Just when Lu Li was about to perform light skills and leave, Xiao Man suddenly remembered something and shouted to Lu Li: "Lu Li, thank you for the meat bun, it's really delicious." ”

Hearing Xiao Man say this, Lu Li felt a little strange, and asked with a puzzled expression: "Meat buns?" What meat buns? ”

Xiao Man saw Lu Li's expression, and his brows became tangled.

"Isn't it you who sent me and Du Yue buns tonight?"

Xiao Man originally thought that the bun was Lu Li's compassion for his hard work, so he specially placed it at the door, but seeing Lu Li's expression, it would never be him who sent the bun.

"I also just came to Jinshi Courtyard, and I came from the palace, it is very inconvenient, if I still carry a food box with a few buns along the way, wouldn't it be too attention-grabbing."

Xiao Man tilted his head and thought about it, it was indeed the case, so he sent Lu Li away first, returned to the house alone, and began to mumble to himself.

"It's strange, since it's not the bun sent by Lu Li, who will send the bun?"

To say that Lu Li returned to the palace, he sneaked into the outside of his bedroom unconsciously, and those eunuchs and palace maids did not know martial arts, so they naturally did not notice that Lu Li had gone to the outside of the palace.

The next day, after Lu left the morning court, he hurried to the upper study, and today he made a special appointment with someone to find out some things.

I only saw that at this time, Huang Shangshu was already waiting for Lu Li in the upper study, and after seeing Lu Li coming, this Huang Shangshu naturally respectfully asked Lu Li for peace.

Lu Li felt that Huang Shangshu had stood on the same front with him before, so his attitude towards Huang Shangshu was much more gentle than that of the other four Shangshu.

I don't know what the emperor called his ministers to come today?

The official Shangshu looked around, the emperor only summoned himself, but did not summon several other Shangshu, it seems that the emperor must only have something to do with himself.

I only saw that Lu Li coughed twice, after all, he always felt a little embarrassed when he wanted Lord Huang Shangshu to inquire about things related to Su Xiaoman.

'Huang Shangshu, what kind of person do you think Master Lu is? ’

Lu Li knew that after Huang Shangshu was admitted to the Jinshi before, he was trained by Lord Lu, so he could become a pillar of the court, and as long as he asked Huang Shangshu's impression of Lord Lu at this time, he would naturally know whether Lord Lu deliberately criticized Xiao Man.

Hearing this question, it seemed to bring back some good memories, and Huang Shangshu's face couldn't help but smile, and there was a bit of warmth in this smile.

"Your Majesty, this question is very interesting, you must know that Your Majesty is a military attaché, and it is naturally different from us civil officials, we civil officials can only enter the imperial court after the assessment of the Jinshi Academy, I think no one knows Lord Lu better than me."

Hearing Huang Shangshu say this, Lu Xuan was naturally very happy, thinking that he had finally found the right person now.

"Huang Shangshu, tell me quickly, what do you think of Master Lu."

Huang Shangshu suddenly fell into a memory, to say that he had just been admitted to the Jinshi at that time, ranking fifth in the first class, after entering the Jinshi Academy, he was still a little ignorant, and he always felt that he was the best among the candidates, and he didn't care about the assessment of the Jinshi Academy at all.

Of course, at that time, Lord Lu suffered a lot for him.

"The emperor heard that Su Xiaoman was in the Jinshi Courtyard and was doing the work of sweeping the stables, do you know what kind of work I was assigned back then?"

Huang Shangshu asked this, Lu Li felt a little curious, could it be that the job that Huang Shangshu got would be more difficult than Su Xiaoman?

"Huang Shangshu, don't sell Guanzi, tell me quickly, what kind of job you get."

Huang Shangshu smiled faintly and said to Lu Li: "At that time, Lord Lu sent me to sweep the thatched house. ”

Hearing the three words of sweeping the thatched house, Lu Li's eyes suddenly became strange, to say that Huang Shangshu was born in a noble family, and he was the fifth in the first class that year, how could he succumb to Lord Lu and do the work of cleaning the thatched house.

"Could it be that Lord Lu is like this to Jinshi?"

Huang Shangshu shook his head, "Of course, this Lord Lu is not like this to all Jinshi, he only assigns some particularly difficult work to the Jinshi that he looks up to, which in the eyes of others is what only lowly people will do, in order to hone their hearts, so that they can exercise their tenacious and unyielding will, so that when they become officials in the court in the future, they will be upright and not afraid of treachery." ”

Hearing Huang Shangshu say this, Lu Li suddenly realized, no wonder Lord Lu would treat Su Xiaoman and Du Yue so harshly.

Every class of candidates, Lord Lu will always pick out one or two people who he thinks are worth cultivating, my class is me, and there is another person who the emperor must be very familiar with, that is, Wei Xiuyuan Lord Wei, Lord Wei He entered the Jinshi Academy at that time, and his life was worse than me.

Hearing this Huang Shangshu suddenly talk about his friend's past, Lu Li's ears were pricked up.

"I remember that at that time, Lord Lu sent him to paint the wall every day, and the wall of the Jinshi Courtyard was painted by him over and over again, and he was disgraced all day long, but I was afraid that Lord Wei Xiuyuan still had a shadow on this matter."

Lu Li thought that Wei Xiuyuan was tortured by Lord Lu at that time, so he felt a little funny, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but bend, but Wei Xiuyuan has always had a good face, and he was not in Beijing at that time, so he hid this matter, so as not to lose his face in front of Lu Li.

If it weren't for listening to Huang Shangshu today, Lu Li would never have known about this past.

"I see, Lord Lu thinks about it like this, but it's hard for him, so do you know what's going on with the buns that appeared inexplicably in the Jinshi Courtyard?"

Thinking of Su Xiaoman's question yesterday, Lu Weizhong always felt a little confused, for fear that the bun was sent by a bad person.

Hearing Lu Li say this, Huang Shangshu laughed out loud, and there was a kind of joy between his entire eyebrows.

"That bun is actually put at the door by Lord Lu, because Lord Lu has always loved to pretend to be majestic in front of the candidates, in fact, I feel sorry for us in my heart, as long as we haven't left the Jinshi Academy, he will never take the first step, but he doesn't dare to express his concern frankly, so he can only put the delicious buns he made at the door, but now I really miss Lord Lu's craftsmanship."

Seeing such a nostalgic expression on Lord Huang Shangshu's face, Lu Li knew that Lord Lu's heart was probably really soft, at this age, he could accompany Su Su Xiaoman and Du Yue until late at night, and prepare buns for them, which showed his concern for the Jinshi.

If in the future, when Lord Lu reaches the age of age, he resigns and returns to his hometown, I don't know if the court can find an official like him who can take over the work of the Jinshi Academy's assessment.

"Your Majesty, now you know the reason, but I still suggest that you don't sue Su Xiaoman."

Huang Shangshu said this, Lu Li didn't understand, to say that Xiao Man was worried about Lord Lu's harshness all day long, if he told her, let her understand Lord Lu's hard work, wouldn't it be better.

"Huang Shangshu, what do you mean by this?"

"Since Lord Lu is strict with them, he wants to hone their temperament, if you tell Su Xiaoman directly, Su Xiaoman is afraid that he will not take these assessments properly, or let Lord Lu toss them during this time, since Su Xiaoman wants to be an official as a woman, it is necessary to pass these trainings, but I think she must be a phoenix, and when she is lustful, she will naturally reappear her brilliance."

Hearing Huang Shangshu say this, Lu Li smiled, others praised Xiaoman as if they were praising him, making his heart as sweet as eating honey.

After receiving Huang Shangshu, Lu Li called an aunt in charge of the harem, who was in charge of the palace maids making jewelry, and was suddenly summoned by Lu Li at this time, so he was naturally very nervous, so he knelt in front of Lu Li with a trembling body.

He trembled and said to Lu Li: "I don't know what happened to the emperor summoning slaves?" ”

Lu Li saw that this aunt in charge was so scared, so he asked her to get up first and smiled at her, this aunt in charge had served the first emperor, so she naturally knew that the temper of the first emperor and the first queen was not gentle, and she was a little overwhelmed by being treated like this by Lu Li at this time.

"I want you to make a jewelry for me."

Hearing Lu Li say this, the aunt in charge breathed a sigh of relief, to say that the plants in the palace were originally in charge of the jewelry of the concubines, and at this time Lu Li asked for her own share.

In fact, Lu Li only had to find someone to give her an order, and he didn't have to tell her so solemnly, which made him feel weird and disliked.

"I don't know what kind of jewelry the emperor wants?"

Lu Li took out a piece of paper, on which he drew a pattern drawn by himself, to say that he had been thinking about this hairpin for a long time, so he thought about giving him this hairpin when he saw Xiao Man as an official for the first time in the Jinluan Palace.

The aunt in charge looked at the drawings, the hairpin painted on the drawings is very good-looking, and the emperor also took a lot of thought, this hairpin is made into a branch, and a small peach blossom blooms on the branch as an embellishment, and the most important part is a peach blossom bud with buds to be released.

This made the aunt in charge a little puzzled, so she asked Lu Li: "Your Majesty, the jewelry made by ordinary women is full of flowers, but the drawings you drew are waiting to be released, do you want to make some modifications?" ”

When Lu Li heard the words, he shook his head and said to his aunt: "No need, just keep it like this, immediately order people to go down and do it, remember to use the best materials, and make as realistic as you can." ”

Hearing Lu Li's order, the aunt in charge naturally didn't dare to slack off, so she immediately retreated.