Force a good concubine

With caring people taking care of her, things will be done smoothly. Within three days, "Gu Yuan" on the list of candidates for court ladies has been replaced with "Hu Ruanniang".After Zhao Rong completed all the documents, he went to the outside of Shangyi Bureau to check in.Seeing Xu Sanniang sitting on the embroidered pier under the window, Gu Yuan was standing in the courtyard and declaring something to a group of young maids in a loud voice. Xu Yun, Xu Sanniang's apprentice, stood a few steps away from Gu Yuan, holding a ruler in his hand and watching. He stood at the gate of the courtyard After listening for a while, she stepped in front of Xu Sanniang, suppressed her throat and smiled: "Ah Yun is also old enough to accept apprentices? Looking at it this way, it looks similar."

"Didn't Ah Yi even take in your disciples and grandchildren? He is one year younger than Ah Yun!" Xu Sanniang glanced at him. , there is nothing wrong with it, Ayun has moved his mind, and he hasn't told her clearly. If you have no place to settle, why don't you put it in Shangyi Bureau, and I can't wrong her, how about it?"

People who have been in Shangyi Bureau for a long time, they are used to it, and they all like those smart and savvy seedlings a little bit more. Zhao Rong knew that Xu Sanniang's love for talents had flared up again, so he didn't answer directly and just typed a haha , Handed the paperwork to her, "It's all done. Just watch," he pouted at Gu Yan, "How is she?"

"She is a clean and good child." Xu Sanniang hesitated, "If I want to be fair, it is a rare blessing for her to be favored by His Royal Highness Sui with her status, but she has such a heart. It's not suitable to serve the master, it's better to stay with me, unobtrusive and quiet."

"Sit quietly on the bench?" Zhao Rong didn't think so, "It's up to us whether she stays or not, if the nobles above make the decisions, you'd have to worry about it. Just let her come here, and I'll talk to her." Said and walked slowly Small tea room.

Xu Sanniang sighed. Seeing the time was up, Xu Yun ordered the little maids to rest on their own, explained to Gu Yuan himself, waved to the two of them, and said, "Ah Yuan, go and make me a bowl of tea!"

Gu Yan didn't think much about it, turned around and lifted the curtain to enter the small tea room, but saw Zhao Rong standing in front of the window, hurriedly lowered his body and saluted according to the palace rules: "Master Zhao is well."

"Well, well." Zhao Rong didn't accept her salute, leaned over to avoid it, and praised, "Miss Gu is really smart, so well-behaved, no one who said she just entered the palace Believe me! It can be seen that Miss Gu and this palace are really destined, right?"

"What kind of fate can a small and poor family like me have with the palace?" There are so many people in the palace who are smart and eloquent, Gu Yuan suddenly became vigilant, "I have gained experience after walking here, and I have already seen it." It's Gu Yuan's rare fortune in this life, so how dare you expect anything extravagantly?"

"Good-natured." Zhao Rong gave a thumbs-up, "Such a temperament that is neither arrogant nor impatient is the easiest to get angry in the palace!" Seeing that Gu Yan's expression became more cautious, he smiled again, and pointed out the window with the paperwork in his hand "You look at these people who are suffering and suffering. They are punished by their aunts and taught pitifully, but they are separated in a blink of an eye. If they don't keep them all, there will be a few who will be favored by the nobles and become prosperous. The aunts are responsible. Dare to speak. People like us , but no one dares to offend anyone. I’ve been here for a long time, and I always say polite words to everyone I meet, and I made a few words in passing, so don’t take it to heart, little lady.” He sat down before the case and looked at Gu Yuan. Fanning the small wind stove, while thinking about the rhetoric, while lowering the eyelids, he looked at Gu Yan from the corner of his eye. He has an oval face, a forehead that is neither wide nor narrow, and a chin that is even and straight. He is a blessed embryo with good facial features and long-term Beautiful eyebrows, straight nose and vermilion lips, together they form a gentle and kind appearance.

In all fairness, the most indispensable thing in the palace is beauties. They are selected every three years, and all the maids to be elected have been in the Shangyi Bureau. What kind of good looks has Zhao Rong never seen?Although Gu Yan is outstanding, in Zhao Rong's eyes, he can only be regarded as an upper-middle class, not to the point where people will be stunned at first sight.With such an appearance, how can the emperor and King Sui care so much about it?He was sucking his lower lip and thinking wildly, when he saw Gu Yan lift the tea hanger to pour tea, hold a cup for himself, and put the other cups into the tea tray, he hurriedly raised his hand: "Little lady, take it easy, I have something to ask you here .”

Gu Yan turned around: "What does Master Zhao have to say?"

Although such a figure is not bad, it is also not particularly outstanding. Why did the emperor take a fancy to it?Zhao Rong was puzzled, he settled down, put this thought aside, and said to Gu Yuan: "Little lady knows that Xuan Yunzi and I have been in love for more than ten years. For this, I Take the little lady as a junior, don't say those false words. The little lady said that it is the first time she came to Beijing, and there was no grievance in Beijing in the past years. I also believe it, but the little lady only stayed in Beijing for two or three times. Yue, why did you offend even the adults in the cabinet? Now Xue Ge is pointing to her name to investigate the matter of the little lady entering Beijing, what is this saying?"

Gu Yan's face turned pale, and he bit his lips and bowed to Zhao Rong: "Master Zhao, Mr. Xue is famous all over the world. I have read his articles, but no one has seen them. Even the former Mr. Xu from the Ministry of Punishment, Gu Yuan has never known each other before. Why are these adults like this?" She smiled wryly, "Gu Yuan really doesn't know. But in any case, if the adults want to pursue it, Gu Yuan must bear it alone and not hurt others."

"That's out of the question, isn't it?" Zhao Rong hurriedly gave a hand, "I can't say whether you will be involved or not. If I am really afraid that you will be involved, why come here? Pass the words to the top and send you to the punishment Si, don’t you just end it? Firstly, I have a relationship with Mr. Xuanyun, secondly, I can’t bear to hurt you because Miss Gu has such a temper and character, and thirdly, Miss Gu is a smart person, so I won’t hide it from you. Now I have an enemy who is gaining power, even if I betray you with a black conscience, he will have to find a way to deal with my dereliction of duty-we are really grasshoppers on the same rope, and now the little lady wants to surrender now, I have to stop it too!"

"Then Master Zhao means—"

"Miss Gu is a person of fame. There are records in the school and government office, and there are all birth dates and places of origin. It can't be blamed." Zhao Rong said with a serious expression, coughing, "I was careless before, I just thought so It's just a few days of hard work to coax people, why bother to go to war? Now it seems that no matter who it is, the little lady's enemies are not young, and her methods are also ruthless. We have to be ruthless here."

He said and pointed to the documents on the table, "Look, little lady, this is a serious court lady's resume, clean and innocent, without any falsehood. Her fate is unlucky, she passed away last month, and her parents are incompetent A very poor man, living in Beijing from Wuzhou, pointed at his daughters in the palace, and the House of Internal Affairs rewarded them with a monthly amount of silver rice to live on. The family has no way to survive. I saw him crying miserably, trying to pull them away, and then thinking of the little lady—isn’t this just God’s way of life? Hu Ruanniang and the little lady are about the same age and origin, Now the little lady simply took her place and spent so many days, one is to avoid the enemy, and the other is to let the family receive two months more money and food, and find a livelihood with a sigh of relief, which is also the little lady's virtue. how about it?"

Gu Yan read the document carefully, and then asked Zhao Rong: "Then what happened to Mrs. Hu—"

"The corpse has already been sent to the incarceration field," Zhao Rong said, "her parents took it back, but they didn't write a statement. Don't worry, Miss Gu, I'm also a vegetarian on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, and I don't do those deeds. "

"In that case," Gu Yuan took a deep breath, and pushed the document to Zhao Rong, "It's all up to Master Zhao's arrangement, and Gu Yuan will follow his orders."

"Miss Gu is really a straightforward and smart person!" Zhao Rong thought he would have to spend a lot of time talking, but at this moment he was really overjoyed, and gave Gu Yan a thumbs up, "Little lady is so sensible! There is no need for little lady to do anything, Just memorize this document and remember that you are Hu Ruanniang. Other people, the aunts have their own way, nothing will happen in a year or so, don't worry, little lady—" He suddenly realized that he was lost Opening his mouth, he hurriedly coughed, "Little lady will be safe when she leaves the palace at the end of the month." Seeing that Gu Yuan seemed to be unconscious, he breathed a sigh of relief and got up to leave.

Gu Yan sent him out politely, turned around and made tea again and brought it to Xu Sanniang.Xu Sanniang looked at her, but her face was a little embarrassing, she just said: "You answered his words? This, this, alas, after passing this test, it will be fine!" After a pause, he said, "You I said that my family called you A Yuan, but now I just follow Wuzhou’s habit of calling you A Ruan, the voice is similar, so you are used to it.”

"It's okay," Gu Yan said in a low voice, "It's the same to be called Ruan Niang. It's not good to follow the Romans and go against the rules of the palace."

Her eyes were clear and her voice was calm, without a trace of reluctance or doubt. Xu Sanniang stared at her for a long time, causing Gu Yan to step back. Holding the cup of herbal tea by herself, she sighed again: She had been in Shangyi Bureau for a long time, and she was used to seeing her. Knowing the ups and downs of others, I have long since lost those thoughts of flattering and making progress. I only feel that mediocrity is a blessing. Gu Yuan's insight into her temper is clear, and she really wants to help her, but such a child with a clear mind , How could luck be so bad?

"Fortune comes with misfortune, and misfortune lies with blessing—" She muttered, got up and went to the little maids, and corrected the saluting posture one by one.Gu Yan followed Xu Yun, one left and one right behind her, his face was still calm, without any waves.

The sun was shining right in front of her eyes, and the texture of the bluestone road under her feet was clearly discernible, but she felt as if she was stepping on clouds and fog, and her future was a vast expanse of whiteness. Finding a suitable palace lady who died of illness easily, and being able to do such tricks, is by no means something that a small official can do; the case of a small female scholar was first embarrassing for the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and now there are court officials. Being old-fashioned is far more than just making friends with bandits.

I'm afraid that those who make friends may not necessarily be bandits.Gu Yan looked up at a corner of the palace wall. The red wall and glazed tiles were exceptionally clear under the sun, separating the blue sky into a square. A group of autumn geese flew past, and an imperceptible wry smile appeared on her lips. She has no way of knowing good or bad fortune, but she can clearly see the misfortune in front of her eyes. Although Zhao Rong kept saying that she would definitely lose the re-election of the palace maid on August 29, even though Li Qing and Xu Xi were still waiting outside the palace to meet with her. She returned to her hometown together, but Gu Yan knew clearly in her heart at this moment—she could no longer get out of this palace wall.