Chapter 319: Complicated
"Okay. No problem! Xiao Jinjia readily agreed.
He even has a suitable candidate in his mind: his cousin Xiao Susu, gentle and virtuous, quite suitable for Prince Xuan.
Of course, if Prince Xuan doesn't like the gentle type, and likes the fierce type like Du Qianqian, or other types, then there are also.
His second grandfather Xiao Zhendao has three granddaughters, and his third grandfather Xiao Zhenye has two granddaughters, and these five are also his cousins. Moreover, although the five people have different personalities and have their own characteristics, at least in his eyes, they are all very good girls.
"Eldest prince, you and the other women, although they are introduced to Prince Xuan, Zhi'er is my sweetheart, can you introduce her to Prince Xuan!" When Prince Kun heard this, he suddenly leaned over to the root of Xiao Jinjia's ear and reminded in a low voice.
"Don't worry, my family branch is the pearl of my grandfather, my grandfather, and my second uncle, they will only recruit horses for her, and it is impossible for her to marry!" Xiao Jinjia deliberately said loudly.
In fact, he wasn't sure that Xiao Xuanliang, Xiao Zhenjia, and Xiao Zhengzhen would really only recruit horses for Xiao Qiongzhi, and the real purpose of what he said was to make people like Prince Kun who had a crush on Xiao Qiongzhi retreat.
Prince Kun was very smart, and immediately understood his words, his face was red and white for a while, but it was not easy to say anything to him.
Prince Yi and Prince Qiu also changed their expressions because of his words.
As for Prince Xuan and Prince Zhao, their expressions seemed relatively calm.
"Jin Jia, what you said is true?" Prince Yi pursed his lips and asked in a deep voice.
Xiao Jinjia didn't expect Prince Yi to be breathless, so he had to laugh helplessly: "Hehe, I guess." ”
"Eldest Prince, you guessed right. Zhi'er is likely to be the eldest princess of our Daxiao in the future, and throughout the ages, the eldest princess of any dynasty, according to the rules, is impossible to marry. Prince Zhao answered at the right time to support Xiao Jinjia.
"We Nanqi also have this rule." Prince Xuan then said.
Prince Qiu looked at Prince Yi, Prince Zhao, and Prince Xuan, and his originally slightly changed expressions suddenly regained his composure.
And Prince Kun also pondered the taste at this time, and his expression returned to normal.
He almost forgot that although Xiao Jinjia was close to Xiao Qiongzhi and always regarded himself as Xiao Qiongzhi's brother, his father was born to a girl from Xiao Zhen's family, and he was a concubine, and there was actually a big gap between him and Xiao Qiongzhi's daughter-in-law.
Xiao Xuanliang, Xiao Zhenjia, and Xiao Zhengzhen would not discuss with Xiao Jinjia at all how to arrange Xiao Qiongzhi's marriage.
In addition, Xiao Zhengzhen still has only one daughter Xiao Qiongzhi, although on this continent, any dynasty is succeeded by a man, even if it is a different race, there has never been a woman succeeding to the throne, but there are still two unwritten rules.
One is that if the emperor has no children, he can succeed other sons and nephews of the royal family.
It's just that at this time, the emperor's eldest daughter, that is, the eldest princess, can be divided into one-tenth of the country and establish a hou state as compensation.
The other is that if the eldest son of the emperor is far younger than the eldest princess, in order to avoid the early death of the emperor, the eldest princess will snatch the throne of the younger brother when the eldest son of the emperor succeeds to the throne, and can only marry other countries or vassal states, and once married, without the emperor's edict, he shall not return to Beijing Province.
Although Xiao Qiongzhi is now fifteen years old, Xiao Zhengzhen still only has one child, but Xiao Zhengzhen is only a son now.
Xiao Qiongzhi's great-grandfather is only sixty-five years old, and he should still reign for more than ten years.
Xiao Qiongzhi's grandfather is only nearly fifty years old, and after succeeding to the throne of Xiao Qiongzhi's grandfather, he can reign for at least more than ten years.
It is Xiao Qiongzhi's father Xiao Zhengzhen's turn to succeed to the throne, that is, at least twenty years later.
Xiao Zhengzhen is only in his thirties now, and he is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and in these twenty years, it is actually very easy to have a few more children and give birth to a son to inherit the throne.
But at that time, there is no doubt that the son born will be at least sixteen years younger than Xiao Qiongzhi.
Therefore, Xiao Qiongzhi is more applicable to the second unwritten rule, and there is no possibility of recruiting a horse at all, so he can only marry outside.
Soon, it was time for the official start of the exam.
The candidates who participated in the ancient style finals in the last round, as long as they were selected to participate in this round of quatrain finals, were still arranged in the seats they sat yesterday.
Prince Yi, Xiao Jinjia, Prince Kun, and Prince Qiu are all the same as Xiao Qiongzhi, Lu Baozhu, and Zhao Dayou, and they have won the places to participate in the ancient style finals and quatrain finals at the same time, and they sat in the seats they sat in yesterday.
However, in fact, there are still many candidates who participated in the last round of the ancient style finals and were eliminated.
Especially in Linfeng Academy, except for the five old faces of Prince Yi, Xiao Jinjia, Prince Kun, Prince Qiu, and Zhao Dayou, the rest are all new faces, which means that there are a total of seventeen newcomers.
The process of opening the exam was very smooth.
First, there is no harassment from Du Qianqian, Zhang Huitong and the like, and second, after Xiao Jinjia and Xiao Qiongzhi were separated in the Yanyu attic, he immediately went to find Prince Xuan and Rong Qi, and when Rong Qi helped rewrite the quatrains and rhythmic poems, he didn't need Xiao Qiongzhi to help him change his poems and cheat.
After a while, Xiao Qiongzhi wrote a quatrain.
Moreover, what she wrote was not a quatrain that had been prepared a long time ago, but a quatrain that she had temporarily felt today.
She read the quatrain carefully, and repeatedly scrutinized the words used in the important rhyme, feeling very satisfied, and she didn't care that it would attract attention, so she stood up directly, pretended to be a wounded soldier, and limped to hand the written poem to the long table in front of Qiu Qitong and Chen Sujin.
"Zhi'er, wait for me, I'll carry you downstairs!" At this time, Xiao Jinjia also wrote a quatrain, and while reminding Xiao Qiongzhi loudly, he picked up the written poem and ran over to hand it in.
Xiao Qiongzhi was happy, and after he handed in the poem, he obediently carried him downstairs.
Neither brother nor sister noticed that when they went downstairs, Prince Yi, Prince Qiu, Prince Zhao, and Prince Kun looked at their backs with a bit of complexity.
Originally, Prince Yi, Prince Qiu, Prince Zhao, and Prince Kun didn't notice that Xiao Qiongzhi had written the poem at all.
Because they were so busy figuring out how to write that they didn't have time to put pen to paper.
It was Xiao Jinjia's words that said loudly that alarmed them, and they found out that Xiao Qiongzhi had already written a poem.
Although Prince Yi had seen Xiao Qiongzhi's talent in writing poetry, this time, Xiao Qiongzhi wrote faster than the last time he was in the Zhaoguo Sealing Scripture Pavilion, which was really beyond his expectations.
As for Prince Qiu, Prince Zhao, and Prince Kun, the three who have never seen Xiao Qiongzhi write poetry, let alone those who have never seen Xiao Qiongzhi write poetry.
It's just that that's not all.
The most important thing is that Xiao Jinjia's speed of writing poems is not much slower than Xiao Qiongzhi's, far exceeding the speed of the four of them.
What would Xiao Qiongzhi's heart think?
She must have thought that the speed at which other men write poems is not as fast as Xiao Jinjia!
In fact, whether it is Prince Yi, or Prince Qiu, Prince Zhao, and Prince Kun, they are all relatively proud in their bones.
Although they behaved quite generously and decently in front of each other, they still had a little competitiveness in their hearts.
They don't want to lose to anyone in any aspect in front of Xiao Qiongzhi.
This time, in terms of speed, they lost to Xiao Jinjia like this, and they were really unwilling.
However, fortunately, they all have a certain degree of confidence in their poetic talents, and they can't compare with Xiao Jinjia in terms of speed and quality, and they can save face.
Therefore, the next moment, they invariably retracted and looked at Xiao Qiongzhi and Xiao Jinjia, and silently continued to bow their heads and think about how to write today's quatrain.
Farmer's Gate Golden Branch