Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 232 Why did Xiaoniang Lin become confused as soon as she was in the table?
"I don't know if I will be promoted, but the position should be adjusted. It is most likely that I will go to the Ministry of Industry." Sheng Hong said.

"Ministry of Industry?"

Lin Xiaoniang was stunned. Although she was a woman, the Lin family was also a family of officials in their early years. It was only because her father committed a crime that the family was confiscated.

Therefore, she knows some about some official positions in the officialdom.

Although Sheng Hong's original appointment as Shangshu was only at the sixth rank, Shangshu Province was the highest administrative agency in the Song Dynasty and was responsible for drafting edicts and assisting officials in handling memorials.

The place where the Grand Prime Minister and the other Prime Ministers of the court work is called the Shangshu Terrace.

Sheng Hong's official position is not high, but he can come into contact with all the ministers every day at Shangshutai, which is a first-class job.

The Ministry of Industry is one of the six ministries. The order of the six ministries has changed in each dynasty, but the Ministry of Industry is basically ranked at the bottom.

In the words of official circles, this can be regarded as a rise and fall in secret.

If it was a normal promotion, it wouldn't matter. It can only be said that Sheng Hong's background is not enough.

Lin Xiaoniang put down her wine glass and was about to sit down when her hand was pulled. Then a pull came and she sat down in Sheng Hong's arms.

The two of them stayed together, drinking wine, eating food, and talking about love. It was a tender and sweet feeling.

Lin Xiaoniang picked up the warm wine bottle, poured a glass of wine for Sheng Hong and herself, and said with a smile: "Master, let's drink a glass of wine first to warm yourself up."

"Do not."

After a while, the maid brought the food.

"The master said this as if I don't want you to come."

When she put down her hand, she saw Sheng Hongzhen looking at her blankly, and said coquettishly: "Master, I'm drunk even before I drink this wine."

"Come, have a drink with me." Sheng Hong said with a smile.

Lin Xiaoniang knew that enough was enough, so she didn't raise the issue again and took Sheng Hong to the table to sit down.

Sheng Hong took the wine, looked at Lin Xiaoniang and drank it.

"Then Hong Lang will have another drink with me." Lin Xiaoniang stood up, picked up a glass of wine in one hand, and handed one of the glasses to Sheng Hong.

"Then I'll give you a toast." Lin Xiaoniang picked up the wine glass, clinked it with Sheng Hong, covered her face and drank the wine.

"My master's mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter, but I only had one drink." Lin Xiaoniang rolled her eyes at him charmingly.

Sheng Hong came back to his senses, drank the wine, put down the glass and said, "Do you know under what circumstances, a woman is the most beautiful?"

"Look at you, why are you talking about this again? I've already told you that I've been busy lately," Sheng Hong said.

Sheng Hong shook his head with a smile and said: "When you are drinking, especially when you are slightly drunk, your cheeks are rosy and your eyes are blurred, which is even more attractive. This kind of rosiness cannot be faked with rouge and gouache."

Sheng Hong had no intention of explaining to Lin Xiaoniang, and said: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's eat. I came back and talked to my mother for a long time. I was already hungry. I haven't eaten your food for a long time. The food is ready, think about it, didn’t you say that you cooked a table of food yourself?”

Sheng Hong smiled and said: "Haha, you were a little pale from the cold outside just now. At this time, the effect of one glass of wine is as good as several glasses. Although it is a little less interesting than being tipsy. But you have to look at beauties under the lamp. It has a unique charm. The combination of the two is even more charming.”

Lin Xiaoniang was pouring wine. She was stunned when she heard this, thought for a while and said, "When you are wearing a wedding dress?"

But from what Sheng Hong meant, it seemed that this was the result of asking someone to find a relationship, which made Lin Xiaoniang a little hard to understand.

Lin Xiaoniang gave a coquettish voice and ordered her servants to bring the food.

When the bottle of wine was almost finished, Lin Xiaoniang's eyes were still blurred, but Sheng Hong's eyes were blurred.

Lin Xiaoniang gently stroked Sheng Hong's chest with one hand and said, "By the way, Mr. Hong, today the eldest lady suddenly sent someone to tell Mo'er that he no longer has to go to school.

I know that Rulan and Minglan don’t like reading very much. But Mo Lan is different. She has loved reading since she was a child, and has been called a talented woman. She is also somewhat famous in Bianjing. She was not allowed to read it, and she cried so sadly. "

Sheng Hong sobered up a little from the drunkenness in his eyes after hearing this, and said: "After all, there are foreign men in the school. Now that the girls are older, if they still go to the school to study, their reputation will inevitably be affected. Mo Lan comforted her. There are also many female academics in Bianjing who have set up private schools specifically to teach women. If she insists on studying, I can ask someone to send it to her." "Those private schools are not as good as those of Zhuang Xuexue, and those concubines that Hulang mentioned I know, but I have been studying for so many years and I am familiar with it. If it doesn’t work, just open another door, add a screen in the middle, and not meet each other." Lin Xiaoniang said.

If it weren't for Qi Heng, she would be happy for Mo Lan to go to a private school to study with a female scholar.

The girls' private school in Bianjing only teaches young ladies from official families.

When Mo Lan goes, he can also make some connections.

But these are far behind compared to Qi Heng.

Sheng Hong was startled when he heard this, and thought about it carefully, this is indeed feasible.

He was a little unhappy with Princess Pingning's words. If he followed what Lin Xiaoniang said, Princess Pingning would not be able to find any fault and could save some face.

"I have told my mother about this before, and she agreed. If I want to change it, I have to ask my mother. Anyway, I will take a rest the day after tomorrow, so I will treat it as an extra day of rest. I will talk to my mother later, If she agrees, Xiu Mu will have someone open the door again the day after tomorrow." Sheng Hong said.

Lin Xiaoniang was very happy when she heard this. She only thought that this incident was because Ru Lan didn't like studying and was making trouble with Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang, on the other hand, thought that if my daughter didn't go, no one else would go, so she deliberately told the old lady that she should avoid suspicion because she was older.

Although Mrs. Sheng doesn't like her, Mrs. Sheng basically doesn't interfere in family affairs now.

Sheng Hong went to see Mrs. Sheng and said that Mrs. Sheng would not object.

She had no idea that Princess Pingning had brought up this matter.

……

Sheng Hong spent the night at Lin Xiaoniang's place and almost lost time the next day.

After washing up, I hurriedly went to greet Mrs. Sheng and went out without even bothering to eat.

Sitting in the carriage, Sheng Hong still felt that his waist was a little weak, and said to himself: "It looks like it needs to be replenished."

After a busy day at Shangshutai, Sheng Hong returned home in the evening.

After changing out of official uniform, I went to Shou'an Hall to pay my respects to Mrs. Sheng.

After saluting and chatting with her for a few words, Sheng Hong thought of the promise he made to Mrs. Lin last night and mentioned it to Mrs. Sheng.

After hearing this, Mrs. Sheng's face darkened, she looked at Sheng Hong and said, "I heard that you went to Lin Qige after leaving here yesterday. Did Miss Lin tell you that?"

"The mother misunderstood, and this is what the son thought about himself. What Princess Pingning said was indeed a bit hurtful, and the son felt a little confused," Sheng Hong said.

"Then do you know why Princess Pingning said that?" Mrs. Sheng asked.

"Aren't you just worried that our Sheng family wants to climb the high branches of Duke Qi's palace? Although our Sheng family is not high-ranking, we still have some integrity. My son has never had this idea," Sheng Hong said.

"You don't have it, but then Miss Lin may not have it." Mrs. Sheng sneered.

Sheng Hong was a little unhappy when he heard this, but he did not dare to get angry with Mrs. Sheng and said: "With the family background of our Sheng family, even if we take a ladder to heaven, we cannot reach the family background of Qi Guogong's Mansion, let alone a concubine. . The son knows that his mother doesn’t like Lin Xiaoniang, but no matter how stupid Lin Xiaoniang is, she will never have such thoughts. "

"When it comes to her, you think I'm deliberately discrediting her because I don't like her, right?"

"My son doesn't dare."

"Okay, let's not talk about this now. Let's talk about Princess Pingning. Since you know what she means, you still insist on letting several girls in the family study in the school. What will Princess Pingning think when she finds out? Do you think adding a Just a screen? She will think that our Sheng family is unwilling to give up and deliberately used this method to silence her.

What is the temperament of Princess Pingning? If she casually said a few words in front of a noble lady from Bianjing, the Sheng family would become a joke in Bianjing.

You said you are usually such a shrewd person, but why did you become so confused when you met Lin Xiaoniang? "

Old Mrs. Sheng was too lazy to talk to him about this issue. If she could clear it up, Miss Lin wouldn't have caused trouble in the Sheng family for so many years.

(End of this chapter)