Zhuque came to see Li Ye. Li Ye was not here, but he met his mother. Of course, this made Zhuque very nervous. She was not mentally prepared. She only sat for a moment and then made excuses to leave.
Pei Sanniang walked her to the door and said, "Miss Zhuque, come and play when you have time and talk to my aunt!"
"Okay, I will definitely come and talk to Aunt Pei often."
Zhuque waved and got into the carriage. The carriage started to drive away. Zhuque opened the window and waved goodbye to Pei Sanniang.
After the carriage went away, Zhuque breathed a long sigh of relief. She unexpectedly met Li Ye's mother. She was secretly happy again. She could see that Aunt Pei liked her very much, which made Suzaku suddenly have confidence in herself.
Just as Pei Sanniang was about to go back to the house, Aunt Mu came back riding a donkey.
"Sanniang, who is that?" Aunt Mu asked, looking at the carriage driving away.
"It's Aye's senior sister, I think there's something wrong with them!"
Aunt Mu laughed and said, "It must be Miss Zhuque! No wonder she looks familiar."
"Hey! Do you know her?"
"She came once, probably the year before last! She was still at the old house in Changlefang, and she chatted with me for a long time."
"I do not know how?"
"You're at the clinic!"
"Then why didn't you tell me?" Pei Sanniang was really dissatisfied.
"Hey! I didn't think so much at the time. Didn't Ye'er just join the army? You were in a bad mood and lost your temper all day long. I didn't dare to talk to you."
Pei Sanniang was helpless, "I know, it's my problem. Madam, what do you think of her?"
Aunt Mu nodded, "I think it's pretty good. We are a lady, much better than the Lin family lady from Yonghefang."
"That's not the same thing. The little lady of the Lin family didn't like my Ye'er at that time! Now she doesn't even want to pay me any money. This Suzaku girl has a personality like mine, and I like her very much."
"She seems to be no ordinary daughter."
"I know she is from the Dugu family, so what? My son is the founder of the country, so he has no problem marrying a princess."
Speaking of this, Pei Sanniang suddenly thought of a big question. She frowned and said, "Ye'er is already a county official, so why don't I have a royal title?"
Aunt Mu smiled and said, "Didn't you always say that you don't care about this kind of status?"
"Nonsense! It didn't exist before, so of course I don't care, but now it exists, how can I not want it? I have to ask the officials, who is in charge of this kind of thing, and why don't they give it to me?"
"Tell me well, Miss Suzaku, why are you involving your own life again? It's almost dusk now, why don't you let me have a meal?"
"oops!"
Pei Sanniang slapped her thigh and said with an annoyed look on her face: "I forgot!"
"You! You're almost thirty, and you're still as ungrateful as before."
"Who said it? I'm going to be a mother-in-law."
"Forget it! If you are a mother-in-law, you will definitely carry a sword and fight with your daughter-in-law in the room all day long. You are the kind of mother-in-law who can never use her mouth even if she can do it with her hands."
When Pei Sanniang turned around, she saw two little maids hiding aside and covering their mouths and laughing. She stared, "Why are you laughing? Are your skin itchy again?"
The two little maids were so frightened that they turned around and ran away.
Pei Sanniang was really upset. She wanted to find a reason to chat with Miss Zhuque for a while, but she forgot about leaving her to eat.
"What time has it been? The older one won't come back, and the younger one won't come back either!" She felt resentful in her heart.
Li Ye was drinking with a few old friends at the Wude Restaurant in Pingkangfang. In addition to Zhang Ping, there were also Wujijiao, Qiao Bin, Ma Jinsong and Du Wang. Of course, Li Ye couldn't let him go just because he was rich.
Forget these old friends. These are his friends from when he first came to Datang.
"Where's the black chicken foot and the little yellow hair? What is he doing now?" Li Ye asked, picking up the wine glass.
Wujijiao scratched his head and said with a smile: "He no longer studies. His family opened a winery in Xinfeng County at the beginning of the year. He is now stationed at the winery permanently. I haven't seen him for several months."
Li Ye nodded, "Whenever you see him, say hello to him for me!"
"sure!"
Li Ye drank a glass of wine with everyone. Qiao Bin was quick and rushed to pour wine for Li Ye. Li Ye asked Qiao Bin with a smile: "It's rare to see you. What are you usually busy with at the county government?"
"Our household manager is actually busy with two things: checking the household registration, collecting household taxes, and some miscellaneous tasks. For example, if someone reports that the housing exceeds the regulations, we have to go to the house to check."
"What if no one reports it?"
"Of course if no one reports it, it will be ignored. This is called people not reporting it and officials not pursuing it. It causes a lot of trouble, but in the end it is nothing."
Li Ye nodded and smiled: "I remember before, didn't you say you were going to study at Taixue?"
Qiao Bin smiled bitterly and said, "Brother is laughing at me."
"Why am I laughing at you? Do you think I'm laughing at you? I'm just curious to ask."
Qiao Bin smiled and said: "Actually, even if I study at Imperial College, I won't be able to take the imperial examination. I still have to work as a clerk in the county government. This year, the Chang'an County government resigned and four clerks resigned. The opportunity came up. My father
He said that the opportunity was rare, so he asked King Si Ning to help him get me in. I would work as a six-cao officer for five years, and then I would be promoted to a six-cao job when I got the chance. My father said that after working for more than ten or twenty years, I would still be able to do it.
There is a chance to be promoted to the chief register.”
Li Ye smiled and said: "Come with me to Hezhong! I will directly let you be a household officer and participate in the military affairs. I guarantee that you will be promoted to the chief register within three years."
Qiao Bin hesitated and said, "But I don't have any fame."
Li Ye laughed loudly: "Who among those civil servants in Anxi Jiedu have achieved fame? Feng Changqing was just a civil servant ten years ago, but now he is a high official in the border areas."
"Brother, is it true?" Qiao Bin was tempted.
"Of course it's true. When I go to Hezhong, the first thing I do is recruit officials. Wouldn't it be more convenient to appoint you directly than for me to recruit them directly?"
"I'll go back and discuss it with dad."
Li Ye patted him on the shoulder and said, "A man has his ambitions in all directions. Don't miss the prosperous places in the capital. The more remote places you go, the more opportunities you will have."
Ma Jinsong and Du Wang were also a little tempted, "Brother Li, can we do the same?"
Li Ye nodded, "If you want to go, I warmly welcome you. I suggest you go home and discuss it with your family. Anyway, I won't leave until next spring!"
At dusk, Yuwen Huaide returned to Yuwen's mansion in Jingshanfang as usual. As soon as he entered the mansion, the housekeeper said to him: "Xiao Qilang, your father asked you to come to the back hall."
Yuwen Huaide agreed and walked directly to the back hall.
At this time, the lights in the back hall of Yuwen Mansion were brightly lit, and several main figures of the Yuwen family gathered together.
The Yuwen family has seven houses in total, distributed in various places. The house in Chang'an is the main house, and there are more than 30 members of the family. The direct descendants are the brothers Yuwenjing and Yuwentong.
After Yu Wenjing committed suicide by taking poison, Emperor Li Longji spared the Yuwen family, but all of them were dismissed from office and demoted. Except for Yuwen Tong, who was still an earl, the rest of the family were demoted to civilians, and even Yuwen Zhaoyi in the palace was also taken away.
His account was banned and he was thrown into the cold palace.
The Phoenix family, which was about to ascend to the position of prime minister, suddenly fell into a state of decline that was worse than that of a chicken. The Yuwen family's experience can only be described as miserable.
The current head of the family is Yuwentong, who has two sons, Yuwenzhi and Yuwenhui.
The eldest brother Yu Wenjing has three sons, Yu Wenwei, Yu Wenhong and Yu Wenhui, as well as a newly widowed Yu Wenluo.
In the back hall, Yuwen Tongzheng was discussing revenge with his five nephews. The Yuwen family is famous for being arrogant and arrogant. They always regard themselves as orthodox by blood. Such families are generally narrow-minded and extremely vindictive, and this is also true.
If Li Linfu was still prime minister, they would not dare to seek revenge and could only keep the hatred in their hearts. Now that Li Linfu has retired, the Yuwen family is starting to make moves.