Fairy Road Return [comprehensive]

In the 16th year of Jingyuan, after the Lantern Festival, it seemed that the weather started to warm up all of a sudden. Fresh green buds hung on the big trees in the streets and alleys, and spring flowers raised their flower buds in the still cold wind.

For the spring in March, Li Xie himself is not nervous, but from top to bottom in the Prime Minister's Mansion, everyone is extremely vigilant. When servants pass by Li Xie's courtyard, they will deliberately slow down. Interrupt him from reviewing his homework.

It's not good to challenge Cai Xiang and Luo's nerves too much, so Li Xie had to stay in the mansion most of the time to prepare for the imperial examination, leaving the outside affairs to Lin Fei and Zhou Wang to run away, and Hong Yingcai, Wang Jian and others also Knowing his situation, they will handle small matters by themselves, and will not disturb him easily.

Just before the arrival of March, among all the gossip in the capital, the most lively one was the marriage between the family and the family, and it was about Uncle Cheng Yong's six sons and his aunt being separated into Uncle Yong's mansion. Mrs. Uncle was born as a merchant woman, so she was not very strict in managing the family, which led to the news of the big and small things in Uncle Cheng Yong's mansion. I don't know the specifics about the division of the family into Uncle Yong's Mansion.

It is not a strange thing to divide the family, but it is rare for Lao Tzu to separate his son when he is still alive. However, Prime Minister You set an example before, and when he heard that Uncle Cheng Yong separated his concubine son again, everyone was surprised , Thinking about it carefully, although it is different from the rules that everyone recognizes nowadays, fathers don't mind, so what room do outsiders have to comment?

After Lin Fei and Zhou Wang heard about it, they immediately tried to prove it emphatically before they came to report to Li Xie.Of course, Lin Fei and Zhou Wang only knew that Hong Yingcai and Li Xie were working together, but they didn't know that it was Hong Yingcai's request that Hong Yingcai was separated.

After Li Xie found out, he still went to the library on Fengrong Street and met Hong Yingcai in person. Although Hong Yingcai got what he wanted, his emotions were a bit complicated.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Hong Yingcai said with a heavy tone after pondering, "It's just that I feel guilty for making my aunt bear all the blame."

Although Aunt Qian didn't mind, but after the incident, Hong Yingcai inevitably felt that he was not strong enough, otherwise he didn't need to make such a bad move.

But when it comes to filial piety and ethics, Hong Yingcai has no other way, otherwise he dares to mention the matter of family separation, which is unfilial. These days, the world will think that a filial son is a big thing. As long as he is filial to his parents, the world will be filial I think he is a good person, but if he is not filial, then carrying this name on his back may make it difficult for Hong Yingcai to move forward in the world.

Wang Jian and the others didn't know how to comfort him. Among the seven, except Li Xie, Wang Jian, and Bai Anyi, they didn't need to worry about family affairs.Bai Anyi was recruited into their gang by Li Xie years ago, and there were only six people including Li Xie before.

Hong Yingcai just got out of trouble at home. From now on, he only needs to take care of his own family. Among them, Wen Liangjun, Xu Yingyan, and Li Haoxuan also have concerns about their own family. Wen Liangjun is the son of Zhongyong Hou, but unfortunately his mother died young , Zhongyong Hou continued to marry his stepwife, it can be said that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. Zhongyonghou is the perfect embodiment of this sentence. Wen Liangjun has been suppressed and bullied by his stepmother these years, and the stepmother is trying every means to get the title For his own son, he tried every means to deal with Wen Liangjun. Wen Liangjun was very lucky to grow up, and Wen Liangjun also wanted to separate the family, but he is the eldest son, so why should he give up the family business to his younger brother? He couldn't do it, so he had to deal with his stepmother like this. In the past, he was worried about filial piety, and he also had a glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping that his father could see him one day, but what happened to the two little friends made him start to reflect. It is the most stupid way to put hope on others. Since the father is ambiguous about the position of the eldest son, then he can no longer sit still, he can only choose him if he wants to.

Xu Yingyan is the grandson of the great Confucian Xu Zhengkai, the Xu family is a scholarly family, and Xu Zhengkai is the most prosperous representative of the Qingliu school in the Dasheng Dynasty. Unfortunately, as a scholar, Xu Zhengkai may teach his children and grandchildren the right way in terms of book knowledge, but he may not be able to do so in other aspects. Well, scholars, maybe there are still people who don't want to be romantic and live their lives in vain, especially when it comes to female sex, they don't have so many scruples. Xu Zhengkai himself has many women in his backyard, and he gave birth to eight sons and seven daughters. Xu Yingyan's father It was Xu Zhengkai who gave birth to three sons, and the Xu family had only so many resources. Even if the sons got more resources, but the eight sons and seven sons-in-law were allocated, Xu Yingyan's father was actually not as much as the common sons. The Xu family did not have a separate family, so the eight families lived together, and the master of each house married wives and concubines, and gave birth to many children. Outsiders saw the Xu family as having a large population, well-educated, harmonious family, and had a good impression of the Xu family. But only my own family knows about my own family affairs, and everyone in the house is living a hard life, especially the master of the two families, who is even more miserable, but due to filial piety, they dare not complain, so they can only grit their teeth and live. Xu Yingyan actually It was a dream that he wanted his grandfather to separate the family. After the separation, he would be the master of his own family. This would make Xu Yingyan thoughtful. Maybe he could make a plan like this so that his grandfather had to separate the family of the eighth family.

There is also Li Haoxuan, he is the concubine of the Minister of Rites, and his mother is the original wife, but because the Minister of Rites has gained power and attached himself to nobles, he demoted his mother to a concubine. Enjoying his glory, but now he is a concubine, even if he has great achievements in the future, I am afraid that the royal title bestowed on his aunt by the imperial court will be higher than that of his biological mother, he is not willing, he does not know what to do To change this situation, although he hated his aunt, it was not to the point of hatred. After all, all the decisions were made by his father, and no one forced him. He wanted to drive his father into the dust most of all.

Regarding Wen Liangjun's situation, Li Xie gave a suggestion, that is to let Wen Liangjun's younger brother become extinct temporarily, with no heirs, and Marquis Zhongyong only has two legitimate sons, so he can only choose the eldest son.As for Xu Yingyan, he only needs to sow dissension among the members of the Eight Households, and there will be some troubles. He will remind people vaguely that the separation of the family is very safe. The situation of the Xu family is indeed a separation. Well, the tree is big and branched, not to mention that a family has too many people and always lives together, even trivial things can consume that family relationship, maybe after the separation, the relationship will still be stronger.And what about Li Haoxuan?Li Xie's most conscientious suggestion is to adopt him, as long as he adopts him, no matter whether Li Haoxuan will be downcast in the future or gain the glory, it will have nothing to do with the Minister of Rites and his wife.

After that, Li Xie didn't take care of his little friend's housework anymore, he was preparing for the Spring Festival on March [-]th.

On the night of March 15th, Li Xie went to the palace to meet Manman. After the new year, Manman's [-]th birthday was approaching. There are objections to Man's marriage. Of course, it is understandable that the Queen Mother considers her natal family, but there is no one in Cheng'en Gongfu who is worthy of the princess, no matter in status or talent, which makes Li Xie a little angry. As the queen mother, he couldn't do anything to her, so he just made her have a few nightmares.

These two days happened to be cold in spring. Originally, the sun was shining in the sky a few days ago, but since the day before yesterday, the weather has changed. The sun was blocked behind the clouds, and the temperature that had only warmed up suddenly dropped again.This kind of weather made the students who took the imperial examination very depressed, but God's will, the world has no choice. Li Xie entered the Gongyuan under such circumstances. He is the candidate who wears the lightest clothes among all the students, and he is also lucky , not allocated to the number room next to Gong's room.

In the Palace of Mingjun, Princess Luo Chuyun, who is six months pregnant, has just come back from paying her respects in the palace. Fortunately, there is no queen in the harem, otherwise she would have to meet another giant, and it would take a lot of energy to just pay respects to the Queen Mother and Concubine Liu Gui , especially Concubine Liu Gui, was afraid that her son would have no one to serve her, and wanted to arrange a maid for her son to serve her.

Thinking about it this way, a sneer appeared from the corner of Luo Chuyun's mouth, it was useless to give too many women, the queen mother would not interfere in her grandson's backyard, she was just a noble concubine, even if she was the biological mother of King Mingjun, she was not qualified.

Luo Chuyun took a short rest to relieve the excessive fatigue caused by pregnancy. Even if she has a system, she will still feel tired when she is pregnant, but it is more relaxed than ordinary pregnant women.

Listening to the maid's report, Luo Chuyun suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Wait, is today the first day of the test?"

The servant girl standing in front of Luo Chuyun nodded and said respectfully: "Yes, Princess."

Luo Chuyun waved her hand and let the servant girl continue to report the matter. Her thoughts had already drifted to other places. This year is the 16th year of Jingyuan. His grades are good, and he will be ranked at the bottom of the red list in the township examination, almost losing his name, so what about this life?

In this life, Luo Chuman has become the fourth princess, Zhao Man. She and Cai Chengen are a palace lady in the sky and a beggar on the ground. They are not compatible, and I am afraid they will not be married.

In the previous life, did Cai Chengen get promoted and make a fortune by his own ability?Or is it because of the special care of the emperor that the promotion speed is so fast?

Thinking about it this way, Luo Chuyun decided to pay attention to Cai Cheng'en when he was born in the next year, and when she was sure of his talent, if he really had the talent, she would introduce him to a good marriage. .

The real Cai Chengen who was missed by Luo Chuyun has now become Lixie, the grandson of Prime Minister Cai, who is answering questions in the Gongyuan, and Cai Chengen in this life, he, Cai Taihong, and Cai Pengyun are studying in the academy with great concentration, because he knows that studying is not easy for him, and They started later than the others, and the three of them spent more time studying than the others. In their spare time, they helped Lao Caitou with handicrafts or housework. Lao Caitou was getting old and couldn’t let him do the heavy goods at home. , only the three of Cai Chengen can do it.

As for Xuanpinghou Mansion, Luo Chuyu and Luo Chulan were both engaged to get married. A few years ago, the two families had reached a consensus. After the Lantern Festival, they began to eagerly go through the procedures.

The cousin Meng Linshu is also engaged, and the wedding dates of the three are all scheduled for autumn, Luo Chuyu in late August, Meng Linshu in early September, and Luo Chulan in late September.

In Lu Guogong's mansion, Luo Churan's life after marriage is no different from before. When she first came, because she didn't want to be recognized by Lu, Wang, etc., she pretended to be cute in Xuanpinghou's mansion, so this is also a When she harvested wave after wave of malicious points outside, she was not noticed by Lu Shi and Wang Shi in the mansion, but now that the layer of shame on her face has fallen off, she has no scruples.

Mrs. Lu Guogong was so angry with this daughter-in-law that her heart ached, but this was not the most painful thing. The most painful thing was that her son didn't protect her. No matter what she said, he turned to his daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law forgot her mother, the white-eyed wolf, Mrs. Lu Guogong said bitterly in her heart.

On the first day of today's test, Chen Shen didn't go out. Luo Churan felt that the sun was coming out from the west. This was the first time he voluntarily stayed in the mansion and didn't go out. Sometimes I get caught up in things and I can't go out.

"What kind of moth did you come up with today?" Luo Churan stretched out his leg and touched Chen Shen, who looked like a corpse on the other side of the couch. Chen Shen turned around and didn't look at her, she was just wondering!

[Chen Shen malicious value: one point]

The sudden sound of the system surprised Luo Churan, because since she and Chen Shen got engaged, she has basically never received any malicious value from Chen Shen. This guy is a typical masochist. She hit him so hard, and he later I didn't see her showing any malice towards her, but today she has a point of malice, which Luo Churan has to face up to.

[System, I'm not good at analyzing people's micro-expressions, and I really don't know what's going on with this guy. Tell me quickly, anyway, he's also my man now, and my own man should be more pampered. ]

The black system was speechless, and only after a while did it say: [No matter how rich a child is, he has dignity, don't you know that he will try today? 】

Luo Churan blinked, so it turned out that this guy may not have realized the importance of studying before, so he muddled along, but after getting married, the pressure of raising a family was on his shoulders, and he realized that he was idle before, which delayed his study. Time, thinking about the gap with those students who were born in the imperial examinations, and thinking about when his father passed away, he would be separated to be independent, without ability, so he could only survive with his first brother in the future, and gradually his branch would fade in the elite circle of the capital Yes, he was in a particularly bad mood.

It's a good thing that my man is self-motivated. Luo Churan decided to help his man to make progress. He is the only one who can do anything in the future. In this ancient world, everything is inferior and only studies are good, so this guy should study, she will supervise him!

As a result, Chen Shen's life in the future became miserable. Luo Churan said that supervising his studies was really supervising his studies, and learning from the beginning with him.

During the nine-day examination, when the Tribute Court opened on the morning of March [-]th, the street where the Tribute Court is located was already crowded with people. Before that, because of the cold weather, many candidates were carried away midway Come out, and the candidates who came out of the tribute courtyard at this moment were all unshaven, with sunken eye sockets, and felt as if they would fall down when the wind blows.

Apart from the beard on his face, Li Xie didn't look tired, but he was still in good spirits. Of course, he hadn't changed his clothes for nine days, and the sour smell of his clothes was no different from that of other candidates.

Cai Jiachang came with Lin Fei and Zhou Wang, and he came to pick up his younger brother to go home. Cai Jiachang was not too surprised to see his younger brother, because his younger brother had been back for two years, and he had never been sick. In good health, during the nine days in the Gongyuan, he was naturally much better than other frail scholars.

Back at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cai Xiang and Luo Shi only met him in the front hall, and asked him to go back to the yard to wash up, eat something, and sleep well. After waking up, they will talk about the exam questions .

When Lixie woke up, it was already noon, and it was time for lunch. He ate lunch with Cai Xiang, and discussed the exam questions while eating.

After that, Li Xie spent another two hours writing all the exam questions and his answers silently. After Cai Xiang read it, he looked at his grandson with bright eyes.

"Given your previous ranking, and you are the grandson of Zhenxiang, even the chief examiner of this session dare not deliberately suppress your ranking, because there are too many people paying attention, not to mention that Xin Yongxiu is a person loyal to His Majesty, you This test paper will definitely be listened to by Datian in the end."

Although the general examination is decided by a group of examiners, it does not mean that the emperor will not intervene, especially if a candidate like Li Xie, who has won four consecutive championships in the child test and the rural examination, falls behind the third in the general examination, it may cause suspicion Well, the emperor can't read so many exam papers, the top ten will still read them.

Li Xie nodded, he didn't need to do anything later, he just waited for the test results in early April, and as for the palace test, he wasn't worried either.

For the next ten days or so, the entire capital was waiting for the results of the general examination. Even after the general examination was over, the candidates did not go out to have fun.

About ten days later, in late March, the day after tomorrow will be the first day of April, and all the test papers have been reviewed, and the final ranking is waiting.

Emperor Jing Yuan came to the Tribute Court and listened to the disputes among the examiners about the top ten in the examination. Now that the basic rankings have been determined, the examiners are arguing over two or three test papers. The examiners have different opinions. Find out the candidates' original test papers and look at the handwriting of these candidates. After all, the handwriting is like a person, and good handwriting is also a bonus item.

"Why is it him again?" When one of the examiners saw the name of the first-ranked examinee, his expression was a little bit bad. He is an official of the leftist faction, so naturally he didn't want the right-hander's grandson to get a good ranking, but he had tried his best , The top ten test papers, he is optimistic that several of them are from the boy of the Cai family. He deliberately gave lower evaluations to those candidates, but he didn't think that he didn't guess correctly, and the grandson of the right minister would still take the first place.

Emperor Jing Yuan stretched out his hand and spread out the test paper with the first name on the table in front of him, and looked at it carefully. Finally, he had to find that this kid answered the questions very well, and he really liked him, especially the last question. Mentioning that there is another way, he immediately felt an urge to summon him to answer his questions.

In the end, Emperor Jing Yuan naturally suppressed the impulse. After he read the ten-point test paper, although the eight examiners had different opinions, the final result was unified, and he had no opinion at all.

Returning to the palace from the Gongyuan, Emperor Jing Yuan asked Li Deying where his only unmarried daughter was now?The second and third princesses are already married, and there is only one princess in the palace, Manman.

At this time, Emperor Jingyuan was very entangled, because a good talent is rare, and although there is no rule in this dynasty that sons-in-law cannot participate in politics, except for the son-in-law recruited by the founding emperor's first princess who is a first-rank general, these son-in-laws later became top-notch To achieve the position of a second-rank official is because the reigning emperor intentionally or unintentionally does not give the son-in-law a chance.

Cai Xiang's grandson is a rare talent, but if the other party wants to marry his daughter, what should he do?

In Yongfu Palace, Manman is working as a female celebrity. She always likes to do it by herself, so when she is in the mood, she will embroider purses, handkerchiefs, etc. by herself.

Mrs. He is listening to the chief eunuch of Yongfu Palace report on the expenses of the palace. She doesn't care about the expenses of the palace, but she needs to manage the expenses of her own Yongfu Palace.

So as her daughter gradually matured, when He was managing the affairs of Yongfu Palace, he would call her daughter over to listen more. When she got married in the future, she would manage the affairs of the Princess Mansion.

When Emperor Jing Yuan came, he saw such a lively scene in Yongfu Palace, Mrs. He and Man Man hurriedly greeted him, and then Emperor Jing Yuan went to talk to his daughter on the couch beside him. Seeing this, Mrs. He sent the chief executive to leave first. Will report back later or tomorrow.

"Manman, Emperor Father asked you something." Emperor Jing Yuan was so mysterious, Manman's eyes widened with curiosity.

Mrs. He asked the maid to make a pot of tea, and she asked the palace servants to leave, and checked the safety of the tea by herself, and then slowly put the steaming teacup on the tea table in front of Emperor Jing Yuan.

Manman's eyeballs rolled around, and she said solemnly: "Father, tell me!" Then she sat upright and became serious.

Emperor Jing Yuan suddenly laughed, he stroked the top of his daughter's head, and asked, "Don't be so serious, you see that you are too old for July, what do you want from your son-in-law?"

Manman's eyes lit up, not only her eyes lit up, but her heart also lit up, it's not easy, Father finally asked this question.

He's eyes fluttered, and he raised his eyes immediately, feeling a little anxious in his heart, wondering what weird conditions his daughter would say?Sure enough, the next moment, I heard my daughter talking endlessly, telling all her yearning for marriage, especially the conditions required for the son-in-law, which is simply jaw-dropping.

Emperor Jing Yuan looked a bit dazed, he remembered it now, it seems that Wen Cang told him back then, when her daughter asked for lottery in front of Master Daolin and Master Fa Xian, she said so, it has been two years, It's hard for her to remember what she said so clearly!

"You are not looking for a son-in-law at all, you are looking for a servant who is obedient to you?" Emperor Jing Yuan couldn't help laughing, although the son-in-law is inferior to the princess, he is not as low as that in the dust, right?What's more, even if there is such a man, can he bear the world's gossip?After all, such things as eating soft rice, whether it is the folks or the royal family, are looked down upon.

Man Man gave Emperor Jing Yuan a white look, patted his chest and said, "This princess doesn't bother to have someone who can't meet such requirements!"

Emperor Jing Yuan immediately said: "Okay, okay, my father will definitely find you a son-in-law who will obey your orders." It seems that it is God's will not to let Cai Jianian be his son-in-law, but it is not him.

He frowned, but she didn't dare to give too much advice on her daughter's marriage. She decided to wait for the emperor to leave, and then she would give her daughter a side drum!