Chapter 1959 List
The emperor flipped through the list and was in a bad mood. "Just these few people? I haven't even heard of many of their names."
The emperor flipped to the end and saw a barely familiar name, "Ji Hao? Isn't this Ji Xiang's grandson?"
"Yes," Yin Li said, "I had originally excluded him, but then I thought about it. There aren't many people left in the Imperial College, and his family background is still acceptable."
The emperor hesitated for a moment. Although he was very dissatisfied with Ji Hao, he still kept him. Then he looked at his ranking in the Imperial College and said with some disdain, "Why is he ranked so low?"
Yin Li said, "He was admitted through patronage."
The emperor was even more disgusted with him. As he had a history of falling off his horse while competing with others, the emperor drew a half circle after his name, which meant that he was not very satisfied.
But when Yin Li lowered his eyes, he saw that the emperor had only drawn three semicircles and crossed out the others. It was obvious that he was not satisfied.
Ji Hao was able to stay because of his family background, not because of himself.
The emperor sighed, "I remember there was a guy named Yi Ziyang in the Imperial College. Is he also engaged?"
"Yi Ziyang is the grandson of Yi Da and was selected to study at the Chongwen Academy. However, I have vaguely heard that he is already engaged, and his age..."
There is a big difference between her and Princess Mingda.
"But Minister Feng's grandson is still unengaged."
The emperor directly denied it, "He is not suitable. He has reached adulthood and still has no engagement. I heard from Lord Feng that he is not determined."
The emperor didn't even like him when he was choosing a son-in-law for Changyu, let alone now.
However, "Include the unmarried students of marriageable age in Chongwenguan and Hongwenguan as well. Especially the students in Hongwenguan, check them carefully."
Yin Li: ...
Most of the people in Hongwenguan were children of the royal family, and only a few were children of high-ranking officials. Most of them were already adults, and there were very few who were not married or engaged at this age.
Prince Gong had been working in the Hongwenguan before he became a fiefdom, and was considered the actual person in charge of the Hongwenguan. This was also because the students of the Imperial College had a very good impression of Prince Gong.
Let students from Hongwenguan and Chongwenguan be selected...
These thoughts only flashed through Yin Li's mind for a moment before he decided to investigate.
Making decisions is His Majesty's job, he just needs to find out the truth.
Unfortunately, God still did not stand on Prince Gong's side this time, because now, except for the royal family, the remaining four students in Hongwenguan are all married or engaged.
There were not many people left in Chongwenguan. Yin Li crossed out Bai Shan, who was already engaged... and his son as well. In the end, only Bai Cheng, Liu Huan and Lu Yue were left on the list.
Because Feng Zongping was rejected at the beginning, he was not recorded in Yin Li.
So, by evening, the prince saw Bai Cheng's name on the list given to him by the emperor.
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The emperor was still unaware and kept muttering, "I remember that Lu Yue was the one you chose as your study partner. What is your impression of him?"
"He's not suitable," the prince said. "Although he's not engaged, he already has two concubines at home."
The emperor said indifferently, "Just send him away."
The prince thought so too, and began to imagine it. After a while, he shook his head and said, "Forget it."
The emperor looked at him and asked, "Why?"
The prince said, "Lu Yue is not good at studying and is far from being as bright and clear as others."
The emperor curled his lips and said, "Your sister loves books. If she weren't weak, I'm afraid even your third brother wouldn't be as good as her. It's okay to find someone who is a little inferior."
Anyone who can enter Chongwenguan can’t be that bad, right?
Although the emperor did not say this out loud, the prince could see it.
But others may not know, but how could he, who personally selected Lu Yue, not know?
Lu Yue was really not good at studying. The reason why he chose him was because he supported him. When he was short of money before, Lu Yue supported him a lot of money. His elder brother led the troops and was also his confidant.
Oh, by the way, his eldest brother was one of the main forces behind his original rebellion.
Although marrying one's own sister to one's confidant is a good choice, Lu Yue is really not worthy of Mingda.
The Crown Prince curled his lips in disdain and pointed at Liu Huan and Bai Cheng and said, "Father, won't you consider them?"
The emperor frowned, "There are too many members of the Liu family, and Madam Liu is too shrewd and strong."
Having said that, he still drew a half circle after Liu Huan's name, and gave up on Lu Yue.
Neither the father nor the son expressed their opinions to Lu Yue, but instead focused their attention on Bai Cheng.
The prince's eyelids couldn't help twitching. Zhou Man often said, is the left eye twitching a good thing or a bad thing?
The emperor also had some impression of Bai Erlang. Not only had they met at the Taoist temple that year, but they had also met in the palace later. He thought for a moment and asked, "I remember him. He often stayed with Bai Shan and Zhou Man. Is he also from the Longzhou Bai family?"
"Yes, he and Bai Shan are cousins, but his branch of the family split off during his great-grandfather's generation. His father is now the head of the family, and he has only one legitimate brother. Both his parents and even his grandmother are still alive. I heard that he has a very gentle personality."
The emperor had originally not taken Bai Cheng seriously, but after hearing the prince's detailed account, he couldn't help but look up at him and asked, "Are you satisfied with him?"
The prince fell silent. It was impossible for him to say that he was satisfied, but from what the Crown Princess said, it seemed that Mingda also liked this kid. Last time, he sent them to Baiyun Temple in Yongzhou, and it seemed that the two of them got along well.
So, although the prince was unhappy, he was still willing to mention him in front of the emperor. But it was a bit difficult for him to say anything good about him, so he reluctantly said, "Let's pick the tallest one among the short ones. I think he is a good student, his family is simple, and his family background is average."
The emperor said disdainfully, "This is not ordinary at all. It is far inferior to the great families."
The Crown Prince had already learned from his mother the criteria for selecting a son-in-law. He said, "Big families are generally complicated. Father and Mother want Mingda to be free from excessive work, so they can only choose someone with a simple family background."
The emperor fell into deep thought and made a half circle after Bai Erlang's name. Since he was not very satisfied with them all, he might as well take a look at them all.
The prince also thought so, but he didn't completely decide on Bai Cheng.
Both father and son felt that Mingda deserved the best man in the world, and no one now was worthy of their daughter (sister).
It wasn't until two days later that Manbao found out that Bai Cheng was on the list. It was Changyu who quietly told her, "I happened to see it when I was delivering soup to the emperor. What's going on? Your third junior brother is also interested in becoming a prince consort?"
Manbao was pleasantly surprised and asked, "Are there many people on the list?"
Chang Yu thought for a moment and said, "It looks like there are about ten or twenty. I asked my father, and he seemed to say we need to wait and see."
What they know now is just superficial stuff. They still have to check and select more, and then recruit them to take a look, test them, and only after selecting the remaining ones will they invite parents to meet them, and finally make a decision.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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