fake prince

Chapter 384
When the academician walked out of the imperial study and walked past the man holding the brocade box, he felt a chill, which made him feel a sudden chill in his heart. He didn't dare to stay, let alone think about it, and went out even faster.

In the imperial study room, the emperor sat back on the dragon chair, and after a while, he said to Eunuch Zhao, "Let him in."

"Yes." Eunuch Zhao hurriedly bowed out, and cast a look at the alchemist who was waiting outside for a while, and the alchemist followed him in.

The emperor asked: "How?"

The alchemist replied: "Please, your majesty, you will know it at a glance."

With that said, he carefully took out the jade plate from the brocade box and presented it.

After sending it in front of him, the alchemist hurriedly took a few steps back, then respectfully kowtowed, stood up again, and stopped talking.

The emperor looked at the jade plate in front of him, pulled down the yellow satin, and saw a picture on the bottom of the pure white plate, which was quite clear.

Although it was not as shocking as the floating phantom during the test, the emperor had seen many phantoms before, and now that he was old, he only liked to see the results of everything, and did not personally supervise the process.

The final picture is a little dragon who was obviously injured in the thunder.

Thinking of the vision outside during the imperial examination, the emperor's doubts about the blood gradually disappeared, but other doubts gradually arose again.

"Your Majesty, the minister and Eunuch Zhao supervised the whole process, and three people in the hall recorded that Su Ziji is indeed of the blood of the former prince." The alchemist holding a jade plate said.

"As it turned out, one of my heart problems has been eliminated." The emperor nodded: "This test, you will record it in the file after you go back."

After thinking about it, he said again: "Record it in the secret file. Alright, let's go down."

"Resignation." The alchemist holding the jade plate put the jade plate back into the brocade box, picked it up carefully, bowed and slowly retreated.

It wasn’t until the emperor and Eunuch Zhao were left in the imperial study room that the emperor suddenly said: “I heard that Su Ziji’s wife was attacked on the way to the chess hall to participate in a chess game? Even my precious daughter Xinping was attacked. Surprised, is there such a thing?"

Eunuch Zhao only received the news when he came to the imperial study room. He thought he would report it to the emperor in a short while, but he didn't expect the emperor to get the news faster than him. When he was suddenly asked, he was surprised and quickly responded.

"This matter, the maidservant has just learned about it, and has ordered someone to investigate the follow-up situation."

After saying this, the imperial study room fell into silence again.

The emperor frowned slightly, pacing back and forth, as if he was thinking about something.

Eunuch Zhao occasionally raised his head to take a peek, then quickly restrained himself, feeling a little flustered in his heart.

The emperor pondered for a long time, and finally walked back and sat down again. He read Su Ziji's article again, and after reading it, he felt a little bit more.

"It seems to be similar to the test, but in fact, the hidden charm is stronger, almost making people invulnerable, and I can't take a single word away."

"I don't want him to have such a literary talent."

The emperor finally pointed his finger and said: "There is indeed no one who can beat this article, let him be the champion of this year!"

Picking up the pen was on the blank space above the paper, and the imperial pen personally approved the word "A", and sent it back to the examiner when the time came, the people there would naturally understand what they meant.

His hand holding the pen was a little unsteady now. He was thinking of writing the character "Ji" on it, but just as he was writing the pen, he felt a sudden inexplicable disgust and dropped the pen again.

Standing up and looking at his slightly trembling hands, the appearance of Su Ziji in full bloom appeared in front of his eyes, he pondered for a long time, and said to Eunuch Zhao: "Let the female officer of Yong'an Palace come in."

Eunuch Zhao responded immediately, retreated quietly, and brought the female officer back in after a while.

Although the emperor was feeling irritable at this time, seeing the female officials of Yong'an Palace, he still managed to suppress it, and said softly, "You can send this paper to the queen."

"Yes." Seeing that there were no other orders, the female officer immediately responded, took the paper, and exited the imperial study.

Yong'an Palace

"Niang Niang, it's getting late, do you want to eat?" Zhaoxia asked the woman leaning on the couch softly.

The queen said lightly: "No need for now, let people warm it first."

"Yes!" Seeing that the queen was obviously waiting for the female officer who went to the imperial study, Zhaoxia hurriedly retreated.

Looking outside the door, finally a familiar figure came back in a hurry, Zhao Xia hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty seems to be in a bad mood, you have to be careful when you talk, don't make your Majesty unhappy anymore It's rare for her to eat more and sleep better these days..."

The female officer who came back nodded: "I know, the news I brought back this time should make the empress happy."

The empress seems to value this young man from Su Zi very much. Now that he has won the first prize as he wished, the emperor not only does not blame the empress for caring about the imperial examinations of the previous dynasty, but also specially sent the papers along with him. This is so much affection.

Thinking of this, the female officer walked into the inner hall holding the box containing the scrolls.

After seeing the queen, he presented the box and told: "Your Majesty, this is the emperor's servant who brought it back for you to show. Su Ziji has been hand-picked as the number one scholar, and here are his imperial examination papers."

The queen did not show joy as she expected, but took it thoughtfully, pulled out the paper, only glanced at it, turned around on the word "A", then put it down again, and asked: "Is there any question for the emperor?" Anything else?"

The female officer was a little puzzled, but still replied: "Go back to your mother, there is no more."

"Okay, I see. Put your things down and go out." The queen said lightly.

The female officer can only retreat.

When the queen was the only one left in the palace, her expression changed and she turned pale with anger: "No. [-] scholar, what is No. [-] scholar, just a courtier."

"Hmph, at this point, you still refuse to give him a title. You are too chilling for me."

After saying this, the queen laughed to herself again, but the smile was ridiculed, and there was also a hint of bitterness.

In the empty palace, there was only candlelight not far away, flickering with the wind, as if mocking her remaining innocence.

"Up to now, I still have expectations for him." She slowly shook her head: "Sure enough, his rhetoric still made me a little bit shaken, and I really believed that he regretted it."

"The emperor is here—" Just as she was sneering, she suddenly heard someone shouting at the gate of Yong'an Palace.

This is like a switch, making the originally silent palace come alive all of a sudden.

Whether it is the eunuchs and maids outside, or the entire palace, it seems that the arrival of the master of the whole country has given birth to brilliance, but the queen, who used to accompany the performance in the past, suddenly felt tired.

She frowned lightly and only paced slowly.

A female official came in from the outside and reminded: "Your Majesty, the emperor has brought a few people to Yong'an Palace, and they have reached the gate of the palace."

"Then go out with me to meet you." The queen said coldly.

Although the relationship between the emperor and empress has been indifferent for more than ten years, on the surface the two of them maintained respect for each other. The empress just didn't leave the Yong'an Palace, but when the emperor came, she might say that she was sick, but she would be polite when she saw her.

Only some time ago, the relationship between the two broke the ice, and the entire Yong'an Palace seemed to have regained the atmosphere that should have been in the Queen's Palace from the luxurious cold palace.

Seeing the empress's indifferent attitude at this moment, the female officer opened her mouth to try to persuade her, but she closed it in the end.

(End of this chapter)