fake prince

Chapter 399 Very Young Child
"Tianwei is unpredictable, although this master is easy to talk, he is also difficult to predict."

Regardless of Gui Junxi's thoughts, King Lu already understood it in his heart.

"Oh, if you don't enter the jade certificate, you will be so angry. It seems that Su Ziji is indeed my elder brother's son."

Looking at Su Ziji who had gone away, King Lu seemed to see the prince he had seen and remembered when he was a child. At that time, the prince was as far away as the bright moon in the sky, but he was young and ignorant, and his status was not high. Only seen it a few times from a distance.

Now more than ten years have passed, and he saw the prince's grown-up son in this situation, and his mood is really amazing.

Thinking of King Qi and King Shu's discoloration when they saw it, King Lu suddenly thought about it, and gradually his expression became serious. A congratulatory gift to the Su residence."

Gui Junxi thought that King Lu had accepted his opinion, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and replied: "Yes, I will do it right away, there will be no mistakes."

King Lu saw that he hadn't realized it yet, so he nodded with a smile, but thought to himself: "The two elder brothers, King Qi and King Shu, are much older than me, and they preemptively strike, and their wings are gradually full."

"As a result, there is almost no place for me to insert an awl above the court hall."

"If so, where is my chance?"

"Su Ziji is my eldest brother's son. It is impossible to recruit him into a wing, but it is possible to make him a pawn and disrupt the original confrontation between the North and the South."

"I can give him a push, not only to get his gratitude, but also to benefit."

For latecomers, a stable order is the most terrifying, and only when it is in chaos can they take advantage of the opportunity. When Lu Wang thought about this, he opened the folding fan with a "snap" and shook it slowly.

Pixiang Palace

Concubine Wu was leaning on the soft couch, watching the female officials and some court ladies coming and going in front of her, counting the inventory in the private treasury.

Because of being favored and rewarded many times, Concubine Wu has a lot of stock in these years.

Just wearing the decorations of the Fragrance Palace, you can often change it according to your heart. Now, holding your cheeks, watching the maids holding the brochures, counting the boxes of jewels, heads, and pairs of jade bracelets, Concubine Wu Occasionally, he would point to one or two of them and ask them to send them directly to the princess mansion.

She has only one daughter, Princess Xinping, and she loves her very much. She is never stingy with accessories like this kind of woman, but she will share some of them with her daughter if they are good.

Because of the assassination, Princess Xinping was frightened. Although the emperor gave things to comfort her, as a mother and concubine, she still felt sorry for her inability to call friends recently.

But even so, thinking of Xinping's aggrieved appearance, Concubine Wu couldn't help but shook her head and smiled.

This child has always been very playful, and in the eyes of outsiders, he may be a person who is easy to change his mind, but as a mother and concubine, she knows that this child's stubbornness also gives her headaches.

"As expected, Su Ziji is really talented, and he was selected as the No. [-] scholar. He is so young and handsome, and has the title of No. [-] scholar. It is not a disgrace to marry Xinping to him."

"I just don't know if the emperor is willing."

But thinking about it again, this dynasty cherished talents, and when the country was founded, it was also to win over nobles, and once married a princess to the son of nobles, but it was not free from real power.

This kind of rule has continued to this day, so that the son-in-law can continue to do things in the Zheng Dynasty without avoiding suspicion.

A number one scholar who marries a princess becomes the son-in-law of the emperor, and can continue to be an official and do things instead of just leading a false job. This is simply good and has no harm.

Concubine Wu felt that the emperor cherished talents and would not object.And Su Ziji, who has gained great benefits from his work, shouldn't refuse.

Even in terms of appearance, Princess Xinping is very beautiful, and she is much better than Su Zi's wife from Xiaojia Biyu.

Not to mention, this power, status and the help that can be given.

Just as she was thinking about it, a female official came in and made the Wanfu salute: "Your Majesty, someone from the Imperial Study Room reminded me that the Emperor will come to Pixiang Palace for dinner soon."

This was something the emperor acquiesced to. Whenever he decided in advance which concubine he was going to eat or sleep overnight, he would send someone to inform him, so that the other party had time to prepare, and he could enjoy it directly when he arrived, without having to wait any longer.

"Hurry up and get ready." Concubine Wu was delighted when she got the news.

During this period of time, the time spent by the emperor in the harem has also been reduced a lot. Even when he arrives in the harem, he mostly goes to sit with the queen, and doesn't spend much time in the concubine's palace, let alone eat with the concubine. He is busy with things and is gradually aging His body made the emperor spend much less time in the harem.

But now, as soon as he finished his imperial examinations, he went to Concubine Wu's palace first, which was of course a way of showing face.

"Order, let the small kitchen cook some refreshing side dishes. Besides, I will also send a jar of the plum wine brewed earlier."

"Yes, madam!"

Don't look at it as an ordinary side dish. If it is cooked carefully, it is actually more energy-intensive and more luxurious than a big dish, and it tastes refreshing. Eating is the most appropriate.

Sure enough, with the sound of "The emperor is here", Concubine Wu greeted her. The warm-colored clothing and fresh makeup softened the emperor's eyes a lot. When he saw a table of refreshing dishes during the meal, he nodded his head.

"Those who know me love my concubine too." The emperor took a sip and felt refreshed, and the irritability that had arisen due to the events of the previous court slowly calmed down.

Seeing that the trace of anxiety that the emperor had originally had gradually calmed down after eating, he also became much gentler when talking to her.

Concubine Wu couldn't help but feel secretly proud.

Managing the mind of the emperor is a science, what does the emperor have?
Being pampered and pampered is the worst thing. The emperor is not only a man, but also a king. Order is in his best interest. Therefore, as long as you see something that breaks the rules, it will kill your love and affection, so she has always been careful and never overstepped. .

And blindly docile is not enough, he is the emperor, who is not docile?

The word "family", gentle and warm, is the way for her to prosper forever.

According to my experience of being a concubine for more than ten years, now I can slowly insert the topic and say what I want to ask.

So, when she talked about Princess Xinping, she sighed helplessly: "The concubine also has a headache recently. When it comes to raising a child, when she was young, she was afraid that she would be hot and cold, and that she would bump into each other all the time. Be careful, this child is grown up, I thought he should be sensible, but unexpectedly, he is even more worrying than when he was young, hey!"

The emperor laughed when he heard about the assassination of Princess Xinping, he was naturally angry when he heard about it, but he later heard that after this incident, Xinping became honest, and he couldn't help but find it funny.

"Xinping is always a brave girl. When this happened, she knew that the outside is not as safe as in the palace. She should have learned her lesson. I think that if she goes out in the future, she will not be so careless again. Looking at it this way, it might not be a good thing.”

"What the emperor said is true." Concubine Wu responded with a smile, and poured the emperor a glass of wine at the same time.

The plum wine was not strong, but rather appetizing. It was okay for girls to drink it, and the emperor didn't mind drinking a few more glasses.

But just as he was picking up his wine glass and taking a sip, he heard Concubine Wu suddenly mention the matter of the imperial examination.

"Your Majesty, I heard that this year's No. [-] Scholar is a very young child, less than twenty?"

The emperor nodded: "Exactly, the number one scholar has just turned 17 years old, and he is the Xie Yuan of this session of Guangling Province."

(End of this chapter)