Resourceful beauty

Chapter 161 Secret Letter
"Why can the second elder sister marry into Wengzhu's mansion, and the fourth elder sister has also become the eldest concubine, and when I come to me, she will be betrothed to a poor student and become a flat-headed lady who doesn't even have a royal order?"

Lying on the ground crying sadly, Fang Ruhui looked up at King Qi with livid face, and Fang Zhengjun Chen Mei behind him who was noncommittal, crying heartbreakingly, "If father hates me so much, why don't you send me to Baiyun Nunnery outside the city to be your aunt. Ye Xing spends every day in the palace to bore father."

King Qi thought that his self-cultivation skills had become better in the past few years, but at this moment, he felt that he couldn't help but want to swear.

In the past few days, he carefully considered the more than 100 students one by one several times, and observed that their ancestors had gone through three generations.

As a businessman, he was worried that Fang Ruhui would be with those vulgar women all day after she married, because she didn't have the background, and she was wronged.

He was a family of scholars for generations, and he worried that nerds would be too pedantic, and would always say "Confucius has a cloud" in everything, and then one would point to the east and the other to the west, and the two would have no common language.

Without a strict father, he was worried that Fang Ruhui would suffer in the future if the mother-in-law was too ruthless, and without a loving mother, he was also worried that there would be conflicts between the young couple and the father-in-law would not be able to persuade her.If you have many brothers, you are afraid that there will be many disputes between sisters-in-law. If you have many sisters, you are afraid that Fang Ruhui will not be able to cope with the large number of sisters-in-law...

King Qi chose the man in the end. His family background was clean. Three generations of his ancestors were in charge of small businesses. His father sat in a local private school after passing the Juren examination.

There is a son and a daughter in the family, the daughter has already been married, and the son is now a Jinshi.

It can be considered that the family style is simple, Fang Ruhui married, as long as she puts her mind to it, it is easy to live a good life.

But now, she despises it.

Most students from poor families can endure hardships and have no connections, so they can only earn their qualifications in the Imperial Academy year after year. In the annual Hundred Officials Examination, if you achieve two high-level excellences, it means you can be promoted to a higher level every six years.

There is an old father-in-law who is King Qi, can he not promote his son-in-law?
By the age of 40 or [-], he might already be a second- and third-rank local official. At that time, whether he wants to be a toubob in the local area, or whether he wants to be transferred back to Kyoto to be a capital official, isn't it just a word from the old man?

Fang Ruhui, was your head kicked by a donkey, or was it filled with paste?

Standing by the door, Chen Mei looked at Fang Ruhui's sloppy appearance without disheveled hair, and she was both angry and laughing.

Turning her head to look at King Qi's angry appearance, Chen Mei sighed secretly, walked up to Fang Ruhui, and tried to persuade her.

First, he talked about King Qi's hard work in the past few days, and then he talked about the benefits of that person. All in all, this marriage looks shabby, but it is actually a benefit inside.

Fang Ruhui listened quietly, but when Chen Mei finished speaking, she stiffened her neck and asked back, "Since it is such a good marriage, I dare to ask why my sister-in-law's family didn't choose such a marriage for you that day, but married you to our Qi family?" Is the palace coming to be the concubine?"

The anger that had been suppressed was aroused just like that, King Qi slapped the table angrily and said: "No one is allowed to persuade her anymore, since she is determined to become a sister-in-law, well, then let her be fulfilled."

With a pale face, he told Fang Zhengjun and Chen Mei to go back to the house and leave her alone. King Qi summoned the butler and asked him to give the foster mother 200 taels of silver and send her back to the House of Internal Affairs.

While sternly telling the people in Fang Ruhui's room, "If she wants to die, let her go. Isn't it easy to have a coffin board? You can be an aunt if you want to. When you think about it, come and send a message. I will immediately arrange for someone to send her to Baiyun Nunnery. "

After finishing speaking, King Qi lifted the curtain and left.

Fang Ruhui was just acting, she expected that King Qi would not be cruel to find such a marriage for her, but now seeing that he really let her ignore her, she immediately lay down on the ground and started crying.

After that day, Fang Ruhui became a lot more honest, but gradually, the word that Fifth Miss lost the prince's favor was also spread among the servants of Prince Qi's mansion. Except for Fang Ruhui's maids and maids in her own room, the others even avoided walking, for fear of getting hurt. Bad luck.

It doesn't matter how Fang Ruhui wants to die, it's just a small stone that fell into the lake of Prince Qi's Mansion, and the waves caused are fleeting. Right now, all the people in the capital are focusing on the palace examination on the ninth day of March. I want to see which young talent wins the Toad Palace this year.

You know, there are many daughters of the right age waiting to be married in the capital, but there is a shortage of these young talents. Now they can take advantage of Chun Wei's efforts to take the future pillars of the court for their own use, which is a rare good opportunity. .

For a moment, the eyes of the noble family were fixed on those students.

The ninth day of March will soon arrive, and the time will be over. All the sixty students who have been notified have passed the inspection at the Shunzhen Gate and entered the palace.

The tedious procedures did not end until noon, and the morning court in Zhaoyang Hall had also ended.

Some students were confident and had already had a good meal before entering the palace, while others entered the palace on an empty stomach because they were nervous and afraid of losing their dignity in front of the palace.

But it wasn't until they each sat down in front of the desks that they realized that it was the same now whether they ate or not. They were only concerned about being nervous, and they didn't care about whether they were hungry or not.

Before it was correct, the examinees got their respective papers and unfolded them. The title was only a short line, "Zhou and Tang Dynasties put more emphasis on the outside and less on the inside, while Qin and Wei put more emphasis on the outside and the inside. How about today's Dayuan?"

In court, several people changed their expressions.

The test questions are obviously completely different from those hinted by the teacher.

The palace examination lasted three hours, before it started, and at the end of Xuzheng, many of them handed in the papers early, and those who handed in the papers could go out with the little eunuch to drink tea in the side hall and wait.

At exactly the right time, the gong sounded as the exam ended, and the people who came out of Zhaoyang Hall were a little complacent and a little downcast.

But no matter what, the palace test is over, and three days later, they will each have their own future.

The few people who failed but were exceptionally selected to participate in the palace examination naturally became the focus of heated discussions among other students, but those few people were not born arrogant, and they did not talk to other people when they left the palace, just like when they came , each found a carriage or went back to the inn on foot.

When Qiu Zongde knew that the test questions had changed, most of the students in front of him felt a little depressed, so he comforted them with soft words and asked them to go back and wait for the good news. Qiu Zongde called the housekeeper and gave some instructions in a low voice.

When it was completely dark, Qiu Zongde heard back.

The test questions are the first of the three questions selected by Emperor Rui'an that day: "The way of the university lies in the clear virtue, the closeness to the people, and the ultimate goodness and righteousness."

But at noon and early in the court, when the court discussed the defense at the border of Dayuan, someone mentioned the different defense attitudes of several countries in the previous dynasty, and then extended a broader meaning. Therefore, on a whim, Emperor Rui'an changed I want to see how these disciples of the emperor think about this question.

It sounds like there is nothing wrong, but Qiu Zongde feels vigilantly that there must be something wrong.

What's wrong?

Thinking about connecting a series of unusual events from year to year, Qiu Zongde was shocked: King Lu returned to Beijing, and then King Qi became seriously ill. Emperor Rui'an's attitude towards King Qi has always been well known to the courtiers. , but this time, uncharacteristically, he personally ordered the imperial doctor to accompany King Qi to the palace to recuperate.

No one else knew what kind of illness King Qi had. How could Qiu Zongde not know?

Mo Luo, who played the Gu, disappeared afterwards. It is said that he hid back to Miao Jiang with his tail between his legs, but is the Gu of Miao Jiang so easy to solve?

King Qi was seriously ill for more than a month, but King Lu returned to Ningbei on the 26th of the first lunar month. Before leaving, King Lu asked the Holy Lord to reinforce Ningbei and help him resist the invasion of the Udar tribe. King Qi recovered from his illness and returned to court, so the Holy Majesty has made up his mind to reinforce Ningbei?
No, there must be something he didn't notice.

People in high positions are suspicious and good at doubting. With such thoughts in mind, Qiu Zongde couldn't calm down no matter what.

At the end of the next morning, Qiu Zongde sent people from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War to send a case file about Wu Lingbo and his party's military supply reserves. Seeing this, Qiu Zongde really panicked.

According to the holy will, Uncle Wuling led a 5-strong army to Ningbei. As usual, the first batch of military supplies allocated by the Ministry of Households was enough for the 10 people to use for three months. However, these items on the accounts of the Ministry of Finance , but enough for [-] people.

What is the Holy Spirit trying to do?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and Qiu Zongde felt a chill down his back.

But the soldiers and horses have already been sent out, and if we check the dispatch order to see how many people have gone, I am afraid that we will not be able to find out, so we can only see if King Lu has noticed anything wrong.

Wrote a secret letter, and Qiu Zongde sent people who believed in it to Ningbei overnight.

After leaving the capital and traveling five hundred miles to Ningbei, the man was robbed and locked up under a black cloth mask.

At that time, in the palace of the King of Lu, a letter from the forward was received, saying that the [-] troops would arrive at the border of Ningbei in two days, and the King of Lu was asked to send someone to meet them and arrange deployment. The King of Lu was very proud.

Seeing that the two lieutenant generals under Uncle Wuling were familiar, King Lu was even more proud.

"Mr. Xun, everything is exactly as you expected. The little emperor was jealous of King Qi and excluded him from the Northwest camp. Now he is not used much. Speaking of which, apart from the title of prince, there is no other place in the court. The little emperor is relieved to use Uncle Wuling. First let him take charge of the Northwest camp, and now he is transferred to Ningbei. Hmph, wait for this king to come and catch him in the urn. Look at the Nine Cities soldier Masina With tens of thousands of people, how capable is it to defend the imperial city."

It seems that he has seen the situation where he led an army to break through the gate of the capital, and King Lu was a little excited to gear up.

Thinking again that the [-] army was a bone that was about to be gnawed down, King Lu put on a humble face again, and carefully discussed with the few relying staff in the study.

The night is getting darker, there are no stars in the sky, and the eyes are pitch black, making it difficult for people to see where they came from, and what they will encounter in front of them.

(End of this chapter)