After they came out of the restaurant, Wang Yu told Chen Yanwen that Zhang Siyuan was the princess's cousin. Chen Yanwen stared at Wang Yu with wide eyes, "I see. I was wondering why he was looking at me like that just now."
Wang Yu patted his shoulder and said, "Brother Siyuan and the princess grew up together, and they have a deep relationship."
After Song Boyan came to the capital, he visited his teacher, Mr. Lan. He only knew that Zhang Siyuan was his senior brother, but he did not know the relationship between Zhang Siyuan and the emperor.
In fact, Mr. Lan knew that they all knew each other and thought they all knew, so he didn't mention it. He only told Song Boyan that the emperor, Zhang Siyuan and Ling Chufeng were all his students.
That's why these two people only knew Zhang Siyuan's identity today. It was also because Zhang Siyuan was too low-key and never mentioned his identity as the second son of the Marquis' Mansion.
They got up at dawn the next day, washed up and had breakfast. Wang Yu and Song Boyan went on duty together. Chen Yanwen had to attend the morning court and had left long ago.
When the two arrived at the Hanlin Academy, only Zhuang Zirui was there. The three of them greeted each other and sat down in their seats.
They were not familiar with Zhuang Zirui, who had previously ranked first in the second class in the palace examination. Later, after getting to know Zhuang Zirui, they learned that he had taken the examination for the second time and was awarded the seventh-rank official position of Reviewer in the Hanlin Academy.
They were the first three people to arrive at the Hanlin Academy. They waited for about two cups of tea before everyone else slowly arrived.
The others understood why they arrived early, thinking that it was the same when they first arrived. After saying hello, they made a cup of tea and sat down to sort out their work. Then Cui Hao also came. The three of them were editors and sat close to each other.
After Cui Hao sat down, he said, "Xiu's son Heng, you don't need to come so early in the future. Master Xie arrives at 9:00 PM every day."
Wang Yu could understand that in this era, there was no need to punch in when on duty, and the emperor rarely came to visit, so everyone basically relied on their own initiative.
After Lord Xie arrived, the work assigned to them was to compile historical books. They had to revise, organize and edit existing documents and materials to ensure their accuracy and completeness. This was a heavy and complicated task.
He found this job easy to do. The three of them lowered their heads to organize the documents at hand. They were passionate on the first day of work and did not stop until noon when Cui Hao called them to go to eat.
Cui Hao took the two of them to the public kitchen and said, "The food in the Hanlin Academy is quite good. You can try it."
Each department has its own public kitchen. The food in the Hanlin Academy is indeed good. At least Wang Yu is quite satisfied with it. Cui Hao also said that the meals are changed every day.
After returning home from duty, Cheng Chen helped Wang Yu take off his official uniform and hung it on the clothesline. "How was your duty today, husband?"
Wang Yu stepped forward and kissed the corner of his mouth. "Very good, the paperwork isn't that difficult."
Cheng Chen was happy that her husband kissed her. She stood on tiptoe and kissed Wang Yu on the lips, looking at Wang Yu with a smile in her eyes.
What to do if the young husband is so cute? Wang Yu bent down and picked him up by the buttocks, walked to the stool and sat on him, holding him in his arms and biting him, their lips and tongues entwined.
She didn't let go until the person softened in her arms. Seeing the red corners of her husband's eyes and his lips, Wang Yu's eyes darkened.
Cheng Chen also felt something poking him. His cheeks flushed red and he struggled to get up.
Wang Yu sighed and put him down. Now was not the time yet. He changed the subject, "Dabao was very well behaved today."
Cheng Chen calmed down and said, "Yeah, very well behaved."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Dabao's voice, "Dad, Dad, there are butterflies."
Dabao ran in holding the box in his hand, followed by the two Huo brothers. Dabao saw his father was there too, "Daddy, butterfly."
The two brothers of the Huo family saluted Wang Yu, "Sir."
Wang Yu waved his hand, "Yeah."
Dabao opened the box as if he was presenting a treasure, and there was indeed a beautiful butterfly inside, but after the box was opened, the butterfly flew away.
Dabao pouted unhappy, about to cry but not quite, "Butterfly..."
Wang Yu picked up Dabao and said, "We'll go catch them later, but we can't put the butterflies back in the box. We can just look at them, okay?"
Not even three years old, Dabao didn’t understand why the butterfly couldn’t be put in the box, but he was happy when his father said that he would catch it later.
Wang Yu and Cheng Chen accompanied him to the garden to catch butterflies. They caught one with a net, but then let it fly away. Dabao was unhappy again and wanted to catch it with his hands.
Wang Yu squatted down and reasoned with him, "Look, if you catch the butterfly and put it in the box, it will die. Once it dies, it will be gone. There will be no butterflies to catch in the future. We can just watch the butterfly."
Wang Yu picked him up and said, "Let's go eat. Tomorrow the butterflies will come and we can catch them again."
Dabao nodded, not quite understanding, "Let's eat."
The experience of being on duty for a few days was pretty good. The work was pretty much the same every day, and my colleagues didn't assign me too much work or make things difficult for me just because I was a newcomer.
It's even more impossible for Chen Yanwen. He is the son-in-law of the emperor, so let alone being embarrassed, he has many people to curry favor with. Song Boyan is Mr. Lan's student, so it's impossible for him to be embarrassed. Maybe they all know that Wang Yu has a good relationship with them. Anyway, life passes slowly like this.
The 15th day of August is the Mid-Autumn Festival. On this day, Mu Xiu and his family came to Beijing for the first time and had never seen the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival in Beijing. Wang Yu planned to invite Song Boyan and others to go and see the lantern festival in the streets of Beijing.
The three families made an appointment to go out together. Just after dinner, it was getting dark and the lights on the street were all lit. The group watched the lantern festival while digesting their food. The Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival in the capital was not much different from that in the provincial capital, except that there were more streets and the scale was larger.
There were also many people on the streets. The places where people watched the lanterns and acrobatics were crowded with people. There were also various food stalls, and the sounds of talking and cheering were endless.
There are many foreign people on the streets, and there are many foreign goods, such as various spices, glass crystal, agate jade, etc. These things are also available in the provincial capital, but not as many as in the capital.
Seeing many rare things along the way, Wang Yu bought an agate bracelet for each family member at the stall.
As usual, Wang Yu guessed the lantern riddles at this year's Lantern Festival and won a rabbit lantern for Cheng Chen. Of course, Dabao also won one, so Wang Yu paid for a small moon lantern for him.
Although Chen Yanwen couldn't see the princess now, it didn't affect him getting a palace lantern and asking a servant to deliver it to the princess in the palace.
Dabao and Shitou were still young and were held in people's arms. They had to be held in people's arms even when there were many people on the street, otherwise they would be squeezed apart and difficult to find. In this era, there were still many child traffickers, especially during festivals like this when there were many people, there would always be a few cases of children going missing.
Fortunately, Dabao was attracted by the lantern festival and did not insist on walking down by himself as usual. At this stage, he likes to run with his calves, running quite fast and requiring someone to follow him.
To celebrate the occasion, they found a small stall, ordered a pot of osmanthus wine, ate a piece of mooncake, and then went home.
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