Gu Jingyun didn't go back to the small courtyard, but turned to the Prince's Mansion, handed a greeting card and a booklet to the steward of the Prince's Mansion, turned around and Shi Shiran took Li Baolu home.

The two of them wrote and drew at home in the afternoon, and the day passed like this. But the upper echelons of the capital have already turned upside down because of Gu Jingyun's appearance.

The eldest princess's banquet was attended by family members above the third-rank officials in Beijing, nobles, aristocratic families and members of the royal family.

Originally, it didn't matter if Zhongyonghou's Mansion and Dingguo Duke's Mansion didn't come, except for the doubts of the people who had a close friendship with them, no one else noticed.

But the Duke of Pingguo came late, and everyone arrived halfway through the banquet, so everyone couldn't help but look sideways.

People from the Pingguo Mansion couldn't help explaining the reason for their late arrival, so before the princess's banquet was over, everyone who came to the banquet knew that Qin Wenyin's son and Qin Xinfang's nephew Gu Jingyun had returned to Beijing.

Not to mention others, even the eldest princess jumped up from her seat in shock.

This is really a good place for everyone to exchange information and exchange needs.

Everyone began to see the jokes of the Gu family and the Fang family. The Gu family divorced their wives, which had been a turmoil back then, was stripped away and presented to the public again.

Originally, some officials and family members were ignorant and didn't know who Gu Jingyun was, but they all knew after a banquet.

But before the banquet was over, everyone got the latest development of the incident. Gu Jingyun and his little daughter-in-law were driven out by the Gu family with sticks.

Now even Tang and Jiang's family can't sit still. Why are the in-laws so confused and so out of the question? Will the children get married in the future?

The Fang family even left the meeting early. There was no other way. Everyone enthusiastically asked them if their aunt was in good health. She was born six months premature and could raise the child healthy.

Even the emperor who was still sick in the palace knew about it. The prince brought a note when he went home to deal with the affairs and then went to the palace to serve the sick. Pass it to you."

The emperor took it, but he didn't open it to read it. He just said inexplicably: "What an arrogant young man, he just threw the booklet to the porter. How did he know that you would pass it on for him?"

Few people dared to ask the prince to hand over the book, and even fewer people dared to drop the book without saying hello and let the prince hand it over.

The emperor suspected that he had a close relationship with Qin Xinfang.

The prince didn't explain, but just said with a smile: "I heard that he is Jieyuan of Guangdong at a young age, and he is no worse than Mr. Qin. Being arrogant is not necessarily a bad thing."

The emperor snorted coldly, opened the booklet, and there were only some greetings written on it, he couldn't help frowning, Gu Jingyun was just a small person, how could he have such a big face to ask the saint to greet him?

Could it be that Qin Xinfang had something to convey to him?

The emperor glanced at his son who was serving soup for him in the palace, thinking in his heart, he closed the booklet and said, "Let him enter the palace tomorrow, I also want to see this young genius."

The crown prince replied, "Did the ministers send someone to inform him, or did the emperor directly announce the decree?"

"Let the servant go for a while," the emperor said indifferently, "I'll see you in the imperial study."

The waiter who was waiting on the side bowed and quietly stepped back to give Gu Jingyun an order.

Li Baolu was very worried, "The emperor really sees you, and I can't enter the palace with you, what if someone bullies you?"

"Even if someone bullies me, can you still beat someone up for me in the palace?" Gu Jingyun smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's going to be the point where you have to use force to solve it. It's almost the same with you or without you."

Li Baolu pouted, "I'm so useless in your eyes."

"It was in the imperial palace. Even the master would not dare to say that he could escape unscathed, let alone you with me? That's why I said it would be the same with you or without you." Gu Jingyun pinched her earlobe and said softly: "You Don't worry, I won't let myself fall into that situation, not only for you, but also for uncle and others."

Li Baolu nodded. In fact, she had no other choice but to nod, because she couldn't enter the palace.

"Someone may come from the Gu family tomorrow. If it's the steward or the Fang family who come, you don't have to see them. Just ask Shun Xin to go out and get rid of them. If it's Gu Huaijin who comes, then go out and meet him, no matter what he wants you to do. Whatever you do, you put it on me, saying that you can’t make the decision, if you ask me about my life in Qiongzhou, how can you say so pitifully.” Gu Jingyun smiled, “I don’t care for his sympathy, but at this time, I need his sympathy. Do something with sympathy. As my father, he is unfeeling but also sentimental. The most fatal weakness is indecision. In this life, he has no other skills other than being full of talent."

Li Baolu had rummaged through the boxes to find a set of off-white cotton and linen shirts, which she bought temporarily as a disguise when they escorted Li An to Beijing last year, but they were useless in the end and had been kept at the bottom of the box, but now they come in handy.

Gu Jingyun twitched the corners of his mouth, and said, "It's too much, today you are still standing in front of the gate of Gu Mansion in silk."

"Then tell the truth, those clothes were all given by the grandson, and this time we even sold paintings to make up for the travel expenses to the capital."

Gu Jingyun was silent for a moment, then nodded, "He bought this small courtyard for us with money, and arranged for us a porter to look after the house. Although his actions are secretive and can deceive others, it is difficult to hide from the emperor's eyes."

In the past, the emperor didn't know that he was there, so naturally he wouldn't investigate him, but now that he suddenly popped up and had a close relationship with Qin Xinfang, it was impossible for the emperor not to investigate.

It is not difficult to find out his whereabouts after a search.

Gu Jingyun looked at Baolu with relief, "It's fortunate that you reminded me, it seems that I should be more honest when I meet the emperor tomorrow."

The next day Gu Jingyun followed the servant into the palace in a cotton and linen Confucian shirt, which made the servant look sideways at him.

Who enters the palace without wearing the best clothes?

Fortunately, this one entered the palace wearing cotton and linen clothes.

Among the fabrics, Gebu is the cheapest, followed by linen and cotton. Cotton and linen are made by mixing linen and cotton. The fabric is higher than linen, but lower than cotton. The clothes are still not close to the body. Generally, they are poor scholars with no money. their favourites.

The emperor didn't know these fabrics like his servants, but when he looked down at Gu Jingyun, he could see that the clothes on him were not very good.

The emperor's eyes were deep, and he saw Gu Jingyun's back straight, kneeling there with his head slightly lowered, very much like Qin Xinfang who entered the palace to thank him after being the number one scholar in high school.

He was silent for a while before sighing quietly: "You are very similar to your uncle, what's the matter with seeing me at the festival this time?"

It means that it's not a big deal, I will promise you what I can.

Gu Jingyun thought, I want you to let my uncle's family go, would you be willing?

Gu Jingyun lowered his head slightly, and said loudly: "I just want to greet Your Majesty, and wish you good health and longevity."

The emperor frowned, "You spent a lot of trouble to pass the son into the palace through the crown prince just to greet me?"

Gu Jingyun was stunned for a moment, then raised his head slightly and said, "Going back to the emperor is not a big deal, it's just sending a letter and a brochure to the Prince's Mansion."

The emperor frowned even more, obviously displeased.

"Your Majesty, I often hear my uncle talking about the personnel affairs in the capital. Among them, the sentence that makes him feel the most is that I don't know if your majesty's angina has improved in recent years. The greatest wish in my life is to rehabilitate my uncle. The second-class wish is It is to do my best to complete the things that my uncle regrets not being able to complete. Sending greetings to Your Majesty, and wishing His Majesty good health and longevity, the fastest way I can think of is to send you an invitation letter through His Royal Highness. Your Majesty is well, and I will send you I can tell my uncle when I write a letter from home, so that he doesn't have to worry so much."

Gu Jingyun's frankness stunned the emperor, and he asked quietly after a while, "Then what if the crown prince doesn't hand you this booklet?"

Gu Jingyun smiled, "That's just waiting for a few more months, and I can always see His Majesty during the palace examination."

"You are confident, how can you be sure that you can pass the exam?"

Gu Jingyun's face was serious, and he said seriously: "Your Majesty, if I fail the ranking, it can only mean that there is fraud in the exam."

The emperor laughed angrily, "You are more arrogant than your uncle."

Gu Jingyun seriously retorted, "Your Majesty, this is not arrogance, but understanding yourself."

emperor:"……"

Looking at the serious young man, the emperor's mood improved miraculously. He frightened him with a straight face and a cold voice, "Isn't it arrogant to say in front of me that I want to share equally for your uncle?"

"Of course not." Gu Jingyun raised his head, looked at the emperor seriously and said, "Your Majesty, I know that my uncle was wronged, and one day I will prove it to you."

The emperor didn't even move his eyebrows. He had seen many such arrogant young people, and he didn't feel any disturbance in his heart, "I heard that you were kicked out by the Gu family yesterday? You can't protect yourself, how can you rehabilitate your uncle? "

"Your Majesty, those are rumors and they are not credible. I think Gu Fu will send someone to pick me up today."

"Then you want to go back?"

"Of course," Gu Jingyun said as a matter of course: "Although the Zhongyonghou Mansion is not as good as before, there are still some connections and forces that are of great benefit to me."

The emperor was surprised, "Are you willing to look back at home because of their connections?"

"Of course," Gu Jingyun looked up at the emperor curiously, "otherwise, why does Your Majesty think I'm going back?"

"Recognize the ancestors and return to the clan, or for revenge on the Gu family."

What my uncle said was true, the emperor had a small heart and held grudges very much.

Gu Jingyun denied that he held grudges that much, and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, I think I have a big heart. If it was because of what happened fifteen years ago, I would not take revenge on the Gu family. Of course, I was born in October because of my mother's hard pregnancy. It was brought up by my uncle himself, if you want to recognize your ancestors, you should also recognize the Qin family."

"Your grandfather would be pissed off when he heard that."

"My grandfather had a big heart and wouldn't die of anger."

Seeing the young man with a serious face, the emperor moved in his heart, waved back and forth, and when there were only two people left in the hall, he asked, "You said you often heard your uncle mentioning the personnel affairs in the capital, so have you ever heard your uncle comment on my situation?" ?”

Gu Jingyun was silent.

The emperor straightened his back involuntarily, leaned forward slightly and said, "Speak, don't lie."

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