From Ze County to Shangjing, the official road changed to the waterway.
Yaoyao was seasick.
But the waterway was the only way.
She was spoiled and had rarely traveled far.
Even if they turned to the official road later, the Gu family's carriage was spacious, with thick mattresses, and various snacks and fruits prepared on it, but the girl was listless after traveling all day and was still very uncomfortable with the bumps. After
twists and turns along the way, Yaoyao was listless when she arrived in Shangjing.
She couldn't do it anymore.
The Yu family couple was worried about Yaoyao, so they stayed with her at Gu's house for three days.
On the fourth day, the two suggested going to the house.
"Is it so urgent?"
Jiashan: "I'm waiting for Yaoyao to get better before I go with you. Someone has been sent to clean the house, but there are still many things that need to be added."
Yu Niang was very tactful: "Yaoyao... should be better now."
"How is that possible?"
Jiashan: "She said she felt dizzy this morning." Jiashan
was worried when he talked about this. Unfortunately, the imperial physician couldn't see anything, and finally said uncertainly that it might be caused by the fatigue of the long journey, and only prescribed some prescriptions for nourishing the spirit.
Yu Niang was silent for a moment, and looked at Yu Jingcheng.
Jiashan saw that something was wrong.
"What happened?"
Yu Niang: "If you say it's dizziness, I don't believe it. It's probably because of fear."
Fright?
That's even more serious.
Jiashan was about to frown and be serious.
Yu Niang continued to be tactful: "Maybe she was scared when she learned that she was better and was going to study at the Imperial College."
Yes, it was Gu Fuju who mentioned it yesterday.
So, Yaoyao, who was ready to go to the ground and make a scene, lay back down.
Jiashan: ? ? ?
If it were another child, she would have said with contempt that she was useless.
But now Jiashan was almost stuttering: "She...she resists studying, so...what should we do?"
Yu Jingcheng said: "It's okay, in the morning, while she is still asleep, just wrap her up in a blanket and send her there."
Jiashan:...
what if he gets angry and ignores her?
Jiashan decided to let Gu Fuju do it.
Anyway, he was going to teach at the Imperial Academy.
Yu Jingcheng seemed to guess what she was thinking and said: "Yaoyao's adaptability...is quite strong."
"The first time I sent her to study, I was very worried, afraid that she would be scared to go to a strange place, so I woke her up after we arrived."
He talked for a while first.
Tell her that this is where she will study in the future.
"While she was not on guard, I asked the teacher to take care of her and left, but I was afraid that she would cry, so I hid outside the door and guarded."
Jiashan especially liked the Yu couple to mention the trivial things in the past, and listened attentively.
"She couldn't find me and was stunned for a while. She chased me out and looked around, then was led back by the teacher to sit down again. Then she reluctantly grabbed the breakfast beside her, which was prepared by Yu Niang early in the morning and was still piping hot. She ate a few bites..."
Yu Jingcheng couldn't continue.
Jiashan: "What's wrong?"
Yu Niang helped him: "Yaoyao found that the rice balls eaten by the students next door were filled with various side dishes. There is no such way of eating in Ze County, so she has never seen it. She thought it was novel and wanted to grab it."
You know, the student was tall and strong, and he could knock her down with one punch.
But she was very provocative.
"The teacher almost couldn't stop me."
Jiashan: ...
Master Sun taught for this.
But Yaoyao was very loud.
- "The student knows this is wrong!"
- "Then you still do it!"
Yaoyao raised her little hand innocently.
——"Hand, I can't control it."
Then she nodded her head.
——"I don't want to control it here either."
Yaoyao also said.
——"Master, don't be too impatient. This is only the first day. How can you bear it in the future? You have to change."
Yu Niang: "Since then, Jingcheng and I feel more and more that we should let her study."
Yu Niang spoke softly, her voice as soft as water.
"Put your heart back in your stomach, and don't indulge her too much. As for the house, we can slowly buy it."
To buy it, you have to go out.
She rarely went out in Ze County.
There are reasons for her timidity.
But more importantly, people from Xilin Village often go to Ze County to attend the market, and Yu Niang is afraid of bumping into them. She shook out the humiliation she suffered in her early years. The hard-won peace was completely shattered.
This time when she left Ze County, on the way, the sorrow that had been gathered between her eyebrows for many years dissipated a lot, and the whole person was visibly brighter.
"I'm not familiar with this place, Jingcheng also wants to take the opportunity to take me around to get familiar with it earlier."
Upon hearing this, Jiashan did not keep anyone.
She asked the housekeeper to prepare a freight carriage with curtains, and moved the bags that the two brought from Ze County.
Jiashan personally sent people to the door and watched the carriage go away.
The old woman next to her helped her walk back.
"Although the couple of the Yu family came from a remote place, they are very kind and open-minded."
The old woman said in a gentle voice: "They just came, and now they are going to clean up the house. In addition to being busy inside and outside for a while, they also want the girl to get closer to the mistress and the master."
Jiashan knew, so she also appreciated this favor.
"Yaoyao is a girl, and it was a famine year. I know how hard life is in Ze County."
"There are many families who abandon their children in order to survive when they don't have enough food. Girls are... the least valuable, not to mention cannibalism."
"They picked up Yaoyao and raised her like this. I don't know how much effort they put in. How can they be bad people?"
Jiashan: "You should also spread the word that the Yu family in Qingyuan Lane is protected by the Taifu Mansion. Don't let some ungrateful bastards bully them because they are outsiders."
"Yes. The master has already ordered it."
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It was already afternoon when Gu Fuju returned from the palace. He learned from the housekeeper that the Yu couple had moved away, and he was worried that Yaoyao would not be able to adapt. He didn't even have time to change his official uniform, so he wanted to go and see her, but he saw Jiashan in front of the yard.
Jiashan came over: "You came back early, is there any result?"
"Yes."
Gu Fuju: "All the confidants of the late emperor were executed, and the late queen was executed. As for the power of those princes, they were all cut off, and the ministers who assisted them were all imprisoned and dealt with according to the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty."
This matter has been discussed by the ministers since Ying Yi ascended the throne, and it has been deadlocked until now.
Jiashan nodded: "That's what it
should be." "What about the princes of Ying Zhi and Ying Yin?"
Gu Fuju: "Some old ministers suggested that although these princes are not small, they can't cause any trouble. It is better to imprison them to preserve the reputation of benevolence. Some people also suggested exile."
The current crown prince Ying Fuyan has been exiled. Why are those few people so precious?
Gu Fuju: "However, the final result is that except for the fourth prince Ying Cheng, all the others were executed."
He added.
"If it was the emperor who released them."
Jiashan was stunned: "The emperor has changed a lot since he came back."
No one who has anything to do with the Ying family can be tolerated.
Gu Fuju: "If it hadn't changed, I'm afraid she would have died in Lingnan a long time ago."
Gu Fuju walked forward: "What's wrong with Yaoyao? She said she had a headache this morning?"
Jiashan: "I waited for you just to talk about this."
Jiashan told him about what happened before and felt a headache: "She was... pretending." (End of this chapter)
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