Zhang Xiangrong wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, his plump body squeezed into a small carriage, which was also filled with luggage.
He stayed in prison for a few days, but suffered a lot. Although he was driven back to his hometown by his uncle in despair as soon as he was released from prison, this did not stop him from traveling and enjoying the scenery along the way.
Until he just heard the play "Mandarin Duck Dream" in Wase, which scared him out of his wits.
In prison, in order to get out early, he told his uncle that the matter was for Zhou Baolin, but he never expected that he would be fooled.
Thinking back to the night when she was beaten, I heard Gu Shizi say "her good days are over" in a daze, and I still don't understand anything.
Fortunately, he thought he had implicated Zhou Baolin, but he didn't expect that it was Zhou Baolin who implicated him.
Zhang Xiangrong kept fanning himself with a cattail leaf fan, and the more he thought about it, the more terrifying he became.
At that time, he really didn't have that much money and couldn't afford the glazed hairpin, so he wanted to grab it because of Zhou Baolin's reputation. But he bought the hairpin with the intention of giving it to his sweetheart in the brothel. Why is it in the play?
Has she become his "cousin"?
Before Zhou Cuicui entered the palace, his mother had the idea of proposing marriage to them, but that smelly girl wanted to have her nostrils turned upward when she saw him, and Mr. Zhou looked down upon him in every possible way.
Besides, what he likes is a charming and plump woman. Zhou Cuicui is like a bean sprout. He is not interested and his mother has given up her thoughts long ago.
How come in the play, they become childhood sweethearts, and their love is as deep as the ocean.
Zhang Xiangrong did not dare to think deeply and kept urging the carriage to hurry up, hoping to reach Zhezhou as soon as possible.
Passing through a forest, the dirt road was difficult to walk, and the carriage jolted for a while. He almost vomited in the car. Just as he was trying to keep the coachman steady, a scream came from outside.
He opened the car curtain and just stuck his head out, when the world started spinning and he saw his fat body from another angle.
...
"Dead?" Gu Yu suddenly stopped, "Do you have any clues about the murderer?"
"They are all Jianghu people. When our people found him, there was only a headless body left. He was thrown into the haystack and it stinked." Pingsha lowered his head and said.
"Put his body together and send it to Zhang Mansion in Zhezhou. If his family members want to report to the government, you can help them secretly. It's best to let them come to Kyoto."
"As you command, Your Majesty." Pingsha turned and walked away.
Gu Yu walked out into the sunshine, with a hairpin and a life. Who was behind it? Is it Zhou Mansion or Empress Xu?
Or maybe, Your Majesty.
"Good nephew."
Gu Yu turned around, and Zhang Shangshu came over with a smile, "The investment list for the symposium has been finalized."
Gu Yu smiled. Nishangfang took over the job of providing students with quilts and quilts. Although Linlang Pavilion was not selected, it opened a shop at the foot of Yudu Mountain. She was very satisfied with the result.
"With a full 2.7 million taels in the account, not only can this symposium be held in a glorious manner, but there is also a lot of surplus. My nephew should be credited with a great contribution." Zhang Shangshu said.
Gu Yu said modestly: "Uncle Shi and all of you have paid a lot for this, and I dare not take credit for it."
Zhang Shangshu said: "It is a good thing for young people to be modest, but they should not belittle themselves. It's just that merchants value profits, but they still can't take it lightly in the future."
Gu Yu knew what he meant. He simply wanted her to continue assisting King Xiaoyao. She wanted to find out more about King Xiaoyao, so she said:
"That's natural. Don't worry, Uncle Shi. I will follow up with King Xiaoyao on all arrangements for the merchants."
When Zhang Shangshu heard what she said, he immediately smiled and said: "You are really a lucky star for the officials. I wonder if you will be able to go somewhere next year."
During this period, Gu Yu got along well with everyone in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs was in charge of the appointment and dismissal assessment of civil and military officials, as well as the selection of imperial examinations. She occupied a top priority position in the court, so she wanted to join.
He said: "In the end, it still needs to be decided by the Holy Spirit, but if possible, I am very willing to work with Uncle Shi and help him solve his problems."
Zhang Shangshu stroked his beard and said, "My nephew's words comfort me greatly."
While Gu Yu was busy with the symposium, the rumors about "Mandarin Duck's Dream" in Kyoto became more and more intense.
"idiot."
Empress Xu took the scissors and trimmed the begonia in the vase bit by bit. When she saw Zhou Baolin kneeling on the ground crying, she couldn't help but curse.
Zhou Baolin's originally pretty face was full of illness: "Empress, my concubine really has nothing to do with my cousin."
Zhang Xiangrong died, and the Zhang family brought a headless body to the Zhou government. Now everyone in Kyoto knows that "Mandarin Duck Dream" is about the two of them. Rumors in the palace have been repeated.
Empress Xu asked her to wait, but there was no way she could wait. There were three thousand beauties in the harem, and the Emperor might have forgotten her after not seeing her for a while.
No matter how much she begged, the Holy Emperor did not want to see her. Since entering the palace, she had become domineering with a face similar to that of the late empress, and had offended many people.
She suddenly fell out of favor, everyone came to laugh at her, and the slaves began to neglect her, making her life very difficult.
In order to see the emperor, I even let myself get cold on purpose, thinking that the emperor was caring about some old feelings, but the emperor didn't even ask me a question while he was ill.
"It's a coincidence that you got sick this time. What I know is that you miss the Holy One and you become ill. What you don't know is that you thought you were sick because your beloved cousin died and you were sad."
Zhou Baolin cried and said: "My cousin is good for nothing, I am not blind, how could I fall in love with him? Queen, I am wronged."
"Do you think the Holy One doesn't know that you were wronged?" Queen Xu glanced at her as if she were a worthless dead person.
Zhou Baolin's face turned pale and he murmured: "The Holy One knows it. Since the Holy One knows it, why doesn't he want to see me..."
Empress Xu had no patience with her at all. She had a blessed face, but her head was full of mush.
The Holy One is either an unreasonable person or not because of some unfounded rumors. So what if she is wronged in this matter.
Between the sheets, it was already taboo for Zhou Baolin to plead for her cousin, but Sheng Cang tolerated it once for the sake of her face. Now that her cousin had just died, she became ill, and she kept the unwarranted matter to herself. It was implemented.
So she asked Zhou Baolin to wait. After the incident was over and no one mentioned it again, maybe she still had some hope of regaining her favor. But her illness, haha.
Queen Xu put down the scissors: "The Holy One is the Emperor. You have heard how unpleasant those rumors are. Do you still expect that the Holy One can favor you without any grudges at this time of crisis?"
Zhou Baolin said at a loss: "Then what should I do now?"
"Do you know who set this trap?"
"It's Concubine Gu! It must be her, she and her younger brother who set up the trap together and included me and my cousin." Zhou Baolin said bitterly.
"If you can't even see this, why not reincarnate as soon as possible and become a smart person again." Queen Xu said.
"It's a pity that we couldn't poison the sixth prince last time and let her escape the disaster. She must know that it was me who did it. She is taking revenge on me."
Zhou Baolin's intestines were filled with regret. If she had known what happened, she would have let Ling Lan watch the sixth prince eat the cake. What went wrong in the process, she still has not figured out.
"I also underestimated her. I thought she was a decent lady from a well-known family, but I didn't expect that she has been pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger."
Empress Xu suddenly smiled at Zhou Baolin, wondering if this discarded piece could play any more role before being thrown off the chessboard.
"Zhou Baolin, every injustice has its owner, and every debt has its owner. Only if Concubine Gu falls, will you have a chance to stand up."