The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

The emperor is preparing to enthrone the princess.

This time was different from many previous attempts. Emperor Yanping directly notified his ministers with a firm attitude that would not tolerate any opposition.

When this news came out, no matter whether you were opposed or neutral, there was a sense of relief that the dust had settled.

Fortunately, the controversy over the succession to the throne only lasted for a short while within a small circle of the royal family and did not affect the imperial court.

Therefore, when Emperor Yanping ordered the Ministry of Rites and the Department of Ceremonies to prepare for the enthronement of the Crown Princess, no court official stood up to object.

Of course, the ministers did not stand up to oppose, mainly because there was no one to choose from.

After all, among the candidates specified by the emperor, there was only Princess Zhaode.

In such a situation, even the most stubborn censor in the Censorate had to keep his head down peacefully, even though he was very dissatisfied.

What else could he do? Could he let the emperor choose the crown prince from the cousins ​​of the first Emperor Chengyuan?
It’s only been a short time since Princess Yongping’s incident!
If they really proposed this, it would be tantamount to forcing Emperor Yanping to exterminate his entire clan!

At that time, Emperor Yanping would most likely send away the nine clans of the minister who made this suggestion before taking action against his distant relatives.

To be honest, unless some minister harbored hatred towards his nine clans and wanted to use the emperor's hand to eliminate the nine clans, otherwise, everyone could only remain silent about Emperor Yanping's edict.

"Sir He, I'm ready now." After receiving the imperial edict, the Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites and Officials trotted to the General Affairs Office of the Ministry of Rites and sought instructions from Shangshu He Benchu.

He Benchu ​​nodded and asked him to do as the emperor ordered.

The doctor hesitated and approached, whispering, "Have the cabinet elders agreed? Don't let our Ministry of Rites work so hard until the end, and then they change their minds. Then, our Ministry of Rites will have worked in vain, and they will then push the blame on our Ministry of Rites."

He Benchu ​​looked up at him and said, "What you said is interesting. What can they blame the Ministry of Revenue for?"

The doctor looked around and whispered, "The Ministry of Rites has a long history of organizing the ceremony of conferring the title of Crown Prince, but conferring the title of Crown Princess is unprecedented..."

He Benchu ​​didn't wait for him to finish, then snorted coldly: "You think a lot."

The doctor thought the words were not right, and just as he was about to say something to make amends, he heard He Benchu ​​sneer in anger: "The elders in the cabinet are much smarter than you! How else can they oppose? If they oppose the enthronement of the princess, and they can't choose from the royal family or distant relatives, then who else can they choose? Are they going to choose from the ministers?!"

"Ah, I was confused!" The doctor was shocked when he heard this and immediately changed his words.

He Benchu ​​had not intended to cause trouble for him in the first place, but when he saw that his subordinate had behaved himself, he did not make things difficult for him. He waved his hand, and only told him to "always be careful with what you say and do," before letting him leave.

After leaving the General Affairs Hall, the doctor from the Department of Ceremonies and Officials looked up at the bright red sun. The warm sunlight was so warm that it made people sweat slightly, but his shaking hands were still cold.

Choosing the crown prince from among the ministers? Isn't that rebellion?!
If word of this gets out, I'm afraid the emperor and the senior officials in the cabinet will take note of him.

Thinking of this, the doctor shuddered, and immediately dared not have any other ideas. He hurried back to his office, honestly looked through the old files, and tried to make the most suitable arrangements.

He Ben had been paying some of his attention to him since he left. When he was about to leave, he found that this subordinate had been busy looking up information since returning to the office, and was so honest that it was a bit pitiful, so he asked someone to pass on a message to him.

"Doctor Hang, the Minister asked me to tell you that although there is no precedent for enthroning a princess in this dynasty, the first female top scorer in the imperial examination is also the first in history!"

When Doctor Hang heard this, he suddenly understood and patted his head in sudden realization: "I am indeed stupid! Fortunately, the Minister did not give up!"

He hurriedly thanked He Benchu's servant, and after sending him away, Doctor Hang hurriedly asked someone to find the celebration files since the opening of the female examination. "It's too slow to read it this way!" Doctor Hang flipped through several piles of books and had some thoughts in his mind, but he couldn't pull out the thoughts of playing hide-and-seek. He scratched his head for a long time, thinking about what He Benchu ​​had said to him.

"If Minister He wanted to suggest that I consider the issue of appointing a female official, why didn't he just mention the female candidate? Why did he have to mention the female champion who won the sixth place? Eh?! Wait!"

Doctor Hang, who wore his official hat in a decadent manner, sat up in shock from his pile of official documents when he thought of this.

"Oh!" He pounded his fist on the table. "How could this official be so confused! Sheng Yuan Sheng Liuyuan, she is the Queen's biological sister! She often interacts with Princess Zhaode! Ask her about it. Even if you can't get the details, you can get a general idea... Who knows, if she happens to be in a good mood, she can help ask the palace!"

The more he thought about it, the more he believed that this was the true meaning of He Ben's advice.

"Hey! Your Excellency Shangshu is really something! It would be better to just say what you want to say directly, why beat around the bush!"

At this moment, Doctor Hang dispelled the pressure.

If it wasn't time to go to work, he would have rushed to the Ministry of Revenue to ask Sheng Yuan for advice.

……

"A-choo!" Sheng Yuan has sneezed several times since leaving the Ministry of Revenue.

"Are you cold?" An Yu, who came to pick her up, raised his hand and touched her forehead. "You're fine! Did someone pout to you?!"

Sheng Yuan slapped his hand away: "Why don't you just say that someone scolded me? I'm such a kind person, how could I be hated like that!"

"You're sneezing even with your cloak on!" An Yu withdrew his hand in dismay, lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked outside. "He Po's Sweet Water Shop is in front. I'll buy you some hot sugar water."

"I also want the Tang family's clay pot soup!" Sheng Yuan held a hand warmer and lit up several shops around him and started ordering dishes, "Luo's fish cakes and fragrant fruit cakes, as well as Dongcheng glutinous rice balls and their cream-filled snails!"

"No problem, wait until I come back!" An Yu patted his chest and went to buy it himself with the purse.

……

"Oh! You're back!" Sheng Xiangxun was talking to Zheng. When he saw his little girl and An Yuda coming back, he immediately waved to them happily, "Come quickly and take a look at the fruits we've brought into the greenhouse!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the two men were holding not a heater, but two boxes.

Look at these two happy faces, you can tell they have eaten a lot of delicious food.

Sheng Xiangxun's mouth twitched slightly when he saw this.

He turned around and muttered to Zheng: "They really know how to enjoy themselves!"

Zheng laughed and teased him: "No one will eat your sour fruit!"

"If no one else eats it, I'll eat it myself!" Although he said this, he had no intention of reaching out for the box of fruit that almost made his teeth sour.

"Well, forget it, let's ask the kitchen to take it and make sweet fillings!" (End of this chapter)