Xue Bawang's daily life
Chapter 26
The imperial guard, this official position sounds very popular, but it is actually equivalent to the nursing home of a rich family, but the nursing home is for people to guard the gate, and they guard the No. 1 in the world. .
As far as the imperial guard is concerned, not everyone can do it, not to mention the strict classification of ranks, even the number of places is very limited.From the beginning of □□'s ascension to the throne, they were selected by their meritorious families and clan children. After all, they were looking at the Emperor Wei, so naturally they had to choose loyal people.
From the time of the first emperor, some martial arts scholars were also appointed, or young princes from aristocratic families who were favored by the emperor were directly promoted.However, like Heizi, he came up as a fourth-rank second-class guard with a knife, which is actually a bit rare, even if he was born as a champion of martial arts.
Moreover, although Xue Pan thought that the imperial guards were guarding the emperor's house, in fact, because he could get close to the emperor, for some princes and ministers, it was also a means of promotion for the children of the family, and they were very much sought after.
For example, today's Uncle Chen Laoguo, the eldest son of the family named Chen Yejun, is the first-class bodyguard, a genuine official position, dedicated to personally guarding the emperor, although he has little power, but he is very honorable in front of the emperor, and he will make up for it in the future Obtaining an official position is also a shortcut to enter the core of power.
Lin Jue was very reconciled, "I knew I would have changed to martial arts. Although martial arts are not as good as Heizi brothers, it is good to be second in the martial arts list. I think I am the number one scholar, but because I am so good-looking, I became a Tanhua." Not to mention, it's really irritating that I can't compare to a champion of martial arts after being awarded an official."
Xue Pan squinted his eyes and looked at him arrogantly.Since □□ became the number one scholar in martial arts, and Xue Biao was also named on the gold list, he has added this problem. "That's why my family's Heizi is so heroic that he can win the emperor's eyes. With your pretty face, it's useless even if you get the champion of martial arts."
Lin Jue looked at him coldly, "Hurry up and get rid of this disgusting look, it just makes people laugh. It's just that our brothers don't care about you, and if you change to someone else, you may be sacked several times."
"If you also have a daughter-in-law who is the champion of martial arts, and a younger brother who is the first in the second list, you will be happy even if you are covered with a sack." Xue Pan continued to cast his eyes.
Lin Jue saw that his eyes were really hot, ignored him, and said to Xue Biao, "It's okay for the tad brother to be in the Hanlin Academy. Those old scholars didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"
Xue Biao had been thinking about Xue Pan's words for a while, but before he could figure it out, he heard Lin Jue talking to him, so he hurriedly said: "Thank you, brother Lin, for your concern, because the eldest brother helped me take care of it earlier, and with the face of Mr. No one makes things difficult for me."
Lin Jue smiled and said, "That's good. Now I can still speak a few words in front of His Majesty. If you have any unpleasantness at the Imperial Academy, just tell me."
Xue Biao quickly thanked her, and forgot what Xue Pan said about "Wu Zhuangyuan's daughter-in-law".
Lin Jue glanced at Xue Pan's annoying virtue again, it was too careless.
As soon as Heizi came back, Xue Pan hurriedly called him to his side, "Brother Lin is here."
The two greeted each other, and Lin Jue smiled and said, "I come here often, so why bother to say that?"
Xue Pan still had that unflattering look, "I respect you, and I'm still a sixth-rank official."
This sarcasm made Lin Jue annoy him even more.
Heizi looked apologetic, he really couldn't control Xue Pan, he has been like this for the past few days.
Lin Jue swayed, remembering the purpose of coming today, and added a smile on his face, "I will tell you something, the jewelry from the past, this will come in handy."
Xue Pan immediately sat up straight, at least forgot about that face, and hurriedly urged him to explain in detail.
Lin Jue didn't keep it secret, and said with a smile: "The old lady has long wanted to form an alliance of wood and stone. The original second wife has always disagreed. Now that I am serving in front of the imperial court, she has changed her appearance again, and often treats my sister It's really hateful to be a couple with her son. The old lady celebrated her birthday earlier, and you also went there. After everyone dispersed, I gave the old lady a gift in front of the whole family."
Xue Pan laughed loudly when he heard the words, "I think my aunt's face must be extremely splendid, but I didn't see it with my own eyes. It's a pity."
Lin Jue sighed again: "But the old lady didn't respond. I thought maybe we made a mistake, but the girl next to the old lady was full of horror. I guess the old lady didn't want to show such family scandals in front of others. "
Xue Pan was still smiling, and Heizi nodded and said: "That's it, but after all, I put eye drops in front of the old lady. The old lady doesn't show her face, so she must be unhappy in her heart. But in the end, the old lady I have always agreed with this marriage, but now that this is happening again, it would be difficult for the second wife to intervene in Baoyu's marriage, not to mention the second wife is already somewhat willing."
Lin Jue said: "I really can't get angry with the second wife's face, so I just want to add some anger to her first."
Heizi laughed, "Brother Lin already has a plan?" After all, it involved his own sister's marriage, so he didn't believe that Lin Jue would be self-defeating.
Lin Jue nodded, "Don't they want an alliance of wood and stone? I want them to be a good match."
Xue Pan immediately turned his face, "How dare you cheat on my sister?"
Lin Jue looked at him with mockery on his face, "I don't have the number one younger brother in the daughter-in-law's list, how dare I cheat my sister at will."
Xue Pan knew that he had offended the narrow-minded brother Lin, so he changed his face again and said flatteringly: "Where is it, if I am an extraordinary handsome and talented Tanhua Lang, I don't need anything. Brother Lin, Tell me about your plan?" Xue Pan also realized at this time that Lin Jue wanted to deceive people, and he would not deceive his solid ally.
Lin Jue really annoyed him to death.
"Brother Lin, don't be so narrow-minded, talk, talk, hurry up." Xue Pan pinched his throat and yelled like a chick.
Lin Jue felt cold all over, and quickly told Heizi to cover Xue Pan's mouth, "I'm going to numb him to death."
Heizi also had goosebumps all over his body, he hurriedly pinched Xue Pan's creaking soft flesh, Xue Pan collapsed in Heizi's arms in a second.
Lin Jue didn't want to listen to his call anymore, so he said, "Have Brother Xue heard of a historian with two lords?"
Xue Pan rolled his eyes at him, "Are you kidding me that I haven't melted? This little... Although I haven't seen it, I still know what I should know."
Lin Juefang smiled and continued: "Before the two princes of the historian family, there used to be an elder brother, but this elder brother and elder sister-in-law left early, but left behind a girl, who is the old lady's nephew and granddaughter. It is said that because her parents passed away when she was a baby, the old lady loved her very much and often stayed in Jia's house. It is also heard that the old lady took her to stay here a few days ago, and she accidentally picked up a The golden unicorn, unexpectedly, just made up a pair with Baoyu's."
Xue Pan strained his ears to listen to Lin Jue's story.
Lin Jue took a sip of his tea, and his smile deepened, "And he said that the precious jade has a piece of psychic jade, which was brought out from the mother's womb. At the foot of the unicorn, there are also eight characters engraved, which coincide with the words on Baoyu's jade. Since then, the mansion has been circulating the saying of "a good relationship between gold and jade", so how can we talk about the alliance between wood and stone?"
Xue Pan laughed loudly, "The golden unicorn fell in the garden. The masters and servants didn't see it, but it was picked up by a girl who lived there temporarily. Isn't it a blessing from heaven? Lin Jue, you really belonged to me." , This is good, this is good." He actually clapped his hands happily.
Heizi said: "Since Brother Lin has already figured out a solution, what do we need to do?"
"It's the most important thing." Lin Jue said, and took out a beautifully carved golden unicorn. "This is the piece on Baoyu's body. I asked someone to take it out secretly. Now I need to use it." The old master of the Xue family made exactly the same ones according to this, and the soles of the feet should be branded."
"Is this still a problem? I can make the same one for you in a few days, just wait." Xue Pan was also unambiguous.
After the unicorn was finished, Lin Jue took over the rest.Because of this, Shi Xiangyun stayed in Jia's mansion for a while. When Jia's mother invited Baochai and Baoqin, who had already returned to Xue's family, to come over, the two sisters listened to Xue Pan's request, and declined because Aunt Xue was ill.
A few days later, the talk of "a golden and jade marriage" in Jia's mansion quietly dissipated, and soon became very popular. Only Jia's mother Xiangyun hadn't heard of it, and everyone else knew what they should know.Even Jia Zheng asked Mrs. Wang whether Jia's mother intended to marry the historian, which made Mrs. Wang angry.
It's not that Shi Xiangyun is not good, Mrs. Wang also watched Shi Xiangyun grow up, and Shi Xiangyun is a straightforward person, and she has always been close to her, even if there is a bit of love.But if they want to marry, Mrs. Wang is very unwilling.
"This little hoof that restrains the father and the mother actually hit Baoyu with his mind." After throwing a cup of tea, Mrs. Wang said bitterly.Zhou Rui's family hurriedly asked Jin Chuan to go out to guard, and persuaded Mrs. Wang, "It's just people talking nonsense. Miss Shi has been in our house many times, but it's just at this time that these things are reported. Could it be someone else instigated it?"
When Mrs. Wang heard this, her heart skipped a beat.It turned out that Jia's mother was very happy with Daiyu, and had wanted to take her home for a long time, but Lin Jue was not happy, so she didn't mention it again.Later, when Lin Jue went to Beijing to take the exam, the brothers and sisters of the Lin family lived in the mansion.It's just that Jia's mother is happy with this marriage, but she is not.
The Lin family has always been weak, and the siblings have lost their parents. Except for the Jia family, they don't even have any relatives who can take care of them.So what if Lin Jue was admitted to Jinshi, he didn't start from a low-ranking official.Her natal family is not visible, and her six relatives are not reliable. Mrs. Wang is not willing to find such a family of wives for Baoyu who has no support.
It's just that Lin Jue didn't expect Lin Jue to pass the test, not to mention, but also got the emperor's own eyes, and served in front of the imperial court, what a face it must be.At this time, Mrs. Wang saw that everything was going well for Daiyu again, and she was happy with the marriage.Now she was trying to figure out how to bring up this matter with the old lady, but she didn't want Lin Jue to congratulate the old lady on her birthday and took out the jewelry she had secretly removed earlier.She secretly blamed Xue Pan for not acting cautiously, but at the same time, she didn't dare to show the old lady's face.But at this time, there was another "golden and jade match", which really made people not think much about it.
She is easy to dismiss others, but this Shi Xiangyun is the old lady's favorite person, and there are two masters and uncles, how dare she move lightly.And seeing that the old lady doesn't seem to know about this, it's even harder for her to talk to the old lady.
Knowing in her heart who it belonged to, Mrs. Wang hated it even more, she knew that the brothers and sisters of the Lin family were white-eyed wolves who didn't know how to raise them, and didn't know how to flatter them.
Just at this time, a girl came to report in a hurry, saying that the two masters had been announced earlier to meet your Majesty in the palace. I don't know what happened, but now the two masters have changed clothes and entered the palace.
Mrs. Wang no longer has the heart to think about these children's affairs, she can't help but worry, and she doesn't care about being ashamed by Jia Mu, so she cleans up and goes away.
The two masters of the Jia family were suddenly called into the palace, and the rest of them, male and female, were all panicked, and they all gathered at Jia's mother, and Lin Jue was also invited.Now that he came, he comforted Jia Mu and said, "It's not a bad thing to think about, otherwise it wouldn't be the eunuch proclaiming the decree, and the soldiers and horses from the five cities would have come to the door a long time ago."
Lin Jue's words were harsh, but the truth made sense, and Jia's mother was relieved.
When some of the servants who followed the two elders came back early, they said that Eunuch Xia secretly told them that the mother-in-law of the family had been promoted to be a noble concubine, so they were summoned, and now the whole family should enter the palace to thank them. He called back first to say something.
Everyone in Jia's family immediately filled their cheeks with joy, where there was no panic at first, especially Mrs. Wang, she was so happy that she shed tears, so there was no demeanor to speak of.
Lin Jue didn't want to participate in such a "happy event" with Jia's family, so taking advantage of the sound of congratulations from Jia's family, she took Daiyu back to her yard quietly.
As far as the imperial guard is concerned, not everyone can do it, not to mention the strict classification of ranks, even the number of places is very limited.From the beginning of □□'s ascension to the throne, they were selected by their meritorious families and clan children. After all, they were looking at the Emperor Wei, so naturally they had to choose loyal people.
From the time of the first emperor, some martial arts scholars were also appointed, or young princes from aristocratic families who were favored by the emperor were directly promoted.However, like Heizi, he came up as a fourth-rank second-class guard with a knife, which is actually a bit rare, even if he was born as a champion of martial arts.
Moreover, although Xue Pan thought that the imperial guards were guarding the emperor's house, in fact, because he could get close to the emperor, for some princes and ministers, it was also a means of promotion for the children of the family, and they were very much sought after.
For example, today's Uncle Chen Laoguo, the eldest son of the family named Chen Yejun, is the first-class bodyguard, a genuine official position, dedicated to personally guarding the emperor, although he has little power, but he is very honorable in front of the emperor, and he will make up for it in the future Obtaining an official position is also a shortcut to enter the core of power.
Lin Jue was very reconciled, "I knew I would have changed to martial arts. Although martial arts are not as good as Heizi brothers, it is good to be second in the martial arts list. I think I am the number one scholar, but because I am so good-looking, I became a Tanhua." Not to mention, it's really irritating that I can't compare to a champion of martial arts after being awarded an official."
Xue Pan squinted his eyes and looked at him arrogantly.Since □□ became the number one scholar in martial arts, and Xue Biao was also named on the gold list, he has added this problem. "That's why my family's Heizi is so heroic that he can win the emperor's eyes. With your pretty face, it's useless even if you get the champion of martial arts."
Lin Jue looked at him coldly, "Hurry up and get rid of this disgusting look, it just makes people laugh. It's just that our brothers don't care about you, and if you change to someone else, you may be sacked several times."
"If you also have a daughter-in-law who is the champion of martial arts, and a younger brother who is the first in the second list, you will be happy even if you are covered with a sack." Xue Pan continued to cast his eyes.
Lin Jue saw that his eyes were really hot, ignored him, and said to Xue Biao, "It's okay for the tad brother to be in the Hanlin Academy. Those old scholars didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"
Xue Biao had been thinking about Xue Pan's words for a while, but before he could figure it out, he heard Lin Jue talking to him, so he hurriedly said: "Thank you, brother Lin, for your concern, because the eldest brother helped me take care of it earlier, and with the face of Mr. No one makes things difficult for me."
Lin Jue smiled and said, "That's good. Now I can still speak a few words in front of His Majesty. If you have any unpleasantness at the Imperial Academy, just tell me."
Xue Biao quickly thanked her, and forgot what Xue Pan said about "Wu Zhuangyuan's daughter-in-law".
Lin Jue glanced at Xue Pan's annoying virtue again, it was too careless.
As soon as Heizi came back, Xue Pan hurriedly called him to his side, "Brother Lin is here."
The two greeted each other, and Lin Jue smiled and said, "I come here often, so why bother to say that?"
Xue Pan still had that unflattering look, "I respect you, and I'm still a sixth-rank official."
This sarcasm made Lin Jue annoy him even more.
Heizi looked apologetic, he really couldn't control Xue Pan, he has been like this for the past few days.
Lin Jue swayed, remembering the purpose of coming today, and added a smile on his face, "I will tell you something, the jewelry from the past, this will come in handy."
Xue Pan immediately sat up straight, at least forgot about that face, and hurriedly urged him to explain in detail.
Lin Jue didn't keep it secret, and said with a smile: "The old lady has long wanted to form an alliance of wood and stone. The original second wife has always disagreed. Now that I am serving in front of the imperial court, she has changed her appearance again, and often treats my sister It's really hateful to be a couple with her son. The old lady celebrated her birthday earlier, and you also went there. After everyone dispersed, I gave the old lady a gift in front of the whole family."
Xue Pan laughed loudly when he heard the words, "I think my aunt's face must be extremely splendid, but I didn't see it with my own eyes. It's a pity."
Lin Jue sighed again: "But the old lady didn't respond. I thought maybe we made a mistake, but the girl next to the old lady was full of horror. I guess the old lady didn't want to show such family scandals in front of others. "
Xue Pan was still smiling, and Heizi nodded and said: "That's it, but after all, I put eye drops in front of the old lady. The old lady doesn't show her face, so she must be unhappy in her heart. But in the end, the old lady I have always agreed with this marriage, but now that this is happening again, it would be difficult for the second wife to intervene in Baoyu's marriage, not to mention the second wife is already somewhat willing."
Lin Jue said: "I really can't get angry with the second wife's face, so I just want to add some anger to her first."
Heizi laughed, "Brother Lin already has a plan?" After all, it involved his own sister's marriage, so he didn't believe that Lin Jue would be self-defeating.
Lin Jue nodded, "Don't they want an alliance of wood and stone? I want them to be a good match."
Xue Pan immediately turned his face, "How dare you cheat on my sister?"
Lin Jue looked at him with mockery on his face, "I don't have the number one younger brother in the daughter-in-law's list, how dare I cheat my sister at will."
Xue Pan knew that he had offended the narrow-minded brother Lin, so he changed his face again and said flatteringly: "Where is it, if I am an extraordinary handsome and talented Tanhua Lang, I don't need anything. Brother Lin, Tell me about your plan?" Xue Pan also realized at this time that Lin Jue wanted to deceive people, and he would not deceive his solid ally.
Lin Jue really annoyed him to death.
"Brother Lin, don't be so narrow-minded, talk, talk, hurry up." Xue Pan pinched his throat and yelled like a chick.
Lin Jue felt cold all over, and quickly told Heizi to cover Xue Pan's mouth, "I'm going to numb him to death."
Heizi also had goosebumps all over his body, he hurriedly pinched Xue Pan's creaking soft flesh, Xue Pan collapsed in Heizi's arms in a second.
Lin Jue didn't want to listen to his call anymore, so he said, "Have Brother Xue heard of a historian with two lords?"
Xue Pan rolled his eyes at him, "Are you kidding me that I haven't melted? This little... Although I haven't seen it, I still know what I should know."
Lin Juefang smiled and continued: "Before the two princes of the historian family, there used to be an elder brother, but this elder brother and elder sister-in-law left early, but left behind a girl, who is the old lady's nephew and granddaughter. It is said that because her parents passed away when she was a baby, the old lady loved her very much and often stayed in Jia's house. It is also heard that the old lady took her to stay here a few days ago, and she accidentally picked up a The golden unicorn, unexpectedly, just made up a pair with Baoyu's."
Xue Pan strained his ears to listen to Lin Jue's story.
Lin Jue took a sip of his tea, and his smile deepened, "And he said that the precious jade has a piece of psychic jade, which was brought out from the mother's womb. At the foot of the unicorn, there are also eight characters engraved, which coincide with the words on Baoyu's jade. Since then, the mansion has been circulating the saying of "a good relationship between gold and jade", so how can we talk about the alliance between wood and stone?"
Xue Pan laughed loudly, "The golden unicorn fell in the garden. The masters and servants didn't see it, but it was picked up by a girl who lived there temporarily. Isn't it a blessing from heaven? Lin Jue, you really belonged to me." , This is good, this is good." He actually clapped his hands happily.
Heizi said: "Since Brother Lin has already figured out a solution, what do we need to do?"
"It's the most important thing." Lin Jue said, and took out a beautifully carved golden unicorn. "This is the piece on Baoyu's body. I asked someone to take it out secretly. Now I need to use it." The old master of the Xue family made exactly the same ones according to this, and the soles of the feet should be branded."
"Is this still a problem? I can make the same one for you in a few days, just wait." Xue Pan was also unambiguous.
After the unicorn was finished, Lin Jue took over the rest.Because of this, Shi Xiangyun stayed in Jia's mansion for a while. When Jia's mother invited Baochai and Baoqin, who had already returned to Xue's family, to come over, the two sisters listened to Xue Pan's request, and declined because Aunt Xue was ill.
A few days later, the talk of "a golden and jade marriage" in Jia's mansion quietly dissipated, and soon became very popular. Only Jia's mother Xiangyun hadn't heard of it, and everyone else knew what they should know.Even Jia Zheng asked Mrs. Wang whether Jia's mother intended to marry the historian, which made Mrs. Wang angry.
It's not that Shi Xiangyun is not good, Mrs. Wang also watched Shi Xiangyun grow up, and Shi Xiangyun is a straightforward person, and she has always been close to her, even if there is a bit of love.But if they want to marry, Mrs. Wang is very unwilling.
"This little hoof that restrains the father and the mother actually hit Baoyu with his mind." After throwing a cup of tea, Mrs. Wang said bitterly.Zhou Rui's family hurriedly asked Jin Chuan to go out to guard, and persuaded Mrs. Wang, "It's just people talking nonsense. Miss Shi has been in our house many times, but it's just at this time that these things are reported. Could it be someone else instigated it?"
When Mrs. Wang heard this, her heart skipped a beat.It turned out that Jia's mother was very happy with Daiyu, and had wanted to take her home for a long time, but Lin Jue was not happy, so she didn't mention it again.Later, when Lin Jue went to Beijing to take the exam, the brothers and sisters of the Lin family lived in the mansion.It's just that Jia's mother is happy with this marriage, but she is not.
The Lin family has always been weak, and the siblings have lost their parents. Except for the Jia family, they don't even have any relatives who can take care of them.So what if Lin Jue was admitted to Jinshi, he didn't start from a low-ranking official.Her natal family is not visible, and her six relatives are not reliable. Mrs. Wang is not willing to find such a family of wives for Baoyu who has no support.
It's just that Lin Jue didn't expect Lin Jue to pass the test, not to mention, but also got the emperor's own eyes, and served in front of the imperial court, what a face it must be.At this time, Mrs. Wang saw that everything was going well for Daiyu again, and she was happy with the marriage.Now she was trying to figure out how to bring up this matter with the old lady, but she didn't want Lin Jue to congratulate the old lady on her birthday and took out the jewelry she had secretly removed earlier.She secretly blamed Xue Pan for not acting cautiously, but at the same time, she didn't dare to show the old lady's face.But at this time, there was another "golden and jade match", which really made people not think much about it.
She is easy to dismiss others, but this Shi Xiangyun is the old lady's favorite person, and there are two masters and uncles, how dare she move lightly.And seeing that the old lady doesn't seem to know about this, it's even harder for her to talk to the old lady.
Knowing in her heart who it belonged to, Mrs. Wang hated it even more, she knew that the brothers and sisters of the Lin family were white-eyed wolves who didn't know how to raise them, and didn't know how to flatter them.
Just at this time, a girl came to report in a hurry, saying that the two masters had been announced earlier to meet your Majesty in the palace. I don't know what happened, but now the two masters have changed clothes and entered the palace.
Mrs. Wang no longer has the heart to think about these children's affairs, she can't help but worry, and she doesn't care about being ashamed by Jia Mu, so she cleans up and goes away.
The two masters of the Jia family were suddenly called into the palace, and the rest of them, male and female, were all panicked, and they all gathered at Jia's mother, and Lin Jue was also invited.Now that he came, he comforted Jia Mu and said, "It's not a bad thing to think about, otherwise it wouldn't be the eunuch proclaiming the decree, and the soldiers and horses from the five cities would have come to the door a long time ago."
Lin Jue's words were harsh, but the truth made sense, and Jia's mother was relieved.
When some of the servants who followed the two elders came back early, they said that Eunuch Xia secretly told them that the mother-in-law of the family had been promoted to be a noble concubine, so they were summoned, and now the whole family should enter the palace to thank them. He called back first to say something.
Everyone in Jia's family immediately filled their cheeks with joy, where there was no panic at first, especially Mrs. Wang, she was so happy that she shed tears, so there was no demeanor to speak of.
Lin Jue didn't want to participate in such a "happy event" with Jia's family, so taking advantage of the sound of congratulations from Jia's family, she took Daiyu back to her yard quietly.
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