Originally, he thought that he had seven sons, and all of them were talents—even the eldest son, who was actually very talented.

But who knows, in a blink of an eye, the most prominent fifth and third sons are finished, the eldest son is not good at his body, and the younger son has offended most of the Manchu civil and military forces.

Counting with his hands crossed, the only ones he can count on now are the second, fourth, and sixth sons.

Dysphoria.

Sheng Hong, who was in a bad mood, had a stinky face from beginning to end when he was in the court, Fortunately, nothing major happened, At this point in time, no one in the hundred officials wanted to bother him with government affairs.

Li Qian naturally didn't want to.

But the palace can receive a lot of excerpts every day, although there are no major events, but small things have never been broken, and he is so capable as a ghostwriter, Therefore, he was caught by Sheng Hong again.

Sheng Hong was depressed for many days, and did not mention the matter of the post-establishment or the matter of letting other officials fill the position of the ministry.

The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and followed cautiously for many days.

Soon the day of the temple examination came.

Sheng Hong has always attached great importance to the palace exam, and he can do whatever he wants, but this time, his questions are well-behaved, with only three words:

What is filial piety?

When the palace examination began, Li Qiao sat in the hall next to the Taiji Palace, conscientiously reviewing and reciting.

During this time, Sheng Hong was in a bad mood, and sometimes he didn't look at the excerpt all day, and in this case, the power in his hands was greater.

He finished all the compendiums, and then reported them to Sheng Hong one by one.

Sheng Hong has never called him back once.

In this world, he is in a trance.

It seems that at this time, he is working hard to deal with government affairs, and Sheng Hong is sitting in a rocking chair, closing his eyes and recuperating.

This was raised until noon, and he fell asleep, and when Sheng Hong woke up, he did not delay lunch.

Sheng Hong got up from the rocking chair, stretched, and moved his hands and feet again, and then he turned his head to look at Li Qiao, who was honestly watching the folds with his eyes down.

After a morning, Li Qiao was still in good spirits, and he couldn't help sighing: "I am asleep, I am old, and this body is useless." ”

He was in a very bad mood some time ago, his thoughts were chaotic, so he didn't get enough sleep, and he was tired all day, and after time to soothe him, most of the symptoms gradually disappeared in recent days.

But my body is still very tired, and I can't sleep enough every day.

Li Qiao heard Sheng Hong's words, hurriedly put down the fold in his hand, and said respectfully: "Shengshang, the weather is getting warmer in spring, people are already prone to sleepiness, you are in the prime of life, and there are still decades of distance from old age." ”

Sheng Hong smiled when he heard this: "My heart is not old, but my body really can't keep up." After sleeping all morning, my bones are lazy, Li Aiqing, you have also sat all morning, go, go with me to see the new branch jinshi, and see how the palace test went. ”

"Yes." Li Qiao should go down.

In the Tai Chi Palace, the new scholars are writing articles.

There is only one day for the palace exam, and this year's topic is relatively easy to write, because half of the people have written the essay almost.

Sheng Hong's sudden arrival made the thoughts of the new science and technology scholars a little confused, but Sheng Hong was a caring emperor, he didn't stay in the palace for long, and roughly scanned the test papers of the new science and technology scholars, and then he left with Li Qiao.

Out of the Taiji Palace, he walked slowly towards the Seeking Virtuous Hall with his hands behind his back, and asked Li Qiao: "Li Aiqing, if the topic this time is changed to you, where will you start?" ”

"Uh...... Wechen may babble gibberish. ”

Li Qiao looked at his face and said carefully.

"I want to hear gibberish now, and you say, I forgive you for your innocence."

"Hmm...... In Weichen's view, filial piety is divided into big and small, wise and foolish. Great, refers to filial piety to the king. Small, refers to filial piety to one's parents. ”

"But no matter whether it is big or small, you must be wise and filial, not foolish. If what the king and his father say and do is correct, then not listening to the king and his father is unfilial. ”

"The so-called same rice raises a hundred kinds of people, in Weichen's view, filial piety or unfilial piety is largely determined by the individual's heart, and has nothing to do with his king and father."

"In this world, when you are young, you don't understand the truth, but when you grow up, who doesn't understand the most basic truth? And not stupid. ”

"I understand, but I am not filial, can I blame his king and his father?"

"The king works hard to ensure the peace of the family and the country, the father and mother provide food, clothing, housing and transportation, and more importantly, the king and the father and mother are holy and wise, gentle and humble, and have set an extremely good example for their children, in this case they still choose not to be filial, then it is really not to blame the king and the father."

"You say yes?"

After Li Qiao spoke freely, she immediately returned to her cautious appearance and carefully looked at Sheng Hong's face.

Sheng Hong came up with such a question unusually, didn't he just want the new scholars to prove that he was right?

He was right.

It was the three princes who were at fault.

To be honest, Sheng Hongfu has been in it for so long, which is really beyond his expectations.

Sheng Hong's fatherly love for several princes is far beyond his imagination.

But Sheng Hong was not satisfied with this answer: "...... That's it? ”

He turned his head to look at Li Qiao, very speechless.

"No matter how sharp Weichen is, he doesn't dare to say it."

Li Qiao was aggrieved.

He wanted to point at the nose of the third prince and the fifth prince and scold, but he didn't dare.

No matter how bad the third prince and the fifth prince are, it can only be scolded by Sheng Hong, and it is not his turn to open his mouth.

Sheng Hong glared at Li Qiao, but after a few seconds, Sheng Hong sighed and said, "That's it, what you said also makes some sense." ”

In fact, he also thinks he is right.

The fifth and third children proved that his father was a failure, but failure is failure, and he is not wrong.

What else do you want him to do?

He has a lot of food and clothing, he has a lot of opportunities, he uses his own private treasury to supplement the treasury, he is never easy to be irritable, angry and innocent, and he is not particularly partial to any prince.

He also directly stated that if he wanted to be a prince, he would follow his standards.

Even, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty recommended Sheng Zhiyan, a rebel son, as the crown prince, but he was not angry, and he did not feel offended by the imperial power.

He, the emperor, and his old father have done this step, which is already the best in history, right?

What emperor could have been so loving and generous?

Is he wrong?

He felt he was right.

However, it is true that he was negligent in the matter of the eldest son's broken leg, but if his eldest son told it on the spot, would he believe it?

Thinking of this, he wilted a little again.

Coming to the Seeking Virtuous Hall in silence, Qian San carefully asked him if he wanted to pass the meal, and he nodded.

When the little eunuchs put the table on the table, he was still silent, picked up his chopsticks and ate a few bites before he was full.

He put down his chopsticks, and his eyes involuntarily moved to Li Qiao on the side, Li Qiao was not qualified to eat at the same table with him, Li Qiao sat at a table by himself, and had six dishes and one soup.

At this time, he, Li Aiqing, as always, ate sweetly with a bowl of rice, a mouthful of rice, a mouthful of vegetables, and a bowl of rice, and soon went down most of it.

"Li Aiqing."

He opened his mouth slowly.

"Wechen is here."

Li Qiao hurriedly swallowed the food in her mouth and put down the dishes and chopsticks.

"You're going to buy a house recently, aren't you?"

“…… Be. ”

Li Qiao nodded stunned.

The saint is very concerned about him, and he knows this little thing.

"This time, there are many houses vacated in the east of the city, I will reward you with one, just the Peng family, the Peng family's house is very close to the palace. Don't feel unlucky, this palace is still left by the king of the former dynasty, and I still live very comfortably. ”

“…… Weichen doesn't feel unlucky! ”

Li Qiao's eyes widened, and she hurriedly got up and saluted to thank her.

After the ceremony, after Sheng Hong shouted, he couldn't help but ask: "Can Weichen ask why?" ”

"You have made meritorious contributions this time, and you have shared a lot of worries for me on weekdays. Moreover, a few days ago, Xiao Qi came over and said that you are too high-profile and easy to be killed, I thought about it and thought that the Peng family's house was good. ”

"Not only is it close to the palace, but the front street is the Great Prince's Mansion, and there is the Seven Princes' Mansion on the same street, and there are nobles living around, so there is no need to worry about safety."

"Still, you have to go out, and I'll reward you with six more guards."

Sheng Hong explained.

Li Qiao: "......"

The Seventh Prince had greeted him before, and if Sheng Hong asked about his safety, he would take the opportunity to put on a show so that he could ask for six more guards.

But who knew that Sheng Hong didn't give him a chance to perform at all.

Moreover, not only did he reward him with six more guards, but he also rewarded him with a mansion!

Sheng Hong thought so carefully for one of his courtiers, Dasheng is a paradise, he must protect it well!

He knelt down again to give thanks, his face full of emotion.

Sheng Hong waved his hand and asked him to get up: "If something happens to a talent like you, it will be a loss for Dasheng and a loss for me." ”

"Speaking of which, the answers to the many moves that will be tried this time have given you inspiration?"

“…… Back to the Holy Place, there is no inspiration yet. ”

The emotion on Li Qiao's face instantly turned to shame.

"It's okay, inspiration, the most important thing is the spirit, I've been in a bad mood lately, you are cautious all day long, walking on thin ice, it's normal for the spirit not to get up in this situation."

"In fact, the answers of the lifters can't solve the practical problem at all."

Sheng Hong smiled bitterly.

These moves followed him, Li Aiqing, to learn badly, and all he was thinking about was how to take a small step more than the candidates of the same year, and he didn't think about how to really solve practical problems.