The prince does not fight for the heir

Chapter 2 The Prince's Companion
——Jingbei Hou's Study Room.

"The son has met his father and respectfully listened to his father's admonition."

Fu Chuanyi stared at the young Pianpian in front of him, and almost couldn't help rubbing his eyes: "Xuechen?"

"Yes, but father, I am Yuchen now!" Fu Xuechen smiled playfully.

All right!They really deserved to be dragon and phoenix twins. They deliberately imitated each other, and they could confuse people's eyes and ears. They almost deceived the eyes of their biological parents.

"Very good! Very good!" Fu Chuanyi praised unceasingly: "Now the father is much more at ease! As long as you deal with it properly, no one will be suspicious anymore. If there is any personal situation that you need to know, the father has already done it. I told Fu An, he will follow you closely and remind you at any time!"

Next, Fu Chuanyi began to tell Fu Xuechen what to pay attention to.

Fortunately, there is no need to go to Guozixue tomorrow. As long as the prince is successfully selected to study with him, he will accompany the prince in the study room in the future, and there is no need to go back to Guozixue to face the group of honorable children who are familiar with Fu Yuchen, Fu Chuanyi After only briefly explaining the situation of Guozixue, he turned to talk about the situation in the palace.

Today's Shengshang is named Yuan'an. He is over half a hundred years old. There are seven princes and two princesses under his knees. The first princess was born first, and she is also older. Born to Yuan's wife before Emperor An's uprising, this Yuan's wife died early, and she couldn't wait for Emperor Yuan'an to go back to greet her, so her soul returned to her hometown, and she was posthumously named Yuan Empress after her death.

The eldest prince Yun, aged 21, grew up in the countryside in his early years. His growing environment was not much better than that of ordinary landlord Lao Cai. He was not very knowledgeable and dull. He was really not worthy of his title of prince, so he was also ordered to study in the study , Make up homework with my brothers.

The second prince, Yunying, was nineteen years old, but he was born very brave. When he was 13 years old, he fought with Emperor Yuan'an in the South and North. After several years of fighting, he was appreciated by a group of generals.

The third prince, Yunchu, was eighteen years old and was born in the concubine's room of Emperor Yuan'an. This concubine of Yuan'an was also of low birth. Concubine, one of the four concubines, but that's all, a high position without favor.

But in the early years when Emperor Yuan'an had not made his fortune, the third prince Yunchu was admitted to the scholar of the previous dynasty early because of his talent for reading, and he was still thinking about entering the imperial examination to become an official. From a scholar to a prince.

The fourth prince Yunzhen, fifteen years old, was born to Emperor Yuan'an's stepwife, Zhang Shi. Zhang's biological father was the minister of the Ministry of War who retired from the previous dynasty, and gave Yuan'an Emperor a lot of help in the uprising, so the later Yuan'an Emperor's uprising was successful. , the Zhang family became the queen, and Yoon Zhen also became the first prince.

This means that the entire Darong Empire has three direct princes. Excluding the dumb and incompetent first prince, the second prince from the former empress and the fourth prince from the current empress are all strong contenders for the crown prince. Age advantage, and some military foundation, the four princes are not bad, not to mention that the current Queen Zhang controls the harem, the Zhang family even made great efforts in the process of Emperor Yuan'an's uprising, and many generals in the army were former disciples of Zhang Jiage's elders .

The fifth prince, Yunqi, is fourteen years old, and his mother is Concubine De.

The sixth prince, Yun Zuo, is thirteen years old and seven months younger than the fifth prince. His biological mother, Concubine Xie, was once one of the famous noble ladies in Kyoto. She is famous for her beauty and dignity. University Bachelor, Counselor Minister of Military Aircraft Xie Yu.

The seventh prince, Yunyou, is eleven years old, and his birth mother is Concubine Jing.

The second princess, Zhiling, is nine years old, and her biological mother is Yifei.

After listening to this introduction, Fu Xuechen had a feeling in his heart: this emperor is quite careless, and he is suspected of loving the other. Except for the dead empress Yuan, all the other concubines have only one child under their knees, as if they were pregnant once they got pregnant. , the emperor left them and turned to favor other newcomers.

After briefly talking about these situations, Fu Chuanyi began to talk about the important points: "Among them, except for the first prince who was ordered to study again, the second prince and the third prince have already grown up and started their houses, and they will no longer go to the study room to study, so This time, the selection is mainly for the First Prince, the Fourth Prince, the Fifth Prince, the Sixth Prince, the Seventh Prince and the companions of the Second Prince, a total of six companions will be selected."

Fu Chuanyi also talked about what he knew and what he had heard about the other candidates for companion reading. Between one and seventeen, except that the companions next to the second princess are girls, and the eldest prince and fourth prince will choose older companions, the only princes who can accompany Fu Xuechen at this age are the fifth prince, sixth prince and seventh prince .

Among them, because Concubine Xie, the biological mother of the Sixth Prince, is the elder sister of Fu's mother Xie's family, the Fu family was born to belong to the faction of the Sixth Prince, and Fu Chuanyi was also appreciated by Xie Yu, the Minister of Military Affairs. Therefore, as long as there are no accidents, the Sixth Prince There is a probability of more than [-]% that Fu Yuchen will be chosen as his companion.

"The princess also chooses to study with her?" Fu Xuechen couldn't help but wonder. She never thought that the atmosphere of the Darong Empire is so open, and the princess can go to the study with the prince. Why hasn't anyone mentioned that she should participate in the princess's study before? Selection?

Fu Chuanyi knew what his daughter was thinking: "The imperial daughter is young, and our family can only have one accompanying student. You and Yuchen cannot go to the study together, so in terms of close relationship and future prospects, it is the best choice." The only choice is to let your brother become the sixth prince's companion."

Fine!It seems that the Fu family is really on good terms with the imperial concubine and the sixth princes, and the sixth princes seem not qualified to compete for the position, and can only be a virtuous king in the future.But this is also good, the Fu family's approach is quite safe not to participate in the battle between the successor and Yuanhou factions.

In addition, Fu Chuanyi also mentioned two strong contenders for the six princes to study with him. One is the youngest son of Yiguo Gong Cheng Yaozong, 13-year-old Cheng Defang, and the third-rank official of the Ministry of Industry in the Xie clan. The 14-year-old Xie Yucheng is the son of Xie Xian, the servant.

After a Duke, a descendant of civil servants from the Xie clan, Fu Xuechen discovered that it was not so easy for the Fu family of the Marquis of Jingbei to get the position of accompanying student. , Compared with the children of civil servants, he also takes advantage of being good at martial arts.

Fu Chuanyi looked at his daughter expectantly: "Your abilities are no worse than your brother's. Whether you can win the position of accompanying student as you wish, tomorrow is up to you!"

Fu Xuechen nodded in agreement, feeling a little bit of pressure. If he failed the exam and lived up to his parents' expectations, he would never have such a good opportunity to act freely outside in the future!
The next day, when it was only dawn, Fu Xuechen was woken up by the maid Haitang. After washing up, she danced her sword in the courtyard against the cold north wind.

The original body has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and she is not a weak young lady. Although Fu Xuechen wears clothes, she has successfully inherited the muscle memory of the original body. It will not be interrupted by rain or snow, but will be carried out in the house.

The ancient Marquis Mansion covers a larger area than most villas in later generations. When the weather is right, she even rides a horse and shoots arrows, which can be regarded as a sports hobby she inherited from the original owner after she arrived in this time and space.

Compared with Fu Yuchen, the original Fu Xuechen's various homework grades and martial arts skills seem to be half a step higher.

This is also one of the reasons why the two masters of the Fu family thought of asking her to impersonate Fu Yuchen to participate in the companion selection.

After practicing withdrawing the sword, Fu Xuechen's face remained unchanged, and his breath was as usual, not even a drop of sweat.

Looking back, mother Xie was already wearing a thick fox fur cloak and standing under the eaves looking up. Behind her, the maids and servants in the room were putting rich dim sum, steamed stuffed buns and pickled side dishes on the round table one by one.

In Fu Xuechen's impression, Fu's mother, who came from a family of literati and did not need to practice martial arts, had never gotten up so early. It seems that this time the selection of accompanying students really worried her, and if she wanted to do it, she would change her position. Because of the act of deceiving the emperor, this is anxious and cannot sleep peacefully.

"Mother, don't worry! My son will not make any mistakes!"

Fu Xuechen smiled and relieved, she was actually very happy in her heart to be able to call herself "son", and there was nothing awkward about it.

Mrs. Xie was relieved to see her so comfortable and at ease. Fortunately, the children are still young, only twelve or thirteen years old. When the difference between male and female is not so clear, as long as the daughter does not show her flaws, no one else will. Perhaps thinking of the exact same appearance, the young master of the Hou Mansion was actually replaced by a daughter.

Wanting to repeat the points that I explained a few days ago in detail, and because from now on, there are many unsuspecting servants around, and I felt inappropriate to speak a few times, so I retracted it, Xie finally sighed helplessly. tone.

"Your father wants to go to court and get up earlier, otherwise, let him wait for you to go with him, and he can take care of him."

"Everyone is the same. Your son is no worse than others. If you can't wait for me, don't wait! I have Fu An enough." Fu Xuechen is not nervous or caring. Compared with the original owner who rarely goes out, he was alone in the province Going to college and working part-time to earn tuition fees, she has become used to going out.

It's just a change to an ancient environment, and the city's buildings and paths are unfamiliar, but there is still Fu An here!

Someone will lead the way, someone will pick you up, so you don't need to worry about getting lost. When you get to the palace, she will be no different from Fu Yuchen. Fu Yuchen has entered the palace as many times as she does!At that time, even if there is no Fu An to lead the way, there will be eunuchs who will lead the way, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

"You are really courageous!" Xie said with emotion.

Fu Xuechen laughed: "Before we learned how to ride a horse when we were young, my father once encouraged us to be brave enough to ride a horse! My son will always remember these words."

After breakfast, Fu Xuechen put on a fox fur coat, and accompanied by Mrs. Xie, walked to the outer courtyard. Fu An, the servant, was already waiting with his horse. Fu Xuechen rode on the horse skillfully, waved goodbye to his mother, and rode away.

"If you too..."

If you are also a man, maybe you are more reliable than Yuchen, able to support the Hou Mansion, and become the pillar of the Hou Mansion in the future, what a pity!Looking at the back of her daughter going away, Mrs. Xie couldn't help feeling this way.

(End of this chapter)