Dingjiangshan

The main courtyard of the Shu family.

Mrs. Shu was wearing a hastily put on coat, with a simple bun on her head, sitting on the head holding a silk handkerchief in her hand, her eyes could not stop turning back and forth on Shu Qinghui.

Half a quarter of an hour ago, Shu Qinghui went down to court, and without changing his official uniform, he rushed into the main courtyard angrily as soon as he entered the door, forcing Mrs. Shu, who had just got up not long ago, to call Shu Qiuyu from the courtyard.

For some reason last night, Shu Qiuyu left the palace overnight after bidding farewell to the Empress Dowager, and the sky was brightened when she got home.After all, Mrs. Shu felt sorry for her daughter, and wanted to persuade Shu Qinghui, but was frightened back by her husband's ugly face, so she didn't dare to say anything, so she hurriedly sent someone to call her.

"Master, why are you so angry?" Mrs. Shu clutched her handkerchief, and while Shu Qiuyu was not here, said hesitantly, "If... if Qiuyu didn't understand the rules in the palace and bumped into some nobleman, it would be fine to teach me well." That's it, why is that?"

Mrs. Shu was the wife that Shu Chuan personally chose for Shu Qinghui when he was alive. She was very stable and gentle, and most of the time she didn't dare to disobey Shu Qinghui.

Under Shu Qinghui's rage, he was even more unwilling to see her like this, so he snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves violently, and sat on the other side without saying a word.

Compared to Mrs. Shu, Shu Qiuyu was much calmer.

She seemed to have known that this would happen to Shu Qinghui a long time ago. The maid sent by Mrs. Shu had just walked to the gate of her courtyard, and saw that this extraordinary young lady had finished washing and dressing up, and was about to go to the main courtyard .

Shu Qinghui's mood was not in a good mood today, and his patience was also low. After waiting for half a cup of tea, before he saw anyone, he felt the fire in his chest getting hotter and hotter, which made him restless.

He simply stood up, walked around the house twice with his hands behind his back, sneered, and said in a strange way: "This is a good daughter, and the parents are so procrastinating when they send someone to invite her."

"This..." Mrs. Shu also felt that he was a little unreasonable, so she couldn't help but say a few more words for Shu Qiuyu: "It's still early in the morning, Qiu Yu's yard is far away, and my daughter's family always has time to freshen up when they go out."

Shu Qinghui was worrying that no one would vent his anger, but now that he bumped into a ready-made one, his eyebrows were raised immediately, and he was about to explode on the spot.

"You still talk, it's not all--"

"Father, my daughter is late, father forgive me."

Before Shu Qinghui finished his sentence, he was interrupted by Shu Qiuyu who came in. He turned around and found that his eldest daughter was fully dressed, and she was wearing a female officer's coat, which was obviously behind his back. Received the order.

The foreign relative he had been thinking about suddenly turned into a "female official" who was not inferior to him, and he didn't take advantage of the cheapness. Just when he was full of resentment, he saw this dress at a glance, how could he have a good temper with this daughter.

Just as Shu Qinghui was about to vent his anger, he casually grabbed the teacup beside him and threw it on the ground viciously.

Fragile tiles were splashed everywhere, Mrs. Shu was taken aback by the sound, and her obedience over the years was so disturbing that she didn't dare to speak for a while.

"What the hell did you do in the palace?" Shu Qinghui didn't want to make a noise about it, so he walked a few steps to Shu Qiuyu, but he held back his temper and asked through gritted teeth : "After the banquet last night, you and His Majesty withdrew back and forth, did you go to see His Majesty alone?"

Shu Qiuyu lowered his eyes and made a family salute, and admitted, "Yes."

"Then what did you say to Your Majesty?" Shu Qinghui was also puzzled, he really didn't understand, he obviously sent his daughter to the palace to cultivate a relationship with Ning Yan, how could this matter turn into this: "Didn't you listen to what I told you?"

In the second half of the conversation, Shu Qinghui's complexion was already very ugly, his tone was cold, and his eyes drifted to Ginkgo behind Shu Qiuyu like a knife.

Ginkgo was so frightened that her face turned pale, she didn't care about it for a while, she knelt on the ground with a plop, and said hastily: "Listen, the master has learned, the servants have learned every word from the young lady, and the young lady has indeed listened to the old lady's words." .”

Mrs. Shu was still looking at the female officer's uniform on Shu Qiuyu's body in a daze, but when she heard this, she faintly felt that something was not right, she hurried up, grabbed Shu Qiuyu's hand, and asked in multiple voices: "This... …How is this going?"

"Ask your good daughter!" Shu Qinghui scolded.

Shu Qiuyu gently broke away from Mrs. Shu's hand, bowed to her as usual, and said flatly: "As my mother saw, His Majesty appointed me as a female officer of the inner secretary, and I will take office at a certain date."

"This..." Mrs. Shu couldn't react for a while, looked at her daughter, then at her husband, and said doubtfully: "This is a good thing, most of the positions of female officers in the inner department are held by the empress. I like it. I just guess that His Majesty may be young and want to get along with Qiu Yu more, so he has not been canonized."

"Mother misunderstood." Without Shu Qinghui's attack, Shu Qiuyu took the lead and said, "Your Majesty doesn't want me to be the empress, but His Majesty lacks someone to take charge of the harem for him, so he agreed to my job."

"You still have the nerve to say it!" Shu Qinghui was so angry that his hands were shaking, he pointed at Shu Qiuyu and said viciously: "How did the Shu family give birth to such a worthless daughter like you? Not to mention, it was actually able to be taken back without further ado, only in exchange for a female official who will be dismissed at any time."

"Father's words are so unreasonable." Shu Qiuyu said flatly: "Your Majesty doesn't like me, and it's common sense that he doesn't want to marry me. There are so many daughters of the right age in Beijing, and I'm not the only candidate for queen. The marriage contract says After all, it is a verbal agreement between the ancestors, if it cannot be true, His Majesty is willing to reward me as a female official for the sake of joking, it is His Majesty's mercy."

Shu Qinghui really didn't expect that she would dare to talk back, her own daughter had been in the palace for such a period of time, and she was able to defend Ning Yan everywhere like this, as if she didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup had been poured into her, and her heels were almost on his side.

"You—!" Shu Qinghui was anxious, and wanted to hit her with his hands raised.

Ginkgo was frightened to death, and hurriedly took a few steps on his knees and rushed over to hug his thigh, pleading for mercy.

Shu Qiuyu didn't dodge, but he just opened his robe and knelt down, and said without looking sideways: "It's the sin of a child to make your father angry, and you should be punished whether you beat or scold. It's just that your majesty said yesterday that the twelfth lunar month is approaching." , the palace is busy, so I asked my daughter to go to the Ministry of Officials to pass the paperwork before the twelfth lunar month, and go to the palace to be on duty. If the daughter is not well-groomed, I am afraid that I will betray His Majesty's kindness."

Shu Qinghui's hands froze in the air, and he couldn't beat him anymore.

Shu Qiuyu really understands her biological father—Shu Qinghui's understanding is really limited, and she has learned from her grandfather all her life, but she only learned a little superficially.On weekdays, he wears a pair of "Shu family style", but he has only learned three points of literati style.Usually it's okay, but if he really touches his Ni Lin, Shu Qinghui's outer layer of gentle literati shell will be shattered inch by inch in an instant, revealing the true nature inside.

If Shu Chuan was alive, and the children in the family really made mistakes, there would be no reason to take them back if the family law asked them out.Not to mention His Majesty's face, even the Heavenly King Lao Tzu can't stop him from cleaning up the family tradition.

But Shu Qinghui was not. Shu Qiuyu just pulled Ning Yan out to talk about it. No matter how angry he was, he didn't dare to do it again for a while.

Shu Qinghui pointed at Shu Qiuyu with trembling fingers, healed for a long time, but he didn't say anything, he was so angry that his chest hurt, he took two steps back, bent his knees and sat back on the couch.

Ginkgo was so frightened that she was covered in cold sweat, she quickly moved forward and knelt beside Shu Qiuyu, fearing that Shu Qinghui might say something badly, so she would start to raise her hands again.

Mrs. Shu finally learned the ins and outs of the chaos by listening and guessing. After all, she felt sorry for her daughter, and she didn't care about whether she was a queen or not, so she hugged Shu Qiuyu and cried.

"This...what should I do." Mrs. Shu stroked Shu Qiuyu's back pityingly, and said sadly, "It's good that your Majesty has no heir in the harem now, but if there is a queen in the future, how will you deal with yourself in the palace?" ah."

"Mother, don't worry, I think His Majesty has plans in mind." Shu Qiuyu said in a low voice, "Your Majesty doesn't marry me, it's not because he hates me, it's just because His Majesty already has a sweetheart in his heart, so he doesn't want to make that person feel wronged. In His Majesty's heart After all, I am at a disadvantage in this matter, presumably even if I marry a queen in the future, I won't be so mean to me."

Shu Qiuyu hesitated for a moment, keeping an eye out, and didn't bring out the conversation with Ning Yan that night in front of Shu Qinghui, but just picked up some words that seemed to be perfunctory, and replied half-truth, trying to make Shu Qinghui Madame is at ease.

"It's hard to say." Shu Qinghui said with a sneer, "Although His Majesty is young today, his heart is very big. Except for those few close friends of His Majesty, His Majesty is not as close to these veteran ministers and families in the court as King Changle. "

"Master, don't talk about it!" Mrs. Shu was taken aback by his words, and said in surprise: "How can you say such nonsense! If it is spread and someone who cares knows it, what should we do?"

"A woman's opinion." Since there are no outsiders at home, Shu Qinghui didn't take it too seriously, and said angrily: "Your Majesty refuses to marry Qiu Yu, it's nothing more than remembering that the Shu family helped King Changle back then Son...Your Majesty is still young, no more calm than your elder brothers. If you are an emperor, if you don't even have the capacity to tolerate people like this, how can you stand firm in the country. "

"Father is confused!" Seeing that his words were getting more and more outrageous, Shu Qiuyu quickly interrupted him, and said sharply: "Back then, my grandfather helped King Changle because of the rules and decency of the eldest son. I have never done anything wrong, so why should Your Majesty remember this grudge."

Shu Qinghui also knew that he had said something angry, but he still couldn't swallow it.Although he didn't dare to say anything wrong with Ning Yan, he didn't give Shu Qiuyu any good looks.

He was so angry that his chest stagnated, he simply closed his eyes, and stroked his chest without seeing or disturbing, without even bothering to look at Shu Qiuyu.

Shu Qiuyu didn't care, kowtowed silently, stood up by herself, turned around and walked away holding Ginkgo's hand