A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 224 Qi Mansion, Gu Mansion. (two more)

Qi Yuanchen seemed to be just a child having a little tantrum, and after being comforted by Qi Huan, he never mentioned it again.

But the next day, Gu Zhan was in a good mood, and when he went to court again, His Majesty the Emperor sat in the hall, and his eyes swept him back and forth several times while discussing politics, but he hesitated to speak.

This kind of thing, one and a half times, is nothing.

After all, Gu Zhan is his brother-in-law, and it is human nature for a brother-in-law to pay attention to his brother-in-law.

But so often...

It is so frequent that the officials of the Manchu Dynasty are faintly aware of it, and everyone will inevitably have to speculate secretly.

But nothing happened to Gu Zhan recently, it was just a marriage.

Is it—

Is it because His Majesty the Emperor or the Empress is dissatisfied with his marriage partner?

Everyone else was fine, but it was just a matter of watching the excitement, Qi Zhengyu and Qi Wenjing and his son were almost worried in the second half.

Qi Wenjing had even secretly made up his mind to arrest his prospective son-in-law and question him as soon as he came down to court.

Then—

After the emperor announced his retirement, he paused, and suddenly pointed at Gu Zhan: "Gu Zhan, I just received a letter from the old Duke from the Northwest Army yesterday. A new plan for deployment and food supply. You are most familiar with the situation in the Northwest Army, follow me to the Imperial Study Room, and think about it for me."

turn out to be--

Is it for business?

Qi Wenjing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but then his heart hung up again.

When he went back yesterday night, when the elders of the Gu family talked to him, they didn't take the initiative to bring up the engagement period for the two children. As the elder of the woman, if the man's family didn't take the initiative to mention such things, he wouldn't be able to catch up. Then, I had to endure it.

Later, after seeing off the guests, he couldn't help but went to Yang Shi to figure out the exact meaning of the Gu family. Yang didn't hide it from him, and told the truth that it was not the Gu family who didn't want to get married as soon as possible, but his own daughter who refused.

In these years, Qi Wenjing has always felt ashamed of his wife and a pair of sons and daughters.

especially--

Qi Zhengyu acted as a demon twice in a row, pushing both Qi Huan and his brother to the edge of the blade once...

As a father, he felt more and more unable to hold his head up in front of the children.

Now that Qi Huan is acting willfully and recklessly, even if he has a hundred disapprovals in his heart, he can only endure it, and he doesn't dare to ask Qi Huan to persuade him.

At this moment, his heart skipped a beat, and an idea popped up——

Gu Zhan has been staying in Beijing for several months this year, and there is no such precedent in previous years. If the Northwest Military News urges him to go back...

Wouldn't the wedding be delayed forever?
He was worried here, but Gu Zhan already bowed to accept the order with his usual expression: "Yes, the minister accepts the order."

The emperor got up and left from the apse.

However, he did not follow immediately, but turned his feet in a different direction, walked towards Qi Wenjing first, bowed very politely and respectfully, and said, "Master, I promised Qi Huan to go to the house to give her something today, now look I don’t have time to go there, please go back tonight and explain to her for me, so that she won’t think I broke the appointment for no reason.”

In fact, there is no agreement between him and Qi Huan, even if there is an agreement——

He had no time to go there by himself, and it was more convenient and concise to send a servant by his side to send a letter.

Now I deliberately came here to strike up a conversation, but it was just to find an opportunity to bring the relationship between the two closer.

Qi Wenjing is just a little pedantic, but not completely unreasonable.

He tried not to show flattered expression on his face, and smiled: "Okay. It's not a big deal at first, I will explain it to Huan'er."

He was talking, but he had trouble addressing him.

Let's just call him by his first name, his status as the son of the Duke's Mansion is much higher than his son of the Downcast Marquis's Mansion.

If you want to be honored by your daughter, be Gu Zhan's elder, and call him a nephew...

From the side of the Pingguo government, the emperor and Gu Zhan are of the same generation, even if his face was swollen, he would not dare to join the emperor as an elder.

Qi Wenjing was so hung up that he didn't fall into the pit, he choked himself a bit.

Fortunately, Gu Zhan reacted quickly enough, and said humbly: "I have a small character Chen Yi, which means shining stars, but because I have not yet reached the crown, this small character is not often used, and the son of the world just calls him by his first name."

This is not something that needs to be humbly excused, Qi Wenjing relieved a bit of embarrassment, and nodded kindly.

Gu Zhan nodded slightly, turned around and followed the emperor from the apse to leave.

As soon as the others left, many people gathered around Qi Wenjing, some flattered him, and others made sarcasm.

But after all——

It was Qi Wenjing who had tasted the feeling of being surrounded by stars, and it was really difficult to deal with it.

Qi Wenyan was used to being indifferent, so he went straight away without looking sideways.

Seeing Gu Zhan walking towards Qi Wenjing, Qi Zhengyu could not help staying to take his own humiliation, and walked out of the hall immediately without looking back.

Qi Wenang followed him step by step, but his attention was not on Qi Wenjing and Gu Zhan behind him, but on the back of Qi Wenyan who was walking in front.

"Father, I just got some news these two days." After thinking about it for a while, he still told Qi Zhengyu: "There is a house near the imperial city in Pingkangfang. The ancestral house of Pin Tongpan’s family in Beijing. His family was convicted and punished for embezzlement of ink and relief money, and the house was taken over by the imperial court. I just took over a batch of official documents two days ago, and found that the Ministry of Industry is repairing that house for half a month. house."

Qi Zhengyu was not interested in these trivial matters, so he said coldly, "Get to the point."

Qi Wenang thought it over and said: "The order to repair the house was issued by the palace. The officials who handled it said that it was His Majesty's oral order handed down by Director Li, but...that house was given to the third child by His Majesty's decree before."

When Qi Zhengyu heard this, he finally paused slightly.

But this is on the way to the court, and all the officials are walking along the way.

His father and son couldn't stand here and talk openly, and he quickly adjusted his state after that, and continued to walk forward as if nothing had happened.

"What's going on?" Qi Zhengyu was puzzled.

It stands to reason that since the house has been bestowed, there is no reason for the imperial court to send people to repair it.

But if you want to say that the house was taken back by the court for some reason...

Recently, I haven't heard any rumors that Qi Wenyan offended the emperor.

Qi Wenang treated this matter very seriously, and only came to tell him after careful verification, so his expression was very solemn: "I have inquired from the official in charge of this matter, and it is said that the third child in the house is going to move in. , but Xiu was the order of the palace, because a cousin of the empress also took a fancy to the house and asked to come to His Majesty. In order to coordinate the relationship between the two parties, His Majesty persuaded the third son to divide half of the house and come out as compensation... ...then asked the Ministry of Industry to repair the entire house in the name of the empress. This news is true, and the third child did go there to discuss the repair plan in person."

He is now officially appointed Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Originally, he should have known about the emperor's order to repair Qi Wenyan's house at the first time. It was only because he was only an agent for this position before, so many other things were officially obtained recently. It took over after the appointment.

Qi Zhengyu's heart was filled with panic in an instant.

In the end, he only said coldly: "Let him go."

What can he say?
When the emperor gave Qi Wenyan this house last year, he beat him on purpose.

Although his parents are still alive, there is no reason to separate the family and set up his own family, but Qi Wenyan was encouraged and supported by the emperor behind his back, so who can say anything?
Seeing his indifferent attitude, Qi Wenang shut his mouth wisely.

His current situation can be described as unprecedented embarrassment.

If at the beginning of this year, Qi Wenyan cleanly cut off the past with his family and moved out to live alone, he should be secretly happy.

after all--

Without this excellent younger brother as a competitor, his chances of getting the right to inherit the title are much higher.

But now-

Qi Huan is engaged to the eldest son of the Duke of Pingguo, who is the toughest and most backed in the capital. The Gu family has no mistress now, as long as she marries, she will be the clan wife of the Gu family!

Qi Wenjing has such a prominent daughter to support him——

No matter how useless he is, no matter how incompetent he is...

Even Qi Zhengyu didn't dare to take the title out of his hands.

and so--

It doesn't make much sense for Qi Wenyan to go out and set up his own family now, but it will only add to his troubles.

Because until today, he is indeed not as good as Qi Wenyan.

Here Gu Zhan followed the emperor to the imperial study.

Su Qinnian took the prince back to the East Palace to study when he came down to court, but he couldn't come here to mix things up.

The emperor walked to the desk and sat down, then raised his hand to signal Gu Zhan: "There are no outsiders here today, so feel free and sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gu Zhan was still adhering to the etiquette of a monarch and minister, and only after thanking him did he find a chair to sit down.

Eunuch Li brought over two bowls of mung bean soup.

The emperor raised his hand again to signal: "Eat a little to cool off the heat."

Gu Zhan took a bowl from the tray, tasted a couple of mouthfuls, and felt that the taste and texture were good, so he ate it all at once.

The emperor himself didn't have a good appetite, and he was happy to see the young man eating, "It suits your appetite? How about I give you another bowl?"

"No." Gu Zhan said, "I'm not very used to sweets, but the mung bean soup here is really good. If you want to reward me... Your kindness is too good to say, then I will be ashamed to accept it."

In private, although the two parties strictly adhered to their identities as monarchs and ministers, after all, Gu Zhan was also raised by the emperor, and Gu Zhan was not overly restrained in front of him.

He looked at Eunuch Li himself.

Eunuch Li looked like a fine man, and immediately continued with a smile: "My son wants to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and bring them to Miss Qi's family later?"

The emperor didn't think so far at first, but when he heard the words, he was forcefully stuffed with dog food, and the mung bean soup couldn't be drunk immediately.

He raised his eyes from the bowl and looked at Gu Zhan.

Gu Zhan admitted generously: "I always run to her to find an excuse, and today I just forgot to go to the restaurant to order a food box."

"Cough..." The emperor coughed twice and put down the bowl.

Gu Zhan thought he was reminding himself not to go too far, so he looked at him a little more seriously and said, "Your Majesty said that he received a note from his grandfather yesterday, did the old man urge the minister to go back?"

"Thanks to your Gu family's tenacious defense for many years, the northwest border has been relatively stable in the past few years." The emperor said, "The old man said that everything is safe these days, and he just reported that everything is safe, so I can rest assured."

Right now, there's no need to go around in circles.

He directly pushed aside the mung bean soup on the table, motioned for Eunuch Li to take it away, then changed the subject, and complained to Gu Zhan earnestly: "I called you here to talk about you, you said you are a kid? How do you do it? For such a big matter as engagement, you can handle it by yourself, without saying hello to Zhen and your sister in advance?"

Gu Zhan said with a smile: "This is not my original intention, but the girl from the Qi family whom I like is too assertive. She went on a trip the day before yesterday. It was a coincidence that I finally coaxed her to let go. I am afraid that the night will be long and dreamy, and she will regret it if she delays it for another day." .”

emperor:……

In the hall, there was a moment of strange silence.

The expressions of the emperor and Eunuch Li were somewhat indescribable.

The emperor pointed at Gu Zhan, wanting to say that he was shameless and worthless, but then he thought about it, he himself has a daughter...

Look at the gap between someone else's son-in-law and the son-in-law I picked——

His Majesty the Emperor felt bad again for a moment.

"Hey!" He sighed, and suddenly he didn't want to care about Gu Zhan's personal affairs anymore, he just asked him, "Is Zhaoyang still hanging out in the military camp all this time?"

"That girl's behavior is more or less measured." Gu Zhan said.

He also told about how he went to the military camp that day and led troops with Yun Cheng to suppress the villagers' fighting.

He said: "I understand His Majesty's love for the princess in my heart. No father would like his daughter to suffer in the military camp, let alone that girl is still a golden branch and jade leaf. But Your Majesty, I am also glad that Cheng'er is such an open-minded and tenacious girl." People, having something to do is better than doing nothing, eating and waiting to die. And...the grandfather at the barracks has repeatedly told General Situ that he will not put the princess in danger."

His Majesty's eyes turned from helplessness to resentment, and then he sighed faintly: "You are really worthy of being brothers and sisters, and the words you say are exactly the same. From the beginning to the end, I, the father, was worried about you."

Gu Zhan smiled and declined to comment.

Men's minds are sometimes very strange. Whether it is an emperor who holds the power of the world, or a decisive iron-blooded general, when facing some people and things, they are even more mother-in-law than ordinary people.

If it was him, in the future when he and Qi Huan had their own daughter, he felt that he should be similar to the current emperor...

Daughter, you can't spoil her too much.

The emperor asked him to come here, in fact, to ask about his marriage and family affairs.

Princess Zhaoyang can only be anxious about this matter, the main reason is that Qi Wenyan seems too unscrupulous, even if he finds Gu Zhan as a military adviser, he can't get any results if he studies together.

In the end, it was Gu Zhan who gave him a big cup of mung bean soup and left with it.

Sitting behind the case, the emperor looked at his back, and sighed again, "There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book. Tell me, my young minister of Dali Temple is a student. It's not as good as a reckless boy who wields a knife and a gun, it's simply unreasonable."

Eunuch Li is indeed inexperienced in this kind of thing, and he can't answer the question even if he looks embarrassed.

Gu Zhan didn't personally deliver mung bean soup to Qi Huan that day, he was stopped and invited by the Ministry of War as soon as he left the palace, so he had no choice but to send Jiang Xuan to send the things to the Marquis of Changning.

After that, for two consecutive days, he was arrested and dragged away by the people of the Ministry of War as soon as he went to court.

After a total of more than half a month, Qi Wenyan and Yun Cheng's house was repaired.

His Majesty the Emperor took the opportunity to ask Eunuch Li to send a letter to Yun Cheng, and asked her to come back and take a look, and if there was anything dissatisfied, he could continue to rebuild as soon as possible.

As for the real purpose——

Naturally, the drunken man does not want to drink.

After three reminders and four invitations, Yun Cheng finally came back reluctantly that day, without a word of nonsense, went back to the courtyard where she lived in the Pingguo Mansion, packed all her things and sent them to the new house, and then said The silent person left again.

The emperor was in a hurry again.

Then, Master Shaoqing of Dali Temple, who had always been low-key and unreasonable, suddenly became sensible. After the move was settled, he actually posted a post to his colleagues and his family, saying that he was going to hold a housewarming banquet.

Holding the post, Qi Huan felt that the sun might come out from the west today.

But Qi Wenjing was very excited, and immediately asked for leave.

After returning home, he came over to discuss with Yang himself to see what he could prepare to help Qi Wenyan.

But Qi Wenyan's housewarming banquet was set for the next day, and there was no time to help, so Yang said, "It's too late to prepare anything now, why don't we wait until we come back from the banquet tomorrow, and see what he needs to help with. I prepared it and sent it away. They are all from my own family anyway, and Wen Yan will not be offended."

Qi Wenjing circled around the room excitedly, naturally he was easy to talk to: "That's right."

The next day, their husband and wife discussed with the second room to go there together and bring Qi Yuanchen with them. There were a lot of people, so they had to be extra slow when they got ready to accommodate each other.

Gu Zhan came early, Qi Huan simply said hello to Yang Shi, and left with Gu Zhan first.

She took out her own horse, and the two of them rode side by side to Qi Wenyan's house, and then they found a place to get off the horse at the gate and were stunned.

On that gate, there were two plaques hanging side by side.

Letter-

One is "Qi Mansion" and the other is "Gu Zhai".

Qi Huanjiong was full of energy, and turned to Gu Zhan, "Are you sure this is my third uncle's new home? Could it be some surprise gift you prepared for me?"

　His Majesty the Emperor: It is also the same as being a father-in-law to others. My life is suffering!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)