Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Huo Qi had no idea that she was already being noticed by people from all walks of life, because these days, she was preoccupied with taking the Female Officer Examination.Now that the school entrance examination has come to an end, it is time for the school entrance examination results to be released in early June.

The weather was nice that day, so Luo Rou moved two armchairs to the yard and took Huo Qi to play leaf cards together.She counted the cards in her hand carefully and muttered: "When we officially receive our official positions, we will live separately. I'm afraid no one will play leaf cards with me in the future."

"When we rest and take a bath, we can also play leaf cards together." Huo Qi said.

These words reached Luo Rou's heart. She stuck out her tongue, made a face and said with a smile: "Where do you want to be assigned? Do you have an idea?"

Huo Qi was slightly stunned, but seriously, she didn't care.

Nowadays, there are six bureaus and one department in the palace, and more than half of them have concubines.Not long after she entered the palace, she had no choice but to offend Shao Zhen and Wang Quan, and her future life might not be easy anywhere.

It's also because she was too aggressive before, and she planned the marriage between the army of the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion and Yuan Shao, which attracted the attention of Yuan's family and even Concubine Shu.

However, she has no regrets.

She has no chance to get in touch with the affairs of the court now, and she can't deal with Yuan Xianzhi justifiably at all.Right now, there are only two relatively easy-to-handle figures, Concubine Shu and Yuan Shao, who can be irritated and forced to take action.The more the opponent moves, the more opportunities she has to catch the opponent's tell and disintegrate the Yuan family's power from the subtle point.

As for Yuan Xianzhi, a person who has been conceited all his life, even if he sees something unusual about her, he will only be ashamed to deal with a helpless "little girl" like her, and instead turn to Ningguo Gongfu. trouble.

But after all, it's not the last life.

In the previous life, the Ningguo Duke's Palace was getting married to the Zhenyuan Marquis Palace. Emperor Xiaowen was worried that the two aristocratic families would gain power through marriage, so he deliberately weakened the real power in the hands of the late Huo Ruhai.Coupled with Huo Xian's death, his father was disheartened and had long been bored with the court, so he followed Emperor Xiaowen's wishes and did not even ask about court affairs.So in the later period, the Yuan family fell into the Ningguo Duke's mansion, almost catching his father off guard.

Times have changed in this life, and the situation has changed after all.Although Zhenyuan Hou's Mansion is powerful, Ning Guogong's Mansion is by no means humble.

Ever since the Huo family's second wife became in-laws with Zhenyuanhou's mansion, and the second and first room separated, everyone knew that the relationship between Ningguo Duke's mansion and Zhenyuanhou's mansion had existed in name only.Now that the two families have one civil and one military force, they check each other, even Emperor Xiaowen will not easily break this balance.Once the Huo family fell, the Zhenyuan Hou's mansion would attract the wind, which would only arouse the emperor's fear even more.

In addition, the fifth prince is still young, and the Yuan family will never dare to deal with the Huo family rashly.

She was not afraid of the Yuan family at all.

Seeing Huo Qi's hesitation, Luo Rou waved her hand in front of her eyes: "Are you stupid? You don't answer any questions you ask, and you don't play any cards!"

Huo Qi regained his senses, threw a leaf card out, and said helplessly: "It's useless to think about these now, and we have no choice."

Luo Rou pursed her lips and said, "That's how you behave."

The two of them were playing cards boredly, and after less than three games, a notice came - Yuan Shanggong was here.

As soon as Luo Rou heard the movement, a sweeper swept the leaf card behind the stone table.After hearing this, the other three people in Yupeng Hall hurried out of the back room to wait for the order.

Everyone was looking forward to it, trying to catch any clues in Yuan Shanggong's upright face.Where they are assigned will have a direct impact on their future and where they will belong six months later.If you are assigned a good direct supervisor, your career will skyrocket, but if you encounter someone who is difficult and harsh, such as Yang Shangyi, you will probably suffer.

When Yuan Shanggong saw that everyone had arrived, he looked around at everyone's expressions, and without any hesitation, he announced the decree on the spot.

In the end, it was decided that Nie Ying would be the chief planner of the Shanggong Bureau, Wang Rong would be the secretary of the Shangbei Bureau, Li Jiayin was accused of being the secretary of the Shangfu Bureau because of her outstanding embroidery, and Luo Rou would become the Shangshi Bureau because of her wish. Secretary meal.As for Huo Qi, he just happened to be the unlucky guy in the eyes of everyone, and he became the guest of Yang Shangyi's subordinates.

The five people have the same grade, and they are all of the fifth grade.

After reading the edict, Yuan Shanggong continued to add: "The day after tomorrow is the day when you will officially take office. Before that, please pack your bags and move to the side gardens of each department." After another pause, he turned to Huo Qi. , "As for Huo Qi... I had arranged a place to live before, but the water suddenly disappeared last night, so I can only temporarily ask to move to Lanfangzhai. Is it possible to accept it?"

As soon as these words came out, Nie Ying felt gloating again.

Lanfangzhai has been abandoned for many years, and its location is remote. Even if one person lives there, the house is not very spacious.I don't know which master came up with the idea of ​​burying the Tai people when they sent Huo Qi to live there.

Huo Qi felt strange.Why didn't she get out of the water sooner or later, but just when she was about to move over?
Seeing that Huo Qi didn't answer for a long time, Yuan Shanggong thought she was dissatisfied, so he raised his voice and asked, "What's the problem?"

Huo Qi came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "I will only comply with Lord Shang Gong's arrangements."

**
By the time Huo Qi moved into Lan Fang Zhai, it was already dusk on the second day.

She was about to move the piano out of the bag when the door was knocked awake.

Confused, she turned around and opened the door, only to see Chunxiao standing at the door.

Chunxiao seemed to be a different person today. The cowardice and panic of that night were no longer visible on her face, but her eyes were firm and resolute.Probably because of his young age, his square face still naturally reveals a bit of girlish cleverness.As soon as he arrived, he was greeted according to the rules: "Slave Chunxiao, I have met Huo Sibin."

Came so quickly and well informed!
Huo Qi's heart was already full of 12 points of energy, but his face did not show any glory: "I remember you, you are the person next to the concubine, right? But what do you want to tell the empress?"

"My mother-in-law would like to ask Lord Si Bin to speak. Is it convenient?" Chunxiao looked at the person in front of her calmly.

Huo Qi didn't have any excuses, and she didn't have the right to refuse.After following Chunxiao for about a cup of tea, Chunxiao stopped, pointed not far away and said with a smile: "My wife is right there, and the servants are watching here. Please go over by yourself."

Huo Qi looked along Chunxiao's fingertips and saw a person standing far away under the towering turret, wearing a dark elastic brocade cloak, but he couldn't see his appearance clearly.When Huo Qi passed by, Concubine Zhen thought she heard her approaching steps, and spoke first: "We meet again."

Huo Qi stared at the figure with a smile and said, "I'm just kidding. I'm a newbie here. This should be the first time I see you."

As soon as the words were spoken, Zhenbi turned around, and Huo Qi could see her face clearly.

A small oval face is hidden under the wide cloak, looking pitiful and cute.Perhaps because of the miscarriage, there was a bruise under his eyes, and not even much blood was visible on his lips.It's just that this not only didn't make her look any less beautiful, but on the contrary made her look even more delicate and pitiful.

And this glance also made her realize that she had indeed seen the concubine.But not in the palace, but at Nie Ying's birthday party last year.

At that time, she was wary of Liu's scheme, and did not pay too much attention to Zhenbi, nor did she know her name. In her relationship with Nie Ying, she vaguely remembered that she was a high-spirited girl.Less than a year has passed, and there have been some vicissitudes of life that do not suit my age.

Naturally, the concubine did not miss the surprise in her eyes that she tried to hide. She said softly: "Remember?"

"I'm so lucky to be a lower official, and I have a chance to meet my empress." Huo Qi followed the good advice.

The concubine looked at Huo Qi steadfastly: "Do you know why I called you here today?"

"I don't know, my official." Huo Qi said truthfully.

"You are a bright person." The concubine blew the wind and couldn't help coughing, "In this case, let's open the skylight and speak brightly. The Japanese palace miscarriage, and some palace maids pointed out that you were in that pajamas." Smoked musk. You are a smart man, you should know who is behind your back?"

"I know." Huo Qi hesitated for a moment and then admitted.