"What do you think?" Above the court, Emperor Mingde sat on the top and asked the ministers present.

Yesterday, news came from the palace -

For this year's sacrifice, His Majesty wants to choose a prince to perform on his behalf.

This is a very big thing, and the courtiers who got the news have speculated that His Majesty has the heart to establish a reserve.

The prince who was chosen this time is very likely to be the future prince!

So, yesterday many people were busy, and today morning, His Majesty really mentioned it.

"Your Majesty, I think that the elected prince will sacrifice on behalf of Your Majesty." An official came out of the queue and saluted Emperor Mingde.

"Looking at all dynasties, the people who have always carried out this matter are either concubines or elders, although His Royal Highness is not a concubine, but he is the eldest son of His Majesty, and now that there is a grandson in the palace, he is the most suitable candidate."

The official who stood up first was naturally instructed by someone, and he was neither humble nor arrogant when he spoke, but in fact his heart was not at ease.

Emperor Mingde didn't speak, maybe he was thinking, or maybe he was waiting for others to speak.

"Your Majesty, I think the eldest prince is indeed a good candidate, but the third highness is not bad."

"My dynasty has its own rules, you don't have to look at the predecessors, just look at the present, the third highness has always been steady, if Your Majesty hands over the sacrifice to him, he will definitely be able to do the best."

Another minister came out of the queue and recommended the three princes.

Among the princes, only these two princes are competing for the position of the East Palace, in fact, this situation has long been expected by everyone.

Jing Xiu stood in the queue and pursed his lips with disdain, he didn't speak, because none of the princes of Emperor Mingde he could look at.

Emperor Mingde, who was at the top, still did not speak, and most of the ministers said their thoughts about who would sacrifice on his behalf, but a few Shangshu had not spoken so far.

This is not difficult to understand, after all, this matter is related to the prince, among the several scholars, some people have already stood in line, and they have already chosen the person to speak for them, so they don't have to speak in person.

And those who don't stand in line don't want to get into trouble.

After all, if someone in the court speaks, it will inevitably make people think that they also have a choice.

"This matter is very important, let me think about it again, and all the scholars will also help me think about it together, and give me an answer tomorrow."

Retracting his gaze from several Shangshu's bodies, Emperor Mingde spoke.

He didn't intend to make a decision today, and the reason why he ordered someone to spread the news yesterday was to see what these people would do.

Now that I have seen it, I know some things that I can't see through the internal guard, and I may have an unexpected joy if I pull it again.

The matter of choosing which prince was the last thing in the early court, after speaking, Emperor Mingde waved his hand and led people out of the hall.

The courtiers gathered together in twos and threes, whispering as they walked outward.

"Does Lord Lu have a choice in his heart?" Jing Xiu followed Lu He and asked in a low voice.

"Is there a candidate in Lord Jing's heart?" Lu He did not answer the rhetorical question.

"Maybe the person in my heart is the same as the one in Lord Lu's heart, since it's inconvenient for Lord Lu to say, it's naturally inconvenient for me to be too."

With a smile, Jing Xiu stroked her beard and walked forward slowly.

Lu He turned his head and glanced at him, surprised by his answer, the two have been officials in the same dynasty for many years, and he always has some feelings recently, that is, Jingxiu has changed.

But he didn't know what the change was.

The matter above the early dynasty quickly spread outside the palace, and the eldest prince and the third prince, who had already received the news yesterday, couldn't help but become anxious.

They all wanted to compete for the qualification to sacrifice to Emperor Mingde, after all, it meant that "the name has been decided".

But at the moment, they were not sure who Emperor Mingde liked more, and whether they had something in their hearts, but they could listen to the persuasion of others.

They can only rack their brains to find a way to fight for greater possibilities for themselves.

Not only the princes, but also the virtuous concubines and concubines in the palace are also thinking of a way.

But as concubines, they can't actually help.

Just as everyone was jumping up and down because of this, an inconspicuous carriage quietly left Kyoto.

Sitting among them was the fifth prince who had released cold arrows at Xie Yangui, but was cleaned up by Zhou Jin, and the injuries on his body had already healed.

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"County Lord, there is a letter to my girl, please receive it on your behalf, and the girl will be almost there."

Ling Yuwei got the exact news and knew when Xie Yanguihui would arrive at the Qiannan Border Pass.

At the same time, they received a letter from Egret Mountain, so they handed it over to Anyang for safekeeping.

"Huh? Oh, I see." An Yang was sitting in the room and was distracted, when he suddenly came back to his senses and took the letter.

She knew the relationship between Xie Yangui and Bailushan, although she didn't know whether this letter was written by the great Confucian or the senior sister, she wouldn't move.

She hadn't gone out since she looked at the contents of the baggage, and most of the time she sat in the room in a daze, not knowing what to think?

Because of this, it also made the Shen family brothers a little worried, thinking that she was sick and came to visit.

An Yang sighed, reached out and rubbed his face, cheering himself up.

No matter what the truth of the matter is, when Xie Yan returns, she will discuss it with her.

Inside the carriage, when Xie Yangui woke up, Zhou Jin was rarely not by her side, she didn't explore, she held her arms and wanted to get up, but she was accidentally hit by Yu Pei.

Thinking of what happened before, Xie Yangui picked up the jade pendant and leaned in front of him to look at it carefully.

Her eyes were still vague and foggy, but because she was close, she could see clearly.

It turned out to be the word "balance".

She once noticed that there were small characters carved on the jade pendant, and at that time she only thought it was Zhou Jin's words.

When I rubbed it that day, I didn't feel like it was a pleasure, but it really wasn't.

"How is it a balance word?" Xie Yangui couldn't help but whisper to himself.

"The girl is awake?" Yu Shu lifted the curtain and saw that Xie Yangui had sat up and entered the carriage with a smile.

"Where's my uncle?" Thinking that they were discussing things in one place, Xie Yangui put down the jade pendant and asked.

"Uncle knows that the girl is worried about many things, so every time she rests, she has to make some extra arrangements, according to your meaning, we will almost arrive at the border of Qiannan."

"I just got the news that Chang Xiu has escorted a new batch of grain and grass to the border pass."

"There is also some news in Kyoto, the Imperial Doctor Xun who entered the Tai Hospital is now the Imperial Doctor in charge of the Niangniang case."

Yushu said this, some of them were just delivered, and some of them were received before, and she got Zhou Jin's signal, so she would return it.

"Since that Imperial Doctor Xun can come to my aunt, I think it can be used," after thinking for a moment, Xie Yangui said, "It's a good thing to have a second batch of grain and grass, and the soldiers are hungry to fight, which is not good for morale."

These were not her main concerns, thinking of her illness, Xie Yangui asked again, "Is there any news about the illness now?"