The concubine is enchanting: the favorite princess

Chapter 298
Hearing what Yuan Tuo said, Feng Yao didn't get angry, instead he asked with a smile: "So, you don't want to?"

Although Yuan Tuo was kneeling, he still straightened his back and said, "Yuan Tuo has heard for a long time that the eldest princess, Mingde, is more heroic even though she is a woman; but the respect in his heart is not the love between men and women. If the eldest princess insists on choosing Yuan Tuo as her son-in-law, Then...then Yuan Tuo has no choice but to give up the opportunity of the spring test, and come to the spring test after the eldest princess chooses a son-in-law. This is a crime of disrespect, and I ask the emperor to punish it; but the eldest princess wishes, Yuan Tuowan It's impossible."

Yuan Tuo's words really made everyone present break into a cold sweat for him.At the same time, some people felt sorry for him.Even among the other disciples who went to the hall with him, there were people who showed envy, as if they felt that it was unwise for Yuan Tuo to reject the eldest princess in public.Or some people began to hope with all their hearts, hoping that Feng Yao would be able to change someone else, maybe that person would be himself?

Feng Yao smiled and nodded to Yuan Tuo.Then he turned to the emperor and said: "Royal father, even a commoner knows that the purpose of this spring examination is to select talents for the country, so how can Yao'er take away the pillars of the country for his own selfishness? Royal father also said that Yao'er went to school It was too hasty to choose a son-in-law once, and now in this hall, marriage can't be treated as a trifling matter. So Yaoer is right to refuse, and begged the emperor to take back the sacred order. This year's spring exam, just concentrate on selecting candidates , Yao Er's marriage is a big issue, it would be better to ask him."

At this moment, after hearing what Feng Yao had said, the emperor and all the ministers knew why Feng Yao suddenly wanted to ask Yuan Tuo about this matter.

However, everyone secretly admired Feng Yao's courage and vision.Just imagine how it is possible to conclude that this Yuan Tuo is not a villain who is greedy for glory and beauty based on one side and one observation?If Feng Yao made a wrong bet, and Yuan Tuo agreed as soon as he opened his mouth, I am afraid that Feng Yao's new son-in-law will have to do it.

But what Yuan Tuo said, it is true that he has great ambitions in his heart. He is not afraid of the powerful, nor is he greedy or clinging.

The emperor nodded and smiled, and his tone was a little more relaxed: "Yuan Tuo is a talent, these words have saved Yao'er from the siege, and also won glory for himself. If my guess is right, Yao'er can kill two birds with one stone. Isn't this the candidate for the flower? , could it be Yuan Tuo?"

Feng Yao answered loudly: "Father Huang Shengming, Yao'er really has this intention."

Feng Yao had already made two plans.If Yuan Tuo is really a gentleman, upright and sincere, and sincerely contributes to the country, then he refuses his offer to recruit a son-in-law, but he can win a top three Tanhualang.

But if Yuan Tuo is really the kind of petty person who longs to become a son-in-law and rise to fame and wealth from then on, then this Tanhua will definitely not belong to him.

What's more, even if the emperor specifies the marriage, it cannot be violated.But Fengyao, as the eldest princess, accepted you to be the son-in-law in person, but behind the scenes, there are thousands of ways to make you, the son-in-law, unhappy, live like a year, and even make life worse than death.

Now that it is easily resolved, Feng Yao is happy, the emperor is satisfied, and even Yuan Tuo has seized the best chance for himself.

Only that old General Chu's complexion is not so good-looking, this matter is far from what he expected.It is even more annoying that he failed to complete the prince's secret instruction.

Now that the top three have been decided, there are no more jokes.It was only then that the ministers remembered the wooden box that Feng Yao brought up with the test papers.Qi Qi looked over, hoping that Feng Yao would show off this treasure, and they were also surprised.

Having solved his crisis just now, Feng Yao is in a very good mood now.Seeing that all the ministers looked at the small sandalwood box he had brought before, they stopped playing riddles.He picked up the box directly and tore off the seal on it.

But when Feng Yao opened the small box, everyone looked into the box, and some people's expressions suddenly changed.

Even the emperor couldn't help saying curiously: "Yaoer, these notes are..."

"Father is too far away, so I must not be able to see clearly. These notes are all written with words on them, and they are all names. Some have one name, and some have two or three. As for who wrote it, Yaoer actually do not know either."

Feng Yao's slender hands squeezed a piece of paper out of it, but he didn't open it, only a little ink stain could be seen on the note.Feng Yao didn't want to open it either, and continued: "The person who wrote this note must be familiar with it. Which candidate is recommended in it, where is the ancestral hometown, but it's all written here."

After Feng Yao finished speaking, some people were already trembling, and those who were better had cold sweat on their foreheads.And the emperor's face changed from joy just now to gloomy.Feng Yao said it so clearly, the emperor can naturally think that it should be some ministers who passed the note to Feng Yao through the back door to clear up the relationship.

As for other generous gifts, it goes without saying.The officialdom has always been like this, how can the emperor not know it well.

Now, those who sent the note feel uneasy and have reached the point of resigning themselves to their fate.Just waiting for Feng Yao to pass the box to the emperor, and to tell who walked through the back door, it would be a crime of malpractice for personal gain.

But to everyone's surprise, Feng Yao put the note in his hand back into the box.Immediately before everyone came back to their senses, they took out a fire pocket from their sleeves, blew it with a "huh", and threw it into the small sandalwood box.

When the paper encounters an open flame, it immediately catches fire.Although there were not many papers and the flame was not big, the box was burned for a stick of incense.

When everyone stared at the full box of evidence being burned, some people breathed a sigh of relief, and the huge rock in their hearts fell to the ground; some people didn't see the suffering of their colleagues who had been at odds in the past, and secretly regretted it.

The emperor's brows furrowed more and more, and he asked sharply: "Yao'er is doing this, what is your intention? Father originally thought that you were going to clarify the evidence and clear up this officialdom. Why are you just throwing a fire now, and will Are these filthy things covered up again?"

Feng Yao fanned the scattered smoke with his sleeve, turned his head to look at the ministers with palette-like complexions, and knelt down with a "plop".Loudly said: "Yaoer doesn't want to take this opportunity to eradicate dissidents; she just wants to remind some adults that some things can only be missed once, and they must never be wronged again in the future. Yaoer also asks Forgive me, my father, and let those ministers who handed me the note go. This is a misdemeanor in the officialdom, and it needs to be cleaned up, but it needs to be dealt with from the root cause, and the most corrupt and filthy person is dealt with. .”

(End of this chapter)