Xie Wuzheng was sixteen years old, with long eyebrows and bright eyes, a high nose and thin lips. Although he was only one year older than Xie Tu, he was not feminine at all.
Due to his childhood practice of riding and shooting, his sitting posture is as straight as a green pine, his shoulders have become wider and his waist has become wider, and he is full of heroic spirit. The childishness between his eyebrows has not yet disappeared, but he already has a graceful style.
The Xie family is now prosperous, with many children, and of course their looks vary.
However, although the imperial examinations were emphasized in the selection of officials in the imperial dynasty, the specific operations were greatly influenced by the previous dynasty, which emphasized "verbs and words". Taking the exam this time is of great significance to the Xie family, so the selected children, whether they are the elder Xie Heng or the young Xie Tu, can be said to be handsome and handsome.
The Jiang family's cousin who came with him was also handsome, fair-skinned and beautiful.
However, Xie Wuzheng was among them, but he still stood out and attracted attention.
Yun Fenghuang looked at it and nodded secretly. Compared with the pampered Ji Minggan, this girl was even worse, and Chunjia probably liked her.
As for talents and learning, in fact, according to Yun Fenghuang's speculation about Chunjia, what the emperor values most now is not necessarily the academic work on paper, but the real ability to do things.
After all, what Chunjia lacks now is not talented people who can talk to him about the past and present, but capable ministers who can do things for him down-to-earth and share his worries.
Isn't that why Du Langu is so simple in the emperor's heart
Yun Fenghuang was not very clear about Xie Wuzheng's abilities. Considering that this cousin was only sixteen, she couldn't help but glance at her eleventh cousin Xie Fei.
Xie Fu is a romantic by nature, but he has a majestic appearance, sword-shaped eyebrows, starry eyes, wasp waist and ape-shaped arms. He is the kind of majestic figure and majestic weapons that are most respected in the country's official selection. When he sits down seriously, he is simply He was full of righteousness and awe-inspiring, but at this moment he noticed Yun Fenghuang's gaze, turned his head and smiled at her, his brows fluttering, revealing a bit of cynicism.
It's not that Xie Fu is teasing his cousin on purpose... He has always been like this, and he doesn't behave properly with young women, whether they are family members or outsiders.
If he had not excelled in his studies, the elders of the clan would not have let him go out at all this time.
Yeah, but Xie Fu still has some abilities.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to endure the family’s pressure to get married for so many years.
Although he is not the eldest son of the second wife, Xie Tu, the second wife, is planning to get married. This brother is still single. How can the elders of the whole family let him go? I don't have any means, but I can't bear the dictation of many relatives.
Yun Fenghuang sighed in his heart, there was nothing he could do, the lintel of the Xie family was too low, and many of his brothers might be talented in the clan, but they might not be enough on the battlefield of the harem.
While chatting with everyone, she considered it, and felt that only Xie Fu and Xie Wuzheng had greater hope, so she thought about how she could calmly help these two brothers when she met Chun Jia later.
At this time, the topic turned to the scholars gathered in the imperial capital. Xie Heng and others mentioned a few names. Yun Fenghuang wrote them down one by one, and hinted that they could ask for more details, especially the misdeeds of those young and unmarried people. It is convenient for her to slander Chun Jia and kill Lord Shang's competitors in advance.
While talking, Xie Tu and Jiang Su ran in, looking a little hasty.
"What's wrong?" Yun Fenghuang asked in surprise when everyone stopped talking.
"... We just seemed to have bumped into a noble person." Xie Tu calmed down and said, "Just now, someone from the palace passed by carrying a shoulder carriage. The appearance of the noble person on the shoulder carriage... is different from ordinary people. We... um... we... "
Yun Fenghuang saw him hesitating and glanced at Qingdu. Qingdu agreed and hurriedly went out to inquire.
"There's no rush. Speak slowly." In fact, Yun Fenghuang had already guessed who it was. Seeing Xie Tu's nervousness, he said warmly, "Your seventeenth sister still has some respect in the palace, so it may not be a big deal."
Xie Tu secretly glanced at Xie Heng and Xie Xiliu, who were glaring at him, shrank his head, and said feebly: "We... just looked at it a few more times! Really, we didn't say anything! Before we came, Brother Jiu and the others We’ve all warned her, and besides, she’s a female family member, and we definitely won’t talk too much even if we’re outside! But she... um... she suddenly cried! "
Yun Fenghuang twitched the corner of his mouth: "I know, you guys go sit in the side room and just pretend you don't know. My brothers and I still have something to say."
"Sister Seventeen, who...?" Xie Tu hesitated, "She is still at the door, and the palace people are trying to persuade her."
"At the door, right at the door. I am reuniting with my family here. Who has the time to meddle in other people's business?" Yun Fenghuang waved his hand to signal him not to panic. Just as Qingdu came back, he whispered: "Empress, this is Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui. "
Yun Fenghuang said "Yeah": "Let her go."
He continued to talk to Xie Heng and others, but Xie Heng and others could not take it seriously. What kind of trouble will it cause?"
Then he frowned and said to Xie Tu Jiangzhu, "Before I came here, I told you again and again that the palace is no better than the outside. You should always be careful with your words and deeds. Why are you still acting like this?! Since you are a female family member, you shouldn't look too much even outside. Who will tell you? The courage is in the palace..."
"Brother Thirteen, there is no need to worry." Yun Fenghuang couldn't bear to see the dejected look of his two brothers, so he interrupted Xie Xiliu, "That's Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui. She has always been a good-natured person, so she won't care."
Don't you care and still stay at the door crying
The elder brothers didn't believe it, but Yun Fenghuang had no intention of going out to coax him immediately, and they couldn't do anything. They could only persuade him tactfully: "No matter how you say it, it's a golden branch and a jade leaf..."
"That's why you can't go out to coax." Yun Fenghuang had no choice but to explain when he saw this. "Otherwise, if the matter spreads out, what good will it do to His Highness's reputation if the gossip gets to the bottom of it?"
Yun Fenghuang really didn't mean to bully Princess Minghui this time. It's just that this golden girl was already very worried about her figure. If there were rumors inside and outside the palace that the princess was too fat, it would attract the curiosity of the family members of the concubine who entered the palace for the first time. , was so angry that she cried in front of the concubine's door... Princess Minghui was afraid that she would not be able to survive.
However, Xie Heng and the others didn't know what was going on, and kept saying, "Anyway, your highness, please come in and sit for a while. How about comforting my sister for a while? I'll just go to the side room first."
"...Okay." Yun Fenghuang thought for a while. After all, he hadn't seen his family for a long time, and it was hard to deny them face. So he asked Xie Hengyu to take him to the side room to escape, and he straightened his clothes. Got up and walked out.
When they arrived at the entrance of Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, they saw that Princess Minghui was surrounded by a group of palace people and was sobbing under an ancient tree not far away. Next to it is a shoulder carriage that no one cares about now. The carvings are exquisite and complicated, and it is surrounded by a golden silk gauze hanging in a couple of colors. The yarn is so light and soft that it looks like nothing - it is the same size as the shoulder carriage used by the concubines in the palace. for different.
Ru Yunfenghuang's shoulder bag is hung with jade-colored golden silk gauze. It is considered light and thin, but it is not so careless. When people look in from the outside, they can only see hazily and cannot see. Specific appearance and expression.
The princess was probably afraid of the heat, so she changed into this kind of clothes that looked the same as those without clothes. Otherwise, even if they saw Xie Tu Jiangzui wandering at the door, the two young men would not have discovered that the noble body in the carriage was different, and then curiously watched. , caused this turmoil.
In the current situation, Yun Fenghuang is not afraid of Princess Minghui, so there is nothing to be nervous about, but... Taking a closer look, why is Chunjia here
"Your Majesty." She sighed in her heart, walked over to salute, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with Your Highness? Someone just came to report that His Highness seemed to be in trouble at the door. I thought he dropped something or something. how come???"
Yun Fenghuang said this with sincerity, as if he knew nothing about it.
As expected, Princess Minghui was not so shameless. She really couldn't tell the reason for crying. She just choked and said: "I want to go back."
Chunjia said warmly: "Then I'll take you back... Come on, wipe your face. It's hot and you're sweating so much."
I cared about the princess, but I didn't know how to prick the princess's heart. Instead, he opened the veil handed over by the emperor and said loudly: "I know that I am as fat as a pig and sweat more than others, so there is no need." Brother Huang reminded me again and again!"
If the princess had done this before Chunjia took office, the people around her would have continued to coax her.
But this time is different from the past. The person who was serving the princess looked pale after hearing this, and hurriedly pulled the princess to plead guilty to Chunjia. But Chunjia didn't pull her, but Chunjia's expression did not change, and she said with a smile: "What do Minghui think? I just I’m afraid you’ll be overheated. Besides, who said you’re as fat as a pig? You’re born noble, who dares to arrange it?! Could it be that you don’t want the lives of the whole family!”
Yun Fenghuang said: "Your Majesty is talking about, what is the identity of Your Highness the Princess? How can you talk and slander at will? Whoever despises Your Majesty and disrespects the royal family deserves to be severely punished!"
"..." Princess Minghui looked at her with tears in her eyes. She didn't say anything and stopped making trouble. She whispered, "It's nothing. I'm going back."
The imperial concubine had to ask a few more questions, but the princess insisted that nothing had happened. Even if she shouted to go back to her residence, she could only watch her get on the shoulder carriage and be carried with difficulty by several strong servants. Go away slowly.
"Is Your Majesty coming to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion?" Seeing this, Yun Fenghuang looked away and turned his head to ask Chunjia.
Chunjia said: "Didn't you sign up to reunite with your family today? Why did I come here to disturb you? I'm going to Danruoting. I'm already at the door. I heard from the people below that Minghui is crying here because he's afraid of you. You bullied my sister so much that you came here specifically."
Yun Fenghuang was unhappy: "I don't dare to take your Majesty's words seriously! Who am I, how dare you bully Jin Zhiyuye? But the palace maid said that His Highness was crying at the door, which scared me, and she thought something was wrong!"
"You don't know why Minghui is crying here?" Chunjia clasped her hands and looked at her with a half-smile, "After all, this is the direct bloodline of Xiaozong, my sister, even if my beloved concubine loves her blood relatives, don't be too partial. yes."
"Your Majesty clearly knows that although my two younger brothers are a bit out of character due to their youth, they are not rude people." Yun Fenghuang looked at him for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "It's just the first time. The palace was curious and wandered at the door for a while, and happened to meet the princess passing by in a carriage. Because she had never seen a noble person before and was not familiar with etiquette, she saluted a little slowly, and then the princess burst into tears... The two younger brothers were very happy. I was frightened, but because men and women were different, I was afraid of disturbing Her Highness the Princess, so I avoided Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion and urged me to come out to see what was going on."
Chunjia said "Yeah": "I know."
The implication is that if your brothers hadn't done anything, this matter wouldn't have ended so easily.
Yun Fenghuang bit his lip: "Thank you for your generosity, Your Majesty."
She thought something bad was going on in her heart. Looking at the emperor's attitude, it wasn't like she was dissatisfied with the Xie family's children, but she couldn't say she had a good impression of him either.
So what is the plan for Shangzhu...
Just as he was frowning secretly, he heard Chunjia say: "Is it possible that your two young brothers who disturbed Minghui are also here to take the exam? At such an age, they were selected as high school students, but they are good at academics?"