Miss Li Er is similar to Lin Dai, or one year older than Lin Dai, but she wants to help her family do business, and her knowledge and experience are more than Lin Dai. However, Chen Xi also found that Miss Li Er is sometimes not "knowing". She clearly realized that he was unintentional to help, but she always bothered him. She paid more than a thousand taels of silver and had to make enough money.

Chen Xi was quite kind and said: "Miss Li, but it's okay."

Miss Li Er looked embarrassed: "The little woman recently received a famous painting and wanted to find someone to send it to the Xie Ge Lao Mansion as compensation for him..."

Chen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I wonder if Miss Li, have you ever thought about what consequences will this painting cause when it is sent to Xie Ge Lao's mansion?"

"This... the little woman never thought about it." She answered frankly.

Chen Xidao: "Then let me imagine it for Miss Li... There was a painting at the gate of Xiege's old courtyard for no reason, or a famous work "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" stolen by the government. Not only did I cause trouble for a simple matter, but it also caused great criticism... Do you really think that Xiege is going to help your Li family return the painting to Grand Secretary Li? He doesn't want to cause trouble for himself!"

"The matter was over here, but you insisted on sending another painting. Master Xie must think that someone wanted to use him and didn't want to go through it in detail. I'm afraid that in the end, there would be a big fight. He had to find the thief who stole the painting. As long as the thief was arrested, can the Li family get out of the matter?"

Miss Li Er's face was full of fear. She just wanted to "repay kindness" but didn't think too much about it.

Chen Xi can understand that this is because she lacks experience in the world. Perhaps her brother and uncle are not suitable for business. If there is anything, she can only discuss it with her grandfather. As a result, if one discussion is not done properly, there will be a mistake.

Miss Li Er nodded: "Thank you, Painter Zhao for your advice. The little girl gave this painting to Painter Zhao as a reward."

As she said that, she asked her entourage to bring a scroll and hand it over to Chen Xi. Chen Xi took it without hesitation, turned around and left.

Before Chen Xi could walk far away, he heard Miss Li Er's girl muttering: "Miss, this person is so greedy. If you help us repair a painting, you will have to have a shop in the house. Now you give him this painting, which is worth a lot of money."

"Don't talk nonsense." Miss Li Er scolded, "That's the reward that Painter Zhao deserves, let's go back."

Chen Xi smiled bitterly. The Li family has a very strange personality. Li Yu is full of wine, sex, wealth and power. He is not a seed of studying at all. He has a good sister, but he is his daughter's family after all, and he will get married in the future. He will only have three generations of wealth. The foundation laid by the Li family will probably be defeated in a few years, but these have nothing to do with him.

When he got home, Chen Xi entered the yard and Xie Yun'er was helping Ning'er clean up the bedding that had been drying for a day.

Seeing Chen Xi come back, Xie Yuner briefly sorted out her appearance and came to salute Chen Xi... Even at home, she always follows the etiquette of a wife and respects Chen Xi, which is somewhat related to the imperial treasure given to her by Chen Xi.

"My husband came back a little late today, but he was busy with official duties?" When he entered the house, Xie Yuner helped hang the clothes that Chen Xi had untied on the shelf behind the door, and then asked.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "I have a gift for you, but I will have to wait for two days. I remember that day was my wife's birthday."

Xie Yuner was a little stunned, her face was a little moved, and she looked at Chen Xi: "How can I worry about my birthday?"

"You can't say that. We have a couple, well... Although we don't know how long it will last, since we are husband and wife, we must have enough respect. I will come back soon the day after tomorrow. When our family gathers together, we will feel a little homesick when we leave Tingzhou for so long. I wonder if my parents, Aunt Sun and others are good, as well as Yuner and Yier."

Xie Yuner nodded: "I think my family should be safe, but I think the news about my husband's high school should be passed back at this time. My family is happy for me."

Chen Xi calculated his days. Not to mention the news of winning the top scorer was sent back, I thought that the letters from my family who returned after high school were almost in the capital.

Before dinner, Chen Xi opened the painting given to him by Miss Li Er. After seeing it, he shook his head. The painting looked good. It was the spring scenery of "Four Scenery Landscape Pictures" by Liu, a secret disciple of the Southern Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, it was a fake, and the level of making fakes was quite good. Such a fake painting could be worth two or three taels of silver. But if you gave this painting to Xie Qian, it would be really a cause of trouble.

"My husband, what is this?"

Xie Yuner looked at the painting for a while, and with her appreciation level, she could not judge the quality of this painting.

Chen Xidao: "This is a thank you gift from the Li family. Hang it up. There is not even a few decent decorations at home. Just act as artwork. Any guest can support the storefront in the future."

Xie Yuner smiled and said, "My husband is a master of painting, why do you still have to hang other people's paintings?" Even though that was said, Xie Yuner took them, rolled up the scroll and put them carefully, and prepared to turn around and ask Xiuer to find a nail to hang the painting specifically. She still mentioned: "The Li family has bad intentions, so don't get too close to you in the future."

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The day when the envoys of the Dayan tribe of Mongolia arrived in the capital was set on May 28th. The people from the Honglu Temple sent people to greet them in advance. The Hanlin Academy also had to send a few people to accompany them to record the grand occasion of "the country of **** received foreign envoys from foreign countries". This task finally fell on Shen Xi.

In the summer, wearing regular clothes is hot enough. This time, it’s better to wear thicker court clothes to welcome the envoys. It’s a bit too late to bask in the sun for a few hours. This feeling can only be described as painful.

But there is one advantage. As long as you can get someone, Chen Xi’s work will be completed on a day and he can go back early to celebrate Xie Yuner’s birthday.

At work that day, Chen Xi did not have to go to Hanlin Academy to do the Mao, but went directly to Honglu Temple to report to the Honglu Temple and went to the north of the city outside Desheng Gate to welcome the envoys.

Chen Xi is one of the highest-ranking people attending the Hanlin Academy. The officials of the Honglu Temple discussed anything about it. This was the first time that Chen Xi had been a senior official after joining the company. Although he only went out of the city for five or six miles, it was considered a "business trip".

Chen Xi's deputy envoy was Feng Xi, the Hanlin editor of the same palace, who was Feng Xi.

Feng Xi had problems with his legs and feet. Originally, it was not his turn to meet foreign envoys, an official who "destroyed the face of the Ming Dynasty". Ke Lun Wenxu temporarily attended the Imperial College activities, and in the end, Feng Xilai could only come.

Fengxi is not a polite person, he is nagging in the carriage. Compared to Chen Xi getting cold eyes in the Hanlin Academy, he has suffered more cowardly.

No matter which yamen in the court, the newcomers were greatly suppressed.

When we arrived at the place, everyone got off the carriage, the sun was scorching, and there were no trees on the roadside.

There were originally a large forest in the north of the capital, but in the age of peace and prosperity, the people in the city would go out to cut down trees if they wanted to build anything, and no one prohibited them. In addition, the court believed that the emperor guarded the country's gates and the capital was on the front line of barbarian invasion. It would be best not to leave trees around the city, otherwise it would be used to hide troops for the Diyi and make siege tools in the future.

Chen Xi was not against cutting trees, but was helpless because he had no shade from big trees today.

Even in the Little Ice Age, this summer was a bit unreasonable. However, the envoys of the Mongolian Dayan tribe were not punctual, so they made Chen Xi and others wait for two or three hours. After noon, they still had no sign of the envoy.

"Those barbarians are sincere in playing with me, right? It's time to come and I haven't come yet. I have to wait until the sun sets before I can show up, right?"

Zuo Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, Hu Gong, cursed and walked to the side of the road, picked up the scoop and scooped it into the bucket. Half the scoop of water, drank it, but it was not enough. I wanted to scoop it, but there was not much left in the bucket.

On the other side, Feng Xi limped over: "Hu Shaoqing, please leave some for you."

"It's gone!"

Hu Gong said angrily and said to the follower next to him, "Go to the farmers to get a bucket of well water, it's a thief. If you don't come, I want to go back."

Hu Gong has a bad temper. This time he was Shangguan who was responsible for the reception of the Honglu Temple. When he arrived at the place, he realized that he had been fooled by the Mongolians. He felt very unhappy after being in the sun for several hours, and the scolding was extremely ugly.

Hu Gong was a Jinshi in Hongzhi for the third year and was a Jinshi in the same class. He had done a good job in the fifth-ranked Jinshi. In just nine years, he had already been from Zuo Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, but there was no one in the court, so his official position was basically the best. In addition, he was quite old and had already reached fifty. After experiencing this officialdom, especially the Beijing officials who were still comfortable in their careers, it was easy to consume all their fighting spirit.

Chen Xi, who was hiding the sun in a small shade beside the carriage in the distance, smiled and said, "Hu Shaoqing calmed down, maybe he would come in a while?"

Hu Gong then realized that there was a place to shade, and turned into two steps, with a smile on his face: "Hey, why didn't you find this good place before? I'll make some space, so I'll sit there too."

At noon, the sun was just above his head and there was no shade anywhere. At that time, Chenxi hid in the carriage, but it was not airtight inside. After noon, there was a shade next to the carriage when the sun was slanted, and he ran out.

People with bad mouths often have a heart-warming heart, and Hu Gong is similar. He is a bit envious of Chen Xi's top scorer.

"...Mr. Chen Xiu was only thirteen years old. If I were thirteen years old, let alone the top scholar, even if I was a scholar, why would I fall into the field of today? I would like to advise you that if you have the opportunity to go out in the future, you must not stay in the capital. The government offices in this capital are really poorer than the other. They have been poor for so many years, and their lives are too boring. You said... I was placed in the fifth rank and I was also a magistrate, a magistrate, or even a prefect. Even if I don't have the filial piety of the people below, can I have less money in the "envy" every year?"

Chen Xi smiled, didn't reply, and was speechless.

In the Ming Dynasty, officials lived a hard life, and corrupt officials were not ashamed of it. Even some honest and honest officials envied others for their wealth and silver.

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