"Your Highness is wise." After hearing Li Rong's decision, Shangguan Ya immediately complimented her hand in praise, "Transferring is the most troublesome thing for the concubine right now, if Your Highness can help him solve it, he will definitely be grateful and happy when he finds out. With his concern, he opened his heart and went to Wushan with His Royal Highness to do good deeds."
"There's no need for the latter." Li Rong coughed lightly, "He's just happy, as for the rest," Li Rong thought about it, "Actually, what he said might not be bad."
"What does Your Highness mean?" Shangguanya was a little puzzled, Li Rong put her hands behind her back and smiled, "I have never had a good relationship with someone, but after looking at the portrait, I got married in a hurry, confused. Yes, I don't know how it would feel if the two fell in love, fell in love, and got married."
As Li Rong spoke, she turned to look at Shangguanya. Today's Shangguanya is smart and beautiful. Li Rong looked at her for a long time and smiled slowly: "You are not too young, don't look for others all day long, but also for yourself. Look, if you should, call me if you can't," Li Rong raised her eyebrows, "Bengong help you."
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness." When Shangguanya heard that Li Rong wanted to help her, she immediately said, "It's your business that is more important, the mere marriage, and your subordinates can solve it by themselves."
Li Rong nodded and didn't care any more. After all, this was Shangguanya's private matter, so she didn't pay any attention to it.
So she returned to Pei Wenxuan's transfer, thinking about a way.
For Pei Wenxuan to be transferred to the Ministry of Personnel, the first is that the Censor Station is willing to release people, and the second is that the Ministry of Personnel is willing to accept people. Shangguan Minzhi is the master of the Censor Desk, which is not difficult, but Wang Houwen is the master of the Ministry of Personnel. She has offended a lot of Wang's family before, and Pei Wenxuan wants to transfer it. So now the safest way is to find someone who can be in charge of the personnel department, and let Pei Wenxuan quietly enter a small position in the personnel department. When the decision is made, it will be difficult for Wang Houwen to know about it, and it will be difficult to drive Pei Wenxuan out.
Infiltrate the personnel department first, then get promoted, and then make plans.
But what Pei Wenxuan needs now is someone who is willing to secretly put his name on the personnel transfer list.
Li Rong thought about the name of the person who was in charge of the transfer of personnel inside and outside the personnel department this time, and made up her mind.
"strangeness."
Li Rong was thinking about Pei Wenxuan's promotion when she heard Shangguanya muttering. Li Rong raised her head and noticed that there seemed to be many scholars outside Huajing coming and going on the street. Some of them were asking for directions, some were While chatting, the accents from all over the world were mixed, filling the streets, so Li Rong couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Shangguanya also noticed this situation, she was a little curious: "It seems that there are a lot of scholars from other places recently."
"Do you know why?"
Li Rong turned to look at Shangguanya, and Shangguanya shook her head. Although she was proficient in the ways of the upper-class nobles, she didn't know much about the people below.
Li Rong is very familiar with the origins of these scholars: "The imperial examinations start in March and early February. Students and tributes from all over the country get to the Shangshu Province and report in the Shangshu Province."
This is a major event for the country in the latter part of her previous life.
"Then what are they doing here so early?"
"Naturally, there are other functions. In the imperial examination, not only the articles at the time, but also the usual articles can be submitted to the examiner. If the examiner likes it, even if the articles in the examination room are average, they can rely on the usual articles to enter the palace exam."
"But how do these ordinary students hand over their usual essays to the chief examiner? Are they handed to them in the exam room together?"
Shangguanya was a little puzzled, Li Rong looked to the side and saw that two scholars were discussing their experience of going to Su Mansion. She listened and explained to Shangguanya: "So they will come to Huajing ahead of time and deliver their documents to the mansion of powerful people who like to store poems. If they are valued, these powerful people will recommend him to the master at that time. examiner."
"Then," Shangguan Yasi pondered, "Actually, this imperial examination is meaningless."
"How do you say it?" Li Rong saw that Shangguanya seemed to have reacted, and Shangguanya curled her lips, "If it is recommended by the powerful, the examiner can add points as appropriate, and the children of the powerful will participate, aren't they all champions?"
"Children of nobles, why do they need to participate in the imperial examinations?" Li Rong laughed, "Children of aristocratic families are inherited from their ancestors and can be directly recommended for admission to the court. For example, Su Rongqing, didn't he go to the court with his grandfather to discuss politics at the age of twelve, does he need to participate in the imperial examinations? Therefore, most of the people who will take the imperial examination are ordinary people, or they are arrogant children to test their own weight.
Shangguanya listened to this and sighed, and Li Rong couldn't help but smile: "What are you sighing for?"
"His Royal Highness," Shangguanya said with emotion, "Fortunately, let's work hard when we are reborn."
The two chatted all the way, and Li Rong sent Shangguanya back to the mansion. After returning to the mansion, Li Rong turned around and instructed someone to investigate Liu Chunhang, the chief of staff.
After a series of matters were settled, she listened to Pei Wenxuan's return.
After Pei Wenxuan came back, he didn't go to see her first, but went around to the bathroom, washed a circle, and then came back.
Li Rong was approving the book, and when she saw him come in after changing clothes, she didn't lift her head, she only said, "Where is the concubine drinking the flower wine?"
"Your Highness is wronged."
Pei Wenxuan laughed, walked to Li Rong, and sat down cross-legged: "With Wei Chen, who is so daring to take me to drink flower wine?"
"This old dog in the court is very bold," Li Rong put aside the approved book, "Didn't I take you there before? It's not that I don't know."
"This time is different from the past," Pei Wenxuan leaned to the left and said with a smile, "Back then, when you took me to drink flower wine, at most Princess Pingle would go to His Majesty to complain, and His Majesty would give a verbal lesson, and privately. I'm afraid that His Highness will have to cultivate more women's virtues. But now take me to drink the flower wine," Pei Wenxuan grabbed a peanut from the plate and threw it into his mouth, "I'm afraid that the inspector will immediately go to his house to check. case, make trouble for yourself."
"Women," Pei Wenxuan said with emotion, "If you have money, you will become fierce."
"Why, I used to be gentle?" Li Rong raised her eyebrows to look at him. Seeing the warning in her eyes, Pei Wenxuan hurriedly said, "I am gentle now, especially gentle."
Li Rong was amused by him, and she didn't bother to be rude with him, so she only said, "Today are we going to talk about transfer?"
"Isn't it?" Pei Wenxuan sighed, "I spent all my time inviting people from the Ministry of Officials, and if they all pushed back and resisted, I could recite them."
"Concubine, it's not that we won't help you," Pei Wenxuan straightened up, imitating the appearance of those people, yin and yang strangely said, "This matter has to be done according to the rules, whoever is suitable at that time, who should be, who is. Concubine, Don't worry, just follow the rules."
After speaking, Pei Wenxuan gave a soft "bah": "These old dogs, they have a ghostly rule in their hearts, all they want is money. It's just that they dare not take my money."
"Or," Li Rong said tentatively, "Let me leave this matter to me?"
"You think I can't handle it?"
Pei Wenxuan turned his head and raised his eyebrows: "His Royal Highness," he was turning over, quite serious, "You can say that I am a bad person. But," Pei Wenxuan raised his finger to his head, "you can't call me stupid. "
"Then..." Li Rong cautiously said, "You can handle this yourself?"
"I'll do it myself."
Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and rolled up his sleeves, and said slowly, "You don't need to trouble Your Highness for a small matter."
"What if I want to be bothered?" Li Rong asked hesitantly, but Pei Wenxuan paused. This sentence entered Pei Wenxuan's mind, and he instantly analyzed the many motives of Li Rong's words.
What does it mean to want to be troubled, she hopes he can rely on her
Why do you want him to rely on her
is not it…
Pei Wenxuan reviewed all the clips they had gotten along with in his mind, and he suddenly realized that every time he was in trouble, Li Rong seemed to be a little bit nicer to him.
Pei Wenxuan couldn't help but think of what her grandmother said to his mother before: "When you get along with your wife, you have to learn to show weakness, you can do everything by yourself, and the other party can't do anything for you. Even if you are good, it is difficult for him to take you to heart. superior."
Translating this sentence, it is roughly that if everything does not require cost, naturally it will not be cherished.
In this way, is he usually too strong
If it is an ordinary woman, he is strong, and the other party may be happy, but Li Rong is used to being strong. Would he show weakness and make Li Rong happy
A bunch of thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, and Pei Wenxuan's movement of rolling his sleeves stopped for only a moment, then he laughed, continued to roll his sleeves over his arms, and said slowly: "Then how does Your Highness want to be troubled?"
"Why don't you leave this to me." Li Rong was excited and said happily, "I don't seem to have done anything for you. I will help you once. Make sure to do it properly!"
"it is good."
Pei Wenxuan smiled slightly and raised his head: "Then please, Your Highness. In fact, it is very difficult for me to handle this matter. It would be better if Your Highness could help."
Hearing that Pei Wenxuan said that it was difficult for him to get things done, Li Rong subconsciously ignored what he said before about "little things", and immediately became happy.
Seeing her happy, Pei Wenxuan raised his hand to stack the folds for her, then stood up and stretched out his hand to pull Li Rong: "Okay, it's so late, go to sleep."
Li Rong was pulled up by him and walked to the bed with him. After getting on the bed, Pei Wenxuan lowered the curtain, and Li Rong remembered. She turned to the side and looked at Pei Wenxuan next to her: "Did you drink today?"
"Nope."
Hearing her question, Pei Wenxuan also turned sideways and looked at her: "I can't drink now, I won't drink."
"Why don't you drink in this life?" Li Rong was a little strange. She remembered that Pei Wenxuan had both sides in the officialdom back then, and his alcohol intake was also learned by the boss. Pei Wenxuan got her questioning, and only said: "First, I don't want you to take care of me anymore, and it's troublesome for you to take care of me after drinking. Second, I cherish my life."
As Pei Wenxuan said that, he raised his hand and gently pulled the hair on Li Rong's face behind his ear, and said softly, "We both tossed our bodies a lot in the last life. How are you. I was coughing up blood while you lay in bed."
"I don't even know." Li Rong sighed, "You are too good at hiding it."
"As far as myself and the doctor know."
Pei Wenxuan's voice was gentle: "And it didn't take long for the two of us to leave together. I think if I'm still alive, it shouldn't be long. So in this life, we won't be tossing about, and we will live as long as we can with you. A little. I have to wait for you, in case my life is short, not waiting... "
"Don't talk nonsense." Li Rong didn't like what he said. Pei Wenxuan smiled and didn't say much. He thought about it, and seeing that Li Rong was interested in talking to him, he said, "Have you seen Lin Feibai today?"
"Well. I asked him to go to the southwest to join the army and make good achievements."
"Alright, I can't count on Qin Lin. Now he's exposed." Pei Wenxuan nodded. Li Rong thought for a while, then she suddenly said, "Pei Wenxuan, did you want a child in your last life?"
This made Pei Wenxuan stunned for a while. After a while, he said slowly, "I must have thought about it. Especially after that, every time I go home alone, I feel very lonely."
"You want boys and girls?"
Li Rong was a little curious, and Pei Wenxuan thought about it and replied, "It doesn't matter, it's almost the same. However, now I don't really want it anymore."
"Why?" Li Rong was surprised, Pei Wenxuan stared at her, and after a long time, he gently touched her forehead with his forehead: "I'm afraid that something will happen to you, so I don't want any, and I don't want to take any risk."
Li Rong lowered her eyebrows after hearing this. Pei Wenxuan looked at her appearance, raised his hand and took the person in his arms, and said gently, "Go to sleep."
Pei Wenxuan agreed to hand over the transfer to Li Rong, so he didn't bother to ask anymore.
Not worrying about the transfer, Pei Wenxuan took time off and set up a wooden tube at the entrance of the princess' mansion with the words "Naxian" written on it.
This wooden tube is called Naxian tube. Before the imperial examinations, if the Huajing Gaomen wanted to read the articles of scholars, they would set up a wooden tube at the door. The scholars could put their works in the wooden tube and sign them for the rich and powerful to read.
If you read the article of the scholar, you can invite people to the Fuzhong as a guest.
After Pei Wenxuan set up the Naxian tube, frequent gatherings began in the mansion. Every day when Li Rong went home, he could hear Pei Wenxuan talking about the current affairs with a bunch of scholars. Besides these scholars, some children of aristocratic families also came. Before the imperial examination, because scholars attended banquets everywhere, it was also the most popular period for chat banquets.
Sometimes Li Rong would sneak past and see a bunch of scholars in the room talking eloquently. Pei Wenxuan was wearing a white shirt with golden cirrus patterns and a jade crown. Putting one hand on his bent knee, he looked a little arrogant and unrestrained, but he smiled and observed the appearance of the person, and he was a little more calm and restrained.
Li Rong sneaked in at first, but just because of coincidence, she went to see Pei Wenxuan, bumped into it, and then saw so many people and thought it was not good to go in, so she quietly left.
But later she found out that every time she went there, she seemed to see a bunch of maids gathered at the door, secretly looking at the people inside.
Once in the past, she not only saw the maid, but also Shangguanya. She kept calm and pretended not to see it.
Later, she found that not only Shangguanya came, but all the noble ladies began to follow Shangguanya to the princess's residence. Every time Shangguanya's name was reported, a group of people hid in the garden to watch Pei Wenxuan talk. meeting.
This incident was exposed when Li Rong had a whimsical idea one day and wanted to see Pei Wenxuan, and as soon as he went there, he found that a group of familiar noble ladies followed Shangguanya in her yard.
She confirmed that this group of people had not been notified, but only the name of Shangguanya. She looked at it from a distance and confirmed that the eyes of these girls were all on the men in the talk, and most of them were in On Pei Wenxuan.
She walked over silently and gently kicked Shangguanya in the back. Shangguanya turned her head back angrily and whispered, "Go..."
Before she could finish speaking, she saw Li Rong looking down at her from a height, and Shangguanya stammered in fright: "You, you..."
"You come with me."
Li Rong directly grabbed Shangguanya's collar and dragged her away. After the two walked away, Li Rong put her arms around her chest and looked at Shangguanya, who lowered her head and dared not speak in front of her.
"Okay," Li Rong sneered, "Don't do anything, bring a group of girls to my house to see my concubine?"
"His Royal Highness," Shangguan Ya hesitantly said, "Actually, not all came to see the concubine..."
"I should thank you for letting him go?"
"His Royal Highness," Shangguanya took a deep breath, "Actually, this is also a strategy for us to win over people's hearts."
"With my concubine's face?"
"No," Shangguanya said immediately, "Your Highness, you must know that a good-looking man is not very lethal, but a group of good-looking and talented men is different. Especially this kind of sneaking feeling , if you don't believe me, I'll show you."
Li Rong listened to Shangguanya's words, was dragged by her, and followed her into the crowd suspiciously.
There were too many girls here, and everyone was hiding outside. Li Rong was a little embarrassed for a while. She didn't know why she wanted to come to see her husband and be so sneaky.
The most important thing is, why are those men shivering in the cold wind when they are so calm in the conservatory
She felt that the brains of these girls were broken, but she still wondered why Shangguanya's brains were so broken.
So she decided to follow Shangguanya to experience it.
Pei Wenxuan's chat banquet has been the most popular among families in recent days, so many people came today. Highmen like Su Ronghua and ordinary cold people like Cui Yulang are all in this hall.
Whether it is Su Ronghua or Cui Yulang, they are both famous and romantic figures in Huajing. Among them, Pei Wenxuan, dressed in plain clothes and jade crown, does not show any weakness at all. Whether he is sitting or standing, his posture is elegant and elegant, and he debates poetry. , are very proficient.
Today, he and Su Rong Huaqing are discussing the debate and discussing "li".
The two took their seats and fell on the ground. Pei Wenxuan raised his hand to signal to Su Ronghua to go first. Su Ronghua nodded and asked, "Li, law, but?"
"What is the law?" Pei Wenxuan asked calmly with a calm expression.
"Rule is the rule."
"What is the law?"
"Law is law."
"What's the difference between rules and laws?"
This question made Su Ronghua hesitate for a moment, and finally said, "The law is the rule, but the rule is not the law."
"Ritual is the rule, and the law is also the rule. Both are one of the rules, but they are not the same. If you violate the law, you will be punished by the government. If you violate the etiquette, you may not be punished. Therefore," Pei Wenxuan obeyed The tea was served, and he raised his eyes and smiled, "Etiquette is not the law."
His smile seemed to be radiant, Li Rong bent over and hid in the garden to look at him. For some reason, her heart beat faster.
She looked a little stunned for a while, but at this moment, there seemed to be a girl behind her who was too excited, and suddenly slipped her foot and rushed forward.
So they pushed one by one, and Li Rong was right in front of her. After being pushed like this, she threw herself out. She hadn't recovered from Pei Wenxuan's smile when she was pushed like this, and she just threw herself out.
Li Rong stumbled to the ground, everyone was startled, and looked at them collectively.
Pei Wenxuan was still holding a teacup, looked over with a pair of smiling eyes, and raised his eyebrows when he realized that it was Li Rong who fell to the ground.
Li Rong was stared at by so many people, and embarrassment filled her heart.
Fortunately, she was thick-skinned, so she tried her best to stand up with an elegant posture, and then she patted the dust with her demeanor and commented: "That's right, everyone."
Saying that, she waved her fan, walked into the crowd with a smile, and when she left, she kicked Shangguanya's leg behind her and pushed her.
Shangguanya sucked in a breath of cold air, but didn't dare to shout, so she limped over quickly.
Everyone watched Li Rong leave with a fan and swaying in the cold weather. At this time, a scholar finally reacted, turned to look at Pei Wenxuan, and asked in doubt, "Master Pei, who is the lady just now?"
Hearing this question, Pei Wenxuan turned around and smiled apologetically: "My wife is naughty, I'm just kidding."
As he said that, he took a sip of tea, remembering the look in Li Rong's eyes when he fell to the ground, and couldn't help but smile even more.
After Li Rong led Shangguanya away, she was finally able to get angry. She turned her head and pointed at Shangguanya with her fan.
"Is the concubine very handsome!" Shangguanya raised her hand and grabbed Li Rong's fan. Li Rong was choked by her question.
Shangguanya stared at Li Rong and said earnestly, "Your Highness, do you feel moved? A group of men watching together, it doesn't feel the same, right?"
Li Rong: "..."
"Have you checked Liu Hangchun?" Li Rong felt that it was pointless to entangle with a teenage girl. After all, Shangguanya was still young, and the girl was Huaichun, and she was like that when she was young. She didn't want to answer Pei Wenxuan's question of whether he was handsome or not, so she could only change the subject.
Shangguanya nodded: "I checked, and tomorrow I will deliver all the things you want to your table. Speaking of which, can you do me a little favor because I have worked so hard to help you?"
"You say." Li Rong nodded. As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Shangguanya took out a pile of colorful papers.
"His Royal Highness, can I trouble you to speak to the concubine and ask him to hand out these papers, and let the person who wrote the name on the paper write Braille on the paper. Write your name, write poetry, and write anything."
"Are you crazy?" Li Rong was shocked, "You asked me to ask Pei Wenxuan to do this?"
"His Royal Highness," Shangguanya said with a serious face, "My relationship with the ladies of the major families depends on you."
Li Rong didn't speak, she quietly looked at the paper Shangguanya was holding, and when she brought it over, she looked at the names on it, and finally she took a deep breath: "This name can't be signed in vain, five taels per piece of paper. silver."
"make a deal."
Shangguanya was happy. Li Rong stuffed the paper into her sleeve, and she went back to the room by herself.
In the evening, Pei Wenxuan's clearing session was almost over, and he went back to the house.
As soon as he returned, he saw Li Rong waiting for him in the house. Li Rong heard Pei Wenxuan entering the room, but when she thought about the afternoon, she felt a little embarrassed, so she didn't want to take the initiative to say hello. Pei Wenxuan stepped forward, sat opposite Li Rong, and said with a smile, "Your Highness?"
"You're back?" Li Rong didn't look up and continued to criticize the book. Pei Wenxuan smiled and stared at her for a while. Li Rong knew that he was looking at her, so she pretended not to have anything to do, raised her head, looked at Pei Wenxuan and said: "You've done a good job in this talk, can you see how many people you can use?"
"Of course there are. After all, there are many talented people on the Dragon Tiger List this year."
Li Rong nodded when she heard this, Pei Wenxuan smiled and looked at Li Rong looking for something to say, Li Rong was a little embarrassed by him, but she didn't show it, she just coughed lightly: "Then you Get in touch more."
"Of course," Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and twisted a peanut from Li Rong's plate, and said slowly, "How long has Your Highness been watching secretly?"
"It didn't take long." Li Rong retorted subconsciously, and then felt that there was something wrong with this direction, and quickly remedied, "I didn't look at you."
"Oh." Pei Wenxuan replied casually, and Li Rong remembered that she still had a task today, so she quickly softened her attitude: "Well, Pei Wenxuan, can I ask you a favor?"
"Your Highness, please speak." Pei Wenxuan rubbed the peanuts in his hand, and seeing Li Rong's expression a little embarrassed, he guessed that what Li Rong wanted him to help most likely had nothing to do with the business.
It had nothing to do with business, it should be private. Thinking of the way Li Rong looked at him during the day, and the fact that Li Rong had to help him with a series of actions before, he couldn't help but guess that Li Rong wanted to help him now, perhaps because of Like what he does.
For example, begging him for a word to copy
Thinking of this, Pei Wenxuan smiled even more, he tried his best to restrain himself, and then listened to Li Rong: "I know you literati, you can write well, see if you can..."
"Of course." Pei Wenxuan responded happily, "His Royal Highness wants to come..."
"Look at this stack of papers," Li Rong took out a stack of papers and flattered, "Can you send it down according to the name on the paper, and ask your friends to help you sign it?"