Rebirth of the only favorite fool

Hongjia's 14th year Qiu Wei's test questions spread quickly after the test.

The Ministry of Rites did not expect that they drafted several test questions after thousands of choices, but in the end they were intercepted by the right minister Xiao Ronglian, and they filled in another particularly surprising test question, which was even selected by Emperor Yu Cheng.

This test question is obviously not what the Ministry of Rites wants.

The central theme can be summed up in one sentence:

Can Dayu State adopt the system of female officials?

After Qiu Wei, the whole Yu country was shocked.

Although Yu State has never had a complete system of female officials, it is not that there are no precedents for female officials to follow.

During the reign of Xuanyou, the first emperor personally approved a woman to enter the imperial court as an official, and this woman was still promoted step by step in the household department, and finally sat on the position of left minister, holding the power as a daughter, which can be called Under one person, above ten thousand people.

This woman is the only female minister since the beginning of the dynasty, known as Han Zuoxiang, Han Ji.

She has another identity, the daughter-in-law of the descendant Xiao family, the wife of Mrs. Xiao's favorite youngest son, and the younger sister-in-law of the current Empress Dowager Xiao.In addition, the Han family she was born in is also the most famous family in Wangjing, and the book knowledge is passed down to the family, similar to the Shen family in Yuncheng, it can be said to be a high-ranking and prominent family.

But a few years before Yu Chengdi Zhou Hao succeeded to the throne, Han Ji was convicted of participating in a rebellion because he was involved in the turmoil of the prince seizing the throne at that time, and the entire Han family was executed.The Xiao family was exonerated because of the meritorious service of Empress Xiao at the time. Before his death, Han Ji reconciled with Master Xiao Ba and broke up with the Xiao family.Unexpectedly, Xiao Ba valued love and righteousness. Although he was forced by the situation and had to reconcile with Han Ji at that time, he missed his wife and became ill after his wife's death, and finally died of a serious illness.Thinking back then, Xiao Ba was also an aristocratic son with light fur and jade belt, and Wangjing was full of red sleeves.

They only left one child, and this child was Xiao Yan.

At that time, Han Ji had systematically proposed a complete set of female official system, borrowed from Jiang Guo's female official system, and reformed it according to the actual situation of Yu State, but it encountered great opposition at that time and failed to implement it successfully.After Han Ji's death, in the past 20 years, no one mentioned the issue of female officials, and there were no female officials in the court.

No one in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty thought that the question of Qiuwei brought up the theory of female official system again.This time, Emperor Yu Cheng resolutely agreed to the test questions proposed by Xiao Youxiang. Those with sharp minds had already begun to smell something different from the past, secretly feeling that the wind direction was about to change.

In this examination, Fu Junhua from Huaicheng was exceptionally selected by Emperor Yu Cheng from the ranking set by the Ministry of Rites for his novel insights and clear style of writing, and won the first place in the examination, Huiyuan.

Later, in the palace examination, Fu Junhua walked through the long steps, crossed the palace pavilion, and walked step by step in front of the most honorable person in Dayu. Point for the number one scholar in the imperial examination.

When Emperor Yu Cheng made Fu Junhua's paper public, no one in the audience questioned it.

It can be seen that Fu Junhua is talented.

The long moon is in the sky, and the night is vast.

Wangjing Imperial City, the capital of the Yu Kingdom, was filled with Wangjing nobles and new scientists who came to attend the Shangqing Banquet. The son was also invited.

That is to say, almost all the young princes with certain status in Wangjing were included in the entire Shangqing Banquet.

Gu Huaiyu has been operating in Wangjing for the past few years, and he has a wide network of contacts. He and Xue Jia finally received such an invitation.Gu Huaiyu had already heard the rumors, and knew that the purpose of this Shangqing Banquet was to choose a son-in-law for Princess Ningxi. Don't worry, if you go there, it's just an extra scene, left and right have nothing to do with him.

Gu Huaiyu simply carried his family Xue Jia over with the mentality of purely going to see the excitement. After all, invitations from the royal family were rare for people like him, so there was no need to shirk them.The other rich and wealthy families who wanted to come to Wangjing to do business would be overjoyed when they knew they could be invited.There are more than a dozen wealthy families in Wangjing who can count on business. If you count down, there are even more families with poorer families. Yes, let alone attend the same banquet.If such a family can honor a princess, who is also the only eldest daughter of Emperor Yu Cheng, it can indeed be regarded as a step up to the sky.

When the lights were raised at night, the palace city was filled with all kinds of glazed lamps, and all kinds of places for fun were set up. Watching the palace people shuttle and feast under the roof, the guests arrived as expected.

At this moment, Gu Huaiyu had already sat down with the people, taking advantage of no one's attention, he quietly picked a washed grape from the table in front of him, peeled the skin and stuffed it into Xue Jia's mouth, and looked at Xue Jia with a smile on his face Jia, seeing Xue Jia felt a little embarrassed, then rubbed Xue Jia's cheek and smiled slightly.

The court was already full of people, and at this moment, the amplified voice of the palace servants came in: "Your Majesty is here, Your Royal Highness is here."

Gu Huaiyu turned his head to look over, just glanced at it, and hurried out of line to greet him on his knees like the others.

This was the first time in Gu Huaiyu's two lifetimes that he saw the Lord of Great Yu.

Emperor Yu Cheng has a heroic appearance, with bushy eyebrows, deep eyes, a high nose, tight lips, and a thin face. Just by looking at it, you will think that this is definitely a good appearance. See the extraordinary in this man.Moreover, he has been an emperor for many years, but he just walks around casually, even if he has restrained himself, he can still see his power.

This is the appearance of a born emperor.

Gu Huaiyu just glanced at it and couldn't help feeling upset.As expected of the emperor Xiao Ronglian is loyal to.

The place where Gu Huaiyu was sitting was at the back, and Emperor Yu Cheng hurried past Gu Huaiyu quickly, walked to the front, and sat on the high seat with the queen, and a deep voice came from above: "Everyone is flat."

The palace servant next to Emperor Yu Cheng responded, "Your Majesty grants you peace."

Everyone at the table got up one after another and returned to their seats. Although they had already sat back, their eyes were more or less glanced upwards, trying to take another look at the emperor and empress sitting on top.

The people below couldn't hear it. Emperor Yu Cheng who was sitting on the top looked at the dense crowd below, turned his head to Queen Fang and said slowly: "Queen, look, all the people sitting below are our grandparents." The young talents of Yu's future generation. These people are indispensable to Dayu's court and people, and they will support Dayu in the future."

Queen Fang's skin is fair and well-maintained, and she looks very young when she is less than 30 years old.However, she was born in an aristocratic family and received the best education since she was a child. After being a queen for many years, she looks extremely dignified and decent, and she can hold the scene very well.

At this time, when she heard Emperor Yu Cheng's words, she turned her head to look at Emperor Yu Cheng, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, with a faint and peaceful smile: "It's good for Dayu to rely on them in the future, but Your Majesty is also indispensable for Dayu. Your Majesty Now that he is in his prime, it is time to support and guide these young talents to prop up the sky of Dayu."

Emperor Yu Cheng glanced at Queen Fang indifferently, and then said: "The queen is right."

After a pause, Emperor Yu Cheng changed the subject: "This way, does the queen think which one is particularly outstanding?"

Empress Fang glanced at the two people closest to them below, her posture was straight and motionless, but a sincere smile finally appeared in her eyes: "Of course there are those who are particularly outstanding, and the concubine probably has a preference. I still think it's best to be my brother's eldest son and Xiao Hou's child."

Emperor Yu Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly, and finally showed a little smile: "Rong Lian is naturally the most outstanding and best among them, and the others are naturally inferior. But you know that's not what I'm asking. Rong Lian is already married to Fang Qiyou , and you can only look at other people."

Speaking of this, Emperor Yu Cheng paused, with some regret in his expression: "If he is not married now, he is about the same age as Ning Xi. It's just a pity that he doesn't need to look at others."

Empress Fang pursed her lips slightly, and said calmly: "After all, I'm still eight years older, and the age gap is a bit too big. Your Majesty also said that Rong Lian was married to Xiaoyou after all. Even more than ordinary male and female couples, I am also very happy to see them, and I think His Majesty should be happy for them."

Seeing Emperor Yu Cheng nodding slightly along with her, Empress Fang smiled and said, "Besides, there are so many people sitting below, and all the young talents in Wangjing are gathered here, so it seems appropriate. We still have to see it after all. It depends on what Ning Xi means."

When mentioning the eldest daughter, Emperor Yu Cheng's expression softened a lot: "That's right, after all, let Ning Xi see if he likes it or not."

While the emperor and empress were talking for a while, the opening dance in the middle of the venue had already begun.

The dancer who led the opening dance was the most outstanding twelve dancers in the Yunshao Mansion under the management of Concubine Zhao - Yunfang Twelve Niangs.

As the dancers come on the stage for the first time, the dancers dance with wide sleeves and singing gracefully. The dancers' soft waist hangs down, their light steps are light, interspersed with flowing sleeves and overlapped. Surging like a fairy concubine, almost everyone present can't take their eyes off it.

When everyone present was staring at the gorgeous dancer, only Gu Huaiyu's eyes seemed to have casually glanced at the white-clothed luthier in the music group, with a slight smile on his mouth.

The luthier in white had a clear expression and noble attire, and was more refined than the musicians around him.

I heard that this luthier came from Yuncheng, and now he is the chief luthier of Yunshao Mansion, named Suqin.

But few people know that this luthier had a previous name, Leng Yin.

Gu Huaiyu was still far away from the top, because no one was paying attention to them, Gu Huaiyu pulled down Xue Jia's hands from under the case, stroking each finger carefully, while stroking Xue Jia's The little hand smiled at Xue Jia and spread gossip: "Did you see the woman sitting above the empress? It was the woman who entered the arena one step ahead before the empress and the emperor came over."

Even though the dancing skills of the dancers in front were exquisite, when Gu Huaiyu pulled her hand, Xue Jia's mind quickly turned back to Gu Huaiyu, but her tone was still a little slow: "You mean... Concubine Zhao?"

Gu Huaiyu smiled and squeezed Xue Jia's hand: "Well, it's her. I heard some rumors from that guy Xu Chengqi before, and this Concubine Zhao has a very special identity." Gu Huaiyu paused, and turned his body towards Xue Jia Leaning over there, with her head snuggled up to Xue Jia, in the eyes of others, her posture was intimate but not impolite, she lowered her voice and continued, almost close to Xue Jia's ear, "She was born in the Xiao family, is the Xiao family The daughter of the direct line, entered the harem after ascending to the throne of God, and was named a third-rank concubine as soon as she entered the palace, and has been sitting in the position of noble concubine since then. Generally speaking, noble virtuous and virtuous None of the four concubines have a title, but she was given the title 'Zhao', and her status is almost equal to that of a queen. But under such high favor, she has not given birth for many years. Do you think it is strange?"

Xue Jia turned his mind and thought of countless reasons, all of which are nothing more than the conspiracy of the palace struggle, and there must be many unknown secrets hidden in it. Thinking of this, Xue Jia couldn't help frowning: " Since she was sent to the palace, she must have been given high hopes by the Xiao family, don't the Xiao family doubt it?"

Gu Huaiyu smiled slightly: "Yes, it is not that she has not conceived in the two years since she entered the palace, but she had a miscarriage three times, which is really strange. At that time, the imperial hospital could not find anything. A gynecologist was specially sent to the palace for her, but they only found out that she was born with a cold constitution and was not suitable for pregnancy, but any pregnancy would definitely cause a miscarriage. I don’t know if it’s true.”

Xue Jia's eyebrows twitched, if the Xiao family deliberately sent the family's first daughter into the palace, it would be impossible to check Concubine Zhao's body without checking her body before sending them in, but this symptom was not detected when she entered the palace. But after the palace?Thinking of this, Xue Jia couldn't help feeling chills in his heart, Miyagi is really a place that eats people.

Gu Huaiyu continued: "Daughters of the Xiao family cannot conceive. I heard that the Empress Dowager Xiao intended to choose another daughter from the family to be sent to the palace. But at this moment, after the third miscarriage of Concubine Zhao Gui , specially accompanied Concubine Zhao to go home to visit relatives. At that time, she met a concubine daughter of the Xiao family in the flower garden of the Xiao family, and fell in love with the concubine daughter at first sight, and summoned her into the palace shortly after returning to the palace. Now the concubine The daughter also sat in the position of noble concubine, with a son and a daughter beside her knees."

Xue Jia always felt that there was something wrong in it, apart from anything else, as Emperor Yu Cheng, as an emperor, there were countless beauties in the harem, such stunning beauties that he had never seen before, how could he fall in love with a concubine at first sight?No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it.After a moment of silence, Xue Jia whispered her doubts to Gu Huaiyu.

"This is the interesting part. There is a point that is obvious to the insiders, but they don't even notice it." Gu Huaiyu smiled slightly, but his expression was a little strange and inexplicable, "I heard that, That Xiao Guipin's biological mother was killed by the mistress in private, and Xiao Guipin had a deep relationship with her biological mother when she was young. But everyone thought that she didn't know the truth about her biological mother's murder."

Xue Jia was terrified for a moment.