Fake concubine, real queen

He Gu paused, and began to quickly review the competitors to be elected son-in-law one by one in his mind, trying to guess who this guy who was quite hostile to him was.

However, before he could figure it out, another person said again: "The Holy Majesty attaches great importance to the etiquette system, that is, the rules and regulations for choosing a son-in-law, how can they be easily abolished."

The man's voice was cold, but He Gu recognized it immediately——

This is his teacher, Wang Muchuan, the second son of Hubu Shangshu Wang Ting and Mr. Wang.

Mr. Wang is a 23-year-old Jinshi and a first-time scholar. He was a Tanhua Lang handpicked by the late emperor, and his talent is famous all over the world. At the beginning, Mr. He Laohou really spent a lot of effort to put his son into the family school of other people's palace.

He Gu studied at Wangfu's family from childhood to adulthood. According to his own words, he and Second Brother Wang have grown up in a pair of trousers, and they can't be more familiar.

Although the Second Young Master Wang is cold-tempered and short-spoken, and often ridiculed him, He Gu always felt that he was just like that by nature and never minded.

No, isn't Second Brother Wang just speaking for him in front of others right now?

But in his previous life, even though He Gu couldn't remember which year it was, Wang Muchuan had graduated from Erjia Chuanlu High School, and even though when He Gu died, Second Brother Wang was still struggling with his qualifications in the Imperial Academy, but he was born with such a noble background. , once you make it through in the future, your future is bound to be limitless.

Why is he here to join in the excitement of choosing a son-in-law? ?No more imperial examinations?

He Gu felt something was wrong. After his rebirth, many things didn't seem to follow the script of his previous life.

Is it because of him?

After thinking about it, He Gu simply opened the curtain of the carriage and jumped down.

Sure enough, there were already seven or eight official children gathered in front of the palace gate.

These people are fairly decent, all of them are well-dressed——

After all, whether you like it or not, you are here. If you don’t wear decent clothes, you will not only be ashamed, but if you cause trouble for the nobles in the palace, thinking that they disrespect the princess, you may be in trouble.

These people ranged in age, most of them were in their late teens or twenties, and there was even a man with a mature face and a slight beard around his lips, who looked at least in his 30s.

Master He Xiaohou discovered that he was actually the youngest one.

As soon as he got off the carriage, he immediately attracted everyone's attention. A few days ago, the empress had passed on the news that Mrs. Changyang Hou sent the portrait of the eldest son of the mansion into the palace. People feel angry.

He Gu ignored everyone's different gazes, and found Wang Muchuan in the crowd at a glance.

Although the second son of Wang was handsome, it was a pity that he had a fatal flaw in his face, that is, there were many whites in his eyes. When his face was expressionless, it would always make people think that he was rolling his eyes, showing disdain and contempt.

However, Wang Muchuan was a man of few words, and gradually gained a reputation for being arrogant and innocent.

What Second Young Master Wang said just now, coupled with his pair of dead fish eyes, really succeeded in angering the young man who arranged the congratulations.

"What do you mean?!"

This aspect of life has broad ears, and his facial features are still fairly straight, but he has to wear a brocade dress that is so white that it blinds the eyes, it looks really incongruous.

Unfortunately, Second Young Master Wang is also dressed in white today——

As the saying goes, it is not terrible to bump into a shirt, whoever is ugly is embarrassed.

The second son of Wang is dressed in white clothes like snow, with handsome features and elegant demeanor. It is good that the two of them are not together. At first, they had an argument, and everyone's eyes focused on it. A nouveau riche with great taste and worrying aesthetics, he has very hot eyes.

With such shabby green leaves and hard work as a foil, even the dead fish eyes of the second son of Wang did not look so hateful, but instead had a feeling of coldness in his eyes.

The dead fish eyes of the second son of Wang glanced at the man without emotion, and said in a flat tone: "It's nothing interesting. Your Majesty is not a person who will bend the law for personal gain. Don't use your own inferiority to save the emperor's magnanimity."

What he said made it impossible to refute at all. After all, Wang Er was flattering the current emperor, and touting the emperor was not flattery, but admiration for holiness.

Dare to say no?

I'm afraid it's the other way around.

The young man's face turned red and white, turned his eyes to He Gu who couldn't hold back the "puchi" laugh, gave him and Wang Muchuan a hard look, turned his head and stopped talking.

The reason why He Gu laughed was not because he made a fool of himself, but because he laughed at Wang Muchuan.

After hearing what he said just now, others might think that this person is so flattering and has no character at all. It's really shameless for a scholar to flatter him without blushing or beating his heart.

Only He Gu knew that although Second Brother Wang looked really mocking, every word he said was from the bottom of his heart.

He stepped forward and said, "Second brother, why are you here?"

Wang Muchuan's dead fish eyes turned around, turned around on He Gu's body, and said coolly: "If you can come, why can't I."

He Gu was used to being teased by him, so he didn't take it seriously, and said again: "Does the teacher know that you are here to choose a son-in-law? Who handed your horoscope and portrait into the palace?"

Certainly not the teacher, Mr. Wang. Could it be that Wang Muchuan also has a stepmother who is restless?

But the teacher has only one wife, who is very affectionate and has no concubines.

Wang Muchuan was expressionless: "I want to come by myself."

He Gu was taken aback: "What?"

Wang Muchuan said: "I am already weak, unlike you who are still a baby. If I want to marry the princess myself, naturally I don't need to go through other people's hands."

He Gu: "..."

... He has to work hard and be chosen, not only for himself, but also for the teacher.

In case he is not selected, Second Brother Wang is selected, and the teacher will faint out of anger when he finds out?

In front of the palace gate, a kind-hearted eunuch in his fifties counted the number of people and said: "Young masters, there are still three people left, if they don't arrive before noon, our family will bring you into the palace. "

"Our family is Wu Dehuai, who is in charge of the Inner Court Department, so I can teach you all that the Inner Court Department has been ordered to make arrangements this time to choose a son-in-law for His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess. For martial arts."

"Your Majesty and the Empress love Your Highness the Princess, and I will definitely examine you in person today. How you perform today will lead to good fortune in the future. You must seize the opportunity."

Mr. Wu finished speaking, looked up at the sun, and said: "It's noon, Your Majesty has an order. The princess's marriage needs to be consensual. Since they don't want to come, it will be regarded as abstaining. If you have regrets now, You can also go by yourself, His Majesty will not pursue it."

Today's emperor is indeed a benevolent emperor. Since ancient times, there are many emperors whose sons and daughters have taken a fancy to. Even if the melon is not sweet, they will forcefully twist the emperor who gave the marriage. When the end is over, he is allowed to go back on his word. This is the first time I have seen it.

As soon as Eunuch Wu finished speaking, He Gu saw in the crowd. Sure enough, several people were stunned, their expressions were a little cloudy, and they were obviously very conflicted.

He wanted to marry the princess but couldn't, these people seemed to be reluctant.

If He Gu Xindao didn't like it, he would hurry up and get out. If a fairy-like woman like the eldest princess really matches you, it would be like a Tianshan snow lotus stuck in cow dung, and you would be fucking wronged.

Seeing their appearance, Master He Xiaohou felt that they were really angry!

At the same time, the inner garden of the palace.

There were more than a dozen long tables in the empty palace, and two young maids were arranging pens, inks, papers and inkstones one by one on the shore, and one said to the other while arranging, "Hey, I just came here to choose a son-in-law today." I saw Sister Lan Shu next to His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, will His Highness come to see her in person today?"

Another little maid looked around, saw no one around, and said in a low voice: "Most likely she came to accompany the empress, I was on duty with Nanny Li last night, and the empress was sick again, crying all night. The name of His Highness has been tossing around for most of the night, and then it was the mother who went to Qingyu Palace to invite His Highness in person, so the empress will be fine..."

The little maid who spoke just now covered her mouth in shock, and whispered: "What? Didn't your empress never..."

Before she finished speaking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the palace gate. The two young maids shut their mouths in fright, and began to arrange the desk carefully.

Walking to the entrance of the hall, it turned out to be Nanny Li next to the empress. Nanny Li looked at the two little maids in the hall and said, "Qingzhu and Daizhu, how are the arrangements?"

Qing Zhu hurriedly stood up and blessed her, and said: "When you go back to the mother, the arrangements have already been made."

Nanny Li nodded, and said: "Young masters waiting for election will come soon, you pack up and leave, don't surprise the nobles."

The two little maids quickly nodded yes, packed up their things and hurried out.

Not long after, Eunuch Wu brought a group of people into the hall and said, "Let's wait here for Shengjia."

He Gu glanced sideways at the desks arranged in the hall, secretly feeling a little strange in his heart.

In the early years, when choosing a son-in-law for the princess, this court always only considered family background and appearance.

After all, the purpose of choosing a son-in-law is to live with the princess. If the family background is too poor, it is inevitable that you will not be able to get along with the princess of golden branches and jade leaves. , and it is inevitable to add congestion.

Later, although officials accepted advice and wanted to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics, sons-in-law were not allowed to hold real positions in the court after marriage. Few of the dignified and well-off families were willing to send their sons-in-law to be this son-in-law.

Only those who are from poor families, who are not very talented, have no way out, and are willing to fight for the rich reward of being a son-in-law.

Of course, even if they are willing, the nobles in the palace may not necessarily like them.

It's just He Gu Xunsi, choosing a son-in-law for the eldest princess today is too complicated...

There is a literary test, a military test, and an answering session in front of the palace... Your Majesty is so strict, don't you worry that there will be no qualified ones left after the selection?

He was thinking about it when he heard Eunuch Wu say angrily, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Highness the Eldest Princess is here."

He Gu was taken aback, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed along with the crowd.

The emperor and the empress sat behind the first royal case, but there was a bead curtain in front of the small case where the eldest princess sat. He Gu couldn't see the people behind the curtain clearly, and felt that the eldest princess was just a vague silhouette that couldn't be seen clearly. It is beautiful like a picture of a beauty with lofty artistic conception.

Finally, when this day came, He Gu's heart surged slightly. Looking at the figure, he finally couldn't hold back, and secretly called the eldest princess's name in frustration——

Sister Yu'er...wait for me to marry you.