Liu Rushi's rank was not the highest, and there were many wives who were higher than her.
Liu Rushi still became the focus of the banquet.
For Jinling's top-notch banquets, official rank is only a stepping stone. What really matters is family background.
No matter how high your official rank is, even if you are wearing a red official uniform, as long as you are from a poor family, you will never be able to integrate into the top class of Aurous Hill.
Liu Rushi became the only exception. Although she was born in a small family, she always maintained her confidence and became the center of attention no matter where she was.
Pan Xiaoxian turned into a little transparent person and consciously found a deserted corner to taste various expensive pastries.
"Huh?"
Pan Xiaoxian suddenly saw an acquaintance: "Miss Zhang is here too."
Zhang Fengyi raised her eyelids and glanced at him, ignored him, and continued to eat the Buddha's hand cake on the plate.
Pan Xiaoxian felt bored and could only find something to say to save himself some face: "I didn't expect you also like to eat."
Speaking of loving food, Pan Xiaoxian thought of Chan'er's cute little face: "It's a pity that Chan'er is not here. If he saw piles of delicious food, he would definitely go crazy with joy."
Zhang Fengyi was unhappy when she heard that Pan Xiaoxian regarded her as a snack foodie like Chan'er. She snorted and said, "It's easier to work when you're full."
Work?
Pan Xiaoxian was even more surprised. This banquet was the top banquet in Jinling. Who dared to come here to kill people? It's possible that someone sneaked in and wanted to steal something.
Zhang Fengyi is a female head catcher who usually only does the same job, tracking down murderers.
Zhang Fengyi was still as distant as before. After saying one word, she stopped paying attention to Pan Xiaoxian.
She clenched the sword in her hand and stared in one direction.
Pan Xiaoxian followed Zhang Fengyi's line of sight and saw another acquaintance.
It's just that this acquaintance is an enemy.
Wu Gui's eyes were dishonest. He glanced at Zhang Fengyi's long legs from time to time, and soon noticed Pan Xiaoxian.
Wu Gui was surprised: "How did you, a low-level official, sneak in?"
Wu Gui glanced at Liu Rushi and suddenly realized: "You followed Liu Rushi in, bad luck, why did I bring you here? You are obviously trying to ruin my good deeds."
Pan Xiaoxian was nervous. No wonder Liu Rushi insisted on bringing him. It turned out to be because Wu Gui had bad intentions.
Take advantage of this top-notch banquet to play some underhanded tricks.
Pan Xiaoxian looked at the strange faces in the hall. He didn't recognize anyone, let alone the relationship between these senior officials.
Wu Gui also thought of this and sneered: "Tonight, I was going to let you feel the gap in background and make you suffer great injustice. You watched with strong resentment as I won the first place in the tea fighting competition. one."
Pan Xiaoxian gritted his teeth and said, "You want to do something shady."
Wu Gui shook his head, looked at Pan Xiaoxian with his nostrils and said: "For a small person like you, of course it is a shady matter. For people with a strong background, this is called reasonable use of official connections."
Wu Gui said contemptuously: "You don't understand even after I tell you. A poor country boy with no experience will not understand the secrets here."
Pan Xiaoxian was anxious, and finally begged Yun Niang to pick one or two big red robes, which could keep him as an assistant teacher in the girls' school, and also gain further appreciation from the palace.
However, Wu Gui wanted to use the shady situation to destroy Pan Xiaoxian's most cherished thing.
Pan Xiaoxian was so anxious that he could only act anxiously. Even if he knew that Wu Gui wanted to do something shady, he didn't know how to stop it.
Because he didn't know what kind of relationships these officials in front of him had.
Zhang Fengyi was tired of talking to men, so she suddenly took the initiative to speak: "Liu Rushi is willing to come to the banquet, but it is actually for you. She wants to bring you in and give you a chance to stop the shady conspiracy."
Pan Xiaoxian quickly turned his head and listened carefully to what Zhang Fengyi said next.
Zhang Fengyi pointed to an official not far away and said: "There are a total of nine tea tasters in the tea fighting conference, four of them are women and five of them are men. Four women will support you, no, support the women's school. Among the five men, Four men were extremely disgusted with the establishment of a school for women and believed that it was immoral and the greatest insult to moral bottom line, so they firmly supported Wu Gui."
Pan Xiaoxian understood: "What you mean is that both the Female School and Wu Gui have the support of four tea tasters, and the key to victory is that official."
Zhang Fengyi glanced at him and felt that Pan Xiaoxian was quite smart: "This man is Yang Yushi, the father of Yang Bohu, one of the four great talents in Jiangnan. Whoever can win his support will win the first place in this tea fighting competition. "
Zhang Fengyi stopped talking here, because she thought Pan Xiaoxian's chances were slim. Yang Yushi was famous for being stinky and tough, and had publicly opposed the female school more than once.
Pan Xiaoxian smiled bitterly: "I have also heard of Yang Yushi's name. Since the establishment of the women's school, he has been talking about the four words Si Chen all day long, and he has only cursed the Queen Mother by name. ”
The hen is a hen, and the rooster crows.
This word is a scolding of the Queen Mother when the hen crows.
After Zhang Fengyi's narration, Pan Xiaoxian understood some of the relationships among the officials present, and understood the shady story Wu Gui said.
Wu Gui walked up to Yang Yushi and said loudly: "Fuck Si Chen."
When Si Chen said this sentence, he immediately attracted Yang Yushi's attention, and his eyes turned to Wu Gui.
Wu Gui became nervous instantly, and his legs were trembling a little. This man was a fierce man who dared to publicly scold the harem for interfering in politics.
Pan Xiaoxian saw Wu Gui's nervousness and didn't laugh at him. He would have been nervous if he were it.
The censors were all officials sent from the capital, equivalent to the central inspection team.
None of the local officials had a clean butt. When they heard that the central inspection team was coming, they all trembled in their legs.
Wu Gui had been corrupt in recent years. Yang Yushi had already burned incense before he went to find him, so he took the initiative to bump into him.
Wu Gui's forehead was sweating. In order to steal the assistant teacher from the female school, he gritted his teeth and continued: "Women should go home to embroider and hold their children. How can they be exposed outside all day long, and even hang out with male students from the Imperial College all day long? Moral corruption is the greatest insult to the saints’ etiquette.”
Yang Yushi's sharp eyes softened, as if he recognized what Wu Gui said.
Pan Xiaoxian was so worried that he was sweating profusely. If Wu Gui got the support of Yang Yushi, there would be no assistant teacher in the female school.
Wu Gui was ecstatic when he saw Yang Yushi's kindness. He convinced Yang Yushi tonight and would definitely support him in the tea fight.
Wu Guixin was too excited and kept her mouth shut: "Especially that Zhang Fengyi, who runs around all day and keeps a male pet, which ruins the family style of her family and the atmosphere of Jinling."
Zhang Fengyi gritted her teeth in anger, picked up a chair and threw it at Wu Gui.
