Xie Yun'er seemed unwilling to face Chen Xi again, so she packed up the embroidery work and went to the kitchen.

Chen Xi prepared the tools for fakes. He has never made fakes since he embarked on the imperial examination. After three or four years, he wanted to make fake ancient paintings again. However, this time he made fakes, he made fakes of his own works.

In order to strive for reality, Chen Xi had to use colored brushes to draw, and after painting, he used the method of making old paintings, and used twenty to thirty years to make fakes from famous artists. Not to mention such paintings that have no reason. He only needs to try his best to make the characters in the painting vividly like the beauty in the previous painting, which requires solid foundation.

Many materials need to be prepared. Fortunately, there are three girls at home, Ning'er, Zhu Shan and Xiu'er. They will ask them to go to the street to buy back lime, toner and other necessary items. Chen Xi will finish the painting first and wait until the follow-up work is completed next day.

Chenxi is busy and it will be time for dinner soon.

Lin Dai came in and asked Chen Xi to have dinner, but found that Chen Xi was drawing a picture of a beautiful woman. After watching for a long time, she looked at Chen Xi curiously and asked, "Who is this?"

"Peach Blossom Fairy, do you think it's beautiful?" Chen Xi said with a smile, and found that Lin Dai's face was a little unhappy, and added, "Drawn according to your appearance."

Lin Dai couldn't help laughing: "Where are they so beautiful?"

Lin Dai's smile made her bright flowers add a bit of color to the dusk and sunset scenery. Chen Xi put half of the painting aside and drew a new one, but this time it was completely based on Lin Dai and brought her into the painting.

Lin Dai held it in her hand, and the more she looked at it, the more she became, the more she was happy. Finally, she took it to Ning'er with a gaze, which actually contained the intention of demonstrating Xie Yuner.

After sending Lin Dai away, Chen Xi continued to finish the "Photo of Peach Blossom Lady". Tingting and jade shadow stood under the peach blossom tree. What he looked at was not the splendor of the peach blossoms on the tree, but the withered peach blossom petals on the ground, with a bit of sad feelings and containing the beauty's helplessness of sighing the passing of youth.

After Chen Xi finished painting, he looked at it for a while. Before completing the painting, he did not expect to draw such a temporary painting with artistic conception. After seeing the finished product, even he himself was a little intoxicated with the characters in his painting.

"Oh! I'm really becoming more and more narcissistic. I've been painting for so many years, but I haven't painted it before? I should have gotten used to it!" Chen Xi sighed and put away the painting for the time being.

Because time is very fast, in addition to framed, it also has to be used, especially to attend a court banquet tomorrow. In fact, there is not much time for him to complete this, and the day of handing over the painting is a bit rush.

After dinner, Chen Xi was still busy.

He was the only one in the room. After Xie Yuner arrived in the capital, she added a ** in the other two rooms. Neither Xie Yuner nor Lin Dai would come to disturb him after nightfall.

Before going to bed, Chen Xi saw that the lights in the next room were still on. She thought Xie Yun'er couldn't sleep and was doing embroidery work. When she went out to the window, she found out that Xie Yun'er was leaning on the dim tung oil lamp and was reading a medical book. She wiped her tears while reading. Chen Xi didn't know why Xie Yun'er suddenly felt so touched.

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April 19th is the day when the palace is given a banquet. Everyone in the Hanlin Academy is dressed in court clothes and looks straight.

In addition to the clothes worn by Ming Dynasty officials, they had two types of clothing: court uniforms and public uniforms. Among them, court uniforms, hence the name, is what they wore when they met the emperor. Officials had to wear court uniforms when they met the emperor, and the emperor also had to wear court uniforms when they received court uniforms from officials.

After officials retired from court, the uniforms worn by officials in daily business are called public uniforms. Local officials are also wearing public uniforms in courtrooms. The main difference between public uniforms and court uniforms is that public uniforms are not so complicated to wear. Just like when you go to court, you must wear public uniforms, and when you are in office, you must wear public uniforms.

Court uniforms and public uniforms are both dresses, also known as Dharma uniforms. In contrast, they are regular clothes, also known as casual clothes, which means daily wear, which is considered "wild clothes". The "wild" here is opposite to "chao", rather than barbarism.

Because she was used to wearing public uniforms, Chen Xi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in the court uniforms, and she felt very awkward.

When Zhu Xizhou saw that Chen Xi's court uniform was not suitable, he couldn't help but come over and smiled, "The clothes Chen Xiu's clothes didn't fit very well at first glance. Why didn't you find someone to remade them? If the banquet at the palace is not well-dressed, it would be inappropriate."

Chen Xi looked down at his clothes and shook his head: "I think it's so good."

Chen Xi was used to living frugal life. After being appointed as a compilation by the Hanlin Academy by the emperor, the court issued a sixth-rank official uniform, but it was a bit unfit for him. Chen Xi thought that the past few years were the time when he was growing up, and the clothes were a little bigger were beneficial, so he ignored it. He thought that there was not much chance to wear court uniforms to enter the palace anyway. Who would have thought that he would have to enter the palace to meet him in just a few days after becoming a Hanlin Academy editor.

Zhu Xizhou shook his head disapprovingly, obviously it was too late to ask Chen Xi to find someone to do court uniforms, and even the modification was not appropriate. Even if it didn't fit much, he could only make do with it first.

While he was talking, someone sent a congratulatory message written by Wang Yan.

After circulating the Hanlin people, they all praised Wang Yang's literary talent.

The Hanlins selectively ignored a problem, that is, Wang Yang's article was basically written based on several drafts sent yesterday, and was not the original one of Wang Yang.

But that doesn't matter, because Wang Yang is a bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy and a close minister of the emperor, so he has already made it out of the Hanlin Academy.

Now, the Hanlin Academy is still continuing to endure, waiting for the promotion and appointment of seniority in the future.

"I heard that the right governor of Henan came to Beijing and sued the Henan governor for embezzling special funds for the management of the Yellow River, and at the same time, he turned disaster relief food into personal gain. The memorial was delivered to Your Majesty yesterday, and Your Majesty was furious!" The news from the Hanlin Academy is always more informative than elsewhere, and Chen Xi soon learned that another chaos had appeared in the local area.

Chen Xi didn't know who the right governor of Henan was, but he knew that the Henan Governor was the former prefect of Tingzhou Gaoming City. It was because of his contribution to managing the Tingjiang River that he was specially promoted by Emperor Hongzhi.

But Chen Xi knew very well that Gaoming City was a corrupt official. The floods of the Yellow River in Hongzhi Dynasty caused the court to allocate a lot of funds to Henan for river management every year. If Gaoming City dared to attack public funds specifically used to control floods, then he would not be far from his death.

Chen Xi would not care about the affairs of the court before, but this time when an old acquaintance Gaomingcheng was involved, Chen Xi couldn't help asking: "Who is the right governor of Henan?"

"Wang Qiong, who was born in a Jinshi, heard that he has been good at managing water in Shandong, Henan and other places in recent years. His Majesty wants to recruit him to the court many times." Someone mentioned it.

When Chen Xi heard the name "Wang Qiong", he suddenly felt sad for Gaoming City.

Although Wang Qiong was not well-known among the people in later generations, this person was recognized by historians as one of the "three important officials of the Ming Dynasty". The other two, one Yu Qian and the other Zhang Juzheng, show how brilliant his resume in the Ming Dynasty officialdom was.

Speaking of Wang Qiong, he had an indissoluble bond with the management of rivers and water transportation in the first half of his life. He was in Henan. Shandong had been managing the Yellow River and water transportation for a generation. He compiled eight volumes of "Caohe Tuzhi" and became famous. In the Zhengde Dynasty, he was promoted to the right deputy censor, responsible for supervising the water transportation. Later, he served as the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the minister of the Ministry of Revenue. After he took over as the Minister of War, he recommended Wang Shouren to pacify the "Ningwang Rebellion". Later, he "was the Minister of War and the Right Censor of the Ministry of War to supervise the three-border military affairs", and used troops in the northwest, acquiring various tribes, and maintaining border stability.

Wang Qiong, who was thirty-eight years old in Hongzhi, was young and strong. He was working diligently in Henan to control water. However, the court paraded Gaoming City and became the governor. This Gaoming City was actually completely inexperienced and means to control water. At the beginning of the Tingjiang flood, it was thanks to the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce for helping to organize and dispatch it.

Since Wang Qiong personally went to the capital to file a lawsuit, it shows that Gaoming City is already covering the sky in the local area, so that the Henan area could not reach the capital by participating in his memorials, and what Wang Qiong said must be true.

Since it is true, it is impossible for the emperor to ignore it, right?

In fact, Chen Xi has no intuitive impression of Gaoming City, but Gao Mingcheng's grandson Gao Chong did many evil things. Hong Zhuo and Su Tong were beaten by Gao Chong one after another... It can be seen that Gao Mingcheng was a grandson who bullies men and dominates men.

Zhu Xizhou said: "I heard that the governor of Henan was the prefect of Tingzhou before, so editor Chen Xiu should know him, right?"

Chen Xi nodded: "Three years ago, the Governor Gao was the chief examiner."

Zhu Xizhou praised: "This Tingzhou is really a talented person. He was the prefect of Tingzhou three years ago and then the governor of Henan... Alas, Chen Xiushuo even participated in the examination three years ago. Now he is the top scholar in high school and is a Hanlin editor. I pity that I have not moved for three years in this position!"

When Chen Xi took the imperial examination, Zhu Xizhou had already won the top scorer and became a Hanlin editor. In a blink of an eye, three years have passed, and Wang Zan, the second-ranked student in the subject, has been promoted to the first level. Zhu Xizhou is still unable to move forward, and Chen Xi, the new top scorer, is already on par with him.

For an ordinary scholar, the exam for the government is a very different story from the top scorer. It takes only ten or twenty years to imagine, but it takes Shen Xi in three years to complete it in a flash, as if everything is natural.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "I am afraid that Brother Maozhong will be the next candidate for the lecturer."

Zhu Xizhou smiled and waved his hand, looking extremely modest, but in fact, it has been spread throughout the Hanlin Academy these days. Zhu Xizhou has long been included in the next promotion list, and he will be promoted to the lecturer of the Hanlin Academy. The promotion is not very strong, but he still works in the Hanlin Academy. If he works for a few more years, he will definitely be on the position of the Zhanshu Mansion or the Ministry of Rites in the future, which is clearly the route to join the cabinet.

Of course, this is the most ideal path to enter the officialdom. Countless people took this path, and most of them were squeezed down in the end. Only one or two people could join the cabinet and become the Grand Secretary, and become the emperor's right-hand man like Xie Qian and Li Dongyang.

In the morning, the Hanlin Academy presented the list of all the people who attended the banquet to Honglu Temple. Just after noon, the Honglu Temple sent someone to deliver the seating schedule for all Hanlin people.

Wherever everyone sat, how many people were in the seat, they all clearly listed it.

Since it has been determined, even if you suddenly get an acute illness, you still have to go. However, no one said that you happened to have an illness on the day of the palace banquet. You were in good health in the morning, but you said that you would not get sick in the afternoon. The emperor would definitely think that you were in a bad mood and didn't want to attend, and you would definitely pursue it afterwards.

The emperor gives a banquet to you. If you don’t know the truth, you will touch the emperor’s reverse scale.

As a Hanlin editor, Chen Xi was a sixth-rank official. Even if he was not a member of the last seat, he was almost the same as the last seat. Among all the people at the banquet, there were very few who were inferior to the official position, and most of them were colleagues from the Hanlin Academy.

However, this is also a great opportunity for Chen Xi to get to know the officials of the court and let the officials of the ministries attend the banquet be familiar with him from being familiar with him... If you want the Shangguan to remember you, you must first start by letting them remember your appearance.

"Comrade Chen Xiu, you and I are really destined to be together. Today I happened to be with you." Zhu Xizhou took the seat table and walked to Chen Xi's desk with a smile.

Originally, they were both Hanlin editors, and their official positions were the same as those of them. But no one could attend the court banquet from the sixth rank. With the same seat, Zhu Xizhou wanted to have a seat with Wang Zan if he didn't go to Chen Xi. Zhu Xizhou insisted on coming over and telling him that he was destined to be together. Chen Xi could not give him a favor, so he said a few words of politeness.

Everyone was about to set off, and Liu Daxia, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, suddenly came over anxiously... It is said that big shots like Liu Daxia who do practical things rarely set foot in places like the Hanlin Academy.

"Shangshu Liu, what's the wind..."

Zhu Xizhou was about to go up to see the ceremony when everyone found that there was a figure behind Liu Daxia's tall and strong body. It was Wang Yan, the youngest Zhan Shifu and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy who wrote a congratulatory speech on behalf of the Hanlin Academy yesterday.

Liu Daxia did not say anything, and Wang Yang's first sentence was: "Yesterday's congratulations were withdrawn directly."

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