Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 375: Entering the Palace to Meet the Emperor [Thank You! Bow Again! Words Deducted]

Near the Examination Yuan,
The traffic is heavy,

The roadside is full of light noisy voices
"Son!"

Xu Zaijing turned around and saw Qingcao, who had just gotten off the carriage, calling him with a cloak in her hand.

Behind Qingcao stood the Yunxiang sisters, carrying a book box containing pens and ink.

Looking at Qingcao who was tiptoeing towards him and trying to put the cloak on him, Xu Zaijing shook his head and took the cloak from her.

August is already autumn.

It's still a bit cold in the morning and evening.

After putting on the cloak, I felt warmer.

Zai Zhang got off the carriage next to Xu Zai Jing, holding Hua Lan's hand. When the two were about to talk, a girl's voice came from the other side: "Sister! Brother-in-law!"

Xu Zaijing turned his head and saw that it was Rulan who was jogging over with Minglan and calling for help, with the maids Xi Que and Xiao Tao chasing after them.

Looking at Rulan chattering with her sister-in-law, Xu Zaijing smiled slightly.

At this time, a female voice came from behind him: "Xiaowu, your sister and brother-in-law are here!"

Xu Zaijing turned around and bowed to Gu Tingyu and Pingmei while calling for help. The sisters Qingcao and Yunxiang beside him also bowed.

Glancing at the people behind them, Xu Zaijing bowed again, "My Lady Princess, I wish you all the best, Aunt Bai, I wish you all the best, and Sister Tingyi, I wish you all the best."

Princess Pingning and Madam Bai smiled and nodded to Xu Zaijing, while Gu Tingyi smiled and bowed.

"Mr. Duke, Brother Ye, Brother Heng, good morning!"

Everyone said hello.

Soon Xu Zaijing gathered with his classmates in the academy, while Duke Qi Yiqiu went to find Lord Sheng Hongsheng who had also come here.

While speaking, Xu Zaijing, relying on his height being taller than the others, glanced over and happened to see his mother and the other aunts. His mother was talking to the somewhat reserved Wang Ruofu.

Gu Tingyi, who was beside Wang Ruofu, put his arm around Minglan's shoulders and was muttering something.

Rulan opened her eyes wide and listened attentively.

Molan kept looking at Xu Zaijing and Qi Heng, and when she saw Xu Zaijing looking at her, she smiled and bowed.

Xu Zaijing nodded politely and looked in other directions.
I saw several candidates who were about the same age as Qi Heng and Chang Feng, only about thirteen or fourteen years old.

I also saw many people who were around the same age as Zai Zhang, who were around 20 years old.
There are also many candidates who are over 30 or 40 years old.

And some with gray hair.
After retracting his gaze, Xu Zaijing glanced at Gu Tingye and Changbai and raised his eyebrows secretly.

after awhile,

The soldiers at the door began to loudly remind the candidates to enter.

Xu Zaijing took the book box from Yun Xiang's hand, looked at his relatives and friends who were looking at him with encouraging eyes, then turned and walked towards the entrance of the examination institute in the distance.

The candidates lined up to be checked and enter the venue.
After waiting in line for a while,

When it was almost Xu Zaijing's turn, he turned around and looked in the direction of his relatives and friends again.

Then they saw Gu Tingyu standing not far from the crowd, with a palace eunuch standing next to him, whispering something to Gu Tingyu.

Perhaps because they were far away, Gu Tingyu thought Xu Zaijing couldn't see clearly from this distance, so he didn't control his solemn expression.
Gu Tingyu looked up and saw Xu Zaijing's vague figure turning back, and he waved his hand pretending to be relaxed.

"Next person, please come forward!"

Xu Zaijing turned around and handed over the book box in his hand.

After completing the inspection, he let out a sigh of relief and walked into the courtyard.

Sitting in his seat, Xu Zaijing placed his writing brush and ink aside.

Xu Zaijing no longer thought about what the eunuch and his brother-in-law had said.
Rather, it was to relieve stress, thinking about what Zhuang Xuejiu had said to his classmates in the academy after hearing Chang Feng talk about the twelve-year-old scholar in his hometown:

College examination,

Students who passed the exam were called scholars, and those who failed were called students.

Based on the scholar's many years of teaching experience, a scholar of twelve years old is indeed rare, but one cannot use this rare number of people to measure oneself.

Because of the many years of imperial examinations in the Zhou Dynasty, Zhuang Xuejiu saw that most of the scholars who could pass the examination and become a scholar had to be over 20 years old.

At the age of Xu Zaijing, Gu Tingye and Changbai, it is already very good!

There is no need for Chang Feng and Qi Heng to force it.

Thinking of this, Xu Zaijing encouraged himself, and then he remembered that Changbai seemed to have passed the imperial examination at the age of 20!

Well, he passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi at an age when he should have been a scholar or a Gongshi.

"Huh! Why do I feel more stressed?"

Xu Zaijing shook his head.

quickly,

The clerk of the Examination Yuan handed out the paper.

After copying down the questions for the college entrance examination, Xu Zaijing calmed down and began to answer the questions.

Unlike the provincial and metropolitan examinations which lasted three days, the academy examination only lasted one day.

Enter in the morning and hand in the paper in the afternoon. No candles are given.

The list will be released in three days.

in the afternoon,

Xu Zaijing walked out of the examination hall carrying a book box. After taking a look around, he smiled and walked towards Gu Tingye who had already come out.

Walked closer,

Mrs. Bai, who was standing with Sun, asked with a smile, "Jing'er, what do you think?"

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "Aunt, I don't think it's that difficult. The questions for this exam have been explained by the scholar before!"

Gu Tingye: "Mother, I'm not talking nonsense, am I?"

Mrs. Bai smiled.

Xu Zaijing looked at Hualan standing with Xie at the entrance of the examination hall with some concern, and said to Sun: "Mother, my brother hasn't come out yet?"

Sun nodded.

After a while, Qi Heng and Chang Feng also came out.

After Qi Heng greeted Princess Pingning, he also went to Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye to discuss the topic together.

Finally, Zai Zhang and Chang Bai walked out of the examination hall.

Upon asking, I found out that the two of them had already finished answering the test questions, but they just didn't hand in the papers too early.

After talking for a while, they agreed to meet at Sheng's school tomorrow and then prepared to go home.

On the carriage,

Xu Zaijing opened the carriage curtain.
He looked thoughtfully at his sister Pingmei who was getting on the carriage not far away.

"Son!"

"Well?"

Looking at the teacup in Hua Xiang's hand, Xu Zaijing nodded and took it.

Holding the teacup in one hand and lifting the carriage curtain with the other, Xu Zaijing said to the side: "Qingyun!"

"Sir?"

Qingyun, who was riding on a horse, lowered his head and asked.

"Go find Master Gao and ask him if anything has happened recently!"

"Yes, son!"

After saying that, Qingyun lightly pulled the reins and left.

The first moment of the unitary hour (5 p.m.)
Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

Next to Yinbo's wooden house at the racecourse,

Qingcao and Yunsi were picking corn kernels from the corn cobs that had just been picked from Xu's farm.
He broke it off and handed it to Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing used these corn kernels to feed Xunshu's pregnant dragon colt.

In the racecourse, the shiny little black colt was walking in the racecourse with Alan's dragon colt, who was not yet pregnant, accompanied by Alan.

After Xu Zaijing watched Longju finish eating the corn in his hand, he touched Longju's head with fondness.

Hearing the noise behind him, Xu Zaijing turned around to look.

Qingyun dismounted and walked to Xu Zaijing.

Looking at Qingyun, who looked a little serious, Xu Zaijing asked, "How is it? What happened?"

At this time, Yin Bo also came out of the wooden house.

Glancing at his uncle, Qingyun said, "Sir, I don't know what happened to Master Gao!"

"But when I was about to come back, I happened to meet Brother Zhao who had just returned from the palace. He told me that during the court session today, someone reported the Marquis again, saying that the Marquis had been defeated again."

Xu Zaijing frowned and asked, "Someone else is making a complaint?"

"Yes! He also said that the Marquis wanted to compete with Marquis Tuoxi for the credit of destroying the country. He repeatedly rashly sent troops to attack the city, resulting in the loss of soldiers and generals. He should be replaced."

Since there were officials' sons like Wang Hou who suspected that Marquis Yongyi was luring the snake out of its hole, naturally there would be people who would say that Xu Minghua was trying to gain credit.

After all, this opportunity to achieve the feat of destroying a country is not something that can be obtained easily.

On the side, Xu Zaijing's master Yin Bo said, "These people are so crazy in their fight for power that they dare to say such things!"

"Changing the generals at the last minute, the person who reported your father is really a good person! Who knows, in a few days, the people in the market will be full of discussions about your father like last month!"

Listen to this,

Xu Zaijing didn't know what happened.
Suddenly I remembered the relatives of those Bian Jing men who died in the battle in the Taoist temple last month, those people wearing white cloth.

I also thought of the missing friends from the family of Duke of England Zhang and the family of Marquis Zhongjing Zheng.
Also, in the cold winter before, when Gu Tingye hosted guests at the Bai family's house, his sighs with Zhang's brother, and the feeling of Zhang's brother patting his arm.

And the blazing sacrificial volcano in the Taoist temple reflected in his eyes.

Thinking about this, Xu Zaijing said hesitantly: "Master, I want to go to the palace! Please allow me to go to the north to see my father."

"Whether it's my father's plan to lure the snake out of its hole or something else, the situation will always be better if I go!"

Yin Bo looked at his apprentice, his one eye full of thought. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's not bad for you to go! The college entrance examination has just ended, and you can only take the provincial examination next year. You won't be able to catch up with the imperial examination!"

"Master, my knowledge is not enough to pass the imperial examination!"

Yin Bo nodded and said, "Well! Then you go into the palace first. Tell me whether you want to go or not!"

"Yes, Master! Qingyun, ask Alan to saddle the little horse. Qingcao, you and Yun Xianghua, please bring out the token bestowed by the Queen."

"Yes, son!"

Leaving the racecourse,
Xu Zaijing walked straight towards his mother's courtyard.

Half an hour later,

Xu Zaijing returned to his courtyard, took the token to the racecourse, and rode towards the palace with Qingyun.

You hour (6 p.m.)
Royal Palace
Hall
The Emperor of Great Zhou habitually stood in front of the huge map of the northwest of Great Zhou and looked at it.

Behind the Emperor,

Zhao Zilong, the head of the Imperial City Department, said softly, "Your Majesty, I found out last month that the matter of the Marquis of Yongyi was spread by the relatives of the three dukes' in-laws who found some idlers and hooligans in Bianjing."

"Today, the story about Marquis Yongyi is spreading in the same way as last month. Your Majesty, do you want to take care of it this time?"

The emperor looked at the map and shook his head, saying, "No need! I want to see how many of my ministers will listen to those words and then let me change my generals in the middle of a battle!"

"Yes!"

At this time,

The eunuch standing at the door came in and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress sent a maid from the palace to say that Xu's fifth son has entered the palace!"

The emperor was stunned and asked, "What is this kid doing in the palace? Let him come to me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After a while, Prince Zhao Fang walked in and said, "Father, I heard that Brother Jing will be here later?"

The emperor turned around and nodded, smiling, "Fang'er, you've been detained by the Grand Tutor today. If you don't finish your homework, don't even think about seeing Jing'er!!"

Zhao Fang's eyes widened, and he turned and walked away, saying, "Ah? Father! I'll write it right away! Please keep Brother Jing for a while!"

The emperor turned around and said: "That's hard to say!"

After saying that, he continued to look at the map of Da Zhou.

After a while,

"Your Majesty, Brother Jing is here."

"Let him in!"

"Brother Jing, please come in."

Xu Zaijing stepped into the hall and saw the Great Zhou Emperor in front of the map. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty! Zhao is in charge."

The emperor glanced at Xu Zaijing and waved, "Brother Jing, come over and take a look!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing walked to the emperor and looked at the huge map of the Great Zhou.

There are many marks on the map.

"Brother Jing, do you know where this map is from?"

"Your Majesty, the map of the northwest of the Great Zhou, where the battle with Bai Gao took place."

"Hmm, not bad! Can you understand the markings?"

Xu Zaijing looked up and looked carefully. After a while, he said, "Your Majesty, General Cao wants to send troops to my father's side?"

Zhao Zilong smiled at the side, and the emperor nodded approvingly.

Marquis Tuoxi is sending out his own troops to help Marquis Yongyi Xu Minghua achieve success!

Xu Zaijing bowed sincerely and said in a sincere voice: "General Cao, you are selfless and dedicated to the country!"

Zhao Zilong's eyes were full of recognition of this statement.

The emperor turned around, smiling, and said, "You are really good at flattering!"

Xu Zaijing stood up and said, "Your Majesty, these are my sincere words! They are not flattery!"

The emperor nodded perfunctorily and said, "Okay, do you understand? Then put your mind at ease and go back!"

Xu Zaijing bowed again and said firmly: "Your Majesty, I want to serve under my father!"

Zhao Zilong glared at him, and the emperor threw his sleeves in anger: "Nonsense! Don't you want to study?"

Xu Zaijing was stunned and said: "Your Majesty, the boy reads! But..."

"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't be so shy."

Xu Zaijing bowed and said, "Your Majesty, when I entered the palace just now, I only had the idea of ​​serving my father! But now that I see the map in front of Your Majesty, I have confirmed this idea."

The emperor looked at Xu Zaijing and said, "Why? Tell me!"

Xu Zaijing looked at the map and said, "Your Majesty, I can see from the map that although war is bound to result in death, Your Majesty is kind-hearted and does not want the soldiers of the Great Zhou to suffer too many casualties in exchange for the capture of Keyi Gate."

"So I thought of asking my father to lure the Baigao defenders out of the fortress and then annihilate them when the opportunity arises."

"If we win this battle, the northern gate of Xingqing Prefecture of Baigao Kingdom will be wide open. If we lose this battle, Baigao Kingdom may be able to take a breather, making the war situation even more complicated and confusing!"

The emperor deliberately put on a stern face and asked, "How do you know that the Baigao defenders will definitely attack the city?"

Xu Zaijing scratched his head, glanced at the emperor, then looked at Zhao Zilong, and said uncertainly:

"I think, first, my father's consecutive defeats will make the Baigao people underestimate the enemy, and the Liang Yi family in Xingqing Prefecture will also urge the Keyi Gate defenders to attack and defeat my father! It will be convenient for them to return to fight General Cao later. Second, let Uncle Zhao Taifeng of Chuihuansi take action???"

Hearing this,

The emperor and Zhao Zilong looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.

The emperor raised his chin and motioned for Zhao Zilong to speak.

Zhao Zilong said earnestly: "Brother Jing, Taifeng is in Xingqing Prefecture and will not approve the defenders of Keyi Gate to leave the city and fight a decisive battle with Marquis Yongyi!"

Seeing Xu Zaijing's somewhat surprised look,

Zhao Zilong continued, "Moreover, I will also tell the people of Liang Yi's family about the possibility of Marquis Yongyi's plan!"

(End of this chapter)