Fairy Road Return [comprehensive]

Emperor Jing Yuan didn't stay in Yongfu Palace for a long time, he left after about half an hour, and he didn't go to other concubines' palaces that day, nor summoned concubines to attend their bedtimes, he was dealing with political affairs in the imperial study.But around dusk, some palace people from the harem went to the imperial study room to announce the good news. They said that there were two concubines who were happy.

The news that the two concubines were happy immediately spread throughout the entire palace, but here in Yongfu Palace, the conversation between Mrs. He and her daughter ended in failure. Mrs. He was looking at her daughter helplessly, and the mother and daughter stared at her.

"Mother Concubine, I can't do what you said, so don't worry about it. Anyway, the son-in-law can't make me unhappy, or I will make him unhappy. But don't worry, mother-in-law, my son-in-law is definitely better than the three sisters." The son-in-law is better." Manman silently commented on the three brothers-in-law in her mind, compared the three brothers-in-law with Li Xie from head to toe, and finally she nodded with satisfaction, Li Xie is much better than them!

He looked at her daughter angrily, and sighed: "Your wings have grown hard, and the mother and concubine can't control you anymore."

Manman laughed, anyway, the mother concubine has always been a thunderstorm and a little rain, she is the person who dotes on her the most, as a concubine of the Hou family, she may have to be a person with her tail between her legs, but now she is a princess, as long as she does not commit crimes , not rebelling, not standing in line, she will definitely live a beautiful/beautiful life in the future.

The head steward came to report the concubine's pregnancy, and Manman stared straight at the concubine's abdomen. In the past, in the Hou Mansion, the concubine mother only gave birth to her, because the old man of the Luo family did not share the same room with the concubine mother. Entering the palace, the concubine mother is not very old, why didn't she give birth to a younger brother or younger sister?

Mrs. He nodded immediately: "So, Manager Fang, prepare two undisputed congratulatory gifts and send them to someone." The two concubines were pregnant, and Mrs. He didn't feel any disturbance in his heart.

"Yes, empress." Director Fang immediately listed two congratulatory gifts. Although the two congratulatory gifts are different, they are not very different. They treat the two concubines equally. At the same time, such congratulatory gifts are not easy to be tampered with. , living in this palace, one must not be sloppy at all, otherwise if something goes wrong, everyone will suffer.

After the palace servants left, He asked amusedly, "Why are you looking at me?"

Manman whispered her wish, but He smiled lightly: "It's enough for me to have you, if I have another one, don't I have to worry about it endlessly?"

He really didn't want to have a prince. Ever since her mother sold her because of her elder brother, she was angry at the world's patriarchal practices. She was also glad that she gave birth to a girl. If it was a boy, she didn't know What would she do? Speaking of which, she also felt that she was sick, and she was still very sick.

In the past in Xuanpinghou's mansion, after giving birth to Manman, except for Aunt Mo's second child, Xuanpinghou slept with her a few times, and then he never slept with her again.

Now that she has entered the palace, it seems that His Majesty has no more interest in her, not to mention that she is over 30 years old, and the number of concubines in this palace who are over 30 years old will be less, and the concubine's palace is even more beautiful. Most of them are pure sleep. She has been in the palace with her daughter for almost two years, and the number of times she has had sex with His Majesty may be less than ten times.

Manman pouted, He stroked her head, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about me, as long as you live well, so will I."

Manman immediately flung herself into her mother's arms, her small mouth pouting high, feeling depressed, she didn't want her mother's life to be only her, she hoped that her mother could have more sex, but unfortunately, her mother's wish all along was to hope that she would live a happy life. Joyful and happy.

On the first day of April, the outside of the Gong Yuan was surrounded by crowds of people early in the morning. When the gate of the Gong Yuan was opened, the crowd reached its peak. Li Xie still didn't come to see the rankings.

Of course, the candidates who are on the list in the test will have special yamen who beat gongs and drums to announce the good news. That's a bird of good news, very popular!

The Yacha reported to Cai Xiang and Luo Shi that Li Xie won the first place in the test again. The whole house was full of joy. Cai Xiang stroked his beard, his eyes were full of gratification, and Luo Shi was even more happy , the son is excellent, and being a mother is naturally glorious.

The result of the test was spread throughout the capital within half an hour, and every household knew about it, especially Li Xie's reputation was even higher than before. You must know that this is the fifth consecutive championship. If he wins the title of No. Dasheng Dynasty's first six consecutive championships in history, a happy event that is enough to be recorded in history!

After many people knew about it, they thought about it. Such a good son-in-law candidate must not be missed, so even if they are women, they can no longer be reserved. After the palace test, they will communicate with Mrs. Cai.On the contrary, those who have a concubine in the harem know a little from their daughter/aunt who entered the palace. It seems that this particularly promising descendant of the Cai family wants to be His Majesty's son-in-law, but who knows what the concubine's position is in the court , the Cai family won't dig their own grave, will they?

With different thoughts, after the general examination, the palace examination will be held immediately. The palace examination only takes one day, and there are only more than 100 people, and the results will be issued the next day.

This is Lixie's first face-to-face contact with Emperor Jing Yuan, the emperor of the Dasheng Dynasty. The closest one is No.3, his seat is in the center of the first row of the main hall, on the same vertical line as the dragon chair of the previous emperor.

Cai Xiang and Zuo Xiang Feng Guan came to watch, because Cai Xiang's grandson was involved, so Cai Xiang could not speak at all in this scientific examination, and Zuo Xiang was in the same rank as Cai, so if Cai Xiang didn't participate, he would Can't participate anymore, at most let officials from his faction suppress the descendants of officials from Cai Xiang's faction, but a genius like Li Xie can't be suppressed no matter how suppressed, he is much higher than other candidates, after suppressing , the grades are still better than other candidates, what's the use?What's more, the emperor has to inspect it. If it is too obvious, the emperor will write him down, and it will be bad for him to wear small shoes in the future.

The number of questions in the Palace Examination has decreased a lot, and all the question types seem to be different from before. They are all problems faced by the Dasheng Dynasty now. Let alone the growing gap between the rich, powerful and ordinary people. The rich are getting richer and the people at the bottom are getting poorer. There is also the difference and disagreement between civil officials and military generals. Often at the beginning of the founding of the country, military generals have a higher status than civilian officials, but after the founding of the country, military generals only serve as a deterrent. It is necessary to rely on civil officials to govern the world. As time goes by, the status of civil officials is higher than that of military generals. This is an invisible unspoken rule nowadays. Even the upper emperor does not want military generals to have too much military power. After all, civil rebellion will not succeed in three years. , as long as the general responds, the throne under the emperor's ass may be replaced. Emperor Jing Yuan has considered this aspect, but he has no better way to solve the problem of the general, because he has no way to put an end to his own suspicion. Heart, Li Xie didn't mention the emperor's jealousy in the answer sheet, but how to make civil officials and military commanders live in harmony and get twice the result with half the effort...

Less than half an hour into the exam, Emperor Jing Yuan came down from above and walked slowly among the candidates. He was looking at the answers of the candidates one by one. Sometimes he stopped to read the content, and sometimes he just read the candidates' words alone. The font is uniform, the only requirement is not to be as frantic as cursive script, but to write clearly and clearly, sometimes the candidate's handwriting is also a bonus.

Cai Xiang and Feng Xiang in front of the first emperor's dragon chair were looking at each other. Cai Xiang was quite proud, but Feng Xiangxiang certainly didn't have a good face. Although he didn't have any son or grandson to take the exam in this year's imperial examination, there were people from the Feng family who took part in the exam. Ah, it's just that the blood relationship is far away. If there is no talent like Li Xie, the achievements of the grand nephew of the Feng family are actually very good. There seemed to be nothing to be happy about.

Cai Xiang and Feng Xiangduan sat at the head, and the other examiners, the ministers of the Ministry of Officials, the Minister of Rites, the head of the Hanlin Academy, and more than a dozen adults also walked slowly into the hall, causing great psychological pressure on many candidates , Of course, there are also candidates who are calm and calm, and take the test by themselves, and the adults who watch him answer the questions are like nothing.

Manman knew that today's palace examination, when she was in the study room, she was restless. If she didn't know that she knew the priorities, she might have ran outside Ganquan Palace and waited.

It was like this until Shen Shizheng, the palace examination was completely over, the emperor and a group of examiners had to stay in the Ganquan Palace to mark the examination papers, and the examinees left the palace under the watchful eyes of the imperial guards.

In the evening, Li Xie, Wang Jian and the others met in the library on Fengrong Street. Now that Hong Yingcai has no worries, he can show off his talents, so he feels a little proud of himself.

Of course, what comes next is troublesome things, that is, he is also seventeen or eighteen years old, and it is time to think about marriage. Before Cheng Yongbo's mansion, it was something that his aunt and father considered. Now he is separated In Uncle Yong's residence, his aunt and father would not consider marriage matters for him, and because Aunt Qian was a scapegoat, no one with a face in the capital would want to marry Hong Yingcai.

As the saying goes, a good man will do his best to the end, and Li Xie directly gave Hong Yingcai a natural horoscope, bluntly saying that meeting this woman with a natural horoscope would be a good match for Hong Yingcai.

"Really? My third son, don't fool me, this is a major event in my life!" As the saying goes, marrying a wife will benefit three generations of children and grandchildren. This cannot be sloppy.

Li Xie gave him a white look: "Believe it or not!"

Wang Jian and the others immediately smiled and asked Li Xie to break the marriage for them. Li Xie actually told them a birthday horoscope, and said that they should not go out of their way to find the woman who was born with a horoscope. , Go to Tantuo Temple to find Master Faxian or Master Daolin, and you will know whether the horoscopes are compatible.

The two big monks in Tantuo Temple still can't make mistakes in combining horoscopes. If it weren't for this extremely compatible woman with horoscopes to be their wife, Wang Jian and the others wouldn't have too much trouble in their lives, that is, the backyard would be unstable. That's all, they can stand it all.

When he left from the study building, it was already Xu Shizheng, Li Xie returned to the prime minister's mansion, washed up, changed into a white brocade clothes, and went to the palace again, he went to tell Yaoyao that when the results of the imperial examination came out tomorrow, he would Will propose to the emperor on the spot.

When Manman heard it, she was immediately elated, but she was also a little worried. She hesitated for a long time before saying: "A few days ago, the emperor asked me about my request for choosing a son-in-law for no reason, and I heard that the princess' son-in-law I don’t have much power in the court. I don’t know if it’s their lack of ability or the emperor’s intention to prevent them from gaining more power. I think my father doesn’t want you to be his son-in-law. Maybe he thinks that being him is the most powerful It is more promising to be a courtier than to be his son-in-law."

Li Xie raised his eyebrows, took Manman's hand, and kissed the back of his hand, Manman's face turned red all of a sudden, although they had been in the dark for a long time, but he used to hug her at most through the quilt , but kissed her today, even though it was a hand, there was still a skin-to-skin relationship.

"What are you doing? Disciple!" Manman immediately withdrew her hand, not daring to look at him with downcast eyes.

Li Xie was very proud, and said: "Don't worry, Yaoyao, your father will definitely agree, I think he will make things difficult for me with your conditions, and let me retreat, but I can do everything, so Your Majesty, he certainly could not have expected that such a promising subject would agree to such a demeaning condition. In the eyes of the world, it is a condition that humiliates the country, but I don’t find it difficult. I work so hard to be worthy of you. Too good to marry you, I think I'm going crazy."

Manman suddenly felt that the conditions she raised were too harsh?She thought silently, and decided that when they got married, if he could do it, she would relax the conditions appropriately, such as pocket money can give him an extra ten taels a day, if he can do Liu Xiahui, those entertainments with colleagues, she He can be approved to participate in the...

Thinking about it this way, Manman felt that she was generous and virtuous, who would dare to say that she was not good to the consort in the future.

Afterwards, Li Xie told him about the story that Manman had saved him before, telling Manman not to cheat when the emperor asked him, Manman was a little dazed when he heard it, and there is such an operation?Of course she agreed, anyway, it was beneficial to their marriage, so if you lie, you will lie.

On the second day, before dawn, it seemed as if it would not arrive at that time, all more than 100 candidates for the examination entered the palace wearing uniform attire, and waited for the announcement of the results of the palace examination on the square outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

This wait lasted for two hours, until the sun came out and hung high above the head, the emperor and a group of examiners arrived late, and the rankings of the palace examination had naturally been ranked. Accomplishment of the stay.

Li Xie is a well-deserved number one scholar. Although because of his age, many ministers wanted to transfer him to the No. [-] ranking, but if they did so, they would cause criticism from the world. Of course, some people would take pleasure in other people's misfortune, but Emperor Jing Yuan wanted to use Li Xie again. , so he directly set the title of Lixie No. [-] Scholar.

After announcing the ranks of the palace examination, there was a parade on horseback. Li Xie hadn't had time to find a chance to propose marriage to the emperor, but at the Qionglin banquet at night, he could always have a close conversation with the emperor. After all, every Qionglin banquet, The emperor would summon the candidates with the highest rankings to have a private talk.

Manman was in the palace, so she couldn't see Li Xie winning the first prize with her own eyes. It was a pity, it was so depressing, she sighed many times, which broke the hearts of the four brothers, the fourth prince, the fifth prince, and the sixth prince.

To be honest, compared with the previous three sisters, because Manman can play with the younger brothers, and don’t forget to give the younger brother a copy of the good things, you come and go, the relationship between the siblings is much deeper .

The Qionglin Banquet has nothing to do with the concubines in the harem, especially those who have no natal family like He, or those with inconspicuous natal families like the two concubines who were just pregnant. On this day, everyone is as usual, anyway the emperor I won't be in the harem tonight, so let's go to bed after washing up.

It wasn't until the next day that I found out that a major event had happened at the Qionglin Banquet last night, and the concubines in the harem would be able to talk about it for a long time!

The Qionglin Banquet was held at night, around Xu time. The emperor led several adult princes and a group of palace examination examiners to meet the new recruits. Zhuangyuan Lang was the first one. The Qionglin Banquet was very lively, and not everyone paid attention to it. It was all on the emperor, until it was discovered that the atmosphere between the emperor and the new champion was not right, the emperor looked a little inexplicable, and the champion bowed his head.

I only heard the emperor ask: "Cai Jianian, do you know that An Ning is the jewel in my palm, and I will not allow her to suffer the slightest grievance. If you can do the following, I will agree to betroth the princess to you!"

The number one scholar didn't raise his head, but still calmly replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, no matter what the conditions are, I can do it. When I didn't recognize my ancestors before returning to the clan, the purpose of studying hard was to match the princess. If I can't marry the princess in this life, I feel that this life is meaningless."

Emperor Jing Yuan's heart skipped a beat immediately, wouldn't this kid really have deep affection for his daughter?According to what he said, he knew Manman more than two years ago?

Cai Xiang, who was also at the Qionglin Banquet, felt a little bit in his heart. He also knew that his grandson wanted to marry the fourth princess. After all, he also knew what the daughter-in-law and daughter did, but he felt that he could take it slowly and there was no need to make such a noise. Bar?

Emperor Jing Yuan was active in thinking, but his face was expressionless. Once he mentioned the condition of his daughter, the whole Qionglin Banquet became more quiet. Of course, Emperor Jing Yuan didn't mean his daughter. Such a weird condition.

Unexpectedly, Zhuangyuanlang simply knelt down, fell on the ground, saluted, and said: "Report to Your Majesty, I can do it, and I will be willing to do it!"

Emperor Jing Yuan choked immediately, the Qionglin banquet was full of new students, and a group of ministers looked at each other, the expressions of the three princes were different, like the first prince and the second prince were actually secretly selecting candidates, hoping that the members of his faction could Being the consort of the fourth princess, it is especially beneficial for the fourth princess to obtain such a favor because they can inquire about the emperor's intentions. The eldest prince and the second prince couldn't help but look at the third prince at the same time. They lost the game just after it started. Who would have thought that Cai Jianian, a snake spirit, would dare to propose to the emperor before the fourth princess was ready. This is the first time he has heard or seen a courtier personally propose to the emperor.

The third prince was a little happy in his heart, but he immediately looked at his grandfather. The third cousin placed deep hopes on his grandfather. Didn't he see that his grandfather even separated from his uncle?Isn't it just for the third cousin?The third cousin became a son-in-law, will the grandfather not be happy?

Emperor Jing Yuan said with a calm expression: "Come on tomorrow, I will have a discussion with your grandfather." The matter of proposing marriage has been shelved for the time being, after all, this is a Qionglin banquet, not a marriage proposal.

Of course, the news that the No. [-] scholar proposed to the emperor the fourth princess at the Qionglin Banquet spread throughout the capital overnight. Think about it, wait and see the follow-up.

In Ming County Prince's Mansion, Luo Chuyun was a little surprised after hearing the maid's report, but after thinking about it for a moment, Luo Chuman has become a princess. Her emperor's father-in-law wanted to find the most outstanding woman in the world for her daughter. Even if the princess is ugly and faceless, as long as she is His Majesty's daughter, her status is enough to match the number one scholar.

Xuanping Hou Mansion, Luo Chulan had no opinion on this matter at all, so Luo Chuyu and Meng Linshu, who had returned to Meng's house to marry, thought about it a little. Is Sun Wei the son-in-law living happily?Or is it better for Cai Cheng'en who was obedient to her in her previous life and never fought back when beaten or scolded?

It's a pity that the two of them only knew that Cai Chengen had passed the 18th Jingyuan Examination, and that he was at the bottom of the list in the provincial examination. If it wasn't for his father's desire to find a good son-in-law, and the fact that Luo Chuman had divorced several times, his reputation was not good enough. How could the dignified Lord Hou's daughter marry a poor student?But at the beginning, Luo Chuyu and Meng Linshu sympathized with Luo Chuman, but after ten years, Luo Chuman's life was getting better and better, and they worried about family affairs all day long, and they seemed much older than themselves, while Luo Chuman Man is living younger and younger, so don't jump to conclusions about this matter too early.

In the harem, the Empress Dowager of the Palace of Compassion and Ning naturally knew about it too. After hearing what the little eunuch reported, she could only wave her hands helplessly. It seems that the emperor loves An Ning even more than she imagined. Otherwise, why would an emperor put forward such strange conditions? , I'm afraid the world won't know that he loves An Ning?As for her natal nephews and cousins, the queen mother has given up hope for them. The result of the general examination the day before yesterday was released, and the grandnephew of Juren failed in the provincial examination. How can he propose to marry the princess?

Concubine Liu Gui, Concubine Rong Hui and others had no choice but to stop what they were doing. If they couldn't marry the fourth princess, they had to give up.

But at this moment, in the imperial study room, Emperor Jing Yuan was summoning Cai Xiang. Last night, Cai Xiang had already asked his grandson. He knew that the grandson was not a princess, but a princess. No matter how much he stated the embarrassing position of the consort, The grandson still did not change his wish, and Cai Xiang had nothing to do, not to mention that the grandson expressed his heart in front of His Majesty yesterday, even if he wanted to change his words now, it seems that His Majesty would not believe it, right?

What's more, if he changed his mind, His Majesty would be even more angry. After all, she was His Majesty's daughter, a princess of the Dasheng Dynasty. No matter who the princess was before, she was indeed His Majesty's flesh and blood. His grandson, his grandson must not despise the princess, otherwise, no matter how talented his grandson is, His Majesty will suppress him and not let him show the slightest bit.

Cai Xiang thought about it for a while, although he was worried about his grandson's future, but that would be a matter of 20 years later, let's focus on the present for now, not to mention that his grandson said that he will not disappear in the world like other son-in-laws, he must be Dasheng Towards the most dazzling, capable and powerful son-in-law.

I always feel that no matter what the grandson says, he can make him believe it for no reason, Cai Xiang thought silently in his heart.

Emperor Jing Yuan looked at Cai Xiang quietly, no matter whether Cai Xiang agreed or not, he was not very happy in his heart, so Emperor Jing Yuan was very annoyed now, and when Cai Xiang expressed his opinion, Emperor Jing Yuan asked Cai Xiang to step down.

In the next few days, Emperor Jingyuan did not issue a marriage decree, but Lixie went to the palace every day to face the saint, and proposed to the emperor once a day, which meant that the emperor would not agree and would not give up!

Manman is very anxious, she really wants her father to agree immediately, but her father will not enter the harem for several days, so she asks someone to go to the imperial study room to tell her whether she can go to the imperial study room, but her father directly refuses to let her come. Royal study.

After waiting like this for five days, the new Jinshi are all rushing about their own futures. Li Xie told the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy that he would go to the palace every day. Your Excellency naturally agreed, even for Cai Xiang's sake, this little time can still be given.

On the sixth day, Emperor Jing Yuan finally stepped into the Yongfu Palace. Before that, Li Xie entered the palace every day to ask for his blessings, and later his daughter sent someone to the imperial study room to ask for his blessings. After thinking about it for a few days, Emperor Jing Yuan finally came to visit his daughter.

Emperor Jing Yuan didn't ask Man Manjiu whether he had saved Li Xie, but asked her directly what was her impression of Li Xie?It seems a bit wasteful for a talent like Zhuangyuan Lang to be a son-in-law.

Manman's eyes were swollen immediately, and she said unhappily: "Father, you are so bad, how can it be a waste for the number one scholar to be my son-in-law? He became my son-in-law, and he is your son-in-law. As the saying goes, a son-in-law is still a son-in-law. You should be happy to have such a courtier and son-in-law, so in the eyes of the emperor, your daughter is not worthy of the number one scholar!"

Manman turned her head away to show that she was very angry, very angry, Emperor Jing Yuan was looking at her, and saw the girl turned her head and said: "Father, you are so annoying, I refuse to talk to you from now on!"

Emperor Jingyuan apologized again and again: "Manman, don't be angry, my father didn't mean that. Hey, how should I say it, I can't tell you, but if you are also interested, I will give you a marriage."

Emperor Jing Yuan was entangled. On the one hand, he really loved his daughter. In the past two years, her daughter has been a caring little padded jacket. How could he not love her?On the one hand, he is really thinking about Da Shengchao, he is looking forward to the display of his talents, if his status as a son-in-law restrains him, he thinks it will be a great misfortune for Da Shengchao.

Manman couldn't help but glanced back at his father, and said expectantly: "Father, you are the emperor, the biggest person in the world, and you don't keep the best people in your own cage, but push them away, are you stupid?"

Emperor Jing Yuan glared at his daughter angrily, and this girl dared to call him stupid!

The next day, Emperor Jing Yuan issued the imperial decree of bestowing marriage, of course it was only the imperial edict of bestowing marriage, and the wedding date was chosen two years later.