The prince does not fight for the heir

Chapter 11
"...The candidates from the fourth brother's side are all very good, all of whom are capable of both civil and military skills. The most powerful one is Chen Li, the grandson of the Duke of Zhenguo. He took the third place in the literary test and the second place in the military test. Truly capable of both civil and military skills." Yoon Zuo finally concluded.

"However, the candidates on my son's side are not bad. Fu Yuchen from Jingbei Hou's family won the first place in the literary test, and Cheng Defang from Yiguo Duke's family also won the first place in the military test. Unfortunately, Fu Yuchen's martial test is a little bad for these two, and Cheng Defang Wen The test is even worse, but Xie Yucheng has a balance of civil and military skills, only a little worse than Chen Li."

Concubine Xie smiled: "The emperor likes Xie Yucheng?"

Yun Zuo shook his head, and continued with some amusement: "Don't look at Fu Yuchen's martial arts test, but my son can see that he has the help of Zhang Chuyang, the youngest son of the Ministry of War, and even the master of the martial arts test. The greetings are quietly improving his grades. But my son likes his writing quite a lot, and he deserves to take the first place in the writing test."

Concubine Xie's eyes flashed: "So, the emperor prefers the son of the Fu family?"

Yun Zuo thought for a while and said, "Xie Yucheng and Fu Yuchen are fine. The son has no particular preference, and it's all up to the mother and concubine."

After dinner, the two mother and son chatted for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Yun Zuo just said goodbye and left.

Concubine Xie Guifei looked out of the hall until her son's back was no longer visible, then she asked softly, "Mother Zhao, what do you think about this reading with me?"

Zhao Mama is the old man of her natal family that Concubine Xie brought into the palace from her natal family. She is her mother's most trusted domestic servant, and she can be regarded as the personal nanny who watched her grow up since she was a child. Shrewd and eloquent, the most trustworthy.

She accompanied the two masters all the time, but she never said a word, she had no sense of presence at all, until Concubine Xie Guifei asked, she took a few steps forward, smiled and replied in a low voice: "If your highness wants your highness to do it with peace of mind in the future?" A happy prince must not choose Xie Jiazi who is both civil and military."

Concubine Xie's eyes flashed a flash of surprise: "Yes! The four princes have both humanities and military skills, and my son can't challenge him. What's more, the Xie family has many officials in the court. This is really dreadful, and we must not Then choose a companion among the descendants of the Xie family!"

"It's just..." Concubine Xie was a little puzzled: "I sent someone to inquire, and the son of the Fu family's civil and military achievements are not considered top-notch. How come he won the first place in the civil examination this time? It's really unexpected?"

Zhao Nanny chuckled: "Since ancient times, there has been no number one in prose. It is inevitable for these young people to be nervous when they enter the palace for the first time. After a short period of time, Fu Jiazi has performed well by chance. It is not impossible to get the first place."

"And don't forget, the Fu family's appearance is outstanding. This is the first time their teachers and students meet. Scholars like to judge people by their appearance. It is only natural to appreciate people with outstanding appearance. Because of their outstanding appearance during the palace examination, those who come from behind are the ones who come from behind. less?"

Concubine Xie nodded again and again: "It makes sense! Mommy always sees things so clearly!"

"Your Majesty, I'm overwhelmed!" Zhao Momo smiled.

Concubine Xie felt a little happy when she thought about it: "The Holy Majesty is the most important talent, and he must not be inferior in literature and martial arts. I thought it would be difficult to persuade the Holy Majesty to choose a not-so-good companion for the emperor. Even if he was slightly worse than Xie Yucheng in the martial arts test, but with the results of this literary test, it is much easier for the Holy One to appoint him as a companion!"

"Yes!" Zhao Mama said jokingly: "It can be seen that compared with Xie Jiazi, His Highness is more interested in Fu Jiazi, and we will get along more harmoniously in the future. .”

Just at this time, Eunuch Zheng, the great eunuch of Qianming Palace, who was sent by Emperor Yuan'an to Yanning Palace to inquire about the selection opinions of the accompanying readers, arrived. Concubine Xie wrote a short statement of her choice of Fu Yuchen and the reasons for choosing Fu Yuchen, and handed it to the other party. .

In the palace, there is a new regulation jointly formulated by the empress dowager and the empress. There must be at least five days in each month including the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year.

But in fact, the emperor often does not strictly abide by this regulation. Even with the empress, it is difficult to see the emperor outside of the first and fifteenth day of the new year. Concubine Xie has not seen the emperor for a long time.

Seeing the eunuch next to the emperor take the note and leave quietly, Concubine Xie Guifei couldn't help but sighed softly.

Zhao Nanny explained softly: "Your Majesty, the way to keep in good health is to think less and think less."

"I know, the Holy Majesty always remembers the Empress Yuan in his heart, and those of us don't really matter much..." Concubine Xie Guifei smiled helplessly: "Fortunately, I still have the emperor, as long as the emperor is well, I can be happy in the future with peace of mind." My lord, this life will not be a loss."

The Qianming Palace is divided into front and rear halls, the back is the sleeping palace, and the front is the Qinzheng Hall. It is the place where Emperor Yuan'an used to review memorials and summon his courtiers.

In the Qinzheng Palace at this moment, Emperor Yuan'an, who is nearly fifty years old, with gray temples, but still tall and straight, is at his desk dealing with the memorial. Circle and write a few words.

When Eunuch Zheng came in, the little eunuch who waited on the pen and ink still stood quietly by the side without daring to show his atmosphere.

Emperor Yuan'an stacked a memorial that had just been reviewed by his hand, raised his eyes and looked at Zheng Ze: "Have you collected everything?"

"Yes!" Zheng Ze bent forward and handed over all the concubines in his hand about the accompanying readers of their princes and princesses.

Emperor Yuan'an flipped through the articles one by one, and came across Concubine Xie, slightly surprised: "The concubine chose the son of the Fu family for Liu'er? How could it not be the son of the Xie family... eh? Master Ji won the first prize in the essay examination of the Fu family, how much praise does Master Ji have? "

"His Xie family has been scholarly for generations, but Xie Jiazi lost in the literary test?" Emperor Yuan'an was surprised. He had already received the results of the literary test submitted by Jize, which recorded the final test results of all the candidates, but He really didn't look carefully.

Zheng Ze responded with a smile: "Returning to Your Majesty, Fu Jiazi really performed well in the essay test this time. The words of a young man are exciting to read."

"Oh?" Emperor Yuan'an showed a little interest: "Take the examination paper."

Zheng Ze seemed to have been prepared for a long time, turned around and took the answer sheet from the other side of the bookshelf along with the results of the literary examination submitted by Jize, and took out the answer sheet belonging to Fu Yuchen from it, and presented it to Emperor Yuan'an .

Emperor Yuan'an is known as an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, but in fact he was the emperor on horseback. I didn't intend to take a look at it, but it was an exception at this time.

Emperor Yuan'an glanced at Fu Xuechen's <Chun Mian Unaware of Dawn>, and was noncommittal, but regarding the answer to the topic of youth, Emperor Yuan'an really admired it after reading it: "The youth is rich, the country is rich, and the youth is strong, the country is strong... ... Well said! No wonder Xie Jiazi lost."

Shaking his head, Emperor Yuan'an smiled: "At first, I thought that deposing the Xie family son and forcefully selecting the Fu family son would feel sorry for the noble concubine and Liu'er. Now it seems that the Fu family son is not too bad. It is smart for the noble concubine to choose him."

Emperor Yuan'an first put down Fu Xuechen's examination papers, and after reading all the concubine's notes, he knew it well, and immediately ordered Zheng Ze: "Okay, draw up the decree, and Chen Li, the young grandson of the Duke of Zhen, will enter the palace to accompany the fourth prince Yunzhen." ...Fu Yuchen, the eldest son of the Marquis of Jingbei, entered the palace to accompany the sixth prince Yunzuo..."

(End of this chapter)