Concubine Ji Xian stayed in the Chongzheng Hall for half an hour before withdrawing. Then he went to Princess Anning.

Princess An Ning was waiting anxiously, and when she saw Concubine Ji Xian coming with a smile on her face, her heart hanging high in the air quietly fell to the ground.

"I have already begged your father," Concubine Ji Xian said with a smile: "On the day of the palace test, your father will take a closer look at Xu Zheng." As long as your father is satisfied with Xu Zheng, he will give you a marriage. Now I'm worried, what if Xu Zheng doesn't perform well and can't get into the eyes of your father? ”

"How is this possible!" Princess An Ning blurted out: "Xu Zheng is so good and outstanding, my father will definitely like him." ”

When the words came out, she met Concubine Ji Xian's smiling eyes, Princess An Ning blushed and hung her head shyly. His cheeks were flushed, and his eyes were bright. Compared with the weakness of the past few days, it is like two people.

Concubine Ji Xian laughed: "Silly girl, what's embarrassing in front of your mother." If you like Xu Zheng, your mother will help you achieve your wish and make him your colt. ”

Princess An Ning hesitated all night, still feeling a little guilty in her heart, and said when she heard the words: "Does my father know that Xu Zheng and the Cao family have a marriage contract?" ”

If he knew, the emperor would definitely not agree to recruit him as a concubine.

Concubine Ji Xian said lightly: "The Xu family and the Cao family have not officially established a relationship, so the oral marriage contract naturally does not count. Your father's marriage is not considered to be the son-in-law who took away the courtiers. ”

Princess An Ning knew that such words were strong, but she didn't say anything more.

She really likes Xu Zheng so much! Becoming husband and wife with Xu Zheng is the most beautiful wish and dream in her heart.

Let her be selfish!

Mother and daughter were whispering. I heard the palace maid come to report: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin specially came to visit the princess and the virtuous concubine. ”

When Concubine Ji Xian heard that King Qin was coming, she was very happy in her heart, and immediately said, "Hurry up and invite King Qin in." ”

King Qin strode in. Salute Concubine Ji Xian, and then look at Princess An Ning: "Xiang'er, your face today is much better than a few days ago." ”

That's of course.

Most of Princess Anning's illness is due to heart disease. Heart disease still needs heart medicine to be treated, and with the good news brought by Concubine Ji Xian, the disease almost immediately improved by half.

Princess An Ning was embarrassed to say it, and she couldn't say it clearly, so she only replied vaguely: "After drinking the medicine this morning, it is much better." ”

King Qin furrowed his brows. smiled and said, "That's good." You've been sick on and off for three months, and if you continue like this, you'll almost become a medicine jar. ”

Concubine Ji Xian interjected with a smile: "It's not difficult to cure Xiang'er's illness. A few more days. As soon as the temple was over, her illness was all cured. ”

Princess An Ning blushed and said coquettishly: "Mother! You make fun of people! ”

King Qin heard something and asked with interest, "What's the matter?" Does the palace test have anything to do with Xiang'er's illness? ”

"Of course, it has a lot to do with it." Concubine Ji Xian smiled leisurely: "Those who can participate in the palace examination are all Jinshi from the Spring Festival of Jinke. Among them, there are many young talents. When the time comes, if your father is a young man in the picture. Maybe I will choose one of them to be Xiang'er's colt! ”

Bridegroom?

King Qin smiled slightly, keenly aware of the meaning of Concubine Ji Xian's words, and subconsciously asked, "Xiang'er, could it be that you already have a man you like?" ”

Why did he have a not-so-wonderful intuition?

This instinct soon came true.

Princess An Ning didn't dare to raise her head in shame, only to hear Concubine Ji Xian say with a smile: "Yes, what Xiang'er likes is Xu Zheng, the new branch of the society." You are familiar with this sign, she will soon become Xiang'er's concubine."

Xu Zheng?

How could it be him?!

King Qin couldn't laugh anymore. The heart is turbulent and surging.

When the hell is going on! When did Xiang'er fall in love with Xu Zheng? Still want to recruit him as a colt? If she really gets her wish. Xu Zheng will become his brother-in-law. No matter how unscrupulous he is, he can't "do it" to his brother-in-law

King Qin restrained his smile. The complexion is unpredictable. Concubine Ji Xian looked at it in her eyes, secretly strange, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" Do you have any dissatisfaction with Xu Zheng? ”

Princess An Ning raised her head a little apprehensively.

The royal brother is good friends with the cousin of the Ji family, and he is also quite familiar with Xu Zheng. What if the royal brother opposes this family business?

King Qin looked at Princess An Ning with a worried face, and couldn't help but swallow back all the words of objection: "You misunderstood." I just heard the good news and was shocked for a moment. There is nothing to be complained about. Xu Zheng is indeed excellent and outstanding, and Xiang'er has a good vision. ”

Princess An Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

King Qin was full of worries, chatted casually, did not leave a lunch, and soon left.

After leaving Princess Anning's bedroom, the strong smile on King Qin's face gradually dissipated, and his heart was irritable and gloomy.

You can't tell anyone about this kind of thing, you can only hold it in your heart, not to mention what it's like

Five days later.

More than 100 new scholars sat in the Jinluan Hall and wrote hard books. These jinshi are of all ages and have a lot of age differences. The oldest was in his forties, and the youngest was only seventeen.

This seventeen-year-old boy is none other than Xu Zheng, the head of the New Science Association.

Today, everyone wore a uniform blue Confucian shirt and sat in order according to the rank of the spring. Those who are qualified to sit in the first and second rows are the top ten in Chunfu.

Xu Zheng, as a Huiyuan, sat first as a matter of course.

The palace examination generally does not dismiss the new science and technology scholars, but it is the most important pass for everyone to step into the official career. The emperor will personally review the top ten test papers, and the rest of the answer sheets will be sent to the emperor if the answers are exceptionally good. If you can impress the emperor in the palace examination, it will be greatly beneficial to your career.

Therefore, after everyone got the exam papers, they racked their brains and tried to write the best essay.

Xu Zheng pondered for a moment and began to write a draft. After the draft is written, it is carefully revised, and finally it is neatly transcribed on the answer sheet.

There was silence in the Golden Luan Palace. All I heard was the tip of the pen touching the paper. Xu Zheng was concentrating on the answer sheet without distraction, and did not notice that the emperor sitting on the dragon chair was looking at him from time to time.

This is the boy Xiang'er likes?

His eyes are like stars, and his facial features are handsome. Just looking at his appearance, he is indeed a handsome young man who is unique in a thousand miles. was admitted to Huiyuan at such a young age, and it is obvious that his talent is also extremely outstanding.

The emperor looked at it quietly, and was quite satisfied.

After the temple examination was over, all the jinshi got up together to give thanks, and retreated outside the hall to wait for the summons.

Xu Zheng was about to retreat with everyone, when he heard the eunuch beside the emperor scream: "Please ask Xu Zheng, the head of the new branch association, to stay for the time being." ”

Xu Zheng was a little surprised. But he didn't dare to hesitate, and he was busy responding.

The rest of the mermaids withdrew from the Jinluan Palace, and no one dared to look around in front of the emperor. One by one, they were envious of Xu Zheng's good luck and their eyes were very hot.

So many new Kojins. The emperor left Xu Zheng alone. Obviously, he looked at Xu Zheng differently. It seems that nine times out of ten, today's champion is in Xu Zheng's pocket.

Xu Zheng stood in the Jinluan Hall with his head down, and his heart was far from being as calm as it appeared on the outside.

The emperor left him alone, which is naturally a very rare honor. But. He always had a faint strange premonition. The emperor left him. There seems to be another purpose

The eunuch presented the top ten answers to the emperor. On the first sheet, it was Xu Zheng's answer sheet.

The emperor took the test paper, but before he could see the content clearly, he secretly exclaimed. The handwriting on the answer sheet is clear and elegant, neat and beautiful. If nothing else, just this beautiful calligraphy is enough to make people look at it differently.

Carefully read the article again, and the whole article is compelling.

The emperor was greatly satisfied. There was a smile in his eyes. Such an excellent and outstanding teenager is very suitable for the champion. Marry Princess Anning again. Wouldn't it be a good story to spread the word?

"Xu Zheng," the emperor's voice was quite gentle: "Who are you learning from?" ”

Xu Zheng was about to kneel down to reply, when he heard the emperor say: "Don't kneel, I allow you to stand and reply." ”

Such a favor could not be allowed to be flattered, and he hurriedly responded with tears: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." Xu Zheng studied with his father since he was a child, and he also learned calligraphy and painting from his father. ”

"Oh?" The emperor asked with great interest, "Who is your father?" ”

can teach Xu Zheng such an excellent and outstanding teenager, Xu Zheng's father can never be an unknown person.

Xu Zheng replied respectfully: "My father's name is a Han character, and he was admitted to Tanhua eighteen years ago. Later, he became a fellow acquaintance in Lin'an. Four years ago, my father died of illness. ”

The emperor still had some impressions of the name Xu Han, and said with a smile: "It turns out that you are Xu Han's son." Xu Han was a master of calligraphy and painting back then, and he was a great learner. You're better than your father! ”

Xu Zheng hurriedly responded: "Thank you for the emperor's praise." ”

The eunuch on the side whispered playfully: "The emperor doesn't know yet!" The queen mother gave General Chen a marriage, and that Miss Xu Er was Xu Huiyuan's own sister. ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows in some surprise.

The woman Chen Yuanzhao liked turned out to be Xu Zheng's sister.

Xu Zheng is so good and outstanding, and his sister is obviously also a beautiful woman with both talent and beauty.

In the emperor's heart, Chen Yuanzhao is of course different from ordinary courtiers. Because of this secret relationship, the emperor couldn't help but look at Xu Zheng a little more pleasing to the eye. Originally, I was thinking about giving marriage again in a few days, but now I made up my mind.

"Xu Zheng, you are young and ambitious, and you have learned well, and you are the champion of this subject." The emperor said with a pleasant face.

Although Xu Zheng had been mentally prepared, when he heard the emperor say this, he still couldn't suppress a burst of excitement and ecstasy in his heart, and he hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

After his father died of illness, he supported the Xu family with his thin shoulders and also took on the heavy responsibility of the glorious lintel. In the past few years, he has not slackened off for a moment.

Now, he's finally done it!

He won the favor of the emperor, won the champion, and glorified his ancestors. In the future, I will marry the gentle and beautiful Cao Ying, and then prepare a dowry for my sister to marry, and I will have no regrets in this life.

Xu Zheng kowtowed and thanked him, got up, and when he raised his head, he quickly glanced at the emperor sitting on the dragon chair.

The emperor wearing a dragon robe is very majestic, but in the end, he is over fifty years old and has already shown a drooping and old age. The skin is loose and there are quite a few wrinkles on the forehead.

Xu Zheng glanced at it hurriedly, and then lowered his head again.

Looking directly at the emperor, it is a great disrespectful crime!

Today's "surprise" was far beyond Xu Zheng's expectations. I heard the emperor smile again: "Xu Zheng, I will give you another happy event today." ”

Wedding?

Xu Zheng sighed in his heart, and suddenly had a bad premonition.

"My youngest daughter, Princess An Ning, is fifteen this year, and she is beautiful, cute, lively and clever. I have always regarded her as the pearl of my palm, and I love her very much. The man should marry the woman when she gets married, and my daughter is a golden branch and jade leaf, and she has also reached the age of marriage. I can't keep her by my side all the time."

The emperor's gentle voice came into his ears, but Xu Zheng's complexion quietly changed. It was said to be a happy event before, but now it is talking about Princess Anning. If he couldn't guess what the emperor's intentions were, he would have lived for so many years in vain.

The emperor actually wanted to marry him and Princess An Ning!

How did things come to this?

The emperor had never seen him before, how could he suddenly remember to recruit him as a colt?! Behind this matter, there must be some unknown secrets, now is not the time to think about this, the most important thing is how he should politely refuse this matter!

If he had a heart, when he noticed that Princess An Ning was interested in him, he could have secretly shown favor to Princess An Ning. But he never thought about what he wanted to do, and he always kept his distance from Princess An Ning.

Not to mention, he already has a woman he really likes in his heart. He would never want to do this colt.

Of course, if he refuses directly, if he angers the emperor, not only will his life be difficult to protect, but the Xu family will be in danger.

Xu Zheng quickly made a decision.

Before the emperor had time to open his mouth to say the word "marriage", Xu Zheng suddenly knelt down: "Xu Zheng has something to report, dare to interrupt the emperor, and ask the emperor for forgiveness!" ”

Dare to interrupt the emperor's speech, this courage is not something that everyone has!

The chamberlains and several ministers standing beside the emperor were all shocked.

The emperor was also slightly stunned, and frowned a little unpleasantly.

The meaning of what he said just now was already obvious, Xu Zheng did not kneel down ecstatically to thank him, but "I have something to report". Could it be that he doesn't want to be a colt?

"What do you have to report?" The emperor pressed the anger in his heart and asked lightly.

Xu Zheng knelt in the middle of the Jinluan Palace, his voice was quite calm, and he was not flustered: "Your Majesty, Xu Zheng had a marriage contract with the daughter of Master Cao at the end of last year. Because Miss Cao's grandmother died of a sudden illness, Miss Cao needed to keep filial piety for a year, and the family affair was delayed. The emperor's kindness flattered Xu Zheng and was grateful. It's just that Xu Zheng doesn't want to be such a treacherous person, and he doesn't want to let Miss Cao down. Please also ask the emperor to see it! ”

After speaking, he knelt deeply to the end.

Everyone on the side looked at each other, not knowing whether to praise him for his courage or laugh at him for not knowing whether to live or die.

What a glory is it for the emperor to give marriage? He just refused? (To be continued......)