Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

In the imperial prison, Gu Yunji was in a daze and huddled in the corner of the cell.

Even though there are golden sore medicines for wounds, they have not been specially treated after all. The wound on Gu Yunji's chest is currently in a half-healed state. The outside is scabbing, and new flesh has just grown inside. A slight movement may cause the wound to rupture. He could only sit on the ground without moving, and his legs were numb from sitting all day long.

But compared to Fang Zigui, Gu Yunji is already very lucky.Fang Zigui had suffered more whips than him back then, and he hadn't been healed by wound medicine. Now it's the beginning of summer in April, and as the weather warms up, Fang Zigui's wounds are gradually showing signs of festering.In the past few days, he has been suffering from high fever, and he is almost in a state of fever. He is unconscious most of the time every day, and he can't even scold Gu Yunji.

After an unknown amount of time, the iron chains of the prison cell rattled, the door was opened, and Zhao Fan, dressed in the uniform of the Flying Fish Guard, walked in.

Hearing the sound, Gu Yunji's vacant eyes regained a bit of spirit. He turned his stiff neck and was about to ask, but Zhao Fan took out an imperial decree and said loudly: "Gu Yunji, Fang Zigui listened to the decree—"

Gu Yunji was startled when he heard the words, his mind was mostly cleared up in an instant, and he quickly knelt down respectfully.

"Your Majesty's decree: After investigation, the evidence of Gu Yunji's collusion with Bai Xingjia to commit fraud is insufficient, and it is nothing. Gu Yunji, Fang Zigui, Bai Xingjia and other people involved in this case were all acquitted and released."

"On the other hand, the former Hanlin editor Fang Zi was transferred to the sixth-rank department of the Imperial Academy, and the former Hanlin editor Gu Yunji was transferred to the sixth-rank general judge of the Xuzhou Prefecture. The two leaders should choose a date to take office, and there must be no mistakes. -"

"The ministers and others lead the decree, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Holding the imperial decree in his hand, Gu Yunji was still a little unresponsive, and read it over and over several times, lest he heard it wrong.

Seeing this, Zhao Fan hurriedly said: "Why, Mr. Gu can't believe that he can go out completely after entering the imperial prison? Don't worry, this is an imperial edict issued by His Majesty himself, and there will be no mistakes."

Gu Yunji suddenly came back to his senses, and said: "That's not true. I knew that I would be able to go out sooner or later due to insufficient evidence, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. I wonder why Your Majesty would suddenly think of transferring me from the Imperial Academy to the Xuzhou Mansion ?”

Zhao Fan said with a smile: "Your Majesty's thoughts, I can't guess. But having said that, Mr. Gu went to the imperial prison once, and was promoted from a seventh-rank Hanlin editor to a sixth-rank general judge, which is a blessing in disguise. , Congratulations to Master Gu for his promotion."

Gu Yunji smiled politely, but did not answer.

What is a blessing in disguise is clearly a disaster from beginning to end.The noble officials of the Hanlin Academy, especially the Jinshi from a first-class background, are usually transferred to the Sixth Ministry when they "graduate" from the Imperial Academy, and only in special circumstances will they be sent to various state capitals to serve as local officials.

The Syrian state capital is located in the southwest, with a remote geographical location and a backward economy. In the early years of this dynasty, it was also a place of exile for prisoners. It can be said to be one of the most backward and remote state capitals in the country.What's more, local officials have always been one level lower than Beijing officials. This kind of transfer order is to be promoted and demoted secretly.

Fang Zigui's situation is similar to his. Guozijian is nominally the most authoritative and formal school in the imperial court. In fact, the qualifications of students in recent years have been uneven. There are almost no people who actually come in to study.

Under such circumstances, the Guozijian has almost become a cold bench. Except for older officials who will come to teach and "care for the elderly" at the same time, there will be basically no young and promising officials working here.

To put it bluntly, both Gu Yunji and Fang Zigui were transferred from the political center this time. One has real power but is not in the capital, and the other is in the capital but has no real power. ".

Fang Zigui was injured and burned badly, except for the time when the imperial decree was read out, he barely managed to hold himself up, and now he couldn't even walk, and was carried out by someone.Gu Yunji watched him being carried away coldly, but finally looked away without saying anything.

Zhao Fan noticed his movements, and said: "If you suspect that someone framed you this time, you can appeal to the higher authorities, but that is not within the scope of our Flying Fish Guard's authority, and you have to go to the three courts."

Gu Yunji replied: "Well, I know, thank you Master Zhao for reminding me."

That being said, he has no intention of appealing.It can be seen from the transfer of the two of them this time that Emperor Jingfeng knew the truth behind it, and the reason why he handled it this way was that he didn't want to pursue it too much. There was no need for him to confront Emperor Jingfeng ignorantly.

What's more, since Fang Zigui has done it, he will definitely clean up the traces, even if he appeals, it is useless, he can only find a chance to get it back later.

At this time, a jailer came over and handed a set of clothes to Gu Yunji: "Master Gu, these are clothes sent by your family. After changing, you can go out. Your family is waiting for you outside."

Gu Yunji was still wearing the official uniform he had when he entered the Imperial Prison, it had long been ripped apart by the whip, and it was so dirty that he couldn't go out to meet people at all.Hearing this, he hurriedly changed his clothes, and purposely covered up the scar extending to his collarbone, and after confirming that there was no problem, he went outside.

Walking out of the gate of the imperial prison, Gu Yunji was dazzled by the bright light, and stayed in the dark and damp dungeon for more than ten days. Looking at the bustling streets around him, he suddenly felt as if he had passed away. He didn't know what year it was.

While in a trance, a trembling familiar voice came from my ear: "Yun Ji."

Gu Yunji came back to his senses, turned around and saw his wife's figure, with the corners of his lips raised, he smiled at her: "Shuhua, I'm back."

The moment he saw Gu Yunji, Xu Shuhua's eyes filled with tears in an instant, his heart was tightly gripped, sore and painful, he couldn't believe that the haggard man in front of him, who was tortured to the point of inhumanity, was himself s husband.

Gu Yunji walked over slowly, carefully painted her face with his eyes, and sighed softly: "Shuhua, you have lost weight."

The turbulent emotions swept over, and Xu Shuhua couldn't hold back anymore, and threw himself into her husband's arms, sobbing softly: "I thought I would never see you again..."

Gu Yunji stroked her back, and comforted her softly: "Okay, okay, don't cry, didn't I come out? I'm all beard and tail, nothing happened, don't worry."

Xu Shuhua didn't speak, but hugged him tighter, and tears flowed more fiercely.

Gu Yunji had no choice but to tease her on purpose: "I haven't showered for so many days, and my body is very dirty. You don't mind holding me like this?"

Xu Shuhua's heart ached badly at first, but when he heard this, he thumped him, stopped his tears slightly, and said with red eyes: "You bastard, you're still joking with me at this time."

It was a coincidence that Gu Yunji was punched to the wound, but in order not to worry Xu Shuhua, he just endured it and did not make a sound.

However, Xu Shuhua keenly noticed that his body was stiff for a moment, and quickly let go of him, and asked anxiously: "What's the matter? Is there any discomfort? Did you suffer torture in the prison? Where is the injury? Let me see. "Speaking, she rolled up Gu Yunji's sleeve, wanting to check the injury.

Gu Yunji grabbed her hand and avoided her movements calmly: "It's okay, I scratched a little oily skin, it's just a small injury."

How could it be possible that it was just scratching the surface of the skin after being transferred from the imperial prison known as Yama Hell, but now on the street, although Xu Shuhua was worried, he had no choice but to hold back his mood and wait until he got home.