Jin Yang slammed the teacup in his hand on the table with a sullen face, making a "bang" sound. He brought Jiujiu here to relive the beauty and relieve his mood. Now this nonsense scholar is simply a disappointment.
Yesterday, the official spoke directly. After the news reached the inner palace, Jiujiu didn't seem to care, but how could he not see that Jiujiu was still affected by this incident
When he was not yet in power, the Queen Mother arranged for him teachers, but most of these teachers were considerate or ambitious. Some people fooled him, some deliberately flattered him, and some people were afraid of taking responsibility and didn't dare to say a word and take an extra step. Among so many teachers, only Gu Changling regarded him as a real emperor and a student. Where he should be respectful, Gu Changling has never been rude, and when he should be strict, Gu Changling did not turn a blind eye because he is an emperor.
When Gu Changling went to work, he really didn't want to agree. In fact, he also knew why Gu Changling made this choice. For the peace of mind of the Gu family and Jiujiu, he could only reluctantly agree to the other party. The two uncles and brothers are also talented, but they still lack experience. After a while, they will definitely become good ministers of Dafeng.
As a king, you can't blindly trust others, but you can't live in suspicion all the time.
"Your Majesty, this scholar is only young and frivolous, why should you be angry for him?" Gu Rujiu saw that he was so angry, but he couldn't get angry anymore, "Even if he didn't say such things today, there will be other people who say it tomorrow, and they won't get angry. I'm talking about mediocre people, even gold and silver people despise them with a copper stench, not to mention that the Gu family is far less attractive than gold and silver."
"How can you compare your family to those vulgar things?" Jin Yang was angry and funny, turned to Gu Cunjing who was sitting at the next table and said, "If I hadn't insisted on marrying for a long time, the Yue family wouldn't have had to suffer like this. It's not white injustice, it's my fault."
The Dragon Guard at the next table was secretly shocked, how much does His Majesty trust the Gu family to say such a thing
"Your Majesty trusts the Weichen family, and it is an honor for the entire family of Gu. How could it be your Majesty's?" Gu Cunjing immediately stood up and cupped his hands, "It is the Weichen family that has not done well enough to make the world suspect. I believe that time will see people's hearts, today they don't believe in the loyalty of the family, tomorrow and the day after, as long as the loyalty of the minister and the family does not change, there will be a day when the whole world will believe it."
"Okay," Jin Yang stood up and walked in front of Gu Cunjing, reaching out and patting him on the shoulder, "That's a good word, I believe there will be records of the relationship between me and the Gu family's monarchs and ministers in the history books."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Hu Yunqi was the first to stand up to express his support. Although the other Dragon Guards were a step behind, they still expressed their interest in their opinion. By the way, they also praised the emperor's wiseness and the loyalty of the Gu family.
Not to mention that the Gu family didn't have such great ambitions at all, just looking at the emperor's love for the queen, they also knew what attitude they should take on this matter.
"Call in those few high-profile scholars. I want to see how amazing and brilliant people are before they dare to make irresponsible remarks about my Yue family." Jin Yang's mood was much better, and he sat back and looked back like Jiu beside him, and then let Bai Xian bring the two dragon guards down to call someone.
Gu Rujiu poured him another cup of tea and whispered, "What's there to see." It's not that she looked down on scholars, but it's just that people who talk like this in a place where nobles are gathered are definitely not real talents.
How can someone who has made a big deal be so impetuous, and dare to point fingers when he is not clear about the government. There is a folk saying that a full bottle of water does not ring, and half a bottle of water jingles. For a scholar who jumps up and down all day, even if there is some ink in his heart, it will not be too much.
"I haven't seen you, how do I know what kind of person can't be used?" The spring season will begin next year, and some students even come to the capital a year earlier to study, just to get a famous teacher and get a good place in the examination room.
The students downstairs didn't sound like people from the capital, and they probably came from other places to prepare for the exam.
Bai Xian walked downstairs, and the atmosphere among the students who were talking eloquently was not very good. Maybe it was because they were stimulated by the words of the previous student, and everyone was not easy to fight, so the atmosphere was a little stiff.
The sharp-eyed students discovered that Bai Xian came out of the box before, and his face changed immediately.
"My husband and wife are very interested in hearing your discussion, so I invited a few young masters to talk upstairs, and please don't refuse." After speaking, he said to one of the flushed young people, "I don't know. What is the name of this genius Gao?"
This person is the one who slandered the Gu family before. Although Bai Xian smiled, his eyes were full of coldness.
"I don't dare, I'll give you your surname Liang, your name is Yu, and your words will stay." The student stood up and bowed back to Bai Xian, "I wonder who your gentleman is?"
"My husband's name is taboo, and I can't wait for the servants to mention it." Bai Xian swept over the people at the two tables, and called the two who were having a lot of trouble just now, "Please come with me, the three of you."
The three of them were very puzzled and wanted to ask again, but this white-faced and beardless man didn't seem to intend to discuss with them, and "invited" them upstairs directly.
The rest of the students here felt that something was wrong with this situation, so someone proposed to report to the official, but no one wanted to be the one who reported the official.
Among the two tables, only one person did not speak much from beginning to end. He listened to the discussions of several classmates, looked up upstairs in silence, and frowned.
"Peng Sheng, what's the matter with you?" The person sitting next to him asked with concern.
"It's okay," Peng Sheng shook his head, lowered his head and took a sip from the glass. I'm afraid the identity of the person in the box upstairs is not simple. The man who came down to talk just now has a white face and a thin voice. He doesn't look like a servant who is used to rough work, but like...
With a shake of his hand, he put down the teacup, stood up and bowed his hands to everyone: "Everyone, I have something to do at home, I will go first."
Because of this incident, everyone didn't have much interest. Seeing him open this mouth, they all got up and said goodbye, and they and Liang Sheng and others did not come from the same place.
Only a few students who had a good relationship with the three classmates who were called upstairs, and who were curious about the identity of the guests in the box upstairs, remained in the Liyu Building, waiting for them to come down.
Liang Yu and the other three followed behind Bai Xian, and when they reached the door of the box, they saw the white-faced and beardless man respectfully reporting outside the door, and then pushed the door and walked in. He was a little curious. Whose servant is this? He has such big rules. Before the door is opened, his waist is bent.
Walking into the house, he found that there were two tables in the box, one for a man and one for a woman, the rest of the people sitting at the other table, and a few people standing behind a man and a woman. After he entered the door with the two classmates, the few who were standing didn't even lift their heads.
Before Liang Yu could react, the other two already felt that something was wrong. Even though they bowed and saluted everyone, they made a respectful gesture, and secretly hated Liang Yu for dragging themselves down.
"Liang Yu met all of you at Chong'an Academy in Xia Jinzhou." After entering the door, seeing the extraordinary temperament of these people in the house, Liang Yu was already half drunk. He looked at the man and woman sitting alone at a table, and saw that this man had a face like a crown of jade, and he was so extravagant that it made people feel ashamed. Although the woman beside the man was dressed as a woman, she looked like she was only fifteen or sixteen years old. The fabrics and jewelry on her body were all precious things he had never seen before, and her appearance was even sweeter and sweeter, but just a glance made her unbearable. Zhu Xinsheng loved and pityed him, and the sitting posture of the two seemed to be a couple.
"Jinzhou is a good place," Gu Rujiu looked up and down the scholar, seeing that he was thin and wearing ordinary clothes, he said, "I remember Honglu Siqing was also a student of Chong'an Academy back then."
When Liang Yu saw him saluting, the people in the room didn't react at all, and even let a woman speak at will, feeling a little embarrassed and angry, feeling that these people looked down on him brightly.
Although he hated these high-ranking wealthy people in his heart, he did not dare to offend him, so he had to endure the embarrassment and dissatisfaction in his heart: "Go back to this lady, your lord is indeed a role model for my younger generation."
"Well," Gu Rujiu nodded, "Siqing Honglu has always been calm and airy, and he does things with ease but never praises others. You have a lot to learn from him."
The three of them turned pale when they heard the words, no matter how stupid they were, they knew that this extravagant lady was saying that they were frivolous and incompetent.
"What do you mean by that, Madam?" Liang Yu's face was flushed, he was ashamed and angry, young and vigorous, he couldn't help but argue: "I've been waiting for students and studying for more than ten years, this is for the people, don't they? Are you afraid to speak out because you are afraid of the powerful?"
"Being an official and serving the people is a good statement. Since you always say that you are dedicated to the people, why don't you tell me how the rice and noodles prices in Jinzhou and the capital are, and how are the crops in Jinzhou?" Gu Rujiu picked up the teacup and took a slow sip, "This is It is a very simple and basic question, and Liang Sheng is dedicated to the people, so he must be well aware of these matters.”
"I, I wait for a scholar, I don't hear things outside the window, how do I know these vulgar things..."
"Bang!" Before he could finish speaking, a teacup smashed in front of him.
"Being an official does not know the suffering of the people, so what is the use of being an official. You are inseparable from the word for the people, but you don't even understand the things that are closely related to the people. You are not afraid of the powerful and the people, but you are just using this excuse, It's just self-proclaimed lofty," Gu Rujiu sneered, "What kind of scholar can't hear things outside the window, I think you can't lift your shoulders, touch your back, and have no gaps in your chest, and you can only complain and resent the incompetent people, it's just tarnished. Three words for a reader."
"Ignorance, shamelessness, incompetence, it's a waste to read the book of sages and sages! Why do people like you come to the imperial examination, stay in your own home, and dream of your lofty dreams is enough, so as not to ruin the reputation of scholars."
"You, you," Liang Yu was anxious and angry, and after a while, he pointed at Gu Rujiu and said, "I don't want to talk to you about ignorant women."
Then he felt the pain in the back of his hand. He covered his hand and turned his head to look. He saw an expressionless young man standing next to him holding a knife. The other party must have hit the back of his hand with the knife in his hand.
"Who are you, and Lang Lang Qiankun dares to hurt people," Liang Yu said shrinking, "It's just some bullying people."
Gu Cunjing was too lazy to talk to this sour and incompetent scholar, so he sat back to his original position with the knife in his arms and took a sip from the wine glass. Dare to point his finger at his sister, it would be light if he didn't break his hand.
"You can't even talk to an ignorant woman like me, wouldn't it be even more useless," Gu Rujiu was too lazy to talk to such a scholar who had little ability and looked down on women, she turned her head and said to Jin Yang, "Husband, I think it's better to eat in another place. , so as not to be affected by such a person."
Jin Yang nodded, frowned and glanced at Liang Yu, turned his head and said something to He Ming, and then whispered to Gu Rujiu, "I'm a little curious about what the orange tree in your yard looks like."
Gu Rujiu's eyes lit up: "You mean to say..."
"Shh..." Jin Yang put his index finger to his mouth, showing a "you know" smile.
In the box next door, Jin Xiang led Wu Chong and other top class dudes in the capital to eat, drink, and play happily. Suddenly, he heard a somewhat shrill voice from outside the corridor. He couldn't help being stunned for a while.
He pushed Wu Chong away, who was dragging him to drink, and opened the door to look outside, his legs softened. Although he was not on duty today, as the deputy commander of the Dragon Imperial Guard who had just been in office for a month or two, it still made him feel a little guilty about encountering the emperor while eating, drinking, and having fun outside.
He glanced at the playful friends behind him, walked out of the door and closed the door, then walked to Jin Yang and cupped his hands, "Young Master, Madam."
Tsk tsk, still the emperor can play, and even the queen brought it out.
"Why is my cousin here?" Jin Yang glanced at the box behind Jin Xiang, and immediately understood, "I still have something to do, let's go first."
When Jin Xiang saw that all the dragon guards with good skills were behind him, he was relieved and nodded quickly: "You are free, you are free."
Gu Rujiu nodded slightly to Jin Xiang and smiled politely before leaving with Jin Yang.
Liang Yu and the three who were left in the box by them were a little dumbfounded. Why should someone called a cousin treat that handsome man so respectfully? It's too strange.
But seeing them leave, Liang Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that the other party would beat him severely, or find a reason to trouble him, but he just left.
This made him feel a little less resentful towards these powerful and powerful people, at least these people have not yet reached the point of being ruthless.
"Who are you guys?" Jin Xiang saw three scholars standing in the box where the emperor used to stay, and the food and wine on the table didn't seem to have changed much. a sound.
The three of them were blue-faced by his aloof eyes, and they didn't catch their breath for a long time.
Jin Xiang didn't bother to pay attention to them either, so he glanced at them coldly, turned around and left.
Liang Yu scolded in a low voice, "It's just some worms who rely on their ancestors to live a rich life."
"Brother Liang, don't say a word," the person who was with him smiled bitterly, "The most important thing in the capital is the dignitaries. If you offend someone who shouldn't be offended, we won't even be able to participate in the Spring Festival. Isn't it worth it?"
Another person also persuaded: "You can change the status quo when you are in high school. If you offend them with the status quo, how can you achieve your ambition?"
Liang Yu was finally persuaded by them, and followed the two downstairs. However, the two who were with Liang Yu made up their minds to stay away from Liang Yu after today. Although their Jinzhou students should help each other, it is better to have such pig teammates than not.
"I saw you being so angry just now, I thought you would let someone arrest that scholar," Jin Yang and Gu Rujiu walked side by side on the street after leaving the Liyu Building, watching the pedestrians on the street come and go in a hurry, full of vitality , with a smile on his face.
"Isn't it saying that the prime minister can hold a boat in his belly, how can my queen be smaller than the prime minister?" Gu Rujiu whispered, "Besides, he is not the only sour scholar, what's the point of me competing with him? "
Will a towering tree be bigger than a bean sprout? She is not a person of the same level at all, if she just screams and kills because of this, she will be too petty. Anyway, the person who offended her will never have the chance to enter the officialdom in this life.
The words that Liang Sheng just said in the lobby have long since reached the ears of many people. The fish and eyes of the fish are mixed, and I don't know how many people have eyes and ears in it. Therefore, in the spring season after the beginning of spring next year, officials in the DPRK and China will not let such a person be named on the golden list.
The reality will make this scholar understand what it means to be cautious in words and deeds.
After lunch, Jin Yang and Gu Rujiu swayed around and finally reached the gate of Gu's house, then Jin Yang turned his head to Gu Cunjing and said, "Second Uncle, I'm thirsty after I've been away for a long time, do you mind letting me Have a cup of tea at the house?"
Gu Cunjing glanced at his sister who was hiding behind the emperor and snickered, hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and then personally welcomed the person into the door. It was a bit strange for the concierge to see the second young master so cautiously. When he found out that the second young lady was also among them, he couldn't react.
Didn't the second miss already enter the palace to be the queen, why did she go back to the palace with the second young master? Could it be that he quarreled with the emperor and was so angry that he went back to his mother's house
The concierge didn't dare to think about it, so he bowed and stood in the corner honestly. After the second young lady and the second young lady walked towards the inner courtyard, they rubbed their heads and saw that the second young master and the second young lady did not look alike. It's like being in a bad mood.
In the main courtyard, Mrs. Gu Changling, Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Hu were talking to Gu Panqi and Zhang Shao and his wife. The daughter and son-in-law brought their grandson home. Mrs. Yang was in a very good mood. The smile on her face suddenly solidified.
"Who do you think Second Young Master brought back?" Yang asked in surprise. Several other people in the room looked at the door in confusion. What happened
"Madam, the second young master not only brought back the second young lady, but also brought back a young son who said he was a distinguished guest in the family." The housekeeper is a smart man, he has already guessed the identity of the distinguished guest, but he does not dare to say it, "the temperament of the distinguished guest Extraordinary and extravagant, the little ones dare not look directly at their true face."
"Hurry up and invite someone to serve tea," Gu Changling stood up, and as he walked out, he said to his family, "You also come with me to greet the distinguished guests."
Zhang Xun stood up in a hurry. After Gu Panqi asked the maid to take his son down, he said to Zhang Xun, "Don't be nervous, there is still my sister here." Gu Panqi sees things very simple. Since the emperor is willing to take his sister back to her parents' house in private, then it must be He has a deep relationship with his sister. As for men, if you value your women, then you will also respect the Yue family, otherwise why would you love Wujiwu
Before the group reached the second gate, Gu Panqi saw her sister and a very handsome man coming together, looking very close.
Seeing the two of them like this, Gu Panqi felt a little relieved. Although it is not easy to be an emperor's woman, at least the two have the basis for their relationship. Even if a new person enters the palace in the future, her sister will not be too sad as the queen of the palace. .
Thinking of this, she sighed softly. Zhang Xun noticed that she was in a wrong mood, held her hand and looked at her with concern.
Seeing him like this, Gu Panqi smiled and shook her head, indicating that it was all right.
"Father, mother." After seeing her parents, Gu Rujiu quickened her pace, and with red eyes came forward to give Gu Changling and Yang a big salute, and then took Gu Changling and Yang's hands, not letting them salute him.
"Father-in-law, mother-in-law." Jin Yang bowed to the people of Yue's family, and turned to see Jiujiu, who almost never shed tears, his eyes were red, distressed and worried, and he stretched out his hand to wrap her shoulders and persuade in a low voice.
Seeing her daughter like this, Mrs. Yang felt very sad, but she couldn't cry because the royal driver was in front of her, so she had to hold back abruptly. Seeing how the emperor patiently coaxed his daughter, the sadness finally eased.
"Your Majesty, please come and sit in the room." Gu Changling's eyes were also a little red, but he looked calmer than Yang's.
"Father-in-law, please." Jin Yang supported Gu Rujiu with one hand and raised his hand to signal Gu Changling to go first. After the two refused for a while, Jin Yang led Gu Rujiu to the front.
Seeing this, Zhang Xun, who was following behind them, whispered to his wife, "The emperor is so kind to the father-in-law's family."
"You are also good to them," Gu Panqi smiled at him. "Even my mother said that you are her son, and I seem to have been picked up by her."
"As a son-in-law, you should respect your father-in-law and mother-in-law," Zhang Xun smiled honestly, "I just think it's too easy for the emperor to do this."
Gu Panqi smiled and said nothing.
After the group entered the main courtyard and took their seats, Jin Yang said: "Today, I happened to pass by the Yue family after leaving the palace. I thought that I must have missed the second old man for a long time, so I brought her back to visit you. Today is a private trip, so there is no need to pay attention to the monarchs and ministers. The ceremony, the distinction between honor and inferiority."
As a mother, Yang's main concern is her daughter. Hearing Jin Yang's words, she smiled and said, "The little girl's self-willedness makes His Majesty embarrassed." Having said that, she looked at Gu Rujiu several times. .
"Jiu Jiu is very good, it's my blessing to be able to marry her," Jin Yang said with a smile, "I also decided to travel today, and it has nothing to do with her." After speaking, he turned his head to look at Gu Rujiu beside him. Her eyes were still a little red, and she felt distressed again.
Hearing what he said, Gu Rujiu smiled at him, but the tears on her eyelashes were still wet, and she looked a little pitiful. In this way, Jin Yang almost couldn't help but hug her into his arms, so comforting. some time.