NCCnovel Chapter 334 Amulet
Chapter 334 Amulet
Upon hearing this, Xie Yuzhen pulled the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Guanying hasn't taken the imperial examination yet. Do you want her to enter the government as a juren? I won't agree to that."
The difference between the Jinshi and the Juren in entering officialdom is not just a matter of different starting points. Not only is it more legitimate for the Jinshi to be appointed as an official, but there is also no upper limit to the position they can reach in the future according to common sense. But it is different for the Juren. To put it nicely, they become officials, but in fact most of them start as clerks, and it is not only difficult to get promoted, but some even spend their entire lives stuck in the position of minor clerks.
As far as Xie Ruizhen knew, since the founding of the Great Sheng Dynasty, the most capable official had only reached the fifth rank at most. Let alone Xie Jingrong. Xie Ruizhen did not have much expectation for his own brother's ability. He just hoped that he would not hold him back.
But how could Lin Qiao be the same?
She is my daughter's future chancellor or scholar!
"Am I the kind of person who doesn't know how to behave?" The emperor said, "I am just happy to see your talent, so I asked this question. How could I bury my cousin?"
The way he was busy explaining to Xie Yuzhen reminded Lin Qiao of a couple among the servants in Linjiazhuang. The man in the couple was notoriously henpecked and dominated by his wife. Even if he forgot to chop firewood in the morning, or the price of a vegetable went up by a penny or two, he would hurry up to explain to his wife.
Before entering the palace to meet the emperor, Lin Qiao had already asked many people about how favored Concubine Zhao was.
A woman who married for the second time was a fifth-rank beauty when she entered the palace. She was favored by the emperor continuously during that period. All the concubines who targeted her did not have a good ending. Moreover, in just three years, she had already gone from a beauty to a concubine. She was about to be made queen, and her own son was already made a marquis...
This can no longer be simply summarized by the word "favored", but rather loved and respected.
Lin Qiao had long seen the wealth of the Yongjia Marquis' Mansion, but she was more concerned about the scholars who submitted their papers to the mansion, as well as the officials and nobles who came to the mansion under the pretext of discussing poetry and books with Xie Jingrong in order to establish a relationship with him.
Although they had only met briefly, Lin Qiao could still see that Xie Jingrong was not a smooth person who understood the ways of being an official. His role in the Yongjia Marquis's Mansion was similar to that of the young Yongjia Marquis Xie Yi. He was just a sign standing outside the palace, a mouthpiece for delivering messages to the two distinguished people in the palace.
And Xie Yuzhen's words just now also made Lin Qiao finally confirm that her cousin, Concubine Zhao, really wanted to cultivate her.
In that case, then...Lin Qiao felt that there was no need to be reserved.
Dasheng is a vast country with abundant resources. There are thousands of scholars, but only a few of them can really succeed in their studies. If you want to realize your ambitions, you must reach a high position.
Now, a very reliable relative offered her the ladder to heaven, and Lin Qiao didn't think she had any reason to refuse.
But before expressing her loyalty to Concubine Zhao, she still had a question she wanted to clarify.
Although the emperor felt some inexplicable jealousy towards Lin Qiao, his young and talented "cousin", after witnessing Lin Qiao's meticulous observation and very broad knowledge, he decided that it was nothing to worry about even if there were rumors that this man seemed to have some ambiguous relationship with his own Xianming in later generations.
Moreover, that strange thing was only said in the later storybooks that Xie Yuzhen gave birth to another daughter after the emperor passed away. Because the emperor was seriously ill before she gave birth to the daughter, some people suspected that this girl might not be of royal blood.
However, after continuous revisions by successive generations of literati, there was an unclear relationship between her and the important officials of the time. In addition, after this woman became the empress dowager, she loved to keep some beautiful men and women in the palace. Therefore, later literati who pursued bloody excitement ignored the emperor, the "main wife", and added several romantic affairs to Xie Yuzhen's resume.
At first, when the emperor heard the system talk about this, he did not feel offended, but rather found it a little funny.
He was born in the royal family and had read history since childhood. He had his own set of standards for judging the truth or falsity of events recorded in history books. Moreover, the emperor did not think it was outrageous that Xie Yu really liked handsome boys - after all, he himself also liked young and beautiful people.
Anyway, when Xie Yuzhen was raising a beauty, she had already passed away, so she could neither see nor hear. She brought such an excellent heir to Dasheng and the Lu family, and there was no record of her giving birth after the second daughter. Although after really getting to know Xie Yuzhen, the emperor understood that it was more likely that she did not give birth to children for health preservation rather than to remain chaste, this did not prevent the emperor from secretly feeling happy that he had won... The Myriad Worlds System was chattering about Xie Yuzhen's restlessness after the emperor's death, and the emperor just thought that this waste who had a treasure trove but could not use it was really noisy.
However, due to the competitive mentality of some men, the emperor could not care less about Xie Yuzhen finding some beauties to amuse himself after his death - anyway, it did not threaten his throne, and Xie Yuzhen was not such a confused person - but he could not ignore a man like Lin Qiao, who had a natural cousin relationship with Xie Yuzhen and whose name was recorded in history as being handsome and outstanding.
After meeting Lin Qiao, the emperor found that although he was indeed very handsome and looked like a beautiful woman, Xie Yuzhen did not show the slightest ambiguity. Instead, he kept arousing his curiosity about this "cousin's" abilities and made him see his value. The emperor then realized that it must be the literati of later generations who were making up a fuss about his beloved concubine again.
For example, in the previous dynasty, there was a princess who tried to seize the throne but failed to force the emperor to abdicate. She was killed in battle wearing armor, but later, in the writings of some writers, she became an unreasonable woman who could only cry and make up in front of the mirror before dying...
The emperor loved reading, and he also liked to collect books from the public. He did this not for any other reason, but simply because he thought some writers had too funny brains.
"Your cousin is in Beijing preparing for the exam these days, so just rest assured." The emperor said to Lin Qiao, and then looked at Xie Yuzhen, "I know you are worried that someone is dissatisfied with my permission for you to participate in politics, and will take advantage of your relationship with your cousin to cause trouble, but don't worry, I won't let those people succeed."
To go against his beloved concubine and his wise men is essentially to go against him as the emperor.
Xie Yuzhen lowered his eyes and smiled: "Then your majesty, don't forget, if there are those evil-minded people who want to bully me in the future, you must protect me."
She let the emperor see Lin Qiao's value just to get some amulets for Lin Qiao. Then, Xie Yuzhen continued, "There is also Guanying. She was originally an honest scholar. She only wanted Your Majesty to value me. Once our relationship gets out, I will become a thorn in the eyes of some people. At that time, rumors will be inevitable. But as long as Your Majesty is willing to trust me and my family, no matter how big the storm is, I will not be afraid to face it."