Chapter 578 Arrival in Beijing
The boat traveled slowly on the water for half a month, and finally arrived at Tongzhou Pier.
Then they got off the boat and returned to the land route, and the carriage headed for the capital gate in a mighty manner.
On the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, we entered the capital smoothly.
After passing Zhengyang Street, Shiliu sent everyone from her parents' family to Yutai Fang in the outer city.
The house in Yutai Fang has a housekeeper and a staff, and it has been arranged well. Once you get here, you only need to move your luggage and live in the yard. The house is large, and each person has a yard. .
Li Rongzhang, Li Rongtan, Li Rongsheng, Li Ronghua, and Li Rongfeng, all of whom came to Beijing this time, all stayed in the outer courtyard. Pomegranate allowed them to rest for two days and go to school after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Shiliu had already asked someone to find a suitable academy in the capital.
Li Rongzhang and others: We have agreed to travel! Is that all it takes to get to Beijing by boat?
Pomegranate: How come studying in an academy in the capital is not a kind of experience?
After settling down with her parents, Shiliu and Lu were in the same car, and continued to the inner city with others. After passing Zhengyangmen, they entered Yongyefang and arrived at Mianmian Hutong in a short while.
Compared to the house in Yutaifang just now, Shiliu said to Ms. Lu, "It's hard to find a house in the inner city. I only came across this house by luck!"< br>
Although Mrs. Lu had never been to the capital, she knew that the outer city was incomparable with the inner city. Hearing this, she praised Shiliu's house for selling well.
Fan Jin was still on duty at the Hanlin Academy and had not returned home. The main pomegranate did not tell him that they would be arriving in the capital today. At this moment, the housekeeper of the house came out and asked for help with luggage and other things.
After traveling for half a month, I was finally able to settle down. Pomegranate was also very tired, so I hurriedly showered and changed clothes first, and took a good bath.
Since Fan Jin is now married and has become an official, the second main house will naturally be occupied by the young couple. Pomegranate's dowry furniture has been shipped to the capital before, and now it is all properly arranged.
Mr. Lu lived in the Dongkua courtyard.
When Fan Jin returned home in the evening, he saw Zuo Cheng first. He was immediately happy and hurriedly strode into the inner courtyard.
Sure enough, I saw Shiliu and Lu sitting in the small hall talking.
"Are you arriving in the morning or in the afternoon? Why didn't you tell me in advance so that I could take leave to pick you up at the city gate!" Fan Jin asked Shiliu after greeting Lu first.
Shiliu responded with a smile: "I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you would ask for leave to pick me up. It's not like I don't know the way. If you didn't come, I would have gotten home smoothly with my mother!"
"That's right." Mrs. Lu agreed with a smile, and then asked if everything was going well for Fan Jin in the Hanlin Academy. Is it easy to get along with my colleagues?
Fan Jin nodded, "Brother Derun and my cousin are both in the Hanlin Academy like me, and everyone else is also in the same year. We all get along well, so don't worry, mother."
"What about Zhou Xudou? You didn't mention it in your letter first." Shiliu asked.
"Brother Ziwen has not been admitted to the Shujishi examination. He has submitted documents to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and is waiting to be appointed. However, I heard that many Jinshi in the last term have not been selected yet. Brother Ziwen is not well-known. I guess Some are waiting.
He was originally allowed to stay at home, but knowing that you were coming to Beijing soon, Brother Ziwen didn't bother you and went to live in the Bingzhou Guild Hall. Later, Brother Derun heard about it and asked him to live with him. Anyway, he lives alone now, and the house is big enough to live in. ”
Zhou Bingwen also bought a house in the capital. He has not yet gotten married. He is a new star, talented and good-looking. Many people are already eyeing him. Even the head of the Imperial Academy wants to secure a match for him.
Fan Yao rented a small house in the alley next door, and took his wife with him when he returned to Beijing after his vacation.
Hearing that Zhou Xudou failed to pass the Shujishi exam, Shiliu was not surprised. After all, his test scores were not among the top.
There are people queuing up here at the Ministry of Civil Affairs to be selected and dispatched. I'm afraid there will be some waiting. There are always good people here.
There are so many Jinshis every year, and there is another batch every three years. They are still the Shujishi who came out of the previous class. There are many waiting to be selected.
Either you have to have connections in the background, or you have to be able to get things done and bribe the head of the civil service department to give you a hand, or you have to be really talented and famous——
On the contrary, even if you finally get your turn, you will probably be assigned to some remote place, Xia County or even Xia Xia County. If you cannot achieve political achievements, you may not be able to climb up in your life. Zhou Xudou does not occupy these three categories. If the officials want to see him, who knows what will happen in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
It's not a problem to wait in the capital.
I heard that A Xiu is about to give birth.
Shiliu thought about Zhou Xudou's temperament. He is a person who can do practical things, but he is also easy to offend people because he doesn't know how to flatter others.
In this case, it is better to start in a small county that is not bad. This is better than working as a supervisor in one of the six departments. There are many people and it is complicated.
She went back to find Liu Dong's family and asked him to help.
Even if you don't go to His Highness the Crown Prince, you can go through the path of Prince Jing'an, go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and say hello, and send Zhou Xudou first.
Originally, she was preparing Fan Jin for this path. This is not because Fan Jin has passed the Shujishi examination on his own. He will have to leave the academy in three years before being selected. Let’s talk about it then.
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Fan Jin went and changed into regular clothes, and dinner was put on the table.
After dinner, Ms. Lu said with a wink that she was tired and wanted to go back early to rest, so she slipped away, leaving the space for the young couple. ’
The young couple had just been married for half a month and separated for two months. They all said that a goodbye was better than a new marriage. This was a new wedding within a new marriage, so there must be endless things to talk about?
Lu smiled meaningfully.
The two people left behind looked at each other and froze for a moment.
After a moment, Shiliu hurriedly spoke, "You must be tired from going to the office today. Go take a bath and soak your feet."
As soon as the words came out, he couldn't help but freeze, no, why did she ask him to take a shower? This sounds so ambiguous.
Shiliu was embarrassed and stood up quickly, "I'm going back to my room to look at the account books first."
After that, he quickly went to the back room.
Pomegranate now had her hair combed, and she was sitting on the soft couch, looking down at the account book. Her face reflected by the candlelight was particularly soft, and she felt quite like the mistress of the house.
Fan Jin, who had half-dry and half-wet hair, walked in gently. Looking at such a scene, he was slightly startled, and his heart was throbbing.
“It’s not good for your eyes to look at things with the light on.”
Hearing the sound, Shiliu raised her eyes and realized that Fan Jin had walked up to him at some point.
Seeing Shiliu looking at him, Fan Jin felt nervous and subconsciously explained, "I always slept in the side room when you weren't here, but my mother is here too. It wouldn't be good if you see me leaving the side room tomorrow morning."< br>
Shiliu glanced at him and saw that he was explaining like this, but his eyes were very hot. This man never concealed his feelings.
After a moment of silence, he asked, "Do you want to sleep on a soft couch or a bed?"
"Sleep on the soft couch, sleep on the soft couch." Fan Jin quickly responded and sat down opposite Pomegranate.
The steam from the fresh shower and the smell of soap mixed with the strong smell of male hormones made Pomegranate feel dizzy with a bang on her head.
She subconsciously stood up quickly, "It's not good to look at things with the light on. I'm going to bed first. Good night."
After saying that, he put the account book in the cabinet, quickly got on the couch and put down the curtain.
Fan Jin glanced at the lowered bed curtain from a distance, silently moved the small table, lay down on the soft couch, rested his hands behind his back, grinned, and smiled slowly.