Chapter 37: Matters of the Heart

"Yes, yes, what Her Royal Highness said is very true." Li Shilang was clever in Wu Jinghong's gaze, and hurriedly buried his head, "The dog is just ......" What is it? Let him say with a shy face that his son likes the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion? He couldn't pull his face, and he didn't dare!

"Okay, no matter which lady your son falls in love with, he shouldn't come to the palace to say this." Wu Jinghong waved his hand, "This palace can only give you an idea, it depends on whether you are willing or not." ”

"Willing, I am honored to have the guidance of Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

"Well, it's not a difficult thing in this palace." Wu Jinghong frowned and seemed to think for a while, "It's better for Li Shilang to hold a literary meeting at the end of the month, the winter test is approaching, and the imperial capital is a lively time, and the literary meeting can not only attract literati and ink writers, but also attract the love of little ladies, at that time, ......"

Li Shilang's eyes lit up, he really understood it at one point, and the excitement in his expression couldn't be hidden, and he bent down to Wu Jinghong again and again, "Her Royal Highness the princess said very much, what he said is very true, minister, minister will go back and prepare, at the end of the month, you can definitely hold an eye-catching literary meeting!" ”

"Oh? Then the palace will wait and see, Li Shilang don't forget to send someone to send an invitation to Nihua Palace, this palace has not seen such a lively scene for a few years. Wu Jinghong waved his hand, which can be regarded as letting Li Shilang go.

"Your Royal Highness the princess, don't worry, the minister will definitely send it in person, oh no, no, it is the dog who must have personally come to thank Her Royal Highness the princess!"

"Well, go ahead!"

Li Shilang withdrew with an excited heart - after getting the errand of running a literary meeting, wouldn't he be able to invite the literati of the entire imperial capital in a bright and bright way? The winter exam is coming, and those juniors who are rushing to take the exam must not take the opportunity to stutter themselves? My son also took this opportunity to get closer to those famous talents from other places, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

"Your Highness, can he hold a grand literary meeting?"

As soon as Li Shilang left, Lu Mang couldn't help it, Her Royal Highness the princess's request was to make a big noise, the scene to be big, and it would cost a lot of money! Although this Li Shilang has some hope, how much silver can a Ministry of Industry squire have?

"His wife is a girl from a merchant family in the south of the Yangtze River, and the dowry alone was carried hundreds of years, not to mention those shops and money houses, the palace forgot, if you want to talk about silver, the Manchu Dynasty has the most civil and military in his family." Wu Jinghong chuckled and said, "I don't know which one his son has a crush on...... By the way, let Lin Qingya come to the palace in such a hurry, maybe he urged it! ”

"This Li Shilang wants to marry the old man?" Lu Mang wondered, "Shouldn't the old prime minister nod and agree?" Such a rich squire......"

"Green Mang, watch the words." Qing Mang intercepted Lu Mang's words, and said crisply, "The old prime minister knows that he is in danger in the court, and now he is afraid that he is thinking of a way to keep his position, how dare he make a decision that will attract the attention of His Majesty and His Royal Highness?" ”

Wu Jinghong nodded appreciatively, "The old prime minister is an old man, I heard that before the palace returned to the palace, he visited the palace almost every day, and took Lin Qingya with him, and secretly wanted to ask for a title for Lin Qingya, the father and mother originally wanted to give her a county lord, but it happened that the palace ordered Wei Ting to send news back, and it was over." ”

"That's a coincidence." Lu Mang covered her lips and chuckled, "I really don't know what kind of mood that Miss Lin is in when she comes to see His Highness." ”

"It's just a clown jumping off the beam, what can Your Highness do about her?" Qingmang said unceremoniously, "Your Highness is willing to use her, that is her blessing, even if the title at hand is gone, she will not rush to have thoughts about His Highness." ”

Lu Mang stuck out her tongue, Qing Mang made a lot of sense, she talked too much.

"Chimang, send a message to Huang Mang, and ask him to assist Li Shilang in arranging this cultural meeting, Li Shilang himself promised to hold a cultural meeting at the end of the month, which saved some time than expected, and the palace will help him for the time being."

"Yes." Red mang's eyes responded.

Wu Jinghong sat down tiredly, closed his eyes and rested, Lu Mang looked at it and said softly, "Your Highness, can you allow Lu Mang to pinch His Highness's shoulders?" ”

"Huh?" Wu Jinghong raised his eyes with a faint smile, "No need, tonight I will start to dispense medicinal soup according to the recipe given to you by the main palace, the medicinal bath is much more comfortable than massage." "Thinking about her daily medicinal bath on the Holy Medicine Mountain, and she doesn't need to spend so much effort, although it is the body of an old woman, the strength of her heart is many times stronger than now.

"By the way, who is the main examiner in this year's winter exam?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, the two main exams are appointed by His Majesty, the main examiner of the literary exam is Liu Hanlin Liu Yuan, and the chief examiner of the martial arts exam is Zhonglang General Qin Ruanwen."

Wu Jinghong nodded, frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly got up and said, "Let's go, it's time to go to Zhaohua Palace to say goodbye to the queen mother." ”

In the Zhaohua Palace, the emperor was leaning on the soft couch and whispering to the queen, his tone was full of emotion, "Jinghong has really grown up, after this incident, I haven't seen her change her face, queen, look at it, Yunguo Jiangshan is handed over to Jinghong, I can rest assured!" ”

Grandpa Huai was still standing on his side, his eyes were silent, and he looked like he was asleep standing up.

"Your Majesty, in the end, Jinghong is a princess, is Your Majesty thinking ......about it again?"

"Hey, don't say stupid things, queen." The emperor waved his hand, full of pride, "Have you seen Jinghong's performance in the court, the indifference of controlling everything in his hands can be compared with the previous emperor." and her new policy, I read it overnight, and I haven't had a chance to talk to her...... If I want to say it, Jinghong is a natural talent in the court! Father-in-law, don't you say? ”

Gonggong Huai stood upright, bowed respectfully, and his voice rarely revealed a little caution, "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, Her Royal Highness the princess is amazingly talented, which is really a blessing for the cloud country." ”

The empress frowned, looked at the emperor's happy look, pursed her lips and stopped talking.

At this time, someone outside the palace reported, "Her Royal Highness the princess has arrived!" ”

Several people looked at the door with a happy expression.

In the pale golden sunlight, Wu Jinghongxin did not walk in, the bright dress outlined her graceful figure, the top of her hair swayed gently, and the face on the lining was very eye-catching.

"Father, mother." Wu Jinghong smiled before speaking, and there was more admiration in his indifferent eyes, "Erchen is late." ”

"Come on, your father knows that you are busy, so he specially exempted you from greetings, why did you still come over? I heard that you haven't had a good rest recently, so you should have a good rest in Nihua Palace. The queen happily pulled Wu Jinghong beside her, and said a long sentence in one breath, although there was a sense of blame, her expression and tone were obviously happy.

"The compassion of the father and the queen mother is the blessing of the son, but the son is not only the princess of Yunguo, but also the daughter of the father and the queen mother, and the filial piety that should be done is indispensable."

"Jinghong is sensible, and I am deeply gratified in my heart!" The emperor's emotion was mixed with countless pride and pride, Wu Jinghong couldn't help but look sideways, and meeting her gaze, the emperor continued, "It seems that I can abdicate soon and enjoy the blessings with your mother!" ”

Wu Jinghong smiled, "Did my father overestimate his sons?" How could this court be without the suppression of his father? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, how can you say that Jinghong is just a child, Your Majesty is also distressed and distressed about her!" The queen hurriedly helped, in her heart, Jinghong was just an ordinary little girl, just the age when she needed to talk about marriage, but she was dragged down by this chaotic government - even if she never asked about these things, she knew it, and it was not appropriate for Wu Jinghong to mention this marriage now.

The emperor laughed a few times, and was in a very good mood, "It's really hard work, there is nothing easy about this court, in this way, I heard that Li Shilang is going to organize a cultural meeting, so it is better to pick a few right-hand men for Jinghong in this cultural meeting." ”

Wu Jinghong but smiled silently, she originally planned to do this, and her father was really interested in thinking of this layer for himself.

"Your Majesty is still careful, this article will always be full of young talents, and Jinghong must be carefully picked." The queen finally got rid of her sadness, in her opinion, Jinghong is the age of the youngest daughter's family, that mind must be not much worse, as long as she goes to see each other, there must be a prominent young man who can get into her eyes, and then be taken by her side to assist her, this day is a long time, maybe it is a matter of course.

Wu Jinghong's eyes turned, and he probably saw the two completely different thoughts of the emperor and the queen, smiled helplessly, and bluntly said the purpose of his trip, "Father, the Wenhui is followed by the winter test, and there are only these two major events a year ago, I don't know who my father ordered to be in charge of this year's winter test?" ”

"Well, this matter is very important, I originally wanted to order the old prime minister to watch it, but some time ago it was not peaceful, I was worried that the old prime minister was old, and he would be frightened by those again, and he would not be able to do it, so I pointed this matter to Ning Pu."

"Is that the Rite Minister? Indeed, it is very suitable to hand over the winter test to him, and the main examination of the literary test and the main examination of the martial arts test are also hand-picked by the emperor? ”

"Huh? These two examiners...... Oh, remember, it was mentioned in the fold handed over by Ning Pu that Ning Pu has always been cautious in doing things, and presumably those two people are also reliable. ”

Wu Jinghong listened to the emperor's lower and lower voice, sighed in his heart, but his face was silent, "Yes, but Erchen believes that this winter test must be more rigorous than in previous years, after all, the vacancy in the court is too big, and this time it is no longer tolerable to be indiscriminate." Therefore, Erchen begged his father to allow him to meet the two examiners in person, and watch the whole process during the winter exam. ”

"Oh?" The emperor looked at Wu Jinghong in surprise, but he didn't expect that Jinghong's enthusiasm for the government was more than he imagined, but this is also a good thing, he is happy to see it, thinking of this, the emperor laughed twice, waved his sleeves and said, "It's rare that Jinghong has this heart, I'm right!" ”

"Thank you, Father." Wu Jinghong buried his head in thanksgiving, and the waves in his heart were already calm, that's it, his father was born in the era when the Yun Kingdom was strong, and he had long been accustomed to letting go of everything, so he would fall into that Gu poison. Since you can't change your father, let her do more for her!

After chatting about some other gossip and having lunch together, Wu Jinghong returned to Nihua Palace, and Chimang had already gone to Zhaohua Palace to find her twice, saying that Lord Shang Shuning of the Ministry of Rites asked to see her.