Empress Huaishu of the Harem

Chapter 29

While talking, there was already the sound of three whips clearing the way outside, we all knew that the holy driver had arrived, and we all fell silent.In a blink of an eye, the emperor's elder brother had already walked to the Empress Dowager's seat, and knelt down to pay respects.The following red cannon officials also kowtowed in the same way, saying thousand years old.

The queen mother is well-informed, but she just said indifferently: "Get up."

The emperor brother was wearing a bright yellow silk dragon robe with a soap base today, and he was indeed formally dressed. He personally helped Princess Zhen, who bowed her knees, and said kindly: "Is it true? I was so happy that I forgot that my aunt came to see the queen today. Should I pay my aunt?"

Concubine Zhen said frankly: "Firstly, the minister's wife cannot afford the emperor's apology, and secondly, what the emperor promised is the empress dowager and not the minister's wife. The compensation is not and should not be to the minister's wife."

The emperor brother just laughed, and the queen mother said: "In front of the emperor and foreign ministers, it is getting more and more out of shape." The tone was a little bit kind, and she looked at several officials and said: "The Ai family has lived in the inner palace for a long time. I don’t know any newcomers in the court, so the emperor should talk to my wife.”

Naturally, the emperor did not dare to be negligent, and immediately pointed to someone to introduce to the queen mother. Just as Su Ling said, the new champion He Muxin is indeed a young man in his 20s, but what is strange is that he can be seen through the screen. He is very mature and stocky , of course, has good facial features, but he doesn't have the suave temperament of a romantic and talented man. Instead, he looks a bit like a farmer.

Thinking of this, I quietly looked sideways at Su Ling, who was originally curious, and sure enough, she couldn't hide the disappointment on her face, which shows that there is still a gap between He Xianggong and the number one scholar in the novel she imagined.However, if this Xianggong He is just unsatisfactory, the second place in the list is simply disappointing: the second place is an old man with gray temples, and at least fifty people can be said. He is in his early years, so even in front of the empress dowager, the first lady of the empire, he still looks radiant; beside him, Tanhua is a middle-aged man, with a lack of energy, but his face is like a monkey.I really don’t know how the officials of the Ministry of Rites are selected (1 note?
The Empress Dowager listened peacefully to the conversation between the imperial brother and several Jinshi, listening to the question and answer, it seemed that the knowledge was not bad, no wonder the imperial brother cherished it.But the few of us all found it boring. If we hadn't been hiding behind the screen and couldn't go out, we would have slipped away a long time ago. It wouldn't be so boring to go to Sister Lingxi to give a lecture.

Brother Huang finished talking about the top three, and called another person: "Lou Guiyuan", thought for a while and said, "Mother, this is No. 6 in the top two this year, the eldest son of the governor of Jiazhou."

Note: The selection of officials in ancient times paid equal attention to virtue, literary talent and appearance.It is difficult for an educated and rich man who is crooked and poorly grasped to become an official.

"The governor of Jiazhou is Qi Buchi's grandson, Lou Xianying." The queen mother suddenly said when she heard the name, as if thinking of something.

Brother Huang was startled, obviously not sure, he glanced at Lou Guiyuan who was standing with his head down, and the latter said very obediently: "The empress dowager is wise, and my father is Lou Xianying. Old General Qi is the great-grandfather of my minister."

It's not too late, this invincible general who shines in the annals of history and swept beyond the Great Wall.My heart was shocked, and I rubbed forward vigorously, wanting to see what his descendants look like.But through the barrier, Lou Guiyuan was blocked by the top three, and he only felt that his facial features were correct, his figure was tall and straight, and he couldn't see his expression at all.

Princess Zhen was obviously interested in him, so she said to the Queen Mother: "I remember that Jiulang said that Qi was not too late to marry a daughter back then, but Emperor Taizong ordered the marriage and wrote an inscription to congratulate him. It's really unexpected that even his old man The great-grandchildren have already come out to take the exam to be an official."

The queen mother also said: "It is very good to be born in a famous family. Your father and grandparents were all officials and relatives, but they were able to become officials by themselves. In the future, you must be diligent in the affairs of the king. Don't lose the reputation of the prominent ancestors behind you."

Lou Guiyuan hurriedly knelt down to thank him and said yes, the queen mother didn't say anything more to him, but just told the emperor some words, and then said: "After talking for a long time, the Ai family is also exhausted, the emperor ordered the ministers to go down. Tonight I Keep your aunt for dinner, don't forget this time."

Brother Huang naturally agreed, seeing that it was indeed getting late, so he left with a few foreign ministers.It wasn't until their footsteps could no longer be heard that the queen mother ordered us to come out, looked at everyone's listless looks, and said with a smile: "I'm a sick old woman, I'm really stuck with you bastards. It's a girl, Xue Po is sick and should be very boring, you little sister has a good relationship, go and tell her jokes."

As if we had received amnesty, we quickly withdrew.

As soon as she arrived at the door, Suling let out a long sigh of relief, and complained: "These sour talents are really talkative, they talk endlessly, and I'm almost suffocated inside."

Jinse said in a low voice: "What you said is really nonsense. Just now, there are only two Jinshi in the list, Jinshi and the first. What kind of scholar, you can make people laugh if you talk about it."

Su Ling said: "Then I'm going to say it, a woman's lack of talent is virtue, what do you do if you know so much?"

I was still thinking about Zhen Zhiping to some extent, so I pretended to intervene unintentionally: "I don't need to say that, I remember when you were young, you were always angry at your brother for thinking you were a girl, and refused to take you to practice martial arts. Why are you so self-satisfied now?" Fallen?"

Sure enough, Su Ling didn't think about it, she didn't take it seriously, and said: "I was angry with him when I was young, and I'm still angry with him now, and put on airs for me as an elder brother on weekdays, how is it now? I don’t know if he’s ashamed or not.”

I didn't see any clichés, so Su Ling complained consciously, and she breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to test: "You don't have to be too angry, your brother is going to join the army blindly, after all, it's not a bad thing. But he himself said yes For what? Is it just because the son has made military exploits?"

Before Suling opened her mouth, Jinse raised her eyebrows slightly, and said in a gentle voice: "Sister Huaishu, I remember that when you were young, as long as you and Zhiping met each other, it would be noisy, but now that you are older, you know how to care about others."

I was startled when I heard this, and hurriedly said with a haha: "Sister Jin is really a stalker, are you afraid that I will bully my cousin, and you are not allowed to ask me." At the same time, I secretly blamed myself for being careless. Rough, but this newly-appointed imperial lady is shrewd and pays close attention to many things, just in case she sees something or thinks something wrong.
Fortunately, Jinse didn't bother with this issue too much, and laughed it off. We continued to walk forward, and when we were about to turn a corner, a person suddenly appeared.We were startled, Ruxiu and several other maids rushed out to scold us, the man was obviously startled too, but he reacted quickly, kneeled down and said, "My minister sees Empress Huaishu." I heard the accent sound familiar Just when she couldn't remember who it was, Su Ling still said, "Meng Shixin, Doctor Meng, why is it you?"

Looking carefully, this person is really Meng Shixin, a surgeon at the Imperial Hospital who was relegated to Mingyuan to work as a veterinarian because of the untimely death of King Qi's son last year.He used to go to the Sanshou Palace to treat Concubine Duanmu and Concubine Mu, so we know each other well. I saw that he was wearing a seventh-rank official uniform. Thinking about what happened in the palace this year, I felt emotional for a while. Liang Duo said, "It's been a long time since the imperial physician, how is it doing recently?"

Meng Shixin just buried his head lower, and respectfully said: "Lao Diji asks, I have always been fine."

(End of this chapter)