The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

In other words, before Guo Nuan went to Li Duan's residence, he asked the housekeeper to pick some belongings from the warehouse. When the housekeeper learned that Guo Nuan was going to meet a poor scholar friend, the housekeeper immediately made a list and grabbed three of them. A good Dahongpao tea cake, a good inkstone and a Langhao brush.

These are all top-notch stationery. Of course, Guo Nuan also prepared some pastries for the court for Li Duan's book boy, and packed them into a dozen pieces. I think the children will like them.

Guo Nuan praised the butler for his thoughtfulness, and said that if you visit a poor scholar and directly use a large amount of money as a gift, it may be an insult to the scholar, and some high-end stationery, even if it is a cloud sand inkstone, is shipped from Dali. Carved by royal craftsmen, it is worth at least a thousand taels of silver, but ordinary people only know the extraordinaryness of the inkstone, but they cannot estimate its value.

In this way, Guo Nuan will be able to give gifts, and Li Duan will not feel panic because of receiving heavy gifts.

The book boy put the gift box in the wing room, and Guo Nuan saw the children playing, so he stopped chatting and talked about Li Duan's possible success in the exam.

"Well, even if you are a tribute student, you don't have many chances to be in the court bye. There are so many candidate candidates waiting, and you don't know when you will be able to take office. These thoughts are too far away, haha,"

When Guo Nuan mentioned his official career, Li Duan just laughed it off, saying yes, as a poor scholar, Li Duan has nothing to do with the background. Candidates for official positions.

Only after officials are transferred, or officials retire, and a vacancy becomes available, these candidates will have the opportunity to take up the position. However, there are so many candidates coveted for an official position that Li Duan wants to earn, but he can't earn it.

"Well, it's really premature, but I want to prepare for Brother Li in advance, that's all."

Guo Nuan smiled lightly. In fact, Guo Nuan had already thought of this question a long time ago. He said that if the candidate has a candidate for an official position, if he wants to take office as soon as possible, he needs to have a letter of recommendation from an official with important contacts in the court. If he has a letter of recommendation, It is estimated that it would take several years or more than ten years to get a vacant position, but it can be shortened to a year and a half at once. If you are lucky, you can take the position immediately. This is the effect of the background relationship.

"Could it be?" Li Duan's eyes lit up, and he vaguely heard the meaning of Guo Nuan's words. He said that Li Duan was quite satisfied with this exam, no matter the theory, Mo Yi, or the scriptures, he fluently I finished the paper.

"Hehe, that's right, I am a bachelor in the Imperial Academy. Although I am a fourth-rank idler, but with the influence of my family, connections, and previous resumes, I wrote a recommendation letter for a new tribute student and handed it to the official department. There, it still works."

Guo Nuan nodded, and he picked up the teacup and Shi Shiran drank it down in one gulp. To Li Duan, this promise was undoubtedly a great gift from Guo Nuan.

Most of the tribute students are running around because they have no background to recommend after they have obtained their fame. If they heard the conversation between Guo Nuan and Li Duan, their eyes would turn red with envy.

It is said that when Guo Nuan won the first prize in the exam, he didn’t need a letter of recommendation at all. As the top three Jinshi scholars, they were all directly appointed by the emperor, which saved the trouble of waiting for a vacant official position. Most of the rest of Jinshi, Gongsheng will have to wait.

Li Duan was a little surprised that Guo Nuan was so sure that Li Duan would be nominated for the Gold List. He guessed it was because Guo Nuan had confidence in him.

The reason why Guo Nuan started to propose this recommendation soon was that Guo Nuan had a good impression of Li Duan, and Prince Li Shi also informed Guo Nuan in advance that he would give Li Duan some help in the future.

Of course, on the day of Guo Nuan's birthday party, His Royal Highness Prince Li Shi did not come in person. It's not that Li Shi didn't want to come as his brother-in-law and Guo Nuan's friend, but that he didn't like the bustling social scene in public places, so Li Shi then Send someone to send a congratulatory gift to Guo Nuan.

Li Duan, who was present, did not see Li Shi, so Li Duan never knew who Li Shi was. He just met Li Shi in the grassland of Fenghuanglou, beside the moat in the suburbs of Chang'an. Li Duan felt that he had an extraordinary bearing. "Shi" is also like Guo Nuan, the son of a certain high official in the imperial court.

After Guo Nuan discussed the matter with Li Duan, he said goodbye immediately and left Li Duan's residence. Guo Nuan was about to drive away in a carriage, but there was a green canal under the embankment of the street, and a small colorful boat swayed down from the upper stream. There were two women on the boat, Yingying and Yanyan, laughing and playing.

"Uh, what a coincidence, it's Miss Xiaoyao," Guo Nuan was a little surprised, the colorful boat was carrying a Xiaoyao and her maid.

"Hey, Guo idiot, what a coincidence," Xiao Yao raised her head and waved cheerfully towards the high place on the bank.

As for Guo Nuan's identity, after Guo Nuan explained that she was a son-in-law in the essential oil shop, she was a little surprised at the time, but soon relieved. This idiot does not look like an ordinary person. He has such a distinguished temperament. The identity is not surprising.

But because of Guo Nuan's status, Xiaoyao didn't seem a little alienated and respectful. She called out one by one, and her soft voice was very kind.

The pretty woman in the canal was calling, which attracted the eyes of passers-by on the bank. Guo Nuan was a little embarrassed. As for this little girl, it’s fine to call her a fool in private. It doesn’t feel uncomfortable to hear it, but at least she should take care of her flirtatiousness. The face of the suave and unrestrained Mr. Guo Nuan, if people who don't know him hear it, they will think he is a fool.

Smacking his mouth, seeing Xiaoyao inviting him to board the boat, Guo Nuan was idle, and then went to this colored note.

Guo Nuan is a big man, and he weighs a lot. When he jumped on the narrow boat, which was more than five meters long, it shook the boat. Well, as for the little maid beside her, she was clever enough to hold on to the edge of the scull and not fall off.

"Haha, I'm sorry," Guo Nuan saw Xiaoyao's flowers in the white silk skirt maid's bodice trembling wildly, and her face turned pale with fright. Guo Nuan stretched out her strong arms to wrap her soft waist around her, and embraced her, The bottom plate stood firm, and the boat, which was shaken violently, then slowly stabilized.

After Xiaoyao was hugged by Guo Nuan's helping hand just now, she used her small hand to tightly hold the lace of the robe on Guo Nuan's chest, and she repeatedly said coquettishly: "Whoa, you idiot, you scared this girl to death!" If I had known earlier, I would not have let you board the ship."

Guo Nuan immediately burst out laughing heartily at Xiao Yao's words, but because she patronized the rescue of the drowning man, Guo Nuan felt his heart itch, this little girl It's really tempting.

"Ahem," Guo Nuan and Xiaoyao looked at each other, realizing the embarrassment, and they separated immediately. At this moment, Xiaoyao's pale face, which was frightened, was shy and pink, very cute.

Guo Nuan didn't expect Xiaoyao to be as shy as a young daughter. Xiaoyao also felt a little strange. It is said that people who often hang out in the romantic arena have long since lost Xiaojiabiyu's shyness. I don't know why, Guo Nuan's jump made her feel uneasy, as if the spring heart that had been dusty for many years was rippling with the sparkling river.

"I hate it," Xiao Yao thought of this question, and couldn't help spitting at Guo Nuan, with an ambiguous sense of blame.

"Eh..." The sentence that didn't come made Guo Nuan a little confused, but seeing a small table on the boat with some pastries and dried fruits on it, Guo Nuan drank a lot of dry tea at Li Duan's house. I'm a little hungry.

He grabbed the pastry, put it in his mouth and tasted it like a greedy cat.

"Hee hee, how does it taste?" Xiaoyao regained her lovely face, she seemed to have forgotten what happened just now, and she couldn't help asking expectantly as she watched Guo Nuan eat with relish.

"Tsk tsk, not bad,"

"Of course, this is a pastry made by my lady herself, and ordinary stinky men can't taste it,"

The little maid took over the words, and when she praised her young lady, the little girl showed reverence on her face.

"Oh, then I am lucky enough to taste Miss Xiaoyao's pastry, so I am not a bad man," Guo Nuan said with a smile. While speaking, he immediately put another piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake into his mouth and chewed stand up.

The little maid went down the river in a boat, Xiao Yao and Guo Nuan sat on small stools and set up a table in the middle of the boat to taste pastries.

The weeping willows along the water bank and the tile-roofed houses with white walls are receding. The warm wind is blowing and the scenery is good.

"By the way, I heard that Li Duan will do well in the exam." Li Duan is Xiaoyao's ordinary friend. It is said that Li Duan once wrote a few songs for Xiaoyao, and the two have a cooperative relationship. relationship, she curiously asked the North Korean.

"Hehe, yes, I am the invigilator of the exam, I guess he did well in the exam, Gongsheng should have no problems,"

Guo Nuan smiled lightly, which made Xiao Yao a little surprised. It was really a coincidence. If Li Duan could pass the exam and step into the palace of official career, Xiao Yao would undoubtedly have an extra relationship in the officialdom. She valued her for avenging her father. I have been looking for an opportunity, and Li Duan also learned of Xiaoyao's tragic life experience when she was a child. He was upright and had promised Xiaoyao that if he became an official, he would definitely write a letter to the court to expose that person's evil deeds.

Of course, Guo Nuan is a high-ranking son, but Xiaoyao doesn't want to bother him very much. It may be that the relationship is serious. I don't know whether Guo Nuan and the father-killing enemy are enemies or friends. I don't want such a bad result.

"I also promised him that if he succeeds in the examination, I can write him a letter of recommendation, so that he can take office soon,"

Guo Nuan immediately explained the inside story to Xiaoyao.

"Oh, that's good," Xiaoyao smiled sweetly, concealing her inner thoughts. In fact, facing such an unassuming and approachable son-in-law, she would like to be good friends if she could, but as an official, she would inevitably involve a lot Interest, Xiaoyao will not be at a loss and ask Guo Nuan to help. Compared with that murderous enemy, the background is too deep.