Enter the Room

  Chapter 106

  Xiang Zan ran to Yinyu Hall in a hurry, and came back in a hurry, panting: "Miss, Mr. Yuan, Mr. Yuan is still having breakfast!"

   also brought a message to Song Jiyun: "Young Master Yuan wants you to go over and have a cup of tea!"

   What time is this? Also drink tea!

  Song Jiyun hurried to Yinyu Hall.

  But the next day he didn't come, Yin Yu Tang seemed to have changed.

  The morning sun shines on the green flower trees, and the dewdrops glisten on the leaf tips.

  Under the green and blue eaves, a row of black gold birdcages hangs.

   Thrushes, mynahs, orioles, parrots... chirping non-stop in the cage, one jumping up, another jumping down, none of them survived.

  Yuan Yunzhong was standing in front of the cage with a small bowl to feed the birds.

  Song Cumulus took a deep breath.

   When did he raise so many birds?

  Song Jiyun called out "Young Master Yuan".

  Yuan Yunzhong looked up at her, handed the small bowl to the waiter, took the hot handkerchief from the little maid, wiped his hands, and said "Come".

   "Yes!" Song Jiyun responded, turning the corners of his lips up at him with a half-smile, and said, "I haven't been here for a few days, I didn't expect this to become a bird garden."

"Almost." Yuan Yunzhong didn't understand what she said, handed the handkerchief to the little maid, and replied seriously, "You want to build a bird garden, We need to raise a few more cranes and peacocks."

  Song Jiyun was angry, and deliberately looked him up and down.

  He wore a lake-colored plain hang silk gown. The light color and excellent drape made him tall and long, with wide shoulders and slender legs, like a jade tree facing the wind.

  She forgot for a moment what was on her lips, and took a few more glances.

  Yuan Yunzhong raised his eyebrows and stared at her.

  Song Jiyun came back to her senses, feeling a little uneasy in her heart, but she immediately suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, and said calmly: "I think you have packed up, so you should be able to go out, right?"

   "What's the rush?" Yuan Yunzhong said, Shao Qing appeared out of nowhere, holding a red lacquered tea tray painted with gold, and said to her with a smile: "Miss Song, have a cup of tea."

   "No need!" Song Jiyun smiled politely, turned his head to look at Yuan Yunzhong again, with a bit of displeasure in his eyes, "We still have to rush to Wensi Building."

  Yuan Yunzhong leisurely raised his straight legs and sat next to the beauty Yi, reached out for a cup of tea, and said, "Wensi Building is only two quarters of an hour away from here, so it's too late."

   That is to say, yesterday he not only carefully read the charter of the flower viewing feast written by her Yu, but also inquired about some matters about the flower viewing feast.

  Then why did he say that?

  Song Jiyun looked at her puzzled.

  Yuan Yunzhong didn't even look at her, took a sip of tea, and continued: "We're not the first to get the invitation, what are we doing so early?"

  Song Jiyun's eyebrows moved slightly.

  Although she didn't know why Yuan Yunzhong said that, she had to admit that Yuan Yunzhong's words moved her very much.

  Since they weren't going to invite her, why should she follow those rules.

  As for the Master Wang who sent her the invitation, on such an occasion, she would definitely invite County Magistrate Jiang to stay by his side. There are still so many people to socialize with, so what does it matter if she goes early or late?

  These thoughts flashed through her mind, and Yuan Yunzhong's voice came from beside her ear: "Magistrate Jiang, have you inquired about it?"

  Song Jiyun quickly restrained his thoughts, and said: "It is said that he is from Xixian County, Anhui Province. He was a Jinshi in the first year of Tianshun, and he was a county magistrate in Ding County before. I don't know about the others."

  After she finished speaking, she looked at Yuan Yunzhong with bright eyes.

   Dealing with people in the government office, sometimes a small thing is a breakthrough.

   It would be even better if we could get some news from Yuan Yunzhong.

  Even if he didn't ask her, she was going to find a chance to ask him.

  Yuan Yun's jaw was tense, and the contours of his eyebrows and eyes were more sharp and distinct.

  He was silent for a while before he said: "The county magistrate of Ding County is the seventh rank, and Liang County is the fifth rank because he has to assist the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory. He was transferred from Baoding Mansion to Liang County. Although he is far away from the capital, he was promoted to the second rank."

  The implication is that there is a background or a relationship.

Song Jiyun's eyes turned slightly, and he took the opportunity to talk to him about Mr. Jiang: "I heard that Master Wang is looking for a maid for him, but I didn't hear that he was looking for a house for him. He should be from an average family and brought a female relative to take office. It’s just that I don’t know whether to bring Madam or Madam Ru.”

   There is a house for the county magistrate behind the county office, which is free. But when some county magistrates took office, they would dislike the lack of space or luxury, and would buy their own houses or "borrow" them to live in other courtyards of local gentry.

  A trace of surprise flashed in Yuan Yunzhong's eyes, as if she didn't expect that she would get these news from Master Wang.

  Song Jiyun smiled with almond eyes, and said with a bit of slyness: "Master Wang is sometimes very talkative."

  Yuan Yunzhong also laughed, his eyes seemed to be shining with stars: "He is in his fifties. At his age, he has never entered the Imperial Academy, so he should not be able to rise up."

  Is he telling her that Mr. Jiang has no hope of promotion, and he may become an official in the position of magistrate of Liang County?

   Then she has to get along well.

Since Yuan Yunzhong knew so much, of course Song Jiyun had to encourage him to continue and said, "Then do you know who the chief examiner was in the first year of Tianshun? Did some of them have a relatively smooth official career and became a high-ranking official?" ?”

  She looked happy, her cheeks were slightly red, like plum blossoms reflecting snow, she was extraordinarily beautiful.

Yuan Yunzhong stared at her with deep eyes, and said quietly for a moment, "The chief examiner of that year has already retired, and the one with the most successful career in that class was the servant of the Ministry of Industry. However, there is still one of them in that class. The head of the Ministry of Officials is Bo. Although the official is not big, he has not been moved for more than ten years, so he is considered an old fritter."

   Such old fritters are naturally not so clean.

  Song Jiyun smiled brighter, and she asked him a few more questions. If Shao Qing hadn't come to say that it was getting late, she might not have realized that time passed so quickly.

  However, Yuan Yunzhong knows so much, she will definitely get twice the result with half the effort when she meets Mr. Jiang.

  She got up happily, and went to Wensi Building with Yuan Yunzhong in a sedan chair.

  Wensi Building should be cleared.

  The usually lively street is at noon, but there are only a few figures. If you look closely, they are all servants.

  Seeing Song Jiyun's sedan chair, someone immediately stopped him and shouted in a low voice: "The county lord is here today, anyone who has nothing to do is waiting to go away."

   Zheng Quan's face changed.

  When Song Youliang was alive, no one dared to talk to members of the Song family like this.

  He stepped forward to make a theory.

  But Song Jiyun stopped him, stretched out his hand from the car curtain, and handed over the invitation.

  The bright red sprinkled gold paper, the cyan curtain, and the white and soft hands like snow and frost made the eyes of the people outside Wensi Building stand still. Amid Zheng Quan's sneer, they bowed their heads and saluted.

  Song Jiyun and Yuan Yunzhong entered Wensi Building side by side.

  (end of this chapter)