Seven hundred and seventieth chapters have other thoughts
So what if he is admitted to the Jinshi? As long as the old lady is not willing, the father will not dare to find an official position for him.
He couldn't rely on his own abilities even if he wanted to. The old lady forced his father to suppress him all the time. As long as his father let out a little bit, who in the court would meddle in his own business?
If you help him, you will offend the Duke of Zhen. Who would do such a thankless task?
In the end, he was forced to stay in the mansion to take care of the general affairs out of filial piety.
For this reason, he almost hated his aunt, but he couldn't do anything about her. If the hat of filial piety were suppressed, he would be shattered to pieces.
"Now that you are quite old, Brother Hua and Brother Zhuang are both grown up. Why don't you find an official position for you for your father? In the future, Brother Zhuang and the others will be able to get married."
Yao Qingqi was stunned, and then his eyes burst with hope.
"Seek an official position for me?" His voice was trembling, his lips were trembling, and his expression was even more disbelieving.
Seeing this scene, the old man felt even more guilty.
"Indeed! How can you be successful at your age when you are always taking care of the household affairs?"
When Yao Qingqi heard this, he almost laughed angrily. Did he want to take care of the general affairs in the house? Wasn't he forced by his good aunt?
However, when he thought of this, his face suddenly darkened.
Although the power of my aunt's mother's family is now much lower than before, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Will my aunt agree?
Will she prevent him from being an official for the rest of his life?
"Don't worry, I will definitely do what my father promised you." The old man knew what the third child was worried about, so he comforted him.
The eyes of Yao Qinglan and Yao Qingcheng both dropped, but in the end they still smiled and said congratulations.
"Congratulations, third brother, you have found an official position this time. You must do your job well in the future and don't let your father and mother down!"
"Yes! You were unwilling to enter the officialdom before and just wanted to manage general affairs. After so many years, you finally figured it out. Second brother is here to congratulate you."
The two brothers had such a tacit understanding this time that they squeezed Yao Qingqi to the point where he couldn't even speak. He accepted their kindness with a smile, but in fact he almost felt like vomiting blood.
At the same time, he was furious in his heart, you can stop me for a while, but you can't stop me for a lifetime, we'll see!
"When I enter the officialdom in the future, I will have to rely on my two brothers to take care of me!"
"Gu Chengyu has extraordinary abilities, and the emperor also thinks highly of him. From this point of view, the third girl will not be disadvantaged if she marries him. But"
Yao Qingqi analyzed what just happened with a smile, and wanted to continue talking.
But he suddenly thought that if he acted too prominently at this moment and stole the limelight from his two brothers, it would make them unhappy.
If he was tricked when he was seeking an official position, wouldn't he be wasting his time again?
Thinking of this, he felt that it was better to hide his clumsiness, so he simply kept silent.
Seeing that the third son still had unfinished words, the old prince looked at the two legitimate sons sitting aside and knew that they didn't want to be in the limelight, so he stopped asking any more questions.
He planned to wait until the two legitimate sons left before asking the third son for his opinion.
"Then, you should give more advice to the third girl. I also felt that I had wronged the third girl before, but now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, the third girl cannot have any messy thoughts. Gu Chengyu is still somewhat capable, let's wait and see.
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Li Wei received the imperial edict that day and went back to work, but he was always absent-minded.
He didn't understand why the emperor chose his own family when he granted a marriage to Prince Jing. The Li family behind him was not one of those shabby people, and they didn't have the power in the court, otherwise he wouldn't be able to secure his current position.
The emperor gave his daughter a marriage to Prince Jing. Is this to tie the Li family and Prince Jing together? Isn't the emperor afraid that they will collude and have some inappropriate thoughts?
And what about Xia Qing? He didn't believe that the emperor didn't know about Xia Qing's relationship with him.
Li Wei was puzzled, and he was very anxious, so he waited until his duty was over so that he could go to Xia Qing's mansion to discuss countermeasures.
So amid the congratulations of his colleagues, Li Wei finally waited until it was time to resign.
When Li Wei arrived at Xia Mansion, Xia Qing was already waiting in the study.
"Sir! What's going on with the marriage granted by the emperor?" Li Wei was very worried, and he didn't know if the emperor would be dissatisfied with the Li family.
"The emperor has his own motives for doing things. Maybe he just wants to weaken my power and clear the way for the second prince who is about to become the prince."
Xia Qing was sitting at the top, but how could he not be anxious? It was just that he had been in the officialdom for many years, so he naturally wouldn't show it.
"Is the emperor going to take action against you?" Li Wei was horrified. No wonder he was implicated. Will the emperor take the opportunity to eradicate the Li family?
Seeing that the horrified look on Li Wei's face didn't seem to be fake, Xia Qing's eyes narrowed.
He recalled what his staff member He Zhongkuan had said to him before Li Wei came, and couldn't help but take another look at Li Wei.
What he just said was absolutely true that the emperor had this intention, but Li Wei clearly knew that Prince Jing wanted to choose a concubine, so why didn't he marry his legitimate daughter as soon as possible?
Doesn’t this just mean that Li Wei is tempted? Could it be that Li Wei saw that Prince Jing was so strategic and the emperor suppressed him many times, so he wanted to find another wise master?
This is not impossible! After all, people go to higher places and water flows to lower places.
Besides, I am only the chief minister, and he is already very old. If I wait for the day when the equally old emperor goes to the west, I don’t know if I can keep my position.
Can the new emperor trust himself? If he is allowed to retire and make room for others, this is very possible.
The most important point is that he has not chosen a prince to join him, which makes the officials who follow him feel uncertain. They are afraid that when the new emperor comes to power, they will not be reused.
People's hearts have been a little distracted recently, and Xia Qing felt that it was time to make a decision. He had to find someone on the bright side first, otherwise wouldn't his long-term plans be in vain?
"That's not true. The Emperor can still use me now, so don't panic for the time being. However, now that the Second Prince has become the Crown Prince and the Emperor is old, we must move closer to the Crown Prince. After all, when the Crown Prince ascends the throne in the future, we will not want to move closer to him.
, people may not necessarily appreciate it.”
After Xia Qing finished speaking, he stared at Li Wei closely and carefully observed Li Wei's expression.
"Did your Excellency choose the second prince? But" Li Wei hesitated. He felt that the time was not right now.
In fact, they had missed the opportunity a long time ago, and if they try to get closer now, the prince might not appreciate it.
And until the day of the crown prince ceremony, who knows what changes will happen?
There was no sound from the eldest prince and the third prince, and they were probably planning some big move. Besides, there was Prince Jing, who should not be underestimated!
"What? You don't think it's appropriate?" Xia Qing's expression condensed slightly. Could it be that He Zhongkuan was right? Li Wei had other ideas?