Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

After familiarizing himself with the interior and exterior of the Imperial Academy and meeting with the Shangguan, Jia Daoheng brought the three of them into a room, pointed to a few tables in the corner and said, "This is where you work."

"Today is the first time you are on duty, and you will not be given particularly heavy official duties. These are the newly compiled "Records of Huizong", please proofread and check, mainly to see if there are any typos or sentences that do not make sense. Don't worry about it."

After finishing speaking, Jia Daoheng brought a pile of manuscripts from the side, divided some among the three of Gu Yunji, and said: "That's it for today, you guys do your work first. I'm working in the next room. If you don't understand anything, you can ask at any time." I."

"Yes, thank you, Master Jia."

After sending Jia Daoheng away, the three of them stopped talking nonsense and sat on their desks to proofread the manuscript.

As Jia Daoheng said, this job is indeed boring. Gu Yunji's eyes are almost blurred after reading the densely packed square characters all morning.Fortunately, it was noon soon, so he temporarily put aside what he was doing and went out for lunch.

When I came to the dining place, many Hanlin officials were already waiting there, basically they were newly appointed scholars, but I didn't see much of the original old officials.

Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan took a seat, and waved to Gu Yunxiao who had just walked in: "Brother, this way!"

Gu Yunxiao walked over with a smile and asked, "How is it? How does it feel on the first day of taking office?"

Gu Yunji said: "Fortunately, official duties are not difficult, but very boring. What about you? I haven't seen you all morning. What are you doing? Are you also proofreading manuscripts?"

Gu Yunxiao shook his head: "No, we are auspicious scholars, and there is still a lot to learn before we officially go to work. We have listened to the teachings of the Hanlin scholar all morning, such as how to draft edicts, what are the etiquettes of Jingyan lectures... and so on. , there are so many, I will be busy in the future."

While talking, Guanglu Temple brought lunch.

Guanglu Temple is in charge of imperial meals for the imperial court. In addition, it also undertakes the daily meals of officials and meals in various large-scale ceremonies.For example, in the palace examination of each imperial examination, the meals for candidates and officials of all sizes are prepared by Guanglu Temple.

The imperial court has a strict hierarchy, and there is no limit to the upper and lower levels. Therefore, the lunch given to the officials in Guanglu Temple is also arranged according to the grade.

Among the newly recruited officials in Hanlin, Cheng Yan had the best meal, with meat, vegetables and soup, and the dishes were very rich.Gu Yunji and Fang Zigui came next, with one less meat dish than him, but even if it was the most substandard food for the nobles, it was not too bad, at least it was a combination of meat and vegetables, and the nutrition was balanced.

Seeing the delicious food in front of him, Gu Yunji's eyes lit up immediately: "It looks pretty good, with such good food, I don't know why Mrs. Jia and the others have to spend a lot of time to get the food delivered by the family."

As he said that, Gu Yunji couldn't wait to pick up a chopstick dish and put it into his mouth, but the next moment, his expression froze.

I can't say it's hard to eat, but it's really hard to swallow.

The dishes are cold; the soups are warm; the stir-fried pork is so overcooked that one can't help but wonder whether it is meat or bark; some dishes are too bland, as if there is no other seasoning except salt; It is so salty that people can only taste the soy sauce, as if they knocked over the soy sauce bottle.

Some dishes have all the flavors, but the seasoning ratio is wrong, as if a person's facial features are all misaligned, there are everywhere but nothing is right, the mess is like fighting in people's mouths.

All in all, it was terrible, and there was no exception for a single dish.

Gu Yunji took a lot of effort to swallow the food in his mouth, but he really didn't have the courage to take another bite. Looking up, Cheng Yan and the others were all frowning and grimacing, obviously unable to eat.

Someone couldn't help it, spit out the food in his mouth on the spot, and complained: "What the hell, it's so unpalatable! A good piece of chicken is dry and woody, and it doesn't taste at all. Could it be that it has passed through the white water? Is it served?"

"It's probably about the same." The bystanders picked up the meat and looked at it carefully, shaking their heads, "I heard that the food in Guanglu Temple is terrible, but I didn't expect it to be so bad, I couldn't swallow it."

Some people didn't understand: "Why? This Guanglu Temple is also an imperial government office after all. It is in charge of the imperial cuisine, and it can't even do its job well. What does the minister of Guanglu Temple do?"

The person at the next table sighed, and said: "You can't blame Guanglu Temple Minister entirely, after all, he can't help it. The food in Guanglu Temple has been criticized for a long time, it's not just a matter of a day or two, even if it is Guanglu Temple Minister , what can he do? It is difficult to get rid of the old diseases with the power of one person."

"Then the imperial court doesn't care about it? A group of people who eat vegetarian meals with corpses should be thrown out!"

"How do you manage it? Guanglu Temple is in charge of the imperial cuisine. Most of the court officials are scientifically educated. At most, they can only make overall arrangements. Is it possible that they can really cook?"

This person was very organized, and immediately refuted that person just now, saying: "The specific soup, tea and rice, of course, have to be left to the cook, and most of the vacancies of these cooks are filled by related households."

"Everyone knows that the food is unpalatable, and that the problem lies with the cook, but no one wants to touch them. After all, who knows which adult's distant relatives, or which servant's relatives they are? If they are dealt with rashly, I'm afraid that not only will it have no effect, but it will offend the nobleman and affect my future. Instead of doing that, it's better to muddle along and just turn a blind eye and forget it."

Some people thought this was true, nodded and agreed: "That's right. Not to mention court officials, even the previous emperors could not do anything about these moths in Guanglu Temple. For example, during the Xihe period, the former emperor Huizong once The court denounced Guanglu Temple for being perfunctory and not dedicated to the imperial meal."

"Where is Guanglu Temple? Not only do you not feel ashamed, but you also retort plausibly, what's the 'imperial meal' is related to your majesty's dragon body, and if you are a little careless, disaster will come from your mouth. Compared with taking risks to satisfy your appetite, It’s better to take the middle way, although the taste is bland, but it’s better to be sure that there will be no mistakes.” The emperor was so angry that his face was blue, but he couldn’t do anything to them.”

The Shu Jishi next to him was stunned when he heard it, and sighed: "Guanglu Temple is really thick-skinned. If it were me, even if I thought of these words, I would not be able to say them outrightly."

Some people joked sarcastically: "If they hadn't been thick-skinned, they would not have been scolded for so many years and continued to take kickbacks with peace of mind. You must know that the food at Guanglu Temple is notoriously unpalatable. It was listed among the 'Four Unreliable Foods in the Capital', and even ranked before the prescriptions of the imperial hospital, even the common people have heard about it, so it can be seen how unpalatable this food is!"

When everyone heard this, they shook their heads and laughed.

"What's so funny?"

However, Jia Daoheng, who was passing by, heard this, and walked in with a dark face: "The original words of the four unreliable words in the capital are 'Articles of the Imperial Academy', 'Arsenal's Swords and Guns', and 'Guanglu Temple Tea Soup' and ' Too hospital prescription', the first sentence they scolded was us, can you still laugh?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's faces froze immediately, and their laughter stopped abruptly.