“…… The candidates on the fourth brother's side are all very powerful, they are all civil and military materials, and the most powerful one is Chen Li, the second grandson of the Zhenguo family, who won the third in the literary test and the second in the martial arts test. Yu Zuo finally concluded.

"But the candidates on my son's side are not bad, Fu Yuchen of the Jingbei Hou family won the first place, and Cheng Defang of the Yiguo family also won the first place in the martial arts test, but unfortunately these two people, Fu Yuchen's martial arts test is a little worse, Cheng Defang's literary test is even worse, Xie Yucheng is balanced in civil and military, only a little worse than Chen Li."

Concubine Xie smiled: "Then the emperor likes that Xie Yucheng?" ”

Yu Zuo shook his head and continued with some amusement: "Don't look at Fu Yuchen's martial arts test, but his son can see that he has the arm of Zhang Chuyang, the youngest son of the military department, everywhere, and even the assessment master of the martial arts test is afraid that he has been greeted by someone, and he is quietly raising his grades." However, his son liked his writing quite a lot, and he deserved to win the first place in the literary test. ”

Concubine Xie's eyes flashed: "So, the emperor prefers the concubine of the Fu family?" ”

Yu Zuo thought for a while and said: "Xie Yucheng and Fu Yuchen can do it, the son has no special bias, and it all depends on the mother concubine." ”

After dinner, the two mothers and sons chatted for a while, and when they saw that it was getting late, they said goodbye and left.

Concubine Xie looked out of the hall until her son's back couldn't be seen, and then asked softly: "Mama Zhao, what do you think about reading this?" ”

Mama Zhao is the old man brought into the palace by Concubine Xie from her mother's family, and she is the most trusted slave and maid by her mother's side, and she can be regarded as a personal grandmother who has watched her grow up since she was a child.

She accompanied the two masters throughout the whole process, but she never said a word, and had no sense of existence at all, until Xie Guifei asked, she took a few steps forward, and replied in a smile and whispered: "If Niangniang wants His Royal Highness to be a free prince in the future, she must not choose the Xie family, who is both civil and military." ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Concubine Xie's eyes: "Yes!" The four princes chose both humanities and martial arts, and my emperor can't argue with them, not to mention, the Xie family is a public official, this is really scary, and you must no longer choose a companion among the descendants of the Xie family! ”

"It's ......" Xie Guifei was a little puzzled: "I sent someone to inquire, the Fu family's civil and military achievements are not top-notch, how did he actually take the first place in the literary exam this time, it is really unexpected?" ”

Mama Zhao chuckled: "Since ancient times, there is no first, these teenagers enter the palace for the first time, nervousness is inevitable, in a short period of time, Fu Jiazi played well by chance, and it is not impossible to get the first." ”

"And don't forget, Fu Jiazi has outstanding appearance, this is the first time their teachers and students have met, and the literati like to judge people by their appearance, and it is natural to appreciate people with outstanding appearance by two points.

Xie Guifei nodded again and again when she heard this: "It makes sense!" Mama always sees things so transparently! ”

"Mother's award!" Mama Zhao smiled.

Xie Guifei was a little happy when she thought about it: "The saint is the most talented, and none of the literary and martial arts are allowed to be bad, I originally thought that it was very difficult to persuade the saint to choose a not-so-outstanding companion for the emperor, but I didn't expect Fu Jiazi to accidentally take the first place in the literary exam, even if the martial arts test is slightly worse than Xie Yucheng, but with the results of this literary exam, it is much easier to let the saint appoint him as a companion!" ”

"Yes!" Mama Zhao said playfully: "And it can be seen that compared with the Xie family, His Royal Highness is more interested in the Fu family, and the relationship will definitely be more harmonious in the future. ”

At this time, Emperor Yuan An sent to Yanning Palace to inquire about the selection opinions of the Qianming Palace, and Concubine Xie Guifei wrote her choice of Fu Yuchen and the reason for choosing Fu Yuchen into a few sentences and handed it to the other party.

In the palace, the queen mother and the empress jointly formulated a new regulation, including the fifteenth day of the lunar month, there must be at least five days, the emperor must stay in the queen's palace, the concubine is divided into at least three days, and the other four concubines are at least two days each.

But in fact, the emperor often does not seriously abide by this regulation, even the queen, it is difficult to see the emperor outside the fifteenth day of the new year, and Xie Guifei has not seen the emperor for a long time.

Seeing that the big eunuch beside the emperor took a note and retreated lightly, Concubine Xie couldn't help but sigh softly.

Mama Zhao explained softly: "Niangniang, the way of health preservation, think less and think less." ”

"I know, the Holy Lord always remembers the Empress Yuan in his heart, and we people actually don't have much weight......" Xie Guifei smiled helplessly: "Fortunately, I still have the emperor, as long as the emperor is good, I can be a free prince in the future, and I will not lose anything in this life." ”

Qianming Palace, divided into front and back halls, behind is the sleeping palace, in front is the Qinzheng Palace, is the Yuan An Emperor used to review the folds, summon the courtiers of the place.

At this moment, in the Qinzheng Palace, he is nearly fifty years old, his temples are gray, but his body is still burly, and the Yuan An Emperor, who has a straight waist, is dealing with the folds at the desk again, he holds a red pen in his hand, and from time to time he circles a few circles on the folds of the folds, and marks a few words.

When Gonggong Zheng came in, the little eunuch who was waiting for the pen and ink still stood quietly on the side.

Emperor Yuan An stacked the book he had just finished reading in his hand, and raised his eyes to look at Zheng Ze: "Have you collected everything?" ”

"Yes!" Zheng Ze bent forward and handed over all the concubines in his hand about the companion of their respective princes and princesses.

Emperor Yuan An flipped through the strips one by one, and turned to Xie Guifei's fold, and was slightly surprised: "The concubine chose the Fu family for Liu'er?" Why isn't it Xie Jiazi...... Well? Fu Jiaziwen tried to win the championship, how much praise did Master Ji have? ”

"His Xie family has been scholarly for generations, but the Xie family lost the literary exam?" Emperor Yuan'an was surprised, he had already obtained the results of the literary examination submitted by Ji Ze here, which recorded the final examination results of a group of candidates, but he really hadn't read them carefully.

Zheng Ze smiled: "Back to Your Majesty, Fu Jiazi really did an excellent job in this literary test. ”

"Oh?" Emperor Yuan An came with a slight interest: "Take his exam papers." ”

Zheng Ze seemed to have been prepared, and when he turned around, he took the answer sheet from the bookshelf on the other side along with the results of the essay examination submitted by Ji Ze, and took out the answer sheet belonging to Fu Yuchen from it and presented it to Emperor Yuan An.

Emperor Yuan'an is known as an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, but in fact, he is the emperor immediately, and he won the world by leading troops to fight, and he only seeks to be broad in his knowledge of words such as poetry, scriptures and history, so he didn't plan to take a look at these children's literary test answer sheets at all, but he made an exception at this time.

Fu Xuechen's Emperor Yuan An glanced at it and was noncommittal, but as for the answer to the question of youth, Emperor Yuan An really appreciated it when he saw it: "If the youth is rich, the country will be rich, and if the youth is strong, the country will be strong...... Well said! No wonder Xie Jiazi lost. ”

Shaking his head, Emperor Yuan An smiled: "Originally, I thought that if I dethroned the Xie family and forcibly elected the Fu family, I would be a little sorry for the concubine and Liu'er, but now it seems that the Fu family is not bad, and the concubine is smart to choose him." ”

Emperor Yuan An first put down Fu Xuechen's exam papers, and then read all the concubines Tiao Chen, and he already knew it in his heart, and immediately ordered Zheng Ze: "Okay, the intention is to take Chen Li, the youngest grandson of the Zhenguo Gong, and enter the palace to accompany the fourth prince Yuzhen...... Fu Yuchen, the eldest son of the Marquis of Jingbei, entered the palace to accompany the sixth prince Yu Zuo......"