The Tyrant’s Beloved Empress

Chapter 121

April 15th, the palace exam. +++ Catino Novel Network

The palace exam was held in Chongzheng Hall. Xiao Zhige did not use the exam questions prepared by the examiner Ji Anmin himself, but temporarily issued the exam questions-the topic was the privately levied taxes by the teacher who was only argued a while ago, which caused the people of the state to complain. It’s boiling. This incident not only caused a lot of shock in the court. Because of the coincidence that it discovered, it also involves the King Goose and the Juzi of Bingzhou, which is very dramatic. After Shi Lezheng and his son were questioned, there was a lot of uproar in the public. In particular, the dialogue between An Changqing and the three Bingzhou Juzi was also cited as a good talk by the people. It’s just that although the father and son of Shi Lezheng have been put to death, the mess left by Bingzhou has to be cleaned up. And how to appoint state officials and how to comfort the people need to be discussed carefully.

At the time of the palace exam, Xiao Zhige thought about the shortage of people in Bingzhou, so he asked the candidates how to solve the matter. If you have a good answer, you can just send it to Bingzhou to experience it.

However, the imperial examinations have always tested the Four Books, Five Classics, and Poetry, Fu and Policy Theory, but Xiao Zhige lacks people. What he lacks is not people who are on paper, but people who are practical and can solve problems for him. These candidates came here with confidence and preparation. When they heard the test questions, many people’s eyes were straightened, and then a thin cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

In addition, Xiao Zhige was born with a black face, and he became more vigorous after becoming an emperor. Sitting on the dragon seat of the Chongzheng Hall, he looked over with a condescending gaze. Not long after, there was an anxious and frightened examinee who weakened his legs and sat slumped on the ground and howled.

Ji Anmin made a gesture, and the guards standing beside him pulled the howling examinee out of the examination room. This way, Jinke had no chance with him. The other examinees around with a little concentration (strong qiang) kept their eyebrows down to answer the questions; with a lower concentration, the examinee who was dragged down was already confused, as if he had seen his fate…

The hall test answered for an hour and a half. After the answer, the examiner collected the exam papers, and the candidates who had finished the exam were invited to take a rest in the side hall. Eighteen scoring officers began to correct the examination papers on the spot. After the approval is completed, review it again and arrange the ranking. The top ten test papers are then presented to Xiao Zhige, who will select the top three.

Due to the special nature of the examination questions, the examination papers for the palace examination are very different from before. Xiao Zhige has never left, and even brought memorials to pass the time.

After submitting the ten exam papers, Xiao Zhige looked at it one by one, and his frowning eyebrows finally relaxed a little – at least the papers presented were all practical solutions. It’s not the empty theory that the flowers are really empty. Especially in one of the papers, the idea coincided with him. He had a vague guess in his heart, but he was not sure, so he drafted the ranking and asked Ji Anmin to review it again.

After Ji Anmin had no objection, he invited those resting candidates to the Hall of Chongzheng, and Chuanxun announced the rankings.

Three people in the first class, awarded Jinshi and No. 1, are Zhou Helan, Zhuo Qingquan, and Hao Changfeng.

After that, the two top one hundred and twelve people were given a scholarship background; the three top two hundred and twenty-three people were given a scholarship background.

A total of 338 people were recorded in this subject. In the later records, it was the largest and most liberal imperial examination when Xiao Zhige was in office. The Sandingjia of this subject is also true to its name. After being an official, it is full of knowledge for the benefit of the people, and even after many years, it is also a model for later generations of courtiers.

Xiao Zhige nodded the first three, but didn’t give them a place. He nodded the exam paper at hand, and said in a deep voice: “Each of the three answers has its own strengths, and I can’t make a choice. But the state is in a hurry, so If you get a good answer in the classroom, you will be the champion.”

Then they gave seats to the three of them to ask questions one by one about the strategies mentioned in the three answer sheets. The monarchs and ministers asked and answered, sometimes peaceful and sometimes agitated. By the time the questions were asked, it was already dusk.

It is rare for Xiao Zhige to show a pleasant expression in front of outsiders. He touched his pen with a gold and ink title. He selected Zhou Helan as the champion, Hao Changfeng as the second place, and Zhuo Qingquan as the search flower.

“Are you dissatisfied?”

The three of them knelt to thank you, all of them refused to accept.

The next day, there was another rumor that he held the emperor’s list and read it in public before the gate of the Gongyuan. The top two and top three scholars also have their own places to go. Sanding Jia broke the rule and was sealed off by Xiao Zhige. The second place in the rankings, Hao Changfeng and Tanhua Lang Zhuo Qingquan, were respectively named Cheng Cheng of Boling County and Cheng Cheng of Boming County. After the banquet, Qiong Lin set off to join the state. The champion Zhou Helan stayed in Beijing and entered Taifu Temple and sealed a fifth-grade Taifu Cheng.

The number one scholar enters Taifu Temple, and the best place to go to Bingzhou is a sign of the emperor’s reuse. In addition, the question and answer between Sandingjia and the emperor’s monarchs and officials was also circulated, and aroused the enthusiasm of many students. Suddenly, the reading style of poor people prevailed, and the upcoming Qionglin banquet became more and more anticipated.

Xiao Zhige and An Changqing attended the Qionglin banquet on this day. Because of Zhou Helan’s previous palace examination, An Changqing took the initiative to avoid suspicion in order to avoid melon fields and plums. Now that the dust has settled, there is no need to be alienated anymore.

The Guanglu Temple held a lively Qionglin banquet, and the first and second-tier scholars were able to attend and drink with the emperor, and the front of the Sandingjia seat was near the emperor, making it easy for the emperor to call them to speak. After the opening of the seat, the drums shook together. Xiao Zhige and An Changqing toasted with everyone. After drinking, Xiao Zhige looked at the three of Zhou Helan, who was in the second seat, and said, “You three are about to serve the country. If you want to, you can talk to me. I can meet each of you and one request.”

The three looked at each other for a moment. Hao Changfeng and Zhuo Qingquan looked at Xian Helan hesitantly before (touching Mo) the emperor’s (sexual xing) relationship. After all, it is rumored that Zhou Helan was once a subordinate of King Yan, and I think he should have met his Majesty.

Zhou Helan, who was sitting at the front, pondered for a moment, and then stood up and said, “Thank you, your majesty, the minister does have a wish unfulfilled.”

Xiao Zhige raised his brows: “Oh? You said.”

Zhou Helan said: “The ancients said that they got married first and then established a career. Now the ministers are full of weak crowns, but they have not yet decided to marry him, so I want to ask your majesty to give them a marriage.”

Unexpectedly, this was what he was about to say. Xiao Zhige glanced at An Changqing in surprise, and asked him with his eyes: Didn’t you tell him?

An Changqing nodded slightly and replied silently: I told you.

Earlier, Xiao Zhige mentioned that if it were Zhou Helan High School, he would marry An Xianyu and call An Xianyu to marry gracefully. After Zhou Helan was in high school, Zhou’s mother invited the matchmaker to go to Prince Yan’s Mansion to talk to him, and An Changqing informed him of the matter.

It’s just that he never thought that he would raise it in public at the Qionglin Banquet again. He simply wasted a good opportunity. It was clear that he knew the bad rumors in private, and took the opportunity to rectify An Xianyu’s name-he personally asked his Majesty for this marriage, not the Goose King who forced him to force him.

But at this time Xiao Zhige could only follow his words and say, “Oh? Helan has a favorite girl? Which lady is it?”

“The person whom the minister likes is the sister of King Goose.”

Zhou Helan said to An Changqing again, and said slowly: “When I was in Yanzhou, Miss An ran a women’s school to enlighten Yanzhou women. The minister was fortunate to witness her demeanor and fell in love at first sight. It was just that the minister was just a white body and nothing. A distinguished family background and dare not wishful thinking, this gave birth to the thought of imperial examination. Now his Majesty Meng has not given up, and has been appointed as the champion. Then Yan asked King Yan to marry his sister to me. Helan only wants one person to stay together in this life, and he will not lose sight of each other. .”

After speaking, it was another long tick to the end.

Xiao Zhige’s expression became more and more relaxed. He stroked his palm and gave a good word, but did not immediately agree. Instead, he turned his head and asked An Changqing: “Can King Goose agree?”

An Changqing smiled and nodded: “The son of Zhou has a precious character and is a beloved person worthy of entrustment.”

After Xiao Zhige heard it, he ordered someone to draw up a decree on the spot to marry Zhou Helan and An Xianyu. Zhou Helan was holding the precious imperial decree, her eyes trembled slightly, and she thanked her again.

After the marriage was given, Qiong Lin’s feast continued, but the focus of everyone’s topic became Zhou Helan’s invitation to your Majesty to give the marriage. After the Qionglin banquet was over, the story of the number one scholar’s marriage was spread. The previous rumors were self-defeating. People who used to say a lot of sour words in private seemed to have eaten unripe sour plums. Their teeth were about to fall, but they didn’t dare to say a word of gossip. After all, your majesty personally gave the marriage, who would dare to say anything again?

And Zhou Helan returned to Zhou Mansion with the imperial decree of giving marriage. Not long after that, he invited the media, personally selected 36 kinds of auspicious objects, rode a tall horse, and walked in a more solemn manner than the champion. Goose Mansion proposes marriage. After the proposal of marriage is asked for the name, Najib, Najib, and petition. When the two families set an auspicious date for their marriage, the marriage is considered to be settled successfully, just waiting for the wedding day.

An Changqing looked at her sister who looked like Hongxia, and recalled the last life, An Xianyu’s thin and thin body had faded away, and now when she thinks about it, she feels like a lifetime.

Xiao Zhige held his hand on his side and said in a low voice: “Xian Yu’s marriage is also set, Zhou Helan is a reliable person, and you won’t have to (fuck cao) in the future.”

An Changqing bent her eyes and laughed, teasing: “Without this (fuck cao) worry, there are still a bunch of politicians (fuck cao) behind him.”

Xiao Zhige coughed lightly, and said in an awe-inspiring manner: “It’s okay, I’m with you (fuck cao).”

***

After An Xianyu’s marriage was settled, it was already in May, spring is almost over, and summer has quietly (showed) a corner.

And the envoy of Yuze, who had not arrived, finally arrived in Yejing on the fifth day of May.

Hongshe Temple held a banquet as usual, and also invited Xue Wuyi to the banquet. It’s just that the other two envoys of the West have no chance to attend various banquets. Since Xiao Zhige and Xue Wuyi reached a cooperation in February, they ordered people to control the two envoys, and only kept borrowing. They handed some false news back to the west dung. Now it has been more than three months since the West Dung Mission arrived in Yejing. The domestic situation in West Dung is turbulent, but the message from the West Dung King is to tell them to continue to delay time. Even if Xue Wuyi can’t be told to die in Daye, let’s let Xue Wuyi die. He can’t return to the west dung in a short time.

Xue Wuyi followed the instructions of the king of the west, and kept the Ji Ji Ji in Daye. After the two envoys were under control, he no longer lived in the simplest form. He often walked around and occasionally went to find An Changqing to drink and chat, which was much more lively than when he first arrived. It’s just that his face (color) is also (flesh) worse than ever.

An Changqing thought he would not come this time, but did not expect that he would still come. Seeing that his face was like white paper, but still (qiang) holding it up, he asked Wang Yu to change him a pot of ginseng tea, and disagreed: “You (shen) are not in good health, so you really don’t have to come.”

Xue Wuyi was really meaningless, and said with a soft smile: “I heard that Yuze’s customs are very different from those of Dayexi Dung. I am very curious, but I have never had a chance to take a look. This opportunity is rare, so naturally I can’t miss it.”

An Changqing saw that although his (body shen) body was weak, but his eyes (color) were clear and firm, he knew that he had made a decision in his heart, and it was inconvenient to persuade him to take care of his body.

Xue Wuyi nodded and thanked him, and instead toasted to talk with the envoy of Yuze next to him.

When Yuze came to Daye this time, the battle was bigger than they thought. In addition to the envoy, there was even a prince. This prince was Huai Rushan, the brother of Yuze Wang Huai Ruyu, who sealed Wang Yu.

Huai Rushan has a gentle and elegant appearance, and he has the style of a scholarly scholar in the south, and his speech is very well-organized. After a banquet is only halfway through, he has had a very happy conversation with the officials of Honghe Temple.

When An Changqing heard them talk about some interesting things about Yuze’s contacts with the surrounding small countries, he (inserted cha) a few words. Huai Rushan saw that he was interested, so he said in more detail: “Yuze Linhai, many The people live by the sea, so they are all very good at building ships. We build many big ships, and we often go out to sea with the goods to do business with some small countries around…Have the Goose ever seen the sea?”

An Changqing shook her head and said, “I have only read it in travel notes. I think it should be very magnificent.”

Huai Rushan described to him the magnificent waves of the sea, with a strange tone: “I thought the prince would have seen the sea.”

“Why did King Yu say this?” An Changqing smiled and shook his head: “I was born in Yejing and grew up in Yejing. I haven’t had a chance to go to the beach yet.”

Huai Rushan smiled and toasted him: “The sea is vast and magnificent. If you have a chance, you can go and see.”

After the banquet was over, an official from Honghe Temple sent the Yuze mission to the post to rest.

Xiao Zhige’s face (color) sank, and he said coldly, “That Huai Rushan has been leading you to talk to him.”

An Changqing thought he was being jealous again, so she reluctantly smiled: “Wang Yu looked right and right, and he didn’t seem to be that kind of good (lust) person.”

Who knows that Xiao Zhige shook his head, and said in a deep voice: “When he talked with Honghusiqing, Yu Guang has been observing you. Yuze must have no plans for this trip.”

Huai Rushan’s gaze was very cryptic, if it weren’t for Xiao Zhige’s years of martial arts training, his eyesight was excellent. Coupled with his habit of (sexual xing) on ​​An Changqing, he would not find this violation.

He told An Changqing: “Before (touching Mo) clarify their purpose, you have been out of the palace recently.”

When An Changqing saw this, it should be right. Yuze had too many mysteries for them, so being cautious will never go wrong.

The author has something to say:

Counseling: Look at what you look at, and then look at your eyes.

Huai Rushan:…