will fight until they can preach.
Poor Zhou Shubian, a man who is eight feet tall, can't fight back, and can only be chased by his mother to run all over the yard.It was very much like the chicken his second cousin bought from somewhere recently, the real chicken, the kind that is alive and kicking, crowing and laying eggs.
After chasing him for a while, Mrs. Zhou finally came to realize that this kid was deliberately tossing and wasting time!It's a ghost if she chases him like this.After Mrs. Zhou figured it out, she stopped on the spot, clapped her hands, and called a few maidservants to rush forward, so that Mr. Zhou, who insisted that he would never touch a woman in his life, could only surrender.
Zhou Shubian squatted on the porch, aggrieved and held out one side of his big head to his mother: "You, please be gentle."
"Heh." It is impossible to be light, and it is impossible to be light in this life.Mrs. Zhou was about to explode with anger, and her lungs were about to explode. She twisted the ears of her youngest son and said, "How can I not know about the little mischievousness in your heart? It's useless. Let me tell you, Uncle Zhou, I I saw Gu Qiao's invitation card, go, you must go for me!"
Gu Qiao's health is still not good, but he won the third class in the court examination, so he can't show it at all.This third class is not the final result, and there will be changes after the palace examination. If he fails the wait at that time, combined with his performance of not seeing any guests today, he is just waiting to be ridiculed.
There is no reason, the world is like this, sometimes it is not because of what you do that you offend people, but what you do not do is the most deadly.
But Gu Qiao really had no way to go out to the banquet, so she thought of a compromise idea of changing from passive to active and asking others to come over the house.He doesn't have to worry about the banquet, the Prince sent the people from the Fourth Division and Six Bureaus to help prepare it.All Gu Qiao needs to do is to communicate with the guests, so she won't be too tired, and she can rest in place once the banquet is over.All in all, holding a banquet at home is the best solution at present.
Once it was decided to hold a banquet, Gu Qiao wrote the invitations by herself, and sent invitations to many talented young men who had only recently become acquainted, including Zhou Shubian.
"Remember to bring your grandmother's gift." Mrs. Zhou added to her son.
Mrs. Zhou is getting old. In addition to taking care of her husband who is sometimes sober and sometimes confused, she just listens to some anecdotes. The hottest topic now is naturally Gu Qiao's Les Miserables.Mrs. Zhou was born with a soft heart, not necessarily when she was young, but when she was old, she couldn't listen to such poor people's pitiful things.She didn't care much about politics and class, she just felt that Gu Qiao was painful, and wished she could take him back to Zhou's house and let her take care of her.
"Gu Guogong, I've seen it before. The handkerchief of our second girl was handed over to Qingniang, remember? Didn't she just marry him? The young man is very energetic. Back then when he rode on a tall horse to get married, no one didn't envy Qingniang of."
In the family of General Situ, there is a girl like Situ Qing, who is so charming and pampered, with red makeup, she also caused a sensation in the city back then.
"I didn't expect their son to be so big in a blink of an eye."
When the accident happened in Xianguo's mansion, it happened that Zhou's mansion was also experiencing the pain of bereavement. The queen of their family went there this year. Mrs. Zhou couldn't bear the white-haired man giving away the black-haired man, and he was confused when he woke up However, the Zhou family was so busy with these two matters that they turned their backs on their backs, so they failed to pay attention to the life of the son handed over by the daughter's handkerchief.
Later, Duke Xian disappeared from the honorary circle. Most people thought that Mrs. Gu was concentrating on teaching her grandson in the closed house, and the Zhou family was fine.
This made the old lady Zhou who knew what happened to Gu Qiao very regretful, and always wanted to make up for it.Mrs. Zhou is also from the countryside, she doesn’t have much experience, and she doesn’t like to pay attention to the gifts she gives. They are all food and clothing made by herself. .
There is no way to escape today.
Facing the iron hammer from his mother's love, Zhou Shubian could only admit his cowardice: "I will definitely give it some other day, I will definitely give it to you, and the one with the drums and gongs will be sent there, isn't it okay? But I really don't want to go to today's banquet. Even if you hate people, you will definitely go."
Zhou Shubian thought that the enmity between him and Wen Zhuan was too great, there was no such thing as me.
"Who can hate people more than you?" Mrs. Zhou, like other wives, has been brainwashed by a gentle, smart and polite child. As the crown prince's cousin, he is excluded from the prince's companion reading. The most shameful thing is that he has not been excluded, "Go and reconcile with him! You are now His Highness's companion, and you will be His Highness' right-hand man in the future. Your own people will make trouble first. Infighting, what is it?!"
In the Zhou family, the most fundamental policy of family management is to ensure that the prince is the first in everything.
That is not only the prince, but also the only surviving blood of the second girl who married out of their family.
Gu Qiao invited almost everyone he thought he should invite, regardless of whether the other party came or not, anyway, his posts and etiquette were thoughtful enough.
Everyone was also very face-saving, and almost all of them expressed their inclination to go to the banquet happily after receiving the invitation.
Zhou Shubian is one of the few people in that group.
After he was forced to come by his mother and grandmother, "almost" became "all".
When Zhou Shubian came with a gift, those one thousand and ten thousand were reluctant, and the old man with a slap in the face, kept complaining to the other two reading companions behind him. Anyway, looking at everything is annoying, special!Don't!bother!
"Where's Gu Qiao? He's the host, and he didn't come to greet anyone at the door?"
Zhou Shubian entered the flower hall while looking for faults, and then saw his prince's cousin appearing suddenly, he was so frightened that he almost knelt down on the spot: "Dian, brother, Dian..." He seemed to be the owner of the card Similarly, it took me a long time to go back and forth, and I was not sure what to call my cousin who was not wearing the prince's clothes.
Wen Dao Chengpi smiled and looked at his cousin: "Mr. Wednesday, you have such a big temper. I heard you dislike this and that before I entered the door. Are you dissatisfied with the banquet prepared by Gu? ?”
"No, no, dare not." Zhou Shubian shook his head like a rattle, crying and wanted to write a suicide note, but he didn't know if it would be too late.
So, when Wen Zhuan and the others arrived, what they saw was the magical scene of Mr. Wednesday running around the Duke's mansion while shouting "I'm a big idiot".I really don't want any face.
Su Su couldn't stand it any longer, and said to Wen Zhuan, "Are you bullying him again?"
Wen Zhuan looked back innocently: "Am I that kind of person?"
Several other accompanying readers nodded together: "You are."
In the past, the prince had eight companions, and they split into two factions: the sons of powerful officials and the sons of nobles. Although there were unfriendly factors from Zhou Shubian and others, Wen Zhuan was naturally not an innocent little white rabbit.On the contrary, since he was a child, he has been the most gentle and caring person, playing around with others, and asking others to thank him for his understanding of righteousness and consideration of the overall situation.
"This time, it's really not." Wen Zhuan recently had a good plan to cultivate himself, at least he really had the intention of shaking hands with Zhou Shubian and making peace, so as not to cause trouble again.
When a group of people entered the Duke's Mansion suspiciously and saw the prince who had been waiting there, they finally believed that Zhou Shu argued that it was not because of Wen Zhuan's calculation that he lost face.
"Come on, sit down." Wen Daocheng greeted everyone skillfully with the attitude of the master, as if he was in the East Palace. Branch Lu Nanding.Lu Nanding was actually at a loss as to why he was able to sit with the prince. Didn't he only receive an invitation to an ordinary banquet from the same department?Why are there so many bosses?
Lu Nan Ding was from a humble family who couldn't be more pure. He came from a grassroots background and had no connection with the dignitaries in the north. When he first came to Beijing, no one knew what kind of onion he was.
Now I am fortunate to be a blockbuster, but I never thought that I would become someone's guest so early.
It was really frightening and dodging surprises, and I couldn't even use the words I was best at.
The young masters who arrived earlier were similar, they were all as uncomfortable as Lu Nanding, feeling like they were sitting on pins and needles, extremely cramped.Just making eye contact with each other, it seems that it is a certainty that Gu Qiao will make up for the prince's companionship.
In the past, they would still be unconvinced, but now that they see Gu Qiao and Wen Zhuan ranking shoulder to shoulder in the department, they have no face to be unconvinced any longer.
Yongji Shuangtong, that acquaintance that has been almost forgotten, once again echoed in everyone's minds.In the future, maybe it will be Yongji Shuangjie, and fate will go around in a circle, and it will return to what it should have been.
"Qingqing just fell ill again and was taking medicine. The banquet will probably be later, you can do whatever you want." Wen Daocheng said.
Everyone was looking at their noses and noses, and they really didn't know how to act casually in front of the prince against the background sound of Mr. Wednesday's loud voice. They even envied Mr. Wednesday, who is a fool who is blessed with foolishness.Although he was fined to run around, at least he was free, and he didn't have to feel the freedom of not knowing where to put his hands in the flower hall.
After a while, the prince got up and called Wen Zhuan to leave. He probably also felt the discomfort of the crowd and walked away on purpose.
As soon as the prince and Wen Zhuan left, everyone heaved a sigh of relief, and finally regained their energy. They discussed the banquet with great interest. It was really the right time!I was lucky enough to meet His Highness the Crown Prince. It was too sudden just now, I was unprepared, and my performance was not good enough. I must make up for it later.
The few remaining companions became the objects surrounded by everyone, hoping to know some topics that His Royal Highness would dare to be interested in from them.
The companions looked at each other, what does His Highness like?The one I like the most at this stage is probably... Gu Qiao, right?
Anyway, ever since they became the prince's companions and followed His Highness, they had never seen the prince show such a big face to anyone, and went out of the palace to attend an ordinary banquet held by the other party in person.It was as if Gu Qiao had played a trick on the prince.
Su Su didn't say anything, because he didn't know why, he always felt that His Highness had a lot of opinions on him recently, especially when he put spicy food in his meal, his eyes could turn into knives.
At the same time, Wen Daocheng called Wen Zhuan to the garden in the backyard of the Gu family. While admiring the branches in early spring, the two really had something to talk about.
Wen Daocheng didn't talk nonsense, straight to the point, and forced to ask his companion: "According to Gu's knowledge, you and Gu Qiao haven't met before, right?"
"No." Wen Zhuan told the truth.
"But how did I hear that you two hit it off and talked happily?" It wasn't that I heard it, it was the prince's own experience. When he was at the gate of the Gongyuan, he was already wondering why Wen Zhuan was so kind to Gu Qiao.
After confirming from Gu Qiao's mouth that Gu Qiao and Wen Zhuan really had no past that others didn't know about, Wen Daocheng's little gloom exploded.This kind of behavior of taking good care of someone and paying attention to abnormalities just because they met once was definitely not something that the Wen Zhuan he knew could do.
It doesn't make sense that Wen Zhuan would treat Gu Qiao differently because of his so-called talent back then.
Wen Zhuan looks gentle and harmless, but he is the most guarded among all the companions, and the pride in his bones will not let him be easily convinced by someone's talent.Because Wen Zhuan felt that he was number one in the world.
If it weren't for Wen Zhuan being a good left and right hand for Wen Daocheng, Wen Daocheng would have directly asked - what is your intention to be so close to Gu Qiao?
Let me tell you, Gu Qiao is standing behind me, if you want to bully him and take advantage of him, you'd better get rid of me as soon as possible!
Wen Daocheng's style of doing things has always been to nip danger in the cradle. He hates making up for it afterwards. If something happens, no matter how much it is made up, it is far worse than not letting it happen in the first place.Although he recently got some inspiration from Gu Qiao to deal with his father better, but he can't spread this inspiration on other things in a short time.In the face of problems, he still likes to directly crush them.
Now, Wen Zhuan is the problem that Wen Daocheng feels.
Wen Zhuan thought in his heart, protecting someone like this is not something that His Royal Highness I know would do.
Of course, Wen Zhuan only dared to think about it, he didn't have the courage to say it out yet.He rested his chin, pondered for a while, and finally told the prince the truth: "Does Your Highness know about Situ Rong?"
"Gu Qiao's cousin." Wen Daocheng knew who Situ Rong was all too well.Because she inexplicably has a great sense of presence in Gu Qiao's mouth, and the frequency of her appearance is very, very high. Gu Qiao's dependence and closeness to Situ Rong's words both in and out of words made Wen Daocheng very uncomfortable.But Gu Qiao doesn't know why, she just likes his cousin who doesn't seem to have anything special at the moment.
It's interesting to say that Situ Rong is also on the list in the outsiders' lobbying to the prince about the concubine, and there are many sayings that the prince would like to marry Situ Rong.
But from Gu Qiwu, Wen Daocheng came to a very rebellious conclusion, the more strongly recommended by others, the more problematic it is.
This recommendation is not necessarily the girl's own wish, or that there is so much energy transmitted to his ears.It should be that there are people with malicious intentions around him, for fear that he will get another powerful foreign aid in the marriage.He always spared no effort to deceive him, needless to say Gu Xiwu, what is Situ Rong doing for?
"She is the minister's fiancée." Wen Zhuan told the truth, "It's the adults' decision, but we haven't met yet."
It was only then that Wen Daocheng remembered that Situ Rong had already passed fourteen and was not married yet, but he was not forced to pay taxes either.In other words, she should have already promised someone else, but she is just a wealthy family, and she is always unwilling to get married in a hurry, and wronged the delicate girl.
This kind of frivolous operation of getting engaged at [-] o'clock and remarrying after two years is very popular among noble women.
However, Wen Daocheng never expected that Situ Rong, who was far away in the border, would have a private marriage contract with Wen Zhuan from Beijing: "When did it happen?"
"It didn't take long." Wen Zhuan didn't have much say in his marriage. Of course, he personally didn't feel that there was anything wrong with being arranged like this. Say, probably some people know about it. It’s just that before we say it, everyone will cooperate.”
Wen Daocheng already sneered in his heart, not to Wen Zhuan and Situ Rong, but to those who persuaded him to marry Situ Rong, they really "considered" him, and wished he could be labeled as robbing ministers' wives .
Once this is done, no one will care whether Wen Daocheng knows about the marriage contract between Wen Zhuan and Situ Rong.
It is even possible that Wen Daocheng will be kept in the dark until he is married, and with his gentle and forbearing character, he may not necessarily speak, but will only hold grudges silently.
This hidden danger is too great.
"After the marriage was settled, Rong Rong wrote me a letter, in which she hoped that I could visit her cousin in the capital on her behalf. Before I could fulfill my promise..." Wen Zhuan learned about the cousin from Zhao Guang. All kinds of brothers.
Wen Zhuan didn't love Situ Rong much at this time, and he didn't even know whether Situ Rong was ugly or beautiful, but he and the prince had similar characteristics in some aspects, which made him feel that it was a responsibility to take care of Gu Qiao.His family, apart from him, no one can bully him.When Zhao Guang said that to him, Wen Zhuan didn't turn his face on the spot, which was already a great deal of face to the Zhao family.
Of course, Wen Zhuan had already made up his mind at that time to teach Zhao Guang some lessons later.This is also the reason why he specially picked up Gu Qiao and went to the Gongyuan together.
"Does Gu Qiao know?"
"I haven't had time to talk to him yet." In other words, Wen Zhuan also has his own thoughts, and he wants to establish a good relationship with Gu Qiao first.After all, this is his future brother-in-law. If the brother-in-law can not be offended, don't offend him in the end.
"You take care of it yourself." Wen Daocheng nodded, and decided to let Wen Zhuan do his own thing in this matter and not interfere any more.
Then the two fell silent.
After all, Wen Daocheng was so suspicious of Wen Zhuan's malicious intentions just now, cough, it's a bit embarrassing now.
However, it is impossible for Wen Daocheng to apologize. He has never apologized to anyone since he grew up. He will only be very nice to that person after realizing his mistake.
Like now.
"You can choose the lonely copy in the lonely study."
"Two copies?" Wen Zhuan had already thought about this result when the prince opened his mouth, and he was very good at fighting for benefits for himself.
"Success." After reaching a tacit agreement, the two parted ways in the garden.
Wen Zhuan happily returned to the Flower Hall, ready to think carefully about which two copies should be taken away.It was not a day or two since he had peeked at the prince's study room, and the rare and rare books inside were an irresistible temptation for him.
Wen Daocheng was familiar with it, and went to Mrs. Gu's yard instead.
Cleaning up Gu Youyin's family is not the end of the matter for the prince, at least there are old lady Gu, Gu Qiwu and other female relatives, making the prince feel like a stick in his throat.
It's just that these people haven't made any big troubles for the time being, making it impossible for him to start.
Especially Mrs. Gu, she is now an old lady who has had a stroke, and she must be cleaned up, but the prince wants her to bear what she should bear under completely normal circumstances.
Wen Daocheng was afraid that Gu Qiao's heart would soften, so he really raised the old lady in the Duke's mansion, that would be too cheap for this old thing.But before the two of them switched to each other's bodies, the prince couldn't keep torturing Mrs. Gu.He can only see stitches.Now he just went to check his results.
The powerful maids who used to pretend to be powerful around Old Madam Gu have all been replaced by Wen Daocheng on the first day, and now there are two old eunuchs serving the old lady.
Gu Qiao's fear of women has never been alleviated. There is no way to alleviate the Duke's mansion. Even the group of big geese that the prince let him raise before are only males.But Mrs. Gu had a stroke, she must be served by someone, men and women are different, it is really hard to find a manservant, in the end the prince found a way to find two men who committed a crime and were demoted from the palace, and they had no money, An old eunuch who almost couldn't survive.
use them...
Naturally, it's because these individuals know the most about the dirty things in the palace, how can they suck the blood of the unfavored master without being seen out, they are the best at it.
When the crown prince sent them over, he almost made it clear that Mrs. Gu was the unfavored master of the Duke's mansion, even despised.
The two old eunuchs tried their best to express themselves, and they were able to show through, and what they did won Wen Daocheng's heart.
Wen Daocheng made a surprise inspection this time, and saw that the two of them were not lazy. They were at the bedside of old lady Gu's evil ghost, repeating Gu Youyin's words over and over again to her who could hear what others said, but she couldn't control her body. The tragedy of a family of three.The two old eunuchs have also been trained, their eloquence may not be very good, but their expressions are provocative enough to scare people.
Today we are talking about the scene where Gu Youyin was beheaded, and the two of them acted as if they had actually gone to the scene to watch it, scaring the old lady into shaking again.
"Oh, I said old lady, Zajia has been in the palace for so many years, but I have never seen anyone more disrespectful than you."
"Why are you peeing again? It's really disturbing."
Wen Daocheng didn't go in, so he stood at the door and listened for a while, because he found that Gu Qiao was also there.While sitting on the recliner at the door and drinking the medicine, he was enjoying listening to the old lady Gu being threatened, as if it was more palatable than sugar.He had been frightened by their grandmother quite a few times in the past, and the one that hurt him the most was when the old lady said that he was the only one who killed his parents.For a long time, the theme of Gu Qiao's nightmares was that his parents died tragically before his eyes again and again, but he was powerless to change it.
Now it's finally the old lady's turn to be frightened, Gu Qiao couldn't be happier, he especially likes to come and listen to these old eunuchs frightening people, their eloquence is really good, and they are all set.
Seeing Wen Daocheng coming, Gu Qiao smiled, a little embarrassed.
Wen Daocheng just raised his hand affectionately, and pinched the child's face. Sure enough, he liked the touch of Gu Qiao's face more than his own. It was as soft as squeezing a ball of jade moon cake. heart.
He couldn't put it down a little bit, Gu Qiao didn't know how to resist, he didn't pinch the white cloth.
"I didn't expect that our son would have
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