Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 376 Assassination
The game of officers and soldiers catching thieves tests people's analysis, judgment, sophistry and intelligence.

From it, Jiang Changning found that several girls were articulate, weak in analysis, and quite accurate in their judgment.

Then he quietly asked Emperor Xuanzhi, "Your Majesty, Miss Fang San, Miss Meng Er, Miss Zhang Wu, Miss Lu, all look pretty good, what do you think, Your Majesty?"

"It's okay." Emperor Xuanzhi glanced critically at the girls.

"Do you know why I think they are good?" Jiang Changning asked with a smile.

"I think they are pretty smart." Emperor Xuanzhi laughed.

"As the saying goes: A smart woman begets a smart child. I don't want my grandson to be a fool who doesn't eat minced meat in the future."

"Let them play games, just for this?"

"The royal family chooses a daughter-in-law, regardless of family background and character, but she is too dull, and it is difficult to be a mother-in-law. Even if I have the patience to teach my daughter-in-law like a daughter, I may not be able to teach a stupid one to be smart. So why not choose in advance?" Where's the smart one?"

"You're right."

The couple were talking in a low voice. The girls had played the third round of the game. In the first two rounds, the officers and soldiers won one round, and the thieves won one round.

Seeing the girls playing with great interest, the teenagers also gathered around.

There is a big problem between men and women, it is inconvenient to sit next to each other and play together, so Jiang Changning thought up a new game for the teenagers: catching mice.

The rules, Jiang Changning simply explained, "Let's talk together, catch mice, catch mice, the first person asks, how many were caught? The second person answers how many were caught, and the third person can say that they caught them or they didn't catch them. on."

"If you say you've caught it, the people behind you will have to stand up according to the number the second person said. As many people as he said, you will have to stand up. If you stand up wrong, you will be punished."

"If the third person says he didn't catch it, then everyone should repeat the first step, catching mice and catching mice, the fourth person asks how many were caught, the fifth person answers how many were caught, and so on, understand?"

The teenagers said in unison: "Understood."

They started playing, Emperor Xuanzhi looked at it for a while, and then saw that the doorway was coming, and asked with a smile: "How did you come up with this game? Although it is simple, it is also interesting and fun."

Jiang Changning smiled and said: "I have nothing to do, I have to have some fun to pass the time."

"After the prince gets married and has children, I will take you out to travel all over the world." Emperor Xuanzhi promised.

"Okay." Jiang Changning responded with a smile.

At the beginning of the Shen Dynasty, the emperor was going back to the city, and the others followed suit.

After that, Xiao Yuer still went out of the palace to play with Xia Xueer from time to time, and gradually became acquainted with Xia Jingran. According to the report of the palace maid, the two fell in love very happily.

Emperor Xuanzhi sent people to watch Xia Jingran, while Jiang Changning asked people to inquire about his character and conduct.

At the horse race meeting, she also asked people to inquire about the girls Jiang Changning liked.

Just as Jiang Changning was busy selecting his daughter-in-law and inspecting his son-in-law, news came that the prince had been assassinated.

Emperor Xuanzhi issued a password ban, and Jiang Changning, who was in the harem, didn't know about it. Xiao Yuer went out of the palace, and when he learned about it, he hurried back to the palace, "Mother, everyone outside said that something happened to the prince's brother."

"What's the matter, Brother Ni?" Jiang Changning made a mistake with the scissors in his hand, and cut off a blooming flower.

"They said that the prince's elder brother was assassinated and was seriously injured and unconscious." Xiao Yu'er said.

Jiang Changning's expression changed drastically, and he got up and ran outside.

"Mother, where are you going?" Xiao Yuer asked eagerly.

Jiang Changning turned a deaf ear to it, she ran all the way outside the imperial study, and rushed in without caring about etiquette.

Emperor Xuanzhi was discussing matters with his ministers. Seeing Jiang Changning coming in out of breath, he got up and walked over to support her, "Queen, don't worry, talk slowly if you have something to say."

"Your Majesty, how is the Crown Prince? Are you seriously injured?" Jiang Changning had tears in his eyes.

"The prince is already on his way back to Beijing, he is not seriously injured." Emperor Xuanzhi replied.

"Really, really?"

"You have no jokes, and your husband has no jokes." Emperor Xuanzhi held her hand and felt cold.

Jiang Changning looked at him, "I believe in Your Majesty."

"The matter will be discussed tomorrow, and you all stand down." Emperor Xuanzhi sent a few courtiers away, and helped Jiang Changning into the inner hall.

Following Jiang Changning, Xiao Yuer also arrived at the Imperial Study Room, but she failed to enter and was stopped by Chang Youzhong, "Princess, you can rest assured that His Majesty is with you, Your Majesty."

A few days later, the prince returned to the capital, and he first reported to Emperor Xuanzhi what he had seen and heard in the southeastern states and counties, "There is no crop for thousands of miles in the red land, starving and dying everywhere, wild people eat each other"

When it comes to corrupt officials, he is heartbroken, "With the imperial salary, but not doing things for the people."

"The people were displaced, but they sold the grain in the granary at a high price for personal gain."

"Officials guarding the granary guarded and stole themselves, and together with the Shangguan, exchanged old grain for new grain."

Emperor Xuanzhi frowned, and when the crown prince had finished speaking, he asked, "Apart from corruption, have they done nothing?"

"That's not true. They also leave early and return late, running around, settling the victims, giving porridge and medicine." The prince said fairly and honestly.

"In other words, they still have merit."

The prince thought for a while, "Although the flaws do not conceal the virtues, the minister believes that the chief evil should be executed, so as to serve as an example to others."

Emperor Xuanzhi smiled slightly, "Only get rid of the chief culprit?"

"I also wanted to punish them all for corruption, put them in prison, and deal with them according to the law, but I remembered that my mother said that the water is so clear that there are no fish. If you arrest all these officials, there will be no one to work. "

The smile on Emperor Xuanzhi's lips deepened, "You did a good job in disaster relief. You have worked hard. After going to see your mother, she has been thinking about you."

"Yes, my son will leave." The prince bowed respectfully and withdrew.

Jiang Changning knew that the crown prince was back, so he kept looking forward to it in Qiyuan Palace. When he saw the familiar figure appearing at the gate of the palace, he called out, "Xiao Ming, son."

"Mother, my son is back." The prince walked a few steps quickly, and when he reached Jiang Changning, he was about to kneel down and salute.

Jiang Changning supported him, "I lost weight, my son lost weight."

"The son is not filial, and the queen mother is worried." The prince said.

"They said you were assassinated, where did you get hurt? Quickly let the queen mother take a look." Jiang Changning pulled at the front of his shirt with trembling hands.

"Your Majesty, let's see after entering the palace." Xiulan carefully reminded.

Jiang Changning tugged at the prince's sleeve, "Let's enter the palace."

The prince was wounded on his left shoulder, which was tightly bandaged. Jiang Changning couldn't see how big the wound was, and asked with distressed eyes, "Did you bleed a lot?"

"There is an imperial doctor by my son's side, and it stopped immediately without bleeding too much."

"The queen mother made a stewed blood-enriching medicinal diet, would you like to have some?"

"Okay." The prince replied obediently.

After the crown prince had finished eating the medicinal food, Jiang Changning asked him carefully about his experiences along the way, and, "Have you caught the assassin?"

"Caught them, they are some refugees." The prince was afraid that Jiang Changning would be worried, so he didn't reveal the inside story.

(End of this chapter)