Chapter 191: Balanced Adjustment
The Su family's daughter has grown up. Su Yanli smiled gently and said, "See if my little cotton jacket guessed it right."
Su Ruojin smiled knowingly and pointed at her little sister who was clinging to her mother. It was dark, and the children were clamoring for sleep. Su Xiaomei was nestling in her mother's arms, wanting to sleep. Cheng Yingzhen was coaxing her and reached out to take off the newly bought pearl flower on her daughter's head.
"Did you see it? Dad, I bought some new pearl flowers today."
Su Yanli still smiled and listened to his daughter patiently. What she wanted to talk about was definitely not the pearl flowers that her younger daughters liked.
"When I was buying this pair of pearl flowers, I met the eldest daughter of Wuhou Mansion - Luo Fangfei..."
Sure enough, Su Yanli's eyes suddenly tightened.
Noticing the change in her father's expression, Su Ruojin sighed, "If it were an ordinary young lady, she would get angry and sad if she was deliberately provoked by the other party, and she might even buy expensive jewelry out of spite..."
"But my Ah Jin didn't. He also saw the struggle of the sons of the royal family behind the arrogant attitude of the young lady of the Wuhou family, right?"
Su Ruojin nodded, "A young lady from a relative's family is surrounded by four or five families who flatter her. You can imagine how popular the King of Qi is now."
The King of Wei has real power, and his power is at the upper level. No one can shake it at present. The King of Yan actually has no intention of fighting, but since he is a prince, he can no longer fight if he wants to. The King of Qi takes advantage of the conflict between the two, taking the clan route on the one hand, and winning over officials from the seventh to the fifth rank on the other. During this period, there were many people who wanted to curry favor with him, and for a while, he was almost as popular as the King of Wei.
Su Yanli sighed. He still wanted to be a teacher in the Imperial College. He was not suited to the intrigues in the Taichang Temple at all. He felt really tired and frowned.
"Today, the Shaoqing Lord came to me and wanted to transfer me to the Imperial Music Bureau to become the Imperial Music Order, in charge of rituals, music, and music schools."
Su Ruojin was shocked. He thought his father was being ostracized in the government office, but he didn't expect that he would be transferred to the department he disliked the most, the Jiaosifang. You know, Cheng Baotai used to be the music director of the Jiaosifang, and three years ago, the eldest daughter of the Cheng family personally tried to advocate for her brother, but was righteously rejected by Su Yanli and his daughter. Now he was asked to directly become the Taileling, which was incongruous no matter how he thought about it.
"Did Dad agree?"
"Of course I don't want to agree." Su Yanli was worried, "But judging from the tone of the Shaoqing, he must transfer me to the Imperial Music Bureau."
Su Ruojin frowned. No wonder his father was worried. This kind of job involved state affairs and rituals, which were the dignity of the Dayin Dynasty and could not tolerate any carelessness. If there was any mistake, the person would be sent to jail. However, in private, these vocalists served the powerful and wealthy, and had to please everyone. If they were not careful, they would offend the powerful and wealthy and become prisoners.
In short, without the ability to socialize well, there is no way you can do this job.
"How about Dad go find Lord Fan and ask him to come forward..."
In the past three years, Mr. Fan has remained the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and has not made any moves. The princes have been fighting fiercely, and he has kept a low profile and avoided everything he could. As the head of the Taichang Temple, he can make transfers without going through the Ministry of Personnel for transfers that do not involve promotion or demotion of officials within the Taichang Temple. "
Su Yanli shook his head. "They are doing a horizontal transfer to avoid the Ministry of Personnel and prevent Lord Fan from interfering."
What should I do then?
For some reason, both father and daughter thought of Zhao Lan at the same time.
It was understandable that Su Yanli wanted his students to help him. After teaching for several years, they had a teacher-student relationship and there was always some affection between them. But it was too unkind of Su Ruojin, a young lady who usually avoided the young prince, to think of him only when she needed him.
Su Ruojin was really embarrassed to talk about it in front of her father. Even if this person was her biological father, she would still feel embarrassed.
"Otherwise, Dad, you can use the excuse that you don't understand the affairs of the Taiyue Office and not take over."
After talking to his daughter, Su Yanli was no longer so worried. No matter what, the Shaoqing had not made a final decision yet, so there was room for maneuver. He was indeed not suitable for the position of Taiyue Bureau Director. What if the Shaoqing insisted on having him take the position?
After returning to the room, Su Ruojin was still worried about his father, knowing that his father would definitely not be able to sleep tonight.
Since he was transferred to the Taichang Temple, although he was promoted and was in charge of cultural education, the Su family was not too happy. They always felt that the promotion was not solid. So in the past three years, Su Yanli was busy, diligent, and cautious. He neither stood out nor did he do things carelessly. He did his best to do his job well.
But the thing I was worried about still happened.
Letting a person who is not good at dealing with people take on important tasks is itself embarrassing.
Why did they make things difficult for Su Yanli? In fact, Su Ruojin knew it very well. It was just that the King of Qi disliked her father for not having shown his loyalty and not taking sides, so he wanted to make things difficult for him.
Sitting at the desk, facing the oil lamp, Su Ruojin took out the letter she wrote to Zhao Lan before dinner. Do you want to rewrite it?
She stared at the jumping oil lamp for a long time.
Chunxiao and Qiuyue looked at each other, one went to grind the ink silently, and the other went forward to cut the wick.
The oil lamp suddenly became much brighter, waking Su Ruojin up, and she said, "Sister Qiuyue, stop wasting time."
"Don't you want to add some content?"
"It's all written. There's nothing more to add."
Chunxiao and Qiuyue looked at each other in surprise. In the warm room, Lord Su did not hide his words from others. They heard it when they went in to serve the Second Lady.
"Second Madam, don't you want the young prince's help?"
"Did you ask him for help?" Su Ruojin smiled and said, "He helped me bring back some hay."
"Then Sir..."
Su Ruojin was silent for a moment, and suddenly felt relieved, "My father is just a small official in Beijing. They know how powerful he is. If I write it, it may be the result they want."
Qiuyue pursed her lips, "But if I don't write it, what if my lord is transferred to the Taiyue Office?"
To be honest, Su Ruojin didn't know either, but she thought of the worst outcome.
He took a deep breath, "It's getting late, let's go to bed."
The little daughter had already lain down on the bed and was fast asleep. Su Yanli hugged his wife with a gentle expression, "I have had some troubles at work recently. Don't worry, it will be over soon."
Cheng Yingzhen reached out and put her arms around her husband's neck. "If things don't go well, we can resign and go to the countryside."
In the past three years, the Su family has visited Su Yanli's official farm. Cheng Yingzhen likes the countryside scenery and the unrestrained pastoral life.
Su Yanli laughed, "If I lose my job, I have to return the official land to the court."
"What should we do then?"
"Let's find a beautiful place and buy it."
"My husband is smart."
Su Yanli: ...If he were smart, he wouldn’t have the troubles he has today.
In the darkness of the night, Qiuyue found Mangzhong again and asked something in a whisper. Mangzhong nodded. Seeing him nod, Qiuyue turned and walked into the yard.
Mangzhong looked around, returned to his nest, opened the back window, and seemed to let something out.
No matter what day tomorrow is, you have to eat and sleep, and after waking up, it will be a new day.
Su Yanli went on duty and led the horse out.
Cheng Yingzhen accompanied her daughter to the door and watched him mount his horse. She called out worriedly, "Sir..."
Su Yanli waved his hand, "I'll take care of it, don't worry!"
Su Ruojin jogged to catch up with her father on duty. Su Yanli saw sweat on her forehead from running and smiled, "It's okay, don't block the door, it's like a big deal."
He smiled nonchalantly and went to work.
Everyone, young and old, looked at his back, feeling a sense of desolation.
Bah! Su Ruojin shook off her uneasy mood first, and the bridge would naturally be straight to the bow.
Xue Wulang came to go to school with Su Anzhi. Su Anzhi finished her homework in the study and had breakfast. When she came out, she found her mother and two sisters were there. She felt strange and asked, "Are you going out?"
While Su Yanli was sighing and worrying in the warm room, he was studying in the study, unaware that his father was being used as a pawn.
Su Ruojin didn't want to affect his studies, so she smiled and said, "Yes."
Su Anzhi felt that his sister's reply was not quite right, but the time had come, so he didn't think about it too much and went to the Imperial College with Xue Wulang to study.
Xue Wulang smiled at the Su family and said, "Aunt, Ajin, let's go first."
Su Ruojin waved her hand, "Study hard, but don't be too tired, combine work and rest!"
"Thank you, Ajin. I will." Xue Wulang said with a smile.
Su Anzhi looked at his childhood friend who was smiling. The two of them got on the mule cart to go to school. Seeing that he was still looking at the door, he sighed secretly and asked casually, "Achuan, your third sister also has a matchmaker."
Xue Wulang and Xue Lingchuan nodded, "Yeah."
"Someone has come to my house to propose marriage."
Xue Wulang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is there anyone matchmaking for you?"
"Not me."
Xue Wulang was stunned for a moment, "Could it be Ah Jin?"
Su Anzhi nodded, "Wen Dalang, the son of Wen Siye."
Xue Wulang's face visibly darkened.
Su Anzhi sighed secretly again. Wulang was a good man, and Lord Xue got along well with his family, but Madam Xue... was not an easy mother-in-law to get along with. Besides, Ajin always treated Achuan as her younger brother, so no matter how you looked at it, it was unlikely that she would marry Achuan. He... might be wishful thinking.
We are all young now, I hope I can give him some pointers today.
"Then Ah Jin...she..."
“I don’t necessarily agree.”
Xue Wulang's eyebrows were visibly filled with joy, "I knew it, although Wen Dalang is talented, he is quite stubborn and not suitable for Ah Jin."
"Maybe." Su Anzhi said, "No matter what kind of husband Ah Jin chooses in the end, as long as she is happy, that's fine. Don't you think so, Ah Chuan?"
"Well... of course." Xue Wulang felt a little guilty and didn't dare to look Su Anzhi in the eye.
There's a saying that goes, 'I lurk around my best friend (buddy) just to be on the same hukou.
It was not until her son walked away that Cheng Yingzhen showed a worried look, "Ajin, your father..."
She smiled lightly, "Mom, don't worry, my dad is very lucky, maybe today he will turn things around."
Cheng Yingzhen, a woman in the inner house, was comforted by her daughter and was not so worried anymore. She turned and went into the yard.
Su Ruojin was feeling uneasy. She did not go to the shop to check the accounts today. In order to stop herself from thinking too much, she asked Mangzhong to harness the carriage to go to Su's.
When we arrived at Su Ji, it was just after the breakfast rush hour. There were still some people in the store, but it wasn't crowded, which was just right.
She glanced around and was about to go to the official room when her eyes met a young man. He smiled and motioned for her to come over and sit and eat together.
Su Ruojin walked over to his table and said with a smile, "What a rare guest."
Su Yanzu motioned for her to sit down.
She sat down. She had already eaten at home, but she still held a fried dough stick in her hand and chewed it slowly while looking at her uncle whom she rarely saw.
Su Yanzu still looked like the handsome scholar, but if there was any difference between him and before, it was that he seemed more suave, elegant and unrestrained.
A year ago, Su Dalang went back to Pingjiang Prefecture to take the examination for the scholar, and his uncle also went back to take the examination, and this time he finally passed and became a juren.
"Take the imperial examination in two years?"
Su Yanzu didn't expect that his niece would ask about this right away after not seeing each other for so long.
He raised his eyebrows without comment.
Su Ruojin sneered, "But my memory of dealing with you stops at this matter."
My little niece is indeed extraordinary.
Su Yanzu smiled, ate and drank his fill, wiped his mouth and hands, and then spoke, "It took more than ten years for a juren to take the exam. Do you think everyone is like your father, who has gone through the same journey as a god?"
"That's true." Su Ruojin accepted her uncle's compliment without any modesty.
Su Yanzu pointed at his niece and laughed, "You..."
Su Ruojin shrugged.
Su Yanzu shook his head. His niece was smart and pretty, and he didn't know which boy would get her in the future.
"Let's not waste time on small talk." His expression suddenly became much more serious. "I heard that your father is in trouble?"
Su Ruojin: "How did you know that?"
"Princess Yuehua."
Even the princess knows about this?
"Uncle, you and Princess Yuehua..." You're not going to have the best of both worlds, are you?
Scum......
"Ajin, for his illness, the princess can get the imperial medicine from the palace, so..."
In just a short while, Su Yanzu transformed from a suave young man into an affectionate man.
Su Ruojin hissed, feeling a chill between her teeth: "But you can't give yourself to the princess and become her lover!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Su Yanzu glared at his niece angrily.
"Ah, didn't you say..."
"I am now the princess's chief historian, helping her with her daily affairs."
Oh my god, she only said half of it and hid the other half. Can you blame her for thinking too much? Su Ruojin patted her chest in fear and said, "Fortunately, my uncle is still the uncle in my mind."
Su Yanzu was quite surprised to hear this. "What kind of uncle do you think he is?"
"He is affectionate and loyal, a good man."
Su Yanzu almost laughed out loud but held it back. When he came here just now, he was in a bad mood because Shangguan Yu's old illness had recurred. Every time he was sick, he always felt that if he turned around, they would be separated by the Yin and Yang.
He always felt overwhelmed, but every time he saw his niece, his mood always brightened.
"I can feel that you, Jin, don't look down on me, your uncle."
"Why do you look down on me?"
If there was wine in front of him, Su Yanzu would drink it all in one gulp. He said in a low voice, "The world does not tolerate me. Everyone looks at me like a monster. Only you look at me as a normal person."
That's because thousands of years later, people have become more tolerant of each other. Everyone has the right to pursue happiness as long as it does not affect others.
"By the way, you said just now that Princess Yuehua knew about it. What's going on?" Su Ruojin didn't care about him. She only cared about his father.
Su Yanzu said, "The princess asked me to tell you, don't worry, your father's matter has been settled by someone, he is still a doctor of the Taichang Temple, if he doesn't want to stay in the Taichang Temple, he can be transferred away."
Su Ruojin's eyes widened, "Princess Yuehua is so nice?"
His niece looked adorably shocked, so he smiled and asked, "Why is she so nice?"
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