Lou Suzhen readily agreed to Zhu Hao's request to invite her to go out.
It's not that she wants to integrate into society, but that she doesn't have the right to refuse Zhu Hao's kindness. Since Zhu Hao said it, she has to listen and come out to teach and educate people, which is of great significance.
Zhu Hao introduced Lou Suzhen to Mrs. Gongsun.
Lou Suzhen's true identity cannot be publicized to the outside world. So far, only a few people around Zhu Hao know it. Even Zhu Chen and Luo An don't know.
Zhu Hao did not inform Tang Yin of asking Lou Suzhen to come out. It was purely his own decision.
Zhu Hao believes that with Tang Yin's free and easy attitude, he will accept it calmly no matter what happens now. Even if Zhu Hao brings Lou Suzhen into his room, Tang Yin will not glare at Zhu Hao. Now Tang Yin is more like an outsider.
Master, everything in the world is like floating clouds to him, and he feels like he has become a Buddha immediately.
Some time later, Zhu Hao prepared to get married.
The wedding date is set, the twenty-fourth of the twelfth lunar month.
Anyway, there was nothing going on at the Hanlin Academy a year ago. Zhu Hao was still working casually. He didn't compete with others or compete with others. He wouldn't take any job on his own initiative. Some people even wanted to earn performance, but Zhu Hao would still do it.
Take the initiative to let go of the work at hand.
At this time, his other brother-in-law, Sun Yuan, who was transferred to the Hanlin Academy as editor by emperor's order, arrived in the capital smoothly.
One year ago, Sun came to the Hanlin Academy to take up his post. Yang Shen brought him here and specially introduced him to Zhu Hao.
Sun Yuan, whose courtesy name was Jingzong, was several years older than Yang Shen. He looked much more mature than his actual age. After all, Sun Yuan did not enjoy the same blessings as Yang Shen after passing the imperial examination. He traveled around various places, and he had a feeling of being tempered by the years and being blown by the wind.
The vicissitudes of life caused by the sun are much taller than his younger brother Sun Jing.
Yang Shen left on his own after the introduction.
After Zhu Hao met Sun Yuan, he asked Sun Yuan to sit down in the writing room.
Sun Yuan looked around curiously: "It's not yet noon, why is there no one there?"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "That's how the Hanlin Academy is. It's hard to gather people together. I rarely come here in the afternoon."
"ah!?"
After all, Sun Yuan had just started his career as a local official. He had never seen a yamen with such a work attitude, so he naturally wondered, could it be that these Hanlin officials were passive and sabotaged and had no one to care about them?
In fact, no one really cares.
Zhu Hao said: "I will make a list for you later. I will probably tell you what the personalities of the people in the Hanlin Academy are like, so that you can help Brother Jingzong get along with them."
"This...it's not necessary."
Sun Yuan was a little embarrassed.
To a certain extent, he is Zhu Hao's subordinate. If it weren't for his father's relationship, he would not be qualified to enter the Hanlin Academy. He is incomparable to Zhu Hao, an orthodox Hanlin scholar who was born as the number one scholar. It is inevitable for him to be like his younger brother.
Have an inferiority complex.
But similarly, Zhu Hao is his future brother-in-law, and the wedding will be held in a few days, so there is no need for Sun Yuan to humble himself in front of Zhu Hao.
This creates a kind of ambivalence about identity.
Zhu Hao said: "Brother Jingzong, have you ever met with the editors of Hanyuan? If you are not busy today, why don't I come over to you at noon today..."
"This...isn't necessary?"
Sun Yuan is much more introverted than his younger brother, and he doesn't seem to like this kind of human interaction.
…
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "You can call brother Jing... He has been in the capital for a while, and I haven't had much contact with him in private. But recently he and one of my disciples who are studying in the Imperial College have been getting along.
Very close.”
"Yeah?"
Sun Yuan was quite surprised.
Apparently he had just arrived in the capital and reported to the Yamen as soon as possible. He had not yet gone home to see his father and younger brother.
In addition, Sun Jing usually lives and eats in the Imperial College, so it is not easy to see his brother when he comes back.
"Oh well."
Sun Yuan thought about it carefully, and there seemed to be no harm in having a meal with Zhu Hao and helping his younger brother make connections.
Especially since he had just entered the Hanlin Academy and there were many confusing places, he could just ask Zhu Hao. Zhu Hao would help him get familiar with the Hanlin Academy, which was much better than blindly blindly covering his head.
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The place where Zhu Hao invited his two uncles to have dinner was the hot pot restaurant he opened.
In order to facilitate Sun Jing and Sun Ru to attend the banquet, Zhu Hao went to the branch in the north of the city near the Imperial College. When Zhu Hao and Sun Yuan arrived, Sun Jing and Sun Ru had been waiting inside for a long time.
"Brother is here?"
Sun Jing was very happy to see his elder brother coming.
The two brothers have completely different development paths now. Sun Yuan is working as an official abroad and has not seen his brother for several years.
After sitting down.
Sun Jing took the initiative to toast Zhu Hao.
For nothing else.
He had known Sun Ru for a while. After discovering what Sun Ru was, Sun Jing sighed that Zhu Hao could train such a nerd to become a scholar. If he could learn from Zhu Hao, he might be as famous as Sun Ru.
In body.
It was rare to see Zhu Hao, so Sun Jing naturally wanted to "curry favor" with him.
Sun Jing said with a smile: "Brother, the wedding date of my younger sister and Zhu Hanlin has been decided. It will be on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. From now on, we will be a family."
Sun Yuan looked at his younger brother, puzzled.
From his understanding, although this younger brother usually behaves a bit absurdly, he does not belittle himself, but now he seems to be trying desperately to curry favor with Zhu Hao.
"From now on, you will all be my master uncle. This master uncle, please give more guidance to your students from now on." Sun Ru was fawning over Sun Yuan.
When Sun Yuan saw Sun Ru, he didn't like the person in front of him very much after just talking to him for a few words.
Just like Fan Yikuan's evaluation of Sun Ru back then, when normal people looked at Sun Ru, they felt that he had no chance of gaining fame and would not even treat him as a scholar.
In the eyes of a Jinshi like Sun Yuan, Sun Ru was more like an idiot who read and ruined his brain.
Sun Yuan asked smoothly: "Have you ever taken the merit examination?"
He thought Sun Ru might be a regular prisoner, since Sun Ru's clothes were quite bright.
Sun Ru said: "I failed the examination the year before last, and now I am just a candidate. I feel very ashamed."
When Sun Yuan heard this, he had the same idea as his younger brother. After spending a long time, he found out that this guy who looked very out of place was actually a civil servant. How did this person get the title of civil servant?
"you……"
Sun Yuan originally wanted to say a few words of encouragement, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know what to say.
Sun Jing laughed from the side and said: "This is all thanks to Zhu Hanlin's guidance...Brother, you may not know, but before Zhu Hanlin accepted this disciple, he didn't even pass the student examination, but in a few years he became a candidate."
…
Sun Yuan was relieved.
No wonder his younger brother was particularly fawning over Zhu Hao. He wanted Zhu Hao to give more advice so that he could have the opportunity to become a scholar and be promoted as quickly as Sun Ru.
Sun Yuan asked Zhu Hao: "Zhu Hanlin..."
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "You two are very polite, just call me by my name. My real name is Zhu Hao. I have been asking my mother and elders to give me my cousin's name recently."
"Zhu Hao, you have achieved fame at such a young age, do you have time to teach your disciples?"
Sun Yuan was very interested in Zhu Hao's past experience.
A young man passed the imperial examination at the age of twelve and won the first prize at the age of fourteen.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were many examples of young people who were able to pass the imperial examination, such as Yang Tinghe.
But Zhu Hao was the only one who could get the first prize at the age of fourteen.
At such a young age, he is going all the way in the imperial examination, so he should be focused on it.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "When I accepted him as a disciple, it was just a bet with Fan Xuezheng from Anlu Prefecture. I had no fame at that time, so we studied together and took part in the imperial examination together."
Sun Jing said in surprise: "I have never heard of this in the past...Fan Xuezheng's knowledge is very good. Didn't he...later teach the prince...his majesty in the palace?"
Zhu Hao said: "I was also studying in the palace at that time."
"oh?"
The Sun brothers all looked at Zhu Hao like they were sizing up monsters.
Sun Ru looked a little ashamed. It was obvious that he didn't want to mention the experience of being despised by Fan Yikuan, and he never mentioned this in front of Sun Jing.
Sun Yuandao said: "I only know that Zhu Hao, you are from a thousand households of Jinyiwei. Your father was once a member of Jinyiwei Baihu. I never thought that you would have the experience of studying in the palace. That... is quite magical."
"This star really wants to retire"
This shows that Sun Jiao did not fully inform his two sons about his future son-in-law.
Probably Sun Jiao also knew that Zhu Hao had a special status. If one less person knew about this kind of thing, there would be less trouble. If Yang Tinghe knew that Sun Jiao knew that Zhu Hao was the new emperor in advance, Yang Tinghe might not know what Yang Tinghe would think of this.
second marriage.
Could it be that your grandson Jiao was deliberately trying to join the new emperor's side, deliberately passing the buck, and then secretly cheating on Chen Cang?
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The ingredients are all here, and because Zhu Hao is here, someone who is familiar with how to eat it, there is no need for the waiter to come up and explain it.
Because the way to eat hot pot is relatively new, if the guests are new here, you can ask the waiter to explain it, but if there are regular customers, it is not necessary.
"...Brother, what do you think of the taste?" Sun Jing has obviously had hot pot before. He has met Sun Ru, and Sun Ru will definitely bring him over for consumption.
Sun Yuan didn't have any special preferences for food, and said, "It's quite special."
Sun Jingdao: "In the cold winter months, after eating such a meal, I immediately feel warm. I heard that there is a very spicy way to eat it, but I have never experienced it."
Chili peppers, called hot peppers these days, are native to South America.
Columbus discovered the American continent in the early years of Hongzhi. It has been more than thirty years since then. Peppers have been spread to the land of China, but few people grow them. They are mostly used as ornamental crops in coastal areas such as Guangdong and Fujian.
After Zhu Hao opened a hotpot restaurant, he felt that Zhuyu was not flavorful enough, so he sent people to the south to look for it and brought some seeds back to promote it in Huguang and Gyeonggi areas.
"I've been researching new ways to eat recently." Sun Ru mentioned.
Sun Jing asked in confusion: "How do you know?"
Sun Ru looked at Zhu Hao and suddenly felt that she was being overstepped, so she simply lowered her head and continued eating without saying anything.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "To be honest, this restaurant was opened down here."
The Sun brothers looked at Zhu Hao again like they were sizing up monsters.
"It's not good for an official to go out and do business casually. I just contributed part of the funds and hired a dedicated person to take care of the shop. I will get a bonus at the end of the year. As for this hot pot, I am trying my best to develop new ways to eat it and strive for success next year.
There are more flavors to eat. If you two have time in the future, please visit more often."