Hidden golden branches

The guest room in the inn was small, and the room was very dark, with the candles just burning. Ji Yuxian was stunned for a moment when he saw Chen Rong's little face. Even though the candlelight was dim and blurred, it did not affect her beauty at all.

When she asked, Wen Sheng explained: "The post station is close to the capital. The emperor and officials who returned to Beijing to report on their duties have not yet arranged positions for them and have become candidates. Therefore, they have to stay at the post station. If they stay at the post station in the capital, If not, they will choose to live here. Furthermore, the post station will also take in passengers privately. If the post general does not make money, what will he use to supplement the expenses of the post station? Therefore, everyone opens their eyes and closes their eyes, as long as they do not cause trouble ,let it be."

The so-called alternate means that there is no vacancy for the time being and waiting for the Ministry of Personnel to arrange the officials who are actually vacant. For example, if you take the Jinshi exam, the court will send you errands according to the rules. However, if there are no vacancies in various places, or there are no errands suitable for you, you have to wait for the staff to arrange it.

For example, if you were a county magistrate before and your three-year term expired, and you were not assigned a new place, you would have to wait for the Ministry of Civil Affairs to find a replacement for you.

The waiting period can be long or short. If you have connections, ways and money, you may be able to get a spot quickly, but most people in this world have no way and no money, so just wait.

These people who are waiting are also engaged in a kind of survival of the fittest.

All in all, the difficulty of being a candidate is like a person who used to be a county magistrate in a small place. He may not have done well in the evaluation, but after the expiration of the term, he has not been filled. He has lived here for almost a year.

"Oh, that's it." Chen Rong nodded his head and suddenly realized.

It turns out that it is not always smooth sailing for officials who are sent abroad to report on their duties in Beijing.

The key is to have someone in the court to help open up the joints, and the work report will be much easier to handle.

Think about it, unless you are the emperor's favorite, there will be a vacancy for you as soon as you come to Beijing to report on your duties.

Otherwise, you are just an insignificant person. How could the emperor remember you when he is busy with everything? Arrange an official position for you?

Therefore, it makes sense to say, "No one in the government should serve as an official."

"Rong Rong, you and your aunt freshen up first, and I'll go to the kitchen to get some food." Ji Yuxian walked to the door and looked at Chen Rong.

He didn't feel hungry before, but now his stomach was singing the empty city plan. Chen Rong unconsciously touched his stomach with his little hands, grinned and said, "Okay."

After the postman brought the hot water up, the mother and daughter went behind the jujube screen to wash themselves briefly, then changed their clothes and came out.

Aunt Zhong quickly led people to carry out the sewage inside and clean it up.

"Mother Zhong, you sleep on the Arhat couch tonight. Mingzhu and Cuizhu take the silver and go to the post office to get the quilt, and then you can endure the night and sleep on it." Yun Man arranged.

there's no way?

You can only make do when you are away from home.

There is only this guest room for the master and servant. There is only a small canopy bed and a small arhat in the guest room.

I can only use money to manage how many more rolls of quilts Yiding wants.

There were two other little maids who had to put a quilt together on the floor.

The guards and followers could only sit under the eaves and watch the night, suffering from the cold.

"Okay, slave girl, go right away." Mingzhu agreed, took the money, and went to find the postman with the two little maids.

Ji Yuxian came in carrying a willow food box. In addition to two bowls of millet porridge, there were two plates of side dishes, pickled peach kernels and eggplant and turtle.

"Auntie, Rongrong, there are only these few side dishes in the kitchen." Ji Yuxian said with a guilty look on his face.

He personally went to the kitchen to take care of these few side dishes, and the kitchen only prepared these few side dishes to go with the meal.

Yun Man smiled and said: "Hey, nephew, as long as you can fill your stomach when you go out, don't be too picky. These few dishes are already pretty good."

Chen Rong also nodded his little head and agreed: "Yes, you can't eat well or eat too much at night. Otherwise, you will accumulate food and be unable to sleep."

Yun Man glanced at Chen Rong with relief, her daughter was much more sensible.

Originally, Qiu Lie Yunman didn't have to come with her this time, but she couldn't worry about her impulsive daughter who had a hot head.

Especially the time when she taught her followers to pretend to be bandits, it really scared her. Hey, I didn't expect that with Ji Yuxian, the prospective son-in-law, my daughter would return to her natural nature of being knowledgeable and polite.

Although the mat was hard, Chen Rong still had a good night's sleep and woke up refreshed the next morning.

After having a simple breakfast, we got on the carriage and drove to the capital.

Before noon, we could see the tall city wall from a distance.

It was late autumn, and the official road outside the city was covered with fallen leaves, which made a crisp sound when the carriage rolled over it. Chen Rong lifted the car curtain and looked at the gray city wall from a distance. Hey, I'm finally home.

After Ji Yuxian sent Chen Rong and Yun Man back to the Chen Mansion, he immediately turned his horse around and headed towards Dali Temple.

Chen Rong returned to Jinxiu Courtyard. The maids and ladies in Jinxiu Courtyard were very happy that their master was back. Only the little maid Ping'er looked very sad and looked worried.

Ping'er is a few months older than Chen Rong, hardworking and very smart. Chen Rong planned to promote her from the second-class maid to the first-class maid years ago, and let her and Cuizhu Yuzhu, the three of them, serve as her dowry into Duke Anguo's mansion.

Look at Yu Zhu, who seems to be worried.

Chen Rong didn't take a good bath last night and wanted to take a good bath today. Besides being tired from the journey, she didn't have the energy to ask them why.

She thought that if something happened to them, they would definitely come to her. Otherwise, even if she asked, it would be in vain if they didn't want to talk about it.

The little white cat was also brought over by Zhuo'er. He hadn't seen it for a few days and it seemed that he had gained some weight.

"Xiaobai, do you miss me?" Chen Rong reached out and stroked its head, and the little guy meowed with enjoyment.

Cuizhu took Chen Rong's change of underwear over, and Nanny Zhong personally led people to bring hot water into the bathroom.

Chen Rong stopped teasing the cat and went into the bathroom to take a bath.

Sure enough, the next day Yuzhu knelt down and begged Chen Rong, crying: "Please, girl, please save Ping'er."

Ping'er is one year older than Yu Zhu. Although Yu Zhu has a higher status than Ping'er, Ping'er can't stand up to Ping'er's sweet mouth. He has a good relationship with Cuizhu and Yu Zhu, especially Yu Zhu. They treat each other as sisters in private.

It's not that Cuizhu is difficult to get along with, but Cuizhu never leaves his master's side. I don't have time to chat with those maids and women.

In comparison, Yu Zhu stayed at home longer and met more with the maids and women below.

Chen Rong was surprised when he heard this, "What's going on?"

With red eyes, Yu Zhu told Chen Rong about Ping'er.

Ping'er was born into a slave family, and her father was responsible for taking care of the family's horses and was a groom.

Her mother was sold to the Chen family by her family when she was eight years old. Later, after the Chen family split, she was assigned to work as a cook in the big kitchen of the family.

After the two got married, they gave birth to two sons and a daughter.

The youngest daughter, Ping'er, worked as a maid in Jinxiu Courtyard when she was eight or nine years old.

The eldest son managed a farm on the outskirts of the city for the Chen family, while the second son studied accounting in a shop of the Chen family.

The couple had saved some money over the years, so they bought a small house in the west end of Shangshu Mansion.

Even though it was a small inn, it was actually full of guests.