Think about it, Princess Xiangyang most likely harmed Zhao Ruxi because of her arithmetic skills; her own daughter cheated Zhao Ruxi during the imperial examination. Although the examination is over now, the palace examination has not yet been taken. As the emperor, Xiao Ge,

If Zhao Ruxi is ordered to come to the Ministry of Household Affairs to help. If Zhao Ruxi does not do well in the palace examination, will others poke their royal backbone? Xiao Ge leaned back and looked at Qi Xugu expressionlessly: "Good morning

A few years ago, before Guo Jitong arrived at the Ministry of Household Affairs, you encountered a similar situation, right? How did you calculate it at that time? Could it be that you just calculated it casually to fool me?"

"Besides, the results of the general examination haven't come out yet, how do you know that Zhao Zhiwei will fail the examination? If she has passed the examination, she still has to participate in the palace examination. At this time, you asked me to order her to come to the Ministry of Household Affairs to help. What are your intentions?

"

Qi Xugu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and quickly bowed and saluted: "I don't dare. It turned out that all the adults in the Hubu Department calculated it together, and it took a long time. For a period of time, everyone couldn't go to the Yamen on time. The entire Hubu section

The whole time was chaotic. Later, Guo Jitong came and things got better. I was used to the situation when he was there, so I wanted to take advantage of Lay Zhiwei’s free time to ask her to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to help. There was nothing to do.

Many ministers have already calculated the number, and layman Zhiwei is here to help double-check it. It only takes a day or two and will not delay her taking the palace examination."

"Besides, I didn't ask the emperor to issue an edict. The Ministry of Household Affairs requires someone to calculate the accounts, and the emperor's consent is required, so I mentioned it to the emperor. Naturally, I went to see the layman Zhiwei. If she didn't agree, the matter would be over.

Give up."

The expression on Xiao Ge's face softened.

He glanced at Qi Xugu: "Are you targeting Zhao Zhiwei and want her to join the household department in the future?"

Qi Xugu laughed sarcastically and bowed: "Nothing can be hidden from the emperor's eyes."

He straightened up and said loudly: "But the Ministry of Household Affairs really needs talents like Zhao Zhiwei. If Layman Zhiwei passes the Jinshi examination and is assigned to a place, I request that Zhao Zhiwei be assigned to the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Xiao Ge nodded: "I understand what you mean. Go and invite Zhao Zhiwei. If she is willing to come, she can come; if she is not willing, don't force her at all."

"yes."

Qi Xugu was very dissatisfied when he did not get the emperor's promise on Zhao Zhiwei's allocation. But he also knew that the emperor never agreed easily. Because Kang Shilin was around, there were still variables in this matter, and it was difficult for the emperor to agree to him.

"Okay, if you have nothing to do, just step back." Xiao Ge began to chase people away.

"Yes, I will retire." Qi Xugu just resigned.

After exiting the main hall, Qi Xugu wiped the sweat from his forehead, sighed and shook his head with a bitter smile.

Things didn't go well, and I was even frightened by the emperor. What kind of thing is this? It's true that being with a king is like being with a tiger.

It seems that the emperor was not in a good mood just before entering.

After leaving the government office that day, Qi Xugu went to Gan Lun's house and asked Gan Lun to accompany him to Suiping Bo's house to invite Zhao Zhiwei.

"I also know that Uncle Sui Ping went to Gusu, and he took Uncle Sui Ping's underage son with him. There are only two mistresses in the uncle's house, the old lady and Miss Zhiwei. It's not good for us two grown men to come to the house.

But if we just write a letter or make an appointment to meet outside, it won't show our sincerity." Qi Xugu said.

"So please come with me and hand over a greeting card first. Miss Zhiwei's second uncle and cousin live nearby. She can invite them to accompany her guests," he added.

"Sure." Gan Lun was very happy that his student Dehubu valued so much, "You have thought so carefully, so naturally I am happy to accompany you."

Qi Xugu and Gan Lun's invitations were sent to the Suiping residence, and the concierge sent them directly to Zhu.

Zhu went to Gusu first to clean up the house and take care of life for her husband, and also to hang out with the wives of local officials and do some lady diplomacy.

Now that things are well taken care of there, Zhao Jingtai has also entered the local academy to study. She has come back to accompany her daughter in taking the exam, and plans to stay there until Zhao Ruxi completes the official selection and is ready to take office.

When the time comes, she and Zhao Ruxi will send the old lady to Suzhou together, and then accompany Zhao Ruxi to take office. Once there, she will clean up the house for Zhao Ruxi, do a good job in wife diplomacy, and see that no one dares to bully her daughter before returning to Gusu.

Mansion.

It can be said that when Zhao Yuanxun and Zhao Ruxi were sent to serve as officials, Zhu was the one who worked the most hard.

When she saw the greetings from the Minister of Hubu and Mr. Gan, she was extremely glad that she was still in the capital.

"Go to the second room and tell the eldest and second young masters to come over tomorrow to accompany the guests. The eldest young master's teacher Mr. Gan and Mr. Qi, the Minister of Revenue, will come to visit then." She told Cai Die.

Originally, Zhao Yuankun was Zhao Ruxi's elder and the only adult man in the Zhao family in Beijing. It was appropriate for him to accompany the guests. But he was unreliable. Zhu felt that it would be better for him to accompany the guests than Zhao Jingli.

Zhao Ruxi used to settle accounts for the household department, which was considered as selling a boss's favor to the household department. Now that Qi Xugu and Gan Lun are visiting with invitations, there must be something like this to trouble Zhao Ruxi. Even if Zhao Jingli is accompanying the guest, he is not very old.

, I think the two adults will not feel neglected.

But Zhao Jingan and Zhao Jingli live together, so it would not be appropriate to invite only Zhao Jingli but not Zhao Jingan. They are all nephews anyway, so it is not good for them to support one and neglect the other. It is easy to follow the truth, so they might as well invite them together to accompany them.

"Go to the girl first and talk about this matter. Let's talk about it smoothly. I'll invite the eldest young master and the second young master to accompany the guests. You follow the girl's instructions." Zhu called Cai Die again and said as she was about to leave.

"Yes, ma'am."

After hearing Cai Die's report, Zhao Ruxi's guess was the same as Zhu's.

"Okay, just do as Madam said." She said nonchalantly and continued to write her own words.

"Girl, please have a rest." Seeing that Zhao Ruxi didn't even raise her head, Grandma Yuan hurriedly pretended to mutter, but actually reminded her, "It was because there was an exam before; now you don't relax after the exam, and you still don't have enough time every day.

He kept writing and drawing, which made the old slave feel distressed."

Aunt Yuan was usually a little afraid of Zhao Ruxi, and she no longer dared to preach to Zhao Ruxi. The reason why she was lecturing now was entirely because of Zhu's instructions.

Madam Zhu felt so sorry for her daughter that she could not rest for a whole day, and told Nanny Yuan to keep an eye on her and not allow her to be too diligent.

Only then did Zhao Ruxi react. She looked up at Cai Die and said with a smile: "Good sister, I don't want to complain in front of my mother. If I am scolded by my mother, I will have to settle the score with my sister."

"Then don't work too hard. If Madam finds out, not only you, but we will also be scolded." Cadie said with a smile.
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