capital girl

Chapter 65 Go to Kyoto

Zhou Yingniang had a dead husband to worship, but Zhang Xiulan didn't, so she went in and lit some incense sticks and kowtowed to the ancestors of the Li family. Still have to pay attention.

Their alleys have also become the topic of conversation in the entire Xiuzhou City. Even as soon as the magistrate left, several shopkeepers from dental shops came to the door to ask if the house was for sale.

The whole family is very happy, sitting together to eat hot pot at night.

"Mother, are we going to enter the capital?" Li Yukun asked excitedly.

His father was a Jinshi, and he was also called back from the academy.

"I don't know yet. Your father didn't enter the First Class, so he will definitely not take the palace examination. He should be appointed. I don't know where he will be an official..." Zhang Xiulan said.

She didn't know what kind of official she could do if she won the top two, "Now I can only wait for your father's letter..."

"However, your sister should go to the capital. I heard from your father that the top ones will go to the Privy Council for two years as editors, and then they will be promoted..." Zhang Xiulan sandwiched a piece of soft mutton into Li Yukun's Said in the bowl.

"But my sister's wedding hasn't happened yet, aren't we here for their wedding?" Li Yukun looked at Li Yulou and said.

"Of course we have to go to the capital first, we all go, and then we will see where to go next..." Li Yulou said with a smile.

"Happy is happy," Zhang Xiulan sighed, "This is your father's long-cherished wish, but thinking about him becoming an eighth-rank official, we will move the whole family, and I don't think it's necessary..."

"If you go to those cold places in the northwest, it's better to sell cloth here."

It is normal for Zhang Xiulan not to like moving.

The Zhou family has already started preparing to move. Zhou Hongzhong has been selected as a Jinshi, and Wu Que has also entered Dali Temple as the master book. The Zhou family must be going to the capital.

Uncle Song naturally wouldn't go to the capital.

"Uncle, why don't you go to the capital too, anyway, Shiyu is going to settle in the capital anyway, and we will take care of you." Li Yulou said while helping Dr. Song carry water.

Doctor Song smiled, "Yulou, you are a filial child, but how can uncle go with you to the capital... There are so many patients waiting for me here."

A bright smile bloomed on Li Yulou's face. Although she knew what Dr. Song was thinking, she didn't say it clearly, "That's not..."

Li Yulou soon received Meng Shiyu's letter, and the tone of the letter was still as calm as water, saying that he had won the Jinshi and had to wait for the imperial examination, and everything was fine.

Zhang Xiulan also received Li Xu's letter.

"Yulou, we are going to the capital, your father is staying in the capital." Zhang Xiulan rushed out with the letter, swinging in the air, and shouted at Li Yulou.

Li Yulou came out of the house, rushed to Zhang Xiulan, snatched the letter from her hand, and read it at a glance.

"Scholar..." Li Yulou looked at Zhang Xiulan and asked.

"It doesn't matter what official he is, if he can stay in the capital anyway, our family won't have to separate. This is the best result. We don't have to rely on your father's salary to support us." Zhang Xiulan smiled all over her face, speaking from Happy from the bottom of my heart.

In fact, during this period of time, Zhang Xiulan had already started to think about how to arrange these people in Xiuzhou.

Many of them have been with their family for many years.

Happiness is always short-lived, and it is always sad when we part.

"You can find another way..." Zhang Xiulan gave these people a generous severance package.

"If our shop in the capital can be opened, if you are willing to go, I will write back. It's okay if you don't want to go..." Zhang Xiulan couldn't help but her eyes were red as she said.

Many people below also choked up.

The shop on this side was sold out first, and the house was kept as a back way for the gatekeeper to watch.

The ruined house was worth tens of thousands of dollars, and it took a lot of effort to clean it up. After five or six days, Li Yulou and Zhang Xiulan settled all the people and things in the house, and took Li Yukun on board.

Zhou Ying's family had already boarded a ship and left for Kyoto a few days earlier.

Kyoto, King Yan's Mansion.

"Apart from the matter of Qiu Wei these days, is there anything interesting?" King Yan was lying on the bed, being served fresh grapes by two beautiful maids.

"My lord, there is nothing new," Zhishan said, "but I heard an unbelievable thing, I don't know if it's true..."

"What's the matter?" King Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhishan.

"Ms. Li from Xiuzhou is engaged..." Zhishan leaned forward and whispered.

In fact, since returning to the capital, His Royal Highness King Yan has not mentioned Lady Li again, but when he was in Xiuzhou, His Highness specifically told him to tell him about Lady Li.

"Engagement..." King Yan sat up and spit out the grapes in his mouth.

Frightened, the two beautiful servant girls who served beside her stepped back and knelt on the ground.

"Whoever dares, don't die, they dare to think about my king's women."

"It's that Meng Shiyu, that poor scholar whom Mrs. Li liked when he was in Xiuzhou, this time he won the Huiyuan in Qiuwei, and he will take the imperial examination soon, and he is very likely to be the number one scholar.

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"He..." Yan Wang's eyes darkened, "He is a poor scholar, how dare he?"

"The humble job is under investigation. I don't know the specific situation. The prince will wait for two more days. Mrs. Li's father has also won the Jinshi this time, but only won a second-class one. Now he is working as a school secretary in the secretary's supervisor." Zhishan said .

"Miss Li is going to the capital soon, and it will not be up to the prince to decide when the time comes."

King Yan thought for a moment, and then laughed a few times, "I really don't know how to live or die. This is a disgrace to my king, and everyone dares to come to the capital."

Li Yulou traveled day and night, and in the blink of an eye more than 20 days passed, and their boat arrived at Yingtian Mansion.

"Mother, I heard that Yingtian Mansion is very prosperous, how about we go down and have a look?" Li Yukun was on the boat for more than 20 days, almost going crazy.

Li Yulou also felt bored, and wanted to go down and step on the solid ground, because he was on the boat, and he could only read the scriptures every day, or listen to the sound of Chuntao cracking melon seeds, so he said, "Mom, I also Go down and eat something refreshing."

Zhang Xiulan originally wanted to refuse, but seeing that Li Yulou also wanted to go down, she agreed.

Li Yukun jumped three feet high, "Thank you sister..."

Li Yulou laughed and jumped off the boat.They hired a carriage and went to the city, and asked the coachman where there was good food and where there were embroidered buildings.

"What are you looking for in Xiulou?" Li Yukun asked, "We should ask where there is fun..."

"I heard that Yingtianfu's fabrics and embroidery are the best in Kyoto, and they have their own style, so I wanted to take a look..." Li Yulou said, "You take your mother to the rally, and we will be at the pier later. meet."

Although Zhang Xiulan didn't want to go to the rally, she was worried that Li Yukun would cause trouble so she had to follow.After dinner, Li Yulou went to the embroidery building and the fabric shop, and Li Yukun and Zhang Xiulan went to the meeting.

Yingtianfu is one of the few most prosperous places in the Great Zhou Dynasty after Kyoto, so there are naturally many embroidery buildings and fabric shops here.

Li Yulou went to several shops and found that their fabrics were really different from those of Xiuzhou and Liangzhe Road. They were thicker, but more generous than Xiuzhou.

(End of this chapter)