Emperor Li has passed away two hundred years ago, and few people in the world know his name. Only the historical records of the imperial family have mentioned his name.
His name was Li Changyuan.
The emperor held the two chess pieces in his hands, turned around and asked Su Xun: "You came to present a gift today, but what do you want?"
Su Xun lowered his head and said, "I don't ask for anything. I just feel that such a treasure should belong to your Majesty."
The emperor lowered his eyes, and then said: "I know that you have such a heart. Everyone in the Duke Ning's house is a loyal and filial person, and I know it in my heart. Since you have nothing to ask for, I will take over all the people in the house." of my mind.”
Su Xun breathed a sigh of relief and said with determination: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
The emperor asked him again: "Where are you working now?"
Su Xun said: "Your Majesty, I am in the Ministry of Rites."
Su Xun was appointed as a minor official in charge of the Ministry of Etiquette, that is to say, he had a name, and if he had something to do, he would do it. If nothing happened, he wouldn't even have to go to Mao (roll call).
The emperor nodded, indicating that he understood: "I understand, please step back."
Su Xun saluted: "I take my leave."
Su Xun left the palace, got on the carriage and rushed to his mansion.
The carriage was swaying, and he sat in his seat and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
In fact, he was not sure what the emperor was thinking, and he didn't know whether he had achieved what he wanted during this trip.
Thinking of this, he was a little irritated. What if the emperor really felt that everyone in their house was selfless and willingly dedicated their treasures to him, but really they didn't get any benefits at all? !
However, before he could think too much, the emperor's reward came to him as soon as he entered the gate of Jinning Palace.
The emperor first rewarded everyone in the Duke of Jinning's house, and talked about how selfless the Duke of Jinning was. Then he prepared another reward for Su Wan, saying it was for her dowry.
Finally, Su Xun was promoted to an official position.
He was promoted to Minister of Rites.
The minister of the court is a second-rank official, and each minister is flanked by two ministers on the left and right, who are third-rank officials. After that, there are also junior officials such as Langzhong, Yuanwailang, and principal. In the Ministry of Rites, Su Xun is a soy sauce director of the Ministry of Rites. .
Now he has become a third-grade official.
Su Xun was a little suffocated: "This, this, this... what should we do?!"
Wang ordered people to send the father-in-law out of the house who had announced the decree. Seeing that his son looked like he was about to die, she almost slapped him to death.
He can't be ambitious. Could it be that he has been thinking about living with this petty official all his life.
He didn't even look at Su Lin standing next to him, his face turned black with jealousy, her eyes were so red that he really wanted to step forward and tear her apart.
Su Lin and Su Xun were both Jinshi. Su Xun took on a minor official as the head of the Ministry of Etiquette. He was free and easy. He spent his days admiring paintings, drinking wine, and traveling to mountains and rivers with friends. When he rarely had time to do anything, if others were rushing to do something, he would do it. I also went with others and felt very at ease.
As for Su Lin, she has been working hard in the officialdom for many years, but she just feels that she has both sides, and is very powerful. Now she is working as a doctor in the Ministry of Industry. If she has the opportunity in the future, she will definitely sit in the position of minister or minister.
But he didn't expect that his third brother, who had always felt that he was doing nothing and had no redeeming qualities, would be promoted several ranks at once with the gift, and would directly sit in the position of Minister of Etiquette.
This is a third-grade official!
This was no longer suffocating. Su Lin just wanted to die.
Su Wan also laughed: "Father has been promoted, which is a good thing."
Although Su Wan knows that Su Xun doesn't like these things very much, he can still believe that he is better than others. Now that Jinning and his wife are still here, the three-bedroom family is living a good life in the house. He doesn't do anything and lives a leisurely life. .
But if in the future, Su Wang or Su Jian is in charge, it's hard to say. He has an official position, and no matter what the situation is in the future, he can protect his family.
And among the six departments, the Department of Rites is not that complicated.
Mrs. Wang glared at Su Xun: "Isn't it a good thing? I'll go to the Ministry of Etiquette tomorrow to do some work. Don't let me stay at home all day."
Su Xun had no choice but to bite the bullet and respond: "Mother, if my son knows about it, he will definitely do a good job."
Mrs. Wang said: "Just think about it this way. Since you have gone, you should do your business well. The family does not ask you to have merit, but to make no mistakes."
"yes."
Wang sent the crowd away, recorded the emperor's reward, and had a portion of the dowry specially given by the emperor to Su Wan be sent to the Wan Yuan warehouse.
The entire Jinning Palace was full of joy, but when the news reached Furong Garden, Su Fu was shocked.
"What did you say?! Say it again!"
Bai Zhi and Bai He looked at each other in fear, both lowering their heads and not daring to speak.
Su Fu said again: "Tell me again, what did Li Lin give Su Wan today?!"
Bai He had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "I gave... I gave you a bride price of one thousand taels of gold and ten thousand taels of silver."
"This is impossible!" Su Fu suddenly stood up with a look of disbelief on her face, "This is absolutely impossible!"
Bai He said: "...This is true. When the gold and silver ingots were brought in, Madam ordered people to count them one by one. There was no mistake at all."
Su Fu didn't believe it: "This is impossible! How could Li Lin, who is so poor, get the money to pay such a heavy bride price!"
In Su Fu's eyes, Li Lin was a poor man who had no money and dared to find fault with her. How could he be rich?
Bai He said anxiously: "Probably, probably the Jing family helped. The Li family has a favor to the Jing family. It is normal for the Jing family to help him prepare the betrothal gift."
Su Fu was so angry that her head was about to smoke: "How come the Li family is so kind to everyone?! Could it be that they don't do anything all day long and just go around doing good deeds, just waiting for others to become rich so that they can come and ask for benefits!"
"It's so shameless! Just as shameless as Su Wan!"
Su Fu remembered Li Lin for embarrassing Zhao Mingyan at the birthday banquet of Duke Jinning, and she also hated Su Wan for embarrassing her and causing her to almost enter Xiaoque Garden, where she is still banned.
Due to her vow, she didn't dare to trouble Su Wan, but similarly, she didn't want Su Wan and Li Lin to have an easy time.
Counting the days, it turned out that today was the time for the Li family to come to hire someone, so she asked people to stare at her. She felt like she wanted to laugh at her, and also let Su Wan know who she was going to marry and what she was going to do in the future. day.
Su Fu wants to marry someone who enters the palace and will become a princess in the future, while Su Wan wants to marry a poor person, and even an engagement will not give her much dignity. Comparing the two, let's see how she can continue to be proud.
It's a joke to say that she was willing to marry Li Lin.
But what Su Fu didn't expect was that Li Lin actually did favors for Su Wan and gave her a bride price of thousands of gold and silver. This limelight suddenly surpassed the bride price given to her by Prince Zhao's Palace.
What Prince Zhao's Mansion gave back then was only eight hundred gold and eight thousand taels of silver!
Su Fu was so angry that she vomited blood.
