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Today is the pilgrimage of the Beijing officials once every three days.

Officials rode sedan chairs, rode horses, or hurried to the imperial city on foot. Lin Yanchao is also a member of the official queue, and he has long been resentful of this nagging.

When I was in the Hanlin Academy, the officials all arrived at the Yadian before the hour. But when you have to make a trip to the court, you can forget about the summer, and the winter is so cold and so dark, and you still have to go to the court. Lin Yanchao and other officials who live far away from the imperial city usually have to get up on the fourth watch. As the saying goes, four thieves and five chickens, how strange it is that a dignified Beijing official and a thief work and rest at the same time.

After Lin Yanchao entered the palace gate, the sky was still unclear, so he went to rest in the court room first.

Several cabinet officials have not yet arrived, and the only chief official in the court room who has arrived is the current master of the Hanlin Academy, Shen Li.

Shen Li, a native of Guide, Henan, known as Shen Guide, was a Confucian official known for his science when he was in Hanyuan. In addition, Shen Li was also a lecturer of the Son of Heaven in the East Palace, and he was also a very important lecturer of the little emperor.

Shen Li's appearance is very distinctive, his face is dark, and he is absolutely impressive after seeing it. After Lin Yanchao returned to the court, he sent a post to Shen Limen, but did not come to visit him in person. It stands to reason that Shen Li is now the boss of the Hanlin Academy, the nominal top boss, and Lin Yanchao shouldn't be so snub to him.

But Lin Yanchao's teacher Shen Shixing and Shen Li have a bad personal relationship, according to Lin Yanchao, Shen Li is a very upright person, his scripture skills are very high, he often said a famous saying is, to confirm right and wrong in learning, yes is yes, no is wrong, not plausible.

When he was on official business in the Hanlin Academy, Shen Li felt that Shen Shixing was very sophisticated, too tactful, and very annoying. And Shen Shixing also hated Shen Li, and often scolded him in private as a 'blue-faced thief'.

Because of such a bad relationship between the two, Lin Yanchao also had to take the initiative to draw a line with Shen Li.

"Xiaguan Lin Yanchao has seen Master Guang." When Lin Yanchao first saw Shen Li, he was a little worried in his heart, worried that he would not give him a good look because of Shen Shixing's relationship. Besides, he didn't visit Shen Li for the first time when he returned to Beijing, but he was not very respectful.

Shen Li's body is not tall, but his eyes are very sharp, full of the bearing of a great master of science.

Shen Li saw Lin Yanchao and nodded: "It turned out to be Lin Zhongyun, I have heard his name for a long time, I read your disadvantage when I lived in my hometown, it can be said to be to the point, thought-provoking, it is the words of Jinshi." ”

Lin Yanchao was surprised when he heard Shen Li's words, he didn't expect him to value himself so much.

"Just the words of the bachelor, the lower officials dare not take it."

Shen Li smiled and said: "Reading the article, you can know the wind and bones, what is not to be done, my vision will not be wrong, Zong Hai is a real minister!" ”

This evaluation made Lin Yanchao inevitably 'deserved', but he could only bear it.

Then Shen Li said: "Lin Zhongyun is a Japanese official, and he needs to admonish the Son of Heaven from time to time, so that he can be a virtuous minister and a villain. ”

Lin Yanchao was stunned for a moment and said, there is something in Shen Li's words, I always feel that this villain refers to Shen Shixing.

But Lin Yanchao could only say: "The teachings of the light bachelor, the lower officials keep it in mind." ”

Then Lin Yanchao immediately retired, sat aside, and chatted with his colleagues on the left and right.

At this moment, the court room was very lively, and a Han Lin said: "Do you know that your majesty will announce a major event at the court today. ”

"What?"

The man smiled and said, "I heard that His Majesty wants to canonize a Duren concubine. ”

Lin Yanchao glanced at him, it was not easy to keep the secret in the Heart Dao Palace! More and more officials are aware of it, and it seems that sooner or later it will spread to the ears of officials.

"How can all people be concubines? Could it be that he is pregnant with a Dragonborn? Several Hanlin people were surprised.

"Haha, don't say, don't say."

Everyone was immediately annoyed: "It's really interesting." ”

The man saw that he had sold enough Guan Zi and said proudly: "Anyway, I will know about today's court meeting, don't worry about me." ”

After the Jingyang bell rings, hundreds of officials line up in front of the noon gate, and after the royal history roll call, all officials above the fourth grade, and the palace officials above the fifth grade enter the noon gate. The rest of the officials should stand in front of the noon gate, looking at the city gate and tower, and they should not enter unless the Son of Heaven called it.

It turned out that Lin Yanchao had always been ineligible to participate in the early dynasty and belonged to one of the hundred officials squatting at the door, but now he can participate in the regular dynasty as a Japanese speaker.

As a Japanese speaker, Lin Yanchao is not in the same column as the hundred officials, but stands under the head of the front of the steps. In the Tang Dynasty, the historian and the living officer also stood under the head of the claw when they visited the court, and they were called the head officer, and the history of the minister was on duty and was called the head of the pen.

And the six Japanese lecturers have the responsibility of standing upright, that is, carrying the pen on the head, and at the same time temporarily drafting the chapter for the Son of Heaven.

Soon the silent whip sounded, the Son of Heaven ascended to the throne, and after the hundred officials bowed, Lin Yanchao stood at the bottom of the stairs and said in his heart, since he was in the Qianqing Palace to admonish the Son of Heaven, it has been a few days, and I heard that the palace maid surnamed Wang will give birth soon.

Generally according to the practice in the palace, the Son of Heaven will be sealed a few months before the harem concubines are pregnant with the imperial heir.

A concubine will be promoted to a concubine, or a concubine will be promoted to a noble concubine.

Although the palace maid surnamed Wang is a native of the capital, she is pregnant, and she should be a concubine in advance, otherwise her mother will have no name, which is equivalent to having a child out of wedlock. It's casual now, but it was a very serious thing in ancient times. Not only the mother, but even the son who gave birth will not be able to raise his head.

If there is such a thing in the Son of Heaven's family, it will become a laughing stock among the people.

Therefore, this time, the little emperor should announce the edict to the world and make the identity of the palace maid surnamed Wang public.

At this moment, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but look at He Luowen, who was the first of the six Japanese speakers, and thought that he was also looking forward to it. Then Lin Yanchao raised his head again and looked at the edict official on the jade steps, but unexpectedly, the edict was not in his hand, which means that the emperor was not going to issue any edict this morning, but was just discussing with the hundred officials.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but say to himself, there must be something wrong with this. Isn't the Son of Heaven going to announce it?

After the pilgrimage is over, the Son of Heaven will give food outside the palace gate as usual.

Lin Yanchao and the Hanlin went to eat together.

Hanlin, who said before that the Son of Heaven wanted to canonize the people of the capital as concubines, was ridiculed by everyone at the dinner table.

The man's face turned red and he said, "How can I talk nonsense, and I can't tell you what is going on...... Okay, okay, I'm afraid of everyone, count me talking nonsense, there's no such thing at all, I'll apologize to you, okay. ”

Lin Yanchao smiled when he heard this, held the rice bowl, and picked up the rice porridge with chopsticks. But halfway through, he saw He Luowen suddenly get up, throw his chopsticks heavily on the ground, and leave with his sleeves brushed up.

He Luowen's angry scene, everyone present was stunned, and they didn't understand what kind of anger he was making? (To be continued.) )