Huan Ling was planting flowers in the front yard, he held a small hoe, and made a pit on the left and a pit on the right in the courtyard, and the two house slaves each held a bundle of saplings, and filled the saplings into the pit one by one in a row.

"How did the eldest brother plant flowers, it's really good Yaxing," Huan Rang shook the folding fan lightly, and walked over unhurriedly, Huan Ling concentrated on digging the pit, and had no time to pay attention to him, so he only replied, "There is nothing to do, and it is boring to pass away." ”

Huan Rang walked to Huan Ling's side, lowered his head and glanced at the wet mud all over the ground, and then frowned, as if it was dirty, he stepped back again, and said, "Just leave these things to the next person, why do you need the eldest brother to do it yourself." ”

While speaking, Zeng Qionglin came over with tea, and when Huan Rang finished speaking, he quipped, "Erlangjun doesn't understand, the county marquis is not planting hibiscus, it is affection." ”

"Oh?" Huan Rang glanced around, and saw that hibiscus was planted all over the yard, and then he laughed, "Big brother is really thoughtful." ”

Huan Ling smiled, and before answering his words, Huan Rang continued, "Mother sent a letter, saying that she wanted to come to Jiankang to live for a while later. ”

As soon as he heard this, Huan Ling was stunned, he stopped his hand, looked at Huan Rang sideways, and said in surprise, "What did you say?" Mother is coming to Jiankang? ”

"Yes, the letter from this morning is in the eldest brother's study."

Huan Ling turned his head, looked at the hibiscus seedlings planted in front of him, and after a while, he waved his hoe again, and asked calmly, "What is she doing in Jiankang, is she old, can she hold the tireness of the boat?" ”

"Is the eldest brother really worried that his mother's body can't bear it, or are you worried about yourself?" Huan asked with a smile.

Huan Ling glanced at him and didn't speak, Huan Rang continued, "Mother said in the letter that it was because my uncle had a son in her family, and she said that she had to come and see what happened." ”

"Huh," Huan Ling seemed to smile, "When the little cousin was full moon, why didn't she say that she wanted to come and see it, but now that she mentioned it, in my opinion, it was the Xue family who urged her to marry again!" ”

Huan Rang didn't dare to answer, Huan Ling stopped the small hoe in his hand, he stood the hoe on the ground, supported his hands on the hoe handle, and said, "I told her a long time ago that I would never marry Xue Guanzhi, but she didn't allow it, in order to let me marry her as soon as possible, she also took the Yao sisters as concubines for me on her own initiative, causing me to be pointed at by others, saying that I took a concubine before I married a wife!" I didn't hide in Jiankang for no reason. ”

"Big brother is in the blessing and don't know the blessing," Huan Rang is a concubine, although he was raised by his mother-in-law Huan Li when he was a child, and enjoyed the food and clothing of his son-in-law, but for Huan Li's family, the biological and the adopted are always different.

Huan Ling smiled faintly, and only said, "If I have to marry a woman I don't like, then I will not be blessed." ”

As he spoke, he threw the little hoe to the house slave on the side, and the two maids walked quickly with a copper basin and a handkerchief, he washed his hands, and when he was wiping the water, Huan Rang suddenly said, "Big brother, I... I have something to ask you. ”

Huan Ling was slightly stunned, "You and my brother, just say something directly, how to talk about asking for words." ”

"I..." Huan let him hesitate, and finally opened his mouth, saying, "I want to join the office." ”

"Join?" Huan Ling was a little surprised, he frowned slightly, obviously not recognizing Huan Rang's thoughts, he repeatedly confirmed, "Are you serious?" ”

"Since it was mentioned with the eldest brother, it is naturally serious," Huan Rang also saw Huan Ling's reluctance.

Huan Ling took a deep breath and said, "Do you want to be an official in the court, or a magistrate?" ”

"What's the magistrate's doing?" Huan Rang said bluntly: "Those drudgeries are all left to the children of the Shu clan to do." ”

Although he is a concubine, he also relies on his background in the clan of the lords, and he really does not underestimate himself at all.

"The officialdom is sinister, there are pitfalls everywhere, you have to think clearly."

"What about the sinister? I was born in the Huan clan of Qianjun, my brother is a first-class liege, and my uncle is a doctor of imperial history, who dares to embarrass me? ”

When Huan Ling heard this, he was very annoyed in his heart, it can be seen that Huan let a mind enter the office, and he really couldn't obstruct it, he twisted the handkerchief into a ball, and threw it into the copper basin unexpectedly, and the basin splashed with water, hitting the maid's face, the two maids were startled, looked at each other, and couldn't guess Huan Ling's thoughts.

Zeng Qionglin secretly waved his hand at them and motioned for them to retreat.

"Since you think that your uncle is also in a position where no one dares to move, then you can go to your uncle for the matter of entering the office, I can't help you," Huan Ling stood with his hands in his hands, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and his face was a sad face that could be seen.

"Big brother, you know that I have a very good relationship with my uncle!" Huan Rang is not Huan Li's biological son after all, Li Rong and him are just nominal uncles and nephews, and in the final analysis, they are still not relatives.

Huan Ling sighed lightly, and said seriously, "Who is an official in the court, who is not from a scholar family?" Which one doesn't have a backer? But there is no shortage of bleak ends, let's just say that Yang Mingzhi has King Wuling as a backer, but in the end, didn't he end up with a tragic death? There is also Zhang Gou, these people are called the henchmen of King Wuling, but in the final analysis, they are just a chess piece in the hands of others, if they can be used, they will be used, and if they are useless, they will be kicked away! Zhong Xuan, do you also want to be a pawn in the hands of those powerful people? ”

"Big brother, you're far away, I mean you and my uncle are supporting me, I didn't say that I want to be attached to others," Huan Rang was anxious, and hurriedly defended.

"Now there are many parties in the DPRK and China, the King of Wuling and the King of Linchuan are fighting with the prince for the position of the prince, and the ministers of the DPRK and China have formed gangs.

"I ......" Huan Ling continued, "Let me ask you, who are you most optimistic about the three princes?" ”

Huan Rang was speechless when asked, Huan Ling glanced at him, and said coldly, "Think about it, think about it, and then come and talk to me about entering the office." ”

After he said that, he turned around and left, Huan Rang looked at his back from afar, and suddenly his eyes showed a fierce light, he lowered his voice, gritted his teeth, and said hatefully, "If you don't help me, I will find another way!" ”

Huan Ling walked to the guest hall, and the porter hurriedly ran over and called, "County marquis, there is a letter from you, which was sent by your uncle." ”

"Uncle's letter?" Huan Ling was surprised, imagine that Li Rong went to Huiji, it has been a few days since now, and it is time to come back now.

He took the letter and looked at it, but after reading it, he was very suspicious, at this time Xie Zheng also walked in from outside the hall with a jade branch, she saw that Huan Ling's face was abnormal, so she asked, "But the imperial doctor has come back from Huiji?" ”

Huan Ling nodded and said, "He has now entered the palace to resume his life." ”

"There's nothing wrong with my identity, right?" Xie Zheng was uneasy in his heart and asked more.

Huan Ling said, "There is no problem with your identity, but my uncle said that Xie Zheng also has an elder brother named Xie Wei, who disappeared on the way to Boling, and he didn't see anyone alive, he didn't see his body when he died, and he didn't know if he was still alive." ”

Xie Zheng thought for a while and said, "Didn't she say that she fell off the cliff with her brother?" This Xie Wei must have died at that time. ”

Huan Ling folded the letter and said, "There has been no news in the past three years, who knows if he is dead or alive now?" ”