Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 557 The situation in Beijing

"Uncle, I'm leaving. When I pass the Jinshi exam, I'll go with you to Du's house in Fucheng." Du Jinning cupped his hands at Du Yinsheng.

Du Yinsheng's eyes lit up, and he said with relief, "Okay, I'll wait."

Although he no longer has the same obsession with whether he recognizes his ancestors or returns to his clan, he is also happy to take Du Jinning back to show off to that branch of the Du family if Du Jinning can be admitted to the Jinshi.

When Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan walked out of the village and got on their horses, several nurses also came back, and everyone got on their horses together; at this time, Zhang Hongwen also came riding his family's mule, and they all left the village and went to the county town together.

When we arrived at the entrance of the city, we could see white banners hanging on the city wall from a distance, which is a symbol of national mourning.Du Jinning slowed down his horse and asked Qi Muyuan, "Do you want to go back and rest first? I can go to the academy alone."

Qi Muyuan was worried about his relatives in Beijing, and also wondered whether his family would trust him, so he really didn't want to socialize at this moment.

He nodded and said, "Alright."

After entering the city, everyone split into two groups. Du Jinning and Zhang Hongwen took the two nursing homes of the Du family to the academy, while Qi Muyuan took his nursing home back to the Qi residence.

In Boyue Academy, Du Jinning's closest person is Guan Lehe, followed by Huang Chengming.Guan Lehe went to the capital, and Du Jinning went to the academy to visit Huang Chengming first, give gifts, and then went to see the head of Xinshan and other gentlemen.

The emperor is newly mourned, and everyone can't smile when they meet, and they can't say congratulations.Although everyone was very happy to see that Du Jinning won the Juren and was still Xie Yuan, they didn't want to show it. They only asked each other about their current situation.So Du Jinning sat with them for a while, then said goodbye and left.

After returning to Qi Mansion, after lunch, Du Jinning and others headed back to Fucheng.Zhang Hongwen left together.Of course, he didn't ride his mule, but a horse from Qifu.

Qi Muyuan was eager to inquire about the news in Beijing, and went straight home after entering the city. Du Jinning took Zhang Hongwen back home.

Mrs. Chen was very happy to see Zhang Hongwen.After all, she has lived in Taohua Village for more than ten years, and she still remembers the people and things there quite well.When Zhang Hongwen came over, he happened to be able to chat about things in Taohua Village, and it was also a relief.

After Zhang Hongwen was settled, Du Jinning went to Qi Mansion.

"What's the matter? Is there a letter from Beijing?" Du Jinning asked.

Qi Muyuan shook his head.

"There should be a letter soon." Du Jinning comforted him.

This era is not like modern times. If you have anything to do, you can call someone thousands of miles away.Now even if there is any major incident, they can only send people down from station to station as fast as they can.So it took at least three to five days for the news of the emperor's death to reach Lishui County.A country cannot be without a king for a day, and when the old emperor dies, there must be a new emperor to take his place.

The news was confirmed, and it took only five or six days for Qi Bokun to send someone from the capital to deliver the letter.It stands to reason that when they come back, they should be able to receive news from the Qi family from Beijing.

But now there is no letter.If this happens, either the situation in Beijing is still unstable, or...Qi Bokun and the others have problems in Beijing and cannot send a letter to Qi Muyuan.

Qi Muyuan was always calm, but now he was restless.As soon as he sat down, he stood up again, looked in the direction of the door, and said anxiously: "I hope."

"Did you send someone to the capital?" Du Jinning asked.

"Sent. As soon as I came back, I asked Ma Biao to go to the capital." Qi Muyuan said.

There was no letter from Beijing, so he couldn't just sit here and wait, so he had to send someone back to Beijing to investigate.

Du Jinning nodded and stopped talking.But she was not idle, took Qi Muyuan's tea-making utensils, got water to light the fire, and started to make tea.

After making the tea, she handed a cup to Qi Muyuan.Qi Muyuan smelled the fragrance of tea, and his anxious heart calmed down a little.But after drinking a cup of tea, he became anxious again, saying: "If no one comes, it will be dark."

When it was dark, the city gates were closed.Even if Jingzhong sent people, they couldn't enter the city. He had to wait until tomorrow.

How could he sleep peacefully without hearing from his relatives at home?

Du Jinning turned to Aoki and said, "You go home and tell your wife that I won't be going back tonight, and stay here with Qi Muyuan. When it comes to Master Zhang, you should explain it to him, and say that Master Qi is upset and can't take care of himself." Entertain him. I will accompany him to take a good stroll in Fucheng when the Qi family has passed the news tomorrow."

"Yes." Aoki replied.

"You go to Xu's house again, and call the eldest son-in-law to accompany Zhang Hongwen." Du Jinning urged again.

Seeing that she had no other orders, Aoki turned around and left.

When Qi Muyuan heard that Du Jinning was here with him, his heart warmed slightly, and he said softly, "Thank you."

Du Jinning smiled at him: "What kind of friendship do we have? Just like brothers, thank you."

Qi Muyuan's throat slipped, but he didn't say anything.

"Young, young master, young master, someone from Beijing is here." A doorkeeper ran in like Fei Ye, his face full of excitement.

Qi Muyuan stood up in a "chuckle", ran out of the door, and almost bumped into a dusty black-faced man.

"Little man Cheng Xing, send greetings to Eldest Young Master." The dark-faced man hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

Qi Muyuan grabbed his arm: "Stop talking nonsense. How is Beijing? How about my grandfather, parents and brother?"

"Okay, the old man, the master, the wife and the young master are all well." Cheng Xing knew what Qi Muyuan was worried about, so he told the most important news first.

Sure enough, Qi Muyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "That's good, that's good." Then he said, "Get up first, sit and talk."

Only then did Cheng Xing get up from the ground, went down and sat down next to the edge of the stool, and said: "The emperor passed away, the first prince and the second prince's personal soldiers fought fiercely, and there was chaos in Beijing. The second prince died, and the first prince was safe." If the situation is settled, the enthronement ceremony will be held in the near future.”

Although Cheng Xing said few words, he could imagine how chaotic the capital was at that time.

Du Jinning asked, "Did many people die in the attack?"

Cheng Xing shook his head: "Fortunately, the two palaces are fighting each other, and it didn't affect other people. But..."

He paused and did not continue.

But Qi Muyuan and Du Jinning could hear what he meant.

At that time, not many people were killed in the fight, but when the first prince ascended the throne, he was afraid that he would cleanse the people under the second prince, so some more people would have to die when the time comes.

Du Jinning wanted to ask the eldest prince how he was, but after thinking about it, he still didn't ask.

Although Qi Bokun is a politician, he has a bottom line in life.Presumably the first prince he was willing to assist was not the kind of person who likes to kill.Furthermore, no matter what the eldest prince is, his enthronement as emperor is a foregone conclusion.What was the use of her asking again?It's not good for Qi Muyuan to talk about the new emperor for no reason.

(End of this chapter)