Chapter 89: Selection
"Father-in-law praises." Su Qibai said with a smile.
The eunuch was very satisfied with the "silver taken care of" given by Song Chen, and he was even more satisfied with Su Qibai's temper, and even his tone of voice was much gentler.
"Master Su, please get in the car."
"Thank you, father-in-law."
Su Qibai said, stepped into the carriage, and the eunuch who was responsible for bringing Su Qibai into the palace also got into the carriage, and the carriage ran all the way forward, and soon arrived at the palace.
"Master Su, please." The eunuch opened the curtain and respectfully asked Su Qibai to get out of the car.
Diligent Palace.
There are a total of seven princes in Dayue who are now of school age, namely the big, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seven princes.
It's just that Su Qibai doesn't think that these seven princes are all here, after all, Gu Changyu, who met last time, is also here, and if Gu Changyu is not counted, there will only be six princes.
So... Where is another prince?
Su Qibai was puzzled, but because he was not familiar with life here, the only two acquaintances were chatting with the concubine sitting in the seat, and there was no way to ask.
But isn't it, I want to chat with other princes but I am not familiar with it, and I can't find a topic, and I want to chat with people who also come to participate in the companion reading, but they are all doing their own thing, and they don't look back at themselves at all.
Su Qibai couldn't, so he had to recite "The Theory of Governing the Country" in his heart, but the sound of "Your Majesty has arrived" deeply broke the peace here.
Before Su Qibai could think about it, his body couldn't help but kneel down with the others, and shouted, "Ministers/concubines/sons have seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live, long live." ”
"Get up." The Emperor said, and sat down on a stool at the front.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Humane.
"Bamboo rattan, let's make a decree." Seeing that everyone had arrived, the emperor hooked a smile on the corner of his mouth, and turned to the eunuch next to him.
"Yes." The eunuch received the order, and opened the holy decree on the table, "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, since I ascended the throne, the country and the people are safe, the people are healthy, most of the princes have reached the age of going to school, because they need someone to accompany and guide them to go to school in the study, they specially selected the son-in-law of their ministers as their companions, and the selected ones are the prince's companions, enter the prince's palace and live with the prince for three days, cultivate feelings, and officially go to school after three days. ”
"The minister takes the order." The companions said respectfully.
"The selection of companion reading has officially begun, please listen to the question, the first question, what do the people care about most? For the reason of how to achieve the wishes of the people, do what the people think, a pillar of incense for a limited time, please answer. ”
After saying this, the eunuch gave the person next to him a look, and then an incense burner was carried in.
Everyone began to think.
Before the half-pillar incense arrived, everyone raised their hands and expressed their opinions.
It's just that I don't know if the emperor is too demanding or something else, all in all, when I heard everyone's answer, my brows kept frowning.
Then, he glanced around.
"I don't know which one is the son of Prime Minister Su?"
"Wechen is." Su Qibai said.
"You answer." The emperor waved his hand and said with a little tirelessness.
"Yes." Although Su Qibai didn't know what was going on, why the emperor looked at him so strangely, he still answered according to his own meaning.
“...”
"Not bad." The emperor looked at Su Qibai approvingly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."
"Let's go to the second round." The emperor didn't care about him, but said to the eunuch next to him.
"Yes." The eunuch announced the test questions.
The second round is similar to the palace exam, where everyone to choose a question to read freely, and a pillar of incense is limited.
Soon, the second test was over.
Su Qibai unexpectedly received the approving glances of the emperor, the concubines and the princes present, but he was neither humble nor arrogant, he still lowered his eyes and listened.
This made Concubine Qiang, who originally didn't like Su Qibai because of Song Ning's affairs, couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
Not surprisingly, Su Qibai entered the companion list
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"This is the end of the selection of companions, please return to the house for those who have not been selected, and return to the palace with the princes who are responsible for their respective care."
"Erchen/Weichen retires."
The entrance to the palace.
"Su Qibai, from today onwards, we will be reading together, and then please take care of me more."
"Your Highness the Thirteenth is polite."
Su Qibai didn't know why the eldest uncle clearly told him, and he obviously told himself that the person he was responsible for was the sixth prince Gu Changmin, why did he suddenly become the thirteenth prince Gu Changyu, but he still replied politely.
"I'm not polite, I'm getting close to you in advance." Gu Chang smiled and pulled people's shoulders, and dragged people to his palace like this, and the moment Su Qibai was dragged away, the people from the Song State Mansion, who had been waiting hard, also knew the news.
But they know that although they know, they are not happy.
Can you be happy? Gu Changmin is gentle and considerate, Gu Changyu is naughty and willful, and his temper is not good. Compared with the two, the Song family hopes that Su Qibai can become Gu Changmin's companion.