Chapter 25 Zhou Fangze makes a fool of himself

Hearing this, Qin Xixi turned over in the emperor's arms and sat up straight.

Here it comes, here it comes, her big melon is finally here!

She came to this Jinke Banquet today just to eat this melon!

Zhou Fangze really didn't let her down.

He didn't give up recommending himself because of her butterfly effect of traveling through the book.

[He couldn't have imagined it in his dreams, but in fact the emperor didn't want to marry the princess off, but he made things worse. Hahaha. ]

Qin Xixi was so excited that she clapped her hands and laughed.

The emperor thought that Qin Xixi looked down on Zhou Fangze just like him, but was a little surprised.

Yes, in the original book, Zhou Fangze also asked for the princess's hand in marriage like he is doing now.

Although he was born in a humble family, he was more ambitious than anyone else. He believed that if it were him, the emperor would have no reason to refuse him to marry the princess.

Zhou Fangze was a person who was unwilling to give up the opportunity to climb up. If he did not work hard to climb up, he would not be the son of Zhou Yiyang and Zhou Qing.

Now that the opportunity was here, he naturally wanted to be the first person to try it out and leave a good impression on the emperor.

But he did not expect that the emperor did not like him, but scolded him, making him lose face at the Jinke Banquet.

However, the original book regarded this plot as Zhou Fangze's nirvana plot, and he never suffered such grievances again. But now... I am afraid that Zhou Fangze cannot achieve nirvana, and he has to suffer humiliation in vain.

Sure enough, after listening to Zhou Fangze's self-recommendation, the emperor not only did not appreciate it, but also frowned.

At this time, his impression of Zhou Fangze was extremely bad.

Originally, during the palace examination, he thought that this person was indeed talented, but now the emperor felt that he was simply very arrogant.

Who gave him the courage to ask for Princess Zhaoyang?

"How can a scholar be so arrogant?"

The emperor reprimanded with a sullen face.

Zhou Fangze's face turned pale and he knelt on the ground quickly.

He didn't understand why the emperor was so angry.

Seeing how cowardly he was, the emperor was even more furious.

"Zhaoyang is my legitimate princess, but you are born a commoner. You just won the third place in the imperial examination, and you dare to covet the princess?"

Zhou Fangze was so angry that he didn't dare to breathe when he heard it.

His eyes were dim. If Zhang Zongxian hadn't failed...

how could he only get the third place!

"My legitimate princess is not worthy of everyone!"

Everyone could see that the emperor was angry, and thought that the third place had touched a sore spot.

Unexpectedly, the emperor was not satisfied after scolding Zhou Fangze, and turned to Qin Qixuan.

"Qin Qixuan, you are the first place scholar and a son of the Qin family, what do you think?"

Everyone felt that Qin Qixuan was much better than Zhou Fangze.

Compared with his background, Qin Qixuan was much better than Zhou Fangze. In terms of appearance and character, Qin Qixuan was also handsome, and he was the first place scholar.

In terms of qualifications, he was the only one among the three who was qualified to marry the princess.

The eyes of the people looking at him were like seeing the future princess and her husband. The emperor's eyes were even darker. He wanted to see what the number one scholar he personally selected would say.

Qin Qixuan didn't think the emperor had taken a fancy to him.

He thought of what his sister had just said, that the emperor didn't want to marry the princess off. He knew in his heart that it would be useless no matter who stood here today.

The emperor didn't want to marry his daughter at all, and he didn't want to marry the princess either.

Thinking of this, he spoke carefully.

"Princess Zhaoyang has just come of age. I personally think there is no need to be so anxious. She can stay in the palace for a few more years, so that she can accompany Your Majesty and have enough time to find a good marriage for the princess. Although I have won the first place in the imperial examination, I have not yet held an official position. I am not worthy of the princess, so I naturally dare not even think about it."

These words are pertinent and self-deprecating, and they are measured in both advance and retreat.

The emperor's originally angry expression also became relaxed.

These words hit the nail on the head, making him naturally withdraw his order.

He pretended to think about it and nodded after a moment.

"Okay, Qixuan is right. Princess Zhaoyang can stay. Then I will take back my words about choosing a prince consort for the princess. It won't be too late to discuss it after I find a good man."

He admired Qin Qixuan very much.

"The Qin family is really good at educating their children."

He waved his hand and directly issued an order to reward Qin Qixuan and the Qin family.

The people watching were envious and jealous.

Especially Zhou Fangze, at this time, as a supporting role, he became Qin Qixuan's foil!

The matter of the princess choosing a prince consort was put on hold, and there was no important link after the Golden Examination Banquet.

However, after this incident, everyone saw that the emperor liked the top scholar and did not like the third place scholar.

From then on, the road to the third place scholar became narrower and narrower.

The three of them bowed and returned to their seats, and saw Du Wenxun glaring at Qin Qixuan with hatred in his eyes.

"Don't be too proud too soon. What's the use of knowing how to win people's hearts if you don't have real talent?"

Then he turned around and went to comfort Zhou Fangze, who was pale.

Qin Qixuan was simply puzzled, but he was too lazy to pay attention to Du Wenxun and Zhou Fangze, two hypocrites.

Instead, Fu Qian came to find Qin Qixuan.

"Qixuan, you did a good job this time."

He admired this student who knew how to advance and retreat and knew etiquette.

Qin Qixuan shook his head quickly.

"What the student said is true. How can an ordinary person be worthy of the princess?"

Hearing this, Fu Qian lowered his voice.

"I just heard from the eldest princess that His Majesty actually has no intention of marrying the princess off."

After all, Princess Zhaoyang had just come of age and was the emperor's first daughter. It was inevitable that the emperor had some preference for her. How could he be so cruel as to let his daughter find a son-in-law now?

"It was the Queen Mother who wanted to find a marriage for the legitimate princess, and the Emperor was in a dilemma, so he set up this."

Qin Qixuan suddenly realized why the Emperor pretended to give the princess a marriage even though he had no intention of finding a consort.

Zhou Fangze suffered heavy losses this time.

Fu Qian sighed.

"Zhou Fangze is still too anxious. The emperor doesn't want the princess to get married, but he is still rushing to be the consort. The emperor doesn't like people who are too confident. I'm afraid Zhou Fangze has already been in trouble in front of the emperor this time."

"Although as a minister, you are not allowed to guess the emperor's intentions, but if you don't even understand the emperor's thoughts, how can you gain a foothold in this court? Qixuan, you did a good job this time, which is exactly what the emperor wants."

Fu Qian praised a few words, and then told Qin Qixuan to be cautious, and then turned to communicate with other people.

Qin Qixuan breathed a sigh of relief.

This is the best result. He himself didn't want to be the consort of a princess he had never met, and he was worried that disobeying the order would affect the Qin family. And if it weren't for his sister's reminder, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to guess the emperor's intentions very well.

All in all, the Jinke Banquet ended without any problems. Qin Qixuan stole the show, but Zhou Fangze was not so lucky. He looked pale when he came out.