Chapter 172: Qualification 1
The next day was the day when Emperor Liang feasted on the ten winners, and Shao Shan was obviously among them, and he was the protagonist of the day.
Early in the morning, Shao Shan arrived outside the palace gate, passed through the Zhengyi Gate, walked for a while again, and arrived at a majestic hall, which was the Wuying Palace, and at the same time, another team of people and horses also turned out from the other side, which was Mu Wangfu and his party.
Today's Mu Qing is dressed very solemnly, the robe of the dragon king, the god is like jade, although it is slightly immature, but it does not lose its heroic spirit, but it shows the majesty of the Mu Wangfu in Yunnan.
It's just that at this moment, Mu Qing's eyes looked at Shao Shan like a brother-in-law seeing a new brother-in-law, and he greeted again and again: "Master Shao, it's early!" ”
Shao Shan was a little crying and laughing, looking at the neon county lord with a leisurely gait and a narrow look in his eyes, he responded with a wry smile: "Lord Mu, county lord, early!" ”
"Marquis Shao!" A group of Mu Wangfu generals greeted respectfully.
After everyone chatted for a while, a majestic and tough figure also walked over, it was Xiao Jingyan, the king of Jing, and there were also two figures on the other side, the prince Xiao Jingxuan and the honorary king Xiao Jinghuan.
The crown prince and King Yu are not ordinary people, they already know Emperor Liang's thoughts and wills, after all, when Emperor Liang beckoned Shao Shan to give his will, these two were on the scene.
It is because they know Emperor Liang's thoughts, so they naturally attach more importance to Shao Shan, once Shao Shan and the Nihuang County Lord really come together, then Shao Shan's power and influence will inevitably multiply, and recruiting Shao Shan is equivalent to bringing the north and south under his command, and the influence of 200,000 iron horsemen is enough to influence the court.
The two princes frequently courted Shao Shan, of course, the Nihuang County Lord was also among the two of them, if possible, these two princes would prefer their subordinates to marry the Nihuang County Lord, rather than go to great lengths to recruit Shao Shan, but this is also a helpless thing, even Emperor Liang was helpless, had to let Shao Shan participate, and the two of them had no choice.
And after today's other protagonist Mei Changsu arrived, he attracted the attention of the two princes and solved the troubles for Shao Shan.
The Nihuang County Lord has already invited Emperor Liang to ask Mei Changsu to take charge of the literary examination for her, and Emperor Liang has agreed, but today I still have to meet this Qilin genius in person.
Soon after, the golden chime outside the hall sounded softly, and the celebrant shouted: "The emperor has arrived ......."
Everyone in the main hall hurriedly got up and stood according to the ceremony, and after Emperor Liang sat down in the main seat on the hall, everyone saluted together.
After everyone was flattened, Emperor Liang's eyes fell on Mei Changsu's body, during this time, he had already heard of Mei Changsu's name, but he scoffed at his "unicorn talent, you can win the world" comment, this is an emperor's conceit, in order to test Mei Changsu's true talent and learning, Emperor Liang took out three articles on the current affairs, let him pick the best one.
Mei Changsu saw at a glance that "On the Central Governance" was from the hands of Emperor Liang, so that Emperor Liang Longyan was happy, and announced on the spot that he would be appointed as the guest secretary of the imperial court and take charge of the literary examination for the Nihuang County Lord's son-in-law selection conference.
At this time, the literary test is completely superfluous in Shao Shan's opinion, but it is just to arrange the order of the battle, just take the tricky Bailiqi as an example, no matter how many Bailiqi is placed on, after all, it is necessary to fight against the Nihuang County Lord, unless the Nihuang County Lord takes the initiative to admit defeat in the battle with the previous few people and chooses one as his husband, but this is obviously impossible, and now with Shao Shan's own joining, this Wen Li is even more chicken.
Soon after, the envoys of the two countries of Dayu and Beiyan, who had been waiting outside the main hall, and the ten shortlisted winners were summoned and entered the main hall, these ten winners were from different backgrounds, their costumes were also different, and some even had a trace of fear on their faces, of course, there were also Yan Yujin, Xiao Jingrui such a calm son, everyone saluted Emperor Liang, and then returned to their seats.
Emperor Liang sat on the throne, looked at everyone with a smile, and then ordered the palace maid to pour wine for everyone, and gave three glasses of drink before saying: "This grand event is full of heroes, masters are like forests, I am very relieved, today's banquet is really a sign of encouragement, and there are two other news to announce!" ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the banquet!" Everyone thanked each other.
"Hmm!" Emperor Liang waved his hand, motioned for everyone to sit down, and then said, "This first news is that Su Zhe, the guest secretary of the imperial court, has been appointed as the chief official of the literary examination!" ”
Emperor Liang's voice fell, Mei Changsu got up to salute, and several winners nodded indifferently, the ranking of the literary test was not so important to them.
"This second news is to select the most satisfactory husband for the Nihuang County Lord, and add one more place in addition to the ten winners!"
"Your Majesty, I'm just afraid that this is not in accordance with the rules!" The envoy of Beiyan directly questioned it.
Judging from the current situation, Beiyan's Bailiqi is definitely the strongest among the ten, and it is even stronger than the Nihuang County Lord, if there are no accidents, the final winner is likely to be this Bailiqi, in this case, the Beiyan envoys naturally don't want to make any more extraneous branches, so as not to have an uncontrollable situation.
And this Northern Yan envoy is not stupid, naturally knows that Da Liang is unwilling to marry the Nihuang County Lord to Beiyan, so Bai Liqi hid all the way, and did not break out until the end, just to catch Da Liang off guard, and when everything settles, Emperor Liang can't regret it, because Beiyan will definitely not agree, it is likely to cause a war between the two countries to force Emperor Liang to back down, and now Emperor Liang suddenly wants to increase a quota, obviously to deal with Bailiqi, so this Northern Yan envoy naturally has to strongly oppose it.
"Rules?" The wine glass in Shao Shan's hand was stunned, and he said coldly, "In the land of my Daliang, the emperor's words are the rules, who dares to disobey?" ”
"Yes, this is in the territory of my Daliang, choosing a son-in-law for the county lord of my Daliang, and the rules are naturally set by the emperor!" Yan Yujin, Xiao Jingrui and others echoed one after another.
"Not bad!" Emperor Liang nodded with satisfaction, "Do you have anything else to say?" ”
Seeing the current situation, the envoys of Beiyan knew that they were powerless to refute, so they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the envoys of Dayu next to them and the many winners, hoping that someone would come out to support one or two, but all he saw was the indifference and ridicule of everyone.
Since the outbreak of Bailiqi, Beiyan has become the target of everyone, and the remaining nine winners know that they are not Bailiqi's opponents, but everyone has no choice, and now Emperor Liang's intention is clearly to go to Beiyan, and they are naturally willing to watch the show.
Dayu and Beiyan are also neighbors, and the relationship is naturally not much better, and the envoys of Dayu know that there is no hope of victory, and naturally they do not want Beiyan to win, so everyone is in line with their hearts.