Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion. The seventeen-year-old Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun was walking around impatiently, looking like a trapped animal in anger.
After a few turns, Zhu Yijun couldn't help but asked loudly, "Why hasn't Pragmatic come here yet? What's wrong with Chen Ju?"
The young eunuchs were so frightened that they hurriedly lowered their heads and hit the ground, daring not to move. They were already kneeling and never dared to get up. Now their legs were numb.
Fortunately, news came from outside at this time. A young eunuch hurried in and reported, "Your Majesty, Chen Yuma has brought Mr. Xiao Gao to have an audience."
Zhu Yijun immediately stood still and said loudly, "Hurry up!"
But this was just what he said out of habit. As he said this, he walked toward the door.
Zhu Yijun walked to the door and happened to see Chen Ju bending slightly and making a "please" gesture to Gao Jingshi. Gao Jingshi seemed to be trying to be polite, and he was also making a false gesture of "please".
Zhu Yijun said loudly, "Stop dawdling with pragmatism, are you injured?" He said, without the emperor's demeanor, he walked over directly, pulled Gao pragmatically and looked him up and down, and he was relieved to see that he looked like everything was normal. "Fortunately, okay, finally no one is missing an arm or a leg, otherwise it will be very troublesome in the future."
Gao pragmatic knew that what Zhu Yijun meant was that if he was disabled, it would be very troublesome to become an official in the future. In ancient times, when selecting officials, especially civil servants, the requirements for appearance were very high. Although there is a saying in later generations, the more ugly people are, the more likely they are to be ugly. , but in ancient times, sometimes it wasn’t enough to just grow, but also to grow well.
For example, when selecting officials, the Ministry of Civil Affairs recommends faces with the Chinese character for the top grade. This kind of appearance is majestic and upright, and the most official is followed by the face with the character "eyes". People with this face shape have the most elegant and handsome facial features, and the least approachable ones are those with the character "gold". , the top is small and the bottom is large, the proportion is not good, but since you can wear a black gauze hat when you are an official, it can barely cover your ugliness. As for other crooked things, let’s not mention them. There is a high chance that you will not pass the "interview". In the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu was famous and powerful, but unfortunately he was not accepted as an official even after passing the exam. The reason was that he was ugly. As a result, the officials dismissed his appearance every time they were selected, thinking that he was not an official at first glance. The appearance of the official.
Not to mention disability, unless you become disabled due to official duties after becoming an official, sometimes you may be allowed to stay in office by the emperor. If you were disabled before becoming an official, it is usually said to be saying goodbye to the officialdom.
Gao Pingshi was a little moved. He took two steps back and was about to salute. Zhu Yijun went up and grabbed his hand and said, "Okay, okay, don't be too polite. Are Yao'e and Yao Lao okay?"
At this time, Gao Pragmatic already knew that the previous two "Miss Yao" were not named Yao at all, but were Zhu Yijun's two sisters, both born to Empress Dowager Li. The two of them played a word game, because one of them was called Zhu Yao'e and the other was named Zhu Yaoyu, and they refused to reveal their identities at that time, so they called themselves "Yao", which was considered a common pronunciation.
So Gao Wuzhi finally figured out the reason why these two people were so strange before. The two of them had always felt familiar with Gao Jingshi in their previous words, but Gao Jingshi had never heard their voices. In turn, the two of them had not heard Gao Jingshi's voice. In fact, they were very familiar with Gao Jingshi. His "familiarity" is nothing more than hearing Zhu Yijun mention it a lot, and the queen mother occasionally mentioned it. In addition, Gao Pragmatic's consistent red envelope connections, the young eunuchs in the palace had a good impression of him, and basically all mentioned him when they mentioned him. It's a good word, so in the minds of the two princesses, Gao Pragmatic is generally a good guy.
As for them always calling Gao Pragmatic by his first name, that's more normal. In theory, whether the emperor or the princess, all the ministers should be addressed by their first names. It's just that the emperor occasionally gave some courtiers who were particularly highly respected or particularly close to a more pleasant title.
The rules of the harem of the Ming Dynasty were extremely strict. Gao Pragmatic met the two princesses once when he was less than ten years old. At that time, the two princesses were older, so neither party had much impression. In addition, unlike some of his time travel companions, Gao Pragmatic always had a special thought for the princess, so he couldn't remember them both.
But this time, he met the two princesses by accident. The third princess, Zhu Yao'e, was two years younger than Gao Pragmatic. She was only fourteen this year. Counting it, the fifteenth and fourth princess, Zhu Yao'e, was even younger, only ten. At the age of two or three, she is still a little loli who has not yet grown up. However, both of them inherited the beauty of Queen Mother Li, and they were quite good-looking.
But pragmatically, he doesn't care whether she looks good or not. He won't consider Princess Shang anyway. Except for the founding period of the Ming Dynasty, it was customary for princesses in the Ming Dynasty not to marry important officials or marry into the families of important officials. Instead, they would marry some ordinary children. common people, or children of low-level officials.
And it is even more boring to be a prince-in-law. He cannot hold any real power at all. How can he be given a false position as a royal guard, or take a position in the clan's mansion and live a life of idleness until death? Isn't this pragmatic and interesting?
Moreover, there is a rule in the family rules of the Ming Dynasty royal family that after a princess gets married, an old female official like this must be assigned to her to take full charge of the princess's affairs. The princess who is nominally married only spends the wedding night in the princess's palace, and then she has to move back to the palace specially designed for the harem. The empty princess's palace will only be occupied by the consort. If he wanted to meet and fall in love, the consort must rush into the palace to meet her.
However, such old female officials generally have problems with their mentality. What they can't stand the most is the intimate scene between the princess and the consort. Therefore, if the prince-in-law wants to enter the palace to meet the princess and enjoy the love of husband and wife, he will most likely encounter all kinds of difficulties from this "housekeeper" old female official. If the princess and the prince-in-law don't come up with a lot of real money to pay bribes, they won't be able to pass their test and won't be able to see their husbands or wives.
Gao Pragmatic is not short of money, but he is short of power. He has no power to save this last Han dynasty. Therefore, he keeps a respectful distance from the princess. After saying a few polite words, he said goodbye to the two princesses and watched Chen Ju send someone to send the two Tianhuang nobles back to the palace.
Gao pragmatically explained the situation to Zhu Yijun. When Zhu Yijun heard that his sisters were okay, he breathed a sigh of relief and sighed, "Fortunately, they are okay, otherwise I wouldn't know how to explain it to my mother."
This was a bit strange. Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but ask, "When the emperor mentioned this, I don't understand why the princess left the palace and ran to the Buddhist temple. Moreover, the two princesses also mentioned that the Buddhist temple is "
"The Buddhist temple was built with money donated by my mother." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and explained, "The Queen's Longevity Festival is coming soon. She wanted to finish it before the festival, but the place was being repaired and some unclean things were dug out. , several great lamas asked the Queen Mother’s close relatives to come and offer incense to suppress the evil spirits. I was supposed to go, but there were a lot of things going on these days, and the cabinet did not agree with this matter, so the Queen Mother beat Yao’e. , Yao’s concubine goes to visit.”
Zhu Yijun sighed, "But you also know that the royal rules are strict. How could the two of them leave the palace at this age? So they had to go quietly. Who knew they would encounter such a thing?"
Speaking of this, Zhu Yijun's face turned gloomy. "Although this matter cannot be made public, Ling Yunyi must be severely punished. When he first came to the capital to take up his new job, he could cause such a thing. He doesn't know how domineering and pragmatic he is on weekdays. This The matter involves my mother, Yao'e, and Yao Xi. I can't come forward directly. You can think of a way for me. I have to deal with him."
