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As a human being, you should never forget your roots. This was a double entendre. Grandma and Sheng Hong of the Sheng family came over and stopped mentioning this issue.
After receiving the benefit, Shulan began to wonder which concubine could be treated like her.
Thinking back to the time when she was the eldest daughter of the Sun family, although the eldest daughter had a great reputation, she was still bullied by her mother-in-law and husband, and her life was miserable.
When she arrived at the Xie family, even though she was a concubine, the real wife, Zhao Pan'er, was from a prison official's family and had also entered a singing and dancing studio.
She has only one son. Although she is strict, she is indeed a kind-hearted person. She is kind to her like a sister. She also has a daughter by her side, so she has never been bullied.
In addition, Xie Yu continued to be promoted, and she also benefited a lot from her husband's position as a concubine.
Today, when she came to her second uncle's Sheng family, Shulan was originally a little worried, fearing that because of her status as a concubine, she would insult the Sheng family and be looked down upon by other cousins.
But the real situation is that none of the cousins and sisters dare to look down on themselves. Even Chang Feng directly said that he was very envious of Xie Yu's prestige today.
I also regret that I didn't have a good relationship with Xie Yu when they were studying together in the school. Otherwise, I could have gotten a full-time official position through personal favors now.
Shulan took Chang Feng's joke and told him to study hard. This year Enke is a great opportunity.
She heard Xie Yu say that Chang Ke had just done it a year ago, and those who were capable would naturally have won the Jinshi.
In addition to the recent events in Beijing, many families have been restricted from participating in this imperial examination. It can be said that this sister's imperial examination is the easiest to pass in the past.
Hearing Shulan say this, and understanding that these were Xie Yu's words, Chang Feng became more motivated to study.
Although there is a feeling that there are no tigers in the mountains and monkeys are kings, if you win, you will win. Entering an official career by being a Jinshi is completely different from entering an official career by being a Juren.
If you get Jinshi, you will have a chance to become a court official in the future if you are ranked poorly.
And if you enter the official career with the reputation of being a civil servant, you may have to be a left official for the rest of your life, and you will only be able to work on the two levels of the county government.
And since the Sheng family is a Qingliu family with heirloom poems and books, even if Chang Feng has the opportunity to become an official with his current reputation as a civil servant, Sheng Hong probably won't let him go.
On weekdays, Chang Feng likes to make friends with the rich and powerful. Although he often says that he regards fame as nothing, as long as he has these friends around, it is easy to find something to do. However, this is mostly to comfort others and himself. .
Because of the presence of his brother Chang Bai, Chang Feng often studied hard and worked hard in private.
In fact, at his age, he is already quite knowledgeable, but because of Changbai's limelight, he is not very conspicuous.
Thinking of the difficulty of the previous subject, this time Enke was really a good opportunity. Chang Feng had no reason not to give it a try for himself.
After leaving Sheng's house, Xie Yu breathed a sigh of relief when Buwei nodded.
After sending Shulan and her daughter back to the mansion, they immediately changed into a carriage that had been prepared long ago and rushed to the Duke of Qi's mansion.
The young father-in-law Qi Heng was waiting impatiently for Xie Yu. After all, he was a widower whose wife died just five months after getting married.
Although when I first married the head of Jiacheng County, it was to save my parents and to protect Minglan from harm, but...
In fact, Minglan still has her young father-in-law in her heart. No matter how sad her young father-in-law made Minglan before, especially after Minglan plotted to kill Lin Qinshuang for her unborn brother, Minglan actually felt even more sad. Her first love. It's really hard to say.
There are many realities. I was hurt by my first love, and ended up marrying my spare child. When my first love appeared again, I ran away from my first love again for any reason.
Man is a strange animal. He doesn't cherish it when he has it, and he doesn't want to lose it when he loses it.
Never for this side, Qi Heng hesitated again after receiving Minglan's reluctant agreement.
First, he thought that he had not achieved fame yet, so he thought that Enke would marry Minglan again this time.
The second is that his mother, Princess Pingning, was greatly affected by King Yan's coup and became a little foolish. Now, would it be too... for him to marry Minglan?
In this regard, Xie Yu thought for a while and let Buwei go out first. When only the two of them were left, he said: "Young master, it is convenient for you to plan for me. Now I will naturally repay you."
"Some words come from my mouth, but they are only said once and will not be acknowledged in the future."
"If you want to marry Minglan, now is the best time. Do you know that the Sheng family's grandmother has already planned to marry Minglan to He Hongwen, a medical officer from the He family."
"I know you are motivated and want to pass the Jinshi examination and marry Minglan to make her famous, but you must also consider her identity."
"It is now that the Duke of Qi's palace is a little lonely, so it is a good time to ask Minglan to marry him. If you really win the Jinshi, there will naturally be his legitimate daughter waiting for you, and it will not be Minglan's turn."
"Furthermore, the fact that King Yan's rebellion was able to be quelled quickly this time actually has a lot to do with Minglan."
Young Master Qi Heng: "It has something to do with Minglan, this..."
Xie Yu: "The matter in my heart is related to the family name of my daughter who has not yet left the court. It was not stated in the imperial memorial."
"Actually, the Holy Emperor wrote the Blood-clothed Edict that day, and King Yan's rebels had already entered the palace. At this time, Minglan happened to enter the palace to deliver soup to my teacher."
"Only she is of short stature and can get out of a dog hole and go out to deliver orders. Fortunately, at that time, I followed the current prince to the capital to file a complaint, and I happened to meet him. God bless the Zhou Dynasty, so I was able to mobilize the army to suppress the rebellion in the future."
"Now my teacher is the censor of Zuo Qiandu, who was promoted to the fourth rank because of his father's superiority."
"If you tell Princess Pingning about this, Princess Pingning will definitely go to the Sheng family to propose marriage for you."
After Xie Yu's persuasion, young master Qi Heng decided to give it a try for the sake of Minglan.
Unexpectedly, Princess Pingning's health immediately recovered as soon as Minglan told her about the blood-clothed edict. Within two days, she managed to collect herself and went to the Sheng family to propose marriage to Minglan for her young master.
Sure enough, what impresses people is the core interests.
Madam Wang just said a few words, but she saw Princess Pingning's weak look and strong spirit, and thought of the life Princess Pingning almost lost and the humiliation she suffered after the palace turmoil.
Mrs. Wang was still kind-hearted and told the Sheng family's grandmother about her marriage proposal. After Minglan nodded, the decision was made.
Then under Xie Yu's urging and coordination, as soon as summer came, Minglan, who was the third matchmaker and the sixth recruiter, entered Qi Guogong's door. Qi Xiaoer and Sheng Minglan could be considered lovers and finally got married.
This was also many years later, at the wedding banquet, Xie Yu met Wei Xiaoniang again, and it did feel like it had changed history.
Less than half a month later, the old emperor, who had been in poor health, passed away.
The new king Zhao Zongquan succeeded to the throne. With the help of Xie Yu, he admonished the new king Zhao Zongquan to make Heng Wang Zhao Yingce the crown prince on the grounds that the political situation was unstable.
Although the new king Zhao Zongquan is reluctant, considering that he succeeded the small sect to the big sect, his current position is unstable and there is a high possibility of recurrence.
Sijun is also a king, and he can share a lot of pressure for him, so he reluctantly recognized it with his eyes.
However, with the death of the old emperor, the planned enke had to be postponed until after the national mourning. It happened that the new emperor succeeded to the throne, which can be regarded as the new emperor's kindness.
But it also made Qi Heng understand why Xie Yu was urging him.
Thinking back to the time when he gave Xie Yu a push for the sake of Minglan and took advantage of the prestige of the Duke of Qi, this reward is really worth it.
In fact, although Xie Yu had the intention of repaying the young master Qi Heng, it was also to satisfy his own evil taste.
More importantly, the TV series character actors Gu Tingye and Minglan divorced in real life, which made Xie Yu very unhappy.
Relatively speaking, Young Master Qi Heng is better. He had a happy first love and walked into the grave of love with Minglan. He should be like Princess Pingning and Duke Qi in this life and live a very loving life!
It was possible that the Gao family would be bullied when they went to the Duke's Mansion because Minglan's status was too low, but now it is basically impossible.
Because the current Minglan, as the heroine, has the kindness to pass down the bloody edict and military talismans for the current saint. With this achievement, Minglan will be able to stay in the Duke of Qi's palace for the rest of her life.
Her status as a concubine of a mid-level civil servant was no longer so important.
Otherwise, Princess Pingning, who only saw the princess, princess and county lord in her eyes, immediately got up and went to Sheng Mansion to propose marriage after Xie Yu revealed the news.
After the incident of King Yan's rebellion, Princess Pingning realized that identity was not so important, but love was the most important.
Later, there was another rebellion in Jingchu in the south. Xie Yu naturally knew the hardships of fighting.
So before Gu Tingye recommended himself, Xie Yu acted first, and after considering himself a civil servant, he recommended General Yunhui Gu Tingye.
The generals who can fight are still there, so naturally it is not the turn of a civil servant like Xie Yu to lead the army.
Soon, General Yunhui Gu Tingye was once again assigned as the fire-fighting general and went on an expedition.
Within a few days, the counter-rebellion imperial army, which was sure to receive the departure fee, was ready.
Xie Yu kept giggling when he saw Gu Tingye preparing to go off to war, holding the legitimate son Yu Yanran gave birth to him.
Xie Yu just wants to sing a song that only he can understand, "Green Grassland...".
Afterwards, Xie Yu exchanged greetings with Gu Tingye and wished him success.
Gu Tingye handed over his legitimate son to Rong Niang, secretly complaining about Xie Yu's unwillingness to go on an expedition with him.
Xie Yu said that he was a civil servant, wished Gu Tingye victory, and then left quietly.
Then, Xie Yu returned to Kaifeng Mansion, and as the fourth-grade Prime Minister who accepted the new emperor's fate, in the absence of Prince Zhao Yingce, the Kaifeng Mansion Prime Minister, as the second-in-command, he began to govern.
In fact, as the prince of the East Palace, Zhao Yingce's role as Kaifeng Prefecture Yin was only symbolic. The actual power of Kaifeng Prefecture was already in Xie Yu's hands.
This is based on the benefits of dragon power. The risks are high, but the benefits after success are also great.
No wonder there are so many speculators who are willing to take risks and climb the ladder step by step based on their political achievements, without making mistakes in the process, such as being blamed by superiors, being squeezed by colleagues, and digging holes by subordinates. It is too difficult in the officialdom.
If an official is promoted by half a level, he/she is promoted by half a life.
Speaking of which, Xie Yu was also an opportunist who set up Leng Zao, because the new emperor Leng Zao had very few talents available, so Xie Yu, who had just over four years of official experience, had already been promoted to the fourth rank.
Fortunately, in the matter of liquidation, Xie Yu proved his ability and convinced the public.
As for other old people in Qiandi, well, they are busy with marriages. For example, Queen Shen's younger brother Shen Guojiu first married Zhang, the only daughter of the British duke.
Although the palace also wanted to stop people from doing this, Xie Yu did not agree because he was afraid that the family would be uneasy.
Just as they were dealing with some political matters, word spread outside that someone from Yuzhou had returned, and Xie Yu hurried out to greet him.
After that, he went out of the city with the visitors to greet them. After seeing the large and small convoys, he checked them and led the convoys to Miyagi.
When you are an official, especially an official who can stay in front of the emperor, you must remember the principle of being cautious in big things and careful in small things.
For big things, if you follow the rules, you won't be too bad, but if the emperor personally handles small things, you have to be careful.
Zhao Quanzong, who has always felt unfree, missed his wheat in Yuzhou.
Xie Yu naturally understood, and immediately arranged for people to go to Yuzhou, the original private land of Zhao Tuanlian, to collect wheat seeds and rice seeds for farm tools, and also asked him to collect soil from Yuzhou and transport them to the palace.
Only by having hobbies can people relieve emotional stress and be in a better state to face work.
Farming is a good hobby.
The name of the Farmer Emperor is better than the name of the Carpenter Emperor.
The guard guarding the palace city saw these rustic things that Xie Yu brought and checked them for a long time to confirm that they were not prohibited items.
After notifying the palace, it didn't take long to get Queen Shen's decree. Coupled with Xie Yu's face, she was reluctantly allowed to go.
It was Queen Shen who knew the current official family. Not long after Xie Yu transported these things to the Imperial Garden, Zhao Zongquan hurried over.
When Zhao Zongquan saw these things, he said that he shouldn't waste manpower and material resources to do this.
But then he got a hoe and told him how many years he had had it and waved it around a few times, very farmer-like.
Then, Xie Yu was asked to transport the Yuzhou soil to a corner of the Imperial Garden, a piece of land that he had long admired.
Except for unloading soil, others refused any help from others and got busy happily by themselves, just wearing a dragon robe to work, which was a bit out of place.
But seeing that Zhao Zongquan was rarely cheerful in the past six months, Queen Shen who came later didn't say anything to prevent Zhao Zongquan from being cleaned up.
Instead, he asked the former gardener about opening water canals.
Sure enough, it is true to say that if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, follow the dog.
After years of training, Queen Shen is also quite proficient in farming.
The three-month period of national mourning has passed, and autumn has just begun. The autumn air is crisp and it is also a nice day.
Enko starts the test.
With Minglan's encouragement, what's more important is that after the rebellion of King Yan, Chang Ke was pinched before, his reputation was wiped out, and the group of people who participated in Enke were restricted and were not eligible to participate in Enke.
Under various conditions, the young master Qi Heng ranked ninth in the second class and won the Jinshi and was selected into the Hanlin Academy.
Of course, Sheng Hong's new protégé Wen Yanjing also won the 2nd and 13th place. It seems that Ru Lan can get married.
More importantly, his third son Changfeng finally made it to the list. Lao Huai was greatly relieved. Although he was only in the top three and was destined to be let out, he was still happy.
In addition, the sixth aunt Qi Heng won the lottery, and the future fifth aunt Wen Yanjing won the lottery. They are all in the same department. Although there is a suspicion that the benefits of this year's Enke are not high, it is really three blessings.
For a moment of prosperity, I felt that my life was complete.
It is natural to celebrate such a happy event.
A few days later, it was a good day. With the help of Xie Yu, they took advantage of the wedding of Ru Lan and Wen Yanjing, especially the pregnant Ming Lan and the young father-in-law, to have a grand gathering.
