After withdrawing from the Li Hu case, He Gu's life returned to peace and became low-key and busy.
Before late at night, he stayed in the Imperial College to deal with matters. After returning to the mansion, he was bored in the training room and concentrated on practicing. He ran at both ends of the day and arranged his days to be fulfilling.
It was originally in response to the empress's so-called "entering the palace at night to say hello" that she said casually, but in order to temporarily escape, she took the initiative to do the endless chores in the prison.
However, an unintentional intervention allowed him to gain a more in-depth and comprehensive understanding of the daily operations of the Imperial College in just five days.
According to the serious evaluation of the old master: if you already know the basics, you will be able to handle the daily management of the prison on your own without any problem.
Slowly, He Gu changed from doing everything by himself to just making judgments and giving general directions, and no longer took over everything.
Occasionally when I encounter a difficult decision, I will ask the old master for advice in private, and I will not force myself to do it.
As he gradually showed the power that a superior should have, the people below him gradually corrected their mentality and did not dare to be negligent.
He Gu was not a fool, he gave a sweet date with a stick, and occasionally took them to a banquet in Dengxian Pavilion to show that he was not an unkind person.
The old Imperial Master saw all the changes and gave him a thumbs up secretly.
Neither arrogant nor impetuous, after the daytime workload was significantly reduced, He Gu turned his focus to his own cultivation.
In one night, the realm of cultivation was successfully promoted to a small stage, from the middle stage of Six Paths Realm to the late stage of Six Paths Realm.
After that, he spent two days in retreat to consolidate, and by the way, he mastered and refined all the Taoist and secret techniques that he had not used for many days.
During this period, I also discussed the recent changes in the situation with the Demon Rat in the Escape Pearl, and re-formulated the points of attention for the next actions.
Consistent with He Gu's view, Tianye also believes that there is a high possibility that the He family's affairs back then were complicated, and he suggests that we wait and see what happens next.
As for the changes in the mansion, because he was not in front of people during the day, he had hardly met Feng Yan in the past seven days, and he was not sure how she had changed now.
Feng Lu and Qingchou were secretly assigned additional tasks by him. Taking the stocking-style jade slip, they began to study the production of exotic silk stockings day and night, so as to gain experience in teaching him back later.
The two maids were also too attentive. They secretly worked in the room until midnight almost every day. No matter how much Gu persuaded him, they still persisted. As a result, they saw a lot less of him during the day in the past few days.
It had been two days since I left the Imperial Master's residence. On the eighth day, early in the morning, I didn't bother to wake up the two maids in the side cabinet. I took a car to the Imperial Academy again with Yun Ying silently accompanying me.
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At the gate of the Imperial Academy, as soon as the old Imperial Master got off the car today, he suddenly asked whether the Young Imperial Master was here. After getting the reply from the guard that he hadn't seen him, he turned around and got in the car to leave.
Within a few steps of the chariot, he saw the figure of He Gu driving happily towards him.
Just like looking forward to the stars and the moon, the old Imperial Master who poked his head out almost burst into tears.
God knows how troubled he was by a spiritual letter from the empress in the past two days. It was obviously the client himself who suddenly became inexplicably diligent, but the empress mistakenly thought that it was him who over-arranged affairs, which caused He Gu to be too busy to enter the palace during this period. Greetings.
The question is, where does he have the courage? No matter how stupid he is, he will not make such a stupid mistake!
The old man really couldn't understand how the Empress, who had always been as clear as a mirror, suddenly couldn't see this little fact clearly, so that she misunderstood him so easily.
It can be said that this experience really made him feel the interpretation of "Dragon's Reverse Scale" in reality.
Fortunately, the empress did not overemphasize his "dereliction of duty" in her letter. Instead, she emphasized that he should "correct immediately" and mentioned the words "enter the palace to pay my respects" three times in a row.
He is already an old man, how could the old master not understand the almost explicit implication.
Originally it was just a trivial matter. He had never expected to learn from Yun Ying that He Gu was in retreat, but he had no choice but to postpone it for two more days.
He was not afraid of anything else, but he was afraid that if the delay lasted too long, the empress would be really unhappy and take her anger out on him.
It was just now that the old Imperial Master learned that He Gu was coming out of seclusion and heading towards the Imperial Academy, so he left the house early without saying a word and came by car.
Fortunately, no more accidents occurred, and I finally met the real owner.
He immediately asked the coachman to stop. Knowing that the young man was not as economical as he appeared, the old master calmed down and quickly returned to his usual cheerful appearance.
He slowly got out of the car and said hello, pretending to have just arrived, and said seriously: "What a coincidence, dear brother."
"It's teacher." Yun Ying reminded softly in the luxurious carriage.
He Gu glanced outside the car curtain, nodded, and immediately ducked out of the car curtain, got out of the car and stepped forward.
A little puzzled that the old Imperial Master came early today, he casually asked with a smile: "My lord, it's quite early today. Is it possible that you have something important to do?"
Afraid of arousing vigilance, the old master replied vaguely: "As I get older, my memory fails, and I get up early without paying attention..."
As the old man was talking, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind, and the conversation naturally turned elsewhere.
There was a double entendre in the language. Ci smiled and said with concern: "Brother, you came early in the morning after not seeing me for two days. Is it possible that something happened today?"
He Gu had just asked the old man almost the same thing, so when these words fell in his ears, he naturally understood that the old man was following his original words and asking him politely if he had anything special to do today.
The answer is of course no.
When they met and chatted for a few words, he didn't think much about it. He shook his head and replied briefly: "Not really."
The old master showed his fox tail and said "that's right" and "that's great".
Suddenly he respectfully raised his hands to the sky to show his respect for the empress, and said: "The day before yesterday, Your Majesty told me that when you were free, he would go over to say hello. He also specifically ordered me to ask you when I saw you. This is just right. , since you have nothing to do today, just concentrate on preparing to enter the palace!"
The excitement was evident, and the volume was not lowered. The two teams of attendants, the coachman, and even the guards at the gate of the Imperial College could all hear it.
Everyone looked sideways when they heard this, especially with envy and admiration in their eyes.
He Gu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then realized what was happening. He was stunned when he realized what he was saying.
Sora opened his mouth, but was speechless for a moment.
There is no doubt that any evasive words at this time will inevitably be charged with a crime of disobedience or deceiving the emperor. It is not easy to say.
The matter was settled with oral instructions in public, and the old master retired with great success, feeling relieved and relieved.
He no longer interfered with the empress's family affairs. He immediately changed his previous statement and said goodbye with the excuse of "I suddenly felt unwell and wanted to go home for a rest." Then he turned around and got in the car and drove home the same way.
He Gu was dumbfounded on the spot due to the chaos in the cool morning breeze.
Behind him, Yun Ying, who had always had a calm expression, couldn't bear it at this moment, and the corners of his beautiful white mouth couldn't help but secretly curl up slightly.
