Spring goes to autumn, and another year has passed.

In this year, a lot of things happened in the capital.

One of the biggest things is that the eldest prince and the second prince have married the concubines.

The eldest princess Zhou is the concubine of the former prince of the country, Lord Jiu Zhou, and this marriage has been decided five years ago.

The reason why it is called the former Guozi priest wine is because Lord Zhou died of a sudden illness three years ago.

The eldest princess Zhou married the eldest prince after three years of filial piety, otherwise the two would have become a good thing.

The second princess, Concubine Wu, is the concubine of the Marquis of Changchun, and in terms of family status and status, she is obviously better than the Zhou family, who was born in a scholarly family.

In June of the same year, the emperor transferred the eldest prince from the Ministry of Rites to the Ministry of Industry, and temporarily took the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry.

Compared with the second prince who is in charge of the important position of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, the eldest prince who was transferred to the Ministry of Industry looks much inferior.

In the eyes of many scholars and scholars, the status of craftsmen was very low, and even peasants were not comparable.

Therefore, among the six ministries, the Ministry of Industry is often ranked last, which is the consensus of many officials.

The eldest prince was transferred from a good Ministry of Rites to a poor Ministry of Works, which is not an invisible demotion, which has to make people think about it.

Compared with everyone's speculation, the eldest prince himself was very calm and did not show any dissatisfaction.

After entering the Ministry of Industry, he studied various daily affairs very seriously with the Ministry of Rites, just like when he was in the Ministry of Rites.

His attitude is modest, gentle and polite, and he has no frame of being a prince at all.

This made those traditional literati officials who originally supported the inheritance of the elder greatly appreciated, and they praised the great prince's personality.

Although there were several other princes in the palace, these princes were generally too young, the oldest was no more than eight years old, and the youngest was only two years old.

Therefore, not only have they already become adults, but now they are both married, the eldest prince and the second prince have naturally become the most powerful contenders for the throne.

In addition to the age advantage, the status of the two princes' mothers is also extraordinary.

Needless to say, the mother of the eldest prince, the queen of the main palace, the mother of a country, has an extremely noble status.

Moreover, when the queen was still the reign of the first emperor, she personally gave her marriage to the current concubine who was still the prince at that time. It can be said that it is a young couple who came with Imagami.

And the second prince's mother, Concubine Xie Guifei, is even more amazing, she is the niece of the Queen Mother, the eldest daughter of Duke An Guo, and the real family of the Queen Mother.

This Concubine Xie is not only noble, but also looks like a fairy, as soon as she entered the palace, she got the blue eyes of Jinshang, and she was very fond of her.

In just three years, he was quickly promoted from a nobleman to a noblewoman, and his status was only below the queen, which shows the degree of favor.

It is rumored that when she gave birth to the second prince, Jinshang hugged the second prince and said very happily: "This son Xiao me." ”

This word came from the palace, and I don't know if it's true or not. But today's preference for the second prince can be seen by anyone.

Not only was the bow horse taught by Imagami himself, but he was also held on his knees by Imagami since he was a child, and he was as favored as his mother.

In contrast, Imajo is obviously much colder to the eldest prince.

Although like the second prince, he has invited famous teachers to teach various knowledge since he was a child, but he rarely shows an intimate attitude.

When the two princes came of age one after another, the eldest prince was assigned to the Ministry of Rites, and the second prince was assigned to the household department.

In the past two years, the second prince has been transferred from the household department to the Five Cities Terracotta Division, all of which are important positions.

Everyone can see that Imajo does favor the second prince.

And judging from his refusal to appoint the eldest prince as the crown prince, it is really difficult to say who will spend this throne in the future.

Because the foreign Gongguo Gong on the blood of the second prince is the deep-rooted head of the family, and he holds the military power in the southwest, representing the interests of the noble family, many families are biased towards the second prince.

Most of the traditional scholars and officials chose to support the Grand Prince. After all, the system of eldest inheritance is a patriarchal tradition that has existed for thousands of years, so how can it be easily violated.

Moreover, the eldest prince himself is humble and gentle, courteous to literati, and more enlightened than the second prince who likes to dance with knives and guns, so most of the literati and doctors from the imperial examination are biased towards the side of the eldest prince.

As the power of the two princes continued to increase, fierce competition began to occur between the two sides while growing stronger, which was a tacit secret to the upper class of the capital.

But these are royal matters, and for the common people, these things are too far away from them, and they are more concerned with matters related to themselves.

For example, since last year, dozens of grocery stores in Beijing have started selling soap and soap, all at the same price.

Anyone who has ever used soap knows that it is a good thing, not only can it wash clothes but also take a bath, and the decontamination power is far better than soap powder and bath beans, so more and more people are buying it.

But it's a pity that when this thing first came out, there was only one store for sale, and it was often in short supply, and I couldn't buy it if I wanted to.

Now that there are so many more stores selling at once, the common people are naturally happy.

As a result, traditional soap powder and bath beans have almost suddenly become obsolete products that no one cares about, and they are replaced by cheaper soaps that are easier to use.

As for those who are wealthy, it is natural to choose soaps that not only look good, but also come with their own aromatic fragrance as special washing items.

Although the price of ten taels of silver is indeed very expensive, it is nothing to the wealthy, so most of the grocery stores that sell soap sell well.

In addition to selling in the capital, major merchants also sell soaps and soaps in large quantities.

In just half a year, soap and soap, two fresh items, quickly became popular in many provinces in the north and south of the country, making those big merchants make a lot of money.

However, for many readers who love books in the capital and other places, these things are not worth mentioning at all, and what they are most concerned about now is when the side story of "Xianxia" will come out.

Just two months ago, the sixteen-volume "Xianxia" with a total of more than 2.3 million words officially ended.

This fantasy masterpiece that readers have been chasing for nearly a year and a half has finally come to an end, which makes many readers feel both reluctant and sad.

In the past year and a half, they watched the protagonist Ji Zheng grow step by step, went through countless hardships and hardships, and finally became an immortal.

During this period, Ji Zheng's various adventures, as well as various twists and turns in the plot, made many readers completely substitute themselves into the characters, with Ji Zheng's joy and joy, sadness and sorrow, as if experiencing all this with Ji Zheng.

Now that the story has ended, there are still many people who feel unfinished and can't calm down for a long time.

Fortunately, Mr. Chi Fei announced at the end of the last volume of the book that a side story will be released in two months, and many unexplained things in the text will be clarified at that time.

Although I don't know what a side story is, as long as there is something to read, readers will be satisfied.

With the continued popularity of "Xianxia", more and more works of the same type have appeared on the market, and even many settings and routines are copied from "Xianxia".

However, compared with "Xianxia", these follow-up works immediately became the object of spurning.

When despising these uncreative follow-up works, the most common sentence that readers who have been nourished with appetite is: "Xianxia" comes out, who will compete.

Of course, the original text of this sentence does not say so, the original text is: As soon as no edge comes out, who will compete with it.

The so-called "no blade" here refers to a blunt sword used by the protagonist Ji Zheng in the later period.

In the later part of the story, Ji Zheng relied on this inconspicuous blunt sword like a burning stick to fight all over the world.

Many readers still clearly remember the extremely domineering scene when Ji Zheng used a bladeless sword to force back many top masters, including the head of Kunlun Mountain.

That scene makes people look so cool, it's even cooler than drinking ice water on a June day.