Red House Shoufu

Chapter 86
The Xinke Jinshi who had governed the virtues for eight years were awarded officials one after another a few days after the Chuanlu Ceremony. In addition to the first and third people, some Shujishi were selected through the selection hall examination.

Among the Xinke Scholars in Southern Zhili, Lin Deze and Wang Huan both passed the selection hall, and they can be regarded as colleagues of the Imperial Academy with Lin Shu.Others went to the six ministries to observe politics or were assigned to various local states and counties.

Lin Shu was familiar with the operation of the center in the cabinet step by step, and was usually assigned some tasks, but they were all about writing and drawing or transferring official documents.

A few days later, on March [-], Muxiu.

Lin's carriage drove out from Huanghuafang leisurely and headed for Nanxunfang, which is just south of the imperial city.

Today Lin Shu led Daiyu to Prince Zhongshun's residence for a banquet, and the post was delivered to Lin's residence on the second day after the ceremony of passing on Lu.Princess Zhongshun Cui Shiying's 36th birthday, although the two families don't have much contact, but Daiyu has received a lot of favor from Zhongshun Wang Gao Yonghuan, the Lin family still has to go to congratulate her with courtesy.

Huanghuafang and Nanxunfang are considered to be east of the central axis of the capital, not far away, and they arrived there in about half an hour.

King Zhongshun is indeed the most trusted younger brother of the current emperor. The palace is luxurious and majestic, and the tall stone lions outside the gate of the palace fully show the power of the royal prince.

Even though the Lin family came early, the line of people waiting to give gifts at the door was almost at the corner of Wangfu Street.

"Master, there are too many people, the carriage can't get in!"

Fuquan tried it, but the carriage couldn't squeeze in at all.If Lin Shu was alone, he would get out of the car and walk in directly.

Just when Lin Shu was in a dilemma, Madam Zhang got out of the car behind and came over: "Master, wait for this old slave to go to the palace. Let the princess send someone over."

"Is this appropriate?" Lin Shu asked.

Zhang Momo smiled and said: "The old slave and the concubine are old acquaintances. In the marriage between her and the prince, the old slave helped to thread the thread..."

Lin Shu looked at Nanny Zhang in surprise, then nodded, "Then I'll trouble Mommy."

Not long after, Nanny Zhang and a beardless old man who looked like a housekeeper led people over, carrying a soft sedan chair with curtains.

"This old slave pays homage to Bachelor Lin. My mother heard that the bachelor and the county master have arrived, so she specially sent this old slave to greet him."

With a high-pitched voice, Lin Shu guessed that the person should be a former prisoner.

Nanny Zhang introduced to Lin Shu: "This is Eunuch Wang, the servant next to the princess."

Lin Shu bowed his hand and returned the salute: "Thank you, Eunuch Wang, for coming. I am worried. There are so many people that I can't squeeze in."

"Bachelor, you are being polite. Let the magistrate get on the sedan chair first. The empress is waiting." Eunuch Wang smiled, pointed at the soft sedan chair and replied to Lin Shu.

After changing to soft sedan chairs, Lin Shu and others followed Eunuch Wang through the crowd and entered the palace through the middle gate.

Some people in the crowd around the mansion recognized Lin Shu, and from time to time lamented that Lin Shu was really a celebrity in front of the emperor, and he had such a big face in front of King Zhongshun, the number one rich man in the capital, and personally sent someone to greet him.

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The interior of Zhongshun Prince's Mansion is even more luxurious, with running water forming streams and winding streams.Pavilions, terraces and pavilions, water pavilions and singing platforms are picturesque.

The babbling on the stage had already started singing, and the corridors were filled with tables and chairs. Many guests sat around in twos and threes, enjoying refreshments and laughing while watching the play.

Daiyu was led to meet Princess Cui, while Lin Shu was led to a gazebo to meet Zhongshun Wang Gao Yonghuan.

With Nanny Zhang following Daiyu, he wasn't too worried, and with Daiyu's current temperament, he was afraid that someone who didn't have eyes would offend Daiyu and would call her parents after being bullied.

The gazebo is in the center of the palace garden, at the highest point of the palace.Before entering Lin Shu, I heard a familiar voice: "...this group of moths are calling me poor every day. Can you see which gift is less than 500 taels?"

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The people in the pavilion are the current Emperor Gao Yongheng, Prince Zhongshun Gao Yonghuan, Xia Shouzhong and an unknown eunuch.

"Chen Linshu..."

"Okay, it's my brother and sister's birthday today, I'm going out of the palace in micro-clothes, so don't mess around with the court."

Lin Shu had just spoken half a sentence when he was interrupted by the somewhat angry emperor.However, he still bowed respectfully and finished the salute meticulously.

Then he bowed and bowed to Gao Yonghuan: "I will pay my respects to the lord, the concubine's birthday, I will give you a small gift, and I hope the lord will not be disgusted."

Followed by Lin Shu, he knelt down to worship the emperor's blessing, and quickly presented the gift box to the eunuch behind Gao Yonghuan.

The emperor snorted, and Fuquan almost knelt down again in fright.I just heard the emperor say: "Everyone is so poor that they reach out to the household department, but they are more active than one when giving gifts. Lin Shu, how much money did you give?"

"I don't know how much this gift is worth. It was chosen by my sister..." Lin Shu really didn't know how much the items in the box were worth. They were all chosen in the warehouse after discussion between Daiyu and Madam Zhang.

Gao Yonghuan opened it and saw that it was a white jade chess set.

"Ha, this is the first time someone gave me chess. How did the Rongjia County Lord know that I like to play chess? Everyone in the capital thought I only liked to sing operas and listen to music..."

The emperor felt a little better when he heard Lin Shu mention Daiyu.He reminded Gao Yonghuan: "Nurse Zhang is by Rong Jia's side."

"No wonder, Nanny Zhang always made fun of me as a chess player when she was with the emperor's wife." Gao Yonghuan's words reminded the emperor of the past, and then he felt a little bit embarrassed.

The breeze in the pavilion blew, and the emperor asked the others to retreat, leaving Xia Shouzhong to wait on him.

The three monarchs and ministers sat down separately, and there was a pile of gift lists on the stone table. The numbers on them made the emperor feel extremely dazzling.

"Brother Huang, don't put on a dark face, these things will be sent to the House of Internal Affairs soon..."

Gao Yonghuan really couldn't stand the emperor's black face, and clamored to send these things to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to exchange them for silver for the emperor's use.

The corner of the emperor's mouth twitched, and he almost slapped him on the back of the head: "Am I greedy for these things? I'm angry at these moths for deceiving the emperor!"

Although he knew that most of the nobles were rich and extravagant, what he heard was not as good as seeing the heartache with his own eyes.

Lin Shu lowered his head silently, pretending not to see these things.Unfortunately, the emperor still asked him: "Lin Shu, do you think these people should be killed?"

The murderous words made Lin Shu spit out from time to time, if he could kill him, he would have been killed by you long ago, how could he stay until now?
"Your Majesty, it's human nature to reciprocate gifts for three festivals and two birthdays. You can't chop off the heads of these people just because the birthday gifts they give you are a bit more precious!"

snort!
How could the emperor not know this, he was just panicking in his heart, and he was just talking to relieve his anger.

Lin Shu knew where the emperor's heart knot was, the court couldn't make ends meet, and the palace made repeated decrees to save money.The emperor's eyes were red with anxiety, and he tried to raise money everywhere.

Nine frontier army towns, flood and drought relief, and southeast Japanese suppression, which one does not require money?The Ministry of Accounting managed to recover part of the owed money, and within a few days, most of it was withdrawn.

Not to mention that there is also a careless father who either builds a Taoist temple or gives silver to that careless younger brother and nephew. The emperor dreams of digging out some money from everywhere to use it.

Lin Shu comforted: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the lack of money in the household department is only temporary. Increase income and reduce expenditure. Since the reduction of expenditure cannot save a few money, why not think about whether Kai Kai can raise some silver taels for Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)