Although the Ming family was very famous among scholars, King Chen found that they did not like to hang books when they spoke. I don't pay attention to the romantic situation when eating, and occasionally recite a few words, things in the East City are cheaper than those in the West City.
Before he came, he was worried that the elder brothers of the Ming family would make wine orders and pair up.
"This year's spring rain is timely, and I hope the common people can have a good harvest." Ming Jingzhou held up the teacup: "His Royal Highness is going back to the palace at night, so it is not advisable to drink outside the palace. The lower official replaces the wine with tea, and toasts a cup to His Royal Highness. "
When clinking glasses, King Chen deliberately made the mouth of his glass lower than Ming Jingzhou's, and Ming Jingzhou grabbed his wrist: "Your Highness, no. Higher than Your Highness?"
"Father-in-law is the elder, I am the younger. It is only right and proper to respect the elder."
When the two were arguing, Jiuzhu put down her chopsticks, grabbed the wrists of the two, and touched the cups: "You guys drink."
The two looked at Jiuzhu and laughed together.
One for the sake of his daughter, abiding by the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers.
For the sake of the princess, one person put down his identity and respected the elders.
They thought Jiuzhu didn't care about this, but she saw everything.
The tea is fragrant and refreshing, and the lips and teeth are sweet.
"His Royal Highness, according to the ancestral system, your Majesty can issue a pardon order to show your love for the Queen after the ceremony of conferring the empress. What do you think is a good thing to be elected by pardon order?" Ming Jinghai put down his chopsticks and said with a smile, "Our own family members. If you speak common language, Your Highness can speak freely."
"The pardon is nothing more than pardoning light prisoners, exempting taxes, and adding enke." King Chen said without thinking: "It should be punished for making mistakes. Pardoning prisoners is unfair to the victims. How much tax should be exempted, and for how long, is easy. Disagreements. Only Kaienke can not only recruit talents for the court, but also will not be opposed by the courtiers."
More importantly, the civil servants will also support.
The literati who came to participate in Enke, it is not easy to say anything bad about the mother, it is almost like killing three birds with one stone.
"His Royal Highness has made a good choice. Many conflicts can be resolved through common interests." Ming Jinghai looked at King Chen with relief, the fifth prince, more capable than he thought.
The biggest conflict between Wenchen and the mother and son of King Chen stemmed from various differences over the years.
But if one day, King Chen suddenly began to agree with their ideas, their impression of King Chen would change dramatically.
After the meal, Ming Jinghai asked Ming Jingzhou: "Third brother, find something to pass the time in the afternoon. Don't fix those elegant things that throw pots and write poems, have some fun."
"Touch the card leaf?" Ming Jingzhou turned to look at King Chen: "His Royal Highness, can you play cards?"
"I know a little." King Chen thought to himself, looking at the entire Dacheng, how many people's card skills are superior to him
"Then the four of us will gather a piece of playing cards and let Jiuzhu and her mother talk together." Ming Jingzhou asked the servant to get the cards, and taught King Chen how to get along with husband and wife: "When a woman is chatting and talking, The most annoying thing about our men is that when we should be squatting in the corner, we must not hang around in front of them."
"Women get angry, tsk tsk tsk." Ming Jingzhou whispered: "As scary as it is, it is as scary."
King Chen turned to look at Jiu Zhu, who was sitting and laughing with his mother-in-law, thinking to himself, how scary can it be
His family Jiuzhu is so good, he will definitely not lose his temper with him.
"Four?" Ming Cunfu looked around and smelled suspiciously, "No, aren't we five men?"
"Go back to your room and read." Ming Jinghai looked at him mercilessly: "A man with no fame and no official position is not worthy of being called a man."
"If you don't even have a fiancee, you're not considered a man." Ming Cunfu didn't dare to refute his father, so he muttered in a low voice, turned around and ran away.
Ming Jiyuan: "… "
Who are you calling this? !
When the cards came to the table, after playing two hands, King Chen realized that the Ming family was so good at writing essays, but he didn't expect that his card skills would be so poor.
Play what you hold with all your hands, regardless of whether or not your opponent will press their hand.
It's easy to win their hand, and it's really hard to get them to win without letting them find out.
"With their bad card skills, they dare to play cards with the prince." Shen Ying looked at the four men sitting in the pavilion and teased, "Your father and brother's salary is not enough for them to lose."
"Don't worry, mother, Your Highness will definitely not dare to win against your father and brother." Jiuzhu affirmed: "Last night, before going to bed, His Highness was still asking me about what the family likes to use as the subject to write poems and lyrics."
"I told him that my father didn't like to recite poetry at home on weekdays, and he still didn't believe it."
"Your father used to love to write poetry." Shen Ying gave Jiuzhu a gentle smile: "It's been almost a year, and I haven't done it anymore."
Before Jiuzhu returned to Beijing, he would always pour a pot of wine on the Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year's Eve. Before half the drink was over, a poem about thinking about a girl had already been written.
Maybe a person with a fulfilling life is no longer suitable for poetry and lyricism.
"My father's poems, I really want to see them."
"He's a man who doesn't like to pack things up and throw them away after writing them, where can they be found." Shen Ying couldn't bear to show her longing poems to her daughter, and changed the topic: "I can live in the palace. Habit?"
"Everything is very good. The people who serve are caring and caring, and the father and mother often send people over to inquire." Jiuzhu held Shen Ying's hand: "The Queen and the Empress treat me as usual."
"That's good, that's good." Shen Ying looked at Jiuzhu's whole body of hairpin jewelry, all of which were made from within, and knew that what she said was true: "The four sisters above you, although they are all from low backgrounds. , but you are not weaker than them, you don't need to be too afraid of them."
"Mother, I always feel that something is wrong with the fourth prince." Jiuzhu said, "Is there any entanglement between our family and the Sun family?"
"The Sun family is a scholarly family that has been passed down from generation to generation. The Ming family has been passed down several generations, but there is no big man. It wasn't until your father's generation, your uncle and second uncle passed the first prize, and your father passed the third flower, that he began to become prominent. .later…”
Shen Ying's tone paused: "Forget it, we and the Ming family in Lingzhou have already established their own ancestry, so it has nothing to do with them. It is meaningless to mention them again."
"Although the Ming family has made a lot of statements in the minds of scholars over the years, the Sun family doesn't think much of our family." Shen Ying hesitated for a while, but chose to confess to Jiuzhu: "After the spring last year, Your Majesty intends to be in-law with the Sun family. , but the Sun family is not very willing."
"But Sun Caiyao is already married to the fourth prince." Jiuzhu recalled carefully, the Sun family did not seem to be dissatisfied with the fourth prince.
"Because the person your Majesty wanted Miss Sun to marry was King Chen." Shen Ying looked at her daughter's wide eyes, patted the back of her hand, motioned her not to rush, and listened to herself say slowly, "But before Your Majesty has not yet Before officially sending someone to propose marriage to the Sun family, there was news that Sun Caiyao and the fourth prince were boating on the lake and were very close. In addition, the fourth prince was older than Chen Wang, so this marriage fell on the head of the fourth prince. "
"Marriage is about fate. Miss Sun has no relationship with King Chen, so you don't have to take this matter to heart." Shen Ying took a sip of tea and said, "I told you about this because I was afraid that people in the palace would talk too much. I will tell you something that was originally very simple, and I will tell you with more vigour, and provoke a conflict between you and King Chen."
"Just because of this incident, she is so strange to me?" Jiu Zhu was even more puzzled: "Why is it necessary?"
"People are different. You don't need to understand what others are going to do. You only need to understand what you want and what you want, and you won't be fooled by others."
"As long as my family is healthy, Your Highness and the Empress are safe and sound, and the two masters can cultivate Dao to great success." Jiuzhu thought about it carefully: "It seems that there is nothing to ask for."
Those who want nothing are fearless.
Seemingly want nothing, but it is a big desire.
Shen Ying smiled, her daughter is a sensible person.
Ming Jingzhou, who had never won many cards at ordinary times, finally won a few cards in the hands of his son-in-law, and praised King Chen in high spirits: "Your Highness is born smart, if you calm down and study hard, within a few days, you will be able to surpass the others. a prince."
As early as in the Ministry of Rites, when he recited the content of Chen Wang's policy theory for the first time, he found that Chen Wang had an excellent memory and knew how to draw inferences from other facts. He was a good seedling for the imperial examination.
It's a pity that the other party's mind is not on learning, and because of his status as a prince, he doesn't have to worry about his career.
"Father-in-law praised me badly." King Chen took apart Lian Huashun, picked the smallest one, and threw it on the table: "It's you who guided me well."
"No matter how good a carver is, you can't carve a flower out of dead wood." Ming Jingzhou saw the card from King Chen, his eyes lit up, and he threw the small card in his hand that was almost impossible to walk out on the table: "Don't underestimate yourself."
Listening to Weng and his son-in-law touting each other, Ming Jinghai almost squeezed the cards into a ball, can you take care of him
"Uncle lent the military book to the junior last time, and the junior has also read it all." King Chen glanced at Ming Jinghai's card, and opened his eyes and said nonsense: "I can't afford it."
"Have you read it?" Ming Jinghai took away all the cards with satisfaction, seeing that no one could afford his cards.
"I didn't expect my uncle, as a civil servant, to have such a talent for leading the army to fight." King Chen boasted: "If you are a general, you will definitely be a general admired by all people."
Ming Jinghai said proudly: "That is, the master who taught me swordsmanship also said that I have the talent to be a general. However, I have more talent in the way of poetry and calligraphy, so I took the road of the imperial examination."
After touting the eldest uncle, King Chen did not forget to praise the eldest uncle and brother, and expressed great expectations for his upcoming appointment to Dali Temple.
After a card game, the three men of the Ming family all won a little card, and King Chen didn't lose much.
At the beginning of dinner, Ming Jingzhou also praised King Chen in front of Jiu Zhu.
After dinner, the night fell, and the original joyous mood was gradually occupied by separation. King Chen took Jiuzhu's hand and said to the Ming family who sent them out: "Don't worry, elders, I will often bring Jiuzhu home to reunite with you."
"We know that His Highness can do it." Ming Jingzhou smiled: "Tomorrow, when I go to court, the next official will propose to His Majesty the matter of encore, and His Majesty will not agree immediately. Tomorrow afternoon, the next official will go to Taiyang Palace with some officials of the six departments. To persuade Your Majesty, His Majesty can come and help the ministers. Your Majesty don't have to worry about anything else, this is what Your Majesty means."
Chen Dynasty Ming Jingzhou bowed: "Thank you father-in-law, my son-in-law wrote it down."
The father and father-in-law are helping him win over the favor of the civil servants.
"Wait." Ming Jiyuan suddenly remembered the female Taoist priest who had been to Ming's house two days ago, and hurriedly said: "Sister, I have something for you, which was brought by your two masters."
"Master?" Jiu Zhu was surprised.
"Seeing you back today, I was so happy that I almost forgot about it." Ming Jiyuan turned around and ran: "Wait for me here with Your Highness for a while, I'll be right back."