"The royal family doesn't marry Xungui, you are breaking the rules!" Zhu Xianming's expression was serious.

Obviously, he was very reluctant to be a princess for this niece.

"The rules are not set by people!"

After saying this, Yang Qingyin added: "Say it again...... The Yang family is far away from the capital and does not get involved in military affairs, what kind of honor can it be regarded as? ”

"Rules are rules!" Zhu Xianming did not intend to back down.

Yang Qingyin did not back down, and continued: "The old thirteen is not an emperor, why should he be bound by these rules!" ”

"You ......"

Zhu Xianming could see that the queen didn't plan to be reasonable at all.

If it was someone else, he would have been put on death row by him, but it would be different for his wife after all.

So Zhu Xianming decided to persuade from a different angle, only to hear him say: "I also know some about that girl, but I'm afraid that it will not be a good match for the old thirteen!" ”

"You mean to say she's a little bit sloppy?" Yang Qingyin reacted quickly.

Although Zhu Xianming did not speak, he acquiesced to this.

"This girl has grown a lot in recent months, but she is just worried about the past dynasty, and she hasn't found out!"

Seeing that Zhu Xianming was still going to speak, Yang Qingyin took the first step to speak: "This matter is so decided, the marriage of the fourth and sixth children is decided for you, don't interfere with the thirteenth child!" ”

"Do you know that the king is the minister, the husband is the wife, and the father is the son?" Zhu Xianming asked with a cold face.

"Then do you remember where the arrow wound on my body came from?"

Anger appeared on his face, Yang Qingyin stood up and said: "You told me this ten years ago, and I was blind to block an arrow for you, the ...... surnamed Zhu"

Seeing that his wife was about to go crazy, Zhu Xianming hurriedly got up and pulled her to sit down, and said with a smile on his face: "Look at you, if you say that you will turn your face...... Let's discuss something! ”

"According to the system, who do you like?" Zhu Xianming took the initiative to change the topic, which was tantamount to recognizing the queen's arrangement.

"Side concubine...... The Xue family's girl is not bad! ”

"Xue Zhen's daughter?" Zhu Xianming asked tentatively.

"Who else!"

"Xue Zhen died early, this woman is lost, not a blessed person!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Xianming got up directly, turned his back to Yang Qingyin and said, "Who are you choosing!" ”

In order to help the prince hold the old thirteen, the queen must let Baochai enter the door of Xiangwang's mansion.

"Xue Zhen died early...... Why Xue Zhen died early, you always know better than me! ”

"Look at how many of those who make money for you are not premature and died in their prime?"

"Not to mention, Xia Mingdao of the Osmanthus Xia family died before forty, Jinling Patrol Salt Imperial History Lin is like a sea, and now he is half-dead, and there are ......"

As soon as he heard the queen talk endlessly, Zhu Xianming also felt that he couldn't hold his face.

"Alright...... You're not done! Zhu Xianming turned his head, and his expression became more and more ugly.

He thought he could scare the queen, but seeing his wife's determined eyes, he could only choose to back down in the end.

After all, it's just a side concubine, and it's not a big deal compared to letting the daughter of a noble be a concubine, so Zhu Xianming chose to pinch his nose and admit it.

Between the stalemate between the husband and wife, a voice came from outside: "Qi Niangniang, His Royal Highness King Xiang has arrived!" ”

"Let him in!" Yang Qingyin responded.

She asked Zhu Jinghong to come over in order to give her son an account first, so that he would know how to choose tomorrow, which is also a routine operation for choosing the crown princess and princess.

Soon Zhu Jinghong entered the hall, and when he saw that the old man was also there, his radiant momentum instantly wilted, and he became respectful and calm.

"Tomorrow afternoon, the princess will be selected, and I called you over today to tell you who Ruyi and sachets should be handed to!"

"Hmm!" Zhu Jinghong replied.

"I discussed with your father, let Ting girl be your princess, and Bao girl be your side concubine......"

Discussed with yourself? Hearing this, Zhu Xianming felt uncomfortable, and turned his head to the side angrily.

"Hmm!"

Zhu Jinghong responded, only saying that he heard it, and whether he liked it or not was another matter.

"Tomorrow, you can hand Ruyi to Ting Yatou, and hand the sachet to Bao Yatou!"

"Hmm!"

"Uh-huh...... You kid can't speak? Zhu Xianming couldn't help but scold.

As soon as he heard this, Yang Qingyin glared at the emperor angrily: "I said that you are angry with me, what kind of ability is it to be angry with children?" ”

These two people quarreled, which really surprised Zhu Jinghong, but it also made him take himself out.

The emperor and queen stopped without arguing for a few words, because the Qianqing Palace came to report that the Annan Metropolitan Division had handed over an urgent military situation.

So Zhu Xianming could only leave, and Zhu Jinghong had lunch in Kunning Palace before leaving.

Tomorrow is the final selection, and today will be in Kunning Palace, and the last two will be selected from the thirty women.

Zhu Jinghong wanted to watch from the sidelines, but was driven away by the queen because of his disagreement.

At the beginning of noon (12 o'clock), Baochai and others wore the same palace clothes and came to Kunning Palace from Shangyi Bureau.

In the eyes of a group of senior women, these thirty women are already exceptionally excellent in terms of appearance and bearing.

Under the corridor of the main hall, Yuan Chun stood on the queen's side, looking at Baochai in the first row below with a complicated expression.

She and Baochai were originally cousins, and it would be a good thing for her if Baochai was chosen, but because Chen Zhi intervened, the nature of the matter changed.

So now, she hopes that Baochai will be selected, but she doesn't quite want her to be selected.

Only Chen Zhi, who was standing on the other side, hoped that Baochai could pass today's hurdle and looked forward to a big show tomorrow.

As for the high-ranking women of the first grade and above present, they are completely here to see the excitement, and it has little to do with them who is chosen.

Thirty women, first of all, ten people must be selected, this step is in charge of the Shangyi Bureau, according to the performance of the twenty days of training.

So after the queen's announcement, Shangyi Bureau directly gave a score.

XX "On A", XX "In A", XX "Under A", XX "Under A"......

A few minutes later, the Shangyi Bureau announced the promotion list, and the remaining 20 people were automatically defeated and left the venue.

To Baochai's surprise, Cui Xiuqing was shortlisted for the last ten people, and it could be seen that she herself was also surprised.

And then, it was the queen's turn to hand-pick......

Even if he knew that he could become the winner, Baochai couldn't help but feel nervous at this moment, and Yang Jingting was the only one who could really be called calm.

Although the candidates had been decided, the queen still brought the records of the Shangyi Bureau and carefully looked at everyone's performance.

After about ten minutes, the queen lifted her red pen, and the list of the top ten winners was placed in front of her.

Behind her, Yuan Chun and Chen Zhi both stared at the pen in her hand, because it was time to choose next.

The tip of the queen's pen moved, but she swayed around the list, and she didn't mean to put pen to paper, as if she was really thinking about a choice.

This scene made Yang Jingting not calm down, for fear that the situation would develop in an unfavorable direction.

And the other women, including Cui Xiuqing, are all full of expectations, eager for good luck to befall them.

Concubine Xiangwang is a super-quality woman, and she is the top group of foreign women outside the imperial city, and there are only two of them with Princess Rui.

With such a noble position, how can these women from ordinary backgrounds not look forward to it like a great drought and looking at the clouds.

It can be said that the tip of the queen's pen is playing with people's hearts and fate.

However, most of the time, accidents are impossible, and Yang Jingting is still the first to be selected.

A few breaths later, Baochai's name was also circled, and today's re-election is over.

The female official of the Shangyi Bureau transcribed her name on the spot, and then announced the results of today's re-election, and at the same time announced the time of tomorrow's final election.

"Sister Bao, I really envy you, and I wish you all the best tomorrow!"

On the way back, Cui Xiuqing sent her blessings to Baochai.

Although she has been defeated, she is not as disappointed as others, and is obviously looking forward to a new life in North Korea.

Normally, this is indeed the case, not to mention that her family has a family business in North Korea, just as her father was born in the Ming Dynasty, and she went to North Korea to be a great person.

After all, North Korea also studied the Four Books and Five Classics, and also selected talents to govern the country through the imperial examination, and the gold content of the Ming imperial examination is undoubtedly much higher than that of North Korea.

Therefore, many students who have achieved fame in North Korea will also choose to come to Daming to take the exam again.

The current left minister of North Korea is the first Jinshi in North Korea, and then refused to come to Daming to participate in the examination, and Yu Chengping (Taishang Huang's year name) won the Jinshi in three years.

In general, because the Ming Dynasty's fame is more valuable, even if the Cui family is just a student, they can live a good life when they go to North Korea.

"As luck would have it, what are you going to do next?" Baochai asked.

Cui Xiuqing replied: "Of course I'm going home, maybe my family will move out in just a few months!" ”

"It's a pity I can't send you!"

The two chatted all the way and rushed straight to the direction of Shangyi Bureau, and the unsuccessful person would be sent back to his hometown in the next two days, so they didn't have much time to get along.

Let's say that in the Xiangwang Mansion, Zhu Jinghong is fishing in the palace garden, next to Keqing is reading a book, and Yinglian is sitting on the side peeling melon seeds.

As for the attendants and eunuchs, they stood far away from the pavilion.

"Lord Wang, it's moving...... It's moving! Yinglian opened her mouth to remind.

Zhu Jinghong was thinking about choosing a concubine, and when he heard the reminder, he subconsciously pulled up a premonition, and sure enough, he pulled up a fish.

Seeing the fish take the bait, Zhu Jinghong was also in a much better mood.

Keqing put down the scroll on the side and said with a smile: "The prince can be regarded as caught!" ”

"It's a pity that this fish is too small, otherwise we will eat grilled fish tonight!"

Taking off the hook, Zhu Jinghong threw the fish back into the pool, and everyone was no longer surprised by this.

Just as Zhu Jinghong was about to say a few more words, he only heard Yinglian remind: "Lord Wang, Deng An is here!" ”

The next moment, Deng An rushed over, and after saluting, he said, "Lord Wang...... Today's princess has come out! ”

Throwing the hook back into the lake and looking at the sparkling lake, Zhu Jinghong said, "Who was selected?" ”

"It's Miss Yang and Miss Xue!"

"Hmm!"

Zhu Jinghong reacted mediocre to this news, but Qing and Yinglian's hearts were full of waves.

For women living in the palace, honor and disgrace and even life and death are closely related to the princess, and they can't help but think about it too much.

Whether it is Keqing or Yinglian, they all hope that Baochai will be the princess, although they know that it is impossible.

But one thing they can be sure of is that Zhu Jinghong's favorite is Baochai.

Looking ahead, Zhu Jinghong's standing back, the two women couldn't help but wonder what this master was thinking at this time.

………………

In the eleventh year of Orthodoxy, on April 15, the weather was fine.

Outside the main hall of Kunning Palace, the throne of the emperor and queen has been set up, and the princess will also be present when the emperor is finally selected today.

At today's event, concubines, relatives of the clan and foreign ministers will all come to the scene to watch the ceremony.

Princess Rui Chen Zhi entered the palace early in the morning, and after meeting the queen without saying a few words, she was kicked out by her mother-in-law on the grounds that she wanted to be clean.

However, the later crown princess Yuanchun has not come out of Kunning Palace until now, which has already shown the difference between relatives and alienation.

Although Chen Zhi was resentful about this, she couldn't see it on her face at all, and she was talking to several princesses in the courtyard at the moment.

Although there are her elders among them, Chen Zhi is still the undoubted protagonist, and she speaks with a bit of a vertical and horizontal bearing.

"Princess, you said today...... Who's going to spend it? ”

"Needless to say...... Of course it's that Miss Yang, how could the queen mother wronged her niece! ”

"But that Miss Yang was born in a noble family, and it is not in accordance with the system to choose her......"

"That Miss Xue is young and lost, it's not unorthodox to choose her!"

Hearing everyone's discussions, Chen Zhi didn't know what to say, because she didn't know what the result would be.

Will the old thirteen be desperate for Baochai?

If Zhu Jinghong came according to his own ideas and completely ignored the queen's arrangement, there would really be no threat to the Rui Wangfu.

And if he is cowardly and knows how to weigh the stakes, then he is the biggest enemy of the Rui Wangfu.

Up to now, all the lawlessness and transgressions of Zhu Jinghong, the Rui Wangfu has collected a lot, once Zhu Jinghong becomes an enemy, he can be killed in a short time.

Even if he pays the price for this, Zhu Jingyuan will not hesitate to do it, after all, those henchmen he developed should have been used as consumables at the necessary moment.

Among the three sons-in-law, if the thirteenth who has great ability is abolished, Zhu Jingyuan can calmly grind the prince to death, and the position of the prince will be his sooner or later.

Just as Chen Zhi was thinking about these things, she saw Zhu Jinghong coming in from outside the palace gate.

Yishan crowned the dragon robe, and Zhu Jinghong was wearing it very formally today.

Seeing him appear, the wives present saluted one after another, and Chen Zhi greeted him.

"I've seen my sister-in-law!"

"Thirteenth brother, today is a good day, why don't you look happy?" Chen Zhi looked concerned.

Zhu Jinghong is unhappy, which is a good sign for Chen Zhi, which means that the other party may be dissatisfied with the queen's arrangement.

From beginning to end, Zhu Jinghong knew the plan of King Rui and his family, so he replied in a timely manner: "My difficulty, my sister-in-law will not understand!" ”

"Today is the day you choose a princess, choose a princess you like to live, what a beautiful thing...... Why are you still in trouble! ”

In this sentence, Chen Zhi emphasized "choose a favorite princess", and was still guiding Zhu Jinghong at the last moment.

Seeing that Zhu Jinghong still had an uncomfortable expression, Chen Zhi decided to provoke him again at the end.

I saw Chen Zhi sweeping to the left and right, and said with a smile: "My thirteenth brother, the brave martial arts are unparalleled in the world, I am afraid of today's occasion!" ”

Everyone else also laughed, and Zhu Jinghong also laughed in his heart, he just wanted everyone to know that Princess Rui Chen Zhi encouraged him now.

Then when the next thing happens, he can tell the emperor in the open, at least the sixth brother and six sisters-in-law support him very much, and then turn around to pit these two people.

On Acting...... Zhu Jinghong is also a professional.

"Thirteenth brother, I chose the girl I like to be the princess, and we are all waiting to eat your wedding wine!"

While everyone was talking and laughing, Zhu Jinghong said goodbye to everyone with a smile, and then went to the main hall of Kunning Palace, and then he had to stay by the queen's side.

There is no doubt that after entering Kunning Palace, the queen told him again, and he kept saying "um" throughout the whole process, indicating that he heard it.

Yuan Chun on the side had a complicated expression, but he didn't say a word from beginning to end.

With the passage of time, the concubines and wives arrived one after another, making the courtyard of Kunning Palace more and more lively.

Although there are many people at the scene, because there are female officials of the Shanggong Bureau to guide the shift, it does not look messy at all.

At this moment, in the official office of the Shangyi Bureau, Yang Jingting and Xue Baochai have finished dressing up at this moment.

The two were introduced into the courtyard at the same time, and then taken together in the direction of Kunning Palace.

"Sister Bao, if you are elected as the princess, I will rely on you to take care of it in the future!"

"Sister Ting, don't say this, you will be chosen as the princess today...... I'll have to call you sister from now on! ”

Looking at Baochai beside her, Yang Jingting said slowly: "You can't say that, it's not the last moment, how can you say who is the princess!" ”

"Sister, don't be modest, I just hope that in the future, in the palace, it will be good to have a place to live......"

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all!

(End of chapter)