Chapter 140 Release 1

The fourth prince came out of the hall and stood side by side with the eldest prince. He looked at the fifth prince who was walking back and forth by the little waiter with no expression. The fifth prince's back was looked at by him. He subconsciously turned his head and looked back. The fourth prince met the fifth prince's eyes with no expression and expression. The fifth prince who looked straight at him avoided his eyes. , with his hands behind his back, he steadily went down the steps and went straight away.

The fifth prince returned to his residence, sat down for a long time, stood up and walked out.

The candlelight swayed in the small courtyard behind the Qingfeng Tower. Huang Jingjie greeted the fifth prince and looked at him solemnly. The fifth prince shook the bucket with a cold face and said, "Bring a bowl of tea, let someone send some food in, take a bottle of wine, kneeling all afternoon, chilling all over." Huang Jingjie saw that he had ordered tea and food, and he was secretly relieved and hurried out of the warm pavilion to order him to go down.

"Do you have any clue?" Seeing that the fifth prince drank a few bowls of tea in a row, Huang Jingjie asked in a low voice. The fifth prince shook his head: "Dad said it was his intention."

"What does the official mean?" Huang Jingjie was extremely surprised: "Do the officials know the fifth wife of the Li family? The former fourth master congratulated her and the ceremony? Did the officials hear about it? But!" Huang Jingjie couldn't go on. The fourth master congratulated the fifth wife of the Li family and the gift. The reason for this can be understood by those who have eyes. If you want to refer to marriage, you should not refer to the fifth master!

"So this is ridiculous!" The fifth prince said rudely, "Since the order has been issued, it is naturally what Dad means, but how did Dad mean to be born?" Huang Jingjie's face became heavier and heavier: "Who benefits the most when the fifth master marries the five wives of the Li family?"

"The five women of the Li family benefited the most." The fifth prince said rudely, "Who else is next to you? The fourth brother has turned against me. Is this marriage to make the fourth brother turn against me? The fourth brother and I turned against each other. Who benefited the most?

"Is it uncle?" Huang Jingjie said in horror, and the fifth prince waved his hand: "I don't think it's like that the eldest brother has always been estranged from his father. If he wants to interfere in my marriage, he can only borrow others. The palace affairs have always been presided over by Lady Ye, and there is absolutely no possibility of borrowing."

"Jiang Niangniang?" Huang Jingjie reacted very quickly, and the fifth prince said calmly, "The Jiang family has always been ambiguous. The fourth brother and I have turned against each other, and there is no harm to her, but now she can't join hands with the eldest brother. As soon as the fourth brother realize it, she will not be worth the loss. Second, it is the best for her to ride the wall now. If it is related to her, it is also her own idea. " The fifth prince stopped talking and fell into meditation. After a long time, he continued to say, "In addition to marry Mrs. Li's benefits, that is, the matter of forcing me and the fourth brother to turn against each other. If Mrs. Li doesn't mention it, if she has the ability to let her father make this order, the fourth brother will not make a marriage to the family. Then the only thing that makes the fourth brother and I turn against me, the fourth If my brother and I turn against each other and benefit from a lot of people, we have to deal with it from another direction. Who can persuade Dad to agree to this marriage? Dad must have heard about the fourth brother's greetings and salutes. Who can he persuade him in this way?

Huang Jingjie looked nervously at the fifth prince, and the fifth prince's eyes gradually narrowed: "Mr. Zheng!"

"Gunuch Zheng? What's the good for him?" Huang Jingjie shouted in a low voice, and the fifth prince shook his head: "I don't know. Except for him, who can persuade his father on this matter? I'm a prince, not a prince. My marriage is internal affairs. Those old men in the court don't care. There are few people who can talk about this matter! Unless it's his own idea as Dad said, I'd rather believe that Mr. Zheng has tamped with it!"

"Is it possible?" Huang Jingjie's voice trembled slightly, and the fifth prince's face was gloomy: "Maybe, there are always people who try their best to push me to the stage to fight for their lives."

"What should we do?" Huang Jingjie's nervous voice was hoarse, but there seemed to be excitement. The fifth prince glanced at him: "That's a road of no return." Huang Jingjie was faintly disappointed. The fifth prince lowered his head and sighed for a long time, "Let's take a look first. If it really doesn't work, just make a statement. Fortunately, it's better to be a minister for the eldest brother than for the fourth brother."

"Madam Li, do you really know nothing about it?" Huang Jingjie's attitude eased again and made a bowl of tea again. There was something in his words. The fifth prince took the tea, looked up at the dark roof, and meditated for a long time and said, "She has benefited the most, but I can't think of any way for her to get to the palace. Sun Liu is just a low-class, that is, looking for a few scoundrels and scattered among the market. She doesn't have the ability to spread rumors to reach into the palace.

"Well, I have also made people pay close attention to the shopkeeper surnamed Cheng. The good ones are all government officials and six minor officials, which is not very useful."

"Whose capital did Cheng get? Have you found out?"

"It is said that the capital of a maritime merchant in Quanzhou. There are too many marine merchants in Quanzhou can take out such capital. Large merchants in other places do have the tradition of opening shops in the capital to make friends with officials. They did not find out whose capital he received, but he was very familiar with the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce and also received a small business in the Chamber of Commerce." Huang Jingjie explained in detail, and the fifth prince took a tea absent-mindedly and said, "I always feel that this Cheng is her person. I heard that she has a biological aunt who is going to enter the capital?"

"Yes, he married Jiang Tao, the third son of Hanlin bachelor. Jiang Tao came from the Jiang family in Luzhou and served as the deputy envoy of the three divisions of the power. Jiang Tao is famous for his common sense and temperament. He is a clean and honest official and was deeply praised by the previous emperor. Chengping died of illness in five years. His post-name is Wen Zheng. Jiang Tao has three sons and two daughters. All three sons are born as scholars and the eldest son Jiang Qingning, 50 years old this year, entered the Jiake in Shaoxing. He is currently the transshipment envoy of Fujian Road. The second son Jiang Qingping is 45 years old. He is a scholar in the first year of Chengping. He is currently the governor of Yizhou. Jiang Qingyuan, the third son, is the son of Wen Zhenggong. He is only 35 years old this year. Jiang Qingyuan has been smart since childhood. He is also a Jinshi in Chengping's first year. He has been a concubine. Jishi has been a foreigner since he married his wife. The next appointment is the head of the Privy Council. He should be able to go to the capital in the next few days. I heard that the aunt of the Li family broke off contact with the Duke of Yongguo after the death of the old lady of the Ning family. Huang Jingjie briefly introduced the Jiang family.

The fifth prince listened attentively and savored carefully, "The Privy Council knows the master of the horse house. It's so bad. It seems that no one in the Jiang family is in the capital, right?"

"Yes, the year after the death of Wen Zhenggong, the old lady also passed away. The three brothers separated and brought their families to the post. Jiang Qingyuan sent the steward to the front station to the capital a year ago. He cleaned up a five-entry house that Jiang Li's dowry. Although the Jiang family was poor, Jiang Qingyuan, because he married Li, had a family Extremely generous." Huang Jingjie's words were very euphemistic. When such a tragic event happened in the Duke of Yongguo, Mrs. Ning recklessly married her daughter Li Jinghao, which is one of the allusions of the capital.

"Well, Jiang Li went to Beijing for this niece?" The fifth prince said to himself, without waiting for Huang Jingjie to answer and say, "I could have waited for Jiang Li to enter the capital to have a cold look, but now..." The fifth prince laughed and said, "I can't see it." Huang Jingjie didn't know what he thought of. He looked at him in a stunned way and suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart. The fifth master may not disapprove of this marriage.

The marriage of the fifth prince made many people in the capital fall down. Before waiting for all kinds of speculation and rumors to come out, this matter was replaced by another more important and more interesting thing, and the annual imperial examination was released.

Before dawn, there were people outside Xuande Gate. There were happy people who were preparing to grab the first prize. Three or five people formed a group. One of them held a simple pen and inkstone and waited eagerly to copy the list, so that they could sell money to those who were eager to see the list but couldn't squeeze in. This job was to grab a fast word, only the first half an hour. Chen can sell the price, of course, there are also many family servants of the students, and there are many families to marry. They want to catch a satisfactory son-in-law under the list. These servants are all very strong and bright. After all, robbing son-in-law to talk about strength and image.

Most of the students also came, but they refused to rely on their identity and crowded with the group of people who only want to see the list first and the rest of the meat and food. Most of them were scattered in groups a little far away. Anyway, after a moment, the list was released, and some people shouted that they could hear it.

Jiang Hong and Xu Sihai failed to go out of the house. They were locked at home and waiting for the letter by their mothers on the grounds of extremely strict care. Leng Mingsong went back yesterday and got a letter from Li Tian to the fifth prince. He was stunned for a long time, thinking that the news from Jiang Hong and Xu Sihai's two mansions must be much more well-versed than himself. Unexpectedly, he didn't expect this The two didn't know yet, and only didn't sleep at night for them. The next morning, he listened to the two who did not go out to read the list. Thinking about the words they had said to him, he sighed for a long time and lost the mood to go out to read the list. Anyway, he didn't ask for much. Yesterday's articles and poems were written very smoothly, and a scholar could always get it.

Xu Xue got up before dawn. He rarely accepted students, but three students at once last year. Over the past year, he has spent countless efforts on three people. The results of the provincial examination made him extremely satisfied, and he couldn't help but have countless expectations. The ranking of the provincial examination has not changed much from the palace examination. The three scholars think it is stable. It would be better if we could get another one.

As soon as the silk fish belly was released on the edge of the sky, Xu sent out several groups of people, looked at the list outside Xuande Gate, and uploaded a message to the Sanjia Mansion. If he got a good news letter, he quickly sent someone to tell him. After getting a letter from the three families, he immediately replied to the bachelor's house to report the good news. Xu patiently slowly ate breakfast, changed his clothes, took the book and sat in the hall with the same color of Taishan collapsed in front of him.

The hourglass in the corner of the room seemed to be frozen. Xu held the book, stared at the hourglass, and listened to the movement outside. He only felt that the time was like years.

There was a rapid sound of firecrackers in the distance, and the book in Xue's hand covered several times with a bang, and he looked at the door of the main hall eagerly.