girl holding a notebook

Autumn of the Shangji Year

Lying lazily on the bed, Sora covered his entire face with his notebook.After waiting for seven years, finally on the long-awaited mission.Seven years, she hasn't seen her family for seven years!A mixture of joy and reluctance filled her heart, filling her atrium like fermented flour.

There were crisp laughter and the laughter of children outside the window. After thinking about it, he got out of bed and leaned against the window frame.Outside the inn is a Taoist temple, and melodious erhu music will be heard at this time.The beautiful tone makes many people come to inns or taverns to listen.The music of the erhu is widely praised by the people, but the love of girls who play the erhu is far more than that of the erhu.

And this girl Kong also happened to know, the daughter of Master Shao Ke.Sure enough, like Master Shao Ke, he is a gentle person.Kong looked at the girl's position and smiled, but quickly moved his gaze away, freezing on the official document on the table.

Kong hesitated for a while, and opened the official resignation document she had written.The golden sunlight poured upwards, and the dazzling light made the bitter eye sockets slightly moist.The reasons for her resignation were stated, but a closer look showed that they were all lies.Even if others believed her, her chief would definitely reject her application for resignation by saying "don't make excuses".Probably all her lies were seen through by Huang Shangshu, and her credibility must have dropped to a negative number long ago.

So, forget it.Kong casually threw the official document into the drawer.Looking at the white clouds in the blue sky, the empty geese flapped their wings and flew by.

It was a rare day for her to spend a day of vacation in vain. Really, she worked hard day and night like a spinning top, and was constantly enslaved by the chief. For seven years, she didn't even have a normal vacation.However, once you are free, you will be terribly bored, and your mind is full of things related to government affairs.Sure enough, she had been invaded by a virus named "Minister of Household", and she was at the heart of the matter.

However, when he thought that the precious and rare vacation was coming to an end, Sora felt a burst of frustration.Why didn't I make full use of this beautiful day, but spent most of the day busy with the household affairs.

In the royal city, the household department is still busy.

"The tax and labor survey just reported by Hoshino?" Huang Shangshu held a small stack of documents and asked Jing Shilang who was beside him. Jing Shilang and Kong two people.

Jing Shilang took the document suspiciously, it was indeed not his handwriting, "it should be sent by Xiaokong." Jing Shilang smiled after saying that, he could fully imagine the mentality Hoshino had in completing the statistics.

Even though he kept complaining, he could still finish with peace of mind.Because I have fully adapted to the current life and tried my best.

In fact, most of the people who can enter the household department will not be able to stand it and leave, and the rest will be successfully transformed, and Kong belongs to the latter.

It's a pity that because the chief is too harsh, there are so few people staying in the Ministry of Accounting that you can count them on one hand. Compared with other departments, the Ministry of Accounting is seriously understaffed.However, people who go out from the household department can definitely enter other departments.

"By the way, Fengzhu, let's have dinner together tonight! It happens to be the Mid-Autumn Festival." Jing Shilang seemed to think of it suddenly and said that unlike Huang Shangshu, although he was from Huangzhou, he came with his wife.During the Mid-Autumn Festival, for Huang Shangshu, the number of times he can see his relatives is one of the few. "How about inviting Xiao Kong to join us on the way? It has been seven or eight years since he first came to the top."

Seven years is but a flick of a finger.

I heard that Huang Shangshu's hands were slightly stiff, and his mouth still spit out the usual indifferent words, "——send these to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites."

Jing Shilang lowered his eyebrows and sighed lowly.This person in front of him is simply awkward for more than ten years.Even though this was not the job of the servant of the household department, Jing Shilang still picked up the official documents on the table without the slightest complaint.

Coming out of Wangcheng, the brightly lit streets are filled with jubilant and joyful atmosphere, and a full moon hangs high in the sky, as big and round as the discs placed on the dining table of every family.The children were chasing each other around the dining table, and the women put on a look of being naughty and unhappy with the children, but the corners of their mouths were raised high, with joyful smiles.

"It's been a long time since I've experienced such a day. I don't know what kind of grand scene it will be in the future?" Jing Shilang seemed to be infected by this joy. After eight years of civil strife ended, no matter who it was, everyone would breathe a sigh of relief. It was so painful. The days of dread and fear are finally over.

As if he didn't hear Jing Shilang's sigh, Master Huang Hubu Shangshu turned a deaf ear to it, and no expression could be seen on his face covered by the mask.

Jing Shilang shook his head slightly and said nothing more.Judging from the current situation of the new emperor ascending the throne, it is really worrying.He seldom shows up in the court every day, and the state affairs are completely entrusted to the ministers, but he himself is idle.The harem is empty, and it is rumored that he favors men.No matter where you look at it, you can't make people have any expectations for it.

"If you don't have the ability, it's better to replace it as soon as possible."

Jing Shilang showed a wry smile at the sudden words, "Although it is so, but Fengzhu, this is too straightforward. After all, he is the youngest prince, and his ascension to the throne is completely unexpected."

He has never learned how to be a proper king. As the youngest prince, he is often bullied by his elder brothers.And all of a sudden, all the people who had bullied him disappeared from sight forever, as if they had disappeared out of thin air. He was forced to ascend the throne, and the worry and panic in his heart can be imagined.

"Stagnation, no desire to make progress, no self-consciousness to become a king, since he sat in that position, he should take corresponding responsibilities, but he, like a child, is self-willed and self-righteous."

"However, Fengzhu is still in the household department, isn't it?" Jing Shilang said with a smile, feeling grateful that the chief did not say more harsh words, "If you can see the transformation, it will be the most shocking ——Just like Xiao Kong, he didn’t know why the child was left in the household department at the beginning, but his growth was astonishing enough, like a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis. ——However, it has been seven or eight years But still live in such an inn."

When Jing Shilang saw the slightly dilapidated inn opposite the Taoist Temple again, the corners of his eyebrows couldn't help twitching slightly, but his face was as usual.Keen eyes quietly looked at the people beside him, trying to see some surprised expressions from this obviously invisible mask.

This is not the first time Jing Shilang has come to this inn, so when the two of them first stepped into the gate, the boss guessed the purpose of the two of them very accurately.

The brilliantly colored sunlight poured in through the gate, casting a gentle golden luster on the ground.There are a few customers sitting sporadically in the store, the mouth-watering aroma is floating on the table, and the attentive waiter walks through the corridor.

The usual sensitive vision of a businessman immediately showed up the moment he saw Huang Shangshu, "The two of you are here to find Xiao Kong, please sit down and wait for a while, I will ask Xiao Er to call him out." He said kindly, and hurriedly ordered the people at the side to bring out the best Longjing tea in the shop.

"I don't know how to call this lord?" The boss asked as he filled the tea. The slender green tea leaves were curled in the cup, and the rich aroma unique to orchid beans curled up.

A hazy mist lingered in front of his eyes, "She has been living here?" Huang Shangshu ignored the boss's inquiry and asked instead.

"Yeah, I've always been very surprised about this. A few years ago, I thought Xiao Kong was..." The boss suddenly stopped talking, and an abnormal look appeared on his thin face, and it was only for a moment. Embarrassed, "I also suggested that he find a place to live in Guiyang, after all, he can't stay in the inn for a long time. However, Xiao Kong's answer all the time is nothing more than that he will not stay in Guiyang for too long. It would be a pity to have no time to live." The boss shook his head helplessly, "Although it wasn't a long time, it has been seven years now."

Hearing that the shop waiter said that someone was looking for her, Sora first thought of Qiu Ying and Jiang You.So when he went downstairs and saw the two of them, Kong was really taken aback, and after thinking about the things he hadn't been disqualified recently, the surprised look on Kong's face suddenly faded a lot.

"—Have you celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival?" Hearing Jing Shilang's words, Sora lowered his head and muttered in a low voice, his dark eyes fixed on the somewhat damaged corner of the table, "Well, it would be great to have such an opportunity. "