During dinner, Gu Qingci seemed to be recovering, but Li Cheng knew everything, so she didn't need to hide anything.
The two dined together, and they didn't pay attention to the rules of eating and sleeping. Gu Qingci poked the small bowl with chopsticks: "It's a waste of a ruby bud."
It's not that I'm reluctant to part with things, it's just that I've lost face and lost things, and I feel suffocated and uncomfortable.
Li Cheng was stunned for a few seconds before realizing that she was still thinking about the swing, and at last he couldn't laugh or cry and said, "I'll buy one for you some other day."
Gu Qingci was willing to eat properly after being comforted in this way.
Feng Rusi sat very quietly on the chair, listening to what they were saying without interrupting, but first looked at Gu Qingci, and then turned to look at Li Chengze.
Li Cheng put some vegetables in his bowl and said, "Eat well."
Feng Ruxi nodded.
After dinner, Yuchuan took Feng Rusi outside to digest food, while preparing to show him the newly made shoes and clothes for him to try.
After a few days, Gu Qingci wrote to Liu Shuyue, asking Liu Shuyue to come and play at home.
Liu Shuyue is her friend, and everyone knows what is going on with her now, so there is nothing to hide.
Can't care too much, Gu Qingci has something in his heart, and wanted to talk to someone early in the morning.
Called to deliver the post, and on the second day, Liu Shuyue brought the two maidservants over in a carriage.
This girl is also extremely intelligent, she knew Gu Qingci's urination, she didn't even look at the yard, her expression was as usual.
After entering the room, Gu Qingci pulled him onto the kang and sat down.
Yuzhu served some pastries, which looked exquisite and delicious, and made another pot of tea.
Given her relationship with Gu Qingci, she naturally didn't have to talk about those empty etiquettes, she picked up a piece, tasted it, and said: "You cook is very skilled, and you can make excellent dim sum."
Gu Qingci smiled, turned to Yuzhu and said, "Miss Liu said that she deserves a reward for her good work. Go and get a penny to reward the cook."
Yuzhu smiled and said yes.
Liu Shuyue leaned on the pillow, with a different kind of vivacity and cleverness on his delicate face, and said slowly: "Stop making fun of me, after all, what's the matter with you looking for it for no reason."
Gu Qingci froze, and glanced at her immediately, "I won't say good words, can I just ask you to play?" After he finished speaking, he laughed first.
Then he waved his hand to let the two servant girls go out, Liu Shuyue also winked at his servant girl when seeing this, and all the servants retreated.
Gu Qingci told Liu Shuyue everything that Li Chengze told her before.
Bringing up this issue can't get around Gu Qingci's time playing swings with others. In fact, this circle is only so big, and if the matter is spread by interested people, most people will naturally know about it.
Liu Shuyue naturally heard about it too.
But right now, her focus is not there, but she is surprised by Li Chengze's letting Gu Qingci kick.
"Here, who in the girl's family can play this?"
Liu Shuyue said hesitantly, although it sounds interesting.
On weekdays, girls and girls get together, either viewing flowers or composing poems, shooting or throwing pots, and there are no new tricks to play.
Besides, Gu Qingci and Liu Shuyue are not very good at reciting poems and composing Fu, and it is not a happy thing to be a foil every time.
Gu Qingci nuzzled: "That's what I said at the beginning, but Xianggong said that there is no rule that girls can't play. Also, he said that some people may gossip when playing alone, but Cuju is not a sport played alone. If everyone If you play it all, no one will feel that there is anything wrong with it. There is a saying that 'the law does not blame the public', which roughly means this."
Liu Shuyue nodded while listening.
In my heart, I feel more and more that the saying that misfortune depends on blessings and disasters subdue is very reasonable.
When Gu Qingci fell into the water and her innocence was ruined, she was ridiculed secretly by many people, but in the end she married after several twists and turns.
But if you get married, you get married, which is not as bad as others think.
From the few words that Gu Qingci occasionally revealed, Li Chengze is really a very good person, and his love and pity for Gu Qingci is real.
It is especially rare to respect her according to her everywhere.
Now Gu Qingci is no worse than being a girl, don't talk about being angry, the little sister doesn't look like she has been angry at all.
The parents-in-law above live next door, but they can't be seen through any door or wall. It's not that a small family has its merits, at least it doesn't have the secret means of rubbing the daughter-in-law in the backyard of the big family.
In a blink of an eye, her thoughts flew away, and in the blink of an eye, she came back again. Liu Shuyue praised sincerely: "Your husband is so kind to you." At least in her opinion.
In fact, what made Liu Shuyue most envious and emotional was that besides Gu Qingci, there was no other woman beside Li Chengze, let alone a concubine's room, not even a servant.
Gu Qingci was pleased with hearing this, and didn't bother to pretend to think in front of Liu Shuyue.
Then he said: "Hey, why are you talking about this? Tell me, what is Xianggong's idea?"
How could Liu Shuyue fail to understand Gu Qingci's thoughts, and said bluntly, "You want me to play Cuju with you?"
Gu Qingci nodded.
But Liu Shuyue sighed, pondered for a while, and then said: "I can't make the decision first, and I can't give you an answer. You also know that my mother is strict with me."
Gu Qingci smiled and pulled her clothes, "What's the matter, your mother loves you so much, if you pester her a few times, she will definitely agree to you."
Liu Shuyue burst out laughing when she made her laugh, opened her paw and said, "Let's say it first, I can't guarantee it. And it's useless if you try to move me, do you know how many people will be needed for a Cuju game? "
"Oh, I don't know yet, just ask my husband later..."
At noon, Liu Shuyue left after eating at Li's house.
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A few days later, Li and Cheng received a famous post and a recommendation letter from Fengtai Academy.
When Yuan Bao brought it over, he said that the sender had already left, and he didn't know who it was.
Li Cheng knew it well, he just said that there is no need to pursue it, and took the things over.
This thing was sent by the Marquis of Mingdehou Mansion, Gu Qingci's uncle, Mr. Gu.
The reason for this is a long story.
But he said that day when Gu Qingci came back from playing on the swing, why did Li Cheng suddenly mention the matter of letting Gu Qingci learn Cuju
It wasn't a flash of inspiration, but he did it on purpose.
The matter started when the Grand Master invited him over to the mansion to talk about it.
At that time, Li Cheng was also taken aback when he saw the servants of the Gu family who came to look for him.
But he wasn't worried, and went with the others.
When we met, Mr. Gu didn't beat around the bush, and after a few words of homework, he directly explained the reason for inviting him over.
Li Cheng listened for a long time before he finally understood.
But it's not a big deal.
It has nothing to do with the Gu family, but it has something to do with the face of the royal family.
Yan Kingdom, which is adjacent to the Great Ye Dynasty, will come to the Great Ye Dynasty every two years to pay homage to show that the two countries are friendly neighbors.
More than ten or twenty years ago, the Yan Kingdom was weaker than the Great Ye Dynasty. In order not to be bullied by the Li Kingdom next to it, it had to attach itself to the Great Ye Dynasty and worship every year.
Ten years ago, a prince and princess of Yan Kingdom came to live in Daye for a year. To put it bluntly, they came here to be a hostage.
Later, the third prince of Yan Kingdom came to power, ended the party-government struggle within the court, suppressed the opposing forces with iron and blood methods, and took back the power that had been left behind. Since then, the country of Yan has gradually stabilized.
It can be said that in ten years, the Yan Kingdom has developed into what it is today, and its national strength is strong, which is nothing compared to the Great Ye Dynasty.
On the surface, the two countries are still friendly states, but it has to be admitted that for the emperor of the Great Ye Dynasty, his heart is very delicate.
Who would have thought that Yuhi's younger brother who was holding her thigh for protection has now developed into a "brother" who can sit on an equal footing.
The time for Yan Guo to come to court this time is almost in June.
The envoys of the two countries have been in contact for a long time. Not long after the start of the new year, the envoys of the Yan Kingdom not only brought court gifts, but also a souvenir written by the emperor, which naturally contained some high-sounding diplomatic words on the scene.
The emperor just took a look, and then expressed the attitude of the Great Ye Dynasty to the envoys of the Yan Kingdom, so that they could bring the words to him.
Then the envoy said something else, but it was the words brought by the fifth princess.
The fifth princess was the princess who "lived" in the Great Ye Dynasty for a year. Of course, she was a random one at the beginning. The princess was six years old when she came here, and she is seventeen years old now.
The fifth princess and the second prince who were hostages at the beginning are brothers and sisters of the current emperor of Yan Kingdom.
What the princess asked the envoy to bring was that they had heard that the girls of the Great Ye Dynasty were good at Cuju Cucu, and they Yan Guo followed suit and formed a team, wanting to compete with the young ladies of the Great Ye Dynasty.
No one would believe that the Fifth Princess of Yan Kingdom did not do it on purpose.
Those words are all in one set.
Cuju has always been a good activity in the history of the Central Plains, but it was a men's activity. Where did the girls come from? Cuju is a unique activity. Second, the princess also deliberately pointed out that she wanted to compete with the "ladies and gentlemen" of the Great Ye Dynasty.
If there is no such sentence, the emperor can recruit a group of strong women to form a team for training, and compete with the Yan people, it is not difficult.
But now it was someone who not only blocked the escape route, but also indicated that he was going to play at night.
The emperor choked in his heart.
Anyway, she is a princess, so it's not good for him to let a group of servants come down to Cuju with the princess, otherwise he will lose his etiquette.
Yan Guo obviously came prepared, not to mention that women have never played cuju in Daye, even men have rarely played cuju in recent years.
If he loses in front of the people of the two countries, and loses in a very ugly way, Daye Chao will probably be ashamed and thrown to the sky.
For this reason, the emperor should not worry.
Several ministers were recruited to discuss it, but they didn't discuss why.
When the elder of the Gu family heard about this, his heart was moved.
Since the grandfather passed away, the mansion has gradually lost its real power in the army, and it has been a long time since it could not be reused. Now it has become an ordinary noble family. If there is no emperor's grace, the title will be reduced from generation to generation. If it goes down, the Mingde Hou Mansion may be gone.
The Elder Master doesn't have many skills, but he still has some worries about Yuan Wo.
He thought that if he solved this problem for the Holy Majesty this time, he might be reused.
It is really difficult for the emperor to ask the lady of the Marquis official's family to go to Cuju.
Especially in recent years, boudoir etiquette has become more and more strict, and those wives and wives may not let their girls show up in the yard to play with such rude things.
The emperor opened his mouth specifically, but seemed embarrassed.
If the Elder Master wanted to share the worries of the Holy One, he would naturally take the lead and set an example.
The first thing I thought of was my unmarried prostitute, but after thinking about it again, I knew that my daughter was not a suitable candidate.
One is that her temperament is too demure and dignified, and the other is that she is already engaged, not to mention whether the in-laws agree or not, the eldest wife will definitely not agree.
Gu Qingjin can't do it, the second thing that the Elder Master thinks of is Gu Qingci, the more he thinks about it, the brighter his eyes become, and he really thinks it's feasible.
In the harem, there was a concubine of the former emperor, a girl who went out from Mingdehou's mansion. The elder forgot to send a letter from the harem. After the toffee read it, she went to see the queen that day. The two talked for about an hour. After coming out, the concubine had a smile on her face.
There is no turning back when the bow is opened, and the matter has already reached the nobleman, so it must be done properly.
Otherwise, not to mention meritorious service, but to offend the emperor.
The Gu family can't afford to be guilty.
So the elder directly found Li Chengze, and briefly explained the whole story to him.
Li Cheng understood what he heard, pondered for a while, and had a solid idea in his heart, he had to agree if he didn't agree to this matter.
If you don't agree, the whole Gu family will suffer from the emperor. At that time, even if it's not about Gu Qingci's business, Gu Qingci will be responsible for the crime.
That silly girl in his family will look back at the mansion in the future and get a good face.
The entire second room will also be affected.
Li Cheng sneered in his heart, this was not a discussion with him, this was clearly a decision to inform himself later.
If they really discussed it, they shouldn't have reported this matter to the Queen early.
Still didn't take myself seriously, otherwise...
Li Cheng frowned, but still had a smile on his face.
Since he has used them, he is not a person who gives selflessly and does not expect anything in return.
Coincidentally, the letter of recommendation from Fengtai Academy really bothered this uncle.
…
Li Cheng opened the master's famous post and recommendation letter, scanned it, and sneered.
It saved him a lot of trouble.