After wearing the book, the Buddhist imperial concubine has spoiled again

Chapter 148 Shishi's low-key showdown, the prince succeeded in his imperial examination strategy

"Your Highness does not know that my concubine's aunt is a concubine in the harem, and she often helps the concubine."

"Gu also checked, Song Cairen did help you, but she lived a tight life and her conditions were limited. Last month, you took more than 1000 taels of silver to help her. Where did you get all this money from?" ?”

Jiang Shishi: "."

How can the prince find out everything, can he still let her have some privacy and secrets?

But whoever let him be the crown prince, I don't know how many eyeliners have been planted in this palace.

Since the prince has already talked about this, he must have come prepared.

Jiang Shishi simply had a showdown, "To be honest, I have a small business in Beijing."

"The small business you are talking about is that Yanzhifang, which is making money every day and is popular all over the capital?" Pei Xuanling pressed every step of the way, "Also, you are in the palace all day, who will help you manage the business in the capital?" ?”

"Can I not talk about this concubine?"

"No, Gu has already found out. Not only do you have to tell the truth, but you have to tell the truth." The man's tone was tough and domineering, revealing that there was no room for comment.

Jiang Shishi: "That's Xiao Linzi who often comes to our East Palace to distribute things."

Pei Xuanling: "It really is him, then it's right."

Jiang Shishi: "."

Xiao Linzi said that his real name was Lin, but he used a fake surname for external use, saying that it was Xiang Xiang.

For so many years, no one has found out his true face.

Even the Seventh Prince spent a lot of money looking for him all over the city, but he couldn't find him.

Now the prince started to help the Seventh Prince find someone, so he found Xiao Linzi and took out her vest.

The prince is really amazing!

Jiang Shishi saw that the Prince's expression was normal, and she couldn't see any joy or anger, so she cautiously probed, "Your Highness, the Seventh Prince asked you to help find Xiao Linzi, and now you not only found Xiao Linzi, but also found me, so will you tell him directly? "

"What do you think?" the man asked quietly.

Jiang Shishi smiled awkwardly, and then said: "The seventh prince and you are the princes who are hostile, but the concubine is your concubine, the woman who slept with you in the same bed, of course you are the concubine, right?"

Pei Xuanling: "You're wrong."

ah?Jiang Shishi turned to look at the prince.

I heard the prince say: "Gu depends on what you want. If you want Lao Qi to know, Gu will tell him. If you don't want to, Gu will just find an excuse to fool him."

"." Jiang Shishi smiled sweetly, "Thank you, Your Highness, for thinking of this concubine."

"Then why did you keep it from Gu?" the man asked resentfully.

"But you have never asked me about my body, now that you have asked, my body will tell you."

"Besides, if you don't open your mouth, I won't be able to tell you suddenly how much money I make in Yanzhifang in the capital. Isn't that a show off? How rich are you, how can I show off my wealth in front of you?"

Pei Xuanling: "."

If it wasn't for his pressing questions step by step, she didn't intend to tell the truth at first, and she was very cautious.

However, there is nothing wrong with being cautious in the palace.

That being said, he just couldn't see her being so cautious in front of him!

"Lao Qi, have you thought it over yet?" Pei Xuanling asked.

"Don't worry about this. I will make a decision after the Seventh Prince assigns me the status of a concubine this month, and the restaurant will make a profit." Jiang Shishi thought for a while, "By the way, Your Highness, regarding my brother's failure to enter the palace test, is it because of his own lack of ability or For another reason?"

The big brother is going in a different direction from the book, so he must have been murdered by others.

But she can't be too sure, otherwise the prince will become suspicious.

Now that the woman asked, Pei Xuanling didn't hide it from her, "Your brother is capable, and the articles he wrote even impressed the emperor. It's just that he was a little unlucky and was tripped by the Kangwang party."

"Is that related to the Seventh Prince?" Jiang Shishi had already guessed that it was King Kang, so she confirmed it to the prince.

Pei Xuanling: "Lao Qi is also a member of King Kang's party."

"Okay, I know what to do."

After all the talking, Pei Xuanling had to go back to the front yard for business, so he didn't stay in Shiyue Pavilion, "Take care of yourself, don't always think about what you have."

"The concubine knows." Jiang Shishi replied softly, wanting to get out of bed to see the prince off.

"No need to send it off." Pei Xuanling turned around and walked out of the courtyard. As soon as he reached the door of the hall, he heard Jiang Meiren behind him calling him.

"Your Highness."

Pei Xuanling paused, looked back at the woman, and motioned for her to speak up if she had something to say.

The woman's red lips parted slightly, "You can do what you can about my brother, if you really can't do it, don't force it, the most important thing is that you have to take care of yourself."

"You have a sense of proportion." Pei Xuanling turned around and left Shiyue Pavilion.

It's a bit of a conscience for meat buns.
**
Three days later, Jiang Chongjin waited for the caravan back to Hangzhou.

As early as a few days ago, he had made an agreement with the caravan, and today he will go south with the caravan and return to Hangzhou.

At this moment, he was packing his luggage in the inn, and planned to go to the post station to gather with the caravan.

Just then, someone knocked on his door.

"knock knock"

Jiang Chongjin went to open the door with his burden on his back, and saw a person appearing at his door.

He recognized this person, it was the eunuch next to the prince when Xiaoshi fainted last time.

Upon entering the room, Huang Dechang immediately closed the door.

"Eunuch Huang?" Jiang Chongjin bowed to Huang Dechang.

Huang Dechang returned the salute, his eyes fell on the burden carried by Jiang Chongjin, "Jiang Gongshi is packing his bags and preparing to return home?"

Jiang Chongjin nodded, "Well, I have an appointment with the caravan."

"Jiang Gongshi, don't go back in a hurry, and stay in the capital for a few more days. At the end of the month, if there is no news from the court, it's not too late for you to go back." Bringing the words to Huang Dechang, he quietly left.

Jiang Chongjin stood where he was, recalling Huang Dechang's words.

I heard that the imperial court will open up the system of subjects this year. Is it because of this that Huang Dechang told him not to rush back?

Jiang Chongjin didn't want to go back so easily after coming all the way to the capital.

Now that the prince had someone bring him a message, he greeted the caravan and planned to stay in Beijing for a while.

On May [-]th, the Xinke Scholars were all arranged to take up official positions and began to go to court for the first time.

At this moment, the Palace of Preserving Harmony.

Emperor Jianyuan discussed with the new and old officials the upcoming examinations.

Suddenly a guard came in, "Putong" knelt on the ground, holding an urgent secret letter in his hand, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the west!"

A eunuch handed the secret letter to Emperor Jianyuan, who immediately opened it and looked at it.

When he saw the content of the secret letter, the expression on his face gradually became serious.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what happened in the west, but there is an urgent secret report?" a minister asked.

Emperor Jianyuan said with a sullen face, "In just three days, the western border was captured by the Xixia Kingdom!"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the court.

"How is it possible to conquer a city in such a short period of time?"

"Besides, why was there no news at all when Xixia first started attacking the city?"

"Exactly, why did the court get a secret report after losing a city?"

so and so
Kang Wang stood at the bottom, full of fear and sincerity.

Because the few generals guarding the border were the subordinates he promoted back then.

"You can read it yourself!" Emperor Jianyuan handed the letter to the eunuch next to him, and the eunuch took it under the hall and handed it to the ministers to read.

After the ministers read it, they realized that several small county magistrates and prefects in the western border had already secretly defected to Xixia and colluded with Xixia to treason.

If an official is treasonous, that's fine. More than half of the officials in the entire border are treacherous.

An official read the secret letter and couldn't hide his anger, "Could it be that the imperial court treats them badly? They are eating the imperial court's salary, receiving the imperial court's salary, and colluding with Xixia!"

"If I remember correctly, most of the officials in the west are local officials who have been eliminated in the palace examinations and distributed to various places."

"In recent years, not only in the west, but also in other places, there have been cases where officials who failed the imperial examination have gone to Xixia or other enemy countries angrily to fight against Dongliang."

Emperor Jianyuan: "What are your thoughts on this matter?"

"I think traitors like them should be severely punished!"

"Yes, although they have taken refuge in Xixia, we have nothing to do with them, so we should punish their families severely, punish their nine clans, and make them unable to be officials for generations!"

"Wei Chen agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

Of course, there are also some honest ministers who said: "If this happens to only a few officials eliminated from the palace examination, it may be their personal problem."

"That's right. Over the years, the officials who have been eliminated from the palace examinations have generally treasonable. So, it means that our imperial examination system is not perfect enough."

"Decades of hard study, the imperial examination held every three years, only a few students can finally pass the imperial examination. If this continues, it will only make the students in the world feel cold, and thus create resentment and aggravate the loss of talents."

"Therefore, I suggest that the emperor abolish the elimination system in the palace examination!"

"Wei Chen agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

"I object! These traitors will be severely punished for their mistakes. In this way, the next time they betray the court, they will think about the consequences!"

"Exactly! How could the court and the emperor back down step by step because of these traitors?"

For a moment, the lower part of the court was divided into two groups of different opinions, and their faces were red-faced.

"Okay!" As soon as Emperor Jianyuan spoke, the chaotic court became silent, "This matter still needs to be considered."

"Let's talk about a city being captured in the west. Those treasonous officials will all be expelled from Dongliang's land and will never return to Dongliang. Once they find out, they will be executed!"

"In addition, the generals guarding the border this time are also responsible, and each will be demoted by two ranks, so as to serve as a warning to others!"

King Kang held his lips, and just about to intercede, he heard Emperor Jianyuan sternly say: "No one is allowed to intercede!"

Kang Wang had no choice but to swallow the words again.

In the eyes of the ministers, the emperor was kind enough not to punish those traitors from the nine clans.

After all, he was once the pillar of the country, and now that something like this happened, the emperor must be extremely distressed.

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Jianyuan also ordered the Ministry of War to let a general lead [-] soldiers to the western border to aid in the battle!

All the ministers: "My emperor is wise!"

After explaining everything, Emperor Jianyuan retired.

After the court was over, King Kang walked with the Seventh and Ninth Princes.

"I suspect that the crown prince must have done this." King Kang guessed, "In this way, if the emperor admits all candidates for the palace examination this year, wouldn't Jiang Meiren's brother be the biggest beneficiary?"

"Furthermore, the generals guarding the west, several of them are capable generals under me, and now they have been demoted two ranks in a row, the crown prince is taking revenge on me!"

Seventh Prince: "But it is true that those officials treasoned the country. I guess the prince is behind the scenes to fuel the flames."

**
In the blink of an eye, it's the end of the month.

On May 29, Jiang Chongjin waited until this day according to Huang Dechang's instructions.

Knowing that there are another group of caravans going to Hangzhou in the capital today, he made an appointment with the caravan again this time.

After packing his bags, Jiang Chongjin went to the cabinet, "Shopkeeper, I want to check out the room."

The shopkeeper greeted him from a long distance away, and said enthusiastically: "Hey, Jiang Jinshi bought a house in Beijing? Are you planning to move out? If you want to move out, you must tell me that I will come to the door in person and deliver it to you. Housewarming"

When doing business in the capital, connections are very important.

Such a new Jinshi may not be a high official at the beginning, and he may be promoted to an official in the future, so he has to quickly win connections.

"Shopkeeper, did you remember wrongly? I was eliminated from the imperial examination and failed the Jinshi exam. I plan to return to my hometown." Jiang Chongjin thought the shopkeeper had made a mistake.

But the shopkeeper said: "No mistake, you were eliminated in the palace examination, but just now, the imperial court issued a notice that from now on, candidates will no longer be eliminated in the palace examination."

"Also, all candidates for the palace examination this year will be admitted, and notices have been posted across the country to recall students who left Beijing and returned to their hometowns."

Hearing this, Jiang Chongjin didn't bother to check out, so he turned around and left the inn.

The shopkeeper's voice came from behind: "Hey, Jiang Jinshi, you're not checking out?!"

Jiang Chongjin found a nearby yamen, and saw the common people gathered around the notice wall of the yamen, talking a lot.

When I approached the notice wall, I saw that the imperial court had posted a notice.

It is said that all 280 candidates who participated in the palace examination this year will be admitted!
In addition, Zhang Jinbang was reposted on the side.

The rankings of those who were admitted before remained unchanged, and Yijia was still the previous No. [-], No. [-], and Tanhua.

There are 120 seven people in the second class, and Jiang Chongjin is ranked 120 one.

Those who were admitted later will be ranked next to the previous rankings.

This shows that he ranked high among the latter batch of candidates, and even squeezed into the second-class Jinshi.

The rest of the people are all top three Jinshi.

At this moment, Jiang Chongjin was excited and excited!
This reminded him of a few days ago, the crown prince asked Huang Dechang to remind him not to go back and wait until the end of the month to see the situation.

So, all this is within the prince's expectations?
When Jiang Chongjin was reading the list, the shopkeeper of the inn approached him, "Jiang Jinshi, the people from the caravan came to the inn and asked if you have been to Hangzhou yet."

Only then did Jiang Chongjin remember that he had an appointment with the caravan.

After thanking the shopkeeper for helping to pass the message, he returned to the inn and explained the situation with the caravan steward.

Although he didn't go back to Hangzhou with the caravan, he released the pigeons twice in a row, feeling very sorry.

So he took some money and invited the caravan to drink and eat meat.

**
At dusk that day, the crown prince, the sixth prince and the eleventh prince had dinner together in a restaurant in Beijing.

After eating and drinking enough, Pei Xuanling returned to the East Palace, and went to the Shiyue Pavilion in a chariot, planning to tell Jiang Meiren about Jiang Chongjin's becoming a second-class Jinshi.

Pei Xuanling didn't let the newspaper be sung, got off the chariot, and saw the light on in the right side room of Shiyue Pavilion, so he went straight to the side room.

He went into the ear room with his hands behind his back, and saw Chun Xing kicking shuttlecock in the room.

As for Jiang Meiren, she was lying on the mat spread on the ground, holding a short wooden stick in one hand, with fist-sized stones embedded in both ends of the wooden stick.

The woman held the wooden stick, sometimes raising it high, sometimes lowering it.

Sometimes open your arms, sometimes close them together.

Perhaps the stone was quite heavy, and every movement of the woman seemed to be strenuous.

Moreover, with the woman's movements, the inside of the skirt bulged.

At the end of May, it is hot summer.

Just sitting in the room without moving, sweating all over his body.

Not to mention that women are already dripping with sweat after exercising like this.

Jiang Shishi was holding a dumbbell, and seeing the prince suddenly come in, Jiang Shishi put down the dumbbell in her hand, took Chun Xing to salute the prince, "Your Highness."

There are no bras here, women wear bellybands.

In order to prevent her figure from sagging and out of shape, she exercises with dumbbells every other day.

His eyes fell on Jiang Meiren's face, and beads of sweat slid down the woman's snowy neck to the skirt of her clothes.

Seeing the woman sweating so much, Pei Xuanling handed his handkerchief to the woman, "Are you also exercising?"

Although he thought it was strange, Pei Xuanling had seen too many Jiang Meiren doing these things, and he was no longer surprised by it.

"En." Jiang Shishi took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead and cheeks.

The man's handkerchief smelled faintly of ambergris, which was quite pleasant.

Pei Xuanling: "Where can you exercise while lying down like this? Which part of your body are you training?"

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(End of this chapter)