The Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(158)

Soon, the King of Jin finished his breakfast and was about to leave. Yao Niang sent him to the door and gave him a green bag with some worry. She told him that there were some cakes, some pills to relieve the heat and other sundries in it, and he took it naturally.

These things were prepared by Yao Niang after asking Hongchou and the others. Probably because she thought that there were no servants to serve the King of Jin, and he had to go to the government office to work, there would definitely be no ice there, and she didn't know whether there would be food at noon. If he was hot, hungry, or uncomfortable, it would be temporarily relieved.

Yao Niang was the King of Jin who suffered. Although she praised Emperor Hongjing as a wise and brave emperor who was rare in the world, she actually thought that this father was too bad to be so harsh on his son.

Xiaobao stood by Yao Niang's legs, looking at the King of Jin, with a sympathetic look in his eyes: "Father, you should work well and come back early."

At his current level, he could only say such a comforting word. In fact, what Xiaobao wanted to say more was that those who achieve great things are not particular about trivial matters, and the sufferings now will turn into the sweetness of victory in the future.

But he didn't dare to say this, otherwise he would be dragged out and burned.

"Yes, come back early, Xiaobao, uh, and Erbao are waiting for you."

Uh, do you think he is going to work? It's not a war!

After thinking for a few breaths, the King of Jin couldn't figure it out, so he could only nod and leave.

After leaving the courtyard, Fucheng rode his horse and said, "Your Highness, don't listen to Master Su, it's better for me to follow you. The carriage is ready. I don't believe that anyone will control how you go to the government office."

The King of Jin was dressed in a green official robe, tall and elegant, looking very elegant, with a unique taste of handsomeness.

He shook his head, "Listen to your Master Su."

Then Fucheng watched the King of Jin holding a bag in one hand and going out to work. He was on duty on foot.

Although the Prince of Jin's Mansion is not far from the Ministry of Works on Qipan Street, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to walk there, he walked there! He was holding a bag in his hand!

Oh my, his Highness has never suffered such a punishment before. This Master Su is really good at tormenting people. The key is that his Highness just likes this! Fucheng doesn't understand the fun between this young couple, but this doesn't prevent him from turning around and telling people to follow.

His Highness didn't let him go, but he didn't say that he couldn't let others go.

So, Xiao Shunzi followed the Prince of Jin to the Ministry of Works with a carriage far behind.

It can be imagined that he will probably spend the whole day in this car, but those who achieve great things don't care about trivial matters. If you want to be a good servant, you must endure hardships and become a superior person.

It's not just hot weather, it's not just scorching heat, he Xiao Shunzi is not afraid!

The six ministries are located on Qipan Street in Zhengyang Gate. Not only the six ministries, but also the Guanglu Temple, the Imperial Observatory, the Imperial Hospital and other government offices are all here, and the various ministries are opposite to each other on the left and right of the street.

It was the time for the roll call, and the street was full of people in sedan chairs and horses who hurriedly came. Because it was very close to the various ministries, the street remained quiet and silent. Although everyone was in a hurry, they were very orderly and gave way when they should, and it was not chaotic.

From time to time, you can see that the blue official sedan chair on the road ahead suddenly stopped and moved aside. Not long after, a green official sedan chair hurriedly passed by.

These sedan chairs are also divided into three, six, and nine grades. The green official sedan chair is for those of the third rank and above, and those below the fourth rank can only sit in the blue sedan chair. Therefore, whenever a green official sedan chair passes by, these blue official sedan chairs will avoid it without looking at the signs.

In the past, this street has always maintained a peaceful state. Even if the new official does not understand, the sedan bearers also understand. As for those who didn't ride in sedan chairs, they were the most insignificant among the officials. They knew to walk along the street without being reminded by others.

But today, it was strange. There was a person who was too ignorant and walked in the middle of the street. He never avoided sedan chairs and horses, and made the people behind him slow down because of him.

Everyone was curious about where this top-notch person came from, but officials were dignified, so they naturally couldn't stand on the street and yell. Not to mention themselves, servants were not allowed to do so, so as not to damage their feathers. So they walked around and looked back-

Some people knew him, and hurriedly bowed in the sedan chair and left far away. There were many messy thoughts in my mind, which I won't say for now. Some people I didn't know wanted to glare at him, but seeing his handsome face, and his face was colder than mine, I could only look away, feeling unlucky in my heart, and planned to give this ignorant little official a hard time if I met him in the future.

Although he was not familiar with the man's face, he saw that the patch of the sixth rank was hanging in front of him, which was just the most inconspicuous one among the many small officials in the capital. It was just a matter of a gesture to get a grasp of him.

In the distance, a crisp sound of horse hooves came, accompanied by the sound of cars.

At this time, in this place, those who can come by car must not be ordinary people. Some officials with vision opened the curtains of the sedan chair and signaled the sedan chair bearers to move to the side of the road. Seeing the people in the center of the street not far away, still walking slowly like a piece of wood, their hearts were full of ridicule.

If you have the ability, don't give in. We won't bother with you, but the dignitaries will bother with you!

Young man, don't you know that officials should be human beings first? If you can't be human beings, you deserve to suffer!

But before I had time to think about it, all these complicated emotions were interrupted by a sharp sound of the carriage brakes. The carriage suddenly stopped in front of the young man in the green official robe.

Taking a closer look, the car looked unremarkable, but the emblem on the car clearly belonged to Prince Lu's Mansion.

Hey, could it be His Royal Highness King Lu!

"Fifth brother!"

Behind the opened car curtain, King Lu's surprised face was revealed.

According to King Lu's usual behavior, he originally rode a horse instead of a carriage, but the palace staff said that he was now a civil servant. Civil servants rode in sedans, while military attachés rode horses. It was the right way for him to go through the city in such a ostentatious manner on his first day on duty, which might hinder his reputation as an official. . In this court, the civil servants were the mainstay, and the military attachés were just foils. King Lu wanted to win over the civil servants, so naturally he had to be gregarious.

Prince Lu's Mansion also prepared a sedan for him, but after sitting in it, Prince Lu couldn't bear it. He was born tall and tall, but the sedan chair was narrow and narrow, completely out of proportion. He was furious because of this and was delayed for a long time. Seeing that it was almost late, he hurriedly picked a car and went out.

King Lu felt that he had lowered his stature enough, but he didn't expect that there was another person who lowered his stature even more. His fifth brother actually used it.

"Fifth brother, are you so poor in Prince Jin's palace that you don't even have a car? If you really don't have one, my brother will give you one."

King Jin didn't want to pay attention to him.

The sixth child is a bastard who doesn't keep his mouth shut and dares to say anything. The key is that he is still a messy person. If you get entangled with him, you may lose some meat at any time.

He looked at King Lu with clear eyes: "I ate too much in the morning. I need to digest it."

King Lu laughed, and wanted to say that King Jin was bluffing him, but the problem was that the other party's expression was too serious, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

At this moment, a blue woolen official sedan stopped not far from the two of them.

"So early."

The sedan curtain was opened from the inside, revealing King An's smiling face.

He looked at King Lu and then at King Jin, "The two brothers talked here so early in the morning. It's really touching."

Just as King Lu was about to stab King An, another blue-brown official sedan stopped aside.

"Second brother, fifth brother, sixth brother." It was King Yong. "What are you talking about? I saw you standing in the middle of the road from afar. Look at how many people are blocked behind you. I guess many people will be late today. ”

King Jin looked back.

What King Yong said was not an exaggeration. There were many sedan chairs parked on both sides of the street behind, and there were also many people who didn't know what was going on in front of them. They rushed over here in a dull manner, but were blocked in the back.

"I'll take the first step." King Jin cupped his hands and moved forward.

The three of them looked at his back.

King Yong said something unclear: "What is this old man doing?"

No one answered him. King An's sedan quickly left, followed by King Lu. However, King Lu was already regretting it now. Not to mention King Jin, just looking at King An and King Yong, he should not have taken the car out of anger just now. But now it's too late to regret it, there's nowhere to go back now.

With the evacuation of the place, Qipan Street returned to the smooth flow of sedans and horses before. However, the sarcastic officials nearby were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths for a long time, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

That wooden man, that idiot, that ignorant little official...

It turned out to be His Highness the King of Jin!

God, luckily someone came forward to scold me just now. No wonder there is an old saying that on this chessboard street, you have to keep your eyes open and your mouth shut, and be as humble as you can, because you never know when you will meet someone. ghost.

Hey, I really saw a ghost today!

Chapter 126

As the sedans and horses drove away one after another, news about what happened on Qipan Street spread throughout the three provinces and six departments.

Naturally, it also reached the ears of Emperor Hongjing.

Emperor Hongjing had just come down from the morning court and heard about what happened here. He just shook his head and smiled inexplicably, making it impossible to guess what was going on in his heart.

At the same time, discussions about the promotion of these princes were being discussed everywhere. Naturally, people have been talking about King Jin again and again. Some people say that King Jin is pedantic. His Majesty asked him to be a minor official of the sixth grade, but he really acted like a minor official. Some people say that these princes are difficult to get along with, and it is best to stay as far away as possible. Naturally, there are also some people who follow the trend and want to climb high branches in the hope of becoming prosperous from now on.

However, there are only a few such people. Most of them are small officials with lower grades. Few of them are stupid officials who can reach the fifth grade or above. At least they have no problem with people's emotional understanding. When the intentions are unclear, no one will express anything openly.