Zhou Laoda knew that the father-in-law had come to announce the decree, so he asked them to get ready this morning before his father had eaten. "Go to each room and notify them to go to the front yard to receive the decree."
After giving his instructions, Zhou Laoda walked towards the main house. The door to his parents' room was open. His mother was writing and knocking on the door. "Mom, the officials and eunuchs from the palace have come to announce the imperial decree."
Zhulan put down her pen and looked at the small wooden box at hand. She pursed her lips and was not happy. She had three houses and held the small box. "Let's go."
Zhulan took two steps and paused, "Wait a moment."
Zhou Laoda watched his mother take out fifty taels of silver from her purse and stuff it into the purse. She handed the purse to Zhou Laoda and said, "Give the purse to your father later."
Boss Zhou took the purse and said, "Hey."
This is for my father-in-law. I took a deep breath. Fifty taels!
Zhulan took Li and others who were waiting in the backyard to the front yard, where Zhou Shuren had been chatting with his father-in-law for a while. Because Zhou Shuren was the first one to be summoned yesterday, his father-in-law was particularly polite to him.
Seeing that everyone was present, the eunuch took the imperial edict. Zhou Shuren and his family knelt down to receive the edict. The eunuch said, "The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, says that the wife of the Lizhou Prefecture governor, Ms. Yang... ... hereby gives you as your wife, a seal made on April 16, the 14th year of the Yongzhi reign."
Zhulan was really stunned. She just glanced at the official carrying something, which was clearly Zhou Shuren's official uniform. She didn't expect it was an imperial edict for her. One to five ranks were imperial decrees, and six to nine ranks were imperial orders. She was an imperial decree, and she would be able to receive a salary in the future.
Zhulan followed Zhou Shuren to express her gratitude, and soon realized that the emperor was shameless enough to take away the three houses, so she took the initiative to give her the imperial edict.
Zhou Shuren helped Zhulan up. He had cursed the dog emperor a lot in his heart yesterday, but today he was in a good mood. The official said that his official uniform and Zhulan's imperial uniform were put away. Zhou Shuren took out his purse and stuffed it into the eunuch's hand, "Thank you for your hard work today."
The eunuch who announced the decree pinched the light and fluttery thing, and his smile deepened, "Master Zhou is too polite."
Zhou Shuren became unhappy again when he saw that his father-in-law had no intention of leaving after the imperial decree was announced. He was also waiting for the title deed to the house!
Zhulan cursed in her heart, but smiled as she took the box and handed it to Zhou Shuren, who then handed it to the eunuch, who smiled even more deeply, "I'm going back to the palace to report."
Zhou Shuren stood up to see him off. He did not look at the eunuch with tinted glasses. If it wasn't for the fact that his family was poor and he was forced to do so, who would be willing to be a eunuch? Besides, the emperor spoke very quietly when he talked about changing houses. Although the eunuch was young, he must be a confidant of the emperor, so there was nothing wrong with seeing him off personally.
The eunuch was very pleased and thought to himself that Lord Zhou was indeed a smart man as Eunuch Liu said. "Lord Zhou, please stay."
Zhou Shuren stood at the gate, "Please come in, eunuch."
Zhou Shuren waited until the officials and eunuch left before returning to the courtyard, where he saw Zhulan touching the imperial robes. However, there were too many people at home, and she was unable to say anything.
Zhulan likes the husband with imperial edict very much. She just took a look at the size and it is her size. Zhulan is speechless. The emperor must have set his eyes on the house a long time ago, so the imperial edict clothes are ready. He really has calculated people to the core. No wonder the emperor was able to stabilize the government quickly after he became emperor. With this plan, she sympathizes with the princes.
Li's hand was eager to touch the imperial husband several times. Zhulan saw Xiaopang's hand stretched out and then retracted with a smile in her eyes, "If you want to touch it, touch it."
Li's hands quickly moved and she touched it with both hands, "Mother, this is the imperial robe, so gorgeous and beautiful."
The most beautiful dress she had seen so far.
Zhulan also thought it was beautiful, but the clothes were too complicated and she could only wear them when she entered the palace. Zhulan was stunned. Yes, she could enter the palace because she had the imperial edict. Her knees!
Li didn't dare to touch her any more and withdrew her hand in surprise, "I won't have a chance in this life."
Boss Zhou: “… … ..”
His wife always stabs him in the heart!
Zhulan laughed, "You still have a chance. The imperial decree is not just for wife, but also for mother. You can wait for Mingyun to ask for the title for you."
Li's dim eyes brightened again, "Yes, I can still count on my son."
After saying that, he looked at the head of the family with some disdain in his eyes.
Boss Zhou: “… … ..”
There is something I don’t know whether I should say this or not, the son is also his, without him, Li could have given birth to him herself!
Zhou Shuren still had a headache. There was nothing good about his official uniform. He had already understood this in the court yesterday. Thinking of the contents of the imperial edict, well, he said he forgot something. Oh no!
Because the imperial edict has been issued, those who announced the edict have already left the capital yesterday, and they, the Jinshi candidates, only have seven days to prepare. They must set off after seven days, and they are not even given time to go back and worship their ancestors!
Zhou Shuren's face, which was already a little painful, was now twitching even more and his expression looked particularly ugly. Well, what a trap! Oh, yes, he drank too much yesterday and had not sorted out the names of people and places he had memorized. The more his head hurt, the more he seemed to have forgotten some of them.
Zhou Shuren was even more upset when he saw the mess in the room. "Okay, go do what you need to do."
The bustling house suddenly became quiet, and everyone went about their business.
Zhulan and the others left, and pulled Zhou Shuren over to sit down, "My head hurts."
Zhou Shuren, "Yes."
He had a lot of things to do and felt that time was running out, so he said to Zhulan, "Pack your luggage. We will leave for Lizhou City in seven days."
Bamboo orchid, "... "