Jinling Imperial Palace.

Emperor Xiang Yanran, leaning on the dragon chair in the main hall, flipped through the heavy bamboo slips on the table, and asked lightly:

"The list of this year's year-olds, what is going on with the Prime Minister's Mansion, has not been sent over? Now that I've seen that I'm going to Laba for two days, can my Laba Temple test be held as scheduled? ”

Cai He, the chief eunuch who was standing aside and bowing his waist, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the slave went to urge at noon, but I heard Cui Changshi from the Prime Minister's Mansion say that there are a lot of recommendations this year, and there is more than one ox cart in previous years."

Seem... It was Chu Tianxiu, the little dusk marquis, who sent a car of bamboo slips to the self-recommendation letter, and I don't know what was written. It is estimated that the Prime Minister's Mansion was delayed because of this matter! ”

"Oh, there's such a rarity?"

Emperor Xiang Yanran put down the bamboo slip and said strangely: "I punished the little faint marquis into the palace of Zongping, so that he can settle down, don't make trouble in Jinling City all day long, make a lot of trouble, Jinling Mansion Yin has already sued him dozens of cases."

He entered the Pingwang Mansion as a son-in-law and didn't stop, and he actually wrote an ox cart self-recommendation letter, which wants to be an official and wants to go crazy? !

Is there a lack of mirrors in his house? I have a lot, you send someone to bring him a bronze mirror tomorrow, tell him to wash his face, and wake up on the third day. ”

"Yes!"

Cai and the great eunuch heard the emperor's ridicule, so he could only laugh awkwardly: "This little faint marquis... Acting differently than ordinary people, it is indeed a bit confused. ”

"I heard that he has a nickname, the head of the four great gentlemen in Jinling City. Is there such a thing? ”

Xiang Yanran asked casually again.

"This~, Your Majesty, there is indeed such a rumor. However, this is all a joke in the market, and it should not be too true. ”

Cai and the eunuch hesitated for a moment.

Since the emperor mentioned this, he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he could only nod.

"Oh, so what's wrong with the four great gentlemen of Jinling? My heavenly song, he is ranked at the bottom of the four great gentlemen in Jinling? ”

Xiang Yanran's tone was cold.

Cai and the eunuch were suddenly frightened and their legs weakened.

What he was most afraid of was that the emperor asked who the other people of the four great gentlemen of Jinling were.

The first three don't matter.

But the last of the four great gentlemen in Jinling is the prince Xiang Tiange.

If the emperor knew about this, wouldn't he be very angry!

The dignified prince turned out to be one of the four great gentlemen in Jinling, how did those big and small officials, young masters, etc. in the Prince's East Palace educate the prince? Surely he will be implicated.

The emperor was furious, and he couldn't tell how many heads fell to the ground.

"The emperor is angry."

Cai He and the great eunuch hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said hurriedly: "The emperor Shengming, rule the world with the way of Huang Lao, lightly pay for the meager endowment, the sea is rich, and the national strength is full."

The people live and work in peace and contentment, and the folk customs are simple.

This is the so-called nonsense... That is, several princely children drink together in the restaurant, and occasionally small things such as small fights.

The good deeds in the market were seen, and for the sake of fun, the little dusk Hou Chu Tianxiu, the concubine Xie Anran, the Shen Mansion Shen Wanbao and the prince were jokingly called the four great gentlemen of Jinling.

But they categorically did not dare to do that hurtful thing. Although Yin of Jinling Mansion has repeatedly sued the little dusk marquis, the little dusk marquis has never hurt the lives of a single person... That is, the rich marquis, who spends a lot of money, is just a dog and a horse.

The prince was even more wronged, but he just made up the numbers.

He was only more than 14 years old, and it was when he was innocent and simple, and he studied the way of government in the East Palace all day long, and rarely left the palace.

was by those good deeds in the market, in order to prove that the four great gentlemen of Jinling are true, they simply pulled them to make up a four. ”

Xiang Yanran was cold.

The cold gaze made Cai He, who was prostrate on the ground, feel cold.

"Since the opening of the Taizu Dynasty, the emperors of the Great Chu Dynasty have been brave and good at fighting, brave and invincible, and they are all the first in the world.

When I was fourteen or fifteen years old, I had already ascended the throne and became the emperor with the help of the Queen Mother, ruling the world and killing people.

I, Xiang Yanran's son, the prince of the East Palace, even if Tiange is a gentleman, he should be the first in the world.

is actually ranked last among the four great gentlemen, is this a shame on the face of my Xiang clan's royal family? ”

"Huh...?"

Cai He raised his head and finally came to his senses.

The emperor was not annoyed by whether Xiang Tiange was sloppy, but annoyed that the prince was actually at the bottom.

Cai He couldn't cry or laugh at once, and could only say 1510: "Your Majesty... The minion has heard a little, and the order of these four gentlemen is really a bit exquisite.

Chu Tianxiu, the little dusk marquis, is lawless, his father can't suppress him, his mother and grandmother are even more spoiled, and there is no one to control the top of his head, so he ranks first.

Although he was demoted by the emperor to the son-in-law of King Ping's mansion, the time was still short, and he didn't know if King Ping and the county lord of Danyang could control him and suppress him.

The concubine Xie Anran was most afraid of Princess Xiang Ling, and if the princess said a word, he obediently obeyed her orders. There is a man on the head who can be controlled, so he is in second place.

Shen Wanbao was afraid that his father Shen Dafu and Empress Dowager Shen would have two people on his head to control, ranking third.

As for the crown prince, he is most afraid of you, as well as his sister Princess Xiang Ling, and Empress Dowager Shen, there are as many as three people who can suppress the prince, so they are ranked fourth.

The ranking of these four gentlemen is not all based on their own strength, but to see who is the most uncontrollable. In this row, the lawless little dusk Hou won the first place, and he deserved his name. ”

"So that's it... Tiange ranks fourth, which seems to be understandable. ”

Xiang Yanran finally understood.

His anger was half gone.

At least the prince of the East Palace will still be in awe of the three of them, which is not wrong.

"Spread my will, reprimanded the prince, and made him think about it behind closed doors for two days, and prepare for the palace test. He has been studying in the East Palace for so long, and he should have grown a little.

On the day of the question, he answered the question with 100 other people. If he is not satisfied, he will be punished with a half-month ban and will not be allowed to leave the East Palace. ”

Xiang Yanran said.

"Yes!"

"There is also a gentleman like Xiao Duhou, I punished him to go to the Pingwang Mansion to be a son-in-law, but he didn't stop for a while, and actually wanted to recommend himself as an official.

What does he want to do, it's not fun to be a little faint marquis, and he can't be a faint official?

Tomorrow morning, let the Prime Minister's Mansion hurry up and hand over the list of the year's eve, I want to see who my princes and princes and officials of the two thousand stones have recommended to come up.

Also, hand in the self-recommendation letter of Xiao Duhou and take a look, I want to take a look. He actually wrote a self-recommendation letter for an ox cart, and he wrote something that made my prime minister's mansion so embarrassed. ”

"Yes!"

Cai He wiped the sweat on his forehead, fortunately the emperor was not really angry, the prince finally passed the level.

He had to go and report the news to Empress Cui, so that the prince would not leave the East Palace during this time, so as not to cause trouble again.