Zhen Jian was happy, but Qin Huan was worried, he never expected that the emperor would make such a bad move, let his daughter replace the princess and marry into a foreign country, it is simply unreasonable, but the holy decree has been issued, everything cannot be changed, he can only consider himself unlucky, Qin Huan's eldest daughter, who has always been arrogant, has cried and fainted in the toilet.
This night, Qin Huan couldn't sleep while lying on the bed, he thought about it and felt that something was wrong, the emperor obviously had a head attack, according to the past practice, as long as the emperor had a head attack, he didn't want to do anything all day, how could he still come up with such a bad move, suddenly, he thought of a person, that's right, it was Zhen Jian, because only Zhen Jian could cure the emperor's head disease, the emperor had a head disease, can he not summon Zhen Jian.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his conjecture was right, and he couldn't sleep even more, the next morning, he went into the palace to ask the emperor for peace, and naturally talked about the matter of sealing his daughter as a princess, for this matter, Qin Huan definitely did not dare to have any complaints, although the emperor favored him, but the emperor has the majesty of the emperor, Qin Huan has always firmly grasped the proportion, never dared to go against the emperor's will, this time naturally did not dare, he came to discuss with the emperor the details of sealing his daughter as a princess, because time is pressing, and this matter must be done airtightly, It would not be good if the foreign envoy knew about it.
Qin Huan also thought about deliberately leaking this matter to let the foreign envoy know, but he didn't dare to take the risk in the end, if the emperor found out, he was afraid that he would fall out of favor, at this time, he would never let himself fall out of favor for the sake of a daughter.
In fact, the main purpose of his entry into the palace this time was to see Liu Qing, he wanted to confirm with Liu Qing whether it was Zhen Jian's bad idea, even if it was death, he had to die clearly, when Qin Huan left, he secretly stuffed Liu Qing with a few silver tickets, the face value was 10,000 yuan, Liu Qing did not hesitate to tell Qin Huan the truth, yes, it was Zhen Jian's bad idea, although Liu Qing did not hear it with his own ears, but Zhen Jian secretly discussed with the emperor yesterday, and then the emperor asked Zhongshu Province to draw up the decree, and the matter was already very clear.
Qin Huan walked out of the palace, clenched his fists, and gritted his teeth with anger on his face: "Zhen Jian, you dare to calculate the old man like this, the old man and you don't share the sky!"
"His anger is almost off the charts.
Next, it is to canonize Qin Mengyu as a princess, although Qin Mengyu is reluctant in every way, but Qin Huan is good at saying it, let her put the Qin family first, and finally persuaded her, Qin Mengyu obediently got on the sedan chair and was carried into the palace, from today on, she is Princess Mingluo.
According to the appointed day, the competition for the princess was held in the Linzheng Palace, and the emperor and Bian Xuedao, the envoy of the Hanlin Academy, served as the judges of the competition.
Participating in the competition were Chen Zaixian, the prince of Jiaozhi, and Li Qinglin, the foreign minister of Nanzhao, although Li Qinglin is a Chu person, but because he is now working in Nanzhao, and is a member of the Nanzhao envoy group, it is not a violation, the emperor saw Li Qinglin appear, his heart sank, how did Li Qinglin say that he had also been in the Great Chu, there must be some talent, although Zhen Jian had already prepared some poems for Chen Zaixian, but the emperor expressed doubts, Zhen Jian's poetry, can really beat Li Qinglin.
After the start of the competition, first talk about the rules, a total of five questions, five games and three wins, and start to ask questions, the first question is issued by the emperor, the title is Yongmei, and it is required to write a poem.
Although the weather is relatively cold at the moment, it has not snowed yet, and the plum blossoms have not yet bloomed.
A palace man inserts half a stick of incense on the incense burner to keep time, and if the work cannot be completed within the hour of the half pillar of incense, it is regarded as a waiver.
Li Qinglin was still thinking hard, Chen Zaixian just pretended to think about it, and then began to write, and after writing, he said: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister has made a good poem." ” When the emperor heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly asked people to present it, only to see that the paper read: "There are a few plums in the corner, and Ling Han opens them alone."
I know that it is not snow, only dark incense. ” The emperor's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he couldn't help but praise: "Good poetry, good poetry!"
” The ministers who watched the ceremony were all surprised, could it be that this barbarian of the Cochin country could really write a good poem that amazed the emperor?
The emperor read it again, praised it, handed the poem to Bian Xuedao, and said, "Bian Yuan, you can taste it." ” Bian Xuedao took it respectfully, unfolded it, and praised it with a shocked face: "It's really a good poem!"
” The emperor and the envoy of the Hanlin Academy both praised it, and Li Qinglin, who was still meditating, panicked, feeling a lot of pressure, his poetry talent was limited, this tension was even more blank, until the incense stick was burned, Bian Xuedao did not write a word, it was obvious that Chen Zaixian won this game.
Chen Zaixian won, his heart was excited, and the emperor was secretly amazed in his heart, only he knew that this poem was actually written by Zhen Jian, although he knew that Zhen Jian's poetry was done well, but he didn't expect it to be so good, he was really impressed by Zhen Jian now.
Next, for the second competition, the Hanlin Academy made Bian Xuedao come up with a question, but he never expected that Bian Xuedao would also ask Yongmei in order to shoot the emperor's sycophants, but this time it was not a poem, but a request to write a word.
The topic is the same, the style has changed, this is also a change, Li Qinglin's face is green, he can't understand why these big guys like plum blossoms so much.
A new incense stick was inserted into the incense burner, and straight green smoke rose, Li Qinglin saw Chen Zaixian holding the pen again and starting to write, a layer of sweat suddenly oozed from the tip of his nose, Ge Luohong was in a hurry, but he was also helpless.
It didn't take long for Chen Zaixian to say again: "Your Majesty, the foreign ministers are done." ” Liu Qing personally went down to forward Chen Zaixian's work, this time the emperor and Bian Xuedao watched it together, and after reading it, the two exclaimed in unison: "Well written!"
” Li Qinglin and Ge Luohong's faces turned green when they heard this, Li Qinglin's hand holding the pen was trembling, his back was wet with sweat, he regretted it so much, why did he take such an errand, if he lost, he was afraid that Ge Luohong would not spare him.
This time, Chen Zaixian wrote "Fortune Operator.
Yongmei", the text is "Outside the broken bridge, lonely and ownerless."
It was already dusk and I was alone, and it was even more windy and rainy. has no intention of fighting for spring, and a group of people are jealous.
Scattered into mud and dust, only fragrant as before. ” At this moment, the emperor was already impressed by Zhen Jian's poetic talent, and it was hard to believe that these poems were all written by Zhen Jian, anyway, he thought that his poetry talent was excellent, but he would never be able to write it.
This competition has become Chen Zaixian's personal performance show, all three poems won easily, and when Li Qinglin wrote the last poem, he fainted directly due to too much psychological pressure.
The emperor immediately announced that the competition was won by the Jiaozhi Kingdom, Princess Mingluo married the prince of Jiaozhi Chen Zaixian, Chen Zaixian was so happy that he grinned and smirked, while Ge Luohong snorted angrily, making people lift up the unconscious Li Qinglin, and did not retire to the emperor, and left directly, which was very rude.
The next day, the envoys of Nanzhao left the capital, and the envoys of Jiaozhi continued to stay here, because they were still waiting for 10,000 catties of rice seeds to be delivered.
Finally, a month later, 10,000 catties of rice seeds from the Jiaozhi country were delivered, and the envoy group of the Jiaozhi country also left the capital with Princess Mingluo, and the matter was successfully concluded.
As soon as the envoy of Jiaozhi State left, one thing spread among the hundred officials, naturally Zhen Jian persuaded the emperor to make Qin Huan's daughter a princess, which is not a good thing, because this has never happened before, and Zhen Jian opened this head, so if the envoys of other countries come to ask to marry the princess in the future, the emperor only needs to take one of them casually, make their daughter a princess, and marry a foreign country, and send it away, where are they going to cry.
In the Tianzi No. 1 private room of the Jueshan Restaurant, a table of important officials of the imperial court sat around the table, and Qin Huan was among them, all of which were Qin Huan's henchmen.
Wine and food were placed on the table, but no one moved, and everyone was full of sadness.
Suddenly, Li Zhaofeng, the secretary of Dali Temple, said: "Qin Xiang, hurry up and transfer Zhen Jian away from Honglu Temple, otherwise our daughter will not be able to keep it in the future." ” "Yes, Prime Minister Qin, quickly transfer him out of Honglu Temple, otherwise the next time a foreign envoy comes to ask to marry the princess, I'm afraid it will be the turn of the daughter of the lower official." …… Qin Huan slapped his chopsticks on the table, glanced at everyone, and said coldly: "You guys are really stupid, Zhen Jian is not in Honglu Temple, it has nothing to do with this matter at all!"
” "It's related, Qin Xiang!"
Zhou Taidao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said, "Qin Xiang, you listen carefully to what the lower officials said, although the Honglu Temple is idle, but depending on the emperor's meaning, sealing Zhen Jian as Shaoqing is just a delaying tactic, I believe that in a year or two, Zhen Jian will be promoted to Honglu Temple, which is the actual position of the fourth grade!"
Qin Xiang, there is a vacancy in my Criminal Department, it is better to transfer him to the Criminal Department, Qin Xiang, please. ” Are they really frightened by Zhen Jian, even Qin Huan's daughter dares to move, is there anyone he doesn't dare to move, they think that the reason why Zhen Jian was able to get Qin Huan's daughter to a foreign country must be related to his identity as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, after all, Honglu Temple is the master of diplomacy.
Qin Huan thought about it carefully, and felt that Zhen Jian really could sit in the position of Honglu Siqing, although Honglu Siqing did not have much power, but it was also a real position of the fourth grade, and then it was not a matter of the emperor's words.
He hesitated for a moment, nodded and asked, "What is the real shortage of your criminal department?"
” Zhou Tai hurriedly said: "The post of mentioning the official affairs of the prison is currently vacant. ” "Mention the Prison Division?"
Qin Huan frowned when he heard this, and said coldly, "Although mentioning criminal prison affairs is only the sixth grade, this is a real power position in the criminal department." ” Zhou Tai hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lord, if you take real power again, then at least under the nose of the lower officials, forgive him and he won't be able to make waves." ” Qin Huan hesitated for another moment, and nodded slowly: "Tomorrow, the old man will go and talk to the emperor, whether it can be done depends on the emperor's intentions." ” "Thank you Qin Xiang, Qin Xiang, I'll wait for a glass of ......"
The ministers were happy when they heard this, and they all raised their wine glasses to toast to Qin Huan, Qin Huan was also depressed in his heart, it was he who was cheated this time, but these guys first thought of protecting their daughter, and sure enough, Qin Huan didn't forget that he still had a little daughter, and he definitely couldn't let Zhen Jian be pitted again.