Be an official

Chapter 21.The so-called old friend

What Shao Yan put in his hand was a medical document issued by the Kunqian Palace. The selection of medical officers was extremely strict, and most of them were more inclined to recommend generations of doctors. , know people and know the bottom line.

He still didn't know what kind of role Shao Yan played in the court, and whether he would pose a threat to them. He looked at the white porcelain jar in the inner room, and his heart felt heavy.

For half a month, the palace was busy with the draft.

The emperor handed several brochures to Shao Yan, asking him to help measure one party, Shao Yan took a quick look, and found that the identities of the beautiful girls with particularly delicate faces had a lot of background.

"The daughter of the minister of the Ministry of Industry, she is sixteen years old and twenty-eight years old. Oh, and this, the daughter of the head of the official department, is only fifteen this year. Look at her exquisite appearance, she is so different from her father. .”

The emperor listened to him with a smile.

"... Fu Denan's youngest daughter, fifteen, is a little more heroic than the previous few." He flipped through some pages, and said with gusto, "Your Majesty, I went to the school in the western suburbs a few days ago and found this girl. General Yunhui of the third rank has a great way to lead troops, that is—" He rubbed his chin meaningfully, but didn't say anything.

"Shao Qing, don't be dumb."

Shao Yan nodded, "He is a bit tactful and can speak well. This kind of person is rare among those who came from the army."

The emperor nodded and asked, "Then what do you think of these beautiful girls?"

Shao Yan grinned, stood up and bid farewell to the emperor, "I don't want to talk too much about the harem."

"Hmph, Shao Qing's mouth is probably more eloquent than General Yun Hui's. You can't offend anyone a single point. Step back." The emperor stared at him in disgust, watching Shao Yan retreat leisurely.

The emperor looked at the picture albums on the table and sighed, and the slaves quickly brought tea, "Mu Qing, tell me, if Shao Qing's family also has a woman who is waiting to be married, it will be much easier for me."

Mu Qing smiled and fanned the emperor.

Shao Yan met another acquaintance in the palace—Qi Wei.

"Master Shao, I heard that several ships were on fire at the pier yesterday, do you know about this?"

Shao Yan looked at him in surprise, "The people in the Ministry of Industry should worry about this kind of thing, after all, water transportation is under the Ministry of Industry."

Qi Wei smiled and said, "It turns out that the Prime Minister didn't know about this."

"Chief Qi's bodyguard was joking, I don't have the ability to make calculations." Shao Yan retracted his sleeves, and smiled lightly at the wind, acting as if this matter had absolutely nothing to do with him. "However, I do know Lord Qi's younger sister, who seems to be in her boudoir now."

Qi Wei stared at Shao Yan vigilantly, not expecting him to mention this suddenly, Shao Yan laughed, "Guard Qi, don't be nervous, I'm just chatting."

Shao Yan saw Young Master Rong just about to enter the palace at the gate of the palace, and asked Qi Wei, "Does Young Master Rong often enter the palace these days?"

"Not often, about once every two days, does it matter?"

Shao Yan shook his head.

Outside the prime minister's mansion, there was a sedan chair standing upright, not far away seeing Shao Yan coming back, the people inside hurriedly got off the sedan chair and waited eagerly.

Shao Yan invited the Minister of the Ministry of Industry into the mansion, "Master Zhang, why come to my prime minister's mansion when you have time?" He called the housekeeper to prepare tea and bring it up.

Zhang Li said with a smile, "Your official is ashamed, Mr. Prime Minister, don't be as knowledgeable as your official."

Shao Yan lowered his head to drink tea, as if he just remembered something, and asked, "Luo Yi, the director of the Ministry of Industry, I remember that he is an accomplice in the corruption case. I wonder if I can settle down with my family now?"

"Yes, the crime is not as serious as the family members. The subordinate officials have already sent someone to settle them down. The subordinate officials did not manage their subordinates well, which made the prime minister laugh."

"I'm not afraid of laughing, but I'm afraid it will hinder the government's clarity, so it's hard to say." The old god Shaoyan said.

Zhang Li was squeezing his hand, and there was a dark look in his eyes, "Master Prime Minister, I have something important to tell you this time, no, I know—" He was interrupted by Shao Yan before he finished speaking. .

Shao Yan called Chen Huanluo who was passing by, and let him in. Seeing the inadvertent frown on the man's face, he beckoned him to sit beside him. He smelled the bitterness of the medicinal materials on his body, and asked, "Go to the dining room to boil the medicine. gone?"

Chen Huanluo glanced at Zhang Li slightly, and nodded.

"My lord, the dessert is ready." said the housekeeper.

"Bring it here," Shao Yan ordered, and said with a smile, "This is the melon seeds that I asked the housekeeper to fry with salt. The skin is thin, and the meat is very crispy. You can take some back and eat it at your leisure."

The melon seeds brought by the butler were divided into three plates, one plate was lightly salty, one plate was salty, and the other plate was filled with flower petals and spices. Shao Yan handed the third plate of sweet taste to Chen Huanluo.

He watched the man turn his eyes slightly on the remaining two sets, then caught it and backed away.

Zhang Li swallowed unconsciously, stared at the two plates of melon seeds next to Shao Yan's hand, saw Shao Yan talking to him, and smiled along with him.

Shao Yan said, "I like strong flavor, salty and delicious, and the stir-fried melon seeds are really wonderful, Mr. Zhang doesn't know, don't look at the salt, I bought a lot of official salt in this mansion for backup." He said He seemed to be sighing, and muttered to himself in a low voice, saying that even the price of this salt was too high.

In the noisy summer, Minister of the Ministry of Industry felt that it was getting hotter, and his forehead was covered with sweat. Shao Yan picked up the topic and asked him, "Master Zhang, what is the matter with me?"

"It's all right, I remember that the Ministry of Industry still has some important matters to deal with, so I won't bother the prime minister."

Shao Yan nodded, "Housekeeper, send Master Zhang out."

After the people left, Shao Yan let Jiangyue go down, and someone came in from the side hall, sat where Zhang Li had been sitting just now, grabbed a handful of melon seeds on the plate, and started eating.

Shao Yan threw the melon seeds in his hand into the plate and said, "Qu He, do you dare to eat them fried with private salt?"

"Ahem——" Qu He hurriedly threw it away, and said with a frown, "Master, you really fried it with private salt. This salt is not clean, it will eat dead people."

Shao Yan pursed his lips, "So it's cheap. It won't eat dead people, but taking it all year round, it's like a chronic poison, imperceptibly damaging the body. How about the damage of the burning ship on the pier?"

"The two private pleasure boats, the royal boat was half burned, and then they were extinguished. However, the master guessed right, the private salt was indeed hidden under the ice altar, so even if someone wanted to check, what they saw was ice. Stone. Once the fire burns, some will be exposed.”

The housekeeper saw Qu He was there, and asked, "Why do you think Master Zhang is here?"

Shao Yan sneered, "The imperial boat is on fire. The emperor will definitely send someone to investigate. The people who should investigate are the Ministry of Criminal Justice and me. He probably wants to get a word out of me because he is afraid of being found out about smuggling salt."

"The cooperation between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites has made a lot of profits over the years. Now it's time for them to go bankrupt and eliminate the disaster."

In the hidden corners of the palace, there are servants hurrying to pass letters. Under the high walls and blue courtyards, there are always some hidden things that are unknown, and no one can really be alone.

Under the cover of the plain tent, someone handed the mahogany brocade box to the person behind the scenes.

The man's voice was light and elegant, and he whispered softly, "Take one patch a day, and it will be effective after ten patches. After getting intimate with others, you can switch to the second one, which will make it easier to conceive."

"Yes."

He thought for a while and said, "This fragrant medicine is easily addictive, remember to take it in small amounts."

"Okay, it's work."

After Shao Yan finished reading the memorial in the study, he sat and stretched, and called the housekeeper, "Where's Huan Luo?"

The butler took melons and fruits from the dining room, washed them, cut them into small pieces, and brought them to Shao Yan. He said with a smile, "Mr. Chen is in the room, and a distinguished guest has arrived."

"Huh?" Shao Yan frowned, and couldn't help becoming curious, "Huan Luo's guest? Is it Young Lord Rong?"

The old housekeeper shook his head, "No, Mr. Chen didn't introduce it."

"Oh" Shao Yan stood up, glanced at the melon fruit plate, "hold it, let's go, let's go and have a look"

Chen Huanluo's room was not far away from him, but there was an extra detour in the mansion. The room was hidden deep in the bamboo forest, making it extremely quiet and stable.

As soon as Shao Yan walked to the door, he heard voices inside.

"Huan Luo, you haven't contacted me for so many days. I miss you so much. We haven't seen each other for many years. I never thought you would come to the capital."

"I just want to establish a firm foothold in the capital first before going to visit brother Yuyu."

Shao Yan knocked on the door, and after getting a response, he opened it and walked in, "Huan Luo, do you have guests? There are fresh melons and fruits in the house, and I'll bring you some."

Shao Yan looked at Chen Huanluo intently, got his nod, put down the fruit plate, and said, "Shall I introduce you?"

Chen Huanluo didn't speak, Bai Zhaoyu got up first and saluted Shaoyan, "The grass people have seen the Prime Minister, and this is Bai Zhaoyu, who is from the capital city and is a friend of Huan Luo. He has the liberty to visit, and the Prime Minister is welcome."

Shao Yan nodded, and said to himself, "It turns out that my prime minister's mansion is so easy to get into. Butler, speaking of it, how many invitations have you received in this period of time?"

Chen Huanluo frowned slightly, Bai Zhaoyu immediately apologized, "Caomin apologized to the Prime Minister, Caomin ran into Huanluo on the road, and was so happy that he didn't come in time to post a greeting card, so he came with my brother. "

"Sir Shao, if I violate the rules of the house, I will move out in the next few days, and I dare not disturb the rules of the prime minister's house." Chen Huanluo said softly with an indifferent expression.

Shao Yan blinked at him, "Huan Luomo is angry, I am just afraid that the house will not be safe. Since I am your friend, how could I not welcome you. I don't know what Mr. Bai does in the capital."

Bai Zhaoyu's identity is actually easy to guess, he is wearing silk satin, not particularly expensive fabric, dark silk, hair bun tied with silk satin of the same color, businessman's attire.

only……

In his previous life, Chen Huanluo didn't have such a friend. After he married him, in addition to the palace, he was in the house. At least, there was no such a friend.

If it didn't develop according to the previous life, then could it be because of the current situation that there is such an old friend?

"Caomin runs a porcelain shop on South Street. If the prime minister is interested, Caomin will send some pieces for you to play with in a few days." Bai Zhaoyu seems to be more talkative than Huanluo.