"Two adults, you are scaring people again. Mr. Lin, please don't be frightened by these two adults. I am not as pessimistic as them." Yang Xiu on the side smiled and comforted Lin Jue.
Master Jiang and Master Hu laughed and said nothing. Lin Jue asked Yang Xiudao with a glimmer of hope: "How many years has Master Yang been here?"
Yang Xiu thought for a moment and said, "About seven or eight years ago."
"..." Lin Jue was speechless. It has been seven or eight years. Ordinary officials have been promoted or transferred every three years. It seems that Yang Xiu has also been trapped in this quagmire. What Mr. Jiang and Mr. Hu said is true. Yang Xiu also
are following their old path.
"Although I haven't seen the Holy Father once in so many years, and I haven't had the opportunity to be promoted or transferred, there are benefits to being here." Yang Xiudao.
"Benefits?" Lin Jue frowned.
"Yeah, don't you think this is a paradise? There are no errands, but we don't have any responsibilities. Although the salary is not high, it is enough to live on. This is the palace, and we don't have to worry about anyone disturbing us.
Although the scenery of the public house is not good, there are many places with excellent scenery in the palace. I have explored all the places with great scenery near the main hall. I usually go to the flower tree pavilion with a book and a pot of tea.
Isn’t it a great pleasure to study, read, admire the scenery, and savor life? Another great advantage is that although we have a low official position, we are affiliated with the Hanlin Academy after all. We can borrow books from the Imperial Academy’s collection at will. In the past seven or eight years, I have
I have read thousands of books. Reading for free is such a pleasure." Yang Xiu said with a smile.
Lin Jue thought that Yang Xiu was sarcastic at first, but later found out that Yang Xiu was sincere and seemed to regard this place as his secluded paradise. Not only did he have some respect for him, but he could bear to live like this.
life, then what is the purpose of taking the imperial examination?
The next moment, Mr. Jiang immediately exposed Yang Xiu's lies.
"Forget it, Mr. Yang, don't lie to others. You should comfort Mr. Lin, but you should also tell the truth, right? Why didn't you tell Mr. Lin how you got in? If you hadn't offended the big shot,
How come you were thrust into this place despite being ranked ninth in the first class? Why don't you tell Mr. Lin that your wife wrote you a letter of release because you had no hope of promotion and your salary was not enough to support the family?
Why don't you say that you often stay up all night? Tell that flat-haired beast what's on your mind? The flat-haired beast knows how to talk, and it often comes up with some words, and those words are all from your heart. Are you afraid?
If you hate this place so much, why would you tell lies? Hate is hate. You, like me and Lao Hu, just call this place a tomb of the dead and a stinking pool. We don’t think it’s any good at all.”
Yang Xiu's face was red, and she stared at Mr. Jiang, as if blaming him for exposing all her affairs. However, Mr. Jiang and Mr. Hu looked indifferent, and looked like they expected Yang Xiu to get angry. Yang Xiu did not have an attack.
Sighing and turning their heads in boredom, the two old guys looked very disappointed. Lin Jue saw this and thought: Maybe during the long boring days, apart from dozing off and sitting around chatting, I'm afraid...
Quarrel is also an extremely luxurious thing. But now, maybe they don't even bother to quarrel.
Faced with this situation, Lin Jue couldn't help but feel a little nervous. If he had to live like this in his future life, how would it be different from death? Lin Jue would never be able to survive here for ten or eight years. If this place was serious
As they said, if the situation is like this, it would be better to resign and return to the fields than to eat here and wait to die. But for now, Lin Jue still thinks that this place is quite good. If it is true that this place is free from the world.
, you might as well take shelter from the wind and rain first, and then wait and move, you will always have a decision whether to advance or retreat.
After some small talk, Lin Jue basically understood some of the rules here. According to the responsibilities of the official position, the Chongzheng Palace storyteller must be on call for twelve hours. If the emperor summons him, he must be present. Although it has been a year since the emperor summoned him
It was something that happened before, but it should be just in case. However, there is no need for everyone to be on call here at twelve o'clock. There is a duty system here. Before Lin Jue came, these three adults took turns to be on duty in three shifts.
They are there during the day, and one person is left on duty at night. Every three days, the cycle starts again and again.
Time is the least valuable thing here, because everyone has a lot of time. Unfortunately, time is not their own. They have to spend the entire day here, and there is only an hour at noon.
After leaving the palace, you must sit in the public room during the rest of the time, even if you doze off.
Although few people come to inspect, these three people still implement this system seriously. The biggest errand on weekdays is that occasionally bachelors and ladies from the Hanlin Academy come into the palace and sit here while waiting to see the emperor.
Because this place is much closer to the Chongzheng Hall than the Hanlin Academy. At this time, these three people have naturally become the handymen of the Hanlin Academy bachelors running errands and making tea. However, this situation is actually rare, and it is not uncommon in a month.
But two or three times, those arrogant bachelors in the Hanlin Academy were actually unwilling to come to this lifeless place.
Lin Jue decided that since he had to stay in this place, he had to make changes to everything here. Lin Jue couldn't stand the tables and chairs with broken legs, the leaky roof, the moldy house, and the lifeless atmosphere.
. He decided to transform this place. The environment must be changed, the atmosphere must be changed, and the time-consuming duty system must also be changed. Since the people here have a very low sense of existence and basically have nothing to do, then why should everyone waste their time?
Isn't it meaningless to be here? Lin Jue hopes that he can just put up a name here, and then come and have fun every other day, and spend a lot of time at his own disposal.
Lin Jue thought of it and decided to do it. He immediately discussed with Yang Xiu how to renovate this place first. The two old guys were not very interested in this, because the superiors would not approve their repair costs at all, and they
He also felt that there was no need to repair it. But Lin Jue insisted on doing it and told them that they could ignore it and did not need their help, as long as they did not object. Naturally, the two old guys had no objection to this and secretly laughed at it.
It is said that Yang Xiu was so full of enthusiasm when he came that within a month, he didn't even bother to wash his clothes.
Yang Xiu discussed it with Lin Jue out of politeness. Lin Jue used a pen to make a list one by one on the paper. House repairs, replacement of tables and chairs, floor leveling, several sleeping rooms needed decoration, and even the yard needed repairs.
Several flower beds, a row of grape trellises, how many windows need to be opened on the porch, etc. There are more than 20 items listed.
Yang Xiu said from the side: "This must cost a lot of money, at least three to four hundred taels of silver."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Brother Yang, don't worry about the money. You just need to work with me. We are all young people and we can't just hang around. Even if there is no hope, we must treat ourselves well. Life must not be decadent.
, I don’t want to be like Mr. Jiang and Mr. Hu. I have to have a correct attitude towards life and a positive mentality, so that when the opportunity comes, I can seize it immediately."
Yang Xiushen thought that his life was in a mess, but he was not someone who wanted to be decadent. It would be a great thing for him to have someone come and pull him out of his original life, and he also understood this.
a little.
Because it was the first day to report and the formal appointment would be tomorrow, Lin Jue did not need to stay here until the evening. At noon, Lin Jue left the palace. After spending half a day together, Yang Xiu was a little reluctant to leave. After all, Lin Jue's conversation and optimism
His attitude brought him many new feelings, and he already regarded Lin Jue as a friend in his heart. Moreover, he knew Lin Jue's identity. Lin Jue was the son-in-law of Prince Liang's palace, and the son-in-law of Taichung's Prime Minister Fang Dunru.
Student, maybe he is really just going through the motions here. If he can get help from Lin Jue, he might be able to get out of the pit of fire. He has already regarded Lin Jue as a life-saving straw.
When leaving the palace, some of the depressed emotions that had occurred in Lin Jue's heart completely disappeared. Although this was a bit incredible, he should have been depressed, but he was not. Maybe he himself did not have high expectations for this appointment.
High, or maybe he has a strong psychological adjustment ability. Thinking about what he has experienced, and how he has survived several life-and-death tests, how can this situation make Lin Jue lose hope? At least there is no life here.
It is peaceful and peaceful, so what is there to complain about?
However, Lin Jue didn't know how to tell the princess and others about this when he returned. Maybe they would be very disappointed.
As soon as he entered the rear residence, Lin Jue shouted loudly: "My dear princess, your husband is back, why don't you come out to greet him?"
Lin Jue often used various nicknames for his women in the boudoir. For example, for Lu Wu, Lin Jue called her "Little Cherry" on the bed. Of course, the origin was extremely ugly. It was a description.
The two red buds on Lu Wu's chest are cute and cute. Lu Wu has more than one nickname, such as "Little Steamed Bun", "Little Wild Horse", etc. They are all nicknames that can only be understood but cannot be explained in words. Little Princess
Naturally, he also got nicknames, such as 'Princess Xiaoqinqin', 'Little White Rabbit', 'Little Taozi' and so on. Lin Jue was so excited that he talked nonsense, and the little Princess and Lu Wu were naturally helpless.
These nicknames then developed to the point where they were called randomly in the back house. The little princess protested several times, but Lin Jue did not change it at all, so the little princess had no choice but to let him go. After all, there were no outsiders in the back house, only the personal maids and maids.
We are here, these people don't even shy away from having sex with husband and wife, so it doesn't matter.
But today, after Lin Jue's voice, when the little princess poked her head out of the house, she waved her hands with a flushed face. Lin Jue smiled and said, "What's wrong? My little princess, dear."
The little princess blushed and rushed up, stamping her feet and yelling: "Stop talking nonsense, father and brother are here."
"Ah?" Lin Jue blushed. Fortunately, he didn't call her by another nickname, and the little kiss wasn't too explicit. Otherwise, the prince and his son might have had their eyes popped out.
Even so, when Lin Jue entered the room, the prince and his son still looked at Lin Jue in strange ways.
