Qi Yuanchen seemed to be just a child who had a little unreasonable temper. After being comforted by Qi Huan, he never mentioned this matter again.

However, the next day, Gu Zhan was in a good mood and went to court again. His Majesty the Emperor sat high in the name of the court. When he was discussing politics, his eyes swept back and forth several times, but he was eager to speak but stopped.

Such things are nothing once and once.

After all, Gu Zhan is his brother-in-law. As a brother-in-law, it is normal for human beings to pay attention to his brother-in-law.

But so often...

As the officials in the court were vaguely aware of it, everyone would inevitably have to secretly speculate.

But Gu Zhan hasn't happened recently, but he just made a marriage.

Could it be—

Is it His Majesty the Emperor or the Empress who is not satisfied with his marriage partner?

The others were all fine, but just watching the excitement, Qi Zhengyu and Qi Wenjing and his son were almost worried in the second half.

Qi Wenjing had already made up his mind to catch his prospective son-in-law and ask him after the court was over.

However—

After the emperor announced his resignation, he paused and suddenly pointed at Gu Zhan: "Gu Zhan, I just received a letter from the old Duke from the Northwest Army yesterday. He submitted a memorandum and proposed a new plan for the allocation of troops and food supply in the second half of the year. You are most familiar with the situation in the Northwest Army. Follow me to the imperial study and think about it for me."

turn out to be--

Is it for official business?

Qi Wenjing breathed a sigh of relief, but then his heart hanged again.

He went back late yesterday. When the elders of the Gu family talked to him, they did not take the initiative to mention the engagement device for the two children. As the elder of the woman, the man's family did not take the initiative to mention such things, so he had to endure it.

Later, after seeing off the guests, he couldn't help but go to Yang to figure out the exact meaning of the Gu family. Yang did not hide it from him and told him truthfully that it was not that the Gu family did not want to get married as soon as possible, but that his own daughter refused.

Over the years, Qi Wenjing has always felt ashamed of his first wife and his legitimate children.

especially--

Qi Zhengyu made a fuss twice in a row, pushing Qi Huan and his brothers to the next time they broke the blade...

As a father, he felt more and more unable to raise his head in front of the children.

Now that Qi Huan is so willful and arbitrary, even if he doesn't agree with it in his heart, he can only endure it and does not dare to ask Qi Huan to persuade him.

At this moment, his heart skipped a beat and suddenly an idea came to his mind—

Gu Zhan has been in Beijing for several months this year, and there was no such precedent in previous years. If he received the Northwest military newspaper urged him to go back...

Then isn’t this marriage delay going on?

He was worried here, and Gu Zhan had already bowed to receive the order as usual: "Yes, I will receive the order."

The emperor stood up and left from the back hall.

But he did not follow him immediately, but turned his head and walked towards Qi Wenjing first, bowing politely and respectfully: "Criminal Master, I originally agreed to Qi Huan to go to the mansion to deliver things to her today. Now it seems that I have no time to go there. I hope you will go back to explain to her for me in the evening so that she can't think I broke the appointment for no reason."

In fact, there was no agreement between him and Qi Huan, even if there was a real agreement-

He had no time to go there, and it was easier and more concise to send a letter from the servants around him.

Now I come here to chat with you, just to find an opportunity to get the relationship between the two companies closer.

Qi Wenjing is just a bit pedantic, but he is not completely inconsistent with the world.

He tried not to show a flattering look on his face and smiled: "Okay. It wasn't a big deal, I'll explain it to Huan'er."

As he spoke, he was in trouble with the title.

Just call him the name, the prince of the Duke's Mansion is much higher than the prince of the down-and-out marquis' mansion.

If you want to take advantage of your daughter, treat Gu Zhan as your elder and call him the nephew...

From the perspective of the Duke of Pingguo Mansion, the emperor and Gu Zhan are of the same age. Even if he has swollen face, he dare not come up to be an elder for the emperor.

Qi Wenjing was so hungry that he couldn't fall into the pit, and he choked himself up.

Fortunately, Gu Zhan reacted quickly and said humbly: "I have a boy named Chen Yi, who means shining the stars. The prince called him the name."

This is not something that requires humility and shirk responsibility. Qi Wenjing resolved the embarrassment and nodded in a good way.

Gu Zhan nodded slightly, turned around and chased the emperor from the back hall.

As soon as others left, many people surrounded Qi Wenjing, some people praised him and felt that some people were sarcastic and sarcastic.

But in the end—

It was Qi Wenjing who asked him to taste the feeling of the stars surround the moon in his eyes, and it was really hard to deal with it.

Qi Wenyan has never been used to being cold, so he walked down without squinting and walked away without looking at him.

When Qi Zhengyu saw Gu Zhan walking towards Qi Wenjing, he could not help but leave him humiliation, and he walked out of the hall without looking back at the first moment.

Qi Wen'ang followed him step by step, but his attention was not on Qi Wenjing and Gu Zhan behind him, but staring at Qi Wenyan's back walking in front.

"Father, I just got some news in the past two days." After thinking about it, he still told Qi Zhengyu about the matter: "There is a house next to the imperial city of Pingkangfang. It is the ancestral home of a fifth-rank magistrate who had accused the official seven years ago. His family was convicted and executed for greed for disaster relief. The house was taken over by the court. Two days ago, I just took over a batch of official documents and found that the Ministry of Works was repairing the house for more than half a month."

Qi Zhengyu was not interested in these trivial matters and said coldly: "Tell me the key points."

Qi Wen'ang carefully said: "The intention to repair the house was from the palace. The officials in charge said it was the oral order of Your Majesty, who was personally passed by General Li, but... which house was given to the third brother by Your Majesty before."

When Qi Zhengyu heard this, his steps finally paused slightly.

But this was on the way down the court, and all the officials were walking along the way.

He and his son couldn't stand here and talk openly. He quickly adjusted his condition and continued to move forward as if nothing had happened.

"What's going on?" Qi Zhengyu was puzzled.

Logically speaking, since the house was given, there was no reason why the court sent out its people to repair it.

But if you say that the house was taken back by the court for some reason...

I haven't heard any rumors recently, saying that Qi Wenyan had angered the emperor.

Qi Wen'ang was cautious about this matter and came to tell him after carefully verifying it. His expression was very serious: "My official in charge of this matter has been investigated and said that the third child in the house was going to move in, but the repair was the will of the palace. Because a cousin of the Empress also fell in love with the house and asked His Majesty to come in front of His Majesty. In order to coordinate the relationship between the two parties, His Majesty persuaded the third child to split half of the house and make compensation at the same time... He asked the Ministry of Works to repair the entire house in the name of the Empress. The news is true. The third child did personally agree on the renovation plan."

He is now the official appointed Minister of Works. He should have known the emperor's order to repair the house for Qi Wenyan as soon as possible, because he was just an agent in this position before, so many other things were taken over after being officially appointed recently.

Qi Zhengyu's heart was in a panic for a moment.

Finally, he said coldly: "Let him go."

What can he say?

Last year, the emperor deliberately beat Qi Wenyan when he gave this house.

Although his parents are alive, there is no reason to separate and establish a family, but Qi Wenyan is the emperor behind his back and instigating and supporting him to do this. Who else said?

Seeing that he was cold in his attitude, Qi Wen'ang shut up with tactfulness.

His current situation is unprecedentedly embarrassing.

If Qi Wenyan cleanly cut off his past from his family at the beginning of this year and moved out for a single pass, he should be secretly happy.

after all--

Without this excellent brother as a competitor, his chances of getting the title inheritance rights are much higher.

But now-

Qi Huan got married to the prince of the Duke of Pingguo Mansion, who was the most tough and background in the capital. The Gu family has no mistress now. As long as she marrys her, she will be the wife of the Gu family!

Qi Wenjing has such a prominent daughter to support him—

No matter how cowardly he is, no matter how capable he is...

Even Qi Zhengyu didn't dare to forcefully pick out this title from him.

so--

Qi Wenyan is now going out to set up his own business, which means nothing to him, but it also makes things difficult for him.

Because he has been through this day, he is indeed inferior to Qi Wenyan.

Here Gu Zhan followed the emperor to the imperial study room.

When the prince came to court, Su Qinnian took him back to the East Palace to study, but he was unable to come over to get involved.

After the emperor walked to the case, he sat down, raised his hand and signaled Gu Zhan: "There are no outsiders here today, so you can sit around as you please."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gu Zhan still adhered to the etiquette of the king and his subjects. After thanking him, he found a chair to sit down.

Eunuch Li brought people to bring two bowls of mung bean soup.

The emperor raised his hand again and said, "Eat a little to relieve the heat."

Gu Zhan took a bowl from the tray and tasted it for two bites. He felt that the taste was good, so he ate it all.

The emperor himself had a bad appetite, so he was happy to see the young man eating, "Well, how about you?"

"No." Gu Zhan said, "I am not used to sweets, but the mung bean soup here is indeed cooked well. If you want to reward me, you should not refuse your kindness, then I will be ashamed of taking it."

In private, although both sides adhere to the identities of monarchs and ministers, Gu Zhan was also the one who grew up when the emperor watched him, and Gu Zhan was not too restricted in front of him.
To be continued...