Chapter 21: The third place was selected
All the ministers knelt on the main hall in unison, watching the back of the Golden Emperor gradually moving away, Liu Chun saw that the Golden Emperor was a little hobbled past the pillar base covered with gold Panlong vermilion lacquer, the first to stand up, disdainfully slightly attached to the dust on his knees, homeopathic slightly raised his head, his eyes glanced at Liu Mu with residual vision, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, flashed an unnoticed smile, and quickly converged back.
Liu Mu didn't have a trace of expression on his calculating face, glanced at Liu Chun out of the corner of his eye, stood up quietly, straightened his waist, and then straightened his head with his hands unhurriedly, straightened his clothes, and then walked straight out of the hall with no one's eyes in front of him.
The general Mu Yuan slowly stood up thoughtfully, he didn't understand why Emperor Jin didn't allow him to fight Sima An, because he was the number one master of martial arts in Dajin City, it stands to reason that if he fights, he can completely discourage the morale of the Northern Wei Dynasty, no matter whether the other two win or not, he will definitely be able to defeat Sima An, then his Northern Wei Dynasty's plan to choose a candidate for the princess will also fail, but why would the Golden Emperor not allow it?
Standing on the right side of the hall, Du Yuan and Yuan Hao saw the general's thoughts, and knew that he had an upright temperament and was not good at scheming, so naturally he would not understand the meaning of the Golden Emperor, but above the hall, there were many people, and it was not easy to pull him to make people feel that they were whispering, and they gave people a handle, Yuan Hao had to bow his head slightly at Mu Yuan, made a look, and motioned him to leave the palace, and the general also nodded in understanding, and walked out of the hall with his head held high.
After the court, each adult had an opinion in his heart, but he didn't show it to each other, just bowed and saluted, said goodbye politely, and went back to his house.
I was particularly concerned about the matter of martial arts, and I had been looking forward to my father and brother returning to the house soon, and asked Ling Qiao to go to the front hall again and again to wait for news.
"Miss, the old man is back, he has already crossed the front street, and there is still one street to go home!" A man dressed in a blue coarse linen cloth with a hint of jujube embroidery thread tattooed on the corner of his clothes ran to me quickly, Gongjin bent down and saluted, panting to report to me, obviously he was a servant in the front hall, and Ling Qiao sent out the house to wait for news, because he was running too fast on the road, and he was a little out of breath.
I nodded, and with a slight wave of my right hand, motioned for him to come down. I walked a few steps and stood in the middle of the door, staring intently at the corner of the street.
I saw a man dressed in an indigo robe, the collar and cuffs were inlaid with silver silk edge and cloud pattern piping, a blue auspicious cloud wide-brimmed brocade belt was tied around his waist, and his black hair was tied up and he was wearing a small silver crown with jade inlay, and the white jade crystal on the silver crown was crystal moist and set off the black and smooth of his hair, and a handsome man like silk riding a snow-white high-headed horse was the first to catch his eye. He was followed by a four-person sedan chair with beads on the top corner of the emerald green treasure velvet, the sedan chair was emerald green, and the purple bead curtain flowed down from the top of the body, and the dazzling red lines covered the entire body. The pale yellow curtain swayed in the wind, the roof of the sedan chair was inlaid with jade beads the size of goose eggs, and the solid muscles of the four strong men who carried the sedan chair held the sedan chair in the air and shook slightly. That's my father's sedan chair. Behind them was a long line of government soldiers, winding through the streets and alleys.
I couldn't wait for my father to get out of the sedan chair and went out to greet him, not bothering to salute my father and brother, "Brother, how is it?" Can you be selected? I looked back, it turned out to be my father, he was looking at me, his eyes were slightly constricted, the lines at the corners of his eyes were squeezed like a ravine, he rushed to my forehead, motioning for me to go back to the house. I had no choice but to swallow the words that had come to my lips.
Entering the courtyard, his father walked in the front, his Shi Xuan's footsteps were very even, he landed calmly and powerfully, his arms swayed one after the other, and the jujube red robe embroidered with gold thread gently rolled in the breeze, majestic. Looking at his back, a sense of dependence was especially born, yes, it was such a dependence on my father, I was stunned for a moment, but I quickly came back to my senses, and chased after him in three steps and two steps.
"Brother, can you decide on a candidate for the competition today?" Without waiting for my brother to sit down, I couldn't wait to grab his purple and gold robe and ask again. "Not quite." The elder brother frowned and said in a long tone.
"How can I say this······ Before I finished asking, the father, who was already seated on the side, raised his cheeks, frowned slightly, and said with a serious face: "Today's candidate is set for the competition with relatives, what do you have to do with you, what do your daughter's family care about!" ”
I was stunned and didn't dare to ask any more. But in my heart, I was very curious about the candidates for this battle, looked at my father, and had to sit down obediently.
"Father, why didn't Your Majesty answer Commander Mu to fight today?" The elder brother raised the teacup with his right hand and lifted the tealid with his left hand, and the teacup had just been delivered to his mouth, and the tea inside had not yet been imported, so he said anxiously.
"General Mu Yuan was not selected?" My mind was full of doubts and I muttered to myself.
"If Your Majesty doesn't want to make peace with the Northern Wei Dynasty, he will not point out the intention of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the court, since he says it in one word, he just wants to tell the Northern Wei Dynasty that Dajin is willing to join forces with it to fight against the Northern Yan together." While sipping the tea, the father said slowly and unhurriedly, "But they want to designate a princess candidate who is close to each other, that is, to override the status of Dajin, the emperor loves face the most, so he naturally refuses, but how to make the Northern Wei Dynasty willing to be in the lower position, and can form an alliance with it, this is the matter that the emperor speculates in his heart." Although General Mu's martial arts are high, but his responsibility is the heaviest, his duty is to guard the stability of the capital, to put it bluntly, it is to protect the safety of the emperor, as soon as he comes out, he will win without a victory, if he is defeated, it is equivalent to putting the security of the imperial power in a fictitious position, which will make many people think a lot more in vain. After that, my father raised his forehead slightly, his lips were slightly upturned, and he gently blew the tea wave in the tea cup, and his eyes kept looking at the tea cup, as if he did not see the surprised expressions of my brother and me.
"Father, who are the other two? Do you have any chances of winning? I hurriedly asked.
"One is Wei Rui, the prince of King Jingfu, and the other is ······" The elder brother paused and said, "The other is Liu Hui, the son of Liu Zhi." ”
"Liu Hui, third place in this year's martial arts exam?" I asked, a little puzzled.
"Exactly!" The elder brother replied in a firm tone.
Wei Rui has just inherited the title, and his martial arts are high, and he can face it in terms of status and martial arts attainments, but this Liu Hui, although he won the third place in the martial arts test this year, he has never shown his skills before, and he has not inherited the title of the family, why was he also selected, I was wondering in my heart, I saw a subordinate dressed in blue brown coarse linen walking into the front hall quickly, Gong Jin's hands clasped into his fists and bowed: "Hou Ye, Gongzi, Miss, someone from the palace, just dismounted." ”
"Well, got it, let's go down." The father nodded, stood upright, rearranged his clothes, and said slowly: "The third person has been chosen, and he is ready to receive the order." ”