"Young Master, according to the results of the compilation of the list of successful candidates in the provincial examination in Ji'mao, Beizhili, there are only 23 candidates near Gyeonggi who have never been married, and you have met seven during this period, and the other ten have made it clear that Rejected, and the remaining six have already stated that they will not consider getting married before they are Jinshi in high school, you see."
The person who said this was Gao Mo. During this period, he was caught by Gao Pangshi. The director of the Internal Affairs Office was actually used to investigate unmarried affairs near the capital of Beizhili. He was extremely unlucky.
Gao Pragmatic, who felt that he was even more unlucky than him, looked even more hopeless after hearing this report. He slumped down on the Taishi chair, put his hand on his forehead, and said feebly, "Okay, don't say any more. I see."
Gao Mo also sighed and said helplessly, "Young Master, I think this job is going to go wrong. Who among these young men is willing to give up their bright future to marry the princess? What are the rules of our Ming Dynasty? After marrying the princess, , it’s almost the same as being raised in captivity, it doesn’t have the prestige and future of being a Jinshi master.”
Gao Jingshi was too lazy to speak. Of course he knew these truths. Otherwise, with his status as the successor of Gao Gong's mantle, how could the "degree" of Henan Xinke Jieyuan be mixed up like this? They were all so frightened that the "visiting friends" ran away without a trace overnight.
What a beeping dog!
"It seems that I'm afraid it won't be possible to find a candidate. I have to tell the emperor to ask him to forgive me. We have to lower the standard. I think the scholar is very good."
Gao Mo nodded repeatedly, and added, "Even if you are a scholar, I think you have to find someone from an average or good family. I am afraid it will not be easy for me to agree to this."
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but sigh again, and in the end he could only say, "You can go to Wanping and Daxing with my name. If Wanping doesn't use it, go to Daxing County Office and ask them to copy a list of scholars in the county. It's best to do the same as this time, first pick out the young and unmarried ones, and we'll stick to the old method of spreading the fish widely, collecting more fish, and picking the best ones."
"Young Master, don't you need to see the Emperor first before handling this matter?"
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand and said, "Don't waste time. I am such a busy man. How can I hang myself on such a thing? Besides, I am a white person now. It is not appropriate to go to see the emperor by myself. This matter can only be entrusted to someone to pass on the message." "
It was very simple to have someone pass the message on. Gao Jingzhi had many connections in the palace, but at present, Chen Ju was the most suitable person to pass the message to the emperor. Of course, he still had to be approached.
In no more than an hour, Chen Ju received the news coming from outside the palace. He knew that the high-pragmatic news had sufficient priority with the emperor, so he reported the matter to the emperor without saying a word while Zhu Yijun was taking a break from lectures.
Zhu Yijun was not happy when he heard this, and said angrily, "These actions are really ungrateful. My royal sister is so noble. I haven't decided whether I can approve her. Is it so terrible that my visiting friends are running away one by one?"
Chen Ju looked embarrassed and said reluctantly, "What the emperor said is absolutely true, but it's no wonder they are blind. After all, they have never seen the third princess. How could they know that the princess is so beautiful that she has a country and a city with all kinds of manners."
Qingguoqingcheng must be an exaggeration, but Zhu Yijun's sisters are indeed very good-looking, and even from a highly pragmatic perspective, they were selected. Moreover, the popular beauties at this time are different from the plastic surgery faces and snake faces of later generations, but the oval face is the best. Most of the daughters of the Zhu family seem to have inherited this face shape, which is a typical bonus. .
But it's not surprising that the old Zhu family also selected their concubines based on oval faces. With the blessing of so many generations of beauty genes, it would be very difficult to look ugly. Speaking of which, most of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty were relatively "lucky", which was probably an important reason. As for the fact that most of the emperors were fat, it is easy to understand why they were restricted to death in the palace by the civil servants and were not allowed to go out easily. Must be fat
More than half of the reason why fat houses are fat is because emperors like these have to stay in houses regardless of whether they are voluntary or forced. And as an emperor, it is impossible not to show some manners. How can he still run in the palace? It’s weird if you don’t gain weight if you exercise.
According to Gao's pragmatic point of view, Zhu Yijun is still young and has a fast metabolism, so he is not obviously fat. He just looks a little like baby fat. He will definitely gain weight in a few years. Besides, there might be Zhu Gaochi’s chubby inheritance in it.
Zhu Yijun calmed down a little after hearing what Chen Ju said. He actually didn't know why he resisted Princess Shang with these moves. To be honest, he looked at this issue from the perspective of his brother. Of course, he was very annoyed. What's wrong with my sister? Oh, you guys are so shameless
But considering it from the emperor's perspective, he could only sigh.
After a moment of silence, Zhu Yijun waved his hand a little lonely, "I know, you let pragmatism take care of it. A scholar must be a bit poor in knowledge, but his character is not necessarily bad. If you can be a scholar, you always know Some reasonable people
Chen Ju breathed a sigh of relief and responded quickly. He was afraid of Zhu Yijun's thunder just now. After all, the emperor has grown older in recent years and his temper has become stronger day by day. The servants in the palace are now a little afraid of him. More than a year ago, it was better when Gao Guanzheng often came to accompany him to study. If the emperor had a bad temper and someone could stop him, no one would dare to stop him now.
Chen Ju ordered someone to bring the news to Gao Pangshi. Zhu Yijun thought about it but felt a little sorry for his sister. He suddenly stood up and said, "Let's go to Cining Palace."
Chen Ju knew that the emperor was going to Cining Palace to talk to his sister clearly. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, he would just go to greet the Queen Mother as a routine matter.
Greeting the emperor is a necessary daily task for the emperor, and it is quite tiring to say the least. Running between the east and west palaces, but most of the time it is just a few fixed lines of dialogue without any sense of salt, and it is not possible to miss a day regardless of rain or shine. Even when the emperor was ill occasionally, he had to pay his respects to his two empresses, otherwise he would either suffer criticism from Mr. Guo Ge or be criticized by foreign officials. It is no wonder that his temper became worse day by day.
When they arrived at Cining Palace, they found out that Empress Dowager Li was meditating in the Buddhist hall behind Cining Palace. She had told her not to disturb her unless it was something important. Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to Chen Ju, "The year before last, I pragmatically advised me to go to the temple behind Cining Palace to give my mother a rest." When it came to building a big Buddhist temple, I thought he was just looking for trouble, or maybe he thought I had too much money and no place to spend it, but now it seems that his idea is simply brilliant."
Chen Ju smiled and whispered, "Your Majesty, Gao Guanzheng has always been a person with a long-term vision, taking one step at a time and looking at the next three steps."
Who would have thought that when he said this, Zhu Yijun suddenly fell down and sighed, "That's true, but even he finds this matter difficult to handle. How can I tell Yao'e?"
Chen Ju was speechless for a moment and hesitated, "The third princess is a virtuous person. I think she will understand the emperor's difficulties."
Zhu Yijun had a sudden thought and asked, "Hey Chen Ju, do you think this will work? When Jing Shi's selection is almost complete, I will find an opportunity to take Yao'e out of the palace and let her take a look at the candidates picked by Jing Shi. Only Yao Only when E herself was satisfied did I agree."
Chen Ju was astonished and said cautiously, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it should be rare to leave the palace. If you are discovered, not only will the outer court be noisy, but the Queen Mother will also be unable to explain it."
Zhu Yijun, who was in his youthful rebellious period, couldn't hear it and glared, "What are you afraid of? I'm not running around like Wu Zong. I just walk around the pragmatic mansion. What danger could there be? My father also thought about going to Yu from time to time." Are you nostalgic?"
Chen Ju had no choice but to shut up, but he couldn't help but think that the late emperor was still being scolded by the officials when he went to Yu Residence to reminisce.
