Chapter 76 Promotion

You can't publicize your promotion to a higher position casually outside, but you don't have to talk about it at home.

When Shen Yun returned home that day, during dinner, he tactfully expressed the news that he would soon be promoted to the position of Chief Justice of the Dali Temple.

"Dad, does this mean that I will soon be the daughter of a third-rank official?" Shen Yuan excitedly gave her proud father a hug.

Shen Yun also patted the lady's head happily and said to her: "Although it has not been officially appointed yet, it is almost certain. Now we just need to be happy at home and pretend that we don't know anything about it."

"Of course I know that. You can make a fortune by keeping quiet!"

Old Madam Shen was also very happy about this matter and did not even bother to complain about her granddaughter's inappropriate behavior. Their Shen family was considered a wealthy family in Jinling, but they had no roots in the capital. The highest ancestor was only a sixth-rank official. Now that Erlang was so successful, how could she not be happy?

He Ying and Shen Xi also said, "Congratulations, father... Congratulations, second uncle."

The official decree to promote Shen Yun to the position of Dali Temple Minister did not make him wait too long. After the sixth day of the first lunar month, Shen Yun received the official appointment in the Dali Temple. At the same time, the decree to appoint Old Lady Shen as a third-rank lady also arrived at the Shen family that day.

Coincidentally, the person who came to deliver the imperial eunuch was the same eunuch from last time. This was his second time coming and he seemed more familiar.

He Ying naturally had someone prepare a purse that was even richer than last time, "Thank you for the trip, you can also share in the good fortune."

"Then we won't refuse. We should share in your happiness, old lady."

After returning to the palace, the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict said a lot of good things about the Shen family. These were not all just for show, as many of them were truly sincere.

Although it only took a short while to convey the imperial edict, one could tell that the Shen family's sisters-in-law were in harmony, respectful to the elders and filial to the younger ones. Their attitude towards him was just right, enthusiastic but not fawning, which made people feel comfortable watching them.

After receiving the imperial decree, Old Madam Shen was devoted to chanting Buddhist scriptures. She had never thought before that she would be able to wear the clothes of a third-rank imperial decree.

As he was reciting the poem, he seemed to remember something and said to the void: "Don't worry, my second son's wife. You have to protect my second son in the future. It was my idea to continue the string, not his. You must not worry him."

"Sister-in-law, I will definitely be able to earn you a title in the future."

He Ying smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether it is an imperial edict or not." Then he remembered something...

"Oops, I forgot to write to your brother to tell him that Grandma is here."

The Imperial College has irregular holidays every month, but they are always on the first few days of the month, and no later than the tenth. Today is the sixth, so we should be back soon.

"...It's okay. Grandma is happy these days, and my brother won't be scolded when he comes back."

When He Ying and Shen Yuan thought of Shen Su, Shen Su was already packing up to go home, completely unaware of the two major events that had happened at home.

Madam Shen had been here for a few days, but no one would pay attention to it, let alone spread it to the Imperial College. As for Shen Yun's promotion, it was possible that the news would be spread, but the officials were not off duty yet, so it would not be so fast to spread the news.

Just like that, when Shen Xu got home, he saw the servants were all happy as soon as he entered the door. He was a little confused, thinking that the servants wouldn't be so happy when he came back, right?

Soon, a bold idea came into his mind.

He ran to the couple's yard in a hurry, but when he arrived he didn't see his wife.

"Yingchun, where is the young lady?"

"The young lady is talking to the old lady."

"Old lady? Which old lady?" Shen Su's first reaction was, didn't his wife's grandmother pass away, so where did the old lady come from?

"Young Master, your grandmother..."

"What?! Why didn't anyone tell me such a big thing?" Shen Xu turned around and went back to his grandmother's Songwu Courtyard.

"Brother Kang is back? We just happened to be talking about you." Mrs. Shen was very happy to see her grandson after not seeing him for a long time.

"Grandma, I'm sorry for not knowing you were here."

"What's the big deal? Your studies are more important. We just told you that you have to study hard and win an imperial decree for Yingniang."

"Sun'er will definitely work hard."

"Brother, you may not know this yet, but Dad has been promoted to the position of Chief Justice of the Dali Temple."

Shen Su: "! When did it happen?"

"Today. We thought you would be back soon, so we didn't send any news to the Imperial College."

"No wonder everyone was so happy when I walked in today, I thought..." He swallowed the rest of the words in his mouth, and said them out loud, making himself look anxious.

But Shen Yuan heard it and asked casually: "Why do you think?"

Shen Xu then made up a lie, "I thought someone came to our house to propose marriage."

Not surprisingly, he was scolded by the old lady again.

"You teased your sister about this. Is this just something you said casually?"

Shen Su immediately bowed his head and apologized, "Sun'er was wrong."

In the Dali Temple, Shen Yun heard a lot of congratulations today, and they also asked him to treat everyone to a good meal at Tianyue Tower.

"That's enough for today. I understand that you have to go home and celebrate with your family today. Don't be lazy next time."

"Don't worry about that. I will definitely not let you go without a drink. I just don't know how much you can drink."

Finally, everyone decided to gather on the tenth day, a day off, in order to congratulate Shen Yun on his promotion to the position of Chief Justice of the Dali Temple and to see him off.

Wang Siqing was from Jianzhou, which was far from the capital. After taking over the affairs of the Dali Temple and his family, he would soon set off to return to his hometown in Jianzhou. When people get older, they want to return to their roots. While they can still move, they must go back to their hometown.

The bell for the end of duty had just rang, and Xie Hui was called into the palace again.

"There will be a time limit. Uncle wants Lord Shen to be the Minister of Justice. What do you think?"

"There is no better candidate than Lord Shen. You should think about who should take the vacant position of Shaoqing now."

"There's no rush. Your Dali Temple is not busy, so one Shaoqing is enough for the time being." At worst, you can just pick one from the current temple secretaries and temple directors. The emperor just hasn't decided who to pick yet.

"If you continue to train for a few more years, your uncle will have a more important position for you in the future."

"I think the Dali Temple is very good."

"Look, you're at it again. Will you dine with your uncle tonight?"

Xie Hui originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking about what he was going to say, he agreed and accompanied the emperor for dinner.

"Uncle, do you have any gold-sprinkled Luowen Xuan paper from Xuanzhou?"

"Yes, you want Deqing to give you half a knife, but you don't like calligraphy and painting, so why do you need paper? Your uncle will give it to you if you want to use it yourself, but I can't bear to give it to your father."

"Two knives."

“I only made five bucks this year!”

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"Okay, okay, Deqing go get it, and the debt collector will take it and run away quickly."

"Thank you very much, uncle."

"Roll, roll, roll."