The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 629 Battle of Palace Examination [Part [-]]

early morning.

The empress finished her breakfast in the Chuxiu Palace, since it was not her day to be on duty with the emperor, she thought about going to the Compassionate Ning Palace to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, and then going to the Qianqing Palace to visit the emperor at a later date.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the maid beside Concubine Rong came to report in a panic, saying that it was because the Supreme Emperor sent back the palace examination rankings intact.

Concubine Rong saw that she couldn't stop her, so she had to send someone to rush to Chuxiu Palace to report.

The queen couldn't help rubbing her brows when she heard this, she didn't care that Concubine Rong blindly shirked responsibility, the main reason was that the emperor was furious because of this matter two days ago, she almost broke her lips, and managed to persuade Longyuan God, who would have thought that there would be another disturbance because of this incident today.

With Emperor Longyuan's temperament, even if he came forward this time, he might not be able to persuade him.

But if they don't persuade them, the father and son will argue face to face, and I don't know what troubles will arise.

Hey~
I can only try my best.

The queen sighed, and was about to set off in the Qianqing Palace, but when she was about to leave, she suddenly thought of something, turned her head and fixed her eyes on a wooden box with two locks, hesitated for a while, and suddenly ordered: "Quickly send The decree is to summon Jiao Changqing to enter the palace immediately to meet him."

After a eunuch took orders, she got up and drove to Qianqing Palace.

When they got outside the door of the bedroom, they saw the newly made rickshaw parked in the middle of the hall, the eunuch pulling the cart was kneeling aside, Concubine Rong and a certain court lady were supporting the emperor from left to right, and slowly came out from behind the curtain.

Although most of the emperor's focus was mainly on the court lady, it seemed that Concubine Rong was struggling even more. Every step she took, she gritted her teeth and worked hard, taking a long time to take the next step.

So just going around this short distance from behind the curtain, I don't know how much work the three of them have wasted.

"Where does your majesty want to go?"

The queen raised her voice and walked quickly into the hall.

Hearing her voice, Emperor Longyuan immediately stopped his arduous trek, and wrapped his arm around Concubine Rong's shoulders, wrapped around her neck and wiped off the sweat vigorously, and said with disgust: "It's all your fault for procrastinating, otherwise I would have It's done!"

Concubine Rong secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but said timidly, "I don't want to procrastinate, but I have no choice but to be more burdensome than others. I usually have to worry about walking, let alone supporting Long Live Lord?"

As she spoke, she struggled to stand up against her peers and showed the huge evidence to the emperor.

This method was used before the emperor had a stroke, it can be said to be invincible, but now the effect is greatly reduced.

Emperor Longyuan only glanced at him in disgust, then shook his head stiffly and said: "So I said at the beginning that I don't need your help, it's you who insist on showing off!"

"Today, the concubine is on duty. If you don't do your best, the empress dowager Lafayette will blame you. How can the concubine suffer?"

Concubine Rong still screamed for innocence.

The emperor grew impatient, and slowly withdrew his arm from her shoulder, and glanced at the queen.

Seeing this, the queen hurriedly took over the left half of the emperor's body from Concubine Rong, and said helplessly: "The most important thing for your majesty is to recuperate, why bother..."

"No more persuasion."

The emperor clasped the left hand on her shoulder, pointed to the rickshaw, and said unquestionably: "Help me there, today I have to go to Renshou Palace!"

Seeing this, the queen had no choice but to follow his will and move towards the rickshaw little by little, saying: "Why is your majesty in a hurry? Even if you don't want to listen to us women, you should always find your confidants to refer to it."

The emperor stopped again, turned around and asked, "You mean..."

"The concubine has ordered someone to summon Jiao Jijiu. He said earlier that he was afraid of bringing sickness into the palace, and asked to postpone his lectures before the end of the month. Introduced."

Emperor Longyuan pondered for a while, then raised his elbow resting on the queen's shoulder again, pointed to the throne in the middle and said, "Help me to the past."

Only then did the queen heave a sigh of relief, thinking that Jiao Changqing's name was the most useful at this time.

After helping the emperor to sit down on the dragon chair, the empress and concubine Rong found some pillows to surround the emperor so that he could maintain a half-lying, half-reclining posture.

Concubine Rong was worried that she would leave a bad impression on the emperor because of her deliberate effort to work abroad, so she was extra courteous at this time, because the soft and hard pillows did not suit the emperor's wishes, so she volunteered to leave Thick-soled embroidered shoes, walked a few steps around the back, and supported the back of the emperor's head with his chest.

If it was in the past, this kind of fun would not have been exchanged for a few words of teasing and appreciation from the emperor.

But now, Emperor Longyuan just hummed twice and didn't say anything more.

On the contrary, after a while, he couldn't help asking about Jiao Shun's whereabouts, and then sent people to supervise him again and again.

Just like that, another half an hour passed before seeing Jiao Shun stepping quickly into the hall to pay respects.

"Be flat."

The emperor raised his hand in vain, and subconsciously straightened his body. Concubine Rong hurriedly followed behind, but Emperor Longyuan then asked with concern: "Is Aiqing's body well?"

Just as Jiao Shun got up from the ground, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessings, he recovered a few days ago, but he dared not enter the palace for fear of remaining ill."

While speaking, he took a peek at the emperor's complexion, but unexpectedly, it was lust.

With a quick glance, it was as if the emperor had grown three heads!
Jiao Shun hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look any further.

But the emperor asked again: "Does Aiqing know that I called you into the palace today, why?"

"Sir, I don't know."

In fact, Jiao Shun had roughly guessed that the emperor declared himself into the palace at this time. There are only two possibilities. One is for the palace examination. After all, the ranking of the palace examination has not been announced until now; the second possibility is for the prince. Teng's business.

However, seeing that the emperor cared about his illness first when he came up, it is obviously more likely that the former is more likely-after all, the emperor knows very well about his relationship with the Wang family. When it comes to venting anger, it shouldn't be so caring.

Hearing this, the emperor immediately said to Dai Quan who had been standing silently in the corner, "Go and fetch that list."

Dai Quan bowed in response, quickly walked back behind the curtain, came out holding a scroll after a while, and brought it to Jiao Shun.

The emperor ordered again: "You just open it and have a look."

Only then did Jiao Shun take it over, carefully unfolding it for a closer look.

Sure enough, this was the ranking of the imperial examination. In addition to their names and places of origin, the top-ranking candidates also had a short comment. The main points of praise and criticism were those related to the New Deal.

Take a closer look at the comments of the No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], and Tanhua. The praises are all policy articles in "Trying to Discuss Why Wuxi Kingdom Is Stronger than the World".

Jiao Shun couldn't help complaining secretly, it was true that he offered a plan to allow Emperor Longyuan to take the opportunity to win for the new policy, but he never thought that the emperor would purely decide the ranking based on this aspect, even Sanding Jia wanted to take over.

If such a ranking is released, I am afraid that the court will be fried again.

But the emperor certainly didn't like to hear that.So he could only pretend to read it carefully while thinking about how to persuade him.

Not long after, the emperor became impatient with the wait, and said again: "I have drawn up a list five days ago and sent it to the Supreme Emperor for review, but the Supreme Emperor returned it back intact two days ago - I thought that the Supreme Emperor didn't know what to do. So I added a review, but who would have expected it to be returned today!"

Speaking of the second half of the sentence, his half-paralyzed face became more and more distorted.

Jiao Shun thought that the emperor called him here to help him evaluate the ranking, but only now did he realize that he had hit a wall with the Supreme Emperor.

Lucky, lucky!
He said twice that he was lucky, and then he looked away from the list, and asked calmly, "Your Majesty really wants to get talents for the New Deal?"

The annoyed emperor was taken aback when he heard the words, then frowned and said, "Didn't you suggest this?"

"Then why does His Majesty list these people in the first class?"

Jiao Shun immediately slapped the snake on the stick, flicked his fingers on the list and said: "According to the usual practice, those who are first graders are not required to take the imperial examination, but directly enter the Imperial Academy as officials—it is rare among civil servants to have such unique insights. His Majesty asked them to go to the Imperial Academy to serve as officials, isn't this a secret vote of the pearl?"

It's not that Emperor Longyuan didn't think about this, he shook his head stiffly and said: "Ai Qing is too worried. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Imperial Academy often had other part-time jobs. I want to follow the old style and appoint them some errands related to the New Deal."

"This……"

Jiao Shun pretended to hesitate for a while, and then said in a trembling voice: "I think that you should not act too hastily, and you should listen to his words and watch his actions, and confirm that you can unite knowledge and action before entrusting him with important tasks."

"Um……"

Emperor Longyuan frowned again when he heard the words, and said hesitantly: "Are you afraid that they will say one thing and do another? This has to be guarded against, so in Aiqing's opinion, how should we act?"

"In my humble opinion, instead of making an exception and imitating the ancient style, it is better to follow the old practice of this dynasty and send them to study engineering to observe politics, and then fill in the effectiveness of engineering. At that time, they will not need to occupy the existing official positions of engineering, and it will be convenient for long-term school examinations. Survival of the fittest."

"Hmm~"

The emperor was silent when he heard the words. Most of the so-called Jinshi who observe politics from the six divisions are those who failed to enter the Imperial Academy and the Inspectorate. In the end, there is basically only one option for external placement.

Therefore, according to Jiao Shun's intention, not only should he give up the No. [-] pick, but even the top two. This made Emperor Longyuan somewhat unacceptable.

But after careful consideration of Jiao Shun's method, it is undoubtedly more reliable than Hanlin part-time job, and it is also easier to achieve, and it will not attract too much resistance.

The emperor hesitated between lizi and face for a while, and then he heard Jiao Shun say again: "As for the Supreme Emperor returning this list intact, it seems reasonable to me."

"Um?!"

Emperor Longyuan immediately put aside the hesitation in his heart, and looked at Jiao Shun with displeasure, that is, Jiao Shun. If it was another person, he would probably think that the other party had a double heart.

After a long while, seeing that Jiao Shun was fine, Emperor Longyuan snorted softly and asked, "How do you say that?"

I heard Jiao Shun answer in a calm manner: "The Supreme Emperor is assisting the government, not in charge of it. It should be the Supreme Emperor drafting a ranking, and then His Majesty will make the final decision--presumably the Supreme Emperor returned the list three times in a row, that is. With that in mind.”

"This……"

Emperor Longyuan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile on his face: "This statement is reasonable!"

These words just hit the emperor's heart knot, and made him put off the idea of ​​going to Renshou Palace to argue - he first handed the list to the Supreme Emperor for review, and then went to argue for it. next?
Although it is a common principle in the secular world for a son to take the initiative to see Lao Tzu, it is definitely not advisable in the royal family, especially in the present!

Zhengjue's heart brightened, and Jiao Shun bowed and said: "This matter has been delayed for a long time, and I really can't delay it. I would like to go to see the Supreme Emperor. I urge the Supreme Emperor to draw up the palace examination ranking as soon as possible and submit it to His Majesty for review."

"Good, good, good!"

Emperor Longyuan said three good words in succession, only feeling that most of the depression has disappeared these days, and immediately ordered: "Dai Quan, you will lead Jiao Aiqing to see the emperor!"

When Dai Quan led Jiao Shun out of the bedroom, Emperor Longyuan was overjoyed, leaned on the pillow and tried his best to sit up straight, and said to the silent queen, "Thanks to the queen's reminder, I brought Jiao Aiqing to discuss it, otherwise I would be in danger Messed up."

At this time, the queen also vaguely understood some of the doorways, and secretly thought that Jiao Shun really had some wit and skill, and it was no wonder that the emperor trusted him more than him.

but……

"Your Majesty, whether Mr. Jiao will succeed here, I'm afraid..."

"It will be done!"

Emperor Longyuan subconsciously raised his hand, and immediately the back of his head fell into Concubine Rong's arms again. He stood up again unhappily, and said firmly, "Jiao Aiqing will definitely live up to my expectations!"

Concubine Rong grinned her teeth when she was hit, and although she didn't dare to cry out in pain, she complained in secret, thinking that she couldn't get a good word in return for her flattery, but Jiao Shun got the emperor with a few empty words. Favor is really unfair.

However, she also knew that for the current emperor, apart from the empress who was the lord of the six palaces, and Concubine Wu who gave birth to the crown prince, all the concubines in the harem would be far less important than Jiao Shun.

If I can try to win over this person...

Just as he was thinking about what he had, he heard the emperor in a good mood say to the queen: "You must keep those two memorials properly."

Then I heard the queen reply: "The concubine puts two locks on it when I take it back, check it every day, there will never be any omissions."

"Check it out? I'm afraid I'm not looking through it?"

To Concubine Rong, the emperor's voice suddenly became more familiar, as if he was teasing himself before he had a stroke.

Subconsciously, she observed carefully, and saw that the empress blushed inexplicably, stamped her foot and gave a coquettish "Emperor", the posture of the little children was quite different from the usual dignified and gentle.

What is the memorial that the two of them talked about?
What exactly is written in it?
How did the queen suddenly become like this?

Concubine Rong's apricot eyes rolled around, and she faintly felt that this matter seemed to have something to do with Jiao Shun, and even had a great relationship, but she couldn't understand the meaning behind the words of the emperor and empress.

The more I thought about it, the more curious I became, so I made up my mind that when I was not on duty, I went to ask the queen to make some inquiries.

(End of this chapter)