"died?"
Gu Jiu was obviously taken aback.
Deng Cunli bowed and said, "Definitely dead. On the first day after Wen Guangren, the former Shaofu Tongcheng, was imprisoned, he tried to commit suicide by swallowing poison. He was discovered in time and rescued. Unexpectedly, he died in the end."
Gu Jiu frowned, "How did you die?"
"It is said that he died from his injuries."
Gu Jiu laughed mockingly.
"He died from his injuries, who would believe it?"
Deng Cunli said: "The lord also doesn't believe that Wen Guangren died of his injuries, and he is getting angry. Several people who were laid off disturbed the lord because of their noise, and the lord ordered him to beat him."
Gu Jiu said softly: "The prince's temper is really strong enough, why bother to take someone down to vent his anger. Did Wen Guangren explain anything before he died?"
Deng Cunli shook his head, "I didn't explain anything, I kept saying that I was wronged."
Gu Jiu frowned, "Could it be that King Zhao did it?"
Deng Cunli had nothing to do with being in the imperial prison, so he couldn't find out the specific situation.
He said: "My lord's planning is in vain. King Zhao just lost Wen Guangren, but he will always be vigilant against his lord from now on."
Gu Jiu suddenly asked: "Your Highness has worked so hard to plan to overthrow Wen Guangren by taking advantage of the opportunity of the household department to clear up the outstanding debts. Is it really aimed at King Zhao?"
Obviously the most important thing now is to pull down the Prince Donggong.
At this time, King Ning needs to cooperate sincerely with King Zhao to bring down the prince together. Afterwards, the two brothers fought again, and the winner was determined.
Why is Prince Ning so impatient to tear himself apart with King Zhao while the prince is still sitting firmly in his seat
unreasonable!
With King Ning's resourcefulness, he would not do such a thing of stealing chickens without losing money.
Unless there is someone else besides Zhao Wang behind Wen Guangren. For example, Prince Donggong.
Thinking of this, Gu Jiu gasped.
Could it be that King Ning's goal is really to point his sword at the East Palace
Unfortunately, Wen Guangren died.
No wonder King Ning was so angry that he took down the man to vent his anger.
Who would be willing to finally catch a big fish and be killed by someone
Gu Jiu said: "Order, don't run out these days if you have nothing to do. If you hit the prince's hand, even the gods can't save you."
"The old slave complies."
After a pause, he asked, "When is Madam going to tidy up the kitchen?"
Gu Jiu looked at Deng Cunli, "What's wrong? Could it be that someone asked you to intercede?"
Deng Cunli laughed, "It's not just the old slave, Nanny Fang, Qingmei, they're all looking for them. They're all asking for relationships."
Gu Jiu laughed, "It's useful for me to register all the people who asked me to intercede."
"yes!"
After that, Gu Jiu called Nanny Fang, Xiao Cui, and Qing Zhu to her.
"Next, I will start to reorganize the kitchen and lay off the kitchen staff. From today on, you will go to the kitchen to keep an eye on me every day. No matter how big or small, record everything, and I will look over them one by one. If you encounter something you don't understand, You go find Qianfu."
"The servant obeys."
"Do you want to do the kitchen shopping?" Mother Fang asked.
Gu Jiu nodded, "You have to move a bit. Since the concubine entrusts me with the responsibility of the kitchen, I naturally have to do my best."
Nanny Fang hesitated for a moment, "Madam Qi, the person in charge of the kitchen purchases was arranged by the Empress Dowager Wang. If it is really necessary to do the shopping, the Empress Dowager Wang will probably not agree."
Gu Jiu smiled, "I know about this. Wangfei, you don't have to worry about it, just follow my orders first."
She wanted to take this opportunity to test Princess Pei's bottom line.
Nanny Fang and the others took orders to leave.
Gu Jiu was thinking about the Shangsi Festival in a few days.
The palace wants to be frugal this year, and show off to the palace. You can't go out with a lot of fanfare in the whole house like in previous years.
However, Gu Jiu wanted to take advantage of the beautiful spring and go out for a walk.
She called Qingmei to her, "Go back to Gu's mansion for me, and ask Gu Yu Gu to find a way to write me a post. On the Shangsi Festival, let's go out for a spring break, and watch young unmarried men and women take a spring bath."
When Qingmei heard this, she immediately became excited.
The Shangsi Festival in the capital is rumored to be extremely lively.
It's a pity that last year's Shangsi Festival was missed. I thought I would miss this year's Shangsi Festival, but I didn't expect that my wife had already planned it.
She said with a smile on her face: "I will go back to Gu's mansion now, servant girl."
…
East Palace, a humble room.
Crown Princess Sun sat in front of Fang Shaojian.
Her expression was extremely cold, "Wen Guangren is dead."
Fang Shaojian looked calm, "Isn't your empress unwilling to let him die?"
The Crown Princess Sun snorted coldly, "He died too late. Back then you kept saying that she would definitely die on the day she was sent to prison. But it took so many days. Maybe someone has followed the clues to the East Palace."
Fang Shaojian smiled, "Your Majesty is worrying unnecessarily. Wen Guangren has been in a coma these days, what can he explain?"
"Then why did His Majesty suddenly cancel the Shangsi Festival spring outing?"
Fang Shaojian smiled, "Of course it's because I don't have money."
The concubine Sun stared at Fang Shaojian with a gloomy gaze, "Don't forget your plan. Your Majesty has canceled the Spring Festival Tour for the Shangsi Festival, so we have to wait until then? There is not much time left for the East Palace."
Fang Shaojian said calmly: "Your Majesty, stay safe and don't be impatient. Your Majesty has canceled the spring outing for the Shangsi Festival. I guess when the weather gets hotter in May, Your Majesty will definitely go to the palace to escape the summer heat. At that time, Your Majesty and His Highness will accompany you around, and you will have a chance to do it yourself."
The Crown Princess Sun chuckled, "I hope you will do what you say and don't disappoint me. If not, I will certainly not end well, but I will definitely tear you to pieces before I die."
Fang Shaojian nodded slightly, "Our family has received the threat from the empress. Even if it is not for the empress, for your highness, our family will risk this life. We will never let your majesty have the opportunity to decree to abolish your highness."
"You'd better do what you say."
The Crown Princess Sun got up, shook her sleeves and left.
Fang Shaojian was the only one left in the shabby room.
He laughed louder and louder, and the crazier he laughed.
…
Gu Fu sent a post to Gu Jiu, inviting Gu Jiu to go out for a spring outing on the day of Shangsi Festival.
While paying his respects, Gu Jiu told Princess Pei that she was going out on Shangsi Festival.
Pei frowned, "The house is very busy, you still have to go out?"
Gu Jiu said: "I was supposed to go back to my mother's house on the second day of the first lunar month, but I couldn't go back because of an accident. This time on the Shangsi Festival, my mother's family posted a post, and the sisters would go out for a day.
The daughter-in-law wanted to join in the fun and get close to her natal family.
As for the matter of the kitchen, mother and concubine can rest assured that the daughter-in-law already has a plan. After the Shangsi Festival, the rectification regulations will be handed over, and the mother and concubine will be asked to read them. "
Mrs. Pei asked, "According to what you say, the girls from the Hou Mansion will also go out?"
Gu Jiu nodded, "Exactly."
Mrs. Pei said: "Since you are going back, when you see the old lady of the Hou Mansion, I will say hello to my princess."
Gu Jiu readily agreed, "My daughter-in-law obeys."
It's still good for the old lady's face.
Xiao Qin'er's eyes are hot, and she also wants to leave the house.
Why didn't she think of asking her mother to make a post beforehand.
In the past two months, one incident after another, she was very depressed. It's a beautiful spring, if you don't go out, wouldn't it be a disappointment to the good spring.
She tried to ask: "Concubine mother, my daughter-in-law also wants to go out for fun on the Shangsi Festival."
Mrs. Pei gave her a look, "Don't just play around all day, have you finished your errands? On the Shangsi Festival, unmarried men and women take a spring bath, what does it have to do with you?"
Xiao Qin'er was bitter, feeling depressed and uncomfortable.
When she returned to her room, she complained to Liu Yi.
"On the Shangsi Festival, sister-in-law can go out to play, why can't I. Speaking of unmarried, is sister-in-law also unmarried? Mother and concubine are too partial."
Liu Yi laughed, "It's appropriate for the sister-in-law to say something partial, but it's not appropriate for you. Think about it for yourself, has the mother and concubine always taken care of you since you entered the door?"
With a straight face, Xiao Qin'er asked angrily: "Since you take care of me, why didn't you let me go out on the Shangsi Festival? Why don't you go and tell your mother and concubine that we will go to the Weishui River to play together on the Shangsi Festival."
When Liu Yi heard this, his heart was moved.
How wonderful it is for unmarried young men and women to get along with the flowing water.
He said: "I tried to tell my concubine, let's go out and play together on the Shangsi Festival."
Xiao Qin'er suddenly became happy.
"Then go quickly. There are still two days until the Shangsi Festival, so settle this matter as soon as possible."
Liu Yi was urged to go out and came to Chunhe Hall to ask Mrs. Pei for instructions.
Mrs. Pei stared at Liu Yi bitterly.
"Been bewitched by Xiao Qin'er all day to do this and that, you have no idea?"
Liu Yi laughed, "I don't want to hide from my concubine, my son also wants to go out to play."
"No money!" Mrs. Pei flatly rejected Liu Yi.
Liu Yi hurriedly said, "We pay for it ourselves, not for the public."
Mrs. Pei looked at him with a half-smile, "This meeting is not poor."
Liu Yi smiled awkwardly.
Pei said: "Since you pay for it yourself, go ahead."
Liu Yi went contentedly.
Mrs. Pei thought for a while, and called her maid, Li Zhi, "I tell you, anyone who wants to go out on the Shangsi Festival must pay for it himself, and the public will not be responsible for a penny."
Li Zhi asked: "Then, do you have to bear the food, the carriage, and all kinds of expenses by yourself?"
Pei nodded, "Exactly!"
Lizhi took the order and spread the word in various courtyards.
When Ouyang Fu heard that, she could leave the house as long as she paid for it herself, so there was no way she wouldn't agree.
She has a dowry. After marrying into the palace, she also saved a lot of money.
She can still afford the expense of going out for a trip.
Xiao Qin'er was not happy.
She complained to Liu Yi, "How much money can I spend for a trip. The mother and concubine are not willing to pay such money. I don't believe that the palace is really so poor."
Liu Yi was impatient, "Say a few words less."
Xiao Qin'er moved closer to him, leaning on him, "I'm not thinking about our little family. Now that you have an errand, you have to have extra expenses every month. Will this be laid off for you too?"
Liu Yi shook his head, "Don't worry. The Fuzhong will pay me the full amount for the errand expenses."
Xiao Qin'er pursed her lips and smiled, "That's pretty much the same. The cost of our yard has been reduced by 30% all of a sudden. If you still want to eat chicken tongues in the future, that's not okay."
Liu Yi likes to eat chicken, but he only eats chicken tongue.
Every time you eat a steamed chicken tongue, you have to kill hundreds of chickens.
In the past, the palace opened up the supply, anyway, there were enough chickens in the village.
Now that the cost has been cut, Liu Yi still wants to eat delicious chicken tongue, so he can only pay for it by himself and ask the kitchen to make a reservation in advance.
In Xiao Qin'er's opinion, what's so delicious about that chicken tongue.
It takes a lot of work and money, and the taste is the same.
After eating it once, she didn't like it anymore.
But Liu Yi never tires of eating.
Liu Yi hugged Xiao Qin'er, "Next time I want to eat, I will pay for it myself."
"How much money do you have? Could it be that you have saved private money without telling me?" Xiao Qin'er pinched Liu Yi's arm.
The spring clothes are thin, and Liu Yi frowned at the pinch, "You always like to pinch people, this habit needs to be changed."
Xiao Qin'er smiled delicately, "Does it hurt you?"
"nonsense!"
"I'll rub it for you."
Xiao Qin'er is really gentle and considerate.
Liu Yi hugged her and pressed her down.
…
Shangsi Festival.
On the banks of the Weishui River.
On this day, unmarried men and women come to the river to play in the water and take a bath together.
Of course, it is not the imaginary men and women bathing together.
The young unmarried man took off his shirt, and was shirtless, showing off his tendons.
The big girls were not far away, washing their faces and stepping on water. If you are more courageous, just put down your hair and wash it in water.
The big girls gathered together, pointing at the shirtless young man not far away, laughing and commenting.
The young men also secretly looked at the big girl not far away, and it was clear at a glance who was beautiful and who was ugly.
If anyone saw the right thing and made a look, they would go to the small woods not far away and find a quiet place to communicate in private.
On this day, such behavior is supported and no one will stop it.
The Shangsi Festival is also the only day in a year when there is no need to pay attention to the defense of men and women.
Young men and women, release your youthful enthusiasm to the fullest.
If you get it right, and tell the parents of both parties, the man will choose an auspicious day to come to propose marriage.
Of course, the premise is that they are well-matched.
When Gu Jiu came to the bank of the Weishui River and saw enthusiastic men and women, he sighed, "This is clearly the ancient version of a large-scale open-air blind date scene."
Men and women in ancient times were also worried about getting married.
There are many unmarried men and women, but not everyone is suitable for them.
You also need to be in the same family, you need to be in love with your husband and concubine, and you need to be talented and beautiful. If you don't have a blind date on the spot, how can you be sure
Gu Jiu sighed again, "The atmosphere in the capital is actually more open than in the northwest."
During the Shangsi Festival in the northwest, there are no such famous places at all.
It was only after arriving in the capital that Gu Jiu heard people talking about the Shangsi Festival.
Originally last year's Shangsi Festival, Gu Jiu had already made plans to go out and see.
As a result, she was accused of being married to Liu Zhao, and she was not considered an unmarried couple, and she was worried about accidents, so she was not allowed to go out.
Anyway, this year, she finally saw the carnival day for single men and women in ancient times by using the reason of going out for a spring break.
The royal family, dignitaries and dignitaries occupy the best river section in the upper reaches.
People with other identities can only play in the river dozens of miles away.
In this way, people with mismatched family backgrounds are effectively isolated from appearing in the same river section.
"Second sister, we are here."
Gu Shan excitedly waved at Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu laughed, it's been a long time since I saw everyone so happy.
Holding the hem of her skirt, she ran over regardless of the rules or not.
Not far away, seeing this scene, Xiao Qin'er was very disdainful, "Thanks to her saying the rules every day, she is the most unruly person."
Ouyang Fu smiled secretly, "My mother's family is here. Fourth brother and sister, you play by yourself, I will leave first."
Xiao Qin'er looked around for the Xiao family, and she didn't laugh until she saw her natal family.
Gu Shan, Gu Lin, and Gu Jun played in the water with the sisters from the Hou Mansion.
Everyone laughed and pointed at the shirtless young man in the distance, "Those men's skin is even whiter than women's. Are they still men?"
"Those are scholars. They have no power to restrain a chicken, and they only know what to say."
"My brothers are better looking."
The men of the Gu Mansion and the men of the Hou Mansion were all dispatched. It is time to find your marriage on the Shangsi Festival.
Among the group of men, Gu Jiu found Gu Ting's figure.
Gu Ting has been exercising in the military camp for more than a year, and it is not what it used to be.
The tendon meat all over the body is very eye-catching.
Even Gu Cheng, a scholar, has muscles on his body.
She also saw Su Zheng, cousin Su.
Cousin Su didn't go into the water, but stood on the shore.
He seemed to have sensed Gu Jiu's gaze, turned his head, and their eyes met.
Su Zheng hesitated for a moment, then walked over.
"Here, here, someone is coming."
The big girl was so excited.
"Don't talk nonsense, that's the young master of the Su family." Qing Mei hastily introduced.
When they heard that it was the young master of the Su family, everyone immediately lost interest.
Gu Jiu laughed, and when Su Zheng approached, he teased, "Cousin Su should also go into the water and perform well, so as to attract more people's attention."
Su Zheng was a little embarrassed, "I didn't get fame, so I dare not talk about marriage. I didn't expect cousin Xiaojiu to come too."
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "I just came out to join in the fun."
"It's a great spring, and it really shouldn't be let down."
After a pause, Su Zheng asked again with concern: "Is the edict all right?"
"Cousin Lei Su is worried, young master, he is fine, and the officials of Zongzheng Temple dare not make things difficult for him."
"That's good. The Ministry of Households has recently cleared up the debts, and the whole capital is not at peace. Is it important for your palace?"
"The first hurdle was passed smoothly. It's just that I have no money and have not paid off the rest of the arrears."