Chapter 344 The Prince is Most Afraid of the Cold
The formal process of the imperial examination is: Tongshi, Xiangshi, Huishi and Palace examination.
The Tongsheng examination is also called the Tongshi, which includes three stages: county examination, prefectural examination and academy examination.
The provincial examination is held once every three years in the provincial capitals and is also known as the Autumn Examination.
The joint examination is an examination held in the capital every three years. Because it is held in the spring, it is also called the Spring Examination.
The palace examination is the highest level examination in the imperial examination system.
Because Daxia was in urgent need of talents and could not wait for three years, all localities held the Tongshi examination.
The provincial examination was also held at the same time, allowing the scholars who had passed the exam in the past to participate. This time, the capital city also held the provincial examination in the capital area. Those who passed the exam would participate in the spring examination, also known as the metropolitan examination, together with those who passed the exam from all over the country next spring.
Those who pass the joint examination will take part in the palace examination afterwards. The emperor will personally question the admitted candidates in the palace to determine the top scorer.
This was a big event both in the capital and in other places, so the emperor was always busy.
Although memorials were screened by the cabinet, the country was in a state of disrepair and still needed the emperor to take charge.
Sometimes An Jiu would watch it with him.
After all this busy work, it’s already the end of the year.
It snowed in the capital, and the emperor received news from the State of Chu.
The King of Chu died suddenly.
The prince ascended the throne.
An Jiu added some charcoal into the brazier.
The emperor put down the letter and laughed.
He stood up and said, "Xiaojiu, go out for a walk with me."
He seems to be in a pretty good mood.
An Jiu nodded.
The emperor still didn't like wearing hats, thinking it would ruin his hairstyle, but An Jiu didn't care and put a furry hat on his head.
【My hairstyle.】
The emperor looked at An Jiu helplessly.
An Jiu smiled and said, "It looks very nice."
The emperor snorted coldly.
[It’s a bit ugly, but at least it’s not cold anymore. ]
The emperor thought.
[It’s really not cold at all. ]
[I was such a fool before. ]
[Leave the dead skin to freeze and live skin. 】
A fool indeed.
An Jiu laughed.
The two men walked to the gate of Jinxiu Palace.
The emperor asked someone to open the door and saw that the inside was in a state of disrepair. The emperor suddenly asked An Jiu, "Xiao Jiu, what do you think of me repairing this?"
【As the secret base for me and Xiaojiu. 】
[You can also plant flowers and put a swing. ]
[I like swinging the most. I play it secretly so that others won’t think I am unstable. ]
An Jiu felt that the emperor was just too pretentious.
How can swinging on a swing make him look unstable? The fourth uncle is still swinging on a swing.
But let him pretend if he wants.
So An Jiu nodded and said, "Your Majesty, when spring comes, how about we plant some flowers and plants in the yard?"
The emperor said in a cold tone: "As you wish."
【yeah! 】
An Jiu said again: "I want to put a swing here, okay?"
The emperor said coldly: "As long as you like it."
[Yeah yeah yeah! ]
The emperor was very happy.
After the emperor's order was given, people began to renovate the palace.
The Queen Mother fell ill at the beginning of winter, and she sent someone to say that she wanted Prince Ruyang to come to the palace to keep her company.
The emperor’s answer was no.
If the month is not up, just follow the rules.
Do you really think he is a kind-hearted person?
Sparing Prince Ruyang's life is already a great favor, yet he is still thinking of other things.
The empress dowager was so angry that she scolded the emperor a few words, and then she heard intermittent crying sounds from the palace next door.
The Queen Mother was annoyed to death.
"Cry, cry, cry. All you do is cry all day long."
It's really annoying.
This Defei will cry herself to death sooner or later.
"I heard that they wanted charcoal, but they said there was not enough charcoal." said the nanny beside the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother rolled her eyes.
"That's the cold palace. You really think you're enjoying yourself there." She paused and said, "By the way, isn't Zhao Xin coming to the capital? Why doesn't she come to see me?"
Zhao Xin is Concubine Xin.
Concubine Xin did not return to the southwest. She said she did not want to live there. She was always worried about the Chu Kingdom attacking. Since the emperor had taken over, he sent people to watch over it. As for whether it was the fief of King Ming...
This place was left to the emperor by the previous emperor, and it was not left to the Ming king at all.
Prince Ming complained many times about his father's partiality, which made the emperor annoyed and gave him a farm in the suburbs.
This manor covers a very large area and was originally a summer palace for the emperor. You can see how well it was built.
But thinking of the pitiful appearance of King Ming, the emperor still gave it to him.
Ming Wang still felt that he had suffered a loss, but he stopped complaining about it.
He also discovered that his mother actually preferred living in the capital, because she was a native of the capital, and people tend to be nostalgic when they get old.
That's it.
Being biased is being biased.
This is not the first or second time that my father has been partial to me.
The eighth prince doesn’t even have a fiefdom.
The eldest prince doesn’t even have a title.
Prince Ruyang and Prince Duan are still imprisoned.
The emperor doesn't have a mother yet.
If you think this way, it will be more balanced.
The happiness of the Ming King is entirely due to the support of his brothers.
Just when everyone was happily preparing for the New Year.
Li Defu suddenly came running over.
At this time, the emperor and An Jiu were writing couplets.
"Your Majesty, someone has arrived from Prince Jing's residence."
The emperor put down his pen, but perhaps because he didn't put it down properly, the pen rolled off the table.
"What's the matter?" asked the emperor.
Li Defu looked serious.
"Prince Jing is gone."
The emperor was stunned for a long time.
Only then did I come to my senses.
"When did it happen?"
Li Defu said: "Just last night, people from Prince Jing's mansion said that the prince had eaten half a bowl of porridge and looked very energetic. He did not wake up in the morning."
It seemed very sudden, but also not sudden. As early as when Prince Jing was a child, everyone had prepared for his death.
But it's still hard to accept that he's really dead.
An Jiu felt that, at least for the emperor, it was very uncomfortable.
He picked up the pen and wanted to finish writing the rest of the couplet, but when he started writing, he forgot what to write.
Prince Jing's funeral arrangements had already been prepared.
He didn't want to be buried in the imperial mausoleum.
The emperor agreed.
The cemetery is on the hillside in the suburbs, not far from Prince Jing's hot spring villa.
The scenery in spring, summer and autumn are all beautiful, but winter is desolate and cold. Prince Jing hated winter the most, but he still died in winter.
An Jiu met Liu Zhenzhen on the day of Prince Jing's burial.
She was dressed in white, which made her look even thinner and smaller. An Jiu looked at the huge coffin and thought comically that the coffin was big enough for Prince Jing and Liu Zhenzhen to lie down.
Liu Zhenzhen bowed to the emperor and came over to talk to An Jiu.
She said: "The prince's health has been failing for a long time. He has been ill several times since the beginning of winter and has suffered a lot."
Drink bowl after bowl of bitter medicine.
Prince Jing is also a human being, and he is only nineteen years old.
Most people would find this medicine bitter after drinking a bowl of it, but Prince Jing has been drinking it since he was a child.
"Recently, he stopped drinking. He said he didn't want to drink and didn't want to end up suffering from the bitterness." Liu Zhenzhen laughed, "He looks like a little kid."
He didn't want to drink, so Liu Zhenzhen wanted to let him do as he pleased.
"I thought he would be able to celebrate the Spring Festival. The cemetery we chose would be beautiful in the spring. Who knew that he didn't even celebrate the Spring Festival? He even said he wanted to go to pay homage to his mother but he didn't go."
Liu Zhenzhen also talked about many things that Prince Jing wanted to do but failed to do.
All An Jiu heard was a lot of regrets.
I regret not meeting you earlier.
I regret not being able to always be with you.
It’s a pity that we can’t grow old together.
I regret that I can't live with you, and I regret that you don't want me to die with you.
A lot.
A layer of white frost formed on Liu Zhenzhen's eyelashes.
She wiped it gently with a handkerchief.
She smiled and said, "It's really cold today. Your Majesty is most afraid of the cold."
An Jiu thought, perhaps Liu Zhenzhen’s spring would never come again.
She met the most unsuitable person at the most suitable age. She was amazed by this person for a while, and then was trapped for the rest of her life.
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