Does the entertainment industry still have this kind of operation?

No one in the room spoke for a moment.

The imperial concubine and her mother said: "Go ahead."

The imperial concubine took a sip of tea and said: "The dragon son under the saint's knee died early, and the female relatives are ready to move. Now that I give birth to a little tiger, I am afraid that I will become a target of public criticism."

A Niang nodded and said, "It's inevitable."

"So I need Zhao Mei to stand in a high position." The imperial concubine said, "If she can hold the power, in the future, the world will belong to my son."

The noble concubine had a ferocious smile on her face: "The world belongs to our Lan family."

After the negotiation ended, Prime Minister Right began to mention Zhao Mei many times in court, intending to let Zhao Mei get on the official career as soon as possible, and kept pointing Zhao Mei in secret.

It's a pity that Zhao Mei didn't seem to be interested in this, after listening to those pointers, she still looked dull.

"You have to protect your younger brother." The imperial concubine lay on her side on the beauty couch, said calmly, seeing Zhao Mei's unresponsive expression, she sat up suddenly.

She stared into Zhao Mei's eyes and said, "Our family will prosper and all will suffer. Your younger brother is young, but his future is boundless."

Zhao Mei nodded.

She didn't have any excessive affection for that younger brother. Occasionally, when she saw his younger brother being hugged carefully, she turned her head away.

But once, when she was passing by the backyard, she saw Yan Zhen carefully coaxing Xiaohu.

Zhao Mei suddenly became angry, took two steps forward, and stared fiercely at her poor little companion.

Yan Zhen didn't understand the situation, thought it was Zhao Mei who wanted to hug her younger brother, and raised her hand to pass Xiaohu over.

Zhao Mei didn't know what was going on with her either.

She felt uncomfortable, so uncomfortable that she wanted to hit someone, but the one in front of her was her reading companion, and the other was her brother who couldn't speak.

Zhao Mei didn't know who to beat up for a while.

Similarly, she doesn't know what the source of her anger is, but she just vaguely knows that there is someone here who can make herself very inexplicable.

Years flowed like water, and the minimum age for imperial examinations in Dafeng was set at 15, which happened to be Zhao Mei's current age.

The prime minister asked repeatedly, but the emperor had no other choice, so he asked Zhao Mei to take part in the imperial examination. Unexpectedly, Zhao Mei won the first place in one fell swoop, and entered the hall together with two other talented people from poor families.

After the palace examination, both Zhao Mei and one of them answered well.

In order to show the appearance of impartiality, the emperor hand-picked another person as the number one scholar, and Zhao Mei had to be second.

Zhao Mei went back to her hall.

Yan Zhen stepped forward to comfort: "The content of your answer in today's palace examination has been leaked to the outside world. You are indeed worthy of the 'Eight Fighting Talent', and the content cannot be added or deleted. It is already a perfect state."

Zhao Mei's expression softened: "Did you listen to my answer?"

"Of course I listened." Yan Zhen said, "I agree with everything, but the new top student also has a solid foundation. From the perspective of knowledge, he is very good."

Zhao Mei suddenly turned cold, and asked for no reason after a long time: "What is benevolence and righteousness?"

Yan Zhen was puzzled: "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"You said benevolence and righteousness can touch my heart, but now I don't think it's right." Zhao Mei said.

When she faced Yan Zhen, she always had some strange thoughts. Not getting the first prize did not make her feel sad, but Yan Zhen's praise of the new champion made her feel a little overwhelmed.

She has been a smart person since she was a child, and she has seen many scripts in her grandfather's mansion, so she probably knows what is going on.

This should be the emotion of wanting to spend a lifetime with this person.

Zhao Mei closed her eyes, and after thinking about it, she felt that she should tell Yan Zhen about this.

She opened her eyes and was about to speak.

Yan Zhen touched Zhao Mei's forehead with the back of his hand, and then said worriedly, "I'm probably sick. When I had a fever last time, I felt that I was different from before."

Zhao Mei: "..."

Afterwards, the No. [-] scholar showed his talents even more, and frequently showed his skills in front of the Holy Spirit.

After a successful rescue, the sage was overjoyed and asked, "What reward do you want?"

The number one scholar knelt down and said, "I only wish to follow the Holy Majesty forever."

After hearing this, the emperor felt that the champion was very loyal.

After some consideration, he said to the champion: "It's better to be my son-in-law, what do you think of Princess Xunmei?"

The champion was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

He raised his head, and said after a long time: "The princess is quick-witted, with a radiant beauty, and I have admired her for a long time."

So the edict was issued.

When Zhao Mei heard about this, her expression was not good, and she went back to the house sullenly, and did not come out all afternoon.

The noble concubine was equally angry about this, the number one scholar was just from a poor family and had just entered the court with no background at all, Zhao Mei almost became a useless child when she married that person.

But the order has been issued, no matter how angry she is, she can't resist the emperor's opinion.

At night, when Yan Zhen came back from working outside, he saw Zhao Mei reading an old book, so he went to Zhao Mei's side to grind for her.

Jiji's Zhao Meiling's eyes were gorgeous, like peach blossoms stained by the spring breeze, Yan Zhen looked at it, fascinated.

Only then did she realize that Zhao Mei had grown up, not the little baby who could only spit bubbles when she was young.

At this time, Zhao Mei is already a celestial being, admired by others, she will naturally be admired by others, and with the growing knowledge and appearance of the Eldest Princess, the number of admirers will only continue to increase.

Zhao Mei suddenly asked: "Do you know what happened today?"

This sound brought Yan Zhen back to her senses, and she hurriedly replied, "I know."

Zhao Mei asked again: "What do you think?"

Yan Zhen thought for a long time, and slowly said: "The new champion comes from a poor family, but his gestures are quite polite, so he can be regarded as a good match."

Zhao Mei seemed to snort coldly.

"If I married that number one scholar, what would you do?"

Yan Zhen said respectfully, "Of course it's a generous gift for the princess."

Zhao Mei closed her eyes.

That wasn't what she wanted to hear.

But now the two of them are in the palace, like butterflies with broken wings or withered leaves, how can they have free time to do other things?

Although she has thousands of thoughts in her heart and understands the affairs of the palace, Zhao Mei still does not want to get married.

She asked the court lady to draw her eyebrows and lips for her, and stepped into the Holy Majesty's bedroom with all her black hair, and rejected the emperor's marriage offer face to face.

The emperor was furious, and directly scolded Princess Xunmei bloody, and scolded the prime minister by the way.

He said: "You dare not even listen to my words, why don't you recognize me as a father in the future!"

Zhao Mei swung her sword and slayed herself, she would rather die than marry, and unconsciously shed a few tears.

Tears splattered with blood drops on the ground.

The emperor knew Zhao Mei's temper, so he was even angrier. He called for the imperial doctor to come and save his life, and then left with a wave of his sleeves.

The next night, the emperor gave him a glass of wine.

Yan Zhen was so frightened that the ink in his hand fell to the ground, thinking it was poisoned wine, he stepped forward and resisted.

Zhao Mei didn't take it seriously, and took the glass of wine with one hand, looking like she was going to drink it down.

Yan Zhen quickly grabbed it and drank it for Zhao Mei.

After drinking, she only felt a burning sensation from her throat to her abdomen, like a raging fire.

The eunuch said: "No matter who drinks it, it will be good after drinking it, and our family can do business." He left with a smile.

Zhao Mei tiptoed and stroked Yan Zhen's head: "Keep your head down."

Yan Zhen lowered his head.

Zhao Mei hugged Yan Zhen, wondering what she was thinking.

The night is getting deeper and deeper.

Yan Zhen gradually became out of breath, she was filled with grief, thinking about the past few lives for a while, and thinking about not serving her parents in this life.

Tears welled up from the corners of her eyes, which were licked clean by Zhao Mei in an instant.

Yan Zhen felt hot all over her body, her hands, feet and face were as hot as a charcoal fire.

"What's wrong with me?" Yan Zhen kept thinking, she felt that something was wrong with her.

How could the usual self have such chaotic thoughts, what she thought about every day was to eat, eat, sleep and sleep, but now, she was eager to be embraced by Princess Zhao Mei.

A few days ago, Yan Zhen peeped at the banquet of the female officials, and saw the women hugging and comforting each other, but they were women from irregular places.

How could the eldest princess let herself be defiled by such an out-of-this-world person?

It's really outrageous.

She pushed Zhao Mei away, but Zhao Mei fell back up again. Yan Zhen felt that her clothes were being stripped off gradually, and the cold air outside touched her skin, making her tremble with fear.

this is not right.

Yan Zhen said to herself over and over again.

The person on the body is so lingering: "I'm afraid that what your Majesty gave is not an ordinary thing, don't move any more, let me help you."

"No..." Yan Zhen opened his mouth, and found that all he uttered were sweet and greasy words, and he was blocked after he uttered a single word.

It should be the eldest princess who is helping me.

——This little white-eyed wolf raised by himself.

Thinking of this, Yan Zhen suddenly felt relieved, and felt a lot more relaxed. He lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.

Inside the room, there was the faint sound of her panting slightly.

……

Early the next morning, Yan Zhen's bones seemed to be falling apart and he couldn't move.

She was lying on the bed listening to people chatting outside.

The two maids chatted: "Last night, Zhuangyuan Lang blew cold wind at the door all night, and he was only discovered this morning. It seems that he was froze and can only rest."

Another person said: "No, I don't know how he appeared at the door, and he didn't say anything. It scared me to death."

The emperor's mind is clearly revealed.

After hearing this, Yan Zhen understood, she thought quite leisurely: So the gift was not poisonous wine, but aphrodisiac wine...

Fearing that he wanted something to happen to the eldest princess and the first scholar, they justifiably married each other.

It's a pity that for some reason, the number one scholar squatted at the door all night.

I probably heard someone else in the room, so I felt embarrassed to come in.

Yan Zhen felt that the number one scholar was really pitiful.

After her body recovered, she went to the Zhuangyuan's mansion to visit her.

The number one scholar was a man of integrity, He Yanzhen said bluntly: "I did hear that day."

Yan Zhen was speechless.

"However, I am not a villain, so I will not threaten you with this." The champion said, "Please rest assured."

Yan Zhen said: "My affair with Princess Xunmei that day was nothing more than an accident, and I'm already an adult. When the princess leaves the palace and builds a house by herself, I can retire."

"You don't need to talk too much." The number one scholar said, "On the day of the marriage, I met the princess in the backyard. After talking a few words at that time, I gave up the idea. Even if the princess didn't refuse the marriage, I would do it."

Yan Zhen was puzzled: "Why?"

"There is someone else in her eyes." Zhuangyuan lowered his head and took a sip of tea, "It's just that I didn't expect that person to be—"

Before the champion finished speaking, Yan Zhen murmured: "The princess actually has someone in mind? I don't know who has this blessing."

The number one scholar almost dropped the teacup in his hand.

Yan Zhen helped to pour another cup of tea, and the two chatted a few words about knowledge, as if they had met very late.

It's time for lunch, it's time for Yan Zhen to rush back to the palace and say goodbye first.

She bought two candied haws on the way.

On the way back to the hall, I saw Xiaohu, and she handed over one of the candied haws and asked, "How is your studies?"

After taking a bite of the hawthorn, Xiaohu said without energy, "I don't want to learn."

"The Guozijian has a lot of homework, just pick a few." Yan Zhen said.

"I'm not interested." Xiaohu's voice was childish, but his voice had a sense of vicissitudes.

Yan Zhen asked with a smile, "Did you get bullied in class?"

"You don't understand." Xiaohu shook his head and said, "Anyway, no matter how I learn, I can't compare to you and sister."

Yan Zhen was about to comfort her when she saw Zhao Mei not far away.

In fact, Zhao Mei had already seen the two of them.

She was not happy that Yan Zhen was so close to someone else, even if that person was her own younger brother.

She walked over, looked at the pouting Xiaohu, and at the smiling Yan Zhen, stretched out her hand, took the remaining candied haws, and strode away.

Never said a word.