Force a good concubine

The Great Competition is over, most of the scholars have already left the capital, and the things that should be bought are much cheaper. Adding these things together, they only cost about eighty copper coins.Cui Sanshun settled the bill, came out and trotted to catch up with Cui Sanshun, and murmured after him: "Master, Miss Gu is really a scholar, she doesn't want expensive ones, she prefers cheap ones." He weighed the ink ingot in his hand , "This ink is not good ink, and the taste is not good. How can this kind of ink be used in the palace or the government! Or, let's do a trick? Otherwise, it will spoil the young master——"

"You rest!" Cui Chengxiu narrowed her eyes and stared at the backs of the emperor and Gu Yan, and said in a calm voice, "Things are not valuable, but people are valuable——I have taught you for so long, why are you four or six? Don't understand?"

The voice of the emperor's words was not loud, and only Gu Yan and Cui Chengxiu, who was his personal attendant, could hear clearly. He only felt that a weight that was not too big or too small had fallen to the ground - the emperor had put all his thoughts into it. , What else is there to look forward to and backward as a slave?That's right, help the master carry Miss Gu to the dragon bed with all your heart!The most common thing that the palace chiefs do is to compete for favor. The little maids please their aunts, the eunuchs please their masters, and the masters, big and small, please the emperor and empress dowager. Can't you make a way for her?If things come to fruition, he will be the number one hero in front of the imperial court, and he will not have to worry about receiving credit for the rest of his life.

He is not the only discerning person in Yuqian. Seeing that Gu Yuan came back safe and sound after going out of the palace, a wise man has a clue in his heart.After Gu Yuan finished dressing and washing, as soon as he stepped into the small tea room, Wei Fengchun handed the tea tray to Gu Yuan's hand: "The little lady is tired, and this bowl of soothing soup is really bothering the little lady!"

It's been very cloudy these days, and it's snowing in sight.Everywhere in the palace, windows were glued and cracked, and large copper charcoal basins for winter were replaced.Gu Yan looked at Cheng Siniang and Yunniang who were warming up by the fire, and was about to decline when Cheng Siniang said first: "You can go," she glanced at Wei Fengchun, "It doesn't matter if you go twice, it's been more than ten years. For a day or two, no one can say that I am lazy with this old bone."

Wei Fengchun just pretended not to hear her tone, and urged Gu Yuan to leave the house.When I got outside the value room, I pointed to Gu Yuan again: "Miss Gu, don't take it to heart. To put it bluntly, I have been watching Si Niang's old face for more than ten years, and now I have some new tricks. Be good for her! It doesn't matter what other people say, the most important thing is to obey the master. Yesterday the imperial doctor came to ask for the Ping'an pulse, and specially ordered it. Now that the fire is dry in the house, it is not appropriate to use more soothing soup. It is most suitable for the Eucharist to lead the young master to chat some idle stories and rest by himself. But we slaves are ignorant, and we can’t talk to each other if we want to talk! The little lady has read books, articles, and that. Gu Bojin, who has known about 300 years before and 100 years later, you and my young master can pick [-] years and talk about it for a few nights, can’t you?”

A gentleman seeks his own government in his position, even if he is serving tea and water, he must be loyal to others.Gu Yan nodded: "Master, don't worry!" She stretched out her hand to open the spring silk curtain at the entrance of the hall, and turned slightly sideways into the East Nuan Pavilion.

In front of the imperial case in the warm pavilion, a brand new green carpet with white edges was replaced. After stepping on the hard gold bricks, I stepped on it, and felt soft under my feet, like the fine spring grass growing on the embankment in February in the south of the Yangtze River.The emperor also looked like he had just come out of the bath, only wearing a moon white satin jacket, his long hair was loosely braided and hanging behind him, holding a few barometers in his hand, standing in front of the big screen behind the royal case, He was frowning and checking the map one by one, but he didn't turn back when he heard the noise, he just said: "Put it on the table, let's go down."

Gu Yan put the soup cup on the case, but did not back down.The emperor noticed something different, turned his face and glanced at it, and suddenly his face flushed slightly: "Why, why is it you again?" She turned around and sat down in front of the imperial case, her eyes fell on Gu Yuan's half-wet face. Posted, "Go back and rest quickly, and send a message to Cui Chengxiu and Wei Fengchun, from now on, the imperial court is not allowed to replace the errands casually, so as not to mess up the rules."

Although she spoke harshly, but the blush on her face was still there, and she was dressed in a homely attire. Instead of the majesty of a king who spoke out in the daytime, she looked like an ordinary girl pretending to be serious and talking about adults. Gu Yan couldn't help it The heart softened a little, and he bowed to the emperor: "I haven't thanked His Majesty for today's reward."

The emperor was taken aback, adding to his uneasiness.When she was summoned by the court, she could talk eloquently to the ministers, but she was not good at homely speech. She couldn't find any topics for a while, and was worried that she had said something wrong, which caused Gu Yan to return the pen and ink, and simply reached out to handle the case The calming soup on the table: "I know, you can step back."

"The imperial doctor said that Your Majesty should not use Anshen Decoction these days." Gu Yan raised his hand to stop her, "I will talk to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will try it yourself, if you can fall asleep, you don't need to drink it, how about it?"

Her hand was gently pressed on the back of the emperor's hand, her eyes were clear and peaceful, as if the elder sister was as natural and kind to the younger sister.The blush on the emperor's face deepened, he withdrew his hands and stood up without saying a word, and entered the Xinuang Pavilion with his hands behind his back.She walked quickly, and when Gu Yan entered Xinuan Pavilion, the emperor had already entered the imperial tent.The yellow silk curtain was hanging down, and Gu Yuan couldn't distinguish the actions of the people inside, so he could only whisper: "Your Majesty, can you rest now? Do you want me to step down?"

The emperor's voice came from the tent, it seemed muffled: "If you are not tired, just have a word with me."

"Yes." Gu Yuan responded, "What does your majesty want to say?"

The emperor was silent this time.What can we talk about?Shiwen can never be mentioned anymore, and the same is true for state affairs, but I don't know where to mention other things.Fortunately, the curtains separated her, covering her helplessness. She forced herself to calm down and thought about it, and then she made up her mind: "Do you practice calligraphy every day?"

"Yes." Gu Yuan said, "My father taught me that practicing handwriting is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance for a day, you will fall back. I have been practicing every day since I was nine years old, and now it has become a habit that I can't change."

The emperor became interested, "Now everyone learns from Zhao Mengwan?

"Your Majesty has good eyesight." The emperor almost never talked about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Gu Yuan thought that the emperor was not interested in it, which was quite surprising. "Your Majesty also likes calligraphy?"

"I liked it for a while when I was young." The emperor's voice was rarely filled with pride, "Go to Duobaoge on the right, the third drawer from the bottom, inside is the big characters written when I became the throne at the age of nine."

Literati are accustomed to it, and they are happy when they meet.Gu Yan couldn't change it either.A little curious, she turned around and went to Duobaoge, and pulled out the drawer. Inside were two lacquered papers, on which were sixteen characters in flamboyant characters—"Greatness has no corners, and a big tool is late. Great music has no sound, and the elephant has no form." "The writing is strong and powerful. For a nine-year-old child, it can almost be regarded as excellent talent.The emperor obviously knew this too, lifted one side of the curtain, looked at Gu Yan and urged, "How?"

"Excellent." Gu Yan praised sincerely, "Your Majesty seems to like the characters of the two kings, do you still learn their characters?"

The emperor was stunned, the smile on his face gradually faded, and became calm and indifferent again: "I haven't practiced since the year I ascended the throne. This is not what the emperor should do - the former emperor's abolition of the emperor is also very serious. Good calligraphy and painting."

Kyushu has been changed for thousands of years since the first emperor, and the emperor has changed hundreds of them like a revolving lantern. There are few wise emperors and many stupid emperors.The historians have clearly annotated the reasons for the monarch’s stupidity in the history books, and almost all of them can be summarized as a series of preferences: love to kill, love to listen to slander, love to be arbitrary, love Buddha, love to practice Taoism, love wine, love sex, love hunting, Good play, good garden flowers and stones, good luxury, good poetry, good calligraphy and painting——

The cabinet ministers are dedicated to their duties, and they want to cultivate the emperor into a generation of Mingjun. Under the strict guard, the emperor's hobbies are all abandoned in the defense of the cabinet ministers. Only the endless memorials are left.

Gu Yan's heart sank, but the emperor only smiled as usual: "Fortunately, I am the Son of Heaven. If I were a clan now, I'm afraid I won't be able to pass the test of being a prince, but if I take the test of official documents, I'm afraid I can still try."

There was a bit of loneliness in her tone, and Gu Yan couldn't bear it even more. He hesitated for a while, and then said in a low voice: "The piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are common things, and several elders and ministers also have their own strengths. , it will not hinder government affairs - I am not good at piano, but I know a thing or two about chess and painting, if your majesty is interested, you can also play it occasionally, how about it?"