Carrying a briefcase and an umbrella, Tian Xiu left the Yuhou Si Mansion and walked towards the gate of the Ministry of Works. Along the way, there were still many people who greeted her, and she also returned the salute generously, just like usual, casually and solemnly said a few words to the people she knew. There was no unusual look on her face, and she was as calm as ever, as if nothing had happened. However, a few attentive people also noticed that her face was unusually ruddy, and her cheeks seemed to be burning with two fires, and she was a little dazzling. But none of them thought otherwise. In their minds, Tian Xiu must have just received praise and praise from another adult. While some of them were talking close to Tian Xiu, they were very envious of her good luck in their hearts. The six departments of the imperial court have always been under the jurisdiction of four departments, and now the Ministry of Industry is the first to set a precedent in the Ministry of Industry, Tuntian, Dushui, and Yuhou in addition to the four divisions of the patent department, only this "feat" of the first to set a precedent, so that Yang Heng and Tian Xiu have become hot limelight figures in the imperial city. How popular is the Patent Division, just look at where their public office is, you can know that in addition to the Patent Division, which other department can set up the yamen in the Shangshu Mansion?

Tian Xiu tried hard to restrain herself and walked out of the Ministry of Works. When she got out of the door, she hastened her pace and ran to the door. In the yamen just now, she had already faintly noticed that someone was pointing and poking at her from behind, obviously someone was quick to talk, and the news of her transfer back to Hanlin Academy came out. She didn't want to stay here any longer! She can't even teach people to see jokes!

It wasn't until she got out of the gate, crossed the golden bridge, and found her horse in the official stable at the end of the Heavenly Street outside the Bell and Drum Tower in Si Chendusk, that she let out a long breath.

She hung her briefcase and umbrella in the blanket beside the saddle, led her horse, and wandered aimlessly along the heavenly street.

The winter rain, which had been brewing for most of the day, drifted for a while around noon, and stopped before the hour. But the black clouds have not dispersed, but have gathered more and more thicker, rolling and spreading, and shrouded overhead with teeth and claws, like a fierce god about to be angry, and it is dark and cold and entrenched in the sky. The earth darkened. Lights have been lit in some of the houses and shops on the streets. Out of nowhere, a wild dog came out, stared at the black clouds with his head up, whined, picked up his tail and ran away.

Tian Xiu didn't notice the situation on the street, but just put all her thoughts in her heart. She can go home to her family, have a drink with friends, or linger in a place where fireworks are flourishing, but she has nowhere to go. She has no home, and her father has publicly said a few years ago that he has severed the father-daughter relationship with her. Firewood and rice are expensive in Beijing, and she has no money, so she can't afford to buy a house or rent a small courtyard, so she has borrowed and lived in the princess's mansion in Nanyang. But the princess's mansion has been sold out by Nanyang in the first three or four years, and there are not even a few helpers and miscellaneous servants left, a huge mansion, now there are only a dozen people on duty, Tian Xiu goes back every time the night is dark, looking at the dark pavilions and pavilions and wings of the hall, there is always a feeling of worry. Every day when she goes to the office before dawn, she only walks with her front foot, and her little maid Tuan'er with her back foot closes the doors and windows with a bolt. Tuan'er has cried in front of her many times, and wants to teach her to move out, even if she sleeps on the street, and is reluctant to live in the princess's mansion. Because the princess's mansion is too big, and there are few people, there is no popularity at all, and the little girl always thinks that this place will be haunted......

She doesn't want to go back now. She felt a sullen feeling in her heart, and if she returned to that lifeless place immediately, it would only make her mood even lower. She wanted to stay alone for a while, so that the resentment could slowly dissipate.

She led the horse, kept her head down, and walked silently.

She didn't think about anything, she just walked, and walked without stopping. Sometimes she would stop, raise her head, look blankly at the city, which was both familiar and unfamiliar, sigh silently, and continue in silence......

In this way, she walked along the Heavenly Street until she reached the Suzaku Gate.

In front of the Suzaku Gate, she stopped, raised her face and looked at the tall city gate tower in confusion.

She stood there for a long time, not moving. This situation, which was incompatible with the endless flow of people and horses in and out of the surrounding area, soon aroused the dissatisfaction of others: the road in and out of the city gate was only the width of two carriages, and she was leading a horse, which naturally blocked the way of others. But she was wearing a cyan official robe, and others didn't dare to come up and embarrass her, so she could only mumble two unpleasant words.

Tian Xiu did not go out of the city. Even if she is out of town, where can she go? Nowhere is her home. She really wanted to tell her good friends Nanyang and Chen Pu about her misfortune, so that she might feel a little better. She and her two sisters grew up together, and they must have been able to understand her pain. But Chen Pu has been in the barracks for many years, and Nanyang does not live in the city, so if he goes to look for them now, he may not be able to see anyone until dark.

Maybe if she hurried up, she could rush to the Zhuangzi in Nanyang before dark?

That's right, just go find Nanyang! Go now!

Her hand rested on the saddle, and she was about to turn over and step onto the horse, when her gaze swept over the dark sky. Her movements immediately hesitated. She couldn't help but think, what if she encountered a strong wind and rain on the way? She immediately told herself that she was not afraid, and that she still had an oilcloth raincoat given to her by Chen Pu in her coat, which was said to be a rare thing that only officers of the first rank in the army would distribute...... She encouraged herself as she searched the saddle for the coat in which she wore her raincoat.

Her gaze became glazed. Sky! What about her coat? Where the blanket was originally hung, now there are only two pieces of leather rope left. The blanket was gone......

Don't think about it, someone must have taken advantage of her distraction just now to steal her blanket. Her mood immediately hit rock bottom. There are still more than 600 pieces of money in the blanket...... Money is nothing, the point is that the raincoat is also in it! Without a raincoat, how could she brave the cold wind and freezing rain to go to Zhuangzi in Nanyang?

Unable to see his good friend, Tian Xiu had to pull the reins and fall back to the bridle and walk back the way he came.

When she returned to the princess's mansion in the rain, as soon as she entered the courtyard, she was immediately surprised to find that Chen Pu had actually come.

As soon as Chen Pu saw her, he immediately said happily: "Where have you been, why have you only arrived home now?" Without waiting for the maid's help, he took a clean towel and handed it to her, saying, "Wipe it quickly!" Tuan'er, get a few dry clothes for your girl to change into! He also said, "I was rare to be generous, and ordered a large table of wine and food in the wine shop outside, and I wanted to invite you to eat and drink, but who knew that you had come here to know that you hadn't come back yet." Okay one by one, I'll let them cook on the fire! ”

Tian Xiu was turned around by her, and finally got a vacancy, and asked her, "Why are you here today?" You're here for a meeting at the Ministry of War again? ”

"I'm not leaving."

"You've been in the capital for the past few days?"

"yes." Chen Pu said, "Although there are not many people in my Gyeonggi camp, there are still six or seven hundred veterans stationed there, and there are a lot of things that people eat and chew. It's winter soon, and the winter food, winter food, winter clothes, and firewood for heating have not been sent to us, and I have been urging the military department to send things to me quickly these days! ”

"Such a trivial matter also needs to be supervised by you personally?" Tian Xiu asked her good friend.

"There's no way, in the eyes of the Ministry of War, our Gyeonggi battalion was raised by our stepmother. If I don't run around and guard them myself, I'm afraid I won't see anything today next year. Chen Pu pouted and said. She immediately smiled embarrassedly again, and said, "Recently, I have been arguing with Gu Poyang on the table every day, and my other skills have not improved, and my speech has become more and more vulgar." Yesterday, I went to see my father and mother, and I accidentally slipped my mouth, and I was reprimanded by my father...... "Her words sounded like she regretted that she hadn't learned any good skills, but there was no remorse between her eyebrows, and her face showed a look of pride. There are not many people who can quarrel with Gu Poyang every day, right? In fact, when she was about to leave the palace yesterday, her father also rewarded her with a sword, and it was obvious that Emperor Dongyuan also felt that Chen Pu's daughter had indeed gained some ability.

Tian Xiu could hear the pride and pride in Chen Pu's words. Thinking that Chen Pu was competing with a figure like Gu Poyang in the Yamen of the Ministry of War, but she could only end up with a "Hanlin Academy sent another send", she felt extremely sour. She really wanted to hug Chen Pu and cry bitterly, and confide in her good friend about her misfortune. But Chen Pu was so happy, how could she defeat her interest right away? She had no choice but to cheer up and ask Chen Pu about what had happened in the yamen of the military department in the past few days.