The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 120
In the middle of March, it was Gu Zhenguan's birthday banquet.

The entanglement in my heart is entanglement, but what should go is still going, Gu Huaishu asked someone to prepare some supplements first, and put some jade jade, thinking about it, there are gifts to be given to Gu Hanchuan, Sun Lianqiao and others, even if it is The concubine Gu Mingchuan also prepared it.

She asked someone to make a few boxes of melons, fruits, vegetables, Ruyi and other auspicious patterns of silver boxes, and asked someone to pack them up. When she returned to Gu's residence, she would definitely pay a large sum of money.

Once everything is packed, we are ready to go out. It is not advisable to go too early or too late.

Zhang Tingyu had just walked out of the school, thinking that it was almost time and wanted to go back.

Zhang Tingzan's footsteps ahead were also hurried, not knowing what to do.

Zhang Tingyu yelled "Brother", only then did Zhang Tingzan stop, "Why are you walking in such a hurry?"

"Someone came to tell me just now that something happened in the palace that needs to be dealt with. I'll take a look at it early."

There is not much in the Forbidden City except right and wrong.

Zhang Tingzan had no choice but to say a few words to Zhang Tingyu and then went to the palace.

Zhan Shi's mansion often has things going on, and the prince's recent affairs are even more piled up together.

In recent years, the crown prince has been learning bad things day by day. Lord Kangxi reprimanded Suo'etu several times, only saying that Suo'etu taught people badly. Fortunately, because Zhang Yingshi is the emperor's confidant, he has not been gradually changed by the crown prince. Bad and implicated.

On the night of Brother Ting's accident, Zhang Ying once told him that the crown prince was unstable.

Seeing that Lord Kangxi's body is still very strong, but the crown prince has been the prince for more than 30 years, and he is still the same, and he can't sit still anymore.

Originally, the Zhan Shifu was set up to assist the prince in the East Palace, so most of these people were sent by the emperor to work for the prince. Therefore, in the eyes of others, Zhang Tingzan was an out-and-out prince.

He entered Yuqing Palace, and just entered when he heard the sound of teacups being thrown, he frowned immediately.

Inside, Yinfeng was already a little out of breath. When he saw Zhang Tingzan coming in, he restrained himself a little, and said, "Your minister is finally here. Today, I encountered a difficult matter. Next year, the chief examiners of Shuntianfu Township Examination will appoint Li Pan and Jiang Chen. Ying, not one of us..."

Just for such a small thing?
There are many exams in Shuntian Prefecture, and even many candidates from all over the country are willing to take the exam, but the really good people are all in Jiangnan.Paying attention to the rural examination in Shuntian is nothing more than trying to win over the forces in the capital. After all, this is the center of the Qing Dynasty, and there are many princes and nobles.

It's just that the chief examiner of the rural examination decided this time is not the one Yinfeng wants to recommend.

In this way, the plan to win over the disciples of the Shuntian Mansion will come to naught.

But after all, this is not a big deal, Zhang Tingzan was very calm, and persuaded: "Why is the prince so angry? What's the matter with the township examination, the more important general examination is yet to come, as long as the president of the general examination is with us, it will be fine." Yet?"

"Will you try?"

The prince squeezed his fingers, "What's so great about trying? The chance of cheating here is too small. It's under Huang Ama's nose..."

Now that he knew that he was under the eyes of the emperor, this master still wanted to expand his power, so he was quite capable.

In fact, it is not to blame for the crown prince's impatience, it is because his younger brothers have grown up too fast, and in a blink of an eye they already have their own titles and have been separated from the government.

They are outside the palace, far away from the emperor, as long as they can control the eyeliner coming and going inside and outside the palace, they can do whatever they want, which is much better than the prince who is still in Yuqing Palace, under the emperor's eyelids.

Others can win over cronies at will, but the prince has to behave well in front of the emperor, no matter how you think about it, it is not balanced!

Yinfeng had a gloomy face, and patted the table fiercely, "It's all good things done by Yinfeng's people. Mingzhu, an old fox, is afraid that he will even compete for the presidency at that time." fight."

Last year, Chun Wei held an examination for the chief executive officer, but the emperor had no choice but to choose Zhang Ying because of the uncertain contention among the various parties.

That year, Li Guangdi's son Li Zhonglun and Zhang Ying's son Zhang Tingyu were candidates from the same department. Zhang Ying became the president, Zhang Tingyu avoided suspicion and did not take part in the examination. Isn't it Zhang Ying's turn?

This is to think about it, it is not impossible.

To be on the safe side, Zhang Tingzan didn't dare to say anything to the prince. Now that the prince is becoming more and more violent, he doesn't know what will happen next, so be careful in everything.

"Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover. Eldest elder brother is more than brave but not smart enough, but he is just a fool." Zhang Tingzan paused, and said, "Looking at it, the one below is even more terrifying."

Yinfeng nodded when he heard the words.

Except for Yinzhen who is his person, he can't find anyone else.

The eighth elder brother Yinhu, who was born by that Xinzheku cheap slave, was seventeen, and he was also named Baylor, which shows how much pressure the prince is under now.

He asked Zhang Tingzan to sit down and discussed with him for a long time. Near noon, the eunuch outside came to report that Mrs. Fang Fujin and Lin Jia came over with soup.

Lin Jiashi gave birth to a fat boy for the crown prince last year, temporarily named him Hongjin, if he waits for the right opportunity, he can wait for the emperor to name him.

Now Lin Jiashi has been granted the title of side Fujin, and she has served the prince not long ago, and now her status will be stabilized once she has a child.

However, he has never been slack in serving the prince.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhang Tingzan got up and said goodbye by the way.

The crown prince didn't keep him either, Lin Jiashi came in with light makeup on his face, without looking sideways, as if he didn't see Zhang Tingzan at all.

"I heard that the crown prince didn't eat any food today, so I asked someone to make some. You first..."

The voices in the room were far away, Zhang Tingyu came out along the corridor of Yuqing Palace, the long palace road, with high red painted walls on both sides, still looks depressing.

He was about to leave the palace, but he was suddenly stopped by someone behind him.

"Master Zhang."

A woman's voice was somewhat familiar.

Zhang Tingzan was very clear about Lin Jia's matter, even though he felt very reluctant when he heard the words, he still stopped in his tracks. "Side Fujin."

Lin Jia's Yaofang had a slight arrogance on her face, and said with a smile: "I heard that your second brother will take the Gengchen Division Examination, and as far as I know, although he is the first in the Jiangning Township Examination, he usually fails repeatedly. It is difficult for such a person to be knowledgeable enough to enter the top three in the palace examination. Come to think of it, Mr. Zhang and you are both worried, right?"

The words are too harsh.

Zhang Tingzan is very clear about his younger brother, there are corresponding reasons for his failure in previous trials, but he should not generalize like this.

If Lin Jiashi's words were heard by his second brother, then Gu Huaishu would probably lose his temper.

Fortunately, standing here is Zhang Tingzan, who is very calm. He slightly bent his lips when he heard the words: "Ci Fujin really has a lot of worries."

Does this mean she is meddling?
Now that Lin Jiashi has finally flown to the branch, how did she survive these years of hard times?

If it weren't for Gu Huaixiu back then, how could he be reborn from the ashes?

Now that Gu Huaishu is married to an incompetent husband, she wants to help her out of the sister's original love, but the eldest son of the Zhang family doesn't seem to appreciate it?

It doesn't matter.

Lin Jiashi lightly touched her beautiful enamel armor, and made a mocking smile: "Don't talk too much about me, originally my mother's family adopted a daughter from the Gu family, but it's a pity that she is unlucky." I went early. Speaking of which, I still have a little relationship with the Gu family. You and Mr. Zhang are the prince's confidantes. I asked just now, and the prince also said that he would support Mr. Zhang's son, so I will come I told you."

Lin Jiashi's Yaofang's mind is also delicate and vicious, but compared with his sister-in-law, it is a little less careful and calm, and she is not very calm. Although the poison is poisonous, it is a little rough. Gu Huaixiu's exquisiteness contained a faint atmosphere.

Presumably these two sisters have been playing games, but they don't know...

The fourth elder brother is caught in the middle, what kind of abacus is he playing.

Thinking about it, Zhang Tingzan couldn't refuse, so he just said in a perfunctory way: "I will talk to my second brother and sister-in-law about this later, thank you for supporting me and the prince."

Lin Jia's Yaofang chuckled lightly, then took the maid's hand and passed Zhang Tingzan out, "It's enough to wink, there is no need to be polite."

In the future, the crown prince will become the emperor, but the crown princess Shi Shi has been out of business for a long time, and there is no news in her stomach, and she is struggling with her stomach, and she gave birth to the crown prince's third son, Hong Jin. The great blessing is yet to come.

Who said that she might not necessarily be the most honorable woman in the Qing Dynasty?

As long as there is ambition, nothing is impossible.

Zhang Tingzan glanced at Lin Jiashi as he walked around the corner, and then went out again.

The fourth elder brother just came over from the palace road over there, and happened to be with Zhang Tingzan, Zhang Tingzan had been the prince's companion, so the fourth elder brother came up to talk to Zhang Tingzan, even if he was seen by others, he would not say anything.

Yinzhen said: "I heard that your second brother's wife is happy?"

Look how unfamiliar this is?
Zhang Tingzan thought it was funny: "Fourth master doesn't seem to be right today."

Yinzhen's face was sullen, he was also ordered by Xiao Shengzi later, and then he remembered, Tongzier, Tongzier, what is it if it's not a "boy"?Do you dare to share your good luck and become a human Guanyin?

It's ridiculous enough.

Although everyone knew it was a joke, it was heartbreaking to actually hear it.

The fourth elder brother has always been rigid. Kangxi once said that he was moody, even Zhang Tingzan had known the fourth elder brother for many years and didn't understand it.

Yinzhen said: "Today, I failed to compete with Mingzhu's party. I think the second brother got very angry, right?"

"That's true, but with the comfort of Fang Fujin, I was relieved after hearing it." The Fang Fujin mentioned by Zhang Tingzan can only be Lin Jia's.

After hearing this, Xu Zhen just turned his hands back and said: "Lin Jia is useful, but she is a little weaker in terms of intelligence. Now that the master is holding her, she dare not do anything. I want to find a chance, move Just move this pawn..."

If this is heard by others, it must be an earth-shattering sentence, but Zhang Tingzan was neither sad nor happy when he heard it.

He only said: "I'm afraid that Lin Jia's bad things will be bad."

Yinzhen's face was expressionless, but his five fingers were lightly clenched, and he said: "I just think that if this chess piece is destroyed, it must be in the hands of your second younger brother and sister."

Obviously the fourth elder brother who had a relationship with Gu Huaixiu, he said "your second younger sibling" in every sentence, and he was also good at pretending.

I just don't know if Zhang Tingzan's second younger siblings also know that the fourth elder brother has already started to use her former sister?
Zhang Tingzan thought for a long time, and seeing that he was about to reach a fork in the road, he cupped his hands: "Fourth Master, Ting Zan has stepped back."

Yinzhen waved his hand, and said casually: "But I hope your second brother Gengchenke can get a good ranking..."

After saying that, he left.

Zhang Tingzan stood silently for a while, but shook his head and went back.

Why does he feel that, no matter inside or outside the palace, everyone is paying attention to his second brother?

A son of Zhang Ying who was able to win the first place in Jiangning Township, where there are many talents, may have a lot of political value.The fourth elder brother never said anything about attracting Zhang Tingyu to his subordinates, but Zhang Tingzan is here, not to mention Zhang Tingyu's wife, Gu San, who originally did things for the fourth elder brother, and was almost accepted as a slave by the fourth elder brother Woolen cloth?

Unknowingly, this game of chess has tilted a lot towards Si Age Yinzhen.

But which elder brother doesn't have a lot of talents under his command?
Compared with the elder brother with the Pearl Party and the prince with the Suo'etu Party, the strength of the fourth elder brother is really not enough.

Zhang Ying is the emperor's party, and Zhang Tingzan is just helping the fourth elder brother.

I was thinking about these questions along the way, but the carriage that came back happened to bump into Zhang Tingyu and the others' carriage that were going out of the mansion.

The handlebars on both sides knew each other and exchanged greetings.

Zhang Tingyu sat in the car, and met Zhang Tingzan face to face in the car, but did not speak.

Putting down the car curtain, Zhang Tingyu frowned: "Brother has been getting busier these days..."

"Isn't my father-in-law afraid of attracting attention? With your eldest brother as a Jinshi, and Gengchen with you, I think father-in-law will be the one who will be the most troubled by then."

A son wants to climb up, as a father, should he be allowed to climb up?
Will Kangxi give this way?
Generally speaking, if the son and Lao Tzu were officials in the same dynasty, no son's official position would surpass Lao Tzu's.

What's more, Zhang Ying, a Hanchen, has four sons...

Gu Huaishu was lying in his arms, lazily, just careful not to kowtow his head. Although he was dressed plainly today, the emerald peony hairpin on his head was a bit heavy.

All the way to the entrance of the Gu Mansion, Zhang Tingyu got off the car with her, and entered inside along the order of the guests.

Sun Lianqiao has been talking about things here, and when she came in, she only said that Gu Zhenguan was still in the room.

"Sister-in-law and uncle, hurry up and come in, our family's dinner is in the back room." Sun Lianqiao laughed, and many maidservants passed by stopped to greet her, Gu Huaixu and others, "I also want to thank you a few days ago I borrowed Xiao Shi Fang, otherwise I would really get dizzy. There are many friends who have come to celebrate this birthday, even if Master Shi Fang didn’t make it himself, I’m afraid they would be so hungry.”

"Sister-in-law, don't talk about it. As soon as I said it, I remembered it. I'm afraid there are many people celebrating my father's birthday in there? Second master, you go talk to my second brother first, and I will go to my room to have a look."

It was Gu Huaishu's former boudoir, she dismissed Zhang Tingyu with a few words, and left hand in hand with Sun Lianqiao.

As Sun Lianqiao walked away, she felt Gu Huaishu's pulse, "Do you want to know if it's a man or a woman?"

Gu Huaishu paused, looked at Sun Lianqiao in a daze, a little surprised: "Can you figure this out?"

Sun Lianqiao laughed out loud, "How could it be possible to lie to you? If you really have this ability, wouldn't everyone in the palace go to my father when they are pregnant?"

"Probably not. It's just that if this ability is spread, how can Yuan Sun have a peaceful life?"

Gu Huaixiu saw it right away.

After Sun Lianqiao took her pulse, she remained calm, her expression didn't change much, and she didn't know whether the pregnancy was good or bad.Gu Huaixiu thought, at least not bad, otherwise with her relationship with Sun Lianqiao, she should remind herself to prepare early.

Still a son is better.

After all, she and Zhang Tingyu have been married for so many years...

"The front is still where the kitchen is. Master Shi Fang should be busy at the moment, let's go over and have a look..."

As Sun Lianqiao said, she helped Gu Huaixiu down the steps.

Gu Huaixiu said: "When I came in just now, I seemed to see Gengyao in Xiyao, when did our family know such a powerful person?"

And this year, in the year of Gengyao, Xiyao's father, Nian Xialing, has already served as the governor of Huguang and became a great official in Xinjiang, which can be said to be famous.

Although Gu Zhenguan's side is great, but in the past few years, the only thing he has done is to help sort out Nalan Rongruo's poems during his lifetime.It stands to reason that two families with such disparity in status should not have any intersection.

Sun Lianqiao said: "Your brother is still on good terms with them. They are a bunch of cronies, so don't worry too much about it. But Miss Sun from Master Mingzhu's family also came today. She is an orphan left by the eldest son. I heard that she has already betrothed her." The second son of the Nian family. They are all here today... Speaking of which, there is also a little girl who is also interesting. She is the youngest daughter of Nian Xialing's family. She is only eight years old this year. stopped."

It makes people laugh when they think about it. A little girl like Jiao Didi has been arguing with Nian Gengyao all the time, and everyone who hears it laughs.

"After a while, you will be able to see the Nian family girl after you take a seat."

"That's something to see."

Gu Huaishu didn't know about other things, but he knew about some particularly famous ones.

She talked with Sun Lianqiao about the guests who came today, and then she realized that this big birthday was also held very well.

Before reaching the kitchen, Gu Huaishu's footsteps suddenly stopped, and Sun Lianqiao was also taken aback.

Shi Fang was in front, and was about to enter the house with something in his hand. There was an apricot tree outside, which had already bloomed in late spring, but it was very ugly.

Standing under the tree was a beautiful woman with weak willows supporting the wind, she didn't seem to see anyone else, she just looked up at the tree, and sighed: "The flowers fade and the red leaves, and the love is small..."

"Cherries are red and plantains are green?"

Shi Fang answered subconsciously, and then suddenly realized that this voice was not the one he was familiar with.

He was carrying a dustpan with some fresh peanuts in it, and he probably had to go in and do some work.

Turning his head, he saw someone standing under the tree, but it wasn't Gu Huaishu, so he was startled.

At this time, Gu Huaishu and Sun Lianqiao came up.

Sun Lianqiao smiled and said, "Isn't this Miss Nalan? How did you get here?"

This one is the Miss Sun from Mingzhu's family that they talked about earlier who was going to marry Nian Gengyao, named Qinhua.

Gu Huaixiu first heard Sun Lianqiao address him before he realized who it was, and stood aside without saying a word.

Nalan Qinhua blushed slightly, and said: "I accidentally went the wrong way, the servant girl didn't know what to do, I saw a tree blooming apricot blossoms over here, so I came here involuntarily, both of you Grandma laughed."

"It's a coincidence, why don't I send you back to the banquet here."

Sun Lianqiao is the master, so it's better not to ask about this matter.

Gu Huaishu simply stopped looking at Shi Fang, and went back talking with him.

Before leaving, Nalan Qinfang looked back, but there was no one at the kitchen door.

The birthday banquet was naturally lively, and as soon as Gu Huaishu left, he saw the young girl that Sun Lianqiao had mentioned before. She had a small face, but she looked very cute, a little girl carved in pink and jade.

When she saw Gu Huaishu approaching, she suddenly jumped out, stood in front of Gu Huaishu, pointed at her and said, "Are you Miss Zhang Er?"

In the distance, Nian Xiyao and Nian Gengyao on the other side of the corridor almost spit out the tea from their mouths when they saw this scene.

Nian Gengyao was terrified, "Bring that girl back quickly! You want something bad!"

When he was arguing with his younger sister just now, Nian Gengyao was in a hurry and called his younger sister ugly, but Nian Chenyu cried in anger.

The little girl Chen Yu has always been the most beautiful one in the mansion. If she is based on her background, she will definitely be a delicate beauty in the future when she grows up, but now this girl has baby fat on her face, and her hands and feet are still If you haven't pulled it up, how can you compare your charm with a mature young woman?

Besides, when Mrs. Zhang Er was a girl, she was indeed a well-known beauty in the capital, with a natural beauty that is difficult to abandon.

So Nian Gengyao couldn't scold her, he didn't choose what to say, and just said, "If you take the second young lady of the Zhang family as a mirror and look at yourself in the mirror every day, you will be ashamed and angry to death after only one month." Brother was so cruelly humiliated that he was so angry that he asked him which one was Second Young Mistress Zhang.

Nian Gengyao didn't want to cause trouble at first, but the concubine Si'er brought by Longkodo was talking on the sidelines, saying "the most beautiful one I see in a while must be the one", Nian Gengyao was almost not mad at Longkodo. vomiting blood.

So, there is the tragedy of the moment.

Before the maids could stop her, Nian Chenyu had already jumped out. A little girl whose face hadn't even opened yet swung her arms and legs, and stood in front of Gu Huaixiu fiercely with her eyes akimbo. He looked at Gu Huaixiu without blinking.

Gu Huaixiu felt strange, but when he saw that the people around him didn't understand, he felt even more confused.

"You are……"

Nian Chenyu gradually withdrew her fierce expression, and was dazed for a long time, her eyes seemed to be fixed on Gu Huaishu's face, when she heard Gu Huaishu asking who she was, she suddenly dropped her hands, her mouth deflated, and she turned her head Wiping his face with his sleeve, he ran away crying.

Everyone's jaws dropped to the ground!
Nian Gengyao, who was still thinking about how to apologize to the second son of the Zhang family, suddenly slapped the table: "Zhang Hengchen, your wife is too deceitful!"

Zhang Tingyu was the one who was wronged. He hadn't heard of the quarrel between Nian Gengyao and his sister just now. He hadn't pursued Nian Gengyao's nonsense yet, but this one slapped himself on the table first.

The eldest son of the Nian family treats those two brothers and sisters...

He hurried up to apologize to Zhang Tingyu: "Second son, please be considerate, they are young, ignorant, ignorant..."

Nian Chenyu just stood there and looked at Gu Huaishu for a few times, and then ran away crying. Some people couldn't help but think, what did Second Young Mistress Zhang do to the little girl.

Gu Huaixiu was speechless. She stood in the same place, her belly was still slightly bulging, she was well-fed during pregnancy, her skin was delicate and white and rosy, and her facial features were exquisitely put together, which was amazing, and she was still beautiful. Not much attire.

"Could it be that I haven't put on makeup today so..."

For the first time, Gu Huaishu doubted his own beauty.

She and Qing Dai avoided the suspicious and condemning eyes of the crowd.

Gu Huaishu asked Qing Dai: "What's wrong with me today?"

Qing Dai looked left and right, up and down, and shook her head: "You are no different from the past, except today you are lazy and didn't put on makeup."

Gu Huaishu only felt that she had been shot by an arrow in her knee, she gritted her teeth and said, "If you don't put on makeup, you won't scare the children to tears, right?"

She asked Qingdai to take the mirror and powder and rouge, and only painted the eyebrows and eyes on the side, and made up some gouache. She tapped the crimson lips with her finger and gently applied the rouge on the water chestnut lips. Only then turned around: "Is there anything wrong with looking at it now?"

"It's not any different this time."

Qing Dai finally breathed a sigh of relief, she just felt that the little girl from Nian's family was weird.

Nian Gengyao finally managed to coax his younger sister back, it took a lot of effort, and he sat down panting, while the maid over there led Nian Chenyu back to the past.

The tears on Nian Chenyu's face had been wiped off, and she was a delicate little girl again, she was pulling at the corner of her skirt, reluctantly walking over there. "My second brother has a conscience, I must have had an illusion..."

Thinking about it, she didn't think it was that great after getting familiar with that face.

So he raised his foot and went straight up the steps, just in time to meet Gu Huaishu who got up to pick up a plate of peanuts handed over by Qing Dai.

"...Wow woo woo woo..."

Nian Chenyu cried and ran away.

Nian Gengyao had just sat down on his front feet, and before he had time to drink a cup of tea to rest, the next moment he heard Nian Chenyu's heaven-shattering cry, his eyes almost went dark and he fainted!

He put down the teacup again, and shouted: "Zhang Hengchen, is your wife going to give people a way out! Bullying too much, bullying too much! Sister, sister..."

After speaking, there was no time to argue with Zhang Tingyu, and immediately ran after him.

Zhang Tingyu finally couldn't take it anymore, put down the teacup, and looked at Nian Xiyao with a half-smile.

Nian Xiyao was dripping with cold sweat: "This... this... Nian really doesn't know what's going on..."

Zhang Tingyu called Ade to ask Qingdai, but Ade came back and said, "Second Young Mistress is also depressed. She said that the little girl was scared and cried, and she deliberately lightened her makeup. I didn't expect that the little girl would also be there the second time." It's a young girl, she runs faster..."

"Pfft hahaha..."

Longkodo, who was next to him, finally didn't hold his face, and smiled and lay down under the table.

Gu Huaixiu couldn't help but sigh: Is it possible that I am really old and decrepit?

(End of this chapter)