While we were talking, the sound of three whips clearing the way could be heard outside. We all understood that it was the Holy Emperor who had arrived, so we all fell silent. In a blink of an eye, the emperor's brother had already led the way to the Queen Mother's throne, knelt down and paid his respects. Several red cannon officials behind him also followed suit.
Bow down with great ceremony and say a thousand years.
The Queen Mother was well-informed, but she just said calmly: "Everyone, get up."
The imperial brother was wearing a bright yellow tapestry dragon robe with a soap color background today. He was indeed dressed in formal attire. He personally helped Princess Zhen, who was bowing down in greeting, and said kindly: "I am not. I was so happy that I forgot that my aunt came to meet the queen today.
Should I apologize to my aunt?"
Princess Zhen said cheerfully: "First of all, I cannot afford the emperor's apology, and secondly, the emperor promised to the queen mother and not to the minister, so the apology is not and should not be made to the minister."
The imperial brother just laughed, and then the queen mother said: "In front of the emperor and foreign ministers, I am becoming more and more unconventional." Her tone was a little kinder, and she looked at several officials and said: "The Ai family has been living in the inner palace for a long time.
I don’t know anyone new in the court, please let the emperor talk to my old lady.”
The imperial brother naturally did not dare to neglect, and immediately pointed to the person and introduced him to the Queen Mother. As Su Ling said, He Muxin, the new top scholar, is indeed a young man in his twenties, but what is strange is that through the screen, you can see that he is very mature.
He is stocky and of course has good facial features, but he does not have the suave temperament of a romantic and talented person. Instead, he looks a bit like a farmer.
Thinking of this, I quietly glanced at Su Ling next to me, who had a curious look on her face. Sure enough, she couldn't hide the disappointment on her face. It can be seen that there is still a gap between He Xianggong and the number one scholar in this novel as she imagined. But if we say
This Xianggong He is just unsatisfactory, and the person who came second in the ranking is simply a big disappointment: the second person is an old man with gray hair on his temples. He is a man of about fifty people. At first glance, he has studied hard all his life until he is in his early years.
So even in front of the Queen Mother, the most noble lady in the empire, he still looked energetic; while Tanhua beside him was a middle-aged man with a weak spirit and a face like a monkey. I really don’t know how the officials of the Ministry of Rites were selected.
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The Queen Mother listened to the conversation between the imperial brother and several Jinshi with a calm expression. Listening to the questions and answers, it seemed that her knowledge was not bad. No wonder the emperor cherished her. But we all found it boring. If we weren't hiding in the
It was inconvenient to go out behind the screen, so I had already slipped away, and it was not so boring to go to Sister Lingxi to give a lecture.
After the imperial brother finished talking about the top three, he called another person: "Lou Guiyuan." After thinking for a while, he said: "Mother, this is the sixth place in this year's top two, the eldest son of the governor of Jiazhou."
Note: In ancient times, when selecting officials, equal emphasis was placed on virtue, literary talent, and appearance. It would be difficult for a person who is knowledgeable and talented to be an official.
"The Governor of Jiazhou must be Lou Xianying, the grandson of Qi Buchi." When the Queen Mother heard this name, she suddenly spoke as if she was remembering something.
The imperial brother was startled, obviously not sure. He glanced at Lou Guiyuan, who was standing with his head bowed. The latter said very obediently: "The Queen Mother is wise, my father is Lou Xianying. General Qi is my great-grandfather."
Qi Buchi, this unparalleled general who shines in the annals of history, swept across the Great Wall. My heart was shocked, and I pushed forward hard, trying to see what his descendants looked like. But across the barrier, Lou Guiyuan
Being blocked by the top three, I could only feel that he had regular features and a tall posture, but I couldn't tell what his expression was.
Princess Zhen was obviously very interested in him, and said to the Queen Mother: "My sister remembers that Jiulang said that Qi Buchi married his daughter back then, but Emperor Taizong granted the marriage a decree and wrote an inscription to congratulate him. I really didn't expect that he even married him.
My great-grandchildren have all come out to take exams to become officials."
The Queen Mother also said: "It is good to be born in a famous family. Your father and ancestors are all officials and relatives, but you can become an official by your own education. In the future, you must be more diligent in royal affairs and don't lose the reputation of the illustrious ancestors behind you."
Lou Guiyuan quickly knelt down and thanked him. The Queen Mother did not say anything more to him. She just gave some instructions to the emperor's brother and said: "After talking for a long time, the Ai family is tired. The emperor ordered the ministers to go down. I will
I kept your aunt for dinner, so don’t forget it this time."
The imperial brother naturally agreed. Seeing that it was indeed getting late, he took a few foreign ministers and left. It wasn't until their footsteps could no longer be heard that the Queen Mother ordered us to come out. Everyone looked indifferent.
She looked energetic and said with a smile: "I am a very sick old woman, and I am really holding back you bunch of showy girls. Xue Po must be very bored when she is sick. You little sisters have a good relationship, go and talk to her."
Just kidding."
As if we had been granted amnesty, we quickly left.
As soon as she arrived at the door, Su Ling breathed a long sigh of relief and complained: "These sour scholars are really talkative. They talk so long that I almost feel suffocated in there."
Jinse whispered: "What you are saying is really nonsense. Just now, there were two Jinshis in the room, and they passed the Jinshi. What kind of scholar? If you say it, it will make people laugh."
Su Ling said: "Then I have to say, it is virtue for a woman to have no talent. What can she do if she knows so much?"
I was still a little concerned about Zhen Zhiping's incident, so I pretended to be unintentional and interjected: "You don't have to say that, I remember when you were a child, you were often angry that your brother thought you were a girl and refused to take you to practice martial arts. How can you give up now?
Degenerate?"
As expected, Su Ling didn't do what he thought and didn't take it seriously, saying: "I was angry with him when I was a child, and I'm still angry with him now. He usually puts on the airs of being an elder brother to me, but what happens now? The house is so disturbed that I almost can't enter the palace.
I don’t know if he is ashamed or not.”
I saw that Su Ling started complaining without saying anything. She breathed a sigh of relief and continued to test: "You don't have to be too angry. Your brother just wants to join the army. After all, it's not a bad thing. But did he say it himself?
For what? Just because the prince has made military exploits?"
Before Su Ling could speak, Jinse raised her eyebrows slightly and said in a sweet voice: "Sister Huaishu, I remember when I was a child, you and Zhiping always made a fuss whenever they met each other. Now that you are older, you know how to care about people."
I was secretly shocked when I heard this, and quickly laughed and said: "Sister Jin is really a warrior, is it possible that she is afraid that I will bully her cousin, so she doesn't even allow me to ask a question." At the same time, I secretly blamed myself for being careless. This girl Su Ling has a straight heart and a bad heart.
It's rough, but this newly crowned imperial sister is very shrewd and pays careful attention to many things, just in case she sees something or thinks wrongly.
Fortunately, Jinse didn't dwell on this issue too much and just laughed it off. We continued walking forward, and when we were about to turn the corner, someone suddenly appeared out of nowhere. We were startled, and Ruxiu and several other maids hurriedly came out to scold us.
The man was obviously shocked, but he quickly came to his senses and knelt down and said, "Welcoming ministers, please see Emperor Huaishu." The accent sounded familiar to me, but when I couldn't remember who it was, Su Ling still said: "Meng Shixin,
Doctor Meng, why is it you?"
A closer look revealed that this person was indeed Meng Shixin, a surgeon at the Imperial Hospital who was recalled by the emperor's brother to take care of the Queen Mother this year because of the death of his son last year. He often went to Sanshou Palace to treat Duan Mu.
Concubine, mother and concubine treat me, so we are considered acquaintances. I saw that he had returned to the official uniform of the seventh rank. Thinking about what happened in the palace in the past year, I felt a lot of emotion for a while and said: "I haven't seen the imperial doctor for a long time. Recently,
How is it?"
Meng Shixin only buried his head lower and said respectfully: "I have always been fine with you, Emperor Ji."