The monarch observed the interaction between Jiang Yichun and Bai Ruozhu, and understood in his heart that this family was listening to Madam. In addition, Madam Bai was a master in medical and Taoist arts, so she had to be respected.

Thinking of this, the monarch was a little more polite to Bai Ruozhu. Jiang Yichun looked very satisfied. If he was polite to his wife, he was being polite to him.

After the meal, the monarch said that he would arrange for them to go to a certain palace. Bai Ruozhu thought for a while and said, "If it's convenient, let's go to Qingyou Palace."

The monarch was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Okay, let's just go to the Qingyou Palace. It's an empty place, but it's not conventional. I'll arrange some maids to serve you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Bai Ruozhu didn't object. The palace is neither big nor small. If no one comes to pick up the food, spreads a message and has to run errands, and no one does the cleaning, then that's not the case. How many of them are going to be tired of Morrowind?

In addition, Jiang Yichun did not bring everyone in, and other secret guards were waiting outside the palace. If he brought so many people into the palace, it would not only be against the rules, but also the monarch would not be able to feel at ease.

Then the monarch gave each of them a token. With the token, they could enter and leave the palace freely without being blocked by guards.

After everyone was settled, Jiang Yichun was leaving the palace to arrange some affairs, so Bai Ruozhu hid in the room, got into her space and started to pack up.

In the past, she had always taken medicinal materials and seeds and stuffed them into the space in the medicine warehouse without organizing them at all. At this moment, the space was littered on the ground. She hurriedly tidied up, and it took about two-quarters of an hour to tidy up her harvest today.

After finishing her work, she began to sow seeds in the field again. Although many medicinal seeds needed to be raised, her intuition told her that this was a space and there was nothing she could not plant.

But in order not to waste the seeds, she did not plant too many at one time and planned to observe them first.

After planting the seeds, she looked around, found a water ladle, went to the pond to fill the water, and then poured a little water on each place where the seeds were sown.

She slapped her sore waist and couldn't help but sigh: "It's really hard to farm like this. Why does dad like farming?"

When she thinks of her family, she feels warm and sour in her heart. She wonders how her parents, Xiao Dengdeng, and her eldest brother and second brother are doing in the capital. Will Xiao Dengdeng always cry when her parents think about her? How did the second brother perform in the exam? Are your parents in good health? Is business going smoothly for the eldest brother and his family?

As soon as she felt homesick, Bai Ruozhu couldn't help wiping her tears. She was not the kind of person who had delicate emotions and often shed tears. But she had been away from home for a long time and the situation in Beijing was a bit chaotic. She really couldn't help but worry.

They took off their clothes and soaked in the hot spring pool, letting the hot spring water soak their bodies and wash away their fatigue. They also tried to let themselves relax and not think too much. As long as they could complete the task quickly, they could go home.

…

In the capital, the results list of the general examination a few days ago has come out, but the emperor suppressed it. The list has not been announced, but the talented people who took the exam were anxious.

"I heard that there was something wrong with the emperor's suppression of the list. I don't know who used what means. Let's see who will fall this time." Kaozi, who went to see the list but came back empty-handed, started talking quietly. They were all serious. People who have achieved fame hate the kind of favoritism and malpractice the most.

"It's cheap for such a despicable person to be put to death in Lingchi. Is it easy for him to study hard for more than ten years?" Another exam candidate who hated evil said angrily.

"Oh, maybe my family will be implicated, it's really..."

This time everyone was silent. In ancient times, families were the unit. If many people committed serious crimes, the family would suffer, and even innocent people in the family would be convicted.

In the imperial study room, the emperor took a test paper and read it carefully for the third time. Suddenly he knocked on the desk with his fingers: "Wang Shun, come find an expert in identifying ink colors. I want to know about this stained ink." It’s not the same as other calligraphy inks.”

Seeing that the emperor lost his temper, Wang Shun shrank his neck and said hurriedly: "Yes, I will do it now."

Tang Yin looked at the test paper again, and the fire in his heart started to rise. He had just received a secret report a while ago, saying that there was really a plague in Guangqi Town where Jiang Yichun and the others went, or it was a malaria wind. Jiang Yichun and his wife were not Fear of danger, try our best to control the epidemic and treat people.

This news made him smash his tea cup. How could he not understand how the plague suddenly broke out in a place where there was no plague in the first place? It’s not like someone knew their plan and deliberately caused trouble to delay time.

But even so, he still agreed with Jiang Yichun and others to manage the epidemic area. Otherwise, the plague would expand and the people would suffer, and he, the emperor, would not be able to feel at ease.

Then this morning, he received a secret report again, saying that Jiang Yichun and his wife had caught the Gu Master who was behind the poison, and the epidemic was completely under control. The two of them had arranged their affairs and entered the Western Region.

Calculating the time, it was faster than he originally estimated. Tang Yin was both relieved and moved. Even though he didn't go to the scene, he knew how dangerous the epidemic area was, not to mention the presence of evil Gu masters. So he thought about how to reward Jiang Yichun and his wife well this time.

Before the results were totaled, he saw the list of the imperial examination. He thought that Jiang Yichun's brother-in-law was also participating in the examination, so he took a special look. Although he didn't like Bai Ruozhu's low status, he knew Bai Zepei's talent. But at this glance, Bai Zepei actually fell to the second place on the list, or even the eighth place.

Judging from the results when he went to Jiangnan to participate in the Eight Academy Palace Competition, he definitely had a chance to compete for the top three. In addition, he later enrolled in the Royal Academy, and the teachers in the Imperial Academy also praised him very much. How could he achieve such a result? Is it not performing properly?

For some reason, Tang Yin thought of Bai Ruozhu's calm eyes without a hint of panic. Even though he had threatened her, Bai Ruozhu didn't show much panic. He couldn't help but wonder if the brother of such a woman would be as calm and self-possessed as her?

In the same way, he asked people to read the examination papers of the top fifty candidates. Of course, he first read the examination papers of Tang Feng, who was at the top of the list. It was really eye-catching, and he couldn't help but applaud.

Afterwards, I looked at the test papers of the second and third best candidates, and I thought they were pretty good, but there was still a gap between them and Tang Feng.

When he was looking at Bai Zepei's test paper, his expression turned very ugly.

The grader's comment was that the writing was elegant and the insights were unique, but the ink stains on the paper affected the overall score. In particular, the conclusion at the end of the article seemed to be completely covered by the ink stains, making the article feel like it was missing a point.

It's not uncommon for candidates to be too nervous and knock over their ink and stain the exam paper. There are even cases where some people can't rewrite the policy with the largest number of words due to lack of time, so they can only hand in the dirty exam paper. But Tang Yin felt that things were definitely not that simple. Bai Zepei's handwriting was elegant and clean, and one could see a person's character from his handwriting. He was obviously a calm person, so how could he make such a mistake?