In Gu's mansion, I went to see Hou Ye and the second master again, talked with several young masters for a while, and had lunch together.
After noon, Li Chengze took Gu Qingci home.
When they went back, the family of three sat in one car, and the maids and women took another car sent by the Gu family.
Sun's family didn't know that the two had a conflict, but thought it was Gu Qingci who wanted to go back to see her mother.
Gu Qingci has been married into the Li family for two or three years, and Mrs. Sun has figured out her proud personality early on, and she has almost understood it.
She thought that her grandson would not restrain her from going back to her mother's house, and the old lady would mutter a few words the first few times, but she got used to it later, and didn't bother to talk anymore.
Another family of the Gu family is much higher than that of the Li family, and her daughter was married at a low level. The Li family is not easy to control these small matters too broadly.
The young couple's affairs are up to themselves, as long as everything is in harmony.
Now that Li Cheng has been admitted to Jinshi, the old lady has nothing to ask for.
But Bai's family still doesn't want to see Gu Qingci. No matter what she does, she doesn't like it. She always wants to pick on some faults. I don't care.
Dinner is at the old lady's place, and the eldest sister is also there. Li Zhi likes the little niece, and takes her to play on the kang, letting her crawl around.
The baby's skin is tender and pink, and it is soaking. The eyes are big, dark and very juicy, and the fetal hair is black and thick.
After a while, I squeezed a small fleshy fist that was not loose or tight, and put it into my mouth to sip, and my saliva dripped and glistened.
Very cute.
The small body is lying on the stomach, the small hands are scratching back and forth, the ten fingers are chubby, and the backs of the hands are round and concave.
The eldest sister can see such a good appearance at such a young age, and she must be a beauty when she grows up.
The main reason is that this child has a very good personality, she hardly cries, and just laughs when she is teased. The elderly like such children.
The old lady was not happy about her granddaughter-in-law giving birth to a baby girl earlier, but now she has stopped saying that she doesn't like her granddaughter. When the eldest sister comes over, she hugs her eldest sister happily.
On the contrary, Mrs. Bai didn't like the girl very much from the beginning to the end. The eldest sister has never seen her hug twice since she was born, and the eyes she looks at the child are all indifferent, not affectionate at all.
Even when I saw my eldest sister, I felt unhappy and had pimples.
So he was always looking for an opportunity, pulling Li Cheng to talk about the boy.
She still thought in her heart that if Gu Qingci couldn't give birth, then let someone else give birth. In the past, it was fine for Li Cheng not to take concubines if he had no fame, but now he is a Jinshi and has entered the Imperial Academy.
So, I mentioned this again this time, but was once again sternly rejected by Li Chengze.
The Bai family thought that he was jealous of the Gu family, and she hated iron and iron, and said: "Gu Qingci is a married woman, no matter how famous the Gu family is, they can't bully others, who told me that his daughter won't be born, my son is now He is also a person who is about to become an official, so why be afraid of them anymore, you have to be reasonable in everything, right?"
"Mother, don't talk about it again." Li Cheng's face darkened, "Celadon has already given birth to me, why can't I have a big sister? Besides, our Li family is a commoner family, with no family or no family. Because of my background, I was blessed by my ancestors to be able to pass the Jinshi exam, why did I use those concubines to ruin my family style, and I was finally appreciated by the emperor and selected into the Imperial Academy, with thousands of eyes staring at me, I should stand upright."
"But which man from the other official family doesn't have many concubines to serve him, so Ze'er shirks it in every possible way, but because of Gu's jealousy and jealousy, he stops you?"
The Bai family couldn't explain it at all, and Li Chengze's patience had run out.
He frowned and said: "Others are others and I am me. Our family is not a family of officials and eunuchs, and I have no intention of doing so. I hope my mother will understand and don't say such things in the future."
Without waiting for Bai Shi to speak again, Li Cheng turned around and strode away.
Bai Shi stomped aside, very angry.
Feeling uneasy, when she turned her head and saw Li Zhi embroidering, knowing that she had learned it from the maid who went to the west courtyard and Gu Qingci's side, she became angry for a while, and became very angry.
Pointing to her forehead, she said: "Don't even look at what I am! Seeing Tian'er rushing over, I thought she liked you so much, you hate a loser with no winks, and she just sent two lowly girls to entertain you, It's good for you, shamelessly rushing forward to make people humiliate you!"
Bai's scolding was so overwhelming that she didn't seem to recognize her as her daughter at all. The words in her mouth were as vicious as possible.
Li Chan endured the ups and downs of his chest, his heart was trembling, and then ran away covering his face.
Not only is Bai not introspective, but she feels that her daughter is even more rebellious. Dao is indeed an inexperienced child, after all, she belongs to someone else's family.
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Gu Qingci is reconciling with Li Chengze, and their relationship has become closer.
Sticky.
When he went to bed at night, after taking a bath, Li Cheng sat on the soft couch with his clothes open and applied medicine to himself.
When Gu Qingci saw her, she bit her lips and felt very guilty. She sat down next to him, twisted her fingers, and whispered: "Sister, I'm sorry..."
Li Cheng joked, "Will you still use a knife to your husband in the future?"
Gu Qingci quickly shook his head, "No, it won't happen."
"Sanggong, I'll help you with the medicine..." After finishing speaking, he added another sentence.
Li Cheng smiled, nodded and said yes, and then put the small jar of golden sore medicine in Gu Qingci's hand.
Gu Qingci lowered his head, and with the bamboo strips that were used for medicine, he applied a thin layer of ointment on the wound, then covered the wound with gauze, and then tied it with a thin bandage around his back.
After the bandage was finished, Li Cheng stood up, took Gu Qingci by his arm, and went to sleep on the bed.
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In the current imperial examination, both Li Chengze and Luo Shengli won the second-class Jinshi, and both were elected to the Imperial Academy.
At this point, I am actually still learning, and I expand myself with a lot of knowledge every day, most of which are some knowledge and things that were not accessible before.
This is especially true for students from poor families. Due to the constraints of economic conditions and social status, what they see and hear is naturally inferior to the descendants of officials and officials and children of aristocratic families.
But what Li Cheng lacked was not knowledge, but the gaps and deviations in knowledge brought about by the times.
Every day is not idle, there are many trivial things for them to do, and there are many lessons to listen to.
Li Chengze and Luo Shengli have a good relationship, and they often discuss things and schoolwork together, and they walk together because they are on the same road when they go home.
Gu Qingci only feels that it is much better now than when he went to the academy. At that time, Li Cheng would go out for ten days and a half months, and he would leave soon after he came back for a day.
Now, although I go to work at midnight every day, I can still see each other every day. I have someone to accompany me when I eat and sleep at night, and I can take a day off every six days.
A few days later, the second wife suddenly sent someone over to take Gu Qingci back.
However, when he arrived at Gu's mansion in the morning, he came back at noon and did not rest there.
Li Chengze came back in the afternoon, before he could say a word, Gu Qingci rushed to take him by the hand and pulled him into the room, and sent all the maids out.
"What's the matter?" Li Cheng was puzzled, but also amused.
Gu Qingci put the sender on Li Chengze's seat and sat down, and he followed suit.
Then he opened his mouth and said, "Master, I went back home today."
Li Cheng raised his eyebrows: "If you come back, you will go back, it's not that you are not allowed."
Gu Qingci shook her head and said in a low voice: "Who said this? It's a big deal! The official family didn't go to court for three or four days. I heard that they were sick. Last year, some people found that the official family's spirit was not as good as before. It's just a I dare not say it. Now that the crown prince has not been established, the official family is old and sick. I am afraid that it will cause turmoil in the court and instability in people's hearts. Some people have other thoughts. So the husband should pay attention recently, don't be caught by others Take advantage of it, and don't be too ostentatious."
After Gu Qingci finished speaking, she didn't know about these things, but she only learned about them from the second master, but she also became nervous when she knew about them.
Li Cheng was surprised for a moment, he also knew that the emperor hadn't come to court for a few days.
After all, it is now in the Imperial Academy, and the source of news is much wider than before.
Anyone with a little bit of political sensitivity would have guessed, maybe it was the Second Master who said it, or of course it might be the Hou Ye who reminded him.
After all, Li and Gu's two families are relatives by marriage, so if one party has an accident, it will not benefit the other party.
"Who told you?" Li Cheng coaxed her.
Gu Qingci: "My mother heard it from my father, and my mother went to discuss it with my aunt. This is absolutely true!" I was afraid that Li Cheng would not believe it.
"Okay, don't worry, I understand." Li Cheng comforted her.
While shaking her head, this girl was more excited than herself.
"There are no major affairs in the Hanlin Academy. It is too late to read the case books for daily work, and the other things are irrelevant to us. It is enough to study and do things in a calm and down-to-earth manner."
Needless to say, those who can make it one step and be selected to study in the Imperial Academy are naturally not stupid, and their official career has not yet started. Who would think that death is not fast enough to take care of things
The emperor's heart is hard to guess, and no one else can tell which prince he wants.
The grown-up princes now seem to be the eldest princes who have the most voices. Several times in the court, there are ministers who have played, kneeling to ask the emperor to appoint a crown prince as soon as possible. Taipei.
The emperor didn't show any emotion, but he suppressed the topic several times.
A few days later, I heard that the emperor showed up again, and then continued to go to court for three or five days.
The court seemed to be calm before, but under the calm, there were gradually ripples, and huge waves were brewing underneath.
The eldest prince seemed to be unable to sit still.
The people below made some small movements frequently.
Li Chengze and Luo Shengli went home together in the afternoon, and they were discussing this matter in the carriage.
Both of them have a meaning in their words.
The sky in the capital is about to change.
Each of them was silent for a while.
Since the emperor and the courtiers in the past, it's okay for them to have no official appointments, and it won't affect anything, but they also hope to have a wise king.
On the other hand, Li Cheng thought more about it. He had a quarrel with the First Prince, and his situation was even worse.
After returning home, while eating dinner, Li Cheng said as if remembering: "Guanguan, if anyone posts a post for you in this period of time, they will all push it away, just say that the eldest sister is young and cannot do without people. "
In the past, Gu Qingci would definitely not agree, fearing that others would restrain her.
But it's different now, she has heard a few times about the affairs of the court, and knows that the official's family is seriously ill and in poor health, but the position of the crown prince has not been established for a long time, and I am afraid that something will happen.
So obediently responded, "I know, I don't go out very much recently, and I will refuse anyone who invites me."
The rest of the family naturally didn't know these things, and the affairs of the Tian family in the imperial court were too far away from the lives of ordinary people, so they couldn't worry about it.
I thought that there would be a period of time to wait slowly, and many things should be slowly brewing.
Then one night, news suddenly came from the palace.
The emperor is critically ill, so he invites several uncles, cabinet ministers, and princes to enter the palace for an audience