Chapter 35: Confidants and Former Feuds in This World
Ji Yang's father, Ji Ping, is only forty-five years old this year, and he is already a scholar of the official residence department, a scholar of the East Pavilion University, and an auxiliary minister of the cabinet. Although it is not said to be the most powerful in the world, it is also in an important position and holds great power.
But this Ji Ping is a little difficult to produce heirs, there are still only two daughters under the knee at the age of twenty, and it was not until the age of twenty-two that the girl who has been serving for many years gave birth to the eldest son Ji Yan.
After another three or four years, Ji Ping got his sister-in-law Ji Yang.
Therefore, Ji Yang is quite favored at home, and his temperament is even more detached like a child.
However, after Ji Yang, the Zou family did not come out again, and several concubines also gave birth to daughters.
Now there are three sisters under Ji Yang.
The sister he was talking about was his youngest sister.
Lu Yan knew that Ji Yang liked that sister very much, so he joked with a smile: "I see that your fifth sister is also very close to you, I'm afraid I want to wait until you pass the Jinshi exam before giving you any congratulatory gifts." β
When Ji Yang heard this, a smile finally appeared on his face: "Then I'll have to wait for a long time." β
"What, Zhong Ming, you don't plan to participate in next year's Spring Festival?" Huang Yuanliang heard some doorways and asked suspiciously.
Lu Yan also turned his head to look at Ji Yang, although he didn't speak, his eyes were also full of questions.
Ji Yang chuckled disapprerovitously, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "What are the expressions of the two of you, what are my Qiu Yu's grades like, you two don't see it." β
Ji Yang said, sat up straight from the Luohan bed, and pouted: "My father said that if I go to participate in the Spring Festival like this, if I don't say well, I will fall into the top three, it is better to go out and travel while I am young, and stay until it is safer, and it is not too late to end up." β
"In the end, the elder Ge is far-reaching, and your career in the future will definitely not be too bumpy, so I am really not in a hurry for this year or two." Huang Yuanliang bowed slightly, "But you still have to be more careful when you go out to travel." β
Huang Yuanliang was born in a poor family, his father died early, and only his mother and sister were left in the family to rely on each other. When Huang Yuanliang was thirteen years old, he was admitted to Xiucai, and Huang's mother heard that there was a college in Tongzhou that Mr. was very strict, so she saved money and sent Huang Yuanliang to Tongzhou Academy.
Huang Yuanliang studied very hard, but he didn't know if it was bad luck or what, but in the past few years, he has repeatedly failed in the township examination, until he is one in his twenties this year, and he can be regarded as a person who has passed the examination.
He learned in the academy that Lu Yan was now also under the fence, so he had a little sympathy with Lu Yan, but when he arrived in this mansion today, he realized that Lu Yan's identity was not as simple as he thought.
In the past few days, Huang Yuanliang got acquainted with Ji Yang through Lu Yan, and he was even more grateful to Lu Yan in his heart.
Although he was born in a poor family, he was not such a sour person, and he knew that if he wanted to walk smoothly in the officialdom in the future, it was also essential to get acquainted with the children of these eunuchs.
Lu Yan was silent.
Lu Yan was not familiar with Ji Yang in his previous life, but he also vaguely remembered that Ji Yang was indeed the spring festival that Tianshun participated in in the nineteenth year, and the chief examiner of that year was the current Hubu Shangshu Xie Bixing.
That year, Ji Yang's results were very good, and he took the sixth place in the general examination, and when the palace examination was over, he was the first in the second grade.
Later, because of the deep personal relationship between Xie and Ji, the official career was smooth, and when he entered the cabinet through Yan Youting, Ji Yang had also entered the Inspectorate, and the official worshiped the four products of Zuo Yushi.
At that time, Ji Yang was no longer as childish as he is now, Xu had gone through years of tempering, and the whole person was very calm, and he was even more confrontational with himself in the court.
If it wasn't for the revenge of the Su family, he would definitely not be an enemy of such a powerful figure.
Now, that can be avoided.
"Yizhi thought of something good, and he actually smiled like this." Ji Yang saw that Lu Yan was silent, so he stepped forward with his face up, "But I remembered which girl came." β
Lu Yan only smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and pushed Ji Yang back: "I just think that Ji Ge's arrangement is really suitable for you, and your current temperament is indeed not suitable for walking in officialdom." β
Ji Yang tilted back to the pillow of Luohan's bed, smashed his mouth and said, "What you said is exactly the same as my father, and even the tone is exactly the same." β
After Ji Yang finished speaking, he seemed to feel that something was not enough, looked Lu Yan up and down, and said, "I have wanted to say it for a long time, among the few of us, Yi Zhi is the youngest, but when we get along, I think you are the most calm one." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Huang Yuanliang and asked, "Brother Yuanliang thinks the same way?" β
Huang Yuanliang was noncommittal to Ji Yang's words, only shook his head with a smile, and said, "I think it's okay, Zhongming, you will feel this way, I'm just afraid that you yourself are too naΓ―ve compared to your peers." β
After Huang Yuanliang said that, he laughed with Lu Yan, but Ji Yang sighed twice and muttered: "I'm not naΓ―ve, I'm calling it sincere, do you understand?" β
After saying that, he didn't feel convincing, so he raised his head and laughed.
The three of them talked for a while, and a little servant ran in and said in a loud voice: "Young master, uncle said that the banquet has been prepared, and asked you to bring two guests over." β
Lu Yan replied that he understood, then he stood up, arched his hand towards the two, and said with a smile: "Two brothers, please." β
Today's banquet, the Su family is not too extravagant, but three or four tables of banquets are set up in the Ruyi Pavilion in the garden.
The banquet of the ladies was set up in the Linlang Pavilion on the south side of the back garden.
Su Man led the two little girls to watch the goldfish in the water pavilion for a while, and played the swing for a while, and the two girls shouted to take a break.
The three of them sat in the verandah in front of the water pavilion, listening to the laughter of the ladies and wives in the Linlang Pavilion not far away, Xie Ying stretched out his hand and poked Su Man, and asked in a low voice: "Is the one who wears a fragrant Taoist robe the brother who was raised in your family?" β
Su Man was a little tired from playing with the two girls, and now his mind was full of when he could eat, so he didn't think about it, and only sighed vaguely.
"I haven't seen it a few times before, and you've never said that your brother is so good-looking."
Well? Su Man finally came back to his senses at this time: "Why did you suddenly ask about him?" β
Xie Ying choked, and two inconspicuous flushes flew up on his cheeks: "It's just that I saw it today, so I just asked you, what is the reason." β
"Where is that man looking?" Lin Xuan, who had been sitting on the side and didn't speak, opened her mouth at this time: "My mother said that you have to look like a gentleman, and my brother Yong is really good-looking." β