"Your Majesty, if you want Your Highness to memorize the entire book, it will take up too much time. Why not ask the adults present to pick out a section for Your Highness to memorize?" Ming Jingzhou stepped forward and said, "This way, we can check how well Your Highness has memorized it, and it can also save time for Your Majesty."
"My dear ministers, there is no need to shirk responsibility for him. I know you are kind people and cannot bear to see him lose face. But since he has said that he must recite the whole thing, then you should just sit there and listen to him recite." Emperor Longfeng ordered Liu Zhongbao, "Liu Zhongbao, go and bring some tea. Let the prince recite slowly."
The minister was stunned at first, then he understood. What His Majesty meant was that he was worried that they had colluded with the Prince of Chen in advance and helped the Prince of Chen to commit fraud?
Thinking of this, they felt regretful and hateful. Why didn't they think of this idea at the beginning?
No, no, no, they are educated people, how could they have the idea of cheating?
Realizing that their thoughts were slipping, the adults looked at the King silently and placed all their hopes in God.
I hope God will bless the King and grant him an excellent memory that will astound everyone.
"Anyone who steals this book will be punished..."
"Your Highness, this sentence was printed by the bookstore to curse the book thief. There is no need to recite it again." Ming Jingzhou coughed dryly. This drama was a bit too much, a little exaggerated, so he should hold back a bit.
"The ancients had it before me, so I should borrow it..."
"What part is this?" an official whispered to the official from the Ministry of Industry next to him.
"Preface." The Minister of Industry replied, "The Agricultural and Sericulture Records is a collection of agricultural and sericulture skills from past dynasties compiled by our officials. The preface was written by our founding prime minister."
"When the weather is right, don't miss it. Plant mulberry trees in spring. Mulberry trees benefit the people and should not be neglected."
The Prince recited faster and faster, his words fluently. The officials wiped the sweat from their foreheads and observed the emperor's expression from time to time.
"There is a hot island in the south, the grain is always ripe and delicious."
Among the officials who had been sitting upright at first, two older ones leaned back in their chairs. Prince Chen has been memorizing this book for a long time. Is there too much content in this book?
Suddenly, the Prince of Chen who was reciting the poem stopped.
They were startled, looked at him together, and began to have wild thoughts.
What's going on? Can’t remember what happened next?
What's behind it? Can you remind the prince slightly, without being too obvious?
The Prince Chen, who was worried about by everyone, was not in a hurry. He picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and turned to look at Jiuzhu.
Jiuzhu thought His Highness was nervous and mouthed to him, "Your Highness, very impressive!"
Prince Chen raised his eyebrows proudly and waited for me to finish reciting.
Only when he carried it on his back again did the officials secretly breathe a sigh of relief, thinking, "It's good that he didn't forget it."
The way the prince looked at the princess, was he waiting for her to encourage him?
"Did you see that? Just now the princess smiled at the prince, and the prince continued to carry her on his back." Official A whispered to Official B, "What a loving couple."
He pondered and found that since the Prince of Chen got engaged to the daughter of the Ming family, he had done fewer and fewer ridiculous things, and now he was even working hard to endorse books for the benefit of scholars all over the world.
Could this be... a prodigal son returning home?
Thinking of this, he turned to look at Ming Jingzhou, who had a calm expression and showed no emotion. The Ming family had given birth to a good daughter.
It takes more than half an hour to read the entire "Nongsang Ji" proficiently, but the speed at which Prince Chen recites seems to be faster than reading.
He recited fluently, and the official who was responsible for judging whether he had recited correctly almost had his eyes dizzy when comparing the contents in the book.
"Are there any mistakes in the book?" other officials subconsciously asked the officials from the Ministry of Industry, who knew the contents of the book best.
The official from the Ministry of Industry shook his head: "It is exactly the same, without any mistakes."
After hearing this, the officials felt very complicated. How much effort did the Prince of Chen put in to memorize this book?
“People are the foundation of the country. Agriculture is the basis of life.”
Half an hour later, the Prince of Chen had recited the last page. The officials, who were already a little tired, sat up straight and looked at the Prince of Chen with eyes full of infinite love and admiration.
"Have you finished reciting?" Emperor Longfeng stood up and walked around the hall. His waist felt a little sore after sitting for so long.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Chen has memorized the entire chapter." The two officials in charge of supervision put down the book and walked to the center of the hall to salute Emperor Longfeng.
"How many mistakes did you make?" Emperor Longfeng looked at his son and found that he had already approached the princess, waiting for her to feed the cup of tea to his mouth.
This terrible son.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen is extremely intelligent and has made no mistakes." There was a hint of surprise in the tone of the supervising official.
"No mistakes?" Emperor Longfeng looked at Prince Chen suspiciously: "You recite the chapter on silkworm breeding in Volume 5 again."
The Prince of Chen's voice was a little hoarse as he recited the chapter on silkworm rearing again.
"Father." He smiled cheekily, "Your Majesty, I have memorized the entire "Nongsang Ji". What you promised me..."
"Since you can memorize the Agricultural and Sangri Records in five days, why haven't you studied hard these years?" Emperor Longfeng's eyes became dangerous: "Liu Zhongbao, bring me a stick."
"Your Majesty, you must not do that, Your Majesty." The officials who were delighted that the prince had memorized the book saw that his majesty's expression was not right, and hurried forward to dissuade him: "Your Highness, the prince can recite this book, he must have studied hard day and night to achieve this result. I think your majesty should commend you."
"Yes, yes, maybe the prince is slow to realize things. He was young and ignorant before, but now he has turned over a new leaf, which is a good thing. If Your Majesty punishes the prince and ruins his desire to be diligent and motivated, wouldn't that be bad?"
"Father, please calm down." Jiuzhu opened her arms and blocked the Prince behind her. "Your Highness has been studying late into the night to memorize this book these days. He has worked very hard. The emperor's promise is worth a fortune. It would be fine if you didn't reward him, but how can you punish him?"
She glared at the eunuchs who seemed to be approaching her intently: "No one can touch my prince!"
"Jiuzhu." Ming Jingzhou raised his head and frowned at his daughter, saying, "You are not allowed to be rude to His Majesty. Leave."
Jiuzhu bit her lower lip and said nothing, but she did not close her open arms, and her feet did not move at all.
The Prince of Chen, who was blocked behind her, looked at her determined back and tense arms. He reached out and gently held her hand, and whispered in her ear, "Silly little pig, father won't beat me, don't be afraid."
All the beautiful scenery in the world is not as beautiful as the moment when she stands in front of him without hesitation.
He even believed that even if there were thousands of troops and blazing swords ahead, she would still stand in front of him like this.
With a force of his wrist, he pulled her to his side and smiled flatteringly to Emperor Longfeng: "Father, the princess is just too worried about me, please don't take it seriously."
Emperor Longfeng was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed out loud, and the depressing atmosphere in the hall was swept away.
"Du Qing, you have a very good princess." The look in Emperor Longfeng's eyes when he looked at Jiuzhu was filled with undisguised kindness of an elder, and he did not show any dissatisfaction with her behavior just now.
He waved his sleeves and sat on the throne: "Pass on my order. The harem has been without a master for many years. I have called on the will of heaven to make Su the empress. This is a great joy, and we should congratulate her. Considering the difficulties faced by students all over the world, I will open a special examination. I hope that students will study hard and make progress, and display their talents."
Such an imperial decree must be sealed by the emperor himself, then issued to the Ministry of Personnel, and finally distributed to all provinces and counties across the country by the Ministry of Personnel.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The officials were so excited that their eyes were filled with tears and they bowed in greeting.
This thing finally got done.
"Father, my daughter-in-law was rude just now. Please punish me." People's sorrows and joys were not shared. Jiuzhu hung her head, took small steps to Emperor Longfeng, and bowed deeply to apologize.
"Du Qing, help Jiuzhu up quickly." Emperor Longfeng looked at the dejected Jiuzhu with a smile and comforted him: "As a father, not only will I not punish you, I will also thank you."
Jiuzhu looked up at him in surprise, and Prince Chen walked to her and held her hand.
The two of them intertwined their fingers, holding hands in the most intimate posture.
"He is a prince, with power and status that countless people in the world envy. Everyone respects him and tries to please him. But no one will stand up in front of me without hesitation for him." Emperor Longfeng looked at the two people holding hands and asked with a smile: "Before you did these things, did you ever think that you might cause my dislike?"
"No, I didn't have time to think about it." Jiuzhu looked at him cautiously: "Father, you won't hit your Highness, right?"
"He is such a grown-up, even if I beat him, he won't learn his lesson." After saying this, Emperor Longfeng saw Jiuzhu turned her head and smiled at her son, smiling very happily.
The look in her son's eyes when he looked at her was full of pity, love and cherishment.
This is the look of a mature man looking at his most beloved woman.
This child who never grew up finally had someone he wanted to protect and became a man of great integrity.
"Father, if you say that, Jiuzhu will think you used to beat me." Prince Chen laughed and pretended to whisper to Jiuzhu: "Father has never been willing to beat me since I was a child. What he said just now was just a bluff."
Listening to his son's "whisper" to his daughter-in-law, Emperor Longfeng waved his hands in disdain: "Go, go, go quickly, don't provoke me to really beat you."
"Father, we haven't spanked before, but we're starting now. It's called opening the seal in the folk." Jiuzhu reminded in a low voice: "Beating a child on the last day of the year can be called sealing. Do you want to open the seal on His Highness?"
Prince Chen looked at his princess in disbelief. What was going on?
Just now when the emperor said he wanted to beat him, she stood in front of him so bravely. Why is she now taking the initiative to mention the various folk terms for beating children?
"Father, I'm taking my leave." Prince Chen realized something was wrong and quickly ran away dragging his wife.
Looking at the backs of the young couple, Liu Zhongbao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the prince and princess are a perfect match."
"Yes." Emperor Longfeng laughed from the bottom of his heart: "My son has such a personality. It is his luck to meet the little girl of the Ming family."
"The princess is indeed kind-hearted. When I first saw her, I thought she had pretty eyes and eyebrows, and looked blessed."
"Yes." Emperor Longfeng sighed. If Du Qing hadn't happened to meet the little girl from the Ming family on the way to the accident at the Royal Stables that day and accompanied her to choose a pony...
There are some things that, as a father, he dare not think too much about.
Because he absolutely could not accept such a consequence, even thinking about the possibility filled him with fear.
To Du Qing, he is just an ordinary father in the world.
I hope he is healthy and not sick, I hope he lives a long and peaceful life, I hope someone loves him, and I hope he knows how to love. When he and Mei Dai grow old and can no longer accompany him, the people who love him and the people he loves are still there. Even if their hair turns to white, he will not feel lonely.
"Your Highness, Your Highness Prince Chen, please stay!"
The officials walked out of Taiyang Palace and quickly caught up with Prince Chen and Jiuzhu. They bowed deeply to him and said, "We, the officials, thank you on behalf of all the students in the world."
"Students all over the world are the people of Dacheng. As the prince of Dacheng, I am reciting books for the people. What is there to thank them for?" Prince Chen glanced at the officials who came to him. They all looked familiar.
This man whose official robe had two-inch patterns embroidered on it was the one who impeached him in the court two years ago for forcing someone to jump into the river.
And there is this man with five-inch patterns embroidered on his official robe. A year ago, I said he was uneducated and unskilled.
It's just that he is a magnanimous person, and considering their contributions to Dacheng, he doesn't bother with these people.
"In the past... we may have misunderstood Your Highness." The official in purple robes bowed and said, "Thank you for your magnanimity and for not holding it against us."
Prince Chen was afraid that if they continued talking, they would tell Ming Xiaozhu what he had done before, so he quickly interrupted them: "These are all trivial matters, my lords, please don't take them to heart."
Stop talking now. If you keep saying this, my image of being omnipotent in front of the princess will be ruined.
"Fourth brother, are those people surrounded by the adults my fifth brother?" Prince Jing saw several officials standing in a circle outside the Taiyang Palace, and stopped to take a closer look. "I wonder if my fifth brother has memorized the book?"
Yun Yanze looked at the smiles on the faces of these officials and his heart sank a little.
"Lord Wang once said that my fifth brother was unlearned and unskilled, but today he smiled at him in a very kind way." Prince An's eyes lit up: "Could it be that my fifth brother has memorized the entire "Nongsang Ji"?"
That’s awesome! I want to be your good fifth brother!
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