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

This question has been lingering in Gu Yunji's mind for a long time. It should be noted that the emperor's family is very unkind and unjust, and there is no friendship in the battle for the heir, only interests.Li Jinze is 15 years old this year, and he is not an ignorant and naive age. Sometimes Gu Yunji really doesn't know what he is thinking.

Was he out of guilt and sincerely wanting Gu Yunji to be healthy, or did he have an ulterior motive?

Cheng Yan smiled when he heard this, took a sip of tea leisurely, and said leisurely: "Then let me ask you, what were you thinking when you shielded the prince from the hidden weapon? Do you want the prince to have some affection for you? Is it because I owe you something so that I can deal with Fang Zigui better, or is it really selfless to save the prince in danger?"

Gu Yunji was stunned and fell silent.

The incident happened suddenly. Seeing that Gao Shishu's poisonous needle was about to hit Li Jinze, but he was the closest, he just subconsciously wanted to knock down the prince to avoid the hidden weapon.As for the purpose, Gu Yunji himself didn't know.

Maybe they were worried that if something happened to Li Jinze, the entire Zhejiang officials would suffer; maybe it was because during that time everyone put Li Jinze first in everything and protected him for a long time, so the habit became natural, or it was for some other reason... In short, this If Gu Yunji were to think about it for a while, he really couldn't explain why.

Cheng Yan saw it clearly, smiled knowingly, refilled the half-cold tea in front of Gu Yunji, and brought him back to his thoughts: "Don't think about it if you don't understand it. Sometimes some of people's behaviors are subconscious, so just think about it." If you do it then, there is no long-planned purpose or motive."

"Whether the prince is truly affectionate for you or he is pretending, at least he is treating you well so far. Even if he is pretending, if he can keep pretending like this for a long time, the fake will become real. In short, no matter what, your current relationship Our interests are tied together, and since we have chosen this path, we must go on firmly without any hesitation."

After saying that, Cheng Yan paused and looked into Gu Yunji's eyes with a smile: "And I still said that, I will help you."

Gu Yunji was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "What about you? How did you become an imperialist in the past few years when I was away from the capital?"

After being separated for several years, they met again. He and Cheng Yan had the same tacit understanding as before. It seemed that nothing had changed, but something seemed to have changed.

Cheng Yan was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and patted Gu Yunji on the shoulder: "Because I wanted to become an imperial party, so I did this. You have your own way to go, and I naturally have mine to go."

Gu Yunji felt relieved and laughed: "Then should I be glad that you voted for His Majesty's faction instead of the Second Prince's Party? Otherwise, you and I will become tit-for-tat political enemies?"

Cheng Yan pretended to sigh, suppressing a smile and said: "So, this is called tacit understanding. Somehow, I felt that you wanted to become the prince's man, so I rejected the olive branch offered by the second prince again and again. Am I moved? ?”

Gu Yunji was stunned, then laughed again: "When did you learn Su Qi's trick of being glib and glib!"

"People will always change. This is not a kind of progress."

There was a smile in Cheng Yan's eyes: "Now that the matter is about to be settled, I feel relieved. When you completely 'recover' in a few days, the imperial edict of the reward will probably be issued. As a representative of the imperial party, it is not easy for me to be popular with you as a princeling." People have more shelter.”

"It's better to wait until everyone swarms to celebrate you, then I can blend in and say a few words of congratulations to you." With that, Cheng Yan stood up and said goodbye to Gu Yunji.

——"...Gu Yunji, the governor of Shaoxing and the commander of Zhejiang Province, was a loyal and diligent servant. He defeated the bandits in the southeast and sacrificed his life to save the prince in danger. He was a model of a human minister and was awarded the title of third-class loyal and diligent uncle. , a bounty of one thousand taels, a hundred pieces of silk and satin, and a mansion."

"Gu's wife, Mrs. Xu, is dignified, Shurui, and gentle in nature. She has been awarded the title of a lady of the third rank. I admire this——"

Gu Yunji and Xu Shuhua knelt down respectfully: "Thank you for your grace, long live my emperor!"

After announcing the imperial edict, Ning Fuhai quickly helped Gu Yunji up and handed him the imperial edict with a smile: "Congratulations, Uncle Gu! This time you are really blessed with grace and glory. You are the first person since the founding of Daxia. A knighted civil servant!"

Taizu has a holy teaching that no one who inherits the position from a noble can be conferred unless he has performed military service. This is tantamount to fundamentally cutting off the possibility of being conferred a title by a civilian official.Gu Yunji had previously served as a military officer in the capital, and had been participating in the fight against Japanese pirates. In addition, he had made outstanding contributions to saving the prince, so he was barely qualified.

However, Gu Yunji entered the official position through the imperial examination, and was essentially a civil servant. It was not easy to break the rules too much, so the third-class Zhongqin Bo was only his lifelong title and could not be inherited by his descendants.

But since Emperor Jingfeng abolished the Yin Guan of the lord's children, the old lords only have a name but no actual salary and official position, and their status is getting worse day by day.Compared with actual benefits, the current title brings more fame and glory. To Gu Yunji, it is not important whether the title can be inherited by his descendants.

Gu Yunji expected that Emperor Jingfeng would give him a reward, but he didn't expect that he would directly give him a title. He was a little surprised for a while, but Xu Shuhua next to him was even more surprised.

Ever since Gu Yunji was brought back to the capital by the prince, Xu Shuhua was feeling anxious. He was worried about her husband's condition and worried that he would be punished by Emperor Jingfeng. He couldn't eat or sleep well every day, and he lost weight.

After finally waiting for the news about Gu Yunji and learning that he was in good health, Xu Shuhua cried with joy and hurriedly took his daughter to Beijing for a reunion.Unexpectedly, she didn't expect to add to her joy. A few days after she arrived in Beijing, when Gu Yunji was awarded a knighthood, she also received a royal commission.

Holding the golden imperial edict in his hand, Xu Shuhua was still a little confused: "Third-grade imperial concubine... It is my husband who has been born and died, and it is my husband who has made outstanding contributions to the court. It is enough to confer him, why can you confer me?"

Ning Fuhai said with a smile: "Mrs. Xu, don't belittle yourself. Who in the government and the public doesn't know that you are Mr. Gu's virtuous wife? After becoming Mr. Xu Wenzheng, he was well-read in poetry and books, and he was extremely talented. He even carried a sword to force criminals out of the ancestral temple. My cousin's courage, his ability to assist the government, and his ability to talk to Fo Langji people are all spread throughout the capital."

After Gu Yunji was poisoned, Zhejiang's officialdom was in chaos. Xu Shuhua was in a state of confusion, so the two of them were naturally not in the mood to play a pretense of unfamiliarity.So things quickly spread - Mrs. Xu, who was pointing swords at her cousin, and Mrs. Xu, who was proficient in Folangji, were actually the same person, Gu Yunji's wife.

Faced with such a legendary experience, the storytellers couldn't let it go, so they added some fuel and jealousy and combined Gu Yunji's deeds of saving the prince and Southeast's fight against the Japanese pirates to create a story with ups and downs and twists and turns, which was passed down orally. , even everyone in the capital has heard about it.

After Emperor Jingfeng learned about it, he was deeply moved. He praised Xu Shuhua as a model for contemporary women, and with a wave of his hand, he named her a third-grade lady.

After reading the imperial edict carefully again, Xu Shuhua suddenly realized something was wrong and said doubtfully: "Generally speaking, a woman's rank is to obey her husband, which is consistent with her husband's official rank. Why is my husband a fourth-rank prefect, but I am not Is she a third-grade lady?"