III Jiangshan

Qinzheng Hall, small study.

Yuan Junshu greeted Yuan Youqi upright, and stood in front of the desk with his hands down.

Yuan Youqi didn't stop her, but accepted her gift with a smile, looked her up and down, and said, "I seem to have lost some weight after running around all the way."

Yuan Jun Shu Gong said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, your body is strong!"

"When you are young, you should take good care of your health so that you will be able to take on major responsibilities in the future," Yuan Youqi said, "You just came back from Shaozhou, you should rest in the mansion, I even temporarily exempted you from the morning court. You What are you doing in the palace again?"

The emperor's concern came from the heart, which made Yuanjun feel relieved, and the hard work of traveling thousands of miles in Shaozhou seemed to be nothing.

"I came to the palace because I have something important to report to Your Majesty." She presented the paper she brought with her to Yuan Youqi.

She didn't say "I miss His Majesty, so I came into the palace to say hello to Your Majesty" and so on, but directly mentioned the things to be done, which is really her style.

Yuan Youqi secretly felt that it was funny, and felt that it was quite unusual for him to tolerate Yuan Junshu's upright temper like this, and he felt a little complacent: If it wasn't for my tolerance and magnanimity, then with Jun Shu's upright temper, Are you afraid you won't be able to survive in court?

However, Yuan Youqi didn't show the slightest bit on his face.Her eyes turned to the things Yuan Junshu presented: "What is this?"

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the female candidate Guan Jin who passed the palace examination that day?" Yuan Junshu said, "It was the one who accidentally broke the inkstone and splashed His Majesty's robe and boots, and was later pardoned by His Majesty. "

Her words clearly meant to speak for Guan Jin, how could Yuan Youqi not hear it?But there is a little bit of Yuan Youqi, which Yuan Youqi didn't expect before——

"Three days ago, the palace examination in Xuanhua Palace spread so quickly?" Yuan Youqi said playfully.

Yuan Junshu smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said in a non-trivial way: "Your Majesty is wise and wise, and I must have imagined that your words and deeds can easily be spread by the people below."

"Oh! Unexpectedly, my words and deeds are so praised by all the officials and people!" Yuan Youqi smiled, pointing to the piece of paper presented by Yuan Junshu, "If you want to do this thing, you can do it with that Is it related to Miss Guan?"

"It was the letter of love written by Miss Guan. She went to the minister's mansion after dusk yesterday and presented the book to the minister. The minister must listen to it. After reading it last night, the minister felt that the matter was not simple, so today he is in a hurry. Hurry up to see His Majesty!" Yuan Junshu replied.

"A love letter?" Yuan Youqi looked at the paper curiously, but did not rush to open it.

"What's important for her to show me in such a hurry?" Yuan Youqi looked at Yuan Junshu again.

The emperor didn't ask the question, but Yuanjun Shuxin was transparent inside, so he answered first: "I used to be the chief examiner of the general examination, and she can be regarded as Guan Jin's teacher. She has no background and no foundation. Although the family is small and has a small income, it is really nothing in Beijing. Even the room and board during the exam period can be saved. She is short of money, and renting a house in Beijing is expensive, so she rented a small courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing , and there is only one old servant to take care of him."

You know it well!Yuan Youqi raised his eyebrows.

"In this way, she is considered a poor student?" Yuan Youqi said.

"Yes! You can be regarded as a humble family," Yuan Jun Shu paused and said again, "The young girl's family is away from home, and she is here to catch up with the exam. As her teacher, I want to help out if I can. .”

Yuan Youqi couldn't help laughing secretly when he heard this.As a niece of her cousin, her temperament of sympathizing with women is quite true to her.

Although the child's temperament is upright and upright, which is obviously different from him, Yuan Youqi is quite excited to be able to see a little shadow of himself in the heir he is optimistic about.Although, if Mochi finds out about the so-called "similarity" she thinks, she might just laugh at her childishness.

Seeing that Yuan Youqi listened to his words, Yuan Junshu showed approval on his face, he just thought that Yuan Youqi recognized Guan Jin's life experience as worthy of pity, he felt relieved immediately, and then said the most important thing.

"Guan Jin's ancestors used to be famous, but when it came to her grandfather's generation, the family fell into disrepair. In the past, her great-grandfather and the Ding family got quite close, and they made an appointment to become relatives..."

Yuan Junshu said, and looked at Yuan Youqi's expression worriedly.

Yuan Youqi's expression remained the same, and Yuan Junshu boldly continued: "...Not long after, Guan Jin's grandmother gave birth to her aunt, and her great-grandfather insisted on telling his granddaughter to the infant Ding Mian. For a wife..."

"Ding Mian?" Yuan Youqi interrupted her abruptly, "Ding Mian from the direct branch of the Ding family?"

"Yes!" Yuan Junshu said bluntly, "It is the former head of the Ministry of War, the one who was put into prison by His Majesty not long ago."

"Ding Mian is her uncle?" Yuan Youqi's face turned cold.

Ding Mian is a direct branch of the Ding family. A few days ago, Yuan Youqi was imprisoned for corruption and dereliction of duty.However, his crimes were confirmed. According to the laws of the Great Wei, he could not escape exile if he did not die.

Not only that, the Ding family used Ding Feng as the patriarch, and Ding Mian and Ding Feng were inseparable, so this Guan Jin...

Yuan Youqi couldn't help but become alert.

Her original plan was to select young women with both ability and political integrity to enrich the officialdom of the Great Wei, and promote the status of the women in the Great Wei, to open a new trend of equality between men and women, but she unexpectedly chose a relative of Ding Feng to come up.what is this?To lure wolves into the house?

Yuan Youqi couldn't help but glanced at the stack of papers on the right side of the book case, his face became even more ugly.

Yuan Junshu knew that the emperor would be displeased when Guan Jin was related to the Ding family.Why didn't she doubt Guan Jin before?

According to ordinary people's understanding, Guan Jin's aunt married the Ding family, and married a direct descendant of the Ding family. Anyone would believe that the interests of the Guan family and the Ding family were related. The misdeeds of corruption and dereliction of duty are inseparable from Guan Jin's aunt.However, that's really not the case.

"Speaking of which, Guan Jin's aunt is also a poor person..." Yuan Junshu saw that Yuan Youqi didn't intend to read the letter, so he could only introduce himself.

"Guan married Ding Mian at the age of 17. At that time, the Guan family was already in decline. Ding Mian had just entered the official position, and the Ding family was full of rich and noble eyes. How could he accept a woman from a poor family like Guan as his wife?" Yuan Junshu continued, "Ding Mian originally wanted to withdraw from this marriage, but his mother refused to agree and insisted on asking him to marry the Guan family as promised by his deceased father. Ding Mian was unable to do so in the end, so he had no choice but to obey."

Yuan Youqi listened intently, thoughtfully, and casually opened Guan Jin's love letter.

The emperor was finally willing to read the letter of love in person. Yuan Junshu rejoiced for Guan Jin, and the narration became more exciting, and he said: "After the Guan family entered the door, Ding Mian didn't see him. Although he was in the royal family, in fact Life was worse than that of a dowry girl. Two years later, Ding Mian's mother passed away. Since then, Ding Mian has no scruples. As soon as he was out of the filial piety period, he married five concubines one after another. Within three years, he gave birth to a concubine. Three daughters and two sons, but none of them came from the Guan family."

"The Guan family has no status in the Ding family. The servants who favor the concubine can bully her at will, but she dare not say anything. She can only hide in her room and cry quietly. Even the Guan family came No visits are allowed. There was only one time when Ding Mian came across a poem written by Guan Jin by chance and was quite surprised, so he had a few more words with Guan."

Yuan Youqi had already unfolded the love letter in his hand, glanced at it for a while, heard this, and interjected: "So, Guan Jin is talented?"

"Yes! I don't know if Your Majesty has seen Guan Jin's article. When I was the chief examiner of the examination, I read it. The writing is concise and concise, and the exposition is sharp and crisp. It is definitely not comparable to those articles that are flashy and extravagant but have nothing to say!" When it comes to Guan Jin's article, Yuan Junshu is very interested.

When Yuan Youqi heard the words, the corners of her mouth curled up, as if to approve, but she said: "I have seen her appearance in the palace examination, and I am surprised that if she has no ghosts in her heart, why would she be so nervous when she sees me?" Like that?"

"Your Majesty's lesson! This is the key point!" Yuan Junshu said, "When Guan Jin entered Beijing to take part in the general examination, it was just when Ding Mian was imprisoned by His Majesty. Because of her aunt's relationship, and because Ding Mian once Having praised her literary talent, Guan Jin was very nervous about it. Please think about it, Your Majesty, an ordinary minister would feel frightened and nervous when seeing His Majesty's beautiful face for the first time, not to mention that Guan Jin still has that thing in his heart?"

"Frightened and nervous? Does my appearance look so scary?" Yuan Youqi scoffed.

Yuan Junshu knew she was joking, so he couldn't help but smile.

"What you said is the whole content of this petition?" Yuan Youqi put away his teasing tone, and tapped the paper in front of him with his fingers.

Yuan Junshu's expression suddenly became serious because of her question: "What I said just now is exactly what Guan Jin found in my mansion yesterday and confided to him. I ordered her to write it down at that time, and Allow her the opportunity to present it to His Majesty."

"Guan Jin's original words said that she was aware of the complexity of her situation. Even though her aunt had never been treated kindly by the Ding family, she was still Ding Mian's legal wife. With such a relationship, whether she is eligible for the examination is yet to be determined. Two things. She begged the minister to present this book to His Majesty, and please His Majesty consider it. If she is really not qualified to take the exam according to the national law, she has no complaints." Yuan Junshu said again.

"Oh! She threw this hot potato to me!" Yuan Youqi snorted.

Yuan Junshu could only apologize awkwardly, and continued: "In addition to what was said in the love letter, Guan Jin has one more important matter, and the minister will play it together."

"What's the matter?"

"Just yesterday morning, a man in his fifties and two entourages went to Guan Jin's rented house in the suburbs of Beijing. They called their surname 'Wei' and said they were old friends with her uncle Ding Mian, and said If she is willing to stand out, her uncle's wronged prison can help." Yuan Junshu replied.

"Unjust Prison!" Yuan Youqi's eyes stood up sharply, and his voice also raised his voice, "It has been verified that he embezzled [-] military salaries and cut corners on military equipment, and there are still others who have not been verified. They dare to say 'unjust prison'!"

"Your Majesty, calm down!" Yuan Jun said hurriedly, "These are the man's original words, not from Guan Jin's mouth."

"You protect her in every possible way?" Yuan Youqi looked at Yuan Junshu.

Yuan Junshu's face suddenly showed uneasiness.

Yuan Youqi didn't delve too deeply into it, and said leisurely: "Then, come and tell me, what is the origin of this man in his fifties?"

This question is not difficult to answer, and Yuan Junshu has long been aware of the emperor's tendency, so he didn't shy away from it, and answered bluntly: "I think that this man is probably from the Duke of Wei's mansion in eight or nine out of ten."

Seeing Yuan Youqi looking at her with raised eyebrows, Yuan Jun paused for a moment, and said again: "As for what they are doing and what they are planning, I don't know if I am stupid."

You can speak, Yuan Youqi snorted, but his expression was gentle.

She took out a memorial from the right side of the book case, pushed it to Yuan Junshu, and still did not forget to tease: "Look, there is Miss Guan you miss!"

Yuan Junshu's outstretched hand trembled immediately, and his beautiful face immediately flushed.

She really didn't know how to respond to Yuan Youqi's teasing, so she had to bite the bullet and take the memorial, and found that it was a joint memorial made by eight ministers who read the papers in the women's palace examination, which mentioned [-] women they recognized and circled The list of imperial examination candidates for the emperor to choose.

Among them, the first one is Guan Jin.

Yuan Junshu couldn't help looking back twice, the second name was Zhou Leshi, and the third name was Ran Heng.

Seeing Zhou Leshi's name, Yuan Junshu couldn't help but stiffen.

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