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

Chapter 156
When Zhang Tingyu came back yesterday, the incident he mentioned must have a reason.

When he got up the next day, Gu Huaixiu didn't ask any more questions, because he must be able to see some clues when he tours Qinhuai today.Gu Huaishu is not in a hurry, all she cares about is what Zhang Tingyu does...

Who is so short-sighted?
At this point, Zhang Tingyu said that someone wanted to force him to take a concubine, "forced", who else can force him now?

No one in the court has any handle on him, and no one can threaten him with other things, and the current crown prince doesn't have this ability, so the only one who will force him is the present Long Live Lord Kangxi.

Gu Huaixiu didn't know what was going on, he would only find out if he went to see it today.

She stared at the Linghua mirror for a long time, and suddenly said: "I am just a layman."

Qing Dai is puzzled: "Madam?"

Gu Huaixiu sighed: "It's just that I suddenly remembered something. You just have to comb my hair nicely. I'm your master today. I'm afraid I'm going to visit the second master's concubine's room..."

With a "snap", the comb in Qingdai's hand fell to the ground in fright, and the thrush at the side almost knocked over the copper basin filled with clean water.

Zhang Tingyu came in from the outside and had just explained some things to Ade, when she heard her say this, she couldn't help sighing: "Why are you making such a fuss like you're facing an enemy? Things that haven't even been written yet..."

"Wait until there is another horoscope, do you think I will still sit here and comb my hair?"

If it really happened, Gu Huaishu would have already packed up his things and left with the dowry, maybe he would have to trick Zhang Tingyu when he left.

Gu Huaishu gave him a sideways look, and said: "It's a human or a ghost, I might as well go and have a look today."

Zhang Tingyu only looked at her own figure, drawn eyes and eyebrows, and there was a kind of graceful silence between her movements.

Crescent eyebrows are swept away, eyes are bright, there are spring flowers and autumn moons in the bottom of the eyes, the scenery and clouds are floating on the face, the lips are like vermilion, the orchid fingers that are naturally raised, and the line at the end of the eyes is slightly darker...

When Gu Huaishu put on his own makeup, he would draw the eyes together, but unlike ordinary women, he only painted the eyebrows.She draws very carefully. If the whole person can be regarded as very beautiful, it will be twelve points after the painting is finished.Zhang Tingyu doesn't know where the charm and means come from.

"A woman's beauty depends on her face seven percent, and her painting three percent..."

Unexpectedly, she will really...

There was a little pink on the fingertips, and she wiped it gently from her lips, and then sipped it lightly, she looked at herself in the mirror, it seemed a little too dazzling.

There is definitely no one in the world who can boast and honor himself like this...

Thinking about it, Gu Huaixiu slightly bent his lips.

Zhang Tingyu said: "You are like this, how dare I let you go out?"

My wife always wants to stay at home and watch her hurt, let alone Gu Huaixiu now?
Zhang Tingyu commented: "Those women in the harem, most of them want to strangle you to death when they see you... The evil sister, thousands of people will scold you and hate you."

"It's all a compliment from you, Mr. Zhang loves you." Gu Huaishu didn't feel guilty at all, he just looked in the mirror and said, "Brother Fat doesn't have to go today, take him to Sunflower Garden, let him Just play. Mrs. Liao will send someone to look after her, Thrush... No, Qing Dai, follow her."

"Yes."

Qing Dai was stunned for a moment, and then agreed.

Others are worried about Huaixiu, and the degree of trust in others can only be distinguished slowly.

Gu Huaishu looked at Zhang Tingyu, and said: "I'll show the emperor in a while, what is a troublemaker."

Zhang Tingyu saw that there was still a hairpin missing on her head, so she just picked up a green hairpin from the dressing table, which was wrapped around a branch in the mouth of a flying swallow, and pressed it on the left side of her hair, saying: "This way, no one else Dare to be my concubine."

Half of this hairpin is covered with tangled branches, like a petal of a lotus flower extending out, pressing half of her hair into the hairpin, it looks extremely rich.

Zhang Tingyu picked this one, how vicious was his intention?

Gu Huaishu just teased him with a drawn out voice: "You are careful to force people to jump into the water and commit suicide... But, if that girl is prettier than me, wouldn't I be playing tricks?"

"Then do you think there is anyone more beautiful than you?" Zhang Tingyu asked her with a smile.

Gu Huaixiu also smiled: "There is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people, but I am a person who does not know the heights of the sky and the earth. Even if someone is more delicate than me, I don't have my temperament. Even if someone has a better face, temperament and figure than me, then I have no brains." .”

When she said this sentence.The expression on his face was not smug, but calm.

A calm that could be called terrifying.

Gu Huaixiu has such confidence.

Before leaving, she said, "Have you seen that girl?"

"Why do you know that?" Zhang Tingyu thought carefully about the loopholes in his words, but it turned out to be fruitless.

From the beginning to the end, he never said anything to reveal that he had met this girl...

He looked at Gu Huaishu, waiting for her to speak.

Gu Huaixiu smiled and said: "You just avoided my question. I asked you if I was born as good-looking as her, and you asked me if there is anyone more beautiful than me. Zhang Tingyu, on weekdays, your answer must be no. But When I asked you just now, you asked me to avoid this question. If you said no as usual, I would not doubt it. But you were worried that I would find out that you had seen that girl, so you avoided this question... In other words, You think that answering 'no' will expose yourself. Only a guilty conscience would think this way, and you, Zhang Tingyu, don't usually think so."

This woman's thoughts...

Zhang Tingyu laughed, and he took her hand: "Okay, I've seen it before, but the situation is quite special. I'm not as good-looking as you, but..."

The topic of last night was finally opened.

Zhang Tingyu got into the car with her and told her about the matter.

When he was inside the painting boat, he explained the matter to her before going to see the emperor in the big dragon boat ahead.

Gu Huaishou entered this boat with his thoughts in mind.

The emperor Jia En, there are not only concubines in the harem, but also the wives of the officials in the south of the Yangtze River, and all the five ranks and above have seats in front.Gu Huaixiu's position was originally the eighth position to the left of Concubine Yi, basically in the middle of the entire boat.

On the opposite side are all the concubines of the harem, the nobles in front, and the side Fujin behind, Lin Jiashi and the thirteenth elder brother's side Fujin Fucha, sitting next to each other, except for the concubines who serve the emperor, they are all according to their rank sitting.

As soon as Gu Huaishu came in, he bowed to Concubine Yi: "My wife greets Concubine Yi, Empress Yi is auspicious, and I send my greetings to all masters and young masters. Good luck to all masters and young masters."

Concubine Yi only felt that her eyes had been stabbed, and then she seemed to understand something, a smile that couldn't be suppressed suddenly appeared on her lips, she pointed her position with a wave of her hand, and said: "Today, the wife of Jiangsu Governor Song Luo If you didn't come, you also know that Song Luo has caused trouble recently. Mr. Zhang is a close and trusted minister of the emperor, and you are also a troublesome person who has been sealed by the emperor. It just so happens that there is a good show outside, and I want to come to watch it with you, especially You are allowed to sit here. Come—"

This……

When Gu Huaishu saw Concubine Yi's eyes full of smiles, what he thought of was the two maids who had disappeared from the Yangzhou palace, and the magistrate of Yangzhou who had suffered for nothing.

Concubine Yi's scheming is unfathomable, and it has never been a simple woman who can gain a firm foothold in the harem.

Gu Huaishu secretly raised the alert, thanked him and sat down.

All of a sudden, all the women on the boat looked at Gu Huaishu.

Gu Huaishu just sat here and watched generously.

Concubine Yi, with her expression of waiting to see a good show, said something like that, she must know about Zhu Jiangxin.

There is a lot involved here, Gu Huaixiu listened to Zhang Tingyu's words on the way, and only then did he know why he spoke in such a hesitant tone yesterday.

Just thinking about it, people have come.

The maid in front announced: "Miss Zhu is here."

Lin Jiashi curled her lips sarcastically, and looked at Gu Huaishu who was sitting on Yifei's left. There was a place on the right side closer to Yifei, which was reserved for this "Miss Zhu".

After the palace maid reported, a girl wearing a goose-yellow half-arm sleeve and water-red skirt really came in, with pink gemstones on her head, which really looked like a sliced ​​onion root, with red dan in her mouth, her waist like flowing silk, and her ears Looking at the bright moon...

Red scarf and emerald sleeves, and slender steps.

Gu Huaishu lowered his eyebrows and turned over the teacup in his hand, watching this dignified lady gradually approaching.

This girl's surname is Zhu, and her name is Zhu Jiangxin. She is a descendant of the third prince Zhu of the former Ming Dynasty.

After King Li Zicheng defeated Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui led the Qing army into the pass, Emperor Chongzhen cut off his wife and daughter in the palace, and hanged himself on the old locust tree in Jingshan behind the Forbidden City... His sons all went into exile in hiding. Everywhere, in fact, since the Kangxi Dynasty, the Nanming regime has existed in name only.

It's just that among the sons of Emperor Chongzhen, most of them are said to be dead, and only the third prince Zhu is at large, named Zhu Cihuan.

I don't know where the third prince Zhu is now, but there are many people who use the banner of "the third prince Zhu" to oppose the Qing court and cause chaos.

Since this dynasty, there have been several people who rebelled under the banner of the third prince Zhu. In 38, there were still people who made troubles, but they were wiped out without much trouble.

Everyone is under the banner of the third prince Zhu, but the real third prince Zhu is also in his seventies, but he is nowhere to be found.

Kangxi just came to Jiangnan this year, and he encountered some interesting things. Under the exposure of an "Mr. Zhang"—this Zhang is not the other Zhang, but he has the same surname as Zhang Tingyu and just happens to be a literati named Zhang Yuehuai. The real Third Prince Zhu was discovered.

It turned out that Zhu Cihuan, the third prince of Zhu, was aliased as "Wang Shiyuan" and had been living in this area of ​​Jiangsu, and he had no intention of rebelling.

Everyone used his banner to rebel, but the real third prince Zhu lived a peaceful life among the people, just like ordinary people, except that when he named his son, he was still ranked according to the word "he" and given Except for some strange characters of Obitobe, there has never been any strangeness.

However, the bad thing lies in the name. The blood of the royal family is superior to others, and after the third prince Zhu's family changed into ordinary people, they still maintained that sense of superiority, so they were finally discovered by Zhang Yuehuai.

As a result, Kangxi immediately sent people to arrest him, but was alerted by the people there, and he had already fled. All six of his wife and daughter committed suicide, leaving only one girl who claimed to be the granddaughter of the third prince Zhu.

Now, this girl who claims to be a descendant of the former Ming Dynasty is standing in front of Gu Huaixiu.

Speaking of which, the noble blood of the former Ming royal family flowed in Zhu Jiangxin's body, and when he walked over, there was a hint of arrogance in his eyes.

She bowed and saluted, but said nothing.

Concubine Yi's eyes flickered slightly, but she said: "Miss Zhu, please take a seat and come to this palace, look at this beautiful person, she is truly the most beautiful person in the world... She is worthy of being the queen of the previous dynasty... "

These words actually contained bitter sarcasm, but Zhu Jiangxin seemed to completely take it as a compliment, and accepted it without changing his face, "The empress Yifei is overrated, but it's just..."

"It's just the pose of a willow" before Zhu Jiangxin could finish his words, Zhu Jiangxin had already seen Gu Huaishu who was drinking tea with downcast eyes.

Concubine Yi saw this scene in her eyes.

She had been feeling uncomfortable looking at Zhu Jiang for a long time, but fortunately, she managed to persuade the emperor to let the wives come to accompany her, so she had the opportunity to let Gu Huaixiu, who was once the most beautiful in Jinghua, "slap her in the face".Concubine Yi took care of herself and complimented Zhu Jiangxin, while Gu Huaishu was sitting on the side drinking tea, being a quiet beauty, but when Zhu Jiangxin raised her eyes, she could see a woman who was many times more beautiful than herself sitting there. not far away……

This kind of ugly mood when others keep praising their ugliness in front of a beauty...

Zhu Jiangxin is just a 17-year-old girl, she is not very calm, her face turns red and white.

The atmosphere on the boat suddenly became weird, and no one expected such a development today.

A few days ago, when she grabbed and twisted the man back, Concubine Yi happened to see her and said "What a beautiful person", but Zhu Jiangxin spat on the ground disdainfully. After that, Concubine Yi Remember to hate her.It's just that on the surface, Concubine Yi has a magnanimous appearance, and she even seems to have forgotten what happened back then...

Now, a woman's little mind has just begun to turn.

The third prince Zhu is on the run, and this time it is likely to be the real Zhu Cihuan. It's just that others ran far away and only told his wife and daughter to commit suicide, so he ran very fast.

He probably didn't expect that there were people in his Zhu family who were greedy for life and afraid of death, who survived after being captured by Qing soldiers.There are many ways to want to die, but now this Zhu Jiangxin is not dead.

This just saved Kangxi's heart, and he could use Zhu Jiangxin to catch the third prince Zhu who was at large.

In fact, Zhu Cihuan could let his wife and daughter commit suicide and escape by himself, so he knew that he was actually a cruel person, and he didn't necessarily care about this granddaughter, but it was useful for Kangxi to hold his granddaughter.

Jiangnan Shilin has always been unstable. Kangxi visited Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum every time he toured south, just to stabilize this area and give people a feeling that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty respected the former emperor.

Kangxi had never blatantly killed the empresses of the former Ming Dynasty, and even said in his early years that once he discovered that there were descendants of the Zhu family of the former Ming Dynasty, he would let them come out to be officials.

These are of course lies, and the change of dynasties is naturally to exterminate all the survivors of the previous dynasties, it's just a matter of how soon and how to kill them.

The emperors valued their reputation and were afraid of troubles in the south of the Yangtze River, so they always respected them on the surface and killed them behind their backs.

Gu Huaishu thought about it carefully, this Zhu Jiangxin was actually destined to die sooner or later, but before the Third Prince Zhu was arrested, Kangxi might have to treat her kindly, so much so that Concubine Yi wanted to speak nicely to her language.

It was this Zhu Jiangxin who fell in love with Zhang Tingyu.

It is said that on the day when Kangxi summoned Zhu Jiangxin, Zhang Tingyu, as a close minister of the emperor, stood not far from Kangxi. One of the ministers and Kangxi sang bad faces, and the other sang bad faces, threatening Zhu Jiangxin with good words or bad words. , but Zhu Jiangxin didn't say a word.

In the end, Zhang Tingyu said something lightly, and said: "Today, I never had any intention of harming the third prince Zhu. Now that I see the girl, don't I treat her well? Countless people in Jiangnan Shilin looked at each other and said something disrespectful. Water can carry a boat and also capsize it, the emperor understands this well, and he will never make things difficult for the girl, and ask the girl not to seek death, and wait until Long Live Lord finds the third prince Zhu and the family reunite..."

Then, Zhu Jiangxin saw Zhang Tingyu who was calm, indifferent and handsome.

From then on, Gu Huaishu got into trouble unknowingly.

In order to stabilize Zhu Jiangxin, Kangxi wanted to give Zhu Jiangxin a marriage, and by the way stimulated Zhu Cihuan who was on the run, but he must not let the Manchu royal family marry this woman.

Counting carefully, only Zhang Tingyu and Zhou Daoxin were present.

Originally, Kangxi didn't say that Zhang Tingyu was a must, but the people below gradually realized that Zhu Jiangxin seemed to be interested in Zhang Tingyu, so they quietly went to find out Zhu Jiangxin's tone, and it turned out that he really liked Zhang Tingyu.

This is why Zhang Tingyu came back yesterday and told Gu Huaishu about "taking a concubine".

In fact, if this Zhu Jiangxin really wanted to marry Zhang Tingyu, Zhang Tingyu would not have to divorce his wife first, and then marry Zhu Jiangxin back as a regular wife.

How can Gu Huaishu bear it?
Even if this is just a political game for men, it is a lifetime for women.

She couldn't bear it, and Concubine Yi didn't want to tolerate such a disrespect from the ex-Ming Dynasty empress who was about to pass away, which led to this strange situation today.

Zhu Jiangxin had never felt as embarrassed as he was today when he heard Concubine Yi's effusive words.

She got up suddenly, and bowed again to Concubine Yi: "I'm not feeling well, I don't want to blow the wind on the river, so I'm leaving now, little girl is leaving."

"Hey..." Concubine Yi hurriedly grabbed her, and pressed her to sit down, "The wind on the river is not too strong, but the sun is shining outside. If you, a delicate little girl, go out and get sunburned, long live I’m going to scold Ben Gong. You’d better sit down, you don’t even know the people here? Ben Gong is here to introduce you..."

Concubine Yi counted the number of people in the past one by one, and saw them one by one, probably from the right row to the left, but the last one pointed to Gu Huaixiu, and said with a smile: "This is the emperor's close minister, walking in the South Study Room, Mrs. Gu, the wife of Mr. Zhang Tingyu of the Hanlin Academy, is Mr. Zhang Ying’s second daughter-in-law, so she can be called Mrs. Zhang Er.”

Zhu Jiangxin was extremely impatient, but when he heard this sentence, he suddenly turned cold, and looked at Gu Huaishu with extreme fear.

Now that Gu Huaixiu's name had been called, he stood up and bowed to Zhu Jiangxin, "Miss Zhu, you're being polite."

Zhu Jiangxin even forgot to return the gift, and just stared blankly at Gu Huaishu...

Yuan once asked Zhang Tingyu, he said that he had a "dirty wife", shouldn't he be an unkempt and ugly village woman?
what, how...

Is this the wretched wife? !
Seeing that she forgot to return the gift in shock, Gu Huaixiu ignored her and sat down slowly, stroking his sleeves, dignified and luxurious.

The smile on Yi Fei's lips deepened.

"Miss Zhu, why are you still standing, please sit down."

(End of this chapter)