Aunt Shang sent Man Bao out of the palace, and when she returned to the Lizheng Hall, the Queen sent her two daughters away.
She took another clan chronicle and leaned on the couch to read.
Aunt Shang went to add water to her lightly.
The queen looked away from the book and asked, "Did Zhou Xiaofu send it out?"
"Yes." Aunt Shang bowed in response, and reported to her in detail.
The queen nodded slightly, pondered for a moment and said: "Changyu is not young anymore, His Majesty is planning to marry her, but I always feel that this child has a temper like a child, how can he get married?"
Aunt Shang laughed and said, "Girls grow up when they get married. Didn't the empress also marry His Majesty at the age of thirteen?"
The queen shook her head slightly, and said with a smile: "It's different. The world was in turmoil back then, but now the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and there is no need for children to do anything for the world. It's better to wait for them to grow up."
She said: "Didn't the people outside now wait for the child to grow up before saying that they are going to marry?"
She covered her mouth and coughed twice, took a sip of sleep, swallowed the cough, and said: "I used to worry that their marriage would not be settled after I left, so I wanted to make arrangements for them early, but now Zhou Man , suddenly felt that it would be better to marry later, they are princesses and princes, no matter how wronged they are, they will not be treated badly in marriage."
Aunt Shang lowered her head and dared not speak.
"It's better to let the children grow up and have their own abilities than to arrange them properly."
Aunt Shang said softly, "Your Majesty also has a motherly heart."
The queen smiled and lowered her head to drink water.
Aunt Shang smiled and changed the topic to a safer topic, "Your Majesty seems to like Little Doctor Zhou very much."
The queen nodded and sighed: "That is also a poor child. He has lost his parents since he was a child, and he has endured so much at a young age, but he still looks so cheerful and happy."
It was precisely because of seeing her that the queen suddenly felt that the child could live a good life without a mother.
Aunt Shang is the fourth person in the palace besides Gu Zhong who knows about Bai Shan and Zhou Man, she bowed her head when she heard this.
"By the way, go find Gu Zhong and ask him to check on Mr. Zhou Man. I vaguely saw it at His Majesty's place. It seems that his surname is Zhuang." Your husband must not be much worse, even if you are almost unlucky, as long as you want to be an official, you won’t be unable to get out all the time, let him go and find out what’s going on.”
Aunt Shang bowed her head in response.
At this time, after two days, the Duke of Yu County finally asked someone to inquire about something, and his chief then sat on a small stool next to the Duke of Yu County and replied: "... people from Mianzhou rarely come to the capital. When I went out, I made friends with Mr. Jiang and others after going out a few times, and Chen Fulin, a doctor in Hehubu, was from the same hometown and classmate."
While peeling water chestnuts, Yuxian Gong said: "I asked you to check his past, why did you check all the current things?"
His long follower said angrily: "What happened more than 20 years ago, and he is not a person who lives in the capital all the time, where can I let the villain go to investigate?"
The Duke of Yu County was insulted, so he lowered his head and silently peeled water chestnuts to eat.
Chang Sui continued: "However, we still found something. Zhuang Xun and Chen Fulin met in Mohui Garden on the Mid-Autumn Festival. The scene was not very good. Everyone privately said that they might have some grievances."
"On the day of Chongyang, they met again in Qinghua Mountain. Mr. Zhuang's two disciples are very protective teachers. Although they are polite to each other, everyone present feels that they speak with a knife in their words, and there are still conflicts."
"Then have you found out any contradictions between them?"
Chang Sui patted his thigh and said: "I didn't find out at first, but when the villain went to inquire about Chen Fulin, he heard a strange thing."
Chang Sui read a poem shaking his head, and said with a smile: "Old Master, do you remember the poem you read when you came back that day?"
County Duke Yu raised his eyelids and glanced at him, "Nonsense, can I not remember the poem I read? Are you going to say that this poem was written by Chen Fulin?"
Chang Sui was taken aback, "How does the old man know?"
The Duke of Yu County sighed quietly: "Man, as I get older, my memory is not so good. I only vaguely remember that the person who wrote this poem had a scandal back then. It seems that it was because the poem was copied by others. But I can’t remember who that other person is.”
Long follower: "...then why didn't you tell the villain when you asked the villain to investigate?"
Duke Yu: "Forget it!"
Chang Sui was so angry that his white beard flew up.
Duke Yu asked, "What official position did you say Chen Fulin was in?"
Chang Sui didn't want to talk to him at first, but he couldn't help but said, "Master Hubu."
"What's wrong with Hubu Langzhong?" Yu Shilang came in from the door, first saluted his father, then gave half a salute to the chief accompanying him, and called, "Uncle Quan."
Chang Sui immediately got up from the small stool and saluted Yu Shilang, "Meet the third master."
Yu Shilang hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, and then asked, "What's wrong with Hubu Langzhong?"
Duke Yu raised his eyelids to look at him, and said faintly, "Chen Fulin, the household doctor."
Yu Shilang waited for a while and saw that his father only said this sentence, and said, "What's wrong with him? Father knows that he is going to be transferred to the Ministry of Industry?"
"Huh?" Yu County Gong Weiwei became a little interested, "He is going to be transferred to the Ministry of Industry? What is he going to do? The right servant?"
Yu Shilang smiled and said: "No, it's the left servant, and my son will be transferred to the right servant."
Although the left and right servants are both servants and have the same official rank, the right is respected, and the right servant will have more advantages when he is promoted to Shangshu in the future.
The Duke of Yu County asked, "Why, he is the only candidate?"
"That's not true, it's just that he has the most seniority," Yu Shilang said, "He has been working as a doctor for nine years, and he is the one with the most seniority in the Six Departments. The affairs of our Ministry of Industry have always been complicated, and he is also known as a good old man. , so Lord Shangshu chose him after some inspection."
Duke Yu snorted coldly, "Nowadays, the selection of officials is not based on talent, but whether they are good-natured people?"
Yu Shilang lowered his head and said nothing.
Duke Yu pointed at him and said, "Then tell me, what kind of person is he?"
Yu Shilang said with a smile: "He is really a good guy, but he is also talented. I asked him, and he did several practical things when he was in the household department. It's a pity that several of the methods he mentioned for calculating the fields are good. , that is, as soon as someone objected, he gave up."
Duke Yu took a deep breath and said, "That's why your Shangshu values him? No wonder you are moved to the right. Such a person is placed in the position of the right servant. Do you still expect him to be a Shangshu in the future?"
"It's everyone's temper. Why is father so angry today?"
Mr. Zhuang's humility and politeness flashed through the mind of Mr. Yu County. Without evidence, he would not arbitrarily believe in a certain person, but the two children, Bai Shan and Zhou Man, have good personalities and talents. Being at a disadvantage, Duke Yu couldn't help but think a little more.
With this much thought, there is a focus.