Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 616 Decision
In the Guan mansion, the fourth wife of Guan heard the message from the servant that she was asked to pack up and move, and immediately ordered the servants to act.

She didn't want to stay in this smoky Guan Mansion for a long time.Thinking that Aunt Huang was in charge of the main courtyard next door, she felt uncomfortable.Furthermore, she has a docile personality, as long as Guan Lehe makes a decision, she will do it obediently.

But Guan Lehe's butler heard the news and hurried to see Guan Lehe.

"Master, once you move out, the second master's situation will be even more embarrassing. Originally, the emperor gave him an order, but he hasn't followed it yet. Many people plan to impeach him, but it's just that the order from the emperor has not yet come. The time limit is just to be held back for the time being. Now that you have moved away, those people will have more to say. No matter how confused the second master is, he is also a member of the Guan family. He finally became the Minister of Rites, and he was dismissed by the emperor after a short time This is not good for the Guan family or for you."

"Since he knows there is no benefit, he still does this. What does he think of the Guan family, me, and Ze brothers and sisters?" Guan Lehe said angrily, "Now it's not a question of whether I move or not, but that he wakes up. It’s a question of not being enlightened. If he continues to be so confused, it’s useless for me to live here.”

"Well, even so, we can't move away at this moment, can't we? It's always unpleasant to be mentioned."

"If I don't move out at this time, when will I move out? When he is dismissed by the emperor?"

The housekeeper shook his head: "Master, you are wrong. If the second master is really dismissed by the emperor, and there is no possibility of recovery, then you are going to live in the front yard, so how can you move it?"

The ancestral home of the Guan family does not belong to anyone in the Guan family.The ancestral precepts stipulate that this house must be lived in by the person with the greatest official status in the Guan family.

Guan Zhengxiang was admitted to the number one scholar at the age of 19, and his official career has been smooth.The rest of the Guan family members, even though they were above him in official positions, had been living in this house because Guan Zhengxiang didn't work in Beijing.Later, Guan Zhengxiang was promoted all the way, and he was the highest official in the Guan family, so living in this house was justified.

But if his official position is sacked, without Guan Lehe's intervention, the elders of the Guan family will jump out and ask him to move out of the house and let him live in the house with the highest official position in Beijing.Among the Guan family, there is only one person who is comparable to Guan Lehe's fifth rank, but that person is older than Guan Lehe, and his ability is not strong. Only Guan Lehe is eligible to live in the main courtyard.

Guan Lehe frowned: "This is not good."

"This is the teaching from the ancestors. Master, do you want to care about your affection and disregard the rules? If you don't follow the rules that the Guan family has implemented for 200 years, will you be a sinner of the Guan family?" The second master is even more embarrassing, you might as well live here all the time. At that time, you will just change the yard with the second master, let him live here, and you live in the front, so he will not be so embarrassed. Of course, the second master thinks Moving out, that's another story."

Guan Lehe was shaken by what the housekeeper said.

Although he was very disappointed by Guan Zhengxiang's words and deeds just now, and wished to move out immediately out of anger, he still had brotherhood in his heart.After being persuaded by the housekeeper, he gradually calmed down.

He sighed, and waved his hand wearily: "Okay, go over and tell your wife, and just say put it down first, and don't move it."

The butler breathed a sigh of relief, saluted and was about to leave when the porter reported, "Master, Master Ze is here."

Guan Lehe and the butler were taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at the sky.

At this time, the sky was already very dark, and it is estimated that the road will not be clear after a while.

Although there was no curfew in the Song Dynasty, there were no street lights at this time. In order to save some lamp oil, ordinary people basically rested shortly after eating.After dark, it's so dark that you can't see the road clearly, so there are very few people walking outside at this time.

If there was no urgent matter, Guan Jiaze would not have come here at this time.

"Please." Guan Le said softly, then turned to tell the housekeeper, "Just wait here, if you need anything, there is no need to send someone to call you."

The butler responded and stood aside.

After a while, Guan Jiaze came in, bowed his hands and said, "Fourth Uncle."

Guan Lehe ordered the seat beside him, motioned Guan Jiaze to sit down, and asked, "What happened?"

Guan Jiaze then told about the collusion between Guan Jiaxing and Mr. Chen.

Guan Le is not in a good mood.

He said, Shi Yun has always been reliable in his work, why did he make a mistake when buying a house for Du Jinning, but it turned out that there was a ghost in the house.

Thinking of what Guan Zhengxiang said just now, he stood up abruptly and exclaimed, "Not good."

Because Guan Lehe was the head of the mountain, he had always asked himself to be prudent, and Guan Jiaze rarely saw his fourth uncle panicked like this.He couldn't help becoming nervous, stood up and asked, "What's wrong?"

If Guan Lehe was concerned, he would be in chaos. Just now when he heard that Guan Jiaxing had colluded with Mr. Chen, Guan Zhengxiang kept saying that he knew Du Jinning was the author of "Farming Stories".Guan Lehe was worried that Mr. Chen would bring this matter to the emperor in the morning.

But after thinking about it, Du Jinning said that it doesn't matter if the emperor knows about it, and Mr. Chen leapfrogged the news behind the back of the minister of the Ministry of Industry, breaking the taboo of being an official. Get rid of him and his days will be over.

Thinking of this, Guan Lehe relaxed again, sat down and shook his head, "It's okay, it's okay."

Guan Jiaze became more and more worried when he saw fourth uncle's startled look, and asked, "What happened?"

Guan Lehe didn't want to say more.

Du Jinning didn't personally tell Guan Jiaze about her writing "Chang Tian Ji", and he didn't want to talk about it before the news spread.

He stared at the child who grew up with him, and asked: "Brother Ze, if your father is dismissed from office, will you be sad?"

Guan Jiaze also knew about Guan Zhengxiang's impeachment.

The corner of his mouth twitched, revealing a mocking smile: "Sad? What's so sad? He's in the second rank, what good is it for me? Guan Jiaxing should be the one who should be sad, right? His father lost his official position, He will be nothing, and it will save him from getting into trouble by showing off in the Taixue all day long."

Guan Lehe saw that he said it easily, and that apart from hatred, there was no trace of father-son warmth in his eyes, so he knew that Guan Jiaze wished that Guan Zhengxiang would be dismissed as soon as possible.

He sighed secretly, nodded and said, "Okay, I see."

He turned his head and told the housekeeper: "Go and tell your wife to let her continue packing and move out early tomorrow morning."

(End of this chapter)