Dirty color

Chapter 111 Letterhead
In this dynasty, scholars were selected through the imperial examination. Since it is an imperial examination to obtain scholars, it is necessary to be able to write beautiful articles before becoming an official.

Mrs. Changxin's eldest brother, he was regarded as a child prodigy since he was a child. He was very clever. Later, he made his way up and won the imperial examination at the age of 16. After that, he won the Jinshi in the first examination, although he was not a first-class scholar. He was the No. [-] scholar in the list, but he was also the top two in high school, and then he entered the Imperial Academy, and it was smooth sailing after that.

Next, Mrs. Chang Xinbo's second brother, although not as powerful as the eldest brother, was admitted to Jinshi in his early twenties, and then Mrs. Chang Xinbo's third brother was also awarded Jinshi.

Brothers are all Jinshi, and the other is Chuanlu, which is really rare. Some people wrote to the emperor and flattered them, saying that such a situation can occur because the emperor is wise, and his literary and military strategies are unmatched. Derby Yao and Shun Yu Tang, the merits of Qin Huang Han Wu... There will be a grand occasion for the three brothers to become Jinshi, all because of the merits of the emperor's enlightenment.

As soon as the emperor was happy, he promoted the eldest brother of the Tang family. The eldest brother of the Tang family was also a shrewd person. He hugged the emperor's thigh tightly and made a flowery Fu to praise the emperor.

The emperor kept the three brothers of the Tang family in mind.

As a sign of the emperor's meritorious service in enlightenment, the official careers of the three brothers of the Tang family will be smoother. After all, they are the emperor's favorite, aren't they?

Moreover, except for the third brother, the three brothers of the Tang family are all quite good at business, and they have thoroughly studied the philosophy of being an official, so now, the eldest brother of the Tang family is the Minister of the Household Department, and the second brother of the Tang family is Zhan Shifu of Zhan Shifu. Hot people.

Of course, the most important thing is that the eldest brother of the Tang family is almost certain to join the cabinet in the future, so naturally many people want to curry favor with the Tang family.

Today, Zhao Zongyuan's incident caused a lot of trouble in the city. Naturally, the three wives of the Tang family knew about it. Mrs. Tang disliked this sister-in-law a little, and Mrs. Tang Er and Mrs. Tang San also disliked Mrs. Chang Xinbo, but their husbands were very angry. It hurts this sister/sister, so the three wives can only pinch their noses and let people go to Zhao's house.

So I also knew about Xue Jijiu's visit to Zhao's house today, and even guessed that he was hanging out with that useless nephew in the restaurant today, not a fan at all, but the nephew of Xue's family.

Now that Mrs. Tang was a little impatient when she heard the post from the Xue family, but she still read it because it was just a post.

Then her eyebrows twitched violently, and her heart suddenly suspended.

"Ma'am, what's the matter with you?" Seeing Mrs. Tang like this, the servant girl hurriedly asked.

Mrs. Tang didn't care about anything else, she said anxiously: "Quick, hurry up and ask the master to come back, hurry up!"

The servant girl didn't know why Mrs. Tang was in such a hurry, but the master's orders were naturally to be carried out to the letter, so she hurried out to find someone to handle the matter.

The side door of the Tang family opened, and a middle-aged servant galloped towards the household department.

Not long after, Elder Tang came back in a hurry.

Then Mrs. Tang went to the Xue's house the next day, and then went to the Zhao's house. Even though they all acted in a low-key manner, none of these movements could escape Gu Mingxuan's eyes.

She sneered, with the information about the Tang family that she had given Xue Liuer, it was almost a certainty that Xue Liuer would marry into the Changxin uncle's mansion.

In this life, without the good reputation of being gentle, virtuous, knowledgeable, courteous, courteous, and filial, Mrs. Changxin treated her as a seductress to her son. I don't know what kind of "good life" Xue Liuer will lead. "Woolen cloth.

Basically, the matter between Zhao Zongyuan and Xue Liuer was settled, and after ordering Xiaofeng to pay close attention to the news about Xue's family and Changxin Bo's residence, Gu Mingxuan let go of this matter first.

As for the matter of the second son of the Dai family, Gu Mingxuan felt a little difficult to handle. At this time, she had no evidence to prove that the Feng family of the Dai family belonged to the third prince, and she hadn't found out the shortcomings of the second son of the Dai family for the time being. start.

And methods like dealing with Zhao Zongyuan are not easy to use over and over again.

When Gu Mingxuan was a little worried, Feng Qingli burst into anger!

How dare someone covet his cousin Xuan!How could His Royal Highness Prince Yong not be angry!
Not only angry, but very, very angry.

Hmph... the surname is Dai!You wait!

But the most urgent thing is to solve this matter first, so that Cousin Xuan won't be crowned as someone else's fiancee again. Although he can certainly have a way to get Cousin Xuan to divorce again, but he just feels that Cousin Xuan is associated with another man's name. Being together makes him very unhappy, very unhappy!

Flying the pigeon to pass the letter first, and then asked the eunuch in the palace to solve the matter. Only then did the angry His Royal Highness Yong have time to read other information on the intelligence that was sent this time.

He couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Gu Mingxuan also told Xiaofeng about the matter of the Dai family's marriage proposal this time. She suspected that Gu Minghe was behind it. Then, the question came up—why was it that she seemed to be relatively neutral, but she was so indifferent to the fifth prince, and even more so to the third prince? Will the Dai family, who are respectful and far away, listen to the words of the third prince?
Gu Mingxuan's words almost made it clear that the Dai family belonged to the third prince.

Seeing Gu Mingxuan's judgment, Feng Qingli couldn't help raising her eyebrows, and snorted coldly.

If Cousin Xuan's guess is true, Feng Qingli has to say that he still admires his third brother very much.

He has attracted so many people without making a fuss. If the court situation changes, Fifth Brother will be caught off guard.

From this point of view, fifth brother's city is far less deep than third brother's.

Feng Qingli sneered, since he had already let him know about this matter, he would naturally give the third brother another big gift - blowing up the arsenal was a big gift, cleaning up the Dai family, the Feng family and others was another big gift. A big gift, I think the third brother will be very happy.

After thinking about it for a while, Feng Qingli wrote again to her subordinates in the capital, none of these officials were clean under their buttocks, usually it was just that no one checked.

Now that he is serious, these people don't want to be able to be safe and secure again, let alone cause trouble for him-especially the Dai family, who dared to rob cousin Xuan from him, they must be taught a lesson, otherwise the pain in his heart I can't vent my anger.

With this in mind, Feng Qingli blew on the written letter, then slowly rolled it up and handed it to Cheng An.

After that, Feng Qingli looked at the blank rice paper on the table, touched her chin, and decided to write a letter to Cousin Xuan.

Xiaofeng said that Cousin Xuan was very anxious because of the Dai family's marriage proposal. Sure enough, Cousin Xuan's heart was towards him, so he wanted to comfort Cousin Xuan and let her not worry, he would take care of these small things.

Oh, Cousin Xuan is really cute.

How stupid the deputy envoy was, how the third brother made up for the loopholes in Shannan Road in every possible way, how he fanned the flames to make the fifth brother's staff and the third brother's people fight happily, Feng Qingli reported everything to Gu Mingxuan.

Of course, the most important thing is that you can't talk about life and ideals with Cousin Xuan at night. His Royal Highness Yong thinks that such a day is really boring, so boring that he wants to go back to Beijing immediately and have a good talk with Cousin Xuan.

Lala miscellaneously wrote a thick pile, and Feng Qingli just put away the pen with a lot of interest.

Anyway, I have already written a letter to Cousin Xuan, and it will be delivered urgently within [-] miles, so that Cousin Xuan will know how much I miss you earlier, so let's also say hello to the emperor and concubine mother by the way.

So Feng Qingli wrote another letter to both the emperor and concubine Shu, the emperor wrote half a piece of paper, and the concubine Shu wrote a piece of paper, Feng Qingli stopped.

Because Feng Qingli spent [-] miles to expedite the letter to Gu Mingxuan, Gu Mingxuan received it in just a few days.

At this moment, Feng Qingli's subordinates are already dealing with the affairs of the Dai family.

Today, after the emperor saw Gu Wenqian, he specifically asked: "I heard that Dai Aiqing wants to obtain Gu Aiqing's eldest daughter for his second son?"

This kind of marriage seems to be just a private matter of one's own family, but the combination of vertical and horizontal is extremely mysterious, and it cannot be summed up in the word "private matter".

Gu Wenqian couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he heard the emperor's words, does His Majesty have any opinion on the marriage between the Dai family and his own family?Don't you agree?After all, although the Dai family is not close to the Fifth Prince, they still have some connections.

And the emperor was very jealous that the princes formed a party for personal gain. After all, the emperor was not dead yet, and his sons were planning to succeed him after his death. The emperors of all dynasties were very unhappy about this.

Because he couldn't figure out what the emperor meant, Gu Wenqian told the truth: "There is such a thing, it's just that the eldest daughter of Weichen has just divorced. For the time being, there is no plan to get engaged again."

When the emperor heard the words, he just said "huh" to show that he knew, and then asked Gu Wenqian to step down. Gu Wenqian was a little nervous.

On the way out of the palace again, Gu Wenqian ran into an eunuch, who was more useful to the emperor. Although Gu Wenqian didn't need to curry favor with him, he saw him and greeted him. After all, these eunuchs, because they were missing something, Therefore, most of them have relatively small minds. In order to reduce some troubles, it is better to be more polite.

The eunuch had a fair and slightly chubby face with a smile on his face, similar to most of the eunuchs in charge in the palace. After talking to Gu Wenqian for a few words, he whispered meaningfully to Gu Wenqian: "Your Majesty was here yesterday In the hall, he said, 'Lao Wu is very active recently'."

After finishing speaking, he resumed his original volume, and said to Gu Wenqian: "Master Gu is busy, so our family will not stop Master Hou from chatting with our family, please go slowly."

Gu Wenqian's heart trembled, no matter who it is today, no one can tell, otherwise, not only will he be in bad luck, but also the eunuch who revealed the news to him will also be in bad luck.

Because of this, Gu Wenqian wondered why the eunuch dared to reveal such confidential words to him, but he was still very grateful and did not suspect that the eunuch was lying, after all, the emperor also asked about this matter today.

I didn't know the emperor's attitude at the time, but now that I think about it, the emperor asked specifically, and if he agreed, he would naturally express his approval. Just asking like this generally means that the emperor is not happy.

Originally, she gradually felt that it would be good to betroth Xuan'er to the second son of the Dai family, but now, she dared not.

After all, the fifth prince is the emperor's own son. Even if the emperor is dissatisfied with his work, he will not do anything to him. At most, he will suppress him a bit, but the fifth prince's subordinates will definitely be used as scapegoats.

He didn't want to let his daughter marry a family who might be used as a scapegoat by the emperor.

His Xuan'er has suffered too much, he only hopes that Xuan'er will enjoy happiness in the future and never suffer again.

Therefore, after going back, Gu Wenqian expressed his decision to greet Cui Shi.

"For the marriage with the Dai family, please ask the mother to ask the Yu family's aunt to talk to the Dai family, and she said that Xuan'er is still young, and the son has no plans to be engaged to her for the time being." Gu Wenqian said.

This is to decline the Dai family's marriage. When Cui heard this, she frowned slightly and asked, "Didn't you already inquire about it? The second young master of the Dai family is not bad in terms of character, knowledge or appearance." Yes, why..."

Just as Gu Mingxuan thought, after hesitating for a day, Gu Wenqian asked someone to inquire about the second young master of the Dai family. Apart from being a little darker than ordinary officials' children, basically, there is nothing wrong with it.

Not to mention the Cui family who was very willing in the first place, even Gu Wenqian felt that the second son of the Dai family was actually a good match.

That's why Cui asked this question.

Naturally, Gu Wenqian couldn't say what the eunuch said to him, but he could still say what the emperor asked him, so he said: "After the court this morning, the emperor specially recruited his son to ask if it was the Dai family and Xuan'er. We are discussing marriage, it seems that the emperor is not very willing to let this marriage be concluded."

When Cui heard this, she frowned deeply.

At this moment, there are no outsiders around, and the maids and mothers-in-law were kicked out, and Mother Cui Cuijiao and others personally guarded the doors and windows, so as not to be heard by others, so after thinking for a long time, Cui could not help but say: "Boss , tell me, does the emperor want the third prince... That's why he doesn't want the fifth prince to help him."

Knowing that this matter is not something that can be discussed casually, so even at home, Cui asked in a low voice.

Gu Wenqian shook his head and said: "The might of the sky is unpredictable, so if you guess the emperor's intentions rashly, if you guess right, the emperor may be displeased, if you guess wrong, you will be even more unlucky, so, it is better to do things honestly, whether it is the third prince As far as my Gu family is concerned, it doesn't make much difference whether the enthronement or the Fifth Prince enthroned."

Choi stopped talking.

Because he had already decided to refuse, before Mrs. Yu came to the door for the third time, Cui sent someone to invite Mrs. Yu, and told about Gu Wenqian's decision.

Mrs. Yu was a little anxious. In her opinion, if someone like the second son of the Dai family came to propose to Gu Mingxuan, Gu Mingxuan, a woman without salt who had been divorced, couldn't be said to have accumulated virtue for several lifetimes. If you want to burn high incense, it's unimaginable that the Gu family would refuse.

After persuading Mrs. Yu for a long time, seeing that Mrs. Cui still didn't want to get in, she felt a little unhappy—she thought that this marriage would be a sure thing, so she made a promise to her sister-in-law and Mrs. Dai, and now Being rejected unexpectedly, Mrs. Yu felt that there was no place to save her face, so she left unhappily.

After going back and notifying the person who should be notified, Mrs. Yu began to pretend to be sick.

As for Mrs. Dai, she was stunned for a moment, and then became very angry - if the master hadn't asked her to pretend to go and see Miss Gu's appearance, and then she was very satisfied, she wouldn't beg for Gu Mingxuan's favor for her son. What about the ex-married girl?

So what if she is the princess' daughter, she felt that Gu Mingxuan was not good enough for her son.

But unexpectedly, her son was rejected!
Mrs. Dai was going to faint.

When David Cheng came back in the evening, Mrs. Dai told about the Gu family's refusal to marry very unhappy, and then complained to David Cheng: "Our second child is going to get married. In this capital, it can't be said that the princess and the princess just pick it casually. But noble daughters of aristocratic families are not willing to be one or two, if you insist on saying that your son has a problem, that's all right, people still don't like it."

David Cheng glared at Mrs. Dai: "Woman, your hair is long but your senses are short!"

She flicked her sleeves and went to the study, and rested in her aunt's room at night. When she got up the next day, she still asked Mrs. Dai to go to Shun'anhou's mansion in person, saying that she wanted to let the Gu family know the sincerity of her family.

Because of this, Mrs. Dai was full of resentment!

After a few words of anger from David Cheng, he finally said: "This is something that was explained by the superiors. Do you think we have room for bargaining? Go and get things done honestly. Otherwise, I'll leave you alone. No face."

Mrs. Dai didn't dare to say anything after hearing the words. Although she felt that her son had been wronged, she still had to cheer up and go to the Shun'an Hou Mansion.

Mrs. Cui was a little puzzled. As usual, it was the eldest girl of her family who was not easy to marry, not the second son of the Dai family. It should have been her family who was in a hurry. Why is it that the one who wants to get married now has become What about the Dai family?

First, he begged his cousin to come to the door, which was very good for his family. Now after being rejected, he came to the door in person, which seemed to be full of sincerity. To be honest, if it was not because he was worried about the emperor's anger, Cui Shi would really be I really want to agree.

But he could only refuse.

Seeing this, Mrs. Dai had no choice but to leave. In the evening, she told David Cheng again: "My lord, I really did my best. When I arrived at the Marquis of Shun'an today, I really kept my figure low and promised a dowry gift." It must be enough, and promised that when Miss Gu gets married, all the maids around the second child will be sent out, and before Miss Gu gives birth to a son-in-law, unless the second child is over [-] years old, she will never accept the house... ...That's it, the old lady of the Gu family still refuses."

Because of this, David frowned deeply.

If it is because she loves her granddaughter, my wife has already made such a promise, so is there any dissatisfaction?

It can be seen from this that the Gu family is determined not to marry their own family.

But why?
David can't figure it out, but whether he can figure it out or not, the most important thing now is to tell his master the matter.

Therefore, David Cheng went to the study again, and then summoned his confidants to send a message, and asked him what to do if the Gu family disagreed.

The entourage sent out by David Cheng was targeted by Feng Qingli's men.

Since receiving Feng Qingli's letter from Feige, the Dai family and the Feng family have been monitored by Feng Qingli's people.

Today, Mrs. Dai came to talk about it, and Xiaofeng also inquired about it, and told Gu Mingxuan.

When Gu Mingxuan heard this, she couldn't help laughing.

She was reading Feng Qingli's letter to her.

In the letter, Feng Qingli told her not to worry, he would take care of everything, but now that Feng Qingli has done it, Gu Mingxuan is very happy.

However, after seeing Feng Qingli say that she misses "chatting with candles at night" and "chatting under the moon" with her, etc., and said that she will come to see her more in the future, so as not to miss him, Gu Mingxuan can't help it I want to stroke my forehead.

Midnight is a good time to sleep, whoever wants to "talk with him at night by candlelight" is obviously because of his thick skin.

Thinking about it, Gu Mingxuan's face turned red, and she remembered that day, she had just finished taking a bath, and then she was only wearing a light veil, but was seen by Feng Qingli.

I couldn't help but gritted my teeth bitterly.

Finally, thinking of Feng Qingli's appearance, she couldn't help laughing.

After reading Feng Qingli's letter, Gu Mingxuan was a little worried. If this thing was kept in the house and people saw it, it would be a trouble after all. After all, Feng Qingli was so outspoken that she said everything.

But to burn it... Gu Mingxuan was a little bit reluctant.

"If Miss is locked in a box, I will help you put it away." Xiaofeng saw Gu Mingxuan's embarrassment and said proactively.

Hearing this, Gu Mingxuan felt that this was a good idea, so she emptied one of the jewelry boxes, put the letter in it, locked it, and handed it to Xiaofeng.

It's safe for Xiaofeng to be safe, but it's a pity that I can't check it at any time. Gu Mingxuan feels a little regretful.

Not two days later, Gu Mingxuan received Feng Qingli's letter again, this time it was relatively small, only three or five, and the letter said that the Fifth Prince's aides were fighting wits and bravery with the Third Prince's local officials, and they were extremely busy. As for Feng Qingli herself, as the envoy, she acted as the hands-off shopkeeper, and went to the mountains for an outing on her own.

Two days later, another letter came, saying that he had caught a blind bear, whose paw had already been cut off, and that next year he would find a good cook to cook it, and then invite cousin Xuan to taste it.

In the end, I also wrote a few words criticizing the sage Mencius. Feng Qingli said this: "What fish I want, bear's paw is what I want, how can it be impossible to have both? Make them into dishes It’s served in front of you, of course you have to eat them all, why only eat one, you can tell you won’t enjoy it.”

Gu Mingxuan burst out laughing.

Others will never know what is going on in Feng Qingli's mind, and what surprising and funny words will come out of her mouth.

After carefully reading it twice, Gu Mingxuan called Xiaofeng and asked Xiaofeng to put the letter away properly.

Here, Gu Mingxuan was very happy to receive the letter, but on the other hand, the magistrate of Shannan Road was tossed miserably by Feng Qingli's volatile temper recently.

Of course, Chengxun was also miserable.

Isn't it true that people can't do the work of squatting in the sun and boiling medicine?
Obviously, you can have delicious mung bean soup to relieve the heat, or sour plum soup is also good, if not, chrysanthemum tea is also possible, why do you have to use a decoction with Coptis chinensis to relieve the heat?
There is also a big bowl for each person every day. If you don't drink it up, you don't accept His Royal Highness Yong's care and love for them!
He really doesn't want this kind of care and love. Chengxun wished he could cry, Lord, I have no objection to you torturing those lackeys of the third prince outside, but Lord, Chengxun is loyal to you, please Raise your hand high...

(End of this chapter)