His Royal Highness, he is plotting against me

Jiajing ninth year, early summer.

The third imperial examination during Jiajing's reign came to an end last month.

The topic of intense discussion in the entire capital city is closely around this triennial imperial examination.

With the blooming of official schools in Dajing in recent years, the best in the imperial examinations are no longer just the world of Jiangnan and Sili.

Occasionally, there will be some poor students from southern Xinjiang and northern regions, relying on their diligence and intelligence to break through the siege among tens of thousands of people.

Especially when the first two batches of academic officers went to the localities, they scrambled one by one, trying to cultivate usable talents for His Majesty from their own rule.

The entire Dajing style of study is at its peak and thriving...

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Yanxi Palace.

"Mother, don't worry, I will definitely protect the prince and sister!"

The eight-year-old boy is half a head taller than children of the same age, and has just reached the height of his mother's back shoulders.

At this moment, he patted his chest and assured his mother with a serious expression, the milk fat on his face was still shaking.

The queen sat there by herself, and turned a page of the book in her hand after a while, turning a deaf ear to her son's words.

Little milk fat, that is, King Jing Qin Hao.

The second son of Emperor Jiajing.

When he was one year old, his mother ascended the throne, his elder brother was named the prince, and his elder sister was named the eldest princess.

He himself became the first prince who was crowned king just after his first birthday.

The courtiers were naturally dissatisfied, especially since His Majesty directly announced that there would be no more selections in the palace except for the maids one year after the conferment.

If the existing concubines in the palace are willing to return home, His Majesty and Empress will return them with the gift of the princess.

If you don't want to, you can also go to the Xinggong Palace to pray for Dajing with the Empress Dowager.

This time, His Majesty is really setting up the six palaces in a false manner this time, and favoring the queen alone!
In this way, the daughter of another family has no hope at all.

But they said that there was no such precedent in the past dynasties, and the Minister of Rites took out the "precedent" of the founding emperor and empress of the previous dynasty.

They said that His Majesty dismissed the harem, fearing that he would not have enough children and shake the foundation of Dajing. As a result, news came out from the harem that the empress was pregnant.

They said that pampering the queen alone will lead to the monopoly of the relatives. If the Chen family and his son spread their hands, we can also serve as an official as a whole family.

The Chen family did what they said, and directly wrote a letter to become an official. Fortunately, they were sent back by His Majesty.

Because the empress is pregnant, His Majesty's tolerance for courtiers' overt and secret strikes because of "rebellion" has reached the limit.

The benefits brought by the imperial examination system to Dajing have not been reflected for the time being, except for the poor students to study, but the disadvantages brought to the courtiers are obvious.

They tried to slow down their work in order to express their dissatisfaction to His Majesty, but it turned out that the ministries could function normally without them...

Even if they continue to complain about illness, their power in various departments will basically be emptied.

How did this happen?

Isn't he dispensable?

The ministers who saw the situation clearly became honest in an instant.

All the backs are no longer sore and the legs are no longer hurting. The 80-year-old mother no longer needs to serve, and has returned to work diligently.

Only a few people are still jumping, but it doesn't matter anymore.

So in the past few years, in the huge harem, except for the palace where the empress dowager, the emperor, the empress dowager, and several concubines live, most of the other palaces have been sealed.

The Taiyuan Garden, which was finally built during the reign of the Supreme Emperor, has only become a place for Qin Xu to play.

There is no pressure at all for Chen Fulin to be a queen. There is no such thing as concubines competing for favor, or being suppressed by the queen mother.

Her only troubles are her own unique children.

The eldest son is the prince. He has a calm personality and considerate behavior since he was a child. However, Chen Fulin worried that he was not lively enough.

Although her daughter, Qin Xi, is the princess, she liked the sense of accomplishment brought by making money when she was a child. When she was ten years old, she was asked to fulfill the promise of the year, disguised as a man and followed her second uncle around the world.

She was only 15 years old, but because of her boldness and unique vision over the years, she pressed out all the money in her hand time and time again, and got it back ten times and a hundred times.

He also opened restaurants and inns in various state capitals, and shops were sold street by street.

It's no exaggeration, if you really count it carefully, Chen Fulin's family's status as the number one wealthy businessman in Dajing might not be able to keep.

The second son, Qin Hao, was probably born in the womb to find his mother to pay off his debts.

In the past eight years, he has angered her much more times than his brothers and sisters combined in the past 15 years.

For example, sneaking out of the palace by secretly hiding in the carriage bought by the imperial dining room, causing the entire palace to be searched for.

For example, because he felt that Master Wu Daoxian of the Guozijian was too weak, he led the students of the Guozijian to beat him up.

Also, when he heard that someone joined his grandfather's family in the imperial study room, he turned around and looked for an opportunity to discount the legs of the child in the family.

There are too many to mention.

It can be punished and punished, but this kid's donkey temper can't be changed.

The look of "you say it, I will dare to do it next time", made her so angry that she wished she could stuff this brat back into her stomach and have a new life.

As for the youngest prince, who is only six years old, he likes to eat and play all day long.

Compared with his two elder brothers, he lived a very happy life when he was young.

The little milk fat all over his body is much thicker than the hard meat trained by his second brother.

this time,
It's because Xihe has learned a lot from traveling outside these years, and when he comes back every year, he talks about the customs and interesting things in various places, which makes people yearn for it.

So His Majesty felt that the prince should also be allowed to go out to practice and experience the hardships of the people's livelihood. When he comes back, he can take over the heavy burden on his hands.

At that time, he can also take his wife to those magical or beautiful places that his daughter said.

His Majesty deliberately left his daughter behind this year to serve as his brother's guide. He also arranged for Chen Jinghang, the son of Chen's eldest son who grew up with the prince, Cui Yi, the nephew of Concubine Wan, and Zhu Ji of Duke Zhu's family, to be with the prince.

There are also Chenxi and Qi, one bright and one dark, leading people along the road to protect each other.

Is this not?

As soon as Qin Hao heard about this, he clamored to go with his imperial brother and the others.

When he saw his mother, he ignored him at all, and he was not discouraged. Instead, he leaned over to touch his mother's ear, chattering about the benefits of letting him go.

"Look at my brother, who only knows how to read books and deal with memorials every day. He looks thin... and sister Huang, a weak little girl, why don't I protect them!"

Without raising his eyes, his mother told him ruthlessly:

"With your Uncle Chenxi and Uncle Qiyi here, I don't need you."

"With the skill of your three-legged cat, your elder brother and elder sister can rub you on the ground with just a flick of your finger."

Also protect others, huh!
Qin Hao: "..."

We don't bring such things!
It's my mother!

"Mother~"

"Mother~"

If you can't make sense, let's act coquettishly!
"My wife has said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. My father and emperor even let the emperor and sister go to travel thousands of miles. You can bear to see your son alone in this palace, looking up and down. a piece of sky..."

"Your father, me, and your younger brother, there are so many palace people, so many living people."

The empress was unmoved.

"Mother~"

"Mother~"

"..."

After all, the queen still couldn't resist the little macho's acting like a baby.

Although he was very worried, he agreed to Qin Hao's request.

After all, such an opportunity is really rare. Since His Majesty has made arrangements, it would be good to let him go out with his brothers and sisters to gain insights.

To save him from being arrogant all day long like his father is number one in the world, the prince and brother is second, and he is third.

If he doesn't accept the beating outside, he doesn't even know how many eyes Prince Ma has.