Royal rice bug, worm worm!

Wei Yu retreated to advance in order to let the family members relax their vigilance and choose a person who would not be strongly opposed by the other party and who also met the expectations of the sage.

Li Xi has her own thoughts.

Retreat to advance, all right.

Take the overall situation into consideration, all right.

That doesn't mean he can't take two extra steps, does it?

Since Princess Jinyang dared to use brother Yun's family letter for surgery, and since Zheng Quan valued power more than the relationship between teachers and students, King Xiaofu didn't mind stabbing the knife back and making them cry bitterly and regret it!

When Chai Yang saw the second prince, he had mixed feelings in his heart.

He and the second prince are cousins, and he has been taught since childhood to assist the second prince, revitalize the Chai family, and fulfill the last wishes of his father and uncle.

For more than 20 years, he has never questioned that strong and powerful grandmother, and he has never doubted that this road will not work.

However, at this moment, the second prince personally told him that he had no intention of competing for the crown prince, and he also told Li Xi that he would give the Chai family another chance to choose.

Like 20 years ago, choose a road to go to the dark, and in the end almost kill all the people, or follow the trend of the times, abandon the dark and turn to the bright.

——The word "abandon darkness and turn to light" was specially added by the second prince, and he just said it with a smile, as if joking.

Chai Yang is even worse.

This thing is not even a joke.

This is related to the fate of the Chai family.

If he chooses "abandon the dark and turn to the bright", it means that he will completely stand on the opposite side of his grandmother.

After the second prince left, Chai Yang stood on the school field and didn't move for a long time.

Here, it bears his sweat, pain and ambition for more than 20 years. In the past [-] years, he has worked hard day and night and dare not slack off in the slightest. Whenever he is a little lazy, his grandmother will punish him ten times and a hundred times.

Chai Lanlan came out from behind the tree and said softly: "Brother, don't choose for the Chai family, choose for yourself! Ask your heart, what do you want, and plan for yourself once."

Chai Yang felt a lump in his throat: "How can you ignore the Chai family?"

"Why do you want to take care of the Chai family? Has the Chai family cared about you? Has grandma considered your feelings? Over the years, you are just a tool for her to accomplish her goals. What is the difference between you and a knife or a sword?"

Chai Yang sneered, sourness flashed in his eyes.

Why didn't he know what his sister said?

However, he is the grandson of his grandmother and the future pillar of the Chai family. He has no choice but to follow the path planned by his grandmother.

Chai Lanlan's eyes turned red, "If I were a man, brother wouldn't have to work so hard."

Chai Yang straightened the pearl hairpin on her head, and said with a smile: "Although my sister is not a man, she is smarter and better than many men. Even the gentleman of Quan Chang'an sighs that she is not as good as her. People dare to marry."

Chai Lanlan snorted and laughed.

After laughing, he said in a hoarse voice, "Brother, no matter which side you stand on, I will stand by you."

Chai Yang pursed his lips, looked at the plum blossom piles on the school field, and his expression became firm, "This time I'm not standing in line, it's just for the word 'reasonable'."

Whether public or private, he can't just watch Wei Yu being wronged.

in the hall.

The two factions were at odds with each other, and Li Hong was so angry that he didn't choose anyone, but accidentally chose the person recommended by Guozi Jijiu - Gu Zhi.

Gu Zhi was originally the minister of the Taifu Temple. He came from a poor family, but he was once used by Dou Qu. He was thrown away by Li Xi to the Taixue because of the empress's phoenix chariot.

For a moment, the two factions were uncertain whether he belonged to the common clan faction, or was he a vassal of a powerful family?

When Gu Zhi received the imperial edict, he was both calm and surprised.

What a "retreat to advance"!

Wei Yu gave up on himself, let the faction of the clan relax their vigilance, and finally let him get this opportunity.In this way, the place of the eighth deputy examiner still fell on the head of the "poor family".

The moment Wei Yu was imprisoned in Dali Temple, Gu Zhi expected that he would make this move, but he did not expect that he would choose himself.

He didn't expect that Wei Yu would trust him.

Gu Zhi cleaned himself up, changed his clothes, put the imperial decree on the incense table, went to the clean room, and kowtowed three times in front of his mother's memorial tablet.

He will never forget that he came from a poor family.

It was his mother who gave him stitches and stitches to study.

He will not let Wei Yu down again.

If he regards him as a mentor, then he will act like a mentor.

For the poor, a war.

Luoyang Palace.

Princess Jinyang is ordering someone to pack her luggage.

The confidant said worriedly: "Master, can we really go back to Chang'an? If the imperial decree has not come, we are in such a hurry to clean up. If we fail to return, wouldn't it make people laugh?"

"Can't you come back?" Princess Jinyang took a sip of tea slowly, "Are you doubting my ability?"

Mammy bowed, and said cowardly: "This old slave deserves to die! This old slave just thinks that Wei Shaoqing may not sit still..."

Princess Jinyang smiled proudly, "It's for him to protect himself. If he wasn't busy saving himself, how could the deputy examiner's place fall to Dou Ming's head?"

Mammy frowned, "The news hasn't come yet, this old slave is really not at ease. Although Wei Shaoqing is locked up, there is still that little King Fu, who can make trouble."

"Okay, great thing, why are you so frustrated?"

The eldest princess of Jinyang put the teacup away, "What else can Li Xi do other than toss around? Without his father's protection, without Wei's advice to him, he is nothing!"

"Master, there's news from Chang'an!" The confidant came in a hurry, with a somewhat unnatural expression on his face.

Princess Jinyang frowned, "Why such an expression? Could it be Dou Ming?"

His hands poked his head down and shook his head.

Princess Jinyang slapped the table, "Quickly, who did Li Hong choose?"

"It's...the former Minister of Taifu Temple, now the doctor of Taixue, Gu Zhi."

As if he was afraid that Princess Jinyang would be angry, his subordinates hurriedly said: "Although Gu Zhi came from a poor family, he is a vassal of the Dou family. It's just thinking of this level, so I didn't stop."

Princess Jinyang shook her head, "No..."

It won't be that simple.

She didn't like the feeling that things were going out of control.

"Clean up quickly, and return to Chang'an today!"

"Grandma, you don't have to go back to Chang'an. My grandson will escort you to Sanyuan." Chai Yang stepped into the gate of the palace, wearing the armor of the Jinwu Guard, and holding a sacred order in his hand.

Princess Jinyang's complexion changed, "Why are you here? Why are you going to Sanyuan?"

Chai Yang opened the imperial decree and read: "The sage's decree, according to Jin Wu Ying Yang Lang, will escort Chai Yang to Sanyuan, the eldest princess of Jinyang, to guard the mausoleum of the first emperor. Without an edict, he will not be allowed to enter the capital. If he violates the order...beheaded."

"absurd!"

"I am the younger sister of the first emperor, the hero of the founding of the country, and the only eldest princess of the Daye Dynasty. He is a bastard with Turkic blood. How dare he kill me?"

"Grandmother be careful."

"The 'bastard' you are talking about is the son of the first emperor, a sage of the Daye Dynasty, and the dignified king of a country."

From childhood to adulthood, this majestic and powerful grandmother was like an insurmountable mountain in Chai Yang's heart.

Today, for the first time, he straightened his back and looked directly at her, and suddenly found that she was not as tall and wise as he imagined, but just a stubborn, forceful, and confused old man.

Chai Yang bowed his knees and saluted as a sergeant, "Go to Sanyuan, grandma, my grandson will accompany you. As long as you stay there, my grandson will stay with you."

Princess Jinyang waved her sleeves violently, and said angrily, "What are you doing there? Stay in Chang'an honestly, and you will have your own future!"

Chai Yang raised his head and met her angry eyes, "If this future is obtained by entrapping Zhongliang, my grandson would rather not have it."

"Naive! Since ancient times, how can we be loyal and traitorous in party disputes? Do you think that Wei Xiaozi's hands are clean? Could it be that in your heart, he is loyal and good, and I am a traitor?"

Chai Yang said: "I don't know if Shuyun's hands are clean, but I'm sure that everything he does is for the people and for the great cause. What about grandma? You want to keep the power in your hands, and for the family. A series of control over the great cause, actually designed to harm him..."

"Stupid!" Princess Jinyang became furious and slapped him on the face, "The teachings I have given you all these years have gone to the stomach of a dog!"

Chai Yang tilted his head, closed his eyes, then straightened his body, took a step back, waved his hand, and said, "Come here, help Princess Jinyang into the carriage."

"Here." The captains on the left and right stepped forward in unison, and lifted Princess Jinyang straight out of the door.

Princess Jinyang was furious and scolded Chai Yang for being unworthy.

Her people wanted to step forward, but were surrounded by the Jinwu guards.

With a sullen face, Chai Yang glanced around, and said in a calm but majestic tone: "If you are still loyal to the Chai family, then you will be honest."

All the hands looked at each other, but if the leader of the team today was replaced by another person, they would fight to the death. However, it was Chai Yang, what's the matter?

How many years will Princess Jinyang live?

Everything in the Chai family, the people in the hands of Princess Jinyang, must not be handed over to him sooner or later?

With such a hesitation, Princess Jinyang was stuffed into the carriage.

Before she could struggle, the windows and doors were nailed shut.The hairpin on her head, the gold ornaments on her body, and everything that might hurt others or herself were searched.

Let her be a soldier for half her life and kill countless enemies. In the end, even two young and strong soldiers couldn't resist.

After all is old.

She didn't know that Chai Yang had another imperial decree in his hand——

"If Princess Jinyang resists the edict and does not obey it, she will be punished as treason."

The [-] Anding Army was guarding outside the palace at this time, led by Li Xianzhi, the head of Shouan County, and the second prince who insisted on going his own way and "assisting" Princess Jinyang.

……

Chang'an City.

Wei Yu's case is over.

Chai Lanlan asked for the Black Bat Order from the sage, and used the power secretly cultivated by Princess Jinyang to find out the person who was used by Princess Jinyang to frame Wei Yu.

In short, the hound caught the dog's leg.

All those who participated in the frame-up of Wei Yu, including the stewards, servants, and merchants of the dental office, were all put in shackles, strung together in a string, and paraded through the streets.

Just when the common people were puzzled, the newsboys of Chang'an Bookstore held up the new issue of tabloids and peddled them all over the street.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers!"

"Wei Shaoqing was wronged and imprisoned, Xiaofu Wang Zhiyong fights the traitor!"

The common people paid for it one after another.

It doesn't matter if you can't read or write, there are comics, you can understand them at a glance.

The organizer of "Chang'an Tabloid" is still unknown, but he is very courageous and well-informed, and has written the ins and outs of the case clearly.

Now, Quan Chang'an knew that Princess Jinyang set up a poisonous plan to interfere in the imperial examination, slandering Wei Shaoqing, and several powerful families in the capital also participated.

What bad thoughts could Wei Shaoqing have?

He just wants to run a good school, so that children from poor families can study for free, so that students from poor families have equal opportunities to get in!

The imperial examination, the world and other major events are a bit far away for the common people. They only know that Wei Shaoqing is a good person, and those who harm Wei Shaoqing are bad people.

All of a sudden, Princess Jinyang and several family leaders were scolded miserably, especially the latter, who had no face to go out for most of the month.

The evidence and witnesses that Chai Lanlan found out with her own hands could not be more authentic, and no matter how the powerful faction operated, they could not deny it.

The censor doctor "voluntarily" resigned from office, and Cui Yuan, the censor Zhongcheng, took his place temporarily.

Zheng Quan, Minister of Dali Temple, was demoted and transferred.

His son Zheng Ren, the prime minister of Luoyang County, was dismissed for investigation because of his involvement in the ink corruption case.

At the same time, a series of officials from Dali Temple, Jingzhao Mansion, and Luoyang County Government were sacked one after another. Li Hong immediately replaced his own people without delay.

It was rare for Li Xi to be positive once, even playing tricks and acting like a baby, supporting a few poor officials that Wei Yu helped him choose.

Xiao Zirui signed the documents indiscriminately, cheated Wei Yu, kept his official position, fined his salary for three months, and couldn't even think about promotion within three years.

——If it wasn't for Li Yunluo's face, the protective little King Fu would have made him a fifth-rank official for the rest of his life.

Wei Yu received the imperial decree in the cell.

The person who announced the decree was Li Xi: "The case has been clarified. Wei Yu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, was released without charge. He temporarily acts as the minister of Dali Temple. His rank remains the same, and the official salary, food and salary are distributed according to the third rank..."

In fact, it is a promotion.

From the second in command of Dali Temple to the first in command.

The reason why the official position is not promoted for the time being is because he is too young and has insufficient qualifications, and he needs to grind for a few more years.

When Wei Yu left the cell, there was a circle of people around the door——

Chai Yang, Chai Lanlan, Xiao Zirui, and Li Yunluo are all here, as well as the students he taught in the academy and sponsored by the Taixue.

Chai Yang patted Wei Yu on the shoulder, and Wei Yu nodded at him, saying nothing.

"Wait, wait a minute!"

Li Mujin and He Lanpu were holding a large wooden basin together, while Cui Lanxin and Wang Rongrong were holding a large handful of wormwood.

"Go away the bad luck."

The little ladies were busy, grabbed the wormwood and soaked it in the basin, brought out crystal water drops, and sprinkled them on Wei Yu's body.

Wei Yu stood there with a smile on his face.

Suddenly, a second edict came.

The eunuch who proclaimed the decree was the chief eunuch of the Taiji Hall, Jiang De'an: "The sage has a decree to promote Wei Yu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the minister of Dali Temple, to be the invigilator of the Ministry of Rites..."

Everyone was stunned.

I thought it would be great if Wei Yu could clear the suspicion smoothly, but I didn't expect such a surprise!

Wei Yu turned his head and looked at Li Xi.

Li Xi didn't look surprised at all, on the contrary, he smiled and asked for credit.Yep, that was his idea.

In the imperial examination, there is not only one chief examiner, eight assistant examiners, but also an invigilator. All of them are fighting for the place of the assistant examiner, but they forget that the invigilator is much more useful than the assistant examiner. After all, this The quota represents the Li clan.

"No, isn't the invigilator always selected by Zongzheng Temple? Wei Shaoqing is not Zong—"

Halfway through, he suddenly reacted.

Who said he wasn't a clan member?She is the future Princess Fu!

Someone said weakly: "Have you not passed the door yet? Can Zongzheng Temple agree?"

Just as Li Xi was about to speak, the second prince cleared his throat and took out the third edict.

"Wei's son Yu, virtuous and virtuous, beautiful and intelligent, is specially matched to be the concubine of Fu Wang, and will get married in August of the next year..."

——"virtuous and virtuous, beautiful and wise" or something, it is full of the resentment and malice of an old father.

A nondescript and nondescript marriage decree stunned everyone.

Including Li Xi.

Get married in August?

He... and Brother Shuyun?