The concubine had already thought that the emperor would come over in the evening, and when she was preparing dinner, she had already asked people to prepare all the emperor's favorite food.

Hearing the rumors outside, she hurriedly took someone out to greet her, and as soon as the emperor entered the house, he smelled the aroma of the food, and said with a smile, "I didn't come, the concubine also made so many delicious things by herself, it seems that I don't have to worry about the concubine not taking good care of herself." ”

The concubine smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine has calculated that the emperor is coming, and let people make all the emperor's favorite foods in advance. ”

The emperor looked at it and said with a smile, "Oh, it's really all my favorite food, okay, I'm hungry too, sit down and eat for a while, I have something important to tell you." ”

After eating, the two sat on the soft couch in the evening, and took out the booklet of this year's scientific examination students, all of which had portraits on them.

The candidates who participated in the palace examination all wanted to paint portraits, Song Yao in order not to let the emperor become interested in Tiankuo, he also put some effort into this portrait, this image is not like Tiankuo at all, because it has been replaced, that person is a little similar to Tiankuo, even if it is investigated in the future, there will not be too much problem, at most it is only said that the painter did not paint accurately.

If the portrait had been painted too similarly, the Emperor would have been suspicious a long time ago.

At this time, he saw the portrait of Tiankuo, and only said that this champion was good-looking, but the others didn't notice it, of course, the concubine also had this kind of thought, and she still couldn't be the master when she chose to choose.

The concubine said, "Your Majesty, the concubines really can't be chosen, otherwise let Wanning choose by herself." ”

The emperor smiled and said, "You can't pick out this mother, I still want you to make a decision, you see, this and that are all good, you let Wanning choose, she may not be able to look down on it." I don't want her to pick it, otherwise, tomorrow I will quietly go out of the palace to take a look, I have to see the real person, see what it looks like, how do you behave and talk, what do you think? If you are called to the temple, then you will behave well no matter what, where can you see it? You can only quietly go to the side to see which one is good and which one is not. ”

The concubine immediately got up and saluted, and said with a smile, "The emperor will take Wanning to heart, and the concubines will thank Wanning, the emperor's fatherly heart, Wanning must be grateful." ”

The next day, the emperor took Gonggong Liu out of the palace with his micro-clothes, and no one knew about this except the concubine, and no one knew about the ministers of the court.

He just wants to see which of these students is good and which one is pretended, the emperor wants to see it, and he still doesn't know who lives where? Naturally, Tiankuo's residence is not a secret.

Anyway, they couldn't go back, so Gu Zelin and Tiankuo continued to go shopping on the street in the past two days, wanting to see if there was anything else they needed to buy.

The few people selected by the concubine, the emperor is also very fond of them, and plans to take a look at them all next to each other, the list of Tanhua has seen it first, it is indeed good, it is gentle to others, and the appearance is also outstanding, and the little two of the inn are very kind, not like pretending.

Leaving the inn, the emperor whispered, "Only this champion has not seen it." ”

Gonggong Liu said, "Your Majesty, Zhuang Yuanlang has some relationship with the Song family, he is a distant relative, and he is a place to live arranged by the Song family, so the slave will take the emperor over to have a look." ”

The Emperor glared at him, "How many times have you said that, what do you call it?" ”

Gonggong Liu hurriedly snorted, "Master, the little one will take you there." ”

Gonggong Liu had already arranged everything and knew where Tiankuo lived, and he was going to lead the emperor over at this time.

As a result, just arrived at the mouth of the alley, I saw a few people coming out of the house, walking in front of it like a father and son, followed by a few small servants, the father and son walked outside while talking, and the emperor hurriedly stepped aside with Gonggong Liu.

As they passed, the two clearly heard them go shopping, and the emperor smiled.

"Let's go, just follow along and take a look, speaking of which, I haven't seen what Zhuangyuanlang looks like with my own eyes now."

Tiankuo came out of the alley just now, and it happened to be the position where the emperor was standing on the side, and he didn't see his appearance at all, but looking at the size and posture, he guessed that he looked good, just the back, the emperor liked it a lot.

He actually already knew in his heart that if this champion was the same on the outside and a good child, then he would marry the princess to him.

Gu Zelin and Tiankuo went to a cloth village to buy some cloth to go home, and the emperor and Gonggong Liu also followed them in, pretending to pick things behind their backs.

There were Xiao Er greeting on both sides, and the emperor's mind was not on these fabrics at all, and he listened carefully to what he said later.

I saw that the champion Lang said the truth, although he is a scholar, but he has a lot of research on these cloths, from this point you can see that he is a person who cares about his surroundings on weekdays.

"Dad, we have to work in the field, it's easy to wear out if it's too good, and it doesn't look like it, it's good, the material is very good, and the color is dirt-resistant, but grandma they do some work at home, and they're old, it's time to wear some good materials, I want to buy a silk for grandma, and dad said okay?"

Gu Zelin said, "This is your filial piety, you have to buy it back, your grandmother may be so happy, you see, this color is very good." ”

Tiankuo said, "Grandpa should celebrate his seventieth birthday, and he should wear something good, this material is also very good, why don't you buy one for grandparents." ”

Gu Zelin smiled, "Your grandma is well dressed, and your grandfather is distressed about this money, let's buy it back, and I can't say that I have to complain about our indiscriminate spending." ”

Tiankuo looked at it, and still felt good, "No matter, just buy it back, grandpa has worked hard all his life, can he still wear some good clothes?" If he wants to get angry, let him be angry with me, I guess he can't bear it. ”

The father and son talked about the things at home, laughing non-stop, choosing and choosing, choosing a lot of materials, both good and bad, all of which were carefully selected.

After the things were chosen, the shopkeeper calculated the money for them, and Tiankuo also negotiated the price, wanting to erase the odds.

Because this store is not far from where they live, they have been here before, so they know who Tiankuo is.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Zhuang Yuanlang still feels sorry for this money, and when he becomes a big official, the thousands of gold and silver are indispensable." ”

Tiankuo smiled, "There are good and bad officials in this world, if you are a bad official and put the people's silver in your pocket, of course, it is thousands of gold, but I want to be an honest official, and an honest official must be thrifty, and the money still has to be erased by the shopkeeper for me." ”