Chapter 343
The courtiers returned to their respective mansions dejectedly, seeing that the good things of entering the Wing King's Mansion were empty, and the mood was not very good, and the views of each family were different, only one point was clear, and the concubine must not be pushed out to use color to win over the Wing King.
The Wing King has been out for many years, and there are not a few men he has seen, especially with the prince of Yan Kingdom, it is really not to the point of being bewitched by his appearance, and there are many talented and capable young talents in contact, and he can't help but guess what kind of talent can get into the critical eyes of the Wing King.
For example, a man takes a wife to marry a virtuous man has such a sentence in front of him to flaunt it, most of them are according to this standard, and then use a sentence that a woman is not talented is virtuous, and there is pressure on the doctor.
The woman's heart is in the sea, and until now, the courtiers have not been able to figure out the temper and temperament of the Wing King, and they are not sure to move forward in the matter, so they have to give up the bond established by the method of marriage for a while.
Moreover, the selection of the wing king this time is carried out according to the standard of the normal prince's selection of concubines, as some officials have guessed that if the main room is chosen, it is good to say that at least the hard work pays off, if the side room or a lower level is bad, it is not true, there are more people in the backyard, it is difficult to really stage a drama of competition for favor between women, think about it and can't help but chill, what is this.
That's it, just let God not give you this chance. Forcibly stuffing people into it may not have the desired effect, in case the Wing King uses the prince who entered the Wing King's Mansion to restrain the family behind him in turn, it will really outweigh the losses and no benefits.
It is not hypothetical and alarmist. It is very likely that the Wing King does not play cards according to common sense, and he has to be careful even if he is really worried, and he has to be careful with the Wing King.
Some officials take the initiative to give up, and there are also those who try with luck, everyone's mind is really difficult to guess, even if they clearly know that it is a trap, they must be willing to test it themselves, this is a certain link in human nature.
Luo Fuzhong. A woman dressed in gorgeous costumes went out to welcome the return of the male owner of a mansion, and she knew how to observe words and colors, and her eyes swept to see the sadness on her husband's face, and she thought about it for a while.
"Sir, what's going on?" His wife, Li, saw Luo Changhe, who was frowning, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask gently.
"It's not that I'm troubled by the marriage of the Wing King." Luo Changhe took off his official hat and handed it to his wife on the side. The old man who sat on the chair with a bad heart, the current cabinet envoy used to be infinitely beautiful, and after the emperor ascended the throne, especially after the incident of the invasion of the country, he never reused the cabinet officials, and with this, the remaining four people in the interior were suddenly blinded by lard. Design and plan a series of vicious events to murder Gongsheng. As a result, the cabinet once became the target of public criticism, and the emperor took this opportunity to weaken the power of the cabinet one after another, and the current cabinet was supported by himself, and there was no intention of the emperor to promote officials to supplement the cabinet again.
The power in his hands is extremely reduced, in order to maintain the prosperity of the entire family, Luo Changhe has to fight his ideas elsewhere, and the choice of a husband by the Wing King this time is the best opportunity, and there are just three concubines in the mansion. It is worth giving up a person to fight for the interests of the family, but it is a pity that the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes. If the matter is revealed, he will be reprimanded, and he will be fined for one year, and if he is demoted or dismissed from his post and investigated, he will be scattered without his own Luo family.
"Didn't you write your name, what happened again?" Li Shi didn't know, so he put the official hat in the place where he usually put it, turned around to look at the master, poured warm tea and handed it over.
"It was discovered, and the emperor was furious and demanded to report it again according to the request of the Wing King." Luo Changhe took a sip of tea and sighed, "Fortunately, the Wing King did not send officials because of this, probably because there were too many people, and it was unrealistic to deal with them all for a while, and he was only fined for one year." ”
"How so?" Li's heart beat faster with fright, everyone knows the rumors of the Wing King, and everyone knows about it, so don't think about it when you go crazy and don't see blood.
Luo Changhe was in an irritable mood, and there was inevitably a little bit in his voice, "I should have known that I shouldn't have done anything about Li Daitao's stiffness, this time I avoided it by chance, and the Wing King is not easy to fool." "I didn't know how to get dizzy at first, so I added my name without thinking.
Li Shi was unhappy when he heard this: "The Wing King wants a son-in-law, you are really worthy of our son Changdong to marry the famous words to be married into the Wing Palace!" She is such a son, she grew up in the palm of her hand since she was a child, how can she be worthy of her son to serve women, no matter how noble the status of the wing king is, how can her son have both talent and virtue in exchange for the future scenery in a humiliating way.
"It's just that I can't bear it, so I use my concubine instead." Luo Changhe has high expectations for his son, and he was raised by himself, so there is nothing bad except for being a little impatient.
"Changdong has a lot of potential, and when he comes back after going out for three years, he has become much more stable." In the eyes of the mother, the child's change is the most significant, although Li feels sorry for the hardships that his son has endured in the past three years when he is not allowed to go home, but he is also proud of his son's growth.
"After the results of the palace examination came out, did you think about where to put your son?" The Li family wants to find the best future for his son, "My son is now on the right track with a meritorious reputation, don't ruin your son's good future because of such a bad thing as King Yi." ”
"Naturally not, I'm not the kind of greedy and vain person, and I'm willing to gamble." Luo Changhe is getting older and older, and he has lost the courage of his youth, and he can't afford to gamble, let alone gamble with his son-in-law's life.
After listening to the master's words, Li seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, and asked again, "This is the end of this matter?" "I feel a little unwilling in my heart.
"What else can I do, I can only give up a picture." Luo Changhe wants to climb the big tree of the Winged King, not only the Winged King's existing power, the emperor can say that the Winged King has a good faith, otherwise the emperor will not let the Winged King take charge of the military again, the Winged King has only made a lot of contributions to the country in the past few years, and not everyone can get a relationship.
The emperor is extremely cautious about everything about the Wing King, and has also disposed of many officials for the Wing King, and now the relaxation is not only the relationship between the emperor's edict. Luo Changhe couldn't help but think deeper.
The Li family is a woman, and it is inevitable that they will keep their views on the problem, that is, they are unwilling to let their sister-in-law make sacrifices and it is difficult to really let go of the great opportunity. People's bad roots always want to have both fish and bear's paws.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in Li's mind, and his thoughts were surging with a solution, and he secretly scolded himself for forgetting the living dead, and hurriedly said: "Master, there is still room for turning around in this matter." ”
"What do you mean?" Luo Changhe looked at the Li family with a happy face, and didn't think that a woman's family could have any good way, so listen to it first.
"Didn't the Wing King name his son-in-law? There really is one in our house. Li's eyebrows and eyes fluttered, as if he had seen a bright future in advance, and his happy smile couldn't be stopped.
Luo Changhe was slightly shocked when he heard this, and blurted out, "Who?" "I don't have any impression of it.
"I forgot. It's evergreen. Li said with a smile, "Changqing is twenty-one years old this year, just two years older than the Wing King, and the eldest son born to his ex-wife. There is no doubt about the identity. It's just that the temperament is a little lonely and bland, and the body and bones are often inseparable from medicine. "Such a good opportunity, leaving a cheap bone is also a blessing, not in vain to take care of the mansion for many years, this time to go to the Wing Wangfu is life or death depends on his creation, and there is no need to appear in front of him to be an eyesore.
Luo Changhe carefully recalled that there was such a son. The previous wife left behind the eldest son who was only six years old, and married Li the next year as a successor. The things in the backyard will be handed over to the Li family to take care of, the child's affairs are rarely asked, mainly because the child is stupid and stupid, and he is not very close to himself, when he was somehow seriously ill and hit the medicine at that time, for this kind of eldest son who does not stand out, he can't like it from the bottom of his heart, the next year Li gave birth to his son-in-law Changdong, Changdong has won his own love since he was a child, and the eldest son who has nothing to do with the passage of time forgets to be clean, as long as he eats and wears without worrying about him, he will not ask, If Li doesn't mention it, he really can't think of such a sister-in-law, and it's rare to be a good candidate.
Li Shi saw that the old man raised his eyebrows and felt very relieved, the thing was about to come to pass, not to mention being more happy, and finally lost the burden that had been pressed in his heart for more than ten years.
The two people in the main room were talking about things, and there was a clever girl outside who listened to it, looked a little flustered, and ran quietly while there was no one in the yard, and ran all the way to the lotus garden.
"Childe, Childe, no, it's okay!" Yahuan ran out of breath, pushed the door into the house, and said urgently to the young man who was buried in the books, "Childe, something is wrong." ”
"What's the matter, so flustered." The man looked up at the anxious Yahuan from the book, and his handsome face showed a little sickly.
Yahuan quickly closed the doors and windows, and after checking that there was no one around, Fang said: "The master and the Li family want to marry the son to the Wing King!" ”
"What!" The young man is Luo Changqing, and he was stunned when he heard Yahuan's words for a while, what is it to marry, he is a man, how can he talk about marrying?
"What the slave maid heard with her own ears was that the Li family mentioned the son to the master." Yahuan was originally a personal maid ring next to the former wife, and she took care of the little son Luo Changqing very much and was loyal.
"You speak slowly." Luo Changqing poured a cup of tea and handed it over, and asked Yahuan to drink it and start over.
Yahuan swallowed the tea in one go, relieved her breath and said resentfully: "Isn't King Yi forced to get married, and now he is relieved that he will only marry or not marry, and he will choose the son-in-law of the family of officials above the fifth grade." ”
"I remember you said there was a rumor about it." At that time, I only felt that it was an interesting thing that had nothing to do with me, so I should have fun, but I never thought that the kung fu thing had taken a big turn in the past few days, which made Luo Changqing's heart chaotic for a while.
"That's right, there are rumors in the front of the market, saying that there is a nose and eyes, and this is not the final decision." Yahuan echoed, "Don't talk about this, the lord was not on the list yesterday, the candidate is a concubine in the house, but the wing king wants a son-in-law, and the name of the Li family is not counted, the lord was fined for a year, this is not a year's face is ugly, and I don't know how the Li family suddenly remembered the son, how the son said that he is also a serious son-in-law, just gave the Li family a chance, the lord is afraid that he is moved." "The father and son are not close, thanks to the Li family's high-pole deception of the old man, blowing the wind on the pillow and saying that the son has nothing to do, which makes it so that now the son-in-law is not the realm of the son-in-law and the concubine is not like the concubine, no matter how angry he is, it is difficult to overwhelm the Li family, who holds the power of the family, so he has to live a hard life.
Luo Changqing's eyes darkened after hearing this, and he was silent, facing his father who didn't care about his life or death. The Li family married into the mansion and made a hindrance from it, sowing discord between father and son, but he didn't want to die enough to get his life back. Living a more difficult life than a concubine, and now being pushed out as a pawn for the benefit of the house, the resentment of many years hit my heart like a prairie fire, burning the whole body and mind, and the unspeakable taste spreads.
"What about Childe?" Yahuan was so anxious that her eyebrows burned, in this mansion, the prince and the sinister Li family who couldn't fight with him at all, not to mention that the old man was already moved. It's a tough thing to do.
Luo Changqing smiled bitterly, how can there be any way, if you really have your own life, you still need to live a life of no one and no ghost. is often looked down upon by the concubines in the house, and he doesn't even have decent clothes, pen and ink, let alone study to gain fame.
"Otherwise, Gongzi will escape, leave Luofu and leave Shangjing." Yahuan really couldn't bear to watch her good master being tormented by the Li family for so many years. I couldn't bear to jump into the fire pit. A place like the Wing King's Mansion is not a good place to go.
Luo Changqing can't even do it, where to escape, will the Li family let himself escape? Even if you escape from Luofu, where will you go?
"Childe, why aren't you in a hurry?" Yahuan looked at her son's indifferent face and frowned.
"What's the use of being in a hurry." Luo Changqing spoke, "Father already has the intention that it is difficult to have room to turn around, and where can he flee to." Besides, he didn't have much of the silver taels he had escaped, so how could he make ends meet when he went outside. It's really ashamed that I can't learn a skill when I live so big, and I can't pick up my shoulders and can't lift it. He has been abolished by the Li family, and it is difficult to support his big ambitions, so it is better to stay in the house and resign himself to fate.
"Could it be that Childe wants to marry the Wing King!" Yahuan looked at the thin boy in disbelief, "It's rumored outside that the Wing King is moody and cruel to kill, and the son can have a good time here!" "How can you be so self-defeating!
Luo Changqing was amused by Yahuan's words, "How can it be as simple as you think, now it is only to submit the list of concubines of each prefecture, and it is difficult to say whether the Wing King can look up to me." "Don't think you're chosen just by one face.
"However, has the prince ever considered which official is willing to give up his son-in-law?" Yahuan didn't want to pierce the appearance, but the son's boring appearance was really worrying.
Luo Changqing was stunned on the spot when he heard this, Yahuan's words were not unreasonable, but he really couldn't do anything, at this moment, he suddenly felt that he was so incompetent and powerless, and he was thrown out by his own father only to seek benefits for the family, and he was so powerless to resist.
"Childe, what are you going to do?" Yahuan was so anxious that she jumped to her feet.
"Wait." Luo Changqing had already seen through the situation around him, and no matter how good his plan was, it would be in vain.
"What are you waiting for?" Yahuan was puzzled, and looked at Childe with a suspicious face.
"Results." Luo Changqing sighed faintly, "It doesn't hurt if there is anything, it's just a different place to live, the life is bad enough now, can the Yiwang Mansion really not be as good as here?" ”
"But......" Yahuan was about to persuade again, but was interrupted by Luo Changqing.
"So be it, you should be completely ignorant of this." Luo Changqing didn't want to see Yahuan get into trouble, Li was a vicious woman who couldn't do anything.
Seeing that the son didn't want to say much, Yahuan stopped thinking about persuasion, and she was especially uneasy in her heart, and cursed when the poisonous woman of the Li family would be punished.
It was another morning court, and the list of candidates was presented to the imperial court, and the courtiers waited for the emperor to speak in silence.
Mu Jinming took the list and swept it, okay, there were only twenty people, raised his eyes and looked at the courtiers below, looking at the inside, he was obviously reluctant to have a son-in-law in the family, among which there were only two sons of third-grade masters, and the rest were mostly fourth-to-fifth-grade.
The courtiers carefully raised their eyes to spy on the upper position, and when they saw that the emperor was unhappy, they beat the drum in their hearts, and they didn't know if they would have to fight back again this time, right?
"There aren't many of them." Mu Jinming pointed out, "It seems that all of you Aiqing have a plan in your heart. ”
The emperor's words obviously mean something, the minister bowed his head and no one dared to meet the emperor's words, unless his brain was not enough, he was allowed to take himself into the pit, and he waited to think that he was unlucky.
"That's it for now." According to Xi Chao's meaning, the fewer people, the better, Mu Jinming exchanged glances with Xi Chao and nodded to settle the matter.
The courtiers breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, this level was over, and the hanging heart fell back to its original place, and the matter should continue to go on.
"The results of the palace examination will be announced today." Xi raised a faint arc to the corner of his lips, and his eyes swept over the courtiers who showed joy.
"There are many people in this year's palace examination, and the examination papers have just been completed today." Mu Jinming followed Xi Chao's words and said, "It seems that there is a ceremony to be held." ”
"You don't have to wait for tomorrow's list, you can do it later." Xi Chao gave birth to a little evil in the bottom of his heart, "Order someone to send the candidates to listen to the announcement." ”
"Let's do it together." Mu Jinming's smile appeared and he looked at the courtiers and threw a thunderbolt, "If you move the matter of the selection of the Wing King today, you will save the trouble of having a small number of people to be separated." ”
"It's fine." Xi Chao's smile was especially visible, and the courtiers only felt a chill all over their bodies, and a bad premonition hit their hearts.
What does the emperor mean in his words, it is difficult to have the implication of combining the two into one! No way! Don't, all kinds of crises immediately appeared in my heart, and my whole brain exploded.
"Your Majesty, isn't this appropriate?" The second-grade officials came out to inquire carefully, for fear that what they thought would instantly evolve into a reality that they could not accept.
"What's wrong, shouldn't two happy events be put together?" Mu Jinming's question was very level, and let the courtiers say yes or no, and they couldn't open their mouths for a while.
"This ......" The official couldn't think of a reason to refute it, so he had to retreat into the queue in a gloomy manner.
"Go and preach the message." Mu Jin ordered someone to go and pass the decree, and the court discussion continued normally.
Luofu, since receiving the holy decree, Li's heart blossomed, I didn't expect it to come so soon, let people prepare a set of good clothes and accessories to send to Luo Changqing, let him quickly change it, at the end of the matter, I also heard that the palace test to participate in the tribute to go, Li frowned slightly and asked about the situation, hurriedly called his son who was still asleep, personally cleaned up for him, and told him not to lose his honor in front of the palace, so he took his subordinates to the Lotus Garden, which is equally important, and it is necessary to let Luo Changqing choose.
Luo Changdong muttered in a low voice, and left the house in a carriage first, how to change the ceremony to be held today, and his dream was not finished.
"Childe." Yahuan glanced at the clothes and ornaments on the table, not to mention how anxious she was, she just handed over the list this morning, and before she waited for the next court, someone in the palace sent a decree, saying that she was going to enter the palace and catch people off guard.
Luo Changqing looked at the brocade clothes sent to him, and he couldn't tell what it was like, and he was stunned for a while.
As soon as Li entered the door, he saw that Luo Changqing had not changed his clothes, and he was unhappy when he was stupidly pestle, and there was no possibility that Luo Changqing would regret it at this time.
"What are you doing there, don't you change your clothes quickly, the sedan chair in the palace is still waiting outside the door, and your hands and feet are sharp." The second half of the sentence is said to the Yahuan beside Li's side.
Luo Changqing came back to his senses and was at the mercy of Yahuan, his heart was somehow calm, and he didn't feel nervous about entering the palace at all.
Li Shi couldn't help but be mean when he saw the lifeless Luo Changqing at first glance, and he didn't have the virtuous and virtuous virtue that he pretended to be in the past, "The person who wants to enter the palace pulls a dead man's face to show to whomever is not unlucky, the palace is not more careful than the house, don't lose the face of Luofu, you have such a little value, you have to know the proportions of pretending to be high, if you can get the king of wings, the master will remember your goodness, if not, you don't have to eat and drink in this mansion." ”
The Li clan intended to warn Luo Changqing to keep to himself, reminding Luo Changqing that there were only two ways to go, either to find a way to get into the eyes of the Wing King, or to wait to be expelled from the Luo Mansion to fend for himself.
Luo Changqing's heart was cold and silent, knowing that there was no room for negotiation for the Li family to do what he said, and a son-in-law like himself who had no place in the same place and was an eyesore had no way to live, if it wasn't for his own name on the family tree, how could he live until now after the Li family entered the door. (To be continued......)