Force a good concubine

Wei Fengchun passed the decree, and he was fully waiting for Xu Sanniang and Gu Yuan, the two grateful sages, to go back to please the emperor. Even if the court ladies are clumsy and can't speak, they can modify it a little when they pass it on to the emperor. !He was writing a manuscript, and he didn't want to thank him. Seeing Gu Yan lying at his feet with a faceless face, he remembered the examples of sudden death he had heard, and took a step back in fright. He didn't dare to speak out, and bowed his waist He said to Xu Sanniang with a male duck voice: "This is, is it alive or not?"

Xu Sanniang didn't care about the muddy water, and held Gu Yuan in her arms. Seeing her clenched teeth, feeling hot on her forehead, she breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, Mr. Wei, she can still hold on." Xu Sanniang leaned over and took back the oiled silk raincoat and wrapped it around Gu Yan, hugged her with one hand, and lifted up the oiled paper umbrella with the other, and said to Wei Fengchun, "Boss Wei, please report back to Mrs. Master: The maidservant is Xu Sanniang, who is in charge of the Shangyi Bureau. She is a re-elected palace lady who has just been called in, and she has not been officially on duty yet. Today, I went to the palace to handle errands, and when I came back, I rushed to drive, thank you for your innocence!"

"It's okay, it's okay." Youdao sent the Buddha to the west, Wei Fengchun rolled his eyes, saw that Longyu was still standing in the middle of the road and did not move, he simply made a gesture of favor in front of the emperor, beckoning to Guiji's family The little eunuch on duty called one over: "Go and call two people, bring out the spring stool in the duty room, and send these two—" He pointed at Xu Sanniang, "Send this aunt and this young lady back! She was raised by her father and mother, and she entered the palace pitifully, so please help if you can!"

The little eunuch was really neat, he responded, turned around and rushed into the door, and led two other little eunuchs out in a blink of an eye. Sure enough, he carried a red lacquer carved spring stool two feet wide and seven feet long, and Xu Sanniang helped Gu Yuan. He went to the spring bench, covered Gu Yuan with the oil coat, thanked Wei Fengchun, and led the little eunuch away with an umbrella.

Wei Fengchun watched a few people enter the Guangfu Gate, he also heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and returned to Longyu to reply.He was certain in his heart that with the emperor's temper, he could only praise and not scold such things. Sure enough, the emperor didn't blame him for wasting time. After hearing him explain the details, he only frowned slightly: "Go back and pass the decree to the palace, just say What I mean is that in the future when there is heavy rain and heavy snow, the palace people with thin clothes and no rain gear can avoid them every time they drive, and they don’t have to kneel and wait. In such heavy rain, they have to kneel for a long time. It is not worthwhile to be sick, and it is against the peace of heaven .”

"My lord's disposition, I really have nothing to say!" Wei Fengchun flattered the emperor recklessly, "It is said in the Buddhist scriptures that one can become the Wheel-Turning King after accumulating immeasurable virtues in previous lives. Isn't it just in line with my disposition!"

The emperor smiled slightly, but the smile was only on the corners of his lips, and the gloom in his brows still remained. Seeing that her mood was fading, Wei Fengchun accepted her as soon as he saw it, and passed the order to drive.

He closed his mouth, and the emperor was sitting in Longyu, but he was still thinking about the situation just now. She had a panoramic view of everything just now, and only felt that the figure of the fallen palace maid became more and more familiar, and finally felt that there was something wrong with him. A bit like Gu Yan, he was almost reluctant to turn his eyes away, and almost thought of calling someone to meet him.

It really has been a long time since we parted, the emperor couldn't help thinking about it over and over again, and at the same time, there was a bit of self-deprecating sadness in his heart. Even when he met irrelevant people, he could look away. Gu Yan's appearance is also ambiguous and confused?And what about Gu Yuan?When she was forced to leave Beijing, was she still resenting Lin Shiyi, who had dragged her down with unknown origin?Or simply stop thinking about it and focus on returning home to get married, forgetting about yourself long ago?

These thoughts and questions would emerge from the emperor's heart from time to time, lingering in the emperor's heart for a long time. Although she tried her best to remain as usual, but after a long time, people who are interested can always notice a thing or two. On this day, the queen mother recruited Cui Chengxiu again Wei Fengchun's two questions were straight to the point as always: "The emperor has something on his mind recently. Although she is filial and refuses to be rude in front of me, she can always tell whether she is really happy or fake. The case is nothing special, but what happened in the palace, or who made the emperor unhappy?"

The imperial chief was with the emperor every day, even if he encountered something that made the emperor unhappy, he should deal with it immediately or report it to the higher authorities, otherwise he would be dereliction of duty.Cui Chengxiu and Wei Fengchun looked at each other, and denied with one voice: "The servants and servants are blind, they really can't tell!"

Seeing the two evade prevarications, the Queen Mother's face darkened, but Nurse Xu next to her was more familiar with the tricks of the eunuchs below, so she asked for orders to ask the Queen Mother: "Recently, what's different in the palace than usual? You can always tell!"

Wei Fengchun was overjoyed, kowtowed and looked at Cui Chengxiu with his eyes: "The servants here follow the old rules, nothing special, but," he pretended to be hesitant, "Mr. Cui has been out of the palace quite a lot recently. It’s not necessarily something new.”

The allies around him turned around and stabbed him in less than a moment. Cui Chengxiu was so angry that he gritted his teeth and told Wei Fengchun without hesitation: "This time, the young master came in person for the palace examination, and I have been thinking about it all the time. I asked the servants to leave the palace when they are not on duty. Listen to what the scholars outside the ranks have to say. Our young master looks like a dragon and a phoenix, and no one can tell the fault, but he praises it a lot. The slaves estimate that this matter may not be taken to heart by the young master Go, but the former servant girl heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has selected two female stewardesses, and they are currently training the rules in the hands of Vice President Wei. The old lady knows that our young master beats children and does not like to be close to others. Seeing that the Longevity Festival is getting closer , could it be something awkward in my heart?"

This sentence stirred up a thousand waves, and the Queen Mother looked at Wei Fengchun with a more serious expression: "You are the one who did this? Why doesn't the Ai family know about it?"

"Return to the old lady's words," Wei Fengchun wanted to bite Cui Chengxiu hard, swearing viciously in his heart, and replied bitterly on his face, "Where does this slave have the courage to dare to be such a master? This matter is His Royal Highness Duan Wang and His Royal Highness Yu Wang. At the beginning, His Royal Highness King Yu came to ask for an order in front of the young master, and the young master sent this mission to the servant. The man was sent by the steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the servant was only responsible for teaching the rules before the imperial court. Now I only saw one person. The other one said that it would take a few days to arrive - it was all arranged by the superiors, and the servants were just leading the errands, but they definitely didn't mean to hide it from the old lady!"

"The emperor also agreed? Didn't she think about getting married?" The queen mother was even more surprised, and thought about it carefully, "What did King Yu say to the emperor?"

"The old lady is very careful," Wei Fengchun hastily repeated the scene of that day parrot, "I didn't see anything wrong when I talked to His Royal Highness King Yu that day. Later, the servant returned to the young master, and the young master also said that he wanted a slave." Teach the rules well."

It is also a matter of human relations, but the teaching methods of men and women are completely different.It doesn't matter if there are several female historians around the male emperor, but when it's the female emperor's turn, there will be many criticisms.Chengzong chose the young monarch for Mingzong because he was afraid that the emperor's husband would take a big step alone. Mingzong chose the female history for Renzong, but it was actually an excuse to send a few guards from the Luanyi Bureau to Renzong. In your note, the system of empress dowagers is almost dead in name only. The first emperor held the ceremony as the grandson at the beginning, just like other clan daughters, a few old nuns secretly explained it in the name of dorm.

Now that the emperor has chosen a female historian to be the bedroom, either because he really prefers women, or because he is still not interested in the love of these children, the queen mother felt that she had touched the emperor's mind, and sighed to Nanny Xu: "Those courtiers and censors also treat them too much." Excuse me, anyway, the emperor is also his daughter's family, so how can we talk about this kind of thing openly? The same goes for King Duan and King Yu. It's not easy for the emperor to refute this kind of thing. They are the elders of the clan, so why are they messing around with the courtiers?" As she spoke, she looked at Wei Fengchun again, and said coldly, "Go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and tell me what I said, and you will say it means Aijia: Aijia has heard that uncles pick nieces and son-in-laws for their nieces, but they have never heard of uncles picking nieces. There is no such rule in court etiquette. The emperor is thin-skinned, so he can't say these words, and the Ai family is the master for her. If the ministers still refuse to forgive, it is said that the emperor obeyed the Ai family's will and asked They came to talk in front of the Ai family! The emperor has no selfish business, hmph, the duty of the courtiers is to assist the government, and Nafu is regarded as a political affair, and the Ai family has nothing to say, so they don’t bother them about these trivial matters between children! "

"Old Lady Mingjian!" Seeing that his wishful thinking of climbing up was in vain, Wei Fengchun was quick-witted, and said bravely, "I heard His Royal Highness King Yu privately speaking that day. It's not like listening to courtiers. It means thinking about the young master. His Royal Highness Yu Wang said that a few days ago, the cabinet ministers and the young master had a bad fight over the matter of Li Houyi's note. He also listened to those memorials and remarks. It is true. This is a matter of human relations. Although half of the world is a combination of yin and yang, he has also heard that there are men outside the palace, so he has to be a rabbit man. If he meets a woman, he can't do anything. This is also brought out of the mother's womb. Natural nature, no matter how much you beat, scold, punish and prescribe prescriptions, even if you are locked in a group of women, you can't change it."

"It's the same with women. There are also those who prefer young ladies and don't like men. Most young ladies like to get together, and some joke too much, but some can be emotional, and some can't be bothered. Back then, His Royal Highness The female history and the old Sui Wang stalked the neck. Later, the idea given by the old King Yu, he simply had the heart to let His Royal Highness Sui and the female history together to test whether it was true or not. As a result, the two did not succeed, and they separated later. His Highness also accepted Mrs. Wang smoothly. Now that the young master is like this, why not try to take the medicine according to the prescription? If it doesn’t work out, the dispute will disappear. If it works, it’s a natural temper, and the courtiers will also Nothing to say, is there?"

He was eloquent, such a straightforward and long-winded article, that the young female officer in the palace blushed, and the queen mother felt a little hot on her face.She was a widow after only one year of marriage, and then stayed in the palace peacefully and peacefully. When it comes to these extravagant knowledge, she is really not as good as the extravagant King Yu. She repeated these words in her heart several times, She looked at Madam Xu hesitantly: "Ah Xu, I have never heard what this servant said. You have been outside the palace for many years. Is there such a reason for such a thing?"

"Although this slave girl's words are rough, there is nothing wrong with the truth." Madam Xu sighed and nodded, "According to this slave girl's little knowledge, the old lady might as well just follow it this time. There is nothing wrong with it. I like it, these female historians are no different from Si She, if I like it, after all, they are people who have been trained in the palace, their wealth is clean and they know their roots, and they don’t have to worry about the rules, and they won’t cause any trouble.”

"I'm really old," the queen mother sighed in frustration, "I don't understand young people's minds. But I see that the emperor really doesn't look like a female historian. Forget it," she said to Wei Fengchun, "you go back and tell The emperor, those two Si Ji Ai's family left the teaching rules, and followed the nanny to know the important matters of human relations, and then sent them to the imperial court. At that time, the emperor will deal with it according to his own wishes. If the emperor really likes it, he will give it a title, as long as it is his own She is an honest and good person, like the Ai family. She is also a fool. How can the eunuch know about the affairs of the daughter's family? It is nothing more than the heresy of those foxes. They have taught them badly and delayed the emperor." She said and raised her voice. He said, "Ah Xu, you go and send those two to Chang Jingzhai, and hand them over to Nanny Li to take care of them. You just say it's the meaning of Ai's family, and let her hold eyes for Ai's family."

Wei Fengchun didn't expect the Empress Dowager to make such a trick again. Seeing that the mission flew out of her hands again, but couldn't find a reason to refute it, so he had to kowtow and lead the order, gritted his teeth in his heart and hated Cui Chengxiu to [-]%, and at the same time secretly made up his mind My idea, when these two bedside officers return to the imperial court, they have to find a way to assign them under his command, and they can't let Cui Chengxiu get involved, otherwise, how can they show his credit?

After Gu Yuan went back that day, he caught wind and cold, and had a high fever for seven consecutive days. When he woke up, it was already the seventh day of September.Xu Sanniang took care of her day and night, and her face became thinner. Seeing her open her eyes, she touched her forehead, and beckoned Wei Anniang to give her medicine. She looked at Gu Yan's expression and said, "I know You have depression in your heart, but nine out of ten people in this world are unsatisfactory. Who in this palace is not sad? You are a smart boy, so I don’t need to say more, just think about it yourself, if If you have figured it out and are willing to go, you will be able to take care of your health and get up early to curry favor with errands; if you really can’t figure it out, Shangyi Bureau also has a solution. Some people have broken arms and legs, or have serious diseases, and they will go to the Anle Hall of Huanyi Bureau to live. , No one came to the imperial court with resentment, smashed the errand, and provoked a whole group of people to follow you. Leave this here, aunt, you can make up your own mind!"

Her tone was calm, but Wei Anniang almost dropped the medicine bowl when she heard it, and she didn't dare to speak, she just used her eyes to signal Gu Yan to agree.Gu Yan didn't look at her. He lowered his eyes slightly for a while, then raised his head and said to Xu Sanniang: "What my aunt taught is that Gu Yuan is willing to work in front of the imperial court."

"Since I figured it out," Xu Sanniang didn't show any joy on her face, "let's drink the medicine first!" After she finished speaking, she turned and went out the door. Wei Anniang put down the medicine bowl, stroked her chest and let out a sigh of relief: " Ruan Niang, I was scared to death just now! You don’t know how frightening you were in the past few days, you talked nonsense every day, and you could hardly drink the medicine. It's hard to live in a place like Anletang—" Before she could finish her sentence, Gu Yan had already picked up the medicine bowl and drank it in one gulp. Wei Anniang was so shocked that she almost lost her voice, and after a while, she hurriedly dug out a few pieces of candied fruit from her side, " I took a sip while decocting the medicine, and the medicine is extremely bitter, don't you think Ruan Niang?"

Gu Yan didn't pick up the candied fruit: "I've tasted bitterer ones, so it's not bitter."

"Is there something more bitter?" Wei Anniang's eyes widened, "What kind of prescription is it? Could it be Huanglian Bitter Gallbladder Decoction?"

What kind of Coptis chinensis can suffer so much that family members, relatives and friends are separated for life and never see each other again, suffer wronged and wronged, fame and reputation are lost for a day, and ambitions in the chest can be destroyed for life, endure humiliation, be humble, and just live?Gu Yuan smiled faintly, but did not answer Wei Anniang's words.The sun was shining outside the window, and the blue sky was as clear as a wash. Gu Yuan quietly looked at the floating clouds in the sky at ease, and her heart was no longer as dazed as before. Just like resigning from office for coddling with others, when things come to an end, she can also clearly smash it in front of the emperor.

It's just that those clear eyes with probing were floating in her heart, causing a sense of loss in Gu Yan's heart. Obviously these things were clearly in front of her eyes, and she had been deliberating and listening in the palace for a long time, and she had already thought about it. I know it well, but when I think of those eyes, Gu Yan will always have unrealistic delusions for no reason-whether it is the prince's family with one person below [-] or the emperor who is only ninety-five years old, whether it is because of himself. Offending and framing her or taking a fancy to her face, no matter what happens to her in the future, it doesn't matter who is the person who deliberately and deliberately lured her into this doomed situation step by step, as long as she doesn't Lin Shinyiang.