"Origin." Fang Zilan looked gloomy, "You are far away in the north and ignore government affairs. I have never noticed that in recent years, there have been almost no children from poor families appointed as officials in the court."
"How could this happen?" Shangguan Min was stunned, and Fang Zilan said seriously: "Not only civil servants, but also military generals. In the Qiluo battle, how many generals can be called out by name who are not in the family of the Nine Grand Dukes?"
"General Huangfuxin, General Duguming..." Shangguan Min stopped after reading two names, "But..."
"I know what you want to say." Fang Zilan interrupted him, "Although he has learned literary and martial arts and sold his goods to the emperor's family, it will be much easier for the Gongqing family to want than for the children of the poor family. If Lian is an official in the court, Children from poor families are all suppressed. If things continue like this, how can children from poor families have a way out?"
Shangguan Min finally understood after hearing this, "So the Ministry of Rites deliberately made things difficult for Master because of their different stances? And the Minister of Rites, knowing that he might be in trouble, still asked Master Xue to come, is it because he was suppressing him?"
"That's basically the truth." Fang Zilan nodded slightly, "I'm sick now, and there are some things I can't hold back anymore. Therefore, I try to show up as much as possible at the year-end festival and New Year's social drama, and the banquet on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year must also be well prepared. …”
"It turns out it's not to express anger." Shangguan Min muttered in a low voice, "I thought..."
"Why? Mr. Wen is considerate and meticulous. I am afraid that you will feel unhappy if you think I punish you too harshly." Fang Zilan said helplessly: "If you drink, I won't stop you, but if you lose your sense of control and speak uncontrollably, I will I won’t be lenient.”
"Yes." Shangguan Min stood up and bowed respectfully, "Master, I am not afraid of being punished. What's more, Master has never punished me since he accepted me as his disciple, so how can I be punished severely?"
"You." Fang Zilan smiled and suddenly said: "Master Xue, listening to the corner is not a good habit. I wonder why Master Xue comes back again and again?"
Hearing the sound, Xue Haoyu came in, bowed his hands and said, "I saw that Mr. Fang was having a great conversation with this young master, and I was really embarrassed to disturb him, so I stood outside the door for a long time. I didn't mean to eavesdrop, and I asked Mr. Fang for your forgiveness. .”
Fang Zilan raised her hand to indicate that he didn't need to be polite, "Master Xue is standing outside, I know it. Since I haven't said anything, there is nothing I can't let you hear."
"Master Fang is magnanimous, but I am ashamed of myself." Xue Haoyu still maintained his salute posture and said, "I left and came back again, but I forgot to tell Master Fang about something just now."
"What's the matter?" Fang Zilan took the tea on the table and took a sip.
Xue Haoyu said quietly: "Master Fang, if you can go out, please go to Lianhua Palace before New Year's Eve to worship and offer incense."
Fang Zilan smiled slightly, "I heard that there is a big everlasting lamp in the Lianhua Palace that was lit by Emperor Tai'an himself. At the end of every year, the emperor would refill the lamp with oil, and all the officials would bow down and offer incense in order to wish the world peace and prosperity in the coming year. I'm right. ?”
Xue Haoyu's expression suddenly changed, "Master Fang, you..."
"When Mr. Xue left, I was still thinking that with your meticulousness, why did you forget to remind me about entering the Lianhua Palace?" Fang Zilan's smile became brighter, "But Mr. Xue also said that the etiquette department is busy at the end of the year. I want to come It’s understandable that you forgot, you couldn’t do it on purpose, right?”
"Master Fang..." Xue Haoyu muttered and did not dare to speak. When Fang Zilan said that he did not know the procedures on New Year's Eve, he thought that she was just taking the opportunity to make things difficult and just dealt with it. But she never thought that she knew all the processes well not only on New Year's Eve, so didn't she see through it all from the beginning?
Xue Haoyu couldn't hold his head up as if he was being teased. However, he knew clearly in his heart that if he didn't have ulterior motives, how could he have fallen into this situation?
"Master Xue, you heard the conversation between the two of us just now." Fang Zilan smiled and looked a little more serious, "Although Mr. Xue was relegated, he never lowered his head. Otherwise, as long as he joins a family at will, he will not It will result in the whole family leaving Beijing and never returning to Beijing."
Xue Haoyu paled, "Master Fang, do you know?"
"I know." Fang Zilan said calmly: "When you said Mr. Xue was your uncle, I was guessing which family you had joined and got the opportunity to re-enter the capital and join the Ministry of Etiquette."
Seeing Xue Haoyu's face getting more ugly, Fang Zilan hurriedly said: "Of course everyone has different choices. You have the right to choose, and I respect you. After all, not everyone can remain unchanged under the pressure of the situation."
"Master Fang doesn't have to be like this." Xue Haoyu turned his head and looked away, saying: "How can Master Fang understand the hardships of a little person like me? No matter how nice the words are, in your eyes I am just an ant."
"You?" Fang Zilan repeated the word and said noncommittally: "Don't you want to be in a prestigious position, Master Xue, and treat others as ants?"
"I don't want to." Xue Haoyu blurted out without thinking, and Fang Zilan's lips curled up slightly, "I don't want to be an ant, nor do I want to be a person who treats others as ants, so what does Mr. Xue want to do?"
"Xiaoguan..." Xue Haoyu was speechless for a moment, and Fang Zilan sighed softly, "It seems that Mr. Xue's blood is not cold yet, but it is difficult to be as hot as before."
For some reason, Xue Haoyu felt an inexplicable grievance welling up in his heart after hearing her words. Who doesn’t want to do things down-to-earth with his original intention, but how can this world tolerate his original intention?
Xue Haoyu clenched his fists and suppressed his emotions and said: "I dare to ask Mr. Fang, is it possible that Mr. Fang is in a prestigious position just to treat others as ants?"
"Of course not." Fang Zilan said with a smile: "This idea is too shallow and not worthy of me."
Her words were like a stone, causing thousands of waves in Xue Haoyu's heart. Not only was she shallow, but she was unworthy?
"Master Xue, if there is nothing else, I will go back to my room to rest." Fang Zilan stood up, but Xue Haoyu still stood there, motionless.
Seeing this, Fang Zilan pursed her lips and couldn't help but said: "Master Xue, let me say one last thing. How you treat others will be how others treat you. The cycle of cause and effect is the same, and the same is true for the original intention."
Xue Haoyu lowered his eyes and said, "But if everyone in the world treats you coldly and coldly, what can I do?"
"If this is true," Fang Zilan said word by word, "then prove to the world that they are wrong."
When she said this, there was a look of arrogance in her eyes, as if she could shock everyone in the world without proof.
Xue Haoyu was cheered up and said with a salute: "I have learned a lesson from you, thank you so much, Mr. Fang."
Shangguan Min looked at Fang Zilan in front of him blankly. He didn't come back to his senses until she called his name, "Master, what did you say?"
Fang Zilan drawled: "I said, you go tell Lao Cao and Awan that after lunch, follow me to Lianhua Palace to worship and offer incense."
"Okay." Shangguan Min walked out blankly and saw Wen Ya at the corner. He seemed to have been standing there for a while.
"Mr. Wen?" Shangguan Min called out, and Wen Ya calmed down, "I'll help you bring a message to Awan. You go find Deputy General Cao."
Shangguan Min looked confused and turned around to find Deputy General Cao. It took him a while to realize that what they said had been heard by Wen Ya.
He thought to himself, when did Mr. Wen stand there? He actually didn't feel anything, but Master must have felt something. Could it be that Master didn't just say those words to Master Xue?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his mind was in a mess and he couldn't figure it out. He simply shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
