Jiao Fang beat Xu Yi into despair with his usual method of not being the rightful heir. Then Ma Wensheng, the Minister of History, did not ask any more questions. He stood up and said that he was going to report the matter to the emperor and announced the end of today's matter.
No matter how unwilling Yi was, he did not dare to argue in the lobby of the official department. He could only give Xu Xun an angry look, and then angrily walked away. Xu Xun helped Xu Liang up, but did not leave immediately.
, but looked at the side hall next to it. Sure enough," the next moment, someone rushed out in a hurry, but it was not Zhu Houzhao he thought, but Liu Jin with a smile on his face.
, "The three pavilion elders are all inside, and their faces don't look good. Zhang Yong and I tried our best to persuade him, so His Highness finally didn't come out. You don't know, His Highness was so anxious just now that he was complaining vigorously.
Why don't you make good preparations?" Liu Jin whispered a few words, then glanced sideways at Jiao Fang, who had made great achievements today, and then raised his voice slightly, "Fortunately, Master Jiao's final words made it final.
The big picture.”
At this time, the other doctor and the doctor from the Literary Selection Department had already left, but Jiao Fang deliberately stayed behind. She pricked up her ears to listen to what Liu Jin said to Xu Xun, but she could only hear the last sentence clearly.
Although he was overjoyed, he was also a veteran official for many years, and his face remained calm. It was not until Liu Jin returned to the side hall that he walked forward slowly and stuffed Xu Xun's hand as he passed by.
I sent a letter but didn't say a word.
After leaving the official office, Xu Xun, who had not said a few words since he came to the court, finally couldn't hold it in any longer. Before he even got in the car, he asked in a low voice: "Xun'er, why does Mr. Jiao want to help us?"
Talk? What did he push into you?"
"Dad, Jiao Fang and Ma Wensheng have never dealt with each other. If they help us this time, they are probably just drunkards who don't care about drinking."
Xu Xun helped Xu Liang get on the carriage and deliberately said these words in front of Jin Liu. Seeing that his face was looking at his nose and heart, as if he hadn't heard anything, he gently put his hand on his shoulder.
"One ride"
He got on the carriage without saying anything. When the door closed outside, he lowered the curtain again, then lowered his head and took out the letter from his sleeve. After taking out the letter, he handed it to Xu Liang, signaling him to read it first.
Xu Liang was still a little hesitant at first, but when he saw Xu Xun's calm face, he hurriedly reached out to take it and read it carefully. In just a moment, his expression changed, and he actually picked up the letter.
Kneaded into a ball.
, "It's too much to bully others!"
, "Dad, what was written in the letter?"
Seeing Xu Xun bending down, he was about to pick up the paper ball. But Xu Liang grabbed his son's shoulders, and after a long while he said in a difficult voice: "Don't pick it up, it's all nonsense."
Realizing that the hand pressing his shoulder was unusually strong, Xu Xun's heart skipped a beat. How could he believe this far-fetched explanation? He moved his foot to pull the paper ball in front of him, then lowered his head to pick it up, and unfolded it little by little.
After just a brief glance from the beginning to the end, he understood the reason for his father's gaffe, so he pinched the piece of paper and then turned his head to look at Xu Liang.
, "Dad, what else can't be said between you and me? Not to mention how well known Jiao Fang is to both the government and the public, don't you think that someone who has been an official in the capital for more than ten years can have friendship with my former father?
strangeness?"
What's more, I have already used this trick once, Jiao Fang, you are using it again in front of me now." Isn't that just trying to imitate others? Xu Xun secretly slandered him while speaking, but continued as if nothing had happened: "He helped me today.
In addition to not having to deal with Ma Wensheng, for the sake of His Highness the Crown Prince, we left this letter just to remind me not to get carried away. He can promote us and let Dad successfully attack Xing'an Bo.
But we can also tell the outside world that I am not your biological son and let us fall."
Xu Liang hadn't hung out at this level for many years. When he heard Xu Xun's explanation, his face couldn't help but look a little ugly. He didn't even care that Xu Xun had no respect for the big shots in the court like Ma Wensheng and Jiao Fang.
They always called him by his first name. After a long time, he sighed worriedly, tightened his grip on Xu Xun's hand, and said nothing more.
Jin Liu, who was driving outside, was listening to the conversation in the carriage that was hazy, but he could still pick up some clues, but his face was serious. The way he sat upright didn't look like he was driving, but rather like he was about to go to the execution ground.
, but his louder and louder shouts as he turned and crossed the alley clearly showed the joy in his heart. Therefore, even if Xu Xun got out of the car at the intersection of Fengcheng Hutong, he ordered him to get out of the car first.
Xu Liang sent it back, and he wisely didn't ask a word.
In the past, he was just a concierge from a run-down family. After a while, he will be a member of the Earl's Palace!
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The Lige Old Hutong in Yongfang was named after Li Dongyang, a scholar of Wenyuange who was given the title here. Although his ancestral home is Chaling, Li Dongyang was a native of the capital. He became famous in the capital as a child prodigy at the age of four.
He became a Jinshi at the age of eighteen and entered the Imperial Academy in his early twenties. His official career has been smooth and smooth. Although he is only the second assistant now, everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before Liu Jian, who is more than ten years younger than Liu Jian, takes over as the first assistant.
Since joining the cabinet, Li Dongyang spent most of every month taking turns with Liu Jian and Xie Qian in the direct room of the cabinet in the palace. In addition, from time to time there were all kinds of urgent matters that needed to be dealt with by friends, so the days when he went home to spend the night were few and far between.
Countable. Therefore,
Even though it was a day when Li Dongyang should take a rest, the family members did not have any expectations. On the contrary, the cars and sedans waiting in Lige Old Alley in front of the door did not give up and did not gradually disperse until the evening. Just a few old family members
As usual, when I came out to hang a lamp in front of the door, a sharp-eyed man saw a mule cart slowly driving past from a distance. When he took a closer look, he discovered that it was his master's cart.
Suddenly the news came in, and Mrs. Zhu, who had thought that her husband would never come back, was naturally overjoyed. She hurriedly ordered the kitchen to cook more delicious home-cooked dishes, and immediately left the main room and called for dinner.
Li Zhaofan welcomed them out together. Before the mother and son reached the second door, she saw Li Dongyang, who was wearing a sky-blue shirt after the rain, had already come in, and she had to take a few steps forward.
"The master is back."
"Meet daddy."
"It's already late autumn, it's cold in the morning and evening, why does Madam need to come out in person?" Li Dongyang helped Madam Zhu, and then nodded gently to Li Zhaofan. After asking a few questions about family matters and homework, he learned that Li Zhaofan had already had dinner, so he
He said in a deep voice, "Go back and review the books you have read recently. I will test you later."
It wasn't until Li Zhaofan bowed and left as he was told that Li Dongyang and Mrs. Zhu walked side by side to the main house. Along the way, they only casually asked about the visitors these days. It was learned that most of them came to see and do business and give gifts, and Mrs. Zhu didn't see any of them. Only
Several of his old disciples left messages, and he nodded slightly.
"Thank you, madam. I have a day off tomorrow, and I will send people to send posts to various places. There has been no cultural gathering at home for a long time."
, "The master is thinking about government affairs when he is outside, and he is thinking about literary meetings at home. He is too busy! It's Zhaofan's business. In addition to your homework, don't forget to bring him out more when meeting guests, etc.
."
When Mrs. Zhu said this, Li Dongyang's face suddenly froze. He actually thought of his biological son Li Zhaoxian, who was as young and talented as himself, but died young. Then he nodded slowly. He returned to the main room and saw the people in the kitchen.
Before the food was served, he took the opportunity to chat with his wife. When he learned that his wife had gone to Lingji Palace today, he smiled and was about to make a joke when Mrs. Zhu talked about the encounter she had at Lingji Palace.
I fell in love with an interesting girl. From the moment we first met, the conversation suddenly changed: "She just came from Nanjing, so I kept her talking for a while, and then I unknowingly mentioned the previous incident.
A case that caused a sensation in Jinling."
, "Is this the Zhao Qin case?"
Of course Li Dongyang knew about the contest between officials and eunuchs. As a minister of the cabinet, he would not be like those scientific officials who only wanted to defeat one after another, but Zhao Qin's matter
It was the turning point of victory or defeat before, of course he knew it well. At this moment, listening to Mrs. Zhu talking about what he had heard today, he was still casual at first, but in the end because the details were far richer than the memorial in Nanjing, he gradually became more attentive. In the end
Although the food had been laid out, he had no intention of using it. Fortunately, Mrs. Zhu had a very good memory, and even Shen Yue's retelling of Xu Xun's questioning of Zhao Qin was almost word for word. Li Dongyang, on the other hand, had no intention of using it.
After Mrs. Zhu finished speaking, he sat down at the table absentmindedly.
Although he and Liu Jian and Xie Qian were observing the scene in the official court today and could not see the expressions of those people, they could roughly tell a rough idea just by listening to those words. Jiao Fang made those earth-shattering words.
, although Xu Yi argued for a long time, in the end he could not produce any other decisive evidence, so the battle between concubine and concubine became a battle between elder and younger, and the outcome was already clear.
That would be enough, but Liu Jian and Xie Qian were very wary of Jiao Fang's sudden surprise attack. As soon as they returned to the cabinet, Xie Qian said that Jiao Fang's move was aimed at inviting the prince to favor the upright Liu Jian.
Xie Qian almost sent him a secret tip to clear out the earldom of Xing'an, but Xie Qian planned to secretly tell Jiao Fang to flatter the prince for unexpected reasons, but he finally managed to persuade him temporarily.
There is no need to turn a small matter into a big one. What's more, the character of the Xu family and his son should be good now, especially Xu Xun who was able to cross-examine Zhao Qin with such harsh words in Yingtianfu Yamen until he vomited blood.
, in the court today, he did not say a single bad word, but he had a kind heart, which is extremely rare.
"Master, master?"
Hearing these two sounds, Li Dongyang suddenly came back to his senses. When he looked down, he found that he had been plucking the chopsticks in the empty rice bowl for a long time. He immediately smiled awkwardly. He put down the bowl and stood up to talk to his wife again.
After a few sentences, I went out to the study room and hurriedly wrote an article in handwriting at the desk.
He sealed it with an envelope, took out a silver medal given to him by the emperor, and sealed it with the bell. Surprisingly, it was a secret message sent directly to the emperor. However, just when he put down his pen,