Zhao Chunxi was very ill. He even took a few strong medicines to reduce his high fever. He had to lie in bed for ten days and a half to recover. Guan Suyi learned about the situation from the Imperial Physician, and secretly said "yes" in her heart, but she was very distressed on the face, and went to visit with soup every day. Now she has developed a new hobby, that is, silently admiring Zhao Chunxi and clearly resisting hatred, but she has to pretend to be grateful.
On this day, putting the stewed turtle soup in the food box, she led Ming Lan yo-yo to Penglai Garden. As for Mingfang, as early as the day after the wedding, she volunteered herself to take care of the seriously ill eldest young lady. At this moment, she might be dreaming of being a concubine.
The two walked and chatted, walking slowly, and they were not afraid of the soup being cold. Anyway, Zhao Chunxi never drank it.
Minglan rubbed her nose and couldn't stand the fishy smell of turtle soup, "Miss, why do you stew turtle soup every time? The smell is so strong that most people don't like to drink it."
Guan Suyi let out a low laugh, "It's right that the grandson of Wang Bagui should drink turtle soup. This is what ordinary people say to complement the shape. As long as the uncle comes to eat in the future, you must pass on this dish, remember?" It would be fun for him to make up a million-year-old eighth!
Minglan didn't know why the master hated the uncle so much. Although she had a smile on her face and a gentle tone of voice, there was a big problem with the choice of words. What kind of beasts, bastards, and grandsons, each one was inferior to the other. Uncle dug up her ancestral grave in the last life.
Even though there were thousands of doubts in her heart, Minglan didn't dare to ask questions, but she just guarded the food box more carefully.
"Miss, you're here." As soon as the two stepped into Penglai Garden, Mingfang hurriedly greeted them, lifting the curtain and smiling, "Come in, Miss Fang Cai is still talking about you, asking the slave maid when you will come. Hou. My father has just arrived, he has a lot of snow particles on his body, and he is changing clothes in the compartment."
The door curtain made of shells and jade beads clapped for a while, and then a crimson shadow moved gently, stepping through the door, illuminating the dark interior. Zhao Chunxi quickly sat up and shouted affectionately, "Mother, my daughter has been ill for a long time, it is really a drag on you. Piao Xu, move the embroidered pier to the side of the bed, so that my mother can sit closer to me, We mother and daughter hold hands and talk to each other."
Guan Suyi caressed the back of her hand without a trace, feeling goosebumps all over it. Zhao Chunxi probably already knew that her dowry was sent to the main room by the old lady, so her attitude changed greatly. She remembered that in her previous life, before she got her dowry back, she was so flattering, acting like a spoiled child, and coaxing herself around. Now that I think about it, the age difference between the two is not too big. One is thirteen, the other is eighteen, and it is only five years.
This point is probably with Ye Zhen, and Ye Fan is not bad, it really is the origin of family learning.
As soon as Guan Suyi sat down on the embroidered pier, Zhao Luli came in. Seeing Minglan carrying a bowl of turtle soup to feed her daughter, she hurriedly said, "I'm hungry too, give me a bowl first." After taking a sip, he put it down, and said with contentment, "It tastes good, but it's a little hot. Let it cool down a bit before using it."
Will you drink it when it cools down? Guan Suyi smiled and agreed, but her heart was clear. The father and daughter were not sure how to guard against her in their hearts. It was probably the same in her previous life, but she was full of gratitude to the Hou Mansion and didn't think much about it. Wangba drinks Wangba soup, which is just right.
Zhao Luli felt that the smile of his new wife was a little weird, but he couldn't tell it for a while, so he quickly put it aside. He wouldn't let his children get too close to her until he was sure that the other party was harmless. The three of them made a fool of themselves, and when the snow stopped outside, they each breathed a sigh of relief.
Stepping out of Penglai Garden and making sure that there was no one around, Minglan complained, "Look at how polite the Marquis is, I really don't treat you as one of my own. There is also Miss Zhao, who seems to be very affectionate and affectionate on the surface. The words are also beautiful and not leaking, but the slaves think about it in private, and always feel that something is wrong."
Guan Suyi brushed off the goose bumps on the back of her hand, smiling without saying a word. When the two walked to the Fang Nuan Pavilion, they saw a handsome boy in a mink coat jumping and running over. When they saw the master and servant, their eyes widened immediately, "Are you the Guan family? I hid on the day of the wedding room. I saw you secretly under the window."
Guan Suyi was about to answer when he rushed over spontaneously and put his arm around her and shook it, "My sister is ill, and daddy wants to accompany her, no one will play with me. Walk around and go ice skating with me."
"Are you Zhao Wangshu? If I remember correctly, you should be taking classes in the clan at this hour?" Guan Suyi bent over to look at him with a playful expression.
Now that Confucianism is prevalent, the emperor also released a message a few days ago that he wants to elect officials through imperial examinations. This is the first step to break the dictatorship of the aristocratic family, and it is also the first step to abolish the nine-rank Zhongzheng system. Although there were many obstacles from the aristocratic clans, they had no choice but to lose too much of their heritage in the war, and they were unable to resist the new emperor. There were so many cold men in the world that they did their best to support them. Therefore, within three years, the imperial election system was established. It will be the most important way to get a job. Although Zhao Luli is a living king, he has some knowledge, so he established a family study on the day the government decree came out, and invited a Hongru to be a master for his son, hoping that one day he would be able to rely on his talents and learn to enter the official career.
However, Zhao Wangshu did not appreciate it, and tried his best to play truant and be lazy. He is ten years old this year, the age at which he loves to play and play and hates dogs. He dragged his stepmother into the frozen lotus pond, "I'm leaving school early. Come on, there are snowdrifts over there. Burying the sled board that Zhao Erbao made for me is so much fun!"
Guan Suyi was staggered, she finally stood up and said, "You go to the clan school with me first. If you really get off school, I will take you to play. But if you lie to me, I'm going to tell your father."
"I said that after school is the end of school, why are you so reckless?" Zhao Wangshu was a little angry and stomped his feet, "My father asked the emperor to get the positions of your father, so why did you marry into the Zhao family? Pangaozhi'er, be obedient and humble in everything, how can you mess with this young master? Do you want to accompany this young master to play, give me a word!"
"I don't want to accompany you. Let's go, I'll take you to Hui clan to study." Guan Suyi stepped forward to pull Zhao Wangshu, but he broke away three or two times, and ran ten meters away in a flash, yelling angrily, "Well, you Guan family, you actually I'm in charge of the young master! I don't want you to be my mother, that's why Daddy divorces you! And don't even think about being an official of your grandfather and your father, this is the end of offending this young master!" The words fell forcefully He stamped his feet and ran away quickly, afraid that he would be taken by the Hui people to learn.
Guan Suyi stared at his retreating back with an unpredictable expression. In her previous life, she had a headache for her stubborn stepson, and spent countless energy teaching and persuading her. Because her grandfather devoted his life to teaching and educating people, she also had a bit of means under her eyes and ears, and slowly corrected her stepson, and raised her very well. Unexpectedly, not only was he not grateful, but he also framed his stepmother for having an affair with a foreign man, and abruptly rubbed off the last trace of her warmth towards the Hou Mansion.
Once again, Guan Suyi still has the time to teach this bear child, just watching him grow and crooked, and finally destroy it in Ye Fan's hands. The snowflakes that had just subsided began to flutter and fall again. She caught one, covered it in the palm of her hand, and said in a low voice, "Go back."
Minglan followed tremblingly and asked in a low voice, "Miss, why don't you chase the young master back and play sleds with him? Even if you don't like Marquis, you have to think about the old man and the old man, their official positions are entirely dependent on Marquis. Grandpa…”
Before the little girl could finish speaking, Guan Suyi sneered, "Who told you that the Guan family depends on the Houfu?"
"But everyone said that." Minglan muttered.
"It seems that this rumor has spread all over Zhenbei Hou's Mansion?" Guan Suyi held back her smile, her expression cold and stern, "If I were to change to a woman with short-sightedness and ignorance of characters, I might be fooled by this rumor, and then I am very grateful to the Hou Mansion, and I am frightened. I don't know what the people who spread this rumor behind me regard me as Guan Suyi, an idiot? With Zhao Luli's useless behavior, he can ask for a super-rank official, and he thinks he can fly? "
"Miss, isn't the official position of the master and the old man not requested by the Houye?" Minglan couldn't believe that the Guan family, who came from a humble family, would be valued by the high-ranking emperor, after all, there were so many gentry in Yanjing.
Guan Suyi categorically denied it and didn't explain it, because Minglan couldn't understand it at all. But this is not her fault. The ninth-rank Zhongzheng system has been in vogue for hundreds of years. Only the disciples of the noble family can hold high positions, and even the lofty ideals of the poor family cannot find the rank of entry. There is no such example of sudden wealth like the Guan family. It is like a fairy tale in the ears of the common people. If this story is related to the Duke of Zhenbei, it will become credible. Without the help of Zhenbeihou, how could the family be today? This is about the consensus of ordinary people.
However, behind the appearance, who would have thought that this is a majestic emperor paving the way for his eternal life? Not to mention the common people who are trapped within an inch of heaven and earth, and even many nobles, I am afraid they can't imagine that it is so far-reaching. Thinking of someone sitting on the dragon chair, Guan Suyi couldn't tell whether she admired more or resented more. After all, the tragedy of her two lifetimes was always inseparable from him.
But he was too far away from her, as far away as in the sky, so she could only look up, not to speak of resentment.
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Guan Suyi did not trace the source, nor did he kill the chickens to warn the monkeys or suppress the rumors. Only the next day, when Zhao Luli and her returned to Ning and attended the family banquet, he suddenly raised a glass of wine and invited her, "I heard from the people in the house that both grandfather and father have both official positions. The concubine asked for it, and the concubine is very grateful for it. The two of them were new to the officialdom, and they didn’t understand everything, so I bothered the prince to take care of it. The concubine drinks this cup first, and the prince is free to do so.”
Zhao Luli, who was still smiling, stiffened instantly, not knowing how to respond to these words.
Father Guan and Father Guan looked at him together, their eyes full of scrutiny. Being able to teach Guan Suyi so well, they are naturally not short-sighted. They have already understood the emperor's intention to reuse the Guan family, and they understand how to deal with themselves in the future. This official position is not sought by anyone, it is entirely based on their true talents and real learning. However, such rumors spread from the Zhao family, didn't they throw the granddaughter (daughter) and even the face of the Guan family on the ground
Guan's father and son, who had a good impression of Zhao Luli, who was polite and handsome, now showed a little contempt.
Zhao Luli looked at his new wife, and then looked at the others, his knuckles slowly folded, and he almost crushed the wine glass. Where does he have the ability to seek the throne of Emperor Shi and Jiuqing for the Guan family? If these words spread to Huo Shengzhe's ears, how could he laugh at his boasting and lamentable? In particular, the Guan family's father and son are now the emperor's close ministers, and it is very likely that he will mention a few words before him. That scene was equivalent to ripping off his face abruptly and stamping on it, which was unbearably painful.
Zhao Luli never dared to respond to Guan Suyi's toast, and wished he could go underground and flee back to the Hou's Mansion, strangling all the rumour-mongers to death. He was already embarrassed enough, and Huo Shengzhe must never be seen in his worse side.