Jinyi champion

Chapter 524
In mid-June, Anlu Prefecture.

Zhu Niang is out of her mind these few days, because she already knows that the palace examination will be held on May [-]th. Zhu Hao mentioned it many times in his previous letters, and probably knows that there will be news that the palace examination will be released in the next few days. People went to the pier to ask several times.

On this day, she even went to the dock area in person to handle the transfer of goods in the warehouse.

After Shopkeeper Ma arrived in the capital, Zhu Niang was a little bit overwhelmed by the business in Anlu. With her ability, it might be better to look at a rice paper shop.

She thought it was not suitable for such a public life.

"Ma'am, you should go back quickly, the announcer has come, saying that the young master has become a Jinshi!"

Just as Zhu Niang was thinking about something, there was no news from the pier today, and she thought she would have to wait until the next day, and the city here had already reported the good news.

The news of Zhongjinshi is not unusual for Zhu Niang.

She had known for a long time that winning the Gongshi meant winning the Jinshi. As long as she didn't suddenly drive west, or her son had any major accidents, the Jinshi fame would not go away.

She was more concerned about how well Zhu Haodian got in the exam.

"Okay, I'll be right back."

Zhu Niang immediately cleared up her mood and prepared to take a carriage back to the city.

I don't want a carriage to come oncoming at this time.

This carriage is relatively large, and it looks like an official carriage. Zhu Niang was surprised when a person got out of the carriage and walked towards her. He looked like a man but spoke in a high-pitched voice. It sounded like a eunuch: "...This is the third wife of the Zhu family, right? By order of the princess, come to pick up the third wife to the palace."

Zhu Niang was taken aback.

Prince Xing's mansion looking for her?

Or was it an order personally issued by Princess Xing?

Zhu Niang was at a loss as to how to answer, so the bodyguard of the guard of honor beside the carriage said respectfully: "Madam, don't worry, we are here on orders, all because Young Master Zhu won the first prize in the examination, and the concubine wants to congratulate her face to face."

When Zhu Niang heard "No. [-] Scholar", her head buzzed instantly, and she couldn't stand still.

The eunuch hurried over to help, but was blocked by the people behind Zhu Niang.

"I... my concubine is going here..."

Zhu Niang couldn't care about anything else.

He was ecstatic in his heart, but he couldn't express it too clearly, and then he boarded the carriage of Prince Xing's mansion and went to the city.

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Inside Xingwang's mansion.

It was the first time Zhu Niang met the mistress of Prince Xing's Mansion, Princess Jiang.

Concubine Jiang met Zhu Niang in the back hall, beside her was Lu Song's wife Fan Niang, and the maid next to her was simply packing up her things, it could be seen that Concubine Jiang was going to travel far.

Zhu Niang guessed that if her son became the emperor, the mother would naturally go to the capital.

Then should I go to the capital with my son?
"The daughter of the people has seen the concubine..."

Zhu Niang hurriedly saluted.

Concubine Jiang smiled and said: "Mother Zhu, you are being polite. Your son is in the capital, assisting His Majesty in doing great things, and he won the first prize with his own ability. He will serve the court in many places in the future. Our two families have to move around more when we arrive in the capital."

Concubine Jiang is superior after all, she doesn't call Zhu Niang "madam", so she addresses her in an equal tone, which can be regarded as a kind of appreciation and love for Zhu Niang.

After all, she is the woman who is going to be the queen mother.

Zhu Niang hurriedly said: "I dare not be a concubine."

Concubine Jiang had a kind smile on her face, obviously because her son's letter specifically stated the value Zhu Hao contributed after he ascended the throne, and she also knew that Zhu Hao was running around for the ceremony and helping them "reunite mother and child", so that Jiang The concubine needs to get acquainted with Zhu Niang even more.

Concubine Jiang said: "Your Majesty has issued an order to deliver the birth mother to Beijing. I wanted to go with you, but I thought that your work in the local area has not been completed. Besides, the relationship between your son and His Majesty cannot be disclosed to the public for the time being, so please do not publicize it to the outside world." ..."

"I can't talk nonsense."

Zhu Niang hastily expressed her opinion.

"Ha ha."

Concubine Jiang was very happy, "The other thing is that I have prepared some gifts here. When you leave the palace, people will give them to you. I will see you again after you arrive in the capital... What a good son, a chaste woman can bring The eldest child, let him make a difference, it can be described as an example of mothers in the world."

The words of praise were very ordinary, but when Zhu Niang heard it, her heart was full of enthusiasm. Finally, someone in this life recognized her deeds, and she was the emperor's biological mother.

In the past, how dare you imagine coming to the palace to meet the princess?

Now the princess will soon be the queen mother.

Fan Niang laughed beside her and said: "Yes, Wangfei, Mrs. Zhu San is good at teaching her children, and now she has won the imperial order, which is really enviable."

Concubine Jiang smiled and said: "Your husband is also a member of Jinyiwei in Beijing. He has a very good relationship with the young champion. Your son and he are also classmates... Both of them have received the blessing of the late king. God bless my palace!"

Concubine Jiang attributed all the credit to her dead husband asylum.

While that statement is debatable, no one would argue with it.

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When Zhu Niang left the palace, she was sent off by Fan Niang.

Fan Niang is very aware of her husband's relationship with Zhu Hao, and right now she is quite nervous, she is very afraid that after her husband enters Jinyiwei, he will be exposed as a secret agent of Jinyiwei, and she also wants to ask Zhu Niang to help him and Zhu Hao Let me tell you, let Zhu Hao protect her husband more comprehensively.

Now even Fan Niang knows that the people the new emperor relies on the most are not Yuan Zonggao, Zhang Zuo, nor Tang Yin, but Zhu Hao.

Fan Niang, as a high-ranking figure in the palace, naturally knew how to curry favor with Zhu Hao, the little emperor's mastermind. As a woman, she couldn't meet Zhu Hao, so she should start with Zhu Hao's old mother.

"...When the concubine came to the palace, she hadn't returned to the palace, I don't know..."

Zhu Niang felt ashamed.

Before I got the notification from King Xing's Mansion, I didn't even know that my son won the first prize in the exam.

It was like a dream.

Fan Niang pursed her lips and smiled: "That's why I should go back earlier. I'm afraid the Zun's mansion is already full of people, waiting for Madam to return home. The third lady is not very old, but she has a champion son. Countless people want to learn parenting lessons from you."

"Everywhere, it's all Xiaohao... my son's own good fortune."

Zhu Niang actually didn't understand.

She taught Zhu Hao very little, and she thought about contributing, but in fact she did nothing. It was more the result of her son's own efforts. She was mostly being manipulated by him, and rarely offered to help.

So she still doesn't know how she taught her son to be successful.

Fan Niang sighed: "When your son was in the palace, he performed extraordinary things. He was a young hero. I heard that even Mr. Gongsun was favored by him before he passed the exam. I hope I can learn more from him in the future."

It is said that others want to learn from the scriptures, but the person who most wants to learn from them is Fan Niang.

After all, Fan Niang now has two sons, the eldest son Lu Binggeng and Zhu Hao are classmates, but Zhu Hao has already won the first prize in the examination and became the right-hand man of the new emperor, while her own son is still a naughty boy who has not yet enlightened. This contrast is a bit big , so Fan Niang wanted her son to study more with Zhu Hao.

"Yes Yes."

Zhu Niang couldn't promise anything for her son, she just agreed casually.

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After Fan Niang sent Zhu Niang away, she went back to see Princess Jiang.

"Going back?" Princess Jiang said with a smile.

"Yes!"

Fan Niang salutes.

Concubine Jiang smiled and said: "She will really have a son. In the future, let your children learn more from her son. Your Majesty needs the help of capable people."

"Yes."

Fan Niang continued to answer respectfully.

"Clean up early, and leave for the north in a few days, and send someone to the Sun's residence to urge you. Your Majesty has something to say, so that Old Shangshu Sun must accompany you to the capital. After your Majesty ascended the throne, he lacks arm support. Old Shangshu Sun and my palace are already related. Good, if feasible... the previous marriage contract can still be honored, after all, His Majesty has not yet married..."

Concubine Jiang's intention is to urge Sun Jiao to go north to the capital to become the secretary of the household department.

Find a good job for you, and you don't know how to accept it early.

Besides, your daughter and our royal family are still thinking about it. Such a marriage is also a way for the emperor to quickly obtain political resources. It doesn't need to say that it is not in compliance with the rules. Just say that there is a marriage contract, can others prove it?
The orders of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, I, the mother, have the final say.

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Because Prince Xing's mansion has avoided revealing Zhu Hao's intimate relationship with the mansion, the carriage that took Zhu Niang back to the mansion stopped across the street.

After Zhu Niang got off the carriage, she walked back to her house.

As Fan Niang said.

The door of the shop was already crowded with people.

The number one scholar came out of Anluzhou City, and it was a young champion, just like a child next door who didn't know how to understand, and became a literary star that everyone envied overnight. Anlu City was not big in the first place. came to visit.

"The champion lady is back!"

"Mother of the number one scholar... Madam Gaoming! Here we come!"

Zhu Niang was looking at how to get through the crowd, when she was recognized, the crowd immediately gave way.

Surrounded by a group of seven aunts and eight aunts, Zhu Niang came shining like a star.

"Look at her family. They are rich and powerful, but they are still commoners. They are really a model of my Ming dynasty woman."

"It's hard work for a widow to take care of her son. I'm afraid Mother Meng is not as good as that."

A group of people flattered desperately.

Zhu Niang finally walked to the door of her house. Aunt Li came out to greet her and grabbed her arm, with tears in her eyes: "Ma'am, I finally look forward to this day."

Zhu Niang was still trying to hold on, but when the scene came to this point, her tears flowed down.

Thinking of all the things I have experienced in the past seven years, in order to let my son go to school, I have spent so much effort, fighting wits and courage with the Zhu family... Now that the will is dark and the flowers are bright, it seems that all the hard work is worth it.

"Crackling..."

Firecrackers are lit.

The firecrackers are just for lighting after Zhu Niang comes back.

The official announcer has been waiting for a long time, and when Zhu Niang arrives, it is natural to say loudly the happy news that Zhu Hao won the first place in the exam, because everyone knows that Zhu Niang is the rightful owner, and they also know that Zhu Niang is now rich and powerful, and will not be treated badly in terms of rewards .

"Third Madam, your son has won the first prize in the examination, and Anlu City will rely on your protection from now on."

"Yes, neighbors in the street, don't forget us!"

They all want to follow the champion.

Zhu Niang said: "My son's high school is all due to his own good luck. I don't know the rules. If my son becomes an official in the capital in the future, I may go to the capital with him..."

"That's right, my son won the first prize in the exam, why does he still stay in our small place like Anlu?"

"Zhu Niang, your son is waiting for the office. If our big dog goes to join him, he must leave an errand."

"Our little Shunzi also wants to..."

(End of this chapter)