Aoyama Chronicle

Wu Yuanheng came over quickly, almost didn't make Zhong Yiwen wait, and followed Qin Jiu into the door.Zhong Yiwen saw that he was still wearing a neat formal Confucian uniform, so he should have been called by Qin Jiu just after returning home.

Wu Yuanheng was a little surprised, why Zhong Yiwen came to him so anxiously, but when he saw Zhong Yiwen's dignified face, he immediately thumped in his heart, thinking that something serious had happened: "Ah Wen, what's going on, did you encounter something? Trouble? It’s okay, don’t be afraid, I’m here!”

Zhong Yiwen's heart immediately warmed up when he heard Wu Yuanheng's words, it seemed that it would be nice to have such a cousin.

Zhong Yiwen didn't want to scare Wu Yuanheng, so he smiled slightly: "Cousin, you sit down first, it's nothing serious. I just want to ask my cousin about a little thing."

"It's fine, it's fine!" Wu Yuanheng breathed a sigh of relief, sat down, and picked up his teacup, "Speak directly, do you have anything to ask? You still act so serious."

"Cousin, I just want to ask, is our Zhong family related to Princess Anle?" Zhong Yiwen didn't hide anything, and asked Wu Yuanheng straight to the point.If it was someone else, Zhong Yiwen might still try to find out, but for Wu Yuanheng who was able to say that directly just now, Zhong Yiwen had an intuition that Wu Yuanheng would never lie to him.

Wu Yuanheng took a sip of hot tea from his teacup and asked casually, "How did you know about this?"

"Hey? Is it really related?" Zhong Yiwen opened his mouth in surprise, "But why have I never heard of it at home?"

However, Wu Yuanheng sneered: "It would be really strange if you had heard of it! The entire Zhong family thought about hiding this before it was too late, so how dare you bring it up at home? Just say that your Zhong family is This Tangchi small courtyard in Kyoto has a two-entry house, the environment is very good, and the value is even more expensive. Why did your grandma Chen give it to you so easily, have you never doubted it?"

Zhong Yiwen was taken aback, he really never suspected Chen's ulterior motives, he only thought that the main house of the Zhong family in the state capital was very valuable, that's why Chen gave up the two places in Kyoto so readily.Is there still an inside story?

"That's Mrs. Chen's guilty conscience! I'm sure you've heard about the matter of your mother-in-law back then, right?"

Zhong Yiwen paused all over, nodded immediately, suddenly realized.Of course he knew about this matter, his grandma, Mrs. Zhang, was the son of a concubine in the family of Mr. Zhang, the magistrate of Yangzhou, but because when he was pregnant with his father, Mrs. Zhong wanted to take in the concubine Mrs. Chen. The matter was overwhelmed, and she died of dystocia.Moreover, less than a month after Mrs. Zhang passed away, Mrs. Chen became pregnant, which made Mr. Zhang hate it very much.The matter went all the way to the magistrate at that time, and Mr. Zhang's family failed to get a fair judgment, so they broke off the relationship with Zhong's family.

If Princess Anle's relationship with Mrs. Zhang's family is really not that far away.It's just that it has been broken for many years, and it's been a long time. No wonder Zhong Yiwen didn't think of it for a while.

"Your grandmother's father, Mr. Zhang, had always had a good relationship with my ancestors of the Wu family. Because of your Zhong family's affairs, after you had an unhappiness with the prefect of Yangzhou at that time, Mr. Zhang asked himself to be transferred, and finally arrived Yuzhou is a fellow acquaintance. What happened to your grandma made Mr. Zhang feel very angry, and he didn’t believe that someone with a lower family status than his own would really take good care of his elder brother. So he will be a compatriot with your grandma My little brother married into the family of a high-ranking official named Lin as a concubine. This little brother is also Dalin Xiaolin and the others from Meiguan Kyoto later!"

Zhong Yiwen nodded. In this way, the relationship between him and Princess Anle is really very close.Princess Anle and his father should be brothers and sisters.It's no wonder that Mrs. Chen avoided the capital and killed Princess Anle's aunt. Could he stay away from his territory?

Seeing that Zhong Yiwen didn't say a word, Wu Yuanheng thought he was worried, and comforted him: "You don't have to worry too much. After all, you are not from the Chen family, and Princess Anle shouldn't embarrass you."

Zhong Yiwen sighed, yes, people only hope that he will take the initiative to come to the door to be taken advantage of.

"Cousin, how is Mr. Zhang's family doing now?" Zhong Yiwen thought about Mr. Zhang being able to become a prefect of a state almost 40 years ago. Surnamed Zhang.

Wu Yuanheng was silent for a while before telling Zhong Yiwen in a low voice: "Master Zhang has passed away for many years. Those descendants of the Zhang family were involved in the battle for the throne 20 years ago, and were sent to the frontier by the current emperor, and will never be hired. After that, even us The Wu family has not received any news."

Zhong Yiwen was taken aback, and immediately became more vigilant towards Princess Anle.A weak brother, everyone in his family was killed, and his family was involved in the battle for the throne and they were all exiled. Under such circumstances, he can still maintain his status, and let King Anle treat him wholeheartedly. If there is no scheming in this Yes, Zhong Yiwen absolutely does not believe it.

Wu Yuanheng sighed: "Originally, I didn't intend to tell you these things. After all, they are all things of the older generations. No one can tell right from wrong. But today you asked me, and I don't want to hide it. You. From now on, you have to treat Xiao Fei and Qin Jiuye better."

Zhong Yiwen gave Wu Yuanheng a strange look, as if his cousin's last sentence meant something.However, Zhong Yiwen also saw that Wu Yuanheng didn't seem to want to mention this matter again, so he could only suppress this curiosity, as it was just Wu Yuanheng's advice to himself.Zhong Yiwen deeply felt that since he came to the capital, the water he was in was getting deeper and deeper, making him feel more and more insecure around him, and he didn't know when he would fall into the water.

When Zhong Yiwen and the others found out about it, the current Holy Majesty in the deep palace over there also knew about Zhong Yiwen's origin.

"It's actually the grandson of Concubine Lin's aunt?" The Holy One frowned slightly, and then suddenly realized, "I just said that Zhong Jieyuan looks familiar, but he is [-]% or [-]% similar to Concubine Lin? Good character, it is not easy to maintain such progress after encountering so many things."

On the one hand, the Holy Majesty's close attendant, Eunuch De, bowed his body and handed another thing to the Holy Majesty: "Your Majesty, this is the answer sheet of Zhong Jieyuan's meeting, please have a look at it!"

"Yeah!" After taking it, the Holy One flipped through it, and when he saw the previous policy answer sheet, the Holy One nodded, it was well organized, the questions were comprehensive, and the ideas were more solid, but there was still a sense of incompleteness.When he turned to the math answer sheet, His Majesty was surprised and a little surprised, "Oh? The math is all right?"

"Returning to the emperor, I once asked Mr. Jiang Mo, the chief examiner of this year's Qingzhou rural examination. Mr. Jiang said that Zhong Jieyuan was extremely talented in mathematics, and his answers to mathematics in the rural examination were all correct. In addition, during the Mingyue Tower in Qingzhou, Zhong Jieyuan even It was the problem of how many people a cow can feed that was easily calculated in public, Mr. Jiang failed to record the process but recorded the result, and later re-calculated in private, only to find that it was basically correct." Father-in-law De did his duty He reported all the things he found out to the present Holy Majesty.

The Holy One nodded again and again: "From this point of view, Zhong Jieyuan is really a rare talent. Has the admission result of this year's test come out?"

Eunuch De thought for a while, and whispered a few words into His Majesty's ear.

When the Holy Majesty heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows: "Nonsense! Does he still have the great cause of the Yan Kingdom in his eyes? Is he so biased that he intends to chill the hearts of all the students in the world? Xiao Dezi, I want to ask the minister of the Ministry of Xuanli to see you." , asked him to assist in supervising the prince to preside over the examination, what has he been doing?"

"Yes!" Eunuch De retreated immediately after receiving the order.

Today's majesty was furious, and cursed at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who was in charge of assisting the prince in presiding over the examination, and threw the list of examinations that had been drawn up directly out of the imperial study.This matter was quickly circulated among the ministers in the court, but no one knew what the truth was, and it is estimated that only the Minister of the Ministry of Officials knew about it.Even the prince who presided over the examination originally thought that he would be criticized by the Holy Majesty, but he did not expect that the Holy Majesty never summoned him.Only the Minister of the Ministry of Officials brought the Holy Majesty's oral instructions and re-drawn the test list.

Everyone in the court is confused, what does the Holy One mean by this prince?Let's talk about pampering, the Holy Majesty will not intervene in other princes' affairs, let alone intervene too much.The crown prince presided over the examination this time, but the list drawn up was thrown away by the Holy Majesty, which shows how dissatisfied he is.However, if you want to say that you don't love him, the crown prince presided over the meeting this time obviously did not meet His Majesty's wishes, but His Majesty didn't say anything to punish the Crown Prince.If it were the other princes, they would have already been punished.

Not only the people in the court are talking about it, but there are also many thoughts in the harem.

"Although the position in the Eastern Palace is glorious, it is not something that can be done casually. After 20 years, no matter how long the relationship lasts, it will soon come to an end. What's more, that person who really thought he would be favored for the rest of his life , the emperor is still alive, so he wants to meddle in the affairs of the court, and act recklessly!"

"We don't need to worry, just wait and watch the show."

"Exactly! I've been waiting for so many years, what else can I wait for? I heard that Princess Anle came to visit the East Palace today?"

"His aunt has done her duty very well! It's a pity that she can't even manage her own elder brother well, and she doesn't feel ashamed of herself even if she learns how to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha. I heard that they have taken a fancy to a famous young athlete in Yangzhou. Son, if you want someone to take advantage of you, that's what An Le Palace can do."

"People are favored, but we are not. That's why!"

Several concubines of the harem sat chatting in the long pavilion one by one, just from the fact that they were fighting against each other, it can be seen how dissatisfied the harem is with the matter of the Holy Majesty's exclusive favor.Seeing the big from the small also foretells the current situation in the Yan Kingdom. On the surface, it is calm and modest, but no one can see clearly what it is like in private.