The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 408: Come To Your Door (Two Updates)

Princess Xinyang fainted without warning.

The servants in the yard did not panic because of worry, everyone was doing their own things in an orderly manner under Yujin's deployment.

Princess Xinyang was carried by Yujin to the bed.

Gu Jiao didn't realize that Yu Jin, who was soft and weak, had such strength, but after all, Yu Jin was not a martial arts practitioner, and this blow actually used up all her strength.

She panted for a while in embarrassment, thin beads of sweat oozing from her forehead.

"Master Yujin, this servant is going to invite the doctor." A little maid said.

Yujin nodded first, then shook her head again as if thinking of something.

Afterwards, she looked at Gu Jiao who didn't take advantage of the chaos to escape, and asked with fixed eyes: "Doctor Gu, can I trust you?"

...

Twilight slanted westward.

Xiao Liulang finished his official duties all day and came out of the Imperial Academy, he saw the third son anxiously circling at the door.

The third son is the driver of the hospital, and he often goes out with Gu Jiao.

Xiao Liulang subconsciously looked behind Xiao Sanzi, only to see a quiet carriage with the curtains closed tightly, but his intuition told him that Gu Jiao was not in the carriage.

"Little Sanzi, what's the matter?" Xiao Liulang walked over and asked.

When Xiao Sanzi heard Xiao Liulang's voice, he turned his head abruptly and said in panic, "Brother Xiao, Miss Gu is gone!"

Xiao Liulang frowned: "When did you disappear? Where did you disappear?"

The third son was in a hurry: "Just, just now..."

Xiao Liulang comforted him: "Don't worry, just speak slowly."

The third son also knows that he can't do this, anyway, he is also the one who met the emperor with Miss Gu, so he has to be calm, calm...

Xiaosanzi calmed down and told what happened in front of the shop.

Xiao Liulang frowned and said, "You mean she disappeared suddenly?"

Xiao Sanzi said: "Isn't it sudden? I held the pancakes in one hand and the food box in the other, and told her that the pancakes should be eaten while they are hot, otherwise they will be soft and not crispy. She also said hello, but I turned around to look at her, and she was gone! No...I mean...the person disappeared! I asked the couple at the bakery, but they didn't see it either! I looked around...but I took the whole strip I've searched all over the street but can't find it..."

Xiao Liulang went to the crime scene.

"Where was your carriage parked then?" he asked the third son.

The third son found a place about half a zhang away from the shop, gestured, and said, "Here! The horse is standing here, and the carriage is here!"

After the shop finished Gu Jiao's business, the food was exhausted and the shop closed, and no customers came over.

Xiao Liulang walked around the scene carefully, then suddenly squatted down and picked up a piece of broken charcoal pencil.

Charcoal pens are not a very good writing tool, and most people don't know how to use them. Gu Jiao loves to use them. The purse given to her by her aunt has a special liner for charcoal pens. If it gets dirty, it can be taken out and cleaned.

She usually puts a piece or two in it.

But the piece of charcoal pen in Xiao Liulang's hand was not the charcoal pen that Gu Jiao was used to.

Her charcoal pencils are treated for a softer texture.

This kind of charcoal pencil is someone's special charcoal pencil, and he has only seen it in one place.

...

In the courtyard on Zhuque Avenue, Princess Xinyang woke up faintly.

Yujin had been watching her all the time, and when she saw her eyes open, she smiled slightly and said, "Princess, are you awake? How do you feel?"

It was not the first time that Princess Xinyang fainted, but it was the first time that she felt so relaxed after waking up, neither dizzy nor sore all over, as if she had just slept casually.

Looking at her face, Yujin knew that she was recovering better than before, so she smiled and said, "The princess fainted just now, and it was Dr. Gu who treated the princess with acupuncture."

As she spoke, she stood up, took a step back and saluted, "I made my own decision, please punish the princess."

Princess Xinyang glanced at her helplessly: "You know I won't punish you."

Yujin smiled.

Princess Xinyang asked: "What about the girl?"

Yujin looked back and said, "It's in the yard."

In the colorful courtyard, under a big tree with luxuriant branches and leaves, someone was forced to do business again, his face was so dark.

"You said that you are a master, a majestic Zhaoguo Dragon Shadow Guard, the most powerful martial arts master in the world, why do you like people to slap you in the face?"

Gu Jiao said bitterly, not forgetting to break a charcoal pencil.

Then she felt that the boss was happier!

... It's quite fascinating.

When Princess Xinyang came out accompanied by Yujin, what she saw was a scene of one big and one small squatting on the ground poking out pens.

Yujin had been guarding by Princess Xinyang's bed just now, but she didn't know that they were like this. Yujin couldn't hold back yet, and burst out laughing.

"Princess." She said, "Long Yi hasn't played with anyone for a long time, the last time he was like this was when Young Master was young..."

Princess Xinyang interrupted her lightly: "Yujin, he is dead, don't mention him again."

Yujin lowered her eyes: "...Yes."

Gu Jiao pouted to the point of despair, and she didn't finish today's business until her stomach growled.

Yujin stayed with Gu Jiao for dinner, but Gu Jiao refused.

She suddenly disappeared for so long, the little third son must be very anxious, maybe Xiao Liulang also knew that she was gone, and she had to go back quickly.

For the sake of the Millennium Ganoderma lucidum, she didn't intend to ask for the consultation fee, but Yujin insisted on giving it to her, so she accepted it.

It should be regarded as the hard work paid for a whole night!

Gu Jiao put the one hundred tael silver note into her purse.

Compared with Xuan Pinghou who only gave her a copper coin, Princess Xinyang's hand is simply not too generous.

When Gu Jiao came here, she was taken captive by Long Yi, now she can't let Long take her back alone.

Yujin thoughtfully asked someone to prepare a carriage.

"I send you."

As soon as she finished speaking, a little maid walked over in small steps: "Master Yujin, that peony doesn't seem to be alive."

"Which one?" Yujin asked.

"The one the princess loves the most." The little maid said.

Gu Jiao said empathetically, "Master Yujin, go and take care of Mudan, don't send me off."

Taking care of Mudan is not in a hurry, but Yujin sees that Gu Jiao doesn't like these formalities, so she smiled and said: "Okay, then go slowly, the carriage is at the door, where do you want to go, Just tell the coachman."

"En." Gu Jiao responded, said goodbye to Yujin and came to the main entrance of the courtyard.

The door was ajar and opened inward.

The moment Gu Jiao opened the door, she saw Xiao Liulang who raised his hand and was about to knock on the door.

The two of them paused for a moment.

Gu Jiao did not expect that he would find this place, and Xiao Liulang did not expect that the door would open by itself, and Gu Jiao would come out at this time.

"Are you OK?"

"How did you come?"

The two spoke in unison.

Xiao Liulang was still panting, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and he could see how hard and anxious the journey was.

He glanced at the yard behind Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao's eyes moved, she stepped over the threshold and closed the courtyard door: "Let's go."

Yujin heard a strange man's voice, she was not at ease, and walked over to take a look, but Gu Jiao had already left with Xiao Liulang.

Yujin asked the coachman, "Where's Mrs. Gu?"

The coachman said: "A man came to look for her just now, and she left with him."

Came to her alone?

She was kidnapped by Long Yi, who can guess that Long Yi brought her here?

Yujin was puzzled, followed a few steps in doubt, and came to the corner of Zhuque Avenue, but only saw a carriage driving into the night.

On the quiet street, Xiao Sanzi drove the car with relief.

Finally found Miss Gu, he didn't have to worry anymore.

It's still Brother Xiao who is amazing, and he immediately guessed that Miss Gu came to Suzaku Street.

By the way, how did he guess?

The same doubt also flashed through Gu Jiao's mind, the difference is that Gu Jiao quickly thought about the answer.

No wonder he was able to stop Long Yi from killing her, and no wonder Long Yi would pinch his face.

Long Yi is indeed confirming something, and the confirmation has been completed.

In this way, it makes sense for Long Yi to be so close to him suddenly.

Although Gu Jiao is not willing to equate being forced to stick out her pen with getting close, but if someone else hits Long Yi's face with a pen, I am afraid that the person who will be stick out next is not a few charcoal pencils, but that person himself .

Although she had guessed some things, and she felt that with his intelligence, it was impossible not to see that she had guessed it, but he didn't say anything, so she didn't pierce the last layer of window paper.

However, she still wanted to talk about the reason why she appeared on Suzaku Avenue.

"Yesterday, I removed the stitches for a scholar named Xu. He asked me to treat one of his aunts, and he paid for the consultation fee. As a result, I went to the wrong place and entered the courtyard of Princess Xinyang by mistake. , regard Princess Xinyang as that aunt..."

Gu Jiao succinctly described the process of changing the dressing, but she didn't say anything about Long Yi asking her to stick out her pen, nor about Princess Xinyang's misunderstanding that she had ulterior motives and almost used the golden whip bestowed by the late emperor to whip her little ass .

It's a bit embarrassing.

"Princess Xinyang took the medicine I gave, and the medicine is very effective. Just now, I let Long take me there to treat her illness!"

She spoke calmly, omitting all kinds of misunderstandings and details.

But Xiao Liulang has been with Princess Xinyang for more than ten years, how could he not know what kind of temperament she is?

Maybe he couldn't understand it in the past, but now that he thinks about it again, many details are different from what he remembered.

Princess Xinyang has never been a simple woman.

She really wanted to ask someone to treat her illness, and she would send a sedan chair there in a grand manner, and let Long take him away, probably because she had doubts about her.

Fortunately, it was all a misunderstanding.

He couldn't stop her from meeting Princess Xinyang, because he couldn't stop her.

It's not like she can't see her if she doesn't want to, Princess Xinyang gives an order, and Long Yi will find the person by digging three feet from the ends of the earth.

But Long Yi won't allow anyone to hurt her, right?

Just like he never allowed anyone to hurt himself.

When they got home, the pancakes had already cooled completely, Gu Jiao sighed, the pancakes were delicious, what a pity.

It was late at night, everyone in the family was asleep, and the two of them washed up and went back to their rooms.

Xiao Qingkong lay sprawled on the bed, snoring heartily.

Xiao Liulang looked at him, somehow thinking of himself when he was a child, and also thinking of the former princess mansion.

Memories flashed through my mind frame by frame like pictures. Memories that I thought I had long forgotten could be so clear at night.

Xiao Liulang closed his eyes, trying to squeeze these memories out of his mind, but found that the harder he tried, the more the memories surged.

"Mother~"

Xiao Jingkong on the side suddenly spoke in a daze.

Did the little guy dream that he had a mother?

Xiao Liulang's thoughts were interrupted, and he pulled Xiao Jingkong's clothes down to cover his belly.

Xiao Qingkong turned over and arched into his arms, babbling for some reason in his sleep.

Xiao Liulang raised his slender jade fingertips and poked his little head aside.

Xiaoqingkong rolled over, and rolled back after a while.

Xiao Liulang poked again.

He goes away.

In the end, he stopped leaning into Xiao Liulang's arms, and a little foot was born out of nowhere, directly hitting Xiao Liulang's face!

Xiao Liulang: "..."

Xiao Liulang had no time to think about other things after being tormented by Xiao Jingkong, and the strange memories in his mind faded away, and he slept soundly in the middle of the night.

Before dawn the next day, he went to the Hanlin Academy.

He came earlier than Kong Mu, and Kong Mu gave him a strange look: "Xiao Xiuzhuan last night... Could it be that he didn't go back?"

"Back." Xiao Liulang said.

After ordering, Mao Xiao Liulang went to his office.

Kong Mu couldn't help muttering: "It's so early...arguing with my daughter-in-law, she was kicked out by her..."

The results of the six examinations came out, and a large number of officials entered the ranks of those who needed to retake the examination.

A large part of the officials who took the make-up examination were not from the imperial examinations, but family officials, that is, officials obtained through the meritorious deeds of the previous generation. The examination skills of this group of people can be imagined.

It's not that none of the senior officials has read poetry and books. It's just that if a person has solid talents and solid learning, he doesn't need a family official at all. He can be an official by himself. , Another example is Zhuang Zhuangxiu now.

After all, those who know that they are able to serve as officials are still studying hard and diligently.

The disadvantages of the shadow official system are obvious, but it has a long history. During the reign of the first emperor, he tried to abolish it, but he was jointly opposed by civil and military officials. However, the first emperor was also stubborn, and he did not let go until his death. While his old department is loyal to him, it also hopes that he can take back his life.

After the Empress Dowager Zhuang listened to the government behind the curtain, she restored the shadow official system and gave civil and military officials a step down, but at the same time, she also put forward a condition-the addition of six assessments.

The assessment is held every three years, and if you fail the exam, you will be re-examined. If you fail the re-examination twice, you will be demoted.

It is worth mentioning that the person who has been demerited must participate in the next round of assessment regardless of whether he is drawn by lottery or not.

The mystery of this system is that it includes a lot of buffer periods. If you fail the exam, you can still take the exam, and if you fail the exam, you can still take the exam after three years. It does not mean that you will lose your official position all at once.

In addition, Empress Dowager Zhuang said: "The tiger father has no dogs, and all the gentlemen are wise and brave. They are the pillars of our country. Could it be that the children born are all pussies?"

The high hat intensified the law, choking the court ministers to the point of choking.

The six-part assessment system was accepted in this way.

Although this system did not completely solve the shadow official system, it minimized the disadvantages it brought.

The Hanlin official who arranged to give lectures at the Gong Yuan today was Xiao Liulang, and the Gong Yuan arranged for a carriage to pick him up.

Before the carriage arrived, Xiao Liulang went to the backyard to fetch water with a kettle.

Ning Zhiyuan happened to go to the ink pond to wash his brushes. When he saw him, he greeted him with a smile: "Liu Lang! It's so early!"

"You are also very early." Xiao Liulang said.

Ning Zhiyuan sighed: "I was afraid of being late, so I went out early? Your house is not far away."

The two were talking, and Han Xueshi came over.

Ning Zhiyuan was surprised: "Wow, I didn't expect Mr. Han to be so early."

The two saluted Han Xueshi.

Han Xueshi nodded, looked at Xiao Liulang and said, "Are you going to give a lecture at the Gong Yuan today?"

"Yes." Xiao Liulang said.

"No need to go." Han Xueshi said, "you can follow me to Wenhua Pavilion later."

Xiao Liulang's fingertips moved.

Wenhua Pavilion, the library pavilion built by Princess Xinyang.

Han Xueshi gave Xiao Liulang this opportunity because he valued Xiao Liulang. Seeing that Xiao Liulang didn't speak, he thought he agreed.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step, Xiao Liulang said: "Master Han, I want to give lectures at the Gongyuan."

What do you mean you want to give lectures at the Gongyuan Academy?

Is there such a thing as haggling with your immediate boss?

Han Xueshi looked back and said seriously: "Do you know where Wenhua Pavilion is? What kind of opportunity is this?"

"I want to go to the Gongyuan to give lectures." Xiao Liulang said every word.

Han Xueshi frowned.

Xiao Liulang glanced at Ning Zhiyuan and said: "Let editor Ning go to Wenhua Pavilion, I still want to go to Gongyuan."

He said three times to go to the Gongyuan, and Han Xueshi would never give him another chance if he wanted to praise him.

"Come with me." Han Xueshi said to Ning Zhiyuan.

Ning Zhiyuan kept up with Xueshi Han, made exaggerated gestures at Xiao Liulang as he walked, and said silently - did you really give me such a good opportunity?

"What are you doing?" Xueshi Han stopped and turned to look at him.

Ning Zhiyuan stopped his movements for a second: "It's nothing, just stretch yourself."

Xueshi Han took Ning Zhiyuan out of the Imperial Academy.

Xiao Liulang waited for another half an hour before waiting for the people from the Gongyuan, but just as he was about to get into the carriage, the driver of the Imperial Academy rushed over with the carriage in a panic: "It's not good, Xiao Xiuzhuan! Something happened to Editor Ning! You should go to Wenhua Pavilion to have a look!"

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