Prime Minister's Office.

Chen Jiannan was sitting in the living room, drinking tea with a teacup.

There are various gifts next to it.

Opposite him was a middle-aged woman with a graceful and luxurious face with a little powder on her face, who was carefully looking at Chen Jiannan.

"I haven't seen you for a few years, but my nephew is getting more and more energetic!"

After weighing for a long time, the woman said with a smile.

"My cousin praised it!"

Chen Jiannan got up, bowed slightly, and then sat down.

The woman was overjoyed when she saw that he had been well-mannered.

"The master is back!"

At this time, there was a maid who passed the way.

When Chen Jiannan heard this, he quickly stood up and looked extremely respectful.

At this moment, a man dressed in a silk official uniform with a Ruijin pattern walked in.

The face is like a knife, the eyebrows are sharp, there is no joy and anger, but there is a kind of momentum of not being angry and arrogant, this person is the current prime minister of Anguo who has just come down from the early dynasty, and I wish Xinning's father-in-law Zhu Tong.

As soon as Zhu Tong entered the house, Chen Jiannan felt an inexplicable sense of oppression.

This kind of momentum he had felt in his father, who had not yet resigned, but it was far less intense than at this time.

I thought to myself, maybe this is the official authority of a first-class master, right?

"My little nephew has seen my cousin!"

Chen Jiannan didn't dare to slack off, retreated to the side, saluted respectfully, lowered his head, and didn't dare to face Zhu Tong directly.

"You're Jiannan, right?"

Zhu Tong said in a deep voice.

Hearing that Zhu Tong was able to open his mouth to call out his name, Chen Jiannan's heart was overjoyed, suppressed his excitement, and slowly raised his head.

"It's really flattering that my cousin has every opportunity to work hard for Anguo, but he can still remember the name of his little nephew!"

Chen Jiannan patted his ass at the right time.

"Your father wrote from Yongzhou a few days ago, saying that you want to enter Beijing to take the entrance examination, but I haven't seen you come to the house, and I told your aunt about it, but I didn't expect you to arrive today."

Zhu Tong sat on the main seat in front of the hall, took the teacup handed by the woman and took a sip, and then beckoned Chen Jiannan to sit down.

"The little nephew came to Jingzhou a few days ago, and he also took the entrance examination."

"Why didn't you come to the house?"

Zhu Tong raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

"Because my little nephew is going to take the entrance examination, I heard that my cousin is the examiner of this examination. The little nephew was worried that he would come over before the entrance examination and be seen gossiping, which would make his cousin embarrassed. ”

Chen Jiannan was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Master, I heard Jiannan say that he won the first place in the exam this time, and he is very powerful!"

Mrs. Zhu, who has always been optimistic about Chen Jiannan, does not forget her good words.

Zhu Tong nodded, "Actually, when I saw your name when I was reading the papers, I guessed that it was you!" ”

glanced at Chen Jiannan again, and said loudly: "But don't worry, I, the person who hates favoritism and fraud, can take the first place, mainly because the way of poetry you expounded and the poems you wrote really should take the first place." If you don't write well, don't say it's my distant cousin, even if it's my son, I won't let you pass! ”

"Thank you cousin for the compliment!"

Chen Jiannan stood up again, bowed his head and thanked him, and his heart was already happy.

"Dad, what did you say when you just entered the door?"

At this time, a little fat man about five or six years old jumped up and ran in from outside.

The Zhu couple looked at him at the same time, their eyes full of love.

Chen Jiannan, who was next to him, noticed the changes in the two and had already guessed that the little fat man was Zhu Tangwen, the only son of the Zhu couple.

"Tangwen, haven't seen your cousin yet?"

"Cousin."

Zhu Tangwen was not interested in this cousin who suddenly popped up, but he didn't dare to disobey his parents, so he shouted angrily.

Then he came to Zhu Tong's side and said coquettishly: "Dad, can you let my sister play with me for a while?" ”

Without waiting for Zhu Tong to speak, Mrs. Zhu interjected: "Master, you have to take care of Xinning!" On the first day Jiannan came over, I sent someone to call her, and she asked Xiangzhi to come over and say that she was busy, and she didn't even show her face. I wondered, can she be busier than the old man? Without her, the court would be in chaos? ”

Zhu Tong glanced at her and said lightly: "What Xinning said is the truth, she has to be in charge of the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Meeting and the follow-up Jiannan and their entry into the palace, she is indeed too busy, how can she have the time to withdraw?" ”

"Dad, my sister's official is not as big as you, did you arrange everything she did? Can't Dad arrange less things for my sister to do? So my sister can play with me! ”

Seven or eight-year-old Zhu Tangwen is a child's heart after all, and as soon as these words came out, the three people in the room laughed.

"Tangwen, what your sister did was arranged by His Majesty, and what Dad said doesn't count."

On the surface, he was talking to Zhu Tangwen, but Mrs. Zhu next to her knew that it was for her, and she was not happy.

"You can't even have time to come out and meet people, right? Anyway, she is also the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she doesn't understand this bit of etiquette? ”

"Cousin, since my cousin is busy, I'll see you in the future, and it's not bad for this day!"

As soon as Mrs. Zhu muttered, Chen Jiannan said loudly, as if he was excusing Zhu Xinning.

Zhu Tong also ignored Mrs. Zhu, nodded and said: "Jiannan is right, there are many opportunities to meet, why force today?" Besides, the things that Xinning is responsible for are related to Jiannan, and if you don't meet, it can be regarded as avoiding suspicion, what does it have to do with the number of etiquette? ”

This last sentence is said by Mrs. Zhu, it seems to be telling, but it is more like a beating.

Chen Jiannan nodded frequently in agreement.

"Where does Jiannan live now? Do you want to come and stay at home? ”

"The little nephew lives in an inn near Wuxian Yuan, he can study poetry during the day, and he can go to Wuxian Yuan at night to find someone to learn a thing or two, which is very convenient. My cousin's heart, my little nephew's heart has it! ”

Zhu Tong said "Do you want to come to live at home", Chen Jiannan is not stupid, he can naturally hear the meaning of this, why bother to live in it again?

Anyway, the purpose of his coming here has been achieved, and it is a pity not to see Zhu Xinning, but this is better, although Zhu Tong is defending her everywhere, but she is rude when she doesn't see herself, and Zhu Tong will definitely talk about her afterwards.

At that time, she will feel guilty about herself, and when she enters the palace, she is afraid that she will face herself, and this is enough!

Don't stay long, stand up and take your leave.

"Cousin, cousin, little nephew has seen you, and I feel a lot at ease, so I won't bother! Wait for the little nephew to enter the palace to face the saint, if he can be appreciated by His Majesty, he will come to report the good news to his cousin and aunt! ”

After saying that, he left, without a trace of nostalgia.

Looking at his back, Mrs. Zhu was even more satisfied.

"Master, this Chen Jiannan is good in appearance, conversation, knowledge or family background, let's Zhu family is still close to the Chen family, wouldn't it be better if we could kiss and kiss?"

"This kind of thing, you still have to agree to Xinning."

Zhu Tong said with a negative hand.

"Master, you can't let her! So what kind of heart does Song Gongzi of the Song University scholar family have for her? You also relied on her and forcibly rejected people! A political enemy has also been added for the master! She is a woman after all, and she is not young anymore, how can she go on like this? ”

Mrs. Zhu was very dissatisfied with Zhu Tong's attitude and chattered.

"Xinning has been too busy lately, let's talk about this kind of thing later!"

After speaking, she raised her feet and left, and the angry Mrs. Zhu stomped her feet in the back.

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