Xu Ying said with a smile.
"Not promoted?" Li Qiao was surprised.
"Yes, it doesn't matter whether I get promoted or not. Everything that happens now is a surprise to me. I didn't have much hope when I went to take the Juren exam at the beginning, but the result was passed. I took the exam with the hope of gaining experience. Mentality, who knows it will pass again."
"Now that I have become a seventh-rank official at a young age, I am already satisfied."
Xu Ying looked serious.
When he first passed the examination, he was still very ambitious. He was afraid that in the examination, he would be the last person who was from the same background as the Jinshi and would be a minor official or even fail to become an official.
But he soon changed his mind.
It would be great to be an official.
Even if you are a small official, you are different from ordinary people.
As a human being, you must be content.
What's more, since he knew his family's thoughts, he had no desire to be a high official. His family members were a little crazy because of their deep obsession.
He is now a seventh-grade official and has so many incredible ideas. If he really becomes a high official, he does not dare or do not want to think about what his family will do.
He is quite satisfied with his current official position.
There are few people in the department, and although the work is complicated, he can handle it. He receives his salary from the court every month and honors his ancestors. His more than ten years of hard study have not been let down.
"I'm not in a hurry to get promoted. You don't have to worry, and there's no need to blame yourself for Wu Ying'er. He's a playboy, why should he look down on us who come from a small place? You can retort well."
"That's right, my cousin is not afraid of being suppressed. He doesn't want to be promoted. Brother Qiao, you are very good at arguing. What's wrong with someone from a small place? You have accomplished nothing and you still look down on the new champion. It's ridiculous."
Shen Hua also shared the same hatred, waving his fist and scolding Lu Wenrong: "Without the British government, who is he?"
Li Qiao couldn't help laughing when he heard this, but he was also moved in his heart.
Now we're just waiting to see His Majesty's reaction.
After returning home, having dinner, washing up and lying on the bed, Tao Zhu was finally able to say what he had been holding in for a long time.
While wiping his hair with a cotton towel, he exclaimed: "Master Shen is actually the seventh prince!"
He has been thinking about this for most of the day. He is a little brother, but he is a prince: "Does the Holy One know his true gender?"
Li Qiao was also wiping his hair, and smiled when he heard this: "80% of us don't know, and the Seventh Prince himself doesn't know that we already know, but today he came to our rescue, and we have to thank him properly."
"Tomorrow, make some snacks and take my name card to the Seventh Prince's Mansion."
He remembered that when Mr. Shen lived here, he seemed to like the snacks made by Tao Zhu and would eat them all every time he sent them over.
"Okay!" Tao Zhu responded solemnly.
He was the one who took care of Mr. Shen at that time, but in fact it couldn't be regarded as taking care of him.
Mr. Shen is very strong, and he is actually a little brother, so even if he is seriously injured, he and Li Qiao will not be troubled.
He and Li Qiao did nothing but serve food and water.
"Master Shen is a very nice person. When I broke his jade pendant, he didn't care at all."
Speaking of the jade pendant, Li Qiao thought of the seventh prince's name: "No wonder that jade pendant is Ye Zi. The seventh prince's surname is Shengming Ye."
"Good name." Tao Zhu praised.
Li Qiao couldn't help but smile. It seemed that Tao Zhu was really grateful to the seventh prince, and even praised him by his name.
"I made a few more snacks, and he actually likes to eat grilled sausages. After all, he is a little brother who likes to eat delicious food."
"Okay." Li Qiao had no objection, but told him not to be too tired, not to wander around the city, and to come back after finishing his business.
The next day, Li Qiao went to work at the Hanlin Academy as usual.
His colleagues in the Hanlin Academy treated him with the same attitude as before, and did not mention Lu Wenrong's matter to him. I wonder if they had not heard about it yet.
Since there is nothing wrong with his colleagues, Li Qiao should do whatever he wants.
He has been reading the historical materials of the previous dynasty these days, and now he has almost read them. However, after reading them, he has to check the progress of his roommates, Mr. Li and Mr. Duan.
Compiling the history books of a dynasty cannot be done in a few months or a year or two. It often takes several years.
If he wants to get started, he must first look at the progress of his predecessors.
The day was spent reading a book again, and I got off work at four o'clock in the afternoon.
When he reached the gate of the inner city, he saw a familiar bull station standing on the side of the road. Li Dashan was sitting on the shaft of the cart and waving to him.
When he got on the bullock cart, Tao Zhu immediately said: "Da Shan and I just came from the seventh prince's mansion. The seventh prince happened to be at the mansion. When he saw me, he gave me a gift in return."
"The seventh prince is at home? That's just right. What gift did he give in return?" Li Qiao asked with a smile.
"They are some precious medicinal materials, said to be used by the royal family. People of our status cannot buy them outside." Tao Zhu said happily.
The precious medicinal materials used by the royal family were truly given as gifts this time.
However, because the husband and the man were different, Li Dashan was also present when the Seventh Prince met him. The Seventh Prince looked businesslike and said that yesterday's rescue was just a piece of cake. He also asked him when the snack shop would open, and then sent him away. He left with Li Dashan without mentioning a word about what happened last time.
But the Seventh Prince gave her medicinal materials. Should this be a hint?
When Mr. Shen was treated last time, Li Dashan was not there. Now in front of Li Dashan, he did not say much, but asked Li Qiao: "Did anyone give you trouble when you were on duty today?"
"Don't worry, everything is fine." Li Qiao patted his hand.
"That's good." Tao Zhu felt relieved slightly.
As soon as he got home, Han Ning brought Ya Po over.
Li Qiao originally wanted to buy a strong man, but after careful consideration, he chose to buy a half-grown man.
If he is older, it may be difficult to control, and the physical functions of older people are already declining, so this time he wants a young man between fifteen and twenty years old.
There were not many people who met this requirement, and Yapo only brought eight people.
After Li Qiao's assessment, two were left.
He was sixteen years old and tall, so Li Qiao changed his name to Li Dao.
A seventeen-year-old boy was not as strong as Li Dao, but had good physical flexibility. Li Qiao changed his name to Li Jian.
After buying the person, Li Qiao asked Li Dao and Li Jian to temporarily live in the shop, and also assigned the two of them a task to follow him to work starting tomorrow.
After escorting Tao Zhu and Li Dashan back, they had to run in the alley.
The alley where Li Qiao's family lives is about a kilometer long.
Li Dao and Li Jian ran 5,000 meters in the morning and 5,000 meters in the afternoon. They would not be given food until they finished.
Supervised by Li Ershan.
Li Qiao's idea is very simple. The foundation of Li Dao and Li Jian is zero. They should run first to develop their endurance before talking about anything else.
After buying a nursing home, life was taken care of.
Tao Zhu originally wanted to postpone the opening of the shop to a later date, but even the seventh prince asked about it. He and Li Qiao discussed it and decided to open as scheduled.
While Li Qiao was busy training nurses and preparing for the opening of the shop, on the other side, the chrysanthemum appreciation incident spread.
As the eldest brother-in-law of the fifth prince, Lu Wenrong suffered a defeat at Li Qiao's place. Most junior officials would not dare to discuss such a humiliating matter, but the people on the third prince's side were unscrupulous.
On this day, Xin Zhi took advantage of lunch to tell Li Qiao the latest public opinion trends in the capital.
"Now the four words "achieving nothing" have become synonymous with Lu Wenrong, and our entire distinguished circle is laughing at him."
Li Qiao was stuffing steamed buns into his mouth, and his eyes widened when he heard this: "I have never heard such words."
"How dare these small officials in the Hanlin Academy say such a thing? Even if they did, they would secretly laugh at it in private when no one was around."
The highest ranking person in the Hanlin Academy is Du Guqin, who is in the fifth rank, but Lu Wenrong is the eldest grandson of the British Duke and the eldest brother-in-law of the fifth prince. There is such a huge gap between the two sides, who dares to discuss it?
After hearing this, Li Qiao twitched the corner of his mouth twice: "Whatever."
Love as much as you like.
As a sixth-grade petty official, all he could do was to fight back when Lu Wenrong mocked him. As for what happened after that, that was beyond his control.
Seeing him lowering his head and continuing to pick up vegetables, Xin Zhi couldn't help but click his tongue. As for the food in Hanlin Academy, only Li Qiao could eat it in big mouthfuls.
He glanced at the positions of Master Li and Master Duan, and seeing that these two adults were not there, he approached Li Qiao and lowered his voice and said: "The Holy One didn't respond, and the British government didn't respond either. It seems that both sides want to deal with it coldly. .”
With the Seventh Prince suppressing him, and because Lu Wenrong was in the wrong in this matter, the British government did not dare to act haphazardly, so they could only endure this tone for the time being.
As for the Holy Emperor, he is a new favorite on one hand and a great hero in the past on the other. But because Li Qiao didn't suffer a big loss and Lu Wenrong didn't suffer a big loss, he just pretended not to know?
Or maybe he knew about it, but because the matter was too minor, he was too lazy to take care of it?
Li Qiao couldn't guess Sheng Hong's thoughts. The Holy Heart was unpredictable.
But since no one came to trouble him, he must have seen better days.
After swallowing the salty potato shreds in his mouth, he said to Xin Zhi: "Forget it, take it one step at a time. My dim sum shop will open soon. If you want to eat, you can send someone to buy it."
"A snack shop?" Xin Zhi's eyes lit up: "Of course I have to buy it. My family has been thinking about it for a long time."
"Okay, I'll leave some of everything for you then." Li Qiao nodded with a smile.
On the first holiday after the chrysanthemum viewing incident, the Li Family Dessert Shop opened.
Han Ning placed an advertisement in his own stew restaurant two days in advance. Li Qiao was very famous, and the business of Han's stew restaurant was good, so Li's dim sum shop was packed with customers as soon as it opened.
Knowing that there were a lot of people who couldn't stand him, Li Qiao hung a sign at the door saying "We are not responsible for the dim sum once it is sold" to prevent anyone from making trouble with vulgar but effective food poisoning.
Li Qiao is a brand that is extremely customer-oriented, which is tantamount to indiscriminate suspicion of every customer. If it were someone else's shop, there would definitely be very few customers.
But who makes Li Qiao's snacks famous and delicious? Customers who want to taste delicious food can't resist the temptation of delicious food. They should buy it anyway.
Besides, in addition to ordinary diners, there are also Xin Zhi and the Seventh Prince.
Xin Zhi's family has a large population, and his family alone can consume twenty kilograms of snacks every day. In order to support Li Qiao, he bought sixty kilograms of snacks in one go.
The Seventh Prince also came. His family had a small population, but he loved snacks. He bought some of everything, adding up to more than ten kilograms.
On the second day after the dim sum shop opened, Li Qiao went to work at the Hanlin Academy as usual.
Near noon, Qian San, the chief internal affairs officer, suddenly came to the Hanlin Academy:
Sheng Hong summoned Li Qiao into the palace.
The Hall of Seeking Xian.
