Emperor Jingwen issued an edict, so that Shen Zhuo and the sixteen bachelors debated, the winner of the debate can be appointed as the son of the country to supervise the wine, the debate topic was drawn up by Emperor Jingwen himself, that is, 'the inheritance of the princes of the Son of Heaven, the succession and the virtuous, which is better or worse', regardless of the victory or loss of this debate, once the debate was circulated, the civil and military ministers in the city were shocked, and the emperor was probably thinking of abolishing the prince.

Not to mention how the prince's side couldn't sleep at night, just say that the debate place is located in the Qingshui Temple on the outskirts, when the time comes, whether it is a high-ranking official or a common people, can enter the temple to watch the battle, and Shen Zhuo's 16 bachelors, there are officials in the court, there are also scholars from the people, they are all full of poetry and books, can speak well, are the emperor's personal debaters, and bear the heavy responsibility of only winning and not losing.

Before the debate, there have been many speculations about the victory and defeat, and it is said that Shen Zhuo fought against the Sixteen Bachelors, I am afraid that he will lose, and some people refuted that when Shang Ying's tongue fought against the Confucians, with one enemy and ten, the nobles of the Qin State were speechless, and this Shen Zhuo Shi Xie Bai may not have no chance of winning. There are also people who think that the emperor wins more and less, even if he wins, he will not win the martial arts, so some people are unconvinced and said, who is not climbing up step by step, Shen Zhuo has no official position before, but he wants to serve as the national son of the fourth grade of the priest wine, if he is called easy to pass guò, how can he show his ability?

In the past three days, the capital is talking about this debate everywhere, and some people with flexible minds even bet on it, on the day of the debate, Qingshui Temple was crowded out, and there was even a temple fair outside the temple.

Gu Sanniang has been bored in the house these days, surrounded by a circle of servants and maids, even if she occasionally wants to use needlework, she has to be dissuaded by others.

Shen Zhuo came all the way, bought a lot of gadgets, what sachets, handkerchiefs, chicken feather keys, less than half a day, his hands were full of things, empty-handed Gu Sanniang carefully counted, distressed said: "The sachet handkerchiefs I made are much more exquisite than these, I didn't have to spend money in vain, and now I have begun to spend a lot of money." ”

Shen Zhuo smiled and said: "It's rare to go out once, just spend money to buy a happy, if you are as calculating as you, these small merchants and hawkers don't have to live." ”

After hearing this, Gu Sanniang glanced at him sideways and said, "You go and ask Princess Jichang, whether it is from the Houmen Mansion or from a small family, which family is not careful?" ”

In these things, Shen Zhuo is no matter how good his knowledge is, he can't win Gu Sanniang, so he stopped his mouth and looked at Gu Sanniang with a smile in his eyes, Gu Sanniang is a smart person with a degree of advance and retreat, she then pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "It's hard for you to take me out for a walk, I am much more cheerful in my heart, but when I go back, Liu Wupo must be chattering, although you push it on me, just say that I forced you to take me shopping." ”

Shen Zhuo smiled at her and said, "Thank you for your compassion and understanding for your husband, but these little tricks of the two of us may not be able to deceive Mrs. Liu." ”

Gu Sanniang laughed out loud, Shen Zhuo was very helpless to Liu Wupo in the East Courtyard, since she was pregnant, Liu Wupo said that according to the rules, they would sleep in separate rooms, but Shen Zhuo refused, so Liu Wupo slept outside every day at night, but there was some movement in the room, Liu Wupo had to pretend to cough a few times, urging him and his wife to rest quickly.

Gu Sanniang and Shen Zhuo walked around for most of the day, seeing that the time was about the same, Shen Zhuo took Gu Sanniang back to Qingshui Temple, and the three concubines of Jiang's Mansion came, and there was a specially set up curtain in the temple, just to facilitate these ladies and ladies to watch the excitement, in addition, there were many ladies and ladies from other mansions who also came to watch the battle.

The place of debate is in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and an empty platform is temporarily erected in the open space, at this time, the stage is divided into two sides on the left and right, and there are sixteen circle chairs on one side, and only one chair is placed on the other side, and the two sides form a confrontation.

It didn't take long for Jiang Zhongming to come with a few colleagues, they sat close to the front and watched, but as soon as the hour came, an old monk in a robe came out, he first recited the Buddha name to everyone, and then unhurriedly talked about the rules of the braided argument and the debaters of the two sides.

Sun whispered to Gu Sanniang: "This is Master Honghai, the abbot of Qingshui Temple, he is highly respected and is a master in Buddhism, and the emperor appointed him to be the referee of this debate." ”

Gu Sanniang glanced at Master Honghai twice, only to see that his beard was white, and he looked kind, and the students and scholars who came from all over the world crowded the temple into a crowd, and when he spoke, the people below were quiet, listening to him.

After a while, two small novices carried an incense burner forward, which was inserted with three lit incense, Master Honghai sounded the gong, and casually, first sixteen scholars took the stage, these people are old and young, all of them are carefully selected by Emperor Jingwen to have learned knowledge, Shen Zhuo fell behind, after he came to the stage, he went straight to the place where a circle chair was placed.

The audience was silent, everyone was attracted by the seventeen people on the stage, Gu Sanniang's eyes were also staring at Shen Zhuo without blinking, today he was wearing a scarf, a cyan narrow-sleeved robe, a snow-white jade belt around his waist, and black soap-soled boots, with a graceful demeanor and a good temperament, thinking that this person was his husband, Gu Sanniang couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.

The two sides saluted, Master Honghai announced that the braiding theory had officially begun, and saw a young man with a square face and broad ears standing up on the opposite side, and he arched his hand and asked, "Dare to ask Jiang Gongzi, are you a concubine or a concubine?" ”

His words made everyone in the audience talk about it, everyone in the capital knew that Shen Zhuo was the eldest son of Prime Minister Jiang Cheng's wife Shen, this person asked knowingly, what does it mean?

Gu Sanniang, who was sitting in the tent, was a little far away from Shen Zhuo, she couldn't see his expression clearly, she could only see half of Shen Zhuo's side face, he stood in place for a long time without making a sound, Gu Sanniang couldn't help but tighten the handkerchief hard, waiting for Shen Zhuo's answer.

"I have invited myself out of the sect a few years ago, and I have already changed my surname to Shen, and I am no longer the eldest son of the Jiang Mansion.

The crowd of onlookers was in an uproar, Gu Sanniang subconsciously looked at Jiang Zhongming, his eyes were calm and steady, and he was holding a cup of tea in his hand, as if he didn't care about what Shen Zhuo said.

The person who asked him paused for a moment, and he asked: "Since you are a monk, why do you still live in Jiang's mansion, and why do you want Jiang Zhongming to promote you to the office?" ”

Shen Zhuo smiled, and he replied honestly: "The capital costs a lot, and Prime Minister Jiang invited him to live in Jiang's Mansion temporarily with his wife and children. ”

After a pause, he said again: "As for Prime Minister Jiang Cheng's promotion of me to the office, he himself is on the scene, why don't you ask him personally." ”

There was a whisper all around, and the scholar who asked was in trouble, he glanced at Jiang Zhongming, and saw that he was eating tea calmly, as if he was really waiting for him to ask.

The scholar gritted his teeth, Hengzhi had already offended Prime Minister Jiang Cheng, and he was not afraid of offending him again, he changed the question and asked: "Let me ask you again, everyone in the capital knows that Prime Minister Jiang Cheng has two sons, one is General Zhenyan, and the other is Gongzi Jinyan, may I ask if they are sons-in-law or virtuous sons?" ”

Gu Sanniang sat next to Princess Jichang and Sun, this scholar was vicious, it was clear that he was deliberately provoking, and many people present also saw it, Shen Zhuo chuckled, he looked at the scholar, and said: "Everyone in the world knows that the biological mother of General Zhenyan and Prince Jinyan is the county lord of Jiayuan, please tell your Excellency, you are suing me, are the two of them sage?" ”

It is a matter of the emperor's relatives and relatives, how dare that person answer, he dug this pit just to wait for Shen Zhuo to jump, but who knew that he saw it, he panicked, and said stiffly: "This is my question, and I hope that Shen Gongzi will not care about him."

Shen Zhuo put his hands behind his back, and he said lightly: "The emperor is noble, he is the concubine of the concubines, General Zhenyan and Jinyan Gongzi are from famous families, if they are not virtuous, who dares to be a virtuous word!" ”

After that, Shen Zhuo said again: "Dare to ask Your Excellency, is the current saint a son-in-law?" ”

The man said in his chest: "The saint is from the first emperor and queen, and he is the concubine of the fake exchange. ”

Shen Zhuo said again: "What about the sage or not? ”

If he did not answer this well, he would be punished for the crime of arguing about the king, he wiped the sweat on his forehead and said: "The saint has worked hard to govern the country, Jingwen has built canals and controlled yellow sand in three years, and Jingwen has sent troops to attack Tatar in five years, and he is a well-deserved virtuous king." ”

There are people in the know below who secretly laughed, Jingwen has been in charge for three and five years, and the emperor has not been in power yet, how can these credits be counted on his head?

This person secretly provoked several times, if Shen Zhuo didn't fight back, I was afraid that he would lose the opportunity, and he asked again: "This dynasty has been a total of sixteen emperors in this dynasty since Taizu founded the country, the ancestors succeeded to the throne, and then to the current saint, a total of sixteen emperors have reigned, dare to ask which one is not a son-in-law?" ”

At this time, a middle-aged man grasped the flaw in his words, he said: "Because of this, the saint is thinking deeply about the advantages and disadvantages of the two sages, not that we are disrespectful to the royal family, when Emperor Dezong succeeded to the throne, he was still less than three years old, on the contrary, the virtuous and talented King Yu, just because he was born from the concubine, he was born to be excluded from the succession, Dezong five years, there was a rebellion in Huangjia, if it were not for the blessing of God, and the reputation of the king loyal to protect the emperor, the consequences are really unimaginable." ”

"In all dynasties, there are countless virtuous people in the concubines, and the biological mother of Meng Weijun, the grandson of King Qi Wei, is a lowly concubine, but he has thousands of diners under his door, recruiting knights from all over the world, and traveling among the countries, such a talented sage is obviously a superior and natural son-in-law?"

Shen Zhuo sneered, and he said, "Who is it not good for Mr. to take to move out Meng Weijun, who is a chicken and dog thief?" ”