"Well, ah~~~~" Xiao Mu stretched his waist, and at the same time, his mouth made a very pleasant, humming and chirping sound, this time it turned a few corners and pulled a long note. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As if to silently express his dissatisfaction with Lin Yi with this lazy movement and voice, Xiao Mu continued: "I don't want to be the protagonist of this decadent genre of fiction. I wish I had woken up and found myself back in the same world......"

"Then you found out that you have to repeat the grade for another year......" Lin Yi still deducted it without mercy, directly exposing Xiao Mu's shortcomings, and causing a 10,000-point critical blow to Xiao Mu's psychological defense.

Just when Xiao Mu and Lin Yi were arguing with each other without saying a word, Wang Chengen came in with a food box.

The contents of this food box are not ordinary - under Wang Chengen's increasingly strict requirements, the chefs in the imperial dining room also fully realized the importance of this supper to the emperor. So the eight immortals of the imperial chefs crossed the sea to show their magical powers, and they showed their housekeeping skills, and tried their best to make an ordinary supper stunned - a little more color will look charming, and a little less color will feel dull, which makes people look at it and want to eat it impatiently.

Rao is well-informed chefs in the imperial dining room almost couldn't resist the urge to taste it first after seeing this supper, knowing that they remembered that this was specially prepared for the emperor, and after feeling a slight chill on the back of their necks, they held back their desires and did not do anything out of the ordinary.

After Wang Chengen took away this box of supper that condensed the wisdom and technology of the highest level chef of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial chefs could no longer resist the temptation of being fine, and after exchanging glances with each other, they reached a consensus: to make the same for themselves - quietly, of course.

However, the imperial chefs were soon disappointed, because there was a lack of "This is for the emperor who has just woken up, and it must be done carefully and carefully, if the emperor is not satisfied, there is no good fruit for you to eat!" The pressure and tension of the same ingredients did not have the effect of the box that Wang Chengen had just taken.

It's like the online novelists of later generations, who have the motivation to create under the pressure of the reminder day, and the works are also plotted with ups and downs and fascinating. Without the deadline as a reminder, the authors would be empty, and the work they would write would not only be not enough words, but also not attractive to read......

All in all, after Wang Chengen opened the lid of the food box and took out the supper inside one by one, the aroma of the food made Xiao Mu, who had been asleep for nearly twelve hours, unable to suppress the protest in his stomach anymore, and couldn't wait to start eating.

Of course, Lin Yi, who hadn't eaten well since Xiao Mu fainted, also moved his index finger and began to eat by decisively picking up chopsticks.

It's just that because he wants to maintain the dignified image of the queen mother in front of Wang Chengen, there is no way to gobble up like that, Lin Mu is completely at a disadvantage compared to Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu is more and more courageous, and he is not the slightest polite to Lin Yi who came to fight for food - the two of them just tried to solve the meal in front of them as quickly as possible on the premise of maintaining their demeanor as much as possible.

Seeing that the emperor and Niangniang were so appetizing and eating so happily, Wang Chengen's heart was of course very happy, and at the same time he secretly made up his mind that in the future, the imperial dining room should also maintain such high standards and strict requirements as today, and it was necessary to ensure that the emperor and Niangniang continued to maintain the current state of appetite, but ignored the objective factor that the emperor and Niangniang did not eat well today.

In the imperial dining room, the imperial chefs who were still frowning about not being able to replicate the perfect supper of Fang Cai, at this time, did not know that their future life would be more and more difficult......

After Xiao Mu and Lin Yi had eaten supper, Wang Chengen packed up the cups, plates, dishes and bowls, and left the hall with the food box.

Since he had just finished eating, it was not good for his health to go to bed right now (in fact, Xiao Mu, who had slept all day, must not be able to sleep at this time) - let's believe that this was the reason, Xiao Mu and Lin Ye decided to talk about "ten yuan" again.

Under the effect of food, the two of them were in a good mood, and the content of the chat was much more normal, instead of being tense and exposing each other like before supper.

The content of the conversation between the two, of course, is still to Zongdao, the first assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, and proposed the matter of resigning and returning to the field.

Lin Yi first put forward her opinion, that is, coming to Zongdao to do this is not really to resign from the office, but a form of persuasion, the purpose is to let Xiao Mu no longer obstruct the little eunuchs from worshiping Confucius, so that this tradition that has lasted for thousands of years can continue to be maintained.

Xiao Mu highly affirmed Lin Ye's opinions, but at the same time expressed his worries: after all, this kind of persuasion method of resigning from the government has more or less the slightest element of coercing the emperor, according to common sense, most of the ministers who will use this method are the kind of people who are proud of their talents, and they do have real talents and learning, and ordinary people cannot replace them. It seems that the sect is still a little bit short of this standard, and it is unlikely that it will use such a radical method.

And Xiao Mu pointed out that it was not the first time that he had come to Zongdao to resign, as early as when he failed in the previous dynasty, in the face of the accusations of the ministers, he had already submitted his resignation, and all the other members of the cabinet also resigned with him. Although it was a last resort under pressure, it was enough to see that the position of the head of the Zong Dao cabinet did not seem to be so important.

"Last time I heard you tell the story of Zhou Yanru, Qian Qianyi, and Wen Tiren fighting each other for the position of a cabinet elder, I have already made a decision not to easily change the members of the cabinet, especially the cabinet chief, unless you come to Zongdao to plot misdeeds or die, I will never change people again." Xiao Mu once again emphasized his original point of view, "If you resign from Zongdao, then there will be many officials like Qian Qianyi, Zhou Yanru, and Wen Tiren in the original history, who will fight openly and secretly for this vacated position of first assistant, and the new first assistant in the end must be produced after the intrigue of all parties, and it may not be how outstanding the ability is." ”

"And." Xiao Mu continued, "If you come to Zongdao to resign, there will be other cabinet elders who will also resign, so that there will be several vacant seats for cabinet scholars. If the position of the first assistant can only be fought for by a small number of officials whose prestige and qualifications are very sufficient, then the requirements for the prestige and qualifications of other cabinet elders are relatively not so high, and those officials whose prestige and qualifications are not enough to be the first assistant will also sharpen their heads and compete for the positions of these cabinet elders, maybe the grievances between Qian Qianyi, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren in the original history will be staged again. ”

"So you definitely can't agree to the matter of coming to the sect to resign." Lin Yi listened to Xiao Mu's long analysis, and finally came to a concise conclusion, "It's not enough not to agree, but also to try to keep it, so that Lai Zongdao can fully understand your sincerity, and avoid making him think that you are just playing some routine of 'three ways and three concessions'." ”

Xiao Mu said with a sad face: "But now that he himself has proposed to resign, he should not be the kind of impulsive person who comes to the sect. If he is really determined to leave, I am afraid it will not be so easy for me to keep him......"

"There's some truth to what you're saying." Lin Yi also rarely did not scoff at Xiao Mu's pessimistic performance, but affirmed it, and then said, "But just based on today's incident in the Inner Study Hall, I can't judge what Lai Zongdao thinks." As for the question you just said you were worried about and what to do if you came to Zongdao and was determined to resign, it would not be too late to worry after you really confirmed his intentions. ”

"Then how do you determine the true intention of coming to the sect?" Xiao Mu asked naturally.

"Well, of course, I have to find him to confirm, and the bell must be tied to the bell." Lin Yi did not hesitate to give the most straightforward answer.

"Well, this can be regarded as a solution...... Although he did not agree with Lin Yi's idea, in order not to spoil such a good atmosphere of conversation, Xiao Mu still expressed an affirmation.

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However, early the next morning, Xiao Mu still asked Wang Chengen to invite Lai Zongdao over - yesterday he slept from afternoon to midnight, and Xiao Mu was very energetic in the second half of the night, so he lay on the bed and continued to think about this problem. It's just that after thinking about it almost all night, he still regretted to find that apart from the straightforward method that Lin Yi said, he didn't find any other good ideas to confirm the true intentions of Lai Zongdao's heart.

It didn't take long for Wang Chengen to walk into the main hall with two dark circles under his eyes. Obviously, Xiao Mu could conclude that Lai Zongdao definitely didn't sleep well last night.

In fact, he barely slept when he came to Zongdao last night, and the impact of what happened during the day was too great for him, and he first had such a ridiculous idea that "the emperor actually rejected Confucianism", and at the same time he felt ridiculous, the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't extricate himself. The powerlessness of his inability to prevent the spread of such absurd ideas, as well as the guilt of suspecting the emperor's great rebellion, made the thought of resigning and returning to the land in his heart come to his head fiercely again.

However, it was his move of requesting his resignation in front of the emperor and many officials, but the emperor fainted in public. Such a result that he did not expect at all deepened the guilt in the heart of Lai Zongdao, who was already in turmoil, so that he was in a trance for a whole day, wanting to go and care about the emperor's situation, but he couldn't muster up the courage.

This state of affairs lasted all afternoon, and then all night, until now, when the emperor summoned him to the palace......