In the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Youxiao was absent-minded, and the faces of Sun Chengzong and the other teachers turned blue, and they left trembling one by one.

Soon after they left, a celebrant eunuch came running outside the hall, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, the results of the three selections have been made." ”

Zhu Youxiao threw the book in his hand aside, and immediately asked, "Li Shi, who are they?" ”

Li Shidao: "Back to the emperor, after Concubine Liu took the examination for poetry and painting, she selected Zhang from Xiangfu County, Henan, Wang from Daxing County, Shuntianfu, and Duan from Yingyangwei in Nanjing as concubines. ”

Zhang's, Wang's, Duan's, this Zhang's, if nothing else, should be the famous Queen of Yi'an, Zhang Yan!

Seeing the emperor's happy face, Li Shi was busy and flattering:

Concubine Liu said that the three selected daughters were all beautiful, and the ancient Zhaojun and Yuhuan couldn't pass. Concubine Liu also said that if you are upright and blessed, chaste and not pretentious, Zhang's daughter is especially good. ”

"Okay, okay!" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be overjoyed, smiled, waved his hand and said, "Li Shi, you have merit, say it, what do you want?" ”

Hearing this, Li Shi thought for a moment, still smiling.

"Choosing a concubine for the emperor, this is the duty of being a slave and maid, how dare you invite credit, as long as the emperor does not blame the slave and maid, the slave and maid will be satisfied."

"Come here."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at him and beckoned.

Li Shi hurriedly took a few steps forward, only to hear the emperor say.

"The last time the scholars in Suzhou made a fuss, Yang Zhaoji sent a message back to me after leading his troops to Suzhou, saying that there were businessmen secretly colluding with them."

"Well, I see... I'm afraid it's not that simple. Having said this, Zhu Youxiao didn't continue, just looked at him with a smile.

Li Shi's eyes rolled, and he smiled: "The slave is willing to contribute to the court, and I also ask the emperor to give orders!" ”

"Sending Wang An home to retire is really not my original wish." Zhu Youxiao's voice was a little low, "With such a big stall as the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, someone still has to take care of it." ”

"Li Shi, can you take care of it?"

Hearing this, Li Shi hurriedly lowered his head to the ground, and said with a hint of his heart: "But there is an order from the emperor, and the slave and maid will never give up!" ”

The Suzhou Weaving Bureau, on the surface, is a yamen that supervises and procures silk for the royal family, but in secret, it also shoulders the important task of representing the royal family and the merchants.

The rest, Li Shi hasn't guessed yet.

He only knew that the emperor asked him to go to the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, and he must have an idea to let himself develop the imperial merchants.

Suzhou Weaving Bureau, this is a fat shortage!

Before returning to Beijing, Li Shi was shocked by the news of the fall of the great eunuch Wang An.

You must know that Wang Ana is an old minister of the three dynasties, and no one thought that he would fall before the emperor issued an edict to allow him to return home.

However, under Wei Zhongxian's vicious tricks, Wang An fell, and with it, a large number of his henchmen were also cleared out of the center of the court.

As for the Wei Dynasty, it has been almost half a month since he arrived at the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, and now he is afraid that he will be killed by Wei Zhongxian's godson.

The emperor didn't care, and who would care about the life or death of the Wei Dynasty.

The three weaving bureaus in Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Jiangning were once Wang An's henchmen and eunuchs, and now Wei Zhongxian is in power, and these three places also continue to change a group of new people.

Wei Zhongxian knew that Zhu Youxiao was also staring, so he didn't make a substitution, he was waiting for Zhu Youxiao's attitude.

The Admiral Weaving Bureau is a five-rank official, but because it is a chincha, the actual status is not much different from that of the governor and governor of the first grade.

Everyone is worried about such a beauty difference, how can Li Shi not covet it?

He even thought about whether he wanted to flatter him and invite Wei Zhongxian to say a few kind words in front of the emperor.

Before he had time to find Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao was happy today, so he directly rewarded him for this beautiful difference.

But is this location so easy to stay in?

"Never give up?" Zhu Youxiao sneered a few times, "I want you to be my eyes and ears, to develop my imperial businessmen, and to help me earn money." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao came to Li Shi's side, patted him lightly on the shoulder twice, and said, "When I arrive in Suzhou, three times a month, I will secretly play local affairs to me, understand." ”

"Slave, slave obey!" Li Shi lowered his head and looked at the ground, his palms were sweating, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

Zhu Youxiao laughed a few times, as if there was no such thing at all, and followed Xiao Gong'e to the queen with a smile.

.......

Not long after, the group arrived at Chuxiu Palace, and Zhu Youxiao entered in the surprised eyes of everyone and saw three slim girls.

These three women have their own characteristics, and Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up.

The woman in the first order on the left made Zhu Youxiao see her difference at a glance.

And I saw that she was born Xinxiu and plump, her face was like Guanyin, her eyes were like autumn waves, and her mouth was like a red cherry, standing there without moving, but she looked dignified and generous.

Concubine Liu was pulling her to look left and right, and she loved it very much.

Could it be that this woman is the historical Empress Zhang Yan of Yi'an?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao slowly paced over with his hands in his hands, and began to look up and down around her.

Seeing that the emperor's eyes were the same as herself, Concubine Liu was even happier in her heart, looked at Zhu Youxiao and said, "Emperor, you also take a look, are you satisfied?" ”

Zhu Youxiao didn't reply, just looked at the woman quietly and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The woman's lips opened slightly, bowed, and said softly:

"Back to the emperor, the surname of the folk girl is Zhang, the name is Yan, the small character Baozhu, and her father Zhang Guoji is from Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture."

Zhang Yan, it's really her!

Zhu Youxiao was even happier in his heart, and curiously circled around her twice, as if he wanted to know all about this famous virtuous queen and cleopatra in history.

Then he asked:

"What do you do when you're at home?"

Zhang Yan put her hands on her chest, self-denial and courtesy, and said meticulously: "Back to the emperor, the only thing that the people's girls do is to practice female redness or read poetry and books." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded, swirled around her again, and finally stopped in front of him.

Yu's two concubines, Wang and Duan, although they all stood quietly, they were envious and jealous of Zhang Yan in their hearts.

They and dozens of show girls were in this palace, and the emperor didn't look at any of them, but stared at this Zhang Yan vigorously.

First of all, when choosing three, Concubine Liu's love for Zhang Yan was beyond words.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao came to Chuxiu Palace to appoint the queen, and Zhang Yan's favor and curiosity were seen and understood by everyone even more.

It seems that the queen of the Ming Dynasty seems to have been decided.

After staring at her for a long time, Zhu Youxiao suddenly remembered a book he had read these days and asked:

"You said that you were reading poetry books at home, then I asked you, "Yue Fei Breaks the East Window", have you heard or read it?"

Zhang Yan raised her head, her demeanor was still beautiful, but she glanced at Zhu Youxiao lightly, lowered her eyes again, and replied softly:

"Concubines often read "Historical Records" and "University"."

"What's the use of these books?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, and said in his heart that this Zhang Yan still needs to be trained by me.

Otherwise, I will become a "female gentleman" in the harem and teach me lessons all day long.

These two asked and answered, I am afraid that they have already fallen in love, and the friendship is long, and the palace people look at it from afar, and they only feel like a pair of golden boys and girls made in heaven.

However, Zhu Youxiao's next words were not as satisfied as he was at first.

I saw him turn around and say lightly:

"Okay."

As soon as the word Zhu Youxiao came out, the middle palace of the Apocalypse Dynasty was established, and the queen was decided, just waiting for the wedding in the coming day, and the whole world celebrated.

......

In April of the first year of the Apocalypse, Zhang Yan, a folk girl, was appointed as the queen by Emperor Zhu Youxiao, the Wang family of Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture, was registered as a good concubine, and the Nanjing Yingyangwei Duan family was registered as a pure concubine.

In addition to these three daughters, Tong Jing'er, who was fortunate enough to be conceived in Xinuan Pavilion, was blessed with the body of Gong'e, and was registered as Concubine Yu.