Jiang Zhaoyi's pride didn't last for a few days, and the palace issued an edict. In next year's general election, the king will recruit a harem. The selected show girls, in addition to the delicate families, the counties and counties can search for and recommend beautiful and healthy girls from good families to be selected in Beijing.

This is a precedent for the Great Zhou Dynasty.

I didn't understand, I thought it was the Zhu family that had fallen, and the king uprooted a major tumor of the clan, and finally made a way for the Hanmen to move forward. Those who are a little more active know that this is because the king is not very satisfied with the current harem, and the heirs are afraid that they can't wait.

When it comes to entering the palace, the seven girls don't care much about it. She was drawn to another big thing:

I don't know when the rumors came out, following the serious illness of the left minister, King Huai seems to have the intention of deposing the post of left and right prime minister, and wants to reopen the cabinet.

The man returned home in the past few days and frequently walked around the study of Lord Guogong. There were also a group of doormen, all of whom looked solemn and came and went in a hurry.

When she asked, the man raised his eyebrows lightly and teased lightly, "How does Ren Chaozhong change, it is not difficult to raise Ah Ying and Xiao'er." ”

The tone was as light as boiled water, it was really the emperor who was not in a hurry and the eunuch was in a hurry, and her kindness was in vain.

She slapped away his big hand rubbing her earlobe, and said angrily, "Although you are not serious, you use words to perfunctory me." If one day you lose your official position, the concubine will still hold the key to your private treasury. At that time, it will not be you who raise a concubine, a mother and a son, but a concubine who will raise you virtuously. ”

As if to reflect this, she raised her chin high, turned around, left him, and curled out the door to order dinner.

He was left behind by her, sitting elegantly with a smile in his eyes.

Tell her to raise?

If this is the case, he is at home and can spend more time with her and children. Come to think of it, it's not bad.

**

The Seven Girls' angry rhetoric did not come true.

At the end of the year, King Huai deposed the phase with the momentum of thunder, and Gyeonggi was shaken. Without waiting for all parties to take advantage of the chaos, that person was unexpected, and he was smoothly admitted to the cabinet. The position of official worship and second assistant is only listed under the old minister Zhou Si of the royalist faction.

In this way, King Huai is just an excuse to change, erect and further weaken the Zhu party. Take the opportunity to promote cronies and consolidate the royal power. As a member of the family, they tested each other, and no one dared to rashly cross the bottom line, and they were all careful to maintain peace on the surface.

Along with the new decree, there is another will.

Zhao Guogong took the initiative to hand over the recital, and asked him to return to the ancestral land of the Gu family in Hufeng, and the title was passed on to the son Gu Yan.

Quasi.

**

As if overnight, inside and outside the capital, the changes were so great, the seven girls stared at the Ming Huang edict representing "Zhao Guogong" like a distraction, touched their fingertips, looked at him, and then looked at the edict, stunned and a little unable to return to their senses.

He watched her do so, and crossed his legs to serve tea. Twisting the lid and gently knocking the edge of the bowl, as if to remind her that what he said at the beginning that "it is not difficult to raise her" is not empty nonsense.

He didn't intend to perfunctory her, but if he really wanted to talk about it, it would be very involved. The doorway inside is mixed with too many power entanglements and intrigues. Not to her liking.

That being the case, before the matter is done, why bother to say more and worry her.

She buried her head and was quiet by herself, finally trying to understand the ins and outs of this series of changes. In the end, it is nothing more than another benefit deal:

He stood by and watched, and let King Huai pry the roots of the family and completely abolish the Zhu family.

Nowadays, the court is not controlled by King Huai, and the chaos of the Zhu family has to be cleaned up by him. Coupled with Gongzi Chang's head, there may be more places to rely on him in the future. In this way, King Huai couldn't leave him, so he had to allow him to join the cabinet, and even allow him to be in a high position.

And his re-in-command of power is by no means without a price. When Lao Guogong left Beijing and went to Hufeng, he would inevitably bring the rest of the Gu family, which invisibly weakened the Gu family's team in Yanjing. To him, it was like cutting off his arm. After his career, there was no old prince who had gone through the monarchs of the three dynasties behind him, and in the eyes of King Huai, this was naturally a good thing.

Thinking through it, she raised her eyes to look at him, and was extremely serious about what she was about to ask.

"Father's side, the study deliberations in the past few days have been started by you, my lord?"

Under the guise of his inspection, one is to prevent and the other is to avoid trouble, and he took her out of Beijing. Since Zhao Guogong repeatedly sent letters urging him to return to Beijing, everything was planned by him. Not only her, but also the old man, was also kept in the dark by him.

It is not so much that this attack on the lord is that the old prince asks for a seal for him, but that the matter has come to this point, and under the nose of King Huai, the Gu family has to make concessions.

This retreat and advance, father and son, after all, he took the lead first.

Carefully rolling up the edict of appointment and putting it away, the seventh girl pursed her lips and looked worried.

"Father is still angry with you now?"

No wonder, no wonder the Lord Guogong has asked people to bring meals to the study these days, and not eat with everyone. I'm afraid I'm angry with him, I don't want to look at him more.

It's not nice to say, he's seizing power. This matter should be placed in the heavenly family, and it is not a pity to convict him of ten crimes of forcing the palace to rebel.

Although the Lord Guogong finally had no choice but to compromise out of his love for him. But in the end, it was this person who was in a perennial high position, and he was scheming by his own son, and at best, this is "disarming and returning to the field, and returning to his hometown". can remove this layer of fig leaf, this drama of the son designing Lao Tzu, but it is real and cannot deceive people.

She knew about his ambitions early on, but she still underestimated him in the end. never thought that his determination in his career would be as good as this.

It's quite unstoppable, unscrupulous.

She stared straight at him, not dodging or dodging. It was as if I had reacquainted myself with him, studying intently, with clear and straightforward eyes.

He is also frank, what he does is what he does, she thinks clearly about the cause and effect, and his pride is not allowed to be denied by him.

Fortunately, her eyes are clean and as clear as ever. There was no excessive reproach, nor did he reveal his fear and alienation after knowing it.

"Discouragement is inevitable. This method is disgraceful, and my father's side can only go a few more times, patiently, and talk about the crime of compensation. ”

So you know it's dishonorable. She muttered silently in her heart.

"Talking bad about your husband?" He dusted off his robe, reached out, and pointed at her brow. His gaze was as strong as his hand, soft and soft.

"You don't care about this matter. After all, it's not a bad thing for the Gu family. We will see for the future. ”

She tried to ask again, but he kept silent.

Yes, she pouted. The matter of the father and son, he said that he didn't care, and she didn't bother to get involved. I didn't see the Duchess of the country, and now the old lady Xu, from beginning to end, was not happy or angry, as if she was fine. only spoils Brother Xu'er, but he really doesn't listen to things outside the window and stays out of them.

Xu's thoughts, the seven girls can more or less figure it out. The family business of the Zhao Guogong Mansion will be passed on to the prince sooner or later. In the upper and lower parts of the house, there is only the son of the grandson, and he is the only one who is enough for this qualification. But if the prince can attack the lord, there is no reason for Xu to be unhappy in his heart. Naturally, this joy carries a bit of arrogance as it should be, but it is not revealed.

As for what the other women in the backyard think, Xu doesn't need to pay attention to it, let alone surrender his identity and meet with a group of concubines.

At the end of this topic, the seven girls know each other, and it is enough to stop.

In the near future, the old prince will leave Beijing with the Xu family and his entourage, and those who can call the shots in the Guogong Mansion in the future, except for him and Mrs. Guan, who are not very in charge of things, need her to nod their heads in many things.

Thinking that in the future, I need to serve him at the same time, raise my brother, and take care of the housework. The seventh girl silently estimated in her heart, and then realized that the family was still lively now, and the days of living at both ends of the east and west gardens were comfortable.

As the old saying goes, if there is an old man in the family, there is a treasure. Unconsciously, there is an old lady Xu pressing on her head, although she can't make full decisions in the house, but after all, she almost doesn't care about things, right?

It was night when she nestled in his arms, and the two of them sat on the head of the bed. She flipped through the almanac in her hand, from right to left, counting the days when the old prince left Beijing.

"It's only forty days left," she sighed, closed the almanac and spread it on her lap, with a low feeling in her words.

Now I know that I don't know when Xu's identity has already changed in her heart.

Xu is the mother of the eccentric person, the grandmother who dotes on her brother, and she is also awkward, high-end, but slowly accepts her mother-in-law.

In the early years, Xu's many dissatisfaction and difficulties with her, with his protection, the days passed day by day, and it became an old thing that no one wanted to mention.

Although Xu was still not very satisfied with her background, he was used to her coming into the house to say goodbye and eating at the same table with her. When I got up from a nap, I teased Brother Xu with her and taught Brother Xu to speak.

During the New Year's holidays, when I met other ladies who came to visit the house, how to surprise and praise Brother Xu'er for his handsome appearance and cleverness when he was young. Xu Shi hugged Brother Xu'er, saying modest polite words, but he couldn't close his mouth with a smile on his face.

Laughing and laughing, he will also cast a glance at her. At that moment, the seventh girl even doubted, maybe the Xu family also loved her so much?

As if he could understand the inexplicable reluctance in her heart, he hugged her from behind and tightened his arms slightly. I didn't say a lot of words of relief. Only the chin rested against her neck, and the breath attached to her ear was light and shallow.

For a while, neither of them had the heart to speak.

The house was lit with lights, and the dim candle flame added to the silence of the room. After a long time, she turned her head slightly, and turned around lightly.

At a glance, she noticed that the man who was hugging her tightly behind her was half-closing his eyes, and his gaze fell in the air, long and deep.

Facing him like this, she was stunned for a moment. The next moment, he consciously turned his head, put his cheek against his chest, quietly, and turned around to hug him.

At this moment, he is also lonely and uncomfortable.

Parting with love is the most hurtful.

It's just that his emotions are buried too deeply, and his filial piety concern for the old prince and the Xu family is not obvious.

He said that it was not a bad thing for Gu and his family to leave Beijing this time.

She believed in him, so she didn't have to be afraid of him, let alone hide or shy away.

Jingli is in this muddy water, if she has to do it, she also wants to stay away.

Holding him back like this, she found that it seemed that she had very few times to comfort him. Usually he let her, coax her, and comfort her. And he, under such an indestructible appearance, few people know that his heart is also soft. He will also have a warm side - such as to her, to his brother, and to his family.

This man, when he was great, made her feel at ease; When it was deep, it was so complicated that it made her sad.

What kind of experience and tempering, tempered thousands of times, made him such a heart? Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she cowered into his arms, her heart aching. I don't want to think about it.

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No matter how capable Gu Yan is, he can't treat the royal power as nothing. Sometimes, winning or losing is just a matter of which side compromises more. This man's responsibilities and ambitions, thoughts and strategies, because of his special experience, it is difficult to say and share with others.

Fortunately, he has Ah Yu, Xiao Qi is very sensible and trusts him wholeheartedly. Occasionally, when he was forced to lose, he had her with him.

**

Digression: These days, I am really busy with clothes. The wedding is at the end of the month, and the visual inspection will continue to be busy. I'll take the time to do more and finish as early as possible.