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

Chapter 36

Gu Huaixiu raised her eyes and saw Zhang Tingyu coming into the room, she was still holding on to the scripture book, and when she saw someone, she immediately put away the scripture book.

"Second master is back, why don't you look so good?"

She got up and walked over, Qing Dai hurriedly followed behind to collect the nonsense words.

When Zhang Tingyu saw it, his expression was calm: "If there are no outsiders watching, those things don't need to be hidden, and it's not a big deal."

Gu Huaishu was embarrassed immediately, she turned her head to look at Qing Dai, and then looked suspiciously at Zhang Tingyu: "You...well, can you see it?"

She has a strange care for these trivial matters.

Zhang Tingyu smiled, "Almost."

How much is the difference?
Gu Huaixiu always felt that what Zhang Tingyu said was not right for him. What this person likes to say most is those ambiguous words. At first glance, he thinks that he thinks it is right, but when he thinks about it carefully, he thinks that it is not right at all.

To put it bluntly, most of what Zhang Ergong said is equivalent to not saying, but if you really want to say that he didn't say a word, that's not right.

I said it, but it's not very useful, it's just tasteless.

After pondering for a while, Gu Huaishu still felt that this person's art of speaking had risen to a level that was beyond his reach.

If you don't understand, just don't want to.

She walked over and saw that Zhang Tingyu had sat down, so she poured him a cup of tea and handed it to him.

There are some things I really want to ask, but I don't know if I can ask, so Gu Huaishu simply sat down and waited for Zhang Tingyu to speak.

Zhang Tingyu didn't speak for a while, he was also thinking about how to speak.

One is waiting for someone to speak, not knowing what to say;

The room was quiet, and the maids stood with their heads bowed, all trembling with fear.

But when the second master and the second young mistress are both around, this situation is a bit strange.

After about a quarter of an hour, Zhang Tingyu said: "You all go out."

Only he and Gu Huaishu were left in the room, Zhang Tingyu finally looked at her and asked, "Your dowry cook..."

"puff……"

Gu Huaishu almost sprayed him with a sip of tea, she always felt that not many people knew about it.

Turning his mind, Gu Huaishu suddenly frowned and looked at him: "What do you know?"

Zhang Tingyu said: "I only heard that Miss Chen ordered your cook, but because you invited my sister-in-law to have lunch, so nothing happened."

If this is the case, Zhang Tingyu definitely doesn't know what happened to Dafang.

Gu Huaixiu's heart inexplicably settled down a little. She saw that there was no one around, and suddenly felt that she and Zhang Tingyu should have a good talk.

If there is, it might be better to open up and talk about it.

Gu Huaishu now only has a general understanding of the situation in the entire mansion, but after all, it is as unclear as looking at flowers in a fog.

She now needs, from someone, a deeper understanding.

This person, such as Zhang Tingyu.

Zhang Tingyu thought about it carefully, and felt that he should say it.

He and Gu Huaishu, even if they don't have the so-called "love", they should be bound together as a married couple now.

Zhang Tingyu asked her to sit closer, and slowly talked about the situation in the mansion.

The scholarly family of the Zhang family can be traced back several generations, and they were all officials in the Ming Dynasty.

Those are far-off words, but speaking of closeness, Zhang Ying is very powerful now. In front of the prince’s teacher and also the teacher of the fourth elder brother, Kangxi is willing to teach Zhang Ying the future emperor of the Qing Dynasty, which means that Kangxi has great respect for Zhang Ying. trust.

But Zhang Tingyu said a very important sentence at this time: "Although my father is the prince's teacher, he may not be liked by the prince. Besides, since my father became the prince's teacher, the prince has gradually failed to learn well. My father is the prince's teacher. But it’s not the prince’s party.”

Why, Gu Huaishu felt that what Zhang Tingyu told him was not about the affairs of this mansion?
She was a little dazed, but unexpectedly Zhang Tingyu continued talking.

"Participating in partisan disputes is dangerous after all. It is better to follow the Lord Long Live. So no matter how difficult it is, no matter what others say, my father also persevered and remained neutral. You are very smart, you should have seen it long ago, big brother The pearl of the elder brother’s party regards my father as a close friend, and Suo’etu of the prince’s party also includes my father in his sphere of influence. You said my father, which party does he belong to?”

Gu Huaixu's heart trembled, she slowly raised her head and looked at Zhang Tingyu, but she didn't have the courage to tell the story.

Normal man, who would say this to his own woman?

She had some bad premonitions.

Zhang Tingyu raised his hand to help her straighten a strand of hair from her sideburns, and his lips were slightly bent: "Be careful and you can make the boat of ten thousand years. There is another saying that if you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer in front of your eyes. The most important thing in our Zhang family is wisdom." People, but the most dangerous thing is this smart person. I just hope that you will not be so smart and be a fool, okay?"

He looked at Gu Huaixiu with a smile, but Gu Huaixiu's fingertips felt slightly cool.

She looked up at Zhang Tingyu, and Zhang Tingyu looked back without hesitation.

The eyes of the two people collided, and they were speechless.

Gu Huaishu was silent for a long time, "You..."

Thinking about it, I still don't know what to say.

Gu Huaixiu pinched his eyebrows.

"I remembered."

She still didn't say it after all.

Zhang Tingyu raised his hand and pinched her face, then said: "I only hope that you really know..."

But Gu Huaishu knew that the quagmire was not that simple.

Zhang Tingyu's words were on the sidelines, I don't know if they are implying something.

Except for the fourth elder brother, Gu Huaishu had never had contact with anyone else. If Zhang Tingyu's words really meant something, it could only refer to the connection between Gu Huaishu and the fourth elder brother.

He spoke in a vague way, and Gu Huaishu also heard in a vague way, and vaguely felt that what he wanted to say seemed to be grasped, but Zhang Tingyu didn't say it clearly, and left it to her to figure it out.

Gu Huaishu really wished to uncover his head and see what was hidden inside.

"The situation in our family is very simple. Most of the things in the inner house are small things. If anything happens, it will come from the outside. You don't have to worry too much about the house. It's all in the house. Won't……"

not what?

Zhang Tingyu suddenly realized that he had said something wrong, so he didn't hide it, closed his mouth, and said: "Sister-in-law and elder brother are married, and my father has never taken a concubine. You can live your life however you like, but in the house Everything is up to you, and the maids and servants on my side, except for Ade, you can do whatever you want."

Ade, Gu Huaishou remembered this one.

When she thinks about the situation of the Zhang family, she sometimes finds it complicated, but when she thinks about it, it's really just the little things between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Compared with the life and death she experienced at the fourth elder brother's place at that time, what is it?
Zhang Tingyu's words hit the point again.

She listened to what he said, then nodded slowly, seeing that it was getting dark, she called the maids to serve the dishes.

The husband and wife did not eat or sleep without talking. After eating, one sat behind the desk and read a book for a while, and the other half lay on the bed and played with the Luban lock that he bought for a while.

When the candles in the study were blown out, Gu Huaishu still didn't feel it, and stared at his big eyes, fiddling with the things in his hands.

It's really strange that a large pile of wood can be stuck together like this without any wedges, but it can't be put back together after being dismantled.

She stared at it seriously, and didn't notice that Zhang Tingyu had already taken off his coat and walked over.

"Hey……"

His hand was empty, and at the same time a black shadow covered it, Gu Huaishu raised his eyes and saw that Zhang Tingyu had already held the thing in his hand.

It is a lock for picking treasures in a cage. This thing is called Luban lock, and some people call it Kongming lock. There are different opinions about who invented it.

But looking at this style, it is extremely delicate.

He took advantage of the situation and sat down, holding the Luban lock made of horizontal and vertical wooden strips, and said, "Do you like playing with these?"

Gu Huaishu leaned against the bedpost and shook his head: "It's boring to pass the time, but other things are fine, it takes a lot of thinking."

"Your brain will rust if you don't use it for too long. You can pretend to be stupid, but it's better to be smart inside."

Zhang Tingyu laughed out loud, but stretched out his fingers, and gently pushed and pulled the crossbars of the lock.

Gu Huaishu leaned over to take a look.

I don't know what's going on with Zhang Tingyu, he moves unhurriedly, but it seems that when he makes this one move, he has already thought about the next move.

Push a piece of wood over, and you can reveal the "treasure" inside, a big pearl.

It is very regular and very rhythmic. Slowly push it away, and the exposed gap becomes bigger and bigger. When the gap is large enough, the pearl can be taken out.

With a soft "click", Zhang Tingyu shook his hand lightly, and took out the pearl.

He handed it to Gu Huaixiu, and then moved his fingers quickly, restored the fist-sized Luban lock, and threw it beside Gu Huaixiu's pillow.

Seeing that she was still holding the pearl in a daze, Zhang Tingyu laughed inexplicably, and pressed her into the brocade quilt at once, saying: "These things take a lot of time and effort to play with, play during the day, don't stare at them at night. You should rest early."

He slowly wrapped her up in the quilt again, went to blow out the candles himself, and lay down on the bed too.

The two huddled together, silent to each other.

When it was over, she yawned, but couldn't fall asleep, she only supported her head on one hand, and seeing that Zhang Tingyu was still awake, she asked, "Then Miss Chen must be the future sister-in-law?"

Zhang Tingyu saw her snow-white arm exposed, so he picked up a brocade quilt and covered her, saying: "My father and mother knew the former county magistrate Chen, and they are old friends. Miss Chen's parents agreed at the time that she was going to marry If there is nothing unexpected about the person who came to Zhang's house, she will go back after two days to settle the matter."

After all, she is a girl who has never left the court, and now she lives in the Gu family in the name of taking care of her cousin, but waiting to talk about marriage, something is wrong.

Gu Huaixiu frowned when she heard that, and she snorted softly: "Then I will feel sorry for your third brother."

"You feel sorry for him?" Zhang Tingyu frowned slightly.

At night, Gu Huaixiu couldn't see his expression, and lazily retracted into the quilt, feeling that the body beside her was much hotter than her own, and she became even lazier. Human flesh stove, is this the feeling?Feeling ecstatic...

"Miss Chen is not easy to get along with, and I don't seem to be a sensible one. Forget it, it's their third wife's business to marry in."

Brothers will live their lives behind closed doors one day, whether they are right or wrong, Gu Huaixiu or less involved, so as not to offend the head?That mother-in-law, Mrs. Wu, was the one who couldn't eat and walked around.

Listening, Zhang Tingyu had the same idea as Gu Huaishu.

It's boring to think about these, it's better to go to bed early.

Zhang Tingyu got up before dawn the next day.

When Gu Huaishu got up, he saw that he was already fully dressed, so he couldn't help feeling a little discouraged.

The two of them sat down for dinner after going to Wu's side for morning inspection.

This morning's food was made by Xiao Shifang, which was very appetizing to Gu Huaixiu, and she was happy to eat, so she didn't care much about Zhang Tingyu.

Zhang Tingyu frowned, stared at the porridge in the bowl, drank it quietly, and broke up with Gu Huaishu without saying a word.

What I was thinking about in my heart was still Gu Huaixiu's dowry cook, I always felt uncomfortable...

Alas, he is a cook after all, what is he worried about?
Now she and Gu San are husband and wife, but there is still a little bit missing in the word love, so let's bear with it for now.

After breakfast, Zhang Tingyu told her that he was going to school. Before leaving, he glanced at the orchids on the window sill, which looked like the ones he had cut yesterday, and felt relieved.

Unexpectedly, Gu Huaishu was bored in the morning, so he turned to the window again, saw the symmetrical leaves of this orchid, pointed to Qing Dai and asked: "Why do I see that there are fewer leaves than yesterday? Which maid cut this? , neatly symmetrical, how ugly..."

Qing Dai broke into a cold sweat again: "Second young mistress... slaves don't understand..."

Gu Huaixiu rolled her eyes, picked up the scissors, and cut off two leaves with a click, but said in his mouth: "Plum blossoms are beautiful when they are tilted, and orchids are also beautiful if they have an unruly posture..."

Qing Dai, who couldn't understand, could only pretend that she didn't hear anything, and simply ignored it.

Gu Huaishu threw the scissors away, called the maid named Xinrui next to Zhang Tingyu, and led her to stroll around the garden to get acquainted with the environment.

Zhang Tingyu went back to the study at noon, and saw the much sparser orchids at a glance, and was speechless.

At this time, I couldn't find a maid in charge, so I asked who cut the orchid, and where was the wrong cut?There is simply chaos between the blades and the blades.

Zhang Tingyu frowned, raised the scissors, and cut two pieces.

Ade stood behind with Zhang Tingyu, looking at this poor pot of orchid, now there are only two facing leaves left, it's just... so pitiful!
The moment he left, Zhang Tingyu suddenly couldn't express his feelings, he glanced at the orchid, and went back to school.

When I came back at night, that ominous premonition finally came true.

Today was the day before returning to the door. He came slowly from the corridor, and saw a beautiful woman in a pink-blue satin robe standing in front of the window, holding a pair of scissors in her hand. She cut off a leaf with a pair of scissors, and she was smiling. Said to the maid at the back: "Xinrui, Qingdai, go back and ask me who cut this orchid, but it's against me."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Tingyu stood in front of her through the window.

Qingdai and Xinrui hurriedly bowed down to salute, while Gu Huaishu just stood there without moving.

Zhang Tingyu glanced at the orchid on the window sill, a solitary spike and a solitary leaf.

Gu Huaixiu's scissors have not been put down from his hands, it is obvious that this Gu San who has just entered the door is the murderer who caused the orchids to become more and more sparse.

"Uh...Second Master, this orchid..."

Any fool knows what's going on now, Gu Huaishu almost wants to dig a hole and bury himself.

She had the determination of a strong man to sever her wrists, and under Zhang Tingyu's calm gaze, she immediately stretched out a pair of scissors, and cut off the last leaf, saying: "This time it's also right."

Click.

The last leaf fell on the windowsill.

The corner of Zhang Tingyu's mouth twitched slightly, seeing a solitary flower spike stuck in a flower pot, full of words but didn't know how to say it.

He stood silently in front of the window and watched for a long time, and also looked at Gu Huaixiu for a long time.

In the end, he sighed, turned to Ade and said, "Go back to the flower house and bring some pots of orchids, and cut them according to the young lady's preference."

Ade bowed, "Yes, little one understands."

Gu Huaishu was a little embarrassed, and didn't know what to say. Looking at this pot of bare orchids placed on the windowsill, which was an eyesore, he had a funny feeling.

Zhang Tingyu only said: "But you can have fun cutting it."

Gu Huaishu: "..."

She found that there was a certain aesthetic deviation between herself and Second Young Master Zhang.

Silently putting down the scissors, Gu Huaishu really wanted to ask: I said my hands were shaking, is there still time?
She was in some pain, pinched her fingers and said, "I think... this one is pretty good, the others... don't need to be."

Glancing at the bald orchid, Zhang Tingyu stretched out his hand and pinched the center of his eyebrows, and said, "Young Mistress likes it, so let's water it well."

"Yes."

The maids, women, and servants inside and outside all responded in unison.

Thus, Gu Huaishu stared at such a pot of orchids without leaves, placed on her window sill for half a month...

If you want to ask her how she feels, maybe just one thing: so ugly.

(End of this chapter)