The news that Mei family revealed to Ah Gillian a year ago was indeed correct. In February, the court issued an order to select the wife of several princes from the daughters of the capital officials, one prince and two princes. This year, there are six princes of the right age, among which the most noble is Xiao Xuan, the prince of the East Palace.

The Beijing officials are not rated by their ranks. As long as the daughters in the family are of the right age and have outstanding character, they are sent to the palace to select eunuchs to see each other according to the official list, and all the ladies who meet the conditions are recorded on the list of beautiful ladies.

A father-in-law came to the Zhao family, but Zhao Yanping's two sisters were married and his daughter was still a little baby. His father-in-law learned about the situation and didn't even drink a bowl of tea. Now he went to the next family to work hard.

This made Gillian and Liu realize the court's emphasis on this talent show.

Liu whispered to Ajiao: "Does the emperor marry the emperor and the emperor give their wives? What if the emperor and the emperor have a lover, or the beautiful girl given in the palace does not match his wishes?"

Her eldest grandson Xiao Lian is twelve this year, and in three or four years he will reach the age of discussing marriage. It is not for Liu's fault for worrying about this.

A Jiao said: "Stop talking about the royal family, even the people are mostly blind marriages and mute marriages. Parents' appointments and matchmakers' words, and the wives of the royal grandchildren are related to the upbringing of the dragon, son, and phoenix grandchildren, so the requirements are stricter."

Of course, these are also Gillian's guesses.

In short, this talent show is just for the Zhao family to watch the show.

In February, the selection of a daughter was selected, and in April, the palace issued the six-destination marriage intentions. Emperor Chunqing chose a lady as the wife for each emperor's grandson. The most widely circulated was the marriage of the prince of the Eastern Palace. The woman was the granddaughter of the second assistant in the cabinet. The chief assistant was old and the second assistant was in his prime. He was the pre-reserve of the chief assistant. Emperor Chunqing made such arrangements, which made the ministers and the people all felt that he valued the prince of the Eastern Palace very much.

Zhao Yanping thought this was a good thing.

Although there are two princes and nephews, and sister-in-law is also the crown prince, Zhao Yanping does not have that ambition and sister, it is good that the crown prince and Emperor Chunqing both attach great importance to the crown prince. The more stable the position of the crown prince in the East Palace, the more peaceable the crown prince and the marquis of Yongping's mansion will be, and they will not have any thoughts about their sister and two nephews.

After hearing what he said, Gillian and Liu were relieved.

They are all small farmers, and they are content to live a good life today. What they want most is that they are safe and sound.

It is said that only two older grandsons have their wedding dates set for this year. In the twelfth lunar month, Emperor Chunqing will celebrate the 60th birthday, and the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple will concentrate on preparing for the emperor's birthday.

The emperor's birthday has nothing to do with the Zhao family. However, in May, Lu Taigong celebrated his 70th birthday. Gillian and Zhao Yanping worked hard to give gifts to the gifts. The Zhao family didn't have much wealth and went bankrupt to buy a gift. It was a slap in the face and was a fat man. Lu Taigong probably wouldn't be happy if he didn't give gifts. If he didn't give gifts, wouldn't he have to worry too much?

What does Mr. Lu like?

Lu Taigong likes to solve cases, food, and traveling around are new hobbies that he developed after resigning from his post.

Zhao Yanping and Gillian made a separate preparations.

Zhao Yanping kept writing books in the study for more than a month, and finally wrote a book about solving cases. He fabricated a case by himself. According to his explanation of Gillian, he had already hidden the clues of the case in the characters' words and deeds. As long as he was careful, he would definitely infer who was the real murderer.

Gillian was sure that she had read it carefully several times, but she still had no clue. She was confused twice, but Zhao Yanping didn't answer correctly, and just asked her to list the evidence. Gillian was confused. If she had evidence, it would not be called confused!

"Maybe the teacher can guess the murderer by looking at it once." If Mr. Lu guessed too quickly, it means that the case was not difficult, and the old man would definitely not be satisfied with the gift. Therefore, until the last moment, Zhao Yanping didn't know what his gift could be evaluated from Mr. Lu.

Gillian asked him to tell her who the murderer was first.

Zhao Yanping refused and insisted on waiting for Mr. Lu to see it before talking about it.

"What have you prepared?" After discussing his gift, Zhao Yanping asked Gillian.

Gillian also kept it in hiding and refused to tell him.

Zhao Yanping pulled the man into bed, and the couple rushed to have a happy time on the eve of Lu Taigong's birthday party.

The next day, the couple took their families to Liguo Duke's Mansion together.

Life is rare in seventy years. Duke Lu is considered a long life in the prominent family circle in the capital. The Duke Liguo Mansion, which usually acts in a low-key manner, this time, in order to celebrate the old man's birthday and have a wide banquet for guests, including Duke Lu's apprentices, he has almost passed half of the noble families in the capital. Among the guests, Zhao Yanping's official position is considered low.

The Zhao family and his party came sooner or later, and stood behind the guests waiting for their birthday and waited patiently.

Finally it was their turn, and Zhao Yanping brought his family forward.

The old birthday boy Lu Taigong was actually impatient when he sat on the chair. According to his original intention, the family was lively and lively, but his descendants insisted on doing it. If he insisted on opposing it, he would seem unhappy and had no choice but to sit here to welcome guests with a smile.

When Zhao Yanping's family came up, good guy, each of the five-member family held something in their hands. He was so honest, Lu Taigong was amused. After Zhao Yanping finished saying those polite words, Lu Taigong was waiting to receive the gift. He could guess what other people's gifts were, but only the Zhao family might have something new.

What Liu prepared was the longevity picture she embroidered, which was not new. Lu Taigong asked Uncle Mu to take it away, and his eyes fell on Zhao Yanping.

Zhao Yanping held up the box of books with both hands and told Lu Taifa justice: "I was not talented and made up a case by chance. The real murderer was not announced at the end of the case. The viewer needs to find the murderer by himself based on the clues provided in the previous article. Today, the disciple gave the case to his mentor. If the mentor likes it, he can read it in his spare time, just as passing the time."

Lu Taigong's eyes lit up. This gift was really the only one he had ever received.

If it weren't for A Jiao, Meng Zhao, and Xiao Chujin, they were still waiting there, Lu Taigong really wanted to take a look right away.

He didn't be polite to his apprentice, he took out a thin booklet from the box and stuffed it into his sleeve, asking Uncle Mu to take the box away, and then looked at Gillian.

Gillian was holding a food box in her hand. She smiled and put the food box in front of Lu Taigong and took out the soup bowl inside.

When Mr. Lu smelled a seductive scent, he couldn't help but stretched his neck to the soup bowl. When Mr. Lu lifted the lid, Mr. Lu saw that the soup bowl was filled with chicken soup, but the chicken was posing as a flying crane. What's more coincidental was that a slender mushroom was held in the chicken's mouth, just like Ganoderma lucidum.

Gillian smiled and introduced, "Old man, I don't have any other talents, but the soup I made is barely worthy of your taste. I specially stewed this crane to you for your birthday. Do you try it while it's hot?"

Mr. Lu smiled so hard that he touched his beard. The chicken soup was very ordinary. Gillian had stewed it for him several times, but the chicken soup plaster today is unique and can be placed in a big restaurant as a special birthday dish.

"Give me the spoon, I'm thirsty." Mr. Lu said with great shame.

Gillian prepared a spoon and handed it to the old lady with a smile.

Mei stood by the side. When she saw Ah Jiao's placing the plate, she had to admire Ah Jiao's skill. She cooked like this and embroidery work. No wonder Ah Jiao's embroidery shop can gain a foothold in the capital. Whose embroidery girl can't embroider a few flowers and plants, but Ah Jiao can figure out fresh tricks.

Mr. Lu drank half a bowl of chicken soup in one breath and wiped his mouth before he remembered that he had two young disciples.

Meng Zhao asked his sister to go first.

Xiao Chujin walked to Lu Taigong with a bright smile, held his box and handed it to Lu Taigong.

It was so rare that Lu Taigong just saw the little girl. When he opened the box, he saw that there were clean pebbles inside, which looked like peaches. Lu Taigong immediately understood what Xiao Chujin meant and deliberately exaggeratedly: "Oh, is this the longevity peach that Chujin gave me? Will I taste it delicious?"

As he said that, Mr. Lu was going to get the pebbles inside.

Xiao Chujin was anxious and covered Lu Taigong's hand and said, "This cannot be eaten, I can only see it! Be careful of having your teeth broken!"

The little girl even understood the collapse of teeth. Not only Lu Taigong laughed, but everyone around her also laughed.

Only Lu Jun, who still didn't know the truth, didn't laugh. The boy curiously approached his great-grandfather, looked at him and found that there was only a broken stone in the box. Lu Jun immediately snorted and looked at Xiao Chujin and said, "I thought it was a good thing, but it turned out to be a broken stone..."

"Go to me!" Lu Taigong interrupted his great-grandson and glared at Lu Jun.

Lu Jun also wanted to refute, but was hurriedly pulled away by Mei.

Gillian also led Xiao Chujin back.

Mr. Lu did not forget to thank Xiao Chujin, and made the girl laugh, and went to see Meng Zhao again.

Meng Zhao and Lu Jun are the same age as Lu Jun, and they are much more well-behaved. What he sent Lu Taigong was a birthday poem he wrote. At the beginning of this year, Lu Jun has already gone to the official school to study, and his handwriting is still immature, but he can show his handsome character.

Lu Taigong nodded repeatedly. Meng Zhao is really a talent. I don’t know if it was because A Jiao and his wife were good at teaching, or if Meng Zhao inherited this talent from their biological parents.

"Brother Zhao'er's word is good. If you practice it for a few more years, you will definitely write better than your father." Lu Taigong praised his disciples while teasing him.

Zhao Yanping's calligraphy is indeed difficult to enter the elegant hall. He smiled without any shame.

There were guests waiting behind him, and Zhao Yanping and his family went to the male guest and the female guest to rest.

Just as the birthday party was about to begin, a sensation suddenly came from the front yard. The female family members pricked up their ears and heard a neat "Long live the emperor"!

Jiao was shocked. Is it actually Emperor Chunqing here? The dignified emperor of the Nine Five came to celebrate Lu Taigong's birthday in person?

Emperor Chunqing came to celebrate Lu Taigong's birthday.

Lu Taigong was a veteran of two dynasties. When the late emperor was alive, Lu Taigong was the minister of Dali Temple. Later, he ascended the throne and continued to use Lu Taigong as the minister of Dali Temple. Thirty years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Lu Taigong is also the only old minister who has made him trust for thirty years without any doubt. Now both the king and the minister are in their twilight years, and who may leave first. Today, Lu Taigong's 70th birthday, how could Emperor Chunqing not come to have a drink?

The emperor celebrated his subjects' birthdays, and even Duke Lu was so excited that his face was flushed and respectfully invited Emperor Chunqing to the throne.

Emperor Chunqing told everyone not to be restrained, to eat and drink.

The emperor spoke, and in order to activate the atmosphere, the ministers continued to talk as if nothing had happened.

Duke Lu sat next to Emperor Chunqing and toasted Emperor Chunqing from time to time. After many times, Emperor Chunqing suddenly saw something in his sleeve.

"Oh, this is a gift from Zhao Yanping to the old minister." Seeing that Emperor Chunqing was interested, Lu Taigong took out the thin booklet. He had already taken the time to read it before. He had spent some time to guess who the murderer was. Although the answer was not difficult for him, Lu Taigong still liked the apprentice's intention very much.

After listening to the introduction of this gift by Mr. Lu, Emperor Chunqing couldn't help but read it immediately. After reading it, Emperor Chunqing frowned slightly. While thinking, he subconsciously looked towards Zhao Yanping.

Others didn't know why the emperor frowned, why he stared at Zhao Yanping, and even thought that Zhao Yanping had caused some trouble, and gradually stopped joking.

The atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became a little more solemn.

Grand Duke Lu pulled the corners of his mouth, trying to persuade Emperor Chunqing not to be in a hurry to guess, but was afraid that the emperor would not be able to bear the emperor's self-esteem, so he had to wait silently.

Emperor Chunqing found out after a while that everyone was observing him.
Chapter completed!