"The third thing is the prince's wedding. You are already in the capital at this time, so you should have heard about it."
"At that time, in order to replenish the national treasury, the prince even used his own wedding and asked civil and military officials to give gifts in public. Our family has no financial resources. It's all because your uncle is not the kind of person who will take bribes and bend the law, so our family can't afford it.
What a gift, but as your uncle is the elder of the East Palace, many people are looking at him."
"Finally, I collected some money at home and took two bottles of wine with you to your uncle."
"Do you know how the prince did it?"
The woman said meaningfully: "The prince did not refuse, and even teased your uncle for a while, and finally accepted it. A few days after you, the East Palace sent you ten times, a hundred times the gift in return for the gifts we gave out."
"The prince didn't refuse because he was afraid of hurting your uncle's self-esteem, and he also had to take into account that many people were looking at your uncle. The return gift after that was because he knew that our family's conditions were not good, so he deliberately took care of him."
"That's it. There are many things that I can't tell you in detail, but you should be aware. How does the prince treat you?"
At this time, Xu Junlou's face turned red and he whispered: "The kindness is as heavy as a mountain."
Nodding, the woman said, "The kindness is as heavy as a mountain."
"I heard your uncle talk about it. The prince's vision is extremely far-reaching. He has already planned things far, far away. Among them, the prince wants to make the officials in the world younger, instead of always being old antiques.
In terms of position, so the prince has been vigorously selecting and appointing you people since the beginning of your imperial examination. It is both a test and an experiment. I am a woman and don’t know a lot. My nephew, please answer me, yes
Isn’t that so?”
Xu Junlou nodded.
The woman asked again: "You were not the number one scholar in this imperial examination, but now you are the governor of the capital. You can be considered a high and powerful person. Your real power is much greater than that of your uncle before he became the minister. Is that true?"
Xu Junlou looked even more embarrassed, but he still nodded.
The woman sighed: "Junlou, my aunt comes from a womanly family, but she also knows that loyalty and filial piety are the most important things when a man is alive. Your uncle has worked hard for you. When he learned that you were named on the gold list, he was happier than anyone else and rarely drank.
He made you drunk."
"Your uncle and I have no heirs, and I really treat you as a son. But if you want to resign, no matter how much grievances you have, no matter what reasons you have, I wrote a memorial and handed it in without saying a word. I didn't even say hello to you.
My uncle beat me, this is because you are unfilial."
"The prince is kind to our Xu family, and the same is true for you personally. Otherwise, as usual, you will only be an imperial editor at this time. After a few years of experience, when and where there is a suitable vacancy, you can go there according to your seniority.
It is impossible to hold a position in three or five years after going through such a process."
"The prince thinks so highly of you, but you want to give up the prince because of temporary difficulties. This is disloyal."
Having said this, Xu Junlou was already crying bitterly.
But the woman still didn't want to let him go. She stared into his guilt-filled eyes and said, "Is being unfaithful or unfilial the way you have learned to deal with others after reading so many sage books over the years?"
Chapter completed!