nashuaworldcup Chapter 248 Someone came to curry favor with me, Xu Jinyu, today
Chapter 248 Someone came to curry favor with me, Xu Jinyu, today
Xu Jinyu arrived at the princess's mansion, got off the carriage, straightened his clothes, and planned to meet the second heroine of this world.
"Um, hello, Lord Xu!" A voice came from behind the stone lions of the princess's mansion.
Xu Jinyu looked back and felt that the person looked familiar, but she couldn't remember the name.
"You are······"
Fortunately, the visitor was very considerate and introduced himself automatically.
"I am Li Kening, the director of the Ministry of Revenue, and I have come to visit you, my Lord."
Xu Jinyu looked calm on the surface, but in her heart she was so happy that she wanted to put her hands on her hips and laugh out loud to the sky.
[Hahahaha..., someone came to curry favor with me, Xu Jinyu, today. I can finally experience a little bit of the fun of being an official. I just don't know what gift this Li Kening will give me.]
Li Kening looked at the two pitiful bags of tea in his hands and felt a little uneasy.
He bought this tea casually on the roadside, thinking that he couldn't go to the door empty-handed. The total value of the tea was only two taels of silver, which was really not a valuable item.
His thought at the time was that since Her Royal Highness the Princess had never seen anything, he would not make a fool of himself. But now seeing that Lord Xu was looking forward to the gift so much, he wondered if he should find an excuse to buy Lord Xu a new gift.
Before Li Kening could think about it, Xu Jinyu was already polite: "Since you are here, why are you bringing a gift?"
He took the two light packets of tea and looked at them carefully.
Li Kening's heart tightened, wondering if Lord Xu would see that this tea was cheap and be disrespectful to his superior.
Li Kening looked at Xu Jinyu in fear.
Xu Jinyu observed the tea leaves carefully and put them down happily.
[How much is your monthly salary? You gave me such expensive tea. How generous of you.]
When Li Kening heard Xu Jinyu's thoughts, he felt relieved. It was enough that Lord Xu did not mind that the gift he gave was insignificant. However, that tea was expensive. How could it be expensive?
It's just two taels of silver.
The guards who were familiar with Xu Jinyu couldn't help but roll their eyes at Xu Jinyu's inexperienced look.
Who can live on that little salary? The salary of an eighth-rank official is probably not enough to even pay for a visit to a restaurant. Many officials sometimes don’t even remember to collect that little salary.
The officials at the bottom of the court live on oil and water. If they really rely on salaries, many officials will starve to death.
After entering the princess's mansion, Xu Jinyu went straight to the reception room where Princess Lingyue was.
As for Wei An and the Second Prince, they both needed to tidy up their appearance.
Princess Lingyue is worthy of being the heroine of a sad novel. She is thin and pale. I don’t know if she is tired from the long journey or if she is just not in good health.
However, the princesses who were eligible for marriage alliances all had impeccable looks, with willow-shaped eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, and a cherry-like mouth. They looked pitiful and had an aura that made people want to bully them.
That's right, even if she is a really favored princess, it won't be her turn to arrange marriage.
Seeing Xu Jinyu coming, Princess Lingyue quickly stood up and saluted: "Greetings, Princess Taian."
Xu Jinyu waved her hand and said, "No need to greet each other. We are both princesses, so we can just treat each other as equals. What's the matter with the princess when she comes to visit?"
Princess Lingyue did not expect Xu Jinyu to ask so directly. Shouldn't they have a conversation at this time and then find a way to get information about the Western Region merchant from Princess Tai'an?
How can I get information from you if you are so direct?
Princess Lingyue looked at the nanny behind her helplessly. The nanny had no choice but to tap Princess Lingyue lightly on the shoulder, meaning to give up trying to get information and get closer to Princess Taian first.
Without having to extract information, Princess Lingyue relaxed immediately: "It's nothing serious. I just heard that you are the first female official of Daqian, so I came to see what the first female official looks like."
Xu Jinyu stood up and turned around in front of Princess Lingyue: "I just look ordinary, no different from you."
Princess Lingyue became even more excited when Xu Jinyu said this: "What do you do every day when you go to court? Is it difficult? Can girls do it? I heard that two other princesses also went to court. Is that true?"
A series of questions came to Xu Jinyu.
Xu Jinyu: “This…”
[Let me think about it, what did I do every day when I went to court? I took naps, read gossips among court officials, and cursed the emperor. It seems that I never did any serious work.]
[That is to say, if I were put in a workplace drama, I would be the relative of the senior executive, the kind who just eats and waits for death.]
“Puff! Cough cough cough…”
Ge Qianfang who lives next door had just got off work and was leisurely lying on a recliner in the backyard, enjoying his rare leisure time.
The good thing about the house is that it is next to Lord Xu. It is convenient for me to protect Lord Xu, and I can also listen to gossip in my spare time. For example, the husband of the Minister of Works' sister-in-law has eighteen mistresses outside, and he is always exhausted when he returns home every day.
The sister-in-law of the Minister of Works thought that her husband was dying at such a young age, so she was busy every day seeking medical treatment and medicine.
The sister-in-law's husband was also a strong man. For the happiness of his concubines, he drank all the medicine without leaving a drop.
Poor sister-in-law of the Minister of Works was busy all the time, but in the end someone else got the benefit.
As a result, Ge Qianfang felt a secret joy whenever he saw the Minister of Works these days.
But now Ge Qianfang spat out a mouthful of tea and almost choked himself to death.
After coughing, he held his chest with a look of relief: Lord Xu, you finally realized that you are just waiting to die every day when you go to court.
Xu Jinyu, who knew that he was not doing his job all day, certainly could not tell the truth to Princess Lingyue.
"The Ministry of Revenue's job is to manage money. As long as you know numbers, you can do it. Of course, girls can do it too. I finish it early every day."
Ge Qianfang: Lord Xu, how about we have some shame? Have you touched the account books of the Ministry of Revenue in the past six months since you sat in court?
[No! I will work hard from tomorrow and will not slack off.]
"No!"
This time, Ge Qianfang stood up directly from the recliner. Those who slacked off all day long would cause the civil and military officials to lose face or their jobs at a rate of one every day.