"Deliberately?" Qin Yining looked at Xiao Xiao in astonishment, shook his head and said, "I don't understand, it's so decent, why didn't my father deliberately come back, didn't he want to pay attention to this stall in the capital?" ”

As soon as he said it, Qin Yining immediately shook his head and denied his thoughts: "No, my father is a very responsible person, he will not do such an irresponsible thing, and he will never leave his family and run away by himself." ”

Xiao Xiao has seen more of her calm and wise side, as if no matter what happens, she can solve it without hurry, and sometimes her intelligence makes him feel that his existence has no effect at all.

Now seeing her so dazed, I actually felt very fresh, and I felt that her brows were tightly knit and the words in her mouth were really cute, so he stretched out his long arms and hugged her, and said with a smile: "What you think is too complicated." Actually, things are very simple. It's just that you just came to the capital and don't know anything about Da Zhou, but you will understand as soon as I say it. ”

As he spoke, he picked up Qin Yining's tea bowl and took a sip of tea.

Qin Yining didn't mind the heavy arm he put on his shoulder, and he didn't mind that he ate her tea and looked at him with sparkling eyes.

Xiao Xiao's heart was so excited by her wet eyes that she almost couldn't hold back and kissed it, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Qin Yining pushed him: "Say it quickly." ”

Xiao Xiao was amused by her appearance and laughed out loud, put his arm around her shoulders and said: "Okay, this will tell you, in fact, things are very simple, Da Zhou has the rules of Jingcha, I think my father-in-law is waiting for this." ”

Qin Yining asked suspiciously, "What are you talking about Jingcha?" ”

"According to the old customs of the Northern Hebei Kingdom, the Holy Lord made slight changes and formulated a kind of rules for the evaluation of officials. Officials in Beijing who are below the second grade and outside the cabinet must have their performance appraised every three years. ”

Hearing this, Qin Yining nodded slowly, and said thoughtfully: "How Jingcha is carried out, you and I will talk about it in detail." ”

Xiao Xiao said: "The performance appraisal of the Beijing inspection is divided into two stages, the first stage, the reference official must submit a work report, the content can not boast of their own achievements, but to look back on their own shortcomings in the past three years, what they have done wrong, what mistakes they have made, and so on. There can be no deception or misrepresentation. After the debriefing is completed, the official department will conduct a unified examination, and the debriefing submitted in the first stage will become the main evidence for the examination. ”

"So, this year's Jingcha is going to start?"

Xiao Xiao smiled: "To be exact, it is the New Year, the yamen has been sealed in the past year, and this matter will start after the New Year." ”

Qin Yining pondered for a moment, his brows gradually soothed, he took a long breath, and said, "In this way, my father should celebrate the New Year, the first stage of Jingcha is over, and the officials will come back after handing in their work reports." ”

"Clever." He scratched the bridge of her nose.

Qin Huaiyuan is the leading figure among the ministers of the Great Yan, and the father-killing feud between him and Xiao Xiao can be used by Li Qitian, so he will be reused after he returns to Beijing.

The Great Yan subordinates came to the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which injected a fresh blood into the court of the Zhou Dynasty, and if he came back early, the saint would have to start rewarding his merits for the sake of his reputation.

But the court was originally a radish and a pit, and without a good position, the official position of the Yan Dynasty's subordinate group would increase.

If Qin Huaiyuan doesn't come back for a day, Li Qitian can't start to talk about meritorious deeds.

He stayed outside, just waiting for the Jingcha to begin, and after the first stage of the examination was over, a large group of officials handed in their debriefings and stated their mistakes as officials.

In this way, Li Qitian would have a target if he wanted to seek a position for the Yan Dynasty's subordinates.

Qin Yining determined that Li Qitian would definitely reuse the Yan Dynasty to subjugate his vassals, precisely because of the court structure of the Great Zhou Dynasty today. The former ministers of the Northern Hebei State occupied most of the positions of civil officials. And although Li Qitian's die-hard nobles have military power, they cannot compete with the civilian clique.

The ministers of the Great Yan Dynasty came to the Great Zhou, and they had no foundation, and the only one they could rely on was Li Qitian, and they could only be loyal to Li Qitian.

Presumably, Li Qitian also hopes to give the official positions of the ministers of Dayan higher, and Qin Huaiyuan's disappearance just gave Li Qitian a reason not to be rewarded for the time being and waiting for vacancies.

"It's really ......" Qin Yining shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I've been worried for so long, you know that Jingcha is about to start, why don't you tell me?" ”

"Didn't you forget to say it?" Xiao Xiao smiled and said, "Now you can rest assured, right?" ”

Qin Yining nodded and said, "I have not heard from me for so long, I have long felt suspicious." Even if something really happened, with my father's temperament, he would never even give the family a message. Now it seems that my father has made up his mind that I will know the news of Jingcha and analyze the time of his return. ”

"Yes, so having a smart daughter is also a blessing for my father-in-law."

Qin Yining blushed from his indirect praise, and said with a smile: "Why is your mouth like honey, you are so good at coaxing people today." ”

"When is my mouth not sweet? Why don't you try it? As he spoke, he deliberately leaned towards her.

Qin Yining pushed him out shyly, "It's not serious, don't make trouble." ”

Xiao Xiao couldn't help but chuckle out loud, and raised his hands to make a surrender gesture: "Okay, don't make trouble." Let's wait a minute. During this time of the New Year, I am afraid that the Holy One will have a 'deep brotherly love', and the Holy One has worked hard to find my mother-in-law, so I will not be able to come to see you often. ”

Qin Yining was taken aback when he heard this, sat up straight and asked him, "What mother-in-law?" ”

Xiao Xiao's eyes were a little cold, and his tone was full of mockery: "What mother-in-law?" Of course, it's my father's main wife. My mother is just a maidservant, I was unexpectedly born, after learning that my mother was pregnant, Mrs. Xiao drove my mother away, and on the way there was a interception, thanks to my mother's cleverness, to dodge.

"Back then, Mrs. Xiao should have died together, but who knew that the former saint actually found this person for me. Now that the family has been defeated, and the only mother-in-law has been found, the saint said that the family has a little more hope, and it can be regarded as complete for the elderly. Let me be filial to my mother. ”

"Do you still want to take that grandmother back to the palace? What about the old lady? ”

"If you really take it back, my mother was a maid of the Yan family at the beginning, not even a concubine, and now she is naturally still a maidservant." The corners of Xiao Xiao's lips raised a sneering arc.

Qin Yining shook his head and said, "This is not appropriate, we can't let the old lady, Mrs. Tai and the old lady be bullied." In my opinion, whether this grandmother is true or not is still two words. It's better to confine her and slowly investigate it. It's not good to confront the saint in front of him, but when people come to your hands, it's easy to deal with them. ”

Xiao Xiao looked at her with a smile: "I thought you would persuade me to be humble and orderly." After all, you are a concubine. And I'm not even a concubine, at most I'm an illegitimate child. If General Xiao doesn't die, it won't be my turn to be rich in this life. ”