Outside the Gu Mansion's main house.

"How's Daddy doing today?"

Like a few days ago, Gu Qingning and Gu Qinghuan came to visit Gu Qingxuan together, but Yang Xiaoning, who was guarding outside the door, still didn't mean to open the door for them, and only replied: "The adult is recovering well, saying that he doesn't feel the wound hurts anymore, but he is still a little weak." I drank all the medicine today, and I only ate three preserved fruits...... It's just that I still have some difficulty eating...... Oh, this morning the adults sat up and practiced a few times of the Eight Duan Jin ......"

Gu Qinghuan said to himself: "It's okay to practice more, but don't let him practice for a long time, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it......"

Gu Qingning, who was on the side, sneered when he heard this: "Qinghuan, are you stupid? Father will think of practicing, not to strengthen the body, isn't it afraid that he will forget the moves if he doesn't practice for so long, and he won't be able to deal with Qingfeng when he comes back?"

Yang Xiaoning's eyes were full of smiles under the cold silver wolf mask, and he responded: "Yes, yes, that's what the adults said......"

Gu Qinghuan was embarrassed, scratched the back of his head, pointed to the door, and asked a little tangled: "What is this...... Father still doesn't see us, does he?"

Yang Xiaoning nodded, and skillfully came up with a set of words: "The adults have already fallen asleep, please ask the eldest lady and the eldest prince to come to visit another day." ”

Gu Qingning and Gu Qinghuan glanced at each other, both of them were helpless and puzzled, not knowing why Gu Qingxuan had been refusing to see them these days. Gu Qingning thought for a while, then approached Yang Xiaoning, discussed with him, lowered his voice and said, "I'll give you five taels of silver, you tell me if my father is not in the room?"

Yang Xiaoning was surprised that she would have such a conjecture, and shook her head in a daze.

Gu Qinghuan also came over, "I'll give ten taels." ”

He was glared at by Gu Qingning, and he muttered unconvinced: "Why are you staring at me? Even if you are promoted, your Yulu is still not as ...... as me."

Before Gu Qingning began to teach Gu Qinghuan a lesson, they all heard a few coughs coming from inside the house, obviously Gu Qingxuan's voice, and now they didn't know whether to rest assured or what.

Yang Xiaoning glanced back, bowed to them, and said with a firm attitude: "My lord is indeed in the room, please don't be impatient, my lord said, he doesn't want to see outsiders during this time, he just wants to rest his body, and he doesn't want to be disturbed." ”

Gu Qinghuan was a little depressed, thinking that Yang Xiaoning didn't choose to speak, "Outsiders, we are his biological children......"

"The adult only said that there is a son who is traveling, unless he comes back, the others will not be seen......" Yang Xiaoning was also very sad, but he could only answer honestly: "In the next time, it will be the original words of the adult, eldest lady, eldest son, don't worry, let's go first, and when the adult changes his mind, I will see you." ”

"Sister, I'll just say it, the background of the two of us is a mystery......" Gu Qinghuan shook his sleeves and turned around and paced away.

Gu Qingning was still standing in place, raising his eyes to look at the closed door in front of him, with some imperceptible hesitation.

She hadn't spoken to her father for a while, and she was still a little unaccustomed to it, especially at this juncture, in their original plan, Gu Qingxuan occupied a dominant position in everything, so she relied on it, and felt that there was someone who made up her mind with her in everything, and now everything is her own opinion, and there are always some demands that have nowhere to put in her subconscious.

She never thought she would have this kind of dependence, but after all, she had been used to it all along...... She's not a completely confident person either......

She stood silent for a while, and when she was about to turn around and leave, Yang Xiaoning hesitated to speak: "Miss......"

"Huh?" she looked back at him.

He took a few steps forward and said with some crampedness: 'Yesterday...... I'll tell you about your transfer and promotion......"

"Did Father say anything?" she asked.

"Your Excellency is very happy for Miss. The answer was somewhat incorrect, but he felt he should make it up," and then ...... I remember adults saying...... There will be opportunities in the future, and if the eldest lady wants to return to the Ministry of Engineering, it is okay......"

Gu Qingning smiled.

There was no more uneasiness, as if something unresolved was finally over, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

She smiled and deliberately raised her voice as she walked away, "Hmm." Tell my father that he wants to see the breeze until he is fully recovered...... Don't even think about it. ”

……

Gu Qingxuan couldn't return to the court for a long time, and put all the political affairs on hold, Yin Chengyuan took advantage of this time to contact all parties and urge the business reform to start as soon as possible, and there was already a voice in the court that he was elected to replace Gu Qingxuan to preside over the business reform.

For this reason, there is also the constant accusation and impeachment of Gu Qingxuan by the Imperial History Observatory, just to make Gu Qingxuan lose power and give Yin Chengyuan a chance.

Gu Qinghuan and Gu Qingning had long understood that the reason why those imperial historians attacked their chief so quickly was all because of Lu Qian's instigation, and the imperial historians kept criticizing Gu Qingxuan, making trouble wave after wave, and there was always a momentum of stirring things up more and more.

Later, Gu Qingning was promoted, and Lu Qian finally couldn't sit still, so he personally went out and made a turn, ending the offensive of Yushitai.

Lu Qian wrote a letter to refute the supervision of the imperial history under his command, resolutely defended Gu Qingxuan, and even promoted Gu Qingxuan to be promoted to the imperial history doctor.

This time, he made those supervising imperial historians dumbfounded, and they suddenly couldn't find the north. They thought that Lu Qian had changed his tactics to deal with the Gu family, who wanted to argue with the court for a few days, Lu Qian became more and more biased towards the Gu family, and stood completely opposite to them. The imperial historians had no choice but to withdraw the folds one by one, and fell silent in confusion, and a few of them could see clearly, so they simply handed over the excerpts requesting transfer or resignation in just a few days.

Looking at his attitude in the court and in private, this could not be more clear - Lu Qian betrayed the Yin family.

……

From the first day she came to the Ministry of Industry, Gu Qingning had thought countless times that she would leave here one day, of course, she would never take the initiative to give up, it was doomed, in her imagination, she was very embarrassed to leave......

Now that's not the case, she's not embarrassed, but she still feels like a failure.

Step by step, walking on thin ice, cautiously, she went from the lowest level of the fortification room counselor to the Ministry of Works, if there is anyone in this department who knows best her difficulties and hardships along the way, that person must be Yin Shaochu.

But it was because of his understanding that he hit the key point with one move, giving Gu Qingning the biggest setback.

She finally lost her place in the ministry.

Yes, she is still in the officialdom, which is very glad, but what about the original dream? How did she explain to herself when she first stepped here? Said that the high-rise buildings were raised from the ground, and the buildings that she said would be built by herself were all over Chang'an City? Or could she go further and achieve more......

People are going to die, and the human body will rot very quickly, but the building is not, as long as it is not destroyed, it will always be there, for ten years, a hundred years, or even a thousand years......

She likes to draw, likes to add value with the counselors, likes to revise over and over again, likes to go to the stone yard or timber yard to select building materials, likes to deal with Qin Tianjian's people, likes to supervise the work in the scorching sun and cold wind, and likes to accompany countless craftsmen to work day and night, building the ideas in her mind stone by stone......

But that will no longer exist.

She is no longer Gu Langzhong, who is the best at drawing in the Ministry of Engineering, and she no longer needs to touch the drawing ruler, no one will wait outside her public house for her to drive out the urgent drawings, and she will no longer hear the voices of others surprised and admired because of the subtleties in her drawings.

She is still an official, and she has become a high-ranking official, but she is nothing special in the officialdom except for her gender, her talent is stifled, she is just an ordinary official, she has nothing to be proud of, and she will not have any achievements that she really cares about.

Gu Qingning changed into the official uniform of the squire of the Criminal Department, and personally went to the Ministry of Industry to clean up the things of the original public house, as well as to do the final official handover with the former subordinates of the Ministry of Industry, in fact, she didn't need to do these things in person, she was just reluctant and wanted to take a last look.

She deliberately avoided Shang Shutang and took a detour to Lang Zhongyuan, but on the way, she heard from the signer that Yin Shaochu did not come to sign today. The others also relaxed a little because of this, and took this opportunity to blatantly express their reluctance to Gu Qingning.

But that's only a part of the people, among them the majority of the people who built the division's fortifications, and the people in the other departments probably hate her to the bone, especially the general supervisors of the General Directorate and Supervision Bureau, who have been "persecuted" by her in the past two years, and politely congratulated her on her promotion, and I am afraid that I am thankfully begging her to never return.

After packing up her things in Lang Zhongyuan and explaining things clearly, she went to the Construction Division, Xu Zitong avoided her, and she didn't want to see him, but went directly to the fortification room.

I didn't want Zhang Yuanning and the counselors to wait for her at the door a long time ago. As soon as Gu Qingning appeared, they all quieted down, just standing there and staring at her intently.

Gu Qingning originally planned to have some good words with them, but before he walked in front of them, he felt a little tearful, and he was relatively even speechless for a while, just waiting for Zhang Yuanning to react first, salute her, and call her "Lord Shilang".

She hid her sadness, coughed a few times, and shouted to them with a smile: "What are you doing here one by one?

They reluctantly snorted a few times, still listless, Gu Qingning stepped forward and pretended to be stern: "Will you go in and draw pictures soon?" Thinking that I'm leaving, and you Lord Shangshu are not here, you can be lazy and fool around, right? Supervisor Zhang, how do you manage your subordinates? They are all passive and slacking off, and they can't even give a salute to Shangguan?"

Zhang Yuanning looked at her, smiled, and spread his hands helplessly: "My lord, this is no wonder for the lower officials, these counselors are relying on themselves to be official subordinates, and they have begun to be lawless. ”

Gu Qingning still joked: "I heard that it was your original Lord Langzhong who was both smart and beautiful, right?"

Zhang Yuanning laughed out loud and nodded: "Yes, yes, it's her." Don't forget her, my lord. ”

Gu Qingning's gaze met him, his eyes were slightly red, "I won't forget it." ”

Gu Qingning blasted them back to the fortifications, she also went in, walked around, looked at the sand table modeling they had built countless times, and briefly explained a few things, which was considered goodbye.

Zhang Yuanning walked away for a while, and only showed up when she was about to leave, sent her to the door, and handed her a long wooden box in his hand, Gu Qingning was puzzled, and deliberately teased him: "What?

Zhang Yuanning didn't pay much attention to her, only opened the wooden box and let her see the things inside, scrolls of drawings: "These are all artworks made by you...... We didn't throw ...... Leave a learning ......"

Gu Qingning's heart was moved, and she couldn't spread out the scroll to see it, sure enough, they were all drawings from her hands, most of them were discarded drafts before the drawings were made, some of them were drawn by her in the fortification room, and some were drawn in Lang Zhongyuan, she originally discarded them and disposed of them by her subordinates, who thought they had a heart, and kept them one by one......

These drawings are her footprints to today, she stepped on this thick and countless waste paper towards her goal, I thought that these traces were erased, but it turned out that there was not.

She caressed the heavy scrolls lovingly, closed the wooden box, and returned it to Zhang Yuanning, and said to him: "Help me keep these well, I will come back to you for you." ”

"Good. Zhang Yuanning hugged the wooden box, smiled at her, and solemnly promised.

She turned around and left, and Zhang Yuanning bowed to her on the spot, "Congratulations to Master Gu!"

Gu Qingning didn't look back, she raised her hand and waved her arm back a few times, said goodbye in a dashing manner, and left.

……

This is Gu Qingning's first day to go to the Criminal Department to go to the Bureau, early and back to the Bureau, the directors of the departments to the Shilang Court to see the new Shilang, she met with her new subordinates, although before or because of the fortification and other things have been in contact, but most of the people in the Criminal Department still don't know about her, plus she is a female officer, it is really difficult to make this group of old officers who are keen and well versed in criminal law completely convinced.

In addition to her high position, she has no other advantages here, one has no qualifications, the other is unpopular, and she has no natural talent to quickly convince people. Gu Qingning felt that she was going to start again step by step, and the part in front of her was a bigger challenge.

She made preparations in advance, so that she would not know anything about the Criminal Department, and she was also familiar with the major cases and important matters of the Criminal Department overnight, and figured out the staffing and human relations......

After talking with the Lang Intermediate Court and the directors of various departments, she convened a meeting of the Lang Court and adjusted the arrangements of the staff, and the attitude of these people who had worked under Yin Qixiu before towards her can be imagined, so she can only screen them one by one, so that they should be careful and take a tough attitude and thunderous measures, so that they can "know" themselves as soon as possible.

Because of the perennial questioning and trial of cases buried in the vast number of files, these people in the criminal department are all meticulous and rigorous, and it is really not easy to deal with them, if the people of the Ministry of Industry are still a little naïve, these people in the criminal department are equivalent to human spirits, and it is too difficult to cover up the real and false in front of them, and they are accustomed to the routine of asking cases in daily conversations, and if their minds are a little slow, there is a risk of being surrounded by them without admitting themselves.

When the group of people from the criminal department stood in the hall and looked at her, she even forgot how to speak for a moment at first, and finally came up with a calm attitude to deal with it.

After talking with them in the squire court for a few hours, she personally went to the Ministry of Works to pack up her things and hand them over, in fact, she also wanted to go back to breathe and go back to the Criminal Department, now she had nowhere to escape, she entered the official office again, inspected the divisions, and watched them busy, this strange and familiar place, she was ready to accept it.

She carried the things she brought back from the Ministry of Industry and went to her new public house, and when she entered the Lang Ting, she saw that the clerk's face seemed to be wrong, and she wrote a letter to remind her that there were people in the public house.

She thought for a while, breathed a sigh of relief, pushed open the door, and saw Yin Shaochu.