Chapter 26: Concubine Selection 2
When Xiao Yuanqi heard what Xiao Jinyi said, he rolled his eyes at him, "Do you think choosing a concubine is like buying vegetables on the street? You can just choose casually. Character, morality, appearance, ability and family background are all indispensable.
The Crown Princess is not an ordinary concubine. She is the Crown Prince's wife and the future mother of the country. She must possess all these five qualities.
If she was a concubine or a lady-in-waiting, the requirements wouldn't be so high, but it wasn't easy to become one either. ”
Xiao Yuanqi said so much but never said whether he liked the Crown Princess or not. Xiao Jinyi understood that the Crown Prince's marriage was not a family matter but a state matter, but he also hoped that his brother could have someone he liked by his side.
"These are very important, but I still hope that my brother can choose a princess he likes, just like my father and mother."
Emperor Wu An and Empress Lin fell in love at first sight. At that time, Emperor Wu An was still the crown prince. At the crown princess selection banquet, the young Emperor Wu An fell in love with Empress Lin at first sight.
Queen Lin came from a military family and grew up with her father in the frontier. She was more heroic than the women in the capital.
Emperor Wu An felt that she was very different at first sight and wanted to make her his Crown Princess. After asking around and finding out that she was the daughter of General Lin, he immediately reported to the late emperor and said that he wanted to marry her as his Crown Princess.
At that time, the late emperor still valued the crown prince, Emperor Wu'an, and was willing to see the crown prince marry a general who commanded a large number of troops, so he agreed.
Emperor Wu An and Empress Lin lived a sweet life together for a long time after their marriage. It was not until Empress Lin gave birth to Xiao Yuanqi that Emperor Wu An accepted the behavior of the then Empress, now the Empress Dowager, in inserting someone else's money.
However, it was not until Xiao Yuanqi turned one year old that other children began to be born in the Eastern Palace.
Now, Emperor Wu'an's harem only had a few concubines that the empress dowager had placed in his early years, and there had been no more beauty contests since he ascended the throne.
No children have been born in the past few years, but the current crown prince is outstanding, has a reliable maternal family, and the support of his brothers who are of the same mind as him. Emperor Wu An will not abandon this eldest son, and the crown prince can be said to be as stable as a rock.
The concubines in the harem who had princes wanted to fight for it at first, but later, seeing Emperor Wu An's double standards towards the crown prince and other princes, they gave up one by one.
Anyway, the prince is kind-hearted. As long as he doesn't get involved, he won't take action against his brothers.
Anyway, since the concubines and princes have no worries about food and drink, they might as well just give up together.
When Xiao Yuanqi heard Xiao Jinyi's expectations of him, his eyes softened. If there weren't so many people around, he would have reached out and rubbed his beloved brother's head.
"I hope so!"
Shen Shixu didn't say a word during this period. It was not something he could instruct on such a major event as the Crown Prince's selection of a concubine. He should just sit aside and eat snacks and watch the show!
Well, this milk cake is good, and the peanut crisps are also delicious, worthy of being the snacks of the royal palace.
Shen Shixu was eating snacks out of boredom, watching the people around him toasting each other, and the women opposite him laughing and playing together. He felt a little bored, so he poked 011 in his heart.
[Yi Yi, I’m a bit bored. Do you have any melons I can eat? 】
As soon as Shen Shixu's thoughts came out, the people who were toasting each other, as well as the girls who were laughing and playing opposite, all stopped what they were doing and couldn't help but prick up their ears to listen to the gossip.
[Received, but brother, I need to upgrade now. After I upgrade, I will be able to detect more melons. 】
[Oh, you want to upgrade, how long will it take? 】
[It will be done quickly, brother. It will only take a cup of tea.] 】
[Okay, then upgrade quickly!] 】
After a cup of tea, 011's playful and lively voice sounded, [Brother, I'm back~]
[I’m back. How’s the upgrade going?] 】
[Hehe, brother, after I upgraded, I can not only find more melons, but I can also have a virtual image. Brother, please help me choose which one of these looks good. Do you want this little rabbit one or this little panda one? This Persian cat one is also pretty good. 】
After 011 finished speaking, a virtual panel that no one else could see suddenly appeared in front of Shen Shixu. Inside it was a small ball of light bouncing around. Around the small ball of light were many skins, some of which were rabbits, some of which were orange cats, some of which were tigers, and some of which were pandas.
As a Chinese who had long wanted to raise a panda, Shen Shixu made a prompt decision and directly chose the panda skin.
Panda 011 first familiarized herself with her body, and then revealed the secret to Shen Shixu, "Brother, today, Miss Meng Jiyao from the Meng family who came to choose the Crown Princess disguised herself as a man to take the imperial examination, and she is this year's second-class candidate. 】
011As soon as these words came out, all the women in Qinglian Pavilion looked at a woman wearing a lotus green gold-woven brocade skirt. The woman had fair skin and an elegant temperament. Her three thousand black hair was tied up with a jade hairpin, her lips were naturally red, and her eyes were full of wisdom. She did not look like an ordinary girl in the boudoir.
When this news broke on 011, many men were stunned. They never expected that there would be a woman participating in the imperial examination this year. Not only that, she also got the title of "Chuanlu", which means she was the first person below the top three.
However, this could explain why the official did not accept the appointment from the Ministry of Personnel after knowing the news. It turned out that it was because she was a woman and was afraid of being discovered.
Xiao Yuanqi was also extremely shocked, and at the same time he became curious about this woman. This woman defeated so many men and won the title of the imperial examination. It turns out she is so talented. I really want to see how graceful she is.
[Meng Jiyao was not treated very well at home. Her parents both took a fancy to her brother and thought that since she was a girl, she did not need to study. She only needed to learn embroidery and manage household affairs and she could get married.
But Meng Jiyao was not convinced. She thought why only men could study but women could not, so she insisted on giving it a try.
So she begged her brother to teach her. Her brother was a good person. Knowing that she wanted to study, he taught her attentively.
Who would have known that he himself had no talent for studying, but he managed to raise his sister into a talented girl.
As early as when Meng Jiyao started school, she forged an identity and found an excuse to go to their hometown to take the exam. This year, she took the spring exam with her fake identity, wanting to see how capable she was.
When her brother Meng Chang found out, he helped to cover it up for her. The siblings never expected that they would fail the exam, and they were afraid that the truth would be discovered.
Before being appointed as an official by the Ministry of Personnel, Meng Chang left the capital under the false identity of Meng Jiyao.
There had been several people in the previous dynasty who passed the examination but did not become officials, including one in Dagan, so the Ministry of Personnel did not investigate further, which allowed the brother and sister to escape. 】
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