As soon as Bai Yu'an came back from outside at night, she leaned on the chair and warmed herself up with the hand stove prepared by Chen's mother.
It was a pleasant morning in Japan today, but Gu Junjiu had been in a bad mood all day.
A Tao brought hot water to Bai Yuan's feet and asked, "What did the young master say to the man named Gu Junjiu this morning?"
Bai Yu'an leaned on the chair and shook his head: "He is just a madman, and there is nothing to say to a madman."
A Tao had almost never heard Bai Yu'an curse anyone, so he didn't ask any more questions and just said, "It's now, young master, are you still reading?"
Bai Yu'an was not in the mood and felt slightly irritable.
She rubbed the stove in her hand and looked at the chess records on the table: "I'll ask Brother Wen to keep an eye on the house for me in two days. We can no longer live here."
A Tao paused for a moment and asked, "This place is close to the palace, and it's easy to get back and forth. Why do you think you want to move here?"
Bai Yu'an looked at A Tao: "No matter how nice this place is, it is still someone else's place after all. It is still inconvenient to stay here for a long time."
"Gu Junjiu is a difficult person, so I moved away to prevent him from bothering me again."
A Tao then nodded and said: "I still have twenty taels of silver here, I should be able to last until the time when the master pays his salary."
Bai Yu'an smiled: "If you don't have enough money, the worst possible outcome is to go back to the suburbs. It's just that you got up earlier, but it's actually cleaner."
A Tao went to get a handkerchief to wipe Bai Yuan's feet: "Anyway, just listen to the young master."
A few days later when he was on duty, Bai Yu'an finished what he was doing and took some time to talk to Wen Changqing.
The two of them were sitting on chairs, with a tall mountain of books in front of them, almost blocking most of them.
Wen Changqing looked at Bai Yu'an and said with a smile, "You want to change the yard again?"
Bai Yu'an nodded and asked again: "Do you know where there is an empty courtyard for rent? It doesn't have to be a good place, as long as you can live there."
Wen Changqing thought for a moment and said, "I haven't noticed this. I'll just ask the housekeeper in my yard to go out and ask for you tomorrow."
Bai Yu'an bowed and said, "Then I'll trouble Brother Wen."
Wen Changqing smiled and said: "This is not a troublesome matter, but Mr. Gao has been in Beijing since he was a child and knows the capital better. Why don't you ask him?"
It's not that Bai Yu'an hasn't thought about Gao Han.
It's just that last time Gao Han said that he would give her a yard, and this time she went to find him again, she was inevitably worried that Gao Han would be careless.
The two talked for a while, and Wen Changqing whispered to Bai Yu'an: "Last night, it was said that the Minister of the Ministry of Finance was arrested, and he and the next few principals also didn't know what happened."
"We just dealt with a group of people earlier, and now the Minister of Household Affairs has suffered another disaster. It seems that Shen Shoufu is planning to rectify things this time."
Bai Yu'an looked at Wen Changqing and whispered, "It's a good thing that things can be sorted out."
"The Ministry of Household Affairs embezzled the money, including the money for the relief. This should have happened a long time ago."
Wen Changqing nodded and said, "We will take the exam in another year, and I don't know if we can be promoted by then."
Bai Yu'an said in a low voice: "If you can do well in the exam, it would be good to be promoted to serve as a student or go to the Imperial College."
"If Brother Wen wants to be promoted, it would be good to be an attendant and pray in front of the emperor."
Wen Changqing shook his head: "The only teacher the little emperor can respect is Shen Shoufu. Although the content of the banquet was prepared by the cabinet, the little emperor has a perverse personality and it is still important to save his life."
Bai Yu'an sighed: "It's difficult for the little emperor's temper to change in one or two years. Maybe it will be better in another two years."
Wen Changqing also nodded and said: "Fortunately, Shen Shouxu is still supporting the court. With such intimidating courage, it is difficult for ordinary people to sit in that position."
Shen Jue is willing to rectify the officials, and Bai Yu'an also has a good impression of him. However, there should be no interests between the Ministry of Revenue and Shen Jue. By doing so, he is not consolidating his own rights.
Bai Yu'an nodded and whispered: "It's good that he is willing to rectify it. I just hope it can be useful."
Wen Changqing said: "Today I heard that the cabinet is going to issue a new policy, which is said to be aimed at the administration of officials. It seems that Shen Shoufu is going to implement it in a big way."
"It should be implemented next month."
Bai Yu'an was stunned: "Who did you listen to?"
Wen Changqing said: "Today I asked two editors to go to the cabinet to help with drafting and proofreading, and I happened to meet the one I heard about."
Bai Yu'an nodded, didn't say much, and turned over the Zhengde Huidian in his hand.
She heard that this was re-edited by Shen Jue based on the previous canons. She read it over while checking and secretly admired Shen Jue's methods.
He is indeed capable in that position.
In the afternoon, when Bai Yu'an returned from duty, A Tao took out a letter from the house and gave it to Bai Yu'an: "This is from the master."
Bai Yu'an sat on the chair in the front hall, took the letter, opened it and read it.
There were three or four pages of letter paper. Bai Yuan sat upright on the chair, her beautiful white clothes hung neatly, and the jade pendant around her waist fell quietly on the chair.
The bamboo leaves rustled outside, and A Tao stood quietly beside Bai Yu'an, watching Bai Yu'an's expression carefully.
Nothing could be seen in Bai Yu'an's expression. He was always calm and indifferent, his eyes were like clear pools, and he didn't feel any pressure when he looked at her.
She saw Bai Yu'an's fingertips moving again, and a few pages of letter paper fell on her knees, and then she hurriedly asked: "What did the master say?"
Bai Yu'an smiled at A Tao: "Father didn't say anything, so that I don't have to worry about my family, and I don't have to think about going back. Everything is fine at home."
As he spoke, Bai Yu'an put the letter on the table next to him, relaxed his body, leaned on the back of the chair and looked outside: "Father said that my second uncle's third cousin will soon go to Beijing for an interview, and then he will live in I'm here."
A Tao covered her lips: "But Mr. Yuan Qing has won the imperial examination?"
Bai Yu'an laughed: "You forgot about the letter from last year."
A Tao laughed: "Young Master loved Master Yuan Qing the most when he was a child. He always hugged you."
Bai Yu'an sighed: "I hope my third cousin can win the Jinshi this time, otherwise my cousin will scold me again when I go back."
In recent years, my third cousin has been determined to pursue a career in the imperial examinations, but he failed every time. Now that he is over thirty, he does nothing else except read books every day.
He didn't care much about the family affairs. He opened a school in the county and his income was meager.
A Tao looked at Bai Yu'an curiously: "I heard that you can become an official if you win the Jinshi. Is it true?"
Bai Yu'an smiled: "Of course."
She breathed out again: "My third cousin is focused on his official career, but I don't know if he can get what he wants this time."
A Tao quickly said: "Master Yuan Qing will definitely win this time!"
Bai Yuan glanced at A Tao with a smile, then stood up and walked into the inner room.
A Tao saw Bai Yu'an sitting on the stool to get the brush again, and couldn't help but quickly grind it and said, "What do you want to write again, Master?"
Bai Yu'an spread out the paper and looked out the window. The brush paused at his fingertips, then lowered his eyes and said, "I'm going to find Shen Shoufu in two days."
A Tao said oh, and then said: "Young Master wrote to your wife for medicine last time, why hasn't she written to you yet?"
Bai Yu'an put pen to paper without raising his head, and just said: "The letter will be delivered in two days."
