[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

Daming Palace has been built and expanded several times since the Emperor Taishang moved in, and the area it occupies has become larger and larger.

The larger the place, the more manpower needed will naturally increase. There are at least hundreds of eunuchs and maids in the entire Daming Palace, not counting the eunuchs and maids at the bottom who are responsible for cleaning and cleaning the palace.

With so many people serving the Supreme Emperor alone, the palace should be lively and lively, but when Wang Yue walked into the Daming Palace, he only felt a sense of silence. If it weren't for Tu Hui talking in his ear, there would be only the slightest sound also no.

A row of maids walked by him. If it wasn't for the faint sound of breathing, Wang Yue would have thought that what he met was a dead man without any signs of life.

Of course, there are strict rules in the Daming Palace, and the maids and eunuchs dare not speak too much, but what Wang Yue feels most is the depression hidden under the solemnity.

Not to mention that the Supreme Emperor is getting older and more peaceful, and his body does not allow him to move around much outside, but can only rest in the hall.

And as the body of the Supreme Emperor became heavier, correspondingly, the power in the palace and court became more and more concentrated in the hands of the emperor.

When the Supreme Emperor had just moved from Qianqing Palace, the political center of the entire Daqi Dynasty, to Daming Palace, the place was still very lively, with people coming and going, and there were countless people and pairs of eyes watching what was going on here, and they used all kinds of means , or put in people, or buy people, just to understand the preferences and thoughts of the Taishanghuang, so as to please the Taishanghuang and obtain the benefits he wants.

However, the Supreme Emperor is getting older day by day, and his health is getting worse and worse. At the same time, with the smooth progress of the reform, the emperor's power has become established.

Even if the Supreme Emperor walks out of the Daming Palace, the emperor's rule cannot be shaken.Those hard-working people have already shifted their targets, and they are no longer willing to waste time in this increasingly declining Daming Palace.

Although the emperor was still very filial and would come here every day to pay his respects and inquire about the Supreme Emperor's health and daily diet, but it was still different after all.

Wang Yue met the Supreme Emperor in the side hall of the Daming Palace. He was lying quietly on the bed, and the arms occasionally protruding from the sleeves still looked skinny even under the meticulous maintenance of the Tai Hospital. His hair Already gray, his face is full of wrinkles, like any old man who has reached his age, even if he is the emperor, he cannot escape the curse of time.

He was holding a thin book in his hand, and was fascinated by it. From a distance, he looked like an ordinary old man.

But when he looked up at Wang Yue, the power in his eyes made people understand that even though he was old, he was still a tiger, a wild tiger that had seen blood.

At the moment when the Supreme Emperor's eyes fell on him, Wang Yue felt as if he had gone to hell, covered in cold sweat and trembling, but he had no other feelings.

And at this moment, he had already made up his mind to abandon all his thoughts.

"Have you brought anything?"

Emperor Tianxi withdrew his gaze and spoke softly, with a smile in his voice, with a kind attitude as if an ordinary old man saw his junior.

"Bring it here," Wang Yue bowed his head and said respectfully, then he took out the cipher box from his sleeve and handed it to the eunuch standing in front of the bed.

The eunuch took the cipher box and presented it to the Supreme Emperor respectfully. When he saw the box, Emperor Tianxi's eyes became complicated and difficult to discern. Resentment seemed to be hatred, and the kind smile he always hung on his face cracked when he stared at the box, but everyone present lowered their heads and did not dare to raise their heads, so no one noticed his innocence at that moment. gaffe.

After a while, the atmosphere in the hall became more and more silent, before he finally sighed and said: "You are a good boy, I know your ambition, you just need to rest assured, there will always be benefits for you."

"Yes," Wang Yue replied softly, then fell silent again, and finally Tu Hui couldn't help but speak boldly: "Grandfather, you should rest, why don't we go out first, and come back tomorrow to see you?"

"Alright," Emperor Tianxi nodded, raised his head to signal Dai Quan to pull Wang Yue closer, and then he stretched out his hand to hold Wang Yue's hand, patted the back of his hand, and said with a smile, "Since you are Hui'er's classmate, you are also He is my junior. I heard Huier say that when he comes to your house, your parents treat him as their nephew, so I will treat you as my junior, and you can treat me as an ordinary elder."

Hearing this, Wang Yue boldly raised her eyes to look at him, and seeing him smiling lightly at herself, she also pursed her lips and said, "Since Your Majesty said so, then this junior also dared to call Ruyi. Say grandpa."

Emperor Tianxi laughed immediately when he heard the sound of grandpa, "Good boy, you are well called, that's how it should be, don't be like those people who are trembling in front of me, no one seems petty, but why do you say to obey the rules?" , is really annoying."

After finishing speaking, he raised his head and said to Dai Quan: "Go get a palace card and give it to this child. In the future, if brother Yue wants to enter the palace, he can just hold the card. If there is anything delicious and fun outside the palace, what do you hear?" For new things, just come to the palace and tell me, I have a lot of free time now, but unfortunately my children and grandchildren have a lot of things to do, or else they are too young and have no one to care for them!"

"Grandpa Huang is so eccentric, and he will favor Xiao Wu after a while, and the grandson will not follow him!"

"It doesn't matter if you insist or not. Now that I have Brother Yue, why don't I throw you over the wall?"

This caused Tu Hui to act coquettishly in front of Emperor Tianxi for a while, the grandparents and grandchildren bickered, Wang Yue watched with a smile, and occasionally interjected a word, and after a while, Wang Yue and Tu Hui finally was able to leave.

Dai Quan sent the two of them out. There were already people waiting outside the door with several big boxes. Dai Quan only said that it was a reward from the Supreme Emperor. Wang Yue thanked him and accepted it happily.

He just sent out such an important thing, and only returned these, no matter how you look at it, it is his loss.

However, at least he saved his life.

Originally, his thinking was too simple. In this feudal society, where the imperial power was supreme, it was too easy for the emperor to crush a person to death. He didn't even need to cover it up.

He only thought that these people were descendants of Xiao Yan, so he used the thinking of modern people to think about them, thinking that they would follow the rules of modern people, but in fact they were born and raised in ancient times, but they just accepted a certain current. It's just thinking, but it's still the same as the ancients.

He was taking it for granted.

But fortunately, he saw the opportunity quickly and didn't die in front of him, otherwise he really didn't know how he died.

"I was shocked just now, but I'm fine!" Tu Hui immediately breathed a sigh of relief as soon as he left the Daming Palace. Among the grandfathers, Tu Hui did not give up on himself immediately.

Wang Yue didn't feel warm in her heart, and said with a smile: "Isn't it me who should be worried? What are you doing like this? If you don't know, you think I've done something to you?"

"You, you, I should have thought of it a long time ago. You are the most cunning person. You look honest on the surface, but inside you are a little fox who talks to someone. I shouldn't worry about you at all. You said You, how much I worry about you for nothing, shouldn't you compensate me?"

"You are ashamed to mention it. You are too stupid. Do you blame me?"

"Okay, you, you really are a wolf-hearted dog, and you made me worry for nothing."

The two chattered as if they were in a college, and this appearance attracted the attention of many people. After all, these palace people had never seen His Royal Highness, who had always been like a young adult, like a real young man.

After leaving Daming Palace, Tu Hui sent Wang Yue back to the palace where they were resting. The other two were still awake, so naturally they had no way of finding out about Wang Yue's departure.

After noon, the three of them resigned from the emperor and left the palace under the guidance of the little eunuch when the emperor was free again.

Before leaving, the emperor naturally encouraged them again, and rewarded them with a lot of things. These things were gradually reduced according to their rankings in the rural examination, and the things of the Supreme Emperor were not noticeable among them.

So until they left, the two who walked with Wang Yue didn't notice anything wrong from the beginning to the end.

And after Wang Yue left, the fact that he was summoned by the Supreme Emperor alone did not spread. It's just that although this matter was not widely publicized outside, it should have been known after all, but it was already known.

Not to mention how many officials and eunuchs from famous families came to meet him after a few days in the academy, that is, Jia's family. One or two, and this list includes him, not Jia.