"Yes, the staff will have a day off tomorrow, and I plan to go there the day after tomorrow." Facing Yinzhen's question, Li Wei remembered Ling Ruo's words, raised his head and glanced at Yinzhen carefully, hesitating whether to speak.
His behavior was noticed by Yinzhen, who looked at Li Wei with interest and said: "With your political achievements in Jiangyin County, the performance appraisal of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is not a problem, what else do you want to say?"
Seeing Yinzhen asking questions, Li Wei bit back and said, "I want to stay in the capital and serve. Is that possible?"
"Why?" Yinzhen only had two simple words, but Li Wei felt an invisible pressure pressing on him, and the atmosphere in the study instantly became solemn.
Yinzhen was born in the Tian family and was a prince, and he had been in the prince's position for many years. He had the aura of a superior person, which made Li Wei's hands on the ground tremble slightly.
Later, he was taken into the palace by the prince and had the honor to serve Fujin.
In my heart, the prince and Fujin are both my masters and my relatives. I originally wanted to serve you two for the rest of my life to repay your great kindness. However, the prince was kind and allowed me to serve as an official. In the past six years, my servant has not been able to live with me for a day.
I don’t miss being able to come back to serve the prince and master."
"Now, you are an official of the imperial court and no longer a servant of the palace." Yinzhen's voice contained no emotion or anger.
Li Wei kowtowed hard and said in a deep voice: "I will never dare to be that ungrateful person."
It was so quiet in the study that you could hear the sound of your own heartbeat, "plop" and "plop", as if it was about to pop out of your throat at any time.
After a long time, Yinzhen's voice sounded again, "I heard that when you were in Jiangyin, you offended your brother-in-law, the prefect of Changzhou, and the prefect was very dissatisfied with you, right?"
Li Wei was suddenly shocked. He didn't expect that Yinzhen even knew about this. He didn't even mention it in front of Ling Ruo so as not to worry her. The reason why he just said that he wanted to stay in Beijing in front of Yinzhen was because
Firstly, it is exactly as explained, and secondly, in the past year, the prefect has been in trouble because of his brother-in-law.
Regarding his son's affairs, he believed that Li Wei would not betray his reputation as a Shangguan, but would cause trouble for him everywhere, which would make it difficult for him to be as comfortable as before. If he continues like this, it will be difficult for him to get ahead, and it will be difficult for him to get ahead when he returns to the capital.
An excellent way out, after all, Prince Yinzhen is here.
"Slave deserves to die!" He knew that his little thoughts had been seen through by Yinzhen, and Yinzhen hated other people's lies and deception the most, so he did not deny it and just confessed.
Yinzhen knew that the prefect was a disciple of Lao Jiu, and he was somewhat capable, but he was petty-minded and extremely protective of his shortcomings. He had caused quite a few troubles over the years, but with Yinzhen behind him, no one would dare to touch him.
His fingers tapped lightly on the Spring and Autumn Annals, and each beat struck Li Wei's heart like a drum. He anxiously awaited his next fate.
Suddenly, the sound of "knock knock" stopped. Just when Li Wei was as nervous as a string, Yinzhen's voice slowly came from above his head, "You must stay in Beijing if you want. Recently, there is a vacancy for a foreign minister of the Criminal Department.
But I would rather you practice for a few more years. As for the governor of Changzhou, I looked through his files and found that he has been in office for seven or eight years, so it’s time to move on."
Although Yinzhen doesn't care about the personnel department, what his status is, even Zhang Tingyu has to weigh his words, not to mention that just transferring someone is not a big deal.
"Slave, I obey." Although he failed to achieve his goal, Li Wei was relieved to move a big mountain above his head, and he quickly kowtowed and agreed. However, Yinzhen's words were not finished yet, "It's a good job. If you are still excellent in the official assessment after three years,
Then come back to Beijing."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Wei was completely relieved this time. No matter how stupid he was, he could tell that Yinzhen was planning for him. Although the capital was good, there were a lot of sixth- and seventh-grade officials in the capital.
It is said that he is a crucian carp crossing the river; given his current situation,
, at most one can fill up a sixth-grade official position. It is too difficult to advance step by step. Maybe you will only be a fourth- and fifth-grade official until you are sixty or seventy years old. But if you gain more experience outside and have certain achievements, then you can be transferred to the capital.
Then the chances are much greater.
It's not that Yinzhen refuses to promote him, but he hopes that he can make a more stable career and have more room for expansion in the future.
When Li Wei came out of the study, it was almost noon. When Li Wei arrived at Jing Si Ju, the table was already full of dishes covered with silver lids. Ling Ruo was chatting with Xiao Cui, and Hongli beside him from time to time.
Peel a grape or longan and hand it to Huzi, just like an older brother.
Seeing Li Wei come in, Ling Ruo stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, everyone is here, let's start the banquet."
Following her words, a servant immediately came in and lifted the silver lid covering the dishes to keep them warm. The aroma instantly filled the whole room, making people's appetites whet their appetites. The young tiger couldn't hold it back and couldn't help but
He kept swallowing his saliva.
After everyone sat down, Ling Ruo picked up the filled wine glass and said to Li Wei and his wife: "When you got married, my master was far away in the capital and could not come to congratulate you. Now I will use this wine to wish you and your wife a happy marriage."
Deep, grow old together."
"Thank you, Master." After clinking the glasses with Ling Ruo and drinking down, Li Wei took the wine pot for Ling Ruo and himself. Xiao Cui and the other three filled the glasses and said, "I also wish Master and Brother Li a long life."
A hundred years old, no disaster or trouble."
"Okay." With this word, Ling Ruo drank the refilled wine in one gulp, and Hongli also poured the juice from fresh grapes and said loudly: "Thank you, Uncle Li."
After such mutual respect, they started to lift up their chopsticks and pick up vegetables. Hongli took a golden prawn that was cut open and grilled and put it into the tiger bowl. He said like a little adult: "Here you are, this is
The shrimps are delicious, just remember to spit them out."
Both of them were children, close in age, and Hongli knew how to take care of people. Huzi was already quite close to him, and there was no longer any unfamiliarity when they first met. He happily agreed and then took the prawns and gnawed on them.
, the sweet and chewy shrimp tasted better than anything he had ever eaten before.
Halfway through the meal, Ling Ruo suddenly remembered something and said, "You can stay in the palace for these few days in the capital." Li Wei is no longer a servant now, and he cannot live in the backyard of Jingsiju.
There is a room, but how can there be no guest room in the palace? Just ask someone to tidy it up.
Li Wei knew that Ling Ruo had good intentions, but Ling Ruo was not the only Fujin in the house. His family had moved in, and the other Fujins knew about it, so there would be another round of gossip. In order to avoid causing trouble to Ling Ruo, he refused and said: "Slave
When I arrived in the capital, I had already found an inn and put my luggage and everything there, so I didn’t bother the master anymore.”
Ling Ruo said nonchalantly: "The palace is so big, how can you disturb us? It's better than staying in an inn. I say, you can check out of the inn later and bring your luggage."
This time, Li Wei had made up his mind. No matter what Ling Ruo said, he refused to agree. In the end, Ling Ruo had no choice but to let him go. He only asked him to bring Xiaocui and the others to the house to sit there if he had nothing to do.
By the time the meal was finished, it was already dark, so Ling Ruo prepared a carriage along the path to take them back to the inn.