In the living room.

Sitting on the chair at the bottom, listening to Mrs. Wang explain the ins and outs of what he understood, Jiao Shun finally understood why she wanted to pimp him out.

It seems that Yongyi Boniu Jizong was quite skillful. He used the emperor's pressure to push him to the front as a shield, so he retaliated in the same way, hoping to use his special relationship with Rongguo Mansion to force himself

End in person.

It's a pity that individual excellence cannot cover up the overall weakness of the noble relatives. Otherwise, if there is a small group of top dignitaries who are willing to unite around Niu Jizong to advance and retreat with him, the officials will not dare to be as tough as they are now.

Of course, if the noble relatives are too united, it will not only be a headache for the officials.

"How about it? Do you have any countermeasures?"

Jiao Shunzheng was secretly analyzing the pros and cons, and Mrs. Wang couldn't help but urge him.

Normally, she would definitely not be so impatient, but when she thought of how Jiao Shun could not help but be crazy about love in front of Aunt Xue just now, and how he acted so calmly and distantly in front of her, she couldn't help but feel depressed.

The anger has lost its sense of proportion.

Jiao Shun was interrupted in his train of thought. He raised his head and glanced at Mrs. Wang. Seeing the unconcealed look of resentment on her face, he roughly guessed what she was thinking, but he had no intention of responding or appeasing her.

In terms of status, these two wives are naturally one of the few in the Rongguo Mansion, but in terms of appearance and figure, she ranks quite low among the women he has experienced, which is about the same as the Jin family and the Yang family who first got involved.

as if.

Originally, due to her status advantage, she could move up the ranking, but what Jiao Shun enjoys is the exciting pleasure of being a slave rider, not being ridden the other way around!

Besides, Aunt Xue may come out of the side room at any time, so it's not the time to flirt with Mrs. Wang.

Therefore, Jiao Shun decisively ignored her emotions and pondered for a moment before saying: "As long as Brother Bao is willing to do what I want, this matter is not inoperable."

As soon as Mrs. Wang heard this, she was overjoyed and her resentment was reduced by half. She comforted herself, "He is still willing to help me after all." So she immediately patted her chest and assured: "You can rest assured, in this matter."

, not just me, the old lady and the old..."

She suddenly paused mid-sentence, looked back at the side room, and then lowered her voice and said: "The old lady and Jia Zheng are also happy to see the success, so naturally they cannot tolerate Baoyu's chaos."

She deliberately avoided the title "Master" in front of Jiao Shun, firstly to show that the couple had been strangers for a long time, and secondly to imply that she was closer to Jiao Shun.

Jiao Shun naturally understood what he heard, and could not help but picture in his mind the scene of Mrs. Wang bowing down in front of him and respecting the master.

Needless to say, it’s quite touching!

If one day she could bring Mr. Xing, Aunt Zhao, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, and Jia Tanchun to a group visit, that would be even more...

"Brother Shun?"

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Mrs. Wang couldn't help calling softly.

And the sound of "Brother Shun" immediately broke Jiao Shun's fantasy, and he thought to himself that Mrs. Wang still owed some love, or in other words, some training.

But now is not the time to care about this. He nodded ambiguously and said: "In that case, I will ask the emperor for instructions in the next two days. If your majesty agrees, I will prepare a memorial and submit it in the name of Brother Bao. Maybe

You can use this to get a new level of advancement."

Although the emperor's love for Jia Baoyu probably made it possible, he would not be too confident.

Mrs. Wang naturally knew her son's advantages, and when she thought about how Baoyu was able to gain traction with the emperor because of Jiao Shun's plan, she felt 70% sure, but she still couldn't help asking: "I wonder what kind of memorial it is?

"

"When I figure it out, my wife will naturally know it."

This is not because Jiao Shun is being pretentious. Although he has a general idea in his mind, it still needs further improvement.

After chatting for a while, seeing that Aunt Xue was still hiding inside and not coming out, Jiao Shun chatted with Mrs. Wang for a few more words, then stood up and said loudly: "It's getting late, so you two ladies should go to bed earlier.

"

Hearing him suddenly raise his voice, Mrs. Wang naturally understood what he meant. She immediately turned around and shouted to the side room: "Sister, come out quickly, Brother Shun is leaving!"

Before she finished speaking, Aunt Xue walked out quickly, her big watery eyes staring straight at Jiao Shun, reluctant to leave but not knowing what to say.

Jiao Shun bowed his hands to her freely, took two steps back, turned around and left the living room.

Aunt Xue subconsciously chased to the door, watched Jiao Shun's back disappear into the night, and then lowered her head dejectedly.

When she looked up again after a while, she met Mrs. Wang's scrutinizing gaze. She shrank back with an inexplicable guilty conscience and said softly: "Sister."

"Look at you like this..."

Mrs. Wang, half panting and half curious, inquired: "Did he be rude to you just now in there?"

"Of course not!"

Aunt Xue hesitated for a moment and immediately shook her head as if, although she knew everything about Jiao Shun and Mrs. Wang, and even today's meeting was thanks to her, Aunt Xue was still embarrassed to describe the deep kiss just now to her.

She listens.

"No?"

Mrs. Wang's tone was full of doubts: "Then you hide in there and don't come out, and you don't open your mouth when you come out?"

"That's because, because..."

Aunt Xue hesitated a few words, then suddenly remembered the paper flowers in her hand, and hurriedly showed it to her sister like a treasure: "It's because he suddenly gave me this thing - didn't he say before that he had something important to do and would have to come later?

In fact, that’s what I’m doing.”

When she heard that Jiao Shun was delaying his time in order to make a gift for Aunt Xue with his own hands, the jealousy in Mrs. Wang's eyes became even stronger.

Although she gave her body to Jiao Shun mainly to get revenge on Jia Zheng, rather than to have any love for Jiao Shun - but she gave her innocent body and received far worse treatment than her sister, but it was still hard for Mrs. Wang to accept.

.

She took a deep breath, spread her hands and said, "What kind of treasure do I think it is? Show it to me."

Aunt Xue struggled for a moment before carefully placing the paper flower in Mrs. Wang's hand.

After all, Mr. Jiao is not a 'professional origami' person. If you look closely at this paper flower, you can see that there are many flaws and the craftsmanship is a bit rough, but you can see that it was just folded and that a lot of thought was put into it.

Mrs. Wang felt sour in her heart, but she heard Aunt Xue remind her with half shame and half joy: "Sister, look carefully, there are two lines of words written on the inside of the petals."

Following her prompts, Mrs. Wang opened the petals and took a closer look under the lamp. Sure enough, she saw the words "Eternity and eternity will eventually end, this love will last forever" in small Chinese characters.

Aunt Xue explained shyly and happily from the side: "He said real flowers fade easily, but these paper flowers can be preserved for a long time. It's just like his love for me..."

As she spoke, Aunt Xue lowered her head in embarrassment, thus missing the moment when Mrs. Wang's facial features were distorted.

For a moment, Mrs. Wang really wanted to tear up the paper flowers in her hand, crush them, and then burn them!

Although she finally endured it, the strength in her hands became a little stronger unconsciously, causing the flower path to twist and bend unnaturally.

"elder sister?!"

Aunt Xue accidentally saw this scene and was immediately shocked. She subconsciously wanted to snatch it, but she was afraid that the paper flowers would be damaged if she fought for it.

Mrs. Wang also reacted at this time, and hurriedly returned the paper flower to Aunt Xue, and said with a forced smile: "I have grown to this age, but I have never had a similar encounter."

After a pause, he shook his head and said: "There is no one who can even match two or three points."

Aunt Xue smoothed the flower path with great distress. After hearing her sister's words, she couldn't help but feel pity and sympathy for her sister, but she couldn't encourage Jia Zheng to copy the gourd - even if she could, she wouldn't do it.

After a long while, he could only say half helplessly and half proudly: "It's a pity that there is only one Chang Qing in this world."

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang immediately asked: "How about my sister give me half?"

"this?"

Aunt Xue was suddenly stunned. Is this even possible to share?

Besides, my sister has a husband!

Mrs. Wang saw that she had been stunned for a long time, unable to shake her mind, so she sighed and changed her words: "I was joking with you, but you took it seriously."

Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief and gave Mrs. Wang an angry look: "When did sister become so ungrateful?"

Mrs. Wang smiled and did not answer, but secretly gritted her teeth and swore: If you refuse to divide it, I will take half of it!

…………

Let’s talk about Jiao Shun.

It was already that hour, and he was too lazy to go anywhere else. After leaving the Xue family's old house, he returned to the new house. In the dead of night, he began to think about how to fight for the officials of Guozixue and Jia Baoyu.

First of all, the name "Guozi Xue" cannot be copied.

Jiao Shun thought for a while and wrote the three characters "Academy of Engineering" on the paper. Since there is an Academy of Engineering, academicians are indispensable.

The academician will be set to the fifth rank according to the doctorate of Guozixue. At that time, some middle-level officials with high moral integrity or who have presided over major national projects will be selected from the Ministry of Industry to serve - there is no way, there is currently no craftsman official who is qualified to jump to this level.

In terms of hierarchy, we can only dig a hole first and let the civil servants from the Ministry of Industry occupy it.

Moreover, this can also be an opportunity to win over the middle-level officials of the Ministry of Industry.

As for the sixth-grade Guozixue scholarship, it was changed to chief engineer, referred to as chief engineer, and was awarded to craftsmen who had provided major technical support in major projects.

Currently, all craftsmen are concentrated in the eighth and ninth ranks. In fact, there is a considerable distance from the sixth rank.

But as the saying goes, if you ask for a high price, you can pay it back on the spot. It is unlikely that the Ministry of Civil Affairs will let the officials of the Engineering Academy be as good as the Guozixue. When the time comes, it will be reduced to the seventh rank or from the seventh rank, which can just provide the backbone craftsmen like Liu Changyou with

The path to upward transition.

However, it is best for academicians to remain at the fifth rank, or at least at the fifth rank.
To be continued...