“Ah?”

This news really scared Nie Ling'er, and even Nie Fan on the side stared at him with a shocked look on his face.

The two looked at each other, but only heard Yu Sangqian continue to speak: "Young Master Nie Kun entered the Hanlin Academy in high school, and the news was sent to Huaiyang as soon as possible. My father ordered people to welcome him at the gate of the city.

The two young masters Nie Kun and Nie Hui were invited to stay in the mansion, and now they are in the living yard."

After a while, Nie Fan first came back to his senses and asked, "Why did Lord Yu welcome Brother Kun and Brother Hui to the mansion?"

Before this, Lord Yu probably didn't know Brother Kun and Brother Hui, right?

Yu Sangqian smiled and said casually: "Mr. Nie Kun's first place in the second grade in high school is the best result of our Huaiyang in this year's imperial examination. Maybe my father wanted to congratulate Mr. Nie Kun, and happened to reply.

After passing Huaiyang on the road to the village, I simply invited the mansion to the palace."

Of course, this is just Yu Sangqian's guess. I guess ordinary people will think so when they know this. Nie Kun is the pride of the Huaiyang Imperial College this year. As a prefect, it is reasonable to want to entertain and celebrate.

Things.

But is it really that simple inside?

Nie Ling'er doesn't think so.

Now that Brother Kun has entered the officialdom, he and Lord Yu are colleagues. Although one is the fourth-rank local magistrate and the other is the official position of the seventh-rank Hanlin Academy, Nie Kun is far inferior to Lord Yu, but his value is very valuable.

In the sense that Nie Kun’s official career is in the capital, this is the key!

Huaiyang is thousands of miles away from the capital. Unless the emperor summoned him personally, Lord Yu would have almost no chance to come to the capital to meet the saint. Local officials like him would have basically finished the end when they sat in the position of the prefect.
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Because in the local area, the prefect is already the biggest official position. If you want to be promoted again, you can only look for opportunities to be promoted to the capital to be able to go further.

But this opportunity is hard to find, either there are noble people or major events happen.

Huaiyang is a hometown of misty rain. The most likely major event is that the rainy season is surging and disasters. He then controls disaster relief and people and makes great contributions to get rewards from the emperor and then promoted to the first rank.

However, Huaiyang is now in good weather, and there has never been any flooding even in the rainy season. At most, it is extremely small local floods and mudslides. A magistrate can handle it on his behalf, and it cannot be alarmed at all.

The last large-scale flooding disaster was the time when the emperor was reigned decades ago.

Since there is little hope for promotion by making meritorious service, I can only seek connections. Although Lord Yu’s father-in-law and mother-in-law are also high-ranking families in the capital, the connections are naturally better.

Now that Brother Kun has joined the capital Hanlin Academy as a native of Huaiyang, Lord Yu may not have much thought about him yet, but he will first come to his own camp and help each other in the future. He will definitely avoid many detours.

, it can be much smoother.

This move is not the only one who benefits from Lord Yu. If Nie Kun can get the care of Lord Yu, he may benefit more.

Although these inner situations are just Nie Ling'er's own guess, she is definitely not aimless. The adult world is also in the officialdom. People interact with each other more or less with some purposes, and these purposes are even

It is exploitation, and it is definitely not all bad.

Being support between each other may really achieve the effect of one plus one greater than two.

But Nie Ling'er was just thinking about these words. When I found an opportunity to ask Brother Kun, what did Lord Yu talk to him in private? Then I will know if he guessed it right.

Soon, Nie Kun was brought by Tangyuan.

"Ling'er, Brother Fan!"

As soon as we met, Nie Kun called out with excitement, and then hugged Nie Fan: "You are here, Miss Yu said that I have written a letter to my family, you should set off immediately, I count the time

It should have been here the day before yesterday, but I didn't expect to wait two days in vain."

"I really set off immediately, but I delayed in Jiangcheng County for two days." Nie Ling'er smiled.

Nie Fan held Nie Kun's face in both hands and said excitedly: "Brother Kun, congratulations, once in high school, I will glorify our ancestors!"

Nie Ling'er also echoed: "Grandma, the second uncle and the second aunt learned the news, and they burst into tears, saying that you are the pride of the Nie family."

Hearing the two of them say this, Nie Kun scratched the back of his head with a little embarrassed expression and muttered: "I didn't expect that although I was really more powerful than usual for the sake of Xian'er, but when I saw it

I was still shocked when I was in the imperial examination."

"There are too many people, and everyone looks very knowledgeable and full of knowledge. I really don't have much confidence at that time."

"But I still answered without distractions in the exam room. No matter what, I have to try it out. It's not just for myself."

"I didn't expect it, I really got it."

This is as if he had a fortune in high school like buying lottery tickets.

Nie Ling'er smiled helplessly, isn't Versailles?

She now sees that the one who is really hidden is Brother Kun, who may not be sure of what kind of big name will be created in the future.

As she said that, Nie Kun couldn't wait to ask Nie Ling'er: "Ling'er, how about Xian'er? Did she know? She must be happy, right?"

"I know, I know, you will live up to her expectations, she will be happy." Nie Ling'er said: "It's just that the Shen family ran to our house in a hurry and told the second uncle about your agreement with the Shen family.

And the second aunt caught them off guard.”

"Ah? Did your parents know about me and Xian'er?" Nie Kun was shocked.

Seeing this, Nie Ling'er smiled indifferently and comforted Nie Kun: "I know, but don't worry, the Shen family is not a reckless man. The details of the inability to come out were not revealed, but only said that you go to the Shen family to ask for it.

Marry someone’s daughter.”

In this way, Nie Kun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Otherwise, if she let her mother know that she was stolen from an old man, she would definitely be scolding the Shen family.

At this time, Nie Fan looked around and found that Nie Hui was not here.

"Where is Brother Hui? Why didn't you come with you?" Nie Fan asked.

When Nie Hui was mentioned, Nie Fan's face collapsed instantly.

Seeing this, Nie Ling'er couldn't help but frowned slightly and asked in a low voice: "What? Brother Hui hasn't come out yet?"

Nie Kun shook his head and sighed: "It's not that easy. He has missed the second time. He has been to the palace examination. If he failed the final round, it will definitely be a big blow to him."

"We all thought we would definitely win, and Brother Hui was very confident in the article he wrote. Who knew it would be like this."
Chapter completed!