Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 147

After coaxing her daughter to go to bed, Lin Qingran went to the side hall. Shao Ziyu and Yuan Chengzhi had almost eaten their meals. Lin Qingran asked Guanyan to send Yuan Chengzhi to the guild hall and prepared bath water for Shao Ziyu.

Waiting for him to take a bath, it was already late at night.

After preparing hangover soup, Shao Ziyu lay down on the bed after drinking it and sighed, "I really can't tell how much this kid can drink."

"Did he mention the apprenticeship to you?" Lin Qingran let him lean on the bed, stretched out his hand to gently press his temples, "I think he's full of confidence when he comes back to Luodu City."

"What do you think?" Shao Ziyu turned his head and asked her back, Lin Qingran smiled, "What do I think, young, high-minded, self-motivated, and sincere, this is not about choosing a son-in-law, you Naturally, the choice of a student depends on whether he is tactful in dealing with things, and will be able to survive in the officialdom in the future."

"The lady is right." Shao Ziyu nodded, patted her hand on his shoulder, Lin Qingran turned around, and he hugged her, "You are young, it's not bad to have such courage, I I didn’t plan to accept students before, after all, I’m not like my father-in-law, but it’s okay to accept him.” The main thing is to meet Shao Ziyu’s eyes, Yuan Chengzhi stayed in the magistrate for three years before, and it’s very interesting to come all the way. Perseverance child.

"Since you plan to accept it, let's make up for the matter of apprenticeship." Although Aunt Yuan used to be a cook in Shao's house, after Yuan Chengzhi became an official, she was a colleague, and they should not underestimate it. Others, let alone look down on others because of past events.

"Don't worry, we'll talk about it after his palace exam." Shao Ziyu waved his hand, "Since he came to Luodu City, he must bump into Master Shanghai."

Lin Qingran was stunned for a moment, and then sighed, "I'm afraid Mr. Hai won't remember that he has such a promising son, more than ten years have passed."

"Master Hai doesn't remember, and Yuan Chengzhi won't recognize him. He was only very old when Hai Lunian left. Aunt Yuan claimed to the child that his father was dead."

"That's his family business too." Lin Qingran looked up at him. After all, Lin Qingran hated a man who abandoned his wife like that. Aunt Yuan only said that her husband died in an accident in order not to hurt her two children. When Yuan Chengzhi met Mr. Hai in Luodu City, he didn't know what it would be like.

"It's not certain who will recognize who at that time." Shao Ziyu touched her face. After the remarriage of this Hai, he has only two daughters, and he has nothing to do since then. Has he ever regretted being so straightforward at the beginning? don't want a son

Ten days later, in mid-April, the imperial examination.

Yuan Chengzhi from Pengcheng has achieved good results. It is not easy to get into the first class, but he was born as a second-class Jinshi, and his ranking is quite high.

In fact, he performed well in the palace examination, and it is still easy for many officials to be included under his command. Naturally, someone like Yuan Chengzhi was recruited, but he had already had intentions. As soon as the results of the palace examination came out, he went to Shao Mansion non-stop, and asked Shao Ziyu and Lin Qingran Announcing the good news, the child was indeed sincere, so he immediately knelt down to Shao Ziyu and kowtowed three times, fearing that Shao Ziyu would go back on his word and make the matter final.

Since he is his first student, Shao Ziyu has done his best to let him go to the Hanlin Academy, but he has to start from a low school. This is the same as the second-class Jinshi background he has obtained so far, and he has been wronged. Yes, you can also go out to work abroad. If you do a good job in foreign work, you can come back to Luodu City. This errand is relatively easy to arrange.

Yuan Chengzhi didn't want to be appointed outside. He wanted to stay in Luodu City. No matter how low the official position of the Imperial Academy was, he also wanted to stay in this place. He took over his mother first, and when he became stable in the future, he also took over his sister, brother-in-law and nephew. .

Seeing that he had made a choice, Shao Ziyu arranged for him to enter the Hanlin Academy after the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs took office, starting from editing.

Lin Qingran arranged a formal apprenticeship for him. No one was invited, only his own family. In the front hall, Yuan Chengzhi offered tea to Shao Ziyu, and also to Lin Qingran. After kowtow, he was regarded as Shao Ziyu's closed student.

After dinner, Lin Qingran called Yuan Chengzhi over alone, "Since you plan to stay in Luodu City, you have to choose a place to stay first. The annual salary for editing is 45 taels of silver. The rent of the house in the north of Licheng is one tael or two taels a month, and now you don’t need to take care of it, so you can be an editor for this year with peace of mind, and you can still have some money left over to buy other things.” Lin Qingran The intention was to remind him that if he wanted to be an official in Luodu City, his salary would definitely not be enough. Shao Ziyu's salary for a second-rank official was only 300 taels a year, and he didn't even count on this amount at the end of the year.

"Master's mother mentioned it." Yuan Chengzhi nodded, "I think I will take mother over and settle down in a few months."

"If you have anything to do, you can come here to find us directly. You are still living in the guild hall these days. I will inquire about the house for you."

Lin Qingran asked Si Qin to send him out, and sent someone to the north of the city to inquire about suitable priced yards. At least he was an official, and the appearance should not be too bad. Many officials in Luodu City come from well-established families. To put it bluntly, I look down on people from outside a bit. Even if my father was a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy back then, he was still looked down upon.

Many people come to Luodu City to take a small official position, and they may spend their whole life in the sixth and seventh ranks. This is the way of the world. Only someone who is talented has to be appreciated. Being a son-in-law of a high-ranking official is actually the same as marrying into the family of a high-ranking official. , the former is looking for a helper to climb up, and the latter is looking for a son-in-law who can marry his daughter and have children in his own hands.

A few days later, Lin Qingran found a decent house for Yuan Chengzhi. The monthly rent was one to two five dollars a month.

When Yuan Chengzhi came to Luodu City, Aunt Yuan also gave him money. Without Lin Qingran's help, he paid the rent for the first year. Lin Qingran bought him some furniture, which was regarded as a housewarming gift for him.

Shao Jinghan (Brother Han) is happy, and occasionally goes to Yuan Chengzhi's place after school. The ten-year-old has studied in the academy for four years and will take the children's examination next year.

At that age, Shao Ziyu didn't take part in anything. The children's examination and the rural examination were made up after the fact, and the green light went up all the way, so he also agreed with his son to learn some experience from Yuan Chengzhi and come back.

Originally, An Anwen planned to pick up Aunt Yuan back in two months, but she didn't expect Yuan Chengzhi to meet Master Hai Lunian in the Imperial Academy so soon.

Hai Lunian went to the Imperial Academy to find someone. He couldn't recognize this new editor named Yuan Chengzhi as his son. When he left home, his son was only a little over one year old. How could he recognize him after more than ten years? .

In fact, Yuan Chengzhi didn't know Hai Lunian either. He had no impression of what his father was like. The first meeting between the two ended with Hai Lunian's appreciation.

He had a good chat with this new editor of the Imperial Academy, and felt that he was very fond of him, and when he learned that he was under the apprentice of Mr. Shao, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, Hai Lunian's appreciation for this young man increased a lot.

It was only later that Shao Ziyu learned that Yuan Chengzhi and Hai Lunian had met in the Imperial Academy. This mood was a bit delicate. Neither father nor son knew who the other was. If they found out, what would happen?

After the palace examination was over, a small banquet was held in the palace in mid-May. All the guests were invited by officials, and not many female relatives were invited. Lin Qingran still received the order of the imperial concubine and brought Erlang and Ning Jieer When entering the palace, you still go through the side door instead of the main door.

The palace is now more lively. Last year, the emperor began to have maids in bed. Naturally, the maids who were lucky could no longer be called palace maids. They were conferred beauties, five people lived in one palace, and were arranged in two palaces.

Where there is a harem, there will soon be struggles. Rao, they can't have children now, and there is no chance of promotion in this position, and they are secretly fighting each other, waiting for the emperor to get a little higher after the wedding.

Lin Qingran took her children far away from these two palaces and went to the Palace of Harmony. When they arrived at the Palace of Harmony, the imperial concubine had been waiting early. Seeing her coming with her two children, she ignored her status and took Sister Ning picked her up, pinched her little face, and said distressedly, "Oh, is your mother starving you, why do you look thinner again?"

"The concubine has lost weight. You need to eat more. Ning'er is getting fat." Sister Ning cupped the face of the concubine with her small hands. The girl is a caring little padded jacket. With one word, the concubine was happy and hugged her Sit down, with her current status in the palace, firstly, she does not interfere with palace affairs, and secondly, the two children raised by her do not need her to worry about, that's all she can count on.

"I had a minor illness a few days ago, so I lost weight." Lin Qingran explained.

"Let Ziyu go outside to find some good medicines and prescriptions to strengthen this child's body." The imperial concubine sighed, the girl's body is weak, even if she is a rich man, she lacks something no matter how you look at it.

Although my family doesn't dislike her, the baby is very cute, but when I grow up in the future, when I talk about kissing, the headache will come.

"I found it, I'm still young, and it's not good to eat enough." Lin Qingran asked Si Hua to send some prescriptions for herbal diet, and said with a smile, "The medicinal diet on this prescription is the best sold in the medicinal diet shop. The things in the palace are better than the ones outside, I will give you this recipe, and you can make it for you in the imperial dining room to nourish your body."

"It's the same, every day counts as a day." The imperial concubine can see it clearly. After serving the late emperor for so many years, she has taken a lot of things lightly, and she doesn't care so much about the Zhang family. The family of Shao Ziyu stems from the relationship with Shao Ziyu's mother back then. Relationship and love for Shao Ziyu, moreover, these children are really well-behaved, they can make her very happy every time they come here.

"Don't say that, last time you said you wanted to watch Ning'er find a good family. You have a good eye, so you don't have to watch her more then." Lin Qingran comforted her.

"Those in the temple, I don't know how many are crazy." Gui Taifei said this lightly, and then laughed, "Didn't that kid from the Xiao family call for Ning'er to be his son's wife?"

Xiao Hongxuan's thought was spread all over the palace, and he really didn't hide it at all, as if he wanted everyone to know that the Shao family's precious daughter had been betrothed by his son, and no one was allowed to get involved.

(End of this chapter)