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

Chapter 231 A crushing defeat

Zhang Tingyu really went home and took the almanac and checked the lucky and unlucky dates by himself. After pinching a date, he said to Gu Huaishu, "March [-], a good day."

Gu Huaishu just sat in front of the makeup mirror, touched his hair, and took off the golden hairpin, but suddenly remembered that there seemed to be another hairpin that fell in Nianfu.She was not very happy, she just said: "Have you chosen?"

"I've picked it, what about the auspicious day..."

Zhang Tingyu came over and turned a certain page to Gu Huaishu.

good day...

When Gu Huaishu saw what was written on this page, he slowly raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Tingyu, who was standing beside her easily, leisurely, stretched out his hand to shake the page, and smiled: "What do you think of me? "

"I want to see how dark your heart is, Second Master..."

If Zhao Shenqiao knew that Zhang Tingyu had chosen such a good day for him to let his son enter the six realms of reincarnation, would he be so angry?
Zhao Shenqiao is also pitiful.

However, poor people must have something to hate.

If he didn't slander Dai Mingshi, how could he end up where he is today?

The Nanshan case at the end of 50 years has not ended yet.

Fang Xiaobiao, Fang Shiyu, and even Fang Bao are all members of the Fang clan. Fang Xiaobiao has already opened the coffin and slaughtered the corpses. Not to mention Fang Shiyu and others have suffered countless hardships. The death penalty has been fixed, but it is still under review and custody for various reasons.

This Fang Bao also has a stubborn temper and is rigorous in his studies. Even though he is in prison, he still insists on writing, and wrote "Book of Rites to Analyze Questions" and "Funeral Rites or Questions", which are quite talked about.

His luck is much better than that of Dai Mingshi.

Thinking of Dai Mingshi, the rest is just a sigh.

After all, it's a pity that he is so talented and full of knowledge...

Gu Huaishu slowly took off all the hairpins on her head, and put the earrings and bracelets on the dressing table. Looking back, it was still the house and people she was familiar with.

She looked at Zhang Tingyu, and Zhang Tingyu put Huang Li aside, glanced at the things on the dressing table, but suddenly said: "Why is your pair of wild goose wings missing?"

"About falling in Nianfu."

She was not flustered at all, she spoke slowly, combed her hair with a comb again, and asked him, "I heard that Shen Qi is here today?"

"Come on, it's not very flattering."

Zhang Tingyu sneered when he thought about it, he still wanted to ask about the double goose-winged golden hairpin, but Gu Huaixiu didn't look like he wanted to.He pursed his lips into a smile, and sighed: "I heard that he will stay in the capital in the near future, so don't bump into him, it will be troublesome then."

Shen Qi is now a Yuanwailang, and to him, donating an official is like a joke.

Anyway, he is not short of that bit of money.

Ordinary people who have money can't be turned around by ghosts, but to the extent that Shenyang is so rich, most of the officialdom in Jiangnan is in his pocket.

Spying on information is nothing more than money.

People say that wealth can rival a country, but sooner or later it will be destroyed by the country.

In the early years, Shen Qu said that when the moon is full, it will lose money, and when the water is full, it will overflow. The principle of ups and downs through the ages has never changed.

Zhang Tingyu naturally didn't want Gu Huaishu to see Shen Yang, and Gu Huaishu himself didn't necessarily want to see Shen Yang.

She combed her hair, then pressed her forehead, lay down on the bed, and said: "One and two are evil stars that kill people..."

"See how lazy you are."

Zhang Tingyu saw that she was going to be unable to open her eyes in a blink of an eye, so she just smiled secretly, and then lay down too.

When sharing the same bed, they are the most gentle, just lying like this, seems like forever.

Sometimes, Gu Huaishu felt that his wish was very simple.

But only sometimes.

She felt that she might have to wait until she was seventy or eighty years old to know what "indifferent" was.

But now, she knows what "ambition" is.

Also, hate.

Waking up early the next morning, Zhang Tingyu went to court, and Gu Huaishu ate porridge as usual.

The news from the palace came quickly, saying that today the emperor gave way to the candidate for the crown prince, and Zhao Shenqiao actually chose the eighth elder brother, let alone his son Zhao Xiongzhao.Consider that Zhao Xiongzhao was also the No. 48 scholar in [-], but he has done little in the Imperial Academy in the past few years. It seems that everyone in the world is against him.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Zhang Tingyu doesn't want him to stand out, but who dares to join Zhang Tingyu?
People are greedy for life and afraid of death, and grass on the wall occupies the vast majority of the court.

Zhao Shenqiao has a son named Zhao Fengzhao, who is the elder brother of Zhao Xiongzhao and the confidant of Gali, the governor of Liangjiang in the prince's party.This person, Gali, behaved indiscriminately, and had many acts of corruption and bribery, and Zhao Fengzhao was not very clean.

The crown prince has been abolished by the Second Prince, and Gali's influence has been blown to bits and pieces. Seeing that the new year has just passed, he thought that the matter should be over. How did he know that Zhou Daoxin, the servant of the Ministry of punishment, sent Zhao Fengzhao to join the court today? Now, talking about Zhao Fengzhao's greed for ink and large sums of treasury silver.

Countless people in the government and the public suddenly smelled something unusual. Zhou Daoxin and Zhang Tingyu were friends. Although I heard that the two of them seemed to part ways in the past two years, anyway, Zhou Daoxin delivered the impeachment memorial here. Come up, always make people feel strange.

Zhou Daoxin had an old friend with Zhang Tingyu, and it was Zhao Shenqiao's son who participated in the impeachment. Zhao Shenqiao had an enmity with Zhang Tingyu because of Dai Nanshan, and finally almost forced Zhang Tingyu to execute his protégé.

The enmity between Zhang and Zhao is not unusual at all.

Therefore, when everyone heard the impeachment, they immediately thought of Zhang Tingyu.

But Zhang Tingyu didn't move at all, he just stood there, and when the emperor asked him what he thought, Zhang Tingyu only said: "Master Zhao, the censor of Zuodu, is an upright official among the upright officials, and Zhao Fengzhao belongs to Mr. Zhao." Son, it doesn't make sense..."

There's no reason to be so corrupt.

Zhang Tingyu didn't finish his sentence, and he didn't bother to finish, because he had already seen Zhao Shenqiao kneeling on the ground: "My minister Zhao Shenqiao implores the emperor to thoroughly investigate this case. If Zhao Fengzhao is guilty of corruption, he should handle it fairly!"

Handle it impartially?

A smile flashed across Zhang Tingyu's eyes, like ice that couldn't be thawed under the warm current.

It can be seen that Zhao Shenqiao is quite confident in his son, so let everyone wait and see.

Zhang Tingyu said: "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. If I remember correctly, Zhao Fengzhao once spoke for Lord Gali, saying that officials' greed for ink is like a woman's infidelity. , if there is any grievance, it will damage a talented person in our court, so I seconded Zhao Yushi, please thoroughly investigate this case!"

"My minister agrees."

"The minister also agrees."

"My minister agrees!"

There were more and more people who seconded the proposal, Zhou Daoxin stood behind without moving, and only glanced at Zhang Tingyu.

It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. It's a pity that Zhao Shenqiao trusts his son so much. It's a pity that he is destined to suffer a big fall this time.

After the news got out of the palace, Gu Huaixiu said, "It's almost over..."

Zhang Tingyu had even chosen the day for Zhao Fengzhao, if Zhao Fengzhao didn't leave when the time came, wouldn't it be a disappointment to Zhang Tingyu's kindness?
When she got up, she saw Zhang Ruolin and Zhang Buxiang chasing and running in. The two of them walked to one side, and at the same time, they came over and threw themselves on Gu Huai's sleeves: "Mother, mother, the third brother broke the second brother's pen, so the second brother wrote it. he!"

"Obviously you broke it, let the second brother beat you!"

Brother Lin made a grimace, and stuck out his tongue towards Zhang Buxiang.

Brother Lin has always been a lazy person, he never stands if he can sit, and never sits when he can lie down, but now he ran out in a panic, which really surprised Gu Huaishu.

Hearing these two brats chattering, she felt that her ears were about to hurt, and she couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Stop making trouble, go home to teach your second brother to make trouble all day long, if he really gets angry later, I think What about you two?"

Zhang Ruolin yawned, looked at the food on the table, and said: "If you want to play, you can also play Miss Xiang, who told him not to let the second brother play chess every time?"

Zhang Buxiang refused: "Second brother himself is a stinking chess basket, no wonder I!"

"..."

Zhang Ruolin just looked at Zhang Buxiang with such dark eyes, as if he had a feeling of "I disdain to talk to you".

Zhang Buxiang's brain can be said to be extremely clever, with a photographic memory and a clever mind, far surpassing her second brother Zhang Ruoai.Zhang Tingyu once lamented that if Zhang Bu was born as a man, he didn't know what kind of amazing talent he would be.Or, wouldn't it be perfect to transfer this girl's small brain and hard work to Zhang Ruolin?

Her third brother Ruolin was born in the same womb as her, but it seems that all the laziness was born on Zhang Ruolin. Although the two brothers and sisters look similar, they seem to have completely different temperaments.

Every time I heard these two girls quarreling, Gu Huaixiu felt that his head was getting big, so he only pushed Zhang Ruolin on the left to sit down, and then pushed Sister Xiang to sit down: "It happens that there is japonica rice and meat porridge today, you also come to taste taste."

When it came to eating, Zhang Ruolin and Zhang Buxiang became quiet for a while.

Perhaps, the only person in the entire mansion who can conquer these two little guys is Shi Fang.

It's helpless to think about it. The whole family relies on a cook to live, and he must be the only one.

Gu Huaixiu looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, why did the destiny treat him so lightly and favorably?
She didn't understand either, so she just waited on these two little ancestors and told them the story of Kong Rong giving pears, but Zhang Ruolin actually said: "It's just that women and villains are hard to raise. Sister Xiang can leave it to me to eat. I'm his brother."

Zhang Buxiang's eyes puffed up: "Nonsense, I'm your sister, you are older than me, you should love me!"

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Gu Huaishu finally made the most sensible decision. She got up quietly and retreated to the door. The two little guys over there were bickering happily and hadn't noticed her yet.

With a sigh of relief, Gu Huaishu came out, pressed his forehead and said: "These two little guys were not so noisy when they were born... Miss Xiang has a bad stomach, and she has been recuperating. She often cried when she was a child. Brother Lin is healthy and healthy, but he is too lazy to move, I don’t know if he was born with a lazy tendon, what if he is too lazy to read and write in the future?"

It's really worrying about left and right, Gu Huaishu looked at Diandimei leaning over the eaves, and said: "It's really beautiful."

It wasn't Qingdai who followed, but Bailu, who also raised her head to look at Dimei when she heard this sentence.

It is said that this thing was transplanted from Jiangnan, but I don't know how it has something to do with Madam.

In fact, Gu Huaishu just remembered the old days.

"Ma'am, the Second Young Mistress of Nianfu came to visit you."

The maid outside came up to inform, and at the same time handed over the greeting card.

Gu Huaishu froze for a moment, raised his hand to take it, and then opened the greeting card, Nalan Qinhua?
"Bailu, you go to Lancui Pavilion to arrange it, and I will entertain guests in the pavilion later."

After she finished speaking, she closed the greeting card and walked outside.

Gu Huaixiu said yesterday at the banquet that he wanted to invite Nalan Qinhua over to the mansion, but he didn't expect her to come today without invitation.

As soon as they met, Nalan Qinhua saluted Gu Huaishu. She and Gu Huaishu were originally of the same generation, but because Gu Huaishu was older after all, she saluted first.

Gu Huaixiu helped her up, only smiled and said: "Yesterday I was still talking about it, but today you came by yourself, there just happened to be a new dish, I can treat you to a meal."

"Madam was joking..." Nalan Qinhua was a little embarrassed, and said, "I just wanted to give you something, but the maid picked it up in the hall yesterday and said it was your golden hairpin."

As he said that, Nalan Qinhua took a long and narrow wooden box from the hand of the maid behind him, and handed it to Gu Huaixiu.

When she opened it, it turned out to be the hairpin that Gu Huaishu stepped on under her feet yesterday.

"It's just a hairpin, why do you care so much? It makes me ashamed to come here to give it to you."

It's just a golden hairpin. For people like them, they really don't care at all. It's a good thing that Nalan Qinhua has this kind of heart.

Just under the appearance of making friends in the backyard, what is the relationship between Zhang Tingyu and Nian Gengyao?

Speaking of which, the Gu family and Nalan Mingzhu's family still have a lot of relatives, and Gu Huaishu and Nalan Qinhua also had a conversation, so they sat in the Lancui Pavilion for a long time, and at noon they set up a banquet and asked Shi Fang to do it. After having good wine and good food, Nalan Qinhua was invited to the table.

The person left only in the afternoon, Gu Huaishu sent her out the east gate, watched her go, and then turned around.

Zhang Tingyu is afraid that he is still busy scheming against Zhao Shenqiao right now, so he won't come back.

She entered the room, opened the lid of the box, and the hairpin was still inside, but because she had stepped on it before, it could be vaguely seen that it was a little crooked.

The fingertips lightly touched the sharp tip, and Gu Huaishu withdrew his hand again.

Little by little, she straightened the gold leaf inlaid on the head of the hairpin and held it in her hands to play with it. When she saw the hairpin, she remembered what happened yesterday, which made her feel aggrieved.

"Prepare the sedan chair and go out."

Gu Huaishu's eyes were slightly cold, he glanced at the sky, and then gave Qing Dai another order.

When Gu Huaishu was leaving the mansion, at the same time a servant in the mansion brought a jug of wine to Prince Yong's mansion.

Yinzhen felt strange here: "What kind of wine are you giving for no reason?"

Holding the jug, Gao Wuyong was even more confused: "Maybe it's to honor you?"

Filial piety?

How could Yinzhen not know the temperament of Gu Huaishu?
He sneered, "Drug test."

Su Peisheng hesitated for a moment, and went up to do a drug test. The silver spoon turned black shortly after he poked it out!
He was so frightened that his hands shook, and he almost threw out the silver spoon for the drug test!

Damn, it's really poisonous!
Isn't this sent by Mrs. Zhang Er?

Is she crazy? !

Gao Wuyong also almost knocked over the jug of wine in his hand, and his head was covered with cold sweat.

Yinzhen looked at the pot of wine coldly, and said, "Bring it here."

"Grandpa?"

Su Peisheng was a little afraid to move, as if he was afraid of breaking some taboo.

"Bring it here." Yinzhen still had these two words.

Gao Wuyong was a thousand, and brought the wine pot to Yinzhen.

Yinzhen lifted the lid of the pot, sniffed it, and said, "This year's newly brewed Lihuaxue, it's a pity that this slave, Gu San, doesn't understand the style at all..."

Finger clasped the jug, Yinzhen only walked to the corridor, and slowly poured the wine in the jug into the drinking cup in the parrot cage in front of the court, Su Peisheng and Gao Wuyong felt the hairs on their backs stand on end .

The parrot didn't know that disaster was imminent, took a sip of the wine, and died in the cage after a while.

Yinzhen raised his hand and put the jug back, Gao Wuyong immediately stepped forward to put it on a wooden plate, his face turned pale.

"Send the bird, together with the cage, to Gu San in a while. The dog slave is really getting more and more disobedient, I really think the Lord won't tear her down..."

The front is an order, but the back seems to be a mutter.

If Yinzhen really drank this jug of wine, he would die now.

Yinzhen himself was not intimidated by his size, but Gao Wuyong and Su Peisheng were frightened.

Hearing Yinzhen's order, Gao Wuyong immediately took the cage containing the dead bird to work, but he was told that Gu Huaishu had gone out when he arrived at Zhang's mansion.

She sent poisonous wine to Prince Yong's mansion, and she went out in a blink of an eye? !

Gao Wuyong almost lost his breath in anger, who are these people!
"Where did your wife go?"

"How do you know this? They said they met an acquaintance."

Weird...

Acquaintances, what acquaintances does Gu San have?
Not to mention, this acquaintance is very familiar.

At least Shen Qi felt that he and Gu Huaishu were quite familiar.

When he saw Gu Huaishu appearing outside the Wanqing Guild Hall, Shen Chi, who was listening to Shen Qu's discussion with the tea merchants, stopped almost all his movements.

He thought he had misread it, but he didn't expect that she would actually come.

At that moment, Shen Qi couldn't tell what it was like, he was in a trance, feeling like he was dreaming.

Shen Quyuan didn't see it, but he caught a glimpse of Shen Qi's sudden change of expression looking outside, and he understood.

Sure enough, Gu Huaishu was already outside.

There are always people watching at the guild hall. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter. Those who come in and out are tea merchants running from Jiangnan to Nancheng. Most of the merchants are in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of the people who come to the capital don't have any important business. They just come here to pave the way first, check the market, and prepare to sell new tea this year.

So now, there are not many people in the guild hall at all.

Shen Qi just got up and walked over, seeing Gu Huaishu coming up and being stopped by someone, he told him to move away.

There is a tall archway outside, and the Wanqing Guild Hall is quite magnificently built, and Shen Chao himself has the temperament of a Confucian businessman, standing inside and inviting her in right now is very polite.

It's a pity, no matter how Gu Huaishu sees him, he doesn't like him.

"Ma'am... why are you here?"

Shen Chi's voice paused, with a bit of strange joy, which he hid very deeply.

He was really right yesterday, just after he left the house, he regretted it, he should have wanted her, and made her hate herself to the bone, so that she would never forget it even if she wanted to, but it's a pity that he didn't do that.

I thought she was a stranger, but I didn't expect her to come.

He was happy at the same time, and wanted to suppress him at the same time, he was already a bit older, but he seemed a bit cramped.

Gu Huaishu glanced at him, only smiled and said, "Come and see you."

Shen Chao thinks her smile is very beautiful, every frown and smile are as dignified and elegant as if portrayed, Gao Shanxue?Above, the untouchable lotus, or maybe the duckweed petals in the water, when they were about to wade to pick them, they found that the undercurrent was turbulent and could not be approached.

"Look at me……"

There is probably only enmity between him and Gu Huaishu, so what kind of love is there?

Shen Qi lowered his head, knocked on the fan in his hand, pursed his lips slightly, and looked up at her again: "Madam, are you serious?"

"really."

Gu Huaixiu remained calm, and said again: "Aren't you going to invite me in?"

Shen Qi really couldn't figure out why Gu Huaixiu came here, but he thought, even if her coming was some kind of trap, he was willing to jump into it.

So Shen Chao smiled: "Madam can come, Shen Chao... I am very happy."

This kind of peaceful conversation and rare warmth seemed to be something he had imagined for a long time. He only hoped that she would talk to him as usual, or sit quietly for a whole day, which was also what he wished for.

Even if it is a dream, I want to catch it once.

He invited Gu Huaishu to walk towards the side hall next to the main hall, ordered someone to serve tea, poured tea for her himself, and then asked someone to go outside to serve her.

Shen Qi still didn't know the reason for her visit, and didn't want to know, he just asked her: "What kind of tea do you like to drink?"

Gu Huaishu said: "My little orchid, I don't like the tea outside."

Hearing this, Shen Chao froze for a moment, lowered his eyes and said, "Unfortunately, this year's little orchid hasn't come yet..."

Originally, there were very few small orchids in Longmian Mountain in Tongcheng, and it was even more impossible for the tea produced to be exported to the capital. Naturally, Shen Qi couldn't find the tea that Gu Huaishu liked.

Gu Huaishu didn't say anything else, she folded her hands on her waist, and then raised her hand to take the tea. Seeing Shen Chao's restrained eyes, she suddenly said, "Don't you ask me why I'm here?"

"I don't want to ask."

Shen Yang smiled and poured tea for himself.

"Madam can come, no matter what I do, I'm happy."

Gu Huaixiu brought the tea, took a sip by himself, and then put it down.

This is the Wanqing Guild Hall, and the decoration everywhere reveals a kind of elegant richness, the tables and chairs made of huanghuali wood, and the antique tea set made of Ru kiln white porcelain, hanging on the head?There are palace lanterns adorned with bright red Momofuku, and transparent glass shards inlaid on the two side windows...

very beautiful.

She stood up slowly, the fox fur trimmed with dark blue on the cuffs swept across the table, she went around the table and came to Shen Chi's side, he stood up involuntarily, suddenly realized that there was something wrong with Gu Huaixiu today, or his own weakness.He subconsciously put on a playful expression, smelling the faint fragrance on her body, he was a little moved: "Ma'am..."

At that moment, Gu Huaishu showed the hairpin in his hand and stared at Shen Chao, but his strikes were precise and steady.

The golden hairpin fell, pierced into Shen Yang's hand on the table, and the force of that moment penetrated his entire palm!

The blood flowed wantonly, and Shen Qi was so painful that his whole body trembled, his fingers curled up abnormally, cold sweat dripped from his forehead, he almost stopped, his lips were pale, and his eyes looked at her with a bit of horror.

Gu Huaishu's ruthless eyes reflected his figure, and he saw a sad self.

"lady……"

"Did I look good last night?"

Gu Huaixiu chuckled, and before taking back the hand holding the golden hairpin, a bit of beauty appeared on his whole face.

Shen Chong was silent for a long time, feeling the sharp pain in his palm, this feeling was both real and illusory.

The woman he loves the most is right in front of him, piercing his palm with a golden hairpin, yet she asks him this question so tenderly.

Shen Qi forced a smile, but said sincerely, "It's pretty."

Obviously, she knew what happened last night.

Everything today is the price of his frivolity.

But he has no regrets.

Shen Chao looked at her with some reluctance, and said: "I have never seen a woman who is prettier than you... Concerned about Yaoqin's side, and her temples leaning toward the jade mirror to warm her. The most is Xihua who speaks softly, blushing slightly I want to eclipse my soul..."

He chuckled lightly, his face was already as pale as paper, and his figure suddenly faltered, but for some reason, he stopped.

Chanting such obscene words in front of Gu Huaixiu, Shen Qi really felt that there would never be such a good thing in his life.

Seeing that Gu Huaishu was unmoved, he suddenly approached her: "Kiss me, I'll give you a surprise..."

He gradually approached, very close, very close, he could even see the light flickering in Gu Huaishu's eyes, but the moment he got close, Gu Huaishu had already taken a step back and moved away.

Therefore, Shen Yang was the only one in place.

Gu Huaishu looked at the palm of his hand on the table, the blood was running straight, staining half of Shen Yang's sleeves red, and half of the hem of his robe. Once Ai Ziqing was stained red, it turned into a shocking dark purple.

what a surprise...

"Do not care."

She smiled lightly, and then said: "Thank you, Master Shen, for your hospitality. I drank this cup of tea very happily, so I'm leaving."

Shen Chong's thin lips trembled, and he said, "I'm sorry to send you off."

He just looked at Gu Huaishu like this, and was about to disappear through the door, something seemed to be choked in his throat.

Shen Qi didn't hold back, and said, "Madam, your golden hairpin..."

"Dirty, no more."

Without looking back, Gu Huai went straight along the corridor and walked around the atrium.

Seeing that she had disappeared, Shen Qi lowered his head, shook his fingers, and pulled out the golden hairpin, the blood gushing out was even more shocking.

Two cups of hot tea, and his already cold heart.

Dirty, no more.

The golden hairpin was spread out in the palm of Shen Chao, and the blood was indeed stained into the gaps between the gold leaf and the emerald. It was dotted with gold and red, and his fingers were stained with his own blood, and he held the golden hairpin tremblingly. , wanted to hold it tightly, but felt that this golden hairpin was too fragile to hold it tightly, so it was just like this, and it seemed that it had no strength to hold it tightly.

In front of her, he will always fail completely.

Shen Qu stared blankly at the man in pain in the room, and then at the woman who left without mercy, but he didn't understand.

What is all this for.

Never want what you don't want, and always force what you want, but you can't ask for it.

The setting sun was just right, and according to the steps in front of Gu Huaishu, there was another long shadow under the archway of the guild hall.

She could easily see her own shadow embedded in the long shadow of the archway, as if she was a bit cold.

As soon as she lifted her sleeve, she realized that it was also stained with blood.

This little blood was heavily pressed on her sleeve, and seemed to be pressed on the bottom of her heart.

She was so vicious that she had such a slight regret when she came out.

But Gu Huaixiu wiped away this emotion that didn't belong to him in a flash, walked towards the sedan chair, "Go home."

(End of this chapter)