Scholar’s Sweetheart - Chapter 411

“Now the official robe is not made. After it is delivered, it will be officially put into the Yamen.” Lu Yunkai said.

Song Xintong is not a person who studies history. She doesn’t know much about the ancient official positions. “What does the imperial academy do?”

He was responsible for compiling the actual records of the national history, recording the emperor’s words and deeds, and drafting the ceremony manuscripts Lu Yun opened a pause, “as for the list of eyes and flowers is the seventh grade editing.”

“My husband is still very good.” Song Xintong felt that the Imperial Academy was a bit like a secretary group. Although he just entered the Imperial Academy, he had no real power and could not go to the court, he was aloof. Because he often walked in front of the emperor, he was familiar with the princes and nobles.

But after staying in the Imperial Academy for a long time, I have a chance to join the cabinet.

There is a saying that “you can’t be a bachelor if you’re not in the Imperial Academy.” if you want to be the first assistant in the cabinet, you must have worked in the Imperial Academy.

For example, the other Jinshi who were released as officials or directly entered the six ministries had a little real power, but they went up step by step. At most, they were second-class ministers, and it was difficult to go up.

“Now that the official position of Xianggong has been confirmed, shall we have a banquet with Mr. Jiang to show our gratitude for their help in recent years?”

“Not for the time being.” Lu Yunkai said: “now that we have decided to live in the capital, it’s better for us to write to our mother first, so that they can come to the capital as soon as possible. After everything is settled, it’s not too late to entertain them.”

“That’s good.” Now banquet guests can only be in the restaurant, but Jiang Mingzhao has long been used to the restaurant’s food, and then treat in that place, it seems too insincere, and in this courtyard, it is too small, “then you write to my mother, while this time, I will first see a house to buy down, tidy up, wait for their mother, they will be able to live in.”

After a pause, he said, “I’ll treat you in the new house at that time. What do you say?”

“Thank you, madam.” Lu Yunkai said: “there will be a qionglin banquet in two days. At that time, all the new Jinshi will go, and my wife will prepare the clothes for me.”

“It’s all ready.” Song Xintong had long been informed by Jiang Mingzhao, so he went to his Satin shop to buy cloth and came back to make several sets for various banquets.

“Dad, I want to go too.” Wennuan looks at the new clothes made by her mother for her father. She also wants to wear new clothes.

“Where are you going? You just want to wear new clothes.” Song Xintong is not very angry.

“My mother also makes it for my brother, and I also make it for wennuan.” Wennuan grinned.

“They’re all doing it.” Song Xintong doesn’t know how to embroider, but simple sewing is OK. “Don’t worry about what your mother did. She didn’t embroider butterflies for you.”

“No problem.” Nuan Nuan immediately fawns and says, “if you have new clothes, you won’t go.”

“Qionglin banquet is a big event in my father’s life. Naturally, I will take you and Nuan Nuan together.” Lu Yunkai said, “wennuan is well dressed.”

Song Xintong heart, “can we go?”

“Of course I can.” Lu Yunkai said gently: “today, the top scholars of the same discipline and Tanhua also boast that we are warm and beautiful. Naturally, I will take them to show off.”

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After the qionglin banquet, the new Jinshi began to study the official etiquette system, and they entered the post after the study.

Lu Yunkai started his daily 9-to-5 civil service life, while song Xintong started to clean up a newly bought house.

The courtyard is far away from the downtown. It’s located in Xinyue lane. There are officials above liupin, officials of Hanlin academy and so and so.

The alleys here are deep, quiet and elegant, and the price is suitable, which is very suitable for them to live as officials from other places. The ordinary rich families or princes and nobles live in other places, and the house price there has increased several times.

Song Xintong also wanted to buy it there, but Lu Yunkai persuaded her, but she was opposed by Yanguan, so it’s better to be careful.

So the Sanjin house chosen here is more than enough because there are few Lu family members.

“Ma’am, do you want to rest all this?” The craftsmen looked at the construction drawings, and all the floors of the house had to be redone, which was too much work.

“All of them.” Song Xintong repeatedly confirmed that the craftsmen understood the picture, and continued: “the windows of the main room, the study, and the two courtyards are all replaced with glazed windows. Be careful about these.

“I understand.” The craftsman thinks that this lady really has money. A glass is nearly 500 Liang. It’s no less than 20 yuan, nearly 10000 Liang. She doesn’t blink when she spends it.

“There are also the pavilions and pavilions on the other side of the plagiarism corridor. The fruit forest on the other side is more visible. The bluestone Road on the other side is also smoother.” Song Xintong said.

There is a lake on the other side of the chaoshou corridor. The lake is not big. It only looks like two or three mu and is not deep. I don’t know where there is an undercurrent. Anyway, the water of the lake is very clear, and you can see the green grass under the water. So song Xintong asked his master to dig up the willows and locust trees by the lake, and replace them with all kinds of fruit trees. There are also plum blossoms, which are scattered and crisscrossed. Different seasons have different scenery.

Song Xintong also asked the masters to make slides, and children to play seesaw, swing and other things.

In addition, almost every yard has planted some fruit trees. In addition to the main house, there are several yards in this house. There is a mother Lu, a twin, and a warm baby in the future.

The front yard is also very elegant. The front hall, flower hall, guest room and study have been renovated, but the old look is completely different.

The craftsman in charge of gardening said, “my wife chose all the fruit trees instead of some evergreen trees?”

“No more.” There are many camphor maple trees in the yard, and big banyan trees in the corner. It’s enough to walk in the shade in summer.

A variety of fruit trees, full of the desire to talk, spring can also be used for ornamental purposes, is very good.

This big courtyard with three entrances should be the place where they often live in the capital. Maybe they will live for decades, so they must clean it up. Later, when they have dinner at home, Lu Yunkai can invite the adults to sit by the lake and pick different fruits in different seasons.

Although in the capital, there is still the pleasure of landscape and idyllic.

As for the future full of children and grandchildren, the family can not live, will also buy the yard next to it.

Of course, it’s just song Xintong’s thought. Now next door is a professor of Hanlin. He looks like he’s in his forties. If he returns to his hometown to provide for the aged and sell his house, it’s estimated that he’ll have to wait more than 20 years.

Forget it. Think about it first.

If it’s sold, she’ll take it and expand the yard.

The renovation of the house didn’t finish until May, but they didn’t rush to move in either. They wanted to wait for the landing mother and Dabao to arrive before they moved in.