The New Year is approaching, although Mei Xiaoren is closed, but she heard that after Daning and Xia broke off trade, the already barren Xia State became more and more impoverished and was about to be unable to hold on, so Xia Guo was ready to take advantage of the New Year's Festival of their Central Plains people to send envoys to Beijing to pay tribute to ease the relationship between the two countries, and these days should come.

At the beginning, Xia Guo tore up the national letter with wishful thinking, and now he has sent envoys to submit to the softness, which is not worthy of Daning's grand welcome, so what is different in the city, she has not yet perceived it, but there are some changes in the family, such as Ye Zhi.

Since Ye Zhi came back from the Wei Mansion a few days ago, people have become a little taciturn. Mei Xiaoren tried to ask, but Ye Zhi refused to say anything, only said that he had entered the court as an official, and Wei Guogong had already started to arrange it, and there would be results in a few days.

He also said that he wanted to spend more time with his mother while he was still free, and he didn't let her go with him for fear that his mother would blame her.

In the medicine house, Ye Zhi sat on the edge of the bed and fed his mother medicine. His mother's complexion didn't seem to be as good as the last time I saw it, and Dr. Shangguan said that his mother's condition had begun to recur again in the past few days.

Ye Zhi scooped up a spoonful of medicine and fed it to his mother, "Mother, Wei Guogong summoned me to the Guogong Mansion a few days ago. ”

"What?" Ye Mu suddenly frowned, and asked in shock, "Ye Zhi, did he say something to you?" ”

"Wei Guogong said that he would help me enter the court as an official."

"No! If your mother doesn't agree, you can't either! Ye Mu said resolutely, and turned her head away after speaking.

"Mother, it has always been my son's wish to get fame and become an official, you know, now there is a shortcut, why doesn't my mother agree?"

"Ye Zhi, if you get fame in the exam and become a local official, your mother will not interfere with you, but this is the capital, it is not easy to be an official at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the king is like a tiger!" Ye's mother tongue earnestly persuaded.

"Aren't you also an official in Beijing?" Ye Zhi said lightly, "Adults are not afraid, how can I be afraid." ”

Ye Mu sighed: "My lord, he is different from you. ”

"What's the difference, just because I'm the son of a criminal minister, I can't be on the stage?"

Mother Ye was stunned, and her eyes widened, but no matter how big she was, she couldn't see her son's expression at this time, but she heard resentment in his voice.

"What did you say?" Ye Mu asked stunned.

"My father was a collaborator ......"

Before he could finish speaking, a "snap" slap had already landed on his cheek. His mother couldn't see it, but she could tell where he was by his voice, and it was exactly the same.

Ye Zhi's cheeks hurt hotly, although his mother treated him harshly since he was a child, she had never beaten him like this.

"Ye Zhi, let me tell you, your father is a hero, not a sinner!" Ye Mu's words were sonorous, and she glared again, "Also, if you still want to recognize me as a mother, stay away from Ji Heng!" ”

"Mother, do you hate Wei Guogong, is it because when your father was in trouble, you begged him to save your father, but he didn't agree?" Ye Zhi said lightly, "Mother, Wei Guogong said that he had already begun to regret this matter, saying that even if he helped his father say a word, he would not let his mother hate him so much, he said that he wanted to make up for his mother, and he would accept me as a righteous son." ”

Ye Mu said coldly: "You don't need to know the grievances in this, you just need to remember that your surname is Ye, you are the son of the Ye family, your father's name is Ye Huai, and he is a general who followed the first emperor to conquer the world, as for Wei Guogong, he is just an old friend of his mother, and after his mother marries your father, he is nothing." ”

Ye Zhi saw that his mother was already full of resentment, and he didn't dare to continue to make her angry, no wonder his mother's illness had been repeating in the past few days, and it must have been because of old grudges after seeing Wei Guogong.

Three days later, Ye Zhi received a letter of appointment from the Ministry of Officials, and the place where he was going to take office was also the Ministry of Officials.

Mei Xiaoren's half-moon holiday is not over yet, Ye Zhi has to go to the Yamen on business, the two of them seem to "take turns in feng shui", but she is happy for Ye Zhi.

Before the documents were sent, Wei Guogong also sent several large boxes of things to Ye Zhi, including splendid clothes and accessories, such as hair crowns and jade pendants, which were all valuable treasures in terms of condition.

Ye Zhi has followed her for many years, but she doesn't let her buy him clothes, even if she buys them, he doesn't wear them, and always likes to wear a plain cloth gown.

Now these sent by Wei Guogong are much better than what she can buy in the market, she persuaded Ye Zhi to accept them, after all, he has entered the court as an official, and his daily clothes cannot be sloppy.

Mei Xiaoren picked out a white straight coat for Ye Zhi and asked him to go into the house and change into it.

After a cup of tea, the door opened, and Ye Zhi stood in front of the door, looking down at his outfit, a little restrained.

Mei Xiaoren has always felt that Lao Ye's appearance is handsome, if he dresses up a little, he will be able to capture the hearts of many girls, and now he is dressed in brocade clothes and wears a jade crown, which is definitely worthy of the words "gentle and elegant".

Sure enough, people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, she thought that if Ye Zhiruo wore it like this every day, it wouldn't be long before she would be able to marry a beautiful lady and go home.

The more Ye Zhi looked at it, the more uncomfortable he became, and looked at her sadly: "My lord...... This ......"

"You have to get used to it, and you wear it like this when you don't wear official uniforms in the future." Mei Xiaoren stepped forward to straighten his placket, patted out the folds, and advised, "Also, now that you are also an adult, don't call me an adult, you can call me Lao Mei, Xiao Mei, and Brother Mei." ”

"This ......" Ye Zhi was still embarrassed.

"It's better to call it Lao Mei." Mei Xiaoren quipped, "It's like I call you Lao Ye." ”

Ye Zhi hesitated for a while and said, "The adult is younger than me, or ...... It's still called Xiaomei, right? ”

She couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, you can call it whatever you like." ”

"Little ......" Ye Zhi couldn't scream in the face of Mei Xiaoren, and said helplessly, "My lord, I'm not used to it for a while, can I slowly change my words in the future?" ”

Lao Ye's face is as thin as paper, and now it seems that it can't be thick, Mei Xiaoren has nothing to do with him, so he has to nod and agree.

Ye Zhi said with a smile, "Actually, it doesn't hurt to call me an adult, I'm just a principal, and I'm far from the rank of an adult." ”

"Lao Ye, the main thing is a six-rank official position, how much does the Lord Guogong have to appreciate you to let you sit in this position." Mei Xiaoren said seriously, and sighed with a smile, "You don't know, I was a seven-grade sesame official for two years, and it was not easy for Governor Li to promote me at that time, and now that you have the support of Wei Guogong, your future must be better than mine." ”

Wei Guogong not only bought a sedan chair for Ye Zhi, but also gave Ye Zhi a sedan chair and a sedan chair man, and on the day Ye Zhi took office, Mei Xiaoren sent him to the door, just like he gave her in the past.

Mei Xiaoren knew that Ye Zhi was able to take office smoothly, in addition to relying on Wei Guogong's promotion, he also had to thank Scholar Wei for his accommodation, and Scholar Wei did not stop him, so he had to thank Chu Yu for agreeing, but she heard that Chu Yu was not in the city these days, so she couldn't even find someone to thank her.