In the blink of an eye, it was time for the scattered hall exam, and there was no doubt that Gu Qin must have passed, and so did Du Ruofeng.

After the disbandment exam, those who remain are generally promoted, and the same is true for Du Ruofeng.

But further up in the Hanlin Courtyard is the head of the court, and the position of the head of the house is concurrently served by the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, which is not just anyone who can hold the position.

And Du Ruofeng was not here, so Du Zhen operated casually, and Du Ruofeng went to the cabinet, but he was not promoted, but he was only promoted to the cabinet from the fourth grade to study for a bachelor.

This is inconspicuous, it is also promoted by two levels, and it is the Inner Secretary Academy, even if it is from the fourth grade, this gold content is also more than the second grade of the Inner Academy of History, and the second grade of the Inner Academy of History is just a reputation, so this promotion, do you know that Gu Qin has not lost a good opportunity?

It looks like he is a scholar from the second-grade cabinet, but if he follows Du Ruofeng, he will enter the Inner Secretariat, and the people who come into contact with him will be the government, and he will be trained to be the prime minister.

Of course, everyone who has entered the cabinet has a chance, but the prime ministers are all from the Inner Secretariat's Academy, but I have not heard of any from the Inner Historical Academy.

That's what I said, but people from the second grade are really from the second grade.

Therefore, before Gu Qin took office, the colleagues of the Hanlin Academy all shouted for Gu Qin to treat him, and congratulate him on his promotion, Gu Qin did not refuse, and promised, just because Gu Qin was promoted, the emperor was going to give him a bigger mansion, he didn't want to move, so he refused, but the emperor didn't give up, and directly gave him a big mansion that leaned on him, so that he could get through, this time Gu Qin did not refuse.

There is everything in the house, all of which are ready-made, and they are not to live, and there is no need to repair anything to hold a banquet.

On March 12, the sun was shining brightly, and the sky was clear.

This is the first time that Gu Qin and Cheng Ningning have held such a big banquet, banqueting the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty.

They have participated in some big banquets, and it is the first time that they have held them at home, after all, the official rank was not high before, and they are not natives of Kyoto, so they have a lot of negotiations, and they only invite some friends if they have something.

But this time is different, Gu Qin is a serious scholar from the second-grade cabinet.

Gu Qin sent posts to everyone one by one, so that they could bring their families over to participate in the banquet, it happened to be March, the season of blooming flowers, and the post of Gu Qin's banquet was written about the flower appreciation banquet, but everyone knew why.

It was said that it was a flower-viewing banquet, but no one came empty-handed, they all came with congratulatory gifts, no matter what they thought in their hearts, now Gu Qin is a scholar from the second-rank cabinet, this matter is real, it doesn't matter what he thinks in private, and the surface must be friendly to each other.

There are only two masters in Gu Qin's mansion, and no matter how much you count, you can only count Shen Fu, Cheng Ningning's sister, but this is still not enough manpower, and it is the first time to hold a banquet, so there are also many people who are running to find fault with jokes.

Liu Xun was originally going to return to his hometown, but this was a banquet that was rare to get in touch with hundreds of officials, so Gu Qin asked him to participate before leaving, because Liu Xun was also counted as a laborer, but it was too light.

So early in the morning, Huo Hanyi took Xu Wanying and Huo Hanyu to Gu Qin's house, at this time, everyone had not yet come, and it was still early.

Because Gu Qin has been busy these days, Huo Hanyi didn't bother him, so he has always taken the matter of recognizing his sister to heart, but today, this is a great opportunity, an opportunity to mention it, and an opportunity to make it public.

"This is Jing'anhou." When Huo Hanyi came, Gu Qin introduced Huo Hanyi to Liu Xun.

"Jing'an Hou." Liu Xun saluted respectfully.

"This is Mrs. Jing'anhou, this is Jing'anhou's younger brother Young Master Huo." Gu Qin also helped Liu Xun introduce the existence of Xu Wanying and Huo Hanyu.

"Mrs. Jing'anhou, Young Master Huo." Liu Xun saluted according to the rules.

"Your student has taught well, and it is nothing more than that Your Majesty wants you to teach the prince."

Huo Hanyi has also been in the officialdom for many years, he can understand what the emperor thinks, teaching the prince is actually a disguise, but seeing Liu Xun's appearance, even if it is a disguise, it must become real, sometimes it is true and false, false and true, the emperor may use this as an excuse to promote Gu Qin's official, but he might as well really want Gu Qin to be the prince's teacher.

"This kid is self-motivated." Gu Qin didn't deny it, but he also said a word for Liu Xun, after all, no matter how good the teacher is, the students can't be motivated.

Huo Hanyi didn't say anything, he didn't come here for this Liu Xun today.

"Where's Ning Ning?"

"Prepare all kinds of dishes for today's banquet in the kitchen."

"Let someone call me, I have something to say."

"Okay."

In response, Gu Qin led Huo Hanyi and a few people to the main hall to sit down, served tea, and asked people to call Cheng Ningning.

"Xiaobao, I want to see Xiaobao." Huo Hanyu saw that everyone was sitting down to drink tea, he was in a hurry, he finally came once, he wanted to see Xiaobao.

"In the backyard, if you want to see it, go yourself." Gu Qin didn't stop anyone.

Hearing this, Huo Hanyu ran away without even saying hello.

Neither Gu Qin nor Huo Hanyi cared about him.

Not only that, Huo Hanyi also disliked it, especially Liu Xun standing there to make a comparison, but in the end, it was his younger brother, and he just disliked it, so there was no need to say it.

After half a cup of tea, Cheng Ningning came.

"Big brother, Wanying." Cheng Ningning greeted him.

Huo Hanyi and Xu Wanying also greeted Cheng Ningning.

And Liu Xun was slightly surprised when he heard this big brother, and that's all.

After Huo Hanyi and Cheng Ningning finished greeting each other, they looked at Gu Qin and glanced at Liu Xun.

Liu Xun is very good at understanding people's hearts, and when he received Huo Hanyi's glance, he was about to make an excuse to leave, but Gu Qin quickly spoke, "It's okay." ”

Huo Hanyi was surprised this time, but he didn't say anything.

"It's not a big deal, it's about Ning Ning's confession, before Ning Ning said that he would mention this matter after you disbanded the hall assessment, and now that your disbandment assessment is over, and you have done it from the second-grade cabinet scholar, I'll ask you what you plan to do about this? Would you like to admit it now, or do you want to wait a little longer? ”

Huo Hanyi looked at Gu Qin and said, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Cheng Ningning, and Gu Qin also looked at Cheng Ningning.

Cheng Ningning's purpose of not admitting it is, in the final analysis, afraid that others will say that Gu Qin relies on Huo Hanyi to take the position, and now Gu Qin is already a scholar from the second-rank cabinet, although this promotion is like riding a roller coaster.

Cheng Ningning didn't speak, but looked at Gu Qin.

Husband and wife for many years, one glance to know each other's meaning.

"Don't worry about me, I don't have anything to worry about, if I was told about this behind my back, the last time I was said to have rubbed the prime minister's son and promoted by luck, this time I was said to have rubbed the luck of the student and was promoted, and then one more rubbed the luck of the brother-in-law This topic has no impact at all. The existence of the eldest brother before may have aroused the vigilance of the Du family and made my promotion unsmooth, but now in the future, it will only be a help and not a resistance, and I am a man who will only revolve around his daughter-in-law, not to mention that there is a brother-in-law of Jing'an Hou, even if it is a little higher-level, no one will put me in his eyes, after all, I can't support the wall in the mud now, and I only have my daughter-in-law in my eyes. ”