Chapter 197: True and false daughter (two more in one) (1/2)

Chapter 197 True and false daughter (two more in one)

Gu Jiao was not interested in those hairpins, and even less interested in Gu Jinyu's gossip, she turned and left.

Gu Jinyu in the Qingfeng Building was not well, because of Zhuang Mengdie's words, the expressions of the several daughters in the wing had all changed.

Today’s female school is off, everyone is free and invited to Qingfenglou. One is to bet on Chunwei and the other is to bet on the three-flower list.

Gu Jinyu is a strong contender on the Three Flower Ranking. She was born in the Hou Mansion and is the jewel in the palm of Lord Gu. She is also loved by the concubine Shu. At the age of fifteen and on the same day, her majesty was canonized as the head of Hui County.

Her talent is not only a household name in the capital, but it is also very famous. After entering the female school, she is like a fish in the water and won many firsts, which is equal to Zhuang Yuexi.

Who is Zhuang Yuexi? That was the granddaughter of Taifu Zhuang, the niece of Zhuang Daru and the niece of Zhuang Xianzhi, and the sister of King An, she is not surprising.

It's too surprising that Gu Jinyu can be as famous as her.

However, the capital city is a place that is very particular about birth. It is true for men and it is also true for women.

”Jinyu, is what she said is true?” asked a Miss Xu Su Rili who had been close to Gu Jinyu.

A Ms. Yang beside    asked, ”Yes, yeah, Jinyu, Ms. Zhuang is talking nonsense? How could you not be Ding'an Hou's birth? Ding'an Hou Mingming loves you so much!”

In spite of this, the eyes of the daughters in the wing clearly brought a hint of doubt.

Gu Jinyu squeezed the veil in his hand.

She felt her cheeks hot, as if she had been slapped in the face, or stripped of her clothes, all the shame came out at this instant.

For someone else to say that, she denied it early in the morning. After all, no one would go to the Hou Mansion to verify. Even if he did, Lord Hou would say that she was biological to protect her.

It is Zhuang Mengdie!

Zhuang Mengdie has already determined her life experience, and her denial is useless, it will only make things worse.

Even if Gu Houye came forward, it’s useless. People like Zhuang Mengdie will definitely come to your Majesty or the Queen Mother and force Gu Houye to swear to God that she Gu Jinyu is biological, otherwise it would be the crime of deceiving the emperor!

This sounds ridiculous, but it is indeed what Zhuang Mengdie would do.

Zhuang Mengdie took her sister's arm and smiled triumphantly at the opposite wing: ”Hehehe, don't you have anything to say? A fake daughter cheats and deceives with the name of a real daughter all day long. If I were her, I would go back to my country early. Come on! Please brighten the eyes of those who fudge, not every pheasant can fly on a branch and become a phoenix!”

”Say a few words, let's go.” Zhuang Yuexi took away the straw bag sister with a cold expression.

”I think I still have something to do at home, Miss Gu, we will get together next time.” Miss Xu got up and said goodbye.

”Me too, I promised to accompany my mother to the incense, Miss Gu, I will leave first.” Miss Yang exchanged a glance with her companions, and stood up and walked out of the wing.

The remaining daughters also left one after another. They had a thin skin and were embarrassed to leave, and did not continue to bet Gu Jinyu.

Gu Jinyu felt so embarrassed for the first time like sitting on pins and needles.

What made her even more embarrassed was that the daughters who had already bet on her went downstairs to bet on Zhuang Yuexi.

The two-legged situation on the three-flower list has been reversed, and Zhuang Yuexi forced Gu Jinyu to become the most popular daughter.

Gu Jinyu left Qingfeng Tower humiliatingly.

”Miss, shall we go back to the house?” asked the coachman.

”Go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry,” she said.

”Yes!”

The coachman drove the carriage to the office of the Ministry of Industry.

Gu Houye had just returned from the Ministry of War after learning blasting techniques, and he saw a familiar carriage at the gate of Yamen. He walked over and opened the curtain to take a look: ”Jinyu?”

Gu Jinyu's eyes were red, and tears rolled in his eye sockets.

Gu Houye felt distressed all of a sudden, got on the carriage and asked her: ”What's wrong? What happened? Did someone bully you?”

Gu Jinyu could not cry, the little maid on the side spoke for her: ”Master Hou, you can call the shots for the young lady! The young lady was humiliated today!”

Gu Houye's face sank: ”Who dares to humiliate the daughter of Ding'an Hou Mansion?”

The little maid said: ”Miss Zhuang, she said our lady is a pheasant from the country!”

This little maid is also amazing. After Zhuang Mengdie said so great, she summed it up in one sentence, and it summed up ten times the lethality.

Gu Houye's face turned ugly: ”How can she be like this?”

Gu Jinyu choked and said: ”In fact, I don’t blame Ms. Zhuang. She is telling the truth. I am indeed not the father of my father. My father and mother are rural people. I came from this kind of background...”

Gu Houye said distressedly: ”Daddy doesn't allow you to say that about yourself! In Daddy's heart, you are Daddy's biological daughter!”

The little maid glanced at Master Gu Hou, and muttered: ”The young lady is miserable. When Ms. Zhuang Wu said so, everyone is not betting on her! This is only the first day, and I don’t know if she wants to go to girls’ school in the future. How can you be bullied by those people?”

Bullying his daughter? Is this okay?

Gu Houye didn’t know much about what to bet or not. He asked the master and servant to know that Qingfenglou had opened the gambling game of Chunwei. Among them, there is a three-flower list, which is to bet on who can get hairpin from the hands of the top three jinshi.

There are three   hairpin flowers, most of which is for Zhuang Yuexi from King An, aren’t there two left?

Master Gu Hou felt that with Jinyu's aptitude, how could he win one flower from the two.

He can't let Jinyu suffer this grievance.

In the afternoon, he paid five thousand taels of silver from the warehouse and took them all to Qingfeng Building to place bets.

”Which Miss Gu are you going to bet on?” the shopkeeper asked.

”Are there many Miss Gu?” Gu Houye asked.

The shopkeeper didn’t know Mr. Gu Hou, and explained the two Miss Gu with a smile: “There are two Miss Gu in the Ding’an Hou Mansion, one is Miss Gu Er and the other is Miss Gu.”

That girl can also be on the list? Gu Houye rolled his eyes, and soon he remembered that the little maid had said that Zhuang Mengdie had deliberately bet Gu Jiao on a copper plate in order to humiliate Gu Jinyu. He wanted to come to Qingfeng Tower and wrote that **** that time.

Want to fight with Jinyu even with her?

forget it!

Gu Houye pushed Gu Jinyu all in without saying a word.

Gu Jinyu's bet amount immediately tied Zhuang Yuexi.

Gu Jiao still hangs on the last one alone.

Concubine Shu also got news of Chunwei's gambling game, and quietly asked the **** to go to Qingfeng Building to place a bet with the money.

An Junwang is sure to win. There are too many people betting on him, and the odds are too low, but Concubine Shu still bets. It is better to make less than no.

Concubine Shu also bet on Gu Jinyu and Zhuang Yuexi, as well as Taoist Miaoyin.

This Taoist aunt has some origins, she is Yuan Shoufu’s granddaughter, she was sent to Taoist temple because she was not able to support her after being born. It is also strange that babies who are dying of breath have really become alive after entering Taoist temple.

Shu Fei asked someone to find out that Taoist Miaoyin could return to Beijing when she was sixteen years old. She counted her days as before and after she was released on the list.

Concubine Shu felt that even with Yuan Shoufu's reputation, Taoist Miaoyin could get a hairpin.

Yuan Shoufu’s young grandson also participated in Chunwei, his reputation is not as good as that of Anjun Wang, but Concubine Shu bet him to be the second place.

Next, Concubine Shu bet another Jiangnan talent, this son is quite famous in the Jiangnan generation, three years ago, he was due to high school in the spring, but he fell ill and missed Chunwei.

He had a good relationship with the fifth prince, and the fifth prince strongly recommended this person to her. Concubine Shu believed in her son's vision, so he bet on his Tanhua Lang.

After doing this, Concubine Shu was worried that she had missed something, so she called a close-knit maid: ”Who is the crown prince?”

The maid said: ”The slave and maid asked, but the prince did not place a bet.”

Concubine Shu does not understand what the princess is thinking, such a great opportunity to make money, don’t let it go.

The palace lady speculated: “Among these gifted ladies, only the Prince An can learn to be in the eyes of the prince, but the prince can’t make a bet from the prince.”

This is also true. The King An is the banker's family, and the Queen Xiao and the banker are rivals. The crown princess bets the banker's bet. Isn't she touching Queen Xiao's mold?

Concubine Shu has no team standing in the harem, she can bet anyone.鈥斺�

Gu Jiao went directly to the hospital after coming out of Qingfeng Tower.

Doctor Song just came out of Gu Chenglin's ward, his expression was hard to express.

Gu Jiao walked over and asked, ”Why? He still refuses to leave?”

Doctor Song shook his head: ”His wound has healed early, the thread has been removed, and the pulse is smooth in all respects, and there is no point in living any longer.”

Although he had been injured for a hundred days, Gu Chenglin was young and vigorous, and he returned to the mansion to take care of him. Why bother to rely on their medical clinic?

Gu Chenglin did not want to leave. A large part of the reason was that he could not accept Aunt Ling's betrayal. He refused to return to the place where Aunt Ling once existed, and refused to hear from her.

As long as he is in the mansion, these problems cannot be solved.

But he can't move to the house outside, Mrs. Gu will not agree.

Gu Jiao and Doctor Song went to his ward.

When    entered the house, Gu Chenglin lay on his side with his back facing the door.

The light in the room is very dark, but he can also be seen that he is much thinner.

Gu Jiao came to the hospital bed: ”If you don’t leave again—”

Gu Chenglin did not turn around, but silently held up a silver ticket.

”The ward of the hospital is for patients——”

held up another silver ticket.

”Business has been very good recently—”

Eight silver tickets.

One piece is worth one hundred taels.

Gu Jiao collected a thousand taels: ”Take care of your injuries.”

Doctor Song: ”...”

After Gu Jiao took the silver ticket, she went out happily!

On the other side, Gu Chengfeng also came to the medical clinic to take care of his younger brother after finishing a day of homework.

He used to do homework during the day and tasks at night. After Gu Chenglin was injured, he became doing homework during the day and taking care of Gu Chenglin, and doing tasks and taking care of Gu Chenglin at night.

Gu Chenglin's body is not in serious trouble, but people have become dumb and refuse to communicate with others.

Gu Chengfeng’s secrets are actually a bit unbearable here, but unfortunately, fortunately, Gu Chenglin’s appearance will not reveal Gu Chengfeng’s secrets.

Gu Chengfeng woke up early and was greedy and exhausted. After being drained again and again, he finally saved a thousand taels of silver.

This is the last debt.

After paying this back, he won’t have to work so hard anymore!

”Third brother, when the second brother pays off the debt, I will take you to a better medical clinic!” Gu Chengfeng said, reaching down on Gu Chenglin's pillow to touch his banknote.

He touched it, huh? No.

He touched it a second time, but still nothing.

He pulled out the pillow, and found sadly that the one thousand taels he had worked so hard to save were gone!

He only felt that the sky was falling: ”Third brother! Where is my bank note?”

On the ninth day of the ninth day, the first exam officially started.

The Guards had surrounded the Gongyuan yesterday, and the water could not leak out. Don't even think of a fly in it.

The invigilators took out the test papers from the self-sealed boxes and handed them out to each test booth one by one.

The Gongyuan in the capital has four examination booths, east, west, north, south, and there are as many as 500 people in each test booth, which adds up to 2,000 test papers.

After the test paper is put down, the test taker shall not write immediately, but wait for the bell of Gongyuan Drum Tower to ring, and then take the pen to answer the paper after three rings.

The same is true when rewinding papers. If the bell rings three times, you must write down, otherwise it will be regarded as cheating in the examination room.

There are many examinees in the Beijing Gongyuan Academy. In contrast, there are also many invigilators, and there are people on patrols throughout the day. In such a high-pressure environment, it is not easy to entrain in cheating.

The weather seems to be colder, and some snow flutters early in the morning.

The cold wind screamed, and the candidates were shaking with cold, and the brushes were a little unsteady.

Xiao Liulang ate a piece of jerky with sauce and a steamed bun with white noodles in the morning, dipped in a bit of spicy, sweaty, and his hands were warm.

This test is about the four books and five classics, there are scripture topics, but also interpretations and essays. The number of questions is very large.

Those who can pass this round are the best from all over the world. Both the psychological quality and the real ability are better than the overall level of the provincial examination. The difficulty of the first game is not enough to overwhelm them, but the weather is too cold.

”Ahee!”

In an examination booth, Du Ruohan sneezed heavily.

He kicked the quilt last night. He woke up from the cold most of the night, but he didn't feel better after that. The whole person was dizzy, and the problem couldn't be seen at all.

”Ahee! Ahee! Ahee!”

Sneezes several times in a row, and he feels his head dizzy even more.

If this continues, he will definitely fail.

Du Ruohan suddenly became sad.

He can't fail the ranking, it will embarrass the aunt if he fails.

It’s not easy for aunt in the mansion. If he doesn’t make a difference anymore, his aunt will become more and more unable to look up in front of those people.

Du Ruohan tried to force himself to examine the question, but his mind was too muddled, and he couldn't do it anymore.

He wanted to eat something to refresh himself, and when the bag was opened, a small medicine packet fell out.

He froze for a moment before remembering that this was given to him by Gu Jiao, saying that it was wind-cold medicine and chilblain ointment. The wind-cold medicine was taken orally three times a day, two capsules at a time; chilblain ointment was used externally, freely.

But... will it really work?

If you take medicine blindly, it will be bad if you have a bad stomach.

Du Ruohan persisted for another half an hour. Seeing that the morning time was about to pass, he didn't even finish writing a quarter of the questions.

If this continues, there is no difference from abandoning the exam.

Du Ruohan gritted his teeth, took two wind-cold medicines, and swallowed them with water!

Feng Lin and Lin Chengye's exams were in good condition. It was not how good they were, but that this was their first spring. They were young and already had a reputation, so it would not be shameful if they failed to pass the exam.

Of course, Xiao Liulang still hopes that they can go to high school, especially Lin Chengye. After all, Xiao Liulang promised to give Lin Chengye tutoring, and the half refund was invalid.

That is more than two thousand taels of silver——

In the evening, the sound of the minute sounded, and all the candidates stopped writing, waiting for the invigilators to come and collect their papers.

Their test papers will be sent to Qinghui Hall first, where six examiners from the Imperial Academy will write in Zhubi, so called Zhujuan. Zhujuan will also be sealed by name, and then sent to the inner main hall.

This is to prevent a scoring officer from recognizing the candidate's handwriting and thus cheating for personal gain.

The candidates came out on the 10th and entered again on the 11th.

The second test is eight-legged essay.

The title comes from ”The Analects of Confucius”-”Junzi Zhoububi, Guan Zhongzhixiaozai”, which are two unrelated sentences.

It is worth mentioning that the phrase ”Junzi Zhou but not Bi” appeared in an Enke eleven years ago, that is to say, this is not a new question.