Mrs. Zhou took the words Pan Kai gave him, and wanted to scold before she could read it, but when she opened her mouth, the words didn't come out, and she was stunned after just looking at her.

I was stunned for a while, and then I couldn't stop crying.

Pan Kai was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly persuaded him. After a long time of persuasion, he asked, "Why is my aunt sad?" Could it be that this word was written by my uncle? ”

"No, I haven't read the words yet. But this word, this word, you take pen and ink. ”

Pan Kai hurriedly waited for the pen and ink.

Mrs. Zhou dipped her pen in ink, and wrote a few words according to Liu Ruyi's content.

Pan Kai just compared it and found the problem: Mrs. Zhou's handwriting and Liu Ruyi's handwriting are exactly the same font except for the difference in level.

"How so? Isn't she her uncle's disciple, but your aunt's? ”

Pan Kai was quite puzzled, he never knew that his aunt was also a talented girl?

Mrs. Zhou's tone was sad: "You also know that my Pan family is not a big family, and there is no tradition of women studying. Like your aunt and me, before we got married, we only knew a few words. As for what to talk about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, not to mention those. ”

Pan Kai thought about his sisters, and knew that it was indeed as his aunt said. Because of his uncle's light, the Pan family was already considered to have made a fortune by the time he was studying, but even so, his sisters were just literate as his aunt said.

"Although your uncle has been named on the gold list, his official career has been stable."

Speaking of this, Old Madam Zhou's tone was not unusual, but Pan Kai blushed a little.

Mrs. Zhou didn't have much communication with the outside world, so she didn't know what her husband's reputation was. But Pan Kai is also a scholar after all, and his classmates talk about state affairs on weekdays, and there are those who don't know his background, and when they talk about Zhou Daodeng, they don't avoid him.

Mrs. Zhou only knew that Zhou Daodeng's official position had been steadily promoted until it was caused. But in Shilin, the evaluation of Zhou Daodeng is called "stupid and modest", and they all say that he has never shirked and dared not do anything. The reason why the official road has been steadily promoted is not because he has done a good job and made any contributions, but because he has not done anything, and he has basically not done any work. When it came time for the evaluation, the official in charge of the evaluation could not find any mistakes or omissions, so he could only let him pass. In this way, relying on mixed qualifications, on the premise of not making mistakes along the way, his official career naturally rose steadily.

In fact, having said that, in officialdom, how can you say that if you don't work, you can't find fault with you? Is this where you say you can shrink your head and retract it? However, even when Wei Zhongxian supervised hundreds of officials and found all kinds of faults, he failed to find any faults from Zhou Daodeng. How powerful is Zhou Daodeng ?

All the negative rumors of Zhou Daodeng except for his inaction were all after he joined the cabinet as the first assistant after Chongzhen ascended the throne.

But these things naturally can't be seen with Pan Kai's knowledge, he only knows that his uncle's official reputation is not good, so after listening to his aunt's words, the expression on his face is unnatural.

Old Madam Zhou was immersed in the memories, and did not notice Pan Kai's abnormality, and continued: "But in fact, you also know that his family is similar to my family, and he does not have any very tall portal background. This week's entire family business was basically saved by him all the way to high school, all the way to an official, and all the way to the top of the ranks.

"When I married your uncle, he hadn't been lifted yet, and he raised his eyebrows with me and respected each other like guests. He usually hangs the beam and thorns the strands, so I add fragrance to his red sleeves. You've also read books and know how hard it is to read. Your uncle is a man who can make fun out of suffering. He doesn't have any other hobbies, just a good teacher. Whenever he was tired of reading, he called me and taught me to read and learn calligraphy. ”

When Mrs. Zhou said this, she felt sad again: "But I really don't have any talent. Poetry can only be memorized. Even calligraphy, after learning most of his life, although he didn't put in any hard work, he was not as good as a concubine who only followed him for half a year! Under the nine springs of his day, what face do I have to see him? ”

Pan Kai hurriedly calmed Mrs. Zhou's excited emotions again.

He pondered what Mrs. Zhou meant, and suddenly understood, Mrs. Zhou clearly said: That Liu Ru is not a disciple of Zhou Daodeng, she is a concubine at all. The reason why she was able to learn from Zhou Daodeng was only because Zhou Daodeng was a good teacher, and he regarded teaching his wife and concubine to read as an alternative boudoir pleasure.

sighed, his uncle is really "able to play", and only a talented man like him can play like this, right?

Zi said: "Those who know are not as good as those who are good, and those who are good are not as good as those who are happy." "Uncle, this has reached the point where teaching is a pleasure, and a pleasure is a day for decades. Only in this way can he train a talented girl like Yang Ai in only half a year.

For a while, Pan Kai only felt that the mountains stood still, and the scenery stopped.

After Mrs. Zhou's mood stabilized, she said to Pan Kai: "I said so much, I think you understand." At the beginning, Yang Ai won the favor of the master, and our wives and concubines naturally would not be completely free from jealousy. But you also have to know, how old is the master, how can he be the same as you young people? If Yang Ai knows how to clean himself, he can't say that he will be finished when he goes to the court. But even then, it can't change her status as just the master's concubine, not a disciple. ”

After a pause, he said, "I don't know if the identity of this disciple was requested by herself, or if the kid surnamed Hua pretended to be smart." But I can tell you unequivocally that this is not possible, there are no doors! Even if he asks Jinyi Wei to kill me, I will never agree! You can have someone notify him and let him die. ”

On this side, Mrs. Zhou refused categorically, but Liu Ru was still full of expectations.

Although she was still ignorant at that time, she also knew that Old Man Zhou definitely didn't have any husband and wife with her back then.

But perhaps in order to enhance her status, the identity of the concubine is also real and well-documented. However, these so-called evidences are meaningless under the premise that she has changed her name and surname and has backers behind her.

As a new tender in the Zhou Mansion, she naturally wouldn't know that Zhou Daodeng had a hobby of role-playing with his own wives and concubines, and all of the wives and concubines in the Manchu Mansion had been his disciples.

She only thought it was her own exclusive treatment. After all, who is idle and has nothing to do without making love to their wives and concubines, but instead teaching them knowledge? This doesn't make sense!

So she didn't know that the document that hired her as a concubine was not to improve her status, but a ticket to the game. In other words, if you don't arrange for her to be a concubine, Boss Zhou thinks that teaching her is completely sexually uninteresting! If there is no interest, how can we ensure the quality of teaching?