Guo Qin shook his head listening to Feng Qiao's words: "The land of Taixu is mostly for generations, and the counties there are not sent by meritorious, and the surrounding places of Taixu are also known, only because there are people in the prefectures and counties above to protect them, so that the Taiping can be whitewashed and never spread out at all, if it is not for the accident of the son of the Shi family this time, I am afraid that no one will know about the so-called life sacrifice." ”

Feng Qiao quickly grasped the key to his words: "You said that Taixu County Cheng is not a meritorious dispatch, what is that?"

Guo Qin pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "The state and county are coming." ”

Xiao Jinyu was stunned at first when he heard this, and was about to ask what state and county were involved, but when he looked up and saw Feng Qiao's instantly changed face, as well as Guo Qin's dark eyes, his heart jumped and he came back to his senses, and then the whole person froze.

In the imperial court, from the capital to the prefectures and counties, all official positions are promoted, honored, and transferred, except for the holy order, and the others must be promoted or demoted by the officials and their subordinates, such as the seal, the honor, and the meritorious department.

But now Guo Qin said that Taixu County was promoted by the state and county, but it was not appointed by the Ministry of Officials, doesn't this mean that someone bypassed the Ministry of Officials and exercised the powers of the Ministry of Officials, and the implicit meaning of this is shocking.

Feng Qiao sat up straight directly: "Does this matter have anything to do with the court?"

Guo Qin nodded: "Lord Feng is already investigating, it's hard to say who it is, but in the end, there are people in the Ministry and those people." ”

After finishing speaking, Guo Qin glanced at Xiao Jinyu and Feng Qiao, whose faces were not very good, and said: "You know about this matter, don't spread it, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has already suppressed this matter, and there is no report for the time being, so I can't say that I can catch a big fish this time." ”

Feng Qiao and Xiao Jinyu both nodded, they knew the severity, if someone really sold the local official position, it was not a little bit of interest and personnel involved during the period, and before the matter was clarified, they would naturally not take it out and talk nonsense.

As for Liao Yihuan......

She looked up a little blankly when she heard Guo Qin's words: "What can't you say, the matter of the birth sacrifice?"

Xiao Jinyu laughed when he heard this, and Guo Ji couldn't help but shake his head.

That Liao Chuxiu's brain is like a thousand-year-old fox, and he calculates people one by one, why hasn't his sister learned anything?

It's also a shame that Liao Chuxiu never let Liao Yihuan do anything, and even protected the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion so that no one dared to provoke him, otherwise he would be so stupid, I was afraid that I would sell myself before I calculated others.

Feng Qiao stuffed a plum to Liao Yihuan: "It's nothing, eat." ”

Guo Qin also had to go back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, talked to a few people for a while, and then went to see Guo Lingsi and Shao Jin before leaving, but Xiao Jinyu had something to say, and after waiting for Guo Lingsi to be free, he called Feng Qiao to go to the garden outside.

The flowers in the garden were in full bloom, but the purple and red ones couldn't attract him at all, Xiao Jinyu looked at Feng Qiao with some distraction, and his eyes were extremely hot.

Feng Qiao turned his face slightly: "Didn't Your Highness say that you have something to say?"

Xiao Jinyu smiled brightly, reached out and took out a brocade box and handed it to Feng Qiao.

After Feng Qiao took it, he opened it and saw a flower-leaf hosta lying inside, its flower-shaped carving is fine, the jade is transparent, and the silver hairpin tail is below, Feng Qiao raised his head: "What is this?"

"Hairpin, give it to you, do you like it?" Xiao Jinyu's eyes were bright.

Feng Qiao looked slightly stunned, even if she didn't understand the relationship between men and women, she knew that things such as hairpins and sachets could not be sent casually, let alone men and women, she directly closed the box and handed it back to Xiao Jinyu: "This thing is too valuable, I can't accept it." ”

Xiao Jinyu saw that she returned the hairpin without hesitation, and hurriedly said: "This hairpin was specially made by me looking for someone, and it can be hollowed out to hold other things, and it can be used as a hidden weapon for self-defense ......by pressing the switch."

Feng Qiao interrupted him and put the box in his hand: "Your Highness, do you know what it means for a man to give a hairpin to a woman?"

Xiao Jinyu's eyes were shy, and he lowered his eyes uncomfortably.

Feng Qiao didn't notice the tips of his reddish ears, but just said: "The man gave a woman a hairpin, which means that he intends to marry this woman, and he is allowed to take the position of the main room, I know that you care about my safety before you give me something to defend yourself, but what if someone else misunderstands your meaning, it will be too late to marry you and see you cry." ”

She wanted to reach out and pat the top of the child's hair in front of her as she spoke, but found that he was already a lot taller than herself, so she could only pat his arm: "Your status is precious, you have to think twice before doing anything, don't give things away indiscriminately in the future, you know?"

Xiao Jinyu listened to Feng Qiao's words as if coaxing a child, the shyness in his eyes suddenly faded, he pursed his lips and grabbed the box in his hand and said, "Feng Qiao, I'm older than you!"

Feng Qiao saw his appearance and said casually, "Yes, you are older than me." ”

"Then can you stop treating me like a child all the time?"

Feng Qiao couldn't help but smile when he saw that his eyes were red, as if he was pursing his lips in annoyance, and he couldn't help but smile when he didn't even hide his emotions, in the past three years, Xiao Jinyu has grown up slowly, and she often teaches him something she knows.

Maybe it's because they meet often, she always feels that Xiao Jinyu is still the child who threw her snowballs on the tree and yelled after being beaten by her on the ground, the deepest memory is that he was in the palace, his cheeks were red and he pulled her pitifully and didn't let go, but he forgot that he is now seventeen.

The young man has a lot of self-esteem, and he doesn't like to be looked down upon, so Feng Qiao smiled and said, "Okay, Your Highness is a young man Lang Lang." ”

"You ......"

Xiao Jinyu opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but he was suddenly annoyed when Feng Qiao looked at him with a bit of elder loving eyes, obviously he was two years older than her, why did she always treat him as a child when she faced him?

Feng Qiao turned his head angrily when he saw Xiao Jinyu, and said on the side: "I heard Yihuan say that you have entered the Ministry of Industry, how is it, are you still used to it?"

Xiao Jinyu said in a sullen voice: "Get used to it." ”

Feng Qiao said softly: "It's a good decision for you to choose the Ministry of Industry, although it is not as powerful as the other five departments, but if it is a good business, it may not be impossible to fight for some help for yourself, but although the Ministry of Industry is not as complex as the other five, there are also people from your royal brothers, if you want to do something, remember to plan before acting." ”

"Also, Zhong Junqing, the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, is a person who likes to work hard, and he doesn't like to be greedy for merit, so he can contact him more, but Gong He, the right waiter, is used to slapping horses, has an impetuous temperament, and has been swaying left and right between the eldest prince and King Xiang, this kind of person can only be used and cannot be communicated. ”

Xiao Jinyu listened to Feng Qiao's words, and saw that she was quietly analyzing the affairs in the Ministry of Industry for him, the expression on her face changed constantly, and after a while, she lowered her shoulders in frustration and said in a muffled voice: "Got it." ”