Mei Xiaoren waited outside the door for an hour to pass, and the people inside were still discussing hotly, and she was almost frozen into a snowman outside.

When the door opened, the warmth in the hall came to her face, and the officials rushed out, and she stood outside in an orderly manner.

They passed by her, their eyes swept over her, and then they whispered away.

When the people were gone, she saw that the person sitting on the main seat in the hall was an old man with gray hair and beard, dressed in a dark green official uniform.

This is also the clothes she will wear after taking office, but the official rank of Shangjing Mansion Yin is two grades higher than her, and he is a third-rank official who is only one step away from the vermilion official uniform.

Tao Fu Yin didn't let her in, so she could only stand outside, but she felt that Tao Fu Yin should have seen her a long time ago, so she wouldn't still be drinking tea with a teacup and not passing her in.

At first, she guessed that Tao Fuyin might still be thinking about Fang Cai, and didn't want to be disturbed for the time being, but he drank a cup of tea inside, and he didn't call her in when he called the little maid to mix tea.

She can't help but think about today's outing, and that word is called - get off the horse!

"The one outside, come in."

When the little servant added tea and came out, Mei Xiaoren's ears heard this summons. She hurriedly straightened her dress, moved inside, and saluted the people in the hall with stiff hands: "The lowly Mei Xiaoren has seen Lord Fu Yin. ”

"You're the one from Xuanzhou...... That ......" Tao Fu Yin frowned and pondered for a while, as if he had suddenly realized, "General judgment? ”

Mei Xiaoren replied with heavy eyes: "In the past, it was indeed the general judgment of Xuanzhou. ”

"It's not easy to go from Xuanzhou to Shangjing, you have changed from a general judge to a general official, the official of this yamen, do you rely on your own ability?"

Mei Xiaoren was cold, and when he heard his words, his heart froze for a while, and he didn't know how to answer for a long time.

It is rare for her to be promoted from the sixth rank to the fourth rank, and this matter must have spread in the capital, these adults should know that she can come to Beijing by Wei Guogong, if she doesn't want to joke, how can she ask knowingly.

"Why don't you answer, don't you take this official in your eyes?" Tao Fuyin leaned back in his chair and looked at her, his face was cloudier than the sky outside.

"Back to my lordship, I came to the capital from Xuanzhou to rely on the order of the officials." Mei Xiaoren took out the order from his sleeve and presented it with both hands, "Please take a look." ”

Tao Fu Yin looked at the booklet in her hand with a slight sinking eye, and did not intend to reach out to pick it up, and said slowly: "I will not look at the official of the order, you can't fake this thing, since you are here, then take care of the official first, don't worry about your Xuanzhou set, Xuanzhou that place, how can it be compared with Shangjing." ”

"Yes, follow your teachings."

Tao Fu Yin said with a stiff face: "When you come to the official, you have to obey the instructions of the official, you can't make decisions without permission, you must come to the official to report everything, if you dare to hide it, the official will definitely report to the ministry, then you can go back where you came from." ”

"I don't dare to overstep the rules."

"Also, now that you are a mansion here, your errands will inevitably be heavy in the future, if you can't get out of bed, you are not allowed to take leave." Tao Fu Yin's hand on the chair knocked on the armrest leisurely, and continued, "The errand given to you, when you finish it, you have to finish it when you do, you are not allowed to shirk, and you are not allowed to hand it over to the people below. ”

Mei Xiaoren responded with "yes", and lamented in his heart, Lord Fu Yin's temper is not only a little worse than Lao Li, this is a world of difference from Lao Li, compared with Lord Fu Yin, Lao Li's temper can definitely be called gentle......

"Tomorrow morning, the official will wait for you here, and then I will explain to you the errand you have to do." Tao Fu Yin beckoned, "You go first today." ”

Mei Xiaoren hurriedly surrendered his hand: "Retire from your humble position." ”

She turned around and walked away after saluting, and when she left the hall, she took a deep breath of the cold wind, only to feel that the wind outside was really refreshing.

Mei Xiaoren returned to the carriage and rubbed his frozen hands vigorously.

Ye Zhi saw that her cheeks were flushed, and he knew that the Lord had probably not been talking with Lord Fu Yin for so long, but had stood in the cold for more than an hour.

He hurriedly put on a cloak for Mei Xiaoren.

"Your Excellency...... Hit a wall? The official asked in a whisper.

"It's nothing, Lord Fu Yin wants to discuss matters with his subordinates, let me wait for a while, small things, don't tell Lord Guogong." Mei Xiaoren said angrily to his hand.

"Alas, there is no need to report humbly, the Lord Guogong can also guess that Tao Mansion Yin is a difficult master, and few of his officials have a long-term reputation, especially the Mansion Cheng, it is like flowing water, otherwise you will not be able to withstand this vacancy."

Mei Xiaoren was puzzled: "Why?" There are still people who are not happy to be officials in Beijing and take the initiative to resign? ”

The official sighed: "Your Excellency will know after a few days of working under Tao Mansion Yin, but the Lord Guogong asked the humble lord to persuade the lord to be patient, this official position is not easy to come by, and he must cherish it, and he must not destroy his future like the previous mansions." ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded in understanding. Of course, she knew that this official position was not easy to come by, even if she had a trace of regret because of her position, but it was only for a moment, and now she had no intention of retreating, and she was not afraid of any difficult boss.

"It's good that the adults understand, the Lord Guogong also has long-term considerations for the adults to arrange this official position, you are still young, and Tao Fuyin is already a handful of years, and it will not be long before he will resign and go into hiding, and then the adults will be able to get out of the way."

Mei Xiaoren couldn't help but smile, it turned out that Wei Guogong had such a plan for her.

However, in her opinion, although that Tao Fu Yin is older, his body is still quite strong, and he can roar hoarsely in front of his subordinates and have nothing to do, so he must be reluctant to lose his official seal for a while.

Maybe he guessed that others were looking forward to his resignation, so he stayed strict, thinking that it would be one to leave a mansion in anger.

In the early morning of the next day, Mei Xiaoren got up early to freshen up and change clothes, changed into a brand-new dark green official uniform, walked out of the inn, and took a sedan chair to the yamen.

Tao Fu Yin let her take office in a hurry, and she is still living in the inn temporarily.

Wei Guogong had the idea of arranging a mansion for her, but Mei Xiaoren didn't want to owe Wei Guogong any more favors, so he politely refused. She asked Ye Zhi to help her find a place in the yard in the past two days, and then took Aunt Ye and them to move in.

On the first day of taking office today, Mei Xiaoren specially came to the yamen half an hour early, and saw that there were no officials in front of the door.

The official guarding the door was still so indifferent, he just saluted her perfunctorily, without telling her where to go, and Tao Fuyin did not arrange anyone to pick her up, so she entered alone.

When she entered the mansion and walked to the lobby, she found that it was not that no official had come early, but that she had come late.

All the officials have stood in the hall in a regular manner, listening to the words of Tao Fu Yin in the hall......