"Your Majesty, the minister thinks King Lu is okay."

A courtier came out to play.

The so-called King Lu is the third brother of King Xiang.

At the beginning, the young prince told Li Lang that he had three brothers.

Emperor Li Yanzhao, he Li Yanxin, and then the third Li Yanping, and the fourth were the ones who were secretly killed by Taohuawei.

Li Yanping, the king of Lu, was standing behind Li Lang at this time.

He is relatively thin and weak, and usually likes to study poetry and songs, likes to write paintings and poems, and rarely participates in court politics.

Today, he was invited by Emperor Jin, and he didn't have anything to do.

The minister who gave the opinion just now said: "King Lu is rich in five cars and treats people gently, and I heard that the relationship between the students who followed him up in Beijing to take the exam is very good, so the minister thinks that the students who let King Lu be the prisoner must also rest assured." ”

The so-called jurantors used to be served by the prince.

And the prince who served as a juror could have the opportunity to gather a group of officials who participated in the imperial examination.

Therefore, this is also an important opportunity for princes to compete for the throne in the past.

And most of the princes or royal relatives who are willing to participate in the selection of the prisoner are people who have thoughts about the emperor's throne.

Emperor Jin listened to the words of this courtier, and couldn't help but glance at his third brother in surprise, could it be that King Lu also had the intention of competing for the throne?

Let others speak for him, and hide behind the scenes.

Emperor Jin pondered for a while, and was noncommittal, but said, "Very good, Li Yanping, King of Lu, came forward." ”

Li Yanping heard this, and walked to the middle of the court without hurrying.

Emperor Jin looked at him and asked, "In addition to King Lu, do you have anyone else to recommend?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Li Yanshi, the king of Duanyang County, can also participate in this selection of prisoners."

When Hu Wei saw that Li Yanping had come out, he had already pushed Li Yanshi out impatiently.

Emperor Jin set his eyes on Li Yanshi, nodded abruptly and said, "In this case, please also ask the king of Duanyang County to come out." ”

Li Yanshi had no choice but to step forward.

At the moment when Li Yanshi walked out, Emperor Jin asked again: "Apart from them, are there any other candidates for Aiqing?" ”

All the courtiers chose to remain silent.

After waiting for a while, Emperor Jin spoke: "I think that Li Yanxin, the king of Xiang, is also suitable to participate in the imperial examination. ”

As he spoke, he let Li Lang also come out.

For a time, there were three members of the royal family standing in the center of the council hall.

Zhang Xiwen, who was the assistant of Zaifu, said: "Your Majesty, King Lu, King Duanyang County, plus His Royal Highness King Xiang, how do you plan to decide who is suitable to be this prisoner?" ”

Hu Wei stood behind him, afraid that Emperor Jin would choose King Xiang partially, so he hurriedly added: "Your Majesty, it is important to choose to accompany the supervisors, and I hope that Your Majesty can listen to the opinions of the ministers more." ”

With such explicit words, Emperor Jin knew what Hu Wei meant, he looked at Zhang Zaifu and said, "I don't know what Zaifu can do?" ”

Jang Jae-fu didn't expect the ball to be kicked to his side.

He smiled awkwardly, and then said, "Hehe, the old minister thought about it, but there is a good way." ”

Emperor Jin said: "Oh, what can Zaifu do?" ”

Zhang Zaifu smiled and said: "It's better to let people write down the names of the three princes first, and then put the note with the name written in the box, and His Majesty will randomly draw one of the notes and order someone to read it out in public, what does Your Majesty think?" ”

"That's a good idea."

Emperor Jin's eyes narrowed, and he asked the courtiers again: "Listed as a minister, what do you think of Zhang Zaifu's opinion?" Hu Wei Hu Aiqing, what do you think? ”

"This ......"

Hu Wei's eyes rolled, and he felt that there was no problem with Zhang Xiwen's proposal, wasn't it just a lot, everything was up to luck.

He said, "I don't have any opinion. ”

The other courtiers also clasped their fists and said, "The ministers have no opinion." ”

"That's good, come on, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are waiting for ......"

Emperor Jin gave an order, and soon someone carried the four treasures of the study over.

At this time, Hu Wei, who was thinking about things, suddenly had his eyes lit up.

He thought that King Xiang was very lucky, and this kind of thing was all about luck, and since King Xiang's luck was so good, the probability of him being drawn was very high.

He must be stopped.

The prisoner must be firmly in his hands.

So, he volunteered to step forward and said, "Your Majesty, please write the names of the three princes." ”

Emperor Jin frowned, but he didn't mean to stop Hu Wei, he nodded and said, "Then let Hu Aiqing come." Hu Aiqing is down-to-earth and fair, and I still trust you very much. ”

"Ahem, thank you Your Majesty for your love."

Hu Wei broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, but he still walked to the table, picked up a pen and began to write down the names of Li Lang and the three of them.

Of course, in the process of writing, he did not let people come to see whether he wrote correctly or whether he cheated for others.

What's more, with Emperor Jin's words just now, no one is embarrassed to step forward.

The Jin Emperor felt that Hu Wei was just.

Do any of you have any opinions?

Soon, the names of the three princes were written on all three slips of paper.

After Hu Wei crumpled the note, he asked the little eunuch under the jade steps to give it to Emperor Jin.

When Hu Zhe left the table and returned to the position where he was standing, he inadvertently glanced at Li Lang.

That look, very disdainful.

As if telling Li Lang, you are doomed, because none of the names I wrote on the note are yours.

Li Lang just smiled and ignored the other party.

After a while, the box was delivered to Emperor Jin.

Emperor Jin smiled, stretched out two fingers in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, reached into the box, and pulled out a note with his name written on it.

A cadre of courtiers craned their necks and looked at the note in Emperor Jin's hand, waiting for him to read out his name.

Hu Wei's heart also tensed.

Li Yanping and Li Yanshi were also very nervous.

Only Li Langyun looked at Emperor Jin lightly, looking like he was in his chest.

However, after a long time, Emperor Jin still did not mean to read it.

He looked at Hu Wei below and asked, "Hu Aiqing, I trust you, I wonder if you trust me?" ”

"This ......"

I didn't expect Emperor Jin to say this.

Hu Wei was stunned for a while, and immediately said, "How dare the minister doubt Your Majesty'......?"

Emperor Jin nodded with a smile, and then under the expectant gaze of the courtiers, he read out the name on the note, "It's Erlang, Li Yanxin, King Xiang." ”

What the? That's impossible.

I just wrote the names of Li Yanping and Li Yanshi.

Not a single letter was written.

Hu Wei's scalp tingled for a while, and he said, "Your Majesty, are you sure......?"

Emperor Jin smiled and said, "Since Hu Aiqing doesn't trust me, then you can read the other two notes in the box to everyone......

As he spoke, he ordered the box to be handed back to Hu Wei.

"This, this, this, ......"

Hu Wei held the box, and he didn't understand what Emperor Jin meant.

Nima, I've killed myself.

Hu Wei was remorseful, and none of the remaining two notes in the box at this moment had Li Yanxin's name written on it.

If this is the case, then the note in Emperor Jin's hand will naturally have Li Yanxin's name written on it.

Obviously, Hu Wei had seen Emperor Jin's sinister intentions clearly.

However, he didn't dare to refute it, nor did he dare to point out that Emperor Jin was not.

However, Emperor Jin looked at him impatiently, and said to Zhang Zaifu in front of Hu Wei: "Zhang Aiqing, please help Hu Aiqing read the note in the box to everyone, don't say that I am untrustworthy and chill the hearts of the courtiers." ”

Jang Jae-fu smiled and nodded, "Obey the order......"