Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 92: Pleasing to Kill (Second Update)

"Mr. Mei, is this your consort?"

"Master Li, the consort must be you, right?"

"Hey, where is that country boy? Why hasn't he come out yet?"

"..."

Although these people who were waiting for news did not dare to block the road, they leaned over and shouted from a distance.

Their relatives and friends, or those who bet on them to win, all believe that they can win.

However, no one answered their questions. Both Song Lian and Li Shanchang had gloomy faces.

This situation makes people feel bad when they see it.The lively atmosphere just now suddenly weakened a lot.

On the contrary, it was the people on Zhang Yifan's side who had always been silent. They looked at each other, and a hint of surprise slowly emerged.Zhu Wu among them, after all, was from Prince Yan's palace, so he boldly asked: "But Zhang Yifan of Liujia Village was chosen as the consort?"

Li Wenzhong, Duke of Cao State, recognized this person from Prince Yan's Mansion because Zhu Di often went to him to escape, and he had a good relationship with his son Li Jinglong.

At this time, when he saw that he was asking, others were afraid that answering would cause trouble for the Grand Master, but he was not afraid. He immediately responded: "That's right, Your Majesty has appointed him as your consort. We'll find out later when he comes out!"

As soon as he finished saying this, for some reason, Li Shanchang and others seemed to walk a little faster, walking towards their sedan.

When the people who were waiting for the news heard this, they were all stunned. The excitement just now seemed to have been cut off with a knife, and it suddenly became very quiet.

However, this sudden silence only lasted for a while, and soon it became lively again, even more noisy.

"How is it possible? Impossible!"

"Could he be the prince-in-law? Is there something wrong?"

"No, he can beat others? Did I hear wrongly?"

"..."

The odds in the casino are there. The probability of Zhang Yifan is obviously very low. How could it be possible that Zhang Yifan was selected as the consort?
For a moment, they all couldn't believe this result.

Even Liu Wu, Zhu Wu and others looked incredulous.They were also in disbelief, not to mention Zheng Jingxue, the first teacher who thought he knew Zhang Yifan!

The characters are written so blindly, how can he be labeled as a prince-in-law?
Hearing their questioning comments, Mei Yin suddenly stopped, turned to look at them, and said loudly and seriously: "Master Zhang's talent is indeed very powerful, and one of his poems has convinced me!"

Having said that, he even recited it in public.

As expected of a famous talent in the early Ming Dynasty, he just read it once and actually recited it word for word with a tone full of emotion.

"...I miss you when I sit, and I miss you when I walk!" After Mei Yin finished reciting, he announced loudly, "As soon as this poem came out, your majesty immediately appointed him as the first prince consort in the Ming Dynasty, and I am convinced! "

After speaking, he turned and left.

For him, he couldn't really tell how good Zhang Yifan's answers were to Zhu Yuanzhang's first and second questions. After all, he was only 16 years old and had not yet experienced them.

However, when it comes to poetry, he is good at it, and he is very confident in judging the quality of poetry.

Besides, Zhu Yuanzhang did not comment on the first and second questions. Therefore, as far as Mei Yin himself was concerned, he believed that the last poem was the most convincing.

Although others might be concerned about the grand master's face, he didn't even care about the emperor's face. He just said it when he thought of it. Naturally, he wouldn't care about the Li family. He directly explained the situation to prove it to Zhang Yifan.

But after he finished speaking, he was immediately pulled away by Song Lian.

The emperor has said that the grand master is narrow-minded, you are still chattering here, do you really think the grand master will do nothing to you?
Although they left, the group of people waiting for the news had not yet come to their senses. Each one of them was still digesting the news that Mei Yin broke.

"Master Mei is the most talented young man in our Ming Dynasty, right? He admires him so much. This poem must be good, right?"

"This is a lyric, not a poem. When Mr. Mei reads it, I seem to see a lovesick woman!"

"Don't talk nonsense, this must be the eldest princess. Do you want to die?"

"It turned out to be a poetry test, and the boy from Liujia Village won. Is he that good? How about comparing him to Fang Xiaoru, Mr. Fang? If Mr. Fang is not married, he might be able to beat them, right?" "..."

When they were discussing, the people on Zhang Yifan's side did not analyze why, but happily accepted the result, and were even afraid to analyze it, because they were afraid that after analyzing it, they would not be able to convince themselves that what they heard was true!
"Mr. Zheng, thank you very much for teaching me well!"

Liu Wu, Tian Dazhuang and others were overjoyed and knelt down to kowtow to Zheng Jingxue.

Zhang Yifan became the consort, which meant that Liujiacun had a backer!
They clearly remembered that when the Li family ran over with the county magistrate, they could make them all kneel down and unable to resist.

The cement workshop has not been opened because they are worried that if it opens to sell cement, people they cannot afford to offend will come looking for trouble.

Now that Zhang Yifan has become the consort, they can also benefit from it!
Even if that wasn't the case, they had watched Zhang Yifan grow up.Zhang Yifan is a grateful person, and of course they will be very happy if there is a good result.

Zheng Jingxue grinned when he heard this. Now he is good and he is qualified to brag.In the Imperial College, he suddenly became one of the most famous supervisors because of this incident.If there is a vacancy in an official position, he will definitely be chosen first.

"Mr. Zheng, hurry up and cash in. Didn't you place a bet?" Zhu Wu reminded him painfully from the side.

At that time, Zhang Yifan reminded him that he had placed a bet, but he felt embarrassed and even hid.At this time, he had the idea of ​​hanging himself.A tenfold reward. You must not mention this to your companions or the mother-in-law at home when you go back, otherwise you will be laughed to death and scolded to death!
When Zheng Jingxue heard Zhu Wu's reminder, he immediately remembered the bet he had made. He would be rewarded tenfold. That was hundreds of Ming Dynasty treasures. His mother was waiting for money to treat her illness, and her father's affairs also needed to be taken care of.

The thought of this made him excited.This money really comes in time!

"I owe him this. I owe him first..."

While Zheng Jingxue was chanting, he ran away regardless of his image.

Tian Dazhuang also ran back to report the news first, while Liu Wu and others continued to wait for Zhang Yifan.In short, everyone is very happy.

………………

On the Li family's side, it's naturally the complete opposite.As soon as he returned to his house, the blind concierge greeted him with a smile, but Li Qi, who was in a very bad mood, slapped him on the ground.

At this time, the entire Li Mansion was trembling with fear.Li Cunyi and his son, who originally came over to ask about the situation after hearing the news, knew the outcome when they saw this scene, and did not dare to provoke them, so they left secretly.

When she got to the lobby and sat down, Li Qi looked at Li Shanchang who sat silently on the main seat with red eyes, and said with hatred, "Father, do you really want to do things for that kid?"

For him, this is the hatred of seizing his wife, and it is a great shame and humiliation for him!The anger in my heart could not be vented in the Forbidden City, so I had been holding it back!
When Li Shanchang heard what he said, he raised his head and stared at him. Suddenly he slammed the table and shouted: "Why did I give birth to such a useless thing like you? My face has been completely embarrassed by you!"

In the imperial competition, if his son was really capable, would it still be like this?
Most people really don't criticize themselves, but are more accustomed to making excuses for themselves.No, when Li Qi heard this, he immediately said unconvinced: "I don't think his poem is anything special, not at all..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Shanchang was already trembling with anger. He pointed at Li Qi and cursed: "At least I didn't make any typos!"

"Huh?" Li Qi was a little surprised when he heard it. What does this mean?
Li Shanchang said with hatred: "Your poem only has a few words? There is even a typo! Fortunately, Your Majesty did not make it public and gave it to me directly. Otherwise, would I still have the face?"

After speaking, he took out the piece of paper from his sleeve, crumpled it up, and threw it directly at Li Qi's face.

In this imperial competition, the emperor really favored his Li family.Li Shanchang knew this well.However, in the end, the boy won. For the first time, he was disappointed with his son.

Li Qi was a little unconvinced. After avoiding it, he immediately picked it up and looked at it. After seeing it, he was speechless.

However, he was still unwilling to give in, and said to his father: "Are we going to let that kid step on our Li family and become famous like this?"

He could already imagine what would happen if the news spread?
Li Shanchang listened and said nothing with a gloomy face.

Zhu Yuanzhang was right about him, he was indeed a narrow-minded person.Especially after he became famous, it was even more difficult to tolerate people other than Zhu Yuanzhang stepping on him.

However, no matter what, after Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Zhang Yifan as his consort, he had already appointed him, so there should be no revenge!

However, if he really didn't take revenge, would he still be Li Shanchang?
No, after listening to his son's question, he just thought about it for a while before he came up with an idea, and immediately said to his son: "Since your majesty asked me to handle it first, then I will do it in a high-standard way, so that your majesty can do it right away." It’s impossible to say!”

"What?" When Li Qi heard this, he was immediately shocked. He stared at his father as if he didn't recognize him. Although he didn't say anything else, his eyes clearly said, are you my father?Or is he your son?It has to be done to a high standard!
How could Li Shanchang not see what he was thinking about his son?At this time, he had regained his composure, but there was still a hint of hatred in his eyes. He lowered his voice, as if a tiger was suppressing his voice and roared: "There is a word, it's called flattery! Just watch it." !”

"What do you mean?" Li Qi didn't understand what he said, and couldn't contact the high-level management and the meaning of this.

Li Shanchang didn't want to explain. This son was indeed too stupid compared to the country boy who was so smooth-talking.However, he is still his son and the eldest son after all. In the end, he explained: "Your Majesty is watching, I can't take action personally. However, we have just founded the Ming Dynasty and there are many arrogant and powerful generals. They praise Zhang Yifan. Naturally, there are people Make trouble for him!"

(End of this chapter)