184. Chapter 183 The crown prince is established! Qingwu succeeds Li Xiangxue!
184. Chapter 183 The crown prince is established! Qingwu succeeds Li Xiangxue!
Author: My heart is still the same
Chapter 183 The crown prince is established! Qingwu succeeds Li Xiangxue!
The second prince is worthy of being the eldest among the princes except Jiang Xinghe.
If you live a long time, you will always have some advantages in memorizing texts.
There are 330 articles in Taizu's imperial edict, but only one is wrong.
However, Xu Chong picked out the words and gave him a "C" rating for the two items he rated.
That's three votes.
"Including the first round of assessment, we are already seven votes behind."
Xu Chong thought secretly, and then shouted loudly: "Third Prince, Jiang Xingyun!"
In this way, a famous prince and princess walked past Xu Chong.
Except for the sixth prince and the third princess who really couldn't find any faults and had to be given an A-level rating, the rest of them were more or less deducted by Xu Chong.
Of course, points cannot be deducted for no reason.
Otherwise, I am afraid that the results of this assessment will be completely invalidated and someone will be replaced to host it again.
Xu Chong himself will also be convicted for this.
Although he doesn't care and is not afraid, there is no need.
"Now there is only one left, let's see if she is that Jun'er..."
Xu Chong looked at the roster in his hand and nodded with satisfaction, "Ninth Princess, Jiang Shengjun!"
——Squeak.
The little eunuch at the door opened the door.
Then, a little girl who looked to be only seven or eight years old came in.
Xu Chong was stunned for a while.
Judging from the facial features, it is indeed that Jun'er.
But this temperament...
In addition to the agility that comes with age and the elegance and subtlety that come with gender, there is also a hint of elegance?
It seems that since they parted ways in the military library, this girl has really regarded Jiang Xinghe as her life mentor.
Xu Chong was a little speechless.
At this time, Jiang Shengjun suddenly spoke: "May I ask Mr. Xu, can Jun'er start?"
This is the first among many princes and princesses to call themselves by their surname.
Very well prepared.
Xu Chong nodded and said: "Please."
"One of the great edicts, anyone who has a heart for Daqing..."
Jiang Shengjun started to recite.
After a while, Xu Chong had to admit that this girl was not just imitating Jiang Xinghe on the surface, but was really following Jiang Xinghe's path with all her heart.
That is the road to becoming a prince.
The whole reciting process was smooth and easy, with three hundred and thirty laws and regulations eloquently, without any pauses or mistakes.
You know, there are close to fifteen princes and princesses who have passed the first level of assessment.
Among them, there are only two who can do what Jiang Shengjun is like.
And those two are relatively older and both are married.
Jiang Shengjun was only seven years old, but he got the same perfect score in this level where he was not dominant.
Originally, Xu Chong was prepared to take the risk and give the top five votes.
Now……
I am afraid that no one else would be able to give a rating below Grade A.
"When did you start studying Taizu's imperial edict?"
Xu Chong asked.
"For many years, when I was still illiterate, my mother-in-law taught me."
Jiang Shengjun blinked his big black jewel-like eyes, showing a bit of shame: "Did Jun'er memorize it by mistake?"
"No."
Xu Chong shook his head, "Your answer is very good."
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."
Jiang Shengjun bowed happily and left the room.
"Tsk tsk tsk."
Xu Chong looked at the votes of each emperor's heir on the roster and touched his chin, "The gap has widened so much. If the subsequent assessments can be maintained..."
"Xu Chong."
A voice sounded, and King Qian stepped in.
"Your Highness."
Xu Chong stood up and bowed.
"You just said the gap has widened. What do you mean?"
King Qian asked as he approached.
"Your Highness, please take a look."
Xu Chong presented the roster with both hands.
With just one glance, King Qian noticed Jiang Shengjun.
"Class A again?"
King Qian raised his eyebrows.
"There are no mistakes or omissions throughout the article, and it flows very smoothly."
Xu Chong nodded.
"oh?"
King Qian was a little surprised, "I thought you knew her a long time ago, so you did it on purpose."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Chong was greatly shocked.
It's not that he was afraid of being discovered. After all, apart from being harsher, he was not biased in a substantial sense in this assessment, and it was even completely fair.
He was horrified.
Horrified by King Qian's attitude.
seem……
Are you letting yourself go, or acquiescing to your own biases, and using false assessments to influence the selection of the crown prince to a certain extent?
How is this possible!!!
Xu Chong was puzzled.
King Qian saw Xu Chong's doubts and spoke slowly, "If you want the assessment to be completely fair, you must not use members of the royal family as examiners."
"But this is just a superficial precaution."
"No matter whether you have a position or not, as long as you are a normal person, you will definitely be biased."
“Either based on facial appearance, or based on speech and behavior, or based on simple impressions from hearsay.”
"Since bias cannot be completely eliminated, distinctions must be made in terms of importance. This is stipulated by the royal family."
"For example, the most important qualification assessment must be personally presided over by the clan leader to prevent fraud."
King Qian waved his hand, "As long as this is guaranteed, no matter how biased you are later, it won't be too outrageous. After all, the top five will be determined in the end, and your majesty will personally assess and make the decision to enter the palace."
"Your Highness's explanation is very reasonable."
Xu Chong looked at King Qian deeply, "However, in the second round of assessment, after all, we can achieve a difference of five votes."
"In other words, to a considerable extent, you can influence which five people will eventually enter the palace."
"And after all calculations, I'm just a descendant of Taizu."
"No matter what other backgrounds, connections, or official rank, they are not worth mentioning when it comes to establishing a crown prince."
Xu Chong said and asked slowly: "It's not that I'm belittling myself, but just relying on the identity of Taizu's legacy, I shouldn't be qualified to take this test, right?"
"You're right, you can't participate in the first two tests just by relying on Taizu's legacy..."
King Qian nodded and said: "For example, when Your Majesty and I took the exam back then, the late emperor took the first test, and the former emperor ordered the second test."
"Now, Your Majesty will not leave the back hall. In theory, I will be the one to take charge of these two tests. The Taizu's legacy will be put in the next test, which is almost the same."
"But..."
Having said this, King Qian paused and looked at Xu Chong meaningfully: "You are not a descendant of Taizu."
"!!!"
Xu Chong was horrified and his eyes widened suddenly.
If it weren't for the lack of warning from the soul and the fact that he didn't detect any hostility from King Qian, he would have almost pushed open the door and fled the capital.
"Lou Youzhi gave you the Lu family's side skills, but you probably haven't practiced them very much, right?"
King Qian continued, "Because you won't age faster as your longevity increases, right?"
"..."
Xu Chong was silent for a while and asked: "Your Highness knows this, does it have something to do with my Zifu cultivation?"
"That's right."
King Qian nodded.
Immediately, he told Xu Chong what he had said to Lou Youzhi.
That is to say, those with Taizu's bloodline must have incomplete Zifu and cannot succeed in cultivating the Tao.
"The short life span is caused by the incompleteness of the Zi Mansion..."
Xu Chong murmured, but his heart became even more puzzled.
Since you have known for a long time that you are not a descendant of Taizu, why do you still treat yourself like this? Even more seriously than before.
There must be other explanations here.
"In short, you have clearly awakened your bloodline memory, and actually cultivated Zhengyang Jin, and your cultivation speed is so fast, but in terms of cultivating Taoism, you have broken the iron law that the royal family cannot cultivate Taoism in the Purple Mansion."
King Qian sighed and said, "This reminds me of a certain person."
"who?"
Xu Chong's heart tightened.
King Qian slowly uttered two words: "Taizu."
"..."
Xu Chong was stunned for a long time and said in a solemn voice: "Your Highness, you want to say that I am the reincarnation of Taizu?"
After much deliberation, this is the only possibility.
Sure enough, King Qian nodded.
"The theory of reincarnation is illusory. Obviously there has been no case to prove it so far, but this theory has been around for a long time."
King Qian shrugged, "Besides treating you as the reincarnation of Taizu, what else can I do? What if one day, you completely get back Taizu's memory from your bloodline..."
"..."
Xu Chong was a little dumbfounded and said: "What if, what if I am just a complete exception of the Zi Mansion and not the reincarnation of Taizu?"
"That's enough."
King Qian glanced at Xu Chong, his eyes a little strange, "You are not the reincarnation of Taizu, but you have the same qualifications as Taizu. What does this mean? It means that your existence may allow Daqing's Guozuo to continue for thousands more years... This alone is enough for me to value you."
"All right……"
Xu Chong thought about it and found that it was indeed the case.
A Taizu bloodline that is not limited by lifespan and can cultivate Dao Zifu will not be too far behind even if he cannot reach the same level as Taizu in the end.
As for why Daqing Guozuo continues to stretch...
Because the blood comes from the same source.
Whether it is to seize the throne after growing up, or to assist the regent, Daqing will always be Daqing.
Even if the name of the country is changed, it is still the same blood, and this cannot be escaped.
That's probably what King Qian thought.
pity……
Xu Chong twitched his lips.
He knew that he was not the reincarnation of some great ancestor.
There is no logical inconsistency in the memory of another world, every bit is very clear.
This is enough to prove that I am still a time traveler.
"Right."
King Qian suddenly spoke and asked casually: "You are in the Daqing Arsenal, so your view should not be blocked, right?"
Now that the matter has come to this, Xu Chong feels that there is nothing to hide, so he nodded and said calmly: "That's true."
"!!!"
King Qian's pupils suddenly shrank into needlepoints.
"……What's wrong?"
Xu Chong felt something bad in his heart.
"With this sentence, I am testing you, lest you continue to hide it."
King Qian slowly exhaled, "But I didn't expect that it was really like this..."
"Is there any problem?"
Xu Chong asked.
"The Daqing arsenal is a Taoist artifact made by Taizu using many fragments of the cave."
King Qian stared at Xu Chong closely, "The preserved cave-heaven characteristics give this Taoist tool all kinds of magic, such as the mustard seeds, the entry of thoughts, the carrying of martial arts skills, the contribution system... and for example, it has a control hub .”
"Control hub?"
Xu Chong was a little surprised.
"Generally speaking, Taoist weapons, magical weapons, and precious phantoms have no control over these things. You can use them as soon as you grab them."
King Qian explained, "Only Blessed Land and Dongtian can become de facto controllers and control the rules within them by controlling the hub."
"The control hub of Daqing's arsenal is a Yang god of Taizu."
"Therefore, there has always been a rumor among the royal family that the Taizu's remnants remain in the arsenal, which will guide the children who have not awakened their bloodline to choose appropriate techniques."
No wonder that Jun'er calls his ancestor...
Xu Chong suddenly realized.
But King Qian hadn't finished speaking yet.
"However, only successive generations of clan officials know that there cannot be Taizu's residual thoughts in the arsenal."
"Because before Taizu Bintian, the Yang God as the hub was cut and broken up, and integrated into the national jade seal, which was controlled by successive Qing emperors."
"Even if there are regrets, they are within the imperial seal, not within the arsenal."
"But that's not the point I want to say."
"The point is, except for Taizu, only the Qing emperors of the past dynasties can retain a complete vision within the Daqing arsenal without being restricted by contribution."
With that said, King Qian pointed at Xu Chong, "And you, on this point, are once again an exception."
"..."
Xu Chong's face tightened and he asked, "What does this mean?"
"This shows that you have the same spiritual origin as Taizu."
King Qian showed a complicated expression, "I can only think of this explanation... Otherwise, if you are a completely unrelated individual, why would you avoid the restrictions of the arsenal?"
"The same divine soul origin?"
Xu Chong was at a loss.
Just now, he actually believed that he was the reincarnation of Taizu... Oh no, it should be said that he was the reincarnation of Taizu.
But he didn't take it seriously.
After all, that guy who might be the reincarnation of Taizu would have been hanged long ago.
But now...
Only with the same divine soul origin can we avoid the limitations of the arsenal?
Xu Chong has cultivated the Taoist Purple Mansion and knows very well that the essence that determines who a person is is the soul.
When he traveled across time, it was his soul that traveled across time and occupied his current physical body.
But the question is, does my soul have the same origin as Taizu’s soul?
It has to be said that this new argument made Xu Chong start to feel a little shaken about his origins.
After working on it for a long time, the reincarnation of Taizu is not the original body, but himself?
Is it equivalent to saying that he first created Daqing in this world, then traveled to the earth after his death, lived an ordinary life in a world without spiritual energy, and then traveled back here?
A bit ridiculous, right?
Xu Chong fell into silence.
"To be honest, I'm starting to regret asking you this question."
King Qian twitched his lips, "Because I don't know how to face you now."
The implication is that it is confirmed that Xu Chong is the reincarnation of Taizu.
"..."
Xu Chong hesitated for a long time, then tentatively said: "How about each of us can discuss it separately? I'll call you Your Highness, and you'll call me Ancestor?"
King Qian's face darkened, and he glared at Xu Chong angrily: "Unless you regain Taizu's memory, it is absolutely impossible."
"Just joking, just joking..."
Xu Chong waved his hands awkwardly.
"In short, this is the fundamental reason why I placed you in the second assessment."
King Qian turned around and said, "Now it seems that this arrangement is correct..."
"All right."
Xu Chong sighed, suppressed the doubts in his heart, and said: "The final result of the assessment may be unexpected. This ninth princess, Jiang Shengjun, crushed all the princes. I think she is very calm, so the subsequent assessment should not be difficult." …”
"It's indeed a bit unexpected."
King Qian stroked his long beard and frowned.
"It's a pity that she is a girl after all, so it is useless even if she becomes one of the five people who enter the palace."
Xu Chong pretended to feel sorry and said tentatively.
"Daughter body..."
King Qian thought for a while and said: "There are no gender restrictions for the princes and emperors of Daqing. You should know this after staying in Zhan Shifu for so long."
"I know, I know."
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows, "But as far as I know the history, Daqing has never had a female emperor, right?"
It's more than that.
He remembered that Jun'er cried to him in person and said, "My mother-in-law blames me for not being a man."
This should prove the problem.
"It's true that it hasn't happened before."
King Qian answered, and then changed the topic: "However, it is not that Daqing cannot have a female emperor, but that there has never been a royal woman who can pass all the assessments and become one of the five people to enter the palace."
"Why?"
Xu Chong was puzzled.
"Because of Zhengyang energy."
King Qian looked at the roster in his hand and sighed: "The other assessments are just that. In terms of Zhengyang Jin's cultivation qualifications, this is the first time that a princess has obtained the top grade... No, it should be said that this is the first time. There is a princess who has obtained a qualification assessment of C-level or above."
"What's the meaning?"
Xu Chong was stunned.
"Literally."
King Qian said calmly, "Yin and yang are yin and yang, women are yin and men are yang. Men are innately more suitable for cultivating Zhengyang energy than women."
"Forehead……"
Xu Chong was stunned.
It turns out that Jun'er's mother and concubine blamed her for not having a male body.
etc……
Xu Chong suddenly thought of a question and asked curiously: "Zhengyang Jin is more suitable for men to practice. What will happen if women practice? The physical body gradually becomes masculine?"
"Masculine? This word is... really dirty!"
King Qian originally planned to say "fresh", but just thinking about it for a moment made his eyelids twitch wildly and his skin stood up all over his body.
"That's what I asked."
Xu Chong twitched his lips.
"The Zhengyang Jin is peaceful and can be practiced by both men and women. Throughout history, there have been royal women who awakened their bloodline memories and practiced Zhengyang Jin."
King Gan tried his best to dispel the image in his mind and continued, "It's just that there are few people who can use it to wash their bodies and then cultivate the Tao...there will be no changes in the physical body."
"That's good."
Xu Chong breathed a sigh of relief.
He couldn't help but feel a pang of regret when he thought that the once beautiful and delicate Princess Jun'er would eventually turn into a nine-foot-tall King Kong Barbie with muscles all over her body.
Fortunately not.
After a pause, Xu Chong continued: "In other words, this Jiang Shengjun has a chance to become the crown prince and take charge of the East Palace?"
"There is indeed a chance."
King Qian nodded, "Even once she enters the East Palace, as long as she doesn't act stupid like Xinghe, she will definitely become the emperor of Daqing in the future."
Xu Chong felt a little absurd in his heart.
Even though he had thought about trying to help Jiang Shengjun in the assessment before, he never really thought that Jiang Shengjun could become the crown prince and the Qing Emperor.
‘As long as Jun’er can be like the prince’s brother, or even do better than the prince’s brother, the mother-in-law will definitely not be angry with Jun’er again’.
This is what Jiang Shengjun said in the arsenal back then.
Now, the attitude of the mother-in-law has probably reversed, right?
"It's almost time."
King Qian looked at the sky outside the house, closed the roster in his hand, and walked out, "Go and do your work. I will send the roster to you."
"I don't have anything to do. If you want to express your kindness to me, you can just say so..."
Xu Chong twitched the corner of his mouth and thought to himself.
Immediately, he frowned again.
In the conversation with King Qian just now, he always felt that he had overlooked an important point.
I couldn't catch it at the time, and I had no clue afterwards.
It seems like it's just an illusion.
"Taizu, the reincarnation of Taizu, the empress..."
"This should be the most important thing."
"What am I overlooking?"
Xu Chong frowned and paced outside.
Three days later.
The imperial examination is over.
Five royal children entered the Tianji Palace to accept the final assessment of Emperor Yongtai.
Jiang Shengjun is one of them.
No, it can't be said to be one of them.
It should be said that she is the best among these five people.
Xu Chong was right about one thing.
Jiang Shengjun was not only able to recite Taizu's imperial edicts, but her comprehensive talents and knowledge could be said to be as impressive as those of a scholar.
Compared with the entire capital, it is naturally not worth mentioning, but compared with her brothers and sisters who have long since slacked off, it is already much stronger.
then.
In the early morning of the fourth day, an edict was sent from Yongqing Palace to various places in Daqing.
Jiang Shengjun really won.
And became the crown prince of Daqing...
…
…
"The main body of the Spring and Autumn Tomb is actually shrouded in a coffin made of Forbidden Stone. The Fang family is really a great artist."
Qing Wu looked at the coffin floating quietly on the sea with a slightly surprised expression, "I'm afraid that without the strength of the Iron Bone Realm, you can't even open it, right?"
“Little friendly eyesight.”
Fang Shuyue glanced at Qing Wu and said with a smile: "For the inheritance of the great plan, any sacrifice is worth it."
After saying that, he added something in his mind.
Any means can be used.
Soon, under Fang Shuyue's control, the two quietly entered the Spring and Autumn Tomb.
As soon as he entered the Spring and Autumn Tomb, Fang Shuyue arranged for Qing Wu to wait in an unoccupied tomb, then opened the Spring and Autumn Hall, used the cave-sky hub to force open one of the stone chambers, and without any explanation, brought out Li Xiangxue who was inside.
Until Li Xiangxue met Qing Wu, the whole process did not attract anyone's attention... mainly because it did not alert the 'Clone of Emperor Yongtai'.
"The Taoist Master has an order, ordering you to return to Taiping Township immediately and report in detail what you saw at the Spring and Autumn Tombs."
Qingwu went straight to the point.
Hearing this, Li Xiangxue's heart suddenly sank.
At this time, he looked almost thirty years old.
Yes, he did not listen to Xu Chong's words and waited in the Chunqiu Tomb.
On the contrary, after he separated from Xu Chong, he not only returned to Chunqiu Hall as soon as possible, but also practiced harder than before.
Why?
Naturally, it was to be able to have enough power to help Xu Chong when he dealt with Emperor Yongtai.
Now, he has broken through to the ninth level of body washing.
He was about to take the risk and try the Taoism, but Qingwu appeared here and asked him to return to Taiping Township immediately?
So suddenly...
Could it be that Ji Qingzhi noticed the transformation of his inner demons?
Li Xiangxue thought crazily, looking for countermeasures.