Chapter 380
380 Leaving the capital city (1)
“Bring honor to our ancestors?”
The aunt didn’t react for a moment, thinking that the Golden roll title would only be announced a month later. When her nephew showed a smug expression, she realized that he was bragging.
“Oh my, our dalang has been promoted to a higher rank, right?” the Auntie rolled her beautiful eyes and pouted.
The moment he opened his mouth, he knew that it was the old yin-yang aunt.
“I heard from the neighbors that only scholars can live in the temple. No matter how much you’ve been promoted, you’re still just a night watchman.”
Although her aunt had gradually unraveled the knot in her heart and was no longer as resentful as before, she still felt that she had to stick to her principles on the topic of “who is more promising, my nephew or my son.”
She was not like her husband, Xu Pingzhi, whose sons and nephews were all children of the Xu family. They had been raised at home for 20 years and were no different from real sons.
Her aunt couldn’t stand Xu Qi ‘an’s swaggering attitude. From time to time, he would show off in front of her. He didn’t respect her at all.
Therefore, the second son had to be more promising than the first son, so that the aunt could stand up straight in front of her nephew.
“Auntie, you don’t believe me?” Xu Qi ‘an squinted.
“I believe you. It’s just a promotion.” His aunt said indifferently.
Second uncle Xu had also been promoted a while ago and was transferred from the outer city to the inner city. He now had a fixed patrol area. The people in that area were all rich. For the sake of their family’s peace, they would spend money to pay respect to the Imperial saber guards who were in charge of the safety of the surrounding area and build a good relationship with them.
As a result, his second uncle had a lot of money in his private stash recently. Even though they had confiscated fifty taels of silver, he still had some money to spend in the education workshop.
Of course, second uncle Xu had never taken the initiative to go to the education workshop. After all, the girls there were far from his aunt’s level. Whenever he spent the night there, it was because of social interactions between colleagues.
On the contrary, it was Xu dalang and Xu Erlang who had reached Shen Gongbao’s age and had yet to marry, so they took the initiative to go to the Imperial Academy to relieve the pressure.
“It’s not a promotion, it’s a title!” Xu Qi ‘an said in a deep voice.
“Pfft …” The aunt was amused and laughed. She was trembling and charming.
“Hey, don’t talk nonsense.” Second uncle Xu waved his hand and said, ” back then, I killed my way through Shanhai Pass from south to north, from north to south. I was covered in blood. I’m still a step away from being conferred a noble.
From the South to the North, from the north to the south, second uncle, aren’t your arms tired … Xu Qian ridiculed in his heart.
Xu niannian shook his head. the title of nobility is of great importance. The last time Da Feng was conferred a title of nobility was during the Shanhai Pass battle 20 years ago. Now that the four Seas are at peace, where would I get the military merits to give you a noble title?”
“One doesn’t necessarily need military achievements to be conferred a title of nobility.” Xu Qi ‘an touched the little boy’s head. “Isn’t that right, lingying?”
The little boy ignored him and slurped the porridge with his mouth against the edge of the bowl.
“Alright, alright. Don’t you think this aunt knows how much you’re worth?” His aunt sneered. if you don’t take a break today, you should hurry to the Yamen. It’s almost seven o ‘clock in the morning. Don’t delay your second uncle’s dawn.
“Eldest brother, you don’t have to worry about bringing glory to our family. After this year’s spring examination, our Xu family will have a Jinshi. When the time comes, we’ll hold a banquet at home and invite the clansmen over for a meal.”
The spring examination had not even started, and his aunt was already feeling proud.
‘Damn, this is the beginning I wanted. Second uncle is biased, aunt is mean, cousin is a scholar, but he keeps suppressing me, one sister looks down on me, and the other sister steals my food …’ Then, the God of War returned and forcefully conferred the title of nobility. He then chased uncle and aunt’s family to live in a dog house … Xu Qi ‘an thought about it and felt quite good.
Second uncle Xu picked up his helmet again and nodded. “It’s getting late, I have to rush to yingmao.”
He had automatically ignored the matter of the title of nobility and treated it as a joke from his nephew.
If the Xu family could produce a noble, then it would really be the ancestors ‘graves emitting green smoke. Even if the second son’s name was inscribed on the Golden roll and entered the scholar’s rank, it would be impossible to be on par with the first son.
At that moment, Xu Pingzhi saw old Zhang, the gatekeeper, running toward him in a hurry. His panicked expression made it seem like he was being chased by a big insect.
“Old, old, old, old master …”
Old Zhang stuttered and said excitedly,”There’s an imperial edict!”
“Saint what?” Xu Pingzhi did not hear her clearly.
“An imperial decree.”
“What decree?” Xu Erlang didn’t hear her clearly.
“An imperial decree, an imperial decree for the title of a noble.”
Xu Qi ‘an looked at her aunt, who was in a daze, and pushed her second uncle out. “His Majesty’s imperial edict has arrived.”
Yesterday, after the fu Fei case, Wei Yuan had told him that the cabinet had already drafted an imperial edict to confer the title of nobility, and it was set for today.
Xu Pingzhi had walked from the inner court to the outer court, as if he had walked through half of his life. At this moment, his mood was very complicated. He was nervous, excited, hesitant, and afraid … He had experienced a similar feeling once, and that was on his wedding night.
In the distance, he saw a eunuch in a Python robe standing in the courtyard, with two rows of armored guards standing on both sides.
In the eunuch’s hand was a roll of imperial edict embroidered with a five-clawed Golden Dragon.
Bang Bang Bang …
Xu Pingzhi could hear his heart beating like a drum.
Seeing the person in question walk over, the eunuch slowly unfurled the Imperial edict and said in a clear voice, “”Xu Qi ‘an, please accept the edict.”
Second uncle knelt down first, then pulled Xu Qi ‘an to kneel down with him.
Second uncle Xu glared at his nephew. The Imperial edict was right in front of him, yet this brat was still kneeling unwillingly.
“Xu Qi ‘an is here.”
The eunuch nodded and said in. clear voice, ” in accordance with the emperor’s words, I rule the world with literature to dispel chaos and martial arts.. command the Army and generals to be the pillars of the court and the country … Xu Qi. an solved. series of strange cases and killed 200 rebel soldiers in Yunzhou …”
Xu Qi ‘an was stunned when he heard that he had killed 200 rebel soldiers. He thought to himself, ” I killed thousands of enemies. How did it become 200? ”