Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 142 Wang Xi's Helping Hand
Xiang Ming got up, and gave Chen Wenyi a proper salute again.

This time Chen Wenyi didn't return the gift, but just helped him up with his own hands.

"What does General Chen need me to do?"

How to help Xiang Ming, Chen Wenxin had already explained in his letter.

"The key to this matter is Lord Wang Xi."

Chen Wenyi said: "Master Wang is your mentor, and also a university student that the emperor relies on very much. The emperor can always listen to his words."

Xiang Ming said: "The general means that I should ask my mentor to intercede with the emperor for me?"

"I'm afraid that my mentor may not see me. The general also said that my mentor and I have different political opinions on whether the customs should be opened in the Qing Dynasty."

Chen Wenyi nodded, "Although the political views are different, Mr. Wang is very clear about what kind of person your lord is. Presumably your lord is also very clear about what kind of person Mr. Wang is?"

Wang Xi is an upright person, he knows that Xiang Ming is an upright person, not a traitor, and he is his protégé, so he should not stand by and watch.

Chen Wenyi said again: "It's just that your lord is too straight, which will annoy the emperor and all the officials. Now what your lord has to do is to let lord Wang see that you are willing to bend, so that he will plead with the emperor for you."

bending?In Xiang Ming's life, he has never bent.

But he wanted to know who the person who asked Chen Wenyi to help him was.

This is the only person he has met in a long time who thinks that the customs should be opened like him.

"My lord, a man can bend and stretch. Your lord has been straight for a long time, have you forgotten how to bend?"

It was just to make him calm down in front of Wang Xi, not to let go of his pride completely in front of the world.

If he couldn't even figure this out, it could only be said that Chen Wenxin had misjudged the person.

Chen Wenyi frowned slightly.

He was waiting, waiting for an answer from Xiang Ming.

"Okay, I'll go to visit my teacher's mansion right away."

Xiang Ming made up his mind, he wanted to save himself and find a way to stay.

If there is another person in this world with the same political views as him, he cannot give up easily.

He has tasted the feeling of being alone, and he knows how painful it is.

"Busy."

Chen Wenyi took out a letter from his sleeve. The handwriting on the envelope was a little childish, and it was written to the adults personally.

Looking carefully at the handwriting, there is a graceful and elegant feminine charm.

Xiang Ming was stunned for a moment, why did Chen Wenyi send him a letter written by a woman?

Could it be that the person he said was a woman?

"This letter is for your lord. After reading it, your lord will know how to tell lord Wang."

Xiang Ming's temper was too stubborn, Chen Wen wanted to help him, but was afraid that his temper would be hard to suppress, and in the end it would be self-defeating.

So she specially wrote a separate letter to Xiang Ming, asking him to meet Wang Xi according to what she said in the letter.

Xiang Ming opened the envelope in front of Chen Wenyi. He read the letter at a glance, his fingers trembling slightly.

Wonderful, wonderful.

According to what he said, with the temper of his teacher Wang Xi, he would definitely agree to help him.

Xiang Ming had a vague feeling that he seemed to know who the person Chen Wenyi mentioned, that is, who the owner of this letter was.

The woman who sat on the dragon drive with the emperor, but had no seductive air.

She is elegant and wise, and she can be her confidant.

After Chen Wenyi left, he hurriedly ordered his servants to prepare hot soup for bathing and washing, and he wanted to go out to see Wang Xi cleanly.

As Chen Wenxin said in his letter, Wang Xi refused to see him.

He stood outside the gate of Wang Xi's mansion, and the servant came back with his greeting card smiling, and cupped his hands and said: "I'm sorry, sir, our master is tired and doesn't want to see guests."

This reason can be said to be a naked expulsion order.

When most people don't want to see customers, they will at least make up an excuse, such as going out or something.

And Wang Xi directly said that he was tired and didn't want to see guests, which was almost telling him directly, I don't want to see you.

Instead of being angry, Xiang Ming smiled, the concubine Qin really knew things like a god.

He said to the servant who sent the message: "A teacher for a day, a father for life. Now Xiang Ming is wandering, even if you don't want to see him, you should pay Xiang Ming's farewell ceremony."

The servant frowned and thought for a moment when he heard the words, and said: "Please enter the concierge and wait a while, and then go and inform our adults."

Let him in, and this matter is almost certain.

Xiang Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and followed the servant into Wang Xi's mansion.

It wasn't the first time he came. In the past, every time he came, he was welcomed into the side hall or garden. Now he was very happy to be able to enter the gatehouse.

After a cup of tea, the servant hurried back and said, "My lord is here to invite you."

With a smile on his face, Xiang Ming nodded at him, "Please trouble me."

He followed his servants into the depths of the house, in the side hall of the main room, Wang Xi had already sat down, waiting for him to come.

Xiang Ming stepped forward and knelt down, bowed and kowtowed upright.

Seeing this, Wang Xi couldn't bear it, "Although you and I have the friendship of teachers and students, but we are officials in the same dynasty, why do we have to perform such a great gift?"

Xiang Ming raised his head to look at him, "The student owed his teacher's teachings, and never kept in mind his teacher's heart to serve him, which led to today's bad results."

I thought he was a person who would rather bend than bend, even if he was relegated by the emperor, he would not frown.

Unexpectedly, he still had remorse in his heart, and knew to admit his mistake to himself.

Wang Xi's heart also softened by half. Being with the emperor is like accompanying a tiger, so you have to be careful when serving you.This truth is not something everyone understands naturally.

He, Wang Xi, lived to the age of knowing his destiny, so that he could do a job with ease in front of the emperor.

As for Xiang Ming, he was only 28 years old.

A person who was admitted to the No. 21 Scholar at the age of 28 and became a fourth-rank censor at the age of [-] is inevitably a little proud.

This is his best student, how could he bear to see him go astray like this.

Once he is relegated, he does not know what year and month it will be if he wants to return to Beijing.

The emperor is also a young man, and his temper is also very stubborn.

When these two people are stubborn, they will become top bulls.

Is there anyone in this world who can stand up to the emperor?

So Xiang Ming had no choice but to give in.

Was he relegated to a place far away where the emperor couldn't see, or did he admit his mistake?
If he is willing to admit his mistake, the emperor may take it back.

"Ziming, are you willing to admit your mistake to the emperor?"

Xiang Ming was still kneeling on the ground, and he cupped his hands and said, "Men, Ziming's fault is that he didn't know how to euphemistically accept the above. But Ziming's political views are not at fault, and opening the customs is an inevitable move."

Wang Xi was so angry that his beard shook, "Why are you still so stubborn? How many times have I told my teacher. One thing is that our sea area is too vast, Japanese pirates and bandits are making trouble at sea, and maritime trade is not safe."

"The two Western laws are different from those of the Qing Dynasty. People in the Qing Dynasty enjoy business, while people in the Qing Dynasty favor agriculture. What kind of church do they have to confuse people's hearts? If the people of the Qing Dynasty are attracted to abandon agriculture and turn to business, the country will not survive! "

Xiang Ming listened to his words quietly, without saying a word to refute.

It was useless for him to argue with Wang Xi, it would only make Wang Xi angrier.

"What the teacher said makes sense."

He suppressed what he wanted to say in his heart, how much he wanted to have a hearty debate with Wang Xi, and tell him whether his political views were correct or not, and a long-term view!

But he can't now.

Chen Wenxin's letter said that a small amount of intolerance will lead to chaos and big plans, and the purpose of tolerating for a while is to develop one's ambitions in the future.

Forbearance now is precisely for the sake of not being able to bear it in the future.

If so, he endured it.

"Men, Ziming is willing to come forward to confess. I shouldn't have contradicted the emperor in the hall. Thunder, rain and dew are all the favor of the king, and it's Ziming who doesn't know what to do."

The emperor is not willing to read his list now, so he can only rely on Wang Xi to convey it from the middle.

Wang Xi sighed, "You still don't want to change your mind about opening the customs, even if I am your teacher and put on the table for you, I'm afraid the emperor won't..."

Xiang Ming originally thought the same way. He only admitted half of the crime. Will the emperor really forgive him?
But Chen Wenxin's letter told him that he had to admit the crime of contradicting the emperor, and he could not admit the crime of being wrong in his political views.

That's good, he didn't think that his political views were wrong.

The world is drunk and I am sober, and the world thinks I am wrong, so I have to stick to my sobriety.

He kowtowed to the ground of the Ming Dynasty, "Men, please present this watch to the emperor for me."

He took out the booklet from his sleeve, "If the emperor can forgive Xiang Ming, I will definitely be grateful for the grace of the emperor and the friendship of my teacher."

"If the emperor still refuses to forgive me after reading the scriptures, then Xiang Ming will give up his heart. I have no choice but to pay homage to my mentor three more times to repay my kindness."

Wang Xi took his letter and lifted him up from the ground with both hands.

"You, you..."

You are so upright, that's why you offend people easily.

Do you know how many people took advantage of this time to write to the emperor to punish you for your serious crime?

Wang Xi kept these words in his heart and didn't say them.

Although he knew that his uprightness was difficult to gain a foothold in the officialdom, he couldn't help but love his uprightness.

"As a teacher, you must do your best to help. You are a good official, and you should stay in this court."

After reading his statement, the emperor would be relieved because he admitted that he had contradicted himself, or would he be more annoyed because he still refused to change his political views?
He thought for a while, patted Xiang Ming's hand and said, "Zi Ming, did your father take your handwriting?"

Xiang Ming shook his head, "Zi Ming was born in June, and his loving father saw his back. Gein had to go to school without words, so I picked one at random."

His calligraphy is indeed random, his first name is Xiang Ming, and his character is Ziming.

Wang Xi tentatively said, "Since you said that you will be a teacher for one day and a father for the rest of your life. How about changing the word for you as a teacher?"

It doesn't matter if he invented the characters himself, if it was his late father's, Wang Xi would be ashamed to bring up the matter of changing the characters.

"How about calling it Qingyuan?"

To Qingyuan.

This word is much more loyal and obedient than his name.

The emperor must have felt better after seeing it.

Xiang Ming knelt down again, with a solemn expression on his face, and kowtowed to Wang Xi.

"Thank you teacher for giving me the words."

(End of this chapter)