Fan Xuan was silent, after a moment, he turned his head, and outside the eunuch said: “Go and bring Gu Jiusi from the Ministry of Punishment, I have something to ask him.”
Liu Yuru heard Fan Xuan’s words, finally relaxed, Fan Xuan looked at her and sighed: “You also do not sit, you go home first to rest, I will let the imperial doctor come to take a look at you.”
Liu Yuru thanked, Fan Xuan had someone come and send her to the side hall, before going out, Liu Yuru remembered, said with Fan Xuan: “Your Majesty, I was tortured this matter, you do not talk to Jiu Si.”
Fan Xuan froze, then laughed helplessly: “You little girl…”
Said, he waved his hand and said, “Go, I don’t want to talk to him.”
With Fan Xuan’s words, Liu Yuru left. Fan Xuan in the imperial study room waiting, next to the big eunuch walk side to come, to Fan Xuan sharpening ink said: “Your Majesty, you say this matter now how is good? If Lord Lu really did it, and Lord Gu has the evidence, then Lord Gu and the Empress Dowager allied to force you to convict Lord Lu, it will be difficult to do?”
“We’ll see.” Fan Xuan said, “I would like to see, this Gu Jiusi, can give me an idea.”
After waiting for a while, Gu Jiusi also came, Fan Xuan see Gu Jiusi come in, respectfully salute, Fan Xuan did not speak, from the side of the tea, sip, lightly said: “words, I also do not want to beat around the bush with you. Your wife said with me, now you have a way to help me, you say your way.”
“Your Majesty,” Gu Jiusi straightened up and said flatly, “Your Majesty’s concern now is the strife of the parties behind this matter. It is obvious that the Empress Dowager wants to take this opportunity to insert people from the Ministry of Finance, and Lord Lu does not want to move, nor dare to move. On the one hand, Lord Lu is your right-hand man, you want to spare his life; secondly, Lord Lu is your initial to the present close followers, you have not yet ascended the throne for half a year, the throne of the emperor is also not in the right name…”
“How dare you!” The eunuch next to him shouted angrily, Fan Xuan raised his hand and calmly said, “Let him speak.”
Gu Jiusi and other no longer blocking the sound, continued: “the new dynasty is a hundred wastes and the forces are disjointed, Liu Xingchi and arrayed in the South stupid, now you need people to do things, need close friends. If you move the Lord Lu at this time, it will chill the hearts of your cronies. And Lu Yong is gone, who will manage the Ministry of Finance, who will do the work? Third, Lu Yong himself has a large number of followers, if you really forced Lu Yong to die, there is no guarantee that Lu Yong’s men will not hold a grudge and switch to others.”
“His Majesty decided to leave Lu Yong alone after considering these three points. But the Empress Dowager will not let His Majesty not move, and will definitely try to force His Majesty to step back. This is where His Majesty’s difficulties lie today.”
“You are right.”
Fan Xuan nodded: “Lu Yong cannot be moved now.”
“But it can’t be unmoved either.”
Gu Jiusi spoke up, “Your Majesty, you don’t want to chill the hearts of your cronies, that’s a good idea. But have you ever thought that these cronies also guessed your thoughts, so they are so reckless. Do you know how much the state treasury is in deficit today? I counted down nearly forty million, Lu Yong reported thirty million, and down there are various small officials steal chicken and dog, fear far more than ten million. The minister of the Ministry of Finance stole ten million to kill the head of the Ministry of Finance to frame the minister of the Ministry of Finance, but not impunity, how will His Majesty organize the court in the future, how to manage the courtiers? In this way, without waiting for Liu Xingchi to attack Daxia, I am afraid that our Daxia has already sought its own demise.”
“So, you are here to convince me to punish Lu Yong and make him confess his crimes.”
“To rule, yes, to rule. But the sin, however, cannot be confessed.”
Gu Jiusi calmly said, “Your Majesty, if you believe in the process, you might as well do so. This matter seems to be a case of treasury silver, in fact, the core lies in the party dispute, as long as the empress dowager closely pursues this case, this case is investigated to where, is where.”
Fan Xuan nodded: “Continue.”
“In fact, the Empress Dowager has indeed become a major problem in the heart of His Majesty, His Majesty is about to go out to Liu Xingchi, must deal with the Empress Dowager matter. So it might be a good idea to use this case to give the Empress Dowager a warning. The first step that your majesty has to take is to transfer the crown prince away from the eastern capital. The crown prince has to leave the eastern capital and travel with 5,000 people according to the specifications, and then you can transfer 5,000 troops from your own army on the grounds of security in the eastern capital. The first step is to transfer 5,000 people, but the actual transfer is 10,000. In this way, one to make preparations for the worst outcome of the follow-up, the second also let the crown prince outside, leaving a green hill.”
Fan Xuan answered, Gu Jiusi continued: “And then, you then let the imperial historian Ye refer to the Minister of Penalties Cui Shiyin, Cui Shiyin will be taken into custody, and then the case will be transferred to the imperial court for trial on the grounds that the efficiency of handling the case is too low.”
“Why should Cui Shiyan be taken into custody?” Fan Xuan did not understand, Gu Jiusi smiled, “Your Majesty, this Cui Shiyin is the youngest son of the Cui family, since childhood, highly favored, the Cui family in the East is quite deep, at least half of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and he have relatives by marriage, and he himself spend a lot of time and drink, more bad traces can be found. The imperial court will refer him to the Ministry of Justice for trouble, and if they catch him, they will be able to guess what His Majesty means, and they will tell other relatives, and finally the entire Ministry of Justice will be beaten. If you have a relative who dares to intercede, His Majesty will send you in with the name of favoritism. The Ministry of Justice has been hammered, and naturally the case will also be transferred to the hands of the imperial court.”
“Then the Empress Dowager’s side…”
Fan Xuan hesitantly spoke, “I’m afraid it’s not easy to handle.”
“It’s time for Princess Yunsheng to get married.”
Gu Jiusi spoke, and Fan Xuan froze. Gu Jiusi calmly said, “Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has lost her son, leaving Princess Yunshang as a daughter, I heard that the princess is intelligent since childhood and is extremely loved by the Empress Dowager, do you think that the Empress Dowager will give in for her daughter’s lifelong happiness?”
“Didn’t you send someone on a mission to Northern Liang before? If the Empress Dowager dares to come to you, you should make it clear to the Empress Dowager that the previous messenger went to Northern Liang and brought the portrait of the princess there, and the Emperor of Northern Liang has the intention of making peace. You are considering whether to let the princess go to the marriage for the sake of the country, or to let her find a son from the Eastern Capital to marry for the sake of her happiness. The Empress Dowager will have her head on straight.”
Fan Xuan nodded, his face seemed to finally have a few moments of relief, and then said, “What about after that?”
“When the case reaches the imperial court, we have evidence that Liu Chun stole the silver from the treasury, then we will make this case as Liu Chun stole the silver from the treasury and start tracking down the missing treasury. Then we let Lord Lu recover the 10 million taels of silver from the hands of those who traced it, and the whole Ministry of the Household will be inventoried up and down to alert the people, and that will be enough. When the wind has passed, you can then persuade Lord Lu to resign, so that those of your cronies will understand that they can not be reckless. And after all, Lord Lu has saved his life, you then give him a reward, to his subordinates point a way out, your cronies are not cold-hearted, and his subordinates are not too afraid to fall back.”
“What you said is a good idea,” Fan Xuan sighed, “but if Lu Yong is gone, the position of Minister of Household, who can do it? I will never put one of the Empress Dowager’s people up there, but there are really not many people who can be used in the hand.”
Gu Jiusi did not say anything, after a long time, he suddenly stepped back, kneeled down and made a big salute and said, “Your Majesty forgive me.”
Fan Xuan was confused by this action of his and said, somewhat bewildered, “What are you doing?”
“Your Majesty,” Gu Jiusi lowered his head and said, “I actually have a candidate, but this person is too close to me, and he is also wearing a sinful body, so I am afraid that Your Majesty will think that I have favoritism if I recommend him now. But this person, in terms of seniority, ability and position, is the most suitable candidate today.”
“Who?” Fan Xuan subconsciously opened his mouth, but immediately reacted.
Gu Jiusi raised his head and calmly said, “The former Minister of the Ministry of Officials and my uncle, Jiang He.”
Fan Xuan was silent and did not speak, Gu Jiusi immediately said, “Your Majesty, I know that Lord Jiang was originally the father-in-law of the King of Liang, but now that Your Majesty is the Lord of the Central Plains, Lord Jiang should return to obedience. I’m sure I can guarantee with my head that Lord Jiang has no second thoughts, and if he does, I will personally relieve Your Majesty’s worries and never bother Your Majesty!
“There is no need to talk like this.” Fan Xuan waved his hand, “I just suddenly remembered that he is your uncle, I had forgotten about it. Now too busy, I also do not remember this matter, let him stay in prison, also blame you, did not talk about it with me earlier, earlier, I would have placed Lord Jiang earlier.”
“Lord Jiang’s case is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice, I am a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, so I should not interfere. If Lord Jiang is not in trouble, the Ministry of Justice will naturally release him, and I believe that under Your Majesty’s holy virtue, no one dares to do injustice. Now it is also because Lord Jiang is a suitable candidate for the Ministry of Finance, I can only raise the sage not to avoid relatives.”
“He was originally the minister of the household department, presided over the household department in the previous dynasty for nearly ten years, and then promoted to the minister of the Ministry of Justice, is familiar with the household department. He had a friendship with the Empress Dowager in the past, as an old minister, the Empress Dowager will not be difficult, he joined the Ministry of households, is a balancing act. He is actually my uncle, and I am loyal to His Majesty, so I will convince him to be loyal to His Majesty. If His Majesty gets him, he will be like a tiger with wings, so why not?”
Fan Xuan listened to his words, did not make a sound, after a long time, he finally said, “You let me think about it, you go back first.”
Gu Jiusi saw Fan Xuan’s attitude soften, his heart was already sure, respectfully said goodbye to go.
The eunuch sent Gu Jiusi out, and only after he walked out of the hall did Gu Jiusi say, “Dare to ask the eunuch, why don’t you see my maiden today?”
“Young lady is tired,” the eunuch said with a smile, “His Majesty has asked young lady to go back first.”
Gu Jiusi froze and suddenly felt some apprehension in her heart and said, “Is my maiden unwell?”
The eunuch’s smile froze, and then he said, “No, it’s just that the young lady was born delicate, so His Majesty couldn’t bear to see her, so he let her go back first.”
The eunuch led Gu Jiusi to the outside and explained, “It was also because His Majesty had summoned you, and the young lady was embarrassed to be here, so His Majesty gave the decree, so don’t take offense.”
Gu Jiusi lowered his head, seriously thinking, a moment later, he was saying, “Eunuch Zhang, I remember that the Tai Hospital’s Imperial Doctor Wang is a good hand at treating traumatic injuries, I am a little unwell, now that I am in the palace, I would like to see Eunuch Wang.”
“That’s not coincidental,” the eunuch smiled, “Eunuch Wang is out of the palace on an errand today.”
Gu Jiusi nodded, but no longer spoke, but his face was sunken. Zhang Fengxiang swept a glance at Gu Jiusi, although this person is still in prison, but he observed Fan Xuan’s expression, but he knew that the Lord is afraid of a great future. He said: “Lord Gu is there any trouble, if the old slave can help a little, just give orders.”
“It’s nothing,” Gu Jiusi smiled, “I just want to see my Lord Ye Shian and Lord Shen Ming, we have always been good friends, like brothers, now I have not been out of the prison for a long time, I want to see my two brothers, let my two brothers accompany me to say a few words.”
“That’s a good idea.” Zhang Fengxiang said, “I just saw Lord Ye and Lord Shen at the entrance of the palace, so I will let them go back to the Ministry of Punishment with you.”
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“Eunuch Zhang don’t worry,” Gu Jiusi said with a smile, “I understand.”
The two spoke and arrived at the entrance of the palace, Ye Shian and Shen Ming were really standing outside the palace, and when they saw Gu Jiusi come out, they looked anxious. Zhang Fengxiang said goodbye to Gu Jiusi and respectfully said, “The old slave will not go out of the palace, let a few small minions go with Lord Gu.”
After saying that, he reprimanded the eunuchs around him and told them to take good care of Gu Jiusi, and then saluted with Gu Jiusi before leaving.
Gu Jiusi went to the car with Ye Shian and Shen Ming, and Ye Shian was busy saying, “How do you say?”
Gu Jiusi said the conversation with Fan Xuan, Shen Ming nodded and finally said, “I probably understood everything, but I don’t understand, why did you let the prince go out for a good reason? Is this movement too big?”
“He’s not letting the crown prince go out,” Ye Shian was a penetrating one, “he’s trying to transfer Luo Zishang out.”
Gu Jiusi leaned against the wall of the car, eyes closed, listening to Ye Shian explain to Shen Ming: “Luo Zishang is the Crown Prince’s Imperial Advisor, the Crown Prince has been away from the Eastern Capital for so long, and he has no other official position, he must be accompanied.”
Shen Ming nodded in understanding, Gu Jiusi suddenly said, “What happened to Yuru?”
“Huh?”
Hearing this, Shen Ming and Ye Shian quickly glanced at each other, and Ye Shian said, “Yuru occasionally felt a wind chill and is not feeling well today.”
“Then it won’t be another day for her to go up to Shun Tian Fu?”
Gu Jiushi opened his eyes, looked at Shen Ming, and calmly said, “Did something happen to her in Shuntianfu?”
“Where can it be?” Shen Ming hurriedly said, “She’s so spirited…”
“Shen Ming,” Gu Jiusi interrupted him, “You are especially obvious when you lie.”
Shen Ming froze, Gu Jiusi continued, “She asked you to hide it from me, but now I guessed it, you do not need to hide it, hide it I will not believe. In the nature of Yu Ru, as long as she did not have a major incident, today will definitely wait for me at the entrance of the Imperial Study Room, and talk to me. Today she is missing, and the royal doctor Wang, who usually goes out to the palace to treat the dignitaries, is out of the palace, and you are all covering up, and you tell me she is fine?”
Gu Jiusi raised her voice: “Who are you coaxing?
“She was tortured in the Shuntian Palace.”
Ye Shian opened his mouth and Gu Jiusi froze. He looked at Ye Shian in shock, and after a moment, he reacted violently: “How could that be? Didn’t you and Brother Zhou both go? How many years has Shun Tian Fu not had this set, and you and Brother Zhou there, how…”
“The princess is here.”
Ye Shian continued to explain, Gu Jiushi immediately reacted, “Li Yunsheng?!”
He instantly figured out the connection and couldn’t help but say, “Then why didn’t you leave? There are many ways to suffer from torture.
“Li Yunsheng used your reputation to provoke her, saying that if she was really wronged, how could she not dare to be tortured. She wanted to save your reputation, so she suffered.”
Ye Shian sighed out and said helplessly, “She is that nature, decided to do it, how can we persuade?”
Gu Jiusi could not say anything, he sat in the carriage, he felt his heart gripping pain.
He thought of the torture device on Liu Yuru, when he thought of Liu Yuru is usually so soft and gentle a girl, his heart hurt so much that he could not say anything.
“I’m the one who did her in.”
He murmured out, “It’s my fault, I should have thought of it, what to go to the Shun Tian Fu, I should have thought of it.”
“Don’t say that,” Shen Ming saw that Gu Jiushi was not in the right state and hurriedly advised, “No one expected to suddenly kill a Li Yunsheng ah. I’ve never heard of this before, I don’t know where the rules came from, how did you think of it?”
“It’s my fault, it’s my incompetence.” Gu Jiusi raised her hand and inserted her fingers into her hair, Ye Shian sighed, “It can’t be all your fault, we are also responsible. Don’t be sad either, go back and get a good night’s sleep…”
“I want to see her.”
Gu Jiusi suddenly spoke out, Ye Shian and Shen Ming froze, Shen Ming subconsciously said: “How to see?”
Ye Shian, however, understood and said, “No! Now don’t make trouble…”
“Brother Ye,” Gu Jiusi raised his eyes to Ye Shian, “you and I are similar in size…”
“It’s not proper.” Ye Shian immediately refused, “This is not in accordance with the rules.”
“Since when are we so disciplined?” Gu Jiusi immediately retorted, saying anxiously, “I want to see her now, so you can help me!”
“Very good,” Ye Shian grabbed his clothes, “as good as possible. I do not agree with this matter.”
“Ye Shian, are you still a brother?” Gu Jiusi looked at Ye Shian, his eyes were full of pleading, “I call you brother from now on, okay?”
“No, no.” Ye Shian waved his hand, “It’s really not necessary.”
At this time Shen Ming reacted, “Oh, you want big brother Ye to sit in jail for you.”
“I will definitely replace you out before the morning court tomorrow.”
Gu Jiusi continued to negotiate, raising her hand and swearing, “My place is very comfortable, especially clean, and there are many books, you can have a very self space.”
“No no.” Ye Shian shook his head, “It’s really out of order.”
Gu Jiu Si glanced at Shen Ming, who froze, then understood Gu Jiu Si’s look and nodded his head. Ye Shian saw that they did not speak, thought Gu Jiusi was giving up, his hand relaxed a bit on his clothes and continued, “Your Majesty this matter…”
The words did not finish, Gu Jiusi and Shen Ming jumped up together, holding down Ye Shian’s hands and feet, and began to pull the waistband of Ye Shian’s pants.
Ye Shian was shocked and said, “Don’t do anything! Let go of me!”
“Brother Ye, I will not forget today’s kindness, if there is an opportunity some other day, I will definitely help you.”
Gu Jiusi undressed him while talking.
“Brother Ye, good people do to the end to send the Buddha to the West, you also do not be so rotten, if not I and his body size is too different, I will go for him.”
Shen Ming took off his pants and persuaded.
Ye Shian frantic struggle, but he a ten years of hard study scholar, how to defeat the two little bully? Just Ye Shian temperament is still there, will not surrender, both sides standoff for a moment, Gu Jiusi sighed, finally is relieved, helplessly said: “I am very worried about her.”
Ye Shian froze, Gu Jiusi hung a bitter smile, he has always been full of immodest look, but in this smile, but let Ye Shian see a few sour, Ye Shian heart is a little bored, just listen to Gu Jiusi said, “You let me meet him?”
Ye Shian also does not know what happened, hearing Gu Jiusi so pleading, his heart softened, subconsciously spoke: “Okay.”
The two of them changed their clothes in the carriage, and when Gu Jiusi came out, it was inappropriate to let too many people know, so he wore a big black cloak. Ye Shian put on that big cloak, and once the hat was covered, his face could not be seen. When they arrived at the Ministry of Justice, they got off the carriage and followed people into the prison.
The jailer, because of Liu Yuru’s care for them, has always been very good to Gu Jiusi, see “Gu Jiusi” today is reluctant to talk, did not ask more, smiled and sent to the cell, and also opened the cell door.
After entering the cell, Ye Shian sat on the bed, some confused looking at the wooden bars of the cell in front of him.
Gu Jiusi said he would come to change him before the morning court tomorrow, and now it’s only noon…
Ye Shian’s mood is a bit heavy.
The first thing you need to do is to send Ye Shian to the Ministry of Justice prison, Shen Ming is a bit happy, but Gu Jiusi is not half happy.
Shen Ming poured tea for Gu Jiusi, said happily: “Soon to see sister-in-law, also not happy, so sad face, also not afraid of sister-in-law worry about you.”
“You’re right.” Gu Jiusi smiled bitterly, “I shouldn’t let her worry.”
Saying that, Gu Jiusi buried his face in his hands and rubbed his face.
After a long time, he suddenly said, “Did she cry?”
Shen Ming was a bit confused: “What?”
“She must be in a lot of pain.”
Gu Jiusi’s voice was a bit mute, Shen Ming didn’t speak anymore, and only after a long time did he say, “I think sister-in-law is happy.”
“I understand.”
Gu Jiusi said in a low voice: “I just now realized that the original like a person, right, she hurts on the body, you hurt on the tip of the heart.”
“It hurts more than even if you are tortured yourself.”
Shen Ming trembled.
He felt that Gu Jiusi was pretentious.
He pushed Gu Jiusi, whispered: “Brother, let’s calm down, beating sister-in-law is definitely more painful than beating you, you see how skinny and thick you are, sister-in-law’s watery and soulful that beating is definitely more painful than you ah.”
Gu Jiushi: “…”
He felt that Shen Ming’s big-heartedness was really much more exaggerated than he was back then, and when he got off the carriage, Gu Jiusi patted Shen Ming’s shoulder and said, “You’re still young.”
Who hasn’t been young? When he was young, he was still stuffing silver tickets while his wife was crying!
Shen Ming knocked on the front door and the two of them went all the way into the house. Gu Jiusi walked into the inner courtyard, and just before he reached the door, Mu Nan stopped him, and before he could say anything, he saw Gu Jiusi raise his head: “It’s me.”
“Gongzi?”
Mu Nan froze, Gu Jiusi lowered his head and said, “I’m going to see Madam.”
Gu Jiusi entered the inner courtyard, and while walking, he said, “How is madam?”
“Her Ladyship is sleeping now.” Mu Nan spoke in a whisper, glanced at Shen Ming with some apprehension, Shen Ming nodded, Mu Nan breathed a sigh of relief, confirmed that Gu Jiusi knew everything, and then said: “Just now the doctor consulted her, said to take good care of herself, there will be no problem.”
Gu Jiusi answered and didn’t say much, after reaching the door, she ordered the people down and carefully pushed the door open.
The doctor gave her a calming medicine, and she drifted in and out of a hazy sleep, aching and sleepy, but the pain was indeed much less.
She remembered Gu Jiusi in her heart, but was reluctant to go see him at this time. She knew Gu Jiusi’s nature, if she knew she was in trouble, she didn’t know what kind of temper she would have. She fell asleep in a daze, thinking that she would ask someone to find out if Ye Shian and Shen Ming had returned, to see what news they had brought back. As she thought this, she felt someone walk in and sit by her bed.
She guessed it was Ye Yun, so she spoke in a weak voice, “Has your brother come back?”
Gu Jiushi froze, then knew that Liu Yuru had mistaken her for someone else, and was so unhappy in his heart, thinking that Liu Yuru was not asking about him yet at this time, or Ye Shian. He did not say anything, and sat aside and looked at Liu Yuru.
The actual fact is that she looks extraordinarily frail today, her face is pale, her head is sweating, her brow is furrowed, and she has lost her usual composure.
Gu Jiusi quietly looked at her and listened to her continue: “He can talk to you about Jiusi?”
Hearing these words, Gu Jiusi’s heart just stretched out, like a rolled up leaf, slowly swinging away in the water. He took off his coat and leaned over to Liu Yuru’s side, whispering, “I’m back.”
Liu Yuru’s breathing stopped, Gu Jiusi then put his hand under his head and looked at her sideways, after a moment, Liu Yuru, as if she was about to suffocate herself, snapped open her eyes and turned her head to look over.
Gu Jiusi held a smile, his gaze fell on her, Liu Yuru stared at him, after a long time, she said hoarsely: “How did you…”
“I came back to take a look at you.”
“His Majesty allowed it?” Liu Yuru was a bit confused, Gu Jiusi’s smile stiffened, but still nodded, “Well, his majesty allowed it, he said you were injured and asked me to come back to keep you company.”
“I clearly told him not to talk to you about this.”
Liu Yuru frowned, seemingly dissatisfied, and Gu Jiusi was too embarrassed to let Fan Xuan take the blame, hurriedly said, “I guessed it first.”
“You are also too clever.” Liu Yuru laughed bitterly. Gu Jiusi stretched out his hand and let Liu Yuru’s head rest on his arm.
Liu Yuru was really too hard to bear.
Gu Jiu Si thought.
The outer robe he was wearing was Ye Shian’s, if it was in the old days, Liu Yuru would have noticed it, yet now Liu Yuru was not aware of anything, she just curled up in his hand as if she was a cat, helplessly leaning on him.
“Is it all done?”
Liu Yuru still did not forget to ask him, Gu Jiusi answered in a low voice: “Well, it’s done.”
“How did you say?”
“Transferred Luo Zishang, transferred the elite troops to the East Capital, used Li Yunshang’s marriage to force the Empress Dowager to drop the case, handed the case over to the imperial court, and then the case was closed with the theft of silver from the treasury, and Liu Chun and others committed suicide in fear of guilt. Lu Yong resigned, elected my uncle to be the Shang Shu, and I was reinstated.”
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This made Gu Jiushi froze, and then he smiled: “I was in jail, you have to run around and suffer for me,” Gu Jiushi said, pausing to calm his tone before slowly saying, “I haven’t even reviewed myself yet, why are you reviewing yourself first?”
“Jiu Si,” Liu Yu Ru half closed her eyes, “the princess is right, in fact I can not help you.”
“Are you thinking about what she said?” Gu Jiusi cried and laughed, “You…”
“But I want to have you all to myself.”
Liu Yuru confused open, Gu Jiusi listened, heartbeat suddenly fast a few beats, joy spread from the heart, he did not know how, actually could not say a word.
He opened his mouth to say something, but the usual clever tongue, but suddenly lost its ability, Gu Jiusi embraced the person in his arms, listening to her said: “I originally thought, as long as it is for your own good, to give you a concubine or share with others, I am tolerated. We all live like this, I can also live. You have me in your heart, I am satisfied.”
“The princess is right about everything, she can give you more than me, she is also beautiful and has a pleasing personality, I think if she comes into the house, if it is long, you will also like it.”
Gu Jiusi listened, gently stroking her back, softly saying, “No, I only like you.”
However, Liu Yuru is not listening to it, but only vaguely said: “I know, I know you always like me. And I also like you, do not want to share you with others, I am so selfish, in your way, I have to make up to you is. But I not only failed to make up for you, but also couldn’t save you, and when I thought about it, I felt too sad.”
Gu Jiusi finally couldn’t help himself and laughed out loud: “You usually look so dignified, why are you so childish?”
Liu Yuru leaned against him and did not say anything. After a long time, she listened to his laughter, felt the vibration in his chest, and said in a small voice: “I was also childish.”
Said, her voice even lower: “I am still small.”
Gu Jiusi laughed so hard he couldn’t stop, he took the person into his arms and hugged her tightly: “You are really my baby.”
Saying that, he let her go, lowered his head, carefully lifted Liu Yuru’s hand to his hand, and said compassionately, “Let me take a look.”
Liu Yuru was finally a little embarrassed and wanted to draw back her hand. Gu Jiusi hurriedly grabbed her wrist and said, “Don’t hide, I’ll take a look.”
Liu Yuru red face, did not say anything, Gu Jiusi a finger a finger to look over, finally did not say anything, just hugged Liu Yuru again, this time he hugged especially tight, especially hard.
“Yuru,” he said hoarsely, “I will not fail you.”
“I don’t care if you fail me,” Liu Yuru said softly, “what I care about is that you don’t fail yourself.”
When Liu Yuru finished, she hesitated for a moment before finally saying, “Jiu Si, if there’s anything you can’t understand in the future, just think about the past, think about Yang Wenchang, think about what you became an official for.”
“I understand.”
Gu Jiusi hugged Liu Yuru and whispered, “What you said, I remember.”
Liu Yuru did not say another word, the two just quietly leaning together, listening to each other’s breathing, heartbeat, feel each other’s temperature, skin, and pulse vibration.
Gu Jiusi stayed with Liu Yuru for the rest of the night.
And this time Ye Shian tossed and turned in his cell.
He felt that he had been lied to by Gu Jiusi.
Gu Jiusi said the prison was very comfortable, but in fact it was not. The stone bed laid mattress, but there will still be moisture from below, so that the quilt bed mattress has an indescribable wet and cold smell, he had no choice but to put the quilt also padded in the bed, attempting to mattress and quilt stacked together, will be born more comfortable. Later found that in fact not much use, finally lying on the bed with their own warmth to cover the mattress to dry.
Gu Jiusi said there are books in the cell, so you can read them to polish your time. Who knows where the books in this room are books, all a map, as well as some folklore books.
Of course these are forgettable, he can endure, until midnight, he began to urinate urgently.
Then he searched for a circle, shouted for a long time, and finally found a barrel leaning against the side.
Ye Shian to this barrel, suddenly broke down.
Liar.
This big liar!!!
The gods also have five grains of reincarnation, Ye Shian generation of gentlemen, naturally can not lose their manners.
He looked at the barrel in front of him, gritted his teeth, and finally went back to bed, hugging himself tightly in the cold wind, closed his eyes and held himself in.
When the star rose, he finally heard the sound of footsteps from outside, but Gu Jiusi finally came back. Shen Ming sent Gu Jiusi back, and also brought Ye Shian official robe, as soon as Gu Jiusi came in, Ye Shian jumped up, grabbed the official robe, quickly walked outside, pulled the jailer, whispered a couple of questions, the person turned the corner and disappeared.
“What is he doing there?”
Shen Ming is a bit baffled, Gu Jiusi also some do not understand: “is so angry that not even a word to say to me?”
But time is urgent, Gu Jiusi also too late to understand Ye Shian in the end what is the meaning, himself into the cell, closed the door, with Shen Ming said: “hurry to go to court, remember to tell me if there is any news!
After that, he consciously locked the door himself and said to the jailer: “You can rest, I’m locked up.”
At this time, Ye Shian has finished relieving himself and came out from the side corner, he coldly glanced at Gu Jiusi, pulled his leg and left. Shen Ming hurriedly chased after him, Gu Jiusi froze and touched his nose, not expecting that Ye Shian was so furious.
Ye Shian and Shen Ming went to the court, the same day, Fan Xuan announced that the crown prince on behalf of the son of heaven south tour, check the Yellow River embankment, to give grace to the world. Because the crown prince is Fan Xuan an only seedling, from the East capital to transfer 5,000 elite troops escort.
When the court meeting broke up, many ministers gathered in front of Zhou Gaolang and asked, “Lord Zhou, what does His Majesty mean by this?”
Zhou Gaolang stretched his hand: “I am not His Majesty, how do I know what His Majesty means?”
Lu Yong stood by the side, looking calm as always, but what was unusual was that usually at such times, Lu Yong was always the first to ask about the situation, but now he seemed to be completely unconcerned about the matter.
Zhou Gaolang gave Lu Yong a glance without a trace, and when he left the palace gate, Zhou Gaolang called out to Lu Yong: “Lord Lu.”
Lu Yong stopped walking, Zhou Gaolang chased after him and walked side by side with Lu Yong, smiling, “Do you feel that recently Lord Lu is a little different from before?”
“What’s different?”
Lu Yong’s face was calm, Zhou Gaolang smiled: “In the past, Lord Lu was not such a non-talkative person.”
Lu Yong stiffened his expression, then sighed: “I’m not going to hide it from Lord Zhou, recently the affairs of the Ministry of Accounts have been busy, and I’ve been overworked. If there is anything that offends Lord Zhou, I hope Lord Zhou will forgive me.”
“What can I have to offend?”
Zhou Gaolang smiled, turned his head and looked at the sky outside the palace and said, “Old Lu, we have climbed all the way up from Youzhou, it has been more than ten years of light, you should trust old Fan more.”
Lu Yong squeezed his fist under his sleeve to remind himself not to be nervous, while Zhou Gaolang did not look at him at all, but only said, “Do not hide what should not be concealed, concealed can not be concealed. His Majesty is after all good to you, more than ten years of affection, no one would be so heartless.”
Lu Yong heard these words and his heart lifted. Zhou Gaolang raised his hand and patted his shoulder, and walked out with a step.
After Zhou Gaolang left, Lu Yong stood at the door for a while, closed his eyes and sighed lightly.
When the prince’s southern tour order was issued, Fan Yu immediately panicked, and he went to Luo Zishang, saying anxiously, “Taifu, what does it mean when father asks me to go on a southern tour?”
Luo Zishang looked down at the chessboard, he did not make a sound. Fan Yu was a bit dissatisfied and raised his voice, “Tai Fu!”
“His Majesty told the Crown Prince to go on a southern tour, then it is a southern tour.”
“But…”
“His Majesty’s foundation in the dynasty is not stable,” Luo Zishang said lightly, “still need to have some real achievements. This year, the Qintian Supervisor predicts that the Yellow River will be flooded, and every year there are broken dykes, if the Crown Prince’s southern tour this year. “The government’s position in the court is unstable,” said Luo Zishang, “and it is still necessary to have some real achievements. This year, the Qintian Supervisor predicts that the Yellow River will be flooded, and every year there are broken dykes. If the Yellow River is safe after the Crown Prince’s southern tour this year, Your Majesty’s position in the hearts of the people will definitely rise, and you will have a real achievement in the court.”
“These are not important,” Fan Yu frowned, “my father is only one son, there is no real performance, can not let others to be the emperor to?
Hearing these words, Luo Zishang’s hand holding the chess piece paused for a moment, but after a moment, he raised his head and smiled respectfully towards Fan Yu, “Your Majesty misunderstood His Majesty’s meaning, His Majesty not only wants Your Majesty to be the emperor, but also wants Your Majesty to be a good emperor that will be praised by the people and leave a name in history. Although Your Highness is already excellent, you still need to let people know about it.”
The words were comfortable to Fan Yu’s ears, and he nodded and said, “You’re absolutely right, I need to let people know this. I need to let people know about this. My palace is on a southern tour, you will also go with me, right?”
“Naturally, I am accompanying you.”
Luo Zishang turned his head away and his gaze fell on the chessboard.
Fan Yu went on this tour, prepared for about three days, and set off with his men and horses in great numbers.
At this time, the grain that Liu Yuru had bought land and planted in Wangdu, had also been transported to the eastern capital.
Now after the war, food prices are not cheap everywhere, but after Liu Yuru collected the grain, there was enough food, and then there were stragglers to reclaim the land, this year’s harvest, the price of food compared to the East Capital, but there are more than ten times the profit. She sat in the carriage and lifted the curtain, watching the prince’s southern tour team leave the city. She was thinking about who was in that carriage when she saw the carriage suddenly lift its curtain.
A pale, somewhat sickly face appeared in front of Liu Yuru, that person saw Liu Yuru, with a few indescribable smiles in his gaze, this smile is very complex, so Liu Yuru frowned.
The moment the carriage crossed, Luo Zishang lowered the curtain, as if lifting the curtain, just to look at this person.
Next to him, Yin Hong hurried up and said with Liu Yuru: “Madam, stay away from him, this man is too seeping.”
Liu Yuru didn’t say anything, she lowered her eyes, looked at the account book, and just said, “Turn the page.”
She could not move her fingers now, so she could only let Yin Hong help her turn the pages and let her read the account book. Liu Yu Rou looked at the amount of grain in the account book, and in a short while, she heard people outside say that the grain transport team had arrived.
Liu Yuru got off the carriage and personally met the grain carriers and gave everyone a small money bag, saying it was a good luck for everyone. Everyone had a long and windy journey, and Liu Yuru was waiting at the door for this treatment, everyone’s heart was excited and felt that this trip was not a loss.
Liu Yuru took the people to the warehouse on the outskirts of Dongdu, which is a piece of land she rented specially for storing goods and grain. She accompanied people at the back door to count the grain, she watched people carry the grain up bag by bag, counting the quantity, waiting for the grain all into the warehouse, she could not help but frown.
The head of the grain transporters named Lao Hei, he saw Liu Yuru frown, also some apprehension, Liu Yuru led him to the lobby, let Lao Hei sit down, and then spoke: “Brother Hei, there is one thing, I do not understand.”
“You say.”
Old Black hastily opened his mouth and hurriedly said, “Dongjia, if you don’t understand anything, ask me, I will definitely give you a clear explanation, we can’t have any hard feelings in our hearts.”
Liu Yuru smiled, but said, “Brother Black, I am a little strange,” she let Yin Hong spread the account book, “I asked for 30,000 stones of grain from Wangdu, why now arrived, but only 15,000 quantity, actually half of the grain, are gone?”
When Old Black heard this, he did not even care to drink tea, and hurriedly explained: “Master, the grain transported over, on the way the people have to eat, there are also omissions, naturally there will be loss.”
“Brother Black,” Liu Yuru frowned: “transporting grain, I have also done this thing. When I transported grain from Qingzhou, Cangzhou, Yangzhou all the way back to Wangdue in the past, 10,000 stones of grain, to Wangdue also has more than 9,000 stones, I do not understand, you transport the grain, why is to lose half.”
“Yeah, yeah,” next to Yin Hong upset up, immediately said, “you do not think we have not transported grain pit us.”
Old black heard these words, immediately pulled down the face, he will tea bowl heavy knock, then get up, kneeling in front of Liu Yu Ru said: “East, I know this thing East suspicion me, but I old black today even if head to die in front of this pillar, but also to and East to say clearly, this grain we did not take.”
“That food…” Yin Hong spoke anxiously.
“The road is not the same!” Old Black raised his eyes at Yin Hong and said angrily, “What do you know, you little girl!”
“Brother Black,” Liu Yuru sighed and hurriedly got up and helped Old Black up, “Don’t get angry with the little girl. I am not suspicious of you, I just want to know the reason, if there is a way, we will find a way, I do business, always have to understand where my money is spent.”
Hearing this, the old black mood finally stabilized some, he sighed, with Liu Yuru said: “East, you were from Qingzhou, Cangzhou, Yangzhou, are taking the waterway, directly to Youzhou, and then Youzhou to Wangdu, and then less than 30 miles away. And didn’t you find that the reason why you had 10,000 quintals of grain, which was less, was mainly consumed on the land route?”
Liu Yuru nodded: “Indeed.”
“Dongdu is inland, not coastal,” Old Black sighed, “to send the new grain over, we can only go all the way overland. But going by land is different from going by water, for one thing, the number of people needed is different. If you take the waterway, a ship may need a few dozen people, they are so few people, you can transport a lot of grain, and there is little leakage of grain, as long as the ship does not capsize, do not encounter water pirates, the grain in addition to the dozen people eat, there is no loss. The land route is different, first of all, the food will leak on the way, while walking while leaking, it has been a part of the less. Secondly, the transport of food is limited, the same food, waterway a dozen people can transport, land may be hundreds or even thousands of people, eat loss is also different. Finally, there are many bandits on the road, we have to pay a number of “toll” every other way, so send all the way over, to the East Capital, and how much can be left?”
Old Black said, seems quite saddened: “Dongjia, I know this matter is also my old Black useless, but I also tried my best.”
“Brother Black,” Liu Yuru listened, sighed and said, “You are indeed aggrieved, it is my ignorance, you work so hard, but I am still thinking about food.”
This said, old black heart that breath also smooth.
He hurriedly waved his hand and said, “Dongjia, you do not say so, so say really break my life.”
Liu Yuru smiled and asked Yin Hong to fetch two taels of silver, handed it over to Old Black, and respectfully said, “Brother Black, I didn’t know you guys were working hard, but now I know that you’ve suffered. Now my new store just opened, everything must be saved, this silver, you do not feel shabby.”
Old Black refused to accept, Liu Yuru and Old Black polite some, finally still will send out the silver.
After sending it out, Liu Yuru took Yin Hong away to go.
Yin Hong sat on the carriage and sighed: “Half of the food is left, we have to cost half, and I do not know how to sell. Now the aunt is still in jail, business is also not smooth, Madam, do you think we should go to the temple to worship?”
Liu Yuru did not speak, she shook the fan, turned her head to look out of the window, said: “There is always a way.”
There is always a way.
As soon as the prince’s southern tour was set, Fan Xuan ordered in secret, from his own direct troops, to urgently transfer 5,000 elite soldiers to the eastern capital.
Because they are his own direct line, the outside world does not know. So Fan Xuan secretly transferred people, but openly instructed the imperial court to supervise Gu Jiusi’s case.
The day the imperial court got the order, Ye Shian immediately wrote a letter listing the Ministry of punishment in the case of various faults, requesting the Ministry of punishment to transfer the case to the imperial court. The Ministry of Justice did not show weakness, and on the next day, he accused Ye Shian of bending the law and colluding with Gu Jiusi.
The Ministry of Justice can step on Gu Jiusi, after all, Gu Jiusi is isolated, but the Ministry of Justice so step on Ye Shian, the next day, the Imperial Court of Justice directly to the Ministry of Justice up and down the staff of all kinds of minor matters.
Both sides of the war of words for a few days, in the courtroom cursing spittle, Fan Xuan five thousand elite troops finally transferred to the East Capital.
Five thousand elite troops arrived that night, Fan Xuan will Lu Yong summoned to the palace.
These days Lu Yong has been very apprehensive, he used almost all of his own to stabilize the Ministry of Justice relations, so that the Ministry of Justice will not transfer Gu Jiusi to the imperial court. He is very clear in his heart, once the Ministry of Justice will Gu Jiusi handed over to the imperial court, that Liu Chun’s death will certainly be exposed. He was not sure how much Fan Xuan knew about this matter, and even more so, he could not figure out Fan Xuan’s tolerance level for this matter. So he was afraid day by day, afraid that Fan Xuan looking for him, but also afraid that Fan Xuan not looking for him. Now Fan Xuan came to Lu Yong, Lu Yong is suddenly settled.
He asked the eunuch who came to deliver the order to wait for a while, and then changed into his official clothes and followed him into Fan Xuan’s palace.
The eunuch did not let him meet the driver in the imperial study, but came to Fan Xuan’s bedchamber, and when Lu Yong entered, Fan Xuan was washing his feet. He wore a white single clothes, around there is no one to serve, with a common basin, a person emanating sitting there, so Lu Yong thought for a time still in the Youzhou, Fan Xuan has not yet become a major official. At that time, Fan Xuan is like this, often see him at night, they discuss official matters together, will also play chess chat.
Lu Yong felt some hard feelings in his heart, he could not guess Fan Xuan’s meaning, he could only kneel down respectfully and salute towards Fan Xuan.
Fan Xuan did not let him get up immediately, he looked at the door of the hall, feet dipped in warm water, slowly said: “When I was young, people said to me, there is no unchanging people in this world, and there is no brotherhood. Said brotherhood, that is the most unreliable friendship in the world. I do not believe in this. I always think, people and people, you give each other how much heart, the other side will return you how much heart.”
Saying that, he turned his head to look at Lu Yong, a turn of phrase, but said, “Old Lu, we have known for twenty years, right?”
“Twenty-four years.” Lu Yong kneeled on the ground, choked, “the same list of lifers.”
Fan Xuan nodded, looking a bit dazed.
He did not say anything, Lu Yong just kneeled, and after a long time, Fan Xuan suddenly said, “Is the money so good?”
Lu Yong heard these words, the inner suddenly that was set.
Also nothing apprehensive, suddenly felt as if all the dust had settled, the head fell off a bowl of scars, it was no big deal. Fan Xuan does not know if he is waiting for him to reply, has not made a sound. After a long time, Lu Yong took a deep breath, but looked up at Fan Xuan: “Why do you do the emperor?”
Fan Xuan froze, Lu Yong looked at him and said seriously, “If not for money and power, why did you become the emperor?”
Fan Xuan was silent, and after a long time, he suddenly laughed bitterly.
“If I were to tell you that I never wanted to be an emperor either, would you believe me?”
“Then why do you want to compete with King Liang?”
Lu Yong spoke calmly, Fan Xuan lowered his head, took the paddle from the side, and slowly said, “He is not a good emperor.”
“Then you are?”
Lu Yong continued to ask, Fan Xuan’s movements froze, he frowned and looked up at Lu Yong: “What do you mean? Is it possible that I’m not doing well?”
Lu Yong smiled, but did not say anything, he bowed respectfully: “I know my mistake.”
Fan Xuan felt some hard feelings, he restrained his emotions, handed the handkerchief to the waiting Zhang Fengxiang, and slowly said: “In fact, I am clear about what you have done. Ten million taels, you just make up for it. You can’t make up for it yourself, you give me a list, I’ll ask for it.”
“I won’t take your life after all,” Fan Xuan sighed, “why go so far as to kill?”
Lu Yong heard and understood that tonight Fan Xuan had come to explain his way out with him. Lu Yong secretly thought for a while, pondering the truth in Fan Xuan’s words, and only after a long time did he say, “I understand.”
“You are still my brother after all.” Fan Xuan advised, “Don’t take a crooked path, and don’t stray from your heart.”
“It is my minister who is confused.”
“Old Lu,” Fan Xuan hesitated for a moment and finally said, “Gu Jiusi is a good talent, you are not young, you should take care of yourself, the affairs of the Ministry of Finance will be left to him, you also bring him up more.”
Lu Yong did not echo again, he knelt on the ground, stiffening his spine. It is not indigestible, as expected, just that the real face, or some embarrassment.
Fan Xuan looked at Lu Yong black hair interspersed with gray hair, heart some intolerance, sighed and said, “Old Lu, as long as I am in a day, can ensure that your old age without worry.”
These words made Lu Yong must go to face, he slowly tightened his fist, kneeling and said, “So, your majesty’s meaning, is to let my servant resign?”
“Old Lu,” Fan Xuan lowered his head and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat before saying, “What your sin is, you should have known.”
After a long time, Lu Yong took a deep breath and bowed his head, “Thank you, Lord.”
“Find a time to take Gu Jiusi to have a meal with your friends.”
Fan Xuan commanded, “Cultivate him as your own disciple.”
“Your Majesty,” Lu Yong digested Fan Xuan’s meaning and frowned, “You want Gu Jiusi to be the Minister of Household?”
Fan Xuan nodded and stretched out his hand, Lu Yong hurriedly came forward and held Fan Xuan, Fan Xuan stood up by his force and spoke out, “Although he is young, he has his talent.”
Lu Yong helped Fan Xuan towards the courtyard, Fan Xuan as if it was a perfectly ordinary conversation, slowly said, “Jiang He, this person, I am not at ease. Although Gu Jiusi’s qualifications are afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold, but the Ministry of households such a position, always can not just use people. And,” Fan Xuan turned his head to look at Lu Yong, smiled, “not also have you?”
These words made Lu Yong froze: “Your Majesty…”
“Old Lu,” Fan Xuan stopped in the courtyard and sighed, “Don’t let down my painstaking efforts. You and I are monarchs and subjects, friends, but also brothers. One person can walk with another person through the wind and rain for dozens of years, it is not easy.”
Lu Yong listened, his heart was a little sour.
He took a step back and subconsciously wanted to kneel, Fan Xuan held out his hand to stop him and shook his head, but said, “Don’t do that.”
“I don’t have many years left,” Fan Xuan smiled bitterly, “let me be Fan Xuan for a little longer, don’t be your majesty.”
Lu Yong red eyes, did not insist, Fan Xuan and he walked in the courtyard, seems to be a little tired, let Lu Yong keep supporting, while he was pumping energy, continued, “In fact, your words, I understand. You asked me why I became this emperor, when I was young, it was for the people, and now say it again, you do not believe. I thought about it, money, I do not want. But power, probably for those of us who can not let go. In fact, you are okay, you are afraid of poverty, and do not care what power, as long as the pockets are full, your heart is enough. But I and the old week is not the same. We have too much in our hearts and can never be satisfied. When the festival ambassador wants to become the emperor, when the emperor wants to unify the world. What to say for the people, fighting a war, is not also the rise of the people suffering, the death of the people suffering?”
Fan Xuan smiled gently and then said, “I know why you think I am not a good emperor, is it not for the sake of Yu’er? I am good and capable, but only Yu’er a son, handing the world to Yu’er, you are not convinced in your hearts. But what can I do? I only have one son for him too.”
“But…” Lu Yong was eager to speak, and Fan Xuan continued, “To have another harem, I don’t have the energy and ability. Now having another child is just more sibling rivalry, and it won’t change anything.”
“Old Lu,” Fan Xuan and he walked up the steps together, Fan Xuan’s footsteps were a little weak, he was injured in the battle to enter the East Capital, Lu Yong knew, he wanted to advise, but was silent because of Fan Xuan’s stubborn temper. The two climbed all the way up the steps, Fan Xuan felt tired, sitting on the promenade to rest, looking at the courtyard from a high place, did not turn around, slowly said: “Yu’er is not bad-hearted, you watched him grow up, in the future he has any bad, you have to take more responsibility.”
Lu Yong pursed his lips and finally said, “Your Majesty, I know.”
Fan Xuan sat on the promenade, he didn’t echo, and after a long time, the wind slowly blew by before he stood up again and bowed his head, “Let’s go.”
The next morning after Fan Xuan summoned Lu Yong to the palace, Lu Yong resigned.
This news shocked the entire court, Fan Xuan and Lu Yong in the courtroom pulled three rounds, one said to go, one said to stay, so back and forth after a few rounds of drama, Fan Xuan finally face unbearable color, personally down the gold seat, went to receive Lu Yong’s resignation.
This was the first important news of the day. Immediately after that, Fan Xuan announced – the Ministry of Justice is not doing its job well, the case of Liu Chun was transferred to the Imperial Court to deal with the suspect Gu Jiusi along with the transfer.
The Ministry of Justice naturally refused to agree, and by the time the morning session adjourned, the Ministry of Justice, along with many old ministers, the majority of the court, were kneeling at the entrance to the imperial study.
When Liu Yuru heard this, she was looking at her new store together with Ye Yun.
The store was rented together with Hua Rong’s store to sell the food delivered from Wangdu.
In an eventful autumn, Liu Yuru deeply understands the importance of food, so even though the profit from food is not the greatest, she insists on keeping the business going.
The store is her and Hua Rong’s store together to see, Ye Yun said she to decorate, Liu Yu Ru originally let her to install, the results of today’s opening, Liu Yu Ru to see, only to find that Ye Yun is actually the grain store in accordance with the style of the North, very beautiful decorated. Big red and green colors spread out, hanging under the eaves with pepper strings for decoration, there is a kind of indescribable northern flavor.
Liu Yuru strolled around a few times, but felt good, next to the business is used to see Yun Yun, can not help but be a little worried: “East, you sell food store built so well, the other people see, afraid to feel the rice expensive, dare not come to buy.”
Liu Yuru heard this, froze, she looked at the front swaying pepper, slowly out loud: “Look at the store will feel the rice expensive, but will not think, this is the rice of the north?”
Yun Yun was a bit confused: “What does the proprietor mean?”
“Rice from the north is always a little different,” Liu Yuru smiled, “different rice, a little more expensive, there is no harm, right?”
“The proprietor wants to raise the price?”
“Selling rouge, there are good and bad. Selling rice, naturally there are also good and bad.”
Liu Yuru thoughtfully said, “Our rice is extremely expensive to transport this time, the grain is not much, if we follow the ordinary method of selling grain in the past and start selling grain directly, I’m afraid the profit is meager.”
Yun Yun listened, slowly heard some doorway, finally said: “You want to raise the price of the goods this time, into the best quality of rice, is this what you mean?”
Liu Yuru saw that Yun Yun was on the right track and couldn’t help but smile: “Exactly. The rice from the Northland has more oil and is more fragrant, so if people buy it so freely, won’t it lose its value? Let it be distinguished from other rice and become the best rice in the East Capital.”
Yun nodded her head, actually meaning it. Next to her, Ye Yun listened and also understood what Liu Yu Rou meant. Liu Yuru was about to say more when she heard the news from the palace, saying that people from the Ministry of Punishment with people blocked the entrance of the Imperial Court and refused to hand over Gu Jiusi’s case.
When Liu Yuru heard this news, she thought seriously and finally said, “When His Majesty has gone to the Empress Dowager, these people will naturally leave.”
As expected by Liu Yuru, that afternoon, Fan Xuan went to the Night Central Palace and waited until the evening, those people from the Ministry of Justice left, but Gu Jiusi was not handed over either.
Wait until the next day at noon, the palace suddenly came a eunuch.
The eunuch was thin and small, and said anxiously, “Young lady Gu, please come with us to the palace!”
When the eunuch came, the Gu family was having dinner. Hearing this, Jiang Rou stood up sharply and said sharply, “Is something wrong with my son?”
The eunuch waved his hand: “Don’t worry, Lord Gu is fine. There are just some matters that need to be dealt with by Young Lady Gu in the palace.”
She wiped the corner of her mouth, stood up, and said with the eunuch, “Eunuch wait a moment, I’ll go change my clothes.”
After saying that, Liu Yuru ordered someone to take care of the eunuch, and then turned into the room.
She changed into a formal dress in the room, then followed the eunuch into the palace, the eunuch looked very urgent, as if everyone in the palace was waiting for them, Liu Yuru couldn’t help but say: “Eunuch, if my husband didn’t have an accident, what is the reason for the palace to summon my concubine so urgently?”
“This you do not ask more,” the eunuch face showed some pity, “you will know when you arrive.”
Hearing these words, Liu Yuru’s heart sank.
It is certain that Gu Jiusi is fine, but Gu Jiusi is fine, and not good, and want her to go to the palace, and for what?
She couldn’t guess, but she could only steady her mind and went all the way into the palace.
The eunuch led her into the harem, and the more she walked, the more confused she became. She didn’t quite understand why the place to receive her had become the harem. She frowned tightly and couldn’t help but say, “Eunuch, did you go to the wrong place?”
“That’s right,” the eunuch immediately said, “The Empress Dowager and His Majesty summoned you together, so they are meeting at the Night Central Palace.”
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor were summoned together.
Liu Yuru had someone’s name vaguely in mind. She frowned tightly, but did not say anything.
After walking for a long time, she finally reached the entrance of the Night Central Palace, she went inside according to the etiquette, still outside, and knelt down through the curtain, spreading her sleeves and then drawing her palms on the ground in a semi-circle folded in front of her, saying respectfully, “My daughter has met His Majesty and the Empress Dowager, Long live His Majesty and Long live the Empress Dowager.”
There was no sound inside the curtain, and after a long time, an old voice came from inside and said, “This must be Young Lady Gu?”
“Precisely.” Fan Xuan’s voice also sounded, his voice with a smile: “Young Lady Gu is a woman who has seen great righteousness, so she must not have any hard feelings when she gets along with the princess.”
Hearing these words, Liu Yuru froze, and a bad feeling suddenly rose in her heart.
At this time, Fan Xuan then said, “Princess Yunsheng, you can speak with Young Lady Gu.”
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into.
Liu Yuru’s brain “buzzed”, she knelt on the ground, did not make a sound, did not raise her head. It was as if she was frozen, her whole body was confused.
Next to her, the Empress Dowager’s voice rang out, “His Majesty said that he would give my son a marriage, my son and Lord Gu had a marriage contract back then, she has Lord Gu in her heart, so my palace thought that it would be better to be an adult and let them become a match made in heaven. The princess is a golden girl, naturally she cannot be a concubine, the palace originally wanted you to be a concubine, but his majesty said you and Gu Jiusi are a married couple, and also merit the court, my son also pleaded for you, so the palace agreed to let you and my son together as a concubine. My son is a few months younger than you, although nominally they are both wives, but you should understand the difference between superiority and inferiority in your heart.”
The Empress Dowager waited for a moment and then said, “What, you still don’t thank me for your kindness, what is your dissatisfaction?”
Hearing this inquiry, Liu Yuru slowly eased up inside. She couldn’t say what emotion it was, she didn’t dare to think deeply, she just closed all her feelings, like when she was young, she told herself that she couldn’t be sad, she couldn’t be sad, she couldn’t be desperate. She had to be calm, to inquire about everything.
She took a deep breath and raised her head, but looked at Fan Xuan and inquired, “Your Majesty, dare I ask where is my family’s Langjun now?”
When these words came out, everyone seemed a little embarrassed, Fan Xuan coughed lightly, then said, “Gu Aiqing is still resting in the side hall today. This is a matter for his inner courtyard, so if you promise, just go and tell him and Master Gu and his wife.”
Liu Yuru did not say anything, she looked at Fan Xuan quietly and said seriously, “Your Majesty, marriage matters should be decided by the person concerned. It is my husband who is marrying Her Highness, so how can I make the decision for him? Please, Your Majesty, let my concubine ask my husband’s opinion before making a decision.”
“How dare you!” The Empress Dowager slammed on the table and said angrily, “The Son of Heaven gave the marriage, and the princess is getting married, how can he pick and choose? Liu Yuru, don’t be shameless, and don’t ask him if he will allow it, I will let him repudiate you and marry again!”
“Empress Dowager,” Fan Xuan frowned, broke some dissatisfaction, “Yu Ru a woman, want to ask her husband, is also normal, you do not too excited, when understanding.”
“The palace forgives her, she then sticks her nose in the air, a vulgar woman from Yangzhou, worthy of a family like the Gu family? I don’t know what kind of water Gu Langhua’s brain has gotten into, to marry such a servant girl who doesn’t know the rules!”
“Your Majesty!” Hearing these words, Liu Yuru raised her voice, she slowly got up, her clear eyes fixed on the woman behind the bead curtain, “I come from a clean family, I have a famous dish in my body, although I am not very rich and noble, but I am not the ‘maidservant’ that the Empress Dowager said. I have married the man and never abandoned him in times of crisis, and I have supported him so far. I have never broken the seven rules, and I have supported the Gu family all the way when they were in trouble. I have never disliked the Gu family because of poverty. Is the Empress Dowager going to marry off the princess to such an unfaithful and unrighteous man?”
This question froze everyone, and Liu Yuru said loudly, “If the Empress Dowager marries her daughter to such an unfaithful and unrighteous man, she is saying to the world that even if she is unfaithful and unrighteous, it is not impossible, is it?”
“This is naturally not,” whether it is the former dynasty or the Great Xia, character is the ultimate test an official wants. Even the Empress Dowager did not dare to refute Liu Yuru’s words at this moment, she stiffened her face and said awkwardly, “So this palace let you be a concubine, it is common for men to have three wives and four concubines, you should not stop because of good jealousy.”
“I will not stop it,” Liu Yuru looked calm, “but this matter should be decided by my husband himself, I dare not rule.”
“The young lady is right,” said Li Yunsheng, turning her head to the Empress Dowager, “let the young lady ask Lord Gu, if he is unwilling, don’t force him.”
“He dares?” The Empress Dowager sneered and turned her head to look at Fan Xuan, “This is a decree from His Majesty, he can’t disobey it, right?”
Fan Xuan stiffened, he coughed lightly, and said with Liu Yuru: “You go to persuade him, to become the Minister of Household, should know something.”
Liu Yuru heard the words “Minister of Household”, her expression moved, she did not say anything, stood up, then led by the eunuch to the side hall.
He was sitting cross-legged on a couch, lazily leaning against the window, with a plate of peanuts in front of him, and he was knocking on them, looking very leisurely.
When Liu Yuru walked in, he turned his head to look over and couldn’t help but freeze. A moment later, he hurriedly jumped off the bed, surprised, “Why are you here?”
Liu Yuru did not say anything, she quietly looked at him, Gu Jiusi intuition bad, hurried to go to her, took her hand and said: “What’s wrong? Is there something wrong? What’s wrong with you?”
Liu Yuru quietly gazed at him.
He really did not know what had happened, he was even asking if she had come to the palace to pick him up.
She looked at him in such a spirited manner and suddenly understood somewhat what Li Yunsheng meant.
Fan Xuan wants to marry Li Yunsheng, using Li Yunsheng’s marriage as a threat to force the Empress Dowager to agree to hand over Gu Jiushi’s case. And the Empress Dowager must have agreed, so they reached an agreement to make Gu Jiushi the Minister of Household Affairs, while Li Yunsheng offered to marry Gu Jiushi at this time as an additional condition for the transfer of the case. This is not a big deal, so Fan Xuan agreed. But Li Yunsheng should be expected Gu Jiushi will not agree, Gu Jiushi now once refused, it is a refusal to marry, he just got Fan Xuan trust, so hit Fan Xuan’s face, Fan Xuan will think Gu Jiushi is not easy to control, Gu Jiushi in the king’s heart career, may also stop here.
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Gu Jiusi knew that she had something she couldn’t say. After a moment of silence, he lifted his hand and gathered Liu Yuru into his arms.
“I know you must be aggrieved,” Gu Jiusi said in a low voice, “but no matter what aggression, you do not think too much, you have to believe in me, I can solve everything, you do not worry, and do not be afraid, eh?”
Such a gentle voice made Liu Yuru couldn’t help but grab Gu Jiushi’s sleeve.
“Don’t you be so good…”
Liu Yu Ru’s voice was hoarse.
I will not be able to quit.
She secretly thought.
This is a good man, such a good husband, if you have not met it is just, met, the heart is completely given, and then to give up, that is the pain of plucking out the heart, the pain is unbearable.
Gu Jiusi listened to her words, but more tightly hugged a few: “I have to be so good to you. The first thing you need to do is to be good to you, so you can’t let go of me and won’t leave me behind.”
The tears came out of Liu Yuru’s eyes, Gu Jiusi panicked and said, “What’s wrong? Don’t cry.”
Liu Yuru lowered her head, raised her hand and wiped her sleeve, she choked and whispered, “Gu Jiusi, how can you be so bad?”
Gu Jiusi didn’t know why Liu Yuru said that, so she could only wipe her tears while coaxing her, “What’s wrong, but who’s angry with you?”
Liu Yuru lowered her head and shed tears, she whispered in a low mute voice, “His Majesty intends to make you the Minister of Household, and asked me to come and tell you.”
Gu Jiusi froze for a moment as he listened to these words. He was not expecting to become the minister of the household, but he quickly took over and said, “This is a happy event, why are you crying?”
“Gu Jiushi,” Liu Yuru whispered in a low, hoarse voice, “If, if someone likes me and wants to marry me and wants you to divorce me, what would you do?”
“I’ll cut him down!”
Gu Jiusi listened to this word and became anxious, said anxiously: “But who bullied you?
“What if you can’t cut it off?”
Gu Jiusi froze when he heard this, he seemed to perceive something, holding Liu Yuru’s hand, he thought for a long time and slowly said, “I don’t know what you mean by asking this. But Yuru, if you like that person, that’s all that matters. But if you don’t like that person, unless I die,” he raised his eyes, quietly looked at Liu Yuru, said seriously, “I will not let anyone force you like this.”
Liu Yuru looked at him, she listened to his words, her eyes with tears could not help but bend, she gazed at him, his expression so serious, not with half false.
“So,” she said with a bit of solemnity in her voice, “do you like me?”
“Yes.” He answered without hesitation.
“Only me?”
“Only you.”
“In this life and in this life,” she took his hand and whispered, “if you are with me alone, do you regret?”
“No regrets,” Gu Jiusi smiled, “I’m happy and happy.”
Liu Yuru’s tears fell on his palm, burning him to freeze. Liu Yuru lifted her head, smiled at him, wiped her tears and said, “I know, I’m going back, I’ll pick you up later.”
With that, Liu Yuru let go of his hand, turned around and walked out. Gu Jiusi stood in the house, he frowned and thought seriously about Liu Yuru’s words.
“His Majesty intends to make you the Minister of Household…”
“If someone likes me and wants to marry me and wants you to divorce with me, what will you do?”
…
Gu Jiu thought for a moment, suddenly reacted to what, asked the eunuch next to him: “The Empress Dowager and His Majesty are talking about something, Princess Yunsheng is here?”
“Yes.” The eunuch respectfully said, “The princess has been here for two hours.”
“Damn!”
Hearing these words, Gu Jiusi slapped his head, then said with the eunuch, “You quickly inform His Majesty for me, I want to see him!”
“His Majesty has said,” the eunuch said seriously, “that Lord Gu should rest well without being summoned.”
“What rest?” Gu Jiusi was instantly angry, “They have locked my mother up next to them and bullied them, and they are still letting me rest for what? You go and inform His Majesty.”
“His Majesty said, just wait for the summons, no need to report.”
“Are you sure you won’t go?”
Gu Jiusi clenched his fist as the eunuch slackened his face, “His Majesty said…”
“I’ll go to your mother!”
Gu Jiusi slammed his fist over the eunuch and said angrily, “Get out of my way!”
With that, Gu Jiusi rushed towards the main hall of Weiyang Palace, the eunuch covered his face and shouted, “Someone, stop him!”
Gu Jiusi fought in the courtyard, Liu Yuru wiped her tears, took a deep breath, and returned to the main hall.
The Empress Dowager and Fan Xuan were still chatting, seeing Liu Yuru enter, Fan Xuan took a sip of tea and said, “What did he say?”
“What can be said?” The Empress Dowager smiled and said, “Lord Gu is a man who understands things, so naturally he agreed.”
Liu Yuru didn’t say anything, she bowed respectfully and then said, “Your Majesty forgives.”
When these words came out, everyone present fell silent, Fan Xuan turned his head to Liu Yuru with a calm expression, “He is unwilling?”
“Langjun is willing.”
Fan Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, smiled up and said, “Then…”
“But the concubine is not willing!”
Liu Yuru raised her voice, the words confused everyone, Fan Xuan took a long time to react, incredulously saying, “Gu Liu, what did you say?”
“Concubine says,” Liu Yuru replied forcefully, “Let Gu Jiushi marry the princess, or any woman, whether she takes a wife or a concubine, concubine is not willing!”
“Ridiculous!” Fan Xuan was completely fired up, stood up, and said angrily, “How could there be such a jealous woman like you?! Marrying the princess, that is good for him, how could you be so foolish!”
“I know it is good for him.”
Liu Yuru looked calm: “The princess is golden and has the Empress Dowager to look after her, and it is Jiu Si’s good fortune to become a horse in harness, and in the future, Jiu Si will have a smooth journey in the officialdom. But I just don’t want to. This is my husband, the man I love, I have him in my heart, so I hope his heart, his side, forever and ever, only I am alone.”
“You wanton!” Fan Xuan was completely furious.
He could tolerate Gu Jiusi’s foolishness, that is Gu Jiusi has love and righteousness, but he could not tolerate Liu Yuru’s foolishness. That is ignorant woman.
“Liu Yuru ah Liu Yuru,” Fan Xuan stood up, walking around the room, angry, “I thought you were a smart person, thought you should be a big help to Gu Jiusi in the future, but I did not expect you to be stupid to such an extent? Simply stupid! As Gu Jiusi’s rightful wife, you should have been thinking of him and helping him to start a family, but are you jealous of the Gu family?”
“Your Majesty, I have him in my heart, and if there is someone else by his side, I am afraid that I will be restless day and night.”
“Then we’ll live with it!” Fan Xuan yelled out, “Which woman didn’t come this way?”
Liu Yuru laughed bitterly, these words were like what her mother had said before.
“Your Majesty,” Liu Yuru bowed her head and bent her back, “Yuru’s feelings can’t be settled. If Your Majesty insists on marrying the princess, then please give Yuru a death sentence.”
These words startled everyone, and Fan Xuan spoke with a stutter: “You… what do you want me to do with death?”
“Your Majesty,” Liu Yuru’s voice was calm, “Yuru asked herself not to be a good wife, not to allow Jiu Si to have a second person by his side, but also does not want Your Majesty and Jiu Si to be embarrassed. If Your Majesty must give the marriage, then give me a death first, and I can only welcome others into the family with a tablet.”
“Obstinate!”
“Your Majesty!”
At this time, the eunuch’s urgent voice came from outside, and he ran to the door in a hurry and said busily, “Your Majesty, Lord Gu, Lord Gu he has called over!”
“Called over?”
Fan Xuan was full of shock: “What do you mean, he’s calling over?”
Before he finished speaking, there were noises from outside, mixed with Gu Jiusi’s shouting voice: “Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I won’t marry! I won’t marry anyone!”
“Your Majesty,” Gu Jiusi shouted, pushing against the guards who were blocking him, “I don’t want to be an official anymore, I’ll resign and go back! You can demote me, I want to take my mother back!”
“Yuru! Yu Ru!”
Gu Jiushi’s voice came, yelling, “Come out! I’ll take you away!”
“Bastard!”
The Empress Dowager shot up and said angrily, “Call the imperial guards over here, yelling in front of the inner palace gate, what kind of rules is this? Drag them down and beat them!”
The guards next to her got the order and rushed out.
And Gu Jiusi was outside, surrounded by guards, dragging him to leave. He fought with the guards at the door, his kung fu was high, but the guards kept coming, and the two sides were at a standstill at the entrance of the Night Palace.
The Empress Dowager was so angry that her face turned white, but Liu Yuru was lowering her head, pursing her lips, and couldn’t help but raise a smile.
Fan Xuan listened to Gu Jiusi’s shouting outside and looked at Liu Yuru’s firm appearance in front of him. After a long time, he finally said, “Gu Liushi, is it true that you would rather die than serve Gu Aiqing together with the princess?”
“Yes.” Liu Yuru looked firm. Fan Xuan was silent for a while, listening to the fight outside, he finally said, “Fengxiang, go pour a cup of poisoned wine.”
Liu Yuru’s expression moved, but she still did not speak. Zhang Fengxiang bowed his head and answered yes, so he went outside, and after a while, returned with a cup of poisoned wine.
When Gu Jiushi saw Zhang Fengxiang holding the cup of wine, the whole person suddenly went crazy and lunged towards the main hall of the Night Central Palace, roaring, “What are you doing!”
No one answered him, and Gu Jiusi’s heart suddenly became panicked.
He knew all too well what a cup of wine in the Inner Palace meant, and he had already surmised what was happening inside, and it was knowing this that gave him the chills.
He was smashed to the ground with a punch, he reacted and tried to roll over and get up, but many people pressed up, he desperately tried to rush forward and said angrily: “Liu Yuru, don’t you do something stupid for me!”
“You come out!”
“Your Majesty,” Gu Jiusi said loudly, “This is the Empress Dowager’s attempt to divide you and me! Don’t be confused! You let Yu Ru go!”
Gu Jiusi was frantically shouting outside as Liu Yuru watched Zhang Fengxiang bring the poisoned wine over. Fan Xuan looked at Liu Yuru and said seriously, “Yuru, the wine is here, if you really prefer to die rather than, then I will not make things difficult for you. You go, I do not force him, he mourns for you for three years, later marry or not, it is his will.”
“After three years, he may have forgotten you. The position of the young lady of the Gu family may be done by someone else. He will soon be the Minister of Household, Yuru,” Fan Xuan’s voice was a bit hoarse, “it’s not worth it.”
Liu Yuru smiled, she turned her head to look out of the hall, but said, “Your Majesty, how long does it take for this poisoned wine to poison to death?”
“One incense stick of time.”
“Will it hurt a lot?”
“It doesn’t hurt.”
“Will it be ugly after death?”
“Not ugly.”
“Then the concubine is relieved.”
Liu Yuru said, reaching out her hand and picking up the cup.
Her hand trembled slightly, she was actually very afraid, terribly afraid, but thinking of Gu Jiusi, thinking of Gu Jiusi’s clear eyes, thinking of him saying that he would not let her remarry unless he died, she suddenly had endless courage.
People always have to protect something, at any cost for this. She had to gamble this time.
She looked at Fan Xuan and confirmed one last time, “Your Majesty, if I drink this poisoned wine, you will never make the marriage of Jiu Si difficult again in this lifetime, right?”
Hearing this, Fan Xuan couldn’t help but laugh: “You’re really a businessman, I only said I wouldn’t make things difficult this once, and you said you wouldn’t make things difficult for the rest of your life.”
Saying that, he looked at Liu Yuru’s stubborn expression, sighed and finally said, “That’s all, there is nothing to be embarrassed about in the future. You say a lifetime, then it is a lifetime.”
Hearing these words, Liu Yuru closed her eyes, took the cup and drained it in one go, before smashing it on the ground.
“Your Majesty, remember what you promised,” Liu Yuru gasped, her whole body was shaking, and said urgently, “I want to talk to him more.”
After saying that, she was actually unwilling to say one more word, rushed out towards the outside of the hall, pushed open the door of the main hall, and then saw Gu Jiusi who was pinned down in a pile of people.
His face was colored and his clothes had long been torn and tattered, many people were pressing him, he was like a lonely dragon being torn by worms, angry and helpless.
The moment the door opened, everyone froze, and Liu Yuru stood at the door, smiling at him.
Seeing her, Gu Jiusi was the first to react, and before anyone could react, he struggled violently and rushed towards her.
He was wounded everywhere and stopped in front of her with a gasp.
The setting sun was behind him, reflecting the colorful haze of the sky, Liu Yuru reached out and hugged him tightly.
She felt weak in the legs, she did not know if it was the effect of the poison, she leaned on Gu Jiusi’s chest, listening to his heartbeat, and whispered, “Jiusi, I am this person, domineering.”
Gu Jiusi choked without saying anything, Liu Yuru leaned against him, closed her eyes and said, “Whoever wants to marry you, must also step over my life.”
Gu Jiusi’s body trembled slightly when he heard these words.
“Silly girl…” tears fell from his eyes and he hugged her fiercely, “Silly girl.”
Liu Yuru heard these words and laughed softly in his arms.
She remembered her childhood, wanting a flower on the tree, many children want, she a little girl, and people fought head to head, gritting her teeth to grab that flower.
After so many years, her nature has never changed. What she wants, desperately, she also wants.
“Jiu Si,” she felt a little tired, indescribable sleepiness surfaced, she murmured, “Carry me home.”
“Okay.” Gu Jiushi made a hoarse sound. He rolled her onto her back and raised his eyes to look at the endless palace city.
The colorful haze in the sky was beautiful, he was dressed in white, his hair was loose, his body was scarred and he was walking with a limp.
And Liu Yuru on his back, her eyes closed, seems to be asleep. Gu Jiusi carried her on his back, gritting his teeth to endure the severe pain in his feet, and walked out step by step.
Everyone watched them, not daring to stop, Liu Yuru was a little confused, she felt sleepy, she was afraid to sleep over, she knew that this time sleep over, maybe never see Gu Jiusi again.
She lay on Gu Jiusi’s back and hugged him, asking in a delirious voice, “Jiusi, do I like you a lot?”
“Yes,” Gu Jiusi’s eyes were sore, “like so much that I don’t even want to live.”
“Liu Yuru,” Gu Jiusi sniffled, “you like me a little less, okay?”
Liu Yuru listened and couldn’t help but laugh.
“There’s no way out,” she murmured, “in the next life.”
“In the next life, I like you a little less.”
Gu Jiushi carried Liu Yuru out of the palace, a very short road, but he felt particularly long.
He walked at first, but then ran, and finally no longer cared about decorum, and rushed out wildly. After rushing out, he saw the Gu House carriage waiting outside the door, he jumped on the carriage and said urgently with the carriage driver: “Go!”
Liu Yuru is now asleep, Gu Jiusi sitting in the carriage, cold look, he grasped Liu Yuru’s hand slightly trembling, pursed lips not say a word. He held her hand, felt her body heat, put her hand under his lips, and gently printed on it.
The wind rose in his eyes, but the whole person showed an unspeakable restraint.
In the inner palace, the Empress Dowager looked at Fan Xuan and said incredulously, “Your Majesty, you let him go like this?”
Fan Xuan sipped his tea and did not say anything. The Empress Dowager suddenly raised her voice: “Your Majesty, you let this traitor go like this? He shouted in front of the inner palace in defiance of the holy order, and even used force against the forbidden army, what is this? This is treason! This is treason! Your Majesty just ignored it?”
“Empress Dowager,” Fan Xuan trailed off, blowing on his tea cup, “Gu Aiqing is young and reckless, it’s not a big deal, I will punish him, don’t worry about it.”
The Empress Dowager listened to Fan Xuan’s words and slowly calmed down. Next to her, Li Yunsheng noticed the change in Fan Xuan’s attitude and said, “His Majesty is also tired, Mother, let His Majesty go back to rest first.”
The Empress Dowager didn’t say anything, she eased down as Li Yunsheng’s conciliation, she slowly sat down and said coldly, “Your Majesty let him make such a fuss at the palace and walk out in a big way, now he is still the body of a suspect, it’s not proper for other officials in the court to see him, is it?”
“The Empress Dowager is right.”
Fan Xuan nodded and said, “I’ll have someone chase him back.”
The empress dowager choked, what she wanted was to chase Gu Jiusi back? What she wanted was to convict this person who had offended him!
The woman who refused Li Yunsheng’s marriage in such a way, where can Li Yunsheng’s face be ashamed?
Li Yunsheng is her most beloved daughter, now the marriage is so stifling, the empress dowager always has a knot in her heart.
But the Empress Dowager looked at Fan Xuan’s face, but did not dare too much, she knows very well that Fan Xuan needs her to stabilize the power of the old nobility in the court. At the beginning of the capture of the eastern capital, is in these old noblemen in response to the outside to so easily into the city. Now the counties and counties of Daxia are stable because these old nobles are still fed and clothed. Fan Xuan was only able to ascend to the throne with her permission and cooperation, and was able to make the transition from the previous dynasty to the new one so smoothly, so Fan Xuan scruples about her and respects her.
But after all, she is only the empress of the former dynasty, everything can not do too much.
Fan Xuan words to this point, the Empress Dowager also can not be urged, only said: “when a good punishment punishment, after all, still too young.”
Fan Xuan nodded, thought, but he said: “You also saw, young lady Gu is rather die than into this marriage. The two of them are deeply in love, the princess married in the past, will not be happy, I think, it is better to change someone else.”
The topic is round, back to Li Yunsheng marriage.
Li Yunsheng secretly clenched her fist, the empress dowager sank, after a long time, she slowly said: “Yunsheng is the only child of this palace…”
“And is now the only princess of Daxia.”
Fan Xuan calmly spoke: “Northern Liang emissary will soon arrive in the East Capital, not that I do not think about Princess Yunshang, but if the Northern Liang emissary arrives, the princess has not yet married, they ask for peace, I have no choice.”
“After all,” Fan Xuan raised his eyes to look at Li Yunsheng, “Daxia needs stability, the princess said but?”
Li Yunsheng and the Empress Dowager did not speak, Fan Xuan lowered his head to drink tea, lightly said: “Lord Gu can not, I thought about it, the left minister Zhang Yu’s eldest son Zhang Juzhi is still without a wife, he is only twenty-four years old, serving as a minister of engineering, also considered a young talent, how about him?”
“How can this be?”
The empress was shocked, everyone knew that Zhang Quzhi had a wife, her wife’s father was originally a member of the Qintian Supervisor, four years ago, the former crown prince before the appointment of divination by him, but the results of the inauspicious phase. The crown prince, harboring a grudge, took advantage of the subsequent flooding to make trouble, saying that the father of Zhang’s wife had withheld information about the flooding divination from him, resulting in the disaster, which led to the beheading of Zhang’s father-in-law.
Zhang Quizhi was originally an official of the Eastern Capital, which is why, after the death of his wife, he begged himself to be demoted and went to Youzhou to work under his own father.
Now that the dynasty has changed, the official has become the prime minister’s son, but Zhang Quizhi’s hatred of the royal family, but it is difficult to wash away.
And the prince of the year, it is Li Yunsheng’s own brother.
Li Yunsheng white face, she raised her eyes, looked at Fan Xuan, trembled lips.
She wanted to say something, but in the end said nothing.
She knew Fan Xuan was deliberate.
The Empress Dowager and Li Yunsheng, is the wind vane of those old nobles, their military flag, the military flag does not fall, these people will forever condense together, and Fan Xuan wants, is to make the military flag fall.
Five thousand of his own soldiers entered the city, plus the original garrison, now the East Capital, has been almost all Fan Xuan’s people.
“Your Majesty,” Li Yunsheng quietly looked at Fan Xuan, “are you sure, do you really want to do this?”
Hearing this, Fan Xuan smiled gently.
“Your Highness,” Fan Xuan put down his teacup and stood up, “I am the Son of Heaven.”
Saying that, he coldly lowered his voice: “The king has no drama.”
Li Yunsheng and the Empress Dowager did not speak, Fan Xuan decisively turned around and said in a cold voice: “Liu Chun case transferred to the imperial court, by the imperial court to investigate thoroughly, Princess Yunsheng given in marriage to Zhang Da Gongzi, ten days to complete the marriage. Otherwise, after ten days, the princess is afraid to go to the northern Liang.”
After saying that, Fan Xuan walked out of the door. Zhang Fengxiang followed behind Fan Xuan and whispered, “Didn’t Your Majesty say that you should more or less give face to the Empress Dowager? You married the princess to Grand Duke Zhang, I’m afraid that…”
“I gave them face,” Fan Xuan said lightly, “Did they give me face?”
Zhang Fengxiang smiled, understood Fan Xuan’s meaning, but also did not speak.
Gu Jiushi carried Liu Yuru all the way into the Gu Mansion, once inside, he ran towards the bedroom and hurriedly called the doctor over.
Ye Shian, Zhou Ye, Shen Ming chased in and said, “How is it?”
Gu Jiusi did not say anything, the doctor came in, took Liu Yuru’s pulse, and after a few moments of careful diagnosis, he said, “Madam just took some sleeping and nourishing medicine, nothing serious, just sleep and you will be fine.”
Hearing these words, Gu Jiusi breathed a sigh of relief, the stone in his heart was finally put down.
Although he had already guessed that Fan Xuan is unlikely to really give Liu Yuru to drink poisonous wine, but even if there is only a slight possibility, he was afraid, now hearing the confirmation that it is okay, he then put his heart down.
Next to the three people to see Gu Jiusi slow over, Zhou Ye then said: “Go change clothes.”
Gu Jiusi wiped his face, nodded, stood up and went to the inner room.
When he met Fan Xuan in the morning, he had already taken a bath, now he just changed his clothes and re-bundled his crown, and then he walked out. A few people stood at the door waiting for him, Gu Jiusi first asked once more about Liu Yuru’s condition, and after learning that she would have to sleep for a while, he led Zhou Ye and others to the outer room to talk more.
“I heard that tomorrow this case of yours will be transferred to uncle’s side, as long as it is moved over, this will be good.”
Ye Shian listened to Gu Jiushi talk about the situation in the palace, with Gu Jiushi said, “You came today his majesty does not speak, everyone should also understand his majesty’s meaning.”
“This matter is resolved,” Zhou Ye’s face showed a smile, “I can also leave the East Capital to go to work.”
Hearing these words, everyone froze, and Gu Jiusi subconsciously said, “Brother Zhou is leaving?”
“It’s long overdue.” Zhou Ye was a bit helpless, “but I couldn’t let go of Wanqing, so I stayed with her more. Then I ran into this matter with you and delayed it.”
“Sister-in-law is not going with you?”
Shen Ming some doubts, Zhou Ye shook his head, Shen Ming looked at the next Gu Jisi, Gu Jisi explained: “Now the new dynasty removed the position of the festival ambassador, Brother Zhou went to be the Youzhou detention will be equivalent to the festival ambassador. Youzhou is near the border, there is a large army stationed, Brother Zhou is equivalent to a civil official and a military general, this stationed at the border holding a heavy military family is not allowed to leave the East Capital.”
“This is to take sister-in-law as a hostage?”
Shen Ming opened his mouth subconsciously, and Zhou Ye’s face became a bit unattractive. Ye Shian glared at Shen Ming, who hurriedly said, “Brother Zhou, I don’t know what to do, don’t mind.”
“You are also right.” Zhou Ye smiled, “It is indeed the hostage, afraid that we have any change.”
“Brother Zhou, don’t worry, we are all in Dongdu and will take good care of sister-in-law.”
Gu Jiusi hurried to comfort, Zhou Ye shook his head and laughed, “Just take care of yourselves, but you, Jiusi, this time you had the idea to let His Majesty marry Princess Yunsheng, the Empress Dowager is afraid that she will hold a grudge against you.”
Gu Jiusi smiled bitterly: “There is nothing I can do about it.” He said, he poured himself tea, his voice flat, “His Majesty and the Empress Dowager will have to face each other sooner or later, Princess Yunsheng is a card in the hands of the Empress Dowager, whoever she marries, is the future of the old nobility.”
“I can hear that she is trying to marry you.” Shen Ming hurried to speak, the words frightened Gu Jiusi a shiver, hurriedly said, “You do not say ah, the words spread to Yu Ru ears you, I broke your legs.”
“You just say it,” Shen Ming curious, “is there really such a thing?”
Gu Jiusi did not expect Shen Ming so gossipy, some helpless sigh nodded.
“What do you think she sees in you?” Shen Ming rubbed his chin, “Is it because you are handsome?”
“Look at his uncle.”
Ye Shian saw Shen Ming not enlightened, reminded: “before his uncle and the empress dowager relationship can be good, I heard that his uncle was to catch him to the East Capital Shang Princess, the two originally had a marriage contract. Now Princess Yunsheng identity embarrassment, the old nobility His Majesty is not allowed to marry, unless she waited until the day the old nobility re-emerged, that is, there are some of His Majesty’s people left to choose. And this his majesty’s people, Gu Jiusi has a Jiang He matchmaking, the empress dowager and the princess can trust him more. Plus he has the ability to look handsome, the discerning eye can see that His Majesty’s future expectations of him, it can be said that the future of young talent, Princess Yunsheng see, is also normal.”
“That did not quarrel before Li Yunsheng to marry nine brothers I understand, now also married, but also engage in this poisoned wine or something a,” Shen Ming towards Liu Yuru’s put down a nudge chin, “and this is why?”
“She calculated that I would refuse the marriage,” Gu Jiu Si lightly said, “I refused the marriage, his majesty’s heart must be dissatisfied with me. She’s going to have to drag someone with her when she dies. And the matter of poisoned wine, is his Majesty’s work. The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re getting into.
“Luckily it is fake wine,” Ye Shian sighed, “you guys are too bold.”
“It’s her guts.” Gu Jiusi smiled bitterly, “Not me.”
As we were talking, the eunuch’s voice came from outside and said, “Lord Gu, the young lady has seen it, and His Majesty said that you should go back first and wait for the imperial court to give you justice before coming to take care of the young lady.”
Hearing these words, Gu Jiusi and the surrounding people looked at each other, also some helpless.
He had someone greet the eunuch, got up and went himself, and entered the house. Liu Yuru was still asleep, he sat on the side and quietly surveyed Liu Yuru.
“I’m going back here.”
Gu Jiusi spoke in a soft voice, as if he was afraid of disturbing her: “Don’t get too hung up, you’ll be back in a couple of days. You have to eat well and sleep well. Don’t worry about the Empress Dowager and the Princess.”
Saying that, he raised his hand and put it on Liu Yuru’s face: “They bullied you, I’ll let them return it little by little.”
Liu Yuru woke up with a sleep and it was already the second day.
She felt that she had not slept like this for a long time, since Gu Jiusi was imprisoned, she had not been able to sleep well, so after a drowsy sleep, she actually felt refreshed.
She took a moment in bed, then sat up violently, then said loudly: “Jiu Si!”
Outside, Yin Hong heard the sound and hurried in, saying, “What’s your hurry, madam?”
“Where is Langjun?”
Liu Yuru spoke out anxiously, “Is he okay?”
“Auntie is fine,” Yin Hong put down the water basin, pressed Liu Yuru to sit down again, and said soothingly, “Auntie sent you back, His Majesty let him go back again, Auntie said, let you not worry, in less than three days, he will come back.”
“Has the doctor seen his wounds?”
Liu Yuru gradually slowed down, Yin Hong from the side of the water basin, waiting for her to freshen up, replied: “when leaving to see, no big deal, Mr. Ye personally sent aunt to the Ministry of punishment, when leaving also brought a lot of medicine, will be fine.”
Liu Yuru listened, took water from the side, rinsed her mouth and finally calmed down.
She finally felt hungry at this time, her stomach rumbled. Next to her, Yin Hong heard it and pursed her lips and smiled: “Madam has slept all day, she must be hungry. Slave servant had someone cook porridge and will send it over here.”
Liu Yuru was a little embarrassed and answered, got up and washed her face and combed her hair, then sat down and started to eat.
After Yin Hong had almost finished reporting, there was a voice from outside informing her, “Madam, Master Yun and Miss Ye are here.”
Liu Yu Ru listened and let them in. Ye Yun and Yun Yun entered the room together with the account book, Liu Yu Ru stood up: “You are here so early, have you eaten?”
Yun Yun bowed to Liu Yu Ru, Ye Yun smiled, Liu Yu Ru greeted them and sat down, they put the account book on the table, Ye Yun smiled and said: “I came for some time, I heard you were still asleep, so I ate first. I thought you would sleep for a while and plan to leave, but you woke up at the right time.”
The first time I heard about your feat yesterday, you used to tell me when you were a child that I should be more broad-minded and learn to be the mother of the family and take a concubine for the husband…now why don’t I see you more broad-minded?”
Liu Yuru heard Ye Yun ridicule, some embarrassment, she glared at her, then said: “not to talk about this, but to talk about the business?”
“Oh yes,” Ye Yun nodded, “Yun Yun speak first.”
“There is nothing to say here,” Yun smiled and put the accounts in front of Liu Yuru, “This is the recent accounts of Huarong, and the arrangement of the new products to be launched, bring it to you to see.”
Liu Yuru answered, took the accounts to look at, now Huarong everything is on the right track, Yun Yun management, but also more and more sophisticated, Liu Yuru every once in a while to check the accounts and major events, has been less involved in the business of Huarong.
After all, Huarong is only a rouge store, and now although it has begun to contact around to try to business up, but in essence, is always just a rouge store, the ceiling placed there.
If placed in the past, Liu Yuru will be satisfied, but after experiencing Li Yunsheng this matter, Liu Yuru felt as if her heart was forcibly broadened, so that she clearly perceived, what kind of person she is, and what kind of world this world is.
Many of Li Yunsheng’s words were knife-like stabs at her heart.
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into. If it was a long time ago, she was going to be attached to her husband, that’s all. If at that time, Li Yunshang wanted to marry in, she may also be happy, so for Gu Jiusi is a great arm, she as Gu Jiusi’s wife, naturally have to think for Gu Jiusi.
But now it’s different, she has a covetousness in her heart, she wants that person to belong to her completely and exclusively. She deprived this man of the right to three wives and four concubines, naturally can no longer think of attaching to him.
Love a person is strange. Not only does it make people not care about the gains and losses, but it also makes them inexplicably brave, thinking that they have to fight for this feeling, to make a breakthrough.
She wants to be rich.
I want to be very rich, very rich, so rich that you can be rich, so rich that you do not even need to ask, no one dares to play the idea to Gu Jiusi. The money to Fan Xuan want to give Gu Jiusi marriage, also have to think about her Liu Yuru high is not happy.
All the status and face have to rely on themselves to earn, can not rely on others to give.
To take a life to gamble to boast their own husband, this fundamentally, but also because others value her husband, not her.
Liu Yuru understands in her heart, so looking at Hua Rong’s account book and the new program, she just nodded and added a few more suggestions to the new program, then let go of Yun Yun to do.
To make money, the fastest way is never to open your own store and then make as much money as you can, that kind of money according to your energy always has a ceiling. The fastest way is always money rolling in. She contributes money, others contribute, and then share the proceeds. She doesn’t need to get everything herself, she just needs to judge what place to give the money to.
Before Kaifa Rong she didn’t have the money to roll. Now that she has the money she made when she speculated on grain and the proceeds from the flowering, she can afford to start going down the road of rolling in money.
After discussing with Yun Yun about the flowers, Liu Yu Ru turned her head to look at Ye Yun.
The company has been raised as a young lady, and has been influenced by her father and brother, although she does not have much experience in business, but her eyesight is much higher than Yun Yun’s. She has nothing to do now, so she has been helping around Liu Yuru, who has been busy with Gu Jiusi’s affairs recently, and the grain has arrived in Dongdu, so she is the one who is handling the grain.
“The grain is all loaded, I calculated the cost, usually the rice in the East capital needs ten wen a bucket, our rice this time, the cost is eight wen, if only ten wen, we will only make a profit of two wen a bucket of rice.”
Liu Yuru answered, and Ye Yun cautiously said, “We also set the price at ten wen?”
Liu Yuru thought about it in silence, and after a moment, she shook her head and said, “No, we’ll set it higher.”
“But we’re new grain merchants, so we’ll set a high price after we come, I’m afraid…”
“Don’t sell yet.” Liu Yuru said decisively, “There are many dignitaries in Dongdu, our rice is good, this wave of rice does not need to focus on the people to sell, first make a name in Dongdu. Nowadays, most of the rice in Dongdu is 10 yuan a bucket, we will sell 15 or even 20 yuan, and we have to sell a limited amount of rice every day, and when it is sold out, there is no more.”
Ye Yun listened to froze, Liu Yuru side thought side said: “You first call a group of people to discuss, summarize our rice what is good, give our rice a name, the name must be taken well, to let people hear it, the rice must be very fragrant and delicious, not too vulgar, to be on the stage. You then gathered people, the rice carefully picked, not sand, to be full, grain neat, from the shopkeeper to the rice bucket, every detail to do a good job, pick out the bad rice can not be shipped around to open the porridge shed disaster relief, to make a good name. You do a good job on the rice itself, and then give it a story to come, and publicize it everywhere. It is best to send it to the palace again, to get a holy inscription, the master of poetry, become a special tribute food, which can not be consumed.”
“This way down, the price is afraid to be expensive.” Ye Yun some worry said, “Are you sure you want this?”
Liu Yuru think about it, a moment later, she said, “Rhyme, think carefully, this people are divided into rich and poor, rich people want to eat well with good, poor people want cheap, different people want different things, you think of cheap prices, you will definitely be able to make money?”
Ye Yun did not speak, quietly thinking, Liu Yu Ru continued: “This matter, I do not intervene too much, I give you full authority to do, as a practice for you, you are the future of the grain store manager, I will open you thirty taels of remuneration plus four percent of the bonus every month. After you become the store manager, if you want, you can also choose someone to continue your business, what you want to do, you can come back to me, I pay, you contribute, how?”
Ye Yun listened to dumbfounded, Liu Yu Ru raised her hand to hold her hand, said seriously: “I can see that you do not want to marry, if you do not want to marry, why not have a world of their own?”
Hearing these words, Ye Yun could not help but laugh.
“You have spoken to my heart,” she sighed, “in fact, I do not know how to live in the future, now follow you day by day, I feel happy to earn money every day. It’s good to live like this for the rest of your life. If you believe me, then the grain store will be given to me, I will definitely give you a good job, what do you think?”
“How can I not believe you?”
Liu Yuru pursed her lips and smiled: “Our Miss Ye, as a child, did everything top notch.”
Ye Yun heard the ridicule in Liu Yu Ru’s words and raised her hand to push her with her fan.
The two of them discussed for a while, and then Ye Yun walked out. Ye Yun had just gone out when she saw Shen Ming jumping over, and when Shen Ming saw Ye Yun, he immediately became happy: “Yo, Miss Ye is here too.”
Ye Yun has never treated Shen Ming, she mocked a smile: “How adult, like a monkey, the official pleats have not been ironed out and then dare to wear the court, also not afraid of people laugh.”
Shen Ming heard this, suddenly angry, unhappy: “You are afraid of my joke, then you come to iron for me.”
Ye Yun “heh”, ignore Shen Ming, holding the account book and left. Shen Ming was deeply hurt by this silent mockery, and he roared out towards Ye Yun’s back: “Ye Yun, don’t be arrogant! Do you remember who saved you from Yangzhou? You ungrateful villain! A woman is hard to raise, a villain is hard to raise, you are the hardest of the hard to raise!”
“Shen Ming,” Liu Yuru listened from inside and came out with a smile, “What’s all the fuss about?”
Shen Ming heard Liu Yuru’s voice, and only then did he realize that his behavior seemed a bit childish, he coughed lightly and said with some embarrassment, “Sister-in-law.”
Liu Yuru suppressed a smile, Ye Shian and Zhou Ye also talked and entered the small courtyard, Liu Yuru saw them and said, “They are all back from the court, let’s talk in the main hall?”
After saying that, Liu Yuru went with them to the main hall, the servants served tea to several people, and Liu Yuru slowly said, “Is Jiu Si okay?”
“Don’t worry.”
Ye Shian said, “Today’s case has been moved to the imperial court, after going through, people will come out.”
“What about Liu Chun’s case?”
Liu Yuru curious to speak, Ye Shian sip tea: “It depends, His Majesty wants to investigate or not, how do you intend to investigate.”
While the group discussed the words, Gu Jiusi followed behind the eunuch and went all the way into the imperial study.
In the imperial study, Fan Xuan was playing chess with Zhou Gaolang, while Zhang Yu, the left minister, Cao Wenchang, the minister of mandarins, and Ye Qingwen, the imperial historian, stood by the side, so to speak, almost all the core figures in Fan Xuan’s direct lineage were standing here.
There were no more than ten people in the imperial study room, but they were already the core of the entire Daxia power core. Gu Jiusi froze slightly, then quickly knelt down and said respectfully, “Greetings, Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live your Majesty.”
Fan Xuan ignored Gu Jiusi and continued playing chess with Zhou Gaolang, the sound of falling chess echoed in the room as Gu Jiusi knelt and bent over the floor, not saying a word.
After a few moments, Zhou Gaolang raised his head, smiled and said, “You’re a calm one.”
Fan Xuan also raised his eyes, smiled and said with Gu Jiusi, “Get up.”
Gu Jiusi respectfully bowed and stood up, Fan Xuan calmly said: “Today called everyone to come, one is to say with everyone in private, old Lu is gone, the future will be Jiusi to take his place, you know. When the time comes, who to nominate, negotiate.”
“I understand.”
Zhang Yu respectful voice, the other people are quietly measuring Gu Jiusi.
This young man, as early as in Youzhou has already made people look at the side, political achievements are outstanding. But no one expected to rise so quickly, less than a year, from the eighth-ranking county magistrate straight to the third-ranking Minister of the Ministry of Finance. This kind of promotion speed is simply unprecedented in the past and present.
Gu Jiusi’s heart is also full of doubts, but he did not dare to ask more, can only be once again thank you.
Fan Xuan waved his hand, and then said: “You are all the most assured people in my heart, and do not need these false gifts, called you over, or want to ask you, Liu Chun’s case, what do you think?”
What about the case of Liu Chun?
Everyone in the room listening to these words understand that the question is not at all Liu Chun’s case, but whether to take Liu Chun’s case to do people.
Everyone looked at each other, Fan Xuan laughed lightly: “You old foxes.”
Saying that, he raised his eyes to Gu Jiusi: “Old foxes are refusing to talk, little fox, then you say, this case, to do or not to do?”
“Your Majesty, it is better to listen to your lordships,” Gu Jiusi said, “I am not well qualified, and I am afraid to make you laugh.”
“What’s the point?” Zhou Gaolang smiled and said, “I am often laughed at by them when I speak.”
When this was said, everyone laughed, Ye Qingwen looked at Gu Jiusi, as if he was admonishing a junior, and said gently, “Jiusi, we were all laughed at, don’t worry, just speak boldly.”
Hearing this, Gu Jiusi gave Ye Qingwen a grateful look and understood that this was Ye Qingwen showing everyone the intimacy between him and him.
Gu Jiusi respectfully said, “Then we will speak. I feel that this case, this case, should be done.”
Fan Xuan nodded and raised his hand, “No need to be scrupulous, continue.”
“Your Majesty, according to my thoughts, this Lord Lu matter, there must be someone behind the collusion, Lord Lu and my colleagues for a while, I think, his temper is not able to do to kill Liu Chun. The first is that Lord Lu is not a vicious person, always have a concern for harming people’s lives, if not to a certain point, will not wantonly mutilate the lives of others; secondly, he always has brotherly love for Your Majesty, should not be so suspicious of Your Majesty; thirdly, the people who look after Lord Liu Chun, most of them are old ministers, and Lord Lu should not have too much friendship, where does Lord Lu have the ability to see Lord Liu, and even kill Lord Liu? “
Everyone was silent, but everyone was clear in their hearts that Gu Jiusi was right.
Lu Yong did not have the guts and ability to kill Liu Chun, if there was not someone behind the scenes fanning the flames, this matter would not have developed to such an extent.
Everyone’s heart to the person behind the thought of the Empress Dowager, and Gu Jiusi next is said: “The purpose of the people behind this is very obvious, is only to expand this matter to an irreparable degree, must be someone for this case bleeding, they originally expected should be me and Lord Lu, we either go one, or even, if according to their original plan, the If the original plan is to wait for my execution, then come up with evidence to reverse the case for me, and then let Lord Lu also be punished. In this way, the two most important positions in the Ministry of Finance will be vacated. The vacant position, they can arrange someone to take over. So who else is there in the court who has such a big hand? I guess, one of them is the old ministers of the dynasty led by the Empress Dowager, and the other one…”
“And the other two?”
Cao Wenchang was surprised, and everyone had doubts in their eyes, Gu Jiusi continued, “The second one is the Crown Prince’s Grand Master, Luo Zishang.”
Hearing this name, after a brief daze, the crowd quickly reacted.
Luo Zishang has hardly moved since he joined the court, and has been obediently teaching Fan Yu’s homework, so much so that everyone had almost forgotten about his existence, but now that he was suddenly mentioned, everyone remembered that this is a great tutor who is in charge of the whole Yangzhou.
In charge of Yangzhou, with the wealth of Yangzhou, the size of Yangzhou, Yangzhou’s population, are equivalent to mastering a small country. A small country’s ruler claimed to be a vassal, where is such an easy thing to do?
“The original plan of His Majesty was to invade Liu Xingchi, in order to invade the south, His Majesty agreed not to move the old dynasty blood, also agreed to let Luo Zishang into the East Capital as the Crown Prince, but now the results are obvious, His Majesty’s tolerance of them, but they are not willing to stay so obediently, they now covet the position of the Ministry of Finance, they dare to use four lives as a game, Your Majesty think about it, the southern expedition is not a one-day success! If your Majesty is really the Southern Expedition, such internal affairs, your Majesty’s heart can rest?”
The southern expedition is Fan Xuan early set the national policy, Gu Jiusi this is already straightforward question national policy, Zhang Yu listened, coughed lightly, slowly said: “But, if still by Liu Xingchi development, your Majesty’s heart is also difficult to rest ah.”
“Liu Xingchi development, my Daxia also developed again. I have the rightful name of Daxia, with the inheritance of the Jade Seal, Liu Xingchi is a traitor, even if he develops, what is there to fear? Since ancient times, the northern expedition is difficult and easy, but never seen the southern expedition to the north successful, even Zhuge Shenzhu in the world, but also stopped at the Wuzhang Yuan land, what is the fear of my Great Xia? On the contrary, now forcing the southern expedition, fear of fire in the backyard, hurt the vitality.”
“That’s not bad.”
After listening for half a day, Fan Xuan finally spoke, he sighed, glanced at the crowd and said, “Recently, I have often been thinking about this matter, especially after the Empress Dowager has become more and more aggressive, I will be more concerned. I think, the Southern Expedition for a while, should reconsider, what do you think?”
Fan Xuan this tone, is obviously already set the results, we are smart people, a little thought, will understand, busy said: “Your Majesty wise.”
Determine not the southern expedition to stabilize the internal affairs, that Liu Chun case how to use this knife, it is obvious.
Fan Xuan thought about it and then said, “Now we have to stabilize the internal affairs, how to do it, do you have an idea?”
Everyone did not speak, everyone’s heart is loaded with things, but know that at this time, nothing should be easy to speak. Fan Xuan smiled and looked at Gu Jiusi and said, “Everyone is silent, so you can speak.”
“Nowadays, there are many old ministers in the dynasty, His Majesty wants to stabilize the internal affairs, it is not advisable to go too far, but also need to have the vigor that can shock people out. I think, first of all, we must empty the Queen Mother, so that these old noblemen have no head. The Empress Dowager has two cards, one is the marriage of Princess Yunsheng, and the other is the support of the family. We have to take the bottom out of the two cards. First, marry Princess Yunsheng, then use the Liu Chun case as a reason to crack down on the few lineage families that support the Empress Dowager. This process must be quick, we cannot wait for these people to react and get the news out, otherwise there is a fear of internal chaos.”
Fan Xuan nodded and raised his hand, “Continue.”
“After that, His Majesty will then give some benefits to these nobles. Before that, His Majesty can select a few concubine poor sons from these noble families and reach an agreement with them, and after abolishing their heirs, these concubine sons will regain the throne and give them some appeasement. This way down, even if the news gets out, there will be no more chaos.”
After all, if you can live in peace, no one wants to plot a rebellion.
The family is different from those who are out fighting every day, their lives are golden, and they are not so brave to take risks.
Seeing that Fan Xuan did not refute, Gu Jiusi continued, “Finally, His Majesty must resume the imperial examinations this year and recruit virtuous people, and after that gradually replace the people of the old dynasty in order not to be constrained by the old people of the previous dynasty.”
Gu Jiusi these speak, Fan Xuan smiled up: “But a smart one.”
Said, he looked at the surrounding people: “What do you think, all of you Aiqing?”
Fan Xuan has praised, all people naturally praised, and then a line of people began to discuss specifically, how to do these things, who will do.
The discussion until the evening, everyone left, Gu Jiusi and Ye Qingwen together out of the hall door, waiting for no one around, Ye Qingwen said: “Grand Duke Zhou, before always heard that you are a fop, now I found that you really hide clumsy in the past.”
“Let uncle laugh,” Gu Jiusi hurriedly modestly said, “in the past is do not know things, now is enlightened, before is really clumsy, now you want to test my books, I also is not good at learning.”
Ye Qingwen smiled, he looked at the stars in the sky, slowly said: “Young people, many things have to learn slowly. Jiu Si, uncle advised you a word of advice.”
“Please say it clearly,” Gu Jiusi looked serious, respectfully asked for advice, Ye Qingwen hands in the sleeves, lightly said, “the world is full of smart people, when young smart, always like to say it, but after growing older, you find that the real smart, is not to say it. “
Gu Jiusi heard Ye Qingwen’s words and fell silent, Ye Qingwen smiled, “You do not mind, I just…”
“Uncle’s meaning, Jiu Si understands.”
Gu Jiusi opened his mouth, then but said, “It’s just that, words have to be said by someone.”
“But if you say these things now, many things will have to be done by you, these are things that offend people, I am afraid that the Empress Dowager’s party will be on your back after this.”
Ye Qingwen saw his frankness, and did not beat around the bush: “You and I are both from Yangzhou, and you are Shian’s best friend, Jiu Si, listen to uncle’s advice, in the future, this kind of talk less.”
“Uncle father,” Gu Jiusi laughed bitterly at these words, “What do you think, His Majesty summoned me here today?”
Ye Qingwen froze, and then heard Gu Jiusi say, “His Majesty summoned me because he wants me to make a sword. If this knife of mine is not sharp enough, then I can’t do it. Uncle Ye, I am not like Shian, he has you to pave the way for him, but I have nothing.”
“Above the court, stand or not to stand, it does not depend on whether you offend people, but on who is standing behind you. You see this full of civil servants, no one will be concerned about me, but who participated in Shian, is not to be concerned about a few points? Liu Chun this case, if not on me, but on Shian, afraid from the initial custody of him, it will be too difficult, which one of the Ministry of Justice dare to directly to the door of the House of Ye arrest people into prison? Not afraid of the Imperial Court to death?”
Ye Qingwen listened to these words and fell silent. Gu Jiusi smiled bitterly: “Uncle, people have their own way to become officials. Shian brother can be silent, but I am not the opportunity to be silent. If I didn’t talk more, today, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have the chance to talk more here. His Majesty wants me to be a knife, I can only be a knife. This knife is done well, so that there will be no more of what is happening today.”
“I understand.”
Ye Qingwen sighed as he looked to the sky, “Go back, tomorrow I’ll have someone sort out the dossier, you should be out the day after tomorrow.”
Gu Jiusi bowed respectfully before leaving.
He still had to go back to the jail to rest, the case had just been transferred to the imperial court, and he had to pretend to be something.
He sat on the carriage, listening to the sound of the carriage creaking, the heart does not know how, suddenly gave birth to a few depression.
If you can be silent, who does not want to be silent.
If you can go forward in peace, who is willing to do a knife?
But he also has no way.
He is not the same as Ye Shian, he is now, only one person.
He thought in his heart, some trance back to the prison, just back, saw Liu Yuru sitting in the cell where he was held, is holding his usual reading the map, read with great interest.
She was also familiar with the jailer, and now the jailer saw that the palace’s attitude toward Gu Jiusi had improved, and let Liu Yuru come and go freely. She heard footsteps, put down the book, raised her eyes to see Gu Jiusi standing at the door, a little stunned looking at her.
She smiled gently and said softly, “You’re back? I brought you some stew, drink it while it’s hot.”
Gu Jiusi listened and couldn’t help but smile slowly.
He was busy taking a few steps forward and wrapped the person in his arms.
“I’m a bit luckier than them after all.”
He spoke in a low voice, and Liu Yuru was a bit confused: “What?”
Gu Jiusi but also did not say anything, he knows clearly in his own heart.
Although not as good as Ye Shian and others have family members to take care of the road, but, he has Liu Yuru ah.
The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.
The good thing is that he was also thin, so fat, does not look ugly, but is just right.
Gu Jiusi stayed in the palace for so long, when he came back, he was a little hungry, so Liu Yuru guarded him, watching him eat and listening to him talk about the things in the palace.
He did not have the rules of the Ye family, sitting cross-legged on the bed, panting and eating noodles, without any sense of decorum.
Liu Yuru smiling look at him, feel like a little white dog raised as a child, eating, happy, eat happy, will also raise his head, towards you “woof” barking twice.
The world is handsome and resourceful man, get along for a long time, will find this person’s childish, childish up, what handsome and handsome are not, is full of feeling this person cute.
The company’s business is the most important one.
“I don’t want to take everything in hand, there is always a limit to what one person can do, I’ll build the big plate, the rest they can do on their own.”
“Not afraid of not doing well?” Gu Jiushi couldn’t help but laugh. Liu Yuru shook her head: “One person to do ten things, that is only ten, but if ten people to do eight things, that is eighty. You can’t think of everything to achieve the ten points you want, it won’t work.”
“I find you woman,” Gu Jiuxiang thought, could not help but say, “how so ambitious?”
Hearing these words, Liu Yuru pursed her lips: “It’s not that you eat too much.”
“You do not speak so ah,” Gu Jiusi heard this word defiantly, hurriedly swallowed the mouth, immediately said, “Do you believe me…”
“Believe you what?” Liu Yuru leaned on the table and looked at Gu Jiusi and smiled. Gu Jiusi looked at Liu Yuru’s appearance and froze for a moment before coughing lightly, turning her head away and whispering, “Eat half less tomorrow.”
Liu Yuru was dumbfounded by this answer, and then laughed out loud. She covered her lips with a handkerchief, afraid that she was laughing too much, and Gu Jiusi saw that she was happy, and she was happy too.
After the two of them chatted for a while, it was time for Liu Yuru to go, and she took Gu Jiusi’s map from the side and said gently, “I’ll take this map of yours to see.”
Gu Jiusi answered and let Liu Yuru take the book, so she got up and left.
After Liu Yuru took the booklet, she kept flipping through it on her way back towards the house. This is the original map of Da Rong, drawn in great detail, every river, every road, almost all drawn on it, Liu Yuru looked at the drawing, while thinking about it.
Nowadays, all the rice they have on the east side of the city is transported from Wangdu. When she was in Wangdu, she bought the land, settled the stragglers, and managed them by letting them contract for the land, which resulted in a good harvest. She is familiar with Dongdu and knows that it is rich. The cost of grain in Wangdu is only 2 yuan a bucket, but in Dongdu it is 10 yuan. She thought that the profit was considerable, plus the loss was not serious when she collected grain from Qingzhou, Cangzhou and Yangzhou, so she misjudged and let the grain from Wangdu send to Dongdu to sell.
However, nowadays, with nearly half of the loss, it would be too costly to really transport the grain to the east capital to sell. But the grain store in Dongdu had already been opened, and she couldn’t afford to be wasted. If the rice from Wangdu was made into noble rice to sell according to her discussion with Ye Yun, she could barely hold the store up, but the profit was not enough to satisfy her.
If only the cost could be brought down, it would be good to press.
Liu Yuru pondered, she thought about it, and looked at the map. The map is dense with rivers, some places have rivers, some places do not. Liu Yuru hand scratched over the places where there were rivers and followed them up, and then she found that…
All of them have a source.
After realizing this, Liu Yuru suddenly thought, can she plan a road specifically to take only the water path?
Waterways have size, some places can not travel large ships, which is a major drawback of waterways, if she builds warehouses on the road, set up grain stores along the road, and then big rivers with big boats, small rivers with small boats, selling food along the way, sharing the cost?
Thinking of this, Liu Yuru suddenly some excitement. She suddenly realized one thing, if she really planned the route, set up a warehouse, then the transport is not necessarily just grain, she can also transport many things. And these things, with a reasonable route planning, can greatly reduce costs, ensure safety and increase efficiency. Even she can also make this transport route public, specifically for those small businesses to use, as long as they give them a portion of the transport costs, they are responsible for transporting things all the way over.
This idea is still relatively superficial, but Liu Yuru has understood that this idea of hers is laying a great net, if she can find a way to reduce the cost of transport and increase the efficiency of transport by building warehouses, merchant fleets and other methods, in the future, no matter what business, she can do better than others.
Liu Yuru probably had an idea in her mind, and when she returned home, she immediately called Laohei these people to discuss and asked Laohei about the feasibility of her idea. After listening, Old Black was silent for a moment, then said, “Dongjia, this idea of yours, is extremely good, but also extremely difficult.”
“Difficult in what way?”
Liu Yuru pondered the opening, old black to Liu Yuru said: “The main thing is that the waterway also has the waterway doorway. When you are the official ship, and more people, no one dares to stop, but if it is a general merchant fleet, on the waterway, but also to pay his passage fee. You want to get such a line of merchants, first of all, to play a good relationship with the government, and secondly, to play a good relationship with the water pirates on the road, these two things alone is very difficult. And the rest, the main thing is money.”
Liu Yuru listened to Old Black and nodded: “I understand.”
“But Dongjia,” Old Black thought about it and coughed lightly, then said with some hesitation, “These things are difficult for others, but for you, it’s not difficult.”
Liu Yuru is a little confused, old black smiled: “You are, after all, also an official wife.”
Hearing this, Liu Yuru could not help but freeze, and after a moment, she reacted violently.
The most troublesome thing in these matters is the so-called “relationship”, how to play well with the court, how to play well with the water pirates, this is the most difficult. But now she is the official wife, after Gu Jiusi is released from prison, is the Minister of Household, and Ye Shian’s family is in the imperial court, as long as she is willing to use the name of Gu Jiusi and Ye Shian, to scare the officials below, where there is no reason not to give face?
As long as the officials are satisfied, the water piracy is a minor matter, most of the water pirates have some relationship with the government, so let the government say hello, then it will be finished. If they don’t listen, they will just let the government take the soldiers and horses to clear them.
Liu Yuru understood, but frowned, old black dare not say more, a moment later, he heard Liu Yuru said: “this thing do not say out, when the time is right, say it.”
Old black answered, Liu Yu Ru then let old black back down.
What Lao Hei said just woke up Liu Yuru. Now she is doing business, and the government is too close, later investigation, others will always look into Gu Jiusi. She had to do more thinking for Gu Jiusi.
After thinking for a while, she let Mu Nan come in and asked him to find some people who are familiar with the map of Da Rong and ask them to give a route from Youzhou to Dongdu in three days to see where to set up warehouses along the road respectively, to be able to cost the least and the most efficient.
Liu Yuru pondered on one side and went to her room to look at her accounts.
The next day, the imperial court submitted a letter in the court, finding Gu Jiusi innocent and framed. They imprisoned all the guards at that time and determined that these people had no dealings with Gu Jiusi in the past and that someone had instructed them to frame Gu Jiusi. Fan Xuan announced that Gu Jiusi had been reinstated and was acting as the Minister of Household Affairs to cooperate with the imperial court to identify the case of Liu Chun.
According to the folds of the imperial court, this case may be involved in a wide range, so Fan Xuan directly took over, all the folds directly submitted to Fan Xuan.
When this result came out, the court was shocked, and when they came out of the court, everyone’s face was not very good, except Gu Jiusi.
Gu Jiushi walked out together with Ye Shian, Shen Ming and Zhou Ye. The four of them were finally relieved after working for so long. Zhou Ye looked at Gu Jiusi, sighed and said: “Now that you’re okay, I’m relieved. Tomorrow I will depart back to Youzhou, you all come to see me off.”
Gu Jiusi smiled, “Then you can stay with your sister-in-law for a while longer thanks to my blessing.”
Zhou Ye smiled bitterly, but did not say anything.
He and Qin Wanqing had a good relationship, so separated from each other, only the annual New Year’s time back to the East Capital to catch up on duties time to see each other, think about who can not be happy.
Gu Jiusi saw that Zhou Ye was sad, immediately corrected his expression and said seriously: “Big brother, don’t worry, I will take good care of sister-in-law.”
“Yes,” Ye Shian also said, “Brother Zhou you do not need to worry, we are all still here and will help you take good care of your family.”
“I am rather relieved.” Zhou Ye nodded his head and did not say much.
The four of them walked out together, Shen Ming clamored to give Gu Jiusi a reception, but just outside the palace gate, he saw a blue-shirted slave standing there, and when he saw Gu Jiusi walking out, he went up and said, “Is it Lord Gu Jiusi Gu?”
Gu Jiusi raised his eyebrows: “You are?”
“My servant is a servant of Lord Lu Yong’s family, on the order of my lord, I would like to invite Lord Gu to see you.”
Gu Jiusi paused, everyone was silent, and after a moment, I heard Gu Jiusi turn his head and say with the three people, “Gentlemen, I may have some business to take a step ahead.”
“Go ahead.” Zhou Ye nodded, “Business is important.”
Gu Jiusi said goodbye to the three men and got on the Lu family’s carriage, which rattled all the way and took Gu Jiusi to the Lu family’s mansion.
The Lu family’s house was built extremely simply and looked very poor compared to other officials of the same rank.
After Gu Jiusi entered, he bowed respectfully, “Gu Jiusi, meet Your Excellency.”
Lu Yong was practicing his calligraphy, and when he heard Gu Jiusi’s words, he didn’t even raise his head and said mockingly, “What kind of lord is an old man in white nowadays? The government has been flattered by you.”
Hearing these words, Gu Jiusi was not surprised. Lu Yong resigned, must be Fan Xuan authorized, now he did not go to court to know he was acting Shang Shu, is also normal.
He was silent and did not say anything, Lu Yong raised his eyes to look at him and said: “It is a calm.”
Said, he raised his chin, with Gu Jiusi said: “Make tea.”
These words are extremely nonchalant, Gu Jiusi stood and thought for a moment, then sat next to the tea set in front of.
He actually did not make tea.
He has not always been such an elegant person, always a big mouthful of wine, cooking tea these things, should be Ye Shian to do. But not eaten pork, but also seen a pig run, he stumbled and poured a cup of tea, placed in front of Lu Yong, Lu Yong looked at the tea cup, glanced at Gu Jiusi, disdainfully said: “People look good, tea cooked ugly.”
Gu Jiusi listened and wanted to directly put a cup of tea upside down on Lu Yong’s head.
But he held back, he kept smiling: “I wonder what is the matter that Lu Lao wants me to come here?”
“What is it that you don’t know in your heart?” Lu Yong was not happy, “I am sitting here now, is not you looking for the emperor to say? You want the Minister of Household, you want the people in my hands, you want me to take you and pave the way for you, you think you can have it just because you want it?”
The more Lu Yong spoke, the more excited he became, spittle flying in the air.
Gu Jiusi stood still and kept smiling.
Lu Yong slapped the table and the armrest, one side of the pat side said: “I told you that the whole Ministry of the most annoying scion is you kid, a little smart in the mud pond blindly stirring, but also think they are very powerful. If not for Zhou Gaolang to protect you, you die ten thousand times is not enough!”
“Lu Lao, the tea is getting cold,” Gu Jiusi was not angry and reminded, “Have some tea.”
Lu Yong was so interrupted and slowed down.
A moment later, he took the cup and said lightly: “This time, His Majesty wants me to withdraw, I can see that he can’t stand me anymore. If I do not retreat, he will not be able to control people. I retired, following me there is a group of people, they have to have a person to protect, also have a place to go, his majesty gave you a guarantee, let me hand over all the people to you. I can hand them over to you, but I have a few conditions.”
Hearing this household, Gu Jiusi couldn’t help but smile.
“Lu Lao,” he sat down, “all this time, you still mention conditions with me?”
Lu Yong’s face stiffened, Gu Jiusi leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, knocking on the armrest, not like an official, but like a rich man drinking tea and chatting in a teahouse: “Your people, there must be a place for them to go, they followed you to stand in line, you fell, without my protection, they will soon fall. They all scattered, you really have nothing in the court. But I am different, you give me these people, I have a smooth path, you do not give me these people, his majesty now wants to use me as a knife, Zhou Gaolang because of Zhou Ye’s relationship to protect me, the imperial court also because of Ye Shian’s relationship with me, I am still young, there is plenty of time to slowly operate their own people, you say you have what qualifications to negotiate with me?”
Lu Yong did not speak, Gu Jiusi sipped tea, slowly said: “conditions should not you mention, I should give. I poured you that cup of tea because I still have great respect for you. I heard that you came from the marketplace, your family does not have any background, relying on themselves to climb all the way to today. To be honest, you have no talent, no reputation, no background, the official was donated, but His Majesty always felt that you have the ability. I can take your people or not, but I need a teacher.”
Lu Yong raised his eyes to look at him, Gu Jiusi said calmly: “I have talent, I have a better background than you, I still have money, but Lord Lu, I do lack one thing.”
“I don’t know how to be a man, let alone an official.”
Lu Yong slowly laughed as he listened to his words.
He understood.
What Gu Jiusi and he were asking for advice was how to make people comfortable. Fan Xuan had felt good about him for so many years, even when others knew he was greedy and didn’t make things difficult for him, mainly because, he could behave.
“Then what is the condition you give me?”
Lu Yong opened his mouth, Gu Jiu Si thought about it: “Don’t you like money?”
He said lightly: “I think you also have money, my daughter-in-law will make money very well, do you want to consider giving her the money and let her help run the business?”
Lu Yong: “…”
He asked him to be a teacher, and the condition is that he should give money to his daughter-in-law to run the business?
This kind of condition is unheard of!
But Lu Yong thought about it and finally said, “Have your wife give me the account book of the business she runs, I’ll think about it.”
It was already late at night when Gu Jiusi came out of Lu Yong’s home. Lu Yong introduced almost all of his cronies to Gu Jiusi at home, both sides met, Gu Jiusi got to know them in general, we had a meal together, and then came back.
Liu Yuru got the news that Gu Jiusi had gone to the Lu residence, but she didn’t expect that Gu Jiusi would stay so long. Originally set up a banquet for him to receive the dust, thought he would wait and then go home, but the result is a wait until late at night.
Liu Yuru arranged for Jiang Rou and others to eat first, she was in the house to study the money and the waterway. Since she sold grain, repairing such a large caravan, naturally in the food supply also need to keep up. This means she has to buy more land, recruit more people, and behind this, it’s all about money.
Liu Yuru counted the money, and when it was late at night, there was a noise outside, someone sent Gu Jiusi back. She got up and went to see Gu Jiusi drunk, being carried back.
The people helping him were people she hadn’t seen before, but they obviously didn’t look like servants, they should be officials of some kind.
Liu Yuru hurriedly thanked the other party, who smiled and said goodbye to Liu Yuru before getting into the carriage and leaving.
She didn’t like that Gu Jius didn’t come back for dinner, and she didn’t like that he came back so drunk.
But she still restrained her temper and helped Gu Jiusi back into the house. Gu Jiusi put his hand on her shoulder, but still tried to support himself, as if he was afraid of crushing her, and asked vaguely, “Have you eaten?”
When Liu Yuru heard this, her heart felt more comfortable, this person still misses her.
She answered, “I had a bowl of congee to pamper my stomach.
“Yes, I did.” Gu Jiusi was helped to the bed by her, he seemed a bit tired, lying on the bed, whispering, “And drank a lot of wine.”
Liu Yuru had someone fetch water and wiped his face, he seemed to be a bit hard to speak. Liu Yuru ordered someone to cook a sober soup, Gu Jiusi lay on the bed and whispered, “Yuru, am I very obnoxious?”
“How come?”
Liu Yuru bowed her head, “Everyone likes you.”
“Not really.” Gu Jiushi’s tongue was a bit tied, “It’s just that the people you like me, like me, and a lot of people, hate me.”
“Especially, I’m now, going to offend a lot of people.”
Gu Jiusi slowly said, “I can’t blow people off…and I can’t get along with people…and I have a big temper…”
“Who said this to you?” Liu Yuru frowned, a little unhappy, Gu Jiusi opened his eyes, looked at the top of the bed tent, slowly said, “Lu Yong said, I have to leave a way back for myself. I think he’s right, too.”
“I can’t keep on being frivolous.”
Liu Yuru heard these words, her hand paused, Gu Jiusi began to dry heave, Liu Yuru hurriedly had someone bring a spittoon, Gu Jiusi after dry heaving several times, fiercely lying on the bed, most of his body crawled over, holding the spittoon and vomiting out.
He seemed to be in great distress, and Liu Yuru had never seen him like this before, tears flowing from the corners of his eyes, which was heartbreaking to watch.
Liu Yuru didn’t know what was going on in her heart, but she felt especially uncomfortable. She gently stroked Gu Jiusi’s back, and when he was done vomiting, she wiped his face clean with a wet handkerchief.
Gu Jiusi lay down on the bed, pulling her, whispering, “Yuru, I feel uncomfortable.”
Liu Yuru held his hand and slowly gripped him, gently saying, “Sobriety soup will come in a moment.”
Gu Jiusi stopped talking, he lay on the bed, and after a long time, he suddenly said, “Yuru, I’m going to be the minister of household soon.”
“I know,” Liu Yuru laughed lightly, “and today I had even thrown you a banquet to give you a reception.”
“Finally, it’s over.”
He opened his eyes, his eyes looked a little blank: “These days I’m actually very afraid, I used to feel particularly capable, but now I suddenly feel that I’m actually not very capable. You did not kill anyone, if you need to kill, you can have evidence to prove that you killed someone. In the face of power, where is the justice to be found?”
“I let you be bullied.”
He fumbled, gathered her hands to his chest, closed his eyes, and repeated hoarsely, “I let you be bullied.”
“Jiu Si…”
It had been so long since the incident, this was the first time he had shown weakness to her.
She had always thought that he was calm and had a plan, but only now did she realize that the incident of Gu Jiusi’s imprisonment had not only hit her and made her feel incompetent, but had actually hit Gu Jiusi as well.
Both of them are panicking to death in their hearts, yet they still pretend to be each other’s dependents.
Liu Yuru understood this feeling, she looked at the person in front of her and frowned, covering her hands in her arms for a long time before she said, “So, today you went to drink with someone?”
“I will move up,” Gu Jiusi seems to be a little sleepy, his voice has changed a little, “to the position where no one can bully you.”
“Yuru,” he said seriously, “I will soon be twenty years old. I’ve grown up and shouldn’t be capricious.”
Liu Yuru didn’t say anything.
She served Gu Jiusi to drink the sober soup, and then undressed. At night she lay beside him, listening to the sound of the rain outside, and after a long time, she turned on her side, reached out her hand, and hugged him.
“I still like you to be capricious.”
She whispered out.
But Gu Jiusi was asleep and could not hear.
Gu Jiusi woke up with a sleep and a much lesser headache. He woke up and Liu Yuru was already awake, bringing her maidservant to personally dress him. Gu Jiusi was a little apprehensive, looking at Liu Yuru helping him to put on his belt, he said seriously: “Yesterday a new group of adults, the first meeting to toast, there were more people, I was embarrassed to refuse, you do not get angry.”
Liu Yuru heard him admit his mistake, could not help but smile, she raised her eyes to look at him, snapped, “What are you so afraid of doing? You are for the right thing, I know it well in my heart. But in the future,” Liu Yurou straightened his shirt and said softly, “don’t be so honest and drink so much, it hurts your body. You are the Gu Shang Shu,” Liu Yuru raised her eyes, smiling, “is a person of status, can be a little stand.”
This is the first time I’ve heard you call yourself “Gu Shangshu”, so why do I think you have such a sweet mouth?
Liu Yuru knew he was being a rogue early in the morning, glared at him, pushed him and said, “Hurry up and go to the court.”
Gu Jiusi lowered his head and gave her a kiss before leaving, and when he walked out the door, he remembered and said to Liu Yuru: “Oh, Yuru, are you short of money?”
Liu Yuru froze, then nodded decisively: “Yes.”
Gu Jiusi smiled: “Then you give me the account book of Huarong, I will introduce you to a god of wealth.”
Gu Jiusi said and left to go, Liu Yuru froze for a moment, suddenly with behind the Yin Hong said: “I think the aunt today is particularly handsome.”
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the market.
“Not really,” Liu Yuru said seriously, “For example, Brother Ye, whether he gives me money or not, I think that he is extremely handsome.”
Ye Shian got on the carriage and couldn’t help but sneeze.
Gu Jiusi said in the morning to introduce her to the God of Wealth, Liu Yuru also did not slack off, early to prepare the account book, by the way to see the grain store situation.
Now the grain store is Ye Yun management, Liu Yu Ru nudged her, she began with Yun Yun to ask for advice, and then to learn from one to three. First, she named the rice “divine incense”, and then she went to contact the palace, the rice into the imperial dining room, so Fan Xuan tasted a bite. Fan Xuan recognized it as Wangdue’s rice and wrote a poem to praise the rice. So in the past few days, Wangdue up and down the line, officials have come to buy this divine fragrance back to try. In order to open up the sales, Ye Yun also started sampling on the spot, set up a large pot at the door and cooked a pot of rice on the spot to try. She prepared pepper rice, sesame oil rice, acacia rice, osmanthus rice, etc…
Free trial, and limited purchase, coupled with the official family hot robbery, now the “divine fragrance” of the rice, has become a hot topic of discussion in the streets of East.
The original six points of fragrant rice, people shoot every day in line to buy, it has become a very fragrant. Even just a few days after it started selling, Ye Yun has already asked for additional goods.
Because of the stability of the flowers and the hot sale of divine incense, Liu Yuru’s cash flow is also quite generous. When she finished checking her accounts early in the morning and came out of the restaurant, she was very happy in her heart. After walking a few steps, she heard a rather familiar voice saying, “I didn’t expect to meet Mrs. Gu here again.”
Liu Yuru paused, she turned around and saw Li Yunsheng standing there.
Li Yunsheng looked a bit haggard, and when she saw her, Liu Yurou bowed and said, “Greetings, Your Highness.”
“Shopping?”
Li Yunsheng walked over and walked together with Liu Yuru: “Walk together?”
Liu Yuru answered and didn’t avoid it, walking together with Li Yunsheng. Li Yunsheng looked calm, and the two of them walked up to the teahouse together and found an elegant room. It was after both of them sat down, Li Yunsheng suddenly said, “Are you laughing at me nowadays?”
“Princess Golden Bough.”
Liu Yuru whispered, “Where is it the turn of the people’s daughter to laugh at you?”
“This is probably the last time we will meet,” Li Yunsheng sat in her seat with a calm expression. Her face showed the dead silence of a dying person, looking not half as beautiful as she was, she raised her eyes to Liu Yuru, her eyes like a glass, “Is there nothing you want to ask me?”
“I and the princess, what is there to ask?”
Liu Yuru took a sip of tea, her expression calm. Li Yunsheng quietly watched her, and after a long time, she smiled gently: “When Father was still alive, he once told me that I was his most beloved daughter, and hoped that my marriage would not become a political bargaining chip. When he was alive, he would take care of me, and when he died, the prince’s brother would take care of me, and I could be capricious for the rest of my life.”
Saying that, Li Yunsheng turned her head to look out of the window with a bitter expression, “Who knew that they would all leave so early. Before father left, he was still thinking about my son-in-law selection. I actually had someone in my heart at that time.”
Li Yunsheng raised her eyes to Liu Yuru: “Don’t you ask who it is?”
“What does it matter to me?”
Liu Yuru looked flat. Li Yunsheng froze, and after a moment, she smiled: “There is still something to do with you, in fact, the earliest horse in harness that I picked was Gu Jiusi. I was thinking of waiting for him to come to Dongdu to meet, as long as he is really as good as Jiang Shang Shu said, I will ask Father to order the marriage.”
Li Yunsheng said, silent, she seems to be thinking back to something, after a long time, she slowly said: “He is more excellent than I thought, he is very capable, very principle, also good-looking. The first time I saw him, I felt sorry that this should have been my man. In fact, I was quite jealous of you, every time I heard that he protected you and saw him accompanying you, I couldn’t help thinking that it should have all been mine.”
“I should have had a marriage that had nothing to do with politics,” Li Yunsheng said with a yearning in her eyes, “I should have married someone I liked and lived well all the time.”
Liu Yuru listened to these words and smiled gently, “Your Highness, in fact you don’t like him, you just think that Gu Jiushi is like a sign of a good life for you. If you really marry him, I’m afraid that you will regret it.”
Saying that, Liu Yuru had nostalgia in her eyes, “He wasn’t like this before, and you wouldn’t like the old him.”
Li Yunsheng listened, and after a long time, she smiled: “Perhaps.”
“Does Your Highness have anything else?” Liu Yuru looked at the sky outside, “I have other matters to attend to, I may not be able to accompany you all the time.”
Li Yunsheng nodded, Liu Yurou said goodbye to her, she walked a few steps and stood at the door, suddenly remembered, turned her head and asked Li Yunsheng, “I heard that you are going to marry Grand Duke Zhang, I hope Your Highness will live well in the future.”
Hearing these words, Li Yunsheng smiled, “I will.”
She turned her head to look out of the window and said lightly, “Something like a phoenix, not a wutong, not a clear dew, not a drink, I will always live well.”
Liu Yuru nodded, Li Yunsheng looked at her and couldn’t help but laugh: “I thought you would curse me.”
“Hmm?” Liu Yuru was a little puzzled, but for a moment she responded, she smiled, “I’m not hiding it from you.”
Her voice was gentle: “I have always reported tolerance to the weak.”
Li Yunsheng froze, while Liu Yuru didn’t talk to her anymore and walked out with her steps. Li Yunsheng looked at the empty elegant room, and after a moment, she couldn’t help but laugh out loud, but as she laughed, she shed tears.
Until this moment, she really appreciated the power of Liu Yuru.
A word, not salty, well-mannered, but straight to the heart, so painful that people twitch up.
Li Yunsheng grabbed the cup next to her and slammed it on the floor, then closed her eyes in pain.
When Liu Yuru returned to the house, she met the man brought by Gu Jiusi, who was Lu Yong’s butler. Liu Yuru took him into the study and talked to him alone for a while, then handed him Hua Rong’s accounts.
“Lord Lu wants to make money, I have many stores here for him to enter, but I am still planning one more thing, if Lord Lu is interested, when the preparation is done, I will visit him personally.”
Butler Lu nodded his head and left with the account book. When he left, butler Lu already looked very familiar with Liu Yuru, butler Lu had a very good impression of Liu Yuru, I should say, if there is no special relationship, people will generally have a good impression when talking with Liu Yuru. This is probably the instinct and talent of business people.
Liu Yuru sent Housekeeper Lu to the car and finally said, “My family’s gentleman is not very knowledgeable, he is still young and will need more guidance and care from you in the future.”
Hearing this, butler Lu smiled: “Discontent with you, my lord said, Lord Gu, except for his youthfulness, he needs no words from others, he is a ruthless man.”
“She always felt that Gu Jiusi was always a bit childish in front of her, and how could he not match the word “ruthless”.
However, a few days later, something happened that shook the court and the public.
Gu Jiusi spent five days counting the silver in the treasury, and finally found that a total of nearly five million taels of silver had been lost. And this theft of silver case, directly related to Liu Chun, involved in the theft of silver, Gu Jiusi sorted out, but close to two hundred people. And Gu Jiusi did not miss a single one, all of them are referred to.
A person within a day even participate in more than two hundred officials, which is almost a record in the past hundred years to participate in the most people. On that day, an old official did not know whether to live or die and Gu Jiusi scolded in court, and then was so angry that he vomited blood.
At the end of the court, Ye Qingwen walked beside Gu Jiusi, coughed lightly, and said with Gu Jiusi: “That, Jiusi, will you consider coming to the imperial court for a part-time job?”
Gu Jiusi smiled and politely declined Ye Qingwen’s offer. And then smiled and went back home.
Looking at Gu Jiusi’s distant back, all the court officials were shivering.
This ruthless person, fortunately did not go to the imperial court.
The next day, Liu Yuru heard about Gu Jiusi’s feat of joining two hundred people in a row. The streets are full of talk about Gu Jiusi, whether in teahouses, restaurants, flowers, divine incense…
Any place, she can hear Gu Jiusi’s name.
The good ones are: “Lord Gu is upright, has a backbone, and has courage.”
The bad, is: “Gu Jiusi this fool, so official, do not leave some way back.”
Liu Yuru listened for a long time, the heart also some panic. In fact, not only others say, her own heart on this matter, also some panic. She has always been a person who likes to hide her knives, and seeing Gu Jiusi so sharp, she could not help but feel a little worried in her heart.
But she believes that Gu Jiusi has Gu Jiusi’s plans, so she also held back from asking, lowered her head to do their own voice, dish out their own accounts.
She found a lot of people planning the water transport matter, finally planned a river road, and then she sent people out, according to their planned road, from beginning to end to go through, by the way, and then from Youzhou bought grain sent over.
This water transport road, from beginning to end, from Youzhou to the East Capital, it takes about half a month. So Liu Yuru will honestly wait for half a month.
And this half month, Gu Jiusi busy feet. He first sent away Zhou Ye, and then joined the two hundred people. On the second day of the two hundred people, it is said that a hundred officials have joined him, for various reasons, such as his lack of respect when he saw his superior, the court pendant is crooked, insulting others on the roadside, cursing with vulgarity in the last court, not filial enough and quarrel with his father at home, etc..
These things, although not big, but so many people to participate in him, he also had to make an explanation.
So he first took the most critical issue – unfilial, this thing to solve.
He took Gu Lang Hua to the court, by Gu Lang Hua personally in the courtroom to clarify that this is a misunderstanding, it is said that that day Gu Lang Hua in order to prove Gu Jiusi very filial, in the courtroom to give his son a fierce beating. This beating down, no one said Gu Jiusi is not filial – after all, they are not so filial, can give their own father so smoked.
Of course, the direct result of this matter is that after Gu Jiusi and Gu Langhua came back together, father and son scolded each other across the screen for most of the night.
The two of them have been persuaded by Liu Yuru and Jiang Rou, but they could not persuade the two of them.
Liu Yuru went to pull Gu Jiusi and advised him, “Jiusi, let’s go back, it’s not right for Gong Gong to beat you, but isn’t it for your own good?”
“For my own good, my ass!” Gu Jiusi shouted angrily, pointing to the marks on his face, “Look, Yuru, look at my face, is this my own father? He hasn’t had a chance to hit me for a long time, he’s taking personal revenge!”
“You fart!” Gu Lang Hua scolded inside, “I beat you still need to take personal revenge?”
“Gu Lang Hua, you feel your conscience,” Gu Jiusi stood in the doorway, “your conscience is eaten by dogs? You beat me like this in front of so many people, I do not have a face?”
“Oh, you are not allowed to, wings hardened to fly, Gu Shang Shu, I can not hit it, right?”
Gu Lang Hua this word out, dislike Gu Jiusi big fire, he felt that this word than directly scold him even harder to hear, he continued to talk back, Liu Yuru can not bear to go on, directly go to drag him said: “OK OK, go back, if you do not go back I will be annoyed.”
“You bully me too!”
Gu Jiusi shrugged off Liu Yuru, so angry that he sat down on his butt and sat cross-legged at the gate, pointing at the circle of people standing next to him and said, “You all help him, you all bully me, I’m the one who got beaten up today, and you don’t allow me to come and seek justice! And you mock me? What’s the use of me being an official? What’s the use of being an official? What’s the use of being a minister? I’m still being scolded and bullied at home? I quit, Liu Yuru I tell you, today you still help him, I really quit. I’ll resign tomorrow, this family, what kind of grand duke am I?”
“The old man is still the lord!”
“What kind of Shang Shu am I? What kind of a favorite of the emperor am I? What kind of head of the family am I?”
Liu Yuru: “…”
Liu Yuru could not persuade, sighed and said with Gu Jiusi: “Okay, okay, then, you scolded first, I still have something to do, I go to finish the business, you scolded and come back.”
After saying that, Liu Yuru with the next Mu Nan said: “Mu Nan, go to that bowl of snow pear soup, to the Duke tired, remember to give him some to drink to moisten his throat, he will have to continue to scold tomorrow at the court.”
Gu Jiusi heard this, some froze, could not help but say: “You do not advise me?”
Liu Yuru shook her head: “You have suffered, I can not let you suffer. I’m still busy, I’ll leave now.”
Liu Yuru finished, then stood up and left, Gu Jiusi sat at the door, a moment of embarrassment, looking at Liu Yuru’s back, could not help but say: “You want to stop persuading?”
Liu Yuru did not pay attention to him, waved her hand, turned the corner and walked away.
All of a sudden, Gu Jiusi was left sitting alone at the door, and Gu Langhua was sitting inside the door washing his feet.
He had taken advantage today and was quite happy. Gu Jiusi sat alone, there was nothing to sing, after a short while, he coughed lightly, pretended to be calm and stood up, patted his buttocks and said, “I have said everything I should say, it is late today, I will come back tomorrow.”
After saying that, Gu Jiusi turned around and left.
He went back to the house by himself, Liu Yuru was really still busy, the two of them were busy in the past few days, there was not much time to see each other, Gu Jiusi thought about the attitude of Liu Yuru just now, and was not very happy. He felt that he had no status at all in the family, and Liu Yuru did not help him at all.
He tossed and turned in bed, and after waiting for a long time, Liu Yuru finally came back, and as soon as she got into bed, Gu Jiusi jumped right on top of her and pressed himself against her. Liu Yuru froze, then said with some surprise: “Langjun, you’re still awake?”
Gu Jiusi was a little upset: “You also know it’s late, why didn’t you come back earlier?”
“I was busy.”
Liu Yuru smiled, raised her hand and caressed Gu Jiusi’s back and said, “You are usually so busy, today you were beaten and His Majesty gave you leave, otherwise how would you have time to wait for me so early?”
Upon hearing this, Gu Jiusi became even more upset: “Since you know that I was beaten, you still don’t feel sorry for me?”
“I’m busy.” Liu Yuru sighed, Gu Jiusi buried her face in her shoulder and muttered, “You can squeeze in time even if you’re busy, you just don’t have me in your heart, that’s why you’re busy.”
Liu Yuru: “…”
She felt that she had offended Gu Jiusi.
She thought left and right and coughed lightly, “I have you in my heart, don’t accuse me.”
“Good, you, I say a word and you say I have wronged you, so you are looking for a reason to put a label on me.”
Liu Yuru: “…”
Liu Yuru was confused by Gu Jiusi, she sighed and said, “Then I’ll make it up to you, right?”
“That’s natural.” Gu Jiusi had a serious face.
Liu Yuru looked at him, “To compensate for what?”
Gu Jiusi was happy to hear this, his face was a bit excited, and he hurriedly spoke with Liu Yuru through his ears. Liu Yuru face more and more red, finally said: “so late … still go to the bath, not good, right?”
He rolled off Liu Yuru and said with a sigh, “That’s right, I have to get up early tomorrow. Yu Ru,” he wrapped himself in the blanket, his eyes full of sorrow, looked at Liu Yu Ru and said, “If this continues, I think His Majesty wants me to cut off my children.”
Liu Yuru was amused by him: “Don’t you talk nonsense.”
“Really,” Gu Jiusi said seriously, “you wait for what I just said, when I close this case for Liu Chun, I will definitely ask for leave from His Majesty and fight with you for 300 rounds.”
“You shut up.” Liu Yuru saw that his mouth was unstoppable, turned over and said with closed eyes, “Sleep.”
Gu Jiusi hugged her from behind and didn’t say more, afraid that if he said a few more words, he wouldn’t be able to sleep.
Liu Yuru saw that he was quiet and thought for a while before finally saying, “When will this case come to an end?”
“At least half of the people in the Household Department should be replaced.” Gu Jiusi closed his eyes and said, “His Majesty wants to clean up the Empress Dowager’s people, now using this case to move people around, soon to be the autumn exams, after the autumn exams, the back will slowly get better.”
Liu Yuru answered, after a long time, she slowly spoke out, “Jiu Si, be careful.”
Gu Jiusi did not speak, he slowly opened his eyes in the night and raised his hand to hug Liu Yuru tight: “Well, don’t be afraid.”
“I’m not afraid.”
Liu Yuru said softly: “I’m just worried about you. Jiu Si, in fact, I hope you don’t become too big, just a small official, don’t stand out, don’t stand in line, always smooth and stable, it’s the best.”
Gu Jiusi listened to this, could not help but smile, mildly said: “I also want to.”
He also wanted to, just can’t.
There are storms everywhere, all he can do is to become a big tree and shelter the people he wants to shelter.
Liu Yuru understood Gu Jiusi’s meaning, so she did not say more, turned around and began to take the profits out, specifically to privately adopt a group of children, according to the talent to separate, can read for free to let them into the school, good physique is hired to teach the martial arts master, considered for the merchant training talent.
And these days, there are constantly people come to Liu Yu Ru, there are money, there are gifts, Liu Yu Ru have refused. At first she also asked what people sent, and then stopped asking, Gu Jiusi heard about this, can not help but be a little curious, asked her: “Why do not ask what they sent?”
Liu Yuru rolled her eyes and got a little upset: “Knowing what I lost, I was afraid I couldn’t hold it.”
Gu Jiusi was laughed at by her, he tilted his head and thought, “Then I’ll send you something, just to make up for your loss.”
When Liu Yuru heard that Gu Jiusi wanted to give her something, she was immediately a little happy, thinking that Gu Jiusi must be giving her a very valuable thing to make up for her loss.
But after Gu Jiusi said this, it was as if he forgot about it. Continue to be busy with his daily business.
In a few days, Liu Yuru heard the news that the crown prince had returned to the court. The prince returned to the court, which means that the case of the empress dowager, to the end.
Fan Xuan will solve the case before the Crown Prince returns to the court, because the 5,000 soldiers who followed the Crown Prince are almost all the Queen Mother’s people, and they must take care of things before these people return.
Liu Yuru guessed that these times, there must be more people to come to her, so she simply closed her door and waited for the case to be finished.
After a few days, the news of Li Yunsheng’s wedding came, Li Yunsheng is married to the son of the left minister Zhang Yu, all the civil servants of the court are naturally invited to go over, Gu Jiusi is also invited.
So Liu Yuru finally went out, she wore a purple broad-sleeved outer shirt and a white single shirt inside, and tied her hair with a jade hairpin, looking gentle and elegant, very different from the poor look she had when she first came to Dongdu.
After all, she has been in the East Capital for a while and has long been aware of the bottom of the East Capital, so she naturally did not want to lose face with Gu Jiusi when she followed him out.
The two of them went there by carriage, and on the way there, Liu Yuru lamented: “Li Yunsheng is also a good life, I heard that Zhang Quzhi is an extremely good-tempered son, she is now married to Zhang Quzhi, but many girls can not persuade a good marriage.”
Gu Jiusi heard this, but smiled, did not say anything more.
Liu Yuru wondered, “What are you laughing at?”
“Zhang Quarrow is a good person,” Gu Jiusi said with a smile, “but if you say good marriage, it is not necessarily.”
Liu Yuru froze: “How can you say that?”
“Do you know why Zhang Quzhi has not married yet?”
“Why?”
“Zhang Quzhi and his wife are very good, and his wife died at the hands of the former prince, that is, Li Yunsheng’s brother, and now His Majesty has given the marriage, which is the same as forcing Zhang Quzhi to marry her, what do you think of this marriage?”
Liu Yuru froze when she heard this, she stayed for a moment and suddenly remembered something.
She had heard Ye Shian say that this marriage of Li Yunsheng was suggested by Gu Jiushi.
She did not say anything all the way to the Zhang House, Liu Yuru saw a young man standing at the door wearing a red coat, his face was handsome, his expression was cold, although wearing a wedding robe, but pinned a pure white magnolia on the chest.
The wedding robe hanging white flowers, such an inauspicious dress, Liu Yuru is not even seen.
Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi got off the palanquin together and saluted with Zhang Juzhi, who returned the salute without expression.
Gu Jiushi and Liu Yuru were seated together, and after waiting for a while, they were invited to observe the ceremony.
Li Yunsheng this wedding compared to her status, can be said to be down and dirty. She stood in the lobby like an ordinary woman, following Zhang Quzhi. Above this lobby, sitting directly above Zhang Yu and his wife, but on the side seat was placed a tablet.
Everyone couldn’t understand what was going on, only to see Zhang Juzhi leading Li Yunsheng to worship her parents, before the couple worshiped each other, he suddenly stopped and said with Li Yunsheng: “Your Highness, please also worship to your upper right corner.”
Li Yunsheng paused, and after a moment, she softly spoke: “Dare I ask why?”
“I have sworn with my hair wife that I will have only one wife in this life.” Zhang Quizhi’s face was expressionless and his voice was cold. Li Yunsheng squeezed the red brocade in her hand and listened to Zhang Juezhi’s words, “This marriage is not my wish, since the princess must marry in, then please pay your respects to the First Lady first.”
Greetings to the First Lady.
According to the rules, only when a concubine enters the house, she will first pay respect to the First Lady and get the permission of the First Lady.
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air, and Zhang Yu on the seat coughed lightly, but did not make a sound, as if everyone had tacitly approved of Zhang Quzhi’s practice.
Liu Yuru looked at Li Yunsheng in the hall, she straightened her back and said coldly: “What if this palace does not worship?”
Zhang Quzhi said in a cold voice: “Salute.”
Just as she finished speaking, the person next to her suddenly rushed up and pressed Li Yunsheng’s head down violently.
The force was so strong that Li Yunsheng was pressed and knelt down on the spot. Li Yunsheng’s whole body was trembling, Zhang Jiezhi calmly said: “Your Highness, my mother, back then, once kneeled in front of the princess’s residence for a day and a night, asking the princess to do it for her, the princess still remember?”
Li Yunsheng clenched her teeth, and after a moment, she laughed lightly, “I understand.”
She said, she slowly stood up, but violently lifted the cover, looked at Zhang Quzhi, shouted angrily: “Zhang Quzhi you coward! To this day, take this kind of method to avenge your wife, right?”
“Well,” Zhang Yu spoke, calmly, “Your Majesty is happy and angry, and my son just misses his wife too much. This is the marriage given by His Majesty, go on.”
“This palace will not marry!”
Li Yunsheng threw the wedding handkerchief, said angrily: “This palace is still a princess even if she is down and out, it is the turn of a man like him to marry this palace?! If you are capable, why didn’t you kill my brother? Now marry me to humiliate, you think you can take revenge? I tell you, you were incapable of keeping your wife back then, that’s what you are incapable of!”
“Remember,” Li Yunsheng gritted her teeth, “this palace will not marry a man like you, and a man like you is not worthy of being married.”
After saying that, Li Yunsheng rushed out. The surrounding area was in an uproar, and the bride went to chase Li Yunsheng, but Zhang Juzhi said in a cold voice: “No chasing.”
“It’s better to chase her back.”
Mrs. Zhang spoke: “Send her back to her room to rest, this is the end of the ceremony.”
A big wedding has become like this, no one’s face looks good, Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi ate their meal, then hurried back. When they arrived at the house, they heard the guard come back to Gu Jiusi and said, “Master, something has happened at the Zhang Mansion.”
Gu Jiusi was washing his face, lowered his head and splashed his face with water and said, “Say.”
“Her Highness has killed herself in the house.”
Hearing these words, Gu Jiusi’s movements stopped.
Liu Yuru raised her head, her face full of shock. A moment later, Gu Jiusi’s voice rang out in the room, saying flatly, “Oh, got it.”
Liu Yuru stared blankly at the account book, and she suddenly remembered Li Yunsheng’s words from before.
This kind of thing, the phoenix, not wutong not perch, not clear dew not drink.
Liu Yuru can’t say what she feels, her chest is suddenly a bit stuffy, Gu Jiushi finished wiping her face and raised her eyes to look at her: “Your abacus hasn’t moved since just now, what are you thinking about?”
“Jiu Si,” Liu Yu Ru raised her eyes to look at him, she did not intend to hide it from him, she looked at Gu Jiu Si and slowly said, “Did you calculate it?”
“Calculated what?”
Gu Jiusi looked at her calmly, Liu Yuru knew he understood what she meant, she pinched her sleeve and slowly said, “Li Yunsheng’s matter, from the time she married Zhang Quzhi to now.”
Gu Jiusi was silent for a moment, but said, “I count as good, or not good, what’s the difference?”
Liu Yuru was also silent, and after a moment, she spoke, “Can you tell me why? Why, did you suggest to His Majesty to let her marry Zhang Qu Zhi?”
“Do you suspect that I am calculating her to death because of you?”
Gu Jiusi’s eyes were penetrating, he stared at Liu Yuru, leaned against the door with his chest ringed, and hooked the corners of his mouth, “Even if this is true, so what? She doesn’t deserve to die? She schemed you and me, she tortured you, she forced you to drink poisoned wine, if that wine was really poisoned wine, you would still be here talking to me even though your body is cold now?
“What did Zhang Quizhi want to humiliate her for? It was his brother who killed Zhang Quizhi’s father-in-law! It was Zhang Quizhi’s wife who went to seek justice and knelt for two days at the princess’s palace and got the phrase ‘born with a cheap life’ from her! I set her up? This is her retribution! You pity her now? She’s dead, so everything she’s done can be forgiven, right?
Gu Jiushi looked at Liu Yuru’s calm eyes and couldn’t help but feel a little annoyed.
Those eyes were too quiet, too transparent, as if they were seeing through the human heart, so that people couldn’t help but flinch in fear.
Liu Yuru waited for him to finish yelling, raised her hand to sip her tea, she lowered her head, looked at the account book, and calmly said, “Jiu Si, I am not pitying her, nor am I feeling sorry for her.”
“I’m just worried about you.”
Her voice was calm: “Her life or death has nothing to do with me. But I want you to promise me one thing,” she raised her eyes to his, her expression smooth, “remember why you became this officer. You did it to protect me, not to get back at someone else. You’re doing it for the sake of what Wenchang said, ‘To secure ten million rooms,’ not so that you can control the lives and deaths of others and do whatever you want.”
“Money and power confuse people, I hope you and I will always remember in the future what we are on this path for.”
Gu Jiusi listened to these words, for a moment could not say anything, he quietly gazed at Liu Yuru, after a long time, he said hoarsely: “Then what do you want to make money for?”
Liu Yuru froze, a moment later, she smiled, “If I say it’s for you, do you believe me?”
“Like me so early?”
Gu Jiusi couldn’t help but laugh when she heard this. Liu Yuru was a little embarrassed.
“Not like,” she replied a little short of breath, as if afraid Gu Jiusi angry, “at that time you said to repudiate me, I was afraid that you really repudiate me, so I thought, a little money, it is always good…”
Gu Jiusi: “…”
“Then the silver ticket I gave you…”
“I saved it up later.”
Gu Jiushi: “…”
“Yuru,” Gu Jiusi sighed, he walked over to Liu Yuru, half kneeling down and gathered her in his arms, “Don’t doubt me, I’m not that kind of person.”
“I know.”
Liu Yuru gently leaned against him, “But you take this road, ah, one slip and you fall, I have to remind you.”
“Jiu Si,” she said calmly, “don’t turn yourself into a politician.”
“Hmm.”
Gu Jiu Si hugged her and felt his whole being calming down.
He knew what he was angry about, and people were angry only because that person said it in a way that made them hurt.
He slowly said: “Li Yunsheng is certain to marry, his majesty can not let her marry someone she may manipulate, married to Zhang Quzhi, not I deliberately humiliated her to avenge personal revenge, I did not think she would die.”
“But you’re right.”
Gu Jiusi closed her eyes: “When advising her to marry Zhang Quzhi, I knew one thing, she would have a bad life. And I, for one, wanted her to have a bad life.”
“I am a mortal, I also have seven feelings and six desires. She has hurt you, I can not bless her. But I hope Yuru, I’m not good, you pull me back, because in this life, what I become, I’m Gu Jiusi, I love you.”
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