At the end of the year, Xing Shengbin finally obtained, the annual leave approved by Dali Temple, and finally had time to purchase some New Year's goods, although there are men at home, but they are all some servants, what do they usually buy vegetables, and they can also let them help get it, but these things for the New Year, he has to go to purchase them personally.

Early in the morning, Xing Shengbin took Liu Rushi and a few servants to drag the cart out of the courtyard.

Because of the identity problem, Liu Rushi didn't want to become a concubine in a short period of time, for this reason, Xing Shengbin could only put a group of subordinates under her jurisdiction, and more or less get her back a little bit of the sense of dignity of the former eldest lady, which could also allow her to be distracted and managed, so as not to think crankily in her spare time.

From the house, several women are relatively harmonious, and Chen Qingying is still quite experienced in the affairs of the inner house, after all, she is the heir of the six major families in Fancheng.

At ten o'clock in the evening, a group of people dragged their tired bodies, and when they returned to the house, they saw a few horses wearing yellow silk stopped in front of the courtyard gate of the inverted house!

This thing is not casually draped, since the founding of the Great Heng Kingdom, yellow cloth, except for a few occasions can be used, and only the 'emperor' can be used.

There is only one kind of person who dares to ride this horse dressed in yellow silk, that is, a eunuch with the emperor's order, or a minister under orders.

Menzi Liuguan came to Xing Shengbin and said:

"Master, there is an adult in the family, and he is still holding the holy decree in his hand, and he is now using tea in the main hall, waiting for you to come back!"

As soon as he heard this, Xing Shengbin's eyes couldn't help but widen, and he thought to himself:

"The Holy Decree~ Make no mistake, how can I still receive the Holy Decree from such a small official, no mistake! This can't be the Seventeenth Prince...... On the surface, he and the Seventeenth Prince don't know each other at all. ”

With a worried heart, Xing Shengbin stepped into it, and two eunuchs wearing auspicious clouds and brocade robes stood in the courtyard.

In the lobby of the main house, a eunuch who was also wearing auspicious cloud brocade and black gauze was drinking tea.

Seeing this, Xing Shengbin hurriedly bent down and saluted, and the royal chamberlain saw the third level of the official, especially at the foot of the Son of Heaven in Kyoto.

The eunuch wearing a black veil put down the teacup, looked at Xing Shengbin, and said with a smile:

"Your Excellency, it's Xing Shengbin ~ Xing Temple Cheng!"

Xing Shengbin hurriedly claimed 'yes'.

The eunuch stood up and said with a smile:

"The first name of Jincheng Liujia, Xingsi Cheng, your name has reached the ears of His Majesty, Xingsi Cheng~ Take the order!"

Hearing this, Xing Shengbin hurriedly knelt down, and the servants in the courtyard, along with Chen Qingying and several female relatives in the hall, also knelt on the ground.

The eunuch took out a roll of yellow silk from his cuff, slowly unfolded it, and shouted in a shrill voice:

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said......"

Xing Shengbin, who lowered his head, quietly listened to the content of the holy decree, and then relieved his heart, it turned out that this holy decree was for him to attend the state banquet three days later.

Three days later, His Majesty invited a banquet for civil and military officials, originally Xing Shengbin did not have this qualification, but Xing Shengbin still has a double identity, that is, this year's examination, the first place in the top six.

The top place in Liujia is already an achievement that has not been seen in a thousand years, and among the twenty-six provincial-level cities in the entire Daheng Kingdom, there are a few who can win the top four.

He Xing Shengbin is still the only Huiyuan who has won the top six grades, and came to Kyoto, as the son of Daheng Guo today, can you not take a look at the top of the six ranks!

It was just in time for the state banquet that there was a holy decree to let Xing Shengbin go to the palace for the banquet.

Reaching out to take the holy decree, the maid Lanxiang had already walked over with a tray.

When Xing Shengbin saw it, he hurriedly sent the things in the tray to the leading eunuch, and said with a smile:

"Father-in-law, I'm sorry for you to make a trip, these are all the tea money given to you by the official, I hope this father-in-law will not dislike it. ”

The leading eunuch smiled and said:

"The Xingsi Cheng has a heart, but the tea money is a bit too much. ”

As he spoke, he took three ingots of silver from it, and continued with a smile:

"Our family is for the little ones, thank you to the torture temple, our family has to go back to the palace to resume their lives, so we won't be delayed. ”

Seeing that the eunuch took three silver ingots, Xing Shengbin only felt that the eunuch said beautifully, and he still couldn't forget to take advantage!

On the tray that Lan Xiang brought out, there were ten silver ingots of five taels and one taels, although it was said that only three were taken, but it was also fifteen taels! However, he could not save thirty-five taels, and Xing Shengbin was quite pleased.

Sending the eunuch out of the courtyard, Xing Shengbin looked at the holy decree placed in the main room by Chen Qingying in front of him, and he felt a liver ache.

The salary of a year is only more than 200 taels, and it has gone to fifteen taels at once.

Chen Qingying looked at Xing Shengbin suspiciously and asked:

"Why, aren't you happy to be able to participate in the state banquet! That's the Son of Heaven banquet for the ministers, you should be happy to participate!"

Xing Shengbin smiled helplessly and said:

"I should be happy, but there is an old saying that you should have heard that Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind. If all the 26 provincial capitals participated this time, it would naturally be nothing, but only me, the only one who participated, would be different. ”

Chen Qingying grabbed Xing Shengbin's arm and said with a smile:

"What are you worried about, I won't frame you!"

Xing Shengbin shook his head, women don't know these officialdom things, Xing Shengbin, who is a human being in two lives, is true, but he knows three of them.

Officialdom is more cruel than the bloody battlefield, the so-called open guns are easy to dodge, and hidden arrows are difficult to prevent, for fear that someone will use shady tricks behind their backs.

And in terms of the experience of the world, he also let Xing Shengbin know that there is another way to frame and 'kill', to hold people high, and then to tear down the bridge, such a method is something that people can't guard against, after all, everyone loves to listen to flattery.

The servants had dispersed, and Chen Qingying also went back to the room to warm up, leaving Xing Shengbin alone, looking at the yellow brocade holy decree placed in the lobby of the main room, silently distracted.

Officialdom is like a battlefield, but the intuitiveness on the battlefield is far less deadly than the killing machine of officialdom.

Although Xing Shengbin has watched many costume dramas in his previous life and has read many historical masterpieces, he may not be able to see the situation of the entire court clearly, and he can't see the situation clearly, so he can't make a choice casually.

Xing Shengbin, who has never experienced the ups and downs of the official sea, is already worried about his future, but his worries can't resist the arrival of the New Year.

In the evening, Xing Shengbin drew a strange-shaped branch on the wall at the back door, and quietly returned to the main room, and after dinner, Xing Shengbin came to the underground secret room to practice as usual.

Every day, when he didn't go to work, Xing Shengbin would stay in the quiet room of the underground secret room for a period of time after dinner, and what he claimed to Chen Qingying and others was that he was practicing behind closed doors, but in fact, he was meeting some mysterious guests every once in a while.

There are two entrances to the underground chamber, one is the main room, and the other is the entrance to the earlier construction work of the craftsmen, which was originally scheduled to be resealed after completion.

However, for some things, Xing Shengbin dug it up by himself, and extended the passage to the wall behind the back of the back cover room, directly connected to the backyard.

Late at night, Xing Shengbin sat alone in the smallest ear room in the basement, there was no way, the heating in this world was too backward, and the brazier couldn't do it at all, raising the temperature of the entire underground secret room.

Xing Shengbin could only find the smallest room and entertain guests.

The ear room is not large, only seven or eight square meters, and the table in front of it has been changed into a carbon stove as a whole, which can not only sit on it for shabu shabu, but also boil tea and water, and warm hands and feet under the table. It can make a person recover the frozen body in a short time.