Date: 2/24/213

Li Danruo lowered his head and thought for a while and said: "He was originally very suitable to be a promoter of the Beijing Mansion, didn't you say last time that this governor also happened to want to ask for a foreign appointment, if it is okay, let him make up for it, and if he has been a magistrate for two consecutive terms, he has reached the age of begging bones." \[\]”

"The two terms are only ten years, and Master Di is in his sixties," Jiang Yanming laughed: "Look at his official heart, as long as he has a tone, he has to keep it!" After a pause, Jiang Yanming then smiled and said: "This is a long-term word, let's not mention it for the time being, there is something to discuss with you, Lord Sun of the Ministry of Rites was a beggar with a broken bone in the past, and he stayed in the palace, and he summoned Lord Sun last night, before lunch today, Sun Xianggong looked for me, saying that Lord Sun was old and sick, and he wanted to recommend me to the Ministry of Rites to be a waiter and help a group of Lord Sun, I didn't dare to accept it at that time." ”

Li Danruo raised his eyebrows, stroked his palm and said with a smile: "That's it, this evening, Mrs. Jiang sent her mother-in-law over to send me a box of dim sum, saying that Master Sun loves pastries, and sent some over to see if it suits your taste, it seems that this is not Sun Xianggong's recommendation, this is what Queen Liu meant." Li Danruo said, and raised his voice to order Fat Hong to bring in the box of snacks that Mrs. Jiang had sent over.

Jiang Yanming opened the dim sum box, took a bite of his heart, and said with a smile: "Since Lord Sun has this elegant intention, this messenger can be accepted, Lord Sun is old, and he thinks a lot." ”

"It's no wonder that he thinks too much, who is not afraid of this, Lord Sun and Fan Xianggong have been friends all their lives, the two families are also good families, and there are many intermarriages between the branches and nephews, Concubine Fan has something like that, Fan Xianggong has returned to his hometown so cleanly, can he not be afraid? Think about our family's ......" Li Danruo was halfway through his words, sighed and stopped talking, Jiang Yanming put down his snacks, sighed long, and said in a low voice after a while: "Uncle Uncle, they are still fighting on the side, and they can't think of any good way for a while, Uncle Uncle's crime is still stained with the rebellion against the head of the ten evils, alas!"

"There's always a way, don't be in too much of a hurry." Li Danruo persuaded softly.

"Why don't you worry, my wife is in her seventies, and I look forward to my uncle every day that they can get rid of their crimes, although I haven't said a word in front of us, but ...... Alas! It's good to be a waiter in this ceremony, although this step is in a hurry...... The higher I climbed, the more convenient it was for me to get rid of my uncle's punishment. ”

"Well, I'm not afraid of being too anxious, this dynasty has ascended to the sky in one step, and the number of first- and second-grade members in a few years is innumerable, and the first emperor is an official with talent, and it's nothing." Li Danruo persuaded softly: "I will go to the palace tomorrow, Master Di's business, I have to ambush Queen Liu first, so as not to fall into the handle, the more you go up, the more you have to be careful about the small things." ”

Jiang Yanming responded in a low voice, hesitated, looked at Li Danruo and said: "Another tricky thing, Sun Xianggong also said something today, saying that he has a concubine, and he has some talent in the business on the account, I heard that you are good at this, and you are doing the Jiangnan tea mountain business, I want to ask you for advice, I wanted to refuse, but the words came to my mouth and swallowed back, Sun Xianggong loves luxury, and has no family background, the meaning of this is very clear, he wants to get a piece of the Jiangnan tea mountain business, if he refuses, he is afraid of burying trouble, Fan Xianggong is a gentleman, Sun Xianggong is not, But I couldn't agree to this, and I thought of several excuses, but I didn't think it was safe. ”

"Sun Xianggong is a scheming person, your excuses are not good for him, but it is good to be clumsy, so I told him that this business is actually entrusted by Queen Liu to our name, if he wants to intervene, we have to ask Queen Liu first." Li Danruo listened to Jiang Yanming's several excuses, and thought for a while before responding, Jiang Yanming twisted his eyebrows and thought for a while and said with a smile: "It's true that you are good at replying like this, and you can see that we are honest, I will reply to him like this tomorrow, so you and Queen Liu tomorrow?" ”

"Don't mention this, Sun Xianggong relied on Queen Liu to get such a big fortune, how dare he snatch the silver from Queen Liu at this time, once you say this, he will never dare to think like this again for a while." Li Danruo pursed his lips and smiled, and Jiang Yanming also laughed: "That's right." ”

The next day, Li Danruo drank two cups of tea in the hall, and Queen Liu was busy summoning her in.

"Sit here," Empress Liu sat on the couch, leaned back slightly on the pillow, patted herself beside her and said: "No need to be polite, the two of us don't have those rules, let you wait for a long time, a bunch of urgent matters, we don't see outside, I just let you wait for a while, and deal with those things, let's talk with peace of mind." ”

Li Danruo saw the ceremony, and was not restrained, sat on the couch, Queen Liu did not wait for her to speak and continued: "It's just right for you to come today, otherwise I will let people call you to go, the eldest brother is clamoring for you every day, you haven't seen him for a while, right?" These days, the spirit is obviously not as good as when you first came back, have you brought the child by yourself, those grandmothers, nurses as he is the master, you say that if the child is respected by the master, how to bring it well? What does he know about such an old child? Forget it, they're slaves, and I'm talking about it. ”

Li Danruo smiled and didn't answer, Queen Liu looked at her and said: "This matter can only annoy you, don't shirk it, you can enter the palace every day, if it is not good, you have to come in every other day, bring Brother Mo with you, help me for this year or two first, and wait until I stabilize the affairs of the court and can free up my hands to take care of the eldest brother, I am just this one son, no matter how I say it, I can't watch him let those slaves raise bad." ”

"Well," Li Danruo weighed in his heart, nodded with a smile, and Queen Liu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I have thought about it, this matter is a private matter between the two of us, this letter is not easy to mention, you can rest assured in the palace, it is all in the palm of my hand, tomorrow I will order it, the eldest brother's place, everything is at your disposal, whether it is a person or a thing, you just have to tell Guo Shu." ”

"That's good." Li Danruo smiled, paused, looked at Queen Liu, and said with a wry smile: "I also have something to do." ”

"You say! For the sake of your family's officials, the Ministry of Etiquette is a waiter? This is my idea, let him rest assured, Sun Shangshu is old, let him bear the affairs of the Ministry of Rites in the future, hone for a few years, and make it a big use. Empress Liu said with a smile.

"It's not his business," Li Danruo shook his head and said: "It's his business, I don't care, I'm here because of the second sister." ”

"Second sister?" Empress Liu couldn't remember who this second sister was for a while, and Li Danruo hurriedly explained: "It's to marry the sister of Di Tuiguan." ”

"Oh!" As soon as Empress Liu heard Di Tuiguan, she remembered: "What? The Di family bullied your sister again? You just have to bring someone to the door, who are we afraid of now?!"

Li Danruo almost choked and coughed when Queen Liu said a word, and swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva before laughing: "Good sister, if you bully it, according to my sister, it will be a stick, but that Di Lao'er is old and refined, how dare you do this at this time?" It's not bullying, it's in the palm of my hand, I said let him first divide the two sons who have become a family and then take the second sister back to the house, he really divided the son, and a while ago he scattered all the concubines, and wholeheartedly held the second sister in the palm of his hand, and the second sister wanted a child, so he asked the doctor to extend the medicine and adjust the body of the second sister with his heart, that's it, you see. ”

"He's thinking about it!" Empress Liu understood very well, and immediately said categorically, Li Danruo nodded.

"He is a smart man, and for the sake of the official, even his son can be thrown aside." Empress Liu sneered disdainfully and said: "But I'm extremely stupid, and I don't want to think about it, so even my son can give up people, who dares to use him?" Back then, Yi Ya steamed to enter Heng Gong, but later, Heng Gong didn't starve to death in his hands? Since ancient times, loyal ministers have produced filial sons, and for the sake of glory and wealth, even their wives and children and parents can ignore others, and can they be loyal to the monarch and keep righteousness? ”

Li Danruo didn't know what to say for a while, she knew that Empress Liu didn't have a good impression of Di Tuiguan, but she didn't expect to say such a thing, she very much agreed with this truth, but if this is the case, wouldn't it be impossible for her to discuss with Jiang Yanming to let Master Di get back up and still do the official thing?

"Well, he hasn't been ruthless yet." Empress Liu pursed her lips and said, "What do you mean?" In my opinion, he has such a fiery heart, and he can't give any benefits, let him be a petty official, so that he can look at him in front of him, and he will hang him like this, and he will have to wait for your sister as a father and mother in his heart for the rest of his life. ”

Li Danruo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pursed his lips and smiled: "I think the same as my sister, he used to be a Beijing government magistrate and he did a good job, yesterday I asked Goro, he said that this governor is trying to seek a foreign appointment, sister see?" ”

"Well," Empress Liu didn't know what to remember, and said with a smile for a while: "Also, when he was a pusher, he was good at rectifying those hooligans and scoundrels in the capital, and the villain had to be dealt with by the villain. ”

"Well, in my early fifties." Li Danruo saw that Empress Liu was closing her mind, she smiled and nodded, Empress Liu tilted her head and looked at her and said, "I don't need to come forward for this matter, you go back and talk to your family Wulang, and let him do it." As soon as she finished speaking, Queen Liu stretched out her hand and flicked Li Danruo's forehead and said, "You little girl, you are not here to ask me for this, but to ambush, right?" I'm afraid I'll be angry when I find out about it from elsewhere in the future? ”

"Well," Li Danruo nodded and said frankly: "This is not a trivial matter, firstly, I want to discuss with my sister to see if it is suitable or not, and secondly, I have to let my sister know about this kind of thing first, nod, it is easy to do, I don't deceive my sister, even if there is a mistake, it is also a small mistake, if you have a heart of deception, if you have a small mistake, your sister doesn't know, a little bit of small mistakes accumulate, sooner or later you can't clean up a big mistake." ”

Empress Liu stared at Li Danruo for a long time, leaned back and laughed non-stop.