jdhmnovel Chapter 205 Father, Your Majesty, I Request You to Abdicate 20
Chapter 205 Father, Your Majesty, I Request You to Abdicate 20
The palace examination on July 30th carries the hopes and expectations of countless students. In the past two days, more and more people have come to the Huguo Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, and many of them are hoping to achieve success overnight. For example, now, Jiuli feels that he did not check the almanac before going out.
How did this happen when she went out to see the flowers?
"Whose is that?" Jiuli turned her head away, her eyes were burning.
"They are the legitimate daughter and stepdaughter of the Marquis Xuanwei's Mansion," Mei Ruo narrowed her eyes and could not see clearly, but her words were certain.
"The Mansion of Marquis Xuanwei," he tapped the folding fan in his hand.
"The wife of Marquis Xuanwei is the second wife." It's a pity for the legitimate daughter. Meiruo glanced at the man dressed like a scholar, who was kneeling on the ground and whose expression could not be seen clearly, with disdain in her eyes.
"Hmm." Xuanwei Marquis' Mansion? It was just a declining noble family, not even qualified to be a chess piece on the chessboard. Thinking of this, he took Meiruo and left through a small path on the side.
When we walked to the middle of the hall, we saw gray-haired old men, mature and steady young men, and young and handsome boys all kneeling devoutly in front of the Buddha statue. Every supplicant had his own difficulties and wishes.
Meng An bumped into the Mu family's mistress who was in the crowd praying to Buddha. He turned around quickly and found that her face had changed when she came back, and was only three-quarters similar to her original face.
Suddenly, Mu San felt as if he saw his second brother's savior? But when he looked, there was nothing.
"What are you looking at?" Mrs. Mu clasped her hands together and made a sincere wish, hoping that her children would be safe and sound for years to come.
"I seemed to see my benefactor, and then he disappeared." He turned around, clasped his hands together, and looked very serious.
"Well, maybe you have met a good person who does good without expecting anything in return." He stood up and put the incense in the incense burner, and the maid beside him gave him the incense money.
Back in the courtyard, Jiuli sat down next to the stone table. Chuyi flashed out and handed over a secret letter, standing beside her with his hands hanging down.
"It's good that you're back. If you don't come back, how can we continue this show?" Jiuli glanced at the secret letter and lit the candlestick to burn it.
"Your Highness means?" Chu Yi paused for a moment. Is power really so terrible that everyone is a slave? !
"After returning to the palace, you and Fifteen will be responsible for the arrangements outside," he did not give a direct answer but changed the subject.
"Yes," there was a complex look in his eyes, and he became firm in an instant.
Early in the morning, Jiuli was having breakfast when Meiruo came in with the eunuchs and stood in the corridor waiting for everything to be cleaned up before coming in.
"Nu Xiasheng greets the eldest princess." He was very polite and smiled, but one could still hear the flattery in his voice.
"What are you doing here?" He stood up and sat back down.
"His Majesty asked me to take the eldest princess back to the palace. In addition, the eldest princess and the second princess will attend the Luming Banquet later." Xia Sheng was worried that the eldest princess would hit him. Who told him to be slow today? Bad luck???
"Luming Banquet?" He muttered to himself, his eyes seemed to change for a moment, "Mei Ruo prepares the horse to return to the palace."
Thank God, Xia Sheng turned his head and patted his chest. You know, the eldest princess is not the prince, and she doesn't have such a good temper.
On the day of the palace examination, Emperor Cheng'an of Xuanling Palace (also for selecting spiritual talents) sat at the top, with civil and military officials standing on his left and right, and hundreds of students participating in the palace examination entered one by one.
When leaving the palace in the evening, the second princess, dressed in red, stood on the city wall at the palace gate and watched everyone who walked out.
She was ugly and had gray hair, didn't she deserve better? Her fists were clenched under her wide sleeves, and her face was emotionless.
"Find a way to arrange a meeting with the Prince of Xuanwei Marquisate."
Her red lips moved, and then she walked down the city wall.
In Jianzhang Palace, Emperor Cheng'an and Jiuli sat face to face, with exquisite mung bean cakes and red bean crisps placed on the table.
"Which one do you think is the best, Lin'an?" Without any intention of being secretive, the three essays were placed in front of the two.
"Dad, I won't look at this anymore, it's just like that," he said, looking at his perfectly manicured nails, "The best looking one must be the third place winner, and the first place winner is the oldest one, it's that simple."
But in the eyes of Emperor Cheng'an, the selection was made entirely based on his appearance.
He picked up the pen and casually circled the three essays, deciding on the top three. He had already made plans for the second princess's marriage.
"What do you think of the second son of the Mu family?" He threw away the pen in his hand. He has always liked beautiful women, but who knows what he thinks of him now?
"I don't have any ideas." Jiuli thought to herself, what could it be!
"That child is good-looking, but a little weak. I don't think he can serve you."
No, what kind of lewd words are these? Did you say that to your daughter? Couldn't she have saved him out of pity? ? ?
"Too many people, too many eyes, too much trouble." She curled her lips. Why didn't she see what was so good about it? It was just ordinary, right?
"Really?" He looked at Jiuli strangely, "People are trying to find out who saved that person. I'm afraid the Marquis Zhongwu's Mansion has guessed it," he said in a teasing tone. It is the most difficult to accept the favor of a beautiful woman.
"It was Meng An who saved the man, what does it have to do with me?" She didn't do anything, so how could it be blamed on her???
"The Eastern Palace of Jingxing has several concubines. Why don't you open your mind?" Emperor Cheng'an couldn't help but wonder if his vision was not good enough? Every one of the guards was pretty good-looking.
"What's wrong with you?" Jiuli was dissatisfied when she heard this! Was it because she didn't understand? She just hadn't found the right one!
"Oh." Thinking of what Zhu Yuanzhi said about just having more contact with her, she was afraid that her daughter would feel disgusted. "You can go and take a look at the Princess Mansion on Zhuque Street more often. Ask the people downstairs to make modifications if you like them. The most important thing is that she lives comfortably." Raising a daughter is so difficult.
She nodded boredly, and then she went to take a look reluctantly. To be honest, her cheap father's aesthetic taste was quite good, fresh, elegant, low-key and restrained.
"Jingxing is already on his way back and will arrive tomorrow at the latest," his eyes showed a gloating look, which then turned into an unusually sharp look.
"Come back if you want. Am I going to make trouble for a distant aunt and a close father?" He must be crazy!
"Well said," Isn't it that they are not related? Emperor Cheng'an sometimes wanted to doubt whether Jingxing was his biological son.
He is smart, kind and generous, but excessive kindness is weakness. He has only made some corrections over the years. How can he be weak if he keeps retreating when the king and his ministers are fighting?!
Jingxing was afraid that he would vent his anger on Lin'an, and his eyes flickered slightly.
"Father, please don't cause trouble after I leave. Now I have a bad reputation. Everyone says I am a tyrant like you," Jiuli said with depression. The Queen Mother must be scared now, right?
At this moment, Mo Gewei, tall and long-legged, wearing a black nightgown, came in and answered Emperor Cheng'an, covered in blood.
Emperor Cheng'an felt a little guilty for some reason. He touched his nose and waved away the Moge guards. It was too late. The empress dowager had been killed long ago, and they were a step too late to collect the corpse.
"That's not what Lin'an said. My princess is beautiful and charming. It's their business if anyone wants her." Reputation? Even if her reputation is bad, there will be people who will marry her.
"You're afraid that I'll kill the prince consort in the middle of the night!" Jiuli said in a slightly serious tone.
"Is this someone you like?" His eyes lit up. As for killing him in the middle of the night? This? Emperor Cheng'an pretended not to hear anything.
"I'll take my leave." He bowed perfunctorily to Emperor Cheng'an.
"He's finally gone. He's become harder and harder to fool as he grows up." Emperor Cheng'an leaned back in his chair and said slowly.
Su Qin lowered her eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that the eldest princess will... Hey, he doesn't understand this father and daughter...