What the emperor rewarded was a newly printed set of "Four Books", wrapped in apricot satin, which was extremely conspicuous.

The guests in the hall were all exchanging glances with each other: the emperor sent the "Four Books", and the meaning here seems to be obvious-this is to let Brother Xu go from Wen Mo to Wu.

Let him follow the text, naturally he doesn't want him to govern the army and lead the army in the future, which proves the emperor's jealousy of the Dingbei Marquis Mansion and Shen Shu. But on the other hand, the emperor also meant that as long as Brother Xu was from the text, there would still be a place for him, and this was to protect the county palace. After all, if nothing happens, Brother Xu will be the prince of the county in the future, and he will be among the nobles, and he doesn't have to be the one who should be awarded the imperial examination, and he will be given the "Four Books", so naturally he will not be allowed to take the top prize.

There was already the "Four Books" on the table, but it was just a publication bought outside, with a blue leather surface and a red belt on it, which looked quite fresh. It's just that since the emperor gave the book, of course, the original book was immediately withdrawn, and the set of satin that the emperor had rewarded was placed on the table together.

Apricot yellow is a bright and conspicuous color, and Brother Xu'er's eyes were immediately attracted, and he leaned into Jiang Xi's arms and seemed to want to grasp it.

Since it was something that the emperor had rewarded, it was naturally the best to catch it, so Jiang Xi also bent down and put Brother Xu on the table.

There were two chamberlains who came to issue the decree, one of them was holding this set of "Four Books", and the decree was also read out by him, while the other held a small box and stood next to him without saying a word.

At this time, Brother Xu was about to grab the book, but the waiter holding the box suddenly coughed dryly, and said with a smile: "The queen also has something to reward the princess of the county." ”

Since it is said that it is to appreciate Taohua, then this thing should naturally be handed over to Taohua, but the waiter did not do so, but took a step forward, opened the box, and took out a branch of Huasheng from it, which seemed to be inadvertently placed next to the "Four Books" rewarded by the emperor.

This branch Huasheng is made extremely exquisitely gorgeous, red gold tray, with red sapphire inlaid with two butterflies dancing oppositely, butterfly whiskers are drawn into gold silk, and there are pink and white pearls strung on the top, and they tremble slightly when they move, and they are as real as they are.

Children love bright colors the most, and Brother Xu'er's eyes immediately stuck to Na Huasheng, and the little hand turned halfway through and went straight to Huasheng.

Jiang Xi's face immediately changed. If the boy catches Zhou and catches rouge jewelry or the like, it is a sign of shame, because most people don't put these things when the boy catches Zhou, and the queen appreciates the jewelry at this time, and the chamberlain also deliberately puts it on the table, which is obviously to disgust the Anjun Palace. If Brother Xu caught this in front of everyone, it would not be a good thing to spread it.

"Brother Xu, look at that-" Jiang Xi immediately wanted to pick up Brother Xu again, but the waiter smiled and said, "What's wrong with Pharmacist Jiang, can't you look down on the things rewarded by the emperor and the queen?" ”

Taohua raised her eyebrows, and just about to speak, she saw Brother Xu grab Na Huasheng and look at it, suddenly turned around and stretched out his hand to her, and with a sigh in his mouth, he actually handed Na Huasheng in front of her eyes.

Mama Zheng was overjoyed and immediately said, "Brother is really smart and filial, I know that this is for the princess." ”

Now the whole hall was full of praise. The waiter's face was not very good-looking, but he could only echo a few words with a dry smile. Jiang Xi was even more happy that his eyes were about to lose sight, and he couldn't wait to pick up his grandson and kiss him again, but he was honestly pulled by Mrs. Jiang.

Taohua was even more happy, took that Huasheng, first picked up Brother Xu'er's little fat hand and kissed it, and then put Huasheng on his head. Brother Xu looked at her with a smirk on his little face for a while, then turned around and crawled over to the other things on the table.

At this time, no one paid attention to the waiter, everyone stared at Brother Xu, only to see him crawling over from the middle of the table full of things, ignoring the official seals and the like that Mama Zheng and the others looked at expectantly, and even the book wrapped in apricot and yellow satin sent by the emperor lost its attraction to him. The boy climbed from one end of the table to the other, and just as the nurse was afraid that he would fall down, and wanted to step forward to block the edge of the table, he suddenly sat down and grabbed something from the table.

There was an uproar in the hall, because what Brother Xu grabbed was a set of silver needles from Taohua.

This silver needle is actually put on by Taohua, a whole set of needles are wiped with silver flashes, and mint also specially made a pair of needle sleeves with red velvet, which is also very conspicuous there.

"This is-" Jiang Xi was the first to be happy, "Our brother Xu is going to inherit your mother's medical skills!" "He's really happy. The Jiang family's ancestors practiced medicine, but when Jiang Fanghui's generation lost the qualification to continue practicing medicine because of his guilt, he was actually very uncomfortable. Now that his daughter has excellent medical skills, it would be a great comfort to him if his grandson could learn good medical skills.

Everyone in the hall didn't expect Brother Xu to catch this thing, they were all a little surprised at first, and when they heard Jiang Xi say this, Mrs. Jinghai first echoed: "The princess of the county has excellent medical skills, if there is a successor, it is really a blessing for the common people." ”

Mrs. Jinghaihou opened her mouth first, and everyone behind also echoed. It is said that Brother Xu is the eldest son of Shen Shu, and he was born to inherit the throne of the king of this county, with the special status of the Anjun Palace, if he is a doctor who has no quarrel with the world, it is actually an excellent thing.

Brother Xu didn't know that everyone was thinking about so many things, so he just held the set of silver needles in his arms, turned his little face to Taohua, grinned, and actually called out inarticulately: "Cool-"

"Ouch!" Jiang Xi didn't know how to hurt this grandson, "Our brother Xu will call his mother!" ”

It's clearly called cool. Taohua scolded him while going over to pick him up, and pulled the silver needle out of his arms. Although the silver needle was in the needle sleeve, he still didn't dare to let him hold it all the time. In fact, according to her, Brother Xu should be attracted by the red velvet needle sleeve outside, I don't know if this kid is with her, he likes red things very much, if the set of books rewarded by the emperor is wrapped in red satin, probably he will also hold on.

Although the eldest son of the county king's mansion caught Zhou and grabbed a pair of silver needles for practicing medicine, which was not very majestic, but Brother Xu would open his mouth to call people on the day of the arrest of Zhou, but it made the whole county king's mansion very happy, because no matter how this little thing was taught before, it was ahhh

Well, now that last trace of worry is gone. As for saying that he may be a ninth-rate doctor in the future...... Phew, the future King of Anjun, who dares to say that what he did was a ninth-rate? Besides, she is also a doctor, look at the princess of the county, it is not an exaggeration to say that Ze was born by the common people, who dares to say that she is a ninth-rate?

At the end of the week, there was no need to set up a banquet to entertain the guests, and when the three rounds of wine were staggered, someone outside hurriedly came to report: "Some of the unsuccessful people are entangled and want to rush to the tribute institute, saying that the examiner is taking bribes, and this admission is unfair!" ”

In the fifteenth year of Longqing, it was recorded in history because of the Chunqiu incident.

Speaking of cheating in the examination room, there have been cases in all dynasties, but there are not many cases like Longqing in the fifteenth year. At first, someone in the list accused a certain deputy chief examiner of accepting bribes many times in the early years, and then somehow, this matter changed from a certain deputy chief examiner to a certain cabinet elder planning behind his back, promoting his own henchmen, and excluding dissidents.

There is no doubt that this "old man" is talking about old Yuge. And the one who turned this matter from the deputy chief examiner to Yu Ge Lao was naturally the person arranged by the Zhao family.

"Zhao Shangshu has been in the party for many years, and he really knows a lot of things." Shen Shu now has no position in the court, but it is convenient for him to watch the play every day, "Now in the court, it is really more exciting than the stage stage." ”

Since Zhao Chongyi was pregnant that year and Zhao Yuan was promoted to the secretary of the military department, some people have moved closer to the Zhao family in private. After all, the queen was still pregnant at that time, and she didn't look like she still had hope of giving birth, so in the future, the dragon chair might have to carry the blood of the Zhao family, so how could there be no one to attach to such a future?

It's just that Zhao Chongyi had a miscarriage later, and some of those who were attached to the rudder were alienated when they saw the wind, but in the end, someone stayed-Zhao Chongyi can conceive one, can't he conceive the second? As long as the queen can't be born, then the Zhao family has the greatest chance.

Sure enough, last year, Zhao Chongyi was favored again, and there were more people who gathered around the Zhao family this time.

Taohua was making a cloth tiger for Brother Xu, and couldn't help but laugh when she heard it: "This scene, it's not that you and the queen are behind your back......" Without Shen Shu's manpower, there are some things Zhao Shangshu just knows, and he really can't find evidence, so he can't set off such a big storm.

In this matter, Zhao Dang originally jumped out under the banner of the queen. Everyone knows that this Enke is because the queen has a thirty birthday, and the emperor wants to pray for it, so he opened Enke - of course, in fact, everyone knows what, but nominally for the queen anyway, this is enough - someone dares to cheat at this time, which not only damages the queen's fortune, but also insults the world, and betrays the emperor's trust! If you don't investigate all the three crimes, it will be a great rebellion.

Yu Ge really didn't know about this deputy examiner, and he was a little caught off guard for a while. In fact, this deputy chief examiner is not obvious every time, for example, now Ke Chunyu, he just admitted a few people in the same jinshi, and made a few people's rankings. In the list of 300 people, this small thought is actually difficult to detect, but the problem is that he has been targeted......

So this matter went all the way forward, and found out the empirical evidence of his past bribery and fraud, which stabbed the hornet's nest.

If you want to talk about scientific examinations, there will always be some controversy in admission, and the Gaine article is not like the skill of arching horses, who is high and who is low, you will know it in a fight. The so-called different flowers into their own eyes, the tastes of the house teachers are different, and the judgment of the same article is different, which is also a very normal thing.

However, now that someone with a heart wants to talk about this matter, he is naturally picky everywhere, it may have been a normal admission, and being picked by such three or two is also a little suspicious, not to mention that he does have evidence of accepting bribes, so it is difficult to say at all.

And this end is just being tried, and the news over there has been quietly released. Among these unsuccessful examples, some of them are indeed unlucky, and the article is not seen by the teacher in their own room, and if they change to a room teacher, they may be admitted. But some people think that they have not met their talents, and they have not been successful in the exam for many years, and they are holding back their grievances in their hearts. In addition, some people were in tandem in the middle, and some of the people who had already left Beijing and wanted to return to their hometowns returned to the capital and made trouble.

Originally, the children made trouble and disturbed the security of the capital, and they were under the control of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Beijing Yamen, but the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is now in the hands of the Marquis of Jinghai, and the emperor gave a slight signal, and he turned a blind eye, so that the sons have become more and more fierce these days.

Yu Ge is not as young as before, and his energy is really a little poor. In the past year, he has been committed to the northwest side, and he has neglected the capital a little, and now that there is a commotion, he wanted to throw this deputy chief examiner out to take the blame - it is really his own cause - but in case this matter was lifted again and again, the spearhead was pointed directly at the party.

This is nothing unusual, most of the people admitted by this deputy examiner are the children of the party, and it would be incompetent if the head of the party is not found.

It's really pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud. There are many people in the party, and it is inevitable that the good and the bad are mixed, and now they are all mixed together, and some of them who have been admitted by their own ability can't say clearly, it's like a pot of paste, and no one can get out.

Zhao Shangshu has been in the party for many years, and he doesn't look obvious, all because of his soft temper. However, soft people have a careful benefit, and they have memorized a lot of things in their hearts over the years, and they are really successful when they take it out at this time.

Yu Dang naturally couldn't be beaten and didn't fight back, he was a little caught off guard at first, and then reacted and began to fight back. Speaking of all the officials who are really clean? If you don't check, it's enough, as long as you check, there will always be tails that will be pulled out. There is a mess in the court, today you join me, tomorrow he will join you, like two groups of dogs, biting each other endlessly.

"The queen scolded Zhao Chongyi a few years ago, it seems that the Zhao family was in a hurry." However, if she is replaced, her daughter will be beaten like that in the palace for no reason, and she will have to fight with the Yu family.

"It's really called dog-eat-dog." Shen Shu fell on the bed, with a sarcastic face, "It turns out that Zhao Yuan also knew about Shandong that year, but he hated that he didn't have a certificate in his hand." "I knew it at the time, but I didn't say it, but now I want to say it when we attack each other, it can be seen that what I say about the country and the people is nonsense, and in the final analysis, it is not the same party and the same party.

"Those things are all small things, and Shandong is the most important thing." Taohua said while doing needlework, "What does the emperor think, do you want to recall Yu Ling from the northwest?" "Yu Ling is now incognito in the Northwest Army to start as a small soldier, but he has a lot of kung fu, and after fighting a few battles with the Beiban this fall, he was also promoted to a captain, and he can be promoted to a small banner.

Shen Shu shook his head, looked at no one in the room, and said in a low voice: "Even if this matter is turned over, the Yu family will be nothing more than a disgrace and dismissal, as long as the Queen Mother and the Queen are still there, there are a few children who can take scientific examinations, and they will be able to turn over soon." ”

Taohua stopped: "Then the emperor thinks, how can the Yu family not turn over?" "The emperor is planning to kill them all, so that the Yu family will never be able to turn over, but this kind of thing, unless it is......

Shen Shu nodded slightly, and said silently: "Rebellion." ”

As early as when Yu Dang used fake vaccines to attack Dingbeihou, the husband and wife had talked about it, but at that time, the matter had just begun, and Taohua did not ask deeply. But now looking at the chaotic appearance in the court, I'm afraid it's not far from this matter.

"Therefore, the emperor has been forcing the Yu family to ...... "not letting the queen get pregnant, pampering Yuan Shufei and Zhao Chongyi, and now supporting Zhao Shangshu, all of them are forcing the Yu family to go against the road."

"The Yu family has been forcing the first emperor for more than ten years......" Shen Shu said coldly. Isn't his mother a sacrifice? Moreover, after the Yu family forced the first emperor, they came to force the emperor again, and the Xia family was the second sacrifice.

"But now......" Taohua suddenly remembered, "The Yu family doesn't have this motive, the queen has no children...... "Even if they want to rebel, do they want to overthrow the Shen family and rebuild the Yu dynasty?" Otherwise, which prince will be supported to ascend to the throne? At present, there is only Brother Hui, but it is Lu Yingsheng's, if he really supports Brother Hui, I am afraid that he will be the second emperor in the future, won't the Yu family take it as a warning?

"Naturally, the Yu family will not repeat the mistakes of the past." Shen Shu snorted lightly, "The emperor estimates that the queen mother or queen will have movement in a few days." ”

"What's going on?" Taohua thought about it and couldn't think of it, "Can they still let the queen give birth to a prince?" ”

"How not?" Shen Shu smiled.

"How is this possible? If the emperor-" Taohua originally wanted to say that if the emperor didn't roll the sheets with the queen, unless the queen dared to cuckold the emperor, but thinking about it, it was really disrespectful, so she swallowed it back.

Shen Shu was about to speak, when he heard Brother Xu shouting loudly at the door: "Dad-" Immediately left all the in the court behind, turned over and jumped up from the bed, rushed to the door and hugged the little thing in, and lifted it up a few times.

Brother Xu'er kicked his two calves and giggled. His little face was flushed, covered with a layer of fine sweat, and so were the nurses and maids who followed behind, none of them were easy.

Last year, when Brother Hui was a toddler, Taohua made a walker and entered the palace, and Brother Hui liked it very much after using it, and it is said that he sat in it and ran around every day. So this year, Brother Xu began to walk, and Taohua did the same, but unfortunately this kid didn't appreciate it, and seemed to be very reluctant to be trapped in it, crying as long as he put it in, so that the advanced walker had to be vacant, and Taohua had a motherly heart in vain.

Since he refused to take the walker, he had to work hard for the nurses and maids, one by one bending down to hold his little hand, and the people next to him had to be afraid of him, lest he fall. At first, it was better to just walk around the house, and the floor was covered with thick carpet, and the corners of the furnishings that were really unsavable were covered with thick mats, and it was safe. Who knew that Brother Xu didn't leave for a few days before he was restless, so he had to go outside the house.

No matter how extravagant the Anjun Mansion is, there is no reason to cover the yard with carpet, so everyone who waits for it is eager to grow a third eye to stare at. Brother Xu went out for a walk, and a group of people were out of breath and had back pain.

"You stinky boy!" Taohua took a dry handkerchief and stuffed it under his clothes to absorb sweat, the tentacles were fleshy and slippery little backbones, and couldn't help touching two more handfuls, "Why can't you sit still in the room, who is this temperament?" "She has been able to sit still since she was a child, otherwise she would not have been able to learn medicine from her grandfather at the age of six, but Brother Xu is not like her at all, she always has to go outside all the time, and she never wants to stay in the house all the time.

"I'm afraid I'm with my father-in-law." Shen Shu took another dry handkerchief and carefully wiped the sweat on his son's face, "Didn't he catch your silver needle when he caught Zhou, I'm afraid that in the future, I will really have to travel all over the country to treat people." ”

Taohua hesitated: "If it ......" If Brother Xu really studied medicine in the future, would Shen Shu feel disappointed? After all, at this time, the doctor is subordinate to the ninth-rate, and the dignified prince of the county is studying medicine, and some people must say that he is willing to be inferior. And Shen Shu is a martial artist, so he should also hope that his kung fu will be inherited, right?

"What's wrong with being like you?" Shen Shu pinched his son's little fleshy face. His hand strength was a little big, although he was already paying attention, he still pinched Brother Xu'er's small mouth, but he didn't cry in the end, he just turned his head and plunged into Taohua's arms and didn't come out.

Shen Shu looked straight and smiled: "This kid has a strong body, and he is not afraid of hard work even if he goes out to travel in the future." Besides-" He reached out and pinched Taohua's waist ambiguously, "Won't we have a son later?" Ten or eight of them will be reborn, and I will take them to practice martial arts every day. ”

The maids are still in the house at this time, although this action Shen Shu covered it with his sleeves, Taohua still couldn't help blushing, and gently ribbed him with his elbow: "Who gave you ten or eight ......?"

Shen Shu smiled and pretended to rub his ribs: "The princess is also very skilled." ”

Taohua was so amused by him that she couldn't help laughing, looked down and saw Brother Xu looking at her curiously with wide eyes, and hurriedly covered his ears and whispered: "Don't say these things in front of the child." "You think children don't understand anything, but you don't know that sometimes they are weird.

Brother Xu was covered with his ears covered, and he was still playing some game with him as his mother, so he giggled and reached out to cover Taohua's ears: "Cool-"

Taohua gently pinched his little ear: "Call dad accurately, how can you call your mother or call cool?" "I've taught it many times, but I still can't change it.

Shen Shu smiled and hugged the child and sat on his lap, laughing while shaking him: "It's my son, so naturally I can call my father accurately." ”

Tao Hua glanced at him: "It seems like you gave birth to it yourself." "It's not born out of her womb yet. This little one has no conscience, but—think about it, I don't care if I don't call her a "wolf", it's not bad.

Brother Xu rode on his father's lap, and he couldn't close his mouth with joy. The people in the room all exchanged glances with each other, and were about to get acquainted with each other and quickly exit, when they heard someone outside hurriedly report: "Princess, Prince Cheng has a sudden emergency, please go over and take a look!" ”