Chapter 58: So It Was So

The dog barks in the deep alley, and the rooster cries in the mulberry tree. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

It's not the season for mulberry leaves, and only dog barking is more common. According to the tradition of "don't plant mulberry in the front, don't carry willows in the back", you will never see mulberry trees outside the courtyard gate of every house.

In front of the courtyard gate of Zhou Tong's house in the village, there are two stone lions, although they are relatively small, but in the whole village, the stone lions that can stand are relatively small, I don't know how much majesty this pair of stone lions has added to Zhou Cunzheng.

Yesterday, he received the news from the county that he was just anxious about the selection of the concubine all night, and he immediately became calm, and this morning he was still lying on his smooth bamboo chair early, as if he had guessed that the villagers would arrive one after another today.

"Muramasa-sama, you're at home!"

Sometimes everyday questions seem really redundant, like at this moment, knowing that you need to ask more questions at home. Another example, have you eaten, are you busy, and so on.

After the villagers came in, Zhou Tong took a look, and there were more people coming. Compared with the last time, this time the villagers were much more respectful, and although they were also eager at this moment, they did not have the impatient feeling before.

"Lord Muramasa, we're waiting for you to tell us carefully, so don't hide it!"

"Yes, we've all heard, someone came yesterday, and we wanted to see you at that time, but unfortunately you weren't at home!"

After getting the news yesterday, Zhou Tong went to Du's house to clean up.

can hide for a while, but can't hide for a lifetime, and the day of being harassed will come eventually.

Xia Jizu also got the news almost at the same time, he received the letter from the county seat, and he was very clear about the matter.

"Okay, okay, I understand your feelings, I know which daughter doesn't want to sign up to choose a concubine, and I won't embarrass you!"

"What are you talking about, the emperor decreed to choose a concubine for His Royal Highness King Qi, how can you say that we are unhappy, we all want to sign up!"

Zhou Tong looked at the person who spoke, but he didn't speak, but he was thinking in his heart, just forget about your daughter, except for the age, the rest is not suitable at all!

As soon as I heard the news that the royal family was going to choose a concubine, even Zhou Tong thought for a while that the old emperor couldn't bear the loneliness and wanted to enrich the harem again. After getting the exact news, I learned that it was for his favorite son, His Royal Highness King Qi, the Nine Emperor Sons, to choose a concubine.

The deep-seated problem Zhou Tong doesn't understand, why is the land of Bianjing, how many princes and nobles, civil ministers and military generals, which family does not have one or two daughters of the right age, how to still choose concubines among the people, of course, this is the tradition of Daning, and it is understandable to do so.

Taizu had orders from time to time, but later the implementation was not so strict, so this sudden selection of concubines for the adult King of Qi, and it was also selected by the people, many people tried to see something from the emperor's move, so as to analyze the direction of the court.

"There are only a few places to report in each village, so don't make a fool of yourself, go back to your own farming, lest you have to brush it down when you get it!" Zhou Tong also felt that the appearance of the daughters of some families was indeed a bit miserable, and if it was said that it was worse than the ugly one, the matter of choosing a concubine was destined to be unfatal.

"Lord Muramasa, can't you be accommodating, maybe King Qi likes little girls like that!"

"Hold on, hold on!" Zhou Tong took a deep breath, and finally did not affect his emotions because of such unreliable words.

"Lord Muramasa, the little girl's eight characters are very good, she should choose a concubine!"

"Everyone listen to me, go back if you can't read, don't waste time here!"

Well, this is a big killer, because there are very few people who meet this condition, the yard seems empty, and in the remaining few houses, it seems that there are not many words that my daughter can recognize.

The selection of concubines this time is not trivial, it is the choice of Princess Qi, and it is the choice of the main concubine, so it is relatively stricter, and almost every condition can brush off a large number of people.

"Why didn't you see Shouren, does his eldest girl Qingxue want to sign up!" Of course, the power to sign up is in the hands of Muramasa, as long as he wants to, even if Xia Qingxue is unwilling, he still has to participate in the assessment.

So the headache of the village is the situation encountered before, the villagers are unwilling to their daughters to participate in the election of concubines, and he must apply for a few places, in case of election, he may offend people. At present, he is willing to choose a concubine, at least the villagers take the initiative.

Regarding this matter, Xia Jizu still had to discuss with his eldest son, and consider what impact it would have on Qingxue when he participated and couldn't be selected.

For the time being, the event is still sufficient, think slowly, think about it before making a decision.

In Du Yuan Academy, Xia Yuande is a sad person.

"Second brother, what's wrong?" Xia Yuanchu, who didn't know the truth, secretly asked Yuanming on the side.

"Hey, don't worry about it, it'll be fine later, it's just boring!" This is really incredible, and after coming to the school for a long time, I became depressed.

"I heard my father say at home that King Qi is going to marry a wife, and he is choosing everywhere!" After speaking, the students of this school looked envious. In addition, when they reached the age of marrying a wife in the future, they only relied on matchmakers to say goodbye, and they obtained peasant girls from nearby towns and villages. Although this King of Qi is also the daughter of an ordinary family, the conditions are placed one by one, and in the end, it is either a beautiful lady or a small jasper, which is a world of difference compared to it.

"It would be great if my sister could be chosen, and I will be a relative of the emperor in the future!" Of course, this whimsy should be spurned, and it is normal for a toad to want to eat swan meat, and the prince will also fall in love with Cinderella, provided that Cinderella is also beautiful and outstanding.

Hearing this, Xia Yuanding felt wrong, it wasn't that he had clearly gotten the news that the emperor was going to choose a concubine, and the old emperor was going to eat tender grass again. How did this become the choice of concubines by King Qi again, who is King Qi, is it the emperor's brother or the emperor's son, this Xia Yuanding is not clear. But from the conversations of these schoolchildren, he could feel that they were all happy to see these things, and how they listened and felt that it was a bad thing, and it was a good thing.

It's messy, it's messy, Xia Yuanding feels that his brain is not enough, how can he still have time to read books, why is the contrast so big. If it's a good thing, then he didn't have a mess in front of Xia Shouzhi yesterday, and it's a big embarrassment, now that he thinks about it, it's too shameless, his IQ!

It was better if it hadn't happened, and he never paid attention to his father's going abroad. As for the method of changing body shape by overeating, it has not been scientifically verified at all, and he has never said it, no, he has never thought of such a bad idea.

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"The topic I have with you today is, what is good at the top, but what is bad at the bottom, you think carefully!"

When Xia Jizu came up with the question, Xia Yuanding had not recovered from the blow, he was hit by his own IQ, and there was no cure for psychological problems.

Not surprisingly, today's article, Xia Yuanding wrote it poorly, when Xia Jizu read it, he just praised Yuan Jie a few words, but he didn't say anything to him, Xia Yuanding knew that he was a little distracted, so the article was not very good.

"I don't think I need to do anything!" Xia Yuanding looked at the sky and asked himself.