Chen Xiangfang held Li Guolou's arm, there was no jealousy, Li Guolou sacrificed his ego for the sake of the family business, hugged a golden rooster and came back, Yesenia has done a lot of unsightly things, it has long been circulated on the rivers and lakes, but this is a thing of the past, as long as you step into this Li Mansion is a good wife and mother, women here do not distinguish between races, do not speak of the noble and low, and lead the Qing Dynasty under the unified faith, Li Guolou is their cohesion, as long as Li Guolou is in charge, this family will not fall

Xie Xiuzhu and Zhen Yuhuan came back from the palace, and told the living room about the day's experience in the palace, Zhen Yuhuan was immersed in excitement, today she won the jackpot, the Empress Dowager Cixi rewarded her with a bag of golden melon seeds, poor Xie Xiuzhu only has two golden melon seeds in her hand, Zhen Yuhuan knows how to buy people's hearts, and every lady of the three armies in the living room got a golden melon seed, Zhen Yuhuan gave a golden melon seed to Yesenia, but refused to give Wanniang a golden melon seed

As soon as Wan Niang saw Li Guolou stepping into the living room, she was very aggrieved and cried, and she didn't dare to say that Zhen Yuhuan would just sob, Li Guolou knew the reason very well, so she said: "Wan Niang, don't compare with Mrs. Seven, since Mrs. Seven, you have to abide by the rules, I will be a maid in the room, and I will hurt you for the rest of your life."

Since Li Guolou asked Zhen Yuhuan to be the housekeeper, he had to help Zhen Yuhuan speak, even if he didn't approve of Zhen Yuhuan's method in his heart, he would not criticize Zhen Yuhuan in front of everyone

"Huh, huh, huh", Wan Niang heard that Li Guolou didn't help her daughter, and Zhou Yina also took care of herself, playing with golden melon seeds, and ran out in anger for a while

"Hmph, there are no rules at all," Zhen Yuhuan was unforgiving, as stable as Mount Tai, sitting on the Taishi chair

"Okay, okay, don't let Yesenia see the jokes, Madam Eleven, you go and persuade Wanniang to let her obey the rules and don't compare with us," Chen Xiangfang said

Zhou Yina is small, but her ambition is bigger than anyone else, she is competitive, she wants this family to make a difference, Chen Xiangfang gave orders, she was unwilling to walk out of the living room, pretending to be innocent, kissed Li Guolou and said coquettishly: "Xiaolou, I want to play games at night"

"Hehe," Li Guolou laughed dryly, looking at the house full of warblers and warblers

"Don't play with the Queen Mother's mother's decree to order Li Guolou to enter the palace on the fifth day of the first month," Xie Xiuzhu said with a hippie smile

Li Guolou touched his nose and was a little afraid, it was the Forbidden City, and the fact that he was under the nose of the Tongzhi Emperor was bold, and the emperor was also on holiday during the Spring Festival, and the minister was not entering the palace, and the Empress Dowager Cixi's words made him at a loss

The next morning, Li Guolou took Xie Xiuzhu, Zhen Yuhuan, Wu Yingzi, and Du Eniang to drink the wedding wine of the Ministry of Shangshu, the champion of the Ministry of Officials, Hong Jun and Sai Jinhua, and the wedding wine place Fengze Garden, which was a place where literati and ink writers liked to meet, leaving many Jinshi and the first official Mobao, and Li Guolou's crooked poems also stayed there when they debuted

But now Li Guolou's cultural literacy has long jumped to several levels, poetry has long been sung by the world, the article is a household name, those jinshi and literati are proud of Li Guolou's friends, and if they want to look down on Li Guolou, they must also have poems and articles

Xie Xiuzhu, Zhen Yuhuan, Wu Yingzi, and Du Eniang, as the sisters of the Niangsai Jinhua, took the carriage to Sai Jinhua's house and went to Fengze Garden with the women's team, while Li Guolou did not appear at the gate of Fengze Garden until lunch at noon

At the gate of Fengze Garden, the drums played in unison, playing the song of He Niang, Hong Jun was wearing an official robe, two goose feathers were inserted in the official hat, and the official robe was also tied with a red flower, standing at the gate to greet the guests from all sides, and saw Li Guolou get out of the car, stepped forward, and said with a tiger face: "Lord Yushi, you are big now, let me stand until now."

Li Guolou arched his hand and smiled: "Congratulations, Hexi Shangshu, Lord is still in his prime, and he is still a talented man with a beautiful woman for eternity."

Hong Jun was full of anger, smiled and stroked his long beard dyed black, and said: "Lord Yushi, the officialdom is damaged by you, and I will also make a lively race, Jinhua is still good, it is a national treasure, how can I let her be exiled to the people, and she is accepted into the house for the country."

Li Guolou took out the gift slip from his sleeve and handed it to Hong Jun and said: "That's because it's a sea of people who fancy the competition, but it's a pity that they don't have the talent of the champion, so that the champion is the first to come out on top, and the younger generation can't talk about the table and don't pay respect."

Hong Jun didn't open the gift list, then handed it to a housekeeper next to him and stretched out his hand and said: "Lord Yushi, please fold plum and cook wine with you and talk about what you have learned in your life."

Li Guolou was full of smugness when he heard this, and he stepped into Fengze Garden, and was immediately pulled by those fellow scholars of the same year and asked him to sit with his old friends

These people have humble official positions, but they all debuted with Li Guolou, and Zhao Yutang is the first batch of people to take refuge in Li Guolou, and it is by taking Li Guolou's door to sit on the Ministry of Officials, Dong Sui, although it is not by Li Guolou to make a career, but everyone belongs to the Westernization faction and has a common language

Li Guolou couldn't look upstairs and Lu Runzhen said, "Boss Lu, I'll come up and talk to my friends later."

Lu Runzhen raised his hand and said, "Li Laosan come up early"

After Li Guolou sat down, he looked around the lobby and greeted acquaintances, Dong Sui said with a hippie smile: "Li Laosan, don't look at your rival who has already arrived in the box upstairs, that Qiu Xiang and your four little wives are talking and laughing, and they are flirting with your rival, and no one pays attention to you, you are outdated."

Li Guolou said with a smile: "You guys just want to see my jokes, I've already been relieved, so I came to join in this excitement and give away the singer, isn't it the unspoken rule of the Qing Dynasty officialdom, this kind of thing is over, I don't feel ashamed."

"Well, this is also a dowry of 10,000 taels for Sai Jinhua, how can Lord Shangshu pay out of his own pocket, it's a reason," Zhao Yutang agreed with Li Guolou's statement, this is not his ass to Li Guolou, they talk about the officialdom of the Ministry of Officials as soon as they are at the table, and every post can see the silver flash

Jinshi and the first are to step into the officialdom and the letter of appointment, but how to rise next, they still have to show their powers, and Dong Sui is promoted more than others because his family is rich and full of people

"Haha, how could Li Laosan lose our Jinshi face, bring a little wife, all of them are as beautiful as flowers, I can't afford to raise any of them," Dong Sui was very jealous and ridiculed Li Guolou, like he was born in an official family, the family education is very strict, even if he is rich, he is not allowed to marry a singer and go home

In addition to being able to play and sing, the singer will not bring economic benefits to the family, so many official eunuchs have strict family rules, and the children of the family are not allowed to marry singers and prostitutes, otherwise they will be deprived of the inheritance of the family, and it is not allowed to kowtow to the ancestral grave, of course, there are policies and countermeasures, rich and powerful people marry singers, and raising them in the house is already a common disease in society, like Zuo Zongtang does not accept concubines, Li Hongzhang has only one concubine, which is a model of self-cleanliness, and no one is willing to learn from the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty

Li Guolou pretended to be very unhappy and said: "Why does Dong Baiming say a word that is so ugly, my wife can support herself, she is all doing business, and if I die one day, whoever marries my widow will be sent out."

Everyone laughed at a table, and sitting with Li Guolou was to have fun, as if returning to the good times of the past, and now although everyone has different statuses, they can still sit and laugh together

"Hey, it's a pity that Li Laosan took out the house, and the little wives are relatively old, I'm afraid that we won't see the four alive when Li Laosan dies," Dong Sui said that he was willing to admit defeat and directly pointed to Li Guolou's sore spot

"Give me a serious point, only you know my old bottom, don't betray me," Li Guolou involuntarily looked upstairs for fear of being heard

"Hey, it's been two years, Li Laosan is still so merry, melancholy, and a lot of youth can be squandered, I have given birth to gray hair, I don't know when I can be like Li Laosan, long-sleeved and good at dancing, and I am surprised," Zhao Yutang looked at the few beautiful women upstairs with jealousy, that is the rich and powerful men of the Qing Dynasty can have stunners, and they can't sit in a high position in this life, only to see it

Dong Sui pouted and said: "You, there is still a ranking in the top three in the pile of bastards, originally Li Lao's three sons are my senior brothers, they all know me, what kind of toad do you still want to eat swan meat"

"Talking about ideals, I have self-knowledge, I am afraid that I will be fifty or sixty years old, and then my big hobby is physical health, and I don't want to think about anything else," Zhao Yutang sighed, others were jealous of his official fortune, and there was green smoke on his ancestral grave, but when he mixed into this circle, he saw that he was humble, and he didn't have a thousand taels of silver in his head all year round, and this official hat was still too small

"Lord Shangshu is already fifty-five, and there are still ambitions, Zhao Yutang, don't say frustrating words, in another ten years, our brothers will sit upstairs, someone in the box will pay to send the singer to you, and then you will not serve the old family, the yellow-faced woman will definitely be kicked back to your hometown by you" Dong Sui encouraged the same year Jinshi, they are not fighting alone, but a group of people fighting, there are the old mainland Runzhen, the second Tan Zongjun, and the third Li Guolou cover them, these fellow scholars will have the final say in the future Qing Dynasty officialdom

Zhao Yutang said with a smile: "Cheng Dong 100 auspicious words, we all live a long life, make outstanding contributions to the work, and make a toast to the prosperity and prosperity of the Qing Dynasty."

"Cheers", a table of jinshi with tea instead of wine, holding high the teacup in their hands, unity is strength, if you want to rise, you must first show your identity, they are all advocates of the Westernization movement, and they have contributed to the Westernization movement

The banquet is about to officially begin, the master of ceremonies let the guests sit in their seats, Li Guolou went upstairs and sat down with Lu Runzhen, Tan Zongjun and others, and sat down here, the officials belong to the rising stars of officialdom, and have a common language, but they are different from Dong Sui below, they are all old and cunning, talking and laughing very happily, talking about elegant poetry and songs, and will not say boring and stupid words

The talented lover took out his notebook from his pocket and let the people watch his recent masterpieces, Li Guolou could not avoid vulgarity, handed the work to the old mainland Runxuan, and let the champion evaluate it

Lu Runzhen looked at Li Guolou vomiting blood, and said with a slight bow: "Li Laosan's poetry has improved a little compared to the past, but on the whole, it has not departed from the influence of his predecessors, and he has no atmospheric work of his own, so he still has to learn more from Tan Laoer."

Li Guolou watched Tan Zongjun write poems and applauded: "Well, Tan Lao Er has a generation of grandmasters, and I can only express a little inner feeling when I am in the right place, or there is a distance."

Tan Zongjun smiled uninhibitedly: "Hey, how can you compare me with me, I am a tourist, immersed in the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, and cultivate sentiments, how can you work hard every day, Boss Lu evaluates how I have a unique style."

"Well, I can't see the progress, I just see that you are getting more and more loose, the words are your soul, Tan Laoer, you have to reflect on your words and deeds, what makes you so bohemian," Lu Runjun said quickly, not giving Tan Zongjun face at all

Tan Zongjun hurriedly stood up and bowed and saluted: "Thank you, Lord Lu, for reminding me that I am wrong, I must change my free and casual style, and I will never sleep in the afternoon from now on, and I can't go out to play in the public hall to practice calligraphy."

"Well, Tan Er, don't let the reputation of the list be blinded, your eyes should calm down and reflect on your words and deeds, I will still depend on you in the future, don't be like a child, gambling and swearing, is it useful" Lu Runzhen didn't believe that Tan Zongjun would change his personality and decide success or failure, and Tan Zongjun would act arbitrarily in the officialdom and suffer losses in the future

Tan Zongjun still stood and replied: "Don't worry, Boss Lu, yesterday, Li Laosan has criticized me for a long time, scolding me in front of my son, I will really change"

"I will remind you when you are a confidant," Lu Runzhen glanced at Li Guolou, but he didn't expect Li Guolou to say the same thing

"Yes, there is a confidant, there are no regrets in life," Tan Zongjun sat down with a smile and cursed for ten years, he had a casual temper, and he was not used to it, but he was unwilling to deal with daily affairs, piled up like a mountain of documents, he offended the chief on the grain road here, and had a bad reputation in the officialdom, if it were not for Lu Runzhen and Li Guolou, he would have stepped down a long time ago

Li Guolou held a notebook in his hand and read aloud Tan Zongjun's poem "Eighteen Plates of Following the Lion Ridge", and sang congratulations in a standard Beijing accent:

"Qifeng wants to dry the sky, loses momentum, suddenly slants, bends, rings, suspicions, entanglement, fights, thousands of stacks, and opens one by one, and I really hope to see the gloom and unexpectedly come out of evil

Strange edges, low hooks, angry teeth, Sozi for the road into the mountain, like a door to open the key, a little parasitic husband, gasping for breath, dare not make a dunden, tired, peeping and worrying, the soul is weak

I don't believe that the world is smooth, the road is still clear, and I see the green forest in the distance, and the eaves are bald, and the eaves are ringing, and I know that there is a Fanyu Chongpan and a horizontal ridge."

Tan Zongjun immediately looked radiant and proud, there are eight buckets in the world, he monopolizes five buckets, and Li Guolou is only worthy of holding his stinky feet