Xu Chenglin inexplicably gave birth to hope in his heart.

He immediately got up from the bed, grabbed his coat and walked out.

Duchess Weiguo heard the voice of the maid asking Xu Chenglin outside, and immediately put away the needle and thread at hand.

"Mother, son has come to greet you. ”

Xu Chenglin stood outside and said respectfully.

Duchess Weiguo rubbed her somewhat dazed eyes before she spoke up and let him in.

After Xu Chenglin came in, he chatted with Duchess Weiguo for a few words, and suddenly stretched out his hand to the small dustpan covered by a handkerchief beside Duchess Weiguo.

"Mother said a few days ago that her eyes were uncomfortable, why did she start needlework again?"

Xu Chenglin's actions seemed unintentional, but before he touched the small dustpan, Duchess Weiguo snatched back the small dustpan made of bamboo strips, with a hint of panic in her eyes:

"No, it's just a matter of putting it here!"

Xu Chenglin didn't poke it, but with a slight shake of his hand, the handkerchief covered by the small dustpan fell to the ground, revealing a bright red belly pocket that was only a little bigger than a man's palm, and a big goldfish on the soft satin face could be embroidered with only a tail.

Xu Chenglin quickly grabbed the little belly pocket in his hand before the Duchess of Weiguo reacted, and said with a smile:

"Mother's little belly pocket for which child is this is really delicate and beautiful - such a size, the newborn baby is dressed just right, and the son remembers Cheng Huan's birth date, probably in June and July......"

"Who said I did it for someone else! You are a man, what are you doing with this?"

Obviously it was just an ordinary sentence, but Duchess Weiguo reached out like a cat that had been stepped on its tail and snatched the belly pocket from Xu Chenglin's hand, and then with determination in anger, she picked up the sharp scissors on the side, and in just three or two clicks, the delicate belly pocket became a few rags!

"Mother!"

Xu Chenglin couldn't help but lose his voice:

"You, no matter who you do it for, as long as you are happy, my son is just asking......"

Duchess Weiguo pointed to the door and said angrily:

"Get out! You get me out! Do you want you to interrogate me if I make a little dress for that miserable child?"

As soon as Mama Gao, who was standing on the side, heard that Duchess Weiguo said such things again, she immediately stood up and persuaded Xu Chenglin, who was depressed:

"Lord Shizi, you know the bitterness in Madame's heart, you go back first, let Madame be alone and be quiet!"

Xu Chenglin's heart is like a mirror, and the hard-working child in his mother's mouth refers to the younger brother he didn't know before.

Could it be that the mother really made clothes for that younger brother to express her grief?

However, if she really made clothes for that younger brother, her mother didn't have to hide it from him at all, and she would be furious just by asking!

Xu Chenglin had mixed feelings in his heart, bowed his head and was silent for a moment, bowed down to his mother, and then walked out.

How he hoped that the clothes made by his mother were all for the child in Chenghuan's womb.

When the footsteps outside completely disappeared, Mama Gao dismissed a group of maids and maids, sighed, put away the strips of rags on the ground, and removed the small dustpan that was already messy from the Duchess of Weiguo.

"Madam, the prince is also unintentional......"

Duchess Wei Guo sat down in her chair, and the scissors in her hand fell to the ground with a slight noise.

"No, I didn't do it for her child, no!"

Mama Gao's eyes darkened, and she comforted her according to the meaning of Duchess Weiguo:

"No, no, Madame, don't be angry...... Your eyes aren't very comfortable now, so don't do it......"

Duchess Weiguo still covered her face and cried alone, no matter how Mama Gao persuaded her, she couldn't stop it.

Actually, she doesn't know this dress, which child she made it for, and she doesn't know......

In the pleasant early spring, the days fly by.

After solving Xu Chengle, the new Enke began.

Last year, because of the abolition of the emperor's mediocrity, Dengke's Jinshi fame was abolished, but this year's Enke is eclectic and only seeks to select good materials.

Whether it is a discarded talent who has participated in the Spring Festival, or a child who falls off the list on the same day, they can all participate in the new department.

All of a sudden, the prosperity of the capital is more lively than before, and the world is bustling and bustling towards the capital.

Even with the weather of early summer, it was scorching day by day, and after the spring palace was tried, on the day of the release of the list, the lively atmosphere in the capital reached its peak.

There are countless good women in the capital, and after the spring banquet that day, there are only a few that look at the right eye, and most of them are still carefully selected.

However, because of the addition of Enke, the family with a daughter to be married suddenly remembered the old Beijing custom of "catching a son-in-law under the list".

Those who can win in the spring are all protégés of the Son of Heaven, and they have a bright future from now on, not only the common people like to do this, but even some noble families often do this kind of thing.

The king of Rongping and his sister the lord of Rongyang were also watching the excitement on the street, and the lord of Rongyang stretched his neck on tiptoe and waited to see who was the champion Lang's curious appearance, which made the king of Rongping laugh a little.

"You also want to learn from those people who don't enter the stream, under this spring list, can you catch a good guest of honor?"

A spring banquet, there are not many good fates, but my sister's good reputation has been completely raised, and she has become a model among royal women, and there are many people who come to propose marriage.

Their parents died early, and he took the title of King of Rongping County, so naturally he also had to take care of his sister, and these days he was also paying attention to what the situation of those proposed relatives was.

But if those people knew that the lord of Rongyang, who had been rumored to be virtuous and virtuous, would actually watch the excitement on the street like this, regardless of his image, how disappointed would they be?

The county lord of Rongyang didn't expect his own brother to also make fun of him, and said again and again:

I just thought, when I went to visit the queen a few days ago, the queen also told me about the excitement when the list was released last year, and I wanted to take a look!"

When he finished speaking, he looked back at his brother again, dragged him out of the crowd, and went to a no-man's corner, staring at him with a pair of big round eyes, flashing with a sense of inquiry:

"Brother, I forgot to ask you, on that day, why did you suddenly ask me to enter the palace to visit the queen mother?

"The queen mother is the mother of a country, and now she is pregnant, she and her heirs are all related to whether the Xiao family can settle down again, besides, what is the harm of letting you befriend the queen mother?"

King Rongping said it seriously.

The lord of Rongyang didn't believe it:

"Brother, I believe in the latter of your reasons, but the former one is too reluctant, right?"

The society has never been something that her indifferent brother cares about.

After the death of her parents, her brother took her away from the whirlpool of power, just hoping that their county palace could survive in peace in the cracks of the previous emperor's suspicion, just like the Anxi county palace.

Don't do much, don't probe, don't attract attention, this is his code of conduct, otherwise, with his brother's appearance and character, how can he not be famous among royal men?

King Rongping only smiled, obviously not wanting to say anything more to his sister.

But the lord of Rongyang, who has lived with his brother since he was a child and grew up together, can see the bitterness and the dullness from his brother's smile.

Yes, it's so well disguised that even she has to lie about the bitterness and loneliness of the past!

The county lord of Rongyang only felt a flash of lightning in front of him, and his heart was as bright as a spark in an instant-

Yes, that day, a good brother came to her and asked her to go into the palace immediately to visit the queen mother to see if she was okay, and she didn't even have time to tell her why, such eagerness, such gaffes, why?

If it wasn't deliberate, how did my brother know that the queen mother was sick?

Is this something that he should know as an idle prince with no power in his hands?

"Brother......

She suddenly even suffocated her breath, as if she had encountered something terrible, and grabbed her brother's brocade robe embroidered with swastika lace, and pleaded with trembling in her voice:

"I know, I know that you have always liked heroic and unique women, but some people are absolutely, absolutely can't think about it, can't touch it, brother, please, it's okay to get married early? Marry me a sister-in-law as soon as possible, as long as you and your sister-in-law are in charge of me, whoever you let be my guest of honor, I will marry whomever you want! Brother, please!"

Brother, he won't know what kind of great crime it is to covet the queen on the phoenix throne!

King Rongping was suddenly poked by his sister, and his heart, which had been empty, was like a hole that had been pierced by someone, and those inexplicable secret wounds could no longer be concealed.

But despite the pain of the dark wound, he did not ignore his sister's fear, and he raised his hand to put it on the back of his sister's trembling hand:

"Rongyang, don't be afraid, my brother is not stupid, my brother will never hope for anything that does not belong to me, you can rest assured, you can rest assured!"

"Brother, promise me never to think about it, that ...... doesn't belong to us"

has survived with his sister in the ruthless emperor's family for so many years, no matter what kind of grievances he has suffered, no matter how unfair he has been treated, King Rongping has not wanted to cry like this moment.

But he can't cry, in front of his terrified sister, how can he be willful for himself?

Can't, never will.

In a life like his, there are some things that can't even be thought about.

The trembling in my heart at a glance was gradually restrained with the trembling of my fingertips, and I hid it in an invisible place, and I couldn't even have the courage to take it out to dry in the future.

He looked up at the crowded streets, the gray of the sky forever.

He promised his sister:

"Okay, don't think about it anymore, never again, don't be afraid......"

The brother and sister silently bowed to fate on the crowded streets, and in the distance where the list was placed, they suddenly burst out with an earth-shattering shout:

"How is this possible? How can the champion be Song Changqing?"

"Song Changqing, who is Song Changqing?"

The local people in the capital were so familiar with this name that they immediately exploded.

"Oh my God, it's the waste of Prime Minister Song's family in the past, a person who can't even pass the exam!"

"No, if he didn't even pass the exam, then why did he participate in the Spring Festival?

In the streets and alleys, those who participated in the Spring Festival and those who did not participate in the Spring Festival began to gossip about this ridiculous thing.

Originally, in addition to the champion, the most beautiful list, the limelight of Tanhua and others, were completely overshadowed by the three words "Song Changqing".

In the Song family's house, the people who delivered the good news outside the door set off a long firecracker, the sound was deafening, and Song Changqing smiled silently in the house.

He knew that the emperor was trying every means to let him participate in the Spring Festival, and eight out of ten was going to pit him, but he didn't expect the pit to be so thorough, this was simply to roast him on the fire!

Because of Song Changqing's past reputation and background, some people soon said that they couldn't accept this reality, and many courtiers also wrote to the emperor that Song Changqing's champion was afraid that his name was not true.

To put it bluntly, it is to suspect the emperor of fraud.

But since Xiao Shaotang dared to do this, he was ready.

Without saying a word, he threw Song Changqing's article to the courtiers, and the Imperial Decree was engraved by the Ministry of Rites, and a copy was distributed in all the bookstores in the city, so that everyone in the world could take a good look.

"Gai Wen Dao is great, originally from the sky, beyond the wonder of Wuji Taiji, and is not far from the daily necessities of things, rooted in the five elements of yang and yang, and is nothing more than benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, rigidity, softness, good and evil...... What is the oath and what is the side, what will be doubted, why is the vulgar not as good as the rope, why is it not as good as the portrait. Cohesion of the people with government, condensation of scholars, governance of the inside and outside with the protection of the sky, diligence and fear, only restraint, the difference between the work and rest of the emperor, or the difference between profit and loss at any time......"

The indignant scholars were originally very unconvinced, but when they read this palace test strategy in the bookstore, they all stopped talking.

Cohesion of the people with politics and etiquette, just this insight and courage to speak out in front of the emperor has already surpassed them as ordinary scholars!

It is a common problem for literati to be light, but when literati meet talented people who are sincerely convinced, they are happy and convinced, and they are also frank and open-minded, worthy of heaven and earth.

They have no objection to Song Changqing's name as the champion.

As for Song Changqing's origin, someone with a heart traced it down and found that it was Song Changqing who donated a person's origin in the Ministry of Rites before the Spring Festival.

Although such an identity is not very glorious, in the Great Qi Dynasty, it can be regarded as barely qualified to participate in the Spring Festival.

This champion turmoil finally subsided slowly, but Song Changqing's name resounded in the officialdom of Daqi, indicating the birth of an upstart.

After participating in the Qionglin banquet held by the emperor, Song Changqing was bold again and asked to see the queen's mother.

Xiao Shaotang went back to discuss with Bai Chenghuan.

"Actually, I just wanted to let him go to the department at first, but when I saw his strategy, I felt that it was really insulting to let him be the champion! ”

Bai Chenghuan saw that Xiao Shaotang really cherished talents, thought about it, and agreed.

Song Changqing walked through the shore of Taiming Lake step by step, and met the queen of Daqi in the Yanbo Pavilion, which he was familiar with in his previous life.

It's not the same person, it's not the same face, but the majesty and dignity are completely similar.

It's just that the woman in the previous life always had a faint sorrow between her eyebrows, and the current woman has a light in her eyes, which is completely different from the woman in the previous life.

"Weichen, thank you to the queen, regardless of the past suspicions, you can forgive Weichen's past mistakes. ”

Song Changqing didn't say much, but the meaning of these words was well known to both of them.

Bai Chenghuan smiled slightly, and the dust of the past was gone:

"The past is gone, Lord Song doesn't have to mind, after all, Xu Chenghuan has always hated not you, but fate. And this palace believes that you will still be the pillar of the material, Lord Song is still willing to do your best for me?"

Song Changqing closed his eyes for a moment and bowed respectfully:

"The minister can only report it if he has his liver and brain on the ground. ”