"Zirui, I haven't seen you for many days..."Xia Yan didn't enter the lobby yet, so he smiled and saluted. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"It turned out to be Lord Xia, please come in, haha..." Peng Yue hurriedly welcomed Xia Yan in.

"Lord Xia came to the cold house, and he never greeted him from afar, please forgive me." Peng Yue said and invited Xia Yan to his seat.

"It doesn't have to be like this..."Xia Yan leaned back in his chair, "What's the matter, I went out of the Ministry of Officials and was promoted to the Ministry of Households, but I was separated from each other?" ”

"How dare you, it's just that the humble house is really simple..."Peng Yue said as he looked around the hall, "Now there is not even a single person in the mansion, and I hope Lord Xia will not be surprised..."

"Where is this, as an official should be..."Xia Yan habitually touched the teacup, but it was empty, and then looked up at the slightly cramped room, and couldn't help frowning, "Your mansion... It's a little shabby..."

"Yes, Lord Xia smiled..."Peng Yue sneered, and touched the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Xia Yan, "I've been busy lately, so I didn't go to the mansion to pay respects to my lord after I was promoted, and please don't blame my lordship..."

"Zirui must not say that, it embarrass me. You are happy to be promoted, and I should come to you to congratulate you, how can there be any reason for you to run to my house..."Xia Yan took a sip of tea as he spoke, frowned slightly, and put the teacup on the table with a smile.

Peng Yue naturally noticed this subtle movement, and hurriedly shouted to the inner hall: "Ling'er, hurry up and heat the pot of tea, there are guests at home!" ”

"I've seen it earlier..."I saw Ziling walking out with a pot of tea with a smile, "There have been so many guests at home recently, which one of them hasn't been entertained well?" ”

I saw Ziling wearing a blue emerald smoke shirt, a pleated skirt with scattered flowers, water mist and green grass tied with soft smoke, and her body was fragrant, she should have just been dressed up.

Xia Yan looked at Ziling's outfit and this speech and behavior, and he was definitely not a subordinate. But Peng Yue told himself that he was not married, so the woman in front of him...

"I've seen my lord..."Ziling walked up to Xia Yan and bowed, and then poured Xia Yan a cup of hot tea.

Xia Yan saw that Ziling was performing the gift of a girl who had not yet left the boudoir, and her hair had been fixed with a hairpin, but the hair on her sideburns and the back of her head was still combed down, and she couldn't help but be even more surprised, "This is..."

"Oh... It's a family sister... Peng Yue stepped forward, pointed at Ziling and said, "I haven't told my lord yet, this is me... The only loved one..."

"I'm not her sister," Ziling argued as she shook her already slender sinks, "I'm just... It's just one of his relatives..."Ziling said as she glanced at Peng Yue.

"Uh..."Xia Yan was also a little confused in this situation, raised his eyes and looked at Ziling again, only to see her pair of apricot eyes with waves, a little strange but with a smile, and after a little lingering on Peng Yue's body, he lowered his head in amusement.

"Don't be strange, my lord, it's a little woman who doesn't know how to be polite..."Ziling's pink lips rose slightly, and she smiled sweetly, "Presumably adults still have important things to discuss, then I won't bother..."

"Then you go in first..."Peng Yue turned his face and glanced at Ziling, "Thank you for your hard work..."

"Hmph", Ziling snorted lightly, and made a grimace at Peng Yue when Xia Yan was not paying attention, although there was no powder on his face, but it was fresh and moving, and it was very pretty.

Looking at Ziling's fair skin, but it was still unusually pink, and her increasingly thin face looked more beautiful, but she was still sticking out her tongue mischievously to herself in no one like before, Peng Yue couldn't help but smile and shook her head, "It's still a little girl who doesn't grow up..."

Of course, everything inadvertently couldn't escape Xia Yan's eyes, looking at this rare scene, Xia Yan was also half confused and half understood, and his eyes couldn't help but go away for a while with Ziling's slender figure. I saw her bend her waist to take a slight step, showing her wrist in the light yarn, it seems that this etiquette has indeed been learned by heart.

But after a second look, I saw Ziling turn a corner, as if no one was paying attention, so he pointed to the ground on tiptoe again, jumping up, looking like he was out of his youth.

When Xia Yan saw this, he was also dumbfounded, and quickly picked up the brewed tea and took a sip to block his gaffe at this moment.

"The house is simple, I'm... My sister is also a little illiterate, and I hope that adults will not be surprised..."Peng Yue saw that Xia Yan smiled a little, and couldn't help but be embarrassed.

"It's okay, it's okay, just come to see you and congratulate you on your promotion..."Xia Yan put down the teacup and smiled politely at Peng Yue, "Then I'll congratulate Zi Ruirong on his promotion to Hubu Langzhong." ”

"Thank you, Lord Xia..."Peng Yue returned the favor to Xia Yan.

"There must be quite a few officials who have come to you recently, right?" Xia Yan looked careless, but his eyes were staring at the pot of tea that Ziling brought just now. Obviously, Ziling's inadvertent words made him fall in love.

"Ahh How many of them..."Peng Yue prevaricated a little casually, "I have just been promoted, and it is normal for a few officials to come to congratulate..."

"I don't think I'm here to congratulate you, right?" Xia Yan casually looked out the window, "These officials have very sharp eyes and bright hearts, they won't congratulate them casually..."

Xia Yan said this easily, but Peng Yue naturally heard the meaning of the words, and Peng Yue also deeply agreed with Xia Yan's statement, when he was directly promoted from an eight-rank junior official to the ministry, it made many low-level officials look sideways, as if they saw their hope from themselves. Now he has been transferred from the Ministry of Officials to the Ministry of Households, although it is only the fifth grade, but this speed of promotion has also made many officials moved, and they want to come over to talk to themselves, the upstart of the court who may be about to rise.

"Emperor Meng didn't give up, and rewarded me with an official position in the household department, but after all, he is only a fifth-grade official, which is nothing..."Peng Yue didn't know why Xia Yan said such things, could it be that because of this kind of thing, he had to have a dislike with Xia Yan?

"It's not a matter of big and small officials, the key is that you have hope and potential..."Xia Yan spoke, and leaned forward, "Your Majesty's promotion speed is fast, it is enough to see Your Majesty's favor for you, and you will be an official, and when you gain power, you don't forget to curry favor with the ministers in power, such a smart person, how can there be a reason not to let officials curry favor?" ”

"Why did Lord Xia say this?" Peng Yue narrowed his eyes, and the smile he had squeezed out just now froze there for a moment.

"You proposed such a good method to Your Majesty, and you didn't forget to ask Zhang Xuan to be in charge of this matter, so know how to judge the situation so well, aren't you a smart person?" Xia Yan said teasingly.

"It turned out to be this..."Peng Yue finally understood the reason for Xia Yan's attitude, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but then he was a little sad. Could it be that the sense of trust between himself and Xia Yan is so fragile, just such a thing would make Xia Yan so suspicious of himself.

"Could it be that this matter is in Zirui's opinion... Just spontaneously? Xia Yan's eyes revealed a cold air, which made Peng Yue feel cold.

"It's not..."Peng Yue said as he moved to the main seat, "Before answering Lord Xia's question, I would like to ask Lord Xia first, what do you think of this idea I proposed to the emperor?" ”

Xia Yan didn't expect Peng Yue to ask himself, but he didn't have a good attack for a while, so he could only put away his emotions first and said slowly: "This method is very good, and there is no need to say much about the advantages, it's just... It's just that there is more resistance to implementation..."

"That's right, since there is a lot of resistance, there will be a lot of opposition..."Peng Yue tapped his fingers on the table, "Could it be this kind of resistance... Do you want to bear it for both of you? ”

"Oh... It turns out that you are planning to do this..."Xia Yan looked suddenly realized, as if he had figured out everything in an instant, "So good... Very good... Haha..."

"Not only that, but I also want to take this opportunity to try the emperor's attitude..."Peng Yue leaned forward, and his voice lowered, "When I proposed that Zhang Xuan be in charge of this matter, and I also said that it was not Zhang Zhang, others can't do this kind of thing, in fact, the emperor is hesitant, and even a little displeased, what does this mean?" The emperor is already afraid of Zhang Xuan's power..."

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Xia Yan's expression became elusive, "Your method is very good... The words are also very appropriate, if it is not Zhang Xuan, others can't do such things, haha... You can figure it out..."

"Of course, the emperor's abacus is even more fine..."Peng Yue twisted the tea leaves on the teacup with his fingers, "The emperor was worried that the household department would not be easy to regulate, so he transferred me to the household department and gave me the real power to manage things, but only gave me a five-grade position... The emperor will really treat us as pawns..."

"You can't say that..."Xia Yan made a silent gesture, and then got up from his seat, "After all, you are too young and your qualifications are still young, and the official in the Tobu Lang is already a great grace..."

"What Lord Xia said is reasonable, it's me... Confused..."Peng Yue couldn't help but sigh that Xia Yan was too careful, but it seems that he really has to learn slowly, and he really has to be more careful in his words and deeds.

"So have things been going well with you lately, is there any... Need my help? Xia Yan asked this, but his face was slightly bloody.

Peng Yue knew that Xia Yan was embarrassed to misunderstand him just now, but now that he was willing to take the initiative to say so, Peng Yue didn't want to dwell on that matter any longer. After all, trust is built little by little, and perhaps as the friendship between the two deepens, this sense of trust will gradually increase.

"It's not necessary, I'm in charge of the details now, specific and micro things, it's just busy, but there is no resistance, unlike Zhang Zhang, who has to be busy criticizing and scolding all day long, haha..."

"This matter still has to be done slowly, and there is no hurry..."Xia Yan said in a matter-of-fact manner.

"Well, this is natural..."Peng Yue nodded, "But the opposition is not very big now, after all, the measures were not so urgent at the beginning, and the interests of the relevant officials were not so violated, and they did not dare to have too many opinions, and... Isn't there still Master Zhang? ”

"Yes, yes... And Lord Zhang..."Xia Yan also laughed maliciously.

"Actually, we are very happy to do these things, thinking that we are doing very smart, but in fact, the emperor's heart is like a mirror..."Peng Yue lowered his head and smiled bitterly, "Last time, the emperor asked me, what do you think of the matter between you and Zhang Xuan..."

"How did you answer?" Xia Yan had an anxious look on his face.

"I wanted to avoid this issue at first, so I said that it was just a dispute of speech, and there were differences in political opinions..."Peng Yue bit his lip, "Guess what the emperor said, the emperor said that this is not a dispute of speech, nor is it a difference in political opinions, but a power struggle..."

"Is that what the emperor really said?" Xia Yan had a look of surprise on his face, obviously he didn't expect Zhu Houxi to see this issue so thoroughly.

"In this way, the emperor's thoughts are also obvious..."Peng Yue sighed and lowered his voice a little more, "The emperor has always been very jealous of the minister's party struggle in his heart. But on the one hand, the emperor remembered Zhang Zhang's old feelings, and there was no other minister to rely on at the moment, so he had to indulge Zhang Xuan for a while, but it was inevitable that he would occasionally suppress him. On the other hand, the emperor cherishes your talents very much, and may also want to... Use your power to suppress Zhang Xuan..."

"It seems that it is not so difficult to replace him..."Xia Yan frowned slightly, and fell into deep thought, "The important thing is that we all do a good job, so that the emperor understands that Zhang Xuan is not the only one available in the court... Besides, the emperor already has a dislike for him..."

"Of course, you also have to let Your Majesty understand that we are different from Zhang Xuan..."Peng Yue looked at Xia Yan, "At least we don't form a party..."

Notes: 1. Unmarried women, before reaching adulthood (15 years old to hold a ceremony, on behalf of female adulthood) to comb the maid and bun, that is, the two sideburns and the hair behind are combed into small braids and hang down, only the hair on the top of the head is tied in a bun. After the coming-of-age ceremony, it is all coiled up and fixed with a hairpin, but the sideburns and the hair behind it are still partially combed down. It wasn't until after the marriage that he put all his hair on top of his head and combed his hair in a bun at the back of his head.

2. During Gao Gong's tenure as the first assistant to the cabinet, he privately said a disrespectful word to the emperor: How to rule the world as a ten-year-old child. As a result, Zhang Juzheng conspired with the eunuch Feng Bao to denounce his rebellion, and said that he had said in private: How to be a ten-year-old child (slightly changed). In the end, Gao Gong was suspected of being deposed, and Zhang Juzheng became the first assistant of the cabinet.