my grandmother

Chapter 287 Concepts are important
"Gezhi is a delicate study, and it really requires careful study. Let's stop here today." Wang Xiang stood up, with a smile, and announced the end of the literary meeting.

With Wang Xiang's keenness and insight, he has realized the huge disturbance that Li Xiaonan's words may cause, and he cannot let her say any more.

Gu Yan glanced sideways at Wang Xiang, then stood up and said with a smile: "That's fine."

Facing Li Xiaonan's gaze, Gu Yan stretched out his folding fan and held it under Li Xiaonan's arm, signaling her to get up.

Li Xiaonan glanced sideways at the folding fan and was very impressed by Gu Yan's ability to change faces and act.

"I asked Shi Gun to take you back." Gu Yan sent Li Xiaonan to the entrance of the palace, bent down slightly, and said in a low voice: "Don't go out again after you go back. Those guards will stay with you."

"What's the danger?" Li Xiaonan's eyes widened.

"It's not dangerous. It's just in case someone comes to ask for advice and insists on seeing you." Gu Yan said with a smile.

Li Xiaonan was relieved, and under Gu Yan's gaze, she walked down the steps and got into the car.

Gu Yan returned to the palace, stood next to Wang Xiang, shoulder to shoulder with Wang Xiang, slowly waving the folding fan, looking from the palace to the garden, and from the garden to the palace.

This short article that almost ended at the beginning will make the whole garden excited. Most of the scholars present are in small groups. The louder they talk, the more excited they become. Some scholars sit or stand blankly. Lost in thought.

The discussion in the hall became louder and louder.

Wu Jie sat next to Mr. Dong Xi, his face pale.

His husband was going to be ruined, and his school was gone.

Wang Xiang followed Gu Yan's gaze and looked at the ashen-faced Mr. Dong Xi. He hesitated for a moment and then lowered his voice and said: "Although Song Yun is not as good as Miss Li in Gezhi's knowledge, his knowledge in classics and history is worthy of him." As long as you have a master, the prince, you will not be able to pursue the poor bandits."

"Ah Nan has always told me that the difference between Ge Zhi and Jing Shi Li is that Ge Zhi can be learned and used. It was not until just now that I truly understood A Nan's saying that after learning, it can be applied." Gu Yan sneered, " Song Yun, indeed, as Grandma had inferred, used his so-called knowledge to hide among the Jiangnan scholars, stirring up people's hearts, reaching out everywhere, manipulating people's power, and achieving his own selfish desires. It has been no longer a year or two."

Wang Xiang's face turned slightly pale, "What did the prince find out?"

"Hmm." Gu Yan glanced sideways at Wang Xiang and said something specious.

"If Song Yun is implicated and convicted after today, countless people will use what Ms. Li just said to infer others, and I don't know how big of a turmoil it will cause. Even you and I will not be immune, Prince. Look here, look there.”

The Prime Minister pointed from the noisy palace to the even more noisy garden.

"Prime Minister Wang is worrying too much. I never hide behind other people. Prime Minister Wang is also an upright man who upholds his own integrity and respects others. If this storm can wash away the villainous habits that make me wait for him when he opens his mouth, I don't think it is a bad thing." Gu Yan smiled.

"Once a turmoil occurs, there will be countless people in the middle who will add fuel to the flames. Master, can you leave the matter that Song Yun committed to me to deal with?" Wang Xiang said with a bitter smile.

Whether Ms. Li's words were improvised or she had discussed them with the Crown Prince in advance and did it deliberately, who knows, but the Crown Prince had a purpose in provoking this wedding. At this moment, the Crown Prince must have wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. Those words, starting with Song Yun, set off a big storm and used it to cleanse the entire Jiangnan gentry literary world.

In any case, he could not stand idly by and let the prince stir up this turmoil, and let the prince cleanse Jiangnan and even the world's literary world. Even if he could not stop this purge, he must try his best to prevent this purge from damaging the Jiangnan and world literature.

"Does Prime Minister Wang know about what Song Yun committed?" Gu Yan asked with a hint of something in his words.

"I don't know anything." Wang Xiang answered quickly.

If he knew what Song Yun had committed, wouldn't he become Song Yun's accomplice!

"I think the Crown Prince is already well prepared for Song Yun's matter. He also has matters involving the Customs and Excise Department. If Song Yun's matter is also handled by the Crown Prince, I'm afraid people will mistakenly think that Song Yun's matter is because of the Customs and Excise Department's involvement. ” Wang Xiang’s tone was gentle.

"If Xianggong Wang handles it, what will Xianggong do?" Gu Yan was silent for a moment and asked. "Get to the bottom of it." Wang Xiang replied.

Gu Yan looked surprised. His eyebrows were raised and his expression became solemn. He was silent for a moment and then replied cautiously: "This is not an urgent matter. If you want to deal with it, you must first investigate it. Only after all the witnesses and material evidence are available can we discuss how to deal with it."

"What the prince said is very true." Wang Xiang paused and changed the topic, "Qian'er heard a few people in Duzhi chatting and said that Mr. Niu, who was sent by the prince to check the accounts, was an expert in calculations. People are stunned.”

"Yeah." Gu Yan hummed and waited for Wang Xiang to continue.

Wang Xiang continued: "In the past few years, the Crown Prince has scolded me several times for being too slow in reporting the amounts on Duzhi. Last month, because of the Henan Linghe Flood Relief Relief, the Crown Prince requested the number of people's money and grain. Duzhi and the Ministry of Household Affairs After failing to figure it out, the prince lost his temper.

"Now, due to the changes in the Customs and Excise Department, the military expenditures and supplies sent to the north have to be adjusted in terms of people, ships and vehicles. It is really difficult to meet the expenses. Can you please ask the prince to give up and let Mr. Niu come to Dudu to collect his share of the mission? In charge of the tax collection of the Department of Customs and Excise and the allocation of military expenditures in the North."

Gu Yan looked at Wang Xiang and nodded with a smile, "My husband is half a gentleman. Since you gave me orders, how dare you disobey me."

Gu Yan came out of Gongyuan, went around in a circle, and went to Pang's Mansion. He came out of Pang's Mansion and went into the palace to see the prince.

After Gu Yan left, Prime Minister Wang tactfully admonished all the officials present, and also asked several professors from the Imperial Academy to come out of Gongyuan and the chief attendant to inform Gu Yan in a low voice about going to Pang Mansion.

Wang Xiang returned to the hut where he worked in the Imperial City, sat and thought for a while, took half a cake of tea, and went to the Imperial City Department on the other side of the Imperial City.

From the year the emperor ascended the throne, Prince Rui took over the mission of the Imperial City Department. In the past thirty years, Prince Rui's mission changed back and forth countless times, but no matter how it changed, Prince Rui's office has always been in the Imperial City. Si's two sitting rooms never moved.

Prince Rui had just finished listening to the literary meeting in Gongyuan when he heard an old servant report: The Prime Minister is here.

Wang Xiang and Prince Rui sat on the porch, drinking tea and chatting for half an hour. Wang Xiang left and went back. Prince Rui sat alone for more than a quarter of an hour, then got up and went to the palace to see the emperor.

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Grandma Gu Ergu came out of Gongyuan and went straight to Prince Rui's Mansion.

Aunt Gu's grandma finished the short literary meeting vividly and sighed: "When my younger brother withdrew from the Shi family's marriage, I thought he was finally tired of the Shi family's eldest sister pretending to lecture him all day long. Now I really understand. The younger brother broke off the engagement not because he thought the eldest sister of the Shi family was too powerful, but because he thought the eldest sister of the Shi family was not powerful enough."

"What are you doing with the Shi family?" Aunt Gu glanced at her sister.

The matter of the younger brother breaking off the engagement is serious because the Gu family is sorry for others.

"Mom, don't listen to the nonsense of the second sister. What you choose when choosing a wife is your character and temperament. A good character and a good temper. The more capable you are, the better." Aunt Gu explained in relief.

"Eldest sister is right." Grandma Gu Ergu laughed dryly.

"It's not these!" Princess Wei pressed her temples hard.

Her son dragged Miss Li into his official duties and his marriage into government affairs!
"You go back first, all of you!" Princess Wei waved her hands in annoyance.

Grandma Gu Ergu still wanted to speak, but the eldest sister pulled her back, and the two of them hurriedly left.

"You go and tell the prince that if there is no important official business in the yamen, come back early." Princess Wei told her confidant.

The mother-in-law agreed and hurried out.

(End of this chapter)