Lan Ting, who was worried about Chun Gui, looked disappreciative, and seemed to think that such a worrying absurd thing should not happen, he took the tea lightly and raised half of his eyebrows: "Think about it carefully." ”

So Chun Gui held his chin and tried to think about it, and only after a while did he pat his forehead heavily: "Yes, if the eldest master really has such a certainty, why bother to take this trip to lobby and don't wait for another three years, I am concerned and worried." ”

Lan Ting seemed to be greatly satisfied with the statement that he was care, and his expression finally froze, and there was warmth in his smile.

But why would the plan be ruined by the unsuccessful test? I can't figure it out. "The spring return successfully pleases the "Shangfeng", and there is no longer the slightest scruple to get to the bottom of it.

At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he severely punished the examiners who accepted bribes and danced to conceal selfishness, and removed the fame of dozens of candidates in one go. I think the reason why he agreed to the old lady's request to dare to dance must be very sure that he will not expose the crime, which is probably because the Zhu family is also a small talent, and he is a famous child, and the answer sheet will not be wrong and worthless. ”

"By the way, the champion will not be selected, but selected by the palace test, isn't the palace test read by the emperor himself, how can this be hidden?" Chun Gui suddenly thought of a crucial question.

"Although the palace examination is presided over by the Son of Heaven, the ranking is generally not determined in person today, which is also due to the temperament of the admonition, and will refer more to the suggestions of the paper readers, especially the opinions of the president of the examination are often directly adopted by the emperor."

"I see, I thought that the head armor was all appointed by the Son of Heaven." Chungui sighed, and there was a kind of disillusionment and frustration that he would no longer worship the new champion.

Lan Ting smiled and said: "Taizu really handpicked more than a dozen champions back then, and he doesn't necessarily have a good understanding of the article, if the examiner and the examiner can be fair and strict, the three tripods selected will be more capable of real talent and learning." ”

Uncle Zhao is still so spicy in private, and he dares to say that the cultural level of the Ninth Five-Year Plan is not necessarily high, and the spring return is breathtaking.

"Today's saints can actually be called well-educated, but the way of the emperor is not limited to the history of the question, especially for the evaluation of the merits of the text is not as good as the officials from the imperial examination, more proficient, is to listen to the advice to determine the ranking, in fact, it is more conducive to the fairness of the scholars, on Gong Zhizheng's reputation, that is also a good reputation, this time if it is not for the eldest lord who is anxious to reveal his mouth, I didn't expect that he just won the emperor's letter to take the main examination next spring will dare to dance."

It turned out that Uncle Zhu was deceived by Lan Ting before revealing his traces, and Chun Gui became more and more amazed.

"The reason why the old lady and the eldest master are angry and corrupt is actually because of their lack of greed, they think that the children in the door will win the top of the new department, how do I know that I am unwilling to back down. I and several His Royal Highnesses are classmates, and when I was young, I was praised by the emperor himself, this autumn Guibang and the examination in the Xie Yuan, it can be said that the limelight is strong is the popular candidate of Huiyuan, if the spring list is subordinate, then the one who is superior to me will naturally attract everyone's attention, even if the officials who read the papers during the palace examination are all Gong Zhizheng, the emperor pays special attention to them, they may not dare to dance openly, and even if they are bold, the emperor will have doubts in his heart, if you call all the scholars to review together, Gong Zhizheng and other crimes will be exposed on the spot. ”

This is the benefit of being famous, especially when talent has been recognized by the king of a country, then whoever wants to be unfair has to be weighed twice.

Spring is finally in a trance

Ran Dawu: "Thinking about it, as soon as Gong Zhizheng heard that he was going to solve the yuan, he must have retreated, and the old man saw that the matter was about to fail, how could he be willing?" So although there is a danger of being exposed, he also plans to give it a try. ”

In fact, if most people are in Lan Ting's situation, they will give in because of their uncle's request, after all, even if they take the exam again after three years, they are only the age of the weak crown, and they are still a good young man with a bright future, so it seems even more ridiculous to have a quarrel with their relatives and elders.

But Lan Ting's dislike of the foreign family seems to be born from the bones, and the reason for this makes Chungui unable to guess out of thin air, and if she is forced to give inferences, she can only say that she vaguely feels that it has something to do with Mrs. Zhu's death.

This may be the unextricable knot in his heart, the deep-rooted gloom is planted here, this swamp is enough to drown blood kinship, Chungui suddenly shuddered when he thought about it, and there was a kind of vigilance that he never wanted to touch this haze again.

But some people are destined to be sluggish and never awaken.

After a conversation, Lan Ting and Chungui Zhengjue were a little tired of this kind of topic of dark utilitarian disputes in people's hearts, and they coincidentally thought about how to turn around, but the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, and a loud noise forcibly continued this topic, and the loud and noisy person was Cao's mother, her high voice was mixed with the whispered dissuasion of the valley, and it was not real, but Chun Gui could infer the content of the whispered dissuasion from the high voice.

"This is still in the Taishi Mansion, not your Fenyang Gu family, a few little girls who have not dried up dare to fake the tiger, when will it be your turn to criticize the garden, I am the uncle's nurse, if you want to see the uncle, I have to let you give permission?"

Cao's mother was angry, it was not her style to shout like this in front of Lan Ting, Chungui judged that the old lady of the Zhu family and the eldest master were Cao's mother's killer weapon, so at this time she was so desperate, and she did not hesitate to tear her face to fight for the last theoretical opportunity.

But Chungui didn't feel that the victory was in her hands, she even thought that if she could make a big thing small, she would like to continue to endure Cao's mother's provocation and difficulty, this kind of desperate desire to avoid the swamp could not be traced back to the source, but a voice in her head became louder and louder, and she shouted rudely: Let everything in the Zhu family go to hell!

Lan Ting had already paced out of the room with a calm face, and saw that under the stairs, Cao's mother wanted to get rid of the maids' obstruction like a bull and hit it in, Xigu's hair was torn apart by her paws, he never knew that his nurse had accumulated a playful brute force in his bones, and he felt ironic for a while, because he had once boasted of his ability to observe people in front of Chungui, and it turned out that he couldn't even see the true temperament of the people around him, he had never been close to the Zhu family over the years, and walking back and forth was nothing more than a perfunctory etiquette that could not be shaken off. So he didn't even think about informing the outside family about the fact that he had already married a wife and decided to end up, but the old lady and the eldest master knew everything about him.

Even the eldest lord didn't show a trace of surprise when he heard that he had taken the throne of Xuan Zhu Hall, obviously he had already known about it.

Who is the informant in the meantime?

Even Uncle Zhao's knees can give the answer.

"Let Mother Cao in." With the next sentence, Lan Ting turned around and went back to the house.

Cao's mother was ordered to let go, suddenly felt that Zhao was mighty, pushed the valley away, and stepped on her feet loudly, but from the moment she stepped into the house, she put on a sad and angry look, ignoring her spring return that had been resentful and cursing for a long time, and stepped forward with a bitter admonition: "How can the uncle contradict the elders because of the uncle's wife scolding the eldest grandmother?" My uncle's wife is my wife's

The eldest sister-in-law, even when she was in the boudoir, had a friendship with her wife, even if the uncle's wife was angry for a while, it was also for the uncle's ......"

"I had a plan a few years ago, and I looked at a house outside for my mother, thinking that if the land left by my mother was recorded in my mother's name, the income from hiring people to farm could ensure that my mother would not have to waste hard work in her old age and still have enough food and clothing, and I would also eliminate your mother's slavery for you, so that my mother would not have to work more in the future, so that she could enjoy her old age in peace."

When Cao's mother heard this, how could she not know that she was dismissed? This was obviously much beyond her expectations: "Uncle, Mrs. told the old slave to serve the master with all his heart, the old slave has not slackened all these years, the uncle dislikes the old slave and wants to expel the old slave, if it is the fault of the old slave, the old slave does not dare to quibble......"

"I said it, so that you can enjoy your old age in peace." Lan Ting's eyebrows were calm: "The theory of fault is meaningless, you are my nurse, and my mother's old servant, no matter what, you are indeed loyal to your mother, so I have this plan to arrange, my mother will be free in the future, and I don't have to worry about working for me anymore, this is the last thing I can do for my mother." ”

"Does the uncle really want to ...... for such a woman?"

"Mother Cao, I don't think you are the slave of the Taishi Mansion, so if you are disrespectful to Neizi, I have no right to drink and reprimand, mother please first, I have already prepared the house, Qiao Zhuang will take my mother to settle down, and I will also let Qiao Zhuang take care of my mother for a few days first, and settle everything properly."

Without saying anything, she issued an eviction order, Lan Ting's attitude was so resolute, Cao's mother was helpless after all, she staggered two steps, and her old tears were rampant: "Madame has a spirit in the sky, I'm afraid I can't rest assured." ”

Chun Gui didn't expect Lan Ting to dismiss the nurse neatly, but since he had already made a decision, Chun Gui would of course accept this good intentions at this time, only to hear that Mother Cao actually accused Lan Ting of being unfilial in the name of Mrs. Zhu, she was somewhat indignant, and looked at Lan Ting with concern.

What I saw was that his expression seemed to be calm for eternity, and his eyebrows did not fluctuate in the slightest, as if he hadn't heard the accusation, so naturally there would be no response, but in the seemingly cold and hard heart, how difficult it was to let go of the block Lei formed a resolute rejection of all spying like this.

Chungui suddenly felt that she should not be present, this awakening was born, and she made a decision, she silently withdrew from the stalemate between Lan Ting and Cao's mother, and for a moment thought that she could summon Qu to come out to listen, but the idea was vetoed by herself in a flash.

She didn't know anything about the conversation after that, and she didn't even witness Cao's mother leaving from the garden, but she just heard Qingping say that when Cao's mother left, there were Herou crying and crying to see each other, and the other thing was that Lan Ting saw Herou when she saw her, Qingping and Mei were jealous and a group of maidservants seemed to think that Herou's stay had explained the uncle's attitude, but even the outspoken Ju Xi did not express righteous indignation in front of Chungui.

Only Mother Song secretly came to comfort Chungui and relieved: "It's not easy for the uncle to protect the eldest grandmother like this, the eldest grandmother must not complain about the uncle because of Herou, after all, it is the person that Mrs. Zhu chose for the uncle in the past, not to mention that the sister of Herou was martyred...... Mother Cao's departure, no one dares to help Herou provoke the grandmother, she looked at the experience of Mother Cao's past, presumably she will not dare to be strange in the future, the grandmother should not be her person. ”

Chungui said that Song's mother's words made a lot of sense, and she obediently accepted all the advice, and then she was crooked on the couch, lazily not knowing what she was thinking, and it was easy to have a moment of leisure but she didn't even have any interest in reading miscellaneous books.