Jin San Lang, whose every movement could affect the capital's view, began to grow a beard. In reality, with his age, which had just crossed the threshold of thirty, unless he wanted to imitate Grand Secretary Zhang and become that beautiful bearded duke, there was originally no need for him to grow a beard. However, after he became the Imperial College's Right Chancellor and was able to work together with the current great scholar of Confucianism, Yao Baifeng, Jin Lanting felt that there was a need to grow a beard to show his ambition. Madam Xu, whose wife relied on her husband's noble orders, had to help her husband trim his beard almost every day, striving for perfection. Jin Lanting rose up from the small counties and counties within Beiliang's jurisdiction. First, he broke the rules and became the Great Yellow Door, and then he became the Son of Heaven's close minister. In the blink of an eye, with a shake of his body, he became the Imperial College's big shot that all scholars looked up to, obtaining the authority to control the rise and fall of all scholars under the heavens. Jin Lanting had to quietly wait every morning for the sky to turn white, his line of sight becoming clearer, before he rode a carriage to the Imperial College. Occasionally, he would lift the carriage's curtains and gaze at the reverent and burning faces on the road, making Jin Lanting feel as if a lifetime had passed. Back then, when he bent down to lift the carriage's curtain and stepped down from the carriage, Jin Lanting felt as if a lifetime had passed. Back then, when he met people, he would give them handmade handmade handmade proclamations, but almost no one was willing to accept them. Now, countless people wanted them, yet Jin Lanting didn't want to give them the slightest bit. However, Jin Lanting didn't become complacent. After living in the capital for more than two years, he had seen many farces of sudden wealth and sudden loss of power. For example, the Song family's three outstanding talents, two senior and junior teachers died of anger and one resigned from his position. The Song family's young phoenix, who used to need Jin Lanting's milk milk to curry favor with, completely faded out of the court's view. The more Jin Lanting knew about the treacherous situation in the imperial court, the more he cherished the few nobles he had when he was dormant and bowing his head. The former Left Chancellor Huan Wen, who was a pillar of the nation, was rarely willing to accept the proclamations he sent. Now, he had become the Grand Secretary of the Wen Ting Court, replacing the leader of the Remnant Party, Sun Xiji, and was honorably promoted to the Left Servant She of the Province. There was one more person Jin Lanting had never revealed on the surface. Even when he was beside Madam Xu, the woman who shared the same bed as him, he didn't mention a word of this person. Jin Lanting clearly remembered that morning's court session, when he was rolling his eyes and ridiculing him along the way, it was only that senior who also came from the Yellow Door who patted him on the shoulder and said something extremely heartwarming.
A gentleman would die for his bosom friend.
As for the King of Beiliang's recommendation letter, Jin Lanting avoided talking about it. In private, he regarded it as his reverse scale. If anyone was tactless enough to mention this matter to him, regardless of whether you were the son of a minister or a descendant of a general, Jin Lanting would immediately leave in a huff of anger on the spot, breaking off all relations and never laughing with Xi Yan again. Moreover, Jin Lanting had never felt that Lame Xu had any merit in recommending him. The world's orthodoxy was in the House of Zhao. Even if you, whose surname is Xu, were bestowed the title of king with a different surname, even if the throne was hereditary, how many generations of glory, splendor, wealth and rank could you last? Casually flipping through the history books, even if those aristocratic families had the iron scroll of "death for those who are not guilty of treason" in their homes, weren't they still casually found by the emperor to be guilty of treason and implicated nine generations of their families?
Saying goodbye to the old year and moving to a new residence, a double blessing came at the same time. The Right Chancellor's residence was changed to a new one that was bestowed by the emperor. It used to be the residence of a Li Yang imperial family member. Two hundred years ago in Great 'an City, it was extremely glorious. Because it had lost its hereditary title and was given the title of general, living in this first-class residence was somewhat suspicious. However, since they were members of the imperial family who hadn't committed any major crimes, it wasn't easy to get them to move out. Fortunately, when they heard that Jin San Lang of the Imperial College was moving in, their face shone brightly. They also privately received a large sum of silver from the Imperial Palace, so they conveniently moved out. The current Emperor was thrifty, so the dishes made in the imperial kitchen were just decorations. Later on, it was the empress who suggested that there be a meal list. Every day, the meal list would point out that a certain item was to be bestowed to a certain person. For example, the head of the internal court, the princes and princesses, the powerful officials in the court, and the generals in the capital were all expected to be bestowed. Today, a Grand Eunuch personally carried a rosewood meal box wrapped in yellow satin to keep warm and came to the new residence of Jin San Lang. Jin Lanting didn't leave anything behind and finally begged the Grand Eunuch to let him keep the pair of ebony chopsticks that wasn't considered a valuable item. A Grand Eunuch was secretly stuffed into the Grand Eunuch's sleeve. The skin was golden and dazzling, and the meat was as fine as fat. What was most rare was that there was a scene of a yellow jade coexisting at the top. Without needing to look at it closely, just by casually playing with it, one would know that it wasn't an ordinary item. The Grand Eunuch leaving a pair of chopsticks behind wasn't something that overstepped his boundaries. However, if the news of Jin San Lang gifting an item that he liked spread out, not only would it not attract the stain of corruption, but it would also greatly improve his reputation. How could the Grand Eunuch not smile from ear to ear? She felt more comfortable looking at this Right Chancellor who was nearing thirty and had the potential to enter the ranks of cabinet elders.
Giving away a piece of ancestral jade pendant and leaving behind a pair of ebony chopsticks that were only worth a few taels of silver, Madam Xu's heart hurt. In the past, in the county, she relied on the power of her paternal family and had to pull on the ears and scold people. Now, she did not dare to do so.
After growing a beard, Jin Lanting looked slightly older.
Madam Xu carefully asked, "San Lang, why not go visit the Grand Secretary at the end of the year? San Lang is close to Tantanon, and this Left Servant She Daren and the Grand Secretary came from the same sect. They have been close friends for most of their lives. If San Lang goes to visit, no one will say anything. "
Jin Lanting said impatiently, "Women, what are you talking about!"
Madam Xu smiled angrily. She gathered her courage and did not dare to talk back in the end. In the past, when Father and Mother saw this husband of a little Shi Family, they did not have good expressions. Now that the family had moved to Great Peace City, which was right under the Son of Heaven's feet, they could only bow and bend their knees.
Madam Xu also tried to curry favor on the bed, but San Lang's arrogance grew. Madam Xu always felt that the way he looked at her was no different from how he looked at a servant or a servant girl.
In this era where women were as cheap as grass, after a man became famous, it was not hard to treat women as women. What was hard was to treat women as people.
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