In order to make herself look not 'too smooth', Gu Qingning not only deliberately provoked the opposition of officials in the court, but also asked Dong Yehong to recommend Wang Yunshen, a university scholar, as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, after successfully getting the post of squire of the Ministry of Industry.

And this Wang Yunshen is the son of the bachelor Wang who was scolded and cried by her in the court. Their father and son were both born in Jinshi, the family of Wenmo, and successively entered the bachelor's house, and served as civil officials for a lifetime, and the father and son did not do much, just because of their wealthy family and high grade, that is, they have always had good quality and no power. Gu Qingning came to this hand, firstly, he wanted to turn his rivalry with Mr. Wang in private, and secondly, he wanted to exert 'pressure' on himself.

Dong Yehong recommended her to serve as a waiter in the Ministry of Works, Yushitai was discussed, the Ministry of Officials did not object, and the Political Affairs Hall was discussed, so she could naturally get the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Works.

Wouldn't that seem too smooth and proud?

So she can only 'self-restraint', that is, to find herself a 'trouble' that seems to be a trouble but is not actually a trouble, that is Wang Yunshen, and it was proposed by Dong Yehong, and others looked at Dong Yehong to use the Wang family, who had a dislike for Gu Qingning, to frustrate Gu Qingning's sharpness and restrain her.

But this Wang Yunshen has been mixed in the sea of literature and ink for so many years, how can he understand the affairs of the Ministry of Industry? Therefore, he naturally became an ordinary kind of 'Shangshu', mainly responsible for formulating government decrees and grasping the strategy, pushing administrative orders, implementing the strategy, obtaining support for the headquarters, and maintaining the court's image of the headquarters......

At the beginning of August, Gu Qingning finally waited for the day that was very important to her - returning to the Ministry of Work.

At the same time, that day was also the day when the new Ministry of Industry Shangshu took office.

And the focus of the entire Ministry of Industry seems to be gathered in the Shilang Court.

She has been away for half a year, and Zhang Yuanning is supporting the Ministry of Industry, but fortunately there is no major incident. In the past six months, her original subordinates of the Ministry of Engineering have grown, and the young people in the construction department can also take charge of themselves, and the new supervisor of the construction department is very much in line with her, and the original deacon of the construction department Xu Zitong is still Xu Zitong.

On this day, the Ministry of Industry Construction Department was enthusiastic, and everyone went to the front court of the official office to greet the new squire and the new secretary.

And all the magistrates were gathered.

Gu Qingning entered Shangshutang with Wang Yunshen, introduced various divisions to him, and treated him politely and thoughtfully. Then there was the routine speech of Shangshu taking office, in the Shangshu Hall, everyone had to listen to it, Gu Qingning still held on, and accompanied him to the end in good spirits, and after Shangshu finished speaking, he added a few words to Lord Shangshu with a clear mind.

This morning, she was delayed in Shangshutang, and when all the things here were over, she could leave Shangshutang and go to her Shilang Court.

The door of the chamberlain had not been opened for a long time.

Gu Qingning stood in front of the door, standing behind him, and pushed it away with his own hands in the eyes of everyone.

In fact, before this day, in order to welcome the new waiter, the staff of the Ministry of Industry had cleaned the inside and outside of the waiter's court, the inside was clean, the ground was clean, and all kinds of utensils were replaced with new ones, completely erasing the traces of the past.

But Gu Qingning knew that some traces could not be erased......

The first time she stepped into the Ministry of Engineering, it was here to serve Langting......

She watched as there was a change of owner here, and finally, she Gu Qingning entered the master......

Walking in, although there were many people behind her, she still felt empty, and when she stood on the main desk, she felt satisfied when she saw a familiar long wooden box placed on the desk.

She caressed the long wooden box, as if reuniting with an old friend, did not open it to see, was silent for a while, then stood up straight again, the heavy squire official uniform pressed down, she stood particularly steady, her eyes cast on the subordinates at the door, and they consciously walked in, each standing in shifts, waiting for her instructions, which was completely different from the perfunctory attitude of Fang Cai in Shang Shutang.

She didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Lang Zhongyuan, the construction department, and the fortification room, the three departments will stay, and the rest will be returned to you to do ordinary affairs, and after the assembly of the Lang Court is completed, I will go to the various divisions to inspect." ”

So the others quickly withdrew from the court in an orderly manner.

Gu Qingning asked his subordinates to take out another long box, and when he opened it, it was a drawing, which was grandly unfolded in the public hall of the Shilang Court.

It was another few months of her hard work.

That's right, she's been preparing for the day she returns.

"The fortifications of the Imperial Tomb will be carried out on the same day, the refinement of the pattern will be completed in half a month, the selection of materials will be completed in half a month, and the construction will officially start in one month!"

"Yes, Squire-sama!"

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As soon as Gu Qingning came back, the old members of the construction department were ready to add value every night, but on the night of the first day, it was really inappropriate to add value to the drawing or something, so it was changed to a banquet for colleagues in the construction department, and many officials of the Ministry of Industry gathered together to congratulate Gu Qingning on his promotion back to the Ministry of Industry. is not as restrained as when he gathered with his colleagues in the Criminal Department, Gu Qingning finally had a good time this night, and he accompanied the young people of the Ministry of Works.

"Why do you want to move Wang Shangshu to block your own way?"

In Jiang Yuelou, after a few glasses of wine, Zhang Yuanning also became straightforward, sitting next to Gu Qingning, and the two chatted.

She said, "Since you can see that I did it on purpose, why don't you understand my intentions?"

Zhang Yuanning shook his head and smiled: "No, I just wonder why he didn't come to the Ministry of Industry......"

Gu Qingning said frankly: "Because he doesn't know anything about the Ministry of Industry." ”

"Then why don't you arrange for him to go to the Criminal Department? He is a Confucian and doesn't know how to understand criminal law, right?"

"Because I don't understand either. Gu Qingning raised his glass, smiling on his face, confessing and laughing at himself.

Zhang Yuanning was stunned, and suddenly realized, and touched the cup with her, "Lord Lang of the Punishment Department!"

After drinking for a long time, the colleagues in the hall made a lot of noise all night, and they were very happy.

Zhang Yuanning was dragged by several subordinates to gamble and drink, Gu Qingning was temporarily empty, and Xu Zitong, who was shrinking at the bottom, saw the opportunity and took advantage of this time to come to Gu Qingning and toast her.

After returning to the Ministry of Industry, Gu Qingning did not mention the past again, Xu Zitong was weak-hearted, afraid that Gu Qingning would find trouble with him, so he hurriedly found an opportunity to show her 'loyalty', otherwise he would really not be able to stay in the Ministry of Industry.

After saying some polite words, he suddenly lowered his voice, approached Gu Qingning, and asked her, "...... Heard...... My lord, are you looking for beautiful people?"

Gu Qingning didn't answer when he heard this, and wanted to add wine to drink.

Xu Zitong diligently took the wine jug first, added wine for her, and continued: "Xiaguan has helped the adults to look stunning, I don't know if the adults can see it......?

After a full cup, he leaned forward a little more, and continued: "The Queen Mother will like it too." ”

Gu Qingning finally turned his head to look at him, and chuckled: "You might as well pass it on and take a look." ”

Over there, Zhang Yuanning lost the gambling and drinking, and everyone was coaxing him to show his music to entertain the public, but he made trouble with them, so he had to agree to play a song and change the little guy to get the jade flute for him.

Xu Zitong was worried about how to let the man come to the person, so he said at this time: "If there is music, there should be a dance, and the lower official will call a dancing girl to dance for Lord Langzhong? ”

Everyone in the Ministry of Industry was still a little disgusted in their hearts, but seeing that Gu Qingning acquiesced, they had nothing to say.

Zhang Yuanning also glanced at Gu Qingning, probably guessed what Xu Zitong and Gu Qingning said just now, lowered his head and sneered, "Okay, Deacon Xu called that beauty here, this official is willing to accompany her." ”

Xu Zitong was a little embarrassed, only smiled and said something to the little guy next to him, and the little guy hurriedly ran out of the room, and then after a while, the door of the private room opened, and a young woman walked in, she covered her face with a veil, only revealing a pair of smart and soft eyes, stepped forward, walked to the front of the person, bowed left and right, saluted the person in the hall, and took a few steps forward, bowed to Gu Qingning on the first seat, obviously familiar with the number of etiquette, and saw a lot of officialdom entertainment scenes.

Zhang Yuanning got up and said: "Please wait for the girl to dance for me, and I wish to use the flute music for the girl." ”

She politely stepped forward to salute: "There is Lord Lao, this is the honor of a little woman." "The voice is soft, clear and pleasant.

As soon as the flute sounded, she took a step forward, her dancing posture was wonderful, her body was weak and boneless, her eyes were hooking, her hands and feet were raised as if she was floating in the clouds, her water sleeves slipped off, revealing her complexion like a lotus root, smooth and delicate, her fingers were raised, like an orchid core blooming, her clothes were not as loose and exposed as ordinary dancing girls, and her dancing posture was still provocative.

Gu Qingning was the first to applaud, applauding Zhang Yuanning's flute sound, and praising her dancing, she stepped forward to thank Gu Qingning, and also thanked Zhang Yuanning.

Gu Qingning looked at her for a while and asked, "Can the girl take off the veil so that I and other laymen can see the beauty?" If there is any inconvenience, I will not force it. ”

Everyone looked at her expectantly when they heard this, she faced Gu Qingning, hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly, lowered her face, raised her hand to untie the veil, and there was a little sigh and exclamation around her.

It's really a beauty.

Although she has been shyly lowering her head, her eyebrows, eyes and pink lips are unforgettable at a glance.

Although the beauty is beautiful, Gu Qingning is not very surprised, and she is not very interested, after all, she has grown up with Jiang Xiange since she was a child, and she feels that it is difficult to compare with Jiang Xiange when she is really beautiful in the world, and there are many beauties she has seen during this time, many of them are amazingly skilled and talented, this girl is not much special compared to them, except that it seems to be a little familiar under a closer look......

But thinking that most of the beauties were somewhat similar, she didn't think much about it, only politely praised a few words, didn't even want to ask her name, and was ready to thank her and let her take her away.

At this time, Xu Zitong came to Gu Qingning's side again, was very close to her, and whispered: "The one who paints his eyebrows and paints Zhu is really a young man......"

Even Gu Qingning couldn't help but pause when she heard this, and immediately changed her mind, became interested, and asked the person in front of her to retreat first, and then hinted that Xu Zitong waited for the person to come to see her after the banquet was over.

Xu Zitong bet on her mind this time, and seeing that she was about to make a meritorious service, she was naturally very proud, and agreed again and again to continue to have a banquet with her colleagues, and her mood was different from the anxiety and insecurity in the first half.

As the night deepened, the banquet had dispersed, and after the colleagues left, Gu Qingning sobered up a little, went out of the private room, and saw Xu Zitong waiting for her at the door of the opposite room.

"Qingning ......" Jiang Hechuan looked at her, a little worried.

She stopped to talk to Jiang Hechuan: "Uncle, how is the breeze?"

Jiang Hechuan replied: "He still lives here, but he refuses to see you, and his uncle has been persuading him......

"That's troublesome uncle, I'll go to him another day. She said.

Jiang Hechuan saw that she wanted to leave, and said, "Qingning, your father is downstairs......"

She asked, "Are you here to find Qingfeng?"

"Nope. Jiang Hechuan said worriedly: "He has already come, Qingfeng has been refusing to see him, he was going to leave, I heard that you and your colleagues were having a banquet upstairs, so I stayed and waited for you, I wanted to see you......"

"Let him stop waiting, he is getting older, go back and rest early. Her tone was indifferent, and she didn't care.

Jiang Hechuan's expression became more complicated, and he glanced at Xu Zitong several times.

"What's the matter, is there anything else Uncle would like to tell me?" she asked, seeing that something was wrong.

Jiang Hechuan said in embarrassment: "Qingning...... Just now, your subordinate opened another room, saying that it was for you...... Brought a girl in...... Your father knows about it...... And there's been a lot of rumors about you lately...... Your father wants you not to mess around, after all, it's a woman...... Don't self-destruct your reputation ......"

It's the same expression again......

How embarrassing......

Gu Qingning's heart was poked again, and Yu Guang swept down the third floor, and withdrew a naughty and indifferent smile: "Uncle, you just let him worry less, my reputation? What reputation do I want? You tell him that his daughter is willing to fall like this! Anyway, I, Gu Qingning, don't expect to marry any innocent white family, what do I want to do with a clean reputation? Just have fun." ”

"Qingning, don't be angry......" Jiang Hechuan wanted to persuade, Gu Qingning had already turned around.

He turned back to him and said, "Also, it's not a girl in there, it's a beautiful young man......"

After speaking, he walked to the room without looking back, Jiang Hechuan was stunned, he didn't know what to do, seeing that she entered the house, and Xu Zitong was still outside the door, he didn't stay long, went downstairs, and told Gu Qingxuan about these things, Gu Qingxuan was so angry that he almost lifted the table.

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Waiting for Gu Qingning in that room was a handsome young man, with no fat pink makeup, scattered green silk, neither combing a bun nor a crown, wearing plain clothes, sitting quietly under the lamp.

When she saw him like this, she felt more familiar, and she couldn't remember it for a while, so he spoke first: "I've seen adults, and the little name is Qin Chun...... I've seen you at Lord Yang's banquet...... I wonder if you have any impressions?"

Gu Qingning finally remembered and blurted out, "Are you Qin Hongmo's younger brother?"

He lowered his head, and there was a faint sadness in his eyes, "Yes......"

Gu Qingning asked him carefully, knew his background and origin, and also tried to find out the truth about Qin Hongmo's death, he obviously didn't know at all, and when he mentioned his 'suicide' sister, he couldn't help but feel sad, and burst into tears several times.

Gu Qingning wiped his tears for him, looking at his pitiful appearance, Chu Chu was moving, a face, both a man's beauty and a woman's style, it was really a rare stunner. Although he was turbid and simple-minded, driven by others, drifting with the wind, and having a bad fate, Gu Qingning also felt pity for him.

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Jiang Yuelou was about to proof, and the number of people on the corridor was gradually decreasing, Xu Zitong and his entourage walked downstairs, looked back at the brightly lit room on the fourth floor, and showed a smirk smile, and the smug look was undisguised.

His entourage asked, "It's been a long time since Master Gu went in...... Isn't it just to meet?"

Xu Zitong said sarcastically: "It's good if you don't come out, and if you don't come out, it means that it's really good......"

There was no one around, and the entourage was also a little bolder, "Isn't it going to be sent to the palace?" Lord Gu won't ...... by himself."

Xu Zitong said: "What's so strange? A conscientious person like Lord Gu, if he doesn't try it himself, how can he be sent to the palace with confidence?"

The attendant couldn't hold back a smile, "Hmm...... You don't have to worry about it in the future, you won't have to worry about her......"

The master and servant walked downstairs while laughing proudly, and just turned the stairs on the second floor, stopped at the corner, and suddenly saw a person in the shadows.

"Gu ...... Look at...... Dr. Gu ......"

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