Gao Man also learned to be in charge of the family at home, but she has lived a smooth life since she was a child, and she never thought about fighting for anything.

It is precisely because she has been accustomed to it since she was a child, Qiao's coldness makes her uncomfortable, how can Gao Man endure it?

Although General Wu acted abruptly on the seat, he thought about it carefully, but he had planned step by step. After all, he is a person who shares the same bed, and Qiao's heart is more thoroughly understood by General Wu than anyone else.

Gao Man's power was also decentralized, and the share of the Zhonggong arrears and deductions for the quiet residence was all issued.

Zheng Lingyi looked at the hundred taels of silver on the table, and had to admit that he had gained tangible benefits, but he was also faintly worried about Gao Man.

Once the struggle for power begins, it is impossible to stop unless one side is completely defeated.

But at the moment, Zheng Lingyi can't spare the energy to worry about Gao Man, the spring is coming in a blink of an eye, General Wu is very worried, and urges for days, although it has not caused any impact on Wu Punishment, but Zheng Lingyi is also nervous.

This winter, she indulged in the pain of losing her biological mother, which made Wu Zhi worried, and inevitably delayed a lot of time to warm her books.

The main examination of Chunfu has always been competent only for those who have a transcendent status in the court and are rich in five cars, such as Prime Minister Lin Cheng, when the first emperor was there, he probably did no less than four main examinations, and there were countless students.

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, the chief examiner naturally has to pinch it in his own hands, and naturally the students who have been promoted are all people of this vein.

Gao Manyi's grandfather also served as an examiner several times in his early years, but now he is old, although his father Gao Mao is the right director of Shangshu Province, he can also be qualified for the position of deputy examiner, but the Empress Dowager Jia'an has been prosperous recently, how can she be willing?

Originally, Chen Shu's grandfather was also a good candidate, and his father was more than enough as a deputy, but this year, because of Chen's reference, all the people in the Chen family avoided the position of examiner in order to avoid suspicion.

In this way, this year's examiner candidate is a little stretched, I originally wanted to be interested in Zheng Guogong, Zheng Guogong also did a deputy decades ago, and at this age, the qualifications are enough, but Zheng Guogong also had to avoid the suspicion of Wu Zhi and Xu Jifang, and it was a pity to refuse.

Among the rest of the people, I picked and chosen, and finally chose the Ministry of Rites, but I was also a champion, and my knowledge was naturally good.

The most important thing is that Lord Shangshu's wife is the sister of the Empress Dowager Jia'an, and it is also because Cui Fu had a vision at the beginning, and married his daughter to him at a young age.

But this Lord Shangshu didn't know who he offended two years ago, and he was vaguely accused of robbing a people's girl, but in fact, he just bought a concubine and was distorted like this.

Some old-fashioned ministers refused, saying that the Ministry of Rites was not of good character, and handed over a copy of the book, saying that it would be most beneficial to invite Lin Qingyan, the son of Prime Minister Lin, that is, the prince of the country, to be the chief examiner.

The Lin family has been a noble civil official for generations, there is Lin Lao Prime Minister in the past, Lin Qingyan in the back, and even his grandchild Lin Tianlang has won the top prize in the examination a few years ago, and now he has a good future in the Hanlin Academy.

But Lin Qingyan is the uncle of the princess regent, Lin Mansion and the regent Shen Baiyan have always been very close, how can the Empress Dowager Jia'an be willing, in order to block the mouth of Youyou, she actually went off the rails and invited Yan Siqing of Dali Temple to be the deputy of the main examination.

Meaning, you said that the character of the Ministry of Rites is not good, so I will choose a square pressure to press.

Yan Siqing is a positive three products, but also from the scientific examination, his hand in charge of the power of prison for many years, accustomed to ugly subversion, the article has always disdained to use gorgeous rhetoric to pile up, words and sentences as if tempered, pointing directly to the hearts of the people, for a product.

Although there is no precedent for a criminal officer to be the main exam, it is not a shocking change.

It's just that this Yan Siqing, I don't know if he has been sitting in the position of Dali Siqing for too long, the aura of killing is too heavy, and the methods used to handle the case are vicious, and he is a lonely minister in the court.

If he is allowed to do this main exam, although most people in the court do not approve of it very much, there is also a sense of vacillation that it is possible or not.

In the end, thinking about Yan Siqing's character that Wang Laozi didn't buy it that day, he still acquiesced to the two of them as this year's chief examiners.

Today, Gao Man also asked people to send a new set of four treasures of the study, saying that it was to add new air to Wu Punishment.

The four treasures of the study that Wu Zhu is using now are very handy, and he won't need this for a while, so Zheng Lingyi asked Luzhu to put this away first.

"The fifth brother failed to win the lift last year, and he will have to wait for three years in the blink of an eye." Zheng Lingyi gossiped.

"There are so many who fail to pass the exam, it is rare to be a high school champion like Bachelor Lin, besides, the century-old family style of the Lin Mansion has raised such a talent, and for others, it is common to fail the exam."

Wu Zhi's words are true, and there are ordinary people who fail to pass the exam.

Zheng Lingyi came to read the wild history, and once read an anecdote, saying that in the previous dynasty, there was a person who was admitted to the age of 70 before he was promoted, and finally got a small official.

"It's okay if you say this in front of me, but don't say it in front of the fifth brother, then you just won't have a backache when you stand and talk." Zheng Lingyi leaned on Wu Punishment's shoulder, stroked a strand of his hair to play, and whispered.

"What am I doing with him about this? It's always been a friendship. ”

Wu Punishment's tone was indifferent, but he gently stuffed half of the broken pastry into Zheng Lingyi's mouth.

Now he seized the opportunity to feed Zheng Lingyi food, and he really couldn't see her thin appearance.

"Didn't you two play together when you were kids?" Zheng Lingyi was a little puzzled, how could he not have any intersection with each other.

Wu Zhi explained: "The biological mother of the fifth child was originally an embroidery girl in the house, who made good clothes, but she was cautious. After giving birth to him, I was afraid that Qiao's blame, and I trembled and restrained the child from showing up in front of people, and the number of times I saw him when I was a child was also very rare, if it was Taoguang and obscure, it would be fine, but look at his academic homework is also mediocre, and I am afraid he has not learned anything over the years. ”

The children of the Wu family are even more indifferent than in the Zhiguo Mansion, Wu Yan has never come to the quiet residence since he ran away crying last time, and when he occasionally meets, he also makes a look of treating Zheng Lingyi as air.

Zheng Lingyi only thinks she is a child's temper and doesn't take it to heart, but when she thinks about it, Wu Yan and her seem to be about the same age, just because Zheng Lingyi married earlier, so she always feels that she is an elder, so she doesn't care about Wu Yan.

Speaking of the sisterhood in this mansion, Zheng Lingyi also felt mixed feelings.

After the news of Wu Zhongju dispersed, Zheng Chuchu and Zheng Yangyang also sent gifts.

Zheng Chuchu's gift was a small ring-shaped jade pendant, the jade material was not bad, but it was too small, and it was probably not worth a few dollars.

Zheng Ling sighed when she saw this gift, she naturally didn't think that the gift was worthless, but that Zheng Chuchu was in a difficult situation, and she couldn't even give a gift to the scene.

In contrast, Zheng Yangyang's gift is much more expensive, a pair of fish leaping dragon gate splendid gold vase, saying that Mrs. Wang learned that she had a brother-in-law in the move, and took the initiative to let her send it, and there was actually a picture of a wild goose of Qiu'an Jushi.

Zheng Yangyang also said in the letter that the wild goose picture of the Qiu'an monk was originally Wang Jiru's private collection, just because of the good intentions, the wild goose spread its wings and soared thousands of miles, so it was given to Wu Zhi, and I hope he will pass on the good news again.

"It's strange that the ninth sister and brother-in-law are so good." When Zheng Lingyi took out this painting again to enjoy it in the past few days, he couldn't help muttering.

Wu Zhi was reading the book on the side, and when he heard her whisper, he asked, "Your ninth sister is married to Wang Jiru of the Wang family?" ”

"Yes." Zheng Lingyi listened to his words, as if he knew something.

Sure enough, Wu Zhi pondered for a moment and said, "It's really weird." ”

"What do you know?" Zheng Lingyi couldn't help but ask.

"You don't know?" Wu Ji was a little surprised by her ignorance, and said, "This Wang Jiru is a good man. ”

Zheng Lingyi's eyes widened, and he was speechless in surprise for a while, and then he just shook his head and sneered, looking incredulous, but suddenly realized.

"Lu Shi, it's really yours!" Zheng Lingyi bluntly showed a look of hatred, "I only heard that the Wang family's family affairs were inappropriate, and I thought that Wang Jiru probably had some hidden diseases, so I chose the ninth sister as the wife-in-law." I never thought that it was such a 'hidden disease'! ”

She has suffered a lot of hidden losses from Zheng Yangyang in the past, and Zheng Yangyang has also been her scapegoat by mistake, although Zheng Lingyi has no deep friendship with her, but in the end she is a sister, and now she knows that she is married to such a man, how can she not be heartbroken.

Wu Zhi didn't know how to comfort him, and thought for a while before saying: "Individuals have their own way of living, maybe your ninth sister has already found a way, looking at her gift-giving style, she should have some status in the Wang family, I think it's much better than your fourth sister." ”

His words were not used to appease Zheng Lingyi, and there was some truth in thinking about it.

Zheng Lingyi eased up a little, looking at the wild goose picture was still uncomfortable, and called the green bead to come in and take the scroll away.

"I don't know what kind of family Chang Chang will marry in the future, I really don't want to let the Lu family spoil her marriage."

As long as Zheng Lingyi thought that Zheng Changchang's marriage would not go well in the future, the whole person broke out in a lot of cold sweat.

"Eh, what do you say about Lu Zhi?" Zheng Lingyi didn't know many men, so when he thought about it, he thought of Lu Zhi.

"Lu Zhi's character is good, but his studies are mediocre, and he has no intention of being an official. This time, although he was a little disappointed, he seemed to be relieved, and he would probably live in the cloth shop in the future. Although I don't mind you, the Lu family is far from the Guogong Mansion, how can you make your father-in-law nod his head? ”

Wu punished's words and extinguished Zheng Lingyi's thoughts.

In fact, Zheng Lingyi knew in his heart that Lu Zhi and Zheng Changchang were not very compatible, but he was about to say it for a while.

"So, who else?" Zheng Lingyi said with a headache.

"Don't be in a hurry, and take Zheng Changchang out to see the world more, let her ask for more mercy in front of her father-in-law, this is the most important thing."

Mercy is a thing that can only be obtained by asking, and it has lost the meaning of affection, and has become a real calculation.

Having said that, Zheng Lingyi didn't care anymore.