The case of fraud in the imperial examination came to an end after Zheng Maoxiu, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, pleaded guilty. Because he made an unintentional mistake, and for many years he wrote books and works, educated the atmosphere, and made meritorious contributions to the country and the people, but he was not deeply investigated, so he was only dismissed from office and not hired.

For such a lenient treatment, there is no dispute between the court and Shilin, and occasionally a few different voices have sunk into the sea, and they can't set off a little wind and waves.

Because of Zheng Maoxiu's transcendent status in Shilin, many students have read his works and have respect for him. Zheng Maoxiu has always been concentrating on learning and not understanding general affairs outside, and such a character is easily forgiven because of a momentary negligence.

Shilin's side is stable, and there will be no more voices in the court, the emperor is staring at it with his eyes open, who dares to talk nonsense, not to mention that the Zheng family still has relatives and friends and old protégés, and Zheng Maoxiu is dedicated to learning and not making enemies with others.

Zheng Xizhe took his son Zheng Jin and his nephew Jiang Shaoqin to wait outside Dali Temple.

Dali Siqing personally sent Zheng Mao Xiu out, saw his family from afar, stopped, and arched his hand, "There have been many neglects in the past few days, look at Zheng Gonghaihan." ”

Zheng Maoxiu smiled kindly, "Lord Tie is dedicated to his duties, why do you say that you are lazy, but you are ashamed of your old age, and you have been taking care of me for a few days." ”

Tie Kuo waved his hand and sighed deeply, "Gong Zheng walks slowly, forgive me for not going far." ”

Zheng Maoxiu raised his hand and returned the salute.

When Jiang Shaoqin waited to meet him, Tie Kuo only left a back.

Zheng Xizhe was quite excited and pulled his father to ask for warmth.

Jiang Shaoqin looked thoughtfully in the direction in which Tie Kuo left. Tie Kuo is not afraid of power, and his iron face is famous for his selflessness, if it is really his grandfather's carelessness, he can be so polite to his ancestors, even if the Zheng family has the eldest princess of Langya? Come to think of it, my grandfather is indeed a backstab. Tie Kuo is an insider, but he didn't pursue it, who is that person? Jiang Shaoqin also counted it in his heart.

Jiang Shaoqin retracted his gaze, and inadvertently swept to Zheng Jin's thoughtful look in the same direction, and couldn't help but smile, his grandfather and uncle are both immortal figures who are indifferent to fame and fortune, fortunately, the little cousin did not follow his father, otherwise the Zheng family will be in a worrying situation in the future.

The three of them sent Zheng Maoxiu to freshen up and repair his face in a nearby house, even if he did not suffer in the cell of Dali Temple, but in the end it was a prison not another courtyard, and Zheng Maoxiu, who lived in it for five days, was a little sloppy, afraid of disturbing the female dependents, so he made this trip.

After packing up, the group went home.

Seeing her husband, the eldest princess of Langya immediately turned red, and she couldn't help herself, but she didn't dare to say anything because she was afraid of the presence of juniors, and she was uncomfortable.

Zheng Maoxiu knew that she must have something to say, so he said a few words of comfort to the juniors, so he sent them out on the grounds that he was tired.

As soon as the people left, the eldest princess of Langya broke out, "It's too late for others to hide from this kind of thing, why are you stupid to jump out and admit it, whoever pokes the basket will make up for it, what kind of majesty are you!" ”

Zheng Maoxiu handed her a handkerchief, and it turned out that the eldest princess of Langya burst into tears unconsciously, and he said softly, "I am the chief examiner, and I am responsible for this kind of mistake." ”

The eldest princess of Langya had a sharp look in her eyes, patted the case and said angrily, "The prince is incompetent, he can't even control the little eunuch around him, how can it be your responsibility, even if you have, you are also secondary, now it's good, your reputation is ruined, and he is not damaged." Why! If you don't stand up, I don't believe that the emperor can have the cheekiness to ask you to carry the black pot for his son. "The others are confused and don't know, she still doesn't know. As soon as she heard Zheng Maoxiu confess, she ran into the palace to question the emperor, her husband's temperament, she knew it, she was the most cautious, how could she be stolen by someone and didn't know. But the husband confessed, he could only take the blame for others, who else could make him take the blame, except for the few unconscious people in the emperor's family!

Zheng Maoxiu sighed, "You are talking angrily again, that is the prince of the dignified state, the foundation of a country, how can you leave this stigma." "This fraud case is so big, it is necessary for a weighty person to come out and take responsibility, otherwise it will be difficult to block the world's mouths. With so many officials involved, he is the most suitable.

"He can't have a stigma, you can, your life's hard work has ruined him, why are you so stupid, so many people don't speak, you jumped out." The eldest princess of Langya was distressed.

Zheng Maoxiu shook his head helplessly, "How can you say that you are so strict, in a few years, others will forget, it just so happens that I am unofficial and light, I can calm down and study hard, if I can produce some more results, who will remember this." It was precisely because he believed that he had the least impact that he stood up. What's more, the prince is his nephew, at that time, if he, who is an uncle and brother-in-law, doesn't stand up, who can be expected to ignore the future.

Having said that, the eldest princess of Langya still had a bad breath in her throat.

Zheng Maoxiu continued, "You don't have to worry about it, I also have selfish intentions in this matter. Ah Zhe's qualifications are mediocre, and it will be like this in the future, which has little impact on him. In the future, you and I will go, this family will still rely on Ah Jin to support it, this kid is determined to join the army, he has talent and is motivated. The prince accepted my favor, and he would always look at him differently. "Once the son of heaven and a courtier, when Zheng Jin entered the court, it should be the prince who was in power. At that time, if the eldest princess of Langya is alive, it will not be as important as it is now, if it is not there, it will be even more difficult to say, after all, the relationship is far away.

"I can count on him in the future! With his stupidity, I'm really afraid that one day he will lose his position as the crown prince in a daze. ”

It was an angry remark from the eldest princess of Langya, but it made Zheng Maoxiu change his face. The emperor asked the crown prince to participate in this imperial examination, and also let him practice, and he will always preside over the spring festival in the future. Who would have thought that he would be listened to by a little eunuch who was not eye-catching, and the eunuch was also bold and dared to sell it for money, but fortunately he only found the Xu family to peddle it, so he did not further worsen the situation.

conceived all kinds of conspiracies and tricks, but I didn't expect it to be just because of the prince's mistake. If the king does not secret, he will lose his country, and if the minister does not secret, he will lose his body, and if he does not keep secrets, he will become harmful!

How can such a prince be reassured!

The eldest princess of Langya reacted to what she said, and then saw her husband change color, and her heart sank, "Your Majesty has ......"

Zheng Maoxiu shook his head slowly, frowned, and said, "Your Majesty still likes the prince, but it's just between the courtiers." The people don't know what is going on with this, and several ministers know it...... The prince has rarely spoken at court meetings, and the civil and military officials are not stupid, and they all know it in their hearts. In the end, the prince's ability is difficult to convince the public, and in the long run, it is not conducive to the stability of the country. ”

At the same time, the emperor was also complaining to King Wucheng, smiling bitterly, "Ah Mei didn't enter the palace for a while, she must still be weird." ”

King Wu Cheng comforted, "Langya's anger comes and disappears quickly, Mao Xiu is reasonable and will persuade her well." ”

"Thanks to Mao Xiu this time, otherwise I wouldn't know how to end it." The emperor sighed, "I am really ashamed that his reputation has been damaged and his career has been broken." ”

King Wu Cheng came up with an idea, "It's all a family, and when the royal brother said this, he didn't see Ah Mei." If you really can't let it go, my brother has an idea. ”

The Emperor raised his eyes, "You say." ”

"Mao Xiu and Ah Mei only have one granddaughter under their knees, Xiaoyu, the royal brother might as well find a reason to give Xiaoyu a number after a while, the daughter's family has a title, and she has more guarantees for her life."

The emperor's eyes lit up, if he wanted to give Zheng Jin, it was not difficult, but Zheng Yu was not difficult, and he muttered for a while and said, "How is the county lord?" ”

"Ah Mei will be happy when she knows." King Wu Cheng said with a smile.

The emperor said, "It's good that she doesn't blame me, after all, I owe them a debt to them." ”

"Brother Huang, don't think too much, Ah Mei can understand your hardship."

Speaking of hardship, the emperor remembered his son who was not angry, and he did not hide his anger in front of King Wucheng, and his face turned black at the moment, "The prince is really disappointing!" But the fifth (Duanwang) is brutal! Speaking of this, the emperor's eyes were full of sorrow, "Lao Shi (King Rong) needless to say." "Giving up the crown prince, the emperor didn't think about it, especially when the prince was confused, one more time, and he had more thoughts.

But it's easy to abolish the prince, but what about after the prince is abolished?

Duan Wang is stubborn and cruel, and he doesn't know the dead people dragged out of the house, he has reprimanded him several times, but after a while, he will commit it again. In case this son succeeds to the throne, Da Zhou is afraid that there will be a tyrant, and now he will kill a few concubines, and he will be a civil and military official in the future.

King Rong held a funeral, wore women's clothes, and practiced elixir...... It's even more miserable.

The three grandchildren are not bad, especially Xiao Qi, who raised him single-handedly and tolerated the prince, partly for the sake of this grandson.

Sometimes I want to abolish the prince and set up a grandson, but that's just thinking. Passing on grandchildren does not pass on children, this situation exists, but the grandson's father is dead, and the living Lao Tzu is abolished to set up a son.

The emperor's entanglement, King Wucheng also thought about it, and his solution was two, one was to abolish the crown prince and pass Xiao Qi to the late Prince Yinglie (former prince). The second is to let the prince die, and Xiao Qi will be justified.

But this can only be figured out by the emperor himself, and others can't open their mouths even if they are brothers, which hurts the feelings of father and son too much. It is said that it is the most ruthless emperor's family, but it is not a last resort, which father will force his relatives to die, except for strange ones.

King Wucheng didn't hear this kind of sincere fear, and said, "The prince still lacks experience. "The experienced can be decent, Amitabha. If you can't get through the experience, there will be a few more mistakes, and it will be good if the emperor is completely dead. In this way, it will be dragged down until the crown prince succeeds to the throne, and when he becomes the emperor and then makes mistakes, the danger caused will only be stricter.

I don't know if the emperor understood the meaning of King Wucheng's words, a different color flashed in his eyes, and then he disappeared between his eyebrows, "The salt merchant came to the capital with 400,000 taels of silver to buy an official for his son, so that he could make money." I think the business is good, but the salt tax collected in Yangzhou in the past two years is less than before. The emperor curled his fingers, "Let the prince go to Jiangnan for a trip, just hope that he will be more courageous." ”

"Ah Jing is not young, and he is the best training person, so it is better to let him go together." King Wucheng is also not polite, Sun Tzu mentioned before that he wants to go to Jiangnan.

The emperor said, "If you are willing to do it, you will do it." ”

"If you don't cut jade, you can't make a weapon."

In an instant, the emperor wanted Xiao Qi to go too, but he was afraid that in case the eggs could not be put in one basket, so he gave up.

On the second day, the prince took Xiao Qi to visit.

In the hall, the eldest princess of Langya did not speak with a cold face, and the prince rubbed his hands in embarrassment.

Zheng Maoxiu glanced at the eldest princess helplessly several times, and the ninth princess warmed up on the side, the eldest princess of Langya looked a little gloomy, but her attitude was still cold.

After a few words, Zheng Maoxiu invited the prince to the study, but the prince couldn't ask for it, he knew that he was at a loss, and he really had no shame to face his aunt.

The prince left, and in the face of Xiao Qi, the eldest princess of Langya accepted the cold color, and she would not throw her face at the child.

Xiao Qi was also full of guilt for the Zheng family, the emperor and the crown prince hid this from him, only the eldest aunt, Princess Taiping, told him 1510, and told him a lot of others.

With so many people present, he couldn't plead guilty on behalf of his father, so he said, "Someone sent a few sets of dolls from the Rakshasa Kingdom, and more than a dozen dolls were put together, they called them nesting dolls, and I thought my cousins should like it." ”

Zheng Yu listened interestingly and asked excitedly, "What doll, what doll." ”

Xiao Qi glanced at his subordinates.

Jiang Yaoguang's heart moved, could it be a matryoshka.

As soon as the box was opened, sure enough, there were two sets of matryoshka dolls with bright colors and cute shapes, and she had one set.

Zheng Yu, who had never seen this kind of doll, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't put it down, looking at this, touching it, and offering treasures to the eldest princess of Langya, "Grandmother, look how fun this doll is!" ”

The corners of Princess Langya's eyes softened.

Xiao Qi's heart was slightly relieved, and when he saw Jiang Yaoguang standing there with his hair lowered and stunned, he said, "Changsheng doesn't like it?" ”

"Eh~" Jiang Yaoguang, who was trapped in his memory, returned to his soul, reached out and picked up a look, raised a smile and said, "I like it very much, thank you, cousin." ”

The little girl laughed, revealing two pear vortices, sweet and lovely.

Xiao Qi suddenly remembered what his eldest aunt said to him, his grandfather was very disappointed in his father, Duanwang was eyeing him, and Jiang was a good help.