amaotonovel Chapter 74 The bastard in ancient times who wanted to concentrate on his career 38
Chapter 74 The bastard in ancient times who wanted to concentrate on his career 38
In the imperial study, Yuan Xi saw all the emperor's heirs.
The eldest prince and the second prince have passed away. Starting from the third prince, there are currently six princes in total. The princesses are all well, and together with the two babies, there are ten princesses in total.
Among them, the eldest princess and the fifth prince were born from the queen. The fifth prince was even established as the crown prince as his legitimate son.
Yuan Xi was a little speechless when he saw the two little babies, "Your Majesty, the two princesses are too young to be tested with spirit stones. They must be at least three years old."
The emperor was a little embarrassed. He made an excuse for himself, "It's okay. We're here. Let them feel the atmosphere in advance."
The eldest princess who had just arrived was not sure what was going on, so she came close to the prince and said, "What's going on? Why did the emperor suddenly summon us to the palace in such a hurry? And I heard that something happened in the palace today. All the civil and military officials, as well as the royal family members, came. .”
"Sister, that was a misunderstanding. As for what my father is going to do now, I don't know, but it should have something to do with him." The prince whispered, glancing at Yuan Xi.
The eldest princess looked at Yuan Xi, who was standing next to her father. The young man, who was fifteen or sixteen years old, was not afraid of her father at all. He was also very easy-going to him. The two of them felt like they had known each other for years. The eldest princess shook off her unreliable thoughts and listened carefully to her father's speech.
"I have called you here today for important matters. Later, each of you will come forward one by one and pick up the spirit-testing stones on the tray."
The princes and princesses looked at the tray in Eunuch He's hand. There was a very ordinary stone on it, gray and smooth, and they didn't see anything different.
The eldest princess was the first to step forward without hesitation. After picking it up, she looked at her father and shook his head at her, motioning for her to put it down, and then asked the second princess to step forward.
Everyone came forward one after another, and the emperor was a little disappointed that none of his children were qualified.
Yuan Xi was not surprised at all when he saw this scene. After the matter was over, he took the three imperial chefs back to the Hou Mansion.
"Brother, are you waiting for me? This is a letter from home."
"Well, take a look. Father said that many strangers have appeared in Lu'an County recently, asking about Zhaoxia Temple and our family's affairs."
"There may be more in the future, let dad get used to it."
Yuan Xi told Song Zhiyi everything that happened in the palace today.
Song Zhiyi was helpless, "I'll write another letter back."
"Sorry, brother."
Song Zhiyi glared at him and said nothing.
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Time passed quickly. Song Zhiyi took part in the palace examination and the results came out.
He won the lottery.
Successfully joined the Hanlin Academy and became an editor of the seventh grade.
They have three months of family leave before taking up the job, and can go back to visit relatives.
Yuan Xi naturally wanted to go back with him, rejecting the attempts from the emperor, Marquis Yongning and others to stay. He planned to go back in the clouds this time so that his eldest brother could stay at home for a while longer. After he officially took office, he would not have so much freedom.
Lu'an County.
Magistrate Song was extremely surprised and concerned about the sudden appearance of Yuan Xi and Yuan Xi in the study. He even smiled from ear to ear when he found out that his eldest son had won the top prize. He didn't pass the Jinshi exam, but his son did. A Jinshi.
"Dad, how did that go?" Yuan Xi asked.
Magistrate Song hesitated and said, "With dad here, it's natural. Several villages outside the city are already full of seeds. In a few months, we will harvest many fine seeds and present them to the emperor."
Food is the most important thing for the people. The current food of Yan State is mainly rice and millet. The yield of rice per mu is about 500 to 600 jins, and the yield of millet in the north is even lower at about 300 jins. Yuan Xi felt that he had to do something that a time traveler must do.
Rice seeds with a yield of 1,500 kilograms per mu and excellent corn and potato varieties were handed over to Magistrate Song by Yuan Xi before. After two years of testing, the seeds were genetically stable and well adapted to the environment. They can be presented to the imperial court this year. .
For such a great contribution, it is not too much to give the county magistrate father a title.
In fact, because of Yuan Xi's existence, the emperor wanted to promote the magistrate of Song County to a higher rank, but Yuan Xi refused. He still wanted the Song family to gain a foothold based on merit rather than relying on his reputation, which was too illusory.
The day before Song Zhiyi's vacation ended, he was driven to Yanjing by Yuan Xi with everyone reluctant to leave him. I came to the Hou Mansion again. After visiting, I got the news that the house had been repaired. This time the two brothers did not have to stay in the Hou Mansion. After all, Song Zhiyi was already a court official, so it was a bit awkward to stay in someone else's house. decent.
No matter how reluctant Marquis Yongning was, he could only bid farewell to Yuan Xi and the other two. Fortunately, they were close enough that the children could move around frequently.
On the same day, Yuan Xi went to the palace again to receive the items that the ministers exchanged for talismans and seals. The emperor's personnel were responsible for the transactions with these ministers and dignitaries. Yuan Xi was too lazy to worry about it, so it was best to let the emperor be responsible.
He left another batch of talisman goods, not limited to diamond talismans, but also others, all of which were given to the emperor in the imperial study room that day. The emperor was a conspicuous person. When he got it, he started showing off in front of the ministers. When the ministers heard it, they agreed. It turned out that there were so many magical talismans and they wanted them too, so they opened the warehouse one after another.
In this way, Yuan Xi can be regarded as fulfilling his original wish to help clear the inventory, but it is a little different from what he originally thought. His elixir has not been released yet. Can they still get something to exchange for the elixir in the future?
I don’t think about it anymore, that’s their business anyway.
A few months later, Magistrate Song's note was also handed over. The emperor was overjoyed and directly awarded him the title of Marquis Fengshuo. No one in the court objected, even the usually critical Yan Guan agreed.
After coming to court, many officials were filled with emotion.
"It's amazing. There are two marquises in the Song family, tsk tsk tsk."
"It's not because he has a good son. Otherwise, he has been a county magistrate for decades, so how could he have a good son now?"
"Everyone knows that there is really smoke coming out of the ancestral graves."
After a few sour words, their conversation turned to other topics.
"Hey, do you think Chaoxia Temple is still accepting people?"
"I heard that Zhenren Song wanted to recruit people. What he said in person last time should not be false."
Zhenren refers to those who have achieved perfection in Taoism, and also generally refers to people who have become immortals. Song Zhenren is their honorific title for Yuan Xi.
"But I heard that qualifications are required. Those without qualifications can't get in."
"There are rumors that all the princes and princesses have taken the test and have no qualifications."
"Hiss, there are not even princes and princesses. Could it be that Master Song doesn't want to accept disciples?"
"You are narrow-minded. Master Song said that this qualification is destiny. Regardless of status, millions of people may not have one."
"It's so rare."
"It's not rare. There has only been one Song Zhenren in so many years."
"Then what do you think of this qualification? I have to let a few of my family members try."
They are all covetous of Yuan Xi's abilities, and now that he is openly accepting disciples, they must not take advantage of this.
"It seems that there is something called a spiritual stone that can detect it."
"There's no rush. Once the Chaoxia Temple is built outside the city, it will be tested publicly."