The three of them went to Li Jing's house.

As a new branch jinshi, Ji Ning and others actually did not have their own specific errands for a long time after the palace examination, and at this time, it was often the time when the new science and technology jinshi in the capital walked around the mansions of many officials most frequently.

Once an official meets Xiu Mu, a large number of jinshi will come to visit his mansion, and the more powerful the official, the more new jinshi he needs to receive.

Ji Ning and the others were not the only ones who wanted to visit Li Jing that day.

On Li Jing's mansion, there were no less than ten people who came to visit, and after Tang Xie arranged for someone to submit the post, several people also needed to go to the front yard of Li Mansion to wait.

Waiting with them, there were a few people who were Jinshi in the same department as Ji Ning and others, and a few people who were Jinshi from the past, or Li Jing's fellow township officials.

After a few people sat down, they didn't have anything to salute, so they sat down directly and waited for Li Jing to meet after a few words of greeting.

Li Jing probably only sees a stick of incense for about a time in each group, as for what he says when he meets, the most important thing is actually how many gifts he brings, and whether Li Jing thinks that the people who come to visit can be promoted and appointed.

The official fortune of the Great Yong Dynasty, the power at hand is still very large, and the more stupid the emperor is, the more serious the situation of the officials below abusing their power.

Li Jing is already a servant of the household department, and many times what the agent does is still a scholar's business, Li Jing is highly valued, and the people who come to visit naturally hope to get an official promotion from Li Jing, maybe enter the household department, or enter the other important yamen in the court through Li Jing's recommendation, and there are not limited to six.

Tang Xie and Han Yu did not pass the Hanlin examination, and when they came to Li Jing's mansion, they could be understood by those fellow scholars, but when Ji Ning came to Li Jing's mansion, others didn't understand it very well.

Because Ji Ning once said in front of the emperor that his goal was to enter the Temple of Literature, he would not pay attention to the affairs of the imperial court, in this case, why was it necessary to come to see a household servant?

But at the same time, sitting in Li Jing's house, these people were embarrassed to ask each other directly, and several people sat awkwardly, after all, they were here to ask for gifts, and they would all be more or less ashamed, and they would not ask each other why they came to visit.

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said that they would wait for about half an hour to meet, but they waited for an hour, and it was not Ji Ning and the others who took their turn to visit.

From the acquaintance of the Li Mansion, Ji Ning learned that there were guests in the Li Mansion, and Li Jing was entertaining the guests, so he didn't have time to continue meeting the guests.

"What guests are so important?" Tang Xie went up and asked the acquaintance.

"A few Jinshi masters, this is our Li Mansion's business, it has nothing to do with you, you better not ask too much!" Zhike looked a little proud and said, "Actually, there are some things, it's not that I can't say anything, our young lady, who is now preparing to participate in the selection of the show girl to enter the palace, if selected, will directly enter the palace to become a princess, whether it is to be an imperial concubine or a princess in the future, it will make my Li family more prominent?" ”

Tang Xie frowned and said, "Your young lady...... How many young ladies are there in your Li Mansion? ”

"Of course there is only one, our lord actually has a daughter outside, but it can be called a young lady, only our eldest lady is alone, and now the eldest lady is waiting to be married, and she wants to enter the palace, which is also reasonable, don't ask more about a few Jinshi masters!" After Zhike finished speaking, he went out, which made Tang Xie a little depressed.

Tang explained: "The young lady of the Li Mansion is Miss Li Xiu'er, who is also quite famous in Jinling City, right?" It's really ...... that such a flower-like beauty wants to enter the palace to be the emperor's concubine."

He almost said something like a flower on cow dung.

Han Yu hurriedly coughed and reminded Tang Xie not to continue.

Tang Xie stopped talking, but Ji Ning was closing his eyes and pondering something, he had heard of Li Xiu'er's entry into the palace for the first time, but he had actually calculated that the time for the palace to select the show girl should be in May of that year, which means that there is still more than a month to go.

Ji Ning thought to himself: "After Zhao Kangzheng reaches this age, he attaches great importance to the selection of show girls, after all, he is bent on indulging in wine, and the officials of the local governments will send the show girls selected by the local government to the capital within about one or two months. Why did Li Jing suddenly want to send Li Xiu'er into the palace? This actually proves that Li Jing is a person who climbs the dragon and attaches the phoenix! ”

He is pitiful for Li Xiuer to be born in such a family, but the "Li Xiuer" in his impression is actually Su Pujia, and he doesn't have much feeling for this "Li Xiuer", but because Li Xiuer has helped him and Su Pujia deliver letters, Ji Ning is very grateful to Li Xiuer.

Tang explained: "I usually hear that the selection of show girls is generally a local wealthy family, and few of the senior members of the court will send their daughters to the palace, what is Li Shilang going to do?" ”

Han Yu saw that several people on the other side were looking at Tang Jie, knowing that Tang Xie was feeling worthless because Li Xiu'er was being sent to the palace by the Li Mansion, he said: "This is Li Shilang's own choice, we have no right to interfere!" ”

Ji Ning looked in the direction of the main mansion of the Li Mansion, and vaguely saw someone in eunuch clothes coming out, and he knew that in fact, the guests in the Li Mansion were the people in the palace.

I didn't see the officials of Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites who selected the show girl, and I saw the people in the palace, which means that Li Jing is very confident that his daughter will pass the primary election.

Ji Ning got up and said, "Brother Tang, Brother Han, there is something going on, I will leave first, and I will come to visit Li Shilang next time!" ”

"Huh? Yongning, you want to go? Tang Xie said with a puzzled expression.

Ji Ning nodded and said, "There are some urgent things to do at home, if you have something, you will talk about it when we meet tomorrow, and say goodbye!" ”

Ji Ning left the Li Mansion in a hurry, he didn't go back to the mansion, but was going to find out more about the draft girls in the palace, and now there were not many people he could ask, and he vaguely felt that there were some key things that he had overlooked.

There are many channels for him to get the news, there are rumors, and there are also palace secrets bought back from secret locations, although these news are very messy, but they all show a result, that is, the draft girl in mid-May, the matter has basically been decided, and Li Jing wants to send his daughter to the palace gate, this matter can also be confirmed.

"No wonder Miss Li refuses to reply to me, it turns out that she herself is in trouble, and she has to be sent to the palace by her own father to be the concubine of an old and faint emperor. How can I help her? ”

(End of chapter)