She had almost escaped from the study, and the cold winter wind had calmed her down.

Along the way, the brain is as chaotic as a snowflake screen.

By the way, she has to go to Yong'an Hall to find Yansi, he must have a close friend who wants to be elected to the palace, so she has to ask him first.

At this hour, Yansi had not yet finished school, and she was waiting in the Yong'an Palace.

"The ...... of the concubine"

"Concubine Niangniang!"

Gongye Yansi didn't know when he would have come back a long time ago, and Wen Ling was startled.

"Guifei Niangniang, did I scare you?"

Wen Ling cleaned up his expression and said, "No, I was distracted just now." ”

She pulled Yan Si to the desk, told him about choosing a companion to read, and asked him if there was anyone he wanted to choose to enter the palace.

He picked up the pen and thought about it for a long time, and then while he was writing, Wen Ling enlightened him on the side: "Yansi, do you know that there is a way in this world that allows you to not work hard at all, and you don't need to worry about the countdown of the exam?" ”

He stopped and looked at Wen Ling and shook his head innocently.

"What about this method, called the theory of relativity, is to choose some books that are not as good as yours, have no talent, and have poor grades, so that someone will give you the bottom in the future?"

Gongye Yansi slowly opened his eyes wide, opened his mouth, and finally did not comment, and continued to write. After writing it, he asked pleadingly: "Guifei Niangniang, if they don't want to enter the palace, can you not force them?" ”

Wen Ling's heart trembled, touched his head, and said softly: "Don't worry, it won't." ”

She looked at the list and asked, "Is this Gongye Erruo the little fat man?" ”

Gongye Yansi nodded.

Of course, there are more than a few candidates to accompany the reading, in addition to these, Wen Ling sent people to investigate the list of candidates for Zhongshu Province proposed by Shi Yannian, as well as the children of the poor families in the court who were not attracted by Gongye Feng. I chose a few suitable children in the family and added them, and then asked Shi Yannian and Hua Rongxiu to come forward and secretly ask one by one, without going through the Ministry of Rites.

The consequence of not going through the Ministry of Rites was that Hua Yaozuo personally came to Nanxunmenli Street to find Hua Rongxiu.

Hua Rongxiu sat on the main seat, gently blew open the floating leaves in the teacup, and said to the uninvited guest in front of him without hesitation: "I don't know what uncle is doing today?" ”

Hua Yaozuo said: "I heard that Your Majesty and Concubine Wen Guifei asked you and Shi Yannian to choose a companion for the prince to read, but is there such a thing?" ”

"It is true." Hua Rongxiu said without raising his eyes.

"Since it's such a big matter as choosing a companion for the prince, why don't you discuss it with me? Don't forget, you are from the Hua family! Don't think that if you climb the high branch of Concubine Wen, you can forget what your surname is! ”

Hua Rongxiu took a sip of tea, still didn't look up, and said: "Who to discuss with is decided by Your Majesty and Niangniang, I don't count, as for whether my surname is Hua, my uncle knows better than me." ”

Hua Yaozuo was so excited by his attitude that he was about to have a seizure, thinking that he still had something to do, and suppressed his anger again, "Your eldest brother's two children are the same age as the prince, you add them to the companion list." ”

As he spoke, he picked up his teacup as well.

"Big brother" refers to Hua Rongxiu's cousin, that is, Hua Yaozuo's eldest son.

Hua Rongxiu put down the teacup and said lightly: "I can't add it." ”

Hua Yaozuo's teacup stopped at his lips.

"What does it mean that you can't add it?"

"If you can't add it, you can't add it, my uncle has been in the court for a long time? Can't understand the vernacular? ”

"You-" Hua Yaozuo put the teacup down hard, stood up and said, "What kind of attitude do you have?" Do you think that if you enter the Yushi Terrace and become a little Yushi Zhongcheng, you will be able to rise to the top in the future? I advise you not to be complacent too early, Your Majesty's harem has three thousand beauties, and when Concubine Wen falls out of favor in the future, there will be a time when you regret it! ”

"This doesn't bother Uncle Uncle," Hua Rongxiu finally raised his head, "If Uncle doesn't have anything else to do, please forgive me for not going far." ”

Hua Yaozuo snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, turned around and left.

"Uncle," Hua Rong Xiu suddenly stopped him again, Hua Yaozuo didn't look back, only heard Hua Rong Xiu say behind him, "This matter was ordered by King Ping, right?" He is not the master, I advise my uncle to see the situation clearly, when the prince entered the palace, King Kang's whole mansion was killed, and now he wants to install his own people into the palace to accompany him, if the prince really has an accident, who will carry this pot, has my uncle thought about it? ”

He didn't wait for Hua Yaozuo to answer, and pulled back to the inner courtyard.

Hua Yaozuo glanced back, only to see his back.

The final list of companions was finalized by Wen Ling and Gong Yehan, Shi Yannian and Hua Rongxiu.

The names written by Gongye Yansi were all included, and this stupid boy thought that others would be as reluctant to enter the palace as he was.

He is an adoptive, leaving his biological parents, while others are just companions, and he can go home after school every day. There is such an opportunity, how many people can't ask for it.

Thinking of this, Wen Ling felt uncomfortable again.

Gong Yehan saw her distracted, held her hand, and said, "Do you remember what you promised me?" ”

Wen Ling stood up, withdrew his hand without a trace, handed the list to Shi Yannian, and said: "These people are appointed in batches, they can't take office all at once, otherwise they will be too radical, and after all of them take office, they will give the list of companions to the Ministry of Rites, and let the Ministry of Rites arrange to enter the palace." ”

Shi Yannian said: "These people are all promoted from the bottom, and the original vacancies still need to be filled-"

"No need," Wen Ling interrupted, "all these people's original official positions have been cancelled, and the extra official duties are distributed to those who receive idle posts in the same department, and the treasury is empty, and it is impossible to support them for empty salaries." ”

Wen Ling and Gongye Han repeatedly studied the bureaucratic system of the great cadres, and the deficit of the state treasury was inseparable from the efforts and squandering of the original emperor, and still less could not be separated from the redundant bureaucratic system of the great cadres.

"Shi Aiqing, if there is nothing else, you can step back first." Gongye cold road.

"Yes."

At the door of the study, Hososhin waited at the door as usual.

After Shi Yannian came out, he hesitated for a moment, stepped forward and said, "Miss Xixin, can you take a step to speak?" Still with a smile on his face, he lowered his head.

Xi Xin was a little unhappy, but he still walked a few steps away from him, "Shisheren, didn't I tell you everything last time?" I can't help you. ”

Shi Yannian came prepared this time, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Xi Xin with a confident smile.

Xi Xin was so frightened that he was like an electric shock, looked left and right, and made sure that no palace people noticed, before he said: "Shisheren, you, you, what are you doing?" I'm a palace maid, you're a minister, how can you be so private?! ”

Shi Yannian hurriedly explained: "No, no, no, Miss Xixin, you misunderstood, I'm here, I'm not...... Oops, I can't tell! ”

He finally gave up the explanation, forced the letter into Xixin's hand, and turned to leave.

Concubine Wen Guifei has been doing something recently, and since the last time, she has come to the imperial study less and less.

If this continues, he will die young.

*

In the past few days of blood exchange in Zhongshu Province, Wenling has rare free time, eating and eating in Yilan Palace, and sleeping in Linhua Palace.

The reason why I don't sleep in Yilan Hall is because it is now Layue, and the palaces with earth dragons in the palace are only Zichen Palace, Linhua Hall and the Queen Mother's Bedroom.

Wen Ling didn't want to go to Zichen Palace, so he had to squeeze a bed with her at Zheng Wan'er.

Early that morning, Wen Ling accidentally touched something that shouldn't have been touched in a daze, and was kicked by Zheng Wan'er.

Wen Ling looked angry: "Everyone is a woman, what's wrong with touching it?" You can touch me too! ”

Zheng Wan'er looked at the indescribable place under Wen Ling's neck, where there was nothing ......

Wen Ling shrugged: "Okay, even if you suffer a little, it is a blessing to suffer a loss." ”

Zheng Wan'er heard such shameless words for the first time, so she forked her waist and vented: "I didn't just suffer a little, I just suffered a loss!" It's the New Year soon, I'm busy with this and that every day for the Queen Mother's family banquet, I don't need to worry about big and small things?! But what about you and the Emperor? Ate and slept every day! Sleep and eat! Do you still have the face to tell me that suffering is a blessing?! What about your conscience? Did it fall in Yilan Palace?! ”

The more she talked, the more angry she became, and she picked up the pillow and beckoned to Wen Ling.

Wen Ling knew that he was in the wrong, so he didn't dare to refute, so he hurriedly rolled up his clothes and ran out.

He stared at Wen Ling's embarrassed body and looked up and down, and then looked in the direction Wen Ling came from, his pupils gradually dilated......

Wen Ling raised his hand to intercept his brain: "Stop!" It's not what you think, I'm just here to rub the ground dragon. ”

Gong Yehan secretly breathed a sigh of relief at this time, took off his cloak and draped it on her, and fastened the belt again, "Zichen Hall also has earth dragons, you can go to Zichen Palace." ”

Wen Ling said: "Uh...... Didn't I want to have a good relationship with her before the East Window incident? lest the time come and the time comes, it will be too ugly. ”

Gong Yehan didn't poke her either, just smiled and helped her wrap her cloak tightly, "Well, okay, just remember to put on the cloak next time you hide here." ”

Wen Ling lowered his eyes: Did he just say "hiding"? Who hid? I didn't!

"The Queen Mother is going to hold a family banquet during the New Year, and the Sea King will also come, so you will pretend to be sick and don't go on that day."

Wen Ling said: "That's not necessary, if I pretend to be sick, doesn't it mean that I'm afraid of him?" ”

Gong Yehan knew that he couldn't convince her, so he said: "Okay, but you must be careful, if he asks you to meet alone, don't go to see him rashly." ”

"Don't worry, I know."

*

The companion reading was finally in time to enter the palace during the New Year, except for the three people written by Gongye Yansi himself, there were seven people selected from the cold door.

Wen Ling also went to the palace on the day he accompanied the reading, and he also saw the little fat man - Gongye Erruo.

It stands to reason that although the palace does not provide accommodation for these people, because they have to leave the palace every day after school, the food is managed, and they are absolutely not hungry.

Other people's scholars are carrying pen, ink, paper and inkstone, only Gongye Erruo's scholar carries a big food box in addition to pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

When Wen Ling was lying in the back window, he was seen secretly eating every time, and the food box was full of desserts, mostly all kinds of osmanthus cakes.

Yes, this little fat man has a lot of taste.

In addition to choosing a companion to study, Wenling also needs to complete another important thing to enjoy the Spring Festival holiday with peace of mind.

That was the matter of grain hoarding and investment and business that were handed over to Hua Rongxiu before.

Now Hua Rongxiu is the prince and the prince in the imperial history, and he has no time and is not convenient to go in and out of various shops, and the matter of hoarding grain and investing in business has been on the right track, so Wen Ling took over.

Although the shop is already profitable, the part of the money used to hoard grain cannot be known to Zheng Guifei, so the book is still in deficit in general.

Wen Ling didn't dare to let Zheng Wan'er know, so she had to go out of the palace to inspect herself.