Man Bao got on the carriage that picked her up, took the heater that Bai Shan handed over casually, and let out a sigh of relief.
Bai Shan also had one in his hand. He held it in his arms and looked at Man Bao curiously: "I heard someone said that you and Liu Shangshu were fined for one month for neglecting government? Are you going to neglect government?"
Neither can Liu Shangshu, who is also known as a diligent person.
Man Bao felt a little guilty and asked in a low voice: "How come you know it? Do many people know it?"
Bai Shan knew it was true as soon as he saw it, and he said: "Well... not many, right?" He said with some uncertainty: "When the Ministry of Personnel was delivering orders to the Ministry of Household Affairs, they passed by our Hanlin Academy, and there was someone there.
Asked, so we knew.”
Man Bao: "...your Hanlin Academy is behind the official department, and the household department is right next to the official department. Why does the official department have to go around and go to your Hanlin Academy first when sending orders?"
The Hanlin Academy is a place for studying books and history. It is full of Jinshi scholars and there are two libraries of books and materials. Therefore, it is very quiet. Therefore, the Hanlin Academy is right behind the Six Departments and occupies a very, very large courtyard.
This is also one of the reasons why Hanlin considers himself relatively noble.
Bai Shan looked at Man Bao silently, "What do you think?"
Of course it was to let him know.
Manbao was discouraged and muttered that they were really gossiping. Then she briefly described what happened this morning. She said: "Liu Shangshu is busy. He usually stays at the Ministry of Revenue when he has nothing to do. When he enters the palace, he also goes to see His Majesty.
How can you have time to chat with me?"
"I was also busy. I had to go to the Chongwen Hall to repair books in the afternoon, so I waited for him after the court meeting. We talked for a while. Who would have known that I was so unlucky that I just asked His Majesty to catch him.
.”
She said: "It would be fine if it was just His Majesty. He is easy to talk to. Liu Shangshu alone begged us for mercy at that time. As a result, Mr. Old Tang was also there. He was responsible for picketing the officials, and we bumped into him directly."
Bai Shan understood that this punishment was probably not because they talked about private matters during working hours, but because the two of them said bad things about the emperor and Mr. Wei. Otherwise, even if Mr. Wei did not plead for mercy, the emperor would have been fooled by his gentle character.
They won't really be punished.
However, Bai Shan did not clarify, but nodded and said: "I understand, next time if something happens, I'd better go to the Yamen and talk to Liu Shangshu."
Man Bao nodded sadly, one month's salary was quite a lot.
Bai Shan looked amused and couldn't help but ask: "So do you really know why you lost this monthly salary?"
Of course Man Bao also thought about it, so he sighed and said: "I didn't say anything bad about Mr. Wei or Your Majesty. I feel the same pain as Mr. Wei."
However, given the situation at that time, the listener was also talking nonsense.
However, Man Bao only felt distressed for a moment and quickly put the matter behind his mind for the time being, because there were more important things at the moment.
"The matter between Li Ru and Liu Huan is half done." Man Bao told her what Liu Shangshu told her from the bottom of his heart.
Bai Shan felt something was wrong, "Liu Shangshu is so enlightened."
Man Bao didn't expect it either, and sighed solemnly: "It was us who misunderstood Liu Shangshu in the past."
Zhou Liru didn't expect that the Liu family would be so enlightened, so when she received the gift from Liu Huan, she accepted it instead of returning it. This surprised Liu Huan, who had been repeatedly defeated, and couldn't help but ask her
, "Why don't you reject me?"
Zhou Liru raised his eyes and looked at him: "...you want me to reject you?"
Liu Huan immediately came back to his senses and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, it's not..."
Liu Huan scratched his head. He was used to being rejected. As soon as the other party accepted his gift, he didn't react.
Zhou Liru's eyes wandered for a moment, he tapped his toes, and said with a slight blush on his cheeks: "By the way, my sister-in-law said that after the imperial court seals it, she is going to Huguo Temple to enjoy the plum blossoms. Will you go?"
Liu Huan didn't know that this was an agreement between the two families. When he heard that he was going to play, he immediately nodded and said quickly: "Go, go."
He also asked, "Who is there? Do you want me to call a few more friends?"
He is now working as an errand in the Ministry of Industry and has made a few new friends. He gets along well with them and we can all play together.
Zhou Liru looked up at him and said after a while: "Go back and ask your grandfather."
Why did they ask his grandfather when they went out to play?
The Huguo Temple is within the city, so his grandfather wouldn't let him go there. Moreover, he is now an official, so his grandfather doesn't care much about him anymore.
Liu Huan didn't want to ask, but when he got home, he happened to see his grandfather coming home from overtime, so he couldn't help but ask more, and then he was beaten.
Liu Huan felt that he had been killed unjustly. He had no idea why he was beaten, so he didn't give a reason. He even framed an unfounded crime on him, saying that he was fined a month because of him.
As a lesson from heaven and earth, he has been honest recently and has not caused any trouble at all. He has never heard that his grandfather was impeached for lax governance and unkindness of his descendants.
Although Liu Huan works as an errand in the Ministry of Industry, his position is small. The main reason is that people tend not to discuss such things in front of the family members of the parties involved, so he does not know that his grandfather was punished for gossiping with Zhou Man in the palace.
Penalty.
By the time he knew the reason, others were already at Huguo Temple.
Man Bao feels that things like blind dates are naturally done by the elders, and the younger generations can find another place to play, so as not to be embarrassed.
So she dragged Bai Shan and Bai Erlang along.
When they arrived at the Huguo Temple, Mrs. Liu Shangshu held Qian's hand and said with a smile: "I have long wanted to invite the county prince to come to the Huguo Temple, but there has never been a good time. It is fate to meet today."
Qian also said yes, and took Feng to see her. The elders of the two families went to worship the Buddha first, while the children went to enjoy the plum blossoms.
Qian rarely worshiped Buddha and was unfamiliar with many things, so Mrs. Liu Shangshu taught her, and the two quickly became familiar with each other.
Manbao and the others entered the plum grove. As soon as they entered, they immediately felt at ease, "The plum grove in Huguo Temple is really beautiful. It's not any worse than the one at our house."
Being disturbed, Jie Ai turned around and left, thinking, since the plum grove at home is so good, why do we still come to Huguo Temple to enjoy plum blossoms?
Jie Hei's footsteps were very gentle, and no one noticed that he had been here before. Keke scanned it and felt that he had not touched the line of automatic reporting by the system, so he remained silent.
Jie Ai returned to Master's courtyard and Heshi said: "Master, Donor Zhou and Donor Bai are here."
Zhiren opened his eyes and saw that his hands were empty, so he asked, "Where are the plum blossoms I asked you to break?"
Jie Ai paused for a moment and then said without changing his expression: "Master, all flowers and plants have life. The plum branches are growing well, why should they be broken off?"
Zhiren: "Because your master and I have not been able to completely explore the world of mortals, it is rare for the plum blossom donor from Jiangnan to come to visit, so I wanted to leave a calligraphy treasure for him. If you ask for something, you will naturally have to give something. The plum blossoms I asked you to fold are for you."
To the plum donor. Be careful, are you really not breaking plum branches because all flowers and plants have their own destiny?"
Jie Hui quickly admitted his mistake and said he would just go ahead and fold it.
He didn't really want to meet Zhou Man and Bai Shan, especially Bai Shan. He had been practicing martial arts with them some time ago, and Jie Ai was annoyed by them.