Everyone didn't know why the emperor made such a decision? Why did you directly hand-pick Ling Xia after reading the exam papers? Could it be that there is anything different about his examination papers, not only the Manchu Dynasty is suspicious, but even Ling Xia himself is a little dazed.

Looking at everyone's puzzled expressions, Xia Ding asked the eunuch beside him to show the verdict of Ling Xia and the three of them, and after reading it, everyone was even more puzzled, obviously the referee who won Qiankun and Qiu Luobei was better than Ling Xia, but why did the two lose to Ling Xia?

Smiling and looking around, Xia Ding ordered someone to put away the answer sheet, and ordered to reward the three little eunuchs with 100 gold coins, and after the three little eunuchs thanked Dade for leaving, he groaned slightly, and then explained the reason:

"Judging from the verdict results of the answer sheet alone, the verdict of Ying Aiqing and Qiu Aiqing is better than that of Ling Xia, in other words, if I adopt the verdict of Ying Aiqing or Qiu Aiqing, the three little eunuchs will have to worry about their lives.

As I said beforehand, the evaluation results of the three Aiqing are directly related to the fate of the three little eunuchs, and if any of them write well, I will be rewarded. If they don't write as well as they want, then launch the noon gate beheading.

But in this case, Ying Aiqing and Qiu Aiqing still ruled that the results of the three were unqualified, and only Ling Xia gave a qualified ruling, what does this mean? It shows that Ling Xia was moved by compassion, but Ying Aiqing and Qiu Aiqing didn't care about the life or death of the three little eunuchs.

Ladies and gentlemen, have you forgotten the ultimate purpose of this competition? This competition is to choose a horse, not to test whose martial arts are strong, nor to verify whose literary prowess is profound, but to choose a partner for my daughter who can stay for life.

The fact that these three candidates can stand here is enough to show their ability, if it weren't for martial arts, literary talents, resourcefulness, skills, and all of them are superior, they would not have defeated the layers of competitors and walked in front of me step by step.

However, strong martial arts, brilliant writing, excellent resourcefulness, and exquisite skills cannot meet my standards, and the standard I set for my future son-in-law is "good-hearted".

I hope that my son-in-law can be in harmony with the princess, and the two of them are very affectionate, and this is enough, the reason why I came up with this question is to test your decision-making ability on the surface, but the real purpose is to test your heart.

A person who has no sympathy, likes to seek truth from facts, and is principled in everything, he may be a qualified military general, or a qualified civil servant, but he is by no means a good husband.

Ling Xia couldn't bear to let the three little eunuchs be innocently killed, how could I bear it, I heard that the first question in the competition was to write the ancient teachings of Taizu silently, and as a result, among the tens of thousands of candidates for Wen Taowuluo, half of the candidates were eliminated.

Ling Xia said well, even the talented people who have studied hard for ten years can't write the ancient teachings of Taizu, not to mention those young and ignorant children, there are so many children in the world, if they can't write the ancient teachings of Taizu because of this, I am afraid that they will be left stinking for 10,000 years. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Ding paused, he stood up, and looked at Ling Xia with a peaceful face: "Among the three, only you chose to save the lives of the three little eunuchs, which shows that you have a good heart, and people with a good heart often have good opportunities, just like the current moment." ”

After a pause, Xia Ding walked to the side of the dragon chair and ordered the eunuch in charge of the pen to bring a table, on which were placed the four treasures of the study, Xia Ding picked up the imperial pen, unfolded a scroll of brocade horizontal axis, dipped it in cinnabar ink, and he personally wrote a holy decree.

After putting down the pen, Xia Ding solemnly stamped the jade seal of God's court. After doing this, Xia Ding gently put down the jade seal, slowly sat back on the dragon chair, looked at the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and he lightly ordered the chief eunuch of the ceremony: "Declare the decree!" ”

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Adhering to the will of heaven today, the emperor chooses the emperor's concubine, Ling's chivalry, handsome and leisurely, literary and martial arts, all of which are excellent. Today, Ling Xia is the horse of the dynasty, and he is named the first warrior in the world, and the official is promoted to the first rank, and he is rewarded with a thousand jades and a good horse......"

The chief eunuch read the holy decree for a while, the content of the holy decree was similar to what Xia Ding had promised before, and after reading it, the eunuch shouted to Ling Xia, "Qin this," and then handed the holy decree to Ling Xia.

When Ling Xia received the holy decree, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, except for the nine princes, all the rest of them bowed down to congratulate Ling Xia, and shouted in unison: "Congratulations to the horse, congratulations to the horse......"

Ying Qiankun and Qiu Luobei were also in the congratulatory crowd, and when they saw Ling Xia standing in the middle of the ministers and accepting the worship of the important ministers, the two of them showed a trace of complexity on their faces, especially Qiu Luobei, whose originally handsome and elegant face faintly revealed a trace of anger.

At this time, Ling Xia looked at the holy decree in his hand, listened to the congratulations and thanks of the ministers around him, and looked at the emperor with a chuckling face, Ling Xia was a little incredulous, he felt that all this was like a dream, and he really became a colt.

After reading the will, Xia Ding asked pointedly, "Why didn't Zhenguo Gong come?" Hearing the inquiry, Ying Qiankun hurriedly explained, saying that Zhen Guogong was slightly ill, hearing this, Xia Ding instructed the Tai Hospital to distribute some nourishment, and then stopped talking.

After retreating from the court, Xia Ding left the Jinxiao Hall with the support of several eunuchs, and the civil and military ministers said hello to Ling Xia, and they all left one after another, when Ying Qiankun and Qiu Luobei passed by Ling Xia's side, Ying Qiankun took the initiative to say hello to Ling Xia, but Qiu Luobei ignored it.

After greeting everyone, Ling Xia was led aside by several officials of the Ministry of Etiquette to teach etiquette knowledge, how to dress up when she saw the princess, how to respond to the princess's questions, how to deal with other members of the royal family, and some rules in the forbidden city......

At noon, the prince presided over a grand wedding for the princess and the concubine, Ling Xia, accompanied by two attendants of the Ministry of Rites, kept paying homage to the people in the palace, the etiquette in the palace was extremely cumbersome, Rao is Ling Xia was psychologically prepared, and he was still tired enough.

After paying homage to the emperor, queen, concubine, prince and several brothers-in-law, Ling Xia toasted with the courtiers who came to congratulate him. These people are courtiers and military generals who hold great power, and they should not be taken lightly.

After being busy for most of the day, it was the critical moment of the wedding, and it was time to worship heaven and earth, when the princess was covered with a red hijab and was carried by two palace maids to Ling Xia's side and kneel down to worship his parents, Ling Xia vaguely felt that something was wrong......