The mistress died of overwork, and after rebirth, she was bad at raising her cubs

Chapter 249: The two sides compete, I will also add a prize

Li Fude took a look at the memorial and his mouth twitched.

This King of War... he is a God of War after all, but he ended up writing a memorial crying in front of His Majesty. Where is the majesty of a God of War?

However, Li Fude did not dare to say much about the affairs of the court. He could only look around and say:

"Your Majesty is wise and has never treated the King of War unfairly. However, I am a dull servant and cannot understand the King of War's actions."

Emperor Jingren saw that Li Fude, the old fox, was playing dumb in front of him, so he laughed and scolded:

"If I want you to speak, just speak directly. Why are you pretending in front of me?"

Li Fude had served Emperor Jingren for many years, so he naturally knew when Emperor Jingren was really angry.

Li Fude can be said to have an extremely good grasp of the emperor's thoughts.

When the emperor wants advice, you must not really try to smooth things over.

However, if the emperor already has the answer in his heart, then you must make these words reach the heart of the emperor.

Any more would be considered usurpation, and any less would be considered incompetence, and the emperor would naturally be disgusted with it.

And Li Fude happened to be the person who could best control the emperor's heart.

He immediately smiled and said flatteringly:

"Your Majesty is wise. Nothing can be hidden from Your Majesty."

After a pause, Li Fude looked at the memorial and said:

"This War King handed over the tiger talisman to Your Majesty. Now he is just a title without any real job."

"Although the War King is not doing well now, he is a military commander after all. How could he really want to be idle? So this memorial, crying for a long time, is just to ask His Majesty to give him a real job, right?"

Besides, Huo Zhanting had offended many people in the past. If he continued to stay idle in the mansion, over time, he would no longer be a deterrent and everyone would come to step on him.

It was also because of this that Huo Zhanting was eager to find a job at this time.

First, it can show the world that his favor has not faded.

Second, it can also allow Prince Zhan’s Palace to continue to stand.

But Prince Zhan naturally couldn't say this directly, so he beat around the bush to flatter Emperor Jingren.

Having said this, Li Fude did not continue.

He could help Emperor Jingren with the analysis, but if he said anything more about the actual decision of whether to appoint a court official or what position to appoint, he would just have to wait until he lost his head.

Emperor Jingren leaned back on the dragon chair, tapped the table with his fingers, and said:

"Leeford."

"The slave is here."

"Draft an edict..."

When the decree was finished, a young eunuch came to report:

"Your Majesty, Concubine Yan is outside seeking an audience."

"Oh? My beloved is here? Please come in."

When Emperor Jingren heard that Concubine Yan had arrived, he immediately smiled and gave orders.

After a while, Concubine Yan, wearing a peach-colored long dress and with a graceful figure, had already walked into the hall.

"Your Majesty has worked hard. I have specially asked the imperial kitchen to prepare some watermelon ice cream for you. Your Majesty, please try it."

Concubine Yan smiled as she took the small bowl made of white jade from the palace maid's hand and walked to Emperor Jingren with it.

Emperor Jingren smiled and put his arm around Concubine Yan's slender waist, pulling her into his arms. Concubine Yan exclaimed, glared at Emperor Jingren with seductive eyes and said:

"His Majesty!"

If you look closely, Concubine Yan's glare at Emperor Jingren is an act of disobedience. However, it is clear that Emperor Jingren does not care. Instead, he thinks Concubine Yan is so charming and lovely:

"My beloved concubine never sends me any cheese on weekdays. Why did you do so today? Is there something wrong?"

There are three thousand beauties in the harem, and it is not without reason that Emperor Jingren only favors Concubine Yan.

Concubine Yan was beautiful, but she never took the initiative to please Emperor Jingren.

That attitude of wanting to refuse but also to accept made people interested.

In addition, all the concubines had connections with the previous dynasty, except Concubine Yan, who was of humble origin and had no one to rely on except the favor of Emperor Jingren.

Also, because Emperor Jingren had previously risked his life for Concubine Yan, the ministers of the previous dynasty hated Concubine Yan even more.

However, because of this, Emperor Jingren became even more unscrupulous in favoring Concubine Yan.

A concubine who has no background, no power, and is despised by court officials can be pampered without any burden.

There is no need to worry about external relatives interfering in politics, and there is no need to worry about her having other intentions.

After all, Concubine Yan’s current status is entirely due to the favor of Emperor Jingren.

If she were not favored, Concubine Yan would soon be skinned alive in this palace.

Concubine Yan knew this very well.

It is also because of this that Concubine Yan is so presumptuous in the harem.

The more presumptuous she was, the more she offended the concubines and empresses, and the more secure her position in front of the emperor became.

Just imagine, anyone would show more pity and love to a beautiful pet that can only depend on oneself.

Because of this, when Concubine Yan came in, Emperor Jingren could tell that there must be a reason for her coming.

Concubine Yan seemed a little surprised. She looked at Emperor Jingren with respect and said:

"Your Majesty is indeed a wise ruler. You can tell at a glance that I have something to ask of you."

Emperor Jingren stretched out his hand and pinched Concubine Yan's face. It was smooth as satin and felt very good.

"Tell me? What do you want to ask of me?"

Concubine Yan smiled, then she put her arms around Emperor Jingren's neck and said in a tender voice:

"Isn't it Heng'er? He begged me to go to the Imperial College in three days."

"Oh? If he is fine, why did he go to the Imperial College? Isn't he studying with Mr. Lu now?"

When Emperor Jingren heard this, he became interested and asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Concubine Yan sighed and shook her head.

"I don't know either. Heng'er is so mysterious. Maybe it's because the second and third sons of the Zhan Wang family and the son of Minister Qian want to compete with the students of the Imperial Academy?"

"Your Majesty, you know the character of Heng'er. He is very soft-hearted. He is probably afraid that the second son of the Zhan Wang family will lose too embarrassingly, so he wants me to help support him."

When Concubine Yan said this, she looked helpless.

But how could this concubine leave the palace casually? Unless Emperor Jingren agreed, Concubine Yan came to ask Emperor Jingren for permission.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Jingren's eyes flickered slightly and he asked:

"Who is this Zhan Wang family kid betting with?"

"I only know one of them is the youngest son of Prime Minister Jiang, Jiang Yuanbin."

Concubine Yan shook her head, her eyes clear.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Jingren tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and suddenly he realized something.

He said, why would Huo Zhanting suddenly come to seal the memorial and cry for no reason?

I'm afraid it was because of the bet with Prime Minister Jiang's youngest son that made Huo Zhanting worried, so he wrote a memorial to ask for a position.

However, I heard that Huo Zhanting's second son and Minister Qian's son were both uneducated and dissolute young men. How could a three-and-a-half-year-old girl be a match for the students of the Imperial Academy?

Moreover, he had heard that Jiang Yuanbin, although young, had done well in academics and was definitely the best among his peers in the Imperial College.

If these two sides confront each other, what chance do the children from Prince Zhan's Mansion have of winning?

No wonder Heng'er came to ask Concubine Yan to help. Wasn't it because she was afraid that it would be too embarrassing if the kids in Prince Zhan's mansion lost?

Emperor Jingren thought about this, smiled, put his arms around Concubine Yan's slender waist and said:

"I see. I haven't been to the Imperial College for a long time. Since there is such a competition, I would like to go and have a look. I also want to see whether the student that Mr. Lu has taught in such a short time can beat the best of my Imperial College."

Although Emperor Jingren always admired Lu Huaizhu's talent, Lu Huaizhu's repeated refusal to allow him to serve as an official in the court still made Emperor Jingren feel a little resentful.

Lu Huaizhu had only been teaching those children for a short time, and he didn't believe that the Imperial College would lose.

So Emperor Jingren really intended to go and take a look to see how ugly the faces of King Zhan and Lu Huaizhu would be after they lost.

"Go, pass on the order. I will personally visit the Imperial College this time. If they are the winners, I will try my best to fulfill any of their wishes. I am serious."

Emperor Jingren smiled and gave instructions to Li Fude beside him, and Li Fude immediately took the order and left.

Concubine Yan, who was nestling in Emperor Jingren's arms, raised her eyebrows, and a hint of smile flashed in her beautiful eyes.

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