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

Chapter 51
As soon as Zhang Tingyu put the tea leaves on her, he saw Gu Huaishu shaking his hands as if he was having a cramp, and even peeled off his eyelids, and then peeled off the wet tea leaves that were stained with tea.

"what happened?"

He was a little surprised.

Gu Huaixiu's heart was about to jump out. She squeezed her fingers and ignored Zhang Tingyu.

On the life and death issue of eating, Zhang Tingyu is really insignificant.

She waved her hand, as if she disliked him, "Call Ade here and let me ask."

Choked by Gu Huaixiu, Zhang Tingyu said angrily, "I must be worrying about your cook again."

Gu Huaishu looked back and stared at him: "I'm worried, why? Hurry up and call Ade, or you'll go to the study to sleep at night."

At the critical moment, it is still a direct threat.

How could Zhang Tingyu not follow her?In the end, no matter what Shi Fang thinks, Gu Huaishu doesn't have that kind of thought for him, so there is no need to worry at all.After all, Zhang Tingyu felt that he was quite an open-minded person.

In his eyes, there is no difference between Shi Fang and his third brother.

Suspicion is necessary for chasing wind and shadow, but dark ghosts should not be born.

He sighed: "Ade, come in."

Ade was waiting outside, wondering whether the moon is rounder today or on the fifteenth day, when he heard Zhang Tingyu's cry, he immediately said "Hey", and then went to serve in front of the curtain.

"Second Master, what's your name?"

"Second Young Mistress has something to ask you." Zhang Tingyu sat down, looked at the tea and tea in the cup, and said casually.

Gu Huaishu asked: "When the news came in just now, did you already find the kitchen to cook?"

Ade said: "It's a bit late for the news from the front yard. Long live God is here, so we don't dare to inquire about it. It seems that the kitchen has been started for a long time."

"How long is a long time?"

Normally, Gu Huaishu would definitely not ask such tricky questions, but this time it is related to his future career of eating, so he must not be careless.

Zhang Tingyu watched from the side with cold eyes, cold and sour, "The light of the pearl is hidden in a box, although it cannot be revealed for the time being, when it is alive, thousands of people are eager to see its color..."

"Pooh!"

Gu Huaishu turned back and stared at him, "It is precisely because of its jewels that I have to use a box to hide it. What is mine is mine, why should others take it?"

Zhang Tingyu really wanted to choke her: I'm used to delicacies from mountains and seas prepared by the chefs in the imperial palace, so the Long Live Lord may not think highly of your tofu mixed with shallots.

But seeing Gu Huaishu's staring expression, Zhang Tingyu sighed, shook his head, and stopped talking.

Ade suddenly felt sorry for the second master. After the second young lady entered the mansion, she really ate the second master to death.

Thoughts were running wild in his mind, but he replied: "It's been about half an hour."

"It's broken...it's broken, it's broken..."

This time, Gu Huaishu couldn't even stand up, he could only have one thought in his head, the emperor is going to steal the cook from me, the emperor is going to steal the cook from me!
Zhang Tingyu was really speechless with her sky-falling expression.

Second Young Master Zhang just came up with a trick today, he saw the trickiness of Yinmeiyan, he saved Mingzhu halfway, and he was going to analyze his own approach with Gu Huaishu, well, now that I am a lady, I am of the same mind It's all on the cook!
When Zhang Tingyu wants to drive this cook out of the house, it will not surprise anyone at all.

He simply fell silent.

Seeing the elder brother rushing to find Nalan Pearl today, Zhang Tingyu felt bad.

Later, when I saw Nalan Kuixu quietly sending someone to the front yard to communicate, I must have told Nalan Mingzhu, but after a while, when the elder brother Yinxi asked about Nalan Mingzhu's situation, the second son Kuixu actually said Pearl is not in the house.

At that time, he remembered very clearly the slight but clear smile of his elder brother.

Today's plum feast, but I'm afraid there is a trap in it.

Eldest Brother came to Nalan Mingzhu to discuss important matters, but the timing was not right.Nalan Mingzhu knew that the big brother was coming, but she didn't see him, hid far away, and even said that she had gone to Zhang Ying's side.

In the eyes of outsiders, Zhang Ying is the prince's husband, and that is a veritable prince's party.

Nalan Mingzhu and Zhang Ying are friends on the surface, but in fact, they are rivals!

The old fox Nalan Mingzhu knew that something was wrong, so he wanted to blame Zhang Ying.In other words, what Mingzhu suspects is the prince's tampering.

Once the prince poured dirty water on the elder brother, Mingzhu would transfer the dirty water to Zhang Ying in an instant.

It's a pity that Mingzhu's thousands of calculations can't be counted, Zhang Yingzhen is not a party of the prince.

My brother knows this very well.

From the beginning to the end, it was probably planned by the prince, but the eldest brother knew, how did he know, and was it the prince's person or the fourth elder brother's person?

Originally, Zhang Tingyu judged that it might be someone from the fourth elder brother, but now thinking about it, Zhang Tingzan should not let Zhang Tingzan know about such a top-secret matter.

Zhang Tingyu's thinking fell into a dead end.

However, his choice in this thrilling game was undoubtedly correct.

The current court situation, the more stable the better.

Although Nalan Mingzhu was not as popular as the emperor before, she was still an old official after all. It was not that simple for a centipede to die but not stiff.

The emperor is a very clear person.

What is the way of the king?

That's the trade off.

The Pearl Party and the Suo'etu Party are now evenly matched.

As the emperor, what Kangxi had to do was to put the two parties on the same steelyard, adding and subtracting left and right to keep them in balance.In this way, Kangxi would feel safe sitting in the middle.

In other words, the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's benefit.

Kangxi is this fisherman.

As long as Suo'etu does not fall for a day, that pearl, as a stone in Kangxi's hands, will always be on the opposite side of Suo'etu.

Therefore, Pearl will not fall.

Since Mingzhu is destined to survive, why not Zhang Tingyu save him and give him a favor?

Anyway, the favor of Mingzhu and the old fox is not easy to get, and it is not a bad thing for Zhang Tingyu to hold the favor early.

On the way, he threw Mingzhu out of the carriage like this, and told him not to go back together, otherwise it would make people look suspicious.

Just like that, poor Master Mingzhu could only walk by himself in the cold wind.

That's why there was a scene in the hall when Ade came to report: the emperor had arrived and asked Zhang Ying what his name was, but after they finished talking, Ren Mingzhu came in slowly.

A time stagger is enough for both Mingzhu and Zhang Ying to get out of this incident.

No matter what your elder brother wants to talk about, anyway, I, Mingzhu, don't know.

I'm going to find Zhang Ying!
What?You said that Zhang Ying cannot testify for me?

Is there any way to do this, he is a member of the prince's party, and I still have to go to his house for a meal, if he doesn't give me a meal, I can still participate in his book.

In front of the emperor, Mingzhu is an old fox who keeps plotting against Zhang Ying.

What he said when he entered the door completely matched his impression in the emperor's mind.

Therefore, Mingzhu won, and Zhang Ying would not be implicated.

After all the calculations, although Zhang Tingyu's chess move was very risky, Keka's position was too critical and just right.

Zhang Tingyu made a lot of additions and subtractions in his mind, and decided that this time he might be the winner that no one expected, but there was a man who manipulated everything behind him.

This man was standing behind his elder brother Zhang Tingzan, watching all this happen.

Perhaps this is just the beginning of the calculation, and it is hard to say what it will develop into in the future.

Gently tapped the tea with his fingers, Zhang Tingyu drew lightly on the table, looked at the table again, but smiled.

"Haven't thought about it yet?"

He seemed to have finally finished his thoughts, he put away all his thoughts and stopped thinking about them, then raised his eyes to look at Gu Huaixiu.

Gu Huaishu still frowned: "I still don't know what's going on... Ade, you go to the front yard to find out."

No one would dare to do such a thing against the emperor.

The news came earlier from the kitchen, saying that Xiao Shifang did cook with him, and it was already late when they went, and the dishes had already been served.

Ade glanced at Zhang Tingyu, Zhang Tingyu nodded casually: "Young Mistress tells you to go, you can go, and see what I do..."

Ade is speechless, isn't this little one afraid of your pantothenic acid?
This is kindly regarded as the liver and lungs of a donkey.

Yes, Ade bowed and went to inquire without complaint.

He came out from the west all the way, passed the west wing, and slowly approached the main room.

Lord Kangxi was sitting in the middle and shouted "Okay" three times. Zhang Ying didn't seem to expect that there was such a powerful cook in his family.

At this time, he remembered that the cook was not his own, but brought by his second daughter-in-law.

Yo, this is going to be a bad thing.

As soon as her thoughts changed, Mingzhu's crow's mouth began to mutter: "Zhang Ying, you said that the cook in your family is even better than the cook in the master's imperial dining room. Isn't this a shame to our Long Live Lord? ?”

That bastard Mingzhu knows how to put hats on others.

Zhang Ying's face was half green, and he said bluntly: "If there is no Master Mingzhu talking nonsense here, how can our Long Live Lord still put face on his face?"

Tonight's meal really made Kangxi's index finger twitch. Although San Dezi around him kept persuading him to eat less, how could Kangxi bear it?

Braised iron lion head, Sixi meatballs, West Lake vinegar fish...

They are all good dishes.

Originally, Kangxi thought that there were cooks in his palace from the south and the north, and that the palace had all kinds of delicacies from all over the world.

But now, let's sit at Zhang Ying's table.

Ouch, the things in my palace are really shabby!
The same dish, cooked by different chefs, tastes far worse.

Tell me, tell me, the cooks in a mansion are better than those in the palace, isn't the emperor aggrieved?

While eating and thinking, Mr. Kangxi's thoughts began to move.

He picked up a chopstick and vinegared the cabbage, and glanced at Mingzhu and Zhang Ying, who were full of people on the left and right, who were bickering fiercely.

In fact, most of the time it was Mingzhu who was talking. Zhang Ying usually didn't speak easily, and when she spoke, she must have grasped Mingzhu's seven inches. From time to time, she was so angry that Mingzhu was speechless.

"cough."

Lord Kangxi coughed lightly.

Give these two ministers seats today, they sit next to the emperor, don't they think they are capable?

He hasn't stood up yet, hasn't left the table yet, and is still eating. What are these two arguing about?
"Eat without talking, without sleeping, Mingzhu, Zhang Ying, what are you two talking nonsense about?"

Mingzhu shuddered, and immediately patted her mouth: "Isn't this slave forced by Master Zhang Ying? If you want such a good cook, why don't you just get it out early?"

Doesn't it mean that Zhang Ying has hidden good things secretly?
Zhang Ying has her own reasons and is too lazy to answer.

The crown prince was the most anxious person at the banquet, he really didn't think the food on the banquet was delicious.Now Yinreng is pretending to be something in his heart, and eating delicacies from mountains and seas is no different from chewing wax.

Kangxi looked at the prince's anxiety coldly, but he was still eating on the ground.He is in the prime of his life now, but he is not very happy to watch his sons fight.

When the table was almost finished, Master Kangxi took a sip of tea slowly, letting out a sigh of relief.

He cleared his throat, and first boasted: "Zhang Ying, your cook is really extraordinary."

Zhang Ying felt a little embarrassed, not daring to accept such a compliment.

He hurriedly said humbly: "Long Live Lord is just used to eating the cooks in the palace, and rarely eats the folk things outside, so it's fresh for a while..."

Look at this shirk.How could Kangxi not be clear?He can eat it, is it fresh for a while, who knows?
"Zhang Ying, it's a good time for me to talk to you."

Zhang Ying was terrified: "The old minister is also talking to the Lord Long Live."

"Okay, if you're good at talking to me, then—" Kangxi paused, glanced at the rice noodles that didn't have much food left, and said, "Go and get me the cook who cooks in your house, and I'll cook it." The cook at the lion's head."

Seeing that Zhang Ying was about to refute something, Kangxi cut him off when he opened his mouth: "Don't say that you don't know this cook, and don't just find an ordinary cook to fool me. I hand it over, and I am still rushing back to the palace. If the palace gate is unlocked, tomorrow I will sit in your lord Zhang's sedan chair and go to court."

Mingzhu put aside and smiled gloatingly, Zhang Ying had a bitter face.

"Long Live Lord, it's really not that I don't give you the cook, it's really that the cook can't be regarded as my Zhang Ying's decision..."

"Strange, is there anyone bigger than you in this mansion?"

Kangxi got a little angry, pointed at Zhang Ying and said, "I can tell you, don't rely on the old to sell the old, and use some nonsense to fool me, hurry up and find a cook for me."

"No, my lord..." Zhang Yingzhen stumbled while sighing, and only waved her hand to call Uncle Fu, "Go and ask the Second Young Mistress, let the Second Young Mistress know, and say that Lord Long Live has taken a fancy to her dowry cook. .”

When Kangxi heard this, he was surprised, "The cook is not yours, but your daughter-in-law's dowry? Who is your second daughter-in-law?"

This time, Ming Zhu had a chance to intervene, he smiled and said: "Long Live Lord, you are a noble person who forgets things too much, isn't it the one you praised Hui Zhi Lan Xin at Lord Li Guangdi's residence last time? Gu Zhenguan's daughter-in-law became Master Zhang Ying's second daughter-in-law."

This time, Kangxi remembered it.

It's not because the poems of this girl from the Gu family are all good, but because of the crooked handwriting, which is really impressive.

"It doesn't matter. Your second daughter-in-law, I know, is an obedient person."

Uncle Fu went down to talk to the Second Young Mistress, but he didn't expect that when the Second Young Mistress heard about it, she started to make a case and rushed all the way to the front yard.

The wind was still cold in the middle of the night, and there were a few lanterns hanging in front of the porch, which were pulled down by Gu Huaishou's shadow and folded on the steps.

"The women kowtow to the Long Live Lord, pay respects to the father-in-law, pay respects to the crown prince and Lord Mingzhu..."

Gu Huaishu said hello one by one, with a crisp voice.

But she didn't look well at all.

Kangxi still remembered her couplet, and hurriedly said: "Please come in once, Second Young Mistress."

So Gu Huaishu bowed his head and walked in. Zhang Ying had met this second daughter-in-law a few times before, and always felt that the second daughter-in-law was very similar to her daughter Wangxian.When he saw Gu Huaishu's expression, his heart skipped a beat.

Zhang Yingdao: "Huaixiu, Long Live God's grace, I want to give you that cook into the palace, you..."

"Food is the most important thing for the people, and Huaixiu is one of the common people. Food is the most important thing. Long live God can eat, drink, play, and have fun. If you want a cook from a woman, the woman can't agree."

She drooped her eyelids with a dejected look on her face.

Not to mention Kangxi, even Pearl Zhang Ying was frightened by her.

It's okay to refuse, but how can you refuse so simply?

Yinfeng was impatient at first, but now when he heard this sentence, he went up and pointed at her and said, "Bold! Huang Ama thinks highly of your cook, that's a grace, an ignorant fool is so ignorant of flattery!"

Gu Huaixiu frowned, this prince Yinreng deserved to be deposed!
Man said that he is just a prince who will be deposed sooner or later, even if he is the king of heaven, even Gu Huaishu can't give up his cook!

Without Xiao Shifang, what does Gu Huaishu eat in the morning, at noon, and at night?Drink northwest wind?
Even the emperor, who is used to delicacies from mountains and seas in the palace, obediently offered his tongue to Xiao Shifang's culinary skills. Where else could she find a cook like Xiao Shifang?

If she can't find her in the future, who will take care of her tricky tongue and stomach?
When it comes to eating, Gu Huaishu's stubborn temper begins to show.

She has a straight face, dignified and dignified, but neither humble nor overbearing: "The crown prince's words are wrong. Long live Lord thinks highly of the cook of the peasant woman, but he praises the peasant woman and the cook of the peasant woman. But how did the peasant woman Have you ever been ignorant of words and deeds? If you reject Long Live God, you will become ignorant of words and deeds, and say something presumptuous—why are there so many outspoken, loyal and admonishing officials in the court?"

The prince's complexion changed immediately, and he wanted to say something as soon as his lips moved, but seeing a bit of sarcasm on one of Mingzhu's lips, he suddenly felt bad.Mingzhu is a treacherous and cunning person, I am afraid that he will make a mistake in his words at this time...

No, he couldn't say a word.

Gritting his teeth bitterly, Yinrong endured it.

Gu Huaishu felt that the prince was finally choked by him, so he continued slowly: "The reason why the women choose this cook for their dowry is because the food that is not cooked by this cook is not in the mouth. If Long Live insists on having this cook, It's nothing more than taking the life of a woman. Taking the life of a concubine is nothing but taking food from the people's mouth..."

The rest of the words, finally did not dare to say it.

Gu Huaishu is going all out, anyway, Xiao Shifang is gone, not happy!

It's not unreasonable for Kangxi to become an emperor through the ages. If such a cook has to compete with Gu Huaishou, then let the fourth elder brother kill this fool quickly, and the superior can ascend the throne!

Kangxi didn't know what was going on in Gu Huaishu's mind, but he smiled when he heard the words: "You woman, you are tricky and arrogant, how can you deserve the four-character comment I gave you earlier?"

"Civil woman..." Gu Huaishu suddenly murmured, and raised her eyes cautiously, wanting to see Kangxi's expression, but unexpectedly, Kangxi's eyes, which were not sharp but very deep and unpredictable, were looking at her, and she was frightened After a jump, he hurriedly lowered his head again, and said in a low voice, "Long Live Lord has a golden mouth...how can I take back what I said..."

It's unspeakably miserable, this is clearly the rhythm of losing reputation if you want to get Xiao Shifang back!
Sure enough, Kangxi smiled when he saw her bitter face.

He, the emperor, didn't have to eat anything, but the expression on her face was somewhat interesting.How long has it been since I met such an interesting person?

"I'll give you a choice, the cook will give it to me, and the four-character comment is still yours; if you keep it, I will take back that comment, but... I can give you a new one."

No one expected Kangxi to be so easy-going.

But thinking about it back and forth, Gu Huaixiu actually flattered him secretly when he came up.

Of course she was reprimanding the prince before, but when she said the "word officer", she had actually praised Kangxi as a monarch who could listen to advice. Lord Kangxi was secretly happy in his heart, and felt that he was a Mingjun, can you not be happy?
Being coaxed by Gu Huaixiu, even if she knew that this woman was unruly, she would let him go.

Left and right, Kangxi is actually a very easy-going and funny monarch.

Gu Huaixiu's face was wrinkled, and she quietly looked at Zhang Ying, hoping that her father-in-law could give her some hints, but Zhang Ying's eyelids rolled up, and she just pretended that she didn't exist.

This is a pain for Gu Huaishu, it's really hard to ride a tiger.

Compared with fame, appetite is more important.

She hesitated, opened her mouth three times, and closed it three times. Finally, seeing that Kangxi was getting impatient, she said: "The woman is short-sighted, choose the second one."

Kangxi was very angry with her, pointed at her and said: "Zhang Ying, tell me what kind of daughter-in-law your family married?"

Zhang Yingcai suffered for no reason, and suddenly became excited: "The minister is guilty."

"..."

Kangxi choked again.

He didn't say that Zhang Ying was guilty...

Alas, to be a wise gentleman, even the cook can't grab it clearly.

Feeling disappointed, Kangxi waved his hand, "Aren't you just a cook when you get up? Seeing that your family is tense, I don't have to. There are so many good cooks in the palace?"

Nalan Mingzhu stood behind and smiled clearly, but did not make a sound.

Mr. Zhang Er is not simple, and Mrs. Zhang Er is not like a vegetarian.

Interesting, very interesting.

Kangxi also found it interesting.

He glanced at the well-behaved Gu Huaishu, "I present you with four words: unruly people in the market."

Troublesome people.

Gu Huaixiu stared, blinked again, knelt down on the ground, raised his hands high, and kowtowed to the emperor: "The woman thanked the emperor for bestowing the title, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhang Ying knew what kind of temperament Kangxi had, so she also knelt down, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live..."

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live..."

Well, this is a golden word, and he just sealed Gu Huaishu into a thug.

Kangxi was very angry, Zhang Ying, an old boy, has only such virtues.

Fortunately, he had a happy meal today, which eased a lot of his grievances.

Kangxi waved his hand generously: "The whole family is strange people... Get up, I should go back, but when I miss your cook, you can prepare for my visit. San Dezi, let's go! "

"The emperor drives—"

San Dezi flicked his whisk and shouted in a high-pitched voice, and the emperor got up and drove back to the palace.

Outside the Zhang residence, Yinzhen had been standing there for some time.

A whole group of members of the Zhang family came to see them off. Gu Huaixiu was present at the time, so he had to follow along, so he sent them to the door. When the men went out, Gu Huaixiu was still standing inside the door.

She saw the fourth elder brother standing in the cold wind at a glance, and shivered for some reason.

Kangxi asked Zhang Ying not to see him off, and when he got down the steps, he saw Yinzhen and said, "The fourth son is here, why don't you come in?"

Yinzhen bowed and was very strict: "My minister is outside with guards, and Huang Ama is inside, so I only dare to guard outside until Huang Ama comes out."

"Hey...how is it frozen?" Kangxi frowned, "What are the eunuchs around you doing? Why are you still standing there? Why don't you find a cloak for the fourth elder brother!"

Everyone outside was stunned, it was urgent to leave the palace, where can I find it?
Gu Huaishu quickly gave Ade a wink, and asked him to go to the carriage next to him to get the fox fur cloak that he had prepared when he went to Mingzhu Mansion today, it was still unused.

Ade tremblingly held the cloak up, without saying a word, just handed it forward.

The little Shengzi next to the fourth elder brother, as if he had met a savior, quickly picked it up and put it on for Yinzhen.

Kangxi clapped his hands together, looked at the night when the capital was about to snow, and then glanced at the still ugly prince.

He let out a long sigh: "This night is so long..."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and got on the imperial chariot, but he finally left the Zhang residence with a mighty group of people, and knelt down behind him.

The fourth elder brother was wearing a big cloak, but his eyes were cold.

This time, although no one was calculated, at any rate, the elder brother and the second elder brother vomited a mouthful of blood, and they calculated for a long time, keeping a low profile, and the future will be long.

He glanced at Gu Huaishu who was kneeling in the crowd, but he took off his cloak, threw it to Xiao Shengzi, and rode his horse towards the Forbidden City in the snowy night.

Elder brother looked down on other people's cloaks, but Gu Huaixiu didn't dislike him.

It's just that Xiao Shengzi didn't come back, so Gu Huaishu was also happy to relax.

She pouted and asked Ade to light a lantern in front of her, but said goodbye to Zhang Ying and went back to the house all the way.

In front of the yard, there was a figure who had walked back and forth many times, and seemed quite anxious.

Gu Huaishu took a closer look and knew it was Xiao Shifang. When she touched her sleeve, she found a copper plate.

"Okay, don't walk back and forth, it's okay!"

She conveniently pressed the copper plate onto Xiao Shifang's forehead, and pressed it in, sticking it, which looked very funny.

Before Xiao Shi Fang could react, he touched his forehead, and naturally he also touched the copper coin, and looked at Gu Huaixiu with puffy eyes: "That Shi Fang..."

"You don't want to be the cook for this young lady, and you still expect to be the imperial cook in the palace? Dream! Tomorrow morning, grandma, I want to eat rose and mincemeat honey cake. If you can't make it, you will look good! Fly on the branch to be a phoenix, and go to the next life Bar."

Gu Huaixiu looked stingy.

Little Shi Fang buried his head, only knowing how to nod his head: "Shi Fang will cook for the girl in his next life."

"Okay. Seeing that you are frightened... go back."

She clapped her hands and sighed softly.

When the emperor came, everyone in the mansion felt uncomfortable.

After she finished speaking, she turned and went into the house.

Xiao Shifang stood behind, looked at her slender back, touched his own head, and held the copper coin in his hand.

This one...

He suddenly smiled, "Qian Shenlun, Brother Kong Fang..."

But I don't know, what does the girl mean by giving herself this one?Do you want him to make more money, or is this just your wages?
It should be the latter.

Xiao Shifang put away the copper coins and walked back with a lantern.

Inside, the lights are bright and the warmth is compelling.

Zhang Tingyu was already lying on the bed, reading a book and eating candied fruit at the same time.

Seeing Gu Huaishu coming in, he threw the candied fruit back into the plate, and said sourly: "Second Young Mistress is a heroic servant, Master Zhidou Long Live is back, congratulations, congratulations."

"If you don't want to talk, why do you talk to choke me?" Gu Huaishu sat on the edge of the bed, resting his chin on his palm, and yawned, extremely indecent, "Are you unhappy?"

Zhang Tingyu nodded without hiding it: "Not happy."

"You're not happy, I'm brainless. Just in time..."

Gu Huaixiu muttered, then went to wash and undress, blew out the candles and lay down on the bed.

Zhang Tingyu asked her: "What is brainlessness?"

Gu Huaishu said, "I am the one who has no brains."

(End of this chapter)