A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination - Chapter 85

    “Your Highness!”

    Rong Ke looked back and saw Xiao Jingduo standing at the door of the hall, looking at him motionlessly. He was dusty and dusty, and it looked as if he had just arrived in Beijing and had not had time to return to the manor to rest.

    “Are you back?” Rong Ke smiled very shallowly. Since her father left, she has hardly smiled again. “It’s a lot faster than I thought, and the road is still smooth?”

    Xiao Jingduo didn’t know what to say, Rong Ke smiled clearly, but he was very distressed. After not seeing her for four years, she has grown a lot taller and has a great appearance, but Xiao Jingduo did not pay attention to Rong Ke’s outstanding beauty, but paid more attention to Rong Ke’s figure.

    How did she lose so much weight?

    In the impression of Rong Ke, she was always winning and her eyebrows were flying, but now the color on her body has quieted down, thin and cold, almost blending with the snow outside the palace.

    When Rong Ke lost his grandfather, he was not by his side. Now that Rong Ke lost his father again, he still didn’t catch up.

    Xiao Jingduo had mixed feelings in his heart, for a moment he seemed to have a lot to say to Rong Ke, but in the next moment, there was nothing left. In the end, Xiao Jingduo could only whisper: “Your Highness, condolences.”

    “You just arrived in Chang’an today, and you actually entered the palace directly. Actually, you don’t have to be in such a hurry.

    “Your Highness’ order, dare not neglect.”

    Rong Ke sighed, although she said so, but seeing Xiao Jingduo attaching great importance to her warrant, and even rushing back to Chang’an for this reason, she felt somewhat comforted. Now that Xiao Jingduo had arrived, Rong Ke put down what he was doing and took Xiao Jingduo to the East Hall, where she handled court affairs and met courtiers.

    “I read the statement of the Ministry of War that you have made great achievements in Jinjiang County in recent years, and you have also fought a few battles with Nanzhao. How is the situation in Nanzhao in recent years, and how many troops are stationed on the border? What happened to the original five edicts of Erhai?”

    She lost her father for more than ten days. At this time, no ordinary girl would wash her face with tears and be comforted by her relatives and elders. She was the only one who deeply suppressed the pain of her bereavement. Even get up your nerves and worry about the government.

    Xiao Jingduo lost his mother when he was ten years old. At that time, he felt that the sky was falling and he didn’t even want to talk to anyone for a long time. Being inferior to him, it was precisely because he understood how painful it was to lose a loved one that Xiao Jingduo felt especially distressed for Rong Ke at this time.

    After all, he couldn’t hold back and said, “Your Highness, you don’t have to force yourself like this, just rest a little longer.”

    After Rong Ke had already sat at the table in the east hall, when she heard this, she couldn’t help raising her hand and pinching her eyebrows.

      take a break.

    But where does Rong Ke have this time, she doesn’t even have time to grieve the passing of her father. Rong Ke quickly calmed down and said, “I’m fine.”

    Rong Ke asked some more about Nanzhao and Jiannan, and finally said to Xiao Jingduo: “You have done very well in the past four years, and my father really did not see you wrong. You go back first, the official position transfer order It will be released in a few days.”

    Xiao Jingduo knew that it was useless to say more, and he was a foreign minister, and it was not easy to stay in the palace after dark, so he could only reluctantly retire: “I will obey.”

    Xiao Jingduo took two steps back, finally couldn’t help but stared into Rong Ke’s eyes and said, “Your Highness, take your time, it will be all right. During this time, you must take care Body!”

    Rong Ke laughed: “I know. You even mentioned me…”

    Xiao Jingduo exited the Liangyi Hall, it was getting dark early in the winter, and the palace lanterns were already lit on both sides of the palace road. Xiao Jingduo glanced back and found that the lights in the east hall were bright, and it was obvious that Rong Ke was still looking at the documents presented by the Sixth Division.

    She has lost so much weight and is still dealing with government affairs after dark, how can this be done? Xiao Jingduo frowned secretly, but he was the minister Rong Ke and the king, so he could not persuade him no matter what, Xiao Jingduo could only leave Taiji Palace worried.

    At this time, he completely forgot that when he was the county magistrate in Jinjiang County, it was common for him to read at night with the lights on.

    Unfortunately, there are always two sets of standards for people in the world, and Xiao Jingduo is one of the best.

    Xiao Ying’s face was ashen, and she was obviously very angry. At this time, Xiao Jingduo had just entered the door, and he was still carrying the cold air from outside the house. Hearing this, he almost immediately wanted to turn around and lift the curtain to go out.

      .

    The old lady was very happy to hear that her eldest grandson, who had been away for four years, was coming back. If the old lady is like this, the granddaughter and daughter-in-law below will naturally accompany him.

      The old lady sat for a whole day, but when she waited for such a sentence, her liver hurt naturally. Xiao Ying was furious when she learned of this when she came back.

    What else is more important than going home to see the elders? Xiao Jingduo is simply unfilial.

    The old lady was full of anger, but now she heard Xiao Ying’s rebuke, and her anger was much calmer. Standing in the hall, the only remaining anger in my heart disappeared. Seeing the confrontation between Xiao Ying and Xiao Jingduo’s father and son, the old lady felt regretful in her heart, and hurriedly came out to mediate: “It’s alright, everyone is back, so don’t talk about this anymore. Duoer, you’ve been gone for four years, and you haven’t been affected in the past few years. What’s wrong?”

    “Thank you for your concern, grandson, everything is fine.”

    In fact, Xiao Jingduo said, the old lady can see that Xiao Jingduo has had a good four years. When he left the capital that year, Xiao Jingduo was a high school jinshi with high spirits, but he was somewhat arrogant and arrogant, even if Xiao Jingduo was much more mature than his peers. But now that four years have passed, when Xiao Jingduo stood in front of the old lady again, the old lady did not dare to teach the same casual lessons as before, and even felt a little awe in her heart, as if it was not her grandson standing in front of her, but the majesty and majesty. Unattainable court officials.

      For a long time, the fear of the county magistrates was almost inscribed in the bones. Now Xiao Jingduo was standing in front of her wearing a light green official uniform, which reminded the old lady of the feeling of trepidation when she saw the county magistrate.

    The old lady secretly scolded herself for being short-sighted. She is now the mother of Hou Ye, and the person in front of her is her grandson, so there is nothing to be afraid of. After doing the mental construction, the old lady looked at Xiao Jingduo again, and her eyes became much kinder: “My son is extraordinary, but in just four years, the official prestige has become so profound, even more majestic than the county magistrate in our village!”

    In fact, he is indeed the county magistrate. Xiao Jingduo groaned in his heart, too lazy to talk to the old lady, so he nodded and said, “Thank grandmother for the praise.”

    Not only the old lady, but the other female relatives in the house also felt a faint sense of oppression. Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xiao kept smiles on their faces, but they sighed in their hearts. Sure enough, officials are officials, and people are people. Xiao Jingduo has only been gone for four years, and his momentum is completely different. He was transferred this time. When he returns to Beijing, he may be awarded an official, but when an external official returns to the capital, he will be promoted, and it will not be worse than before. Xiao Jingduo may not know what his future will be in the future.

    The second Mrs. Xiao and the third Mrs. Xiao both have sons and daughters. I saw Xiao Jingduo today, and when I think about my son, the more I think about it, the more sad I get. Xiao Jingduo’s official luck was so good, why didn’t it fall on her son?

    Second Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xiao San are worried about their husbands and sons. The girls are raised in a boudoir and are not familiar with the world, so their minds should be much simpler. Several granddaughters of the Xiao family quietly looked at Xiao Jingduo with their eyes, turned their heads and whispered to the sisters who were having fun: “So the eldest brother is like this! He is more handsome and handsome than the prince of the Wang family.”

      After the filial piety to the motherland, the older girls, such as the aunt Xiao Yufang and the second mother Xiao Yuli, had already married. In order to avoid the two older sisters, Xiao Yumang had to delay the marriage for a while, but the delay caused a collision. The late emperor was seriously ill, and then he had to keep his filial piety to the country. Xiao Yumang really regretted it, so he could only postpone the marriage, and still stay in the mansion to be married.

    Except for Xiao Yumang, who grew up with Xiao Jingduo, the other girls only recognize Xiao Jingduo today. These girls are still young. They were only five or six years old when Xiao Jingduo left the capital, and they didn’t remember much, let alone Xiao Jingduo, the eldest brother who was not at home often. When they saw each other today, they were shocked to realize their The eldest brother is so handsome and tall, and it is not worse than the beautiful lady who is often talked about by the daughter in the boudoir.

    Several younger sisters had bright eyes and pointed at Xiao Jingduo and whispered with blushing cheeks. Xiao Jingduo could see it clearly, but ignored it completely.

    His world is completely different from these boudoir girls, and now he doesn’t even care about the intrigues in the inner house, let alone the careful thoughts of a few younger sisters.

    Strange, today is the day when he was released back to Beijing, what about Wu Junru? Even if the relationship between the two is not good, Wu Junru, as a stepmother from an aristocratic family, won’t even show her face?

      you.”

    It is a coincidence that the first month of the month is cold. Xiao Jingduo sneered in his heart and did not intend to delve into it: “It turns out that Mrs. Hou is fortunate.”

    But she didn’t mention the matter of the sickness.

    Although the old lady was embarrassed, she couldn’t help Xiao Jingduo. Wu Junru has been quiet since she and Xiao Jingduo completely tore each other’s face a few years ago. Every day, she just stares at her son’s reading and writing, and doesn’t care about the affairs of the mansion. Today, Xiao Jingduo returned to Beijing to report his work. This is a good thing for the long room, but it is not Wu Junru’s, so Wu Junru is unwilling to attend the old lady’s expectation.

      , it is really useless to let these two people fight under her nose.

    What’s more, although Wu Junru lost power, she gave birth to a boy and a girl. In the face of her fourth grandson Xiao Jingye, the old lady didn’t want to embarrass Wu Junru too much, but stopped Xiao Jingduo to give it to her. Wu Junru has no face. After all, Wu Junru is from everyone’s background. She personally urges the fourth grandson, Xiao Jingye, to read and write. Maybe in the future, like Xiao Jingduo, she will bring back the old lady with a jinshilang. The old lady’s biggest wish is to have more sons and more happiness, a prosperous family house, and one family and two scholars sounds glorious, so the old lady does not want to see Xiao Jingduo embarrassing Wu Junru, let alone her fourth grandson.

    The old lady is easy to lose her temper, but Xiao Ying is not. He still remembers Xiao Jingduo’s return to Beijing instead of visiting his father first, but running out. Xiao Lin snorted coldly and asked, “You went back to the mansion so late today, where have you been?”

    “It is natural to go to the palace to face the saint and meet the princess.” Xiao Jingduo said, “The most important thing for an expatriate to return to Beijing is to see Tianyan and report the political achievements of the expatriate over the years. Is there any reason for this? Is something wrong?”

      After that, they would go back to the manor first, rest for a few days, and then report to the official department, waiting for the summons from the saint or the official department. As soon as Xiao Jingduo returned to Beijing, he handed the sign to the palace, and Xiao Ying couldn’t say anything wrong with Xiao Jingduo. After all, loyalty to the monarch is greater than filial piety.

    When the late emperor said this when he was in power, Xiao Ying definitely didn’t dare to say a word, but now… Xiao Ying doesn’t take it seriously: “It’s just a yellow-haired girl, she counts what sir.”

    Gan Ninggui is the regent princess. Before the emperor did not govern herself, she was the emperor with real power. But Xiao Ying, like most of the senior and senior courtiers, was privately dismissive of this young princess with a vain name, not to mention that Gan Ning was still a girl.

    Xiao Ying and Xiao Jingduo said a lot of unpleasant things before, even the sentence she just entered the door, Xiao Jingduo was able to suppress his emotions in an instant, and replied without sadness and joy. But now hearing Xiao Ying say this to Rong Ke, he couldn’t bear it for a moment, and even became angry: “The late emperor gave his order, His Highness Gan Ning is the regent princess, and I, as ministers, should be loyal to the monarch. , how can you slander you privately?”