The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 464 Promotion (Third)

Xiao Heng went to the Hanlin Academy, and Ning Zhiyuan was already waiting for him in his office.

Seeing him coming, he stood up and walked towards him in a hurry, grabbed his arms, looked up and down and said, "Are you okay? I heard that you were captured by the assassin! Who is so hateful?!"

King Ning's crime of arresting Xiao Liulang was originally intended to be announced by the emperor, but was stopped by Empress Xiao and Princess Xinyang.

Although Princess Xinyang did not confess all the truth about Xiao Heng to Empress Xiao, Empress Xiao also understood that once news of King Ning's assassination of Xiao Liulang leaked, Xiao Heng's identity would no longer be hidden.

After all, no matter how you look at it, King Ning really has no reason to kill Xiao Liulang, unless there is something else hidden about Xiao Liulang's identity.

Xiao Heng said: "I'm fine. A sect in Jianghu caught me and wanted to extort some money. It has already been dealt with."

Shuangdaomen is not innocent, and has been taken over by the imperial guards long ago.

"Are you okay?" Ning Zhiyuan looked at him suspiciously, "I heard that your hand was also injured, show me."

The two elders look at this to be honest...

Ning Zhiyuan insisted, Xiao Heng stretched out his hand helplessly.

His injuries were mainly on the back of his hands and wrists, the palms of his hands had healed and no traces could be seen, Ning Zhiyuan looked at his white hand with several hideous scars intertwined, and couldn't help shaking his head: "It's such a pity that this hand, Can you still write?"

"Yes." Xiao Heng said.

Hearing this, Ning Zhiyuan was finally relieved: "Oh, you were really scared to death these days when you were taken away. At that time, I was thinking, did you get promoted so fast that you got in the way of some people? I even I also suspected Zhuang Yuheng! However, I met him several times, and he didn't look like a guilty conscience, so I dispelled my doubts about him. Then what kind of Jianghu sect leader doesn't have any brains? You, a poor boy from the countryside, can Do you have any money? Ah! Is it because the younger siblings have gotten rich? I heard that the business of Miaoshoutang has been very good recently. You should pay attention to it. If you have too much money, people will worry about it. It is best to hire some buddies who are good at martial arts. .”

"Hmm." Xiao Heng responded with a no-nonsense response.

The two sat down on both sides of the desk.

Ning Zhiyuan thought of something, suddenly smiled, and said: "However, this time you are a blessing in disguise, you don't have to participate in the monthly assessment. Wang Xiuzhuan failed the examination this time, and was severely reprimanded by Mr. Han. I will be demoted to an editor."

"What about you?" Xiao Heng asked.

Ning Zhiyuan said quite proudly: "I'm ordinary, I'm only the third, and the first is Zhuang Yuheng."

It wasn't just their newly recruited Imperial officials who were assessed together, the old Imperial officials also participated in the assessment, except for Mr. Han and the attendant, who were the testers and graders.

It is not surprising that Ning Zhiyuan and Zhuang Yuheng are at the top.

They are imperial examination candidates who have just experienced Qiu Wei and Chun Wei, and their examination skills are still at their peak.

The Hanlin officials ranked behind them are not necessarily less talented than them, but they are not as good at exams as they are.

"But it's a pity." Ning Zhiyuan frowned suddenly.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Heng asked.

Ning Zhiyuan said: "Didn't Yang Shidu leave? His official position is vacant, and it is said that someone will be promoted. Now Zhuang Yuheng's voice is very loud."

Zhuang Yuheng is the grandson of Mrs. Zhuang, he is the second place in the new division this year, and he took the first place in the assessment. Except for his only shortcoming of lack of qualifications, he is almost impeccable.

He even went to Chen Guo as a hostage instead of the prince, and he was a hero of Zhao Guo.

In the afternoon, the Imperial Academy really announced the good news that someone had been promoted to attendant.

But it was not Zhuang Yuheng, but Xiao Liulang.

"It's yours!" Ning Zhiyuan patted Xiao Heng's shoulder excitedly.

Xiao Heng also didn't understand why the official post of attendant fell to him, although he did intend to fight for it earlier, but after being injured, he pretended to disappear for half a month, and then recuperated at home for ten days, and even missed an assessment.

At that time, he estimated that it was not his turn to take the position of attendant this time.

"Liulang, congratulations!" Ning Zhiyuan said sincerely.

Xiao Heng said to him: "Congratulations to you too."

Ning Zhiyuan was also promoted, from a sixth-rank editor to a regular sixth-rank editor, who happened to be Xiao Liulang's post.

Ning Zhiyuan cleared his throat: "Ahem, I accept your official position, but I won't accept your house value."

Being so close to the toilet, the hot weather would kill him!

It's better for him to stay in his own room!

Xiao Heng moved to Shidu's valet room. Yang Shidu had stayed here before, but he didn't stay for long, and because he left in a hurry, everything that should be cleaned up was taken away.

It is a clean and empty room.

After becoming a servant, in addition to the change in the value of the house, the salary was also raised from 5 taels a month to 8 taels a month. Respect, a charcoal respect in winter, you can ask for things, and you can also convert them into coins.

Generally speaking, the Hanlin Academy is a Qingshui yamen, not as lucrative as the Six Departments, but after a long experience in the Imperial Academy, people will look up to them wherever they go.

The ministers of the cabinet were all from Hanlin background, Yuan Shoufu, Zhuang Taifu, even Lao Jijiu, Zhuang Xianzhi, and Dean Li were all without exception.

Among them, Yuan Shoufu sat all the way from Xiuzhuan to the position of a bachelor of the fifth-rank Hanlin Academy. Later, he was implicated in an incident and was demoted to a poor land. He returned to Beijing five years later and entered the cabinet as a secretary of the seventh rank. All the way to become the first assistant of Zhao Kingdom.

The rest chose other government offices after leaving the Imperial Academy.

Ning Zhiyuan came over to help him move things.

Outside the door, several Hanlin officials walked by, and their conversations also came in.

"Have you heard? King An is going to be transferred to the cabinet?"

"Who did you hear that from?"

"He heard Master Han's conversation with Prince An."

"You're still eavesdropping on Mr. Han's corner!"

"No, I was passing by! I overheard it by accident! Mr. Han said, don't delay your studies when you go to the cabinet. The fundamentals of governing the country are all in these books."

The original words are definitely not the case, but it is not easy for people to ask questions when they see that he is deliberately covering up. After all, knowing too much about something may not be a good thing.

The few people walked away quickly, and the conversation gradually disappeared.

Ning Zhiyuan suddenly realized: "I mean, why didn't he argue with you anymore? I'm afraid he found a better place to go."

What is the purpose of their entry into the cabinet? Isn't it just to hope that they can enter the cabinet in the future and become the assistant ministers of the court? No matter how bad it is, going to the Liubu Yamen is also very good.

Those who really want to stay in the Hanlin Academy for a lifetime are probably very rare.

Xiao Heng didn't speak.

This should be what Zhuang Taifu meant. It is a bit far-fetched to enter the cabinet with Zhuang Yuheng's qualifications. It is estimated that Zhuang Taifu felt uneasy about the attitude of Zhuang Taifu in the matter of King Ning.

He no longer trusted Queen Mother Zhuang wholeheartedly, and he wanted to hold more power in the hands of the Zhuang family.

In the current cabinet, the two secondary assistants are his people, and half of the six cabinet scholars are also his people. If one is added to the Anjun King, after Yuan Shoufu abdicates in the future, the cabinet will be completely controlled by the banker.

Seeing Xiao Liulang's pensive face, Ning Zhiyuan thought he was lost, and quickly patted him on the shoulder to comfort him: "Liulang, don't be discouraged, you will be able to enter the cabinet one day!"

Xiao Heng wasn't thinking about joining the cabinet, he was thinking about whether that old Mr. Zhuang had gone to poke his aunt's heart again.

royal palace.

The emperor and Empress Dowager Zhuang went down to the direction of Renshou Palace together.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang sat on Feng Huan, cast a strange glance at Di Huan beside her, and said puzzledly, "Your Huaqing Palace is over there."

The emperor said shamelessly, "I'm going to have dinner in my mother's harem."

Empress Dowager Zhuang pondered for a moment, then hummed.

Emperor: The queen mother did not refuse!

After dinner, the Empress Dowager Zhuang said to the emperor, "Come to the study."

"Is the queen mother looking for sons and ministers?" After entering the study, the emperor asked.

Empress Dowager Zhuang said solemnly: "The Ai family has considered it. The emperor has been in power for many years. It is time for the Ai family to return the power of government to the emperor."

The queen was startled: "Why did the queen mother say such a thing?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang sighed: "From tomorrow onwards, the Ai family will no longer listen to politics behind a curtain."

A sentence flashed in the emperor's mind----Is the fun of going up and down with the queen mother gone! ! !

"Queen!"

The Empress Dowager Zhuang glanced at him lightly: "Didn't you always hope that Ai's family would not go to the Golden Luan Hall anymore? It's as you wished, why? Are you not happy?"

"That was in the past," the Emperor muttered.

After the truth about Concubine Jing came to light, he realized that he had misunderstood his mother all these years. The queen had countless opportunities to kill him, but the queen never did it.

On the contrary, it was him who framed his mother again and again, and even infected her with leprosy. If it wasn't for the little genius doctor, he would probably live in regret for the rest of his life.

Besides, putting aside emotional factors, the queen mother is indeed more courageous and cunning than him.

Empress Dowager Zhuang sighed quietly: "Ai's family is old, and it's time for a few days of leisure."

The emperor's face darkened: "Queen, you actually want to go to Bishui Hutong to play cards!"

Still don't take his kind!

Empress Dowager Zhuang: "...cough, is it that obvious?"