"What's the matter?" Li Zhang couldn't help but ask curiously when he heard Yan Niang's words, he really ignored that Yan Niang was an excellent intelligence collection place before, of course, these information were mainly aimed at those officials and nobles, and with Yan Niang's shrewdness, it was easy to collect this information.

I saw Yan Niang smile calmly at this time, and then took out a delicate little book from her arms, opened it and turned a few pages to read it, and then raised her head and said: "This news is related to the emperor, to be exact, it is related to the emperor's election of the queen, do you want to hear it?" ”

"Of course I want to hear it, but how can you find out about the harem?" Li Zhang was also shocked when he heard this, and then asked very curiously, it should be difficult for the women in the harem to leave the palace, how could Yan Niang know about Zhao Zhen's selection of the queen?

"What I want to say is not about things in the palace, but things outside the palace, this time your emperor wants to choose the queen, there are three candidates, one of them is not the granddaughter of Guo Chong, the envoy of the festival?" I saw Yan Niang giggling at this time.

"Yes, did you inquire about something related to this Guo family?" Li Zhang was also shocked when he heard this, he was also worried about what happened after Zhao Zhen's election, and even wanted to see the Wang family that Zhao Zhen liked, but he didn't expect that the Wang family didn't see it, and he accidentally learned some news about the Guo family here in Yan Niang.

"Giggle~, you really guessed it, some time ago, there were two women who came to buy things, and I can't go into detail about their relationship with the Guo family, as long as I know that their relationship with the Guo family is extremely close, and even often come and go, and the Guo family that I talked about when I listened to them chatting was not as virtuous as he said when he was elected to the palace." Yan Niang smiled again and said, she seemed to like this feeling of stealing people's privacy, and her eyes were about to light up when she said the end.

"Is that true?" Li Zhang was shocked again when he heard this, Guo's, Wang's and Zhang's are all candidates for the queen's preparation, and they are also selected from countless noble girls, it can be said that after layers of screening, there can be no shortcomings in conduct, appearance, virtue, etc.

For example, the draft girl in the palace needs to look at her words and deeds, and even the whole body needs to be carefully checked by the old palace maid, even if there is a little defect, such as bad breath, excessive body hair, uneven figure, etc., all of them must be defeated, and the selection of the queen is a hundred times stricter than the selection of the show girl, so if the Guo family is flawed in virtue, it is impossible to be elected to the palace, unless the Guo family deliberately helped the Guo family hide their own defects.

"Of course it's true, according to what I heard, although this Guo family has no problems with his appearance and figure, his personality is not very good, and he is also quite arrogant at home, sometimes he scolds his subordinates for no reason, and even once contradicted her father, but in order to send Guo into the palace, the Guo family actually concealed Guo's true character, isn't this news interesting?" When Yan Niang said the end, she also showed a bit of evil taste on her face.

"Is this news accurate, let me see!" Li Zhang couldn't help but take two steps forward when he heard this, and reached out to take the small book in Yan Niang's hand to check it in person, but he didn't expect Yan Niang to dodge Li Zhang's hand, and then stuffed the small book into his arms and said with a coquettish smile, "You can see it if you want to, this book is my dowry, you can read it casually if you promise to marry me!" ”

Hearing Yan Niang's words, Li Zhang's hand immediately froze in the air, and finally said with a smile: "Since this thing is so valuable, then you should keep it yourself!" ”

"Hmph, no coward, how much do you want to marry me?" Yan Niang saw Li Zhang retreating again, and stomped her feet in annoyance at the moment, then turned around and left the yard, it is estimated that she was also angry with Li Zhang.

Finally waited until Xiuxiu and Tanuki bought the rouge gouache, and Li Zhang could finally leave here, but Yan Niang was still angry when she left, and she didn't even want to say a word to him, Li Zhang didn't care about it, anyway, he didn't plan to marry Yan Niang, she died early This heart is the best.

After returning home, Li Zhang also carefully considered the news he got from Yan Niang, if there is a problem with Guo's virtue, then the Guo family is really bold enough to hide this matter and send Guo to the palace, it is really bold, even the emperor dares to deceive for the position of a queen.

Guo's moral problem does not seem to be big, in which scolding the subordinate is not a big problem, but contradicting the father in this era is a big unfilial piety, contrary to the code of ethics, after all, the father is the son, the child can only obey the father, and can not disobey, and even in the law, the father beating the son to death is not considered a crime, which shows the strictness of this code of ethics.

However, now Guo dares to contradict his father, although this is very rebellious in the eyes of later generations, but in the era of the Great Song Dynasty, it is already unfilial, and today she dares to contradict her father, maybe she may be the queen may contradict the emperor or the queen mother, so such a woman should have been brushed down a long time ago, but now she has become one of the queen's candidates, if this is verified, not only will Guo be driven out of the palace, but even the Guo family will be unlucky.

"But even if there is no Guo family, judging from the attitude of the eldest lady before, I am afraid that she will still be unable to accept the Wang family, and if she leaves a Guo family, there may be Zhang family, Li family, Zhou family, etc., so it is meaningless to just drive away Guo family." In the end, Li Zhang suddenly thought of another point, and said to himself with a frown, the focus of the conflict between Zhao Zhen and Liu E is on the Wang family, and the Guo family is not so important.

Thinking about the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh, since the Guo family is not important, there is no need for him to report it to Liu E again, because this will not solve Zhao Zhen's problem, and it will offend such a big family as the Guo family, which is really thankless, as for Guo's character problem, it is Zhao Zhen's business, anyway, he is destined to have countless women in his life, and one more Guo family is nothing.

"It seems that I still have to see with my own eyes what kind of person that Wang is, how can he make the eldest lady so disgusted with her, and Zhao Zhen is so infatuated with her, even Miaoyuan is silent about her, as if there is some great secret?" Li Zhang finally said to himself again, since the focus of the contradiction is on the Wang family, then everything can only wait until he meets the Wang family before making a decision.

Li Zhang rested at home for two days, and on the third day, he finally felt that the fatigue of the journey was completely eliminated, and the affairs of Zhao Zhen and the Wang family could not be delayed any longer, so early this morning, he also got up early, and even entered the palace without eating breakfast.

Zhao Zhen also just got up at this time, and when he saw Li Zhang coming to him so early, he was also a little surprised at the moment: "Cousin, you came really early, you must not have had breakfast yet, you just happened to eat with me." ”

Li Zhang was not polite, he also smiled and chatted with Zhao Zhen at the moment, and soon breakfast was delivered, and the two also chatted while eating, and at this time Li Zhang also said: "Has the eldest lady urged you these days?" ”

"How could I not urge, the eldest lady asked me to promise to establish the Guo family as the queen within this month, if I don't agree again, she will bypass me and directly issue a holy decree to establish the Guo family as the queen." Zhao Zhen also showed a weak expression at this time, no matter how resolute his attitude was, it was useless, because now the power was in Liu E's hands, unless he could immediately take the government, he would have to listen to Liu E's arrangement.

"Today is already the fifteenth, in other words, you still have half a month, this time is neither long nor short, enough to do something." Li Zhang also said calmly when he heard this, and then he spoke again, "Didn't you say last time that you wanted me to meet that Wang, how is the arrangement now?" ”

"No problem, cousin, you can see you whenever you want, let's go right away after breakfast!" Hearing that Li Zhang wanted to see the Wang family that he liked, Zhao Zhen immediately cheered up and said, although Liu E gave him an ultimatum, his feelings for the Wang family are still the same, but Liu E's attitude towards the Wang family is getting worse and worse, and even wants to drive the Wang family out of the palace.

Seeing Zhao Zhen agree, Li Zhang nodded immediately, and then the two had a hasty breakfast, and were about to go to see the Wang family, but they didn't expect Miao Yuan to come again, and when they saw Li Zhang, they also said excitedly: "Cousin, are you going to see that Wang, I will also go together!" ”

"Miao Yuan, don't join in the fun!" Zhao Zhen also said a little helplessly at this time, since Li Zhang asked Miaoyuan to stop using the golden bowl that caused her poisoning, Miaoyuan's body has also improved day by day, and her temperament has become more and more lively.

"I just want to go, and I think my cousin must be very interesting when he meets that sister of the Wang family!" Miao Yuan held Zhao Zhen's arm and said coquettishly at this time, Zhao Zhen was extremely fond of this only sister, and he had no resistance to her coquettishness, just like Li Zhang did to Tanuki, so he quickly agreed to her request.

"Let's go, the Wang family should learn the etiquette of the palace in the Jade Palace, and we can meet her together!" At that moment, Zhao Zhen took Li Zhang and Miaoyuan out of Jingfu Palace, and the three of them didn't let anyone else follow, and came to the Jade Hall in a heavily dressed palace.

The Jade Hall is located on the east side of the palace, very close to Zhao Zhen's Jingfu Palace, but there is some distance, according to the rules, before the queen is selected, Zhao Zhen and the three alternate queens should not have too much contact, but the rules are dead, if Zhao Zhen wants to see them, others dare not stop them.

Li Zhang and the three of them came to the Jade Palace, this palace is not large, but it is built very chicly, and the Guo and Wang three are temporarily arranged here, mainly to familiarize themselves with the situation in the palace, learn the etiquette in the palace, etc., Li Zhang When they entered here, they happened to see several old palace maids in a long corridor teaching three girls to learn etiquette.

At first, Li Zhang didn't feel anything, but when they approached, he had obviously never seen the Wang family, and he recognized which of the three girls was the Wang family at a glance!