Qian Gui, the housekeeper of the Qian Mansion, heard that his master asked him to prepare a sedan chair for four people, and hurriedly asked, "Has the master been promoted?" ”

Seeing Qian Gui's appearance, Qian Qianyi scolded with a smile: "You guy, don't be quiet, the holy decree hasn't come down yet, let people hear unprovoked jokes about our family!" ”

Qian Gui ignored Qian Qianyi's scolding, and asked, "Master, but the ministry?" ”

Qian Qianyi smiled and said, "It's the elder of the pavilion!" ”

Qian Gui was overjoyed when he heard it, he used to be Qian Qianyi's scholar, it can be said that he followed Qian Qianyi all his life, and naturally knew the sad fate of his master, and missed the cabinet several times. I didn't expect God to have eyes, and when I arrived in Guangdong, my lord finally entered the cabinet.

Qian Gui hurriedly called an entourage and asked him to go home to report to his wife about the celebration. After finishing the matter, Qian Gui thought about it, in addition to Liu Ru is side there is also a big lady in Guangzhou City, should he be notified over there!

Qian Gui cautiously came to the side of the sedan chair and asked in a low voice, "Master, the eldest lady... ”

Hearing Qian Gui mention his original partner, Qian Qianyi sighed in his heart, he and his original partner Chen have a deep relationship, but he and Liu Ru are even more confidantes. In the past, in order to marry Liu Ru, he made the city full of wind and rain, and he really didn't have the face to see his original partner.

Qian Qianyi sighed and said, "Hey! Let me know over there, too! ”

Qian Qianyi and Liu Ruye's home is in Beicheng, not far from the North City Gate, and the geographical location is very secluded. The courtyard is not big, there are only five rooms, and there are only more than ten people in the house, which is very inconsistent with the identity of Qian Qian Yishilin. When Qian Qianyi first came to Guangzhou, he had lost confidence in his career and planned to retire in Guangzhou, but when he came to Guangzhou, he couldn't stand the temptation of power and threw himself into the struggle for power and profit again.

Qian Qianyi has not yet arrived home, and the house already knows about his master's entry into the cabinet, which is a big deal, as the saying goes, the prime minister's door is a seven-grade official, and the family members of the whole house heard that the master entered the cabinet, and his waist is straight, and he can say that he is the prime minister's slave when he goes out in the future.

Liu Ru was also very happy to know the news, Liu Ru had actually guessed that there should be good news today. Because Liu Ru is a woman with high political sensitivity, in the past month or so, from the changes in the court, it has been found that the emperor may have to make some moves, plus Liu Ru is still Zhu Hongsan's secret lover, Zhu Hongsan will inevitably say some opinions about the university scholar when he lingers in his daily life.

Although Liu Ru had a premonition that the master was going to enter the cabinet, he was still very happy to hear the news, and quickly asked people to send a reward to his family, and then led the whole family to wait for the master to return to the house at the gate.

After Qian Qianyi returned home, Liu Ru had already led people to wait for a long time, and when she saw Lao Qian getting off the sedan chair, Liu Ru stepped forward and saluted and said, "Concubine body congratulates the master on entering the cabinet!" The servants in the back were clamoring for auspicious words.

The three major happy events in a man's life are promotion, getting rich and dying of his wife. Lao Qian is a big landlord in Suzhou Prefecture, and there is no shortage of money. When he was sixty years old, he married the beautiful Liu Rus, which is also perfect, and he is running for the official position in this life. Qian Qianyi thought of his hard life, thought of the prison disaster in Beijing when he was young, thought of the depression in his hometown in middle age, and thought of the day when it rained heavily outside Nanjing, Qian Qianyi couldn't help but sigh very much.

"Madame, get up! Rise up, everybody! Although His Majesty verbally agreed, he has not yet made an order, and he is not yet a minister! ”

Qian Gui on the side smiled and said: "Master, the emperor is a golden mouth, that can speak does not count, I estimate that the holy decree will come in a while, I will prepare the incense case first!" ”

Seeing that everyone in the family was very happy, Lao Qian was also very happy, took Liu Ruye's hand and walked into the study, and said softly: "Hedongjun, you will be the old lady of the pavilion from today onwards!" ”

Liu Ru has many men in her life, and her favorite should be Chen Zilong, and she hates and loves Zhu Hongsan, and she only has a strong family affection for Qian Qianyi. Seeing Qian Qianyi's true feelings revealed today, Liu Ru also smiled and said: "Master, it has been your long-cherished wish for many years to enter the cabinet, and today you finally got what you wanted, tell me what happened at the court?" ”

Qian Qianyi sighed and said, "Hey! It has always been my long-cherished wish to enter the cabinet, but after entering the cabinet today, I found that the cabinet is not safe and sound! Today, Ma Mingyuan didn't know what was wrong, and suddenly attacked his relative Feng Ziyong, and finally kicked Feng Ziyong out of the cabinet and served as the governor of Liangguang. Ma Feng and the others are close relatives, I heard that Feng Ziyong's mother was mourned, and he was raised by Ma Mingyuan's mother, but he didn't expect Ma Mingyuan to do it to his brother for the sake of power! ”

People are like this, they only see the shortcomings of others, and they can't see the shit themselves. Qian Qianyi killed Huang Yingxiu at the court meeting in the morning, if it weren't for Chen Zizhuang's protection, Huang Yingxiu's family would have fallen to the ground now. Qian Qianyi couldn't see these at all, but he just sighed at what happened to Feng Ziyong.

Liu Ru heard that there was another vacancy in the cabinet, and hurriedly asked: "Feng Ge is out of the cabinet, isn't there another vacancy!" ”

Qian Qianyi nodded, and then said: "Yes, I originally thought that I would be able to enter the cabinet today and have picked up a big bargain, but I didn't expect the emperor to give this vacancy to Jiang Yueguang!" ”

"Master, isn't that Donglin occupying two places in the cabinet?"

"That's right! We are now the same as the Cantonese faction, but one less seat than the Huguang faction. At first, I couldn't figure out why the emperor helped me so much, it stands to reason that the most useful one for the emperor was the Huguang faction, and the other was the Guangdong faction. I only thought it clearly on the way back, now that the emperor's Northern Expedition is imminent, if we occupy Nanzhili, our Donglin's right to speak will become bigger, this is the emperor is showing favor to Donglin! His Majesty the Emperor, don't look at the year that has just passed, but the means are old and spicy, not inferior to the Taizu of the year! ”

Liu Ru listened to Qian Qianyi praising Zhu Hongsan here, and his heart was a little unnatural, that bastard emperor couldn't help but be old and spicy, and he was very obscene. When I'm with myself, I force others to do those nasty things, and I blush when I think about it. Qian Qianyi was now thinking about the affairs of the court, but he didn't notice the difference between Liu Ruyi.

"Madam, what about Naoai?"

Liu Ru married Qian Qianyi and gave birth to a son, named Qian Zhiai, who just turned five years old this year, and it is the time to play. This son Liu Ru doesn't know who it is, he was raped by the bastard emperor Zhu Hongsan* back then, and he also had sex with Qian Qianyi in those two days, so she was also confused. However, as the child grew up, Liu Ru found that this child looked very much like Zhu Hongsan, especially those eyes, which were dripping and turning, and they were exactly the same as that bastard emperor.

Liu Ru heard the old man ask about his son, and quickly replied: "Zhiai was picked up by Zhiai this morning, and today at the Nancheng Temple Fair, Zhiai took Zhiai to play!" ”

Qian Qianyi has three sons and a daughter, the eldest son Qian Sunai followed him in his early years, and when he came to Guangzhou, Qian Qianyi made a vacancy for him, and went to Chaozhou Mansion to be a county magistrate. There is also a son Qian Yiai, this son was born to a concubine, and Lao Qian is very interested in this son. Qian Yiai is very similar to Qian Qianyi when he was a teenager, he was handsome and studied well, and he was promoted to Nanzhili at the age of fourteen. You must know that in Jiangnan, there have always been Jin Juren and Yin Jinshi talking, Jiangnan literary style is prosperous, this Juren is even more difficult to test than Jinshi. Therefore, Qian Qianyi has always hoped that his second son will surpass him and be admitted to the Jinshi before the age of twenty-five. But with the collapse of the country and the collapse of the family, the examination has not been held since the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, and it has been five years now.

In fact, it is possible to become an official with the fame of Qian Yiai, but Qian Qianyi has great hopes for his son, where he can come out as an official as soon as possible, and after coming to Guangzhou, he has been letting him study hard at home, and when he has an exam, he will be amazing. Today, when he heard that his son was not studying hard at home, he actually took his younger brother out to play, Qian Qianyi couldn't help but feel angry.

"This rebel son made him disobedient at home, so he had to run away with his younger brother!"

Seeing that Qian Qianyi was angry, Liu Ru hurriedly persuaded: "The bereaved love is already married, not a child, don't be too lenient!" Liu Ru had an unpleasant quarrel with the eldest lady Chen because of her marriage to Qian Qianyi, and naturally she had no contact with Qian Qianyi's other family members. But Qian Zhiai is an exception, Qian Yiai always runs to Liu Ru is here, and likes his younger brother Qian Zhiai very much, so Liu Ru saw Qian Qian getting angry and quickly distinguished two sentences for Qian Yiai.

At this time, Qian Yiai came back with his younger brother Qian Zhiai, and when he saw his father sitting in the hall, he was angry, and hurriedly came over to say goodbye.

"The son doesn't know that his father is back, and his father is well!"

Qian Qianyi couldn't do anything about this son's baby, what he said just now was just angry words, and now when he saw his son coming over, he reluctantly pretended to be angry and asked, "Didn't your father let you study at home?" What are you going to do when you go out and run like crazy! And with your brother! ”

"Father, my son has been studying at home for ten days, and today is the Nancheng temple fair, bring my younger brother out to relax!"

Qian Qianyi was just about to speak, when Qian Gui, the housekeeper outside, ran in and shouted, "Master, the holy decree is here, come out and prepare!" ”

Qian Qianyi didn't even take off his official uniform when he entered the door, just waiting for the holy decree, and when he heard that he was coming, he didn't care about reprimanding his son, and hurriedly walked out to meet the holy decree.

The edicts of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are divided into two kinds, one is the holy decree, which is approved by the cabinet and is regarded as an official legal document of the state. There is also a kind of Zhongzhi, which is the emperor's personal meaning, and if it is not important, it can be regarded as law. But if the cabinet does not agree, it can be returned to the central decree, that is, it can take what the emperor says as a fart, and the emperor has no choice, which is a bit of the meaning of the cabinet and the head of state in later generations.

Of course, the appointment of a scholar requires a holy decree, and it is more troublesome to receive the holy decree, so it is necessary to prepare an incense case, and the whole family goes out to greet it. However, Qian Qianyi and Qian Yiai don't have to kneel, because they both have fame, and others can't, even Liu Ru, as Zhu Hongsan's secret lover, has to kneel to meet the holy decree.

Qian Qianyi already knew the content of the holy decree, and today it was just a ceremony to let the people around him know that Qian Qianyi was a big official. Although Qian Qianyi knew the content of the holy decree, he was still a little excited when he saw that after the lieutenant recited the holy decree, he put the bullfighting suit and jade belt given by Qin in front of him.