Kunning Palace.
Lao Zhu had just returned from his previous dynasty and saw that his eldest son and his daughter-in-law were there, and the daughter-in-law seemed to be in a good mood.
"Hey, it's rare to see both of you here."
The prince is busy, and the princess is also busy. To what extent are they busy?
When the two came to pay their respects to Queen Ma, either the prince was there or the princess was not.
Either that or vice versa.
After the children greeted him, Queen Ma smiled.
"We were discussing girl Jing Jing's dowry. Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, His Majesty's eldest daughter is getting married now."
Jing Jing is Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest daughter, Princess Lin'an, and she is married to Li Shanchang's son Li Qi.
"Well, her mother is gone. She still has to worry about the girl, and Chang Yatou has to worry about it."
Lao Zhu still loves this eldest daughter very much.
Moreover, the mother of his eldest daughter was his most beloved Concubine Sun.
"You don't have to worry about this." Empress Ma chuckled and said, "Your Majesty is really cruel, and Gu Chen just knew it."
"I also gave you a lot of good things. I didn't say anything about sharing the money with others after I earned it."
"I have a lot of money in my pocket, but I still throw people into prison to eat rotten food. I heard that people almost starved to death."
"You know, my wife has just given birth to a baby. If something goes wrong in a hurry."
"Be careful, Gu Chen has some good things and I won't give them to you again."
It was rare to see Biao'er in such a hurry to speak and plead for a censor, so Queen Ma naturally wanted to help, not to mention she had also heard about Gu Chen's abilities.
"If you don't give it, you won't give it. Do we still lack what he has?"
Lao Zhu has a tough mouth. At worst, he will raid his home. Isn’t it still his own?
"This kid is not honest at all. He is full of selfishness. He seems to be righteous, but in fact he has selfish motives."
"As a censor, he actually wants to be alone?"
"Then why should he be a censor or an official of the Ming Dynasty?"
"He should be told to endure hardships so that he knows what he should do."
Do you think that being an official of Boss Zhu means that you are not corrupt and do not do bad things?
No, you still have to be capable, you still have to be perfect, and there can't be any mistakes.
Otherwise, if you run out of it, they will cut you off.
"You can't say that. He is still young and has plenty of time to train. Moreover, the censor is an official given to him by His Majesty."
It’s not that he wants to be the censor himself.
Gu Chen: "..."
In fact, I was quite willing to fish before.
But later on, when I followed Lao Han, I offended more and more people.
Just, I don’t want to.
"Let's make him the censor." Lao Zhu said angrily, "It's because he said in his article that he wanted to imitate Fan Zhongyan and become a fair and strict official."
"We only let him go to the Yushitai now, otherwise he would have lost his place long ago."
Today's Ming Dynasty is full of waste, and many poor places are still waiting for local officials to take office. It is already very lucky to be an official in the capital.
Thinking of this, Lao Zhu also got angry: "Since he doesn't want to be the censor, well, then we might as well make it happen for him."
"Let him go and have a good look at the place. Being able to stay in the capital and become a capital official, we have given him so much face and blessings."
"Pingliang Zhuanglang still lacks a county magistrate. Let him go and practice for a few years before we talk about it."
This guy lacks justice and consciousness.
Then go and practice your righteousness and awareness.
"Zhixian, Pingliang Zhuanglang?" Zhu Biao couldn't sit still at all. He stood up and said, "Dad, is Gu Chen a sixth-grade imperial censor?"
In the early Ming Dynasty, county magistrates were also divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower.
Those with a grain of less than 100,000 shi are designated as Shangxian, and the county magistrate is ranked from the sixth rank.
Those with less than 60,000 shi are called Zhongxian, and the county magistrate is the seventh rank.
Those with less than 30,000 shi are called lower counties, and the county magistrates are from the seventh rank.
Zhuanglang County is at the bottom every year, and it is from the seventh rank.
Is this downgrade two levels too much?
"If he is not convinced, then show his true ability and turn Zhuang Lang from lower county to upper county. In that case, he will still be from the sixth grade."
In short, Lao Zhu had made up his mind and had to deal with Gu Chen properly.
Empress Ma and Zhu Biao took turns to persuade, but Lao Zhu couldn't listen to a word.
After coming out of Fengtian Palace, Chang followed His Highness the Crown Prince back to the East Palace.
"It's rare to see His Highness care so much about his ministers."
Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince takes care of the subordinate officials in the East Palace, he is not as attentive to this Gu Chen.
"Gu Chen is talented." Zhu Biao explained in a warm voice: "Being a magistrate of a lower county also wronged him, but dad has already decided."
What his father decided, even eight horses couldn't pull back.
We can only hope that Gu Chen can perform well in Zhuanglang County, impress his father, and return to Beijing as soon as possible.
When they arrived at the East Palace, Mrs. Chang was about to leave, but Zhu Biao reluctantly pulled her.
"Do you dare me to go to Concubine Lu's place today?"
He just doesn't understand. Even if she is virtuous, is her daughter-in-law too virtuous?
How could the second concubine not let her into the house when she was not pregnant?
"Your Highness." Mrs. Chang straightened his clothes and said in a very gentle tone: "Sister Lu has no relatives around her. Isn't it good for her to have a child for Your Highness?"
"We still have a long time to live. Let Sister Lu have a child of her own. We won't be embarrassed when we are in love, right?"
Anyway, Concubine Lu is the daughter of the Minister of Civil Affairs, and now the Chang family has fallen into decline.
Your Highness, he still needs Lu Ben.
Since it is a need, you cannot ignore other people's daughters.
At the very least, we can't let people die alone. It would be nice to have a child by their side.
Gu Chen lived in a cell for a month. Do you know how he spent this month?
When he came out of the cell, he felt that the sunlight was dazzling, and his whole body was reduced to a skinny bamboo pole.
Zhu Baba deserves to be Zhu Baba.
Cruel enough!
He also said that it was just a beating and nothing serious, so what if it was serious?
Are the nine tribes having fun?
Lao Zheng, on the other hand, not only did not lose weight, he also turned a little whiter in the cell.
It's just that there's a bit too much mud on the body, so it's hard to see.
"Ms. sir."
Su Wanying got the news a long time ago, hitched her carriage and horses, and waited at the door for Gu Qingfeng to come out. When she saw him coming out, she immediately rushed towards him crying.
"Ms. sir, you're out now. Why have you lost so much weight?"
"But it's not full?"
After saying that, she felt that what she was asking was nonsense. She must have been so thin because she didn't have enough to eat. She couldn't help but feel more distressed.
Madam Zhang and Madam Yan stood beside the carriage, looking at him and wiping away tears.
Gu Chen was fine when he left that day, so why did he end up like this when we met again.
After bidding farewell to his colleagues, Gu Chen went home with his family, not in a hurry to eat.
I took a quick shower first, wanting to rub all the skin on my body.
After changing the water in the bathtub three times, the water was finally crystal clear.
"Comfortable."
Gu Chen was lying in the bathtub and saw his wife beside him burst into tears.
"Madam, stop crying, am I back now?"
"Where's Shu Ning?"
He has not visited his daughter since he came back.
I dare not look at it either.
There are many bacteria in the cell, cockroaches and mice are everywhere, but the adults are fine.
Children have weak immunity and are afraid of what germs they might wear on them.
"My daughter is sleeping, and the nanny is taking her with her." Su Wanying was frightened during her confinement and had no milk to feed her: "My husband, you have suffered. Fortunately, you have only been locked up for a few months. You are still alive, and you don't even know."
"Your Majesty has beheaded more than 1,700 people in the past three months. Just thinking about it makes me restless and tossing and turning."
If His Highness the Crown Prince hadn't asked someone to tell her that her husband had no worries about his life or exile, she would have collapsed long ago.
