But He Yuting, after hearing Princess Chang Qing's decisive words of reconciliation to him, felt as if a ladle of cold water had been poured on his head, and he was as cold from head to feet in an instant.
He knew that with Princess Changqing's staunch character, it would be useless for him to say anything else. He sighed, came out of the princess room in despair, returned to the study dejectedly, and sat numbly in front of the table, thinking a lot and not knowing what to do next to resolve the crisis in front of him.
At this time, the housekeeper He Luwei walked in and quietly whispered in his ear: "Consort, Sir Ding is outside asking for an audience."
He Yuting's eyes lit up and he said hurriedly: "Quickly have feelings."
The relationship between He Yuting and Ding Jinzhi is extraordinary: He Yuting was once a child of an aristocratic family, but his parents died early and his family fell into decline; Ding Jinzhi's father, Ding Ji, was a wealthy man at that time and was willing to do good. When He Yuting was in poverty, , Yi Shi helped, took him in, and allowed him to study and study with his son Ding Jinzhi. He Yuting and Ding Jinzhi ate at the same table and slept on the same bed. They were brothers and sisters, even closer than brothers.
Later, the two went to Beijing to take the exam together. He Yuting topped the list and was selected as the number one scholar by the current emperor; but Ding Jinzhi only got the lowest score in the top six. When he was frustrated and frustrated, it was He Yuting who supported him.
The so-called kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring. With the strong support of He Yuting, Ding Jinzhi was promoted step by step. Although Ding Jinzhi was not as good as Yu Ting in terms of literary talent and knowledge, he was not inferior to He Yu Ting in terms of interpersonal communication and official skills. After several years of official career, he gradually became as prominent as He Yuting.
As a result, the friendship between He Yuting and Ding Jinzhi became more and more profound. Moreover, last month, He Yuting's young son He Chenglin also tied the knot with Ding Jinzhi's daughter Ding Mengxuan, who had just turned one year old, and they became a couple for a century.
Now, when He Yuting was at a loss, he suddenly heard that Ding Jinzhi was visiting. He couldn't help but feel happy and thought to himself: This wise brother of mine has always been well-versed in people. Maybe he can help me give me some advice on this matter.
As expected, Ding Jinzhi's visit really helped him solve his troubles.
Ding Jinzhi walked in with a cheerful face, the two exchanged pleasantries and quickly got to the point. Ding Jinzhi asked He Yuting to retreat and said softly: "Brother He, actually, this matter is big or small, it depends on how you handle it."
He Yuting said eagerly: "I would like to hear the details."
Ding Jinzhi slowly took a sip of tea and said, "My younger brother has a close relationship with Prince Jinling. I told him about this matter yesterday -"
He Yuting's heart tightened, "What did the prince say?"
Ding Jinzhi said: "The prince understands the righteousness and has agreed to negotiate an agreement; and, to be on the safe side, I also agreed that the prince should go to the palace to ask the queen to come forward to mediate the matter."
"Ouch!..." Hearing this, He Yuting stood up in excitement, walked to Ding Jinzhi, bowed deeply and said: "Brother Xian is really my savior! Brother Xian is so kind that Brother Fool doesn't know how to repay... ..." As he said that, his eyes were red.
Ding Jinzhi smiled and said: "Brother He, why did you say this? I only hope that Brother He will treat the princess wholeheartedly in the future, and don't cause such trouble again by being distracted."
He Yuting blushed and said, "Brother Xian made fun of you."
As expected, things went as Ding Jinzhi said. In the end, Queen Weishi came forward to mediate the emotional dispute between the couple and save this precarious marriage.
Queen Wei advised Princess Chang Qing: "My dear sister, just forgive He Yuting this time. Who can make mistakes without being a sage? He was also confused for a moment and was bewitched by that charming woman. You two really love each other, and it's okay to come together." It’s not easy, so please be tolerant of each other! Besides, there’s Lin’er too—for the sake of our children, we must cherish this relationship!”
Princess Changqing finally forgave him. And He Yuting also swore in front of Princess Chang Qing that he would never do anything to disappoint the princess in this life. If he breaks his oath, he will be killed with a sharp knife and die without a burial place...
In order to show his sincerity of determination and repentance in the future, he resolutely expelled the wet nurse Geronimo from the house.
Ge Shi really never dreamed that He Yuting would be so heartless towards her. One night, she flew up into the clouds; now, overnight she fell from the clouds into the abyss, leaving her covered with bruises and irreversible. Now she finally understood that He Yuting's true love for her was all fake and lies. I am just a doll that comes and goes when he calls me.
Speaking of this Ge family, she was originally a woman from a commoner family in the capital. Her husband Du Qian did not like farming, but he loved martial arts. He danced with guns and sticks all day long, studied some Taoist medicine and elixirs, and paid little attention to the affairs of the couple. Not very interested. Ge Shi complained very much about this and tried to persuade him earnestly, but Du Qian still went his own way, thus neglecting his beautiful young wife.
Because her husband was not doing his job all day long and the family was financially strapped, when their son Du Zhenghai was only seven or eight months old, the Prince Consort's Mansion was looking for a wet nurse for the little prince who was about to be born. In order to provide a source of income for the family, after being recommended by someone, Ge entered the hospital. She went to the Prince Consort's house and became the young master's wet nurse.
So what happened before happened.
In fact, speaking of things between the two of them, for He Yuting, it may be just to temporarily relieve the psychological and physical loneliness; for Ge, it is mainly to comfort the emotional emptiness.
Because her husband Du Qian was indifferent and detached, with a pure heart and few desires, he spent all day refining elixirs and seeking Taoism, and did not pay attention to the affairs of husband and wife, so he neglected her too much. Furthermore, from He Yuting, she also got the life of fine clothing and fine food that she had dreamed of. Under the eyes of countless admiring and envious eyes around her, she finally achieved the vanity of a woman that she had longed for for many years.
At that moment, she was so floating that she was almost in the clouds. The woman's vanity and self-expansion made her almost get carried away. But a dream is a dream after all. When her sweet dream was broken by the ruthless reality, she suddenly fell from the clouds into the abyss, beyond redemption...
But it was said that Ge was expelled from the Prince Consort's Mansion and was frustrated and wandering, walking aimlessly on the street without knowing where he was. Thinking of every detail of the past three years in the Prince Consort's Mansion, it was like a spring dream that was blown away by a gust of wind.
She raised her lifeless eyes, stared blankly at the pale sky, and said with a bitter smile: "Fake, everything is fake..."
She wandered on the street for two days, panicking like a bereft dog. In the end, she had nowhere to go and had to return home in disgrace.
But, she was wrong again - she returned home with scars all over her body and wanted to seek some spiritual comfort from her warm little nest, but the result made her despair.
What greeted her was not the caring and warm words that healed the trauma, but a pair of eyes full of contempt and disgust.
Her husband Du Qian hardly looked at her; his four-year-old son Du Zhenghai also stayed away. When she stretched out her hands to hug her son, Du Zhenghai spat at her bitterly. One mouthful: "Go away, I don't have a mother like you!..."
She stayed there for a long time speechless.
At this time, her father-in-law and Du Zhenghai's grandfather came over, hugged the child, and said coldly: "You shameless woman, you actually have the nerve to come back? Get out of here, our Du family is an innocent family. Don't tarnish the lintel of the Du family and humiliate the Du family's ancestors!" He said and drove her out of the house with a broom.
The door slammed shut in her face. At that moment, she felt that her heart was about to be ripped out. At this time, she was about to cry but had no tears. She was wandering on the street in a daze, really not knowing where she was going.
A group of tongue-tied women were pointing and laughing at her, and a group of naughty children were fighting around her, spitting on her and throwing mud at her. She was attracted by these filthy words and dirty things. Surrounded, in a blink of an eye they were disgraced and embarrassed.
She ran to the Jinming River in one breath. After crying heartily, she wanted to jump into the river and die. But she finally stopped. The thought of revenge swelled in her mind like a tangled poisonous snake, and she shouted hysterically: "He Yuting, you hurt me like this, I won't make it easy for you!"
Gurdjieff's crazy revenge plan was secretly growing in the torture of waiting for the opportunity.
In the three years since Ge's stay in the Prince Consort's Mansion, she has accumulated some connections in the mansion; and being able to climb to the top of the Prince Consort's Mansion in the first place shows that she still has some scheming intentions.
When she was in the Prince Consort's Mansion, she had secretly communicated with He Rong, the Prince Consort's personal book boy. This time she took the opportunity to bribe He Rong and asked him to tell her the whereabouts of important people in the Prince Consort's Mansion at any time, so that she could do it for the camera.
Finally one day, she got this opportunity.
That day was April 19, the eleventh year of the Qingli calendar. It happened that Princess Chang Qing and He Yuting were away from the mansion because of something to do; and several capable generals, including the housekeeper He Luwei, also followed the princess and the consort out of the mansion, leaving only a few irrelevant servants guarding the palace. .
Ge took advantage of the situation and sneaked into the Prince Consort's Mansion.
The so-called family scandal should not be made public. Although the affair between He Yuting and Ge Shi was a bit outrageous, only a few close family members in the mansion, including He Luwei and Xiaoju, were really aware of it. Although other people had heard about it, they didn't dare to ask or comment at will. Otherwise, if the slip of the tongue reached the ears of the princess or the prince-in-law, they would not be able to live with it.
This also gave Gemini an opportunity. She entered the mansion and greeted everyone as if nothing had happened. When the servants and maids saw that it was her, they didn't take it seriously, so she entered the inner house smoothly and saw the young master He Chenglin who was having fun with several maids.
Speaking of the young master, He Chenglin, he was the darling of Princess Chang Qing and He Yuting.
Back then, the princess and the consort had been married for several years without having any children, and the whole family was as worried as ants on a hot pot. Princess Changqing also went around seeking medical advice, seeking medicine, and asking gods for divination, which was a lot of thought.
Later, "Emperor and Heaven pay off," finally one day, Princess Changqing showed signs of pregnancy... and thus the young master was born.
The book returns to its true story. But Ge Shi sneaked into the Prince Consort's house and saw the young master. He put on a loving smile on his face and said softly: "Lin'er..."
He Chenglin was extremely happy to see her. He ran up to her affectionately, put his arms around her neck and said, "Nanny, Lin'er hasn't seen you for a long time. Don't you like Lin'er?..."
Ge Shi smiled and hugged him and said, "Silly boy, the wet nurse's favorite in this world is Lin'er. The wet nurse hasn't come to see Lin'er for a while because she has something to do. I can finally see the wet nurse today. Lin'er, I feel so happy! - By the way, Lin'er, the nanny found a fun and interesting place, Lin'er, do you want to go with the nanny!"
He Chenglin was so happy that he clapped his hands, "Okay, okay! Nurse, shall we go now?"
Ge Shi smiled, "Of course." She turned around and said to the maids on both sides: "I want to take Lin'er out for some fun and will be back soon. Just tell the princess and the consort when they come back."
The maids lowered their eyebrows and nodded in agreement. Because Ge Shi often carried the young master out to play in the past, so this was a common thing in the eyes of everyone.
Ge Shi held the young master He Chenglin in his arms and walked out of the Prince Consort's Mansion, talking and laughing, without anyone stopping him.
Ge Shi walked hurriedly on the streets of the capital with He Chenglin in his arms. He couldn't help but think of He Yuting again, and the humiliation and pain he had suffered these days. Hatred rose little by little in his heart like a raging flame.
There was murderous intent in her eyes, and she murmured: "He Yuting, you have made me unable to return to my home and unable to recognize my son. Why do you have such a lively and lovely son? I also want you to experience the pain of separation between father and son." The taste!..."
