Gu Ye was stopped by him and tilted his head in confusion.
The young Feng Yu looked at him from head to toe, and then analyzed: "Look at how you dress, you don't look like a child from a poor family. But you sneaked out of the house? Did you encounter any trouble?"
Just as he was talking about this, the shopkeeper Zhou came out with a small silver ingot and said to Feng Yu, "Little guest officer, you have given too much money."
Feng Yu shook his head and explained: "I didn't give much, I'll pay him the bill. Don't misunderstand the shopkeeper, he's my friend, he didn't steal anything, he just came out in a hurry, so... I gave him the same thing."
Gu Ye didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Uncle Zhou, he thought I was stealing something, so he helped me pay the bill."
Shopkeeper Zhou also smiled and returned the silver ingot to Feng Yu, "This is our young master's house, and the little guest officer misunderstood."
Feng Yu took the money shyly, "I'm nosy."
Gu Ye waved his hand and said no, "This is called helping each other with righteousness. It's definitely not meddling. And you just said that we are friends, so I will give you your friend today."
Feng Yu didn't make friends with anyone three or four years younger than him, but he seemed to be looking after Mr. Gu Ye, so he could talk to him.
He chuckled lightly, nodded and said, "Yes, it is indeed what I said."
The two reported their names to each other, Gu Ye thought that it was too late, and said, "I want to invite you to dinner, but I still have something to do..."
Feng Yu said: "My mother is in Qingshi Yashe, and she should stay for a while. I will be here today. If we have fate, we will meet here."
"That's fine, I'll come over in the evening, and then we'll have a good talk."
The two said goodbye, Gu Ye got on the carriage, and settled on the food and drink on the carriage.
When he returned to Wenhua Hall, Emperor Zhengyuan came from the imperial study and waited for him.
Seeing him hurried back, Emperor Zheng Yuan smiled and said, "You monkey cub can't be idle, so you have to go out to the palace after a lunch break?"
Gu Ye smiled embarrassedly, sat beside him and took out an oiled paper bag, "I've kept it for you too!"
The oil paper package was opened, and inside was a meat biscuits.
Baked crispy golden-yellow skin, filled with minced meat, with a mouthful of fragrant teeth and cheeks.
As soon as the biscuits were baked, Gu Ye wrapped them up and rushed back with them in his arms, so they didn't get cold.
Gu Yelu had already eaten several times, but he thought that what Emperor Zhengyuan was eating would be tested for poison, so he did not hand over the biscuits immediately, but prepared to take a bite and try it for him.
Emperor Zhengyuan stopped him and said with a smile, "Didn't you tell me to keep it for me?"
Then he took the biscuits and ate them in a few mouthfuls.
Before the father and son said a few words, the gentleman who taught Gu Ye's knowledge came to rest.
His surname is Zheng, he is quite old, and he also works in the Hanlin Academy. He is recognized as one of the most learned gentlemen.
Emperor Zhengyuan didn't leave in a hurry, and left to ask Gu Ye how he was doing.
Gu Ye is still a pure white Ding, but fortunately, he is only in the opening stage, and Wu An has learned everything before. Although Wu An never forgets it, he will definitely review what he should review when he gets home, and the homework he should write must be done. Write.
Gu Ye's learning speed is not slow under the influence of his eyes and ears.
Mr. Zheng could see that Gu Ye's foundation was poor in the morning, but fortunately, although Gu Ye was sleepy and tired, he still insisted on finishing the morning class.
It is very rare for a child of this age to be able to endure this temperament.
So Mr. Zheng praised him a lot.
In the afternoon, Mr. Zheng stopped giving lectures to Gu Ye, and let him draw and recite the books he taught in the morning.
Emperor Zhengyuan simply asked Gu Ye to follow him to the imperial study. While handling official duties, he personally supervised the little guy's hard work.
After Gu Ye wrote several words, Emperor Zhengyuan asked Gu Ye what he thought of Mr. Zheng. Gu Ye thought about it and said, "Where can I be a qualified judge? It's just that Mr. Zheng is old and taught me this. A person who has no foundation at all, thinks that it is a waste of effort, I am afraid that Mr. is too tired."
This was naturally taken into consideration by Emperor Zhengyuan, but it was only the day before that he suddenly learned that his eldest son was a white man, and that Mr. Zheng was temporarily transferred from the Hanlin Academy.
There must be more than one gentleman in the honor of the prince.
"I've been thinking about it today, how about Sir Xiaowen?"
Wen Jia and Gu Yin came from Hanshan Town together at the time, and they had a very good personal relationship.
And when Emperor Zhengyuan asked Mr. Wen to do things, he did a good job, and people are also knowledgeable and interesting, so Emperor Zhengyuan felt good about him.
Gu Ye didn't answer, and asked tentatively, "Then give me a class, is it a promotion or a demotion for him?"
Emperor Zhengyuan smiled and said, "Of course it's a promotion. In the future, they will not only teach you one, but also teach you two younger brothers."
Gu Ye nodded in understanding, "Since it's a promotion, it's naturally good."
After it was settled, it was still in the afternoon, when Emperor Zhengyuan saw that he was too sleepy, so he asked him to go back to rest first.
Gu Ye consciously went to Cining Palace and Kunning Palace before leaving the palace.
Just when the queen mother was not enough to read him, I heard that he had read books for a whole day, but the queen mother did not leave him much, saying that reading was the most tiring thing, so let him rest well.
After arriving at Kunning Palace, Empress Zhou was feeding her little son a snack.
Xiao Lu Zhao was so mischievous that he had to spit twice after taking a bite.
Gu Ye accompanied her to coax Xiao Lu Zhao for a while, and it was already evening.
He got up to say goodbye, and Queen Zhou handed over the youngest son to the grandmother, took the cloak and chased out, "It's going to be cold in the night, you should wear more carefully."
The crane cloak given by Emperor Zheng Yuan yesterday was still in the carriage, and Gu Ye wore a lot today, but he still took the cloak and said, "It's windy outside, please stay."
Empress Zhou responded and gave him a segment in person.
After leaving the palace, Gu Ye went straight for food.
It was getting dark, and the wealthy households in the capital usually finished their work at this time, which was the time for dinner.
There were more customers in the restaurant than at noon.
Gu Ye walked in, and after asking the shopkeeper Zhou, he really found the little boy he met at noon.
"You really didn't leave," Gu Ye sat down across from him, "I'm sure I won't be able to meet you when I come back that night."
Feng Yu was already a little sleepy, so he cheered up when he saw him, and said with a smile, "My mother hasn't left yet, I'll wait for her to go back together."
Shopkeeper Zhou asked people to change them into two courses of hot tea. After drinking the tea, Gu Ye didn't need anyone to serve, and went to the back kitchen to get some food.
"Come on, eat more." Gu Ye pushed the barbecue in front of him, "It's not a problem to sit and wait."
After he finished speaking, he took a big mouthful.
Feng Yu was not very hungry, and when he saw his delicious eating, he moved his chopsticks without realizing it.
After the barbecue was finished, Gu Ye went to bring hot pot and some vegetarian dishes.
"My mother won't let me eat only meat, let's have some more dishes." Seeing that Feng Yu didn't move his chopsticks, Gu Ye replied, "I invited you all, so don't be polite to me."
Feng Yu said with a smile: "But you don't have to be so polite. We just met for the first time. If you know someone and treat you like this, how can you do business at home?"
Gu Ye smiled and said: "How can you? I think you are a good person, you are so generous, and you are usually very stingy. And although I am a young master, I am not free to eat, I do things for my mother, and I have wages here. I usually pay for food and drink, and I have to settle the account at the end of the month and deduct it from my salary."
Feng Yu was surprised: "Isn't this your family's industry? Why is it so fine?"
Gu Ye had almost eaten, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "This can't be counted like that. Who doesn't have relatives and friends, if everyone comes to eat and drink for free, this business can't be done. My family started doing business, whether it is my mother, my grandmother, or me, in addition to working meals, everything else I eat must be recorded and deducted from the wages. Starting from ourselves, we will prevent others from eating for nothing. possible?"
Feng Yu said thoughtfully: "Your family does have a way to do business, and it's no wonder that your restaurant business is so prosperous."
Gu Ye smiled and didn't answer, thinking to himself, where is this going, nothing more than furry. He wouldn't tell anyone he met for the first time, the really core things.
After they finished eating, the waiter helped to remove the food.
Gu Ye asked, "Does your mother often come to Yashe?"
Feng Yu said no, "she came back for the first time, so I was worried and followed. She didn't know I was coming."
This is very strange. The women from the Yashe on the third floor of the house are all here to play, so why not worry
Gu Ye didn't ask this question, but smiled: "Then you have to wait. The sisters on the third floor often play until curfew."
Feng Yu nodded, "It's okay, I'll just wait. You don't need to worry about me, if you have something to do, just go."
"I'm also waiting for my mother." When Trau Hong was in the palace, he had already finished writing, so Gu Ye went back to the carriage and took a book to memorize.
Feng Yu saw that he was reciting the "Three Character Classic" for children's enlightenment, and wondered: "I heard that the "Merry Odyssey" of Jixiang Theater was written by you, and you can write such a good aria, how can you still read such a simple thing."
"How did this rumor spread like this?" Gu Ye felt a little embarrassed when he heard it, "Then the story of "The Love and Flow" was what I thought, and the rest were written by someone else, so how could it be passed down as I wrote it? At my age, do you think I can write a playbook like that?"
"You can't say that, you can't judge people based on their age. Cai Wenji can distinguish the sounds of strings at the age of six, Cao Chong is called an elephant at seven, Gan Luo worships an image at twelve... There are too many prodigies in history."
Gu Ye, who was on the first day of school, had never heard of these allusions. When he asked, Feng Yu patiently explained them to him one by one.
He was only ten years old, and when he talked about allusions, he was calm, methodical, and very lively and interesting.
Gu Ye was fascinated by it as if he had heard a book.
After a series of allusions were finished, Gu Ye looked at him differently and became more eager.
This person in front of him is not only good-hearted, but also knowledgeable. Can he let this kind of friend slip away? Then he is not Gu Ye.
"On the first day of making friends, please tell me so much. I have nothing to help you. Do you want to eat desserts? Only the special ones on the third floor, I will bring two."
Feng Yu said no, and said a little embarrassedly: "There is something, I don't know if I can ask you for help. My mother likes the "Mourning Story" that you asked to write, can you lend me the playbook? Of course. It's not a free loan, I'll give you the money that should be given."
Feng Yu is not a person who likes to trouble others, but his mother Chen shi has not lived a comfortable life since the opening of the government of Lu Guogong.
It was rare for Mrs. Chen to have something she liked. After she went back, she hummed in front of him several times. He wanted to accompany her to watch "The Mentality" again, but Mrs. Chen refused.
The reason for disapproval need not be stated, naturally it is afraid that the Qin family will be unhappy.
"What's wrong with this?" Gu Ye agreed, "We're all friends, so what kind of money do you need to bring? I didn't bring it today, I'll take it and put it here next time, and let Uncle Zhou and the others know, you have it. You can pick it up anytime you want.”
Before the play begins, of course, the playbook cannot be shown to outsiders. But "The Merry Odyssey" has been sung since years ago to the present, and many spectators have recited it by heart, even if it is spread out, it will not be in the way.
"Don't agree yet." Feng Yu looked embarrassed, he could see that Gu Ye really wanted to befriend him, and the two of them were really comfortable with each other. But the relationship between the two families... He was hesitating whether to report his family.
After hesitating for a while, Feng Yu said, "My family..."
Gu Ye raised his hand to stop him, "The two of us are friends, why are we talking about this? It's not about kissing, we have to look after the door."
Feng Yu was amused by him and laughed, and cupped his hands: "Although I am a few years older than you, I want to be narrower."
The two did not talk about their identities, and continued to talk about the world.
There is no ink in Gu Ye's stomach. In this respect, it is not comparable to Feng Yu, who is already both civil and military at the age of ten, but Feng Yu said that he listened carefully, and he could pick up the words after listening.
Later, Gu Ye told him some things in the market, which Feng Yu didn't understand. He grew up in the military camp, and later became the son of the Duke's mansion. Well, he sent a lot of people to supervise him every day, and his life was no different from that of a little daughter-in-law who didn't leave the door.
Today, he managed to escape from the mansion with great difficulty.
The two chatted, and Gu Yin accompanied Chen to come down from the third floor.
Mrs. Chen was very cautious when she came in the morning. Later, Mrs. Lu invited her for a round, and she also went to thank Mrs. Lu.
Mrs. Lu, who came from Jiangnan, likes gentle and gentle women. At first, she thought she was her hometown. Later, when she saw that she was not accompanied, she left her to play with her on her table.
Chen's temperament looks restrained, but in fact she is not yet thirty years old, how can she not like to be lively
As soon as she started playing, she also forgot the time.
During the evening meal, Mrs. Wen Er and Mrs. Lu were scrambling to pay the bill again, and invited all the female guests to drink a glass of green plum wine.
Mrs. Chen let go even more after having a glass of wine. Watching the song and dance with Mrs. Lu and the others made her palms hurt.
When Gu Yin noticed her, she was already blushing, so she immediately helped her down, thinking of sending her home.
"Mother." Feng Yu saw that something was wrong with Chen's face, and immediately stood up to help him.
When Chen Shi saw him, he immediately woke up a little, and hurriedly asked, "Why did you come here?"
Feng Yu didn't say that he came out after her. He had been waiting downstairs for a whole day. He only said, "My son is worried about my mother, so I came here to have a look."
"I'm really sorry," Gu Yin said apologetically, "I didn't know your mother was incapable of drinking, otherwise, Mrs. Lu and the others would definitely not have persuaded her to drink."
How can anyone get drunk in a restaurant, blaming the restaurant owner for the reason
Chen shi shook his head and said, "I've never drunk alcohol before, so I'm letting you guys see a joke."
While speaking, Gu Yin and Feng Yu helped Chen Shi to the carriage together, Feng Yu and Gu Yin thanked him, and nodded to Gu Ye, and then signaled the driver to drive the carriage.
After watching them leave, Gu Yin asked Gu Ye, "When did you come here?"
"He came out of the palace in the evening, and came over to eat the evening meal when it was getting dark." Gu Ye said, and then told her the story of Tiantian and Feng Yu's acquaintance because of a misunderstanding.
"Where are you waiting for me? This is to make friends with people again, and I can't stop playing." Gu Yin reached out and poked him funny.
Gu Ye cut off her finger, "Mother don't laugh at me, I have something serious to talk about."
Gu Yin went in and said hello to Shopkeeper Zhou, took out her cloak, and the mother and son got into their own carriage.
On the carriage, Gu Ye asked her mysteriously, "Does mother know who their mother and son are?"
Gu Yin shook her head, "They are all here for the first time, and they are very face-to-face. How did I know?"
Gu Ye puffed out his chest proudly, "I know. They belong to the Feng family of the Duke of Lu."
Gu Yin was stunned and asked how he knew
"He said his name was Feng Yu. Later, when he asked me to play the script, I agreed immediately, but he looked embarrassed and told me not to rush to give it, and then he mentioned his family before he said anything... My mother said that the surname in the capital was Feng. Yes, it has something to do with our family, but it's not a good relationship, and it's not just the Duke of Lu?"
Although he had no evidence, his analysis was methodical. In addition, Mrs. Wang said at home about the encounter with Mrs. Qin's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the theater, and he was particularly indignant: "I don't know about such an old lady, How can I get such a gentle and gentle daughter-in-law. She is so arrogant outside, but still at home? Shouldn't her daughter-in-law be tortured to death?"
That's right.
"So I just don't know, let him not talk about it, if it's really broken, we can't be friends again." Gu Ye frowned again, "Mother said why they came? It's because their families are not compatible, so Feng Yu he Mother deliberately opposes her mother-in-law?"
Gu Yin pondered for a while, and said, "I guess the old lady from the Duke's Mansion of Lu forced her to come to find out the news. If there is really a disagreement, since the lady came here to be angry with her mother-in-law today, she won't say nothing. ... Our family is open and aboveboard, and everything can be told to others, it's just investigation, let's keep an eye on it."
Gu Ye nodded in agreement, "Feng Yu is not bad, his mother is not bad, why are you seeking a life under the hands of that old goddess?"
Gu Yin reached out and touched his lips, "Don't talk like your milk, if it was before, it would be fine, but you will not be as good as before, do you understand?"
Gu Ye immediately corrected his color, nodded, and said he understood.
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Besides Chen and Feng Yu, after Shiweitian left, Chen lifted the curtain and blew the cold wind.
Feng Yu wanted to stop her, and listened to her again: "If I go back like this, your grandmother will definitely be unhappy. At least let me get rid of the wine smell."
Feng Yu couldn't beat him in the end, so he could only watch her blowing the cold wind all the way.
Back at the Duke of Lu's mansion, Chen asked Feng Yu to rest first, and she had to talk to Qin.
Feng Yu refused. He just knew that his mother was forced by his grandmother to go to the restaurant of the British government to find out the news, so he was worried and followed.
After all, Feng Yu knew what his mother was like, and he was afraid that he would not be able to give his grandmother a satisfactory answer, but if he went along with him, his grandmother would have to forgive him for his face.
But unfortunately, when their mother and son passed by, Feng Tao was talking to Qin Shi.
Not long ago, the Qin family gave him 30,000 taels to establish Wangtianlou.
We all know that the restaurant business is good at the beginning of the year, Qin shi asked about the accounts, and wanted to know how much money his big restaurant earned.
I didn't expect that it would be fine if I didn't ask. Feng Tao started crying poor after this question, saying that he didn't make any money at all, he was just making a profit at a loss, and even the 10,000 taels left after buying the restaurant was almost lost. !
The foundation of the government of Lu State is more stable than that of the British government, but it has not reached the point where tens of thousands of taels of silver are not worth the money.
In addition, a large sum of money was spent on appeasing the wounded soldiers, and the family's accounts were actually a mess.
Where can Qin shi still be able to sit still, he just wonders why he is also running a restaurant, and it is prosperous with food for the sky, but his family can't keep the capital after losing money
In addition, Qin Shi sneered at Qingshi Yashe in front of her, but now they are doing better and better, attracting more and more female guests, and it seems that it is going to become the most prestigious women's meeting place in the capital, and she is even more puzzled.
Of course, it is impossible for her to go there in person. First, she wants to save face. Second, she was reprimanded by the Queen Mother earlier, and she is still at home. She is a little confused. Going out of the house, and he didn't have that face, he said that he was cured now.
The people she needs to use have been taken out every day, and I heard that there are officials and family members in the Qingshi Yashe, and people will recognize them if they are not well protected.
After thinking about it, it was the daughter-in-law Chen Shi, who had been in charge of her since she entered the capital, and she never went out to make a public appearance.
The people who knew her were the people who were friends with the Feng family in the past and were in the military camp.
Since those people are friendly with the Feng family, naturally they will not rely on the food of the British government.
So the Qin family urged the Chen family to go.
Chen shi was reluctant at first, but let her scolded her face down, saying that she didn't let her do anything hurtful, just sit and eat something like a normal guest.
Even the Duke of Lu, Feng Yuan, thought that his own mother was angry, and he was afraid that she would get angry again, so he also helped Qin to speak.
The husband and the mother-in-law attacked from both sides, so Chen Shi had to obey.
This is also the reason why she envy Madam Lu so much. Although her mother-in-law's beatings and scolding made her feel uncomfortable, daughters-in-law have to serve her mother-in-law since ancient times, and people's personalities are also different. But her mother-in-law and her husband forced him to do something against his will, but it really made her feel a little disheartened.
However, no matter how disheartened, as an orphan, she has no confidence to resist.
If Feng Yuan and Qin Shi really wanted to hate her, it didn't matter if she was divorced, but her son Feng Yu would have to make a living under his stepmother in the future, which she never dared to imagine.
Feng Tao cried poor again in front of Qin Shi, Qin Shi was so troubled by him that he gave him another 5,000 taels of silver.
Feng Tao got the money and walked away contentedly, before it was Chen's turn to go in and answer.
Chen shi had already guessed that Qin shi was in a bad mood, so naturally he had a bad face towards her, so he asked Feng Yu to stand outside now.
Sure enough, after she entered the house, Qin Shi didn't let her sit, but let her stand and talk about what she saw during the day.
Chen said it truthfully, and Qin pondered for a while and asked her, "You said that if our family were to do something like this in the restaurant, would it be possible to make money?"
Chen shi didn't say a word.
Clearly inquiring about the opponent's news can be said to be to know oneself and the other, but it is disgraceful to follow the example of the opponent's home to entertain female guests.
"What about you? You're dumb?" Qin Shi didn't know that Feng Yu was outside, and in front of a room of maids, he said angrily, "Didn't you also come from a cook? What kind of desserts can people make? Can't you do it? How come you climbed out of the bed from the cook and became the lady of the country for a few days, and then you get carried away and forget your own heels and feet?"
Chen shi was never ashamed of his origin, but it was too ugly to say that he climbed the bed, especially when Feng Yu was still outside.
Her face was flushed red and her mouth was groaning, but in the end she didn't say anything, only her eyes were red, and she rushed out the door.
"The rules have been learned in the dog's stomach! I am a mother-in-law, lying on the bed sickly, and she doesn't know how to stay and serve. And I haven't finished speaking, so I dare to go out by myself, right? Wait? I'll take good care of myself, and then I'll tune this unruly thing!"
Qin's chattering and scolding came from the room.
Feng Yu silently stood under the porch, his eyes widened.