Zhang Tingyu's estimate is not bad at all, not long after Gao Shiqi talked to him that day, Xiong Cixu went to the table to beg for bones!

Kangxi repeatedly retained, but Xiong Cixu resolutely dismissed him in the name of old age and decrepitness.

In the court, Kangxi looked at the white old minister kneeling below, thinking that Xiong Cixu was upright, hard-working, and had served in the study for more than 20 years, and had done so many things for the prince and the prince, and now, he was about to resign from the court, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and felt that he had lost an amiable and respectable old friend, and he actually burst into tears: "Xiong Cixu, since you have made up your mind, I will no longer keep you, you don't want to go back to your hometown in Hubei, I will give you a house in Nanjing, Wei Dongting is there, I can take care of you nearby." When I tour the south again, I can see you again......"

Xiong Ci fell to the ground, and he was also in tears: "The emperor is so merciful to the old minister, how dare the minister not take the twilight of his life to sing praises for the Lord and the Qing Dynasty, and celebrate the promotion!" The minister is gone, and I hope the lord will take care of him. ”

"Wait, it's you who should take care, you are old, you have to pay strict attention to food, clothing, housing and transportation! Someone came, passed the decree, gave a banquet in the Wenhua Palace, and asked the imperial dining room to copy out a few useful menus for the elderly to take away. ”

"Thank you for your grace." Xiong Cilu kowtowed with tears in his eyes, and walked out of the Heart Nourishing Hall with the imperial guards.

Xiong Cixu is gone!

And as soon as he said goodbye to the old man and retired, coupled with the dismissal of Mingzhu before, there were only two old men left among the four ministers of Kangxi's upper study, this is Suo Etu and Gao Shiqi!

These two people, Suo Etu, are becoming more and more arrogant because of the dominance of one party, and Gao Shiqi also has a criminal record, so although they can be regarded as Kangxi's cronies, Kangxi was suspicious of them, so he decided to observe them for a while.

In addition to these two people, there is only one young and new Zhang Tingyu! Kangxi admires this young man very much, but this Zhang Tingyu is a stuffy gourd, he doesn't move if he doesn't knock, he can perform the tasks assigned by Kangxi very well, but he rarely takes the initiative to participate in decision-making, so Kangxi feels that he still needs someone in his study!

Who is suitable?

Kangxi hasn't thought about it yet!

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After the next dynasty!

Gao Shiqi came down from the court and returned to the mansion!

His wife, Fang Lan, came out of the room, and when she saw that he didn't look very good, she asked, "What's wrong?" So downcast? ”

"Alas! …… Xiong Cixu has retreated! Gao Shiqi sighed! Although he had already gotten this result from Zhang Tingyu's analysis, he still felt a little sad when he really saw Xiong Ci retreat! …… I'm afraid the days in the study are getting harder and harder!

"Old Master Xiong has also retreated? …… Aren't you almost all in the study? ”

"What's all for it? It's only two, half of it! And Mingzhu is guilty because of it, how can he count? ......," Gao Shiqi said.

"Xianggong, that's what I said, but I always feel unsteady! …… This companion is like a tiger, maybe one day he will be charged! Or...... Do you make excuses for a while? ......" Fang Lan looked at Gao Shiqi carefully and said.

"Hehe, my good lady, how can it be as serious as you say?" Gao Shiqi was taken aback by Fang Lan's words and forced a smile.

"Xianggong, I'm a woman, I shouldn't have interfered in your affairs, but ......"

"But what?" Gao Shiqi suddenly hugged Fang Lan and said with a smile: "Whatever you want to say, just say it!" Am I like those false Taoists, who can't even tolerate my own wife? ”

"You...... This is not serious, the girl sees it, let it go! Fang Lan wanted to break away from Gao Shiqi's embrace, but she was not as powerful as Gao Shiqi, so she could only pretend to be angry, but her heart was still happy! She is only twenty-five or sixteen years old this year, and she is in the most delicate season of women, Gao Shiqi is intimate with her, for her, it is her husband's love for her!

"Fang Lan, do you remember how we met?" Gao Shiqi hugged Fang Lan and asked suddenly.

“…… How can you not remember? You're a prodigal! ......" Fang Lan sat on Gao Shiqi's lap and spat at him.

"yes, in the blink of an eye, years have passed! ......" Gao Shiqi hugged Fang Lan, and his mind gradually sank into the memories of the past!

At that time, he had just been recommended by Cha Shenxing to be a staff member in Mingzhu's mansion, and he was valued by Mingzhu because he learned to write! Once shopping, I met Fang Lan by chance, at that time Fang Lan was just the daughter of a small florist, not yet twenty years old! At that time, he fell in love with this little woman at a glance, and immediately got up, but unfortunately, he was rewarded with a pot of muddy water by the spicy Fang Lan!

However, he didn't give up, he came a few more times if he didn't work once, stalking and fighting, and in the end, when he took advantage of Fang Lan to go to Baiyun Temple to incense, he finally won the favor of the florist's daughter! However, the news from Fang Lan's mouth is that she is already engaged, and she is about to get married! - It's a ghost marriage! Because the guy who was engaged to Fang Lan has long since died, but the old man of that family is a dead man, so he has to marry Fang Lan, or he will report to the official to tell Fang Lan's family to regret his marriage! This is also the reason why Fang Lan is almost twenty years old but still not married.

He was very angry, but he was helpless, because he didn't have any power! If it weren't for Fang Lan's family and other people, he might have eloped with Fang Lan! Later, he thought of borrowing Mingzhu's power as a staff member, however, just before he started to act, Kangxi learned that he was writing a note for Mingzhu as a gunman, and on a whim, he actually brought someone to test his talent! …… So, overnight, he went from a white coat to a study walk, and squeezed out the most powerful candidate at that time, Li Guangdi, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, and became the prime minister!

This time, there is no obstacle! Originally, Fang Lan's family was afraid of the intimidation of the old guy who died to report to the official, but he Gao Shiqi has become the prime minister, and he is still afraid of a bird? Of course, I married Fang Lan to him! However, no one thought that the old guy who died Daoxue would still go to Shuntian Mansion to sue him, but he couldn't sue him, so he was angry to death! And when the envoys knew about this, some people began to ponder the impeachment of him for "robbing people's wives and putting people to death"! Although he entered the study at that time, he was a newcomer, and if he was impeached, I was afraid that he would have to get out! What to do? …… At this time, the Empress Dowager was filial to her birthday, and the clever Fang Lan helped him buy a birthday gift!

He still remembers when he first took out this birthday gift, and everyone in the study was stunned, including Kangxi!

At that time, Xiong gave a few calligraphy and paintings, as well as books, fans, longevity noodles, longevity peaches, and about more than 200 taels of silver; The pearl is ingenious, it is carved with a thousand-year-old boxwood in Huashan to carve a Yingzhou nine old pair of Yi map, a hundred golden peaches, and a new mountain jade carving Magu to offer his birthday; The cost of Suo Etu is about the same as that of Mingzhu, and it is also more than 10,000 taels of silver. But they froze!

Because he Gao Shiqi just got a bucket of grass as a birthday gift!

His fiancée, Fang Lan, the daughter of a florist, helped him get something that was not worth a tael of silver - "an iron hoop and a bucket of evergreen"!

Who would dare to disagree?

Xiong Cilu's evaluation of this gift is: "Wonderful! Really big! ”

Kangxi was naturally overjoyed, and when he was overjoyed, he was even more overjoyed to hear that the fiancée who bought his birthday gift was just the daughter of a small florist! sighed that when "rich and easy wives, noble and easy friends" were about to become commonplace, there was still a minister like him who "poor and lowly friends should not be forgotten, and bad wives did not go to court", immediately, without his request, he issued a holy decree to give marriage!

This time, which imperial envoy would dare to impeach him?

So, he finally married Fang Lan, after marriage, although the age difference between the two is twenty years younger, and their knowledge is one heaven and one earth, but they get along harmoniously, and Fang Lan is smart and has helped him a lot! And since marrying this little wife, he thinks that the nature of Feng 1iu has also converged unconsciously, in the past few years, let alone marrying a concubine, it is Yahuan, he has never touched one! ……

"Alas! ......" Gao Shiqi suddenly sighed again.

"Xianggong, what's wrong with you? Aren't you unwilling to learn from those literati who moan without disease? Fang Lan teased, she saw that Gao Shiqi was not interested, and wanted to adjust the atmosphere.

"My good lady," Gao Shiqi hugged Fang Lan tightly, "Do you think that I may not have been in the study for long, so you suggested that I resign?" ”

"This ......" Seeing Gao Shiqi asking about business, Fang Lan also became colorful, "I don't know how long you will stay in the upper study, Xianggong, I just have a feeling, this feeling is like seeing flowers bloom, Xianggong, you and Old Master Xiong are like this year's flowers, although they are prosperous, but the flowers bloom with the season, and new flowers will eventually appear!" …… Not to mention ......"

"What's more?" Gao Shiqi asked softly, he felt that Fang Lan was a bystander, and what she said must have some truth, and he admired this lady's intelligence since that birthday gift!

"Xianggong, although the big flower of Suo Etu looks extremely gorgeous, but his rhizome has been broken, this is what the little people know, he will definitely wither, when the time comes, you will only be the only one left in the original minister, can you survive? ......" Fang Lan put her face on Gao Shiqi's forehead and whispered.

"......" Gao Shiqi fell into deep thought!