"Okay, don't cry, tell me clearly, did you know that Gu Mingzhe before, and why did he say he wanted to marry you."

Bi Tong raised her head and choked; "When the slave maid went to the imperial study earlier, she happened to meet Master Gu."

"This thing is interesting at first sight."

Qi Jinghuan couldn't help but scold, there were already a lot of unpleasant things today, and going to the imperial study made Gu Mingzhe make the imperial study as if he was happy, and his heart was even more unhappy.

"Your Majesty, since Sister Bitong doesn't want to marry, then don't let her marry, although Master Gu is a usable talent, but Sister Bitong doesn't like him, and we won't be happy together in the future, Sister Bitong is serving you when she is young, and you are not willing to let her marry and suffer."

Shen Youan is completely on Bitong's side, but he has met a few times in the imperial study, and Master Gu Bacheng also saw that Bitong's sister was good, and he was waiting by His Majesty's side before he thought about it, if he really married, he would not be wronged, Bitong was kind in her heart, and she was good to her, how could she bear to watch her jump into the fire pit at this time.

Qi Jinghuan glanced at Shen You'an, and saw that she didn't have the slightest abnormality, and couldn't help beating drums in her heart, and she didn't know if she was embarrassed because of Concubine Xian's words, so she simply didn't know what to do, and followed her words; "Bi Tong is serving by my side, how could I marry her so lightly, even if she wants to marry, she should choose the one she likes, as for Gu Mingzhe, I will reject him tomorrow."

Bitong heard that he was not going to marry Gu Mingzhe anymore, so he hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, and Qi Jinghuan waved his hand a little impatiently; "Alright, get up."

Bi Tong got up and lowered his head and retreated to the side, Qi Jinghuan had something to say to Shen Youan, so he sent them all down, Shen Youan saw that Bi Tong was gone, and asked Qi Jinghuan; "Your Majesty, then Lord Gu doesn't look like a person who is interested in seeing it."

The meaning of this is that Gu Mingzhe really has a little thought about Bi Tong, Shen Youan often hears the palace people mention this new celebrity, although the official is not big, but he does not eat soft and hard, and he is also a master who will not give up until he reaches his goal, from his actions of stopping the sedan chair of Song Taifu on the street that day, it can be seen that this person is not only careful and courageous, but he was just a person who fell off the list at the beginning, and now he is the person next to His Majesty, and he has quite a means, that is, he has taken a fancy to Bitong, but he is afraid that he will not take it lightly.

"No matter what he thinks, Bitong has to make up his own mind about this matter."

Shen Youan smiled; "If you have your majesty, you can rest assured, the slave still has something to ask Sister Bitong, I wonder if your majesty can let the slave and sister Bitong say something?"

Qi Jinghuan frowned, and Shen Youan continued; "The slave maid looks at Sister Bitong and seems to have something else to do with the matter of Master Gu, and the slave maid wants to ask clearly."

Qi Jinghuan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Shen Youan to see at a glance that Bitong had something to hide, so after thinking about it, he spoke; "Today, when Gu Mingzhe asked me to marry Bitong, I couldn't figure out that Bitong was a female official in the inner court, although Gu Mingzhe and her had met a few times in the imperial study, but Gu Mingzhe never thought about private matters when he was doing business, he mostly had something to discuss with me in the imperial study, and Bitong occasionally went to wait just to serve tea and ink, and the two did not have many opportunities to contact, and it was impossible for Bitong to have private dealings with him according to Bitong's temperament, but I suddenly thought that something might be the reason why Gu Mingzhe noticed Bitong."

"What is it?"

"When I first summoned Gu Mingzhe, I told him that I paid attention to him not because of Mrs. Song, but because a female official next to me happened to go out of the palace and saw him when he stopped the sedan chair that day, and came back to talk to me, and I estimated that I noticed Bitong because of this."

Shen You'an understood, His Majesty only said that it was the female official next to him, and did not say which female official it was, Bi Tong went to the imperial study the most times, and it was estimated that Gu Mingzhe, who happened to be in the imperial study, saw it, and mistakenly thought that it was Bi Tong who had explained the matter to His Majesty when he went out of the palace to see him, so he wanted to marry Bi Tong in order to repay his kindness, but it was not Bi Tong who left the palace that day, but he was himself.

Thinking of this, she looked at Qi Jinghuan with some embarrassment; "Your Majesty, this matter should not be just a simple retribution, the slave maid sees that Sister Bitong seems to be acquainted with Master Gu, and the slave maid goes to ask her."

"It's better that he's not just repaying the favor."

If he was going to marry Bitong just because he was repaying Gu Mingzhe's kindness, then Qi Jinghuan should consider transferring him out of Yudu.

Shen Youan pushed open Bitong's door, bypassed the screen and saw Bitong curled up on the couch, walked to her and sat down, handed her the box in her hand, Bi Tong looked at her suspiciously, Shen Youan motioned her to open the box, the box was just an ordinary wooden box, there was nothing special, Bi Tong opened the box, only to see a neat stack of handkerchiefs inside, and the rest of the pile of paper opened all of Bitong's portraits, Gu Mingzhe is good at painting, Bi Tong smiled and gestured on the painting, all of which were expressive.

"Sister Bitong, this box was taken out from Master Gu's house by His Majesty."

said that it was taken out, in fact, it was stolen from Gu Mingzhe's house by the secret guard, Gu Mingzhe had not been an official for a long time, and he couldn't afford to buy a mansion, so he only rented a small courtyard with a single family on Chao'an Street in Yudu, this is still when Gu Mingzhe considered being an official of the imperial court, he inevitably had to contact some officials who came, and he gritted his teeth and rented a small courtyard, this small courtyard is not big, there are only three rooms, one is Gu Mingzhe's resting room, one is the hall he uses to receive guests, and the other is for him to get out and use as a study, he is a big man, I don't know how to cook by myself, I just make do with eating at the stall outside on weekdays, occasionally the main family sees that he is alone, there is no wife's room, so he sends someone to send him some food to come, Yu is at the foot of the imperial city, every inch of land is gold, Gu Mingzhe only has that little money and no extra savings, it is not easy to rent this yard, and there is no extra money to ask someone to serve, the secret guard does not have to worry about meeting people when he comes to his house, so he directly pushes the door in and swaggers to find something and walks out.

Shen Youan took out the handkerchief from the box and put it in front of Sister Bitong; "This veil belongs to Sister Bitong, but now it appears in Master Gu's house, could it be him."

Bitong's face was a little ugly, and she lowered her head; "I gave him this veil, not him stole it."

Shen Youan was not surprised at all when she said this, she had probably guessed it before, tilted her head and asked; "Sister Bitong, do you like Lord Gu?"

Bi Tong smiled abruptly, took the handkerchief and put it in the box, and shook her head; "Don't mention him again."

"Sister Bitong, if you like him, he wants to marry you, why don't you want to marry, what is the matter with you?"

"Don't ask."

Shen Youan lowered his head and sighed; "Okay, if you don't mention it, don't mention it, anyway, he will leave Yudu after today."

Bitong was stunned for a moment, looked up and said; "What do you mean, why did he leave Yudu?"

"His Majesty said that today he begged to marry you in front of many lords of the Hanlin Academy, you are a female official of the inner court, and this matter will be criticized in the future, and Lord Gu is an upright official and has offended many people, if an official seizes this matter in the future to impeach him for colluding with a female official of the inner court, it will not be good for him or you, so His Majesty decided to transfer him out."

Bitong explained; "He didn't mean to collude with me."

"Of course Your Majesty knows, but that's why I want to transfer him away."

Gu Mingzhe once said that the most envious thing in this life is to be able to stand on the court to his majesty to advise him, and use his life's talents for government affairs, he has never concealed his ambitions, he also said that he thinks he doesn't have to be inferior to Song Taifu Feng Taibao, what he lacks is just a Bole or a background, he said that his Bole finally appeared, His Majesty Xià is his Bole, appreciate him, promote him, he wants to do his best to assist His Majesty, and one day stand at the forefront of the hundred officials, but now because of himself, His Majesty transferred him out, and all his hopes would be dashed.

Bi Tong thought silently in her heart, and suddenly looked up at Shen You'an; "You'an, he's a usable talent, full of talent and learning, and he shouldn't be bothered by my business."

Shen Youan shook his head; "How can this be that you are a victim of him? His Majesty said that although it was an external transfer, it would not demote him. ”

"You'an, this time it's my sister begging you, can you go and talk to His Majesty and not transfer him out."

"Sister Bitong, are you not?"

"Yes, I like him, it should be a little more than I like it, I don't know it myself, but I just can't see him unhappy, and I'm even more reluctant to let his talent be buried."

Shen Youan reached out to hold her hand and put it on the palm of his hand; "Sister Bitong, sue me for the reason, sue me for the reason, tell me how you met, why don't you want to marry him, you sue me, I can help you, you can't bear to make him unhappy, but I can't bear to let you be unhappy, you like him, but you don't want to marry him, why in the end?"

"Me." Bi Tong spoke, her voice was a little hoarse, Shen Youan handed her a cup of tea, she took a sip and continued; "On the day when His Majesty issued an edict that he was the Eight Grades of Classics, he kowtowed outside the imperial study to thank him, and I happened to go to the imperial study on duty that day, and watched him kneel on the ground from a distance, emaciated, as if a gust of wind could blow away, and then His Majesty ordered me to ask him what was going on, but he was a dead eye, and said that he wanted to thank him in person, and I told him that I was a female official next to His Majesty, and if there was something to start playing His Majesty, he could hand over the chapter to me to present to His Majesty, and I thought that this was also in vain. Unexpectedly, when he heard that I was the female official next to His Majesty, he looked up at me and handed me the letter of thanks. ”

This is the beginning of everything later, Gu Mingzhe knelt down to thank him, Qi Jinghuan ordered Bi Tong to ask, and then saw Bi Tong in the imperial study many times, so he mistakenly thought that Bi Tong was the female official who mentioned him to His Majesty that day, and then Bi Tong was on duty in the imperial study, and Gu Mingzhe was also on duty in the imperial study, and the two of them became familiar with each other, and the relationship between men and women was also normal, the bad thing is that Gu Mingzhe went with gratitude at the beginning, and in Bitong's heart, she felt that Gu Mingzhe liked not her, It's just because she misidentified someone, so when Gu Mingzhe said that she wanted to marry him, she said that she didn't want to marry him, but she didn't dare to explain the reason, Shen Youan was a person from His Majesty, if she said it, she was afraid that His Majesty would suppress Gu Mingzhe, and now His Majesty wanted to transfer Gu Mingzhe, so she said it entangledly.