Chapter 250 The Emperor's Little Thoughts

On October 16th, Yan Qing issued an order to invite all the princes from the aristocratic families on the list to enter the palace to appreciate the plum blossoms.

The princes put on clean and bright clothes, dressed neatly and looked particularly energetic, and entered the palace in carriages one by one.

Of course, there are also people who ride horses. Those who ride horses can be considered to be good at both civil and military skills. The chance of being selected as a student is relatively higher, because the emperor said that in addition to good knowledge and good character, the student must also be in good health. It is best to Those who can master three moves and two moves and regularly exercise their physique will not be too weak.

If you only know how to study but don't know how to strengthen your body, you may not be qualified for super-loaded positions in the future. For the sake of the safety of the young masters of the major aristocratic families, those who are too weak will be relatively eliminated - of course, the young masters of the aristocratic families do not know this yet. a little.

After entering the palace, before they had time to see the Queen and her husband, everyone was taken directly into the Plum Garden. Eunuch Jixiang came over and sent a message: "Her Majesty the Queen and her husband are attending court and will not come until after court. Everyone Young Master can walk around the garden by himself first, just don't make any noise."

The gentlemen thanked him politely: "Thank you very much, father-in-law."

"You're welcome."

Eunuch Jixiang turned around and left, and soon sixteen pretty and beautiful palace maids entered the garden carrying trays. The weather was cold at this time of year, and the palace maids were dressed in pink autumn palace clothes, standing in the garden holding trays, as the branches were beginning to bloom. The plum blossoms stand out against each other, and I don’t know whether the plum blossoms are more beautiful, or whether the beauty is more beautiful.

A total of sixty-five young men entered the garden. Every ten steps away there was a palace maid standing with wine and tea on the tray for the young master to take as he pleased.

"There used to be banquets in the palace. Aren't the drinks and refreshments always placed on the table in the pavilion?" A man in dark green robes came over, took a tea cup from the tray of the palace maid standing closest, and poured it for himself After a cup of tea, "What's your name?"

"My name is Taohong."

"If we put all the refreshments on the table for people to take, there wouldn't be so many palace people standing here." The man smiled faintly and stared at Tao Hong's pretty face, "Don't you think so?"

"This servant dare not say anything."

The man in dark green robe turned around and looked around. There were people gathering together in the garden to chat, and someone began to recite poems to the plum blossoms on the branches. He sneered mockingly: "Taohong, do you think His Majesty really wants to choose to be an attendant?" ?”

Taohong held the tea tray motionless, still saying the same thing: "I dare not say anything."

A gust of wind blew by, and the man in dark green robe shivered from the cold: "The weather is so cold, I am wearing a little less today..."

"Young master, you can go sit in the warm pavilion."

The man in dark green robes held a teacup in one hand, stretched out his other hand, and flicked his pink cheeks: "Do you know who I am?"

"This slave doesn't know."

"I am Hou Xuzhi, the son of the Minister of Civil Affairs."

"I've met Mr. Hou."

"Taohong." Hou Xuzhi bent his head slightly and leaned against her ear, lowering his voice and asking, "Can you tell me quietly, does His Majesty want to choose a concubine, or does he want to use the opportunity of choosing a concubine to enrich the harem?"

Taohong couldn't help but take a step back, "I don't know, I don't dare to speak nonsense."

Hou Xuzhi smiled faintly, turned and left.

At this time, in the attic outside the plum garden, Yan Qing and Wen Jin stood side by side, taking a panoramic view of the scene happening in the plum garden.

Although I didn't hear clearly what Hou Xuzhi said, this person had already been written down.

"Hou Baiqing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, was originally part of my plan to deal with him. The appearance of his son today really proves that my decision was correct." Wen Jin's eyes were delicate and her voice was calm and unruffled, "The Hou family cannot stay."

Yan Qing said: "What have you arranged today?"

"It's not an unpredictable test." Wen Jin said, "These palace maids in the garden are all carefully selected. They have pretty and eye-catching looks. The trays in their hands are filled with the best wine in the palace. They are eager to smell it. Drunk, a drunkard cannot resist such temptation."

There are four walls of wine, sex, and wealth.

Wine is a poison that penetrates the intestines, and sex is a steel knife that scrapes bones.

The two simplest tests in the Plum Garden today are wine and beauty.

"Those who can resist the temptation of beauty and wine may not necessarily be good, but those who cannot resist must not have a strong will." Wen Jin said in a calm tone, "If you want to be a servant by His Majesty's side, you must have a strong will and not be easily tempted by beauty. ”

Yan Qing said nothing.

"And those few," Wen Jin raised his hand and pointed at a few people shivering with cold outside the Nuanning Pavilion. They were all dressed in thin shirts, their robes fluttering in the wind. "The climate is cold in late autumn. The cold is the season for wearing thick robes and cloaks, but in order to show their grace in front of His Majesty, they don't even know how to wear clothes. It's okay if they just want to look good and not lose their grace, but they can't stand the cold wind, so they can't stand the cold wind. As for the demeanor at this time, I have lost all the grace of a scholar.”

Yan Qing hummed: "It's really good that such a simple method can filter out some people."

Wen Jin smiled: "Actually, even if you don't call them into the palace, you can just send some people to check their details to know who is available and who is not. Just pick a few available ones and put them in the imperial study for a little test. Knowledge is enough.”

"Then why did you bother to let them enter the palace?"

"Because I want His Majesty to meet these people in person."

Yan Qing turned her head and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Why do you see them?"

"These are the most outstanding and outstanding young masters in the imperial capital. Almost all of them who can be ranked are here." Wen Jin smiled, "Your Majesty, after seeing them, will you think that I am rare in the sky and unparalleled in the earth?" handsome man?"