A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City

Although the Ming family is very famous among scholars, Wang Chen found that they didn't like to talk about books. I don’t pay attention to everything I eat, and I occasionally say a few words that things in the East City are cheaper than those in the West City.

Before coming, he was worried that the elder brothers of the Ming family would make a drinking order, pair up, and read several poems temporarily, but they were all useless.

"This year's spring rain fell in time, and I hope the people will have a good harvest." Ming Jingzhou picked up the teacup: "His Royal Highness will go back to the palace at night. It is not suitable to drink outside the palace. The next official replaces the wine with tea and respects His Highness a cup. "

When clinking the glasses, Chen Wang deliberately made his cup lower than Ming Jingzhou's, Ming Jingzhou took his wrist: "His Royal Highness, no. You are the king, the minister is the minister, how can you Higher than your highness?"

"Father-in-law is the elder, and I am the child. It is justified to respect the eldest child."

When the two were vying to go, Jiuzhu put down his chopsticks, held their wrists, and touched the cup: "You drink."

The two looked at Jiuzhu and laughed together.

For the sake of his daughter, one person keeps the courtesy of the emperor.

For the princess, one person put down his identity and respected the long.

They thought Jiuzhu didn't care about this, but she saw everything in her eyes.

The tea is fragrant and refreshing, and the lips and teeth are sweet.

"His Majesty, according to the ancestral system, your majesty may issue a pardon to show your love for the queen. What does your Majesty think is good?" Ming Jinghai put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Our family Speaking homely, His Royal Highness can speak freely."

"The pardon is nothing more than pardoning light prisoners, exempting taxation, and adding Enke." Wang Chen didn't want to think about it, and said: "Must be punished for mistakes, pardon prisoners for unfairness to victims. How much tax exemption should be exempted, and how long the exemption period is easy Disagreements arise. Only Kai Enke can not only recruit talents for the court, but also won't be opposed by courtiers."

More importantly, civil servants will also support it.

The literati who came to participate in Enke can hardly say anything about the mother and queen, and they almost kill three birds with one stone.

"His Royal Highness made a good choice. Many contradictions can be resolved through common interests." Ming Jinghai looked at Wang Chen with satisfaction, the fifth prince, more than he thought.

The biggest contradiction between civil servants and Wang Chen's mother and son stems from the various differences over the years.

But if one day, King Chen suddenly began to agree with their ideas, their impression of King Chen would change dramatically.

After dinner, Ming Jinghai asked Ming Jingzhou: "Brother, find something to pass the time in the afternoon. Don't fix those elegant things that throw pots and make poems, just make them happy."

"Draw card leaves?" Ming Jingzhou turned to look at Wang Chen: "His Royal Highness, can you play cards?"

"A little bit." Wang Chen thought to himself. Looking at the entire Dacheng, how many people have better card skills than him?

"Then the four of us gather together to play cards and let Jiuzhu talk to her mother." Ming Jingzhou asked Xiao Si to fetch cards, and taught Wang Chen how to get along with husband and wife: "When women talk and talk, I hate our men the most. When we should squat in the corner, we must not dangle in front of them."

"Women have a temper, tsk tsk." Ming Jingzhou whispered: "If you want to be scary, there will be more scary."

Wang Chen turned his head to look at Jiu Zhu who was sitting with his mother-in-law and joking, thinking to himself, how scary can it be?

His family Jiuzhu is so good, he will definitely not lose his temper at him.

"Four?" Ming Cunfu looked around, wondering and smelled: "No, we are not five men?"

"You go back to your room and read a book." Ming Jinghai looked at him ruthlessly: "A man with no merit, name or official position is not worthy of being called a man."

"If you don't even have a fiancée, you are not considered a man." Ming Cunfu didn't dare to refute his father, muttered a little, turned and ran.

Ming Jiyuan: "..."

Who scolded this? !

After the cards came to the table and played two hands, Chen Wang found out that the Ming family was so good at writing and writing, but he didn't expect the card skills to be so bad.

What card to play with, regardless of whether the opponent will press their cards.

It's easy to win their cards, and it's too difficult to make them win, but also to ensure that they don't find themselves letting go.

"They dare to play cards with the prince because of their bad card skills." Shen Ying glanced at the four men sitting in the pavilion and teased: "Your father's salary with your brother is not enough for them to lose."

"Don't worry, mother, your Highness will definitely not dare to win against your father and brother." Jiuzhu affirmed: "Before going to bed last night, His Highness was still asking me what the family likes to use as a topic to chant poems and lyrics."

"I told him that his father doesn't like to chant poems at home, he still doesn't believe it."

"Your father used to love to write poetry." Shen Ying smiled softly at Jiuzhu: "I have stopped writing for nearly a year."

Before Jiuzhu returned to Beijing, he would always pour a pot of wine on the Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year's Eve. Before half of the wine, he had already written a poem of thinking about women.

Perhaps it is people who have a fulfilled life and are no longer suitable for poetry and lyricism.

"Father's poem, I really want to see it."

"His guy is not used to tidying up things, and throwing them away after writing, where I can find them." Shen Ying couldn't bear to show the poems full of thoughts to her daughter, and changed the topic: "It's worth living in the palace. habit?"

"Everything is fine. The people who are serving are caring, and the father and mother often send people to inquire." Jiuzhu held Shen Ying's hand: "The empress and empress treat me as usual."

"That's good, that's good." Shen Ying looked at the hairpin ring jewelry covered with pearls, all of which were created inwardly, and knew that what she said was true: "The four concubines above you, even though they are not of low origin. , But you are not weaker than them, you don't need to be too jealous of them."

"Mother, I always feel that something is wrong with the four princes and concubines." Jiuzhu said: "Is there any dispute between our family and the Sun family?"

"The Sun family is a family of scholars passed down from generation to generation. The Ming family has gone up several generations, and there are no big people. It wasn't until your father's generation, your uncle and second uncle passed the number one scholar, and your father got the first prize in the exam, and he began to become prominent. .later……"

Shen Ying paused: "Fine, we and the Ming Family in Lingzhou have already established a separate clan, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter to mention them again."

"Although the Ming family has made a lot of statements in the hearts of scholars in these years, the Sun family doesn't care about our family." Shen Ying hesitated and chose to confess to Jiuzhu: "After the Spring Festival last year, Your Majesty intends to be the Sun family in-laws. , But the Sun family is not reluctant."

"But Sun Caiyao is already married to the Fourth Prince." Jiuzhu recalled carefully, and the Sun family didn't seem to be dissatisfied with the Fourth Prince.

"Because your majesty wanted Miss Sun to marry Wang Chen." Shen Ying looked at her daughter's wide-open eyes, patted the back of her hand, signaled her not to worry, and listened to her slowly: "But your majesty has not yet Before officially sending someone to propose marriage to the Sun family, there was news that Sun Caiyao and the four princes were going boating on the lake. In addition, the four princes were older than Wang Chen, so the marriage fell to the fourth princes."

"Marriage matters, pay attention to fate, Miss Sun has no relationship with Wang Chen, you don't have to take this matter to heart." Shen Ying took a sip of tea: "I told you this because I was afraid the people in the palace would talk too much. I will tell you something that is originally very simple, so as to provoke the contradiction between you and Wang Chen."

"Is she so strange to me just because of this?" Jiuzhu was even more puzzled: "Why is it necessary?"

"People have different hearts. You don't need to understand what others want to do. You only need to understand what you want and what you want, so that you won't be confused by others."

"As long as my family members are in good condition, and my Royal Highness is in peace with the empress and the empress, the two masters can cultivate the Dao to great success." Jiuzhu thought about it carefully: "It seems that there is nothing to ask for."

Those who want nothing are fearless.

Seemingly wanting nothing, but lusting.

Shen Ying smiled, her daughter is a sensible person.

Ming Jingzhou, who has never won much in card games, finally won a few cards in the hands of his son-in-law and praised Chen Wang with a high spirit: "His Royal Highness is born smart. If you calm down and study hard, within a few days, you will be able to surpass the others. The prince."

As early as in the Ministry of Rites, when he first learned the content of Chen Wang Ce, he found that Chen Wang had an outstanding memory and knew how to draw inferences from one another. He was a good seed for the imperial examination.

It's a pity that the other party's mind is not learning, and because of the prince's identity, there is no need to worry about official career.

"Father-in-law is absurd." Wang Chen took apart the continuum of flowers, picked the smallest one and threw it on the table: "You are the one who guided me well."

"No matter how good a carver is, you can't carve out a flower from the dead wood." Ming Jingzhou saw the card made by the king Chen, his eyes lit up, and he threw the small card in his hand that almost couldn't get out on the table: "You don't want to belittle yourself."

Listening to Weng and son-in-law praising each other, Ming Jinghai almost squeezed the cards into a ball. Can you take care of him?

"The last time the uncle lent the juniors' military books, the juniors have also read all of them." Wang Chen glanced at Ming Jinghai's card, opened his eyes and said nonsense: "I can't afford it."

"Did you finish?" Ming Jinghai saw that no one could afford his own cards, and took away all the cards contentedly.

"I didn't expect my uncle as a civil servant, but he has such a talent to lead the war." Wang Chen boasted: "If you are a general, you must be a general admired by thousands of people."

Ming Jinghai said proudly: "That is, the master who taught me swordsmanship also said that I have a talent for generals. However, I was more talented in the way of poetry and books, so I took the road of imperial examination."

After praising his uncle, Wang Chen did not forget to praise his uncle too, and he expressed great expectation for his upcoming appointment at Dali Temple.

After a game of cards, the three men of the Ming family all won a little card, and Wang Chen didn't lose much. It was a good time for the host and the guest to have a good time.

When the dinner began, Ming Jingzhou was still in front of Jiuzhu, boasting a few words about King Chen.

After dinner, night fell, and the original joyful mood was gradually occupied by separation. Wang Chen took Jiuzhu's hand and said to the Ming family who had sent them out: "Don't worry, elders, I will often bring Jiuzhu home to reunite with you."

"We know that Your Highness can do it." Ming Jingzhou laughed: "If you go to court tomorrow, your majesty will ask your majesty to open Enke, and your majesty will not immediately agree. Tomorrow afternoon, your majesty will go to Taiyang Palace with some six officials. Persuade your majesty, your majesty can come to help the ministers. Your majesty need not worry about anything else, this is what your majesty meant.

Ming Jingzhou from the Chen Dynasty said: "Thank you, father-in-law, my son-in-law wrote it down."

The emperor and father-in-law were helping him win the favor of civil servants.

"Wait." Ming Jiyuan suddenly remembered the female chief of the Ming family who had been to Ming's two days ago, and quickly said: "Sister, I have something for you from my place, which was brought by your two masters."

"Master?" Jiuzhu was surprised.

"Seeing you back today, I was so happy that I almost forgot about it." Ming Jiyuan turned around and ran: "You and Your Highness wait for me here for a while, and I will be back soon."