Luoyang, Qinghe Palace.

"I heard that Gao Zihui has done a great job in Hebei, dividing the fields and presiding over scientific expeditions."

Yuan Yan and everyone in the hall laughed.

Yuan Bao Torch and Gao Cheng are known for their discord, and they said disdainfully:

"The so-called scientific expedition is only awarded to lowly officials, and the really important positions do not have to wait for their father to discuss with King Qinghe."

There is some truth in this, Yuan Kan Lingshangshu Province, nominally taking six departments, Gao Huan wants to appoint and remove the local town guard, and he needs to send it to Luoyang for sealing.

Everyone thought that they were close to the clan, and they were favored and crowned kings, so how could they look down on those lowly officials.

Yuan Yan agreed:

"That's right, that Gao Zihui is young and frivolous, thinking that he can use this to invite people's hearts, but in the end he is just a busy job, and what role can the subordinate who can be thoroughly investigated and dismissed have such a wide impact."

I completely forgot that there was a deterrent effect of 30,000 people stationed on the slipway.

Since trying to re-participate, but was rejected by Gao Cheng on the grounds of recuperation, Yuan Yan has become more and more displeased with this son-in-law.

While everyone was talking and laughing, someone suddenly asked:

"Why haven't you seen King Pingyang all these days?"

Only then did everyone realize that Wang Yuanxiu of Pingyang had not appeared in front of people for a while.

Yuan Bao Torch immediately angrily smashed the wine glass in his hand on the long case.

Yuan Xin, who was recently renamed King of Peijun to King Guangling, seems to be in the know:

"It's not because of that Gao Zihui!"

After saying that, he glanced at the ingot torch, as if he was hesitating whether to publicize the matter.

Yuan Bao Ju snorted coldly:

"Even if King Guangling says it, he has done ugly things, why should I cover it up for him."

Yuan Xin continued:

"Gao Zihui coveted the sister of the king of Nanyang, and made a statement to his father, and drove Sun Teng and Feng Longzhi away successively, in order to coerce Mingyue, he actually deceived the king of Pingyang into the Mingyue mansion, and bullied him to intimidate Mingyue, and now he has left Luoyang, and sent more soldiers to guard the Mingyue mansion, and even the king of Nanyang is not allowed to enter."

When everyone heard this, they accused:

"How can this Gao Zihui bully the king of the sect so much, and he is not even willing to let go of a widowed woman."

"Hmph, if you don't like women, how can you be in a hurry to include Erzhu Ying'e in the mansion when you are only twelve years old."

Someone seemed to hear something and smiled:

"I heard that Gao Zihui was eager to marry Er Zhu Ying'e, because he was worried that his father would get his hands first."

"What's going on?"

The man explained:

"I heard that Gao Huan has many concubines in Yecheng and Jinyang, all of whom are widowed women."

After hearing this, someone smiled with a lewd face:

"Erzhu Ying'e entered the Gao family, maybe who she served."

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Yuan Yan saw that everyone was interested, so he ordered someone to invite a dancing girl to indulge in lust together.

The backyard of the Qinghe Palace.

"That's what they say?"

Yuan Zhonghua puffed out his cheeks and said angrily.

The little maid confirmed:

"The slave maid heard with her own ears that the king of Guangling said that the prince of Bohai had an affair with the sister of the king of Nanyang, and the king of Nanyang did not refute it."

"It must be the husband who was seduced by Yuan Mingyue."

In this regard, Yuan Zhonghua was indignant.

Another little maid chimed in:

"That's right, before the prince of the Erzhu family, the princess ordered the slave maid to inquire about the news of the Bohai Palace, and the people in the house can say that the family affairs were arranged by the Bohai King, and the slave and maid heard that the prince was very respectful, and there was never a courtesy."

Yuan Zhonghua's small chest was so angry that he puffed up one after another:

"Yuan Mingyue is thirteen years older than Fujun, how can she be so shameless."

"You go with me to find her, I can't let this man ruin my husband's reputation."

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Yuan Zhonghua said to the maids around him.

"Princess, I heard that there are people in Yuan Mingyue's Mansion who are guarding the prince, and outsiders are not allowed to enter."

The maid who had listened to it in the lobby before and came back to deliver the news persuaded her.

Another person disagreed:

"The princess is the wife of the prince and the sister of the son of heaven, who dares to stop her."

Yuan Zhonghua was greatly encouraged, and in the name of visiting a friend's house in the boudoir, he got his mother's approval, so he led a group of maidservants and rushed to Yuan Mingyue's house in a hurry.

"Please stop here, girl, you are not allowed to enter this place!"

Before he could get close to the gate of the house, someone stepped forward to stop him, apparently the leader of the guards.

"Do you know who I am!"

Yuan Zhonghua crossed his waist, but because of his short stature, he had to look at people with his head held high, and he didn't have any momentum.

"The prince has decreed that no one is allowed to enter unless he is a person in this house."

The man said coldly.

Yuan Zhonghua saw that Gao Chengzhen was involved with Yuan Mingyue, and he was immediately angry: I knew that Yuan Mingyue was not ashamed, first made the whole city known with Sun Teng and Feng Longzhi, and now he came to seduce my husband.

"Qingxue, you talk to him."

Hearing this, the little maid named Qingxue stood up and said proudly:

"My princess is the wife of the prince of Bohai and the sister of the Son of Heaven, Princess Feng Yi, you still can't stop it!"

When he heard that it was the wife of the prince, he was immediately embarrassed, and immediately confessed, saying that he would wait for the person in charge to come to greet the princess, and hurriedly went back to report it.

Yuan Zhonghua was not difficult for him, he rushed to Yuan Mingyue, who seduced her husband, with a belly of anger, and what did he have to do with others, he was waiting at the bottom of the steps at the moment.

Soon a scribe arrived in a hurry.

After the scribe respectfully announced his name and salute, he immediately let the guards let him go, and he naturally knew what was going on about Yuan Mingyue.

Yuan Zhonghua walked to the door in a few steps, slapped the door hard, and shouted inside with a child's voice:

"Yuan Mingyue! You open the door Yuan Mingyue! Yuan Mingyue! Don't hide in there and keep quiet, I know you're at home. ”

After a long time, the door opened, and Yuan Mingyue walked to see each other, still dressed in white clothes, and looked lovely.

"Did the princess misunderstand anything, please enter the mansion to talk."

Naturally, the two have met.

Yuan Zhonghua looked at Yuan Mingyue's appearance, he didn't notice it, but now he looked at her bulging mind, and then looked down at his dry figure, flattened his mouth, and his momentum suddenly weakened a little.

It turns out that he likes this kind of thing, no wonder he doesn't let me accompany him.

But if you lose, you don't lose, Yuan Zhonghua still puffed up and said:

"I didn't enter your mansion, I came to tell you not to beat my husband's idea."

"The princess really misunderstood, I have nothing to do with the prince of Bohai, and I invite the princess to enter the mansion, and I will talk about it for the princess."

Yuan Mingyue was not annoyed, and said patiently.

Yuan Zhonghua was suspicious, so he followed her into the house.

Only then did she take her seat, and after retiring from her entourage, Yuan Mingyue looked at the maidservant behind Yuan Zhonghua again.

Yuan Zhonghua saw that there was a pleading look between her eyebrows, her heart softened, and she ordered the maids to retreat.

There were only the two of them left in the room, and Yuan Zhonghua hurriedly said:

"Say now, if you have any words."

"Here's the thing."

Yuan Mingyue sighed and talked intermittently about being bullied by Yen.

"The prince is also worried about the rebirth of King Pingyang, so he sent someone to protect my family's house."

After that, he hid his face and wept.

Hearing this, Yuan Zhonghua was angry for a while, and scolded:

"How could King Pingyang do such a disgusting thing! But he still has the face to say to others that he has been wronged, how can he be like this, so. ”

Yuan Zhonghua didn't know how to describe it, so he stomped his feet angrily, and immediately went to find Yuan Xiu's trouble.

But he was held by Yuan Mingyue:

"Please don't make a noise about the princess, this is also the meaning of the prince, with Sun Teng and Feng Longzhi in front, if there is such an unbearable thing again, I am a widowed woman, and others will only say that I shamelessly seduced the king of Pingyang."

Yuan Zhonghua was ashamed of herself, she thought this way at the beginning.

took a deep breath, then turned around and reassured:

"Good aunt, don't cry, I won't say it outside, you can be relieved, when your husband returns to Luoyang, I will let him be the master for you, and none of those who have a bad reputation can escape."

It turned out that Yuan Mingyue had grown up with Yuan Zhonghua, and it was an aunt and nephew relationship.

After being comforted by Yuan Zhonghua, Yuan Mingyue stopped crying and choked up:

"If the prince speaks for me again, others don't know how to arrange the relationship between the two of us."

Yuan Zhonghua said proudly:

"If the husband is afraid of people's words, he will not send someone to protect my aunt, but please rest assured, if necessary, I can also come forward to testify against my aunt's innocence."

Yuan Mingyue was full of gratitude when she said this, but she still shook her head and said:

"Widowed at home, there are many rights and wrongs, others like to gossip the most, why bother to involve the princess again, I have a thin life, I plan to wait for the prince to return to Luoyang, thank him, and find a temple to practice, accompanied by the ancient Buddha of the green light."

"How can my aunt do such a stupid thing!"

Yuan Zhonghua was anxious, but he also understood that there was harassment from King Pingyang, Sun Teng, Feng Longzhi and others, how could Yuan Mingyue live in peace.

She struggled for a long time, but she still made up her mind to speak:

"If it really doesn't ......"

Before the words came out, Yuan Mingyue seemed to guess Yuan Zhonghua's idea, and hurriedly interrupted:

"Don't say that, princess, outsiders are already spreading rumors, if I, if I really enter the Bohai Palace, wouldn't it be true to their gossip."

"Alas! It's better to wait for the husband to return to Luoyang before making plans. ”

Yuan Zhonghua was helpless, so he had to sigh.

Yecheng.

"Shizi, the ranking of the test papers admitted to each subject, from top to bottom, please uncover the paste paper in person, and we can also copy the rankings and award positions according to the ranking."

Yang Su, Chen Yuankang, and Cui Jishu led Zhao Yanshen and other scholars who reviewed the examination papers to Gao Cheng and asked for instructions.

Gao Cheng looked at the stack of test papers, and didn't know how many test papers he picked out, so he hurriedly condoled everyone's hard work, ordered someone to record their merits, and waited until he returned to Luoyang to commend them.

Gao Cheng only took the first three of each subject, and nodded pretendly, how could the little Gao Wang, who didn't learn skills, have the patience to read the cumbersome ancient texts.

After looking at it, one by one, the paste paper was uncovered for the admitted people, and the scribe copied the names on a piece of red paper, and the names were preceded by the names of the official positions that had been written long ago.

It turned out that Gao Cheng had already arranged the ranking for the weight of the position, and only set one requirement, not to serve locally, if it did, he needed to move down one place.

This recruitment, all the offerings are lowly officials and petty officials, and they have already been announced, so the descendants of the scholar family naturally look down on them. Therefore, when ranking, there are fewer relatives to come and ask for help, and you can let Gao Cheng do it.

Gao Cheng was the first to unveil the first agricultural department, and there is no doubt that agriculture is the issue he is most concerned about.

The first place is a person from Xiangzhou, and the first official position in the Agricultural Affairs Department also happens to be the Xiangzhou Juntian Official, which was newly established by Gao Cheng and specializes in the recovery and distribution of acres.

According to the previous regulations, the first was moved to the second and he was appointed as the official of Juntian in Jizhou.

Uncover the blank paper pasted on the second place, fortunately, it is no longer from Xiangzhou.

On the sixth day of the first month of September, Yecheng, just after the end of the year, there was a large group of people waiting outside the Bohai Palace, and the street outside the palace was crowded out, which made the guards guarding the door a little nervous, lest something go wrong.

Why did the prince choose the place where the post was posted outside the house? ’

Some guards were puzzled, but they didn't dare to talk to others.

Zhang Dexing waited outside the door early, although he was a little sure, but he was still unavoidably apprehensive.

After waiting in Yecheng for three days, I also exchanged names with several Cangzhou fellow villagers, and I wanted to chat with them to relieve the anxiety in my heart, but seeing that these people were also absent-minded, I had to give up.

After waiting for a long time, when it was finally time, the gate of the Bohai Palace's mansion was opened, and a team of guards escorted Gao Cheng out.

This time he is going to take a roll call himself.

Seeing that the crowd outside the mansion knelt down and saluted, Gao Cheng raised his hand and said with a smile:

"Don't be polite, it's not easy to review, let you wait for three days, but please rest assured, there is only one principle for this recruitment, and that is fairness! If there is real talent and real learning, it will not be buried. ”

The soldiers on the garrison spread Gao Cheng's words loudly,

When the crowd heard this, they knelt down in gratitude.

Gao Cheng first took a list from the scribe's hand, and said loudly:

"The first place in the thief department, Zhao Yanping, a native of Lunu County, Dingzhou, should be awarded..."

As the soldiers sang their names and positions, people cheered in the crowded streets:

"I'm in!"

"I've got an official position!"

In ecstasy, he even lost his manners.

And after singing the first list of the preparation thief department, the candidates who were not on the list cried and wailed.

Gao Cheng sang the first list, and did not rush to get the second list, he said loudly to everyone:

"Those who take the exam, whether they are successful or not, can receive a share of money in the Bohai Royal Mansion to cover the expenses of this trip."

It won the gratitude of the crowd again, and even the candidates who failed to prepare for thieves were sincerely thanking.

People's hearts are long, Gao Cheng in order to ensure the fairness of the exam to make various measures, the big guys are in the eyes, even as the prince of the Bohai Sea, he is considerate of everyone is not easy, give everyone entanglement, who wants to say right and wrong, it is really a wolf's heart.

When the names were sung, Zhang Dexing was full of envy, and his heart became more and more troubled by gains and losses, although the Bohai Palace would give the cost of the trip, but how to make up for his wife's hard work these days.

Seeing that Gao Cheng finally opened the last list, Zhang Dexing couldn't stop trembling.

"1st place in the Agricultural Division..."

Zhang Dexing felt that his breathing was becoming more and more rapid.

"Cangzhou Fuyang people..."

At this moment, he even felt that he was about to suffocate.

"Zhang Dexing, when he was awarded the Xiangzhou Juntian official..."

Zhang Dexing's head was blank, and he didn't even hear the next Yulu clearly, and the surrounding villagers surrounded him with smiling faces to congratulate, and someone around him pointed at him and shouted:

"Look, this is the first place in the agricultural department, Zhang Dexing!"

"I'm in office?"

He muttered.

"I'm in office!"

Thinking of the figure he saw standing on the edge of the ridge that day, Zhang Dexing squatted on the ground, crying and laughing, feeling uneasy.