"That craftsman is indeed an expert." Shangguan Min agreed: "If he can be used by Miss Ouyang, it will be twice the result with half the effort. But Vice Admiral Cao..."
"Speaking of which, I'm going to talk about you." Fang Zilan interrupted him seriously, "Although Lao Cao injured his leg, it's not that he can't walk. What do you mean by always talking about his leg?"
"I..." Shangguan Min was speechless by her question, so he had to listen to her obediently: "I know you have good intentions, but you should also pay attention to the method of good intentions. If you always talk about Lao Cao's legs, it is not for your own good. He is good, but repeatedly pulling his scars is harmful rather than beneficial."
"I understand." Shangguan Min nodded solemnly, "I will pay attention to the method in the future."
Fang Zilan relaxed and said, "Besides, there are some things that Old Cao can handle more properly and more appropriately than you. His rank is so strong that even if the Ouyang family guesses my intention, they don't dare to say anything. "
Shangguan Min frowned, "Master, are you afraid that the Ouyang family won't want to give people to you?"
"Does it mean that if I ask for someone, the Ouyang family has to give it to me?" Fang Zilan sighed helplessly, "As one of the nine great ministers, will the Ouyang family be inferior to me?"
Shangguan Min remained silent, and Fang Zilan raised her hand and frowned slightly, "But tomorrow's New Year's Eve, most of the Ouyang family will go to watch the New Year's social opera, and I can't think of any energy to care about a small craftsman. You and Lao Cao will take advantage of this juncture to go up. The Ministry of Works wants people, and when the time comes, the Ministry of Works will not be too serious when on duty. You must assign people to our house, and no mistakes can be made."
"Okay." Shangguan Min thought for a moment, "But what if the Ministry of Industry refuses to release him?"
Fang Zilan looked like she hated the iron, and said: "Shangguan Min, I have taught you so much. If you don't even come to me, please don't say that I am your master in the future. It will be an insult to the teacher."
Shangguan Min responded and finished his meal with deep thoughts.
Seeing this, Fang Zilan felt inexplicably sad. How did the young man who was so cheerful back then become such a worried person today?
Shangguan Min put down the bowls and chopsticks, and was about to clear them away when Fang Zilan stopped him, "Shangguan Min, no matter what it is, just do it and don't think too much about it. As long as I am here, I will support you all the time." day."
"Master, I don't want to cause you any trouble." Shangguan Min lowered his eyes and did not dare to look at Fang Zilan. He just heard her hum softly and said: "You haven't caused me enough trouble?"
Shangguan Min didn't say a word. Fang Zilan took a deep breath and suppressed her emotions and said: "Shangguan Min, let me teach you one more thing. Don't be afraid of trouble, let alone get into trouble. Some troubles won't be because you shy away or get into trouble. I'll let you go if you just accept it. In that case, why be afraid? Solving the trouble is more important than anything else."
"But..." Shangguanmin was about to say something more, but she interrupted, "Shangguanmin, if you think you are troublesome, take responsibility and solve it. If you are afraid yourself, then no one can help you. .”
After saying that, she called the maid to come in and clean up the table. She said, "There will be a lot of work tomorrow on New Year's Eve, so you should go to bed early." Then she got up and left.
"Master Fang." Xiao Xuan'er was waiting in the corridor, and Fang Zilan walked up to her, "Miss Xiao is waiting here, but do you have something to tell me?"
"The Ministry of Rites sent someone to the house, saying that the order of tomorrow's year-end ceremony has been changed. The specific documents are here. Please take a look at it, Lord Fang." Xiao Xuan'er said and handed the document over, "Master Fang, you and Mr. Shangguan I have been talking in the hall and asked no one to disturb me. But I saw that it was getting late, and I was afraid that there might be some problem that I would not be able to deal with in time, so I took a look at it in private, hoping that Mr. Fang would not be surprised."
"It's not a big deal, just take a look." Fang Zilan scanned the lines at a glance, "My position has been advanced?"
"Yes." Xiao Xuan'er nodded slightly, "I'm afraid I may have misjudged it, so I specifically compared it with the previous one."
Fang Zilan weighed the documents and said thoughtfully: "Miss Xiao, do you think there is any problem?"
Xiao Xuan'er said quietly: "If there is a problem, I think the previous one is more suspicious."
"What does Miss Xiao mean by this?" Fang Zilan looked at Xiao Xuan'er and saw her serious expression: "Long ago, the Ministry of Rites sent flower notices for banquets in the first month of the first month, and our house was ranked on the fifth day of the first month. As a rule, the royal family holds a banquet two days before the banquet, so even if the fifth day of the lunar month is placed among the nine princes, it is extremely high."
She paused for a moment and then said while thinking about it: "As far as I know, the order of the banquets in each government is different in the first month of each year. The reason is nothing more than promotion. Based on this logic, the ranking of hundreds of officials should be the same. Not much different.”
Hearing this, Fang Zilan re-opened the document, counted the places and said: "This time it is right."
"Yes." Xiao Xuan'er added: "Although the banquet in the first month is not a formal ceremony, the tradition of so many years is by no means perfunctory. For example, last year, Mr. Fang, you closed the palace on the day of the banquet, and the ministers who held the banquet afterwards All the aristocratic families have changed to flowing seats, which shows that if there is a slight change, it will have a huge impact. Therefore, after the Ministry of Rites sets a date, it must be reported to the palace before flower notes can be sent to each government."
"That is to say, the date of the first month banquet set on the flower note will not be wrong, but the first edition sent by the Ministry of Rites was in the wrong order, and then the second edition was sent with the correct order." Fang Zilan played with her hands repeatedly. "This is interesting."
"Master Fang, do you want..." Xiao Xuan'er was cut off by Fang Zilan as soon as she opened her mouth, "No, we will just investigate the matters outside the court. It's no big deal. Things within the court must be cautious. These are."
Xiao Xuan'er pursed her lips and said, "What Master Fang means is..."
Fang Zilan raised the document in her hand and asked, "Who sent this?"
"There is an adult named Xue from the Ministry of Rites." Xiao Xuan'er said as if she remembered something, "That's the adult who came to the house last time."
"I understand." Fang Zilan looked at the document in his hand, then looked at Xiao Xuan'er and said: "Miss Xiao, please help me check the adults in the Ministry of Rites. Just check the human relations. Don't go deep, lest you be betrayed. Targeted."
"I will act with caution." Xiao Xuan'er saluted and said, "Master Fang, please feel at ease."
"Miss Xiao, go and have a rest." Fang Zilan returned the greeting, "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I am not at home during the day, and there are many things that need you to take care of."
After sending Xiao Xuan'er away, Fang Zilan just walked back to the room when she saw A Wan worrying about the stack of invitations on the desk. Seeing her return, she couldn't help but look happy, "You are finally back."
"What are these?" Fang Zilan sat next to her, her brows knitted into knots, "Didn't all the invitations to the first month banquet at our house be sent out?"
She immediately reacted as soon as she said the words, "Is this an invitation from another house?"
