Chapter 69: Confession
Gao Chi got married, and there was a three-day vacation, so there was no need to go to the main hall to listen to classes. www.biquge.info But his second brother Gao Xu doesn't have this benefit, and he has to go upside down when he gets up early and returns late, especially when he meets a subordinate official of the East Palace who gives him a lesson, he will be punished if he goes late for a while.
"So we have to wait until the evening," Zhang Zhaohua said, "to see the king of Gaoyang County?"
Gao Chi and Gao Xu came to Beijing this year, just like the prince of Zhou and the second prince of Zhou, they all came to listen to the seal. The King of Qin and the King of Jin had already registered the prince, so Gao Chi got the golden book and golden treasure of the prince in November of the 27th year of Hongwu, just like Youstew. And Gao Xu and Youjiao, one was named the king of Gaoyang County, and the other was named the king of Runan County, and they also have their own treasures.
"Yes," Gao Chi smiled, "I would love to see him see you as he is." β
"It's been ten years," Zhang Zhaohua also found it funny: "You can't force anyone to remember clearly." I asked you tentatively last night, thinking you wouldn't remember!"
"It's that you are too impressive," Gao Chi put down the book and walked up to her and said: "I have seen many female dolls, it is not that they are more beautiful and rare than you, but they are not as smart, clever and ambitious as you." β
"Oh, I grabbed you back then," Zhang Zhaohua stretched out his hand and brushed the inkstone on the table aside, and said: "I am really not afraid of heaven and earth, what am I, a newborn calf, a frog sitting in a well, I don't know your precious identity." Now that you know your identity, how dare you call and drink like that? I'm afraid you haven't seen me like this, and you just think it's new. Now that I think about it, I was too reckless at the time, thinking that if you weren't this identity, but a thief, I would have been coerced away!"
"It's as if we are the king of the cottage," Gao Chi smiled: "Now it's true, isn't this just to coerce you back to be the lady of the village?"
He saw Zhang Zhaohua fiddling with the utensils on the case, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Yes, I still have to ask you," Zhang Zhaohua said: "Let's go to the East Palace in the morning, what is the thing on the case of Concubine Taisun?"
Zhang Zhaohua saw that there were several small and delicate stones on the desk in front of Ma, and there were hollows that seemed to be naturally formed in the middle, and he didn't know what the intention was.
"It's Taihu Lake stone," Gao Chi said, "It is salvaged from Taihu Lake, used as a garden stone, and it is also very elegant as a bonsai." β
"So small," Zhang Zhaohua gestured, remembering that the stones were about the size of a fist: "Can you also make bonsai?"
"Can't small objects be made into bonsai?" Gao Chi said with a smile: "It's okay to make a clear offering in the Sui Dynasty." β
At this time, the first day of the first month of the first month is the year of the year, there must be offerings on the desk of the day, called "the year of the Qing offering", at the beginning it was just flowers and fruits or something, and then there were elegant offerings, such as pine, bamboo, plum or something, or with ancient utensils, bonsai and other things for play and appreciation.
"It turns out that this is the Qing offering! Usually the arrangement of these flowers and fruits starts now?" Zhang Zhaohua was surprised: "It's not yet the winter solstice." β
"Usually, it is only after the winter solstice that the offerings are arranged," Gao Chi said: "It is usually handed over to the female officials, and no one really has the leisure to worry about which flowers and plants are good-looking." β
Zhang Zhaohua understood that before the Ma family entered the East Palace, all the internal affairs of the grandson Zhu Yunwen should be handled by the grandmother and the female official, and as soon as the Ma family came in, he began to take over the matter of clearing the confession - it seems to be a matter of putting two pots of flowers on the desk and piling up a few small stones, but in fact, she is declaring sovereignty, with her enthusiasm, it will not be long before the internal affairs of the East Palace will be all in her hands.
Ma Shi looks honest and honest, but in fact, he is scheming, when it comes to observing words and feelings, and playing with his heart, even Zhang Zhaohua really has to bow to the wind, she has skills in everything, and she can't wait to show her means, but what's the use of this - the people around Taisun are all arranged by the emperor, and she competes for power with the people arranged by the emperor, what benefits can she get? In fact, she didn't wait for this period of time, the East Palace was originally hers, she was the master, and the other women and even the future concubines were all guests, and the female officials were just in charge of her and worked for her, so these would not be all hers in the future?
What's more, Ma is very likely to be pregnant, and if she is pregnant, she can't rest well, and she really wants to end up like Wang Xifeng. Isn't Wang Xifeng just proud of his strength, and even more so in his life, he fought for strength and wits in his life, and refused to let go of power even when he was pregnant, which led to a loss of mental strength and a six- or seven-month-old fetus.
"If I let me get this confession," Zhang Zhaohua came back to his senses and said, "I don't need to use those rare things." β
In later generations, there was a literati named Wang Zengqi, didn't he write an article about the Qing Dynasty for the New Year, in which the poor family used the Qing Confession for the New Year, Zhang Zhaohua still remembers it clearly: "Use a big radish, cut off the tail, dig up the meat, plant garlic in the empty shell, use the iron wire as a hoop, hang it under the window of the rising sun with a thread, the garlic leaves are green, the radish skin is red, and the radish tassels are rolled up, which is also quite pleasing to the eye." β
Gao Chi couldn't help laughing, "You're a clear offering, I'm afraid it's much stronger than that flower and fruit!"
After playing around like this for an afternoon, it was not until the hour that Gao Xu was ushered in.
Gao Xu walked with a good footstep, and when he entered the courtyard from the front door, he heard the sound of the corners of his robe flying, and at the same time he impatiently ordered to make food: "Hurry up, hurry up, Lao Tzu is so hungry that his heart is close to his back, if you have anything to eat, hurry up and get it!"
Then an agile figure jumped in and said, "Qi Tai's old backβ"
As if knowing that Gao Chi was going to reprimand him, Gao Xu said again: "Don't worry, isn't this already supporting Chen Fu?" he said this, and suddenly saw Zhang Zhaohua, and couldn't help but look at him.
"This is-" Gao Xu realized himself, clenched his hands into fists and made a strange salute: "This is my new sister-in-law, my little brother Gao Xu is polite, and he shocked his sister-in-law, is it Gao Xu, I hope not to be surprised." β
Zhang Zhaohua couldn't hold back her laughter, she suddenly remembered the scene when Gao Chi stared at her feet in the morning, these brothers were so funny.
"Shizi," Zhang Zhaohua said with a smile: "Your brother must have watched too much of "Water Margin", and he speaks in the tone of his voice, which can't help but ask, is it that the king of the county also loves to dance with knives and sticks on weekdays, and he also has that loyal liver and courage that has nowhere to come out, and wants to eliminate harm for the people for Tianxingdao?"
"How do you know," Gao Xu looked surprised: "No, you said this, obviously you also read the book!
"It's not a forbidden book, why can't you read it?" Zhang Zhaohua crossed his hands on his hips: "Which of the people in this world who are chivalrous and righteous is not based on the heroes in the book - in the eighteenth year of Hongwu, when you drove through Huaiyuan County, the leading guards were robbed of money bags, isn't this thief who steals money bags just taking the times as an example and wants to rob the rich and help the poor?"
Gao Xu's mouth was wide open, in fact, his face was still very handsome, and his body was long and his movements were agile, especially Gu Panjian, who had a kind of lofty momentum. But at this time, he looked very stupid, as if Zhang Zhaohua had just said something terrible, but he was bluffed into changing his appearance, his mouth opened into a round hole, and his nostrils were also rounded, which was really funny.
"You, you are," a few words popped out of Gao Xu's mouth: "Why are you ......?"
"This is the girl who grabbed the buns and ate the meat when she stopped in Zhangjia Village, Yongcheng," Gao Chi said with a smile: "Life is really going around, no one would have thought that she would meet us again, it would be such a situationββ"
"It's amazing," the corners of Gao Xu's mouth slowly showed a strange smile: "Such a powerful woman, the eldest brother is born." I still happen to dream that she is standing on a ridge and reprimanding people, even more powerful than my father and mother, and I am so frightened that I hold my head and run away. β