After fixing this small flaw, Jiao Shun quickly called for the imperial painter from the Ministry of Industry to paint the scene in the poem simply and vividly with a few strokes.

Then after practicing it carefully for more than a dozen times, I copied the poem I had revised on it with a splash of ink.

After carefully drying it, he shamelessly admired his 'masterpiece', thinking that everything was ready and all he needed was the east wind.

It was so easy to get to the local government office.

If he was really a budding kid, he would have wanted to fly to Zijin Street immediately to show off.

Jiao Shun, however, took his time and had dinner near the Yamen. He sat in a private room for another two-quarters of an hour. After seeing the sky gradually darkening, he took a car and rushed to Zijin Street.

The night can always contain more evil than the day.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the Zijin Street entrance, he was stopped by the steward of the Xue family, who asked him to take a detour and open the back door on the back street.

This made Jiao Shun frown.

On the surface, entry and exit through the back door is standard for private exchanges.

But how can such matters be left to servants?

Especially not one servant, but several!

This can’t all be Aunt Xue’s confidants, right?!

After careful analysis, Aunt Xue must have had another reason for letting her go in and out through the back door, and most likely she had no intention of being conciliatory. Otherwise, it would have been too late to avoid the taboo. How could she have arranged for so many people to stop her halfway?

Jiao Shun was very depressed at first.

However, thinking of the trump card in his arms, his confidence immediately recovered a lot, and he asked the steward pleasantly: "May I ask if there are any distinguished guests in the house who need me to avoid temporarily?"

"this……"

The steward thought about it and found that the mistress did not deliberately hide it from Uncle Jiao, so she said: "To be honest, it was the Mei Hanlin couple who came to discuss the second young lady's marriage, so..."

After a pause, he quickly added: "My wife originally wanted them to come in the afternoon, but who would have thought that they would have to change it to the evening."

Jiao Shun was stunned.

Immediately, he began to speculate about Aunt Xue's purpose of meeting him.

If it were an ordinary matter, since I was worried about running into Mei Hanlin, I should postpone it.

Now I would rather let myself go through the back door to see myself...

From an emotional point of view, Jiao Shun naturally expected that Aunt Xue would be in love; but from a rational point of view, this was probably not a good sign.

Tsk~

He smacked his lips, touched the scroll in his sleeve, and then raised his voice and ordered: "Lead the way."

While Jiao Shun turned to the back door of the Xue family, the talks between the Xue family and the Mei family reached a deadlock.

The incident started because Mei Hanlin and his colleagues went too far with their talk when they were in the Yamen today. As a result, it was unclear who initiated the initiative. In the end, he wrote a letter in blood, vowing to fight the national traitor Jiao Shun forever.

At that time, Mei Hanlin was still complacent because he was ranked fourth. It was only when he returned home that he realized something was wrong.

I had just written a bloody oath, and in the blink of an eye, I was getting married to the Xue family, which was related to Rongguo Mansion, and the traitor happened to be living in Rongguo Mansion - even though it was two floors away, who knew if someone would catch the enemy and say that he was in front of his face?

One set behind another?

Dear mother, it may affect your career!

So after arriving at Xue's house, he insisted that everything be simple in the marriage, and there should be no extravagance, waste, and no fanfare.

Being urged to send my sister to the capital to get married was enough to accommodate the Mei family, but in the end, I felt like a thief when I got married...

How could the Xue family be willing to agree to such a ridiculous request?!

Not to mention Aunt Xue, even Xue Biao, who wanted to compromise, couldn't help but look down on the spot.

Seeing that the scene was frozen, the petite Mrs. Mei was about to say a few soft words to ease the atmosphere. As soon as she opened her mouth, Mei Hanlin gave her a sharp look, and she had to lower her head timidly.

Seeing that Mei Hanlin was so overbearing and domineering, as if the married daughter of the Xue family wanted something from him, Aunt Xue's chest swelled with anger, she simply gritted her teeth and stood up and said: "If it has to be like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to make the decision.

"Master Mei, please give me those younger siblings..."

"aunt!"

Xue Biao hurriedly stopped her and reminded her in a low voice with a grimace: "My mother is still ill. If she gets angry, there is no way she can do anything."

Aunt Xue had no choice but to stop talking, but she really couldn't stand Mei Hanlin's arrogant and arrogant face, so she said with a straight face: "Master Mei, you might as well discuss it with Xue Biao, I still have some housework to deal with, so I won't be with you for a long time."

With that said, he left Mei Hanlin and his wife behind and walked out of the hall.

As soon as he went out, the maid reported that Jiao Shun was already waiting in the back hall.

[After searching for poems all afternoon, I finally found one that was suitable for the occasion and the background of the times. I couldn’t help but wonder about it.

Gong Zizhen (1792-1841), a thinker, poet, writer and reformist pioneer in the Qing Dynasty, advocated abolishing bad government and resisting foreign aggression. He once fully supported Lin Zexu in banning opium.

Due to repeated failures in examinations, he was selected to become an official in 1820, and served successively as secretary of the cabinet, proofreader of the National History Museum, and other positions. In 1829, he finally passed the imperial examination. The current background in the book is about 1828, because the Xia Dynasty was more powerful.

, foreign trade output increased significantly, thus triggering the war in advance.

The historical background and zz tendencies are consistent, and it is natural for him to have friendship with Zhao Yan.

As for the first half of the poem, which is suspected to have been written in his later years, and the discrepancies caused by the old man’s random alterations, I can only ask you not to delve into it further.]
Chapter completed!