Cultivating Immortals From Prison

Chapter 234
A sudden shout in the courtyard interrupted the quarrel between Lu Yuanming and Zhao Jianjia.

The two frowned at the same time.

Zhao Jianjia was born in a palace with strict rules, and the housekeeper was very strict on weekdays, and the servants didn't even dare to speak loudly, so today this maid's cry was extremely abrupt.

Zhao Jianjia turned around and opened the door half a person wide to prevent Lu Yuanming from running out, and sternly shouted at the panicked maid who ran outside: "What are you yelling for? Don't you understand any rules? Watch your skin carefully."

The servant girl shrank her head, looked at Zhao Jianjia cowardly, and said, "Madam, I know I was wrong."

Zhao Jianjia hummed, before asking lightly, "What happened?"

The servant girl's complexion changed, but thinking of Zhao Jianjia's warning just now, she stumbled a little nervously: "It is the angel who has come."

"Angel?" Zhao Jianjia was taken aback for a moment, then his expression changed, and he said, "Are you here to proclaim the imperial edict?"

The maid nodded.

Zhao Jianjia quickly turned around, stretched out his hand to hold Lu Yuanming's arm, and said, "What are you still doing in a daze? Didn't you hear what you just said? The angel proclaiming the imperial edict has arrived, why don't you hurry up to receive it?!"

As a daughter of the royal family, Zhao Jianjia has been educated in the concept of supremacy of imperial power since she was a child, so when she heard the eunuch of the middle palace come to announce the decree, she reacted a little excited and nervous.

On the contrary, Lu Yuan was obviously calmer and calmer, and he looked neither in a hurry nor in a hurry.

Seeing Lu Yuanming like this, Zhao Jianjia became even more angry, and gave Lu Yuanming a hard look.

It has been 230 years since Yinguo established the dynasty, and the imperial power has already reached its peak. Most of the books read by scholars and the content of the imperial examinations are related to respecting imperial power. Corruption, but seldom have the heart of treason, this is because of being imprisoned in the mind, and there is awe of the imperial power in the heart.

But Lu Yuanming is different. Although he is the number one scholar in the imperial examination, he is different from ordinary scholars. Jianghu is chivalrous.Lu Yuanming always scoffed at the ideas and teachings advocated by the rotten Confucians. This was also a joint point of discord between him and many civil officials in the court.

The husband and wife left the study and walked to the front yard.

Through several verandas and side yards, you come to the front yard.

In the hall, there are two brown grand master chairs on the left and right. At this time, a eunuch wearing the clothes of a palace official is sitting on a chair with his eyes closed.

Hearing footsteps, the eunuch just opened his eyes and saw Lu Yuanming and Zhao Jianjia, then stood up and saluted them.

Zhao Jianjia stepped forward and hurriedly stopped him. The eunuch Xuanzhi represented the emperor, and he must not be allowed to salute.Moreover, Zhao Jianjia could clearly feel the intimacy shown by the eunuch. Although the eunuch's position was not high, he was a close minister of the emperor.

After some pleasantries, the announcement began.

The servants set up the censer, and the eunuch stood in front of the censer, spread out the golden imperial decree, and with a slightly shrill voice, said loudly:
"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: My Lu Qing, Tianhui is intelligent, and has repeatedly made outstanding achievements. Not to mention the hard work, so I still don't forget to ask about the important affairs of the country at night. I am very relieved. The Ministry of Officials will reconsider the award and seal the account. Minister of the Ministry, I am a scholar of the Imperial Palace. This is your honor."

After the eunuch Xuanzhi finished speaking, the entire Lu Mansion was silent.

Zhao Jianjia quickly recovered from the shock, and was so excited that it was like a dream. He quickly poked Lu Yuanming, who was kneeling on the ground, with his elbow, and motioned him to quickly accept the order.

No one thought that this imperial decree came to promote Lu Yuanming, and it was a big leap.You must know that Lu Yuanming has entered the cabinet and is a real important minister of the imperial court. In this position, it is extremely difficult to be promoted, and as for a large leap, it is unique.

Although Lu Yuanming joined the cabinet before, the cabinet has always been ranked by seniority. There are seven cabinet ministers in total. Lu Yuanming has been in the cabinet for the shortest time, so he is also ranked last.

But now with this imperial decree, Lu Yuanming has been conferred the title of Grand Master of Jinshen Hall, second only to the Grand Master of Huagai Hall, above the Grand Master of Wuying Hall, the Grand Master of Wenyuan Pavilion, and the Grand Master of Dongge, and directly became the second rank of the cabinet. The assistant, from the seventh-ranked cabinet minister in the cabinet, became the second-ranked second assistant with a considerable right to speak, and also served as the Minister of the Household Department.Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Officials is in charge of the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials, and it deserves to be ranked first.The second only to the Ministry of Officials is the Ministry of Households.The Household Department is in charge of household registration and finance, and the Household Department Shangshu can be said to hold the economic lifeline of the entire imperial court.

With this promotion, it can be said that Lu Yuanming is really only one step away from being a real official.

As the saying goes, one person rises up to the heavens, and Lu Yuanming's promotion this time made the entire Lu family's servants quite excited and excited. When walking on the street in the future, their backs could be straightened and their chins could be lifted higher.

However, Lu Yuanming's reaction was indifferent, and he didn't even go to accept the order excitedly immediately, but after some thinking and weighing, he stood up and accepted the order under Zhao Jianjia's urging.

Zhao Jianjia stuffed a piece of gold pancake for the eunuchs. Because these eunuchs live deep in the inner palace, they have little contact with the outside world and few ways to get money. They have always been extremely greedy for money.It's just that the eunuch is quite strange today. In the past, when he was stuffed with golden pancakes, he would immediately accept them with a smile on his face. Zhao Jianjia was stuffed with gold pancakes, but the eunuch refused to accept anything.

Zhao Jianjia thought that the eunuch thought the gift was too light, so he added two small goldfishes and stuffed it to the eunuch, but the eunuch refused to accept it, and expressed his congratulations to Lu Yuanming with an upright appearance, then took his leave and left .

Zhao Jianjia was amazed.

Lu Yuanming stuffed the imperial decree into Zhao Jianjia's arms, and then ran out of the mansion gate with his long legs. Before Zhao Jianjia could react, he had already run out of the mansion gate.

Zhao Jianjia blinked.

She took a deep breath, because of this sudden imperial decree, Zhao Jianjia's heart is still very messy, she recruited her confidant maid and sent her to wait outside the palace gate, if she saw King Zhao, she would tell him, The master is not at home, let him come back another day.

After finishing the order, Zhao Jianjia turned around and left, and walked towards the inner courtyard, holding the golden imperial decree tightly in his hand, and the excitement in his heart could not be restrained.

When she first married Lu Yuanming, she also fantasized about the glory of the family, that one day Lu Yuanming would be an extremely human minister, and that she could stand up in front of her father, but that was a fantasy after all, and she knew very well how difficult it was to get to that step. how big.

Even though Lu Yuanming was the number one scholar handpicked by the late emperor, which of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty was not brilliant and talented?
But now, his original fantasy seems to be in sight.

There is really only one step left from the step away from my husband.

"Don't come in, everyone, I want to be quiet."

After Zhao Jianjia gave orders to the subordinates, she walked into the study with the imperial decree and sat on the chair behind the desk. She needed to calm down her excited mood slowly.

Everything came so suddenly.

Hundreds of officials and courtiers showed their favor, and gifts piled up in front of the door.

The graciousness of the father and the care of the emperor.

All of this gave Zhao Jianjia an unreal feeling, like a dream.

But Zhao Jianjia also knew very clearly that this was not a dream, but something that actually existed and happened.

After some excitement, Zhao Jianjia calmed down slowly and sorted out the ins and outs of the matter. So many good things happened to him, if he didn't figure it out, he would always feel a little uneasy.

In fact, it is not very difficult to sort out, because Zhao Jianjia also knows some of the inside information, and another person can't help but appear in his mind.

"Old Gu."

Zhao Jianjia couldn't help murmuring softly.

Before thinking about it, she had a bad impression of Gu Shen at one time, and she didn't even want her husband to associate with such a person. Although some misunderstandings were cleared up later, and her impression of Gu Shen improved a lot, but thinking of her, Mingyue County Lord, I haven't seen any kind of person before, so I don't have a deep memory of Gu Shen, but I generally know that my husband has such a good friend.

But Zhao Jianjia knew that the sudden change in his family was because of that old Gu.

If she had doubts about why Gu Shen had such a great influence before, then after today's battle, she already understood in her heart.

The battle between Gu Shen and Wen Xiao was seen by countless people in the entire capital. Even if ordinary people couldn't see it clearly, they still couldn't feel the horror and power of the gods descending into the world. Too many people's worldview was overwhelmed on this day. Break and subvert.

Zhao Jianjia was better. She had heard rumors about monks before. After all, she was the daughter of King Zhao, and the information she knew was not comparable to that of ordinary people.

The golden imperial decree was spread flat on the desk, and Zhao Jianjia's slender hands subconsciously stroked it lightly.

"Unbelievable."

Zhao Jianjia smiled wryly and shook her head slightly. Back then, she never imagined that there would be such a day that her husband would rise to the top because of his relationship with that man.

Slowly sorting out her thoughts, Zhao Jianjia knew that Gu Shen was the key to this change. Thinking about how lucky she was to dissuade her husband-in-law from staying away from Gu Shen, luckily her husband didn't listen to her.

She conveniently pulled out a piece of paper from the table, then picked up the brush on the pen holder, and began to write on the paper. The things she wrote on the paper were surprisingly rare treasures in the mansion.

Suddenly, her hand holding the pen paused slightly, and thought of something.

"Will a fairy like Gu Shen care about these mundane things?"

Zhao Jianjia thought about it carefully, she was never stupid, on the contrary she was extremely intelligent, and soon figured out, just as she had worried, what was something that a powerful and terrifying figure like Gu Shen couldn't get? ?Even the queens and even the concubines in the palace, if they really liked it, the emperor would obediently offer it up. Bah, bah, how could there be such disrespectful thoughts.

After accusing Emperor Chongning of his crime, Zhao Jianjia continued to ponder.

"If you really want to maintain that old Gu, what you rely on is not gold, silver, or rare treasures, but the friendship between Yuan Ming and him."

After figuring this out, Zhao Jianjia put down the brush again, rolled up the paper spread on the table and threw it into the trash can.

She couldn't help but blushed, a little panicked with embarrassment.

At the beginning, she was quite contemptuous of Gu Shen, looked down upon him from the bottom of her heart, and even discouraged her husband from making friends with him, but now, it turned out that she was the one who desperately wanted to maintain a relationship with him.

Zhao Jianjia, who was born a noble daughter since she was a child, felt an emotion called "shame" at this moment.

Although it has entered autumn, the air is still filled with a heat that is hard to dissipate.

In the past few days, all parties in the capital have been busy, and the city of [-] squares is undergoing reconstruction work.

The prestige of Lu Yuanming, the second assistant of the cabinet, the great scholar of Jinshen Temple, and the secretary of the household department, has reached a new peak, and he has become the blue sky praised by everyone, and even a saint.

Many ordinary people set up shrines for Lu Yuanming in their homes, praying for him to be safe and live a long life.

Before Lu Yuanming, no official had been supported by the people for many, many years.

Night, Qiumingfang.

The nameless monk stood under the peach tree.

In the past few days, all the peach blossoms have been wiped out, and the peach trees have returned to their previous appearance of green leaves and red fruits.

The unnamed monk put his hands behind his back, and in front of him was the Aiyan River bubbling southward. Due to the large-scale construction projects in Beijing, the water of Aiyan River was not as clear as it used to be, with a little turbidity.

In the stream, a round moon is reflected.

The unknown monk was admiring the moon, but what he admired was not the moon in the water, but the moon in the sky.

In the dark sky, a full moon hung high, and the watery moonlight sprinkled the earth, as if covered with a layer of silver-white tulle.

The moon is very round, because today is August fourteenth, and tomorrow night will be August fifteenth.

On the bluestone road, a young couple walked by, laughing and talking about the moon viewing on August [-]th.

The nameless monk came back to his senses, his eyes slowly moved down, and fell on the full moon in the stream.

In the mortal world, August [-]th is a time for family reunion.

"reunion."

Somehow, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of the nameless monk's mouth.

He sighed, turned and walked towards the yard.

"Ha!"

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, he heard the cry of a spirit bird.

The unnamed monk raised his head and looked to the southwest. Above the sky, in the dark night, a faint red light lit up. At first glance, it was still far away, but in the blink of an eye, the red light had already flown in front of his eyes.

When we got closer, we could see clearly that it was a spirit crane.

The spirit crane landed in the courtyard, its slender white neck revealed a bit of nobility, and it held something in its mouth.

When the nameless monk saw the object, his pupils suddenly shrank.

"Yan Luo. Can't wait?"

(End of this chapter)