The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

Meng Wenyao opened her mouth, then sighed and shut it. She still had to say some random things.

"Maybe it's due to spring sleepiness and lack of energy."

Mother Meng looked at Meng Wenyao's complexion, which was white and rosy. She knew that her daughter was not in bad health, so she stopped mentioning it.

"Chunwei has already passed the exam. Do you know how the emperor determined the ranking? Has your brother won the Jinshi?"

After being immersed in his own grief all day, Meng Wenyao finally noticed that the Spring Festival was over. .

But considering Meng Shuyan's knowledge, becoming a Jinshi should not be a problem.

"Mother, you have to believe that my brother will definitely get the Jinshi. The results will be released in a few days, right? Just wait and see. For this matter, if I ask the emperor, doesn't it appear that I want to interfere in the imperial examination?"

Meng's mother just found an excuse to chat with Meng Wenyao, but she didn't really want to know Meng Shuyan's ranking in advance.

She smiled lightly and said: "You already have two children, and your brother is not engaged yet. In the past, other families stayed away from us because of Xie Baoyue. Now you have become the emperor, and your brother has become the uncle of the state. You don't know How many people broke through the door and came to our house to get married."

"I was thinking that if your brother wins the Jinshi, I will let your brother go out and find a suitable girl to marry."

"If you don't get Jinshi, you will have to study in the academy for at least three more years. Then you will have to choose a marriage in the capital. I can't kick out all those who come to me. I have to take a good look and find a suitable one. "

"There's no rush then."

Meng Wenyao smiled and said: "After releasing the list, it's the same as choosing carefully."

"How can it be the same? If the list is released, there will be more than 200 Jinshi and fellow Jinshi at one time. The girls will have more to choose from. If all the good ones are picked away, they still have to strike first."

Seeing Meng's mother's anxious look, Meng Wenyao said with a smile: "Brother is just a weakling this year, so there's no need to be so anxious."

Mother Meng glared at Meng Wenyao and blurted out: "Are you worried that you have to wait until your brother is thirty?"

After saying that, she realized something was wrong and hurriedly added: "I didn't mean to ridicule the emperor's old age to have children, but you have to be considerate. When people get older, they have to have children, and so do you. Take good care of yourself while the emperor is still young. , hurry up and have another one, otherwise the emperor will grow old in the future..."

At this point, Meng's mother looked around and whispered: "The emperor is not in good health. If you don't take advantage of his good health to have more children, if he cannot have children in the future, you will only have a prince." If something happens, you won’t even have time to cry.”

Meng Wenyao listened to these rebellious words and took a deep breath, thinking about the infant mortality rate in ancient times.

"Don't worry, mother, I will have the opportunity to ask the emperor how high my brother ranks."

While they were eating, Meng Wenyao tentatively said: "Your Majesty, I don't mean to pry, but if my brother wins the Jinshi, I have to prepare gifts in advance. Can you tell me if my brother has won the Jinshi?"

For the first time in so many days, Meng Wenyao was interested in things outside her own body. Xie Ningxuan knew that Meng's mother had made the right decision to enter the palace this time.

He smiled and said: "His writing, writing, talent and learning are all top-notch, especially his appearance. What do you think of Yao'er giving Tanhua a gift?"

"Not good, not good."

Meng Wenyao hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Because I have become the queen, and my grandfather and father have been promoted step by step. If my brother is in the imperial examination, it is really easy for others to say that the emperor is partial. The imperial examination is an important matter for the country. Let alone an ordinary Jinshi, he is my brother. It doesn’t matter whether you fail the exam or not. Your Majesty, please don’t indulge yourself for the sake of your concubines.”

Putting down his chopsticks, Xie Ningxuan took Meng Wenyao's hand and said seriously: "I am not doing it for you, I am doing it for the prince. Few of our emperors in the past have lived to be 50. I am already 30 this year, and the prince is less than one year old. If I were to leave when I was over forty like my ancestors, the prince would only be a teenager at that time, so I would be really worried."

"Promoting your mother's family is also to cultivate a supporter for the prince, so I will definitely promote your father and brother vigorously. If anyone thinks that I am partial, then let them talk about it. I am partial. I don't know how to survive. When the day comes, I will prefer you every day.”

Meng Wenyao was moved for only a moment, and suddenly realized that Xie Ningxuan might not have a few more years to live, and she still had a lot of unfinished tasks of having children.

The complaints caused by Xie Baoyue slowly dissipated at this moment. Giving birth to a child is the right thing to do!

A few days later, Chunwei released the results, and Meng Shuyan ranked 78th among the Jinshi. Although his ranking was not very good, it was precisely because of this that many people knew that the emperor was not partial, otherwise he would not be hanging on his tail.

Those who wanted to marry the Meng family were even more excited at this time. Not only did Meng Shuyan have a strong backing, but he also had strength himself. He was not just in vain, he was a good husband that was hard to find even with a lantern.

When everyone went to Meng's house to stop people, they found that Meng Shuyan had been sent to Beijing, and everyone couldn't help but sigh.

Fortunately, Dalang of the Meng family is only 20 years old. He will return to Beijing in three years to report on his work, and it will not be too late to discuss marriage.

Meng Shuyan didn't know how many girls' marriages had been delayed for three years since he left.

Three years later, when Meng Wenyao met Meng Shuyan in the palace, she had already given birth to the third and fourth princes, and Meng Shuyan was still a picky son.

"Brother, didn't mother ask you to find a girl outside who is simple-minded and doesn't admire power?"

Meng Shuyan said helplessly: "Empress, the place where I work is far away from the capital, and people are not all fools. They know that I am the uncle of the state, and they will not pounce on me. It is really difficult to find someone who does not admire power. ”

"Besides, I have been the uncle of the state for the rest of my life. To blindly let others not value my identity is to force myself."

Meng Wenyao was speechless for a moment, but Xie Ningxuan strode in and agreed: "This is exactly the reason. This identity cannot be lost. Just face up to your identity. It is just right for me to see the Taifu's daughter. What do you think, brother-in-law?"

"Master?"

Meng Wenyao asked curiously: "Didn't the Taifu just pass away and there is a new Taifu?"

Xie Ningxuan nodded with a smile: "The prince will go to school at the age of five. I will make the daughter of whose daughter my brother-in-law likes the title of Taifu."

"The emperor dotes on my brother too much." Meng Wenyao somewhat disagreed.

"The prince is giving his uncle a good father-in-law."

Meng Wenyao knew that these days, Xie Ningxuan was constantly trying to build connections for the prince, and was not afraid that the prince would form his own party.

Now I still want to make Meng Shuyan’s father-in-law his father-in-law. Is this to encourage Meng Shuyan to rely on his relatives to form cliques for personal gain?

No, I need to have a good talk with Xie Ningxuan tonight. When my relatives are useful, they are really useful, but once they become big, they will also become a constraint for the imperial power in the future.