A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination - Chapter 90

    The old lady took a breath of shock when she learned that Xiao Jinghu’s future was actually in Xiao Jingduo’s hands.

    “Although not directly taking over, but it’s almost there.” Xiao Yumang felt that what her grandmother said was wrong, and corrected, “It is definitely taboo in the officialdom and will not let brothers of the same family contact. But the eldest brother is there The Ministry of War, let him find someone to clear it up, wouldn’t that be more useful than our rude words?”

    “Oh my God.” The old lady screamed, “Why didn’t you say it earlier!”

    “The granddaughter didn’t know about officialdom, didn’t she just know!”

    “What are you doing, why don’t you call Duo over here!”

    The maids just woke up like a dream and ran out to find Xiao Jingduo.

    At this time, Xiao Jingduo was still entertaining the people of Runanhou Mansion in the front yard.

    Xiao Yumang returned to the door today, and Chen Liulang of the Marquis of Runan also came back with him, and is now talking to the men of the Xiao family in the front hall.

    Speak if you want to speak, so sneaky like this.

    Chen Liulang saw Xiao Jingduo’s calm face, and asked with a smile, “What’s wrong with brother-in-law, what makes you unhappy?”

    “It’s nothing.” Xiao Jingduo smiled, “I’m lost.”

      First lost a gift.

    “Where.”

     “By the way, I see my brother-in-law, handsome, young and promising, and I admire him. I just don’t know how old my brother-in-law is this year?”

    Chen Liulang paused: “How much did you say?”

    “Twenty-one.”

    The expression on Chen Liulang’s face froze, and after a long time, he muttered: “It’s actually a year younger than me.”

      It’s just that Xiao Jingduo didn’t expect that Chen Liulang was actually older than him.

    The room fell into an unspeakable silence, and finally, Uncle Xiao came forward: “It’s okay, it’s all family, don’t care about these false names.”

    Xiao Jingduo raised the tea cup and covered the corners of the upturned lips. Anyway, he is the one called brother, of course he doesn’t care.

    Chen Liulang sorted out his thoughts and shouted “brother-in-law” with a strong smile: “Brother-in-law is younger than I thought. room?”

    Ask what this is for, Xiao Jingduo is the most annoying for others to explore his private affairs, and his face became cold at that time: “Not yet. Brother-in-law asked what is this for?”

    Hearing the displeasure in Xiao Jingduo’s words, Chen Liulang laughed twice and skipped the topic. The matter of winning over Xiao Jingduo will take a long time to come, and there is no rush for this moment.

    Wang outside the door for so long, was he looking for him? Xiao Jingduo was a little surprised, so he could only stand up and bowed his head to the people present: “Excuse me.”

    “Naturally, brother-in-law is busy first.”

    After Xiao Jingduo left, Chen Liulang’s demeanor also softened. There are only two important people in the Dingyonghou mansion, one is Dingyonghou Xiaoying, and the other is Xiao Jingduo. Xiao Ying has made little progress in the court over the years, her official position has not been up and down, and she has no sense of existence even in the Dingyong Hou Mansion, but Xiao Jingduo is different. But it is much bigger, and this matter is obvious to everyone.

      go out. The seniority of the noble family is the most important thing. Except for the royal family, all the juniors were present, and Xiao Jingduo came to accompany him, so now that Xiao Jingduo is gone, Chen Liulang has no desire to speak.

    Uncle Xiao was a little embarrassed. His son-in-law was more concerned about Xiao Jingduo than his father-in-law. This is not a matter of face. Second Uncle Xiao gloatingly glanced at Third Uncle Xiao, and sure enough, the repayment of the Heavenly Dao Wheel should be unhappy. Second Uncle Xiao was treated differently by his son-in-law a few days ago, but he did not expect the same thing to happen to Third Uncle Xiao so quickly. Second Uncle Xiao thought to himself, let you laugh at my son for not taking a break, you will not be neglected in the same way.

    “Duoer, I heard that you are in charge of Yiwei, and Hu’er happens to be in Yiwei, can you talk to your superior and transfer Hu’er to other places, such as You also hold a position in the sixth department? It doesn’t need to be too high, just a small position.”

    It’s just ridiculous, Xiao Jingduo didn’t even bother to talk to the old lady, but due to filial piety, he could only reply patiently: “I just arrived at the Ministry of War, and I can’t talk about many things. A good place, let him hone in it for a few years before we talk about it.”

    “But…” The old lady felt sorry for her grandson, “Yiwei’s daily drills are very hard. Since you care about this, isn’t this a matter of hand?”

    This time Xiao Jingduo didn’t want to talk at all, his face was cold, and he only put down one sentence: “Let him stay in Yiwei for eight years before we talk about it.”

    “Does it have to be eight years? Can’t you accommodate your brother?”

    Mrs. Xiao also helped: “Yes, eight years is too long. You can’t be promoted by yourself, but let your brother suffer at the bottom!”

    “Since my grandmother and second aunt are so capable, why don’t I go to the Ministry of Justice to change my decree? This is what the decree says.”

    The old lady and the second lady Xiao both shut their mouths: “It turns out to be in the law, why does it take so long to be transferred after eight years…”

    Xiao Jingduo kept his head down and fiddled with the tea cup. Seeing Xiao Jingduo’s face, other people dared not talk about this topic, Xiao Yumang was afraid to annoy Xiao Jingduo, so he quickly changed the subject and said, “Brother, when my husband and I talked about it, I realized that it turned out that the double-sided embroidery was made by you. From the county?”

    “Hmm.”

    “Wow!” Xiao Yumang exclaimed, “I don’t even know… It’s too powerful, I can’t believe it when the sisters-in-law talk about it…”

    The old lady was also attracted: “It turned out to be from Duoer’s county? That Duoer is the county magistrate, doesn’t he have to handle a lot of double-sided embroidery?”

    “Double-sided embroidery in Jinjiang County is official embroidery. All embroidery items are sent from the government, and are not sold by the private sector.” When it came to Xiao Jingduo’s official business, he couldn’t help but explain a word or two.

    The old lady held her heart and felt that she was completely frightened this day: “The double-sided embroidery was sold by Jing Duoer… You child, why didn’t you say it earlier, if you knew this It’s yours, we don’t need to spend money to buy it on the street!”

    Mrs. Xiao’s mind also became active: “If you are a county magistrate, don’t you say that you have seized a lot of double-sided embroidery?”

    No wonder Mrs. Xiao thinks this way, in the few contacts she had with the government, the county government and the county magistrate were the most greedy, and everything passed their hands. , not to mention that Xiao Jingduo has such a big business in his hands, Mrs. Xiao does not believe that Xiao Jingduo did not take the opportunity to deduct.

    The second Mrs. Xiao’s eyes on Xiao Jingduo have changed. It seems that Xiao Jingduo’s net worth is richer than she imagined. It’s a pity to give Xiao Su’s daughter cheap.

    The old lady and Xiao Yumang also thought the same, the old lady was about to move: “Duoer, you are a gentleman, it is useless to ask for so many splendor, why don’t you take it out and give you a few A younger sister as a dowry? No, in the end the dowry is someone else’s, so let’s leave it to your brother as a dowry.”

    “Deducting property transactions is taking bribes. Those who commit more than 100 strokes will be reduced to rank, and those who have more than 100 strokes will be demoted and exiled. In one year, fifty horses travel for two thousand miles, and moreover, the sins are related to the same clan.” Xiao Jingduo stood up and looked at the people in the room coldly, “If you still want to live a peaceful life in peace, don’t say such words again. It is what I should do to add my salary to the public, and if you expect anything else, don’t blame me for being unsympathetic.”

    Xiao Jingduo put down this sentence, turned his head and went out, leaving only a few female relatives looking at each other, no one dared to speak.

    Because of Xiao Yumang’s return ceremony, Xiao Jingduo was angry again. It was not until he returned to the Ministry of War that he slowly recovered.

    It’s not worth being angry with the daughters of the Xiao family, but Xiao Jingduo has a headache about it. His parents are selfless, let alone independent. He has no way to move out of Dingyong Hou’s mansion now, and he gets angry like this from time to time, but he can’t say anything, he can only endure it.

    The six divisions only work for half a day every day, and everyone else will leave in the afternoon. Only the person on duty is on duty in the military department, and is on duty in the afternoon and night, so as not to come to the door in a hurry. This person on duty came in rotation, and today it was Xiao Jingduo’s turn to be on duty.

    In the afternoon, all the idlers left, and there was only Xiao Jingduo left in Nuoda’s staff department. It is rare to have such a quiet time, Xiao Jingduo sat by the window, quietly flipping through the book.

    After a while, there was a dull thunder in the sky, and then the rain came. The raindrops from the sky knocked on the eaves, wetting the dark tiles, and then converged into a silver thread, which tickly fell on the bluestone slab.

    The sound of rain outside the house, reading with the sound of rain, became more and more peaceful.

    In the palace city, a gust of cool and humid wind blew, blowing a lot of rain into the window sill, the palace maid in the chest-length skirt hurried forward and pushed the tall wooden window.

    “In May, the weather is more and more unpredictable, and it will rain when it says it rains.”

    The palace maid was already half-drenched when she closed the window. Another maid saw it and hurriedly came over to help put down the window bolt.

    “Isn’t it true, His Highness is still reading the memorials inside, so hurry up and close the windows so that the rainwater does not wet the papers of the prime ministers.”

    The ladies were talking when they suddenly heard footsteps behind them, they both hurriedly turned around and saluted with hands. “Your Highness.”

    “Get up.” Rong Ke passed through the two maids and looked outside the hall door.

    Liangyi Hall is tall, and the color is black and white, very solemn. Rong Ke stood in front of the threshold of the palace gate and looked up at the rain curtain.

    The rain came in a hurry, the towering palace was shrouded in rain and fog, and only vague outlines could be seen. The foundation of Liangyi Hall is high. Standing at the entrance of the hall, Rong Ke can see most of the inner court. He can also see that many palace maids and servants under the steps have not found a place to shelter from the rain, and are hurriedly running with their heads in their hands.

     “Your Highness, but the window is not closed, is it bothering you to approve the memorial?”

    Rong Ke laughed at himself: “It doesn’t make any difference whether those papers are approved or not. With this skill, it’s better to blow a cool breeze.”

    Xia Lan, the maid of Yonghe Palace, rushed to the Liangyi Hall in the rain. As soon as she walked up the side steps, she saw her own princess standing at the door of the hall. No one reminded the princess.

    Xia Lan frowned, put away the umbrella, took the cape from the little palace maid and walked towards Rong Ke: “His Royal Highness, the door is windy, how can you stand in the wind?”

    Speaking, Xia Lan glanced at the little palace maid behind, and the palace servants bowed their heads in fear, not even daring to refute. In the end, Rong Ke took the initiative to clear the siege: “I want to breathe here, it has nothing to do with them.”

    Rong Ke did not answer, but asked, “Where is Rong Lang, how is it now?”

     “Your Majesty is staring at the reading. When I gave His Majesty the rain gear, His Majesty was still in class.”

    It’s okay to be lazy because of the rain, Rong Ke is relieved and turns his eyes to the rain screen again. She looked at it for a while, not knowing what she remembered, and asked in a low voice, “Today, it seems that Xiao Jingduo is on duty?”

    Rong Ke’s voice was so low that Xia Lan didn’t hear it and asked, “His Royal Highness, what did you just say?”

    “Nothing.” Rong Ke took out a token from his sleeve and said, “I want to go for a walk in the rain, call him outside.”

    Xiao Jingduo was looking through the files of previous years in the house when he suddenly received a summons from the princess. He immediately put the file back on the bookshelf, locked the door, and walked into the palace with the servant.

    “Why did Your Highness suddenly call me into the palace?”

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    Xiao Jingduo nodded and didn’t ask any more questions. It was indeed Rong Ke’s style of doing things. But since Rong Ke served as the regent princess, she seldom indulges her self-will. She always wears black court clothes meticulously, does not talk or laugh, and tries her best to appear stable. It was rare to see her wayward side, and Xiao Jingduo actually missed her a little.

    When they arrived at the Liangyi Hall, they were greeted by palace maids soon. They bowed to Xiao Jingduo Yingying, took the umbrella in Xiao Jingduo’s hand, and said softly, “Your Highness has been waiting, Xiao Langguan come with me.”

    Xiao Jingduo gave the palace maid a half-salutation. These people are the valet beside Rong Ke and Rong Lang, so they can’t be careless. The palace maid avoided sideways, stepped up the steps first, and led Xiao Jingduo to the palace.

    The rain washed the jade and white stone steps extremely brightly, Xiao Jingduo stepped on the shallow water vortex, followed a few maids, and walked up the side rail steps.

    Liangyi Hall is the place where emperors deal with government affairs and meet courtiers on a daily basis. There are steps around the Liangyi Hall. The middle step is high and grand, but this is left for the big people to go. The palace maids and the servants usually go in and out of the Liangyi Hall by taking the long fences on the east and west sides.

    Xiao Jingduo followed the maid around the railings and walked to the eaves of the palace, the rain was getting better. The palace maids put away their umbrellas, and a leading palace maid came up to greet Xiao Jingduo and said, “This is Xiao Langguan, Langguan come with me.”

    The palace maids next to her bowed their heads and called “Aunt Xia”. Xiao Jingduo knew that this was the female official next to Rong Ke, and did not dare to neglect, and said, “There is a Lao Xia female official.”

    Xia Lan grinned at him and turned around to lead the way. Xiao Jingduo followed him not far or not. I don’t know if it was his delusion, but he always felt that the female official Xia had secretly looked at him several times.

    Through the long fence, Xiao Jingduo saw Rong Ke in the northeast corner of the palace. Xu Shi heard the sound behind him, Rong Ke turned around and smiled when he saw him: “You’re here.”

    The author has something to say:

    These two chapters have been paving the way for one thing, I don’t know if you can see that…