Chapter 1334 Too Careless

Officials on diplomatic missions were away from home for four years. When they returned to the capital for promotion, they were not in a hurry to take up their posts and were given a half-month vacation to rest.

After Zhulan confirmed that Changyi was fine, she took Changyi to the temple. She had been to the temple three times this year, and each time was related to Changyi. Now that Changyi has returned safely, she wants to fulfill her wish.

Changyi accompanied his mother down from the carriage. Looking at the high steps leading to the temple, he felt very sad. His mother rarely came to the temple, but she came three times for him. He helped his mother up the steps, "Mom, I'm sorry for making you worry."

Zhulan didn't look up, but only looked at her feet, and replied, "As long as you can return safely, my mother will worry about it herself."

Chang Yi felt upset when he heard this, "Mom, my son will not be in danger anymore."

Zhulan's smile deepened a little, "Yeah."

Climbing up the stairs, Zhulan didn't want to continue talking, so she saved her energy and walked up in one breath.

Today, with her son's support, she was able to put her weight on him and didn't feel tired when she reached the top of the mountain.

After the vow was fulfilled, Changyi helped his mother walk around, "Mom, Xuemei gave Yushuang a lot of her brother-in-law's paintings as a gift."

"Well, Jiang Sheng's paintings should be kept well, as they will appreciate in value in the future."

Chang Yi felt that four years was too long. He almost didn't recognize his brother-in-law when he came back this time. The letter from home only said that his brother-in-law's paintings were worth money. When he came back, he realized that his brother-in-law's paintings were hard to come by. "Jiang Miao and Jiang Du are both getting married. I am preparing to send some dowry and betrothal gifts."

Zhulan, "Xuemei's family is not short of money now."

The biggest changes in Xuemei's family have been in the past two years. Jiang Sheng only kept the best paintings of each year, and basically sold the rest. He used the money to buy a new house, a farm, and prepared the dowry and betrothal gifts.

When the two children got married, her grandmother also prepared a portion of the dowry, and gave some to Jiang Miao together with Xuemei's own dowry. Although Jiang Miao's dowry was not as much as Yushuang's, it was already very rich.

Chang Yi whispered, "Mother, let me be honest with you. In the past four years, I have gained more than just the property I sent back, so it is not difficult for me to have my uncle give me a dowry and betrothal gift."

Jiang Sheng was so generous to his daughter, he was never a stingy person.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren guessed how much money Changyi had taken back, and it was no less than 100,000 taels. "Be low-key in the future."

Changyi, "My son understands."

Ministry of Revenue, Qiu Yan said: "Among the officials on this mission, only your son is still in the Ministry of Rites."

Zhou Shuren, "Changyi's path is narrow, he can't leave the Ministry of Rites."

This is the truth. Chang Yi was promoted quickly, but his future was limited. It was difficult for him to leave the Ministry of Rites. If he slowly accumulated experience in the Ministry of Rites, he might have hope of breaking through to the fifth rank. However, in other places, accumulating experience might not necessarily lead to promotion, and even if he did, he would gradually be marginalized.

Only by seizing the power of the Ministry of Rites can Changyi slowly get ahead.

As for the other officials who followed him, they were from official families and had made great achievements, so naturally they went to better places. But that was not right. Gu Zhuomin did not go to a better place. Many people made double jumps this time, and Gu Zhuomin was one of them. Gu Zhuomin was promoted to the fifth rank and went to Guanglu Temple, where he became the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple. It would be difficult for Gu Zhuomin to be promoted any higher.

The Shujishi who followed the envoy at that time entered the Ministry of Commerce with the sixth rank. This was a good place. As long as he seized the opportunity, his future would be smooth.

Qiu Yan remained silent. He wanted to say that it was not easy for Lord Zhou's second son, but he couldn't say it. His son was now a sixth-rank official, and he didn't know if he could reach the fourth-rank in his lifetime.

The next day, Changyi strolled to his daughter-in-law's house. He accompanied his mother on the first day, and his wife and children in the evening. On the second day, he came to his daughter-in-law's house again. See, he values ​​his son-in-law very much.

Liu Feng's back was sweating, and he held a teacup in his hand, "Dad, please have some tea."

Chang Yi did not answer, but looked at Liu Feng quietly. Even if he accepted Liu Feng as his son-in-law, he would not stay at home to see his daughter get married. He had a lot of opinions about his son-in-law.

Yu Shuang sat aside without saying a word, slowly eating the cut fruit, which her father had brought back for her. He had bought it especially for her when the ship stopped for supplies.

She would not get involved in the affairs between her father-in-law and son-in-law. She would just watch. Her father would not beat her husband to death anyway.

Chang Yi waited until Liu Feng's forehead was sweaty, his hand still holding the teacup, without any impatience in his eyes, before he took the tea and said, "I'll drink this tea, but let's go for a walk."

Liu Feng heaved a sigh of relief. As long as he drank the tea, it would be fine. "Okay."

Changyi has one attitude towards his son-in-law and another towards his daughter-in-law. When he saw her belly, he knew that this was his grandson or granddaughter. In a blink of an eye, he became a grandfather. "It's hot outside. You rest in the house. We will be back soon."

Yu Shuang narrowed her eyes and said, "Yeah."

Chang Yi turned around and the smile on his face faded, "Let's go."

Liu Feng, "......"

His expression changed too quickly. I followed my father-in-law and turned around to see my wife waving a handkerchief and looking like she was watching a show. No, my wife, you really won’t save me, your husband!

In the imperial palace, Zhou Shuren and other ministers left the government hall and went out to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Zhou Shuren saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked listless, and he felt particularly relieved. He deserved it!

The prince was listless. The current Master Yan was too strict and he had not left the palace for some time.

When Eunuch Zhang saw that the prince was taking a long time to enter the palace, he trotted out and said, "Your Highness, the Emperor is waiting for you."

The prince glanced at Minister Zhou with regret. Just now he wanted to take the opportunity to follow him out of the palace!

Zhou Shuren felt refreshed. The prince had been too restless in the past two years, and it was good for him to be more obedient now.

The Minister of Industry came over and lowered his voice, "Have your family received an invitation from the Empress?"

Zhou Shuren, "I got it, why are you asking me?"

The Minister of Industry lowered his voice, "Your attention has been on your son recently. Have you forgotten that the position of Crown Princess is still vacant? Anyone with a keen eye can guess that your daughter will not marry into the royal family. They specifically asked whether your daughter was invited or not, so as to guess the purpose of the Queen's banquet."

Zhou Shuren looked around and saw that everyone was listening attentively. No matter how quiet the voice was, it couldn't stop people from wanting to know the news. "Haha, this is too hasty."

Her daughter will not marry into the royal family, but she will still show up when necessary. This is for his granddaughter. If he doesn't invite his granddaughter, he will lose the emperor's trust.

Zhou Shuren continued, "Now it seems that time can really dilute many things. I even forgot that my mother's last name was Rong."

The Minister of Industry put his hands behind his back and said, "I was asking for someone else, I haven't forgotten."

Zhou Shuren was so lazy that he rolled his eyes. In fact, the Emperor had really revealed that the position of the Crown Princess had been decided. He glanced at the ministers around him, but he didn't know who would get the position.

On the other side, Changyi took Liu Feng to the horse farm. Liu Feng didn't like this kind of place very much. The shouting echoed in his ears and Liu Feng frowned.

However, Liu Feng's brows soon relaxed. He turned his head to look at his father-in-law with a sullen face, and glanced at the people who were talking behind him. He said with two clicks of the tongue, "It's really a life-saving help, but it's about Mingrui." Liu Feng touched his face, and then sat down obediently. His father-in-law's face became even darker.