The door to the outer room was pushed open, and Little Magpie and Xiao Tao walked into the house with several female servants. They each held several cups of nourishing soup and prepared breakfast and placed them on the table.
Seeing the happy and sweet look of Rulan Minglan and Wei Chen, Little Magpie and Xiao Tao looked at each other and secretly felt happy for their girls.
At this time, Ru Lan and Ming Lan finally put on Wei Chen's shoes and socks and stood up happily.
Ru Lan was worried about doing the final inspection for Wei Chen, looking up and down carefully, not missing any tiny thing, making sure that there was nothing wrong with Wei Chen's clothes.
Minglan took out a cup of Yuzhu, Aden, Ginseng and Old Duck Soup from the tray in Xiao Tao's hand, blew it carefully, and after feeling that the temperature was right, she put it to Wei Chen's mouth.
"Thank you madam."
Wei Chen took it with a smile, took a sip of the warm soup, and a look of satisfaction and comfort suddenly appeared on his face.
After changing into his official uniform and eating breakfast carefully cooked by his wife, Wei Chen was ready to leave for the Hanlin Academy to take up his post.
Before leaving, Wei Chen did not forget to say goodbye to his wives. He first looked at Minglan and said with a smile: "Ming'er, you were tired last night. I will leave in a while, so you can go back to the house and sleep for a while." Nourish your spirit.”
Hearing this, Minglan nodded slightly, a blush appearing on her jade-colored cheeks, as if a fruit was just one step away from being ripe, and with just a pinch, the fragrant and sweet juice would flow out. .
Rulan winked at Minglan and said teasingly: "Don't worry, officer, after you leave, the slave family will definitely restrain the servants and prevent them from disturbing my sister's sleep."
Wei Chen couldn't help but feel a little funny when he saw Ru Lan gloating about her misfortune. He leaned over and put his arms around the beauty's shoulders, blew into her ear and said, "It's your turn tonight, you have to be energetic. Wait for my husband to come back at night."
Rulan's earlobes suddenly felt as hot as fire. Even though she had been married to Wei Chen for so long, she was still not used to Wei Chen being intimate with her in front of others.
Rulan could only lower her head and face her red and hot cheeks to the ground. After a long time, she softly hummed.
Seeing that Wei Chen had no intention of letting go, Ru Lan had no choice but to struggle out of Wei Chen's warm and solid embrace.
I saw her straightening her clothes, then bending her knees and blessing Wei Chen, and said loudly: "The official's instructions are all known to the slave family. Please rest assured, official."
Ming Lan also hurriedly followed behind her sister, knelt down towards Wei Chen and said respectfully: "What my sister said is true, officials should feel free to take up their posts."
When Wei Chen saw this, he couldn't help but laugh.
When these two little ladies faced him in private, they were both cute and shy young ladies, but now they were pretending to be good wives and loving mothers, and they were indeed the daughters who had been raised by officials since they were young.
Rulan and Minglan sent Wei Chen out together. After a while, the front door of Wei's house opened wide, and a group of riders filed out of the courtyard and turned around onto Nanxunmen Street.
On Nanxunmen Street in the early morning, the flow of people heading towards Xuandemen was not as large as expected.
Officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty have always been very leisurely. Even if they are people-friendly officials in prefectures and counties, they can still find time to go out for banquets with relatives and friends.
The Beijing officials who served in Bianjing had to face the pain of going to court more than the local officials. They had to get up at three o'clock every day to go to court.
Especially in the twelfth lunar month of winter, going to court was even more of an inhuman torture, and the officials in the capital complained about it.
Because of this, as early as when Zhao Zhen's father Zhao Huan was on the throne, the emperor was too lazy to show up for every ceremonial day, and only asked the Grand Master of Longtuge to take charge of the class.
Sometimes, even the Grand Master of Longtuge did not come forward, and this led to the impeachment of the imperial censor, but in the end it was nothing.
Nowadays, people like Wei Chen, who have actual officials in the capital, do not need to attend court meetings, and those who do not have actual officials in the capital can also ask for leave every now and then.
But when it comes to the court gatherings on the New Year's Day of each month, or major court gatherings such as Zhengdan, there is no way to avoid it.
Today is not a synodic day, and it is far away from a festival like Zhengdan. Therefore, there are not many Zhou officials like Wei Chen who get up early in the morning to go to work.
Wei Chen also considered that he would take up his new position, so he thought about going to the Hanlin Academy earlier.
The Hanlin Academy was the first yamen where Wei Chenzhong stayed after becoming a Jinshi. Naturally, he was familiar with the way, and he arrived in front of the Hanlin Academy in a short while.
Looking at the three-character plaque "Hanlin Academy" hanging on the gate, Wei Chen was filled with emotion.
Three years ago, it was here that I started my career as an official. When I returned to my hometown three years later, I was already a dignified bachelor.
Wei Chen stood in front of the courtyard gate for a moment. Several disciples immediately recognized the former Hanlin Compiler and current lecturer. They hurriedly stepped forward to salute and took the initiative to lead Wei Chen through the door, saving Wei Chen the trouble of waiting for him. The trouble of issuing official ultimatums.
The layout of the Hanlin Academy is the same as that of Wei Chen three years ago. After entering the gate, you can see the two temples on the left and right, the Sage Temple on the left and the Changli Temple on the right.
There is also a number one scholar tablet in Changli Temple, and Wei Chen's name is engraved on it. Three months ago, the name of a new number one scholar, Chen Shao, was engraved under Wei Chen.
After passing Yimen, we arrived at an open courtyard. The courtyard was densely covered with ancient locust trees and blocked out the sun. No one could be seen or heard.
This scene is very abnormal for other yamen, but it is completely normal when it appears in the Hanlin Academy. Wei Chen can't help but feel a sense of intimacy.
For the Hanlin officials, the daily business is nothing more than compiling history and compiling books. Usually, the bachelor in charge of the compilation work assigns the tasks at the beginning of the year, and then inquires about the progress every month and conducts inspections every quarter.
As long as the officials can complete their tasks on time, there is no need to stay in the yamen and work. There is basically no one to care about arriving late and leaving early.
When Wei Chen first entered the Hanlin Academy, he didn't understand the ways inside, so he foolishly went out early and came back late every day.
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Of course, for a newcomer, showing some diligence is not necessarily a bad thing.
"Presumably there are many young people in the review hall to the east of the inner hall at this moment. Just like me three years ago, they came to the Yamen early to show their diligence, right?"
When Wei Chen thought of this, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head, but he was not in a hurry to walk into the review hall and catch up with his former colleagues. Before that, he had more important things to do.
Leaving the Prosecution Hall and Lecture Hall behind, Wei Chen strode across the Dengying Gate and headed straight for the Bachelor's Hall deep in the inner hall.
In the bachelor's hall, several bachelors who had learned about Wei Chen's arrival today were already waiting here.
After Wei Chen entered the door, he went directly to an official in his forties who was sitting at the top. He saluted and said, "Wei Chen, the new lecturer, has met the head of the academy!"
Liu Tingxi, a Hanlin bachelor and Zhan Shifu of Zhan Shifu, who is now the president of the Hanlin Academy, immediately stood up and returned the courtesy, smiling and said: "Wei bachelor does not need to be polite."
Wei Chen then met Wu Yingyan, a bachelor at the academy and minister of the Ministry of War, Tao Yue, a bachelor at the academy and a minister of the Ministry of War, Tao Yue, a bachelor at the academy and Ding Siquan, a junior scholar at the Ministry of War, and Ding Siquan, a bachelor at the academy. The four of them returned the courtesy one by one.
Then, Liu Tingxi invited Wei Chen to take a seat, behind Ding Siquan, and they all sat facing south.
At this time, an official knocked on the cloud sign and shouted: "Shengtang——"
After hearing the sound, a group of officials filed in and stood in the hall. From reading and lecturing to editing, editing and reviewing, and then to the newly admitted Shujishi, the officials stood in an orderly manner according to their official positions. sequence.
Wei Chen looked around and saw several familiar faces, but before he could identify them carefully, everyone leaned over and bowed respectfully to him.
"Your Majesty, please see the Bachelor of Health!"
