After dark, the festivities continue, but they are no longer as lively as in the afternoon. Some ministers who did not like to make noise, such as Wu Chenghe, the king of Wei, left the table and retired after entering the congratulatory table.

In the apse, the female officials were busy sorting out the congratulatory tables and various gifts of the ministers.

"Another copy! His Royal Highness the Acting King is really eye-catching! ”

A female officer unfolded a congratulatory watch in the cage, skimmed through it for a moment, and then spoke out loud. During the celebration, His Majesty the Holy Emperor had already stated in public that he would choose a concubine for the king, and those who were interested in marrying the ministers also expressed their intentions in the congratulatory table.

"I also have a copy here, Sibin Shaoqing Li Hedu, to choose his family's gifts."

The other Shangguan Wan'er also looked up and smiled.

Hearing this, a female official couldn't help but gasp: "Zhaojun Li's family? It's a famous Shandong clan again! What's wrong with these people? One by one, the door is difficult to hold, and the young king is fortunate! ”

No wonder this female official made a fuss, plus Li Hedu, who was just selected from the Li family of Zhao County, the five surnames have been gathered, and some families have more than one family to seek luck. These families are all in their own categories, proud of being listed in the forbidden marriage, the royal majesty is not much in their eyes, and it is even more difficult for ordinary people to beg for a daughter.

But now, these families are vying to express their feelings, hoping to marry the acting king, which is really shocking.

After Shangguan Wan'er heard this, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, and at the same time, she also sighed secretly in her heart, His Majesty the Holy Emperor used the acting king as bait to let all families compete for luck, although the means were only small, but the effect was huge.

Of course, although the forbidden marriage families are competing for their own tables, it is not an exaggeration to take a closer look. These big clans have a long heritage, and they themselves have a lot of housing branches, although they share a county, but not all families are powerful.

Among these house branches, the main branch of the clan is also called the fixed house, in other words, only these house branches can represent the prestige and reputation of their respective counties. Even within a surname, whether it is a fixed house or not, there is a world of difference in itself, and it cannot be generalized.

Some big clans are self-defeating, and they lack the ability to run a business, and they use their children's marriage to extort money to live, so that they can be indecent, and the reputation is quite unbearable, even inferior to ordinary people.

Among the five surnames who asked for the king, the real ones who came forward from their own clan's fixed house were actually only the Taiyuan Wang family and the Xingyang Zheng family. As for the others, they are just the branches of the people who bear their names in vain, and they really want to share the momentum of the king with the idea of climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix.

Due to well-known reasons that cannot be elaborated, it is very difficult for the Taiyuan Wang family to choose even if he comes forward in a fixed room and has an earnest attitude. As for the Xingyang Zheng family, they put on a posture that was bound to win, and the Beizu alone sent out two rooms, namely Zheng Gao, the heavenly official of the Donglin House, and Zheng Xin, the prince of the Lianshan House.

Although the Xingyang Zheng family is far inferior to Cui and Li Gaodi in terms of reputation and position, the dwarf is taller, and the Zheng family is much better than the concubines of Cui and Li's families. In particular, Zheng Gao, the heavenly official servant, was elected for one term, and his hopes doubled.

In addition to directly expressing their intention to get married, some ministers are also seconding the recommendation.

Among them, Prime Minister Wei Yuanzhong and Yao Xuan both elected Zheng Gao in the congratulatory table, and several other congratulatory tables also mentioned the Zheng family in Xingyang to varying degrees, but what they recommended was the five rooms of the Zheng family's northern ancestor, that is, the branch of Zheng Jingxuan, the princess of the daughter.

Shangguan Wan'er's staff counselor is not a short time, after reading a few recitals, she roughly sorted out one of the personnel contexts in her heart, sorted out these greeting sheets, and placed the congratulatory table of Di Renjie, the local official waiter, at the top, and made ink spots under the cover table.

At this time, suddenly a palace maid hurriedly entered, looked at it slightly, and went straight to Mrs. Huayang behind the case, and whispered a few words before entering. After hearing this, the Di clan showed a slight suspicion on his face, got up and followed the palace maid out, bypassing the hall and turning into a house in the side room.

At this time, the crowd in the house had retreated, and only a girl in a green skirt was sitting in the middle of the middle, who was the little county lord of Liang Wangwu Sansi's house.

Before the Wu Di clan entered the house, before he could ask, the county lord of the Wu clan had already raised his hand and ordered: "Close the door, you all retreat!" ”

"I don't know if the county lord is calling, do you have any inquiries?"

Seeing this, the Di clan frowned, feeling that the atmosphere was a little unkind, and he didn't sit down, so he looked at the county lord of the martial family and said.

The little county lord sat in the middle of the banquet, raised his eyes and said, "Summoning the lady here tonight, I have something to tell you." Originally, I shouldn't have been involved in this matter, but my parents were flawless at this time, and they were afraid of being hurt in person, and the matter was closely related to me, so I didn't care about whether it was rude or not. ”

She stood up as she spoke: "It is indeed not easy for the lady to be widowed and recuperate, in order to live next to the holy family, it is necessary to separate the flesh and blood, and the long-term matter is forbidden. I am considerate of my wife, and please be considerate of me, depending on whose daughter does not want her husband to be like a jade? I know that the two families may be concerned about any news a few days ago, but now I might as well tell my wife directly, I don't agree to this matter! ”

When Di Di heard this, his face suddenly stiffened, and then his whole face fell, and he said in a deep voice: "Why did the county lord say this, forgive the concubine for not being able to refer to it!" The concubines inherit the holy family and enter the Chenju residence, and the happiness and suffering have nothing to do with the rest. As for the rest, even more so without words! ”

When the county lord heard this, he sneered: "Do you think that a few false words can be fooled? What kind of style does the world really show off in the backward world, don't you see it? Ask yourself, how much can you plan for your family's clumsy rest? Those homeless women have to compete for the young king, and my sect is a descendant, and I must not be left behind! If you still want to be greedy for the knot, more than that, it hurts me to compete for a good person, and I will never let you go! ”

After hearing this, the Di clan trembled with anger, gritted his teeth and said, "At this point, please rest assured that the county lord!" The concubine has one breath left, but there is one female in the world who can choose, and she will never dare to covet power and force her to get involved! ”

Seeing the attitude of the Xiao Di clan, the small county master of the martial arts family was also a little panicked for a while, but he still opened his mouth and said, "Madame said so, I am relieved." It's not that I mean to hold a grudge against you, it's just that there are things that can't be forced. Also, madam, if you can help me......"

Di Shi was so angry that his mind was buzzing at this moment, how could he pay attention to what the little county lord said, and directly pushed the door out, and went to the apse without looking back. just walked to the shadow on the left side of the temple, and finally couldn't help hiding his face and crying.

After a while, there was a palace maid in the apse around the corridor to call Mrs., and then the Di clan took out the brocade handkerchief, wiped away the tears on his face, took a few deep breaths, walked out of the shadows, and nodded to the palace maid: "I'm here." ”

"Your Majesty has retired from the palace, please return to the palace with your wife."

The palace maid breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the Di family, and she didn't have time to pay attention to his expression, so she hurriedly said before entering.

At this time, the feast in the front hall has ended, and the layout of the Ningbi Hall is not suitable for duty defense, so the Holy Emperor has to transfer to the Dragon Scale Palace.

After returning to the dormitory of the Dragon Scale Palace, Wu Zetian was still interested, and summoned all the female officials to ask: "The minister has a watch, how many families covet my good grandson?" ”

Wu Zetian looked through it, his face was even more joyful, and he couldn't help but smile: "What do you say is noble, it's not because there are no good things to love!" Yushu is in the court, and the people are asking to visit, just wanting to enter my house as a bride, and it is not so simple! With only a few dry bones in the mound, it is not worthy of my son-in-law, what beauty is selected? ”

When the female officials heard this, they hurriedly presented the gifts from all the families involved, and arranged the boxes and cages in the dormitory, and filled them one by one. Many things, or clothes or pei, or scarves or crowns, or piano, chess, or calligraphy and painting skills, each one represents a beautiful lady who waits for the word boudoir.

Wu Zetian paced slowly between the cages, casually looking at these offerings, and occasionally amazed in his mouth, feeling a little picky, he simply returned to the couch and waved his hand: "You wait until you enter, and everyone picks up what they like." If you can get a good fate based on this, let the king thank you. ”

When all the female officials heard this, they all smiled and stepped forward to choose, and placed those utensils in front of the Holy Emperor's bed according to their own preferences.

With the selection of female officials, Wu Zetian looked at it much more easily, playing with the utensils while listening to the female officers explain their reasons.

When Shangguan Wan'er stepped in with a painting scroll in her hand, Wu Zetian opened it and looked at it, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

This is a small two-foot square painting, painting a corner of the flower fence in the garden, there are not too many complicated colors, just a sketch of the shade of brush and ink, but even so, it is the flower-blooming, interesting garden landscape outline vividly and vividly.

"Wan'er is elegant, and she is really extraordinary."

Wu Zetian held the small painting and admired it for a while, then raised his eyes to look at Shangguan Wan'er and said with a smile: "Which lady is ingenious painting of this ink painting?" ”

"It's the lady of the Tianguan squire Zheng Gao's family."

Shangguan Wan'er said before entering: "This little lady's maiden name is Wen Yin, and she is the cousin of Zheng Shilang's same sect. The concubine recently visited the Sixteenth Courtyard, and on the way, she happened to hear the exquisite string music of this Wenyin lady, and she already had a memory in her heart. It was also based on this careful search that I realized that this lady was interesting and vivid, which is really rare. ”

Wu Zetian nodded after hearing this, but still said: "If you want to be the wife of the famous king, although talent is not the first choice, but the king is already a good choice. What is this lady's family background? ”

Shangguan Wan'er carefully told again, when she heard that Zheng Wenyin's father was only a county magistrate in a middle county, but now he preferred to be in the township, and his brother did not solve the problem, Wu Zetian frowned and said: "The family situation is still a little low." ”

When Shangguan Wan'er heard this, she smiled and said, "Who is more heavenly than the world?" His Royal Highness enjoyed the grace and wealth of the king, and his reputation was full at that time, if he asked by the situation, he would be at the end. ”

"It's this truth, the momentum lies in me, why ask others? If there is really a woman who is gentle and can benefit the royal family, why not be stingy with the reward! ”

Wu Zetian also clapped his hands and smiled: "Tell a few families to convey their intentions, and tomorrow it is forbidden to stay in the Zhongliu Cup Hall for a banquet." This Zheng Nu Wenyin, I also ask you to wait for you to take a closer look. ”

As she spoke, she looked at Yu Zheng Di and said with a smile: "I know that Mrs. Niang's family has a young adult, and Shen Zhi praised me not long ago. There are many good choices, can Mrs. be tempted? But a few days ago, King Liang said to me, you have two affairs to discuss yourself......"

When Di Di heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he fell to the ground and sobbed: "The concubine is clumsy and obscene, and she really doesn't dare to marry her dignity!" ”