Chapter 271 The Future is Promising

Xiaoxi stayed for half an hour and then asked to leave.

Song Jin asked Qin Qi to send her out.

Then go back to the small tea room next to the cooking room in the backyard for rest.

The small tea room is specially separated.

The room was small, with a desk, bookshelf and a small square tea table with carved patterns, and nothing else. The tea room was Song Jin's territory, and no one else was allowed to enter.

Song Jin did all the cleaning by himself.

After Xiaoxi left.

Song Jin came to the small tea room.

There is a small cloth bag hanging next to the window.

He took down the cloth bag and opened it, revealing some hair-sized bamboo tubes inside. Song Jin twisted the bamboo tubes a few times and suddenly opened one end, revealing a piece of paper stuffed inside the hollow space.

The paper is rolled up.

When I opened it, I saw densely packed small characters.

These are the messages sent from various places.

More than 90% of the information was about the Yang, Liu, and Liu families. She opened them one by one, read them, and threw the notes into the brazier. Then she recorded the key information in a book. However, the way the book was recorded was probably something only she could understand.

“Knock knock.”

There was a gentle knock on the door.

Song Jin asked: "Who?"

"Ma'am, it's me, Ah Qi."

Qin Qi's voice rang out from outside, "The banquet in the front yard is over, the young master is seeing the guests off, I'm here to tell you something."

"Oh, I see."

Song Jin opened a small bamboo tube and said, "Let Uncle Li look after my husband. If he feels unwell, remember to ask Doctor Jing to come over. I have some things to do here, so I'll come over after I'm done."

"good."

Qin Qi looked at the closed door in confusion.

But he had no intention of investigating and went to the front yard instead.

The food and wine in the front yard were finished.

A group of people also want to go back to the Hanlin Academy.

Qin Chi saw everyone out.

Lu Yanji and Lu Bozhou followed beside to see them off.

Both of them had happy expressions on their faces, and it was obvious that they had gained something from the meal.

When there were only three people left, Qin Chi asked jokingly: "How was it? Did you gain anything?"

"Benefited a lot, thank you Qi'an."

Lu Yanji bowed to Qin Chi to express his gratitude.

Lu Bozhou at the side also thanked him: "I am grateful for your kindness. If there is anything I can help you with in the future, please let me know, Brother Qi'an."

Qin Chi said a few words modestly, and then asked them if they wanted to go back to the inn or stay here to rest. Both of them said they would not disturb them and proposed to go back to the inn.

Qin Chi called Lao Huo and asked him to drive the carriage to send the two back. Now that the carriage was far away, he stepped into the house again.

The door was closed by Old Man Hong.

Old Man Hong asked with concern, "Are you drunk, young master?"

"I only drink cold water."

It was very easy for Qin Chi not to drink at home. He just asked the person who poured the wine to replace it with water. "My wife told me not to drink if I can, saying it's bad for my health."

This is a very common statement.

What he said was also very normal.

But Old Man Hong found this strange, so he changed the subject: "The Ministry of Rites hasn't sent the official uniforms yet, sir, do you think there will be any accidents with this promotion?"

"Who dares to go against His Majesty? Playing tricks on the court dress is not making things difficult for His Majesty?" Qin Chi walked inside while talking and went straight to the study.

As he sat down, he rubbed his brows.

To be honest, I have been busy during this period and it is indeed a bit tiring.

There was a bang bang bang sound outside. Someone was knocking on the door.

Old man Hong went to open the door a crack and saw an official knocking on the door. He also saw an official from the Ministry of Rites not far away, so he immediately pretended to be an ordinary old man.

"Who is the sir looking for?" Old Man Hong asked humbly.

The official outside shouted, "The Ministry of Rites is here to deliver a crown and clothes to Lord Qin. Please go and inform him."

Old Man Hong opened the door and said, "The master has given instructions earlier. Gentlemen, please come in."

Wait for someone to enter the courtyard.

Qin Chi received the news and hurried out of the study.

He greeted the three people with a smile.

The person who came was an official from the Ministry of Rites.

He was accompanied by two officers.

One officer led the way, and another officer held a crown and robe in his hand.

The official from the Ministry of Rites was just an errand boy, and his rank was not as high as Qin Chi's. However, when he met Qin Chi, his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant. He first performed the formal greetings and then took over the work step by step, without any intention of making things difficult for him.

Qin Chi stayed with the three of them and had a cup of tea.

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Three more red envelopes were prepared, one large and two small.

Then send the three away.

Three people walked out of the Qin family’s gate.

One of the officers looked back, squeezed the thick red envelope in his hand, and said cheerfully, "This Qin Zhuangyuan has a good temper. There are so many rumors about him in the outside world. I thought he would look down on us."

"Yes, I drank the tea poured by the number one scholar. I will die without any regrets in this life."

The other officer was still savoring the tea he had just drunk and would talk to his brothers about it when he got back.

The official from the Ministry of Rites walking in front.

Actually, my mood is quite complicated.

He had snatched this job just because he wanted to see the style of Qin Zhuangyuan.

At first glance, isn't he just an ordinary person? At most, he is more outstanding in appearance than other scholars of the same period, and his temperament is a little better. But when he heard what the two officers behind him said, he was shocked to realize the difference.

"Yes, this year's top scholar is very different." said the official from the Ministry of Rites while gazing at the sky above the imperial city.

The two people behind him listened.

One of the officers asked, "Sir, what's so unusual about this?"

"Everything is special."

The official from the Ministry of Rites gave a perfunctory reply.

When he returned to the Ministry of Rites, he was immediately surrounded by a group of colleagues.

"I met him in person. How was it?"

"How does it feel? Is it amazing?"

"I didn't rob you, otherwise I would really like to see if our new number one scholar is supernatural. He even got promoted twice on the first day of taking office."

Most of those who spoke were officials below the seventh rank.

The official from the Ministry of Rites who was transferred said, "It's very different."

"We all know that he is different. Aren't you talking nonsense?" The people who heard it were dissatisfied.

Someone next to him also said: "It's the same as not saying anything. At least you should talk about it in detail."

The official from the Ministry of Rites sat down.

Someone immediately poured him a cup of tea. He took a sip and said, "We were all Jinshi in the past. We spent a lot of effort to get a position in the Ministry of Rites. We thought we could make great achievements from then on. However, after so many years, not only did we not have a future, but our ambitions and pride were also worn away by reality..."

As soon as these words came out.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

This is the reality, but it is a reality that no one wants to admit or face.

Someone was annoyed, "I asked you to talk about Qin Qian'an, but I didn't ask you to express your feelings."

“I just feel emotional.”

The official from the Ministry of Rites drank the tea in one gulp, and it gave him a burst of vigor. He said in a rare sour tone, "When I first met him, I didn't think he was anything special. After leaving the gate of the Qin Mansion, I heard the words of the two runners, and then I realized, ahem, he doesn't have the arrogance that we had when we first entered the officialdom."

After coughing twice more, he continued, "He has just entered the official career and has already integrated into this environment. He is very mature and steady."

It's quite scary.

The future is promising!

After hearing his words, the surroundings became quiet.