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Chapter 478 Desperate Yang Shiqi!

Although Concubine Guo Hui knew that it was inevitable for people to escape death, whenever she heard such words from Lao Zhu's mouth, she always felt like a knife was twisting her heart.

"My lord, don't say anything depressing, you are long live, you can live ten thousand years..."

Lao Zhu had heard similar words before, and it was from Concubine Weng.However, at this time, the long live that Concubine Guo Hui said gave him a completely different feeling.

Because, he obviously felt that his chest was soaked with tears, and suppressed sobs gradually came from his arms.

"Silly Huier!"

"That's all deceitful nonsense. Have you seen any emperor in the past dynasties live to be a hundred years old..."

"The concubine doesn't care!"

"If there is such a day, the concubine will definitely accompany you to go..."

Lao Zhu tightened his arms and hugged his concubine even tighter.

"We believe what you say!"

"But you can't go with us, you have to live, be the empress dowager for us, look after grandson for us, look after Daming for us!"

Concubine Guo Hui didn't react when she heard this, she just cried a little louder.

Old Zhu scratched Guo Hui's nose, half teasing, half serious.

"Silly Huier, what's the point of crying about this kind of thing?"

"By the way, when your sister Ma was dying, she persuaded us to make you queen."

"At that time, you tried your best to refuse, but now, for Daming's sake, for us, be the queen!"

Concubine Guo Hui hurriedly put away her tears when she heard this, then struggled out of Lao Zhu's arms, and knelt respectfully in front of Lao Zhu.

"My lord, you can't talk nonsense!"

"The concubine refused back then, and she still refuses now!"

Seeing Concubine Guo Hui's posture, Lao Zhu sat up quickly and looked at Guo Hui with a face full of surprise.

"Guo Hui, why is this?"

"How many people in the harem want to be a queen in their dreams, why have you repeatedly rejected it?"

"My lord, think about it, if the concubine becomes the queen, then the three sons born to the concubine will become the first sons according to their mother."

"Although they are all the meat that fell from the body of the concubine, but when the children grow up and have their own opinions, it is inevitable that they will have thoughts that should not be born..."

"The concubine doesn't want to harm them, the concubine just wants them to live their lives safely..."

As soon as Concubine Guo Hui said these words, Lao Zhu looked at her with admiration.

Lao Zhu had always regarded him as a lover, concubine, and tsundere sister-in-law before, but he never thought that Guo Hui possessed such great wisdom.

"We underestimated you in the past!"

"You taught us a lesson today!"

"No wonder your sister Ma trusts you so much, and even advised us before she died."

"Looking at it now, we are far inferior to your elder sister Ma in terms of judging people..."

When Concubine Guo Hui heard that Lao Zhu praised her so much, two clouds of shyness flew up on her face.

"The emperor praised it absurdly, and the concubine just grew up with Sister Ma, following Sister Ma's principles of life and doing things..."

In Changning Palace, when Old Zhu was having a long talk with Concubine Guo Hui, Zhu Yunxi on the other side left the palace in the dark.

To him, what happened today was just an episode, let alone take it to heart.

But this incident had a profound impact on the royal family, and even the entire Ming Dynasty.

It's just that people here haven't noticed it yet.

When Zhu Yunxi returned to Beigong, he devoted himself to working overtime.

While Zhu Yunxi was busy with government affairs, the marriage of Zhu Yunqi, the second grandson of the Ming emperor, was finally finalized.

Lao Zhu chose an auspicious day for him, randomly picked an official from the Ministry of Rites, and asked him to replace the royal appointment.

Mrs. Chang Mao's Mrs. Feng specially came to Beigong to meet Zhu Yunxie for this matter, and explained it to Zhu Yunxie in detail.

"His Royal Highness, if you really don't like this matter, our Chang family will pretend that this daughter has never been born!"

Zhu Yunxi didn't have much contact with Feng Shi, but met him occasionally when he went to Chang's house for dinner.

Now that the marriage between Zhu Yunqi and the eldest daughter of Chang's family has been finalized, Feng Shi suddenly came to him, and immediately felt a little incomprehensible.

"Auntie, we are all one family, so don't talk about two families."

"Cousin and Zhu Yunqi's marriage has already been accepted, asked about the name, Najib, Nazheng, and the date, and the last step is to welcome them in person. Isn't it too late for you to tell me this now?"

The Feng family was afraid that Zhu Yunxie would have a rift with their Chang family because of this matter, and now hearing what Zhu Yunxie said, her heart immediately sank.

It's all the fault of Chang Qinyin, that dead girl, for being obsessed with ghosts and doing such shameless things!
The Feng family was really desperate for the eldest daughter. Thinking that there were still two daughters in the family, she could only be ruthless and make a difficult decision.

"His Royal Highness, don't worry, as long as there is no personal welcome, everything is possible!"

Zhu Yunxi had vaguely guessed something, but he still asked.

"What my aunt said may be..."

"Chang Qinyin couldn't bear the blessings of the royal family, and fell ill before getting married..."

When Feng Shi said this, he took a deep breath, and then closed his eyes in pain.

"Finally...finally died of a serious illness..."

After Feng said these words, he felt as if all the strength in his body had been exhausted, and his heart ached like it was going to shatter.

Although she almost hated that unbelievable girl to death, when she thought of sacrificing her, she still felt pained like a knife.

Seeing that Feng's words had reached this level, Zhu Yunxi immediately invited Feng to sit down and ordered someone to serve him tea.

"What did my aunt say!"

"Qin Yin is also my cousin, how can I kill her?"

"I'm just worried about my second brother Zhu Yunqi. He has been weak and sickly since he was a child. He is weak and can't take care of himself. He doesn't look like a long-lived person."

"I'm worried that my cousin will suffer if she marries him..."

When Feng Shi heard this, her heart skipped a beat.

Has the relationship between the emperor's grandson and Zhu Yunqi deteriorated to this extent?
She had only heard that the two were at odds, that Zhu Yunxuan had troubled Zhu Yunxie several times because of the Lu family being wiped out, but unexpectedly Zhu Yunxie had already thought about how to make Zhu Yunqi "not live long"!

However, Zhu Yunxi's words revealed another meaning.As long as Chang Qinyin wanted to marry, he would never stop her!

Feng Shi wanted to understand this matter, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

To be honest, as long as there is even a slight possibility, she is not willing to kill her own daughter.

"Ugh!"

"The fact that His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun can say these words shows that he really cares about the Chang family."

"But Qinyin is unlucky, and has failed His Highness's expectations."

"But rest assured, Your Highness, Chang Qinyin is Chang Qinyin, and the Chang family is the Chang family."

"Our Chang family has always been of one mind with His Highness, and will never betray His Highness!"

This is the main purpose of Feng's meeting with Zhu Yunxie today, which is to represent the Chang family to the emperor's grandson, the Chang family will break with Chang Qinyin, and they will not favor Zhu Yunqi just because of their marriage with Zhu Yunqi.

When Zhu Yunxi heard the words, there was a wry smile on his face, secretly thinking that Feng really thought too much.

How could I feel that the Chang family would favor outsiders just because the Chang family married a daughter?
"Don't worry, auntie, my nephew won't be careless."

"There are two cousins ​​at home, I wonder if my aunt has a young handsome man in her fancy?"

"No matter who you like, I will go to make peace for my aunt and make sure the other party agrees."

"If the cousin in the family wants to marry the royal family, there is no problem. Zhu Shangbing of my second uncle's family is not too young, and has reached the age of marriage."

"My second uncle, who is out of tune, left the king of Qin alone and sneaked up to Zheng He's nautical fleet, saying that he wanted to find some big blue luan with my fifth uncle..."

"Oh, I don't know if I will have a chance to meet him again in this life..."

"The emperor's grandfather revealed to me before that he intends to let Zhu Shangbing become the prince. If my aunt is interested, I can let my cousin Qiyu marry Zhu Shangbing. Then the Chang family will have an extra prince and son-in-law!"

Seeing what Zhu Yunxi said, Mrs. Feng immediately showed gratitude on her face.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your care!"

"But the Chang family has received enough favor from the emperor, but they dare not claim the dignity of the prince. As a concubine, I only hope that my daughter will find a family with a small family, and I will be satisfied to live this life safely and smoothly..."

After Feng finished speaking, seeing someone waiting at the door holding a stack of memorials, she hurriedly got up and said goodbye.

"The concubine will not disturb His Highness's handling of government affairs."

"Farewell first."

"I'll see off my aunt..."

"The grandson of the emperor stays behind..."

How could it be possible for Zhu Yunxi to be deterred by the sentence of "staying away", not only personally sent Feng Shi out of the palace, but also enthusiastically said that he would go to Cengfan another day.

Feng returned to the founding mansion and hurried to Chang Sheng's wife.

Chang Sheng's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Tang, has also been paying attention to this matter. Seeing Mrs. Feng, she hurriedly inquired.

"Sister-in-law, what does the emperor's grandson say?"

Feng Shi sat on the chair and drank three cups of tea before speaking out of breath.

"That rebellious girl's fate is saved!"

Upon hearing the words, Tang clasped his hands together quickly, and bowed to God again and again.

"Thank goodness!"

"Let me just say, the emperor's grandson is benevolent, and he will definitely not blame us for this matter..."

When Feng heard this, he interrupted mercilessly.

"Sister and sister, you are now the Duke's wife and the head of our Chang family in the capital, so don't give birth to such thoughts!"

"Although the grandson of the emperor is our nephew, he is also the heir apparent of Ming Dynasty."

"We must respect the emperor's grandson as we treat His Majesty. Only in this way can we ensure the permanent prosperity of the Chang family!"

"This matter is our fault. We can't bear to deal with that rebellious girl, so we can only be cheeky and ask the emperor's grandson for forgiveness."

"It doesn't matter if the emperor's grandson is benevolent or righteous, it depends on our Chang family's affection. But we have to keep in mind that affection is a thing, use one point for less, and don't cause trouble for the emperor's grandson..."

When Tang heard the words, she hurriedly bowed, and put on an appearance of being educated.

"My brothers and sisters remember the teachings of my sister-in-law. From now on, I will definitely restrain my family and prevent the Chang family from causing trouble to the emperor!"

When Zhu Yunxi was sending Tang away, he immediately summoned the officials of the Ministry of Rites and ordered them to reschedule the examination date and re-examine the northern scholars who failed this time.

Originally, Zhu Yunxi didn't want to take care of this matter, but the person who caused the trouble was his teacher Qi Tai. As a student, he could only bite the bullet and wipe his ass.

Qi Tai hastily agreed, and planned to have a meeting with the people from the Ministry of Rites when he went back to study how to proceed.

However, just as he was about to leave the Government Affairs Hall, Zhu Yunxie suddenly stopped him.

"You guys go on first, leaving Master Qi alone to say a few words."

"promise!"

Qi Tai stood there anxiously, waiting for the emperor's grandson's criticism.

However, to his surprise, after the emperor retreated from the crowd, he did not accuse him of his negligence this time, but approached him and asked in a low voice.

"What is the real level of those people?"

"How many people?"

Qi Tai was taken aback for a moment, and then realized who the emperor grandson was talking about, so he quickly bowed and answered.

"Reporting to Your Highness, I did not deliberately suppress those people."

"Yang Shiqi's knowledge is good, but he is not very good at stereotyped essays, and needs to be tempered."

"Yang Rong and Yang Pu's eight-legged essays are well written, but they have more than enough wiggle room, and their style of writing is not stable enough, which seems a bit frivolous."

"Therefore, when the minister deposed the three of them, all the examiners in the Tribute Court also agreed."

"However, these three are all great talents. As long as they study persistently, they will definitely pass high school in time!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard Qi Tai say this, the guilt towards the few people in his heart suddenly became much smaller.

Later, when he heard that Qi Tai had such a high opinion of the three of them, Zhu Yunxi was even more happy, feeling that he had found a treasure.

"Hi!"

"A few of them are still far behind!"

"Gu is also temporarily cherishing talents, so I want to sharpen them and make their knowledge more advanced!"

Qi Tai hurriedly lowered his head when he heard the words, if he didn't lower his head, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hide his big white eyes.

This disciple of the emperor's grandson is becoming more and more shameless, isn't it just because he dislikes others who say about your royal family, so he deliberately deposed him...

Although Qi Tai was quite slanderous towards Zhu Yunxi, but when he thought that his escape this time was all due to the mediation of the emperor's grandson, he could only bite the bullet and give a compliment.

"Your Highness is wise!"

After Zhu Yunxi sent Qi Tai away, he immediately ordered people to go to the major guild halls in the capital to convey his edict.

Jiangxi Guild Hall.

Although Yang Shiqi was famous for his talent, he did not go to Beijing to take the exam.It was only because he was bewitched that he went to Beijing to speak out in the name of taking the exam.

However, he never expected that the grandson of the emperor would not play his cards according to the routine.

Not only did they create a big dung rain, but they messed up their impassioned and righteous remonstrance.

In the end, they even sent such conscientious spy chiefs as Jin Yiwei to arrest them all and force them to write confessions.

Yang Shiqi has always been a person who keeps his promises, even though he was forced to write a confession by Jin Yiwei, he still happily took part in the imperial examination.

Why do you say happy?
Because although he is famous for his talents, he is not qualified to participate in the examination!
How could he not be overjoyed to get a chance to be a Jinshi in this chance meeting?
However, when the list of candidates was announced, Yang Shiqi's joy suddenly turned into regret, and he even felt guilty towards the emperor's grandson.

Grandson of the Emperor, the students have failed your high expectations!

Yang Shiqi wanted to go back to his hometown sadly on the day he saw the list, but when he heard that the scholars in the north questioned the fraud in the examination room and caused a storm all over the city, he felt lucky again.

If this matter really becomes a big deal and the court reorganizes the exam, wouldn't he be able to take the exam again?
Yang Shiqi stayed in the capital for many days because of this little luck in his heart.

However, when the results of the imperial court's disposition came out, affirming the results of the first examination, not admitting that there was any fraud, and only saying that they would give the northern scholars who failed the ranking another chance, Yang Shiqi was completely ashamed.

He didn't dare to complain about the injustice of the court, let alone face to meet the emperor's grandson, so he could only pack up his burden, ride his beloved little donkey, and embark on the long journey back to Jiangxi.

After Yang Shiqi left the Taiping Gate, he made a special trip to the North Palace, and stood in front of the shabby gate of the North Palace, weeping in his lapel robe.

From his point of view, the North Palace looked gray from a distance, only a few palaces were painted with a layer of vermilion lacquer, and most of the remaining palaces were the original color of blue bricks.

It is said that the cost of building the entire North Palace by the emperor's grandson was only 30 taels, and he couldn't even afford a decent colonnade. All the buildings were made of bricks and stones!

I hate it, but I misunderstood the villain's slander, thinking that the emperor's grandson was cruel and greedy, and wanted to plunder the last copper coins of the gentry!
Thinking of this, Yang Shiqi shook his mouth heavily, then knelt down on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed in the direction of Beigong.

"His Royal Highness, the student is sorry for you, woo woo woo..."

"Students returning home this time, must work hard and strive to pass the exam!"

"This is the only way to live up to His Highness's kindness to the students!"

(End of this chapter)