In the eyes of others, Li Cheng is quite different from when he first came in.
In the past, he was only said to be a scheming person who came in through nepotism, but he dismissed it, but now he gradually sees the depth of Li Chengze.
In the final analysis, the first thing to look at in the academy is one's own talents and abilities.
Several ten-year exams, from class D to class A, all these show that Li Cheng is not a mediocre person without talent.
No matter how others talk about him marrying a wife, they can't stand it. On the contrary, if they say too much, they will be suspected of being jealous and narrow-minded.
There are not so many fools in the world, and there are not so many people who can come to Fengtai Academy to study.
Before, he might have said a few sour words behind his back, but now even if he doesn't like people, he won't take the initiative to provoke troubles. Who knows how far Li Chengze can go in the future, he doesn't belong to any faction, such people are actually the safest to make friends with, no need Worried about being implicated.
If you are lucky enough to be an official in the same dynasty in the future, it is better to have one more friend than one more enemy.
So another half a month passed.
Today, after the last two classes, it was time for a ten-day holiday. Li Cheng was sorting out his homework, and Duan Yan was packing up his clothes and other sundries.
Qin Ran and the other two students in the same courtyard had already greeted each other and left first.
After a while, Yuan Bao came in from outside and reported with a smile, saying that the master's carriage had been called and he was waiting outside.
Li Cheng nodded and ordered the two of them to leave.
But at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, Yuan Bao turned his head and ran over, seeing that it was a schoolboy running errands for the masters and wives in the courtyard, he called inside, "Young master." He hurriedly asked what's the matter.
The little boy took two steps, saluted Li Chengze politely, with a smile on his face, and said Mr. Li, Mr. Yan, invited him to come over.
Li Chengze showed surprise on his face, but only for a moment.
Mr. Yan looking for him? Li Cheng's face was normal, and he didn't delay, and let Xiaotong lead him there.
Mr. Yan has his own courtyard in the academy, which is not far from their dormitory.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the door of the study, and Li Cheng pushed the door and entered by himself.
Turning around a screen, I looked up and saw Mr. Yan writing something on the desk.
He didn't bother, just waited outside for half a quarter of an hour, until Mr. Yan put down the last stroke and raised his hand to put away the pen.
Mr. Yan glanced this way, there was no special expression on his face, he just said in a deep voice: "Come here, let's see how the old man writes this word."
Li Cheng raised his hand and bowed first, bluntly saying that the students did not dare, but he still walked forward as he said.
Li Cheng lowered his head and glanced at the sample book case, and saw the four large characters that Mr. Yan had just left on the rice paper. This character is majestic at first glance, and the strokes are vigorous and hidden, but the strokes are restrained, and the more you look at it, the more amazing it becomes.
really a good word
"Mr. is really good at calligraphy, and the students really admire him." Li Cheng said it sincerely.
But Mr. Yan only said: "Just write a few words and have a look with the old man."
Li Cheng didn't shirk, flicked his sleeves, picked up the pen and pondered for a moment, and wrote a line with the pen.
After he finished writing, he was about to pick up the paper and hand it over. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of some papers next to the desk. The handwriting on them was his own. It turned out to be the papers of his previous two ten-day exams. Li Cheng couldn't help but move in his heart.
After reading Li Chengze's words, Mr. Yan commented a few words lightly, and then said something else.
Suddenly, the subject changed, and Mr. Yan asked, "Do you know why I called you here?"
Li Cheng said naturally: "Students don't know."
Mr. Yan stroked his beard, laughed a few times, and did not answer him, but took out a few books from his seat, and said slowly: "Take these two books back and read, and there are two questions , take it and do it, and then bring it to me to see when it’s done.”
Li Cheng understood a little bit, and with a happy look on his face, he thanked him sincerely, took away the things Mr. Yan gave, and then withdrew.
After leaving the courtyard, Li Cheng sighed. If he guessed correctly, Mr. Yan's behavior probably meant that he wanted to accept him as a disciple. .
He chuckled to himself, then suppressed the matter, not intending to tell anyone.
After that, he called Shang Yuanbao and Duan Yan out of the academy together, and went to Li's house.
Gu Qingci also had a letter here, knowing that Li Chengze was coming back, so the servants cleaned up the house properly.
As soon as they met, Gu Qingci got tired of being intimate, and kept calling her husband.
In the middle of June, the weather has become hotter. In the past few days, there has been an extra article in the morning newspaper, which is about Yan Guo's upcoming visit.
Presumably the Ministry of Rites has already started preparations.
Gu Qingci knew this matter better than Li Chengze, after all, she was practicing Cuju every day, and there were many sources of news.
Yan Guoren is coming, which means that the competition is about to start. Recently, the girls have become a little nervous.
Master Cuju is even more attentive, if she fails to teach this team well, she will also be inseparable.
"The princess said that it will be at the end of the month, and it will be the beginning of July later, which is a little later than originally planned. The other courtyard for the reception of King Yan and the princess has already been prepared, just waiting for people to come," Gu Qingci As if thinking of something, he asked again: "If there is a match with Princess Yan in the future, will my husband have a holiday there, so I won't have time to watch?" According to her idea, Li Cheng would naturally go. It is to cheer her up.
Li Cheng replied: "This matter is still uncertain. If there is no vacation in the academy, it will not be free. If it is just in time for the ten-day vacation, I don't know."
Without knowing the specific situation, Li Chengze didn't directly agree to it, lest if he couldn't do it, it would be hard to say that he broke his promise, and the most feared thing was that Gu Qingci would take the opportunity to make trouble again.
The first two of the Li family were living in harmony and smoothly, while Li Cheng's reputation in the academy was gradually growing.
The atmosphere of the Gu family in Mingde Hou Mansion is not so good.
First, the old lady Lei Li resorted to taking advantage of the fact that the second master was not at home, and directly asked Aunt Zhou to be gagged and sent to the countryside.
It's too late to take care of the second master when he comes back, unless he dares to ask the old lady regardless of anything.
However, the fact is that no matter how much the second master loves Aunt Zhou, he would not dare to make trouble with his mother.
He didn't dare to say no to the old lady, so he could only vent his anger on the second wife.
Regardless, the second master rushed to the main courtyard and scolded the second wife for being a snake and a scorpion, without the slightest virtuousness, that she couldn't even accommodate a concubine.
He even ordered the second wife to kowtow to the old lady to admit her mistake, and asked her to bring Aunt Zhou back.
The second wife drank a cup of tea as if watching a joke.
Then he looked at the second master with the eyes of a fool, and said with a sarcastic smile: "The master is so powerful, why don't you go to the old lady to intercede, don't you really think that I have no temper at your disposal? Hahaha, really Laughing to death, the master knows what the old lady said. She said that the concubine Zhou had instigated the girl and ruined the family's reputation, so she was sent to the countryside. The master loves your sweetheart so much, you should personally You only show your sincerity by begging for mercy, but you come here to scold me for what, even if you scold me to death, your Aunt Zhou may not come back."
The two of them have already torn their faces apart, the second wife is not afraid of people, seeing the ashen face of the second master, she feels very happy in her heart.
Continued: "Master wanted to make a good relationship with Wugu, and he didn't clear it up in advance. It just caused me to misunderstand. He went straight there and was humiliated and came back. Do you know what the people over there said? People say that even if her son can't marry a wife, he won't ask for a concubine to come in. Master, listen to it yourself, and you won't be angry if you hear it like this? So don't blame the old lady for being cruel, no matter what the mother does, it's for The reputation of the family, there is a seventh girl in the third room who is not married, although she is a concubine, but now she is not separated, living in a mansion, in the eyes of outsiders, she can't write two Gu characters in one stroke .”
Feel free to finish what you want to say, and the second wife is too lazy to look at the face of the second master who is about to kill, so she helps the maid to go to the third room, and it would be good to talk to the third wife.
Some people rejoice and others cry.
These days, Gu Qingwan's life is very difficult. First, he made him kneel down in the ancestral hall, and then the old lady sent the very strict old lady by her side to Gu Qingwan's yard, saying that it was to teach the rules, don't be such a big person Turn around and go out to embarrass the Gu family.
At the same time, he passed a message to the second wife, asking her to quickly find a suitable family for the fifth girl to settle down.
The second wife agreed with a smile.
At first Gu Qingwan also went to the second master and cried fiercely a few times, she was so pitiful that she begged her father to take her aunt back, how could her aunt be weak enough to endure the hardships in the village, and said that the second wife didn't like Aunt Zhou, she was willing To bear this crime for my aunt, I only ask my wife to forgive my aunt this time.
This is pretending to be pitiful and at the same time not forgetting to put eye drops on the second wife, but it is not clear that Aunt Zhou was killed by the second wife.
The second master was furious again when he heard this, and reassured his daughter, saying that he would definitely bring her aunt back.
And when the nanny on the old lady's side went to Gu Qingwan's yard, Gu Qingci's methods were no longer effective.
This nanny is not bad at all, even though her clothes are kind and her face is friendly, but people dare not despise her, and if she looks at her more, it is as if she has seen through her heart.
Gu Qingwan's yard is strictly controlled, when the servants take their shifts and what they do, they have their own rules and regulations, which are clear.
Gu Qingwan just wanted to go to the second master to intercede and cry, or to ask someone to send some news to Aunt Zhou, but it didn't work.
Gu Qingwan smashed a lot of things in the house, and the nanny acted as if she didn't hear her, she half-closed her eyelids and let her go.
More than ten days passed like this.
One day, the old lady went back to the old lady's Shoukang Hospital with a serious face.
The second wife didn't pay much attention to the report at first, but she didn't expect that at 1:00 in the evening, someone quietly came to the old lady's yard, saying that the old lady asked the second wife to come and talk.
The second wife's eyelids twitched at the time, and the maid beside her quickly took out a purse and stuffed it in, asking what's the matter.
The servant girl whispered that the old lady looked bad, but she added that she was afraid that the second wife would be worried, and asked someone to call the eldest lady.
The second wife really took it easy, and sent the girl back to have a conversation, saying that she would change her clothes and go there.
The second wife guessed a lot in her heart, but still couldn't figure out why the old lady called people over so late, so she had to pack up and take the maid to go.
When we arrived at the Shoukang Hospital, the eldest wife and the second wife entered the main room, and the old lady sent out all the servants in the house, leaving only one old mother.
Then with a gloomy face, she asked Mammy to tell the matter.
The old mammy said it in a straightforward manner, and said everything in detail.
After the eldest lady and the second wife listened, they seemed not to come together.
The horror on his face was unbelievable.
It took me a long time to come back to my senses.
The second wife shook her hands and took two deep breaths. Even though she lowered her voice, she could hear the anger inside, "You, what did you say, say it again, I think I was deaf and misheard, you said fifth girl, She she...!"
The second wife couldn't say those words.
His face turned red and pale, obviously still in disbelief.
What did Mammy say
She said that the fifth girl has a body
Gu Qingwan is not married yet, how could she have a body!
It's strange that the old lady's face is like that. If this matter gets out, the reputation of the entire Gu family will be ruined!
The eldest lady's complexion was not much better than the second wife's, and she was trembling in her heart.
Furious!
She is the wife in charge of Zhongfu, and such a scandal has happened in their house, and it's not that the old lady said that she still doesn't know about it!
The eldest lady did not question the authenticity of this matter at all.
Because the old lady said the words, who is the old lady, how can she wrong a junior, so this is absolutely true!