Li Baolu smiled and nodded at Director Su, supported Gu Jingyun and said softly, "Let's go home."

"Okay, let's go home."

The couple leaned against each other and walked to the carriage together, but they stopped talking to Mr. Su.

Manager Su didn't care, he stood where he was and watched them go away.

Gu Jingyun walked to the carriage, stared at the carriage for a while, "Shall we go back by carriage?"

Li Baolu laughed and said, "You still want to ride a horse?"

"No, I want to walk back."

Li Baolu turned her head and glanced at the deserted Huangcheng Street. Outside the palace was a wide street with high palace walls on both sides. Every day, ministers would enter the palace from here.

At this time, even the guards patrolling the street were nowhere to be seen.

Li Baolu stretched out her hand to hold his hand, turned her head and said with a smile, "Okay."

The two walked out hand in hand.

Er Lin drove the carriage behind with a dull expression, because the two of them were walking too slowly, he could only walk a few steps, stop and rest for a while before walking.

In the end, the distance between the two of them was widened, because the two masters didn't ask for it, so Erlin simply let Hongzao go, it walked and stopped as it wanted, as long as the master was within his sight.

Gu Jingyun walked for a long time, sweating all over, and he became more and more excited, his eyes sparkled, he couldn't help but whispered: "Bao Lu, it's coming soon, we just need to wait..."

Li Baolu held his hand tightly and gave a soft "hmm".

At this time, Li An, who had withdrawn early, also returned to the Prince's Mansion, and he went straight to the courtyard where his father lived.

The princess had just served the prince to take the medicine, and was about to put him to sleep when her son came, she had no choice but to get up and avoid.

The prince sat cross-legged on the couch in the inner room and waved to him, "You're back? Have you worshiped Jing Yun as your teacher?"

Obviously already know what happened in the hall.

Sitting opposite his father, Li An said, "Grandfather chose the eighth day of April to formally become a teacher. I think Grandfather sincerely wants him to be my teacher."

Seeing his son's complexion, the prince asked, "Why, don't you want to worship him as a teacher, and dislike him for being young?"

Li An shook his head, and said with an ugly face: "Father, the first person who jumped out to object today is Peng Dan."

The prince was silent.

Li An's face became even more ugly, "Peng Dan's ambitions are getting bigger and bigger, and he is becoming more and more disobedient to orders. He knows that Jing Yun belongs to us, and he has already learned about our agreement with Jing Yun from Ziqing, but he still... ..."

Li An suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "If it wasn't for the emperor's grandfather's original intention to stop Jing Yun from being a fourth-rank servant in his life, it is still unknown what he will become in the end. Father, should we just let Peng Dan take the lead?"

The prince was silent for a while before he said: "Your grandfather has become more and more wary of the princes recently, and we managed to make them feel jealous. At this time, it is too risky to take the place of Peng Dan and directly command the officials under him, and the gain outweighs the loss."

Seeing Li An's gloomy expression, he reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Son, wait a little longer, the situation will get better after you worship Jing Yun as your teacher."

Li An was slightly taken aback, "Why?"

The corner of the prince's mouth turned up slightly, "Silly boy, your imperial grandfather is arranging an escape route for you and Jing Yun."

He turned his head to look at the dark night outside the window, and said in a low voice: "If you are the last to ascend the throne, then Jing Yun is the emperor's teacher. He has become the emperor's teacher. What's the difference between a fourth-rank attendant lecturer or a second-rank master? If your uncles are the ones who ascend the throne in the end, then even if you and your younger brothers cannot continue to be rich and powerful based on the contacts left by the Qin family, it can still keep you safe."

"Half of the power in Peng Dan's hands was left by Qin Xinfang, and the other half was subdued by him in my name. Son, it's too easy for you and Jing Yun to join forces to depose Peng Dan," the prince's mouth curled up slightly, "Even if Gu Jingyun He will always be just a fourth-rank attendant."

Li An felt better.

The prince patted him on the shoulder with a smile on his lips.

If there is anyone who understands the power and influence of the Qin family best, it must be him. I'm afraid even the emperor doesn't understand him.

The second one is Lord Hou of Gu Mansion, right?

The prince thought to himself, after all, he has been under the protection of the Qin family forces for more than ten years, and the Gu family has been under the suppression of the Qin family forces.

"Since the imperial grandfather is arranging a way out for me, does that mean that the imperial grandfather prefers us?" Li An asked with bright eyes.

"No," the prince said with a smile: "Your imperial grandfather will also arrange a way out for your fourth uncle, and it may be more secure than ours."

His father is getting older, the older he is, the more nostalgic he is, and the more easily soft-hearted.

Among the several princes, he and the fourth son fought fiercely, to the point of endless death.

His health is not good, it is not certain whether he will die first or his father will die first, so he will arrange for You'an and the fourth child.

You'an is just the grandson, but the fourth child is the son he has spoiled for thirty years, it is clear at a glance which is more important.

So the prince didn't give up his hope. Since the father deliberately tied Gu Jingyun and You'an together, he would definitely leave a bargaining chip for the fourth child, a bargaining chip that could keep the fourth child.

But the prince can't think of what it is, anyway, as long as it is not military power, everything is easy to talk about.

"Since you want to be a teacher, then prepare the gift for the teacher." The prince patted his son on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Actually, you don't have to be embarrassed. His uncle is my teacher. It is reasonable for him to be in the same generation as me, so you worship him. It makes sense for him to be a teacher."

Li An pouted, "But from the grandfather, Gu Jingyun and I are of the same generation."

The emperor is Gu Shoufu's disciple, so the emperor and Gu Wentian are brothers. It is said that Gu Wentian's character was picked up with the help of the emperor.

Ling Gong expressed the emperor's apology and promise to Gu Wentian. Although he is a teacher, he is in the same position as Shang Shuling.

But logically, his father and Qin Xinfang were of the same generation, who knew that his imperial grandfather worshiped Qin Xinfang as the prince's young master, and his father simply worshiped Qin Xinfang as his teacher, which made him a generation shorter.

Li An sighed, and secretly swore that he must correct this generational background in the future.

It's been a sleepless night for many people.

Candidates couldn't sleep because the exams were over, they finally became Jinshi masters, so excited, either tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, or they were still drinking with their friends in the same year.

The officials who couldn't sleep were guessing the emperor's intention to promote Gu Jingyun by skipping grades, but limit his future and bind him to his grandson.

The reason why the Gu family couldn't sleep was because of Gu Jingyun's position as the number one scholar and his official position.

Not everyone has the opinions of ministers and outstanding students, and in the absence of Gu Houye's special explanation, Fang almost couldn't sleep all night, she almost bit the veil, and said with hatred: "Gu Jingyun is so good , so good that the emperor skipped a grade and promoted him regardless of the rules?"

Fang's mother was also a little dazed, "And it was promoted to the fourth rank as soon as it was promoted. The master has stayed in the Hanlin Academy for more than ten years, and he is still the fifth rank."

The Fang family hated her even more, she thought unconvinced, if she can't compare to Qin Wenyin, could it be that the son she raised is also not as good?

She asked sharply, "Where's the young master? But working hard in the study?"

Mammy hesitated for a moment before saying: "Fourth Master went out early in the morning and hasn't come back yet. He said he was attending a poetry meeting in a teahouse with someone, so he won't be going home today."

"It's the third master!" Fang said angrily: "What fourth master, when did the fourth master run out of our house? He has already been separated, and his name has been changed over there. Do we have to vacate a place? Come and give it to him? Do you want to save face or not? "

Nanny bowed her head to admit her mistake, but said in her heart: This is the order of Master Hou, not to mention that you are so stubborn now, when someone comes back, why don't you have to receive him humbly?

Tang and Jiang also couldn't sleep. They, like Fang, thought that Gu Jingyun was a three-yuan and fourth-rank official, and he was about to rise to the top, so they were uneasy.

They haven't started looking for the Qin family's dowry yet. Master Hou asks about it every now and then, but how can they have the face to ask for it?

They wanted to procrastinate until Master Hou forgot about it, but Gu Jingyun was separated from the Gu family, alone, with weak power, so what would they say and how would they do it?

But now, Gu Jingyun is a fourth-rank waiter when he comes up. After a few years, he will not surpass Lord Hou?

The most important thing is that he is young, he is only fifteen years old this year, and he will only be twenty-five in ten years. When he was in high position and powerful, he was afraid that their son was just in his early years.

At that time, they will turn to deal with their sons because of the dowry...

Tang shi and Jiang shi hesitated all night, hesitating for a long time between face and the future of the children, and finally gritted their teeth and chose the children.

The two of them touched each other with pale faces, and began to sort out Qin's dowry, and at the same time started to give away things.

But Gu Huaijin was the one who couldn't sleep the most in the Gu residence.

The light in his small study room was on all night, and he sat blankly on the chair, staring at the void in silence.

Is the Qin family really so powerful?

It actually allowed Gu Jingyun to be directly promoted to the fourth rank as soon as he passed the exam!

Gu Jingyun is the number one scholar, but he is also Tanhua, there is only a difference of two places, but he has been in the Imperial Academy for nearly 20 years, and he is only a fifth-rank official. Why, why is he a fourth-rank official?

Gu Huaijin's eyes turned red with anger.

However, Gu Jingyun slept until the sun was up because of drunkenness. After drinking sober soup and porridge, he took a hoe to loosen the soil for the flowers and plants in the yard.

Zhao Ning happily came in from the outside, raised the post in his hand and said, "Brother Zheng is going to celebrate with you with a banquet in the Zhuangyuan building, let's go together tonight."

Gu Jingyun looked up at the sky, nodded and said, "Okay, by the way, buy some meeting gifts for my future apprentice."

Zhao Ning was very envious when he heard the words, "The grandson is lucky to be able to worship you as his teacher. From now on, he can listen to your lectures every day."

Apart from Li Baolu, Gu Jingyun was the one who felt the most about how good his class was, so he felt that it was not Gu Jingyun's luck, but Li An's luck that his grandson worshiped Gu Jingyun as his teacher.

Gu Jingyun raised his eyebrows, nodded reassuringly and said: "Yes, the grandson's luck has always been good."

He thought for a while, looked at Zhao Ning with a smile and said, "Why don't you worship me as your teacher too."

Zhao Ning's eyes widened, and finally lifted up his robe happily and knelt down, "Students greet you sir!"

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