Chapter 974 The eve of the expedition (2)
The Jiang family had already had a big uproar in this matter. The eldest lady of the Jiang family pulled her daughter and cried with tears on her face. The old lady of Jiang was also looking at her granddaughter with a sad face. It is a good thing for her granddaughter to have a promising future, but she is too promising... Now this situation is obviously beyond the scope they can bear. Yu Yan is no longer young, she is already nineteen years old this year, and she is already an old girl. If she is sent to a poor and bad place, isn’t she going to ruin her life?
"Grandmother, mother..." Jiang Yuyan stroked her forehead helplessly and looked at Jiang Yu on the other side with help. Jiang Yu shrugged and said that she was helpless. Because she supported her younger sister to attend the palace examination, she was already scolded by her grandmother and mother. How could she dare to say anything now? It was still Grand Tutor Jiang frowned and said impatiently: "Okay! Why are you crying? The imperial edict has been delivered. If you have time to cry, you might as well go and pack up your greetings for Yan'er! See if there is anything left, it will not be as convenient as it is in the imperial city when you go out in the future." The eldest lady of the Jiang family was stunned, and then she remembered and wiped away her tears and said: "What my father said is, let's go and pack up now." Mrs. Jiang also quickly helped her sister-in-law and daughter to pack up her luggage.
Seeing her mother and grandmother's sad and worried appearance, Jiang Yuyan felt a little guilty. Grand Tutor Jiang looked at her granddaughter and sighed, "From now... I will depend on you. Originally, if you really don't want to get married, even if you stay in the imperial city, our Jiang family can protect you, so our family has not really forced you in the past two years. But they don't want to..."
"Grandfather, Yan'er is willful, which makes her grandfather worried." Jiang Yuyan knelt on the ground and whispered with red eyes.
Grand Tutor Jiang sighed, reached out and pulled his granddaughter up and said, "Although you are a girl, being able to pass the imperial examination with your own ability is the honor of my Jiang family. But in the future, my grandfather, father and your brother will not be able to take care of you anymore. This suffering... Forget it, if you can't stand it, come back. Our people are still waiting for you at home, don't force yourself."
Jiang Yuyan nodded repeatedly, and had already had tears in her eyes. Grand Tutor Jiang talked about a lot of things in the officialdom and the principles of dealing with people. Finally, she had to sigh and said, "It's useless to say these things. My grandfather, I have never been to an official." The Jiang family has one family, and one of them has never been an official. In this world, the officialdom is a noble person. What is a noble person? The imperial examination is like a Hanlin master, and it is called a noble person. Officials who have been released from abroad always feel that they are inferior. Not to mention any official in the border area.
In order to avoid the ambition of the officials of the previous dynasty to commit rebellion, officials from the Western Yue Dynasty, including the second-rank and above local officials and governors, and governors, changed places every five years. Therefore, generally officials with backgrounds and other backgrounds are not willing to be released unexpectedly. More importantly, the promotion speed of officials sent out is much slower than that of Beijing officials. For example, Jiang Yu, who took the imperial examination at the age of 21. Even if he rose from the fourth-rank, even if he had excellent performance every year, he was only a third-rank at the age of 29.
Jiang Yuyan said respectfully: "Grandfather, father, please rest assured that Yuyan will not lose the Jiang family's face."
The eldest son of the Jiang family also sighed. They were worried that they would lose the Jiang family's face? They were worried that something might happen to Yu Yan. They reached out and pulled their daughter up and said in a deep voice: "Father is incompetent, and I don't know what to teach you. In the future, be careful in everything yourself. If you don't know anything, write more letters to ask your grandfather and elder brother."
"Yes, father." Jiang Yuyan nodded with tears in her eyes.
Jiang Yu coughed lightly and said, "Yu Yan is going to set off tomorrow. Grandpa, please stop making trouble for her. Let's think about who to bring first."
Grand Tutor Jiang glanced at his grandson with appreciation. The whole house of children and grandchildren is the most reliable. "Yu'er, what do you say?"
Jiang Yu thought for a while and said, "Don't take care of the girl who serves Yu Yan on weekdays. The girl takes care of Yu Yan's family and is honest. Just leave the eldest son whom the wet nurse added. In addition, choose four more person guards. Although Yu Yan is a woman, since she is going out to be an official, she must be an official and should not take too many people."
Grand Tutor Jiang nodded, "It's great, just do it as Yu'er's instructions. In addition, prepare more silver notes for Yan'er. When you go out, you can lose anything but you can't lose silver."
"Yes, grandfather." Jiang Yu responded respectfully.
"Yu Yan! Yu Yan!" The familiar voice of Tang Xiaofei was remembered outside the door. Jiang Yu Yan was stunned and quickly walked up to him. Before she could even reach the door, she saw Tang Xiaofei walking in excitedly with a bag. She was stunned when she saw the solemn atmosphere in the room. She quickly reflected, "See Mr. Jiang!" Grand Tutor Jiang raised his eyebrows and said, "Miss from the Tang family, what are you doing?"
Tang Xiaofei looked at Jiang Yuyan, Zhan Yan smiled and said, "Yuyan is going to be an official in Zhuozhou, I'll protect her."
"You are going too?" The Jiang family was shocked, and Jiang Yu asked. Tang Xiaofei said, "What's the problem? Although I am a girl, it's obvious that you are like three or five young masters Jiang, you are always not a problem." Jiang Yu looked at the woman in front of him with some amusement. Her eyes were filled with the words "nerd". Obviously, she looked down on scholars like Jiang Yu who are not martial arts and who are only good at writing.
Grand Tutor Jiang frowned and said, "Girl Tang, has General Tang agreed to this?" Although Tang Xiaofei and Jiang Yuyan have a good relationship, the Jiang family, a scholar, and the Tang family, a military general, really have nothing to say, so the relationship is just average. If General Tang makes a big fuss because he kidnapped the girl from the Tang family and made General Tang make a big fuss, it would be troublesome.
Tang Xiaofei smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Jiang, I came here after I told my father. Yu Yan, how about it? I am a friend enough, right?" Jiang Yuyan smiled and asked in a low voice: "General Tang really agrees?" Tang Xiaofei nodded and said, "This is natural. I have fought with my father several times before I got my father to agree. What should I lie to you about this kind of thing?"
"That's good." Jiang Yuyan smiled. Jiang Yuyan was still a little nervous when she was going to be an official so far away. Now that she had Tang Xiaofei to accompany her, she was somewhat comforted.
The Jiang family was also very happy. Although they felt a little sorry for the Tang family, Tang Xiaofei wanted to get it himself. They should also be more at ease with a girl he knew since childhood. At least they don’t have to worry about Yu Yan’s grievances or any worries, but they can only hold on alone.
"Thank you then..."
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
Chapter completed!