Chapter 13 Selection
Chapter 13 Selection
"My dear ministers, you all know that I am not a person who likes to talk nonsense. You all know why I called everyone here today. It is to select a study partner for my son Xingyao. My son Xingyao has excellent talent, so his study partner's talent cannot be too bad. The other thing is whether he can catch my son's eye." The emperor was not a person who liked to talk nonsense. After everyone saluted, the emperor directly talked about the most important thing of the day.
In fact, the so-called selection is actually Xuanyuan Xingyao's own selection. As long as the person can catch Xuanyuan Xingyao's eye, the emperor will not say anything even if the talent is a little worse.
Although the emperor did not explain in detail, everyone present understood what he meant. The nobles who originally thought that they had high status and their sons were talented were now a little nervous.
Everyone in and out of the palace knows that the Seventh Prince Xuanyuan Xingyao has been rather cold since he was a child. Except for showing the proper expression of his age towards the Emperor, the Empress and the Crown Prince, he doesn't even look at ordinary people. It is difficult to win his eye.
However, no matter how difficult it is, we must face it head-on. After all, the benefits of successfully becoming Xuanyuan Xingyao's study partner are really too great.
The Emperor's method of selecting a study partner for Xuanyuan Xingyao was actually quite simple and crude. He would first have all the children come forward and state their names, their families, their talents, and the number of stars they were gifted. He would then eliminate those with less talent, and finally allow Xuanyuan Xingyao to choose the child he liked.
I don't know if it was an unspoken rule or a tacit understanding between the two sides, but when the children came forward to answer, there were four at a time, two of whom were children of civil officials and two of whom were children of military generals. Or two of whom were children of noble families and two of whom were children of civil officials. In any case, it would never happen that all of them were children of civil officials or children of military generals.
Because Nangong Tao's status in the empire was quite high, after the first few sons of nobles, it was Nangong Jing and Nangong Mu's turn. With them were two other children of nobles. What was even more interesting was that one of them was the son of Duke Mu who had just laughed at Nangong Jing.
"I am Nangong Jing, the son of Duke Wuling. I am five years old this year and my talent as a summoner has been awakened, an eight-star talent." Wuling is Nangong Tao's title. Usually, the titles of dukes are single-character, and Nangong Tao used to have a single-character title as well. Later, he won a relatively important battle for the empire, and the emperor was overjoyed and specially bestowed a double-character title on him to express his honor and favor.
After hearing that Nangong Jing was Nangong Tao's child, the emperor's face became more serious. After hearing that Nangong Jing not only had summoner talent but also had eight-star talent, the emperor's face was even more joyful.
The Summoner was the most difficult of the three professions to awaken, let alone an eight-star talent. With proper training, they would surely become powerful generals of the empire. The Emperor was only selecting a study companion, but discovered such a talented talent. How could he not be delighted?
The emperor had already made up his mind. If Xuanyuan Xingyao didn't like Nangong Jing, he would issue another imperial decree to allow Nangong Jing to study in the palace. Such a great talent couldn't be wasted; he must receive the best education. Besides, studying in the palace from a young age would only make him more loyal to the royal family and him, right?
Nangong Jing had no idea what the emperor was thinking. After explaining his own situation, he quietly stepped aside and waited for others to introduce themselves.
What surprised Nangong Jing was that the son of Duke Mu, who had just mocked him, also had a talent for summoners, and a seven-star talent. With such good talent and family background, it was no wonder he was so arrogant just now. It seemed like he was very favored at home.
If there were no Nangong Jing, this talent and talent should have attracted the attention of the emperor. But unfortunately, with Nangong Jing, this beautiful jade, in front, the other party's talent and talent, although not bad, are still a little bit lacking.
All the smart people present could think of this. Some of those who had a mediocre relationship with Duke Mu looked at him with gloating eyes, while others hoped that Nangong Tao and Duke Mu would become enemies because of this, as they might even be able to benefit from it.
Duke Mu's face looked a little ugly at this time. He originally thought that his son's talent and ability would definitely be selected, but he didn't expect that there would be a spoiler like Nangong Jing. Now everything has become an unknown.
Nangong Jing was told not to look up at will before entering the palace, so he kept his head down even when introducing himself, so he did not notice that Xuanyuan Xingyao was staring at him while he was speaking.
"Seventh brother, are you interested in this Nangong Jing?" The prince and Xuanyuan Xingyao were sitting together, so he noticed the moment Xuanyuan Xingyao's gaze moved. Following Xuanyuan Xingyao's gaze, he saw Nangong Jing standing quietly beside him.
"Quite pleasing to the eye." Xuanyuan Xingyao said lightly. In fact, he didn't understand why he was staring at Nangong Jing. He just felt that the other party was quite pleasing to the eye.
Xuanyuan Xing is very dazzling and there are very few people who can catch his eye. It is already a very high evaluation to get a word from him that someone is pleasing to his eye.
"Then let's give him the position of study partner later." Since he likes me and has good talent and family background, it's okay to give him the position of study partner.
Xuanyuan Xingyao didn't say anything, but the prince knew that he had agreed to his proposal.
Soon all the children introduced themselves, and the emperor directly eliminated those with talents below six stars, and the remaining ones were all those with six-star, seven-star and eight-star talents.
The children who were eliminated almost cried. Although the elders were disappointed, they did not dare to object, because their children’s talents were indeed not as good as others.
Since they were eliminated, there was no need to stay in the imperial garden. Although the emperor did not say it directly, the ministers still realized his intention and they all asked to leave, and the emperor granted their permission.
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