Chapter 17: Shousuke
Gu Yilan's explanation made Gu Zhengze's face look a little better, but it was only a little. Still angry, he asked in an unkind tone, "You have a lot of thoughts!" In this case, you also keep it in mind, it seems that it is better for you to come less in the future! ”
"Master, don't worry," Mrs. Gu, who was not in a hurry at this time, and didn't seem to be affected by Gu Zhengze's anger at all, smiled and said: "It's not too late to be angry after listening to Lan'er's reasoning." ”
"What else is there to hear?" Gu Zhengze said angrily: "It's just some short-sighted drill camps. That's right, An Guogong is indeed a lonely minister that the emperor relies on, but what does this have to do with my Gu family? It's just some shallow thoughts that can be seen at a glance, and they are so high-sounding. Why does the emperor rely on An Guogong's lineage, it is precisely because he is cautious! When have you ever seen a private relationship between the Anguo Mansion and the nobles of Kyochu? When An Guogong was in Beijing, he almost did not participate in the entertainment between colleagues, and had few personal relations with the ministers of the DPRK and China, and the female relatives of the family occasionally came out to socialize. If you want to make friends with such people, you have to be willing! Who in Manjing doesn't want to be friends with the Anguo Mansion? But do you see who the Anguo Mansion is close to? ”
"It's the granddaughter's short-sightedness," Gu Yilan didn't say anything, but bowed slightly and respectfully admitted her mistake: "A few days ago, Miss Li Er of the Right Prime Minister's family invited many noble daughters of the family to swim in the lake together, and the post came down to our house, and the sisters were not free, and it was the granddaughter who went alone." The youngest granddaughter of the first assistant prime minister, Lord Lin, also went, and the granddaughter heard that Lin Xiang had not been in good health recently, and the granddaughter also heard that the fifth master of Lin Xiang's family had left Beijing, and it was said that he was doing business. Grandfather, you also know that Lin Wuye's eldest daughter was the same year as our second sister and married in the mansion of Lord Shangshuling, and the second daughter was the same year as the sixth sister and was sixteen years old. The granddaughter heard that Lin Wuye's second daughter was engaged, and it was the Zhao family in Songcheng. This time, Lin Wuye left Beijing, and his wife and children followed, as if he was moving. The granddaughter is shallow, so she suspects that Lin Xiang may have the mind of a beggar skeleton. ”
Prime Minister Lin will beg the bones of Shi two years later, which is of course not Gu Yilan's analysis from these movements of the Lin Xiangjia, but from her memory and experience. In Gu Yilan's memory, Lin Xiang is sixty-five this year, he is old, the burden of the first assistant position is heavy, his body is getting worse, and he is constantly taking medicine every day. He dragged his sick and weak body to stay up in the position of the first assistant for another two years, and after two years, he finally couldn't hold on to his old age and returned to his hometown.
In the last life, Lin Xiang also sent his son to Songcheng to buy property early, Songcheng is the closest big city to Lin Xiang's hometown, Lin Xiang has already planned, and he will return to his hometown after Zhishi. After Gu Yilan remembered Lin Xiangzhishi, the Lin family moved to Songcheng except for Lin Sanye, who was a Beijing official, and his daughters and granddaughters who married in Beijing.
In the previous life, Lin Wuye, who had always been in charge of the Lin family's affairs, went to Songcheng to do the cloth business, and just like now, he did not attract anyone's attention. Songcheng is rich in good clouds, and there are hundreds of weaving workshops in the city, so it is normal to go to Songcheng to do cloth business.
When Lin Xiang returned to his hometown and left Beijing, the ministers of the DPRK and China reacted, it turned out that he had already planned to become a minister, and he had already planned a way out for himself. Lin Wuye did not go to Songcheng to do business, but returned to his hometown to buy property.
Gu Yilan in the previous life was just a simple backhouse woman, in those years, she only had Zheng Chongjing, the king of Rongkang County, in her eyes, she didn't pay attention to these things about the Lin Xiangjia at all, even if she heard others talk about it, she didn't know it, Zheng Chongjing still told her these things about the Lin family, and she remembered everything Zheng Chongjing said.
Gu Yilan still remembers that when Zheng Chongjing said this to her, she had already married into the Rongkang County Palace, when Lin Xiang had been in office for two years, but the emperor didn't know what to think, the position of the first assistant prime minister has been vacant after Lin Xiang, for this position of first assistant, the party struggle between the DPRK and China continues, and Gu Zhengze, a close minister of the Son of Heaven, is also one of the popular candidates for the next first assistant.
In the first two years of their marriage, Gu Yilan and Zheng Chongjing had a good relationship, and Zheng Chongjing naturally fully supported Gu Zhengze to compete for the position of first assistant. It's a pity that Gu Zhengze lost in the battle for the first assistant, and in the third year after her marriage, the position of the prime minister of the first assistant fell to Xie Xiang, that is, after that, Zheng Chongjing gradually went to her room less.
Later, the power of the DPRK and China was reorganized, and her grandfather Gu Zhengze was given the honorary title of Doctor of Tejin Guanglu, but he was dismissed from the Imperial Walk of the Duanming Palace. If this is the case, it would be fine, but Gu Zhengze's special promotion title actually did not last long, that is, two or three months of hard work, and he was removed from office and banned pending trial. Not only that, Gu Zhengze's two sons were also dismissed from their posts together, including Gu Yilan's father Gu Ningde.
In the last life, Gu Yilan knew what it meant no matter how short-sighted and ignorant she was, their Gu family had fallen! On the day she received the news, Gu Yilan cried and begged Zheng Chongjing. She originally had a glimmer of hope, although Zheng Chongjing has gradually become cold to her these days, but she is still the princess of Rongkang County, and she has just become pregnant, she still has hope for Zheng Chongjing at that time, after all, this man once really held her in the palm of his hand and cared for her.
Since the age of fifteen, she and Zheng Chongjing fell in love at first sight at the Flower Dynasty Festival banquet, he has always loved and cared for her very much, Zheng Chongjing in order to marry her, dignified and respected the king of the county, and did not hesitate to kneel down to Gu Zhengze in public, Gu Yilan has always believed that they are really happy with each other.
Therefore, even if Zheng Chongjing was obviously cold to her, even if she faintly heard rumors that Zheng Chongjing had something else to love in her heart, she still refused to believe it. I don't believe it, I don't believe that the man who used to be so affectionate to her would be so ruthless, I don't believe that he would watch the Gu family fall and be indifferent.
Therefore, she still went to beg Zheng Chongjing, but she was disappointed after all. Zheng Chongjing was as gentle as ever, but the coldness and disgust in his eyes were so undisguised. He listened quietly to her crying and listening to her begging, but in the end he only threw two faint words of comfort and asked her to go back and wait first.
She obediently went back and waited, and what came was Zheng Chongjing who sent someone to escort her out of the main courtyard of the palace where she originally lived, and locked her in the dilapidated and cold small courtyard in the corner of the palace.
Without an explanation or any reason, she was taken to the backyard and locked up like a prisoner. She was not convinced, wanted to see Zheng Chongjing, and asked him face to face why he treated her like this, but she didn't expect that Zheng Chongjing would not see her again at all.
Zheng Chongjing treated her like this, of course she was unwilling to be reconciled, she cried every day, begging the grandmother who delivered the food to send a message to Zheng Chongjing, crying so much that her eyes were almost blind, her body collapsed from crying, and she couldn't keep the child from crying.