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

Chapter 233 Dilemma
Kangxi wrote "Poems of Thousand Old Men" on the Wanshou Festival in front of the gate of Changchun Garden, so he named the banquet "Thousand Old Men Banquet".

Zhao Fengzhao, the son of Zuo Du Yushi Zhao Shenqiao, was beheaded on the guillotine. This day is an auspicious day, and it is not suitable for burial.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Shenqiao resigned in the name of being incompetent in teaching his son and ignorant of his father. Kangxi refused, and insisted on asking all the officials to discuss the matter. Zhang Tingyu said: "Zhao Yushi is a clean and honest official. The thigh and arm must not be resigned." The ministers seconded, so Zhao Shenqiao was appointed to the old post.More than a month later, there was a famine in Guangdong, and Kangxi ordered Zhao Shenqiao to supervise the relief of Pingtiao. In July, he was awarded the Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Households.

In July of the same year, Zhang Tingyu went hunting in Mulan paddock with his retinue. He was promoted to be a straight doctor, a third-rank official, and a second-rank official salary was specially given to show the emperor's approval.

Everything seemed to be getting better, and once Gu Huaishu's white hair started to appear, she seemed to settle down.

When Zhang Tingyu came back from the Mulan Paddock, it was mid-September, and he hadn't even had time for the Mid-Autumn Festival. When he came back to enjoy the moon, even the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers were about to fall.

Gu Huaishu asked someone to set up a banquet in the courtyard, made crabs, served osmanthus wine, sat down at the table, and ordered Qing Dai to warm the wine: "The sky is getting colder, the wine is cold and hurts the body, but it is still warm." It's nice to be warm."

The moon is in the sky, and the maids in the mansion change every few years, and now it is rare to find familiar faces from back then.

Zhang Ruoai sat on the side, only looking narrowly at Gu Huaishu: "Mother, I drank with Qian Lang the other day, why didn't you tell me to drink warm?"

Hearing this, Gu Huaixiu raised his head and glanced at him: "You care more about these little things than anyone else, why don't you compare your knowledge with your father? You have learned a lot in his study in the past few months... ..."

Really learned a lot.

Zhang Ruoai raised her eyes to look at his mother, then lowered them slowly, and stuffed a piece of prunes into her mouth, which was a little sour.

"I have learned a lot. A son is not as good as a father."

"However, when your father was fifteen, he might not be as capable as you..."

No, it's not right to say that, when Gu Huaishu knew Zhang Tingyu, Zhang Tingyu was already crowned.As for what Zhang Tingyu looks like at fifteen, Gu Huaixiu is not very clear.

But when you think about it, you know that it was not an easy time.

Maybe it was because these words suddenly brought back all kinds of memories of the past, Gu Huaishu didn't say a word for a while, and didn't even notice that Zhang Tingyu came back.

It wasn't until Zhang Tingyu's fingers lightly brushed her forehead, hooking a golden tassel on her temples, that she came back to her senses.

"came back?"

"I just came back and just took care of things from the palace. But you, how come you have lost weight?" Zhang Tingyu glanced at his two sons and a daughter, then turned to look at Gu Huaishu, and finally said, "What were you thinking just now?" So engrossed?"

"Tell Ruo Ai about being 15 years old. Just now I asked him if he was not as knowledgeable as you, but then I remembered that when I was [-], I didn't recognize you."

At that time, people in the capital basically only heard about Ting Zan, the eldest son of the Zhang family. Who would know that the world is changing now, but Zhang Tingyu is getting promoted step by step?

Things in the world are really unpredictable. At that time, she hadn't broken through the matter between the prince and Sister Fang, nor was she controlled by Yinzhen, nor was she on a pirate ship. Although she was fighting openly and secretly, her days were leisurely and peaceful.

Now that I am full of glory and wealth, I feel a lot of emotion when I think back to when I was dressed in white.

Along the way, more than [-] years.

The two looked at each other and smiled again.

Zhang Tingyu said: "I don't want to follow the emperor to go outside the Great Wall next year. I have to come back every Mid-Autumn Festival..."

"Father doesn't miss home at all." Zhang Buxiang made a grimace, stuck out his tongue, snorted, and turned his head away, "Mother will watch the moon with us during the Mid-Autumn Festival, you don't come back to watch."

Zhang Ruolin didn't feel anything, but now his head was ticking, as if he was about to fall asleep.

Zhang Tingyu had no choice but to say, "It will definitely be there next year, it will definitely be there."

But who knows what next year will look like?

After hearing this, Gu Huaixiu didn't take it seriously, he just ordered people to serve food and wine, and also told the maids to go down. There were only five members of the family in the garden, and there was no etiquette of not talking when eating or sleeping, what should be said , It was all said on the table.What did Zhang Tingyu see outside the Great Wall, what did he encounter, what happened to Gu Huaishu...

In the shallow conversation, there is a deep affection.

People say that when love becomes strong, it becomes thinner. Too much forgetting love is not ruthless, but sincere love.

The relationship between the two of them seems to be casual, but there is no place where they are indifferent.

They drank until they were slightly tipsy, and then they went back to the house hand in hand.

Zhang Tingyu was lying on the bed with her, the sound of cicadas had stopped outside the window, and Gu Huaishu seemed to have fallen asleep.

But after waiting for a long time, she moved her finger and put it on his arm, and suddenly asked, "Is Shen Qu my son?"

This question came so abruptly that Zhang Tingyu felt indescribably flustered.

"Do you think so?"

"..."

Gu Huaishu gradually let go of his hands, turned sideways, turned his back to Zhang Tingyu, and said, "It's getting late, go to sleep."

When he knew that Shen Qu was left-handed, Gu Huaishu calculated, no matter how he calculated, left-handedness was just a coincidence, not an inheritance.At that time, she always felt that it was subtle, so she asked Zhang Tingyu, and he said no.But now, she already knew about the dream about Yu'er, and she knew exactly what was going on in her heart.

The matter of Zhang Wangxian is also a big doubt.

For so many years, I haven't seen the so-called "Aunt Xian" come back, and the ancestral house in Longmian Mountain...

She didn't dare to think about it, but after holding back for so long, she finally asked.

Once asked, a rift has been stretched between husband and wife for more than [-] years.

Gu Huaishu thought for a long time before asking, but the moment she asked, she suddenly didn't want to hear Zhang Tingyu's answer.

Because she knew very well that no matter what Zhang Tingyu answered, it was wrong.

are all wrong.

It was the first time that he knew what it meant to have different dreams in the same bed, Gu Huaixiu didn't close his eyes all night, but he didn't move.

The next day Zhang Tingyu got up to go to the morning, Gu Huaishu waited for him to leave before closing his eyes, unknowingly such a touch, the pillow was wet.

But she was finally able to fall asleep.

She didn't get up until it was three poles high in the sun.

When she was putting on makeup, she pointed at her eyelids, put powder on herself with her fingers, and then said: "Call someone, go to the Wanqing Guild Hall, and say that Mr. Zhang is going to take a test for the school's homework, so let him come to Zhang's mansion." .Cook a table of delicious dishes with Shi Fang... When the time comes..."

His fingers trembled, Gu Huaishu looked at the slippery pearl powder on his fingertips, and rubbed it lightly.

The smudged pink rouge is like tears on the cheeks of a beauty.

Gu Huaishu chuckled, "I'm getting old..."

Today's Gu Huaixiu is very strange.

The maids saw that she picked up the powder and put down the lip balm, and after a while picked up Dai and put down the lip balm.

Near noon, the servants invited Shen Qu over.

I haven't seen Shen Qu for a long time, but I feel a little high-spirited.

"The student greeted his teacher's wife. He hasn't come for a long time. I heard that my husband is going to take the school exam to collect his homework. Why haven't I seen him?"

"Your husband is still going up, he has no time to look for you."

Gu Huaishu was just looking for an excuse to talk, she looked at Shen Qu's eyebrows carefully, and felt that there was warmth hidden under his eyes, and he was kind and gentle like a gentleman.Hanging around his waist is the jade abacus given by Aunt Xian back then, and it has been well preserved in recent years.

Fast forward 17 years, and her children have grown up.

Perhaps it was Gu Huaishu's gaze that confused him, Shen Qu hesitated for a moment: "Teacher?"

"Well, it's nothing, you can sit down." Gu Huaishu didn't say anything about asking him to come, but just smiled kindly, hiding all the thoughts in his heart very well, "Did Shen Chao know when you came?" ?”

"He's talking to some important people. I never interfere with the salt business."

No matter how skillful Shen Qu is these years, whenever he wants to get involved, he will be reprimanded by Shen Chao immediately, and his appearance seems fierce.

Over time, Shen Qu learned to be good, and only cared about his one-third of an acre of land, not about Shen Yang's affairs.

Many people said that Shen Qi was not Shen Qi's own, and they only gave him tea, cloth, rice and other businesses, but they didn't give any of the most lucrative salt road business to Shen Qi.Even Li Wei started to get in touch with the Lianghuai patrol salt censor, and Shen Qu still only cared about his own affairs, which made people feel a little criticized.

But Shen Qi didn't pay attention to these, and insisted on going his own way.

Today he was going to talk about something, and Shen Qu asked someone to leave a message for him, so he came to Zhang's residence.

But today's teacher's wife seems not quite right.

A few months ago, Shen Qu had seen Mrs. Zhang Er's ruthless and cruel methods. Although he didn't understand why, he didn't go out at that time, and he didn't bother his father.The younger generation would not interfere in matters concerning the elders, so as not to violate any taboos and drive his father crazy.

When Gu Huaishu heard that Shen Qu hadn't interfered in the matter, he remained silent for a while.

She looked at Shen Qu's facial features bit by bit, and suddenly said: "Qing Dai, bring the book."

Qing Dai brought a bunch of books over, and Gu Huaishu immediately started asking him about his homework, a collection of classics and history, all of which were involved, even the principles of life...

She asked them one by one, and Shen Che answered them one by one.

The answers were fluent, without omissions.

Gu Huaixiu was tired of asking, so he threw the book on the ground.

She pursed her lips tightly. After all, she didn't teach such a son by herself!
"Master doesn't ask?"

With a relaxed expression, Shen took a break and took a sip of tea secretly, as if he had talked too much.

He also poured a cup for Gu Huaixiu: "Master, drink tea."

Gu Huaishu took the cup of tea, but tears fell into it: "You have been in the capital for so many years, didn't your father just spoil Aunt Xian? Why haven't you seen her?"

"... Aunt Xian?"

Shen Qu's eyes flickered for a moment, but he turned a blind eye to the scene of Gu Huaisu crying.

He smiled: "You already know, why bother to ask?"

I know it all...

In the end, she was the only one, poor thing, kept in the dark!

Everyone is wise and clever, extremely clever? But she, Gu Huaixiu, is stupid and blunt, half clueless!
All good.

All are good.

She unknowingly put on a sneer: "Shen Qi raised you really well."

"He is my father, how can he not take good care of me?" Shen Qu couldn't tell what mood he was in. He lowered his head and looked at the tea in the teacup. The leaves were beautiful in shape. One bud and two leaves were harvested this spring. The tenderest tea is the one he honored to Mr. this year. "Master, do you have anything else to do?"

"...In the end, no one ever cared about my feelings?"

She couldn't laugh, couldn't cry, she was suddenly numb with pain, and even her voice was choked up.

"It looks like you won't be coming back."

"Master, if I leave, will I watch him die alone?"

Shen Qu spoke slowly, he really couldn't control the right and wrong of the elders.

He can't even control himself, and he can't stop it.

This was a misunderstanding, a mistake, it was good that Gu Huaishu didn't know, they all pretended not to know, maybe He He Lele had never had that child who had been buried in the soil in his whole life .

"It's all because I'm greedy for the prosperity of the world. When I was just born, I was already discouraged, but I couldn't bear to die...Everyone was buried in it, and I started crying again. If I died at the beginning, maybe there would be no more behind you and my father." Suffering?"

Holding the tea lid with his fingers, he gently brushed off the tea foam, and the action of sinking and taking revealed a strange cautiousness.

Shen Chao often said that drinking tea to quench his thirst, he knows how to taste tea, but he doesn't have the time and mood to really drink tea.

Shen Qu didn't know what kind of mood it was like tasting tea, so he was just smelling the tea at the moment.

"Old Mr. Zhang is rarely confused, why are you so clever? Let my father live, can't you?"

"He saved me, I thank him. Otherwise, what I gave him would be a bottle of poisonous wine..."

As for Shen Chao, he will definitely not be tested for drugs like Yinzhen.

Gu Huaishu's heart was desolate, she really wanted to find a place to cry, but she was sitting here, dignified.

"I let him live, why doesn't he give me a life?"

I don't know who tortured whom...

Gu Huaishu only thought it was ridiculous, extremely ridiculous!
But why did Shen take it?

The child is caught in the middle, how to choose?

He's grown up, not a kid anymore.He called Shen Qu's "Father" for 17 years. How can he choose between giving birth and raising grace?
Gu Huaisui looked at Shen Qu with blurred eyes, but his voice was very calm: "When did you know your background?"

"..."

Shen Qi said nothing.

He really didn't know what to say.

Rubbing the rim of the teacup with her fingers, she bent her lips into a deep smile, as if to comfort her, and said: "My father's time is short, after he leaves, I will talk to my teacher in detail."

Shen Chi is doing big things recently, or he has been planning all the time. Recently, Shen Chi has spent more and more time in the study, and the ominous premonition in Shen Qu's heart has become stronger and stronger.

He has never shy away from death, because he has entered the Hall of Yama countless times.

Gu Huaishu could hardly hear what Shen Qu was saying.

Ever since she had that dream in Nianfu, she knew about it, but she didn't ask, and she didn't dare to ask.Not long after Shen Chi was injured by her, he took Shen Qu away again, and it was meaningless for Gu Huaixiu to ask. It wasn't until Shen Chi came a month ago that she remembered the things that she had deliberately forgotten for a long time.

She was afraid, one was that Zhang Tingyu lied to her back then, and the other was that even if she knew the truth, it would be irreversible.

Now both are fulfilled.

20 years of husband and wife, what is the love?Mother and son are 17 years apart, how can they be relative?

She slowly stood up, and suddenly felt that she was much older, much...

"In that case, let's go."

That being the case, you go.

Her figure was crumbling, but there was some strange force in the dark that supported her to move forward step by step towards the bead curtain.

Shen Qu was watching from behind, but he lowered his head and dared not look.

When he came out, he met Zhang Tingyu, who had come back from the next court, at the door.

Zhang Tingyu paused, will?Dai held it in his hand, looked at him for a while, and guessed why he came out.

What is in front of Zhang Tingyu now is not a dilemma?

It was a bit difficult for Shen Qu to speak, and then he said hello to Zhang Tingyu: "Sir..."

The family of Zhang’s family is very high. Before Shen Qu stood on the top, Zhang Tingyu was at the bottom of the steps, beside the stone lion, staring at him. After a long time, he smiled reluctantly and said, “Be careful when you go back. It’s raining. The sky is turning.” Cool, remember to add more clothes."

(End of this chapter)