dognovel Chapter 325: The Lady's Teaching Class (8 Reward Value Plus)
Chapter 325: The Lady's Teaching Class (8 Reward Value Plus)
"Liang Fei wants to clear herself of the suspicion of poisoning Liu Changzai and lift the confinement, which will inevitably lead to a confrontation with De Fei."
"So, even though she knew someone wanted to take advantage of her, she had no choice but to jump in."
This is an open conspiracy!
Handan nodded and said, "I am grateful for your advice!"
When Shen Zhinian and his companions had just passed through the Imperial Garden and were about to arrive at Zhongcui Palace, they saw a figure as thin and tall as a pine or cypress in front of them.
Handan recognized him at a glance: "Madam, that seems to be Lord Gu. Did His Majesty summon him to the Imperial Study to discuss matters again today?"
The imperial study is right next to Zhongcui Palace, so it is normal for them to see Gu Jinxiao here.
Thinking of what happened on the day of the celebration banquet, Shen Zhinian's eyes darkened: "Master Gu, please stay."
Gu Jinxiao stopped and turned around, and saw a charming beauty in palace dress walking towards him.
He lowered his eyes and bowed politely and distantly: "Your Highness greets Lady Roupin."
Xiao Zhouzi and the others immediately stood guard around the area in case anyone suddenly came over.
Although it was not unusual for a minister to greet a concubine when he met her near the imperial study, it would not be good if someone with ulterior motives saw this scene.
Shen Zhinian's eyes narrowed slightly.
It was because in her previous life, she stood behind Lu Jianglin and fought with Gu Jinxiao for so many years. No one knew better than her how rigid and polite the character of this man was.
That's why she couldn't understand why Gu Jinxiao, who clearly saw her ordering someone to slap Shen Nanqiao on the day of the celebration banquet, helped to lie in public and claimed that Shen Nanqiao had slapped her in the face himself?
"Master Gu, there is no need to be so polite."
"Come to think of it, I haven't thanked Lord Gu for what happened at the celebration banquet yet."
Both of them are smart people, and Gu Jinxiao can understand some things even if Shen Zhinian doesn't need to explain them too clearly.
She was grateful not only for his testimony, but also for helping her cover up the lie.
Gu Jinxiao's long and thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and there was a bit of coldness between her eyebrows that made people afraid to approach her: "It's just a small favor, Concubine Rou, there is no need to thank me."
"I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now."
When he turned around, Qingjun was calm and composed, as if he didn't hear the hidden meaning of Shen Zhinian's words.
Shen Zhinian raised his eyebrows and made a soft "tsk" sound.
Are you playing dumb?
Why didn’t she realize in her previous life that Gu Jinxiao had this side of him?
After returning to Zhongcui Palace, Shen Zhinian lay down on the soft chair and took a nap for a while.
After waking up, she saw Xiao Mingzi and the others gathered together, talking about something with great interest. She asked casually, "What are you talking about? You are so excited. Let me listen too."
Xiao Mingzi scratched his head and laughed, "Hehe," "Your Majesty, didn't you meet Lord Gu today? I paid some attention to his news and learned that Lord Gu was discussing marriage with the daughter of the Imperial College Supervisor."
Handan was somewhat emotional: "The Gu family is a great family in the capital, and Lord Gu is young and promising. He is only in his twenties, but he is already a second-rank minister of the Ministry of Rites. He has a bright future!"
"There are countless noble ladies in the capital who have a crush on Lord Gu. Even several unmarried ladies have a crush on Lord Gu. How, how could he be discussing marriage with the family of the Imperial College Supervisor?"
The Imperial College Supervisor was just a minor official of the seventh rank...
To put it bluntly, how can a family with such background be worthy of the distinguished Lord Gu?
Xiao Mingzi also found out about this and lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty does not like noble families, and he does not like marriages and alliances between noble families. Lord Gu is highly valued by Your Majesty, so the Gu family will naturally not offend Your Majesty."
"The daughter of the Imperial College's Chancellor's family may be of a low social status, but the Imperial College is the most noble place and a sacred place in the hearts of students all over the world! It's not surprising that Lord Gu wants to discuss marriage with her."
Shen Zhinian's expression suddenly became indescribable...
She remembered that in the previous life, Gu Jinxiao was bright and promising, but because of the marriage proposal, his white life was stained with a stain.
Yangzhou was a gathering place for salt merchants, and almost every salt merchant was very wealthy. The trend of raising skinny horses emerged in the Qinlou and Chuguan, and selling them to salt merchants or dignitaries to make huge profits.
However, Yangzhou skinny horses were just playthings in the eyes of the world, and were not worthy of being on the stage. Even if they followed a prominent person, they could only be concubines. A mysterious noble from Yangzhou started a "noble lady teaching class" based on this.
The members were either beautiful women from poor families who were willing to sell their bodies, or daughters of merchants who could afford to pay huge sums of money.
As the name suggests, the class for teaching noble ladies will train these beauties of humble origins into fake noble ladies in terms of appearance, posture, etiquette, communication, etc., and then give them fake identities.
The noble ladies' class will also adjust their clothing styles and dressing styles according to different types of beauties, teach them tea art, poetry, women's work, housekeeping and other skills, so that they can cultivate both inside and outside.
It can be said that the fake noble ladies who graduated from the noble ladies' teaching class are basically indistinguishable from real noble ladies from official families in terms of appearance and temperament.
Their purpose is to attract unmarried or widowed men from major families, as well as powerful people in the court who have no wives, so that they can marry into the family and become noble ladies, thus completely changing their class!
Many families of minor officials either have no daughters, or their daughters' qualifications are mediocre, not enough to attract the attention of the powerful and wealthy, allowing them to break the prejudice of family background and take them home as wives.
In order to curry favor with the powerful, some officials were naturally happy to cooperate with fake noble ladies and help them forge the identities of daughters or relatives of officials.
In addition, the mysterious powerful man in Yangzhou made multi-faceted efforts, and for a long time, the identities of those fake noble ladies who graduated from the noble ladies' teaching class were not exposed.
If you are lucky, you can successfully become a noble lady and marry a high-ranking official as his wife; if you are averagely lucky, you can have the opportunity to become the concubine of an old and powerful official and also enjoy a luxurious life and status!
Those who are less fortunate, even if they cannot marry into a powerful family, can still marry a poor scholar as his wife, and they can still be officials’ wives in the future!
Unfortunately... the lady who was discussing marriage with Gu Jinxiao was a fake noble lady who came from the noble lady teaching class...
In his previous life, although Gu Jinxiao had no interest in that fake noble lady, marriage is always a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words.
The Gu family liked the elegance of the Imperial College, and were also satisfied with the gentle and considerate nature of the fake noble lady, so they arranged this marriage for Gu Jinxiao.
Who knew that before long, the news of the "noble lady's teaching class" spread throughout the capital and caused a sensation.
Gu Jinxiao had ascended to a high position at a young age, and was also a close minister to the emperor. It was conceivable how many people in the court envied him.
His fiancée turned out to be a fake noble lady who graduated from a noble lady teaching class. This gave them the opportunity to laugh at him!