"Hmm." Xu Mingcheng also nodded in agreement, and said: "Brother Chen'er really doesn't have to be afraid of anything like gentle township, beauty cave, etc., but Brother Chen'er's family affairs are not a trivial matter in themselves, and Uncle Chen and Uncle Tang's aunt must have thought about Brother Chen's family affairs, right?" ”

Xu Chen is the only son-in-law of the Xu family, that is, the son of the Xu family, and his family affairs themselves cannot be a trivial matter, so as early as Xu Chen was about sixteen years old, Xu Xi and the Pei family should have started to think about Xu Chen's family affairs, but because of Xu Chen's desire to establish a career first, Xu Xi and the Pei family did not mention anything more in this matter, but not mentioning it does not mean that they are not prepared.

"Of course, I have considered it, but if Brother Chen doesn't have this plan himself, then I don't think my mother will force him." Xu Yourong smacked her lips and said, there was still a lot of dissatisfaction with Xu Chen in her words, but she didn't want to think about it, she was stubborn for Nie Suhyun back then, but it was far more terrifying than the current Xu Chen, why was she so embarrassed to be so dissatisfied with Xu Chen now?

Xu Mingyan and Xu Youshan looked at Xu Yourong with a little incredulous expressions at this time, but Xu Yourong didn't notice the incredibleness of the two of them at all, but just lowered his head and remembered Xu Chen's family affairs.

But after all, Xu Yourong has been out of the cabinet for a few days, so this matter is not too urgent, so Xu Youshan and the three of them discussed it again, and when they found that there was no good way, they put this matter aside first, anyway, the main figure on the topic of Xu Chen is still soaked in the stacks of books in the Tai Academy, and no one can see it, so there is no good suggestion to discuss this. Therefore, the three of them put the matter on hold first.

Today's banquet is said to be the first banquet held by the Xu family after Xu Yourong and Nie Suhyun made a personal appointment. That Xu Yourong should be the protagonist, but in fact, Xu Yourong has not shown up much from beginning to end, and Pei just took this opportunity to socialize with several noble ladies to increase their communication with each other. And these people who were the focus of Pei's entertainment, of course, are all wealthy families, so the main characters of this banquet are actually Pei's and those noble ladies. And Xu Yourong has been hiding with Xu Mingcheng and Xu Youshan to the side.

"Who is the lady who has been talking to the eldest aunt and Mrs. Shan, looking good." Xu Youshan asked Xu Yourong and Xu Mingming, who were only busy conquering the food in front of them.

"Oh. That, that's Mrs. Zhao of the Zhao clan in Longzhou. Xu Mingcheng only glanced up and recognized the person, but she was puzzled by Xu Youshan. It's also very concise and to the point. But Xu Youshan immediately had a look of sudden realization, and Xu Mingming's extremely concise words immediately made Xu Mingcheng understand how different this Mrs. Zhao was, and she could make the Pei family treat her like Mrs. Shan.

The Zhao family in Longzhou has no children as officials in the court, and although the clansmen of the Zhao family often visit the world, the place of settlement is Longzhou, although there are also some family properties under their names. But when you look at it in the divine capital, it can't even be compared to the ordinary rich family. But that's what it looks like. It's just that it is a local squire's family in Longzhou, but it can be treated so seriously by the Pei family, and the person who doesn't know it must be extremely weird.

But in the eyes of insiders, this is normal, after all, if even in the Gaozu period, the only one in Longzhou Zhao, the first head of the Tai Academy, who defied public opinion and vigorously advocated for the creation of Chinese studies, would not get such special treatment from the Pei family, then it is estimated that there is no one in the Shendu who can make the Pei family pay attention to it.

What's more, although the Zhao family adhered to the legacy of the head of the Zhao Academy, and gradually withdrew from the court completely, the Zhao family did not decline, but because of their feat of traveling the world and opening the altar to teach, they won the respect of all the people in the world. What's more, in the Zhao family's feat of withdrawing from the court and visiting the world, it was enlightened and cultivated many later famous ministers, which made the Zhao family in Longzhou even more meritorious to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and also made it possible for the emperor to give the plaque of "the teacher of the world" by several emperors in his house.

And this "teacher of the world", the Zhao family is also worthy of the name, and their protégés can really be said to be all over the world. Even Mr. Yi'an, the current great Confucian of Tai Academy, is much inferior if he is compared with a random old gentleman in the Zhao family.

Therefore, although the clansmen of the Zhao clan in Longzhou do not often appear in the divine capital, their names are loud in the divine capital, or should be said to be in this whole world, and if you say a big disrespect, the reputation of the Zhao clan is much greater than that of the Xie clan of the Great Zhou royal family. After all, the Zhao family's lecture is even involved in remote places in the mountains, and this kind of feat of not asking for anything in return is indeed worthy of the great respect of the people of the world.

"Mrs. Zhao?" Xu Youshan couldn't help but be surprised for a while when she suddenly realized, "The clansmen of the Zhao family generally don't come to Shendu very often, and they have always settled in Longzhou, why did Mrs. Zhao suddenly enter Beijing now?" ”

"You don't know this, Mrs. Zhao came to Beijing with Mr. Zhao Chuan this time." Xu Yourong suddenly approached Xu Youshan's ears and said in a low voice: "I came by order, and the Holy Majesty ordered Mr. Zhao to enter Beijing to write questions for the upcoming college examination of Tai Academy, and appointed Mr. Zhao as the main examiner." ”

The college examination of Tai College is a small test every year and a big test every three years. And this year, it happens to be the year of the big exam of the Tai Academy Examination, and it is the most important event of the Great Week.

"The Holy Lord appointed Mr. Zhao as the chief examiner?" Xu Youshan asked in a low voice: "This is unlikely, the children of the Zhao family have never been officials in the court, but the first emperor has personally summoned Mr. Zhao into the cabinet three times as an old minister, but Mr. Zhao politely refused, this time Mr. Zhao should not be able to accept it." ”

I don't know when it started, but people slowly discovered that the sons and daughters of the Zhao family, the "teacher of the world", no longer practiced and no longer participated in scientific expeditions, and gradually recalled the clansmen to the ancestral land of Longzhou, and even the gods had a tendency to gradually stay away. And these behaviors of the Zhao family all show one point, that is, the Zhao family should stay away from the court and the center of power.

This kind of behavior, if it is done to other people. People don't care at all, everyone has their own aspirations! But if this is placed on the Zhao family, everyone will only be left with admiration and admiration.

The teacher of the world... The teacher of the world! With the prestige of the Zhao family's later years. If he is really above the court, and he is really in the center of power, then the influence of the Zhao family is extremely terrifying, and it is impossible to say that nearly half of the courtiers will be the protégés of the Zhao family, then this court can be said to only listen to the words of the Zhao family, and then the world will be in the world. Is it still the world of the Great Zhou?

But what if the Zhao family is far away from the court, away from the divine capital, and far away from the center of power. So such a "teacher of the world" for Da Zhou has only advantages and no disadvantages, right? Therefore, as long as you know the Zhao family, you will know that the Zhao family will definitely not enter the court as an official again, not before. Now the prestige of the Zhao family is even more not.

"Of course, Mr. Zhao can't accept the appointment of the Holy One." Sure enough. Xu Mingcheng next to Xu Yourong shook her head, but before she could continue to solve Xu Youshan's doubts, Xu Yourong snorted coldly with extreme disdain, and whispered: "Mr. Zhao naturally won't agree, but some people are extremely hypocritical, obviously it is impossible to let the Zhao family, which has such a heavy prestige among the people or among the scholars, re-enter the court, but what he says is better than anything else." But he doesn't have a trace of the demeanor of the first emperor. ”

Xu Yourong continued to whisper with a yearning expression: "I think back then, the first emperor didn't just tell the world. intends to let Mr. Zhao enter the cabinet, and also personally invite Mr. Zhao to return to Beijing. Although he was politely rejected by Mr. Zhao in the end, the first emperor still visited Mr. Zhao once a year, and it was not until later that the first emperor was sick and weak and terminated his annual trip to Longzhou. But in the years that followed, it was Mr. Zhao's annual visit to the Emperor until the death of the Emperor. ”

Xu Yourong is really a bit bold in saying these words, after all, this is an era of imperial power. But after she finished speaking, Xu Mingyan and Xu Youshan just hurriedly turned around and looked around, and after finding that there were no outsiders, they glared at her, but they continued to listen carefully, because these words were the truth.

But the facts are facts, some things are still known in your heart, and it is really not suitable to say them, especially in this kind of public, so Xu Youshan hurriedly pulled the topic back after Xu Yourong finished speaking: "Then since this is the case, Mr. Zhao must not have accepted the appointment of the Holy Master, so Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao entered Beijing this time just to write questions for the big exam of Tai Academy?" ”

"That's right."

Xu Mingcheng obviously understood what Xu Youshan meant, so he immediately took over the conversation and said: "Although Mr. Yi'an is in charge of the Tai Academy, this big exam is very important, and in previous years, Mr. Yi'an and Mei Jushi and several other Confucians discussed together to set the test questions, and then sent them to Longzhou for the purpose of the Zhao family. But this time, before the Tai Academy exam, Mei Jushi suddenly fell ill, and Mr. Yi An was the only one left in the subject matter, which was quite a bit powerless, so the saint summoned Mr. Zhao Chuan to Beijing after discussing with Mr. Zhao, and together with Mr. Yi An, he took the theme of the Tai College exam. ”

After all, Qi Xuan was still serving in the Tai Academy at this time, so Xu Mingcheng knew all these things, and now he immediately solved Xu Youshan's confusion and let her understand it clearly, "That's no wonder, I can see Mrs. Zhao in the Divine Capital, but I have always admired the people of the Zhao family." Xu Youshan looked in the direction where Pei and Mrs. Zhao were, and said with a light in her eyes.

"Hmph, we are indeed lucky to meet Mrs. Zhao today, but by tomorrow, some people will regret it." Xu Yourong suddenly said meaningfully, and let out a few malicious laughter, which made Xu Mingcheng and Xu Youshan shudder.

"Sister, what do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do? I didn't want to do anything, I just waited for tomorrow and asked someone to bring a few words to Brother Chen. Xu Yourong smiled very "gentle and amiable" and said.

But after Xu Mingcheng and Xu Youshan heard this, they couldn't help but sigh, and began to mourn for Xu Chen in their hearts. Needless to say, if Xu Yourong wants someone to bring Xu Chen tomorrow, it must be that Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao will go to the banquet today. Although Xu Youshan and the others didn't see Mr. Zhao now, Pei mentioned it to them before the banquet, saying that there were distinguished guests in Xu's mansion today, and Xu Mao and Xu Xi were accompaniing.

At first, Xu Youshan and the three of them were still a little surprised and curious, in this divine capital, they didn't know who else was a distinguished guest who could move Xu Maolai to accompany them. You must know that if you only talk about the rank and taste, Xu Xi's position of Governor Tianfu Mansion Yin is indeed higher than Xu Mao's official rank, but Xu Mao is a master of the family and the power of the Mo family, if outsiders want to invite him to come forward, it is a little more difficult than Xu Xi, the saint around Emperor Zhou Hui.

Therefore, when they heard that the distinguished guest of the Xu family who came today could let Xu Maodu come forward to accompany them, the curiosity of Xu Youshan and the three of them rose up, if it wasn't for the Pei family's prescient and strict stop them, it is estimated that the three of them would have been lying outside the gate of Taixi Garden by now, probing their brains there.

But now that I think about it, needless to say, this distinguished guest is naturally Mr. Zhao Chuan.

"Students in the world, who doesn't want to see Mr. Zhao and admire his face. You let someone talk to Brother Chen tomorrow, don't you want him to regret that his intestines are blue, wouldn't it be too unkind for you to do this! Xu Mingcheng spoke for Xu Chen with a little compassion, but before she finished speaking, she was forced to turn her eyes away by Xu Yourong's eye knife, and she didn't dare to meet Xu Yourong's gaze.

"What is unkind, I'm creating an opportunity for him, you say, if he only knows how to bury his head in the stacks of books, then how can he have any chance to meet Mr. Zhao." I'm doing this for his good, okay? ”

Xu Yourong

said confidently, but Xu Mingyan and Xu Youshan next to her immediately understood what she meant.

"Eldest sister, it turns out that you want the second brother to come back? Then you just let someone pass the word and ask him to come back, why bother so much. Xu Youshan said incomprehensibly.

"Just call him back? Sister Shan, are you talking in your dreams, you don't know Brother Chen'er's nerdy temperament, if it weren't for the New Year's holidays, and you want him to come back, then there are only three words, impossible! If I really call someone to send a message and call him back, that will be the most laborious, and he will probably not come back. But if I just mention the words 'Mr. Zhao' to him, I guess he will come back in a hurry tomorrow morning." (To be continued.) )