My name is Gao Chen, and just today, I became the concubine of Xiao Wan, the eldest princess of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

I prostrate in the center of the main hall of the administrative hall, accepting the jealous looks and envious gazes of the civil and military officials around me, and in my ears was the high-pitched and slightly shrill voice of the eunuch announcing the decree.

"The concubine of the high family, the department is famous, the character is valuable, the literary brilliance is brilliant, the queen mother is very happy, and the special recruitment is the eldest princess's concubine, and the marriage will be completed on the same day, and I will admire this!"

"Minister, Gao Chen, thank you Lord Rongen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

In order to show the grace of Long, after three bows and nine bows, I raised my head and took the holy decree from the hands of the eunuch who announced the decree.

On the throne is a little emperor who is not yet ten years old. The wide throne was still too big for him, so much so that the little emperor's legs were hanging in midair.

Xu is this courtly ceremony is too boring, the little emperor has long been unable to sit still, his body is constantly shaking, his eyes look around for a moment, his eyes are back to the big horse hand-picked by the queen mother, his face slightly showed a look of disdain, and instantly returned to a childish appearance.

Is such a person also worthy of his eldest royal sister?!

The little emperor's hand, hidden under the long sleeves of the dragon robe, involuntarily clenched tightly. The Gao family is a family with dictatorship and imperial power, who has ever put him, a little emperor, in his eyes, and how has he ever put the royal family in his eyes.

The resentment flashing in the eyes of the little emperor is all in my eyes, and I only feel wronged at this moment, although I am in the name of the descendants of the Gao family, in fact, in the Gao family, my status is far inferior to that of my uncle Gao Qin's son Gao Wei.

The Gao family was originally a famous family in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and there were officials who entered the court for generations, which can be said to be deeply relied on by the emperor and the humerus of the court.

My father, Gao Zhen, was originally the son of the Gao family, and he also had a lot of prestige in the family, while my uncle Gao Qin was a concubine. And as my father's only son, I naturally became the eldest son and grandson of the Gao family. It's a pity that my father died early, and the center of gravity of the family was gradually replaced by my uncle Gao Qin, because at this time, my uncle was already the left prime minister under one person and above ten thousand people in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

And Gao Wei and I were the civil and military champions selected □□ the last imperial examination when the emperor was alive. That year, I got the official title of the six-rank Hanlin Academy because I was the first Jinshi, and Gao Wei became the forward captain of the six-rank Lanling guard because of the martial arts.

And three years later, when the new emperor ascended the throne, I was still a six-grade Hanlin Academy, and Gao Wei was already the commander of the exclusive emperor's guard, the Imperial Forest Army.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that even if the princess wants to marry, it will be married to Gao Wei. No matter how you look at it, it's not my turn to revise at a small Hanlin Academy. Outsiders look at this horse as a beautiful difference, the emperor's relatives, the beauty is in the arms, and since then it has been glorious and rich, and envy others. But once he becomes a colt, although he has an honorary title, it will be difficult to make achievements in his official career in the future. Winning the rich and beautiful, but losing the splendid future, whether it is a blessing or a curse, you have to weigh it yourself.

Gao Wei, who has a bright future, naturally does not want him to become a colt. Therefore, I, the so-called eldest son and grandson who have been forgotten, can finally make some contribution to the Gao family and become the queen mother's favorite eldest princess - Xiao Wan's concubine.

In fact, being a colt is dispensable for me, and my career has long been of little significance to me. I live a bad life every day, but I am also at ease, far away from the power struggle of the imperial court, and I am also comfortable sending love letters.

Now because of fate, I have become the eldest princess's concubine, and my official rank has been promoted to the second grade, and I have won the title of captain of the horse, and I still do the work of compiling the Hanlin Academy, but the only thing that comforts me a little is that the salary has also risen a lot.

For a pleasure-seeker like me, there's nothing more heartwarming than that.

Finally waited for the retreat of the dynasty, Prime Minister Gao Cheng had already helped the little emperor decide the agenda of the early dynasty in front of the palace, and the little emperor did not wait for the eunuch to announce his retreat, so he jumped straight from the throne and walked away.

Although the little emperor left unhappily, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty still waited for Prime Minister Gao to leave first, and then left the main hall one after another.

I deliberately stayed at the end of the way, but I didn't want to be blocked by some good people, and my words were full of flattery, just to give me the opportunity to help in the future.

A few kind words? To whom? Is the little emperor on the throne? Or my uncle who is below one person and above ten thousand?

I couldn't help but smile bitterly, although they are all surnamed Gao and are from the same family, not everyone may have such a good treatment as someone......

muttering in his heart, he looked at Gao Wei who was surrounded by people in front of him and couldn't walk around with contemptuous eyes, he was really more popular than people, out of sight was pure, he made an excuse, smeared oil on the soles of his feet, and quickly left the main hall and went to the Hanlin Courtyard.

After the early dynasty, the officials could not return to the house immediately, but went to the relevant departments to continue to work, and only after the work of the day was done, before the palace was handed down, can they leave the palace and go back.

As soon as I returned to Hanlin Temple, my left and right hands were grabbed by two people and pulled aside. You don't have to think about it to know who it is, Yang Anyuan and Li Hao, who are also editors of the Hanlin Academy. These two people are the same as me, and they are also the same science and rank in the same department that year, and the top three Bangyan and Tanhualang are also.

Looking at their flattering and somewhat obscene appearance now, I can't help but sigh at the night banquet of the former emperor Qionglin, the inscription of the gold list, and how beautiful it was when they became famous in one fell swoop. With his head held high, he is full of literati and arrogant.

But now......

Although I'm not much better, I'm not as sleek and flattering as them, officialdom, it's really a big dye vat!

"Brother Gao, what a gratifying congratulations!"

Yang Anyuan hugged his fists and congratulated, and almost high-fived to celebrate.

I think he was an elegant and handsome descendant back then, and in just a few years, his figure was a little blessed. At that time, the scholarly atmosphere did not put me in the eyes of the champion at all, and the tone was full of ridicule, which was nothing more than because I was a member of the Gao family.

Back then, I was also a teenager, and I was ridiculed by him a lot, and I couldn't bear it, so I actually fought with him in the Hanlin Academy, which made Li Hao, who had always been honest and honest, suffer, and I was busy trying to persuade him, but I was punched by Yang Anyuan and me, and I fainted on the spot.

This frightened me and Yang Anyuan, and we hurriedly ran to the Imperial Doctor's Department to invite the imperial doctor to take a look, and the imperial doctor said that he had just fainted, so he was relieved. Because of this, he was not only scolded by his boss, but also fined for half a year, not to mention how embarrassed he was!

It's strange to say, although I had a fight with Yang Anyuan, we didn't turn against each other, and then we became "close friends" who pushed the cup, to put it bluntly, they were friends who often got together to eat, drink and have fun!

Li Hao also hurriedly posted it, with an envious look, and said:

"It is said that this eldest princess has a peach and plum face, looks like a fairy, and your jade-faced Langjun must be extremely right, think about it, you really want to envy others!"

I looked at the two of them with a worried face, and my words were insincere, just trying to frame me for inviting them to drink.

In fact, everyone knows how miserable it is to be a colt. On the surface, it sounds better to marry a princess, but in fact, he sold himself to a princess. I have to say hello to the princess on time every day, and whether I can enter the princess's room depends on whether the princess is happy or not. I'm happy, maybe I can make Gong E hold the lamp and let you into the house. If you are not happy, the lights go out and kick you out of the room.

For the princess, the pony is for façade, the face is for fun, and the husband of someone else's house is for flirtatious!

Of course, this shameless definition was not what I said, but what other concubines of the Great Wei Dynasty said.

When the dynasty originally had two princes and five princesses, the eldest princess and the eldest prince were born from the first queen, and were very favored by the first emperor and the empress dowager, and the eldest prince was made the crown prince shortly after he was born, but a rebellion several years ago was implicated, and the eldest prince was robbed of his home and given to death.

The eldest princess is frail and sick since childhood, the queen mother is very compassionate, deliberately raised her outside the palace, occasionally when the climate in Jinling warms, will also let people take the eldest princess back to the palace, stay for a few days. Because she doesn't show up often, there are only a few people in the capital who have really seen the true face of the eldest princess.

And the second prince is now on the throne of the little emperor who is less than ten years old, and the other four princesses, are all born to other concubines, the little emperor and the fifth princess who has only turned ten years old are still too young and have never been married, and the other princesses have chosen a horse in the year of the concubine, and now the eldest princess has also found a good match, and the queen mother feels a little relieved.

The other horses are different from me, but they were also born in the previous Jinshi, and they are also considered to be famous, although they are not as powerful as the Gao family, and the family is also quite famous in the court.

Maybe it's the view of the family, or maybe the literati are contemptuous, these concubines are only maintaining a superficial relationship with me, the Gao family who is about to become a big concubine, and the Gao family is now hot, and they naturally don't put other gate valves in their eyes, and they will not put me, an inconspicuous Gao Chen, in their eyes.

It's just that the sorrow of the same colt makes several people feel a little sympathetic to each other.

After learning that I was going to be a big colt, several colts had the rare opportunity to make small talk to me, but they poured a large bucket of bitter water.

Several princesses are all beautiful women, with very different personalities, but the princess's small temperament is like a mold carved out, they are difficult to serve, and their discipline is also very strict.

After marrying a princess, it is difficult to take a concubine like other officials, unless the princess has nothing to do and violates women's morals, and she can only take a concubine with her consent!

If you want to divorce your wife, it is difficult, the monarch has always been a minister, the princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, it is unspeakably expensive, it is common for the princess to retire the horse, and no concubine dares to divorce the princess.

......

In this way, the hard-won half-day holiday was spent in such a virtual mood.

For the fact that I really want to marry a princess, I don't seem to have any special feelings until now, to put it bluntly, the marriage contract between us is just a marriage under some kind of political compromise, and she and I are both chess pieces in the hands of others, and we never help ourselves.

I don't care if the princess is really frail or not, if she is as good as the rumors say, even if she is not beautiful, if she is more kind, maybe we can still be a respectful couple. I will respect her, pity her, protect her, and do my best to never let her be hurt in any way, so that she will be safe and happy for the rest of her life, and this is the only thing I can do for her.

sighed with some emotion, the red walls and blue tiles in the imperial city were too cold, and I couldn't help but feel a little chill in my heart, maybe it would be more comfortable to drink......

"Today, Drunken Immortal Building, I'm invited!"

Saying this lightly, I went straight to the library, but I had to finish today's work earlier!

Yang Anyuan and Li Hao danced happily, and immediately followed, chatting with a new qin girl from Zuixian Building with high interest along the way, I don't know what kind of moving music will be played in the hands of this qin girl?