The news that the young daughter of the Gu family entered the palace under the rule of the county king’s carriage, and was very popular with the queen mother, spread to many noble families on the same day, but most people didn’t care much about it. In the eyes of most people, this is just the queen mother. It's just a means to win over the Gu family and show goodwill to the second-rate family.
You must know that the Zhou family can only be counted as the last of the family. In Tingzhou, the birthplace of the Zhou family, it may have infinite scenery, but in this place in the capital, it is nothing more than that. If it wasn't for the Queen Mother Zhou who had a good life in their family, how could it be as beautiful as it is now
The next day, Gu Changling entered the palace to thank the Queen Mother, but she didn't say a few words when the Queen Mother said leisurely, "Cousin, I am very happy with this girl."
Gu Changling's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, what does the Queen Mother mean
"You said I asked the emperor to make her a county king, how about three hundred households in Shiyi?"
"The little girl has no talent, no virtue, and no merit, so she really can't receive such a kind of grace." Gu Changling was really not familiar with this cousin, so when the other party's thinking was completely different from his, he was also confused. This is inexplicable, what does it mean to give him the title of daughter-in-law
"So you have to work hard." The Queen Mother gave Gu Changling a stern look. "Now that you are the emperor's teacher, you teach the emperor well on weekdays, so I have a reason to give that girl a reward."
Because of her merit, she was given grace, and in order not to make the courtiers feel that she favored the Gu family, she only added his daughter to his family. What a good reason.
Gu Changling glanced at the queen mother, seeing the other party's face full of anticipation and determination, he was silent for a moment, and had to say: "The minister is the emperor's teacher, and it is the minister's duty to teach the emperor."
"I didn't say that you are the most easy-going and open-minded person on weekdays. Why do I see that you are just like everyone else, you are a person who doesn't know how to change?" The queen mother frowned and was quite unreasonable, "Anyway. I don't care, you try to behave better recently, let Jiujiu's title be down earlier, and she will have more face when she interacts with the girls in the capital."
After speaking, he waved his hand to this "I don't know how to make progress", "You go to teach the emperor now and behave well."
With the Queen Mother speaking, even if this time was not Gu Changling's class, he had no choice but to walk towards Qiankun Palace with heavy steps.
Before taking a few steps, he thought about it again, even the Queen Mother liked his daughter so much, which shows how good his daughter is? His own children are lovable, and a father should be proud.
As a result, Gu Changling became happy again, and even walked towards Qiankun Palace much more briskly, as if full of expectation and hope for the emperor in Qiankun Palace.
Entering the study room of Qiankun Palace, Prime Minister Zhang Zhonghan was teaching the emperor. Seeing him come in, Zhang Zhonghan stopped.
"Mr. Gu." Jin Yang looked up and saw Gu Changling coming in, put down the book in his hand, got up and gave Gu Changling a student salute.
"Your Majesty," Gu Changling accepted this ceremony, returned to Jin Yang to give a monarch and minister salute, and then greeted Zhang Zhonghan with each other, "I'm disturbing you two."
"Brother Shou came just in time, and I just finished today's lesson for the emperor," Zhang Zhonghan said mildly, "You are also concerned about the emperor's studies, so why bother?"
Gu Changling let out a haha. After seeing Zhang Zhonghan confessing to the emperor, he left the study and shook his head in his heart. As the prime minister of a country, Zhang Honghan's temperament is still softer. If it was him, he would definitely not leave now. , but will stay here and continue to explain the problem to the emperor.
However, nothing could be seen on Jin Yang's face. Gu Changling asked him to copy the copybooks of celebrities, so he practiced obediently, without asking why, his expression was serious, and he didn't show any perfunctory.
"Ordinary people like to see people by their characters, but they don't know that those who are good at calligraphy are also good at using calligraphy to conceal their inner emotions. Those who are emperors do not have to be inscrutable, but they must not make people feel uncertain." After half an hour of writing, when he was resting, Gu Changling wrote two words and put them in front of him, and said in a chatty tone, "The emperor thinks that with these two words, you can tell the character of the minister?"
Jin Yang looked up and saw that on the paper, Ren was written on the left and Wei was written on the right. The word benevolence is mellow and gentle, the word prestige is imposing, and there is no similarity at all.
He looked at these two words silently, then glanced at Gu Changling who was holding a teacup with a calm face, stood up and gave Gu Changling a deep bow: "Mr. Xie taught me."
Gu Changling put down the teacup and stood up to support the emperor's hand, and said with a smile: "The emperor doesn't have to do this, I believe you can do your best."
Showing off this hand, the emperor saw how good his calligraphy is, and he will definitely learn calligraphy and painting with him in the future.
Jin Yang saw that Gu Changling's eyes were full of trust in him, and he was a little moved. He never thought that Ning Pingbo was so optimistic about him, and even he himself was not sure now that he could be the emperor.
He knew what the nobles of the aristocratic families thought of him. Some of the imperial teachers arranged by the queen mother for her, some were very attentive to herself, some were respectful on the surface and perfunctory on the inside, and he could see it clearly, but he never showed it.
Now, Ning Pingbo, who just came to teach him, not only taught him calligraphy seriously, but secretly reminded him of the way of being a king, but he didn't eagerly put on the face of wanting to learn from Longzhigong, but made him feel a little good.
One person intends to study hard with peace of mind, and the other person intends to show off his knowledge and teach seriously, but they complement each other. After more than an hour, the teachers and students were really happy. Jin Yang even sent Gu Changling to the door in person, and respectfully called Gu Changling "Mr. Gu" instead of Ning Pingbo, to show his respect for Gu Changling.
After Gu Changling returned home that night, he praised the emperor again to his wife and children, saying that he respected his teachers, respected his teachers, was intelligent and motivated, and was a rare good boy.
The two sons had no opinion on this and just listened silently. And Mrs. Yang has long been accustomed to her husband's surging emotional expression, and didn't listen to these words seriously at all. Whoever told her husband to return home always likes to praise her who is good, who is particularly good, and who is good. Incredibly. If she has to memorize it carefully every time, her brain will not collapse
On the other hand, after hearing what Gu Changling said, Gu Rujiu couldn't help but think, could this emperor really be a good-looking young man with good character
Although her father is an optimist, in her memory, the people who were praised by her father seem to be doing really well now, and their fame in the court and the public is getting better and better, and two of them have even become celebrities. .
In fact, she felt that the court should give her father the title of "auspicious mouth".
Five days later, the decree of Gu Changling's promotion to the Marquis of Ningping was officially issued. At the same time, the imperial decree was accompanied by awards from the Queen Mother of Zhou and the emperor, various decorations, silk and satin, which attracted many people's attention.
However, several imperial decrees of awards were then distributed to other people's houses, so Gu Changling, a newly promoted prince, became less conspicuous.
The entire capital city became beaming with the reward after the new emperor ascended the throne, and the last haze of the previous emperor's death disappeared without a trace, which also made everyone clearly realize that the Dafeng Dynasty had changed its owner.
It's just that this master, they are not sure whether it is a woman or an adult young emperor.
After half a year, the people resumed their normal weddings, funerals, and marriages. There was no scandal of power struggles between the queen mother and the young emperor, and the capital became prosperous and lively again.
The young boys and girls started their favorite gatherings again, such as hunting on horseback, enjoying paintings and poems, riding horses and flowers, playing balls and pitching pots.
The new news in the capital recently is that the people from the third house of the Sima family are coming to the capital.
As a first-class family, the relationship between the Sima family has always attracted attention. Now the capital is inhabited by the big house and the second house of the Sima family, so the third house went to Beijing to seek refuge with them.
In the early years, I heard that the old man of the third house of the Sima family likes to have fun, but he does not like the career. Now, for the future of his children and grandchildren, he has to go to the city to rely on the big house and the second house.