My Favorite Manly Husband

Gu Changfeng, who was punished by the Duke's wife to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors, looked at his old bedroom that was dusty and left unattended, and his heart didn't feel any ups and downs.

It can only be called the house where he lived for nearly 20 years, not his home.His home is in Shenjia Village, Dongjiang County, Qinghe County, where the young man who respects and loves him.

After tidying up the house, Gu Changfeng found the military book that his father gave him back then.

Touching the yellowed paper and old handwriting of the military book, Gu Changfeng's eyes were as dark as ink that could not be melted.

Father came home suddenly that day and was furious when he found that woman treated him harshly. He quarreled with that woman and punished many servants. Father probably didn't go back to the master bedroom that night. If father didn't have sex with her, then his How did the half-brother come about?

Gu Changfeng put down his book of war, and quietly left the room in the darkness of night.No one paid attention to him except the doorman, which made it easier for him to do things.

Having lived in this place for nearly 20 years, I am very familiar with it.Gu Changfeng avoided the patrolling guards in the mansion and went to the main courtyard.

Now everything in the Duke's Mansion is in the hands of that woman, and the main courtyard has been changed a lot according to the woman's preferences. Gu Changfeng searched for two or three rooms before finding a place for the Second Young Master to live.

Compared with his dusty old house, the second son's house, who is only under three years old, is furnished extremely luxuriously, with expensive ornaments everywhere.

The room was brightly lit, and several green-clothed maidservants knelt on the ground tremblingly with their heads bowed, while an old doctor with white hair and beard was taking the pulse of a crying child on the bed.A servant girl who was dressed more flamboyantly than the others lay on the ground and wept softly, covering her red and swollen face. The Duke's wife scolded with a gloomy face, "Is this how you take care of the young master?"

"Forgive me, ma'am, it's really the young master who insists on playing hide-and-seek with the slave, and the slave can't stop him!" The maid cried bitterly.

"What's the use of you if you can't stop it?" The Duke's wife was furious: "Come here! Drag this damned slut down!"

"Madam, spare your life! Madam, spare your life!" The servant girl widened her eyes in horror, and hurriedly crawled to the feet of the Duke's wife and kowtowed desperately.The Duke's wife kicked her away and asked her to be taken away.

The old doctor stroked his beard and sighed. Seeing this, the Duke's wife couldn't hide the worry between her brows: "Doctor Zhang, what's wrong with my son?"

"Young master catches a cold and has a fever. It shouldn't be a serious problem if you drink the medicine to subdue the fever. It's just that your body is too weak, so you shouldn't move too much..." the old doctor warned.

Gu Changfeng's eyes could not help but fall on the child.The child's facial features are somewhat similar to his mother's, but the child is almost three years old, thin and small, and looks very ill.

After feeding the medicine and grooming, the Duke’s wife hugged the child and tried to coax him to sleep, but the child was sobbing and crying all the time. The Duke’s wife was so distressed that she comforted him softly for a long time, and the child closed his eyes in a daze when he was tired. .

Mrs. Guogong caressed the child's thinning hair, kissed his face affectionately, her apricot eyes were full of apology: "Good boy, it's all for the mother's fault, if I let you..."

The voice was almost a whisper, Gu Changfeng couldn't hear it clearly, he looked at the mother and child who were embracing each other with complicated eyes, then turned and left.

As long as the news of his return to Zhen Guogong's mansion reaches the emperor's ears, the emperor will understand his attitude.If the emperor intends to let him take over his father's affairs, he will express it in the next few days.

The town government...he won't stay for long.

In the imperial study room, the dark guard who was sent by Zhao Yu to investigate the situation of the concubines in King Jinyang's backyard bowed his head and reported:

"The king of Jinyang is elegant, handsome, and affectionate. Many officials or the sons and daughters of a wealthy family fall in love with him. The king of Jinyang will not refuse anyone who comes. The high-ranking one promises to be a side concubine and lures him to marry into the palace. This is a bond." Bind his family for his use..."

The current situation in Jinyang Prince's Mansion is that the concubines and concubines of the concubine Liushui are iron-clad. Except for the concubine Gu Qingyao who is standing still, those concubines and concubines in the backyard have changed batch after batch.

"Not all the people in the backyard of the palace adore King Jinyang. They married into the palace only because they were found disheveled and alone in a room with King Jinyang..."

This fact is really unbelievable, who would have thought that a dignified prince in Jinyang would sell his appearance for ulterior motives, and even spend all his time planning those women who don't like him to marry him!

"Extremely low." Zhao Yu suddenly thought of the fact that King Jinyang almost slept with Su Qingze when he went to the Su family to celebrate his birthday. His handsome face was covered with frost, and murderous intent surged in his gloomy black eyes. He said in a deep voice: "Continue to monitor."

"Yes." The man in black took the order and left.

There is a paper on the imperial case, the author's handwriting is free and easy, the article is smooth and well-founded, Zhao Yu's eyes fell on the signature Shen Yan and frowned deeply.

Outside the door, there was a message from the little eunuch: "Report to the emperor, the empress dowager has an invitation!"

Zhao Yu was a little unhappy when his thoughts were interrupted, but thinking that the Queen Mother was very angry because she refused the woman arranged for him by the Queen Mother a few days ago, he calmed down a little, and said coldly: "Show me."

The aroma of tranquilizing incense lit in the Ci'an Palace where the Empress Dowager lived wafted through the room, but the owner of the Ci'an Palace was not in a stable mood.

The luxuriously dressed and well-maintained woman frowned and looked at Zhao Yu who came here: "Why, if the Ai family hadn't invited me, the emperor wouldn't want to come and see this old lady of the Ai family?"

"Forgive my mother, it's not that I don't want to come, it's because the state affairs are worrying, I'm not sure, I'm afraid of speaking against my mother." Zhao Yu stepped forward and took a seat.

The queen mother didn't take it seriously: "worry about national affairs? What is there to worry about? The Ai family has heard that it is nothing more than a matter of barbarians negotiating peace. Now the world is peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and no one wants to start another war. What's wrong with negotiating peace?"

If a wise man hears these words, he will definitely scold the views of women. Unfortunately, the queen mother was born as a court lady, and her vision and experience are limited. It is just luck that her son became the most honorable woman in Daqi, and she has no understanding of state affairs at all.

Zhao Yu only drank tea and said nothing, and the Queen Mother was a little displeased: "The Ai family is mean, it's fine if the emperor doesn't want to listen to this matter. But the emperor needs to listen to the Ai family's words for another matter!"

"The king of Jinyang has been married for a long time, but he has nothing to do..." The Queen Mother was worried.

If the hidden guard from just now is still there, he will definitely tell the Queen Mother that King Jinyang indeed has many women, and he has indeed planted many seeds. Unfortunately, he is a pervert, and the time to cultivate is too short, and the quality of the seeds is not good. It's becoming more and more perverted.

"It's not that there are no concubines who are pregnant, but they all have aborted!" The queen mother said with a serious face, and said deeply, "It must be that those women's bodies are too delicate!"

Zhao Yu frowned, feeling that what the Empress Dowager was about to say was too absurd.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager looked at him and said: "The Ai family heard that the tall, strong and healthy eldest son of the Duke's mansion has returned to the mansion, why don't you betroth him to King Jinyang as a side concubine?"

With a cold look in his eyes, Zhao Yu put down the teacup in his hand: "Where does the empress want to put me?"

The queen mother was stunned, and Zhao Yu said sharply: "Prince Jinyang was originally born in the residence of the Duke of Zhen, and the king of Jinyang is always romantic, and the queen mother wants me to marry the son of the Duke of Zhen who died for the country to him as a side concubine? "

"My mother's love for King Jinyang won't make me chill the hearts of millions of soldiers on the border!"

The empress dowager looked embarrassed, but still insisted: "The eldest son is still unable to marry at such an age, so what if he refers to King Jinyang as a side concubine?"

Seeing Zhao Yu's sullen face bursting with anger.The Empress Dowager knew that she was wronged, but she was not willing to let Zhao Yu go against her like this, so she said, "Forget it! The Eldest Young Master has been missing for so long, and once he returned to the capital, he behaved intimately with a man. It seems that he is not a serious person! Although King Jinyang He is romantic but considerate to others, he is not worthy of the king of Jinyang!" When Gu Changfeng returned to the mansion, all the families in the capital were just surprised that he survived a catastrophe and quickly accepted the news. Clothes tomb.

Zhao Yu didn't want to hear her talking about King Jinyang again, so he said quietly: "Tomorrow there will be a palace examination, I have to go back and prepare, so I will take my leave first."

Immediately, the Empress Dowager's expression turned ugly, and after Zhao Yu left, she wept to the nurse next to her: "The older the emperor, the less he wants to see the old woman of the Ai family. ..."

The nanny hurriedly comforted her: "It is true that the emperor has neglected you in his daily affairs, but you still have King Jinyang!"

The queen mother sighed: "King Jinyang is now in the fiefdom, it is difficult for the Ai family to see him..."

Zhao Yuyin came out of Ci'an Palace with a sullen face, and then said to the servant: "Go and find out who the queen mother has seen these few days." It's fine for the queen mother to mention King Jinyang, but she mentioned Gu Changfeng for no reason. Someone must be gossiping.

Back in the imperial study, Zhao Yu read Shen Yanbei's paper again, and after thinking about it for a long time, he spread out a blank imperial decree and swiped his pen.

In the next day's palace examination, Shen Yanbei, who was guarding the vacant room alone, got up before dawn to take care of himself.

This time Enke selected a total of 320 Zhonggong scholars, and the results of the palace examination were divided into three grades.The first and third ranks will be awarded Jinshi and the first rank, that is, the No. [-] scholar will be ranked second, and they can be directly awarded officials.One-third of the second-class Jinshi candidates who passed the examination will be awarded Jinshi background, and the rest will be the top three, given the same Jinshi background.Second-class and third-class officials can also be officials, but they can only enter the Imperial Academy as officials if they are selected on the basis of merit, and the rest can be sent out by the imperial court when there are vacancies in official positions.

It is not easy for him to come out on top among the 320 people.Shen Yanbei sighed, always felt that without his daughter-in-law by his side, he would not be able to work hard.

I don't know what happened to my wife...

Shen Yanbei looked in the direction of Zhen Guogong's mansion, with a slightly dignified expression.

The palace examination was held in Zhaohe Palace, and several low tables were placed in the hall, and all the tributes entered one by one to stand on one of the low tables.No seat can be granted in front of the imperial court, and everyone in the palace examination must kneel down.

After waiting for a while, a servant's sharp voice came: "The emperor is here!"

Wearing a bright yellow gown with a five-clawed golden dragon soaring on top and a crown on his head, Zhao Yu walked unhurriedly.All the tributes knelt down and saluted in unison: "See the emperor!"

Shen Yanbei looked at the pattern of the tiles on the floor, feeling a little depressed.The worst thing about this ancient times is to kneel down!Fortunately, he has fame and fame, so he doesn't have to kneel when he sees an official.It's just that facing the highest authority in this country still has to bend his knees.

"Excuse me, stay flat." Zhao Yu sat down, ordered everyone to stand up to answer the question, and then nodded to the cabinet scholar Zhang Youzheng.Immediately, the examiner handed out the examination papers to each tribute, and the bronze bell rang to start answering the questions.

The topic of the palace examination is the policy of current affairs, that is, the countermeasures for current affairs.There is another additional question, which actually lists some foreign equipment and asks how these equipment can be used for the people.

Shen Yanbei twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling that this topic was tailor-made for him!

Not in a hurry to write, Shen Yanbei first straightened his mind, and then made a draft on the manuscript paper.One day of the imperial examination, he had enough time to make the essays look better, and then transcribe them on the examination paper.

On the dragon chair, Zhao Yu supported his chin with one hand, and looked at the examinees below with a cold expression.As time passed by, Zhao Yu seemed to be sitting impatiently, and got up to shuttle among the candidates.

Seeing him approaching, some gongshi were so excited that their whole body was tense and they dared not look sideways;Zhao Yu waved his hands expressionlessly and walked to the next candidate.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing that his action made all the examinees uneasy and unable to answer the questions, Zhang You was leaving in a hurry.

Zhao Yu was standing next to Shen Yanbei at this time, Shen Yanbei didn't have any awe of the emperor, seeing him coming, he just smiled and nodded and continued to answer the question.

Zhang Youzheng was about to persuade Zhao Yu to go back to his seat, but found that the examinee next to Zhao Yu was different, very calm, so he walked over to take a look out of curiosity——

"It's you!" Zhang Youzheng's eyes lit up suddenly, and he recognized Shen Yanbei.

So Zhang Youzheng also stood beside Shen Yanbei to watch him answer the questions.

Shen Yanbei rubbed his nose, feeling a little helpless.Not eating, drinking, or going to the bathroom in this palace test is already perverted enough. The examiner is still staring at the person answering the questions. What if the candidate's mental quality is not good?

Although he complained in his heart, Shen Yanbei did not hesitate to write.

While looking at Zhao Yu and frowned in deep thought, Zhang Youzheng's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he wanted to clap his hands in admiration.

Gradually, the sun moved to the center position.Zhang Youzheng's feet were a little weak, so he advised Zhao Yu to have a meal and take a rest first.

Knowing that he would not be able to finish reading in half a hour, Zhao Yu said: "There is still time, you can answer slowly." After speaking, he returned to his seat, and immediately a maid brought cakes, fruits and other food.

This exam lasted until sunset.

With the sound of "ding", the bronze bell rang again, and all the candidates immediately stopped writing and stood up, and lined up to leave the examination room one by one.

"Present the paper." Zhao Yu said to Zhang You.Zhang Youzheng understood, and went to get Shen Yanbei's paper to check for Zhao Yu.

"Brother Shen, congratulations!"

Just after walking out of Zhaohe Palace, Zhang Cheng and several others congratulated Shen Yanbei.Everyone saw the emperor's attitude just now, and they all thought that Shen Yanbei had fallen into the emperor's eyes, and that he would surely succeed in the future.

Shen Yanbei arched his hands, and smiled embarrassedly: "Don't make fun of me!"

Several people praised him for being too modest, and Shen Yanbei didn't want to stand out from the crowd, so he said a few words on the occasion before leaving.

On the second day of the palace examination, the papers were graded, and the eight graders presented the best [-] papers to Zhao Yu.Zhao Yu flipped through the papers of these ten people. When the judges judged the papers, they thought that the best one would draw a circle on it. He found that two people got the same number of circles, so he asked the eight people what they thought.

The old prime minister frowned and said: "The views of Gongshi Shen are indeed novel, but they are too unbelievable, not as solid as Gongshi Liu!"

"I feel that Shen Gongshi has something to say!" Zhang Youzheng said, "His views are well-founded, and there are real facts to test. It can be seen that Shen Gongshi has a wide range of knowledge and thoughtful thinking!"

"My lord, what do you think this telescope is? What is the pepper?"

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After Zhao Yujing listened to the opinions of several people, he drew up a pen and imperially appointed the top three.