On the second day, Old Man Gu entered the palace for the second time and asked to see His Majesty.

As soon as the emperor heard Old Man Gu's request to see him, he couldn't sit still, stood up on the ground, and asked Zhang De, "What is Old Man Gu doing again?" ”

Don't play tricks on him for the sake of his flowery decree!

Zhang De lowered his voice and said, "The old slave didn't ask. ”

The emperor wanted to say, "You go and ask?" The words slid around his mouth, and then swallowed back, so he instructed Zhang De to ask others, but for Gu Lao, it was absolutely impossible, and he would not give face if he asked someone to understand and then consider what he could not see. He could only hold his heart, thinking of countermeasures, and at the same time ordered, "Please come in Gu Lao." ”

Father-in-law Zhang answered and went out to invite someone.

After a while, Old Man Gu entered the south study.

After the emperor gave him the seat, he pretended to smile and asked, "Old Gu, you came to the palace to see me this time, but what's the big deal?" ”

He deliberately added a major matter, which means that you should not open your mouth for such a small matter as a flower like jade.

Old Man Gu smiled, "There is indeed one thing to ask Your Majesty, but it is not a big deal." ”

The emperor raised his heart, "Since it's not a big matter, why should you come for a small matter?" Just let Huai'an tell me. ”

Old Man Gu shook his head, "Huai'an, he's too busy, the old minister has been idle recently, and it's nothing to go to the palace to see Your Majesty." It's always neat and tidy. ”

The emperor thought to himself, you are idle and neat, but I can't stand your repeated requests to see you. As soon as Gu Lao came out, a small matter was also a big matter, and he didn't dare to really think it was a small matter, "Then you say." ”

Old Man Gu said sincerely, "Unlike the last time I was a concubine, this time it is really a trivial matter." ”

When the emperor heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't about Hua Ruyu, he felt that even if he was cheating, but he was the emperor, Gu Lao still gave him this little face.

"Hey, it's Gu Jiu, the unscrupulous descendant of the old minister's family, he, he likes to dance with guns and sticks since he was a child, and he is the piece of material that the old minister's family doesn't like to read, two years ago, he jumped to join the army, and the old minister has been pressuring him to study, and he has grown up recently, and he can't be restrained, so the old minister can only lick the old face, come to His Majesty, and ask His Majesty for a favor."

The emperor was completely relieved, "It turns out that this is the case, a trivial matter." ”

Compared with Old Man Gu, who came to find fault because of his cheating, this matter is simply negligible.

"It's a small thing, it's a small thing, but it's a big thing." Old Man Gu sighed again and again, "He is the stinky bone of the Gu family, full of books, he doesn't love it, he has to join the army and like martial arts." The old minister is also out of line. ”

"Gu Jiu, I remember that he is a lively person, this year's Duanyang Festival, he also formed a dragon boat, and the next dragon boat race? The flower I remember correctly, it's him, right? The emperor recalled carefully.

"It's him."

The emperor remembered that he vaguely remembered the appearance of the young man, unlike most of the children of the Gu family, who were mature and stable young adults, it was a monkey-like child, he laughed, "He wants to join the army, then it depends on him, the Gu family has not been in the army for so many years, right?" This Gu Jiu is different from his brothers, and it seems that he has an idea. ”

"I don't want to listen to my family's arrangement, it's a natural rebellion." Old Man Gu sighed, "The old minister is afraid that if one or two of them learn from him, it will be troublesome." ”

"Not really!" The emperor couldn't imagine what it would be like for a literati with a family full of Gu to join the army.

Old Man Gu smiled, "At present, there is no second one in the younger generation, only this one, who has been making trouble for two years, and now he is annoyed by the old minister, so he can only come to ask Your Majesty." ”

The emperor bowed his head, "That's okay, since that's the case, you don't have to worry, it's not a big deal, let him enter the forbidden army?" Or my Guards? Five Cities Terracotta Division? Or, the Jinglu Soldiers and Horses Battalion? Just pick one. ”

Old Man Gu shook his head, "Your Majesty, if you pick one of these, the old minister will not have to bother Your Majesty." It's really that kid who said he was going to go to the real army for training. It happened that the little county lord An came out of the army and was entangled by him. ”

"Oh? He wants to go to Nanyang? The Emperor was really shocked this time.

"Exactly." Old Man Gu was helpless, "Actually, he just wants to leave home and doesn't want to be controlled by his family." The old minister couldn't resist him, so he simply let him separate the Gu family and set up another door by himself. He is alone, what he wants to do, and the old minister will not care about it in the future, but in the end, it is the grandson of the old minister, and the old minister will finally take care of him and ask His Majesty for a will. After all, if you go to the Nanyang Army, you can't just say that you will go. ”

If it is someone else, enter the Nanyang Army, as long as it is not a noble person, it is only through the King of Nanyang and An Huajin to be incorporated into the Nanyang Army, but the Gu family, the imperial power and the family check and balance each other, and they have to pass through Your Majesty.

The emperor was shocked again, "You want to separate Gu Jiu from the Gu family?" Just to let him enter the Nanyang Army? ”

"Your Majesty, it is the path he chose by himself, and he wants to join the army. Since he is so determined, then the old minister will satisfy him. But the Gu family has always passed on poetry and rituals, and they can't allow them to run out one by one and do whatever they want, so in order not to let others follow suit, they can only do so. Old Man Gu was a little vicissitudes, "Your Majesty, you understand the mood of the old minister." ”

The emperor understands, understands very well.

The reason why the Gu family has stood for hundreds of years is that there is a family motto, and the children and grandchildren of the Gu family enjoy all the supplies and supplies of the family, including food and clothing and official transportation arrangements, but if there is enjoyment, there must be pay, and the contribution of the Gu family is that everyone must twist into a rope for the glory of the family's lintel, and must not fight inwardly or do anything that insults the lintel.

Now, Gu Jiu wants to join the army, which is inconsistent with the rules of the Gu family's ancestral training, so he will break out of the Gu family and set up another door by himself. That is to say, in the future, the resources of the Gu family and all the connections have nothing to do with him, he only has the surname Gu, he wants to join the army, he can go, after the old man Gu helped him with this, in the future, he will rely on himself to break through.

Whether he is like a grandfather or a grandmother, he has to admit that he will be good or bad in the future, and it has nothing to do with the Gu family.

"Old Gu, have you mentioned this matter to Xiao An'er? Should she? The Emperor asked.

The Nanyang Army said that it was from Da Chu, but in fact, how much military salary does the treasury get every year? It has always been the An family that is raising soldiers, especially in the current dynasty, the emperor is more suspicious than before, but because of this, it has created the Nanyang army to only recognize the king of Nanyang.

And the emperor also knew that some rights in Nanyang had been handed over to An Huajin by the old King of Nanyang.

Although the Nanyang Army follows the Great Chu military system, it has the right to establish itself. If anyone wants to enter the Nanyang Army, then the Nanyang King must agree, and the assessment is very strict, otherwise after so many years, from generation to generation, wouldn't the Nanyang Army have long been occupied by spies?

Of course, it is inevitable to enter the spies, but in the end, because of this self-compiled assessment, it has been filtered a lot. It's not that anyone who wants to stuff people in Nanyang can stuff people, Your Majesty is the same, entering the Nanyang Army, the eight generations of ancestors, all have to be checked again and again by the Nanyang Palace.

Old Man Gu nodded, "Lao Chen just said, that kid entangled with Lord An Xiaojun, yesterday, Huai'an sent him to An's house, originally wanted Lord An Xiaojun to clean him up, let him retreat, who would have thought, he was a sister-in-law and coaxed people." No, Lord An Xiaojun left people behind yesterday. Therefore, the old minister can only admit it and come to ask His Majesty. ”

The emperor was silent for a moment, and the topic deviated, "I have never been married, what is the seventh sister-in-law called?" What a child. ”

"Yes, the old minister will teach him a lesson when he goes back." Old man Gu is as good as a stream.

The emperor thought about it, and Old Man Gu gave him face and never mentioned his cheating, such a small matter was not a big deal, so he agreed, "Since Old Gu has made a decision, Xiao An'er agrees, and I will also approve it." ”

Old Man Gu stood up and thanked him, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"When will Gu Jiu go to Nanyang?" The Emperor asked again.

Old Man Gu shook his head, "Since the person gave it to Lord An Xiaojun, it is natural to listen to her arrangement." ”

This is an indication of attitude, and the Gu family will not care about Gu Jiu in the future.

The Emperor nodded, "Okay, then let the little girl arrange for him." ”

The two of them were very harmonious, and after finishing their business, they chatted for a while, and Old Man Gu retired and walked out of the south study.

After Old Man Gu left, the emperor asked Zhang De what he was most concerned about, "Is her typhoid fever better?" ”

This she, naturally, refers to flowers like jade.

Gonggong Zhang said cautiously, "Back to Your Majesty, the so-called illness comes like a mountain, and the illness goes like a thread." The wind chill is not so easy to get better, and it has only been two days. ”

The emperor nodded, "I'm still not at ease, you can go and see for yourself later." ”

"Yes." Gonggong Zhang sighed in his heart.

Even if Hua Ruyu doesn't tell the person who revealed the news to her behind her back, His Majesty doesn't blame her. He has served His Majesty for decades, and he has never seen Hua Ruyu like this, and in just over a month, only she is left in His Majesty's heart. This person has entered the cold palace, and he thinks about it day and night.