After three or five days, the family was enjoying the flowers in the courtyard, and Mrs. Qian seemed to remember something, "Sui'er, when I was with a few ladies this morning, I heard that only five people can enter the front court in this year's women's scientific examination, and many adults and wives are going to get this opportunity for their daughters, do you want to enter the front court or the harem?" ”

"Naturally, I want to enter the former dynasty."

"Do you want to go to the Hanlin Academy?"

"In my heart, I want to enter Honglu Temple, but there is no precedent, and Taiyizu only ordered that the lady enter the Hanlin Academy."

Father Qian said, "Your father used to be Honglu Siqing, didn't he want to follow your father's path?" ”

"It's also because of my father, so I want to go to Honglu Temple."

Mrs. Qian was a little worried, "It doesn't matter if you want to go to Honglu Temple, it's just that there are few places to enter the previous dynasty, because it is the first female scientific examination, it seems that there are only two places, and they will be arranged in the Hanlin Academy." Now the adults and wives of the capital are looking for opportunities, sir, do you think let's also go and intercede to see, in the end, it is the female champion, who is more qualified than them, isn't it? ”

An Sui immediately smiled, "Aunt doesn't have to worry like this, first, this matter was handpicked by the Queen Mother and the Emperor, why should we intercede, and secondly, if you are really talented, you will not be without talent if you want to come to the Emperor and the Queen Mother." Third, Sui'er is reluctant to say this. ”

Mrs. Qian patted the back of her hand, "You don't know ...... in this capital?"

Father Qian interrupted Mrs. Qian's chatter, "You don't have to say it, we rely on talent, not on relationship, since the emperor has appointed Sui'er to be the champion, and also recognizes her talent, why do you bother to do this." I coldly looked at Sui'er and his father, they are all backbone people, we don't have to go through that troubled water and dirty our reputation. In the future, I have to repay the favors, if they are all clean people, it is fine, I am afraid that I will be stained with someone who should not be contaminated, and it will be too late to regret it. ”

An Sui comforted Mrs. Qian, "I heard that the allocation of this quota is decided by the emperor, the queen mother, and the queen, no matter how much favor we find, it is useless, who can shake the decision of the emperor, the queen mother, and the queen?" We just need to wait for the results with peace of mind. Anyway, success or failure is not something we have to worry about now. ”

Mrs. Qian thought for a while, "That's what you said, anyway, no matter how much we talk about human feelings, it is impossible to talk about the emperor and the queen mother." ”

"That's exactly what happened." An Sui smiled, "Aunt cares about Sui'er, and Sui'er knows it in her heart." ”

An Sui didn't know at this time that the emperor and the queen mother were also very sad about the distribution of the female officials in the former dynasty and the harem.

After Ji Xuanyuan went down to the court, he was summoned to Cihe Palace by the Queen Mother.

"Your Majesty, the mourning family came to you for the sake of this female scientific examination, and now the ladies of the female scientific examination have already seen it, and those who enter the former dynasty should also be divided into official positions, and those who enter the harem as female officials and female envoys should also be instructed to go down, and call the history of the middle palace and the history of learning to make some preparations earlier."

Ji Xuanyuan nodded, "What the queen mother said is, it's just that I haven't already instructed the queen to draw up these quotas, and I have also seen it, does the queen mother think there is anything wrong?" ”

The Queen Mother pointed to the name of "An Sui", "I have also seen this girl's family, it is indeed the champion, and it is also from everyone." The mourning family felt that this person was inappropriate, and this An family could not enter the former dynasty and enter the Hanlin Academy. ”

"An is the champion of this women's scientific examination, knowledgeable, and has a strategy, she has seen several exams, although she is a woman, her knowledge is extraordinary, better than many Confucian scholars of the previous dynasty. What's more, she has such a ability, why not enter the previous dynasty? ”

The Queen Mother gently put down the booklet, "Does the emperor still remember a personal incident in the harem of the first emperor?" ”

Ji Xuanyuan frowned and thought for a while, "An's? Isn't it? It can't be such a coincidence, right? ”

"Maybe it's because the mourning family is too careful, but the emperor can't ignore the emperor's intentions. When the first emperor was there, he degraded An Yuwen and became a marquis of Jin from the king of Jin, which was degraded by two levels, and the reason for this can also be carefully considered now. ”

Ji Xuanyuan said, "I know the reason, but now, the An clan is very safe in the Jin land, and the children of the An clan are scarce. I also felt that even if I really let An Clan enter the previous dynasty, it was not impossible, after all, it was already this time and that time. As for the royal secrets, since few people know about them, I don't think there is a need to be a soldier and deliberately guard against everything, but it seems that the royal family is not generous enough. This An's is a talent, and I also cherish talents, and I can't bear to let Mingzhu secretly vote. ”

Seeing that the emperor refused to give in, the queen mother said, "The emperor cherishes talents, and the mourning family can understand, but in this matter, the emperor originally said that the mourning family will make the decision." The emperor is not good at going back on his word, and the mourning family also cherishes talents, but the An family, the mourning family is really not at ease. It's not as good as this, the emperor hopes that the An family will enter the previous dynasty, and the mourning family will not stop him. But the mourning family thinks that the emperor is not in a hurry for the past few years. This An family is still young, only thirteen, and she is still a little unstable in handling things, so let her be a female official in the harem for three or five years, see some people and sophistication, and then release them to serve in the previous dynasty, so that the emperor can have one more available person. Your Majesty, what do you think? ”

Ji Xuanyuan thought about it, the Queen Mother's attitude this time was very firm, and she didn't want to save her face too much, but it was a pity that an An clan lost her qualifications from the previous dynasty. But the Queen Mother didn't say anything too absolutely, she had just taken the throne, and everything was too arbitrary and not conducive to her reputation, "I have no opinion." ”

"Then so be it, the two people who entered the front dynasty were changed. There is a shortage of real female officials in the harem, and the emperor has just entered some newcomers, and he also needs some female officials. ”

Ji Xuanyuan bowed slightly, "The queen mother has the final say." I don't have any opinions. ”

The Queen Mother said, "Your Majesty, don't think that the Mourning family is arbitrary, the others you said have no opinions, and the Mourning Family has no opinions, Your Majesty, you also know the proportions, but this An family has to keep an extra heart." After all, he was still in the palace. ”

"The queen mother is for the good of her son, and the son is grateful, as for that one, the queen mother can take care of it more."