Qingrong hurriedly knelt on the ground and greeted the emperor, the prince and others.

Yuan Heng also knelt down with her and confessed to the emperor: "The princess heard that the emperor had summoned the fifth prince and the sixth prince outside, and she was curious, so she broke in with Miss Shen. The humble duty was not blocked, please punish the emperor. ”

The emperor smiled, waved his hand to get the two of them up, and said, "Get up, sit down, it's nothing important." ”

"Father, Shen Qingrong smiled strangely."

Qingrong just moved the corners of his mouth slightly, but he didn't laugh. Originally, Yuan Heng had such a fork, and everything was over, but Princess Yongping still didn't give up.

"Aren't you Shen family girls proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs? The more books you read, the more skills you have. You're a very capable person, so are you laughing at my father's question for taking their test too simple and funny? ”

Qingrong hung her head without being humble or arrogant, and said: "The little girl doesn't mean this, the princess must be wrong." ”

"I don't know how the emperor wants to test us?" Ye Qin took over the conversation and directly pulled the topic back again.

The emperor was not interested in the quarrel between the girls, and only said to Ye Qin: "Since we get off the boat, we will go all the way to the palace." After arriving at the palace, I will summon officials and officials one after another, and allow you to observe carefully, but you are not allowed to ask questions or speak. ”

The sixth prince was quite embarrassed, and said, "Can't even look at the resumes of these officials in advance?" ”

The emperor looked at the six princes' eyes with extraordinarily soft and loving eyes, "Naturally, it can't." ”

Princess Yongping couldn't help but laugh at the stupidity of the sixth prince, "If I even show you my resume, you will naturally know who is good and who is bad!" ”

The father and daughter say a word, and I say a word, and the atmosphere is very warm and harmonious. Qingrong remembered the gossip of Mei Rui's popular science yesterday, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the five princes. The expression of the fifth prince was faint, although the whole person was extremely calm, and his joy and anger were not good, but his eyes really revealed the complex feelings of envy, longing, sadness, and resentment.

"Father, since you consider their ability to see people, Shen Qingrong and I can also give it a try. Left and right are also boring. What's more, Shen Qingrong's appearance just now seemed to be very confident. "Princess Yongping rarely clung to Qingrong and didn't let go.

Qingrong scolded secretly in her heart, and in the face of Princess Yongping in the future, she had to always pay attention to expression management.

The emperor laughed and said, "If you find it interesting, then it's okay." Just remember the rules, don't lose your dignity in front of others! ”

Princess Yongping looked up at Qingrong defiantly, but Qingrong didn't see it, and turned her head very quickly to avoid looking at Princess Yongping.

"Seeing that the ship is docking, you go back and prepare carefully, and retreat." The emperor's words fell, and everyone saluted and retired.

On the first-class wharf in Yangzhou, it was already full of officials of Yangzhou at this time. Seeing the dragon boat approaching the dock, these officials, big and small, knelt in a particularly neat and orderly manner according to their grades, and shouted three times.

The royal driver got off the boat and boarded the car, all the way to the palace. The emperor was obviously very useful to the pomp and circumstance of taking over, and saw that the palace was renovated, and he was more and more happy, and immediately rewarded Yangzhou Mansion with 20,000 taels of charge.

Mrs. Fengguo accompanied the Queen Mother, the Empress and others, and accepted the order of the officials of Yangzhou Mansion to come to ask for peace in the inner house.

Qingrong and Princess Yongping followed the five princes, the six princes and others to meditate in the side room in the vestibule of the palace. Several people could only look at the officials waiting in the courtyard from a distance, because the curtains hung in front of the four doors, the people inside could see the outside, but the people outside could not see the inside.

The officials stood in the courtyard in groups of three or five, chatting and talking. The sixth prince was only fourteen years old, and he couldn't sit still, so he and Princess Yongping went to the bed to look at it for a while, and stood by the door for a while to look carefully.

Except for these two people, the remaining people in the room were all extremely calm and calm.

Qingrong doesn't care if she can see whether she can be famous, she is here to make soy sauce, plus let Princess Yongping blow it.

By the time everyone in the courtyard had been summoned, it was already an hour later. When Qingrong and the others were summoned into the main hall, the emperor was already tired.

Everyone invited An to be given a seat, and the emperor had already asked people to prepare pen and ink. Let everyone write down their thoughts one by one.

Qingrong only wrote some things that were not, for example: some people are very tall, some people are very fat, and so on. As for the side, what can you see by just looking at it in general? Even if she saw that there was a cat in the officialdom of Yangzhou Mansion, she was not ready to say it to the big man. After all, her heroine's aura has not yet reached the point where Su Tiansu is powerful, even if she says it, I am afraid that it will not play a role, not to mention that there is an aunt and grandmother waiting for her to make a fool of herself on the spot, and she will be ridiculed at any time.

The emperor looked at it and asked the people why. The answers are all decent, but it depends on who has a diligent attitude and calm demeanor, and most of them are good words. When it came to Princess Yongping and Qingrong, the emperor was just having fun.

"Look at Yongping, it's something that was discussed with Jun'er." The emperor was not surprised, and in turn praised the two sisters and brothers: "It is very good that you are so negotiable. ”

The emperor said, and went to look at Qingrong's conclusion, but saw that it was written on it, one chubby, and one tall. The emperor smiled and said, "Girl, don't judge people by their appearance." ”

Princess Yongping sarcastically said disdainfully: "I didn't even understand the words, my father asked us to find out the capable ministers, what kind of mess are you fat and tall." ”

Qingrong replied innocently: "What the princess said is, but the little girl is raised in the deep boudoir, and most of the people she sees on weekdays are brothers and sisters, otherwise they are the people in the house." I really don't know how to look at people and recognize people, but the adult I just saw is too fat. I think most of them eat more and move less on weekdays. ”

Princess Yongping smiled lightly and said, "Xu was born like that?" How do you know that he eats more and moves less? I think you're talking nonsense. ”

Qingrong said: "Mother Yuan said that raising pigs in the countryside is to let the pigs eat more and move less. ”

Xiao Jun, the sixth prince, immediately helped his sister and reprimanded Qingrong: "What do you mean by this? Are you saying that the humerus ministers selected by the father and emperor are not pigs? ”

Qingrong was very embarrassed and speechless, judging from the logic of speaking, Princess Yongping and the Six Princes were definitely born by the same mother. These two children are such bears, and the concubine is afraid that she is also a bear parent.

The emperor didn't care very much, and only smiled: "This girl is just telling the truth, okay, this journey is tiring, you should each go back early to rest, and you will go to Daming Temple and Pingshan Hall early tomorrow morning." ”

And they all got up and went away, and went away.

Song Zhao followed behind Qingrong unhurriedly all the way, and it wasn't until the two of them were about to arrive at the inner house that Qingrong stopped, turned around and said, "You've got it here." ”

"Are you going to say something to me?" Song Zhao looked at Qingrong with a smile.

Qingrong looked at Song Zhao very vigilantly, but felt that he was doing another routine.

"Shouldn't you thank me? If I hadn't told you what the princess was, how could you get along with her so easily? I'm afraid that I will be tortured by her for a long time! ”

Qingrong felt upset when he saw him, "Even if you don't say it, if you get along with the princess for a few days, her temperament will be clear." ”

Song Zhao squinted his eyes and saw that she was leaving, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked Qingrong: "When you were in the side hall, you obviously kept staring at Hou Lu, what is the reason?" ”

Qingrong didn't know who this Hou Lu Song Zhao was talking about, she immediately frowned, and said, "How do I know who Hou Lu is?" ”

Song Zhao said: "The one under the ginkgo tree in the atrium, not fat or thin, not tall or short, round face, and the one who is extremely square." ”

Who was Hou Lu that Qingrong said to Song Zhao at this time, she was looking at Hou Lu at that time. Because she found that there were very few officials gathered around him, but the people waiting for the summons in the entire courtyard had gone to talk to him. There weren't many words, most of them were just a few words. Qingrong originally thought that he was the highest high-ranking official in the entire Lianghuai grade, but there was no her among the first two people who were called in, so Qingrong became more and more curious and observed more seriously.

The appearance of those people reminded her of the scene where moths were hidden in some departments before the company's leaders inspected. Especially the ambiguous atmosphere of tacit understanding and eyebrow-winning. When those people saw Hou Lu talking, they were all hunched and shrunk their shoulders, and they looked extremely weak and sneaky.

"Who is he?" Qingrong asked at Song Zhao's words.

Song Zhao stared at Qingrong's expression carefully, and said, "He is the prefect of Yangzhou Mansion, what's the matter?" What's wrong with him? ”

Qingrong was a little suspicious in his heart, Song Zhao asked, did he also notice something? But according to Song Zhao's usual behavior, and the way he spoke in front of the palace just now, it seemed that he didn't take this matter seriously at all, but now he blocked her way, and Tete came to ask her why she was staring at Hou Lu?

"What's wrong with him? I just watched him be the most energetic of all these adults. What else could there be? "The perfunctory face is impatient.

Song Zhao raised his eyebrows, smiling rather than smiling, "Really?" He's the most spiritual? If you talk about appearance, it is since Governor He and Wei Fantai look at a higher spirit. That Hou Lu is just mediocre in appearance, but you only stare at him for most of the day? ”

Qingrong didn't understand why Song Zhao asked repeatedly, but she could feel that this matter was not simple, at least not as she saw it, the emperor was just a boring temporary idea, and it was as simple as testing whether a few people had the ability to see and recognize people. There is at least something to be tested behind such a name for no reason.

Qingrong thought about it, and felt that he must not get involved. Whether it is dragged into the dispute between the former dynasty and the harem, I am afraid that it will be endless trouble.

"I just glanced at him, where did you get so many words?" After saying so, he turned around and entered the inner house.

Song Zhao couldn't keep up anymore, so he just stood where he was, watching Qingrong's back leave thoughtfully.

When there was no one around, I heard him say slowly: "Song Lin, find someone to keep an eye on Shen Qingrong." ”