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After the Ministry of Personnel arranged the position of Jinshi for this term, His Majesty Ji Ziqing granted two more official positions. Dong Zhiyuan was stuffed into the Ministry of Rites by him, and Ning Yuze was placed in the Censorate. The day after he told the decree to Duke Zhenguo and Duke Ningguo, the Grandmaster of Duke Zhenguo entered the palace to thank him for his gratitude.
"Thank you, the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, for thinking about that incompetent boy. I am grateful to the emperor." The "incompetent boy" in the mouth of the Duke of Zhenguo is talking about Dong Zhiyuan.
Dong Zhiyuan was out of the list during the autumn examination. If His Majesty Ji Ziqing had not given him extra kindness, he would have to wait at least three more years. Therefore, when the eldest son of the inheritor of the Duke brought this news to the Duke of Zhenguo, she was naturally very happy.
Empress Dowager Hui'an smiled dignified and decently: "In other words, Zhiyuan is also the emperor's brother-in-law. It is also worth supporting him for two, so let's sit down."
Among the four companions of the youngest son, Mu Huaiqian won the top scorer in martial arts, Yao Deyi won the second-level Jinshi, and the remaining Dong Zhiyuan and Ning Yuze, one is the younger brother of the Yuan Dynasty, and the other is her nephew. It is not very good to support each other if you favor one or the other. However, they have given them the steps to enter the officialdom. The higher and farther they can go in the future, it depends on their own abilities.
After the Duke of Zhenguo thanked him again, he sat on the embroidery pier in a proper manner.
When Empress Dong was alive, the Grandmother of Duke Zhenguo was also a frequent visitor to the palace. Since Empress Dong's death, she had no chance to come to the palace except for the imperial edicts of various governments to enter the palace according to regulations to thank her. Even if the eldest prince was her own grandson, when there was no Dong family girl in the harem, she was no different from ordinary imperial edicts. Therefore, the Grandmother of Duke Zhenguo carefully greeted Empress Hui'an, and as she spoke, she brought the topic to the old Queen Dong.
"... The Queen Mother is so kind, but my girl is not lucky, so she went there early..." When she was sad, the Duke of Zhenguo's eyes were filled with tears and she gently pressed the corners of her eyes with a veil.
Empress Dowager Hui'an slowly slid the green tea leaves, lowered her eyes and sighed: "It's a pity that I'm young."
Seeing that Empress Dowager Hui'an had only briefly echoed a few words, she obviously didn't want to talk about this with her attitude, so she quickly smiled and changed the topic: "Princess Suwen is the Empress Dowager's heart and cannot be separated for a while. Why didn't I see the princess jade face today?" The emotional card of her daughter could not be played, so Mrs. Zhenguo naturally quickly took out the card of the empress dowager's daughter. If she praises the princess more, she would never make any mistakes.
"The eldest prince doesn't need to study today. The two went fishing together early in the morning." Empress Dowager Hui'an took a sip of fragrant tea, put down the teacup and said.
Upon hearing this, the Grandmaster of Zhenguo quickly continued, "The princess can share the worries of the Queen Mother and take care of the eldest prince in this way. She is such a capable and sensible girl..." Everyone in the circle of officials and nobles knows that most of the current palace affairs are managed by Princess Zhaoyang, but the princess is going to marry out of the cabinet after all, and the power of the harem will sooner or later fall into the hands of others. As soon as she thought of this, the Grandmaster of Zhenguo tentatively said, "The princess is so kind and kind, I don't know which lucky one can get it in the future."
Look at the current situation, the Dong family’s daughter has no chance to enter Fengyi Palace again. The concubine who was still in the mansion has no suitable way to send it to the palace, but she is afraid that it will become a derelict card. In this way, if the Dong family wants to marry the royal family again, they can only make a fuss about the princess.
Empress Dowager Hui'an smiled quietly and said, "The emperor is his little sister. I want her to choose a prince consort who suits her in the future."
The Duke of Zhenguo's eyes flashed, and he smiled with a smile: "Your Majesty treats the princess really with a deep affection."
Princess Zhaoyang is so full of emperor favor. If her Zhiyuan can redeem the princess, one is to regain her marriage with the royal family, two is to benefit Zhiyuan's future. Third, it can also add another arm to the eldest prince's future. Your Majesty is in his prime. If you marry the queen again, you still don't know how many hardships and obstacles will be there. If you have a princess who has a strong relationship with Your Majesty, the eldest prince's future will be easier.
Empress Dowager Hui'an said calmly: "When the princess was born, the emperor had no children, so he could not help but be more spoiled."
The two of them chatted about family matters. Just as Empress Dowager Hui'an was about to serve tea and see the guests, a cheerful shout suddenly sounded outside the hall: "My mother, Yuanyuan and I are back from fishing. Come out and guess which one I caught and which one I caught!" After the words, the tender and pleasant voice said again, "Put down, put the two fish buckets here, Yuanyuan, go and invite your grandmother out. Such a good day, how boring the old nest is in the hall..."
"Okay." The voice of the eldest prince Yuanyuan also sounded very pleasant.
Empress Dowager Hui'an stood up and said with a gentle expression: "Sit down for so long, I just went out to disperse." The Grandmaster of Duke Zhenguo responded, and after following Empress Dowager Hui'an, he saw the eldest prince Yuanyuan walking in with a bright look on his face. He originally had a smile on his face, but when he saw Duke Zhenguo's Grandma, his smile suddenly stopped. However, he quickly raised his smile and bowed to Empress Dowager Hui'an and said, "The grandson has seen the emperor and grandmother."
"Good child, please don't give me any gifts." Prince Yuanyuan was the first grandson of Empress Dowager Hui'an, and he looked like his emperor's father. Empress Dowager Hui'an really liked and loved him very much. "When playing with your aunt, did she bully you? If you have any, tell your grandmother, and grandmother vent your anger for you." She knew the naughty nature of the little daughter. She quarreled with her emperor brother and fought with her brother Yuanbao, and it became commonplace. Oh, of course, the eldest grandson was not spared.
The eldest prince Yuanyuan walked to Empress Dowager Hui'an, held her arm and smiled, "No."
His aunt just likes to make fun of it and has never really bullied him. Moreover, when he was sick, his mother was sick and unable to take care of him. When his grandmother was old, she couldn't bear the fatigue. She stayed by his bed and stayed with him. So, what's the big deal about being teased by his aunt? His emperor's father also liked to be "tassed" by his aunt the most.
"Grandmother, go and see the fish I caught with my aunt." The eldest prince Yuanyuan smiled enthusiastically.
At this time, the Duke of Zhenguo was very sad. Even though he could not compare with Empress Dowager Hui'an, he was also the grandmother of the eldest prince's relative. But as soon as the child entered the door, he only talked and laughed with his grandmother, and completely left her, the grandmother aside and ignored him: "My wife has seen the eldest prince." The Duke of Zhenguo was sad and sad, while politely bowing to the grandson of Jingui, who was the prince.
Prince Yuanyuan looked at the woman older than the grandmother of the Queen Mother and said coldly: "The Grandmaster is not allowed to be polite." It is the same as when he saw an ordinary woman with an imperial decree. He was polite and alienated, and had a kind of noble and indifferent attitude.
The Grandpa Zhenguo's Grandpa felt a chill. When the queen's daughter was alive, the eldest prince did not show how close he was to him whenever he saw him, but he always called her "grandmother". He never called her "Madam" so casually. When the Grandpa Zhenguo's Grandpa Zhenguo's Grandpa was cold, the eldest prince Yuanyuan had already helped Empress Dowager Hui'an out. As soon as he left the hall, he saw Ji Zishan wearing a goose yellow spring shirt squatting beside the bucket to tease the fish.
"Fan, you're naughty again!" Seeing the little girl soaking her hand in a bucket to play with fish, Empress Dowager Hui'an twitched her forehead and scolded her slightly unhappy.
Ji Zishan stood up with a smile: "I'm not naughty. I just touched the fish to play." Seeing that Empress Dowager Hui'an still glared at her unhappy, she seemed to want to come out of the east lion roar. At this time, the Grandpa Duke of Zhen happened to follow her out of the hall. After seeing her, Ji Zishan hurriedly spoke first, "Hey, Grandpa is here." Empress Dong has been in charge of Fengyi Palace for more than ten years. As the mother-in-law of His Majesty Ji Ziqing, Grandpa Duke of Zhen used to come to the palace, and Ji Zishan is very familiar with her.
The Duke of Zhenguo calmed down and hurriedly bowed to Ji Zishan and greeted him: "Please treat the princess, my boy is grateful to His Majesty for his great kindness, and I have entered the Ministry of Rites to study. Today I will come to the palace to thank you."
Ji Zishan said without commenting, Dong Zhiyuan was noble and obscene. Although his face was particularly beautiful, it did not arouse Ji Zishan's interest at all. No matter how good his appearance was, it was still useless to have a bad temper. To this day, Ji Zishan still feels that Mu Huaiqian is most in line with her. She has a good look, her literary attainments are similar to her. She can eat and talk about her. She has the foundation of her own. She doesn't have to rely on relationships to open the back door. It's great. The next days are to deepen communication with him and strive to get along well before marriage.
"Mother, come and guess which bucket was caught by me?" Ji Zishan greeted the Duke of Zhenguo and smiled and made the Queen Mother happy. "If you guess correctly, I will make fish soup for you at noon this year."
Empress Dowager Hui'an blurted out: "No need to guess, the more it must be yours."
"Mother, what do you mean by saying this?" Ji Zishan didn't like to listen to what the Empress Dowager's mother said.
Later, Empress Hui'an looked back at two buckets of big fat fish and said in an indifferent tone: "You know it in your heart." The little girl competed with someone to fish. It would be fine if she kept leading. If she fell behind and used all the bad tricks, she would have been cheated. How could she not know?
Ji Zishan frowned and became so depressed that she was unhappy.
The eldest prince Yuanyuan interrupted and smiled, "Grandmother, my aunt is lucky today, and her grandson really lost to her aunt."
Empress Dowager Hui'an turned her head, touched the eldest prince with kind eyes, and said with a gentle smile: "What kind of troublesomeness is your aunt? How can the emperor and grandmother not know? You, don't give in to her. Even though you are older, you make you look like an elder and a child who never grows up..."
The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren talked and joked endlessly. The Duke of Zhenguo looked at Jin Gui's grandson with complicated eyes. What was wrong with this child? Even if he was close to the Queen Mother, he didn't have to treat her so coldly. It was a pity that she... was worried about him and worried about him.
Chapter completed!