Since Qu Shixi was appointed as the Minister of Personnel, the always deserted door suddenly became lively. Some gave money, some gave houses, some gave farms, and some gave women.

Some of these people directly want to be an official, while others just want to make a good relationship.

Qu Shixiu refused all these people and had to talk to him for a few words. He could use what he could use, but he would never use what he could not use.

As for gifts, no matter how much they are worth or how rare the items are, they will not accept them, and they will not regard anyone's affection.

But he himself lived a poor life. In addition to his old wife and a pair of children, he only had one concubine and only ten maids and slaves.

...

After the meal today, Qu Shixi returned to the mansion. As soon as he got out of the sedan chair, more than a dozen visitors came out of the living room. When Qu Shixi saw that there were all the visitors, the head of Dong Yongsui, the director of the Qiu Judicial Department of the Ministry of Justice. Because he was his old subordinate in Zhaoqing, he was more familiar with others.

"Mr. Qu, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Dong Yong then saw the main master and quickly led everyone to greet him.

"Yuanxin, I never leave any food here. You know, I don't know if you have used food? If you let all the adults wait hungry, it's mine." Qu Shisi said.

Dong Yongsui, whose courtesy name is Yuanxin.

"Mr. Qu, everyone understands your rules. We have used food, so it's not a big deal."

"Okay, Yuanxin, you are an old acquaintance. Please accompany you on my behalf to use tea first and let me wash and change it. After using the meal, we will talk to you, okay?"

Hearing Qu Shisi's name and his attitude was so warm, Dong Yong suddenly felt a light on his face and his body felt a little lighter.

"That's natural. Lord Qu worked hard for a day, so how could he make the adults hungry? However, Lord Qu, please forgive me for saying that your tea is not very good, and it is no different from the large number of teahouses outside. Now, the official brought you two taels of red robe. This was picked from the old tree. After finally getting some, please give me some advice?" Dong Yongsui climbed up the pole.

"The big red robe is so expensive, I can't bear it!" Qu Shili's face turned cold, and she swayed her sleeve and entered the inner house.

"Haha, this, this, the old man is so honest. He is so impressed. He is so polite with his old acquaintances. He must go back to the living room to have tea and have tea..." Dong Yongsui had the ability to spit his face and do it himself. Haha, he made a comeback with him.

...

Qu Shixi returned to the upper room, and his wife Xu, son Qu Zhengbo, daughter Qu Ying, and concubine Mei Niang were all waiting for him to have dinner.

"Wow, are there any fish? Or mandarin fish? Why are you willing to bear it today?"

Qu Shixi asked Xu in surprise when he saw fish on the dinner table.

"Your salary is enough to eat fish? It's good to have vegetables and rice. This is given by the emperor. I'll cook one for you, and I'll keep it in the jar." Xu snatched him a few words.

She and Qu Shixi were married to her and grew up together. The deep relationship between her husband and wife is beyond comparison.

When he heard that it was given by the emperor, he quickly bowed slightly to the direction of the palace to express his gratitude. After that, Mei Niang served him and took off her official robe, put on her regular clothes, and brought water to serve him to clean her face. Qu Shili felt tired and sat down in the seat.

"Green vegetables and rice are good, much better than some poor people who can't eat. They have a meal." Qu Shisi was very serious outside, but she lived in eight seats, but she was very easy-going at home.

Qu Zhengbo was young, thirteen years old, born by Mei Niang; Qu Ying was sixteen years old, born by Xu.

The siblings were already greedy. When they heard my father's words, they immediately stretched out their chopsticks to the plate of fish.

"Slowly! No one is allowed to eat it. This is given to me by the emperor. How can you eat it?" Qu Shizi picked up the chopsticks and hit them on the chopsticks of the two of them.

Qu Ying and Qu Zhengbo retracted their chopsticks and looked at their mother with aggrieved expression.

"You are such a stubborn mind! The emperor gave you a good gift, but he didn't say he wouldn't let his family eat it. How serious is it to be for his son and daughter to eat a piece of fish?" Xu was annoyed and quarreled with Qu Shishi.

"The emperor gave me fish to eat because of my work and national affairs. What contribution do you have? How can you eat it?" Qu Shixi refused to let it go.

"My son is using his brain to study. Let him eat a piece, Ying'er will stop eating it." Xu took a step back.

"No, I have to buy it myself tomorrow!"

"You're such a damn!"

Xu bit his back teeth and said hatefully, his fingers almost pointing to Qu Shixi's forehead.

Qu Shixi gave his wife a blank look and started eating on his own.

"Dad, are you too rigid? Can the emperor know if I eat a piece of fish?" Qu Ying said dissatisfiedly when she saw her father eating sweetly.

"Loyalty is not something that makes people see, the key is in the heart." Qu Shili pointed to his heart with chopsticks and said.

I have given me a gift, but I dare not refuse.

Qu Shishi's other dishes did not move, and just ate a fish without leaving any left. After that, he pushed the plate and said to his daughter, who was so hungry that she was green in her eyes, "This soup is not bad, and the meal is just right."

"Who cares! I won't eat it anymore."

Qu Ying's eyes were filled with tears. When she pushed the plate, she stood up and went back to her room.

"Slowly, Ying'er, don't be angry, your father is right. You have dinner first. Mother comes to the palace today. The Empress Dowager gives you some snacks and some food to go to the Bo'er's room later. In addition, the Empress Dowager also gives you some gold seeds. Tomorrow we will buy fish and meat, and buy whatever you want, so we won't let the old man eat it!"

"Is that so good? Mom, do you have a pastry cake? I like it the most." When Qu Ying heard this, she almost jumped up happily.

"Yes, there are horseshoe cakes and crust pastries, they are all your favorite foods for Boer." Xu said happily.

"Dad, can I eat this?" Qu Zhengbo asked timidly, biting the chopsticks' head in his mouth.

"Yes. The gifts given by the Emperor and the Empress are open and upright, so of course they can be eaten."

"Then, I want my mother to buy me some paper and pen tomorrow, is that okay?"

"Yes, of course."

"Then I'll buy some rouge tomorrow, too."

Looking at the depressed son and cheerful daughter, Qu Shiqi felt inexplicably sad and said to himself: "It is the Emperor who understands people's hearts. The fake empress dowager and the empress can solve my predicament. Otherwise, I would not be able to afford my son's pen and daughter's rouge. I am so ashamed."

...

After having dinner, Qu Shisi came to the living room of the front yard and said to Dong Yongsui who had been waiting for a long time: "I won't talk about your errands today, just talk about Tian Yingyuan's refutation of the imperial edict. You can tell me what you heard or what you thought. Yuanxin, you can say it first?"

When Dong Yongsui heard Qu Shixi point out his own general, he was excited and had already thrown the unhappiness caused by the tea delivery just now.

"Sir, the emperor has adopted Dai as his concubine. I think there is nothing to say. There has been a long time ago. However, as a minister, Tian Yingyuan's duty is to refute the imperial edict. Even if there is something wrong, he will not be imprisoned, right?"
Chapter completed!