The first sunshine after the rain, the wind blows the willows, and the scattered Dadan Imperial City shines brightly in the spring.

At the end of the morning court, court officials wearing various official robes came out of Zhengyuan Hall one after another.

Zuo Hanchou, the Minister of Rites, stood alone under the white stone steps outside the hall, standing with his head down, looking blankly at a colorful butterfly flying around the purple official robe.

When colleagues pass by, they will look at each other. There are teasings from bad friends and sympathy from friends in their eyes, but more officials are as confused as Zuo Hanchou, not knowing why he stood here, or why he was punished by His Royal Highness the Princess.

This morning, Zuo Hanqiu was as thick as before, and he entered the palace to court before dawn.

Because he was very confident in his nephew, Zuo Hanchou even hummed a small song on the way and began to think about what gifts to prepare for his future niece-in-law.

When they arrived at the imperial city, Zuo Hanchou and the officials entered the Zhengyuan Hall together, but unexpectedly found that Princess Longli did not appear in the hall as soon as possible.

Princess Longli has been in charge of the government for nearly four years. She has poor governance skills, but she can definitely be called diligent. In the past, she was the first to go to Zhengyuan Hall to wait for the ministers and the little emperor to come.

But today it was abnormal. The last little emperor who came in the past was already sitting on the dragon throne in a regular manner, but behind the bead curtain next to it was still empty.

The civil and military officials and the young emperor in the court were both embarrassed at that time.

Let’s start courting, I’m afraid that Princess Longli will feel that the courtiers are disrespectful and no one dares to take the lead.

Keep waiting, the emperor is sitting on the dragon throne. Wouldn’t it be a mess of etiquette?

Fortunately, Princess Longli did not forget that there was a morning court meeting today. Although it was a while later, she was still there.

Zuo Hanchou breathed a sigh of relief at that time, but what he never expected was that Princess Longli entered Zhengyuan Hall and before the eunuch could shout to court, she said in a stern tone:

"If the son doesn't teach him, it's the fault of his father. Zuo Hancuo, please let me go out and stand."

Then, the assistant minister Zuo Hanchou stood outside the hall until now.

Zuo Hanchou has been an official for many years and has a smooth relationship. He is considered a good man in the court. His official position is not low, his background is clean, and he has no complicated faction. He is considered to be a courtier who is more close to the princess.

Princess Longli suddenly came like this, and all the civil and military officials in the court were wondering about the profound meaning behind Princess Longli's move.

Of course, no one figured out the reason.

Zuo Hanchou was also wondering at first whether His Royal Highness had other intentions and used him to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger or something.

But in the end, I found that he had just stood there all morning, and everything else was the same, and after the dispersion, it seemed that he had forgotten him.

Since it doesn't have other meanings, it's the princess really punishing him.

Just a punishment for standing up means that it is not a big deal.

"If the son does not teach, the father's fault" means that the son is in his mind.

Zuo Hanchong has several sons, and his second son Zuo Yunting is the most unpromising. He spends all day long and is a good person and often makes jokes.

Zuo Hanchou thought about it for a while, feeling that it was only the second son who did something stupid, which reached the princess' ears.

Thinking of this, Zuo Hanchou's face was slightly dark, and he felt that he had to clean up his son when he got home.

Ling Quan just arrived in the capital and was going to run for the prince consort tomorrow. How could he cause trouble at such a critical moment? What should he do if Ling Quan's perfect impression is ruined?

On the White Stone Imperial Road, the ministers gradually dispersed.

Zuo Hanchou stood alone outside the hall, not leaving, not leaving, not leaving, and his expression became more and more awkward.

Fortunately, in the end, an old man with a goldfish bag hanging on his waist walked over from the hall, followed by several officials, and spoke warmly:

"Han Chou, go back. The princess was too immersed in discussing political affairs just now. She thought she had forgotten you."

Zuo Hanchou looked back and saw that the current prime minister Li Jingsi came.

Li Jingsi was appointed as the prime minister and was the leader of all officials. He also served three emperors. He had strong qualifications and connections. Sometimes he could even surpass the princess. He was considered the highest prestigious courtier in the Great Dan Dynasty.

Seeing Li Jingsi say something, Zuo Hanchou quickly raised his hand and bowed:

"Thank you, Li Xiang. Today, I think my dog ​​boy did something stupid again, which made Li Xiang laugh, and the official said goodbye."

Li Jingsi was nearly 70 years old, with gray hair but a very good complexion. After raising his hand to signal, he watched Zuo Hanchong leave first.

After Zuo Hanchou walked away, an official next to Prime Minister Li Jingsi joked softly:

"Tomorrow, the eldest princess will choose her son-in-law. I heard that Zuo Hanchou also called a nephew from Qinghe County thousands of miles away. Humph, I wanted to meet with the royal family, but I didn't look at my identity."

Li Jingsi walked ahead, and his smile turned to dull:

"Zuo Hanchou is a sleek person. The princess chooses the princess. Whether he can choose or not, he must show his loyalty. King Lie and Zong wrote a letter to urge him to get married. Although the eldest princess agreed to choose the princess, as I see, the eldest princess will not delegate power too early. The princess is a person around the princess, and his position is very important. Can the candidates be arranged?"

"Don't worry, there are nearly twenty young talents who entered Beijing this time to use for Li Xiang. Regardless of their appearance, talent and knowledge, they are all the best. The choice of the prince-consort must be made."

Li Jingsi nodded slowly. Before he could speak, another official from the four southern counties frowned and said:

"Yesterday, the nephew of Xiaguan entered the capital. Xiaguan asked him if there were outstanding people among the four southern counties. My nephew said that more than 30 people came from the four southern counties, and his background was not worthy of his talent and learning. But in terms of appearance, no one in Zuo Lingquan, the Zuo family of Qinghe County, could outperform him. He evaluated his "phoenix eyes, sword eyebrows, bright eyes, white teeth, literary pen, and martial arts can wield the pen," and the key is that his character is not bad. This Zuo Lingquan seems to be Zuo Hanchou's nephew."

Li Jingsi frowned when he heard this, but he immediately returned to normal and shook his head and said:

"The Zuo family of Qinghe County has been half farming and half merchants. It has been rooted in the south for generations. The capital has shallow foundations. The outstanding one is a third-rank minister. The eldest princess is in power on behalf of the emperor, and there are many obstacles. Choosing a princess is an opportunity to win over a force, and she will not judge people by her appearance. Besides, you are not under your command, but you are not a person with both talent and beauty. Is it possible that the young and handsome men in half a country can be even more than a small Qinghe County?"

The surrounding officials thought about it, but they didn't say much at the moment and followed Li Jingsi to leave the palace city.

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On the east side of the imperial city, Princess Longli lives in Fuyan Palace.

More than a hundred palace maids were silent and stayed in their respective positions, without any sound in the huge palace.

The personal palace maid Leng Zhu stood blankly outside the carved wooden door of the bedroom, trying to listen to the movement inside, but couldn't hear anything, and he couldn't help but feel even more confused.

Last night, the princess asked her to return to Fuyan Palace first. After Leng Zhu followed the instructions, she had been waiting in the hall for the princess to return to bed.

Unexpectedly, when the princess came back, she was soaked and her hair was messy, as if she had been ruined by someone who knew she was merciless.

Her face was even more scary. Leng Zhu grew up with the princess. It was the first time she saw the princess in so many years, showing such a terrible expression.

Leng Zhu thought something was wrong and wanted to ask, but the princess didn't say a word. She closed the door and started smashing things, and said something like "shameless, bastard..."

Leng Zhu didn't dare to hit the gun with such anger. He spent all night in the side hall and didn't dare to wake up the princess in the morning. It was not until he was about to go to court that he knocked on the door.

After the princess woke up, she didn't wash up and rushed to Zhengyuan Hall as soon as possible. Instead, she stood behind the desk, took a brush to brew for a long time, and then wrote a letter with fierce eyes and sent it to Qihuang Valley.

I was writing a letter while standing, which looked quite strange. Leng Zhu asked too much, why didn’t she sit and write, but was punished to stand until now.

After the court was dispersed, the princess had to go to the imperial study room to help the young emperor review the memorials and could not stay in the house all the time.

After waiting for a long time, Leng Zhu still plucked up her courage and spoke:

"Your Highness, it's time to go to the Imperial Study."

In the bedroom, Princess Longli Jiang Yi, wearing court clothes, stood beside the bookshelf, flipping through the secrets of martial arts that she had not seen for several years. The firelight appeared in her eyes and her face was sometimes blue and red.

Jiang Yi is a practitioner. She will not be hurt if she is spanked by a ruler.

But people are also humans in their practice, and they will hurt when beaten.

Last night, she was pushed in her arms by the shameless man for about twenty times. After returning to the palace, she was still hot and hot. She didn't have to think about it and she was beaten.

Jiang Yi's daughter is so big that she has never been beaten. Moreover, the eldest princess who is so obedient and ruled with her dignified face was spanked by a man. She was unspeakable of humiliation in her heart. She lay on the couch and couldn't relieve her resentment, so she could barely fall asleep in the early morning.

When I woke up in the morning, although the pain was restored to its original state, it was as white and silky as a peeled egg.

But the memory that will never be forgotten can't be erased. Jiang Yi still doesn't want to sit down, afraid that she will feel uncomfortable again, and recalls the humiliating scene.

Hearing Leng Zhu's call, Jiang Yi put down the martial arts secrets, turned around and left the palace gate, and went to the imperial study room.

Along the way, Jiang Yi, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, had a cold face, and her murderous aura was almost written on her face. Leng Zhu was so scared that she kept a distance of nearly ten steps before she dared to follow her quietly behind her.

After walking a bit, Jiang Yi suddenly stopped.

Leng Zhu stopped quickly and asked carefully:

"Princess, what's wrong?"

Jiang Yi took a deep breath, suppressed the shame and anger in her heart, and then spoke:

"Tomorrow, choose the prince-consort in Qiyuntai. You can arrange some things for this palace. Someone should take good care of it..."

Jiang Yi raised her hand to let the other palace maids retreat, then leaned against Leng Zhu's ear, gritted her teeth, and talked about arrangements.
Chapter completed!