The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

During the Lantern Festival this year, there was no banquet in the palace for the ministers, but the Empress Dowager held a family banquet for her natal family.

Zhao Zhili brought his wife Yang Qinxuan, Princess of Xiang'an, into the palace to meet the Empress Dowager.

Two days ago, the news that Princess Xiang'an beat Xiao Lingxian had already been spread in Beijing. Although it would not be widely spread, some sources of news were known to everyone.

These wives, grandmas and ladies in Beijing are bored every day, and they will not let go of any gossip.

Princess Xiang'an was jealous of an actor and let the servant beat Xiaolingxian. This kind of thing is already a big gossip, how could it not spread in a short time.

It's only been three days, and even the queen mother in the palace didn't know where to get the news about it.

The Queen Mother has never met Little Fairy, but she has summoned Princess Xiang'an several times before. Princess Xiang'an is an arrogant lord, and she will not give in to the Queen Mother. Naturally, the Queen Mother doesn't like her.

This time the Empress Dowager took advantage of the cold weather to have a headache, so she didn't sit at the banquet for too long, so she went back to her room, but summoned Zhao Zhili to ask questions.

Zhao Zhili was wearing an official uniform that day. He was a 17-year-old boy, tall and tall, with handsome features and bright eyes. Stand in the lower position and wait for orders.

Of the Empress Dowager's two brothers, the Marquis of Yongchang has no legitimate son, and the Marquis of Dingguo only has Zhao Zhili as his son. Zhao Zhili is naturally unusual for the Empress Dowager.

After all, the Empress Dowager had no son herself, and Zhao Zhili looked a bit like her when she was young. Others said that the more my aunt looked at her nephew, the happier she was.

Although the queen mother is expensive, she can't change the minds of these ordinary women.

The queen mother observed Zhao Zhili for a while, then sighed, and said, "Is it true that you and Qin Xuan never get along together at all? You have only been married for a long time, and you are raising an actor outside. You are also the son of the Hou family after all. Why don’t you follow the rules at all.”

Although the empress dowager's words were accusatory, her tone contained helplessness and distress. As for the empress dowager, she loved Zhao Zhili much more than the little emperor Yang Qinxian.

Zhao Zhili did not give up in front of the queen mother this time, he stood straight, frowned and said, "Auntie, you have also seen her temper, it's not that my nephew doesn't want to be nice to her, but her temper is really difficult to get along with So far, she doesn't let her nephew into the bedroom. Even if I want to have a good time with her, I can't get along with her. Besides, there is no such thing as an actor between her nephew and Tsing Yi from the Lingfeng class. She still thinks it's her nephew's fault for making things so ugly now. If I happen to meet an actor when I go out to meet friends, she will think that I have something to do with this actor, and I can't do anything about her."

In fact, the Empress Dowager is not very clear about Zhao Zhili and Xiao Lingxian. She is in the deep palace, even if she has information sources to grasp the situation outside, she is not very well-informed about everything.

The queen mother said, "You really don't have an actor."

Zhao Zhili said firmly, "Auntie, absolutely not."

The queen mother then raised her hand and said, "So, the Ai family will talk to Qin Xuan."

Zhao Zhili was let go, and Yang Qinxuan was summoned into the small hall of the Queen Mother. Yang Qinxuan went in and saluted. After the Queen Mother asked her to get up, she sat on the lower chair of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother did not give her a seat. , Seeing that Yang Qinxuan had already sat down by herself, she couldn't help being startled, but she didn't get angry at Yang Qinxuan because of this, she still had a kind face.

Yang Qinxuan was favored by the King of Wu since she was a child, and she has an arrogant personality. Before the queen mother said it first, she had already filed a lawsuit, saying that Zhao Zhili had rarely stayed at home since she got married, but instead had another courtyard outside and raised her actor.

The Empress Dowager listened expressionlessly to her complaining about a lot of Zhao Zhili's mistakes, but Yang Qinxuan didn't notice that the Empress Dowager looked very bad after talking for so long.

The Empress Dowager Zhao was already more inclined to her own nephew, but after hearing Yang Qinxuan's complaints, her heart became even more ruthless towards Zhao Zhili.

In the end she said, "You said Zhili raises opera singers, but you mean the little Lingxian from the Lingfeng class."

Yang Qinxuan nodded, "That's him. He is very attractive."

Empress Dowager Zhao sighed, and said, "Since you said that Zhili was raising him, why is he still performing operas outside every day? If Zhili really raised him, why would he be allowed to perform operas again. He sings operas every day Aijia also heard that he has been living in the troupe and seldom goes out, which has something to do with Zhili's loophole."

Yang Qinxuan was taken aback by the question, and then said, "But everyone knows that Zhao Zhili is with him."

The Empress Dowager Zhao said, "As a grandma, you are supposed to be a princess. You have been taught strictly since childhood, so you don't need Aijia to say these things, but Aijia still has to say a few words. Men's eyes are all blurry, and Aijia is just like you." I have never heard of a man who is not good at beauty. Instead of controlling the beauty outside, it is better to serve your man at home and let him spend more time on you, so that he will not have the mind to put it outside."

Yang Qinxuan was a little annoyed by her words, "But it's Zhao Zhili..."

Empress Dowager Zhao raised her hand to interrupt her, "Husband and wife must understand each other. A man is a sword, and a woman is water. Otherwise, a woman is also a sword. If two swords collide, it will only hurt both sides. Where are the good ones?"

Seeing that Queen Mother Zhao's words had become severe, Yang Qinxuan had no choice but to suppress the grievance in her heart and said, "Thank you aunt for your teaching."

After Zhao Zhili left the Queen Mother, he boarded a small boat with the emperor, and the boat headed for the center of Penglai Pool.

The sky in the winter night is very cold and clear, and the moon on the [-]th is coldly shining on the earth, reflected in the water, and rippling with the water waves.

Zhao Zhili rowed the boat and parked it in the lake. The emperor looked at the moon in the sky and at the moon in the water. The winding corridors and pavilions by the lake were all hung with Lantern Festival lanterns, and the lights were also reflected in the lake. , Sitting on the boat to enjoy the scenery at this time, I feel like I am in a fairyland, and there are fewer worries.

The emperor said, "Cousin, you will go to the West Lake to train and serve in the army, and I will thank you for everything."

Zhao Zhili said, "I just want to be able to serve the emperor. I will handle this matter well."

The two talked secretly in the boat for more than an hour, and Zhao Zhili did not row the boat back to the shore until late at night when the wind was strong.

Ji Heng entered the palace to study with him after the Lantern Festival, and he always felt cold when he got up in the morning and went out.

Zhao Zhixiang was sick and crooked. He fell ill after two days of class, so he had to take sick leave.

Shao Li is a person who can't beat a fart with a few sticks, and Yang Qinji has a very bad temper, so the life of accompanying students in the palace is much more depressing than when Zhao Zhili was there before.

Fortunately, Ji Heng has always been easy to adapt to the environment, calm and alert, coping well, and nothing happened afterwards.

After the Lantern Festival, the chief examiner of Chunwei's examination was finally settled. It was decided that Ouyang Jing, the Minister of Rites who had never had a sense of presence, would preside over it. The related Zhou Shugui.

When Ji Heng came home this day, he went directly to Master Ji and asked Fuqin to guard in the yard and not let anyone approach the study.

Master Ji sat behind the desk, and Ji Heng went forward and handed a tightly wrapped letter hidden in his arms to Master Ji. After Master Ji took it, he quickly unfolded it to read.

Master Ji said, "Has the emperor made a decision?"

Ji Heng nodded, "Yes. This is the subject of this year's exam that the Emperor himself copied out. When Lord Ouyang gave it to him for review, he said he would read it the next day. After an extra night, he copied it out. Ordered one."

Master Ji looked at the test questions written in petty lowercase letters in the letter, and couldn't help but sighed, "It takes patience to write such small lowercase letters. It's rare that the emperor has a big heart. , I am Ji Daogong, and it is also my blessing to serve him wholeheartedly in this life."

Ji Heng said, "The emperor said that at this time, this topic can already be released. Every time in Beijing, in fact, they will secretly guess the topic of the test, and just mix this topic into it."

Master Ji nodded and said, "You go back to the emperor, and I will finish it in a few days."

Ji Heng said, "I will talk to the emperor when I enter the palace tomorrow."

As he spoke, his eyes flickered again, and he stared at Mr. Ji hesitant to speak for a moment. Mr. Ji looked at him and asked, "Does your majesty have any orders?"

Ji Heng shook his head and said, "It's not about the emperor. It's because Uncle Thirteen and Eldest Brother in the Ji family are taking the exam this time. Uncle Thirteen is very naughty. If the exam questions are released, I think he will definitely go to the exam." Let’s take a look at this topic.”

Lord Ji would naturally think of this too, he pondered for a moment, and then said, "I have already reminded them that this year's exam, just be safe. Zhenhui won't listen to me, and I can't let the emperor down, so I'm going to remind them , it would be bad if the emperor’s important affairs were ruined because of them.”

Ji Heng said, "Actually, there is no need to remind them. The cook over there was found by our house, and I ordered the cook to put some poison in their food. If they have diarrhea for a few days and cannot take the exam, that's fine."

Mr. Ji was stunned by his words for a long time, and looked a little dumbfounded. If Mr. Ji had so many thoughts, even Ji Heng couldn't catch up, but such a trick, Mr. Ji sometimes couldn't think of it.

Master Ji thought for a while, then smiled, and said, "So, your Thirteenth Uncle will thank you very much in the future."

Ji Heng made a gesture of shame, and said, "After all, we are of the same clan, and my son really doesn't want them to be involved in this matter. If there is a fraud case in the examination hall in the future, it would be good to just remove the entrants this time." Yes, if they are severely punished and they cannot be hired for the rest of their lives, that would be too harsh for them."

After listening to Master Ji, he sighed and said, "You're still young, it's still too kind."

Ji Heng pursed his lips, but did not answer.