Chapter 391 The Final Selection of the Princess

"The royal family does not marry nobles, you are breaking the rules." Zhu Xianming looked serious.

Obviously, he was very repelled by his niece being the princess.

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"Rules are rules" Zhu Xianming has no intention of giving in.

Yang Qingyin did not give in, and continued, "Old Thirteen is not going to be the emperor, so why should he be bound by these rules?"

"You"

Zhu Xianming regarded it as When it came out, the Queen had no intention of being reasonable.

If it were anyone else, he would have been thrown into death row long ago, but it was different for his first wife after all.

So Zhu Xianming decided to persuade him from another angle and heard him say, "I know something about that girl, but I'm afraid she is a good match for Lao Shisan."

"You want to say that she A little dull." Yang Qingyin responded quickly.

Although Zhu Xianming did not speak, he acquiesced to this.

"This girl has grown a lot in recent months. She is just worried about what happened in the past and has never found out."

Seeing that Zhu Xianming wanted to speak, Yang Qingyin spoke first. This matter has been settled. The marriages of the fourth and sixth sons have been decided by you, so don’t interfere with the thirteenth son."

"Do you know that the king is the guide for the ministers, and the husband is the guide for the wife? "Father is the guide for son," Zhu Xianming asked with a cold face.

"Then do you still remember why I got this arrow wound?"

Anger appeared on his face, Yang Qingyin stood up and said, "Ten years ago, you were with When I say this, I am blind to block an arrow for you, Zhu"

Seeing that his wife was about to get angry, Zhu Xianming quickly stood up and pulled her to sit down, with a smile on his face and said, "Look You are a person who can fall out at any time. Let's discuss it over anything."

"One side, concubine, who do you prefer?" Zhu Xianming took the initiative to change the topic, which was equivalent to agreeing with the queen's arrangement.

"Concubine, that girl from the Xue family is pretty good"

"Xue Zhen's daughter" Zhu Xianming asked tentatively.

"Who else?"

"Xue Zhen died young, and this woman lost her father, so she is not a blessed person"

Speaking of this, Zhu Xianming stood up directly , turned her back to Yang Qingyin and said, "Who are the people you chose?"

In order to help the prince hold Lao Shisan back, the queen must let Baochai enter the door of Prince Xiang's Mansion.

"Xue Zhen died young. You know better than me why Xue Zhen died young."

"Look, how many of those who make money for you are not heroes?" He aged prematurely and died in his prime."

"Besides, Xia Mingdao of the Osmanthus Xia family died before he was forty, and Lin Ruhai, the inspector of salt inspection in Jinling, is half dead now, and"

As soon as Zhu Xianming heard that the queen talked endlessly, he felt that he could not save his face.

"Okay, are you done yet?" Zhu Xianming turned his head, his expression getting darker.The hair is ugly.

He thought he could scare the queen, but seeing his wife's firm eyes, he finally had no choice but to give in.

After all, she was just a side concubine. Compared with letting the daughter of an honorary noble become the main concubine, it was actually not a big deal, so Zhu Xianming chose to pinch his nose and admit it.

While the couple was in a stalemate, a report came from outside, "Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Xiang has arrived."

"Let him in," Yang Qingyin responded.

She called Zhu Jinghong over to explain to her son first and let him know how to choose tomorrow. This was also a routine operation for choosing the crown prince and princess.

Soon Zhu Jinghong entered the palace, and when he saw that the old man was there, his high-spirited aura suddenly faded, and he became respectful and calm.

"The princess will be selected tomorrow afternoon. I called you here today to tell you who should give Ruyi and the sachet to"

"Yes" Zhu Jinghong replied.

"I have discussed with your father, let Ting Yatou be your princess, and Bao Yatou be your concubine"

After discussing with myself, Zhu Xianming felt uncomfortable after hearing this. , turned his head to the side in anger.

"Yeah"

Zhu Jinghong responded, only saying that he heard it. Whether he agreed or not was another matter.

"Tomorrow you can just pass Ruyi to Ting Yatou and the sachet to Bao Yatou"

"Yeah"

"Yeah, yeah, you kid I can’t speak.” Zhu Xianming couldn’t help scolding him.

As soon as he heard this, Yang Qingyin glared at the emperor, "I said you are angry at me, so what's the point of venting your anger on a child?"

These two people had a quarrel. Zhu Jinghong was deeply surprised, but he also asked him to take it out.

The emperor and empress stopped without arguing for a few words, because the Qianqing Palace came to report that Annan Dusi had handed over urgent military information.

So Zhu Xianming had no choice but to leave, and Zhu Jinghong had lunch in Kunning Palace before leaving. During the meal, senior wives arrived one after another. They came to participate in the second re-election in the afternoon.

Tomorrow is the final selection. Today, the final two will be selected from thirty women in Kunning Palace.

Zhu Jinghong wanted to watch, but was driven away by the queen because of the lack of etiquette.

At 12 o'clock at noon, Baochai and others came to Kunning Palace from Shangyi Bureau wearing the same palace clothes.

In the eyes of high-ranking wives, these thirty women are already exceptionally outstanding in terms of appearance and demeanor.

In the corridor of the main hall, Yuan Chun stood on the side of the queen, looking at Baochai in the first row below with a complicated expression.

She and Baochai were cousins. It would be a good thing for her if Baochai was chosen, but because of Chen Zhi's interference, the nature of the matter changed.

So now, she hopes that Baochai will be chosen, but she doesn’t really hope that she can be chosen.

Only Chen Zhi, standing on the other side, hoped that Baochai could pass today's test and looked forward to a big show tomorrow.

As for the high-ranking wives of the first rank and above present, they are just here to watch the fun, and whoever they choose has little to do with them.

Thirty women will be selected first. This step is the responsibility of the Shangyi Bureau and will be determined based on the performance of the twenty days of training.

So after the Queen’s announcement, Shangyi Bureau directly gave the score.

Someone is "Above", someone is "Middle", and someone is "Bottom"

A few minutes later, Shangyi Bureau announced the promotion list, leaving twenty people Automatically lose the selection and leave.

To Baochai's surprise, Cui Xiuqing was shortlisted for the final ten, and she could see that she was also surprised.

Next, it was the queen’s turn to nominate her

Even though she knew she could be the winner, Baochai couldn’t help but feel nervous at this moment. Only Yang Jingting could really be called calm. one person.

Although the candidates have been decided, the queen still brought the records of Shangyi Bureau and carefully looked through each person's performance.

About ten minutes later, the Queen picked up her ink pen and placed a list of the ten winners in front of her.

Behind her, Yuan Chun and Chen Zhi both stared at the pen in her hand, because it was time to make a circle next.

The queen's pen moved, but she waved around the list without any intention of writing, as if she was really thinking about making a decision.

This scene made Yang Jingting uneasy, fearing that the situation would develop in an unfavorable direction.

The other women, including Cui Xiuqing, are all full of expectations and eager for good luck to come to them.

Prince Xiang’s concubine is a super-grade married woman. Among the group of foreign married women outside the imperial city, she is the top group. Plus Princess Rui, there are only two of them.

With such a distinguished position, how can these women of ordinary backgrounds not look forward to it like looking at the clouds during a severe drought.

It can be said that the queen's turning pen is playing with people's hearts and destiny.

However, most of the time, accidents are unlikely to happen, and Yang Jingting is still the first to be selected.

A few breaths later, Baochai's name was also included in the circle, and today's selection was over.

The female officer of Shangyi Bureau copied the names on the spot, and then announced the results of today's re-election, and also announced the time of tomorrow's final election.

"Sister Bao, I really envy you, and I wish you a good tomorrow."

On the way back, Cui Xiuqing sent her blessings to Baochai.

Although she has lost the election, she is not as disappointed as others and is obviously full of expectations for her new life in North Korea.

Normally speaking, this is indeed the case. Not to mention that her family has a family business in North Korea. Just because her father was a member of the Ming Dynasty, he was also an extraordinary figure when he went to North Korea.

After all, North Korea also studied the Four Books and Five Classics, and selected talents to govern the country through imperial examinations. The value of the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty was undoubtedly much higher than that in North Korea.

Therefore, many students who have achieved fame in North Korea will choose to come to Ming Dynasty to take the exam again..

The current left prime minister of North Korea was a Jinshi in North Korea first, then refused to serve as an official and came to the Ming Dynasty to take the exam, and won the Jinshi in the third year of Emperor Taiping's reign.

In general, because the Ming Dynasty's fame is more valuable, even if the Cui family is just a member, they can still live a good life in North Korea.

"As luck would have it, what are your plans next?" Baochai asked.

Cui Xiuqing replied, "Of course I'm going home. Maybe my family will move out in the next few months."

"It's a pity that I can't send you off"

In Prince Xiang's Mansion, Zhu Jinghong was fishing in the garden of the Prince's Mansion. Next to him was Ke Qing reading a book, and Yinglian sitting beside him peeling melon seeds.

As for the accompanying maids and eunuchs, they stood far outside the pavilion.

"Your Majesty, you are moving," Yinglian warned.

Zhu Jinghong was thinking about choosing a concubine, and when he heard the reminder, he subconsciously had a hunch, and sure enough, he caught a fish.

Zhu Jinghong felt much better when he saw the fish taking the bait.

On the side, Keqing put down the book and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I have caught it."

"It's a pity that the fish is too small, otherwise we would have grilled fish tonight"

Taking off the fishhook, Zhu Jinghong threw the fish back into the pond. Everyone was not surprised by this.

Just when Zhu Jinghong was about to say a few more words, Yinglian reminded him, "Your Majesty, Deng An is here."

The next moment, Deng An rushed over, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, today The person selected by the princess has come out."

Throwing the fishhook back into the lake, looking at the sparkling lake, Zhu Jinghong said, "Who has been selected?"

"It's Miss Yang and Xue Girl"

"Yeah"

Zhu Jinghong's reaction to this news was ordinary, but Qing and Yinglian's hearts were in turmoil.

For the women living in the palace, honor, disgrace and even life and death are closely related to the princess, and they cannot help but think too much about it.

Both Keqing and Yinglian both hope that Baochai will become the princess, although they know it is absolutely impossible.

But one thing they are sure of is that Zhu Jinghong’s favorite is Baochai.

Looking at Zhu Jinghong's standing figure in front of them, the two women couldn't help but wonder what this man was thinking at this time.

On April 15th, the eleventh year of Orthodoxy, the weather was sunny.

Outside the main hall of Kunning Palace, the thrones for the emperor and empress have been set up, and today the princess will also be present when she chooses the emperor.

Today's grand event, concubines, family members of the clan, and wives of foreign ministers will all come to watch the ceremony.

Princess Rui Chen Zhi entered the palace early in the morning. She paid homage to the queen and without saying a few words, she was kicked out by her mother-in-law on the grounds that she wanted to be clean.

On the contrary, the later Crown Princess Yuanchun has not come out after entering Kunning Palace, which already shows her closeness.The difference.

Although Chen Zhi felt resentful about this, she could not tell it at all on her face. She was talking to several princesses in the courtyard at the moment.

Although there are her elders among them, Chen Zhi is still the undoubted protagonist, and she speaks with a certain demeanor.

"Princess, tell me who will be the winner today"

"Of course it is Miss Yang. How could the Queen have wronged her niece?"

"But Miss Yang is from a distinguished family, so choosing her is against the system"

"Miss Xue lost her father at a young age, so choosing her is not against the system"

Hear Everyone was talking, and Chen Zhi didn't know what to say, because she didn't know what the outcome would be.

Will Old Thirteen risk everything for Baochai

If Zhu Jinghong follows his own ideas and completely ignores the Queen's arrangements, there will indeed be no threat to Prince Rui's Mansion.

And if he is timid and knows how to weigh the interests, then he will be the biggest enemy of Prince Rui's Mansion.

Up to now, Prince Rui's Mansion has collected a lot of all Zhu Jinghong's illegal and transgressive behaviors. Once Zhu Jinghong becomes an enemy, he can be killed in a short time.

Even if he pays the price for this, Zhu Jingyuan will not hesitate. After all, the party members he developed should be used as consumables when necessary.

Among the three legitimate sons, if the most capable Lao Shisan is eliminated, Zhu Jingyuan can easily grind the prince to death, and the position of prince will be his sooner or later.

While Chen Zhi was thinking about these things, he saw Zhu Jinghong coming in from outside the palace gate.

Yishan wears a dragon robe, and Zhu Jinghong is dressed very formally today.

Seeing him appear, the ladies present saluted one after another, and Chen Zhi even greeted him.

"Meet my sister-in-law"

"Thirteenth brother, today is a good day, why do you look unhappy?" Chen Zhi looked concerned.

Zhu Jinghong is unhappy, which is a good sign for Chen Zhi, which means that the other party may be dissatisfied with the Queen's arrangement.

From the beginning to the end, Zhu Jinghong knew the plans of Prince Rui and his wife, so he promptly replied, "My sister-in-law will not understand my difficulties."

"Today it is you who chooses the princess." It’s such a wonderful thing to live your life with a princess you like. How can you still have trouble?"

In this sentence, Chen Zhi emphasized "choose a princess you like", and at the last moment she still Guiding Zhu Jinghong.

Seeing that Zhu Jinghong still looked uncomfortable, Chen Zhi decided to provoke him one last time.

I saw Chen Zhi sweeping to the left and right and saying with a smile, "My thirteenth brother is unparalleled in bravery. Is it possible that he is afraid of today's situation?"

Others also laughed. , and Zhu Jinghong also smiled in his heart. He just wanted to let everyone know that Princess Rui Chen Zhi encouraged him now.

Then when what happens next, he can openly tell the emperor that at least his sixth brother and his sister-in-law support him, and then he can trick these two people in turn.

On acting, Zhu Jinghong is also a professionalof.

"Thirteenth brother, you have chosen the girl you like to be your princess, and we are all waiting to eat your wedding wine."

While everyone was joking, Zhu Jinghong said goodbye to everyone with a smile, Then he went to the main hall of Kunning Palace. Next, he had to stay with the queen.

There is no doubt that after entering Kunning Palace, the queen gave him some advice. He kept saying "hmm" throughout the process, indicating that he heard it.

On the side, Yuanchun looked complicated, but he didn’t say a word from beginning to end.

As time went by, concubines and concubines arrived one after another, making the courtyard of Kunning Palace more and more lively.

Although there were many people at the scene, it didn’t look messy at all because there was a female official from the Shanggong Bureau guiding the shift arrangements.

At this moment in the official office of Shangyi Bureau, Yang Jingting and Xue Baochai have finished dressing up.

The two were introduced into the courtyard at the same time, and then taken together to the direction of Kunning Palace.

"Sister Bao, if you choose to be the princess, I will be completely dependent on you to take care of me from now on."

"Sister Ting, don't say this, you will definitely choose to be the princess today." I will have to call you sister from now on."

Looking at Baochai beside her, Yang Jingting said slowly, "You can't say this. It's not until the last moment, how can you say who is the princess?"< /p>

"Sister, please don't be modest. I just hope that I can have a place to live in the palace in the future."

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