The twelfth day of the first month of the eleventh year of Sui Ning
Since Emperor Wu Gao Yan ascended the throne, he left the imperial city for the first time, not to inspect the public sentiment, but to see the husband-in-law of Luo Qingzhi, the current princess of Anning.
Luo Qingzhi divided the soldiers into three teams. One pair surrounded the main hall, in the name of maintaining order, but in fact, it was to protect Gao Yan in the hall. The other pair patrolled around the house, and the last pair guarded the entrances and exits of the house.
Avoid getting mixed up with assassins.
The candidates who participated in the third test had already arrived. Luo Qingzhi did not let anyone from the Ministry of Etiquette read out the questions, but read them out herself.
Today, Luo Qingzhi no longer wears a single hairdo, but wears a woman's snake bun without any decoration. She wears a goose-yellow dress and a white cloak, giving her an indescribable tenderness.
Although many people in the court had seen Luo Qingzhi's appearance, she was usually dressed as a man. This was the first time they saw Luo Qingzhi dressed as a woman, and everyone couldn't help but take a few more glances.
"Everyone." Luo Qingzhi said, and everyone looked at her.
"The question of the third test is very simple. In this princess's palace, I have hidden an object that is very valuable to me. Whoever finds that object and gives it to me before Xu Shi will be my husband, Luo Qingzhi.
husband."
Jin Ziji thought about it for a while and said, "What is it specifically? Has the princess informed the Ministry of Rites?"
Luo Qingzhi smiled, took out the paper from her sleeve, and handed it to the Minister of Rites.
"The answer has been given to Master Li. Don't worry, Master Jin. I will not engage in malpractice for personal gain."
Luo Qingzhi's explanation made everyone feel at ease.
Su Yan asked: "What are the characteristics of this valuable thing so that we can look for it."
Luo Qingzhi replied, "What is valuable is also the question itself."
There was an uproar in the hall, and Luo Qingzhi continued: "Everyone is free to rummage in my house, but the small courtyard to the east is my sister's residence and is not allowed to be entered. In other places, everyone is free to rummage."
As soon as this statement came out, there was another uproar.
Without saying a word, Jin Zijue turned around and left, starting to take action. The others asked a few more innocuous questions and started taking action one after another.
Gao Zhen walked forward and was about to speak. Luo Qingzhi raised his tea cup and shook his head. In the eyes of others, Luo Qingzhi just made preparations before drinking tea, but Gao Zhen understood that Luo Qingzhi didn't want him to ask questions.
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Gao Zhen and Qin Shu also left one after another, leaving only officials from the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple, and Gao Yan behind the screen.
Huang Si came out and came to Li Shangshu. With just a glance, Li Shangshu understood instantly and held up the paper in his hand with both hands.
Gao Yan, who was behind the screen, opened the paper and found a hairpin. To be more precise, it was a wooden hairpin.
Gao Yan folded the paper and asked, "Who gave her a gift?"
Huang Si naturally heard this question, but he was not sure whether his emperor was asking him, so he asked softly: "Is your Majesty asking this servant?"
Gao Yan didn't answer, and Huang Si didn't dare to speak anymore. During the silence, Luo Qingzhi walked in.
"Your Majesty, I think it will take a lot of time. Would you like to go to the inner hall to rest for a while?"
Gao Yan said: "No, I want to see it with my own eyes."
Gao Yan casually looked at Luo Qingzhi, who was rarely wearing women's clothing. When his eyes moved to her waist, he didn't see the piece of white jade at the first time, and he was immediately unhappy.
Luo Qingzhi noticed his gaze and pretended to adjust her dress, revealing the piece of white jade that was hidden by the fabric.
Gao Yan's face turned around and he took a sip of tea to hide his expression.
Gao Zhen and Qin Shu were discussing in the corner. Gao Zhen was a little worried, "Is it really okay to just let them search around the house like this?"
Qin Shu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Second Young Master, we sorted it out last night and they couldn't find anything."
Gao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good."
Qin Shu sighed and said, "Second Young Master, don't worry about others coming. Think about it quickly, what does the master care about?"
"..." Gao Zhen was silent for a while and said, "Actually, I probably know."
Qin Shu was stunned and asked, "Ah? Then, let's go find him quickly."
Gao Zhen grabbed him and said, "There's no rush, let's take our time. Since A Luo asked them to search the house, they naturally have other intentions, so we're not in a hurry."
"Oh." Qin Shu felt for the first time that Gao Zhen was a good match for his master. Without knowing anything, he guessed that his master had other intentions.
"However." Qin Shu was still a little curious, "Second Young Master, what is the important thing in this master's mouth?"
Gao Zhen lowered his head and snickered, looking embarrassed, "Don't you think there is something missing from A Luo's hair today?"
"What's missing?" Qin Shu asked.
"A hairpin, a hairpin." Gao Zhen answered affirmatively.
Gao Zhen continued: "But, I'm not so sure yet. A Luo's hair accessories are so strange today. I won't be the only one who can notice it, so I'll let others confirm my thoughts first."
Qin Shu looked at Gao Zhen and nodded affirmatively again, thinking to himself, "The second young master and the master are indeed a good match, wilting."
Sure enough, as Gao Zhen expected, Jin Ziji also thought about this. After leaving the main hall, he went straight to Luo Qingzhi's room. Jin Zijue followed him, jogged a few steps, and patted him on the shoulder.
"Brother, where are you going?"
Jin Ziji said gently: "I don't have any destination yet, I'm just walking around."
"But why do I feel that brother, I have already thought about it," Jin Zijue said, pointing to Luo Qingzhi's yard and asked: "Brother, do you know where this is?"
"...I don't know." Jin Ziji replied.
Jin Zijue thought for a while and said, "Brother, I have something to tell you. Last night, my mother..."
"I don't want to hear it." Jin Ziji refused directly.
Jin Zijue wanted to speak again, but Su Yan had already followed him.
"Master Jin, General Jin, what a coincidence?" Su Yan said with a smile.
Jin Ziji returned the gift and said, "Master Su, have you thought of it too?"
Su Yan instantly understood the meaning of Jin Ziji's words, no longer hiding it, nodded and said, "Yes."
Jin Ziji nodded, "Okay, then, let's compete fairly."
The three of them entered Luo Qingzhi's courtyard one after another. Qin Shu and Gao Zhen, who arrived deliberately slowly, watched silently.
"Second Young Master, shall we wait outside the door?" Qin Shu asked.
Gao Zhen nodded, "Let's wait and see. There's no rush."
The three people who entered the yard searched separately, and finally gathered in Luo Qingzhi's room. On her dressing table, there were many boxes, as if to maintain their character, the three of them were not eager to search.
, just open them one by one.
The wooden hairpin given by Gao Zhen was placed in front of him, but no one paid attention to it.
Half an hour later, the three of them took different beaded hairpins and left the yard.
"Do you want to come in now?" Qin Shu asked.
Gao Zhen said: "Let's go in."
When Gao Zhen saw the wooden hairpin placed obediently on the dressing table, he couldn't help laughing.
Qin Shu didn't know why and asked, "What's wrong?"
Gao Zhen picked up the hairpin and said, "Aluo, it's really interesting. They are also really interesting. The answer is right in front of you..."
"Well, now that we have it, let's go back." Qin Shu said.
"There's no rush." Gao Zhen said.
"Then, what are we going to do now?" Qin Shu asked.
Gao Zhen said: "Let's stay in this courtyard and see what others want to do."
The two of them hid in the shade of a tree in front of Luo Qingzhi's room. After a while, Jin Zijue left and returned.
He entered the room, but came out again after just one cup of tea. Gao Zhen said to Qin Shu: "I'll go in and take a look, you stay here to guard."
"Well, okay."
Qin Shu stayed where he was, watching as Gao Zhen followed Luo Qingzhi's guess and chose to enter the room alone. He nodded unconsciously and shook his head again. He nodded because he admired his master's power, but shook his head because he was worried that Gao Zhen would fall into the trap after all.
Falling into someone else's trap.
"Hey, I hope everything goes as the master predicted."
After another cup of tea, Gao Zhen came out again. Qin Shu asked: "What? Is there anything abnormal?"
"...No, let's go back." Gao Zhen said.
The two left one after another, but Qin Shu frowned slightly. Only then did he clearly see that there was something in Gao Zhen's arms.
When Gao Zhen and Qin Shu returned to the main hall, many people also came back, holding different things in their hands.
Luo Qingzhi looked at Qin Shu, who nodded slightly.
Luo Qingzhi understood, coughed, and said: "I see that many young masters have already been chosen. Why don't we come to the Master to check."
The people in the hall first looked at each other, no one wanted to be the first. Everyone unanimously turned their attention to the second son of the Jin family.
I thought that the eldest son would be the first, but unexpectedly, this time, Jin Zijue took the lead.
He came to Master Shangshu with a jade hairpin.
Li Shangshu asked: "Second Young Master Jin, are you sure?"
Jin Zijue nodded, even a little helpless in his words, "OK."
Li Shangshu shook his head, "That's not it."
When Jin Zijue heard the answer, he bowed and left without any hesitation.
Luo Qingzhi looked at Jin Zijue, lowered her head and thought for a while, then turned to Luo Chen and said, "It's Jin Zijue, you can get ready."
"yes."
Several more people came up one after another, but none of them found the correct object. At this time, Jin Ziji held the golden hairpin in his hand and hesitated. He was about to look for it again, but was stopped by Luo Qingzhi.
"Ziji, why don't you come up?"
Luo Qingzhi's words were gentle, and there was even a hint in her eyes. Jin Ziji thought this was a definite answer, so he put aside the talent's hesitation, stepped forward, and handed over the gold hairpin.
"Sir, please check."
Li Shangshu looked at it for a while, then looked at Jin Ziji, and finally shook his head.
Jin Ziji instantly looked at Luo Qingzhi, who smiled slightly and quickly looked away, looking for where Luo Qingzhi's eyes were pointing.
"Second Young Master Luo, it's your turn." Luo Qingzhi's voice came, and Jin Ziji clenched his fists with stern eyes.
Gao Zhen stared at Luo Qingzhi, stepped forward step by step, came to Li Shangshu, and spread his palms.
However, Li Shangshu picked it up and observed it carefully, reading it over and over again, but refused to read it out.
"What? Master Shangshu hasn't announced it yet?" Luo Qingzhi's words were gentle, but they gave people a sense of intimidation that could not be ignored.
Li Shangshu stood up and solemnly announced.
"The second young master of the Luo family, Luo Jinchao, wins." This chapter has been completed!