Gu Rui looked at Kong Wei and replied, "We are all ministers of the emperor, and we should devote ourselves to our efforts and serve our country."

This sentence is neither soft nor hard, and has an ambiguous attitude.

He neither clearly rejected Kong Wei nor agreed to him anything.

Kong Wei's attitude towards Gu Rui was not surprised. All he had to do was to make Gu Rui realize his current situation.

In fact, his purpose is not to make Gu Rui stand in the same camp as him. As long as Gu Rui does not stumbling on him in the future, or even in some cases he can turn a blind eye, he will feel that it will be enough.

And he came today to pry a gap.

Then, the two of them were finally willing to look at today's protagonist - the hot pot and spicy chicken on the table.

What made Gu Qiao happy was that the two main dishes were highly praised by both of them.

The spicy chicken has been improved. Although it has a spicy flavor, it is only slightly spicy, which is acceptable to most people.

After all, although there is no chili at this time, it does not mean that there is no spicy taste in people's lives.

At this time, most people gained spicy flavors through pepper, ginger and dogwood.

As for Gu Rui, if it weren't for Kong Wei, he would even suggest Gu Qiao to make spicy hotpot. After all, he hasn't tasted that way for a long time.

Although he didn't say anything, Gu Qiao found that he didn't use sesame paste as dipping sauce, but asked the waiter to make another chili dipping dish for him.

This way to eat...

It’s not sesame sauce or oil sauce, but pure chili sauce. Did they come from the same place?

Gu Rui? And the pronunciation of his name...

Gu Qiao suddenly felt a little scary when he thought of something.

After sending Kong Wei away, the two stood at the door of the store, Gu Qiao stared at his silhouette, thinking about something.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"No, nothing." Gu Qiao pursed her lips and lowered her eyes.

"I originally planned to tell you about Shen Zhao's passing of the imperial examination in a while, but I didn't expect that General Kong would take the lead. However, I have not received any news about Shen Zhao being the grandson of Duke Ding's Mansion. But since General Kong said so, it must have been settled." Gu Rui preached.

Gu Qiao nodded and then said, "Grandma and the others are still eating. You go and accompany them. I still have something to do here."

"Yes." Gu Rui then went upstairs by himself.

*

Three days later, Gu Qiao received a letter from Shen Zhao.

The news about Kong Wei is indeed correct, but Shen Zhao brought more detailed information.

As the only bloodline of the Duke of Dingguo Mansion, since his identity has been confirmed, he is no longer an unknown person, so naturally he cannot return to Suizhou.

The emperor ordered him to stay in the imperial capital and even gave him an official position.

He declined politely, saying that he would inherit his father's will and rely on his own strength to take the spring exam, and strive to pass the Jinshi exam.

Seeing him like this, the holy heart was very happy, and he couldn't help but think that Shen Lian and the old Duke were quite close to him, and also gave Shen Zhao a honor, personally giving Shen Zhao a name.

Although Shen Zhao has not won the championship yet, he was able to learn the junior high school in this provincial examination, which shows that he is quick-witted and has great talent. If there is no mistake in the spring exam next year, he will definitely shine. When the time comes, he will not be able to call his name again.

So the emperor gave him the name Zizhang in advance.

Zhang is jade.

A gentleman means jade.

Moreover, Zhang refers to jade artifacts that are divided into two halves from the vertical direction. Shen Zhao has now recognized his ancestors and has experienced many hardships. To some extent, he has a sense of the success of the seal.

"Shen Zizhang?" Gu Qiao thought of this name and felt that it seemed pretty good.

She continued to look down.

The letter also wrote that Chen Zhao stayed in the imperial capital, went to the Imperial College to study, and moved into the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion at the same time.

The East Courtyard, which was locked in Dingguo Duke's Mansion for many years, was also reopened because of his arrival.

Gu Qiao didn't know if he could adapt to a sudden invasion, and was worried that Chen Gong's family would be unfavorable to him, but she knew that this was something he had to face, and she only hated that she could not be by his side.

"Everything is well, don't worry." He wrote at the end of the letter.

This letter is an ordinary letter from home, and it does not mention the current situation of the Duke Dingguo Mansion and the attitude of the King of Yan.

Gu Qiao knew that this letter could only be so official when coming from the station, otherwise it would be bad if it fell into the hands of those who are interested.

For specific situations, we can only wait until the line from Changsheng Money House comes.

The caravan walked slowly, so she had to be patient and wait.

Thinking of this, she also spread the paper and grind it, picked up the pen and wrote a more official reply.

*

Ten she said that in the future, she finally received a "secret letter" coming from the caravan.

In the letter, Chen Zhao seemed to know her concerns, and as soon as he came up, he analyzed his current situation to her, told her about the secret rivalry between Chen Gong and the King of Yan, and said that he must be safe as a chess piece, so that she should not worry. He would participate in the spring exam and give her a top scorer.

The end of the letter is no longer a thought, but a "miss you" that makes people blush and have their heart beat.

Gu Qiao covered the letter, although he was reluctant to let it go, but in order not to leave a handle, he still gritted his teeth and burned the letter.

After confirming his situation, the restaurant's business has already led to the consumption of wealthy businessmen and ordinary people with the support of Suzhou City officials. Everything in the restaurant is on track. Gu Qiao can finally leave his hands and find Qin Dianli, and then ask him to arrange someone to go to various places in Suzhou Prefecture with him.

The memorial handed over by Gu Rui has been approved, and the emperor now agrees to her proposal. Even so, Gu Qiao doesn't want to sit still and wait for death, and he will be compensated at that time.

She was just worried that she could not do it, not planning to do nothing.

Suzhou is a bitter and cold place that cannot be cultivated in winter, so she can take advantage of this time to grasp the land situation so that she will not panic when planting in spring next year.

Qin Dianli saw that she was devoted to her restaurant for a while and thought she had given up on farming completely, but she didn't expect that she would mention it again at this time.

He didn't care about it, so he casually pointed it to Gu Qiao.

Gu Qiao hired a carriage, dressed in men's clothes, and prepared to set off.

She was a girl after all. Mei was worried about her and asked Yunniang to follow her, so she felt a little relieved.

Gu Qiao was not at ease with Mei, so he simply invited Mrs. Gu to live with Mei.

Anyway, in Suzhou, others don’t know Gu Pozi. She is Gu Rui’s mother and not his wife. She doesn’t have to entertain the female relatives of the officials. She also wants to go out and see her instead of holding it in the backyard of this government office. Gu Rui couldn’t stop him, so she just let her go.

Gu Qiao suddenly felt that there were benefits to Suzhou, such as no longer having any rumors, her mother and her grandmother could live the free life they used to be.

After settling down the two elders, she set off immediately.
Chapter completed!