In the Suzhou City Branch's Taoist Office, Master Shi Lunshi, the Zhejiang Provincial Envoy Si You Shenzong, Su Songdao, and his staff were discussing matters in the hall. A gentleman named Gao submitted a document saying: "I have heard a lot of rumors recently, and I have the courage to propose a plan for the proprietor.
I wrote a memorial."
Shi Shenzheng took it and read it, and wrote in it: "...I was born in a lowly manner, and I secretly occupied an official position. I was unable to cultivate myself and behave prudently. I stirred up the storm in the city with gossips and gossips. The ignorant people talked about this and were not satisfied with their careers. The saying that wealth and wealth change wives may not be groundless. It is a rumor.
Going out everywhere is an insult to the official motto..."
Before he finished reading, Shi Shenzheng closed the door, shook his head and said: "Such a trivial matter is not painful or itchy, but it won't bother him. Moreover, I am not an official with a good reputation, so what I hear and say is not beautiful and seems petty.
Chicken tripe."
Mr. Gao advised: "One step at a time, one step at a time, and you will succeed in the end."
Shi Shenzheng was confident and handed Mr. Gao a memorial. "I have my own idea. I will tell you that Monkey Sun cannot escape from Wuzhishan."
Mr. Gao took it and unfolded it, titled "Request to Expand the West City of Suzhou". It was quite clear, but I couldn't figure out what it meant.
It is said that after Guan Xiuxiu got the letter from her husband, she boarded a boat and came to Fucheng to look for Li You. There was no conversation all the way, and now she could see Changmen in the distance.
"Miss, we're almost here." The maid, Lv Shui, went out to look around and came in.
Guan Xiuxiu was sitting diagonally in the cabin, with her elbows propped on a few desks and a scroll in her other hand. However, her appearance was lazy and she was tired of spring. It was obvious that she had no intention of reading, and her thoughts were no longer here.
The closer we get to the city gate, the slower the boat speed becomes, swaying forward slowly. Because there are too many boats going in and out of the water gate here, the waterway is crowded, and the boats are moving one after another, making it impossible to go fast.
Lv Shui was about to tease the lady a few words when the neighboring boat approached along the current and the voices of two people drifted into the cabin. There seemed to be the word "Li Tuiguan" in the words. Lv Shui immediately turned his head and pricked up his ears to listen carefully.
"I returned from other places. I just heard in the store that there are recent rumors that Mr. Li is going to divorce his wife and get married to the Zhao family. Is this true? With Mr. Li's character, this shouldn't be the case."
"In my opinion, there is no storm without fire. If the Zhao family has no intention, everything will stop. But if the Zhao family has the intention, it is hard to say."
"Yes, the Zhao family is a famous family in Gusu, with three generations of prominent officials. There are many disciples and former officials in the country, and no one wants to marry him. I expect Li Tuiguan's decision will be very difficult."
On this side of the boat, Lv Shui was eavesdropping and was fascinated. She was gossiping about the master's new scandal. Suddenly she shuddered and felt a little cold in the cabin. The little maid suddenly looked back and saw her own lady's red lips tightly closed and her silver teeth secretly biting.
, his face was covered with frost, which frightened her.
This heartless man! Aunt Guan is really angry. He has not moved for a long time, but he is doing all these tricks in Fucheng!
Miss Guan, I think, was also born in the boudoir of a wealthy family. She was talented and beautiful but had a bad fate. However, she still obeyed women's virtues in front of her husband, asked for perfection when she was aggrieved, kept herself humble, and tried to please everyone. She did everything she could as a concubine, for fear of nothing.
If everything is not thoughtful, isn't he still dissatisfied?
In the past, she had entered the house earlier than her, but she tolerated it because of the principle of first come, first served. But after your husband has a perfect and sensible woman like her, he should calm down and just socialize out and play around. It is right to admit new people.
Her heartlessness!
Well, in other words, if your husband wants to have sex, do you need to find another one from another family? She has a clean life experience, can go out of the hall, enter the inner bed, manage the accounting room, can be a husband and teach children, what is wrong with her?
The main wife of the Li family?
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She wished she could see her husband and question him earlier! When Aunt Guan was annoyed, the hull of the boat suddenly shook for some reason, and she heard shouts and shouts outside.
Lv Shui opened the small window on the bulkhead. Guan Xiuxiu looked out of the window and saw a huge boat rushing out of the city in the opposite direction. It was very domineering. The small boat that was entering and leaving near the water gate was squeezed.
It was all in disarray, and it spread all the way to my own ship.
They are probably those rich dudes who bully others, Guan Xiuxiu thought with a frown.
When the giant boat gradually approached and passed through the water next to it, someone inside also opened the bulkhead window and probed the water surface to see the situation.
Guan Xiuxiu couldn't avoid it, so she happened to look him in the eye. She couldn't move her eyes away - who was this man who was looking around if he wasn't his husband? Through the window, he saw a charming woman next to him!
Li You suddenly saw the beautiful face of his concubine exposed through the small window of the cabin next to him across the water. He was caught off guard and was speechless for a moment. When he was about to open his mouth, he saw Aunt Guan slamming the small window shut with a "bang".
Who provoked her? Why did they get so angry? Li You was very confused. If he had known that she would arrive in Fucheng today, he might have stayed in the city to wait for her.
It's a long story, but it is said that Li You went to Zhao Liangli about his rumored matter, and got Zhao Liangli's sworn guarantee. He had the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor to see the consequences.
When he was about to leave, he was kindly persuaded by Zhao Daguan to stay. It turned out that He Shenzhi, who had met Li You several times, was treating him tonight (the same one who asked for thousands of gold to buy life, I am afraid love will be tiring). He went to the capital to visit during the Chinese New Year.
Father, I recently returned to Suzhou and tonight I am hosting a banquet for some friends at the He family villa on the edge of Stone Lake in the southwest outside the city.
"He just came back, and he didn't know that you had come to Fucheng to serve as an official. Otherwise, your invitation would be indispensable. Since you are here, just come with me."
Li You had a good impression of the person who jumped out and was active, so he nodded in agreement.
Zhao Liangli smiled and said: "His father was the Taichang Qing of the current dynasty."
It should be the third grade, and it is indeed a family of officials, but this official seems to be very clean, Li You thought to himself.
"Don't underestimate him." Zhao Liangli added: "His father was born in the Imperial Academy, and he might be able to join the cabinet as prime minister one day. This is a future that neither of my two brothers can have."
According to the common practice of the country, those who are not Jinshi will not be admitted to the Hanlin, and those who are not Hanlin will not be admitted to the cabinet. Although the Hanlin Academy is only a fifth-rank yamen, it can be called the most noble department of the imperial court. Those who are promoted from the Hanlin Academy are the clear stream and the elite.
The elite here.
When a new Jinshi enters the Hanlin, he is regarded as a prime minister, and the imperial court regards him as a reserve prime minister. Of course, future development depends on personal opportunities, but if you cannot enter the Hanlin, you will never want to be a bachelor, a member of the Ministry of Personnel, or a member of the Ministry of Rites.
The official is here.
Zhao Liangli took Li You and He Shenzhi to meet up and boarded the big boat prepared by the He family. Together with several friends, he also took seven or eight prostitutes with him.
The ship was a bit overbearing when it passed the Chang Gate. Li You was not used to the style of this wealthy family and couldn't help but open the window to check the situation, but unexpectedly saw his concubine.
Li You, who was busy with entertainment, didn't pay too much attention, thinking that Secretary Guan was in the government office, and Guan Xiuxiu would not have to worry about no one to arrange it. Anyway, he would go back tomorrow, and it would not be too late to comfort her then.
In the cabin on the other side, Guan Xiuxiu calmed down and thought, the rumors may not be true, but they have to be guarded against. Her husband has risen rapidly, and the environment he is facing has changed rapidly, so it is inevitable that his mind will be unstable. Today it is the Zhao family, but it may be who he is tomorrow.
Family, it is not an option to worry like this all the time. Some appropriate warnings need to be given. Unfortunately, her identity does not have much say.
He also thought that Mrs. Liu was indifferent at home and was weak and unscheming, so we were quite comfortable getting along with her. If there were to be a new lady, she would almost certainly be a noblewoman from an aristocratic family, and 90% of the time she would not be as easy to get along with as Mrs. Liu. From this point of view
, for now it is best to maintain the status quo.
"Turn around and go back to Xujiang." Guan Xiuxiu spoke. Since she couldn't speak to the problem, she went back to find someone who could.
Lv Shui said in surprise: "Miss, you are not going to Fucheng?"
