The carriage moved slowly, and the three Liu Chengfeng brothers immediately fastened the Chao Hut to their waists and followed with a steady and powerful pace.
In the carriage.
Young Master Liu changed his posture with a comfortable expression, and looked at Liu Yiyi and the four cute sisters who were kneeling in the carriage with a smile.
"Yiyi, Feifei, Yaoyao, Yue'er"
"Hey, daddy?"
"Dad, what's wrong?"
"You stinky girls, you all woke up so late, you probably didn't even have time to eat something to fill your stomach, right?"
Hearing their father's question, the four sisters subconsciously rubbed their bellies and laughed with a bit of embarrassment on their faces.
"Well, I haven't eaten yet."
"Hehehe, Dad Shengming."
"Hey hey hey, daddy."
"Yeah, yeah, the maids prepared some pastries to satisfy my hunger, but I didn't have time to eat them."
Liu Mingzhi chuckled and shook his head, sat up cross-legged, and pointed at the wine pot, teapot, and several plates of exquisite pastries placed on the small table in front of him.
"In that case, why are you stinky girls sitting here stupidly? Why don't you hurry up and eat something to cushion your stomach?"
"Hey, thank you daddy."
"Dad, that girl is not welcome."
Liu Yiyi and her four sisters knew their father's temper very well. After responding sweetly, they immediately gathered around the low table and picked up the pastries on the tray and ate them.
Noticing the situation, Liu Dashu immediately placed a few teacups, picked up the teapot and poured a few cups of warm tea.
"Eat slowly, eat slowly, drink some tea and don't choke again."
"I know, thank you, daddy."
Liu Yaoyao listened to the footsteps coming from outside the carriage, silently swallowed the cake in her mouth, and then raised her eyes to look at her father.
"Daddy."
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"Dad, eldest brother, brother Chenggan, brother Zhenghao, the three of them didn't eat anything.
Why don't you bring them some pastries and let them fill their bellies first? "
After hearing Liu Yaoyao's suggestion, Liu Mingzhi listened to the steady and powerful footsteps of the four brothers outside the carriage, and shook his head with a smile.
"Yaoyao, your eldest brother, these brothers are rushing on their way now. It is very easy for them to eat at this time.
Just eat your own food. When they get to the palace, dad will have people prepare food for them. "
When Liu Yaoyao heard her father's answer, she nodded with a smile.
"Yeah, yeah, Yaoyao got it."
After Liu Dashao ate a few pieces of pastry, he picked up the wine bottle and poured a few glasses of warm wine.
“It’s only half a month into spring now, and there is almost no difference between the temperature in the morning and the temperature in the coldest months of winter.
This is the peach blossom wine that your Uncle Song asked your father to warm in advance. If any of you sisters feel a little cold, please have a few drinks.
However, you can only have a few drinks to keep out the cold, but don't be greedy. "
"Dad, we can just pour the wine ourselves."
"Feifei understands, thank you daddy."
"Dad, don't worry, we sisters have something in mind."
Liu Mingzhi raised his glass and took a sip of wine, then rolled his eyes helplessly at the little cutie.
"You stinky girl, you are a big-headed devil. Among the four of you sisters, the one who is the most ungrateful is you, this stinky girl."
The little cutie's pretty face was embarrassed, and she snorted angrily. She reached out and picked up the wine bottle and started drinking.
"Humph, prejudice, prejudice."
"You little girl, drink your wine."
"knew."
Young Master Liu raised his head and drank the wine in the glass. He placed the glass on the low table and leaned on the pillow behind him again.
"Komatsu."
"Hey, Master?"
"Where did you put the things I gave you last night?"
"Master, the younger one put the things in the sandalwood box next to the pillow."
"Um."
Liu Mingzhi replied with a calm expression, then turned sideways and picked up the beautifully shaped sandalwood box next to the pillow.
"Yaoyao."
"Dad, what's wrong?"
"My dear daughter, move the candle towards Daddy."
"Yeah, Yaoyao got it."
Liu Yaoyao immediately put down the wine glass in her hand, leaned her waist and moved the candlestick a few times towards her father.
Young Master Liu opened the sandalwood box in his hand, took out a stack of rice paper from it with a smile, and looked at each one one by one in front of the candlelight.
Seeing this, the little cutie held the wine glass in her hand and looked at the rice paper in Young Master Liu's hand.
"Smelly daddy, what are you looking at?"
Young Master Liu immediately turned sideways and pressed down the rice paper in his hand.
"Smelly girl, just eat your food and drink your tea."
The little cutie curled her lips angrily and started eating and drinking by herself again.
"If you don't let me see it, I won't let you see it. It's like this girl is rare."
Young Master Liu frowned slightly and raised his right hand as if to point his finger at the little cutie's forehead.
"Smelly girl, what's wrong? You haven't been spanked for so long. Do you feel that your skin is itchy again?"
Seeing this, the little cutie hurriedly shrank her neck and quickly hid in the corner of the car with the wine bottle in her hand.
When Liu Yiyi and Liu Yaoyao saw the little cutie looking like this, they all chuckled and shook their heads.
The fight between my father and my sister Yue'er will always be the spice of the family!
“Hey hey hey, it’s not itchy, it’s not itchy.
Oh, dear dad, why are you so serious? Yue'er can't even make a joke with you? "
Seeing the little cutie's understanding of current affairs, Mr. Liu rolled his eyes angrily and focused his attention on the rice paper in his hand again.
When the little cutie saw her father looking attentively at the contents on the rice paper, she immediately became calm.
She still knows when to joke and when to be serious.
Gradually, the car became quiet.
It took about half a cup of tea.
Liu Song gently waved the whip in his hand and steadily stopped the carriage outside the palace gate.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Young Master Liu immediately raised his head.
"Xiaosong, are you here?"
"To tell you what, young master, we are already outside the palace gate."
"Okay, got it."
Young Master Liu put the rice paper in his hand into his cuffs. After stretching his body lazily, he smiled and looked at the few cotton-padded jackets who were wiping the corners of their mouths with handkerchiefs.
"My dear daughters, please eat."
"Go back to Daddy, we've all eaten."
"Okay, let's get off the carriage."
"Yeah, yeah, let's go."
Liu Yiyi and the four cute sisters nodded with smiles, opened the curtains and jumped out of the carriage one after another.
After the four little cotton-padded jackets got off the carriage one after another, Young Master Liu adjusted his dragon robe and jumped out of the carriage with a smile.
As soon as Mr. Liu got out of the car, the three Liu Chengfeng brothers immediately surrounded him.
"father."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Liu Chengfeng and Liu Chengqian, who had normal expressions and steady breathing, and then turned to look at the fourth son Liu Zhenghao, whose breathing was slightly disordered.
"Zhenghao."
"The child is here."
"You brat, from the short distance from our home to the palace gate, your breath has become a little heavier.
You need to practice more on your footwork! "
Liu Zhenghao subconsciously looked at the two brothers Liu Chengfeng and Liu Chengqian. When he saw the eldest brother, the third brother looked as usual and his breathing was steady, and he nodded vigorously.
"Yes, the child knows."
"Your boy's current kung fu seems to have reached the fifth level, right?"
"Just tell me dad, that's right."
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, smiled and patted Liu Zhenghao's shoulder.
"Then work hard and strive to make further progress before the end of the year."
"Yeah, yeah, kid knows, kid will work hard."
Liu Mingzhi straightened his clothes, waved to Liu Yiyi, Liu Chengfeng, Xiao Keai and his brothers and sisters, and took the lead in walking towards the palace gate.
Seeing Young Master Liu and others approaching, the commander of the Forbidden Army and a group of Forbidden Army officers immediately saluted.
"We see Your Majesty, Your Highnesses the Princes, and Your Highnesses the Princesses."
"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor."
"Your Highness the Prince, Your Highness the Princess is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
Young Master Liu glanced at the soldiers, smiled and held up his hands.
"You can excuse me."
Liu Yiyi, Liu Chengqian and their brothers and sisters also invariably raised their hands in vain.
"All officers and men are exempt from courtesy."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Highnesses."
"Sun Aiqing."
"I'm here."
"Have all the officials arrived?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, 80% of the officials have already entered the palace."
Liu Mingzhi chuckled, nodded, and took the lead to walk towards the city gate.
"Go on duty."
"Yes, I respectfully send you off to Your Majesty."
"We respectfully send you off to Your Majesty."
After Young Master Liu entered the palace, he paused slightly and turned to look at the children following him.
"Yiyi, Chengfeng, you brothers and sisters, please go to the Qinzheng Hall first. I will take a detour to the back hall with your Uncle Song."
Liu Yiyi, Liu Feifei, Liu Chengqian and others heard this and immediately bowed.
"Yes, my child obeys."
"Well, go ahead."
"My child, please leave."
After the brothers and sisters got up, they rushed directly towards the Qinzheng Hall.
Liu Mingzhi watched the children rushing towards the Qinzheng Hall chatting and laughing, and waved to Liu Song with a smile.
"Liu Song, let's go too."
"Master, please go first."
"Have you informed Xiao Chengzi of everything I told you yesterday?"
"Master, I sent Xiao Wu to inform Brother Chengzi yesterday at noon about what you ordered me to do."
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, tightened his cloak, and speeded up his pace intentionally or unintentionally.
It took about two cups of tea.
Young Master Liu, Master Liu Song and his servant came to the back hall of Qinzheng Hall together.
As soon as Xiao Chengzi saw Mr. Liu and the other two entering the hall, he flicked the fly whisk in his hand and hurriedly greeted them with a blessing.
"Old slave, please see Your Majesty, long live my emperor."
"Well, no gifts."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Liu Mingzhidan smiled and sat on top of him, taking a sip of the tea that had been prepared nearby.
"Little Chengzi."
"The old slave is here."
"How did you go about the things I asked you to do yesterday?"
"Back to Your Majesty, everything has been prepared."
"Well, you did a good job, go and send the message."
"Old slave, I obey, I will leave first."
Young Master Liu looked at Xiao Chengzi's hurried away figure and pointed at the bead curtain leading to the front hall.
"Liu Song, go and see if all the officials are here?"
"Hey, little one, let's go right here."
Liu Song trotted to the beaded curtain, poked his head to observe the situation in the front hall, and then quickly returned.
"Master, except for a few elderly adults, all civil and military officials are here."
When Liu Mingzhi heard this, he spat out the tea leaves from the corner of his mouth with a smile.
"No hurry, no hurry, sit down and have a cup of tea."
"Okay, you're welcome little one."
"You bastard, sit down quickly."
After Young Master Liu slowly drank a cup of tea, he looked at Liu Song, who was drinking tea, with a slightly raised brow.
"Willow Pine."
Liu Song immediately put down his teacup and looked up at Young Master Liu.
"Master?"
"Liu Song, do you think it's really easy to be an official?"
"Huh? This..."
Liu Mingzhi sighed softly, put the tea cup on the table, put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth in the back hall.
“Everyone among the scholars in the world hopes that one day he can pass the imperial examination and become an official in high school, and then he can become an official in the court.
After passing the imperial examination in high school and becoming an official in various state capitals, one by one they racked their brains to climb up the ladder.
I look forward to one day being able to rank in the second class and become an important minister of the imperial court.
But, if you think about it in detail, is it really that easy to be an official? "
"This! Master, your question really stumped me."
Liu Mingzhi stopped and sighed and said: "Well, some people only know that after entering the temple and ranking second class, they can hold great power, honor their ancestors, and honor their lintel.
However, they subconsciously ignored one sentence. "
"Huh? Master, please give me some advice."
Liu Mingzhi gently pulled the jade ring on his thumb and glanced at Liu Song with a chuckle.
"Thunder, rain, and dew are all your grace.
Thunder, rain and dew are all your kindness!
Therefore, being an official is not necessarily an easy task. "
"Hehehe, that's true."
"Liu Song, do you want to be an official?"
Liu Song looked stunned, frowned slightly and thought for a while, then shook his head with a smile.
"If it were in the past, the younger one would have had the idea of becoming an official.
As for now, Xiao Xiao doesn't think about it anymore. "
"Oh, why?"
"Master, if I say this, please don't be angry."
"Hehehe, but it doesn't matter."
"Master, I don't have any official position now, and I don't have any rights in my hands.
However, among all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, let alone ordinary officials in the central court.
Even the current head of civil servants, Mr. Xia Gongming, the chief minister of the cabinet, and the current head of military attachés, Rongwei Hou Caijun, the two of them had to call the young Mr. Liu with a smile on their faces when they saw him.
Therefore, does it matter whether a young person is an official or not?
Young Master, there are already seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister.
This little one, who is now the chief steward in front of the emperor, must be at least a sixth-grade or fifth-grade official, right? "
Liu Mingzhi raised his eyebrows, chuckled and shook his head.
"Hahaha, with your current majestic appearance, a second-grade official in the current government is nothing more than this."
"Hey, hey, master, I don't dare to think like this!"
Liu Mingzhi sighed softly and put his hands behind his back casually.
"So, being an official is not easy."
"Master, please spare the little one."
"Hehehe, the bustle in the world is all for benefit. The bustle in the world is all for benefit.
In fact, everyone understands this truth.
Especially those scholars and officials who are well-read in poetry and books understand this truth even more.
It’s just that understanding is understanding, and understanding is understanding.
Unfortunately, no one is immune.
Even I, the young master, am inevitably vulgar! "
"Well, to be honest, the same is true for the little one."
"Hehehe, let's go and see if the officials are here."
"Yes, I will obey, little one."
