The Ultimate Prodigal Son - Chapter 264

[Chapter 264: Proposing a Promotion]

“As long as the master likes it, this is also my heartfelt gift.”

After being praised by Lin Tian, Gu Man’er’s face immediately turned red, and even her tone could not help but soften.

This shy and timid look made Lin Tian, who had been reading all night, feel a little tired.

“You are tired doing this late at night.”

Lin Tian drank the lotus seed soup mouthful by mouthful, and saw that it was already late outside, which was considered late at night in ancient times.

“The master is tired of reading late at night, and this is what I should do.”

Gu Man’er said, while spontaneously walking behind Lin Tian and placing her hands softly on his shoulders.

“The master should be a little tired after reading all night, let me massage your shoulders.”

As she spoke, she began to exert force with both hands, and her originally weak hands became gentle and powerful at this time.

Lin Tian began to close his eyes and enjoy it. Surrounded by the faint fragrance, he felt that his whole body began to relax.

After Gu Maner pressed for a while, Lin Tian felt that the fatigue in his body had begun to ease, so he raised his hand and waved, indicating that she could let go.

“It’s getting late now, you should go back first.”

Lin Tian glanced at the sky outside. Usually at this time, Gu Maner would have gone back to her room to rest.

But tonight, seeing him studying here, he specially made a bowl of lotus seed soup, which was already very hard.

“Then the master should rest early, and I will go back first.”

Gu Maner glanced at Lin Tian’s slowly recovering expression, and saw that the fatigue between his eyebrows had dissipated a lot, so she was relieved.

After Gu Maner left, Lin Tian began to tidy up some books on the desk.

He wrote a copy of all the top three exam papers in recent years and copied them into the same book.

He found that the answers to these exam papers were very unique, and the most amazing one was his master Yang Sheng.

This is enough to prove that the imperial examination system of Da Chu is still very fair and just, at least the top three in each imperial examination are very excellent.

Lin Tian collected these test papers, just like the modern college entrance examination. It would be helpful to read all the real questions and standard answers.

After doing this, he turned off the lights and rested.

In the next few days, Lin Tian stayed in the study room and studied late at night, which was considered a intensive study for the future palace examination.

Because he is now just a small minister of the Ministry of Works, he does not have much say in the important affairs of the court, and even his appearance is not needed in the court.

So Lin Tian simply applied to the emperor to go to the court every few days, on the grounds that he was too tired to build the dam and needed a few days of rest.

After all, there is a distance from the Lin Mansion to Chitangshang. If Lin Tian gets up so early all day, he might be driven crazy.

After resting for a full week, Lin Tian began to go to the court very reluctantly.

He thought that those people would not focus on him after he disappeared for a while.

But he didn’t expect that as soon as he appeared, someone had already stared at him vaguely.

“What a bunch of old foxes who are still thieving!”

Lin Tian muttered quietly in his heart, but even though he was stared at by so many people, he didn’t feel uncomfortable at all.

Instead, he suffered those eyes leisurely and contentedly, and whispered a few words to the people around him from time to time, and was not affected at all.

“I think that Lin Tian, the Minister of Works, is very talented and should not be relegated to the position of Minister.”

Just when everyone was diligently reporting what happened in their positions, Lin Tian thought that he could slack off in today’s morning court.

Suddenly Liu Zhang spoke loudly, and even cast a look of approval at Lin Tian.

For a moment, the attention of the entire court was on Lin Tian.

“Oh, what did Liu Aiqing say?”

The emperor also raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Zhang. Isn’t Liu Zhang always impartial? Why did he suddenly praise someone like this?

In fact, the emperor probably knew about their actions in private, but he turned a blind eye to their little practices.

As an emperor, he could not handle all matters at once, so as long as his subordinates did not cause any big trouble, he would choose not to care.

“Minister Lin was able to build the dam within half a month and exceeded the target. It is a waste of talent to condescend to the position of Minister of Works.”

Liu Zhang said with a smile, and cast a very approving look at Lin Tian.

Such a warm look made Lin Tian feel a little uncomfortable, so he looked at Liu Zhang in confusion.

He remembered that he and this person seemed to have no intersection. If it were not for the information that popped up in his mind showing that he was the prime minister, he would not know this person at all.

But such a person who had never had any intersection suddenly promoted him in the court, which inevitably made people think more.

Perhaps some people who did not understand the situation would think that Liu Zhang’s open olive branch to Lin Tian was to win him over.

“What do you think, Liu Aiqing?”

The emperor did not directly agree with Liu Zhang’s opinion, but he did not object.

He just asked Liu Zhang for his opinion.

Perhaps the emperor was also wondering, Lin Tian and Liu Zhang were clearly two people who had nothing in common, how could he suddenly be appreciated by Liu Zhang?

“I think that Minister Lin should be promoted!”

Liu Zhang said loudly, with a look of indignation.

After all, as the father-in-law of the current emperor and a veteran of two dynasties, he naturally had the confidence to speak like this.

But he didn’t think that it was precisely because he had such confidence and repeatedly did not give the emperor face in the court that he had already aroused the emperor’s dissatisfaction.

“Prime Minister Liu, you are too kind. I am just an ordinary person. I have achieved what I have today because of the emperor’s love. I dare not promote or transfer.”

Lin Tian saw that some people looked at him with abnormal eyes, and immediately waved his hand and said.

His humble appearance made people treat him better.

“Since Minister Lin said so, there is no reasonable position now. What do you think, Liu Aiqing?”

The emperor also looked at Lin Tian with satisfaction.

He really didn’t make a mistake. Although this young man was talented, he was neither arrogant nor impatient, and he had the style of his father, Lin Zuhua!

However, he still needed to test Lin Tian a little more. After all, the court was in turmoil, and it was also the time for him to employ people!

“In this case, we can only put it aside. It is really unfair to Minister Lin.”

Liu Zhang also looked very regretful, and cast a very apologetic look at Lin Tian.

This made Lin Tian’s eyebrows jump.