"Still not coming out? Still not coming out? How about I go in and take a look..."
"No, no, absolutely not. How can a man go in when a woman gives birth?" Xiangcheng and the others quickly grabbed Xiao Rui.
Wei Zheng scolded: "Boy, can you stop spinning around? It makes my head grow bigger!"
"Father-in-law, aren't I worried about Yanran?" Xiao Rui said worriedly.
"You think I'm not worried? But is it useful to spin in circles? You should be calm during big events! A gentleman's appearance will not change even if the mountain collapses in front of him..."
Xiao Yu, who was standing next to him, asked in a low voice: "Brother Xuancheng, when my son was born, did you ever look the same?"
Wei Zheng's son Wei Shuyu quickly replied: "I know, I know, my father almost rushed into the delivery room."
Wei Zheng kicked him over, "Nonsense, how could you know what happened when I gave birth to you?"
"Listen to what my mother said."
…
Old Li Yuan stroked his beard and smiled, and asked Xiao Rui to sit down, "Zang Feng, please be patient. Divine Doctor Sun, Taoist Ge, and you are here, so nothing will happen. Has the child been named yet?"
Xiao Rui forced out a smile in embarrassment, "You also know that my ability in naming is average, so I asked my father to come up with it."
Dad Xiao Yu proudly introduced: "Rui'er's name belongs to gold, which is related to the five elements, so the next generation should be named after water. After thinking about it, I came up with the character Lan, which can be used by boys and girls."
Li Yuan clapped his hands and praised, "Good! The world's Anlan is very good!"
At this moment, there was a heartbreaking cry of pain in the house, and then a new baby's wail came out.
Everyone outside cheered, "It's born, it's born..."
"Is it a boy or a girl? Open the door and let me go in and take a look!" Xiao Rui slapped the door.
Sun Simiao shouted: "Stop shouting, my pulse has been diagnosed by an experienced doctor a long time ago, boy."
...Master, can't you give me the surprise of becoming a father?
After a while, the house was cleaned up, the door opened, and the midwife smiled and said: "Congratulations, Lord Marquis, you are a young master."
"Okay, okay, reward, reward... Yanran, how are you?" Xiao Rui rushed in directly.
Seeing this scene, Wei Zheng's face looked better. Everyone present was concerned about the children, both men and women, but he was the only one who was worried about his daughter's safety. Fortunately, Xiao Rui has a conscience and knows how to ask adults.
"Wow, the baby looks like this when he is born. It looks ugly, wrinkled, and not good-looking at all." Others were praising the newborn for looking like Xiao Rui, but Xiao Changle told the truth.
Everyone looked down at her in surprise, and saw her putting her head on her sister Xiangcheng's belly, whispering in a low voice: "Hey, the little baby who hasn't come out yet, you must look better, otherwise my aunt I’ll be disgusted.”
puff……
It immediately made everyone laugh.
Xiangcheng pulled his sister and said, "Everyone is like this when they are born, and you are the same. It will be fine as long as it grows. If you don't believe me, come here and take a look tomorrow."
Xiao Changle asked curiously: "Really? It's so magical. Sister Yanran, can I sleep with you tonight? I want to see how the baby becomes more beautiful."
Xiangcheng pulled this naughty sister away, and for a while he didn't know what crooked idea he was going to come up with.
After everyone dispersed, Xiao Yu started making posts to prepare for his child's full moon party.
In the room, Xiao Rui personally took care of Wei Yanran, looking at the mother and son tenderly. For the first time, Xiao Rui felt that he was different in this world. Perhaps from this moment on, he could truly integrate into the Tang Dynasty.
"Husband, would it be unlucky if we gave birth to a child before we were married?" Wei Yanran asked worriedly.
Xiao Rui sat on the bedside and gently wiped his wife's face, "Silly, it is the most auspicious thing if mother and child are safe. Getting married is just a formality, who dares to say anything? What happened to having a child out of wedlock? I don't believe anyone dares to chew on me Xiao Rui Tongue! When Xiangcheng also gives birth to the child, we will get married together, and then we will hold the wedding together with the child."
"Hahahaha, it's interesting to think about it. I should be the first one to get married with a child. Maybe I can leave a mark in history."
Wei Yanran could tell that this was a deliberate attempt to comfort her, and she smiled sweetly. She was not worried about her reputation, she was just afraid of having a bad influence on her husband.
The next day, Lao Gao, the chamberlain, came to deliver gifts on behalf of the emperor.
Xiao Rui saw that Lao Gao had impure intentions, so he kept him in private, "Tell me, does your Majesty have any orders?"
Lao Gao smiled and said, "My prince-in-law has a keen eye, and there is indeed a little trouble. The scholar Liu Jinyuan you recommended was deliberately framed during the imperial examination. He was kicked out of the examination room and disqualified from taking the examination."
"Oh? This is coming for me! Which family of the Five Surnames and Seven Looks? Or is it a conspiracy?" Xiao Rui's eyes were slightly cold.
Lao Gao said: "It was the Bolingcui family who took action, but there must be more than one of his family behind it."
Xiao Rui snorted coldly: "What? Seeing that I'm grounded, do you think I'm easy to bully?"
Lao Gao quickly persuaded him: "Prince-in-law, please calm down. This case has been taken over by Yushitai, and Liu Rengui is personally responsible for it. What His Majesty means is that you can finally take a rest and spend time with your family without worrying about these small things. Of course, I also want to take this opportunity to test and see how many reliable talents we have in Datang."
Stopping in his tracks, Xiao Rui asked a question, "Old Gao, people say you are the internal minister of the Tang Dynasty. In your opinion, how can we break the bad habit of submitting papers for the imperial examination?"
Lao Gao said humbly: "I don't dare. How can I dare to discuss national affairs? Since the Prince Consort is taking the exam, I can only try to guess. The root of the examination papers lies in the examiners, examiners, auditors, and selected officials. , all of them are people from aristocratic families. These people are too selfish and put their family before their country. So when selecting talents, they will select candidates who are related to them. This is the bad habit of submitting papers. "
"If we want to cut off this, we must replace all these people in one round and replace them with people in the court who are loyal to His Majesty. Only in this way can we ensure that the country is served fairly when selecting talents."
"But the problem is that we don't have so many available talents. Eighty percent of the literate people in the Tang Dynasty are related to aristocratic families, otherwise we wouldn't be entrusting them with the responsibility for major imperial examinations."
"This matter is a problem that Your Majesty thinks about day and night. Prince Consort, you are the Wenqu star in the sky who has descended to earth. I believe you will be able to come up with a solution."
Xiao Rui sighed: "You are absolutely right. All the books in the world are home-schooled. It is a luxury for ordinary people to want to read and learn, let alone sign up for the imperial examination. People say that I am a god, but I am just a mortal. , there are many things that I can’t do anything about, and this kind of thing is even more impossible to take advantage of.”
After thinking for a while, Xiao Rui said: "Unless it opens a school and then slowly promotes it across the country, the imperial court can cultivate reading talents by itself. It's just... it's too difficult."
"Go back and answer your Majesty, give me two talented people, civil servants with the talents of prime ministers, the younger one is the best, and we will come up with a plan to break the situation within one year. I am afraid this matter will take ten or twenty years, so there is no rush."
Lao Gao happily accepted the order, apologized and left.
Xiao Rui glanced in the direction of Chang'an City and murmured in a low voice: "Liu Rengui, if you can make some noise this time, the position of imperial censor will be yours in the future."
Just as the entire Xiaojiazhuang was celebrating the birth of Xiao Rui's son, an inn near Zhuque Street in Chang'an City was occupied by several ordinary businessmen from other places who spoke with Northeastern accents. This group of people go out early and come back late every day. They seem to be busy doing business, but in fact they are plotting something.
