Xue Fu didn't have time to drink water, so he took a breath, "Master, the little brat surnamed Xiao has somehow colluded with Mr. Gaowei Gao in the palace."

Xue Song was also very puzzled, "Then Gaowei just went to Suzhou to pass the imperial decree. It stands to reason that they shouldn't have such a deep friendship."

Xue Fu: "When Gao Wei arrived at the aunt's mansion, he conspired with Xiao Yan for about an hour. Before leaving, he told us not to touch a single hair of Xiao Yan, otherwise the consequences will be at our own peril, so this old slave hastened to report. "

Xue Song slapped the chopsticks on the table fiercely, "It's okay for a bold eunuch to engage in some shameful activities in the palace, but now he dares to come outside the palace to do his best, it's really unreasonable!"

Xue Fu: "Master, the eunuch party is powerful, it's better to be careful!"

Xue Song: "Where's Zhou Chengzong? Such a big thing happened in the mansion, and he looked like Hao didn't know about it this morning."

Xue Fu: "I heard from the housekeeper at Miss's house that my uncle went to drink again, and he didn't return all night yesterday."

Xue Song: "It's getting more and more outrageous. I know all day long that if I hang out with those cronies, I will get into trouble sooner or later."

Seeing that Xue Song was so angry that his beard and hair were stretched out, Xue Fu hurriedly comforted him: "Master calm down, maybe it's my uncle who has something important to do."

Xue Song: "What important thing can he have, isn't it because he dislikes the old man and forced him to marry Xue Rong? After so many years, he has not passed this hurdle yet."

Xue Fu didn't dare to comment on the private affairs of the master's family, but just listened honestly.

"Back then, he was only a top-ranking [-]th grader, and he had been an alternate magistrate for three years. If it weren't for the old man's discerning eyes, how could he, Zhou Chengzong, be able to achieve the high position of the left servant of the household department?"

Sighing, Xue Song calmed down his anger a little, and ordered: "You go and get my court clothes, I want to go to the palace to face the saint, but the old man has to see the person I want to take, who dares to protect him."

Xue Fu said in surprise: "Master, you haven't had breakfast yet!"

Xue Song waved his hand: "Go!"

Xue Fu: "Master, are you really going to tear yourself apart from the eunuchs for this brat?"

Xue Song: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and do what I tell you!"

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Zhou Chengzong is lonely. Compared with the high spirits when he just passed the Jinshi exam, now he seems to be living in a cage.

At the age of less than 40, he was awarded the high position of the left servant of the household department, which is not envied by many people.

The grades of officials in the Daning Dynasty were divided into nine grades and eighteen grades.Every level has to pass the assessment.

Daning's assessment system is to take the test once every three years, retake the test every six years, and complete the test every nine years.

Each assessment level is divided into three grades, namely competent, average, and incompetent.

If you want to be promoted, you must at least get a higher than normal evaluation in every evaluation, otherwise you will sit in your current position until you retire!

Just imagine, if a person was admitted as a Jinshi, if he was lucky enough to sit on the seventh-rank magistrate that year, it happened that this county magistrate was very capable and had a particularly good family background, so he could pass every assessment and was upgraded from a seventh-rank magistrate to a county magistrate. From the third-rank Hubu Shilang, there are seven ranks in the middle, and it will take 63 years.

And no matter how lucky this person is, if he lived long enough, he should be 81 years old at this time!
Of course, there are special circumstances, that is, every assessment is competent, and in addition, there are meritorious service performances, which may lead to promotion, which may shorten about 20 years.

But even so, it will take at least 30 years, almost until the age of 50.

Therefore, Zhou Chengzong climbed up to the big tree and hugged his thighs, otherwise he would never have taken the high position of Zuo Shilang from the third-rank household department at the age of less than forty.

In the eyes of others, Zhou Chengzong not only has a successful career, a prosperous official career, but also a very happy family.

Married the daughter of Xue Song, the elder of the court at the time, and gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses. Life is like this, what more can a husband ask for!

Zhou Chengzong didn't think so. He was forced to marry Xue Rong less than a year after Fa's wife passed away. After that, his life was like a puppet, and he couldn't control it by himself.

Xue Rong was coquettish and domineering, she wanted to overwhelm Zhou Chengzong in everything, how could Zhou Chengzong be happy with such a fierce wife.

Besides, in the court, I don't know how many people pointed behind his back, saying that Zhou Chengzong only relied on his nepotism to get promoted step by step.

Therefore, Zhou Chengzong was unwilling to go home, the home that made him lose all face.

After the morning court ended, Zhou Chengzong walked into a small tavern as usual, and only wine could relieve his worries.

"Zhou Shilang is here, today is still the same as usual?" The bartender greeted him politely.

Zhou Chengzong nodded.

Bartender: "Servant Zhou, sit down for a while, and I'll serve you some food and wine right now."

It was still early, and there were no customers in the shop yet.

Zhou Chengzong found a seat by the window and sat down. Before the stool was warmed up, he saw his servants walking in.

"Master, I finally found you, good night"

Zhou Chengzong's expression was displeased: "What are you looking for?"

"Something happened at home, Madam and Miss were beaten!"

Zhou Chengzong was a little dazed, that shrew was notoriously difficult to deal with, who would dare to stab this hornet's nest, "Bold slave, dare to make up any nonsense."

"My lord, don't dare to make random arrangements with ten of my youngest guts. This matter is absolutely true. If you don't believe me, you will know when you go back and see."

The servant looked calm when he spoke, and he didn't look like he was lying. Does anyone really dare to deal with this shrew?
Zhou Chengzong was actually a little excited and excited. He had disliked Xue'er for a long time. Recently, it was said that Xue'er was locked up. Now he doesn't know what happened to her!
If someone really made a move to leave the Xue family, I, Zhou Chengzong, have to thank him. Of course, it is impossible on the surface, but it is okay to be grateful secretly.

"Is there really such a thing?"

"It's as true as it is fake."

"Little Er, check out!"

With a "click", a silver ingot of two taels was thrown on the table, and Zhou Chengzong lifted the curtain and left without waiting for the bartender to settle the accounts.

"Master, wait for me!"

The master and the servant hurried all the way, but fortunately the restaurant was not far from the Zhou Mansion, just a few streets away.

"Master, you are back!"

"Father, you must make the decision for your daughter! Woohoo!"

As soon as Zhou Chengzong stepped into the inner house, he saw the scene in front of him.

A group of servants all had a pair of panda eyes, obviously they didn't sleep well at night, and they were tossing hard enough.

Zhou Li's appearance was even worse, her hair was disheveled, and her face was pale. She didn't have the brilliance of the past. It seemed that she had suffered a lot this time.

But it's okay, this girl is usually spoiled and spoiled, and she is gradually developing like a tigress at home, so it's a good thing to suffer a little bit!

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