Xu Mingyuan spoke out against what Zeng Lijing said, and what he said also caused an uproar among the hundred officials, if it weren't for the fact that those new science and technology scholars were afraid that speaking in this hall would leave a bad impression on the hundred officials, I am afraid that they would have fried the pot at this time.

Fang Tingyan and Ning Anzhi looked at Xu Mingyuan, showing a little worry, for fear that his words and deeds would be careless for a while, which would anger His Majesty, and the job of supervising the imperial history that he had just arrived would be ruined, and even end up even more miserable.

Even Zeng Lijing, who had always been calm, heard this, his face showed a little warm anger, his brows frowned slightly, and he looked at Xu Mingyuan.

Emperor Yan was also a little surprised that Xu Mingyuan would speak like this, raised his hand to signal Baiguan to calm down, looked at Xu Mingyuan and asked, "Xu Aiqing, what do you mean?" If Zeng Aiqing and Heng Guogong had already decided on a family matter, then it would be difficult for me to change their minds at this time. ”

Xu Mingyuan said unhurriedly: "Back to Your Majesty, Zeng Shangshu and Hengguo Gong have not yet decided on a family affair, so it is not too late." Although Weichen came from a humble background, if he talks about his family background, he is indeed not as high as Zeng Shangshu now.

But Shangshu's daughter and Weichen have known each other for more than ten years, and they can be described as childhood sweethearts, and she and Wenhua are only one-sided, so what feelings do they have.

And at the beginning in Shuzhou, the new branch of Jinshi Wang Ziqi once proposed to marry Miss Zeng, at that time, Zeng's husband once said that Miss Zeng's relatives, if she refused, then she would not marry.

I don't know what Zeng Shangshu said about the relationship with the Hengguo Mansion, have you ever asked Miss Zeng? Did she say yes? I don't know where Master Shangshu put Master Zeng? ”

As soon as Xu Mingyuan's words came out, not only the expressions of the hundreds of officials were different, but even Zeng Lijing's face was much gloomy, Xu Mingyuan's first two questions were fine, but the third question was a sentence of punishment, if one was not, it would put him in a place of unfilial piety.

When Emperor Yan heard this, he also showed a little surprise, looked at Xu Mingyuan and asked, "What you said about Master Zeng is Zeng Lao?" Have you been studying with Zeng Lao all these years? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it is Zeng Lao, Weichen has learned a lot of things with his master over the years, but he has never entered Chongzhou Academy." Xu Mingyuan nodded in response.

Xu Mingyuan knew the status of Master Zeng in His Majesty's heart, and the three sentences he asked before were also helpless. If it weren't for this, the marriage of Wenhua and Zeng Qingyi would be decided in this palace today, and the matter would become an unsolvable situation, if the two didn't want to be bound by this matter, the best result would only be to leave the rivers and lakes.

Although doing so would disgust Zeng Lijing, since he no longer left any room for Xu Mingyuan, he would not think about how to deal with the relationship in the future.

Looking at Zeng Lijing's expression, as well as Xu Mingyuan's Q&A with His Majesty, the old man in the hundred officials had already guessed who Zeng Lao was in Xu Mingyuan's mouth. When His Majesty first ascended to the throne, the world was undecided, Zeng Kuan's appointment was in the book, and he was able to make good use of it, and soon he stabilized the court because he had killed too many ministers, and became a minister of the world.

However, the world was decided, Zeng Kuan, who had already become the head of the hundred officials at that time, resigned from the post of Zhongshu Ling, and despite His Majesty's several visits to the door, he returned to Shuzhou, Jiannan Province, and became the dean of the Chongzhou Academy.

Even if it is far away from Chang'an, His Majesty will still write a few letters to ask Zeng Kuan every year, Zeng Kuan has never refused to admonish, although it is far away from the temple, but every time the policy proposed will be discussed by His Majesty in the court and the ministers for a long time, there are many benefits.

And now Xu Mingyuan actually moved out of Zeng Kuan, said that particularly capricious words, and finally asked three rhetorical questions, forcing Zeng Lijing to not answer a word.

If what Xu Mingyuan said was just an ordinary old man, even if it was really what Zeng Shangshu and his father said, it would only become nonsense in this Taiji Palace.

But Zeng Kuan is different, even His Majesty reacted like that after hearing it, even if Xu Mingyuan made it up, then Zeng Lijing had to be treated solemnly.

But now that the hundred officials look at Xu Mingyuan, the meaning in their eyes has changed a lot, although after entering the palace, Xu Mingyuan is a little passive in the face of the marriage.

However, everyone has to admit that with Xu Mingyuan's family background and situation, he was able to drag the situation step by step from the marriage to the current situation, Xu Mingyuan's old scheming has impressed many people.

Since Xu Mingyuan dared to say this in front of His Majesty, most of Zeng Kuan's words were not Xu Mingyuan's nonsense, so today's events are interesting.

If Zeng Lijing was determined to settle this marriage, and listening to Xu Mingyuan's meaning, most of the young ladies of the Zeng family would not be willing to this marriage, wouldn't it be against Zeng Kuan's intentions.

If Zeng Lijing made the relationship between him and Hengguo Gong Huang because of Xu Mingyuan's words, the relationship between the two families would naturally become awkward.

If this matter had not been raised in this palace, and the Hengguo Mansion had set a family affair in the low-key Monk Mansion of the Monk's Office, then even if Xu Mingyuan said that Zeng Kuan had said such a thing, most of them would have been laughed at as a joke.

But now this matter has been moved to Baiguan and His Majesty because of Xu Mingyuan and Wen Huati's marriage, plus Zeng Kuan's name, it is not as simple as a joke.

His Majesty's respect for Zeng Kuan is self-evident, it is said that Zeng Kuan once taught His Majesty for a period of time, so His Majesty has always been a disciple of him. Moreover, I heard that Zeng Kuan also had a good relationship with the Taishi of the year, and many of the people who are now in charge of all parties in the DPRK and China were brought up by Zeng Kuan back then.

That is to say, the family affair that Zeng Lijing and Wenfu have booked today is destined to be unsuccessful, not to mention that His Majesty will help them speak, although Zeng Lijing has made great achievements in the position of the secretary of the ministry over the years, but there are still many rumors that he can stay in the position of the secretary of the ministry for so many years, or rely on His Majesty's feelings for Zeng Kuan.

Of course, most of this matter is nonsense, Zeng Lijing was also very famous back then, a first-class Tanhualang, and it is said that every exam is to sleep half the time first, and then start answering questions. However, it is really because Zeng Kuan's influence is too great, so his evaluation is inevitably unfair.

Standing beside Xu Mingyuan, Wenhua, who had thought that he had won the game and was about to hug the beauty, had changed his face at this time. He is not stupid, and even many new science and technology scholars can understand the situation, which is naturally clear.

Heng Guogong, who was standing in the queue of hundreds of officials, also had a somewhat gloomy face at this time, and his eyes when he looked at Wenhua were full of hatred for iron and steel, and when he fell on Xu Mingyuan, he was a little more gloomy.

After listening to Xu Mingyuan's words, Emperor Yan nodded, looked at Zeng Lijing again and asked, "Zeng Aiqing, has Zeng Lao said this?" ”

Zeng Lijing bowed his head slightly, was silent for a while, and then nodded: "My father sent a letter to Chang'an at that time, and he did mention this matter. (To be continued.) )