Drunk House

 Lu An did not speak for a long time.

Ye Guixue looked at him with a smile, "Master Lu, what's this expression?"

Lu An woke up with a start and immediately raised his hands happily, "Thank you so much, Madam. Thank you, Lord Ye. I am willing. I am very willing to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

Su Rong nodded, "That's good."

She smiled and asked Lu An, "Is it okay now?"

 “No, no more.” Lu An shook his head.

Su Rong stopped caring about him and walked downstairs.

Lu An raised a toast to Ye Guixue, "Sir Ye, do you want me to pay my respects to you?"

Ye Guixue nodded with a smile and clinked glasses with him.

Lu An drank a sip of wine and saw that Ye Guixue didn't leave immediately. He approached him and spoke to him in a low voice, "Master Ye, are you so easy to talk to?"

He was shocked. Among the rumors in the government and the public, there was no such thing as a concubine who was easy to talk to.

Ye Guixue asked back: "What do you think?"

 Lu An scratched his head, "I think the queen is really nice."

Ye Guixue smiled, "The princess is naturally very nice, but being easy to talk to may not necessarily matter. For example, your matter is not a matter of principle in the eyes of the princess. She sees you as very talented. For the sake of talent, I will naturally be lenient."

Lu An suddenly realized and asked in a low voice: "Master Ye, what is a matter of principle? Is it endangering the country? Or..." He considered the test, "Can't accept bribes? Can't win over courtiers? Can't use power for personal gain?"

Ye Guixue smiled, "Threatening the country and the country is naturally a big problem that must not be committed. As for the last few things you mentioned, it depends on the severity and to what extent. If it is a small fight, the queen will naturally not punish you. After all, When the water is clear, there will be no fish. The princess does not require that everyone be a good official who is penniless. Of course, being penniless may not necessarily be a good official. It depends on how you decide. In short, as long as you do not violate the laws of Nanchu and do not buy or sell official positions. Sir, you are not committing crimes or committing crimes, nor are you harming the common people. Even if you have some minor flaws, the concubine can tolerate you. For her, this is not a matter of principle."

Lu An seemed to understand, but continued to seek knowledge, "I would like to ask Mr. Ye to give me some advice. Apart from these, is there anything else?"

"Yes, the most important thing is not to offend the queen's husband." Ye Guixue said: "For example, if you, or your family members, want to seduce the queen to join the palace as a servant, or to seduce the queen's husband directly..."

Lu An opened his eyes wide and said, "Stop, stop, stop, Lord Ye, I don't dare to be a low-ranking official. Even if I'm beaten to death, I won't dare to do what you said."

 He just wanted to be the concubine and minister, not the emperor's servant.

"It's okay if you don't. Since you asked, I just want to remind you." Ye Guixue saw that Lu An's face turned pale with fright, which was funny.

Lu An patted his chest, breathed a long sigh of relief, and whispered: "Sir Ye, I understand. The most important principle of a princess is that she should be a husband."

"Um."

Lu An whispered again: "Then why did the concubine not send the subordinate to the household department? The concubine is in the household department." After he finished speaking, he immediately apologized, "Sir Ye, please forgive me. I feel that the official is not a good official." The department is very good, but this is not nonsense. After hearing what you said, I was curious, so I asked." Wouldn't it be safer for him to hang out with the concubine and hang out in the official circles of the royal capital?

"Because there are many capable people in the household department now, and you are the second-ranking official, it will be difficult for you to get ahead in a short period of time if you are put in the household department." Ye Guixue didn't care, and smiled to answer his question, "My dear wife, I think you are very capable. If you are pleasing to the eye, I will put you in the official department where I am, and you will be put to good use as soon as possible."

He reminded, "The household department now has not only the concubine of the concubine, but also Cui Xingzhi, the direct grandson of Cui Gong, and Ning Ze, the second son of the Marquis of Nanping who followed the concubine from Daliang. There are also talents in the clan who have been spotted by the concubine. , Chu Duan, the concubine of the concubine, took the exam herself and entered the court directly without taking the imperial examination. If you go again, there will be so many people ahead of you. If you don’t work for three to five years, it will be difficult for you to get ahead."

Lu An understood and was immediately moved, "Wow, my lady is so kind."

Ye Guixue looked at him and wanted to laugh, "The Hu Bu is in charge of the money bag of the Nanchu court. With talents, the concubine will naturally stick to the Hu Bu first. The staff department is also very short of people. I asked her to get them. Several times, she only gave me Zhang Mao, so in today’s official department, those good vacancies are naturally first come, first served.”

Lu An's eyes lit up, "Sir Ye, you will be the only one who will obey me after I am dismissed."

Ye Guixue glanced at Su Rong and answered him with a smile, "Aren't you going to be the concubine of the concubine? Only the concubine will do."

 Lu An coughed, "Yes, yes, yes."

Su Rong is talking to Nangong Yun.

Nangong Yun looked at Su Rong, obviously very excited. With a bright smile, she said how she felt at this moment, "My queen, it's just like a dream. I never thought that one day I would be able to stand on the golden side." Your Majesty is the same as the men.”

Su Rongwaner said, "I never thought before that one day I would come to Nanchu and be the princess."

Nangong Yun suddenly opened her eyes wide, "Really?"

"Yeah." Su Rong nodded, "My biggest thought before was to run away from home one day. I no longer wanted to be chased and beaten by my mother with a feather duster every day, or she wanted to twist my ears and chant sutras to me every day, and told me not to do it again. Getting hurt in a fight is a waste of money.”

Nangong Yun opened her mouth wide with a look of shock on her face, "Is this so?"

She really couldn't imagine that Su Rong was like this. Isn't this a naughty boy who would be beaten by his parents?

"Yes." Su Rongxiao, "I haven't looked like a lady since I was a child. I have brothers and six sisters. I am the youngest. Because I am young and play around every day, my mother is very worried that I have something. If I can't get married in one day, or if I lose all my dowry, and get into a sedan chair alone and make people laugh, I don't even dare to think about marrying the Lord Protector as Mrs. Thursday."

Nangong Yun blinked when she heard the words, and glanced at Zhou Gu who was sitting in the upper seat talking to Ye Xiang and Cui Gong. There were a lot of rumors about the princess and her husband. There was once a story where the princess came to the house to break off the engagement in person. .

Su Rong wanted to laugh, "I didn't know my identity at that time. I was just a concubine from Jiangning County, Daliang. Although I didn't think there was anything wrong with me, nor did I think my status was too low, but it was still very... Anyone who knows that he is not worthy of Mr. Zhou Zhou, who is favored by the Duke of Daliang, will have to ask me to cancel this engagement sooner or later. Every time I argue with my mother, I tell her that I will marry a scholar in the future, which is enough. Worthy."

Nangong Yun looked back and whispered, "But I heard that you later went to the Duke Protector's Mansion in person to cancel the engagement."

It’s really unimaginable. Did the princess initially want to marry a scholar? Her previous dream seemed to be this.

"Yeah." Su Rong sighed with a smile, "Later, I learned about my identity. It's better to never know. Hey, if you want to wear the crown, you have to bear its weight. Therefore, you never know the circumstances in life. What will happen in the future? What is it about you?" (End of Chapter)