delicious little cook

Chapter 617 Be patient

It was already mid-afternoon when Gu Yun returned to the Zhongming Courtyard. The three men discussed many things in the main hall, and finally decided that Tong Hanlin would go home alone to make some preparations. Mrs. Liu Tong will spend the night at the Duke Ye's mansion. Get better and go home.

Hanlin is a close minister of the emperor, and if he is bullied to such an extent by a commoner with no official position, if he doesn't fight back, he will lose all Hanlin's face.

Gu Yun, who returned to his ear room to rest, drank a few sips of tea, and asked the girl to call Bai Kou.

Bai Kou lifted the curtain and entered the room. Seeing Shizi standing in front of the low cabinet looking for a book, she took off her shoes and walked slowly onto the floor.

"Your Majesty, you said that you gave the servant girl a day off today."

"I regret it." Gu Yun leisurely flipped through the book in his hand, waiting patiently for Bai Kou to come to him.

"Then, what are your orders?"

"The books in the cabinet seem to be sorted out of order, who moved my things?"

"Impossible, the girls all know your habits and won't intentionally make you angry."

"You mean I messed it up myself and forgot?"

"It doesn't mean that."

"I have lost a book, help me find it."

"What's the title of the book? Are you sure it's here instead of in the study?"

"Yeah." Gu Yun replied absently, as if he was really concentrating on finding a missing book.

"What kind of book is that? Thick or thin? Which compartment did you put it in after you read it last time?" Bai Kou had no choice but to approach the low cabinet and look at those compartments.

"Book? What book?"

Gu Yun suddenly changed his face, quickly threw away the book in his hand, put his hands on Bai Kou's face, picked her up and put her on the low cabinet.

"The dignified son actually cheated?!"

"This is called soldiers never tire of deceit."

Gu Yun clasped the back of Bai Kou's head, lowered her head, and the two of them pressed their foreheads together, and triumphantly pecked a few times at the corner of her mouth.

"Just talk if you have something to say, after talking this afternoon, what did you learn?" Bai Kou waited until there was a gap, raised his hand and pushed Gu Yun's face away.

"That's why I regret letting you go."

"The servant girl drank too much pond water, and now she has a stomachache, so she has to take sick leave."

Gu Yun laughed loudly, kissed Bai Kou on the cheek a few times, and then hugged her down.

"There are indeed some things that people can't figure out."

Gu Yun pulled Bai Kou and sat down on the spot against the low cabinet. There was a low table in front of them to cover them. Even if a girl accidentally came in, they couldn't see what they were doing. It was a good hidden position.

"Since we can get married, we must know something about the background of our family. Is there really nothing suspicious?" Bai Kou asked.

"If there is something suspicious, there will be no marriage."

"Who proposed to marry them first?"

"It seems that they talked about it when they were chatting with each other. I don't know who mentioned it first."

"That's right, in the private conversation between husband and wife, you can remember who said what clearly."

"Any inspiration to talk about?"

"East Palace got the news a long time ago, why hasn't there been any movement yet?"

"I don't know, I didn't ask, how about I ask tomorrow?"

"There is no need to inquire. This matter has entered Yingtian Mansion, and it will be known to the whole capital within today, and news from various quarters will come out tomorrow."

"Yeah, the East Palace has searched for so long, but I don't know what they found, and there is no movement at all." Gu Yun looked up at the ceiling and made a grimace.

"If the man's social circle is normal." Bai Kou deliberately paused, and glanced at Gu Yun, "Do you still remember the experience and lessons of the Wangjiang Tower arson case?"

Gu Yun pondered for a moment with a blank expression, and then his eyes lit up with a sudden realization.

"Men who seem to have nothing to do with each other on the surface, look up the woman behind them."

"Miss Tong's marriage is probably brought up by Mrs. Tong." Bai Kou clicked his tongue sympathetically, "If Miss Tong really has something wrong, Mrs. Tong will not regret it for the rest of her life."

"So, that man's family didn't know whose family was behind them secretly, so that they didn't pay attention to the Hanlin, who was the emperor's close minister, and oppressed them wantonly."

"The left and right are not within the scope of the official department."

"Hey?!"

"Dare to bribe the Tong family members to be lobbyists with a smooth official path, try to force Miss Tong to marry, dare to boast about such a big Haikou, just because their family is rich, the servant girl will not believe it, there must be someone backing the officialdom, but since it is hidden No one knows, and naturally only the female relatives can contact in private to make sense, and what is difficult for men can almost be done in the circle of wives."

"The Ministry of Officials only dismissed a meritorious doctor last year."

"Official household etiquette, soldiers and criminals, the order of the six departments is like this. Since the official department is the head of the six departments, it is naturally the focus of competition among the forces of all parties."

"But our Grand Master has promised that there will be no more major cases involving senior officials."

"This is Tong Hanlin's case, and it can't be blamed on the Duke. He didn't break his promise." Bai Kou smiled slyly.

"How cunning."

Gu Yun raised his hand and tapped the tip of Bai Kou's nose, suddenly remembered something.

"It's an advantage that this matter broke out completely. There are so many people in the Imperial Academy, and they must not be monolithic. Everyone has their own interests. It's a good time to see who they get close to and form cliques with. "

"Don't forget to pay attention to the movement of the official department tomorrow, maybe someone is already jumping anxiously."

"I guess their husband's family has acted recklessly to such an extent. It should be their own initiative. They feel sorry for their son as a single dead dog. They want to find him a companion and enjoy the incense of future generations, but they must not have the permission of their backers to do this. After all, civilians without officials and jobs do not have a deep understanding of the officialdom in the capital, after all, they are not in it."

"You are truly a kind and pure son."

"You're making fun of me."

"No, being optimistic is a very good quality. The man's family is a big gentry in his hometown. Their family runs a business in the capital and takes care of the clansmen by the way. The only son has been studying in a private academy in the capital. He passed the Juren exam at a young age. The family social circle is really talking and laughing, there is no white man, saying that they don't even understand the basic common sense of the officialdom? You are insulting them. Now doing this kind of thing is nothing more than being arrogant and used to it, so that the eyes are long On the top of the head, I didn't pay attention to the Hanlin who is the emperor's close minister, thinking that the Hanlin can also be squeezed and flattened by them."

Gu Yun raised his eyebrows, his expression became serious, and his sitting posture was correct.

"Even if the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is the backer, he can't give such support, there must be someone behind him!"

"So the power that actually controls the bureaucracy may be exposed." Bai Kou slightly curved his lips.

"Could it be related to Liang Zhongshan?"

"Who knows, the sage has so many sons, everyone is possible."

"But there are not many princes who are strong enough to hold the entire bureaucracy in their own hands."

"Then make a list and watch it get better in the next few days. There will always be someone who can't hide their tail, not themselves, but also their family members or even their servants."

"Who do you hope to reveal the secret?" Gu Yun said as he stood up and moved to the low table to sit down.

"Of course it's a servant of the family, but the servants who know the most secrets don't go out easily, and those who can gossip with outsiders can't get in touch with the secrets of the master, which is quite contradictory." Bai Kou also got up and spread paper on the table Grind ink.

"Be patient, as long as you show your tail, you will definitely have a chance to catch it."

Gu Yun smiled slightly, picked up a pen and dipped it in ink, and wrote down the list of princes who had the strength to intervene and control the officialdom in the capital on the paper.

(End of this chapter)