Chapter 331 Words and Pearls (one more)
When Zhou Gu came, he was just catching up with Qin Taifu coming out of the East Palace, and the two met at the gate of the East Palace.
Zhou Gu dismounted from his horse and greeted Qin Taifu in a respectful manner, "Teacher."
Qin Taifu put his hands behind his back, looked at Zhou Gu, and nodded to him, "I haven't seen you for a long time, how did you lose so much weight? Has the injury healed?"
"It's done."
Qin Taifu nodded and looked at him, "The list will be released soon."
Zhou Gu nodded.
Qin Taifu said again: "Leave Beijing after the announcement?"
Zhou Gu nodded again.
Qin Taifu looked at him and found that he was much more stable than before. He used to be arrogant and ostentatious. He was not very serious even when he was polite.
He thinks this is also a good thing. How can people grow up without experiencing things?
He said to Zhou Gu: "Before you leave Beijing, go to my residence."
Zhou Gu nodded again.
Qin Taifu stopped talking, waved to him, and got into the carriage. Zhou Gu watched him get into the carriage and said, "Teacher, go slowly." Then he waited for the carriage to leave before he entered the East Palace.
Yan Huisheng had just sent the Grand Tutor away, when he heard that Zhou Gu was coming, he ordered someone to invite Zhou Gu to come in.
Zhou Gu entered Yan Huisheng's study room, bowed his hands to salute, Yan Huisheng glanced at him, "Teacher just left, did you meet him?"
Zhou Gu let out a "hmm".
Yan Echo signaled him to sit down, and said to him: "The Taifu said that the list of scientific examinations has come out, and tomorrow the Confucians will show the list to the emperor after he has a look."
Zhou Gu nodded, "I thought it would take a few more days."
I didn't expect it to be so fast.
Yan echoed: "Father has been urging the release of the list a few days ago, and he is very concerned about it. The great Confucianists are grading the papers every day and night, so it is a few days faster."
Zhou Gu nodded.
Yan echoed and asked: "Leave after the results are released?"
Zhou Gu hesitated for a moment, "Today, Xie Lin and I pried something out of Ning Ze and Ning Yao's mouths, and came here specially to tell His Highness that if His Highness needs it, I will stay for a few more days to help His Highness take care of this matter. If His Highness doesn't need it, I intend to release the list and leave. It won't last more than three or five days."
Yan echoed "Oh?" and asked, "What is it?"
Zhou Gu Jiang pried out everything about the First Prince and the Second Prince from Ning Ze and Ning Yao.
Yan Echo listened, smiled, looked at Zhou Gu and said, "Gu also had this idea earlier, planning to meet Ning Ze and Ning Yao, but I didn't expect you to do it for Gu first. No wonder Tai Tuo just praised you a lot in front of Gu."
Zhou Gu was surprised, "Teacher praised me?"
"Yes, praise you."
Zhou Gu was curious, "What are you praising me for?"
Yan echoed looking at him, and told him the exact words that Taifu praised him.
After Zhou Gu listened, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he fell silent.
Yan echoed and looked at him, "You asked Gu to borrow the dossier about Nanchu, do you want to know about Nanchu, plan to go to Nanchu, or plan to stay in Nanchu in the future?"
Zhou Gu pursed his lips, "Does Your Highness want to listen to the truth?"
"nature."
Zhou Gu looked directly into Yan Huisheng's eyes, "The truth is, I want to be Su Rong's husband, and I don't want to be Daliang's auxiliary minister."
Zhou Gu lowered his eyes and looked down at the table, "She doesn't want to, but I want to."
Yan echoed and looked at him, "How long have you had this idea? Since you borrowed the Nanchu dossier?"
"A few days earlier than that."
Yan echoed and asked again: "Does the old Hu Guogong know that you have this idea and plan in your heart?"
Zhou Gu shook his head, "Grandpa doesn't know."
Yan echoed and asked again: "So, you are determined to be kind-hearted and kind-hearted, and will indulge your thoughts and plans? I want Gu to help you speak out and persuade the old Huguo Gong?"
Zhou Gu raised his head and shook his head at Yan Echo, "I'm not sure His Highness will pamper me, and I don't dare to bother His Highness to help me persuade my grandfather, but I want to try, and I want to be with her more than the famous auxiliary minister who is famous through the ages."
Yan echoed with a calm expression, "She came to the door to cancel the engagement, which means she gave up on you, and turned her head to agree to Ye Guixue's marriage contract, but she didn't leave her a way out. Even so, you still insist?"
Zhou Gu clenched his palms tightly, "Yes."
Yan Huisheng looked at Zhou Gu.
Zhou Gu looked at Yan Echo.
The study room is quiet, you can hear the smell of falling needles, the incense burner is curling up, and the fine gold silk charcoal exudes warmth.
The two have been together in the East Palace for many years, and they are already ready for one monarch and one minister. Yan Huisheng never thought that Zhou Gu would change his path. Zhou Gu naturally never thought about it before, but he met Su Rong. He didn't dare to bet on his feelings for Su Rong. He only knew that if she was gone for the rest of his life, he might not be happy for the rest of his life.
After a long time, Yan echoed: "I heard from the dark guard that Su Rong and Ye Guixue got along very well, and the two prayed together on the marriage tree in the Great Buddha Temple, and tied the marriage rope."
Zhou Gu's face paled.
Yan echoed and said: "That person Su Rong, you have spent a lot of time with her, so you should know her better than Gu. She has a tough temper, a tough temper, a tough mind, and decisiveness. Xue, but the Huguogong Mansion is Daliang's Huguogong Mansion after all, so it won't help her in Southern Chu, Ye Guixue is sending charcoal in the snow, and you can't give this charcoal."
Zhou Gu pursed the corners of his lips tightly, and said with difficulty: "I know all of this."
"Even if you know it, even if you can't do it, you still don't change your mind?" Yan Hui asked.
Zhou Gu nodded, and said softly: "I can't let her go, unless I cut out my heart."
Yan echoed silence for a moment, handed him a cup of tea, and asked, "Besides telling Gu about this, who else did you tell?"
"My grandmother, mother."
Yan echoed and raised her eyebrows, "The two of them agree?"
"Um."
Yan echoed and sighed softly, "They do spoil you after all."
Zhou Gu was silent.
Yan Huisheng asked again: "How long did you plan to travel?"
"Three years."
Yan echoed: "Well, I will give you three years. If after three years, you can't make Su Rong change his mind, you will come back."
Zhou Gu looked up and looked at Yan Huisheng.
Yan Echo’s tone is ordinary, but the words are eloquent, "Zhou Gu, you are the prince of the Huguogong Mansion on Thursday. You are the minister who was cultivated by the old Huguogong and the Qin Taifu. Your surname is Zhou. You can break your heart for the love of your children, and you can break your pride on the woman you like, but you can’t fall into the lintel of the Huguo Mansion because of the love of your children. Benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, trustworthiness, gentleness, courtesy, thrift, loyalty, filial piety, shame and courage. There is a devil living in your heart, and don't forget that you are the Zhou family, and the Zhou family has shed blood on the battlefield for generations, for the long-term safety of the people of Daliang. Since you have a surname of Zhou, as a Zhou family, don't break your bones and make people look down on you, which is shameless."
Zhou Gu's face was pale, and he couldn't sit still. A string was tense in his heart, and it snapped again with a "bang", then stretched again, and broke again. After several times, he closed his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't worry, Your Highness."
Although there are four words, they are as heavy as a thousand pounds.
Yan Huisheng put his hand on his shoulder, putting heavy words first and soft words later, and said calmly and authentically as usual: "Gu believes in you. People who come out of Gu's East Palace, how can they be inferior to those trained by Nanchu Yexiangfu? The more hard-hearted the person, you only need to pry open her hard shell. In fact, the most soft-hearted person is you. You are a smart person, and you can always find her soft-heartedness. In addition, you may not be unable to help her with your skills. Yexiangfu is not impossible. Instead, Ye Guixue himself..."
Yan Echo paused, "It may not be without weaknesses."
Zhou Guyou looked up, "Your Highness also supports me?"
Yan echoed and sighed, and said: "Gu just doesn't want you to come back in three years' time in disgrace, and even Gu will lose face by following you."
(end of this chapter)