When Chen Fulin returned home, he locked himself in the study, and after a long silence, he took out a blank booklet and opened it, raising his hand to study the ink.
He dipped his pen in the ink, but he couldn't write the first word. Chen Fulin hesitated for a long time, but put down the pen.
Mrs. Chen felt that he was a bit strange recently, and she stayed in the study for most of the day today, so she couldn't help but came to him, "What's wrong, master?"
Chen Fulin lowered his eyes, put the blank book aside, shook his head and said, "It's nothing."
Mrs. Chen vaguely knew that he was angry about this promotion. She was already 80% sure that he would be promoted. She secretly finished the clothes and jewelry and waited for him to have a banquet after he was promoted. But now...
She was also full of regrets in her heart, and after sighing, she stepped forward and said: "Master, don't think too much, this time it won't work, we will wait for the next time, you are in your prime, and you have plenty of opportunities."
Chen Fulin's face was sullen, and he couldn't control his temper rarely: "I'm already past the age of knowing my destiny, when will I wait?"
Mrs. Chen paused and was speechless.
Chen Fulin lowered his eyes and said, "Tell me, how about I submit a letter to be an official?"
Mrs. Chen was stunned, and quickly stopped her and said, "No, sir, it's just that you haven't been promoted once, and there will be more opportunities in the future. If you become an official, what will our son do? He has just been released, and you will have to support him in the future." Back to Beijing."
Chen Fulin was sullen and speechless for a while.
He couldn't help but glance at Kongzhezi at the side again, and kept saying in his heart: She's right, he's really retired, and his son will also be affected in the future.
Didn't Zhuang Xun say that as long as he doesn't do anything, he won't pursue it anymore
Chen Fulin now believed in Zhuang Xun's character, and felt that he would not kill them all.
But Man Bao and Bai Shan Bai Cheng didn't know about his psychological changes, and began counting the days when Chen Fulin left the capital that night.
When Man Bao went to the palace to see a doctor the next day, his good mood was still maintained.
The queen took another comfortable nap, and when she woke up, she went to see Man Bao and Ming Da who were sitting and playing together.
Mingda saw his mother woke up, and immediately got up to salute.
The queen pressed her hands, pulled her back to sit on the couch again, waived Man Bao's gift, and asked with a smile: "What are you playing?"
Man Bao said: "Ming Da taught me how to play chess, she is really good."
Mingda pursed his lips and smiled, "My chess skills were taught by my queen mother."
The queen touched her hair with a smile, and said to Man Bao: "I feel that Mingda has a little more flesh on her cheeks in the past two days, and the imperial doctor said that her spleen and stomach are indeed stronger, thank you for the diet prescription. "
Man Bao smiled and said no thanks.
The queen said: "You should be rewarded for your merits. I don't think you are short of money. It's not good to always reward you with jewelry and cloth. What kind of reward do you want?"
Man Bao: No, she thinks jewelry and cloth are very good. Not to mention jewelry, the cloth can be directly used as money. The cloth that the queen gave her is very good, and a piece can be worth a lot of money.
Brother Wu had already asked about it, and she decided to save a little more, so that before the Chinese New Year many people would make new clothes and sell them, and she could make a lot of money.
But Man Bao was embarrassed to say that to the empress's shining eyes, so he said, "The empress can give me anything."
The queen smiled and said, "Then I'll give you a few posts."
Man Bao: "Post?"
The queen nodded slightly, and turned to look at Aunt Shang.
Aunt Shang went to the small study to fetch a few postcards, the queen took them and handed them to Man Bao, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow will be the Empress Dowager's thousand years, Your Majesty will invite all officials to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday in Wude Hall, don't you mean Two juniors, how about I give you a few posts, and you will come to the palace tomorrow to join in the fun."
Man Bao looked at the three posts in his hand in surprise, rolled his eyes and asked, "Has Your Majesty also agreed to let us enter the palace?"
The queen looked at her and said meaningfully: "I agree, but I think tomorrow is the Empress Dowager Qianqiu, and the most important thing for an old man to celebrate his birthday is celebration, don't you think?"
So tomorrow is not a good time to complain.
Man Bao nodded.
After looking at the three posts in her hand, she raised her head and asked, "Your Majesty, do you have any posts for Yin?"
The queen was puzzled, "Yin or?"
"It's the youngest son of Jing Zhaoyin's family."
The queen understood immediately, "It's Qilang from the Yin family. If he wants to enter the palace, he can go with his grandmother, but that child is always weak, and it seems that he has never entered the palace."
"He's much better."
Hearing what she said, the queen remembered what the Yin family had done over the years and the rumors outside recently, so she smiled at Aunt Shang: "Go get another post and give it to her."
The queen smiled and said: "Okay, this way, he can enter if he wants to, and he can't if he doesn't want to."
Man Bao smiled happily and rolled his eyes, "Thank you Empress Empress."
The queen shook her head with a smile, and said to her: "Your juniors are scholars, let them prepare well. This time, many students of Guozixue also participated. The queen mother likes to listen to people's poems and essays. When the time comes, they will perform. Those scholars must show their faces."
Man Bao understood that the emperor was paving the way for them to sue.
Man Bao nodded with a smile.
She happily left the palace with four letters, this time it was Ming Da who followed Aunt Shang to see her off and talked on the way.
She took out a silver ingot from her purse and gave it to Man Bao, and said with a smile: "I didn't know how the silver looks like this until you told me yesterday, this ingot is for you, please help me buy those bamboo dragonflies you mentioned."
Seeing the silver ingot, Man Bao was speechless for a while, she pushed it back and said: "Forget it, you can keep it yourself, isn't it just some toys, I'll give it to you."
She said: "One bamboo dragonfly is only three Wen. If you give me ten taels of silver ingots, I will use them to buy bamboo dragonflies, but they will not be able to find them."
Mingda was puzzled, "Why can't I find it?"
"Because ten taels of silver is too expensive."
Mingda has never been out of the palace since she was so old. She is not like her sisters. They have gone out a few times, but she has never been out because of her health. She only heard from them that it is fun outside.
Now that she has met a friend outside, she feels that going outside is even more fun, but she still has a lot of things that she doesn't understand.
Man Bao didn't know how to explain it to her, and said with a smile: "You will know when you go out to see it later, and then I will take you to visit the main street of the capital, and you will know how to use the money."
Mingda put away the ingot of silver, "Then it's settled, you can help me bring some in tomorrow."
Man Bao patted his chest and said, "No problem."
Seeing that they had finished talking, Aunt Shang sent Man Bao to the gate of the palace, watched her get into the carriage and walked away before turning back.