Cannon Fodder's Humanoid Plug-in

From nerd to emperor

Before the pile of papers on the table was finished, after Eunuch Cheng left, the old emperor took a sip of the hot tea at hand and picked up the papers again.

His right hand rested on the edge of the table, and his two fingers tapped the table lightly and rhythmically.

It looks like he's in deep thought, but he can't read a single word.

It is a new order promulgated by the first emperor, the father of the old emperor, when he ascended the throne.

The first emperor spent half of his life fighting on horseback. Fang Li's foundation was not stable and he was in urgent need of talents, so he made this order.

However, the emperor once had the idea of ​​abolishing this order.

The first emperor was the founding emperor, so he had great power in his hands.

However, the country is easy to fight but not easy to defend. When he comes to him, all kinds of troubles that have been planted before will be exposed.

Those corrupt officials are still hiding in the dark, but scholars with business backgrounds can confidently hold both money and power.

After such a long period of time, those officials from aristocratic families and poor families can't help but find ways to open a few shops and earn some money to spend.

Everyone in the court wants to make money, so who will do the actual work?Who will control the life and death of the common people?

The emperor did not reject the examination of merchants, but for so many years, most of his officials who were merchants seemed to be more philistine and shrewd.

The emperor himself is a crown prince who succeeds to the throne. He has not only carefully taught by the previous emperor, but also has sufficient experience.

Even if this is the case, he is still working hard every day on how to check and balance the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

And Xiao Wu is only 13 years old.

He didn't have much time to teach him.

If it is said that what the late emperor left him was a cart of fresh Chinese cabbage, but there were a lot of stalls around, threatening him.

Then what he left for Xiao Wu was that the vegetables were not sold out, some were rotten, and a lot were robbed by others. In the end, he could only rely on the only fresh cabbage to cover the mess of those rotten leaves.

In front of this mess are corrupt court officials.

Behind them are the few clan members who are jumping up and down, for fear that others will not see their treasonous intentions.

The emperor was already in a bad mood, but when he thought of those wicked clan princes, his old but still energetic eyes sank even more.

Before the deadline came, he had to wipe out all these cancers for Xiao Wu.

"Clap!" The bright yellow figure sitting in front of the table suddenly dropped the memorial.

The maid guard waiting in the corner gasped in fright and looked at him from afar, not daring to approach him without orders.

At this moment, the little eunuch outside the hall came in: "Your Majesty."

"Concubine Min asks to see you."

"What's the matter?" The emperor raised his eyelids slightly.

The little eunuch instantly heard: The emperor is not in a good mood.He bowed even lower: "Looks like he's here to bring you soup."

"Let her in."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The little eunuch took three steps back slowly: I only hope that Concubine Min is not here to find trouble.

Manager Cheng didn't know what to do, if the emperor got angry, he couldn't persuade him.

After the little eunuch went out to report, not long after, a middle-aged beautiful woman in palace attire with a gentle temperament walked in slowly.

Concubine Min was followed by a servant girl, who held a wooden plate in her hand.Concubine Min walked up to the emperor, bowed her knees and saluted softly, and then took the soup from the servant girl.

She then smiled: "Your Majesty, it's been cold these days. This is the mutton and radish soup specially ordered by my concubine. Would you like to try it?"

"Leave it alone." The emperor casually pointed to an empty seat on the table.

"Tell me, why did you come to me?"

Concubine Min and the Empress are the two concubines who have been with the emperor for the longest time.

Concubine Min entered the palace during the general election after he ascended the throne, while the Empress and the emperor's childhood sweetheart were the orthodox princesses.

The emperor was obsessed with government affairs. Although there were many flowers in the harem for the sake of his heirs, he had no relationship with anyone except the queen.

Naturally, after the queen died, Concubine Min became the one with the highest position in the harem.

She is also old, has the third prince, and understands the emperor's temperament, so she doesn't go close to him on weekdays.

With such knowledge, the emperor is willing to give her a little bit of favor.

So when he asked, Concubine Min said frankly: "Your Majesty, this concubine is here to intercede with Jing Yu." Jing Yu is the third prince and Concubine Min's son.

"Your Majesty, you also know that this kid has a wild temper, and it's easy to lose weight when he fights. He has already apologized to Jing Xiao. Look, you just..."

Concubine Min didn't finish her sentence.

The emperor tilted his head and glanced over without sadness or joy, and she knew that the Ninth Five-Year Lord was angry. "I have made Xiao Wu the crown prince."

The emperor said coldly: "You should call him His Royal Highness the Prince."

Concubine Min's face turned pale.

"Okay, you can go back." The emperor waved his hands impatiently: "Third prince, continue to restrain your feet and face the wall, and no one else can intercede for him."

"You too. You are over 20 and still call him a child. Don't call him that again in the future."

"Lest he take it seriously and treat himself like a child."

Concubine Min's throat was blocked by his repeated knife stabs, and finally she could only lower her eyebrows unwillingly: "Yes."

Walking out of the palace, she clenched the veil in her hand: In her 20s, doesn't she just happen to inherit the throne?

Why is it Chang Jingxiao?Just because he was born of the queen?But he is only 13 years old, what can he do?How can it compare to her Yu'er.

Concubine Min took a deep breath, she never imagined that the emperor would get angry with herself just because of a title.

Why did he become the third prince when his name was Chang Jingxiao, and he was called Jingyu?

The more Concubine Min thought about it, the more unwilling she became, her heart became irritable and unbearable, she quickened her pace with the help of her maid.

——If she stayed longer, she might be even angrier.

Because after sending her away, the emperor asked about the status of the fifth prince, Chang Jingxiao.

Some time ago, the brothers had a snowball fight for some reason, and the fifth prince was weak, so he was sick that night, and his fever lasted for two days.

The emperor was frightened and punished the third prince for two months of confinement.

It's only been less than seven days now, and Concubine Min couldn't help but come to intercede—Cheng Qi had already ordered the work outside the palace and returned to the emperor's side.

He sneered at Concubine Min contemptuously in his heart, and said respectfully: "Return to the emperor, His Highness the crown prince is still ill, and now he is still recuperating from illness as ordered by the imperial doctor."

The emperor nodded: "I'm going to see him."

The eunuch yelled to drive, and the wheels rolled over a thin layer of snow on the road in the palace.

Arriving outside the prince's bedroom, the emperor stopped the eunuch's shouting and walked straight into the bedroom, and the coughing sounds from time to time became more and more obvious.

There was charcoal burning in the room, the carpet was thick, and it was not cold.

The emperor saw the scene in the house clearly, but frowned:

The prince was sitting on the side of the bed with a book on his lap.

There was no trace of blood on his face, even his lips were pale, but his eyes were immersed in the book intently.

How does this look like following a doctor's order?

The maids and eunuchs in the bedroom all looked at the emperor in fear, and then at the prince on the bed, wondering if they should remind their master.

"Cough! Cough!" The emperor coughed twice.

The prince stopped turning the pages of the book, turned his head stiffly, and put the book inside the bed: "Father..."

He smiled and tried to divert the emperor's attention: "Why are you here? I'm still sick, so don't pass it on to you."

"You still know that you are sick?" The emperor glared at him, motioned for the servant girl to bring a round stool, and sat on the side of the bed.

The prince shrank back: "Father, don't come so close to me."

"Cough cough..." He became anxious and coughed again. The emperor gave him a pat on the back, and then he continued: "Pearl has been passed the cold by me, you..."

"I have dragon energy to protect my body." The emperor said solemnly, "Don't be afraid of this."

The prince was stunned: "Father, didn't you say that you should tell your son not to follow the family's tricks?"

The emperor nodded: "Believe the good ones, but not believe the bad ones."

Prince: "..."

The father and son were silent for a moment, and the emperor casually brought up a topic.

To other people, the old emperor was always majestic and full of sarcasm.

He seemed to have poured all his father's love on the prince, and the prince listened quietly to him and responded with a few words from time to time.

The two seem to be just a father and son of an ordinary family, not an emperor and a prince.

Cheng Qi watched this scene and smiled in relief.

Apart from age, the prince crushed the third prince in terms of intelligence and filial piety. How could Concubine Min feel that the third prince could match the prince's status in the emperor's heart?

While chatting, the emperor talked about Yan Chen with the prince.

——Of course he doesn't know Yan Chen's name for the time being, and the address he uses is just "an examinee whom Cheng Qi heard about".

"I heard that this person is just like you. He has been used to reading in the morning since he was a child, and he has to light up the lamp to read at night."

"As a result, you see, the body collapsed."

"Fortunately, before the test, I don't know how to wake up, it's time..."

The emperor briefly summed up a few words, because he didn't pay attention to it at the time, and couldn't remember it well, so he raised his hand to let Cheng Qi come over: "Come here, tell the prince again."

The prince then looked at Cheng Qi, who smiled brilliantly.

He understood very well what the emperor wanted the prince to hear.

——The emperor never concealed his aging and powerlessness from the prince. He hoped to motivate him with this, but he didn't expect that the incentive effect was a bit too much.

Knowing that he had a difficult and important task, the prince plunged into the sea of ​​books and the teachings of his masters.

Now he is 13 years old, and he has never even been out of the palace once.

At this time, the emperor asked him to tell the story of the scholar in order to let the prince relax a little.

"Then His Royal Highness, the old slave is making a fool of himself." Cheng Qi assumed the posture of a storyteller he had heard before.

Sure enough, the emperor nodded with satisfaction.

Then he turned his head and said to the prince: "Look, the competition in the examination is so fierce, this person can give up the time for studying, and is determined to take good care of his body and prevent problems before they happen."

"As the prince of a country, you will have to work hard in the future, and you should pay more attention to your health."

The prince listened with gusto at first.

Hearing this, he was silent for a moment, and lowered his eyes sadly: "I'm sorry father, it's useless for me to be a servant."

Emperor: "Why do you say that?"

Prince: "That person can do this, presumably because he has enough knowledge. Even if there are few studies, he still has enough chances and confidence to win - otherwise, he would not be respected by the candidates of the same year."

"And Erchen... is extremely dull."

The little prince lowered his head, because his voice hadn't changed yet, his words were still childish, it could be seen that he was really blaming himself.

The old emperor got a little angry: "Xiao Wu, you are questioning my vision."

"I ask you, why did I choose you as the crown prince?"

The prince hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "It's... because the elder brother has ear problems? I'm the first time..."

Sensing the low air pressure in the emperor's body, he quickly changed his words: "Father, my son doesn't know, please answer."

The emperor laughed angrily: "Why don't you continue talking? Because you are the second son? Xiao Wu, how many princes are there in the history books, who are really the first sons?"

"You have to know that I chose you as the crown prince, which means one thing."

"Among all my sons, you are the most suitable one."

"A suitable and excellent prince, the future emperor, do you think he will be dull and not smart?" the emperor asked back.

The prince blushed: "No..."

He quickly lowered his head and said sincerely: "Father, I know my mistake. I will definitely cherish my body in the future and live up to my father's expectations."

The emperor nodded in satisfaction.

"Okay, I still have official business to do, so you can just rest and recover from your illness first." He stood up and stretched out his hand to the prince: "Give me the book."

The prince took the book out of the quilt and handed it to him.Under the supervision of the emperor, he took off his coat and retracted into the quilt, and the latter was willing to give up.

"Okay, I'm leaving first, so you can take care of the prince."

"Father, go slowly."

Watching the emperor and a group of people behind him all leave, the prince curled up in the cup and smirked twice.

After lying down for a while.

He got up again, put on his coat, and waved to the little eunuch beside him: "Go, bring two books from the right-hand side of the table in the lonely study."

The little eunuch looked at him in embarrassment: "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty..."

"I told you to go, so you go." The prince turned cold.

He was only 13 years old, with a young face, but his eyebrows and eyes looked like an emperor, and he was not angry when he was downcast, and he already had three points of the old emperor's aura.

The little eunuch respectfully replied: "Yes."

On the side, Pei Er, the prince's personal maid, watched this scene, and when the little eunuch left the door, she couldn't help but want to persuade her: "Your Highness, if the emperor knows about this..."

"As long as you don't tell, no one will know."

Pei'er closed her mouth, only then did she realize that the young prince's eyes were full of firmness: "Because my father trusts me so much and loves me so much, I can't live up to his high expectations."

"I understand, Your Highness."

Pei'er fell silent, watching the little eunuch take back the book and the little prince holding it, fascinated.

Before entering the East Palace, Pei'er had a good relationship with a second-class maid in Concubine Min's Palace.

Listening to the other party's description, she only felt that even the third prince lived such a chic and happy life, and the prince must be even worse.

But when she saw the other party studying hard, she knew: this is the real prince, not a fool like the third prince.

But he is only 13 years old!

No matter how precocious the civilians outside the palace are, a 13-year-old boy can still jump over haystacks, climb over roofs, and swing on wooden boards.

As for His Royal Highness, apart from books every day, they are still books, or some relatively basic official duties given to him by the emperor.

——No matter how hard the old emperor rushed, he only started to let the prince go to court when he was 11 years old.

Now the emperor is afraid of time... Who can help this child?

Time passed by and it was already the eighth day of the eighth day.

There are nine days of consecutive examinations, divided into three sessions, each session lasts three days and two nights, starting on the ninth, [-]th, and [-]th day of the lunar month.

On the eighth day of the eighth day of the lunar new year, "lectures" were suspended for a day, and Yan Chen was so leisurely that he fell asleep early at night as usual.

Like him, the entire inn fell into a deep sleep, recharging their energy and recharging their energy for the coming of the test.

Except for a few people.

This includes Zheng Tianyan.

He happened to live in a remote room, in the corner.

Although in fact, even if he is not here, no one will care when he rests at this time.

But Zheng Tianyan lit the lamp and looked at the book, still feeling a kind of secret joy.

Go to sleep, go to sleep, the sooner the others go to bed, the better!

If he memorizes one more question, the ranking will increase by one more place, wouldn't it be fun!

Zheng Tianyan happily held the notebook and let out a few hey laughs from time to time.

Behind him, Cousin Zheng looked at him worriedly.

He always felt that his cousin was going to overturn this time.

Alas... persuasion is also persuasion, let him go.

On the ninth day of the ninth day, the golden rooster announces the dawn.

It was rare for Yan Chen to get up early, but there was still a long line outside the tribute courtyard, and many officers and soldiers poured out of the city overnight, standing on both sides of the line to maintain order.

Yan Chen sized up these people a few times, but didn't look any further.

On the contrary, there were many familiar faces in the team, and these people greeted him one after another, which attracted a lot of attention.

As a result, when it was Yan Chen's turn, the inspector was extra strict.

The other party didn't let them go until it was confirmed that there was no problem. Yan Chen smiled at the two of them.

The No. 1.5 room is separated by a room, like a densely packed honeycomb grid, and a room is less than [-] square meters, which is very narrow.

Fortunately, Yan Chen was not assigned to go to the toilet.

The silver that Yan Lingchuan gave was very sufficient, probably because his "weakness" was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Not only did Xu An bother to search for dietary formulas every day, but he asked the inn cook to follow suit.

From time to time, those students who were favored by him would take out some rare items and give them to him.

Yanchen tutoring does not accept money, but this kind of gift in the name of caring really makes him "good at being a teacher" happy in his heart.

It's like planting a fruit tree that bears abundant fruit.

When she was happy, Yan Chen's answering speed also started to take off.

In the long journey of three days and two nights, he only wrote one day.For the rest of the time, you are either closing your eyes and meditating, or closing your eyes to meditate.

For as long as Yan Chen closed his eyes and rested his mind, the people patrolling outside the room stared at him for a long time.

"It's so strange." When the patrolling people took a break halfway and sat eating not far away, Yan Chen heard the two say:

"These two people, one slept the first day, and the other slept the next two days, and they are still in this row."

Um?Yan Chen felt a little strange, but he didn't take it to heart.

On the night of NO.11, when the people in the examination room urged them to leave quickly, Yan Chen moved a little slower.

As soon as he left the Gongyuan and turned his head, he saw a pair of big panda eyes.

There was light snow floating above his head, Xu An and Geng Ming came to pick him up together, Yan Chen got under the umbrella, only to see Zheng Tianyan's cousin squeezed out from the crowd.

He looked at the dark circles on Zheng Tianyan's face and knew what happened.

There were too many people and it was cold, so they returned to the inn quietly without saying anything.

Yan Chen went downstairs after taking a bath, and saw Zheng Tianyan surrounded by people while drinking dull wine.

Everyone was listening to him crying: "I haven't finished answering..."

"When I entered the number room on the ninth day of the ninth day, I couldn't help but fell asleep. I slept for most of the day and didn't wake up until, until almost night!"

Although Qi Shu sympathized with him, he still couldn't understand it. He knew how to try: "How could you fall asleep?"

Zheng Tianyan paused for a moment, with a mournful face: "On the night of the eighth day of the lunar new year, I planned to review the strategies taught by Brother Yan, but the more I read, the more I felt hopeless..."

"I just memorized it all night."

Qi Shu and the others: "..."

Seeing that they fell silent and stopped comforting him, Zheng Tianyan cried even louder: "Xiao Er, where is Xiao Er?"

"Quickly, serve me another jug ​​of wine..."

After drinking too much, Zheng Tianyan became drunk.

The students who lived in the same inn, if they said that they sympathized with him at the beginning, they became impatient when he started to disturb the people.

Finally, Cousin Zheng pulled him back and poured hangover soup.

Yan Chen thought it was noisy early on, so she went back to her room to rest.

There are still two exams left, and Zheng Tianyan's mentality has collapsed like this, most likely he is useless.

Yan Chen sighed, he never planned to teach Zheng Tianyan a lesson, at most he would criticize him a few words.

After all, he is a man of integrity.

Except for the light snow on the night of the [-]th, the next two exams were extremely peaceful.

Perhaps because of the atmosphere created by Yan Chen, the number of people who fell ill and had a fever in the middle of the test this time and were carried out was much less than in previous years.

For this reason, the Tribute Court made a special memorial, talking a lot about the reform of the housing environment.

The emperor put it on hold for now.

He will try once every three years, and he has tried his best, and probably can only last for more than a year...

It can only be left to Xiao Wu to decide.

However, the proposal was shelved, but Yan Chen's name entered the eyes of the emperor again.

The king of a country manages so many things every day that he almost forgets about this person.

After counting the days, the apricot list was about to be released, so the emperor was not in a hurry to ask about the other party's results.

After the general examination is over, those who pass the exam will be the tributes, and the rankings will be taken among the tributes, and they will go to the palace examination.

While waiting for the rankings to be released, many people had already confirmed that they were hopeless this time, and they went back home, preparing to wait three years before fighting again.

Shi Huaiguang had a heated fight with some new martial arts students, Zheng Tianyan went back to his hometown, Qi Shucheng was so busy that he didn't know what he was up to.

Once the exams were over, the students from other places had nothing to do, so they wandered around Kyoto.

The same is true for Yan Chen and Lu Weizhou.

However, compared with the anxiety of other people, the two can be called Buddhists.

Yan Chen's self-confidence is the pinnacle, while Lu Weizhou has a family to help him. He doesn't intend to be a high-ranking official. When he enters the palace examination, he will be born as a Jinshi at the minimum, so he doesn't worry at all.

After shopping for a few days, the two were invited to enjoy the flowers again.

In March, the apricot blossoms bloom luxuriantly, and the examination list happens to be released at this time, so it is called "Apricot List".

After a few days of fun, even Geng Ming, who has always been short-tempered, was as calm as water.

Until the apricot list was released, he squeezed into the crowd with great effort, and saw the name at the top of the list at a glance.

"Master! Master!"

Geng Ming stared, first in disbelief, then in ecstasy, and shouted out of the crowd: "My lord, you are Huiyuan! You are Huiyuan!"

"Huiyuan? Who is Huiyuan??"

People heard his call, and they all followed the sound, impatient to get a glimpse of his demeanor.

In short, the ensuing scene is very chaotic.

After finally returning to the inn, the news of Yanchen High School's reunion has already spread to several nearby inns.

The owner of the inn happily waived his accommodation fee, but Yan Chen didn't accept the money.

When the apricot list was released, some people were happy and some were worried.

Needless to say, Yan Chen, Lu Weizhou also achieved a good ranking, and Shi Huaiguang's ranking in the martial arts test was surprisingly high.

Qi Shu got on the list by luck, but couldn't pass the palace examination, so he planned to go back to his hometown first.

Before leaving, he came to ask Yan Chen: "Young Master Yan, do you need me to send a letter back to announce the good news for you?"

He still hasn't figured out whether Yan Chen is the Yan family from Kaibuzhuang. Although he feels that he is close to each other, he still wants to find out.

Unexpectedly, Yan Chen shook his head: "No need."

"For the good news, Mr. Good News will do it himself, and brother Qi will have a safe journey."

Qi Shu smiled: "Yes."

He turned around and left, leaving Xu An looking at his young master with complicated eyes: Sure enough, even if he won Huiyuan, a nerd is still a nerd.

This handwritten letter of good news is the same as that of Mr. Good News, can it be the same?

The author says:

I wanted to write the test in detail;

After thinking about it, the environment is too bad;

舍不得qaq所以就……感谢在2022-04-1323:55:21-2022-04-1423:54:54期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦——

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!