The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 207 Bad news

Princess Heshuo Chunxi was just a spectator this time, but she was indeed very fond of Kangxi. This time, after the prince was abolished, she immediately invited her inner and outer wives to accompany her, which can be said to be very beautiful.

When Gu Huaishu came out, Su Peisheng changed his posture and squatted by the door wall. A bergamot came out of nowhere, and he was holding it in his hand, as if he was about to eat it.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the edge of a stone blue cloak coming from here, Su Peisheng immediately jumped up as if he was startled, and slapped a thousand children: "Slave pays respects to Mrs. Zhang Er! Madam auspicious!"

"Auspicious... everyone is auspicious."

Gu Huaixiu still had a hand stove in her pocket. She worked her life for fourth master, and fourth master gave her a chance to take revenge.

What a deal.

The next person to be unlucky is Eighth Master.

The last time the fourth elder brother sent back the secret letter, Gu Huaishu had already made some arrangements, and if he went to the palace for a banquet today, he would definitely meet Ma Qi's wife.

Every gain has a price.

She still remembered asking Yinzhen about the demolition of bridges in the river.

That is still 30 years of Kangxi, right?
The fourth prince said that he never demolished useful bridges.

Now Gu Yaofang is the bridge that has ended her mission, has no use value, and even makes the fourth prince fall into the water.

Such a useless and dangerous bridge will naturally be ruthlessly demolished by the Fourth Prince.

Now that she is doing things for fourth master, she still never involves Zhang Tingyu in it. She handles fourth master's affairs, unless Zhang Tingyu is required to do it in the letter, she will find a way by herself.

Gu Huaishu herself is in a deep quagmire, maybe she is the next Zhang Tingzan.

And before all the dangers happened, she wanted to pick Zhang Tingyu out.

In fact, no matter how dangerous she is around the fourth elder brother, Kangxi will never kill Zhang Tingyu. Zhang Tingyu is protected by Zhang Ying's name, and Kangxi will never kill Zhang Ying's son.But if one day, her Gu Huaixiu is in the hands of Kangxi, she will die, and Zhang Tingyu can't keep her.

Zhang Tingyu didn't know many things about her. On the contrary, she knew almost everything about Zhang Tingyu.

How much she wants to finish this vote, and then stop, but she knows that if she takes one step forward, there will be no turning back.

She had started to do things for the fourth master twenty years ago, and continued to do it intermittently until she was accepted as a slave by the fourth master.

From now on, she will be fourth master's servant for the rest of her life. After doing one thing, there will be another one. There will never be a day when she really stops.

She knew that she couldn't turn back, so she plunged into the unfathomable and unknown darkness, just like plunging headlong into the bright night of the Forbidden City.

The unknown and darkness belonging to the fourth prince Yinzhen.

Walking with a secret in your arms is also very tiring.

Just like at this moment, Su Peisheng recruited a little eunuch to light a lantern for Gu Huaishu.

When I just arrived at the gate of the palace, there was still sunset glow, but after checking and entering the palace, it was already dark, and by this time, it was about to start the feast, and it was completely dark.

Gu Huaishu just walked step by step like this, looking far into the distance, there is a palace gate at the end of the long palace road, push open a palace gate and there is another palace road, one after another...

It never stops.

The nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and a half rooms in the Forbidden City are connected by such palace roads, like a heavy pulse.

Gu Huaishu didn't know when he would be useless.

She always felt that this day would come sooner or later, as long as she persisted in not pulling Zhang Tingyu into the water, sooner or later she would be useless.

Even Zhang Tingyu cannot guarantee that he will always be useful.

Just like the last time Prince Zhu was killed, Zhang Tingyu was powerless against these.

They just struggle with what they can, and grab what works for them.

Zhang Tingyu is like this to Kangxi, and Gu Huaishu is like this to Yinzhen.

There are no exceptions.

They are all the same, no one is more noble than the other, and no one is more useful than the other.

Because of such usefulness, it changes with time and occasion.

Now that Yinzhen gets rid of Gu Yaofang, maybe he will find that this woman is actually useful to him in the future.

It's just that at that time, it was too late.

Yinzhen needs to get rid of the bridges that are useless to him anytime and anywhere, and then build bridges that are useful to him.

One bridge after another, Yinzhen stepped on them, step by step towards the most noble throne in the entire Qing Dynasty.

And Gu Huaixiu, step by step on the stone-paved road under his feet, finally entered the banquet.

Someone sang, "Mr. Zhang Gu, the third grade Shuren, has arrived."

Before Gu Huaixiu had time to take a look, he saluted the woman in front of her wearing a long indigo embroidered cheongsam, about thirty or so years old,?Much the same age as Gu Huaishu.

Princess Chunxi is indeed the emperor's favorite princess. She has big eyes and a round chin. After marrying in Mongolia these years, she has become more mature and beautiful. Maybe it's because the scenery outside the Great Wall is more open. When he came back, he brought with him the heroic temperament of the children of the prairie.

On the contrary, Gu Huaishu is a typical Jiangnan daughter's family, even if she is married?It is contaminated with a lot of the atmosphere of the north, mixed with the exquisiteness and delicacy of the south, but no matter how you look at it, it will not produce that wild taste.

She is cautious, careful.

Whether you are smart or not is often reflected in the details.

Not everyone has the opportunity to encounter thrilling events, so the way to behave in the world on weekdays, the more insight into a person's heart.

The moment Gu Huaishu came in, countless people looked at her.

The banquet was held in the back garden of the imperial garden, there was a small lake not far away, here was a stone pavilion, Gu Huaishu met at the bottom of the steps, and a palace banquet was arranged in the distance.

She had handed the stove back to the maid, and the wound on the back of her hand had been wiped clean, and now it looked like there was only a faint trace.

"My wife greets the princess, and the princess is blessed."

Princess Chunxi took a second look because of her appearance, and knew that it was the Zhang Gu family from the third grade of Shu, but she didn't know which family she belonged to.Princess Chunxi had only heard people say that Zhang Tingyu's wife is beautiful, but she had never seen it before, so it was hard to stop and ask now, as there were still many wives to meet later, so she said, "It's getting late, please come to the table. "

Gu Huaishu thanked him again, and withdrew respectfully.

After entering the table, the wives who were relatively close to each other sat around and basically knew each other.

Gu Huaishu took a glance, and saw Ma Qi's wife, who was sitting with Li Guangdi's wife, talking and laughing.

During the banquet, Gu Huaishu saw Mrs. Li Shi, the wife of Wang Jinhui, the left servant of the household department, Mrs. Wang, the wife of Xu Rulinlin, the right servant of the household department, and the two servants from the servant of the Ministry of Rites...

I don't know how Gu Huaixiu's seats are arranged in the palace. The wives sitting here are basically a head taller than her.

Generally, the grade of a married woman changes with the change of her husband's rank, and there is no need for the emperor to specially seal it.

However, after Zhang Tingyu handled Nanming's case at the beginning of the year, the emperor also brought Gu San along with him when he made the decree, so it was a little different from ordinary married women.

This is also the mystery of arranging seats for Gu Huaixiu.

but……

Gu Huaishu would rather sit with the third-rank lady than sit with the second-rank lady for a moment longer.

Just because it's too complicated here.

The Ministry of Rites is the sphere of influence of the eighth master, while the household department is under the jurisdiction of the fourth master and the thirteenth master. Especially in recent years, the state treasury has been short-lived. The prince alone has borrowed 40 taels of silver from the treasury. It is extremely extravagant.Not to mention the ten princes and others, and many ministers of the imperial court secretly borrowed money, and did not return it...

Ever since I took this job last year, everyone was afraid of fourth master and thirteenth master.

Now that Gu Huaishu looked at the wives of the two servants of the household department, he suddenly didn't know what to do.

The ghost knows which one of the household department belongs to the fourth master and which one belongs to the eighth master?

Gu Huaishu just kept on playing the official accent, drinking the same wine and eating the same food as everyone else.

Someone asked Gu Huaishu what happened to the back of her hand, she only said that she was caught by a cat on the way, otherwise she must be the first one to sit.

Everyone immediately laughed at her, trying to get ahead of everything, and that's why she got this little injury today.

It's not a big deal after all, Wang patted her hand and said: "The masters and masters in the palace like to keep cats, so you should be more careful when you walk in the future."

As she said that, Wang pointed to the cat in the hands of Concubine Yi in the distance. It was fat and cute.

Li Huaxue, the concubine Liang at the table beside her, only smiled and watched, and didn't talk to the other concubines.

The temperament of these people can be seen at a glance.

Concubine De is mature and prudent, showing a bit of a city man's feeling, but she is somewhat similar to the fourth elder brother, but she is also the biological mother of the fourteenth elder brother, so there is a bit of beautiful Shu Lang in her eyes.

Concubine Yi is lazy and likes to talk, she has a feeling of shocking the audience when she speaks. Compared with Concubine De, she has a higher family background and is more favored by the emperor, but her son is not very up-to-date.

As for the good concubine Wei, she was the same as what Gu Huaixiu had seen before. She was a thin beauty with a clear and bright moon, with a feeling of being out of the world, but it was a pity that she came from a humble background. The eighth elder brother won it for her.

The front and back palaces are closely related, if you look carefully now, you will know that Concubine Yi is the one who talks the most, but from time to time she would also mention Concubine Liang, but Concubine De didn't intervene much.

Concubine De's two sons can be said to be two brothers who are at odds with each other. Somehow, they are facing each other like a dead end. Concubine De's relationship with the fourth elder brother is weak, but she has a deep relationship with the fourteenth elder brother. Now looking at the two sons A feeling of parting ways is not bad.

The old god Gu Huaishu was drinking and serving food on the ground, as if she hadn't killed her own sister with her own hands two quarters of an hour ago.

She seems to be normal, drinking, eating, talking, complimenting others, and always being vigilant, and others can't get anything out of her mouth.

Those who wanted to get close to the princess all ran to toast with Princess Chunkui. Princess Chunkui had lived far away in Mongolia for a long time, and she could drink very well.

When he came out, Gu Huaixiu seemed to be two steps behind unintentionally, and was immediately spotted by Li Guangdi's wife, Mrs. Wang, who hurriedly took her hand: "Second Young Mistress, long time no see."

Li Guangdi was of the same generation as Zhang Ying, and Zhang Tingyu was still Li Guangdi's younger generation, so Mrs. Wang used to call Gu Huaixiu "Second Young Mistress" because Gu Huaixiu was a generation younger than her.

Gu Huaixiu also stopped immediately, bent over to pay respects, and smiled with a bit of sincerity: "Ma'am, have you not seen each other for a few days?"

When Zhang Tingyu was on errand in the South Study Room, thanks to Li Guangdi's promotion, Zhang Tingyu was spared a lot of detours under repeated guidance. Gu Huaishou was naturally grateful to Li Guangdi.Now seeing Li Guangdi's wife, who walked around in the backyard again, naturally got closer.

The other lady seems to be a woman from the Eight Banners, her hair is combed beautifully, she is wearing a black jacket with long sleeves embroidered with colorful patterns, and a black horse face skirt underneath. Wearing a pair of excellent bloodstone bracelets, it looks extravagant.

When Gu Huaishu's gaze caught sight of this lady, Wang hurriedly said: "This is the wife of Grand Scholar Ma Qi."

As she spoke, she introduced Guarjia again: "This one is..."

Seeing that Guerjia was also an older lady, she waved her hand and said: "I know, you can tell when you see this face and figure, and there is no other prettier than her at the banquet, that is Mrs. Zhang Er."

Everyone knows the truth, but when people boast like this in person, Gu Huaishu naturally has to make an unacceptable appearance.

The three of them talked like this for a while, and under the envious eyes of everyone, Gu Huaixiu accompanied the wives of the two important ministers of the court, who were also Yipin Gaoming's wives, to the garden.

The Guerjia family also entered the palace for drafts in the early years, and served the young master of the Guerjia family in the palace when they were not married, and now they are very familiar with the Royal Garden.

She walked forward, seeming to be thinking about something, and what Gu Huaishu and Wang said were about ordinary gadgets and wearing jewelry, she couldn't help but interjected: "I just saw the satin robe on Concubine Liang's body." , like Shu brocade cut."

From such a distance, you can tell it's Shu brocade at a glance?

Gu Huaishu thought it was funny, but he didn't catch this flaw, and followed her words: "I heard that this Shu brocade can't get a few pieces a year, every inch of Shu brocade is an inch of gold, after all, the good concubine is lucky..."

"Isn't it?" Guerjia smiled, "But the Yifei Empress is even more blessed, she feels rich and honored when she looks at it, and the Defei Empress is even more secure. The masters in the palace are all beautiful. .”

Gu Huaixiu supported Wang Shi, whose hair was already half white, and said: "Who will know the situation now? The concubine Liang is really unusual... I heard that the concubine Liang came from a humble background, However, he was favored by the emperor, and now he has directly become the lord of the first palace, and the eighth master is fighting for his strength... Aren't the good days still to come?"

Needless to say, it is not beautiful if it is worn.

Seeing that Guarjia had listened to his words, Gu Huaishu sighed inwardly.

Without Zhang Tingyu, the fourth master's errand is already done.

She didn't have to exert much effort, she just needed to fan the flames.

One is to borrow Zhang Tingyu's power, and the other is to borrow Wang's power, which is in line with the current meaning of the Baye Party.

The crown prince has been abolished, and it will be time to discuss the crown prince soon, and the eighth master is already impatient to replace the crown prince.

What the fourth elder brother meant was to give him more confidence and more firewood, so that the eighth prince Yinhu's ambition would burn even more.

Sometimes a single sentence can have a powerful effect, depending on where it is said, to whom it is said, and on what occasion it is said.

Now Gu Huaixiu can see at a glance that today is the right time, place and people, so he doesn't have to worry about how to get confused with the great scholar Ma Qi, no one would have thought that Zhang Tingyu is clean, and Gu Huaixiu is the dog's leg of the fourth master.

The Guarja family is Ma Qi's wife, and she will definitely not ask about this matter for no reason.

Gu Huaixiu just said that, and her mouth was knocked up and down, black and white, she pulled it up as she wanted.

It doesn't matter if the Guerjia family doesn't believe it, just let the eighth elder brother hold back, the throne will soon be someone else's; Set up the cover and wait for this master to drill.

Regardless of whether you are gentle and elegant or gentle as jade, once you are in the fire pit, you won't even have a human form in an instant.

Gu Huaishu was the servant who stood by Si Ye's side, helping him push the enemies into this pit one by one.

Until the banquet ended, there was no major problem.

The palace people carried lanterns and led a group of wives out of the palace. On the way, Gu Huaishu saw an eunuch running towards Yuqing Palace and whispered to him on the way.

Before leaving the palace, the news came back.

Wang's eyes and ears are very good in the palace, she stepped forward a few steps, only walking beside Gu Huaishu, and said: "Once something happened to the crown prince, he was imprisoned outside the Shangsi courtyard, and the rules in Yuqing Palace became more and more irregular. The maids don’t help the master to pick up the fan, but let the master go down to pick up the fans, and it’s really a sin to lose someone for nothing.”

"master?"

Gu Huaixiu pretended not to know.

Wang said: "The one who lost his elder brother a few years ago, Lin Jia, right? He fell into the water... Cough, look at me talking again. I really don't know when this thing will pass..."

These words were to test Gu Huaishu. Gu Huaishu held Wang Shi's hand and smiled. Her hand was also warm. It was warmed by the hand stove, and it was not cold all the time: "It's just autumn."

Wang raised her head and looked at her, and it took a long time before she slowly smiled.

"Yeah, it's only autumn now."

Not long after the Double Ninth Festival, autumn is over and winter is still there, and the coldest time has not yet arrived.

All the way out of the palace gate, Gu Huaishu looked back at the majestic palace.

The glazed tiles and vermilion walls hide thousands of lights, and after the bustle, these lights will soon be suppressed in this deep darkness.

She only lowered her eyebrows and bent her lips, and when she came out, she saw Zhang Tingyu not far in front of the Shangsi courtyard.

Zhang Tingyu came out a little earlier, so he waited for her outside. As soon as he saw the simple and bright red embroidered clothes with white background in her cloak, he knew that she had also returned.

"Why are you standing on the wind? You're really not afraid of getting cold yourself."

Gu Huaishu walked over and shook hands with him, the two of them were very close.

Zhang Tingyu looked at her hand and said, "I heard that you were scratched by a cat?"

"I don't know which palace cat it is, it's really annoying." Gu Huaishu looked at the back of his hand, and said, "The ointment has been applied in the palace, go back and apply it again."

Glancing at her wound, Zhang Tingyu pressed it with his fingertips, his eyes flickered, and said: "After a while, my master will help you apply the medicine with your own hands, it must be better than the work of a little eunuch and a little maid."

He seemed to still be thinking about the way Gu Huaishu rubbed his hands back then.

The two of them leaned against the carriage and looked at each other with warmth in each other's eyes.

Zhang Tingyu supported Gu Huaixiu to get on the car first, and wanted to get up as soon as he supported himself, but his palm was about to fall, so he caught a glimpse of Ade who was running quickly outside.

Ade held a letter in his hand, with a look of distress on his face.

The person was already in the car, Gu Huaishu took this scene into his eyes, suddenly there was an ominous premonition in his heart, this premonition was like a giant hand, grabbing her heart, almost stopped her breathing.

Zhang Tingyu looked at the envelope standing beside the carriage, and his hands seemed to tremble when he opened the letter.

He read the letter for a long time, blinking, as if he wanted to hold back something, and in the flickering, even his whole body trembled.

"Second Master, Second Master..."

Ade knew it was bad when he saw the letter before, but he didn't expect his idea to come true.

This is not a good letter, but a bad letter.

Zhang Tingyu supported the shaft of the chariot, and only said to Gu Huaishu: "You wait for me here, I will go to the palace to see the emperor one more time, Ade is here to guard."

After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the palace gate.

On the way, a colleague called him: "Master Zhang, the key will be released in half an hour, why are you going?"

Zhang Tingyu did not answer.

Normally, when his colleagues talk to him, he must answer questions and answer them. He never offends people easily. Although he speaks little, he is very reliable in his work.Such a well-mannered person suddenly stopped talking today, everyone was surprised.

However, Zhang Tingyu couldn't hear it.He has only one heart, and gradually calms down as he walks around.

He entered the palace to see the emperor, it was time for Ding You.

Gu Huaishu asked Ade to pick up the letter and handed it to her hand. She only glanced at it, and her eyes almost went dark.

Why is it at such a time...

We had a good time meeting last year...

For a moment, even Gu Huaishu almost fell off the front of the car.

She looked at the gate of the palace where there were only a few people, and for the first time, she had the illusion that the sky was dark.

Wu's family died, and Zhang Ying became seriously ill.

(End of this chapter)