Sheng Jingming sat comfortably in the lobby, drinking the new tea sent by Steward Zhao, he noticed at a glance that Qian Zhaozhi's expression was wrong, and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Qian Zhaozhi leaned over and whispered: "This is a new tea in Jiangnan, and there is no tea in the palace yet." ”

Sheng Jingming nodded, no longer surprised by this matter.

At the foot of the imperial city, a few five-grade petty officials can seize more than 100,000 taels of silver, and these new and new teas are not uncommon.

Half a cup of tea passed, Nan Yuan and the others were a little impatient, he saw that the water in Sheng Jingming's teacup had bottomed out, and he hurriedly poured it again.

I saw Sheng Jingming pinching the teacup with his fingertips and lifting it, and put the teacup down in the blink of an eye.

Sheng Jingming stood up, flicked his sleeves, and said, "Since the host master is not available, then I will come to visit next time." ”

He said that he would come back next time, but no one knew that there would be no next time.

Steward Zhao wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and wanted to reach out to stop the person, but he didn't have such courage, so he was in a dilemma for a while.

Coincidentally, Sheng Jingming just walked to the door and saw the host master walking slowly.

Sheng Jingming pretended not to see anything, turned around and left from the other side, completely ignoring the figure of the host master.

The host master paused, looked at Sheng Jingming's figure with his back to him, and asked in disbelief, "The big eunuch just left?" ”

The servant behind him lowered his head, completely afraid to answer.

The host master was dumbfounded, didn't he say that he came to ask someone to do something?

Is this the attitude of asking for help?

When Qian Zhaozhi watched the host master step in, her heart had already left with Sheng Jingming, but her body was still sitting on the chair cowardly, not daring to move.

Sheng Jingming can do nothing, but he can't.

She has been busy with this for a long time, but she can't fall short at this time!

"Zhaozhi has seen the host master, and he has admired it for a long time."

Qian Zhaozhi got up and saluted, squatting slowly, completely without the arrogance of being an eldest princess, and exuding an approachable atmosphere all over her body.

The host master didn't even look at Qian Zhaozhi, sat down on the main seat, knocked his fingers on the table, and ordered Steward Zhao to serve tea, without the intention of taking the initiative to speak.

Qian Zhaozhi had already prepared, so he said with a smile: "For the first visit, the generous gift has been prepared, and it will be delivered later. ”

It's okay not to say this, but when I mention this host, I feel angry.

I had already heard of Sheng Jingming's weird style of doing things, but I didn't expect to be able to do such an outrageous thing!

Taking the eldest princess and visiting the house late at night, is this what the important ministers of the court should do?

The host master was stunned for a moment, and felt that Sheng Jingming could not be called an important minister of the court, at most he was a big traitor, but in the dark he felt that something was wrong.

He doesn't care so much, the switch of yin and yang has been turned on.

"The posture of the eldest princess's first visit is really surprising, there is no need for generous gifts, my humble room can't hold the thousands of wealth given by the eldest princess!"

Qian Zhaozhi: "..."

She reluctantly pulled the corners of her mouth, and deeply realized how powerful the soft knife of the literati was, and every word poked into the hearts of people.

The host master lives at the foot of the imperial city, how could he not know about Daqian.

With Qianzhaozhi's financial resources, what thousands of wealth can be prepared?

The host master's ten-entry mansion covers an area larger than her princess's mansion, and she modestly said that it is just a humble room, which makes Qianzhao childish?

What's more, the new tea of Jiangnan has not yet been seen in the deep palace, and the host master has already taken it out to entertain guests.

All kinds of signs are showing that Daqian is no longer the court that the people loved at the beginning.

Qian Zhaozhi suppressed the sourness in her heart, but she didn't understand the sarcasm in the host's master's words, and she smiled again: "This time I took the liberty to visit, mainly because I asked for something, and I hope that the master will be fulfilled." ”

As soon as the words fell, the host master decisively shook his head and refused.

"After hearing about the traitor..."

As soon as these three words were spoken, the host master was immediately keenly aware of the embarrassment of the scene, and then immediately changed his words and said, "After hearing that Sheng Jingming was going to invite me to go out of the mountain to be the chief examiner, it didn't take long for me to go out on a cloud tour. ”

"It's been more than half a month before I came back, but I didn't expect this matter to be turned yet."

"I can tell you for sure, whether you come to invite or Sheng Jingming personally invites, I will not agree to be the chief examiner of the big cadre!"

Qian Zhaozhi blinked and said, "Master Dongdao, you and I know in our hearts whether what you said about Yunyou is true or false. ”

In short, there is no need to pretend with garlic.

Host Master: "..."

"Anyway, I don't need to mention being the examiner."

Qian Zhaozhi blinked again, sensitively grasped the possibility of the host's master's words, and said, "Sheng Jingming personally came to invite the master out of the mountain, it should be okay, right?" ”

"Hmph, Sheng Jingming's heart is higher than the sky, how could he come to invite me?"

The host master subconsciously replied with such a sentence, and then realized that he had fallen into the pit dug by Qian Zhaozhi, and he was completely unable to prevent it.

Qian Zhaozhi seemed to see hope, and said: "In order for tens of thousands of students up and down to have a more just and fair atmosphere for the imperial examination, presumably Zhangyin is willing to go to the trouble for it!" ”

I don't dare to say this, for fear of being slapped in the face.

The host master snorted coldly, remembering that he just casually gave Ma Wei just now, Sheng Jingming left impatiently, and he was still willing to go to the soup?

No one will believe it!

His eyes were fixed on Qian Zhaozhi's face, as if he had fallen into some painful past, and he hadn't come back to his senses for a long time.

After a long time, the host master looked away with difficulty, and said in a dumb voice: "Emperor Qianxing treated me like that at the beginning, and I was pointed at by thousands of people, and now I want to return to the court to work hard?" ”

"I'm not reconciled!"

Qian Zhaozhi's mind flashed what Sheng Jingming had said at the beginning, and he also felt that he was speechless, and he didn't know what to say to ease the atmosphere.

After being silent for a long time, the host master instructed Steward Zhao to send Qian Zhaozhi out, and intimately prepared the carriage, and carefully told her to send her safely to the palace gate.

Qian Zhaozhi walked out of the mansion in silence and saw that Sheng Jingming's frame was already waiting at the door, so she immediately got in.

Sheng Jingming opened his eyes and found that Qian Zhaozhi's eyes were drooping, and his listless appearance had already announced the result of tonight.

He comforted: "Don't be so discouraged, there will always be a way to get him out of the mountain, it's just a matter of time." ”

Qian Zhaozhi shook her head slowly, and she said, "There is not much time left, the list of examiners will be announced in a few days, so you have to work harder." ”

"Afraid of what? I could have asked the Ministry of Rites to postpone the release of the list for a while. ”

Qian Zhaozhi: "...? ”

And this operation?