Force a good concubine

Although he said that he had no purpose or call in advance, Yuan Li was not surprised by Gu Yuan's hasty visit. Seeing that Gu Yuan not only refused to give in, but could not wait to drink up the coffee brought by the maid, it was just a leisurely time. Drinking tea with a smile, Gu Yan closed his eyes and rested for a while, his pale face turned rosy, and then he put down the cup of tea and smiled slightly: "Nv Shi came to visit in a hurry, what's the matter?"

"What the prince wants, you might as well be open and honest."

Gu Yan suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were sharper than ever, coupled with a calm and determined voice, it seemed that she was the one who made the arrangements, Yuan Li couldn't help but startled: "I don't understand what Gu Nushi said. Visit It's Gu Nushi, why do you say that I have something to ask for?"

Gu Yan coldly pointed to the empty cup on the table: "Your Majesty, I really don't know what's in it?"

"What can there be?" Yuan Li was proud of himself, his face was still full of joy, "It's just a good medicine for refreshing and calming from the West."

"Having a human body, a deceitful mind, once infected, it will not rest until death - can this kind of medicine be considered a good medicine?"

Yuan Li looked surprised, and shook his head slightly: "Fushou ointment is heterogeneous and impure. After taking it for a long time, it is true that people will become skinny. The Xiaoyao powder I prepared for Nushi is refined from Fushou ointment, and it is not harmful to others, but It’s because the medicine is a bit too strong, and it’s just a harmless addiction, Gu’s daughter Shi is well-informed, how can she be as unfounded as Master Cui from Wuzhou?”

Gu Yuan's face turned pale again: "Xiaguan heard that one tael of Fushou Ointment is worth five silver coins. Isn't Xiaoyao San worth more than gold? Yu Shizi may be just a little effort, but it is incomparable to Xiaguan. How can you Is it unfounded worry?"

"It turns out that Gu Nvshi is worried about this." Gu Yan frowned, with a worried look on his face, Yuan Li became more proud in his heart, tried his best to suppress the joy on his face, and pretended to mutter, "To tell you the truth, Xiaoyao San is indeed worth more than gold. It's just that this thing is extremely refined, and I don't use it much each time, so three or four taels a month is more than enough, but I can't find many in my house for a while—how about it," he made a gesture, and the waiter behind him immediately understood, and it didn't take long Holding back a small jade box about an inch long on a copper plate, Yuan Li nodded, and with a smile signaled the waiter to send it to Gu Yan, "These are about ten taels, and Gu Nu Shi will use them, and I will send someone to make some for Gu Yan later." When Nüshi sends it, she will never embarrass Gu Nvshi—although there are also foreign goods stores in the market, but one is not refined enough, and the other is too many impurities, which are not as clean as self-made—Gu Nvshi doesn’t have to worry too much, although the clan and the Foreign ministers should not interact too much, but Gu Nushi and I, Prince Gong's Mansion, may have a long-term relationship in the future, and even Your Majesty wants to get closer, otherwise why would you appoint Gu Nushi to visit your mother and concubine over and over again?" He Standing up long, he bowed to Gu Yuan seriously, "Yuanli has nothing else to ask, but Gu Nushi to look after her mother and concubine, and take care of her more in Beijing in the future, that's all, I wonder if Gu Nushi is willing to agree?"

"Your Majesty ordered on that day that the son will return to the vassal, and there will be a palace in the capital to take care of him, so don't worry." Gu Yan got up and stepped aside, his face softened, but he still didn't have a trace of joy. He looked at Yuan Li and said, "Since the mansion can Self-made Xiaoyaosan must be very familiar with Fushou Ointment - listening to His Majesty's tone, I have also heard about Master Cui's book, don't you worry about His Majesty's decree banning this Fushou Ointment? Yuan to say something to His Majesty?"

Even after using Xiaoyao San, he was still so clear-headed and aggressive—Yuan Li was taken aback, and for a moment, he almost regretted that he had given too little dose, but he still had a serious expression on his face: "The clean is self-cleaning, Cui Yan's excerpts are completely unreasonable, so why should I worry? There are many people who have seen the drug, and it is far from the matter of my Prince Gong's family. Right and wrong can be judged by themselves. Although His Majesty is young, he is wise and insightful. What should I worry about? Gu Why should the female history worry too much?"

"It's a slip of the tongue." Gu Yuan pursed his lips tightly, lowered his eyes and pondered for a long time, then reached out to lift the lid of the jade box, put it down after only one glance, and bowed deeply to Yuan Li, "In this case, the son of the world will give you a generous gift." However, the lower officials will be disrespectful. It’s just the value of this thing, and the lower officials will definitely give it to you in the future, and please don’t refuse it, otherwise, the lower officials will not dare to accept it.”

Sure enough, it is still the way of the scholar to disregard the relationship, but even if Gu Yan is wary at this time, as long as he can't leave this Xiaoyaosan, how can he get out of his own palm?Yuan Li returned the gift with a slight smile, and his tone was not sullen or angry, and he was extremely gentle and elegant: "A gentleman loves others with virtue, adult beauty, and women's high integrity, so naturally I will not refuse."

Speaking of this, it's time to serve tea to see off guests.Yuan Li ordered Xu Quan, who was in charge, to send Gu Yuan out, and went back to the study by himself. As usual, he asked the boy to spread out the paper, and calmly conceived, but felt that his thoughts could not be separated from Gu Yuan, so he couldn't help feeling impetuous and opened his eyes. Just as he was about to open his eyes, he saw Xu Quanzheng waiting respectfully at the door, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "How is it?"

"I don't see anything special, and I don't see any resentment. It's just," Xu Quan hesitated, "but if Your Majesty knows—"

"Know? So what if you know?" Yuan Li sneered, "Even Shizong and the first emperor didn't list blessings as forbidden items. She dared to violate the family law of her ancestors? Since it's not banned, Gu Yuan's life and death will not matter." It's about our Prince Gong's mansion, Daqi's law is there, what are you worried about? But on the side of the concubine, be careful and don't let it go."

"But--"

"But what?!" Yuan Li became a little impatient, "Instead of thinking wildly here, why don't you just send someone to follow her and see what she does, so you can feel at ease!"

"The younger one has already sent the third son to follow." Xu Quan lowered his waist, "Gu Nushi first went to a foreign goods store in the west, and came out after a while, and then turned to Yudai Street. Headquarters of Foreign Goods — but was stopped by someone on the road, entered Fuqing Tower, and heard from Xiaosanzi that from a distance, he looked at the figure and appearance of that person, very similar to Cheng Gui."

"Cheng Gui?" Yuan Li heaved a sigh of relief while being surprised, "Mr. Cheng made a move? Then everything is safe!"

"Anyway, you used to be my student, so I can't just watch you run into a wall and take detours." Cheng Su drank his glass, looked at the sullen Gu Yan in front of him, and smiled wider, "What? Worried? Don't worry, These meals are clean, one is that Xiaoyaosan is rare and should not be spoiled casually, and the other is that your medicine has not expired-remember, once a day, no more than one and a half cents per time, do not take more, more than three cents Within a short period of time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to control my words and actions, and if there are more, I will die."

Gu Yan bit her lips tightly, tried her best to control herself, and raised her eyes calmly after a while: "Mr. Xie is concerned, I still have something to do—"

"Those foreign goods stores are nothing important. Xiaoyaosan is also divided into grades and grades. A layman can't tell it, but an insider can tell it at a glance. None of the thirteen foreign goods stores in Beijing is as pure as that of Prince Gong's Mansion. Zang, why are you wasting your energy? Want to find out what is incompatible? There is no need, even the Westerners themselves have no way to deal with it—this one can be saved.”

She put on a posture of earnestly teaching, and told Gu Yuan carefully, seeing Gu Yuan's face getting paler, and the disgust and hatred in her eyes could no longer be concealed, so she stopped and poured another glass of wine for herself: "Little A Yuan, as I said earlier—there are only three things, you have disobeyed me three times, this time, you have nothing to do, right?"

"That's right, there are only three things," Gu Yan raised his eyes, "I also want to know, what is the purpose of my husband's constant pestering?"

"Why?" Cheng Su smiled happily, "I've only lived for a hundred years, and I want to do what I want. If I want to do it, I do it. Why do I have to find a reason?"

"Sir, you can follow your heart," Gu Yan gritted his teeth, "but did you even ignore the laws of heaven and conscience?"

"Heavenly conscience?" Cheng Su laughed, "Little A Yuan, you have taught you not to be too rigid in your actions, not to mention that I, Daqi, have never banned drugs and Xiaoyao San, and my actions do not violate the rules, right? Is it in accordance with the principles of heaven and conscience?"

"It's not against the law right now, but it may not be in the future."

"Do you want to persuade Your Majesty to ban the drug ointment?" Gu Yuan's tone was as firm as a golden rule, Cheng Su couldn't help but sink in his heart, he poured himself a glass calmly, put down the glass and looked at Gu Yuan carefully - his face was still the same. So pale, there is no trace of blood on her slightly biting lips, but her eyebrows and eyes are getting darker, and the stubborn and upright spirit that makes her uncomfortable is getting more prominent, making her just want to crush the person in front of her to the end, "Xiao A Yuan , why are you still so indifferent? I don't say how many noble clansmen there are in the capital, how many ordinary people in the world secretly cannot do without medicine, and I want to stop you, and I don't say whether the government and cabinet are willing to abide by the ancestral system. If you are willing to agree, you will be banned. Do you have a ready-made solution? If you are strict, those who can’t live without blessings die, wouldn’t they be harmed by you? If you relax, others will not be infected by it. Don’t mess me up, I’m going to prohibit you from the law? I’ll take a step back, you’ve done all of this, Xiaoyao San is far more pure than medicine, and if you don’t abolish it, you’ll die, so how do you deal with yourself? It took a lot of effort, So what about the Luan Ceremony who wants to send you to the phoenix position? What about the one who wants to live together with you? Little A Yuan, you only care about yourself. Don't you care?"

"Why, don't talk? Forget it, I will be a teacher for a day and be a teacher for life, and I will teach you another lesson." Cheng Su smiled, and ordered Cheng Gui to take the food and drinks to the next table, and gave him a pot of tea and a few more The teacups came up, put six empty teacups in the center of the tea tray, picked up the teapot and poured a cup with his own hands, "A Yuan, do you still remember what I told you, you have to follow the general trend in order to get twice the result with half the effort, you have to forbid Have you considered the general trend of the world after buying this drug? The first is public opinion. Although this product is harmful to people, it has a bad reputation. Although people who are infected with it cannot leave it, they are like people who drink water and know how warm it is. Even if the family's wealth is exhausted, it will be self-sufficient, and there will be no harm for a long time, so it will be four points at most."

She poured half a cup of tea, and took three more cups of tea and put them in front of her: "Although Cui Yan has a good reputation in Qingliu, his qualifications and reputation are not enough. Fortunately, he is the Yushi of Wuzhou, and he can be regarded as honest in his work. , although he said some big and crazy words, the root is still based on reason, and he can also coax those imperial censors. This one, I count you as seven points. But this person has never been involved in local government affairs, and his speech is very difficult. Well, the above-mentioned provisions are also unrealistic, I am afraid that the six ministries and the chief secretaries of the states will not take it seriously, not to mention that the ancestral family law does not prohibit the prohibition of drugs, even if the important ministers in the cabinet agree, they will not Take it too seriously, this one will give you two points at most. As for the noble family members," she looked at the third teacup and shook her head, "People who are like grass on the wall can only add flowers to the cake, not give charcoal in a timely manner, let alone respectful people." The king is—you must not be able to point out this one."

"The last two are also the most important ones, Yisi Luan and Your Majesty today." Cheng Su smiled slightly, but put the teapot aside, "Let's not talk about Yisi Luan, little Ayuan, it stands to reason that you and Your Majesty gets along much closer than a lowly minister like me, tell me, will our Majesty support you?"

Gu Yan gritted his teeth, lowered his eyes and remained silent.Cheng Su sighed softly: "I taught you to judge people with literature and deeds. I have also paid attention to your Majesty's studies and temperament during the years in Beijing. Everyone in the class of scholars in the Imperial Academy said that your majesty With few desires, eager to learn, benevolent and peaceful, I praise His Majesty for his single-mindedness, and his obedience to advice. He will rule like the first emperor in the future-everyone thinks so, little A Yuan, are you as wrong as these people? Have you seen Your Majesty?"

"Misunderstanding?" Gu Yan raised his eyes coldly, "Your Majesty is humble, studious, benevolent and diligent, everyone can see it, how can you misunderstand it?"

"You really think so?" Cheng Su looked at Gu Yan playfully, "A Yuan, are you really a fan of the authorities, or are you afraid that I will say something bad? I heard that you and His Majesty agree with each other. Why, Your Majesty even her own Didn't let you know what was on your mind? Everything in the world must be smooth and reasonable, and abnormalities are monsters. Those Hanlins wished that His Majesty would become the second late emperor, but they didn't want the late emperor to be old and experienced so that he could have such a pure state of mind. His Majesty ascended the throne You are only nine years old, no matter how wise you are, you are still just a weak child, but you want to be like dead wood and dead ashes, is it not a big violation of common sense? You have a kind and gentle temperament?"

She sneered softly, "It's against the sky and reason, and the result will definitely be boring. It's human nature to like and dislike intimacy. Your Majesty has nothing to like in small things, and there are no close people around you. You are the only one inside and outside the palace. Consolation, even if she knew that the medicines were slightly harmful, would she lose you for it? Even if she couldn't think of it for a while, those people in Luan Yisi have been experienced for a long time, are old and cunning, and are willing to let His Majesty lose you like the emperor Taizu for a little harm. Is there a risk of a big change in temperament like Empress Shengwen? From this point of view, you can’t point to even one of these two——A Yuan, you only account for more than [-]% of the [-]% of the general trend. , can this blessing be banned? What's more, even if Luan Yisi and His Majesty agree with you, you have won more than [-]% of the general trend, but it is only a [-]-[-] number. Even if it is banned, what good will it do for you? I I have already said that Xiaoyao powder is forcibly quit, and it will die if it is not discarded. On the contrary, it will be used for many years, and the harm is limited. As long as you ask, this product will definitely be used by you. Why do you ask for trouble? What's more, "Cheng Su lowered his voice He raised his voice, but his tone became more determined, "A Yuan, now that your father has passed away, you just don't care about life and death, and don't care about your reputation. Don't you want your widowed mother and younger brother?"

Gu Yuan remained silent.Thinking back to the girl who had the same pale face and bleeding marks on her lower lip but still could only humiliate and admit defeat unwillingly, Cheng Su slowly felt a little joy in her heart: "Little A Yuan, you have no benefit if you go against me—" —”

"Mr. did everything possible to get me into this thing. I'm afraid it's not just for me? Mr. said that he does what he wants, but he keeps talking about drugs. If he really does what he wants, the drugs are forbidden or not, and the gains and losses are all in Gu Yuan's hands." Why do you need to be so concerned about your body? If you say that you are contaminated with this thing, with your temperament and experience, you will not end here. Just now, you mentioned that there are no Xiaoyaosan in the thirteen foreign goods stores in Beijing. Pure, but the Xiaoyao San in Prince Gong’s Mansion, since it is not from a foreign goods store, where did it come from? Westerners are not allowed to enter Beijing unless they follow an order. Prince Gong’s son is far away in Yunzhou, so how can he learn the art of purifying the fushou ointment? After much deliberation, it seems that there is only one person who understands western medicine and is able to act without hindrance, and is friendly with Prince Gong’s mansion without showing any signs of expression. It’s just that this drug is limited to ordinary people’s use. Eyes and eyes, not to mention that there are many eyes and ears of Luan Yisi in the foreign goods industry, it is really inconvenient—”

Gu Yan raised his head, although his face was still pale, but there was no trace of unwillingness and resentment between his brows and eyes. Instead, he was as determined as cutting gold and pieces of jade: "It's just that if there is a person in charge of water transportation who coordinates and coordinates in the middle, it will be completely different—— Zheng Tingji privately used the water boat to trade, in addition to making profits for himself, he must have also sent a lot of medicines for his husband, right? The refined Xiaoyao San was brought back by the water boat, and even sent to Yunzhou by the Zheng family. —Master mentioned that many clansmen and nobles were contaminated, could it be that this thing flowed out from Prince Gong’s mansion?"

"Sure enough, you have grown up and know how to use your mind." Cheng Su smiled peacefully, "Even so, so what?"

"Although the fushou cream is not banned, the crime of private use of the tank boat is not small." Gu Yuan said quietly, "Sir, let's arrest him without a fight, don't make more injustices."

"Yisi Luan's tone sounded like—"

"I am a member of Luan Yisi, what's wrong with using the tone of our Luan Yisi?" The bamboo curtain of the private seat moved, Lin Yuan led Qiniang to pick up the curtain and entered, and said to Cheng Su, "A Su, I said earlier, if you If you insist on going your own way, Yisi Luan will no longer show mercy, why do you have to do such a cruel thing to Gu Yuan again?"

"I won't do anything, wait for you to come to the door?" Cheng Su sneered, "The fire can't be contained in the paper, and it must be spread on the bright side. Naturally, the cloth will be the first. I just keep guard in the capital and fight with Zheng Ting." You have no contacts, you can't even be an accomplice, at most you can be accused of not committing crimes without knowing it, and you will be fined for three years. If you make a big fuss, what can you do to me?"

Lin Yuan remained silent, watching Qiniang and the guards of the Luanyi Bureau take out Cheng Susuo with a sullen face, and only opened his mouth when the footsteps outside the door were far away, then said: "The Xiaoyao San Aluan and those foreign monks After reading it, it is said that it is pure and rare, and its toxicity is very deep, so you should not act too hastily. And although this thing is used for a long time, it will lose your temper, but as long as it is spread, according to the temperament of the officials in the government and the opposition, they will try their best to keep you away from it. Young master, even the empress dowager will definitely not be able to pass it—A Su has a deep mind, and there must be a back-up. Now let's drive her out of Beijing first. Let's put aside the matter of drugs for the time being. There will be a chance in the future , it’s the same again.”

"The government and the public don't say anything, and the people don't know. Aren't there more people infected with this poison?"

"It's always about the bigger picture—"

"If one person is contaminated, a family will be ruined, and if a hundred people are infected, a hundred families will be ruined. The poison is spreading and the harm is deepening. Isn't this kind of thing the overall situation? Or, as Mr. Cheng said, Your Majesty is worried that your Majesty will destroy Gu Yuan alone. male?"

"This—" Lin Yuan couldn't help being speechless, "Your Majesty regards female history as the most important—"

But Gu Yan shook his head and smiled at her, "Even if it is not about justice, but about private affairs, I will definitely report this matter to Your Majesty personally——as your lord said, Your Majesty regards me as the most important thing, and the relationship between husband and wife is very important." , how can such a thing be concealed?"