"aunt!"
On the way back to Yongshou Palace, Zhuang Yuexi couldn't help but stopped Concubine Zhuang.
Concubine Zhuang glanced at her sideways: "What's wrong?"
Zhuang Yuexi is the noble daughter of the Zhuang family, she is dignified and quiet, and her aunt just now was a little out of her mind.
Zhuang Yuexi knew that something was wrong, and handed the flower basket in her hand to the palace maid beside her, carrying her skirt to catch up with Concubine Zhuang, and whispered, "Yue'er has lost her temper, please aunt to punish."
Concubine Zhuang Gui said without anger, "You've been wrong since you just met the county lord Hui. After all, what kind of grudges do you have with others?"
"No hatred." Zhuang Yuexi whispered.
Concubine Zhuang doesn't know her niece yet? Since childhood, she has been the most honorable daughter in the capital. She is extremely intelligent, talented and beautiful, and has never met an opponent.
Gu Jinyu was not as famous as Zhuang Yuexi in his early years, but he was canonized as the county head first, and then made a big splash in the women's school, and gradually became as famous as Zhuang Yuexi.
Gu Jinyu can't surpass Zhuang Yuexi at the moment, but with Zhuang Yuexi's dignity, it is a failure to be on an equal footing with others.
Concubine Zhuang continued to walk forward, and as she walked, she said, "Is it because of these that you don't like the Hui County Lord? Auntie told you that you are the daughter of the banker.
Zhuang Yuexi is not because of this.
Zhuang Yuexi lowered her eyes and said, "Auntie taught her a lesson." After a pause, she said, "But why does Auntie suddenly care about the marriage of Hui County Lord? Does Auntie want to be a matchmaker for her?"
Concubine Zhuang Gui smiled lightly: "Ben Gong wants to, but she has to nod her head and agree."
Zhuang Yuexi was just testing her aunt, but she unexpectedly got this answer: "Aunt... Who do you want to marry her? Big cousin? Or—"
Concubine Zhuang did not smile.
Zhuang Yuexi's heart skipped a beat: "Aunt, don't you want to marry her to your brother and let her be my sister-in-law?"
The banker has several direct sons, but the only one who is unmarried is the King of Anjun.
Concubine Zhuang did not admit or deny it.
Zhuang Yuexi's eyes suddenly panicked: "Auntie, she is not worthy of brother! She is not the real daughter of the Hou's mansion, but a rural peasant girl. Even if your majesty canonized her as the county head, it is just a good reputation. You don't even have a food town, what kind of county owner!"
Concubine Zhuang stopped, and the maids also stopped. Concubine Zhuang stroked a four-season laurel in the basket: "It's true that the county owner is not worthy, but if... she becomes the county owner?"
Zhuang Yuexi was stunned.
On the other side, Lord Gu was once again called by Zhao Shangshu to the main hall where he was handling official business.
Lord Gu has been scolded badly recently, and he couldn't escape another scolding in his heart.
However, to the surprise of Lord Gu, Zhao Shangshu's expression was extraordinarily soft, and he didn't look like he was going to scold him at all!
Lord Gu: Huh
When Zhao Shangshu saw Lord Gu, he showed his first bright smile in months: "Gu Shilang, how is your day?"
Gu Houye was confused by the look and tone of his immediate boss, "Is it good to eat, whether to dress warmly, it is inconvenient to travel, and does the child have any difficulty in studying?"
He had absolutely no idea what was going on.
Zhao Shangshu personally took Gu Houye's wrist and invited the person to sit down on the chair.
Gu Houye looked at the hand that was holding him, and wanted to tell him that a man could not accept a kiss!
Zhao Shangshu said with a smile: "You are true, you have such a promising daughter, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Gu Houye was completely out of the situation.
Zhao Shangshu smiled and sighed, "You are so hard to hide from me! What's there to hide about such an important matter?"
"I, what did I hide from you?" Lord Gu Hou was at a loss.
Zhao Shangshu said: "The people from the Ministry of Military Affairs have been here, and they asked me if the bellows was invented by your daughter?"
Lord Gu pointed to himself: "My daughter?"
Zhao Shangshu frowned: "Don't you know yet?"
Lord Gu shook his head like a rattle.
Zhao Shangshu said, "Then let me ask you, do you have a daughter?"
Lord Gu nodded, "Yes."
Zhao Shangshu continued: "Last summer, were you and your daughter in Qingquan Town, Youzhou?"
Lord Gu nodded again: "Yes."
Zhao Shangshu said again: "Is your daughter Bingxue smart?"
Lord Gu nodded heavily: "Yeah!"
His Jin Yu must be smart! Play smart! If it wasn't for the fact that women were not allowed to take the imperial examinations, his Jin Yu would at least be a high school jinshi!
Zhao Shangshu patted the back of his right hand to the heart of his left hand: "Isn't this the end? Who appeared in that town last year, besides your daughter, is there any other Houfu daughter named Gu?"
When Lord Gu heard this, he understood what was going on, and it was because the court found clues about the little girl.
But... I never heard Jin Yu say it!
Gu Houye was not so eager to take credit for himself, so he decided to go back to the mansion to ask Gu Jinyu about the situation.
This matter fermented much faster than Gu Jinyu imagined. She only read the books of the sages and did not hear anything outside the window. She had no idea what the invention of the blast technology meant to Zhao Guo.
His Majesty seemed calm, but in fact he almost became a fool.
Liang Guo's group of shrewd things used only a little inferior drainage technology to replace their Zhao country's mines. Although the two countries have not fought, but this tone is more unbearable than losing a war.
It's alright now, let's get excited!
All six are also popular with this technology. It can not only be used to make iron, but also improve the quality of metallurgy. What is Zhaoguo? Gold mine!
But having said that, among the six countries, Zhao country has the lowest productivity level, so even if there are many mines, it is still a poor country.
Looking at the people's life, it seems that they are living well, that is, the two emperors are still conscientious, they did not wantonly oppress the people, and they also reduced a lot of taxes. The national treasury is actually very poor, otherwise, can he sell the degree of Guozijian to Lin Chengye
Half of the buildings that the Lin family donated to the Imperial College were dug into the treasury by His Majesty.
However, even though Gu Jinyu didn't know the movements of the imperial court and the Sixth Division, she had personally experienced the changes in her surroundings.
When she came back from the palace, the little maid told her that the female school's academic officer had come, and asked her how her body was recuperating, and when would she go back to class
Gu Jinyu has been recuperating at home for so long, and the female official doesn't come to the door in the morning or at night, but she comes at this time. Who can say that she was not inspired by the Crown Princess
Could it be that the Crown Princess also heard about the bellows
It's not surprising to think about it. Concubine Shu and Concubine Zhuang have heard about it. Can the Crown Princess not hear about it
Afterwards, several daughters who became friends with her but were estranged from her because of her background came back. They came to visit her in the mansion, chatting and laughing, as if the previous unhappiness had never happened.
Why is this
It must have been their father, who was an official in the court, who sent them to her place to inquire about the truth.
If she really is the inventor of the bellows, no one can look down on her no matter how humble her background is. She has done a good deed for the country and the people, and even His Majesty will praise her.
However, what if the real inventor runs out one day
Gu Jinyu was in a tangle.
When Lord Gu returned to the Hou Mansion, Gu Jinyu was sorting out her big suitcase.
This box is full of small things she wrote, painted and made by herself. Yao shi didn't throw them away, she kept them all.
She moved back to her yard and took out all the manuscript papers, she wanted to see if she had ever really had the inspiration for a bellows.
"Jin Yu, what are you doing?" Gu Houye entered the room, looked at the manuscript papers all over the floor, and asked in confusion.
Gu Jinyu raised her slightly embarrassed face and said, "I'm looking for something."
"What are you looking for?" Lord Gu walked in, "Father help you find it."
"A sketch." Gu Jinyu said, "a sketch similar to a bellows."
"What are you talking about?" Gu Houye bent over and picked up a piece of blueprint in the pages of the book. On the blueprint, he drew a crooked box with a very naive technique. There was something that was either a handle or a lever. Three or two layers, at first glance, it is somewhat similar to the shape of the bellows.
Gu Jinyu didn't even know what she had drawn.
But it's definitely not a bellows.
But... a little far-fetched, it really looks like a prototype of a bellows.
"Jin Yu, did you really invent the bellows?" Gu Houye asked.
Gu Jinyu did not rush to answer Gu Houye's words, but said, "Father, what did the people from the Sixth Division say? What clues did they find?"
Lord Gu said, "It's just a girl surnamed Gu, who is related to the Ding'an Marquis Mansion. She should be the daughter of the Marquis Mansion. Ah, yes, she is fourteen or fifteen years old."
That's right, the Ministry of War has been to the front line in the end, and there is a very useful age in the clues I heard.
This basically matched Gu Jinyu.
Gu Jinyu had a bold guess in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it, she went to Yao's yard.
Yao Shi is making clothes for Gu Jiao.
"Mother." Gu Jinyu walked over. The excitement in her heart made her ignore Yao's clothes. She squatted down, grabbed Yao's hand and asked, "Have you been here recently?"
"What's wrong? Are you looking for her?" Yao shi asked.
Gu Jinyu shook her head: "No, I haven't gone to women's school for several days, and I haven't seen my sister. I want to ask how she is doing."
The women's school is next to the medical center. Gu Jinyu goes to school and occasionally sees Gu Jiao, but the two basically do not communicate. Except for the Zhuang sisters, no one in the medical center knows that she and a drug boy from a medical center are sisters.
When it comes to her daughter, Yao's eyebrows are full of doting: "Your sister is very good, it's just that your brother-in-law just finished the spring exam recently, she is a little busy."
Gu Jinyu didn't care, what kind of fame can a poor country boy get? Unlike Anjun Wang, who will definitely be the first in the test.
When Prince An gets first in the exam, he will give her the hairpin.
"Are you feeling better? I heard that you entered the palace today." Yao shi said.
"I'm fine. I should have come to greet my mother first, but Qi Momo urged me, I had to go to see my aunt first. Mother, don't be mad at me."
"No." Yao Shi said.
"By the way, mother, you didn't throw away the manuscript paper I used before, did you?" Gu Jinyu took out a few pieces of paper from her purse that she painted and painted when she was a child, "It's the same as these."
Yao Shi asked, "Didn't you take it all?"
Gu Jinyu said, "I mean those in the villa."
Yao explained, "These were brought from the villa."
Gu Jinyu lowered her eyes: "Then... has my sister ever seen these things?"
Yao shi shook his head: "I didn't show her."
Gu Jinyu raised her head to look at Yao Shi: "Then did she flip through it herself?"
Yao shi asked curiously, "What is she doing with your stuff?"
Not a child anymore.
Children don't do this either. Gu Yan never looked through Gu Jinyu's things when he was a child.
Gu Jinyu smiled: "I didn't mean it that way. She's my sister. My sister has a cold face and a warm heart. I know she actually cares about me."
Yao Shi said, "She cares about you and she won't look at your stuff." Jiaojiao is a good boy with good manners.
Gu Jinyu stopped arguing with her mother, changed the subject and said something else, and Yao Shi was sleepy after a while.
Yao Shi has always been sleepy lately.
Gu Jinyu gave her mother a good rest.
After walking out of the yard, Gu Jinyu suddenly murmured, "Whoever it is, it must have been inspired by peeking at my drawings!"
Little girl: "Miss, what are you talking about?"
Gu Jinyu ignored her, she believed in her conclusion, and no longer worried about revealing the secret.
That's right, she is a talented girl from Zhao Kingdom, and others just stole her inspiration!
She is the real owner!
The next day, Gu Jinyu went to school.
As expected, the daughters who were estranged from her all rushed over to fawn over once again.
"Miss Gu, I heard that you invented the bellows in the imperial court. Is this true?"
"Yeah yeah, is it true?"
"Speak quickly!"
At the entrance of the women's school, Gu Jinyu was blocked by the daughters. Although everyone was inquiring, their eyes were already seven or eight points of certainty.
Otherwise, Gu Jinyu pretended to be sick at home for so long, and suddenly came to school because of a fight
Gu Jinyu smiled humbly and said, "Your Majesty hasn't announced it to the public yet, everyone, don't make it public."
(End of this chapter)