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

Chapter 29
In the end, Gu Huaixiu made money.

She had only been home for three or five days, when word spread that the person who commented on the poems that day was the emperor.Gu Huaixiu has such an aura of "zhilanyushu" for no reason, and he is a little bit dumbfounded.

But this matter of reputation has actually been resolved on the surface.

At least, who dares to refute Kangxi?

Long live God is the heaven and earth of the Qing Dynasty, even if what he said is wrong, it will become right in everyone's ears.

As for what other people think in private, that's out of my control, and neither does Gu Huaixiu.

There is only one thing that worries me.

For the fifth time, she clipped the second couplet into the book and put it on the side of the desk.

In recent days, Qiaoniang didn't come here, and she didn't even have a chance to ask.

Gu Huaixiu thought about it, but he simply didn't ask any more questions, because every time he confronted the fourth elder brother, he would feel frightened once.

The knife catcher was found by fourth master, maybe he didn't know that he was for a woman, but thought it was for fourth master, so this couplet is right?
She pinched her eyebrows and yawned.

Qing Dai ran in from the outside with her dress in hand: "Miss, miss, the master has sent someone to propose marriage to the second young master."

"Propose marriage?" Gu Huaishu sat up straight, "Which family?"

"Sun Lianqiao, the daughter-in-law of Sun Zhiding's family in the Fifth Grade Academy of Taiyuan Hospital." Qing Dai took a breath and replied repeatedly.

A girl from Sun Zhiding's family?
Gu Huaixiu was a little unexpected, she suddenly thought: "A few days ago we went to the Li Mansion to celebrate the spring banquet, but there is also this Miss Sun?"

"That's right. I was at the table in front of me. The servant looked like a transparent person. I heard that he just passed the age of Ji this year, and he is also a beautiful and intelligent person."

Qing Dai also heard what the women in front said, but she still doesn't know what kind of person she is.

Gu Huaishu waved his hand, but he didn't care too much.

The second elder brother's marriage is certain, and he will be there soon. There will be several beautiful things coming to the Gu family.

Now Gu Zhenguan is only supported by his reputation, the scholarly family and the Xinglin family seem to be a perfect match.

Sun Zhiding, the history of Taiyuan Hospital, is a famous doctor of a generation, a descendant of Sun Simiao, but it is not clear what this Sun Lianqiao is.You can tell what the name is after listening to it. Forsythia is a name that Sun Zhiding could only come up with.

She was lazily leaning on the table, holding the book in her right hand, while grabbing a plate of melon seeds on the table with her left hand, knocking and reading.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to bother with him. I don't go out recently, so that my second brother won't be unhappy, and we will suffer bad luck for nothing."

Qingdai laughed: "You haven't seen the expression on the second son's face. I heard that the master thinks Miss Lian Sun is very good, but the second son refuses to live or die. He still calls that it's a big bug, I don't know what's wrong..."

"Huh?" There was still such a problem, she beckoned, and asked Qing Dai to squat over and speak slowly.

After Qing Dai told everything she knew, Gu Huaishu nodded, she roughly understood.

I'm afraid that something happened at the Xichun Banquet that day, but Sun Lianqiao is now sixteen years old, not as old as her, and when she enters the door in the future, Gu Huaixiu will call her "Second Sister-in-law".Thinking about his second brother's expression, Gu Huaixiu felt even more cheerful.

"The Imperial Hospital is a poor place. Even with the history of the hospital, the monthly salary is only three taels. But there is a lot of money in the bottom, and the face is poor, and it is fat in private. How can you tell clearly about the affairs of the palace? This one The marriage, in name, is the daughter of the fifth rank of the academy history, a serious official lady."

All in all, if it can be done, Gu Hanchuan will be on top.

She didn't care much about Gu Hanchuan's affairs. Ever since Gu Yaofang left here, Gu Huaixiu's life has been much more peaceful, and almost all passed away amidst the sound of cracking melon seeds.

"I've eaten too many melon seeds recently, go and ask Xiao Shifang to make me a plate of jujube paste and yam cake to satisfy my craving..."

Her eyeballs were glued to the script, and when she saw Pan Jinlian and Wu Song, she gave orders without looking back.

Qingdai thought of Xiao Shifang's busyness in the kitchen recently, and immediately wailed: "Miss, the servant girl went there recently, Xiao Shifang turned his face, saying that if you continue to eat, you will become...become..."

"Bah! Little Shi Fang is heartless! Just ask him if he will do it or not, he is a better cook than me, and he dares to arrange me..." Gu Huaixiu said that there are no rules in this family, But there was nothing cold about the expression on her face, she sighed and waved her hand again, "Forget it, tell Xiao Shifang that I will eat the last plate today."

"Xiao Shifang said, Miss, if you don't want soup, cakes, crisps, etc..."

Qing Dai was extremely embarrassed, she muttered, carefully watching Gu Huaixiu's expression.

Gu Huaishu finally pulled out her eyeballs. She covered the book and poked Qing Dai's forehead with her finger: "Why are you so stupid? Are you a maid I taught you? Just tell Xiao Shifang that this is the last For one dish, coax him to do it first, then there will be two, Xiao Shifang is very soft-hearted, and he can grind out a dish in a short time. To be a human being, you must know how to be flexible, you know?"

Qingdai was dejected, and when she thought of Xiao Shifang's black face, she still wailed.

As soon as she left, Gu Huaixiu snorted and continued to grab melon seeds: "Fight with me..."

The marriage of the second son of the Gu family is considered to be a commission, the two families are still happy, and Liuli is still going one by one.

At the same time, there has been news from the Zhang family.

Zhang Ying was in the study, looking at the letter, counting the time, when the matter of the second son of the Gu family was settled, they could come to propose marriage.

However, Tang Zhangying was a little impressed by the third girl of the Gu family.

It remains to be verified whether the saying that a person should not be judged by his appearance, and that his words are like his person, is a literati attached to it.

"Uncle Fu, go find the Second Young Master."

"Yes."

Zhang Ying was waiting to discuss the details with Zhang Tingyu, but unexpectedly it was his wife Wu who came in first.

"Why are you here?" Zhang Ying walked over and pulled Wu Shi to sit on the chair next to her.

Wu made some calculations in her heart and said, "Master, is the marriage between our house and the Gu family settled?"

"It's already been agreed, just pick a date to propose marriage." Zhang Ying didn't hide anything, the correspondence between the two families was quite close, and he and Gu Zhenguan made this matter very clear.

Seeing that summer has already entered, and it is gradually getting hotter, I am afraid that the marriage of the second son will be delayed until winter at least.

Where is it so easy to change things that are set in stone?

Mrs. Wu curled her lips: "Then Miss Gu..."

"That's what the emperor boasted. If you say something again, be careful that someone will hear you through the wall and cut off your head."

Zhang Ying sighed straight, sometimes thinking that marrying a daughter-in-law should be a smart one.Gu San's kind is not perfect, but as long as Heng Chen likes it, what's the big deal?

Hengchen is the second son, and he will not be the leader of the family in the future. Zhang Tingzan is already the head of the family in the future. Zhang Ying is very relieved that the family will be handed over to the eldest son in the future.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wu became a little depressed.

But the emperor said, what can be done?Having said that, you can't praise her for no reason, maybe this daughter-in-law is not as bad as she imagined.

I can't help myself about this matter, so I simply don't ask.

Mrs. Wu is recognized by the family as not very clever, and the only advantage may be that she doesn't like to use her brain and just muddle along.

She came today because of another matter: "The marriage of the second child is about to be finalized, but I have an idea about the marriage of the third child."

"Ok?"

The third child is only seventeen this year, so there is no rush to get married. I wonder what Mrs. Wu thinks?

Zhang Ying asked her which girl she liked, but Wu said it was the eldest daughter-in-law's cousin.

Zhang Tingzan's wife, Chen's Yuzhu, was the magistrate of Tongcheng. She was married to Gao.She has a cousin named Chen Yuyan, but she is pretty and about the same age as Zhang Tinglu, and she is lively and intelligent.

When they went back to Tongcheng to worship their ancestors, Chen Yuyan was there to take care of their cousin Chen Yuzhu, and Mrs. Wu looked carefully.

Mrs. Wu praised Chen Yuyan, and said that the last time Zhang Tinglu and this girl went out to swim through the Lantern Festival, the two seemed to see each other pretty well.

Whether this is actually the case remains to be verified.

Zhang Ying thought about it, and agreed, "You should ask the third child more about this matter, and don't make the juniors unhappy in the end."

Zhang Ying wanted to mention a few more words, but Wu Shi stood up happily, "The concubine is going to talk about it now."

When Zhang Tingyu walked over, he only saw Wu's back, so he didn't go up to pay his respects.

He told the door to come in, Zhang Ying told him to go in, and the father and son were together again.

"Father."

"Well, my son told you about the Gu family's reply to the letter. There is no problem with Miss Gu San. Now it is the face of our Zhang family to marry her. You have a good vision."

Zhang Ying smiled, stroked his beard, and pointed to the seat in front for him to sit.

Zhang Tingyu bowed his head and said yes.

Zhang Ying said again: "But a daughter-in-law marrying into the family is for pain after all. I'm afraid that you have wronged the daughter of an old man, so I'm here to sound the alarm for you."

Zhang Tingyu listened with all ears.

Zhang Ying then said: "Your Uncle Gu's family is getting old, and there are only three children under his knees, and only two of them are descendants. The third girl is the jewel in his palm. One is for the sake of being a father, and the other is for you. Myself. You have to decide how to do things. I might as well tell you that something interesting happened in court today."

"..." Funny thing?
Zhang Tingyu raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Ying.

Zhang Ying stroked her beard, but picked up a memorial on the table, but put it down again after a while.

"Dai Youqi, the No. [-] in the Imperial Palace Examination, was awarded the Bachelor of the Imperial Academy together with Wu Bing, but today he resigned and packed his things and returned to his hometown."

Zhang Tingyu's heart trembled, Dai Youqi's outstanding calligraphy made him rise from the second place to the first place.

It's only been ten days, why did you resign?

Zhang Yingdao: "Things in the officialdom are never superficial. Good handwriting is of no use. Being an official depends on this—"

He pointed to his head, then waved his hand: "That's all I've said, you have to think about it yourself, some things must not get into the horns, and it's not a good thing to be too competitive. You show off your heart and your intelligence is not inferior For your elder brother, don't go the wrong way."

Wan Mo went the wrong way.

Zhang Tingyu bowed and left, but standing in the corridor, he let out a long sigh.

But I'm afraid that my father is wrong. In this family, those who go wrong are often smart people.

Zhang Ying has always been a staunch emperor and one party, and never participated in the disputes between the party members below.

He even taught his son not to get involved, but...

What Zhang Tingyu remembered was what his elder brother said after he asked him to listen to him.

The elder brother who doesn't participate in the faction dispute knows too much.

The days passed slowly like this, and no one knew what was hidden under the water.

The Gu family proposed marriage to the Sun family, and it took a long time to make three letters and six ceremonies. By the time the marriage was finalized, it was already mid-May.

Gu Huaixiu?When the sun was shining, I went to the courtyard to fold banana leaves and came back to make a big fan. I just asked Xiao Shifang to take the leaves down when I saw Gu Jiao's bright red shadow in the corridor.

"Auntie?"

"Miss, you? What are you doing here in the sun, a happy event is coming!"

Gu Huaixiu was startled, but Gu Jiao had already rushed over with a smile on his face.

"Master Zhang brought the Second Young Master to propose marriage! It's the girl's marriage!"

On this day, May [-]th, the sun was shining brightly, and it seemed to be a good day.

(End of this chapter)