Funing Hall

The city of Tokyo in autumn is like this, ushering in the busiest time of the year.

Because there are many more candidates, there are even more people in the city than during the Chinese New Year.After the end of autumn, it was His Majesty's birthday. Two big happy events were strung together. Even the little ladies in the city who sold dried osmanthus with baskets were dressed much more festively than usual.

Kaifeng is so lively, but Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia, is a little deserted.

For no other reason, their majesty fell ill in bed again.

Li Liangcheng came out of Li Mingchun's bedroom with a sad expression on his face. When he was walking outside the palace, he met the eldest prince who came in.Li Liangcheng saluted immediately: "Brother."

"Third brother, have you seen the father?" The eldest prince stretched out his hand to support him, and seeing his sad face, he couldn't help sighing, "The father has not been able to eat well these days, I am really worried "The eldest prince doesn't have much brains, he doesn't know Li Liangcheng's nature, Li Liangcheng will always flatter him.When he imprisoned his brothers before, Li Liangcheng was obedient, not like other brothers, who would fight him with a knife.

Li Liangcheng nodded, and said in a low voice: "Father can't even pronounce my name." He raised his head and looked at the eldest prince relyingly, "Brother, will Father forget us?" After saying that, his eye circles turned red.

The eldest prince was born strong and strong. Hearing this, seeing this, his eyes couldn't help turning red. He stretched out his arms to embrace Li Liangcheng, squeezed them hard, and said seriously: "Royal father may not be able to speak, but he will never forget our brothers. of!"

Li Liangcheng nodded along, and the two brothers talked for a long time before Li Liangcheng took his leave.

The eldest prince said again: "Don't worry, third brother, elder brother will take good care of you in the future, you are different from other brothers."

Li Liangcheng was touched and said: "Your Majesty used to take care of my mother and concubine, and my elder brother treated me like this. I really, really..." As he spoke, the circles of his eyes turned red again.

The eldest prince took a deep breath, hugged him hard, and then turned around and went in.

Li Liangcheng walked out of the palace slowly and sadly. Everyone saw his appearance and said in their hearts: Except for the eldest prince, among so many princes, only the third prince is really worried about His Majesty's health.

No one knew, he turned cold as soon as he got into the carriage.

When he arrived at his home, his confidants who came back from Kaifeng came to see him, and he asked coldly, "What did Zhao Shiqi say?"

"Zhao Shiqi said that the emperor of the Song Dynasty is no different."

"How much truth do you think he said?"

"This subordinate thinks it is probably [-]%. Furthermore, he has no reason to deceive you? You are looking forward to His Majesty's death, but he doesn't? He also said that he will continue to speak well of you in front of the Emperor Song. Furthermore, Lin When he returned, he sent someone to give gold to his subordinates."

Li Liangcheng nodded, accepting Zhao Shiqi's affection, but then sneered: "Brother is becoming more and more rampant, but father is declining day by day, I am afraid that father will not even have time to carry out the will, it seems meaningless to please father."

"what do you mean?"

"Everyone is ready to move, so naturally I can't sit still. If it comes to a critical moment, I'm afraid I will use extraordinary means."

The confidant's face turned cold, and he promised: "All the subordinates will listen to you!"

"Get ready."

While the undercurrent was surging in Xingqing Mansion, the autumn in Tokyo city had officially begun. Zhao Shiqi was not an examiner, but he had been involved in it all the time.During the few days of the exam, like the examiner, he had to go to the ritual courtyard every day.The scientific examination period is very busy, the number of people must be confirmed before the examination, and cheating must be strictly prevented in the examination. If someone faints, they must be treated immediately so that no one is killed. This task is not easy at all.

Zhao Shiqi didn't even have time to go back to the palace, so he simply lived at home outside the palace, but he also left early and returned late, and even stayed in the ritual courtyard for a few days before returning.

Although Zhao Cong said he felt sorry for him, he didn't treat him specially.He should be so serious in doing things, but he sent people to watch Zhao Shiqi outside the palace from time to time.

The imperial examination was not unique to the Song Dynasty, it existed long ago, but earlier it was just a formality.It wasn't until the previous dynasty that the nobles were greatly weakened that the imperial examinations really stood up.From the previous dynasty to the present, the imperial examinations have gone through several developments and have been gradually improved every three years.

While the imperial examinations are being perfected, the students are also adapting.

But no matter how perfect the imperial examination was, no matter how strict the supervision was, it still couldn't stop people from cheating.

When entering the examination room, the pens and inks carried by the students have been strictly checked, but there are always those clever ones who slip through the net.No, another student was caught cheating today, and he hid the note in the brush tube.To say that this is not a novel cheating method, when entering the examination room, someone checks each person's pen, but what is clever about him is that there is a small jade circle between the pen barrel and the nib.

During the inspection, the guards dragged him back and forth for a long time, but he didn't find it loose. He thought it was a new fashion for rich people, so he let him in.

In fact, his jade ring can be removed, but with skill, the small note is hidden in the jade ring.He escaped the inspection at the entrance of the examination room, but he did not escape the patrol inside the examination room after all. After the incident, he was dragged out.

When the guards arrested him, they always wanted to question him. This student was caught cheating, and he was stimulated. When asked why he cheated like this, can someone teach him?He said foolishly that His Majesty was assassinated a few days ago, and he was influenced by that assassin before thinking of writing a fuss.

Is this still available?

Can you say such a thing?

The examiners immediately decided to severely punish this person, and wanted to immediately enter the palace to tell His Majesty.

It was late at night, Zhao Shiqi was not there, resting at home, but someone reported the news to his house.When Zhao Shiqi heard about this, he got up quickly, washed his face with cold water, and rushed to the examination room after waking up.

Everyone was discussing to report to the palace, but after Zhao Shiqi arrived, they were not allowed to report.

When he was stabbed that time, Zhao Cong worried about his injuries for a long time.Many times, Zhao Cong would touch his back unknowingly in his dreams, and his brows would be wrinkled when he touched it.

Why bother to talk about this kind of thing, instead Zhao Cong thought about the situation at that time.Zhao Shiqi heard what Rantao said, His Majesty was so frightened that he lost his mind, Zhao Shiqi immediately said: "After the exam is over, those who cheated will report to the report together. Don't tell Your Majesty these nonsense."

"Yes." He spoke, but the others did not dare to respond, and immediately pulled the cheating student down and locked him up.

After six days of the exam, four students who cheated were caught and locked up together in the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion.

When the ceremonial officer went to report to His Majesty, he did not tell His Majesty what the student who cheated with the brush had said, so Zhao Cong punished these students as usual.

Afterwards, according to the routine, the scribes copied the examination papers of each person, and then the special examiners marked the papers.

Zhao Shiqi didn't participate in marking the papers, but he still wanted to keep watching in the ceremony courtyard.Zhao Cong knew that he had been busy for many days and had not had a good rest for a long time.He endured it for many days, he didn't want to make it too obvious, after all he felt distressed, so he sent someone to bring him a lot of soup, and the examiners would have a share.

Most of the people happily took the soup and drank it together.

But there are always people who feel dissatisfied. They have worked so hard, and in the end, I am afraid that His Majesty will only remember the Eleven Lord.

While the ceremony officials were busy grading papers, and all kinds of thoughts arose in their hearts, Yi Yu was sitting in the carriage, hesitating whether to get down or not.

This has been planned long ago. Instead of sitting and waiting, it is better to stand up and move more.

The carriage was parked in the alley on the side of the Princess Mansion at this time, and he really didn't have the patience to wait until today. He had already thought about going to the Princess Mansion, but he still hesitated.

He didn't know whether he should confront Zhao Shiqi head-on.

But if he misses this opportunity, he is afraid that he will really become a son-in-law.

just princess-

Apart from being afraid of His Majesty because of imperial power and admiration in his heart, Yi Yu has never really been afraid of others.Until Zhao Zongning brought him back to the Princess Mansion on the street last time, he could never forget the feeling of powerlessness at that time.He is obviously a man, but he has no ability to resist a woman. He is so tired, but he can only follow the princess back to the princess mansion.

Princess Baoning has always acted irregularly, such a person is truly dreadful.

Yi Yu thought for a long time, finally sighed, and said to the coachman, "Go back."

He felt that he still had to be cautious.

The driver didn't ask any more questions, and drove the car away from the princess mansion.

Their car went around the alley, turned and drove towards the north of the city, and two masters and servants walked towards them.

It's just that Yi Yu was in the car and didn't see it, and the driver didn't care too much.

Sun Zhuyun turned around curiously, and seeing the carriage going away, he said: "It's rare to see someone passing by here."

The alley is close to the princess mansion, and ordinary people dare not come here easily.

There are no servants in the Princess Mansion who are not smart, I'm afraid there is no one who is the smartest. Hearing what Sun Zhuyun said, the servant behind him immediately said: "Mr.

"Go ahead."

"These books..."

The two of them went out to buy books.Zhao Zongning likes to read some strange stories, and Sun Zhuyun also likes to read, so he would go to the bookstore every few days.Sun Zhuyun took the book from the servant's hand: "I've arrived at the mansion, let me take it."

"Alright! Mr. Hurry up and go back, I'll go right away!"

"Ah."

The boy turned around and chased the carriage along the corner.

Sun Zhuyun took a few more glances before turning around and entering the palace from the west gate of the Princess Mansion.He reached out and touched the topmost book, it was a new one, he felt that the princess would love it very much, so he couldn't help showing a smile.

When Yi Yu was not the number one scholar, he could observe that Xiao Tang had been to the then princess's mansion before making friends with him.The reason why he climbed up to Xiao Tang was because he often had tea and wine with Xiao Tang.He has always been very good at this, and now there are many candidates in the city.He left the Princess Mansion, and did not go to other places, but went to the teahouse where the disciples often go.

After ordering tea and snacks, he picked a seat and listened to others' conversations.

At this time, the students can talk about nothing more than those words.

Yi Yu chose this seat for a purpose, there were three people at the table behind him, but they all wore extraordinary clothes.Sure enough, these people did not disappoint Yi Yu. They were all officials, and one of their fathers was still in the Ministry of Rites.At this moment, they were talking in low voices——

"That person really said that?"

"No."

"Even His Majesty dares to get involved, and he is not afraid of losing his head."

"Your Majesty is not as scary as you said. I have seen Your Majesty once. That time His Majesty rewarded my father and asked my father to take me into the palace. Your Majesty is very lenient!"

"Then does His Majesty know about this?"

"I don't know, Mr. Eleven is not allowed to tell His Majesty, and I will tell you in private, so don't say it."

Yi Yu cheered up, poured a cup of tea, and listened more carefully, suddenly a plan came to his mind.