Chapter 438 Mission 043

It can be said that Xiao Yu's disgust towards the brain-dead eldest princess was palpable. Many smart people understood this and became indifferent to the eldest princess.

It stands to reason that as the eldest princess is the emperor's only sister, His Majesty will definitely shower her with rewards and extravagant gifts for her wedding. As a result, Xiao Yu didn't even issue a marriage decree, but only a marriage decree from the queen. It can be said that he clearly doesn't want to see the eldest princess and her. Consort Ning Xuantian.

And Ning Xuantian, who was originally excited about marrying a noble eldest princess, was also poured cold water on his head.

Although Ning Xuantian is arrogant, he is not a fool. He has stayed in this ancient society for several years and has a deep understanding of the power of the imperial power. Naturally, he intends to let his talents enter the eyes of the emperor so that he can show his talents in officialdom. He is not willing to do so. Become a famous but powerful heir apparent to the Duke of Qi.

The Duke of Qi is a hereditary title that only descends after three generations. Ning Xuantian's cheap father has already inherited the title of the third generation. When he comes to Ning Xuantian, he will be demoted. As for the degree of demotion, it all depends on the emperor's will.

Although Ning Xuantian's cheap father is still the Duke of the State, the generations of unpromising descendants of the Duke of Qi have already squeezed the Duke of Qi out of the central circle of power in Kyoto, leaving them with empty titles and no real power. It can be said that Ning Xuantian was able to defeat other brothers and become the heir apparent, firstly because he is indeed talented, and secondly because he has the ability to coax the eldest princess into submission. Duke Qi hopes that Ning Xuantian will lead the Duke of Qi to regain power. center.

Now the Lord is still the Lord, but how come the eldest princess who was once the holy family was abandoned by the emperor?

Everyone in the Duke of Qi's palace was a little gloomy, and Ning Xuantian felt unhappy, but how could he, who calls himself a time traveler, rely on a woman to get to the top? So when the Duke of Qi was a little angry with the eldest princess, Ning Xuantian said: "Father, the princess didn't mean it. Besides, with my ability, I can get ahead even without relying on the princess."

Duke Qi looked at his confident son and sighed: "Where can it be so easy? Sometimes, even if you have talents, you won't get the chance to display them if you don't have connections. Now that my family's connections in the military have almost been cut off, I'll give it to you. If you donate your official position, you will be a low-ranking official with no power at most, and your chance of promotion will be very slim unless..."

Ning Xuantian asked: "Unless what?"

Duke Guo of Qi continued: "Unless you can become an official through the imperial examination, in today's peaceful and prosperous times, it is best to become an official through the imperial examination. The nobles who donate the official position will not be able to get a real position of power, nor can they be promoted."

Ning Xuantian pondered that for an ordinary family, even if they took the imperial examination and became an official, they might not be able to get a fifth-rank official position. However, no matter how bad the Qi Duke's palace was, a lean camel was bigger than a horse, he could still get a fifth-rank official position by donating an official. If he takes the imperial examination and becomes an official, and then uses the connections of his in-laws in the Duke of Qi's palace, it will be much easier for him to climb up than for ordinary people.

The question now is, can he take the imperial examination and become an official?

Ning Xuantian was very confident. He felt that as a time traveler from a thousand years later, he was familiar with history and was backed by cultural knowledge such as poems, songs, and poems after the Daqian Dynasty. How could he be inferior to the ancients who did not have golden fingers in this era?

So he said to Qi Guogong: "Father, help me find a teacher who is good at imperial examinations! I plan to take the imperial examinations, just in time for the general examination three years later."

Seeing that Ning Xuantian was indeed confident, Duke Guo of Qi felt hopeful and agreed repeatedly.

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After the eldest princess married into the Duke of Qi's palace, her life was very chaotic. She often ran into the palace to complain to the queen.

Originally, she wanted to complain to Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yu was not willing to see her at all, so she could only complain to the queen, her sister-in-law.

In order to live a good life with Ning Xuantian, the eldest princess had pushed away the eldest princess' mansion that she should have had, and moved into the Duke of Qi's mansion, facing Ning Xuantian's house of concubines.

At first, those concubines were wary of the eldest princess's status and did not dare to be arrogant. However, the eldest princess was confused. In order to show her generosity, she lowered her status and called her sister to the concubines, but the concubines saw through her. The nature of being mentally retarded, and then tormenting her to the point of indescribable pain.

At first, in order to show her generosity in front of Ning Xuantian, she often showed her deep love for Ning Xuantian's other women and sisters. However, she was later tortured by her concubine and had to complain to Ning Xuantian. Of course, Ning Xuantian felt that she was No, now he is showing his true face of jealousy.

If she hadn't been supported by her status as a princess, she would have been tortured to death by the concubines.

The most dramatic of the group of concubines was the innocent Peony sister who she once said in front of Xiao Yu that she regarded her as a sister. She was discredited by this Peony sister many times before she realized what she was doing.

Now she finally knew why the emperor's brother said before the marriage that Ning Xuantian was a hot bed. When she, the eldest princess, married to him, he dared to pamper his concubine and destroy his wife.

The eldest princess now regretted it so much that the queen was annoyed by her crying. When Xiao Yu came to Fengqi Palace to see the eldest princess and the third prince, she mentioned this matter: "Should we let the eldest princess reconcile with the consort?"

Xiao Yu sneered and said, "You said you wanted to reconcile, right? The imperial sister may not be willing to reconcile with Ning Xuantian, and she may not appreciate your kindness!"

It is true that the queen made the suggestion to Xiao Yu without authorization. She did not ask the eldest princess, but in her opinion, the eldest princess often came to her crying and complained about how the concubine spoiled his concubine and how miserable his life was. As long as she could reconcile, the eldest princess would I will definitely be willing, and the princess doesn’t have to worry about getting married anyway.

However, Xiao Yu had already said so, and the queen couldn't say it anymore. She was thinking about mentioning the matter of peace and separation next time the eldest princess came into the palace.

As a result, the next time the eldest princess came to the palace to cry to the queen and complain about her hard life, before the queen suggested that she reconcile, the eldest princess said first: "Emperor's sister-in-law, please advise the emperor's brother to give the consort a powerful official." Do it, then I will definitely be able to suppress those bitches in the Prince Consort’s place!”

Queen: "..." There's no need to ask. The eldest princess is living a difficult life and has to beg the prince-in-law for a job. It's obvious that she is completely devoted to the prince-in-law. If she proposes a divorce, she will definitely offend the eldest princess who is mentally ill. .

The queen knew that her majesty did not like the eldest princess and her consort, so she was not willing to help the eldest princess with such a thankless task, so she found an excuse to refuse.

The eldest princess immediately lost her temper, stood up suddenly and said, "I want to see Brother Huang! I don't believe Brother Huang really doesn't care about me!"

The queen pretended to stop her a few times, then pretended not to stop her and allowed the eldest princess to break into the royal study.

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Xiao Yu was correcting the memorial in the imperial study room, and then he heard the noise coming from outside. He glanced with his consciousness and found that the original owner's sister was making noise outside to come in. He couldn't help but frown and told Liu An: "Let the eldest princess come in!"

Liu An went out to see Princess Xuan Chang.

After the eldest princess came in, she curtsied perfunctorily to Xiao Yu, and then hurriedly stood up and took a few steps forward: "Brother Huang, please help Brother Xuantian! He is studying hard at home every day just to take the imperial examination. Emperor Huang Brother, just give Brother Xuantian a Jinshi status and let him become an official! Brother Xuantian is so talented, why should he compete with others from a poor family?"

Xiao Yu said with a cold expression: "Since he is talented, he is so afraid of failing the imperial examination?"

The eldest princess said unhappily: "But the environment for the imperial examination is so bad, how much you must suffer!"

Xiao Yu said with a cold face: "Don't be an official if you're afraid of suffering! A grown man relies on women to get to his position, he doesn't feel embarrassed?"

The eldest princess hurriedly explained: "It has nothing to do with brother Xuantian. I came to see the emperor myself, and brother Xuantian didn't know."

Xiao Yu said calmly: "Since the prince-in-law doesn't know, then you can go back! He must be talented and capable, and he wants to become an official on his own. If I give him an official position because of your plea, he will have the bad reputation of relying on women to become an official in the future. , I’m just afraid I’ll blame you.”

When the eldest princess heard that she might have done bad things with good intentions to make the prince-in-law blame her, she immediately shut up and stopped asking about the official matter, and left obediently.

Returning to the Duke of Qi's mansion, Ning Xuantian heard that the eldest princess was back and hurriedly came to see her. He first greeted her and made her happy, and then, seemingly unintentionally, he inquired about the results of the eldest princess's entry into the palace.

Then the eldest princess said as if she was taking credit: "I know that Brother Xuantian is a capable person. I was worried that if I asked Brother Huang to ask for an official position for you, it would give you a bad reputation, so I didn't ask Brother Emperor for an official position."

Originally, it was Ning Xuantian who was so distressed after reading those Four Books and Five Classics that he suggested that the eldest princess should enter the palace to seek a Jinshi for himself. He did not expect to get such a result, looking at the eldest princess's silly and sweet look asking for praise. , he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood: "Is this woman a fool?"

Ning Xuantian was too embarrassed to tell his wife, who admired him, so he could only grit his teeth and continue to go into the study to memorize those thick books. If he didn't memorize these books, he might not even be able to pass the boy student exam.

In the imperial study room, Xiao Yu, who was in a good mood after dismissing the eldest princess with a few words, was looking at the information about a Juren named Cao Ling in Dongshan County investigated by the secret guards, and was basically certain that this Juren Cao was the male protagonist in the original work.

Let’s look at the heroine who has now revealed her stepmother’s true identity in front of Ningyuan Hou. Ningyuan Hou’s Mansion said that Ning Yuan Hou’s stepmother was seriously ill, but in fact she was under house arrest. The entire Ningyuan Hou’s Mansion was controlled by Gu Qingzi, the eldest daughter of his original wife. Such a large Marquis Mansion is well managed, who wouldn't praise the eldest daughter of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion for her good education?

The joint examination will be held almost two years later, and the male protagonist Cao Ling, who has already passed the national examination, will go to Beijing to take the examination.

Xiao Yu still admires the male protagonist Cao Ling who was an old professor before time travel with a mature and stable personality. At least he is not like Ning Xuantian, a time travel man who was probably a lovelorn and unemployed loser before time travel. After time travel, he has a conceited and arrogant personality. Arrogant.