In the Imperial City of Beijing, it is already the day of April. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The inner hall of the Qianqing Palace.

The eunuchs and palace maids serving in the palace didn't know where to go to enjoy themselves, and in the big hall, only the emperor himself and his nominal personal guards were there.

"Assign the fifth princess to him?" Compared to being co-opted by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, the matter of marriage and marriage really surprised Qin Siyang, and he couldn't help but be surprised, "Is this true?"

Wei Hua replied: "Weichen doesn't know if it's true or not, but he only knows that there is really this rumor in Jingzhong." ”

Qin Siyang snorted, and couldn't help but feel a sigh of anger in his heart. What made him even more unhappy than this surprising rumor was that this rumor was actually told to him by Wei Hua.

The five princesses were decided, and such a matter related to the royal marriage in the inner court, the rumors could not have been spread from outside the inner palace, but must have come from the inner court. And Wei Hua, who was outside the palace and didn't like to spy on news, knew about it, he, the emperor in the inner court, hadn't even heard a little wind, could this not make him depressed?

After careful analysis of this rumor, it is obvious that most of the beauty and talent named Li Chaochen have been known to everyone in the capital. So much so that even the Queen Mother had the heart to give him her daughter. And he, the emperor, was only accidental or unintentional, bumping into the gossip behind the eunuch and palace maid, only to hear so many words about this new science examination, and to hear this Li Chaochen, who looks like Pan An is better than Song Yu.

Now that I think about it, if Wei Hua hadn't sued him in advance of Li Chaochen, he might not have been able to tell what was going on in these gossips that he overheard.

He's really worthy of the emperor.

After being silent for a long time, Qin Siyang asked again: "Then according to Han Tianming's meaning, do you want me to go and grab this Li Chaochen with the fifth princess?"

Wei Hua frowned slightly, and said, "The third prince of Han did not explain this, and asked the emperor to decide for himself." ”

"I decide?" Qin Siyang frowned and said, "You have all set up your plan to this extent, how else can I decide?"

Wei Hua hung his head and did not answer.

Outside the hall, there was a slight sound of footsteps, and after a while, I heard someone knocking on the door of the hall outside, and Qin Siyang responded: "Come in." ”

A palace maid walked into the hall half-bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is invited." ”

"I know, you stand down. Qin Siyang waved his hand.

"Yes. The palace maid agreed, and after glancing up at Wei Hua, she walked out of the inner hall lightly.

"Defend yourself, step down. Qin Siyang also waved his hand to Wei Hua.

Wei Hua agreed, and withdrew from the inner hall with the palace maid. As soon as he withdrew on his back feet, two eunuchs immediately walked in behind him to help Qin Siyang change his clothes.

Waiting for a change of clothes, just to see the Queen Mother as soon as possible.

In fact, the Queen Mother asked Qin Siyang to go to her, and it was not a big deal. It's just a casual talk about the events of the early dynasty in the past few days, and I didn't mention a single major event such as the disaster and the military situation, but all I said was a small matter of tangerine peel. As long as there is no mention of the use of money in the ministers' reports, she will follow the will of the cabinet. Even if it didn't touch the bottom line of the ministers, it also kept what he cared about the most.

It is unlikely that the emperor will come up to discuss the matter of the book. If you want to talk about other things, the biggest thing is nothing more than the matter of selecting draft girls, but now the Ministry of Rites is busy with the imperial examination, and the Internal Affairs Office is also understaffed, so it is difficult to handle it alone. The selection has long been postponed for another month, and preparations will be made in June. What else is there to do with the next visit?

Although Qin Siyang was puzzled in his heart, he also knew that there must be something else to do, so he couldn't ask, so he could only wait patiently.

Sure enough, after the queen mother dryly talked about some of the book, she asked: "At the end of the month, how does the emperor plan to ask Gongsheng?"

Qin Siyang replied honestly: "Elder Hu Ge and Elder Zhong Ge have prepared a question for me, if I want to come, I will take the test according to what they have planned, what does the Queen Mother think?"

"Well, what Hu Ge Lao and Zhong Ge Lao have set will not be bad, and the mourning family has no objection. The Queen Mother nodded, and after a pause, she added, "Having said that, the emperor has just ascended to the throne for the first time, and he encountered a triennial scientific examination. All the preparations were rushed, and although there were many scholars, they were uneven. The mourning family immediately agreed to the courtiers to help the emperor listen to the government, and they could not let this major event related to the future of the new dynasty pass by at will. The emperor is still young, and the ministers can't think about it on behalf of the emperor, so it takes a lot of hard work to choose the emperor. Therefore, the mourning family decided that on the day of the Gongsheng Palace examination, he would go to the Baohe Palace with the emperor to jointly preside over the big examination, no matter how much, it would be better to share one or two for the emperor. ”

Qin Siyang was shocked when he heard this, and looked at the Queen Mother in disbelief.

The invigilation of the temple examination is a tiring job. It is said that it is presided over by the emperor himself, but since ancient times, many emperors have found all kinds of excuses in order to escape this tiring work. Now Qin Siyang is not looking for it, because he can't find it and can't find it. But the queen mother, as the master of the harem, actually had to personally participate in the palace examination invigilation, and the reason was very high-sounding, but it really did not make people suspicious.

In fact, in the final analysis, the new Kegongsheng, the person the Queen Mother wants to recruit the most, one is a cool official, and the other is a military talent. It's a pity that from the various exam papers sent to her, she didn't see that there are a few people who have these two talents. Because of this, my heart is a little lazy.

At this moment, Tian Heng recommended a person to her, saying that this person was quite talented, he was extremely handsome, and although his net worth was low, he was a good candidate for a horse. said it well, but she was lazy and didn't want to pay attention. However, Tian Heng strongly recommended it, and laboriously found Li Chaochen's scroll again, and ordered someone to draw a portrait and present it to the Queen Mother together.

The scroll had been transcribed by someone else, and the Queen Mother did not see the man's arrogance from the handwriting. When she first read this volume, she only felt that this person's diction was a little too flat, not beautiful, and left no impression. After rereading it this time, I also felt that the things and words in this volume were still at a certain level, and I looked like a person with brains. With this good impression in mind, I took a look at the portrait. At just one glance, her half-hundred-year-old old woman was fascinated.

"Good looks, good looks, really a handsome and bright man. The Queen Mother praised again and again, "The recommendation of Shouzhi is excellent, and it is very suitable for the heart of the mourning family." ”

After praising it, the Queen Mother picked up Li Chaochen's exam paper again and reread it, not wanting to reread it this time is a different state of mind. With the beauty in her heart, she read every word on the volume, and felt timeless and deep, no matter which sentence she said, it was so beautiful.

Because of this person in her heart, the Queen Mother couldn't bear it, and after thinking about it, she decided not to wait, and hurriedly found Qin Siyang, and talked about the invigilation of the palace exam together.

She wanted to see with her own eyes as soon as possible, how the rumored American boy was. If it is really as beautiful as in the painting, she must be wooed.

What kind of fuss is this?

Qin Siyang, who is still young, no matter how much he thinks about it, he can't understand the Queen Mother's thoughts for a while.

He was surprised, but he didn't want to ask too much, since the Queen Mother had spoken in person, he had no choice but to nod in agreement.

As for the Queen Mother's overly impulsive approach, her cronies and advisers did not raise many objections. Fang Xinyi's attitude towards this matter is completely laissez-faire. Gao Yueming is just a eunuch minion, and he has nothing to say.

In the early summer of April, the flowers are full of flowers in the capital, and the weather is neither hot nor cold. In the past, in this season, the gold list was already opened, and the capital was celebrating for the new science and technology scholars.

But this year is different, due to the state funeral of the first emperor, the scientific expedition has been postponed by a month. At the beginning of April, although the spring has passed, the people on the list are full of joy, but they can't completely relax, they still have to wait for the end of the month, the palace test presided over by the emperor himself.

In this atmosphere, although it is a national funeral, it can't be fun. However, in the taverns in Beijing, the scholars who were on the list of exams still gathered in groups of three or five, speculating about the situation of going to the palace to take the exam.

Located in the corner of the West Street in Beijing, the Huifeng Wine House is the place where the most people gather in Beijing this time, and after the announcement of the examination list, it is full of scholars who have won the list every day, and they are frolicking with each other about how to go down.

"Hey, you have to know how difficult it is on the road to Qingyun, we can have this creation, we are on the list, we are already grateful to God, how can we think about it again. It's just Brother Zifan, you are different, I heard that Lord Tan of the household department has sent someone to find you, isn't it? Listen to how Jingzhong spread you, if you look like Pan An, you are better than Song Yu, haha, they are all beauties. ”

As soon as these words fell, there were people in the Huifeng Wine House who agreed.

And the protagonist who lives in a corner and is praised by others is leaning against the wall half-lying on his stomach. I saw that he was dressed in white, although he was not dressed properly, and half of it fell on his shoulders, but under the backdrop of his peerless appearance, he was even more lazy.

"I heard that the Queen Mother has already intended to give the fifth princess to Brother Zifan, hasn't she? I heard that someone has been sent down in the palace. The gentlemen sitting at the table ignored the crowd outside, and someone else spoke.

"Someone from the palace, Brother Yutai, where did this news come from?" someone asked.

The person who spoke before grinned and said, "I went to Hanlin yesterday to borrow books, and the librarian said it." ”

"Is this true?" asked again.

This time, everyone sitting in the seat turned their eyes to a corner, although they were sitting on the side of the road, but they were the focus of the entire wine house.

At this point, Li Chaochen can't stop talking.

I saw that he finally sat upright, straightened his clothes, glanced at everyone present with a pair of eyes as dazzling as stardust, and slowly replied: "There is no one in the palace, and in the humble house where we live in seclusion, except for your idle brothers, no one has come to the door so far." Haha, I'm really disappointed with my brothers. ”

Someone laughed: "Brother Zifan, don't bluff people, Lord Hubu Tan intends to recruit you, this is what everyone has told you." ”

"Well, it's intentional. Li Chaochen nodded, "The biggest compliment I've received so far is that on the day the list was released, a member of Lord Tan's doorman shouted me in public. (To be continued.) )