imprinted you in my heart

With the end of Tianfu's four-year imperial court official's exams and poor exams, the weather became colder day by day. The cold wind hit his body, and he clasped his hands in front of his chest, as if shrunk into a ball.

After returning home, Bu Qianxue sat on a chair and hugged the stove and drank a cup of hot tea to feel better. Jiang Li, who was sitting across from her embroidering shoe soles, stopped her work, "Your grandmother and grandfather discussed with me. I decided to go to Xianliang Temple tomorrow to pray for blessings, and you will go with us when you take a rest tomorrow."

It is a Chinese custom to go to Taoist temples at the end of the year to pray for blessings for the coming year. Although there are not only Xianliang Taoist temples in the prosperous capital, the most famous and royal Taoist temples are definitely the first choice of most people. The Bu family is the home of the nobles. Li's first choice is naturally the concept of virtue.

The grandmother, who had been sitting on the main seat with her eyes closed and enjoying the service of being knocked on the back and pinched her legs, suddenly opened her eyes when her granddaughter didn’t reply for a long time.

"Yes, yes, business is the most important thing. It's enough for me, your grandmother, and your mother to pray for blessings." The grandfather who was sitting on the other side of the chair and reading a book also took it for granted that she had business to deal with.

She just stared blankly for a while, but why did she have business to deal with? Bu Qianxue was a little dumbfounded, and patiently explained: "It's okay, there is no business to deal with, I will go with you tomorrow."

"It's so good." The grandmother was very satisfied when she heard this.

Seeing the grandmother closed her eyes again and enjoying the service of knocking her back and pinching her legs comfortably, she quietly replaced the person, holding a book and pretending not to turn the pages for a long time. You can see that the width of the corners of the mouth is very obvious.

In winter, neither her grandmother, grandfather, nor her mother like to go out, so they spend most of the day in their own rooms, and only gather in the main room when she is about to leave the office.

Just like when her mother was an official in the court, every day when her mother was about to leave the office, the family members would gather in the front hall. After the mother came back, they would chat together for a while, and then went back to their rooms after dinner. School work basically only comes when eating.

Before she became a family member, she felt that such rules were too formal and rigid. When she became a family member, she realized that the meaning of doing so was more practical and useful than she thought. It could not only enhance the relationship between family members, but also allow each other to understand what happened to each other. , so even if she doesn't care about the house, she knows what happened at home recently.

Ever since the materials for the queen's election were submitted according to the procedure, she was a little worried about gains and losses, so that sometimes she was in a daze and didn't know it, and she didn't pay much attention to the big exam. It shouldn't be a problem to stay in office, but there is one less thing to worry about.

In the twinkling of an eye, the next day came, and the Bu Mansion was already brightly lit at dawn. The servants were already up and making the final preparations before departure. Even Bu Qianxue, who usually sleeps for a long time on holidays, was already half a month old. Serve and finish washing and washing.

Even though she wore two extra clothes, she still felt a little cold when she first left the east wing, and was about to go to the main room to have breakfast with her grandmother, when the gatekeeper reported that someone from the Ministry of Rites had come, and she had to turn around. South room.

After seeing the other party, she realized that the other party was just a yamen servant who ran errands and passed on a message. Today there will be an order to keep her from going out. This is also a common practice. When no one accepts the order, it will damage the dignity of the royal family.

The moment she knew that it was the Ministry of Rites who came, her heart beat faster. Knowing that she was coming to make an order, her brows and eyes stretched, she was overjoyed, and happily rewarded the yamen servant with a hundred coins, which was unique in the past of.

Regarding the big exam, even if the exam is the best, His Majesty will never issue an imperial decree to the house, and the Ministry of Rites will notify it. Since His Majesty established the cabinet, all imperial decrees have been drafted by the cabinet on behalf of His Majesty, but the notification is still like In the past, whoever was in charge would be informed. Since it was the Ministry of Rites, it would most likely be the matter of the post-election. How could she be unhappy and excited!

But after she was happy, she started to have difficulties again. Grandma and grandpa didn't know about it. If they found out and tried to stop and oppose it, what should she do?And her mother's attitude is also extremely opposed, it's really a frown and a heart.

She thought about it for a long time in the south room, until her grandmother sent someone to remind her, but she still couldn't think of a way to get the best of both worlds.

When she arrived at the main room, the breakfast was already on the table, and it was still steaming. Grandmother, grandpa and mother had also made preparations, their faces were full of anticipation, and they were waiting to go out together after breakfast, and swallowed the words they were ready. When I went back, I only lowered my head and said weakly after the meal: "I think the sky is dark today, why don't we go again on the next holiday."

From the beginning to the end, she didn't dare to look directly at her grandmother, grandfather and mother, and her voice was a little weaker than usual. If it wasn't for the close distance, neither grandmother nor grandfather could hear them.

After hearing what she said, her face instantly collapsed. Grandma hated people who didn't believe her words the most, and immediately said: "If this is the reason, you don't have to choose a date!" Let me have no reason to come.

Grandpa and Jiang Li also looked at her intently, waiting for her to come up with a reason that convinced everyone, otherwise they would also side with grandma.

Bu Qianxue, who knew her family well, naturally knew what they meant, hesitated again and again, and said helplessly, "Just now someone from the Ministry of Rites said that His Majesty has an order today, let us not leave the mansion", and the person from the Ministry of Rites did not say anything , She guessed it herself, so there is nothing wrong with saying that.

"Since it is His Majesty's will, let's wait another day." This reason left the grandmother speechless, and her face finally returned to its previous appearance, with a hint of joy.

Can you not be happy, the Bu family, as a generation of gentry in Fandu, has received only a handful of imperial edicts, and one of them was that their homes were ransacked. This kind of advance notice is a good thing. It is good to pray for the day, and it is very good to choose a date.

Seeing the expressions of grandpa and mother, needless to say, she also knew that they would definitely want to go with grandma. The most important thing is that even if she knew that there might be a misunderstanding, she could not speak out to correct it.

Knowing that His Majesty has a will, not only the masters of the Bu family are happy, but the servants are also excited. It is a great honor for them to experience this kind of honorable thing in their lifetime. too much.

After setting up the incense table according to the rules and taking a bath and changing clothes to show respect, she waited for the imperial edict to arrive in the main room with her grandmother, grandfather, and mother. I was afraid that the imperial decree would come suddenly, so I had to be hungry and eat some pastries to satisfy my hunger.

"Here we come, here we come... to the old master, the old master's husband, the mistress and the young master, the messenger of the imperial decree is almost at the door." The female guard ran in while shouting all the way, panting a little while speaking.

"Have you seen it clearly?" Bu Qianxue couldn't help but confirm for fear that they might be mistaken.

"That's right, the leader is riding a horse and wearing an official uniform, and there are two teams of yamen guards accompanying him, the younger one can see clearly." The female door guard is afraid that the young master will believe it, and she has seen it with her own eyes.

"That should be right, keep your focus, and welcome them in." Bu Qianxue, who didn't see her so impatient, had to emphasize it.

"Yes, young master" the female guard realized that she was too impatient after being told by her young master, she changed her form just now and left steadily.

Although Bu Qianxue is now the head of Bufu, her mother is still alive, but not at home, so the servants in the family still call her young master.

In the past, the decree was delivered by whoever was in charge. After the change, His Majesty has become a full-time decree official of the seventh-rank officials of the Imperial Academy. Those who are lower than the decree must go out to greet them, and those who are higher are not. She is the sixth rank Of course not.

She took her grandmother, grandfather, mother and servants to get ready in the yard when the messenger came with the imperial decree.

"Bu Qianxue, the censor of the Procuratorate, received the decree." The messenger was a man of average height and build, and his face was a bit exaggerated. I don't know if he was cold or angry because Xiu Mu was temporarily assigned an errand.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" 16 people from all over Bufu saluted together, their voices were N times louder than the messenger's, and the servants who came with the messenger also knelt down.

"When the weather is right, the emperor ordered: Bu Qianxue, the censor of the Procuratorate, is soft, graceful, elegant, dignified and graceful, Ke Lingkerou, Anzhen Yeji, Yonghe pure and pure. The author canonize as a queen candidate, Tianfu In February of the fifth year, I stayed at the Royal Garden Villa and accompanied me for half a year, I appreciate it!"

After hearing the decree, the grandmother and grandfather were stunned. They all knew about the empress candidate, but why did they end up on Bu Qianxue?Jiang Li didn't need to be surprised, because she never thought that Bu Qianxue would be selected!

"Thank you Lord Long En" Bu Qianxue at the front couldn't see the expressions of the grandmother and the others behind, but she could guess one or two, and she was even more sure that they would not make trouble at this time. She stood up and took the imperial decree respectfully with both hands and placed it on the incense table.

After reading the decree, the face of the decree officer finally improved a lot. After seeing that Bu Qianxue had settled the decree, he came forward to congratulate her with a smile on her face, but in her heart she despised her for not wanting a good official career, and insisted on being an official. What queen, she has a sick mind.

Although Bu Qianxue didn't know what he was thinking, she could feel that his congratulations were insincere, and after a couple of chats, she used the excuse of sending her elderly grandmother and grandfather back to their room to chase away guests in disguise.

The longer she was in the inspector's office, the more she understood that other government officials feared and hated them. Even if she talked to them with a smile on her face, she might have very different thoughts in her heart. Therefore, she always talked to the bureaucrats of the same dynasty without heart-to-heart communication. , Even reciprocity has its own principles, it is estimated that there are many people who don't like her and are jealous of her, and there are not many more officials. ?