The sky is full of dark clouds, and a pair of sisters and brothers live in a village under the jurisdiction of Heqi County in the Xiajiang area of Xinzhou County. His father died of a serious illness, and after many years of hard work, his mother died because of excessive overdraft. Only the two sisters and brothers were left to rely on each other.

The two sisters and brothers grew up eating the village's hundred family meals, and it wasn't until the younger brother could also help the family work and earn money that the lives of the Fang family sisters and brothers improved, and life gradually improved.

"Be careful when you go out today." Sister Fang Lan put on a coat and a hat for her younger brother Fang Zhou, and took the trouble to instruct: "It's always raining recently, be careful on the road, don't trip and fall." ”

"Got it!"

His brother Fang Zhou answered with a big grin and went out.

Fang Lan, who was guarding the door, looked at the back of the ark running out and smiled lightly. But when the raindrops fell on her, she unconsciously stretched out her hand and looked up at the sunless canopy covered by dark clouds.

After a long sigh, he waved his chair and needle and thread, and sat down under the eaves.

The rain gradually became heavier, and the rain fell on Fang Lan's body under the blowing of the wind. The indigo blue clothes were wet with raindrops, and the color of the fabric was different shades. Even so, Fang Lan's needlework in her hands was not affected in any way.

Xiajiang refers to the area of the lower reaches of the Luojiang River, located in the eastern part of Xinzhou County. It is a land of abundance and the granary of Gongguo. However, this year, it has always been rainy in the Xiajiang area, and it has rained for more than a month.

The autumn harvest season is just in time for this rainy season. No matter how rich it is, this year's harvest will be greatly reduced.

Far away in the imperial city in the southeast direction of the lower Jiangxi, Yu Yongqing summoned Yu Yongyi.

After the dark brown eyes swept over Yu Yongyi, he lightly opened his lips and said, "Are you paying too much attention to Chengwei?" ”

Yu Yongyi smiled and replied perfunctorily: "Is there one?" Haven't I always been? ”

"She is not the only one who submits a manuscript to Wenjin Bookstore, but you are so attentive to her, urging people to ask for manuscripts and urging them to your father. That's not how you used to deal with people who procrastinated. ”

"Where?" Yu Yongyi frowned and asked.

"Yes or no, you know for yourself."

After Chu Yongqing looked at Yu Yongyi, who frowned lightly, she sighed again and again, and said again: "It's just enough to take the manuscript to my father and ask for an edict." I also heard that you bought the property from the Marquis of Huaixing, and took advantage of this to leave the palace in the first three days. Tell me, which one of these piles has nothing to do with her? ”

"Sister Huang, this is wrong for you." Chu Yongyi defended: "I showed it to my father, all for the sake of the imperial sister!" You have also read Chengwei's "The Legend of Bai Wat", if the father is interested in Chengwei, the reform of the imperial examination system will be much easier! ”

Chu Yongqing glanced at him and said with a little disgust: "If you are really good for me, you should go to the court to discuss matters." Handle the government affairs for my father and me. Idle all day long, where is it like talking? ”

"Sister Huang!" Yu Yongyi explained: "That group of people controls the universities, stuck in the number of students, and grasps the way to rise in the imperial examination. It's not just women who are being dragged down by school records? Many children from poor families have studied hard for many years, but when they come to the end, they are told that there are fewer things that do not have a school status? ”

Yu Yongqing looked in the direction of the door, and there were only Yue Kang, Yu Yongqing's close attendant, and Zheng Qi, the inner supervisor of the Zhen Yongyi Mansion.

"The one out there, it's your guy?"

"Father-in-law Zheng is credible."

Chu Yongqing said: "How much do you know about the affairs of the court?" ”

"The imperial sister proposed the reform of Enyin in the court. But...... I always feel that the real purpose of the imperial sister is not this. I was just suspicious before, but what the imperial sister said to Chengwei today confirmed my conjecture. ”

Chu Yongqing didn't show any expression on her face, and she couldn't see her joy or anger.

"Sister Huang, the imperial examination is arranged by the Ministry of Rites. Since you want to start the imperial examination, what does Wu Lao have to say? Wu Lao's son should be Wu Shuanghui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”

"Wu Lao is the same as I thought, mentioning the imperial examination...... There is still some time missing. And recently, something big has happened in the south. ”

Chu Yongyi listened to it and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"Really, something happened?"

After Li Jiangwei left the palace gate, she did not return directly to Anyuanbo's Mansion, but asked the coachman to change the route and go to the Huaixing Marquis Mansion halfway.

It was Lu Jiangfeng's personal maid Valin who came out to receive her, and she was also Lu Jiangxio's right-hand man.

"Miss Cousin, the prince has instructed that if you come, you will be taken to the study. Recently, the prince came back late, so I asked Miss Cousin to wait. I will send to inform the son. ”

After listening to her reply, it seemed that Lu Jiangfeng had expected her to come.

"You go get busy."

"Thank you, Miss Watch."

Clean and neat, speak clearly and clearly, and dress very refreshingly. Just a simple face-to-face, Li Jiangwei had a good impression of this Valin.

is worthy of being the person next to my sister, Li Jiangwei thought so.

Although the Taibu Department nominally belongs to the Taichang Temple, the position in the Taibu Department has become a false title, and in fact it is not subordinate to the Taichang Temple. Hearing that Li Jiangwei was visiting, Lu Jiangfeng immediately put away the file in his hand and hurried home.

After a few days of not seeing him, Lu Jiangfeng was even more haggard than before.

"You're finally here." Lu Jiangfeng looked at the dark green under his eyes, and said with a smile: "I thought you would come for a long time, but I didn't expect to wait for so many days." ”

"Come over today, I want to ask my sister two things."

Li Jiangwei's expression was serious, which made Lu Jiangfeng also put away the smile on his face.

"This first thing is to ask who is in the Zhan Shifu and the in-laws of the people who hold the office."

"Oh?" Lu Jiangfeng said meaningfully: "You finally care about these things? ”

Li Jiangwei nodded with a solemn face, and selected some of the words she had heard from Yu Yongqing before and told Lu Jiangfeng to listen.

"Are you determined to stand by the Imperial Queen's side?"

Li Jiangwei nodded lightly, and said, "If you want to fulfill my wish, you can only rely on the imperial concubine." It is said to be a choice, but it is a choice. ”

Only the two of them, Huang Ji and Yu Yongyi, can let her sit back and relax and let her do some of the things she likes. If there were no two of them as backstage, with Li Yueran's prejudice, it would be impossible to write with peace of mind.

After saying this, Li Jiangwei gently raised the corners of her mouth, but this smile had a hint of helplessness.

"Since I want to serve in the East Palace, it's not good for me to not understand anything. The elders of Uncle Anyuan's Mansion had little communication with the East Palace, and after thinking about it, they could only ask for their sister. ”

Lu Jiangfeng stared at Li Jiangwei's eyes, and said after a while: "You should have some ideas in your heart." ”

"Hmm." Li Jiangwei replied honestly: "I'm just a cloth cloth, and all I can do is one or two things." The reason why the emperor came to me to say that was because she wanted to do something with the reputation of Wenjin Bookstore and Chengwei, and eighty percent of it was related to the imperial examination. ”

The last book "The Legend of Bai Wat" published in the name of Chengwei is the story of the imperial examination.

"The names of Wenjin Bookstore and Chengwei are only useful among the people, and to be more precise, they are only useful in Shangjing...... The specific plan of the imperial concubine, with the information in my hand, I can't make a more accurate guess. ”

"The personnel relations of the Zhan Mansion of the East Palace ......," Lu Jiangfeng sighed softly, "You really asked a complicated question. Let's go inside and get a pen and paper, and talk about it as we go. ”