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Chapter 453 A small family

Xia Junqiu and Xia Junsheng entered the villa with their hands behind their backs. Just as they saw Lu Yutong walking towards this side, the three of them met, so they could not barely greet each other and talked in the garden.

Seeing that Lu Yutong was not seriously injured, he said goodbye. Then the three princes came one after another, including rare ginseng, wolfberry, fruits and other rare things. Lu Yutong naturally accepted them all.

Lu Yutong raised her hand and the butler ran over.

"What are the princess's instructions?" Zhao Heng bowed. After last night's incident, he also looked at Lu Yutong with admiration. Lu Yutong actually passed by such a big thing casually and went to bed directly after coming back. The maid at the door said that she slept very well, as if she had never happened.

If they had done this, they would probably have been unable to recover in a few days, but the princess was so calm.

"There is one thing you need to ask. Jing'anshi is not good. Please ask someone to go to Fengpinglou to ask." Lu Yutong said, taking out an envelope from her sleeve and handing it to Zhao Heng.

"I understand..." Zhao Heng took the envelope, turned his head out of the princess's mansion, and headed towards Fengping Building.

Lu Yutong, whether it was the three princes who came to disturb the mood or had something to do, sat on the second floor of the attic, staring at the chrysanthemum garden in a daze.

"Zhang Shoujing, Zhang Shoujing, you became the polite person because you are serious and responsible in your work and are very skilled in martial arts?" Zheng Peng pointed at Zhang Shoujing and cursed: "Where are you arresting people?"

"After the end of the day, I still ran away? I almost got to Princess Changping. Fortunately, it's nothing. If the princess has a good time, how many heads can you and I have enough to cut off?"

"If it weren't for your diligence and solving many major cases, I would have dismissed you today and told you to get out of here."

Zheng Peng scolded from morning to noon, and was so tired that he lay down on the chair. Zhang Shoujing below was sweating heavily and said nothing.

"Is Zhang Shoujing here?" A man in a black suit walked into the lobby of the Ministry of Justice with his hands behind his back.

When Zheng Peng saw this man, he slid directly from the stool and hurriedly stepped forward and gave up his seat: "How can Lord Liu come to my little yamen today? Did the Second Highness explain again?"

The person who came was not someone else, and Zhang Shoujing also recognized it as Liu Xin, the butler in the Second Prince's Mansion.

This Liu Xin is not simple. If you want to speak to the second prince, you must at least know when the second prince is in a good mood and when he is getting angry. You must also know what the second prince lacks during this period and thinks so that he can be a bad person under his command.

But Liu Xin has been with the second prince for more than ten years and after opening the mansion, he is even more responsible for the management of the second prince. He is very familiar with the second prince's temper, so the second prince will leave him to do many things, and he has almost no mistakes. Although he has no official position, there are also some in front of these Shangshu. If he offended him, he will basically not see the second prince.

So when he came, he naturally came with the intention of the second prince. Otherwise, he would meet at night instead of during the day, and it would be even more impossible to come to the lobby of the Ministry of Justice.

Liu Xin glanced at Zhang Shoujing, who was lowering his head behind him, and naturally recognized him. He hurriedly smiled and said, "Business."

Looking for Zhang Shoujing or official business. What kind of business can you do when you look for Zhang Shoujing at this moment? He was scolded early. Now the capable generals under the Second Prince who is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel appear here. Could it be a praise?

"Mr. Liu has anything to do, just scold me. It's okay to wipe my two officials. Who told me that this matter was under the jurisdiction of our Ministry of Justice? It was his proposal manager..." Zheng Peng shook his head helplessly. At this moment, he could only eat berries and could not say anything about his suffering.

Liu Xin frowned, looked at Zhang Shoujing, who was like he was beaten with eggplant by frost, and instantly understood the reason, and then burst into laughter: "Haha, Lord Shangshu was joking..."

"Just joking?" Zheng Peng was stunned. Could it be that his analysis was wrong?

Liu Xin continued: "Princess Changping said that fortunately Lord Sili arrived in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. The second prince felt that Zhang Shoujing, the proposal department, had made great contributions. In this way, he wanted to praise him on behalf of the Ministry of Personnel. Although his official position remained unchanged, his salary was increased to the first level. To be in the third rank, Lord Shangshu was well disciplined. The second prince would definitely report to the emperor. The emperor was very careful and would not treat Lord Shangshu unfairly."

Zheng Peng thought to himself, you really don’t know. I have been scolded, but the words were: “Take this seriously? I…I didn’t hear it wrong…”

Liu Xin raised his eyebrows: "Hey, what are you saying? How could the second prince explain to me personally? How could he be wrong?"

Zheng Peng immediately poked Zhang Shoujing with his elbow: "Why don't you thank Lord Liu and the second prince for their cultivation?"

Zhang Shoujing hurriedly bowed to thank him. It was true that the silver in the purse was stuffed directly into Liu Xin's sleeves, and said, "Thank you for the good words of the two adults, now that you are at the meal, can you appreciate your face? The vinegar fish in Liuxiang Pavilion is really good..."

Zheng Peng likes to eat fish, and the spicyer the better. The vinegar fish in Liuxiang Pavilion is famous in Luoyang. It costs five taels of silver per dish. You should know that Zhang Shoujing, the fourth-rank official, has a monthly salary of only fifty taels. After this meal, it will be half a month's salary.

"Well, it's better to choose a day than to meet the day. Lord Liu has gone back and has had a meal. Why not go and try it? It's also a thank you." Zheng Peng spoke, and naturally he had enough weight. After all, he was a third-rank Shangshu, one of the six ministries, and he was highly rated and powerful.

Liu Xin smiled and said, "Then it's better to obey your orders than respect?"

"Hahaha, let's go..." The three of them left the gate of the Ministry of Justice and headed towards Liuxiang Pavilion.

After three rounds of drinking, he was sent directly to the tram. Zhang Shoujing paid the money, then came out by himself and walked straight towards the house.

Passing by the lake, Zhang Shoujing picked up the lake water and washed his face. It was already autumn. After the lake water was washed, it was blown by the wind and couldn't help but feel shocked. The little wine I drank at noon woke up completely.

When I got home, it was already evening.

Zhang Shoujing, a fourth-rank official, had a residence that would not be very bad, but in Luoyang, he could only be said to be ordinary. The two-story street-facing house, the gate facing the alley, and the small courtyard when entering the door was divided into three parts. One was used to grow some seasonal vegetables, one was placed with stone chairs and stone benches, and a shed was built along the wall with bricks and tiles, and a shed was climbed on it.

The last piece is empty for chopping wood and placing things temporarily.

"You're back? It's a little early today. The food is not ready yet. You can wash it first." His wife Wu helped Zhang Shoujing take off her coat and hang it on the wall. Looking at Zhang Shoujing with a tired look on her face, she couldn't help feeling a little sad.

"Yeah, I'm not hungry yet. It's okay, don't worry." Zhang Shoujing said: "But I need my help?"

Wu smiled and revealed two dimples: "No, there are Juan'er and Hongmei. Master, please take a break first. I bought turtles in the East City today. I stewed tofu soup. It's cold, let's get away with the cold."

"You are so mean, and I still remember the problem of my leg pain." After Zhang Shoujing came back, he seemed to be no longer the tough guy who arrested the outlaw, but a careful husband.

"What are you talking about?" Wu Shi gave him a blank look and turned around to prepare.

Zhang Shoujing looked at Wu's graceful body and couldn't help but smile. Before marrying him, Wu Qilan was the maid and housekeeper of the Gusu family. Before the imperial concubine entered the palace, Wu Qilan served him for five years.
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