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On the day the Wenxuan Hall started, Jiang Zhao went there in person.

She picked and picked in the clan, and gathered 19 people in total, plus Jiang Han, it was exactly [-] people.

Among the 20 people, Jiang Han was still the youngest. Jiang Zhao pointed out that the older girl sat beside her and could take care of her more while studying.

Jiang Zhao asked her name, and the little girl was Jiang Yao, the great-granddaughter of the old virtuous king Jiang Mao, who had just turned ten years old not long ago.

She has a calm demeanor that doesn't match her age, and she is more stable than Jiang Han, who is squirming and sitting unsteadily. Facing Jiang Zhao's questions, she is calm and calm in her answers state.

Jiang Yao was able to answer a few poems and essays in the test. Jiang Zhao was very satisfied with her, pointed to Jiang Han and said, "An Le is dull, young and active. You will take her to study more in the future."

Jiang Yao slightly nodded in agreement, turned to glance at Jiang Han next to her, and defended her: "My daughter was very active when she was young, this is a child's nature, it will be fine when she grows up, Your Majesty should not be too harsh on the princess. Harsh."

"How old are you, but you are old-fashioned when you talk." Jiang Zhao smiled, reached out and touched the top of her head, "Uncle is an old naughty boy, doesn't he usually take you to play? Cultivate such a personality."

Jiang Yaodao: "Great-grandfather said that Your Majesty will win the throne at a young age. Although she is a daughter, her ability to govern the world is not weaker than that of the previous emperor. She is a model for our generation to learn from, and my ministers take it as self-encouragement."

"You have great ambitions." Jiang Zhao didn't expect to get such an answer, and was quite surprised.

"Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty." Jiang Yao said neither humble nor overbearing, and said very calmly: "I am not ambitious, but just want to prove that I am not inferior to men, and that I can also have the ambition to plead for the people."

Jiang Zhao looked thoughtfully, looked at Jiang Han, then at Jiang Yao, and suddenly asked: "I ask you, you answer truthfully, if you are allowed to be the emperor, do you think you can do well?"

As soon as this remark came out, Jiang Yao, who was still talking eloquently just now, was obviously a little stunned. She glanced at Jiang Zhao carefully, and saw that her eyes were calm and did not seem to be probing, so she said truthfully: "My daughter is not like this." willing."

Was it a child after all, was confused by Jiang Zhao's sudden question, Jiang Yao seemed a little shy at this time, felt some fear belatedly, and also regretted his impulsiveness.

She has been different from other children in the family since she was very young. She is reticent and good at learning. When she was three years old, she would take the initiative to look for books to read.

The lineage of Xian Wang is lazy by nature, and suddenly there is a seedling who loves to read. Jiang Mao thinks it is very rare, so he pays close attention to her, and when she is older, he still raises her by his side for two years.

After the empress ascended the throne, Jiang Mao looked at his nerd and sighed a little.

He is old and has no worries and disasters all his life. He knows how to judge the situation best and is the most open-minded.

Regarding Jiang Zhao's ascension to the throne, there were criticisms in the clan at first, and Jiang Mao was specifically sought out, hoping that he would take the lead in opposing it.

But Jiang Mao didn't care at all whether the emperor was a man or a woman. He only knew that the sword in Lu Cangyu's hand was terrifying, so he rejected the clan's request for help very simply, and became his Taiping Xianwang safely.

Later, Jiang Zhao succeeded in succeeding with the support of Lu Cangyu. Although she had a lot of opinions on the clan, she still had some respect for that old uncle who knew current affairs.

She also expressed to Jiang Mao openly and secretly that if there is someone available in Prince Xian's mansion, she can recommend it to her.

However, it's not that Jiang Mao doesn't want to expand the reputation and influence of Prince Xian's Mansion a little bit. Unfortunately, all his descendants follow him. They only know how to tease cats and dogs, drink and have fun, and have no knowledge of government affairs.

Not to mention being an official in the imperial court, as long as they don't cause trouble and lose the old face of the virtuous king, Jiang Mao will be thankful.

And with some sighs, he can only tell Jiang Yao, but it is a pity that the title of Yu is still passed on from male to female, at most he can give Jiang Yao the title of county lord, but he cannot let her take on the great responsibility of the Xian Wangfu .

But the speaker is not interested in the listener, the emperor Jiang Zhao has done pretty well in the past two years, and Jiang Mao often talked about her in front of Jiang Yao, with constant compliments and exclamations, which naturally moved Jiang Yao's mind .

But her mind is to prove that she can also carry the burden of the virtuous king's mansion as a daughter, can also be a minister of the humerus of His Majesty, and can also share the worries of the king and plead for the people.

Jiang Zhao chose her to study in the palace, and Jiang Yao knew that her chance had come. Before all her ideas could be realized, the first thing she had to do was not only to convince the virtuous king, but also to let His Majesty see her and recognize her.

But she didn't expect that His Majesty would ask her if she would like to be emperor.

Although Jiang Yao didn't see the temptation from Jiang Zhao's expression and eyes, she instinctively felt scared.

This is really a very sensitive topic.

But fortunately, Jiang Zhao did not mean to deliberately make things difficult. After hearing her answer, he waved her hand to let her sit down, and then said meaningfully: "Take good care of Anle, some things always have a long way to go."

Jiang Yao lowered his head, Wei Wei replied: "Yes."

After instructing Jiang Han a few more words, Jiang Zhao left the Wenxuan Hall and asked someone to summon the virtuous king Jiang Mao.

The two of them stayed in the imperial study for a long time. When King Xian left, his expression was in a daze and his steps were chaotic. In the end, Gao Sheng'an sent two eunuchs to help him out of the palace.

Jiang Zhao leaned on the back of the chair, casually flipping through a memorial, and suddenly felt a little boring.

She felt that she could arrange everything properly at any time, but Jiang Han was still too young. Even if she broke the Zhao family, took control of the court, persuaded her uncle, and blocked the clan's mouth, she couldn't leave immediately.

So when she realized that Jiang Yao was also a talent to be made, she even moved to let Jiang Han go back to Mizhou and make Jiang Yao the crown prince instead, so that she could abdicate at least ten years earlier.

It's just a pity that before she really tried Jiang Yao, the Xian Wang directly swore that if she wanted Jiang Yao to succeed him, he would burn down Xian Wang's mansion and ask everyone to plead guilty to Emperor Taizong.

Helpless, Jiang Zhao could only stop thinking about it.

The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she was, so she left the memorial and went back to Xihe Palace to find Xie Jin.

Although Jiang Han went to Wenxuan Hall to go to school, it didn't mean that Xie Jin was free.

It is impossible for Wenxuan Hall to have only Jiang Han as a student, and naturally it is impossible to have only Han Xuan as a teacher. Xie Jin is only recovering from her wounds now. After the wound is healed, she will also go to Wenxuan Hall to teach students.

When Jiang Zhao went back, Xie Jinzheng and Qingshi were sitting in the yard basking in the sun, the surrounding ground was covered with books, and the golden little raccoon slave was lying at Xie Jin's feet, stretching out his claws to hook her embroidered shoes from time to time .

"Your Majesty is back." Qing Shi also saw Jiang Zhao and greeted him.

Jiang Zhao raised his hand, indicating that she didn't have to get up, and walked over to touch Jindou's head. The little raccoon slave looked at her lazily, then lowered his head to fall asleep again.

Gao Shengan went to bring a chair for Jiang Zhao, and she sat next to Xie Jin, knowingly asked, "Where are the books?"

Xie Jin nodded, "Because the sun is good today, the books at the bottom of the box in your study are going to be moldy, so I discussed with my aunt to take them out to dry in the sun, is it okay?"

"What can this hinder?" Jiang Zhao smiled, and reached out to hook a strand of long hair scattered on her temples.

The sun is really good today, and there is no wind. It is a rare good weather since the beginning of autumn.

After Jiang Zhao came over, Qing Shi quickly found an excuse to leave, and Gao Sheng'an also stayed at a distance, leaving the two of them a space to get along alone.

Xie Jin had an open book upside down on her knees, her injured left arm lay flat on the armrest of the chair, and she rubbed the spine of the book with her right hand.

Neither of the two of them spoke again, and just sat there for a long while.

Until Jindou stood up and twisted his body, and called Xie Jin "meow", Xie Jin scratched its chin with his fingertips, the little raccoon slave made a comfortable purring sound, and turned his belly out for her to touch.

Jiang Zhao stared at it for a while, and recited a poem in a sour tone: "I don't envy the age of the mountains and rivers, but I envy the raccoon slaves around their fingertips."

Xie Jin raised his eyes to look at her, and said with a half smile but not a smile: "Does Your Majesty envy me, or Jindou?"

"I envy myself." Jiang Zhao tilted his head and leaned on her shoulder, squinting his eyes under the light of the sky, "I used to envy your family, even if it is thousands of miles away, you can still miss you for a long time .Later I envied Yuan Qi again, for being able to win your sincerity, and being able to talk about the future with you.

But now I only envy myself, because from the beginning to the end, you have given me what I want. "

Whether it is a family member or a lover, Xie Jin alone is enough.

She closed her eyes, and felt a cool hand gently touch her eyes, and Xie Jin's soft voice sounded beside her ears, "Love is not taught in books, but there is love in the world. From now on, Ah Zhao and I will also grow up For a long time."

The corners of Jiang Zhao's lips twitched slightly, he pressed her hand on his eyes, and asked, "Aren't you lying to me?"

Xie Jin thought about it carefully, squinted at the sun, and suddenly remembered what Jiang Zhao said to her in Huguo Temple.

She lowered her head, leaned close to Jiang Zhao's ear, and said word by word: "If you don't believe me, it's like the sun."

Jiang Zhao pulled down her hand, interlocked his fingers, a pair of bright peach blossom eyes shimmered, and said softly: "You'd better always remember what you said today, if you forget, I will punish you for bullying!" King's crime."

Xie Jin smiled, followed her and said, "Yes, my daughter remembered."

Jiang Zhao raised her hand to her lips and kissed twice, stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, refreshed and refreshed, I'll go back and continue critiquing papers, you take good care of your wounds, I'll send someone to go outside the palace I'll buy you Baiweixuan's sweet-scented osmanthus cake."

"Okay." Xie Jin softly responded, and laughed along with her.

Jiang Zhao called Gao Sheng'an and went back to the imperial study together, picked up those boring memorials again, and carefully reviewed them.

After a few books were approved, she suddenly stopped writing and waved to Gao Sheng'an.

"What's your majesty's order?" Gao Sheng'an hurried forward.

Putting his chin on one hand, Jiang Zhao asked him: "Taizong is diligent, besides the royal conquest, he is also reviewing memorials day and night.

But I remember that when the first emperor was in power, he was obsessed with pleasure and neglected government affairs. In fact, he had long since lost the habit of going to court every day? "

Gao Sheng'an pretended not to hear her slandering the late emperor, and just replied: "Your Majesty remembers correctly, the late emperor did not go to court every day in the second year of his reign, and the late emperor liked late courts, not early courts."

He said it tactfully, but Jiang Zhao didn't have to guess, he just said that the first emperor didn't like early court, probably because he couldn't get up in the morning.

"During the reign of the late emperor, did there happen to be any major events that were difficult to decide or could not be handled because there were too few court meetings?" Jiang Zhao pondered for a while, then asked again.

Although Gao Sheng'an had never been the chief attendant of the late emperor, he had been in the palace for a long time, had a wide network of contacts, and had a lot of information, so Jiang Zhao asked him about these things, and it was not the wrong person to ask.

He replied truthfully: "Your Majesty, I haven't heard of any major incidents, because once a major incident occurs, it is not something that can be resolved in the morning. For example, the earthquake in Lizhou is a long-term plan."

Jiang Zhao nodded thoughtfully, and ordered: "Let Prime Minister Qin enter the palace to face the saint."

"Slave obeys the order." Gao Sheng'an didn't ask the reason, turned around and left the imperial study room and ordered people to go out of the palace to invite Prime Minister Qin.

Jiang Zhao looked at the stack of unreviewed memorials in front of him, rubbed his brows and sighed, remembering that he had followed Emperor Taizong as his example since he ascended the throne, went to court every day, handled everything, and dared not slack off.

I used to have nothing else to do, and I still felt that my life was fulfilling, and I gained a good reputation of being diligent and caring for the people.

Thinking about it now, I don't know how much useless work I did, it was just a waste of time.