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Chapter 437 Dialogue and Arrival in Beijing [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 31 copies]

Early February,

The Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty,

The sky is dotted with stars,

The silver moon is like a hook,

The sparse moonlight shone on the glazed tiles on the palace roof, reflecting slightly.

"Praise~Praise"

There were palace guards patrolling the palace holding lanterns.

In the Queen's bedroom,
Zhao Fang was sleeping soundly on the bed, with the little princess sleeping on her stomach next to him.

The emperor sat on a chair beside the table, reading the memorials with a grim look on his face, and ignored the empress sitting beside him.

The Queen walked behind the Emperor with a smile on her face and said, "Your Majesty, you have been tired all day. Let me give you a massage."

"Need not!"

The emperor turned around to avoid the queen's hand and continued to read the memorials attentively under candlelight.

The emperor heard the queen beside him take a deep breath and then exhale slowly.

"Your Majesty, Fang'er is still young and has been sleeping in her own palace for many days. She just slept in the palace today because she missed me and her sister Yue'er too much. Please don't be angry!"

"If he can't even bear loneliness, how can he be an emperor in the future?!"

The emperor frowned and threw the memorial on the table, then glared at the queen with his beard puffed.

The Queen blinked repeatedly: "Yes, yes, your Majesty is right! It is my fault! I shouldn't have relaxed my training on him just because I loved Fang'er!"

"Humph!"

The emperor glared at the queen arrogantly, and his expression relaxed a lot.

As she spoke, the queen placed her fingers on the emperor's temple and rubbed it slowly.

"Whoo~"

The emperor closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, the Imperial City Department reported today that the relatives of Zhao Zongquan from Yuzhou came to Beijing and went to look for the eldest lady of the Liang family, the Marquis of Yongchang?"

The Queen rubbed the Emperor's fingers without stopping: "Yes, they handed me a letter this afternoon. It's from the eldest wife of Zhao Zongquan's Shen's brother, the Zou family! I came to Beijing this month but couldn't find a good house, so I found the eldest wife of the Liang family, Wu."

The emperor nodded: "I remember that Zhao Zongquan's brother-in-law is a soldier?"

The queen thought about it and didn't say anything for a while, and the emperor didn't urge her.

After a while, the Queen said, "Your Majesty is right. I remember that his name was Shen Congxing, and he went to Guizhou in the south. It was also when Fang'er came that I received a letter from Madam Wu, saying that she went to the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion."

The emperor moved his fingers on the table and frowned slightly.

The Queen moved her fingers to the Emperor's frowning brows and gently stroked them: "Your Majesty, Madam Xu has also sent someone to ask me. Do you think I should ask her for help?"

The emperor frowned, not knowing whether it was because of the empress's caress or because he had loosened his brows himself. Anyway, he stopped frowning: "Zhao Zongquan has always been an honest and generous child! Neither his own family nor his biological mother's family has any foundation or power. In their lineage, he is considered a bastard!"

"There are countless royal family members with higher status than him. Do I have to be on guard against his brother-in-law's wife's family? Send a message to the Xu family and help if I can!"

"Ok!"

"Marquis Tuoxi will probably be able to return to the capital at the end of the month. I will invite him to the palace for a chat. It will be like a family dinner. I will trouble you and Fang'er to serve the wine and food."

"It is my honor."

The palace became quiet.
Only the emperor's sighs of comfort from being massaged could be heard from time to time.

"Your Majesty, there is also a lady from a relative or old friend of the Cao family who has come to the palace to inquire with me about the possibility of mobilizing troops in the north. What do you think?"

"Humph!"

The emperor snorted softly.

"They saw the Cao, Xu and Zhang families eating meat in the northwest, so they also want to take a bite of Northern Liao?"

The queen said softly, "They are all families of military merit, so it will be easier to get promoted when fighting a war."

The emperor shook his head, and the queen's fingers seemed to be glued to the emperor's head.
"It was so easy to recapture Baigao because of the right time, right place and right people. If they want to attack Beiliao, they should first see how many of their children are able to fight on the front lines."

"The Tianwu Army that Xu Hou managed so well in the past two years, what has it become now!"

As he spoke, the emperor's breathing became rapid.

"Your Majesty, please don't be angry! We are all long-standing noble families, and the expenses are huge. We must think of some way!"

"So you're thinking about my imperial guards? If it weren't for their seniority, I would have already..."

The queen began to pinch the emperor's shoulders hard.

"Your Majesty, those are just a few. Other families with military honors are still good! Recovering Baigao has greatly expanded the territory of the Great Zhou! Your Majesty should think more about this month's examination and select more talents for the Great Zhou!"

When the emperor heard the queen mention expanding the territory, he felt much better.

Turning his head to look at Zhao Fang lying on the bed behind the curtain, the emperor's mouth curled up.

Turn around,

Yinshizhengji (four o'clock in the morning)
At this time, Xu Zaijing had just gotten up and was preparing to practice martial arts.

In the palace,

The emperor had already dressed himself with the help of the empress.

After leaving the Queen's bedroom,
The emperor got on his imperial sedan chair and headed towards the palace for court.

Arriving at the back hall of the palace,

The emperor sat in a chair and slowly drank the refreshing tea.

"Your Majesty, the Zhao master has arrived!"

"Let him in."

After a while, the gray-haired Zhao Zilong entered the back hall and said, "This old minister greets Your Majesty."

"Well, let the Imperial City Department send more officers to Quyuan Street today."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Zilong, you said that I asked the Xu family to help the relatives of Zhao Zongquan in Yuzhou, this matter..."

Seeing the emperor's hesitation, Zhao Zilong cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is naturally safe."

The emperor drank a sip of tea and said, "Oh? Then tell me about it."

Zhao Zilong bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Marquis Xu's father was adopted. The Yongyi Marquis's mansion has been somewhat declining in the past few years. If it weren't for your majesty's trust in Marquis Xu, and the help of the Sun and Cao families, the Xu family might have been like this."

The emperor held the warm teacup in his hand, feeling the temperature and humming comfortably: "Go on."

"I'm sorry to say that the prince is more friendly to Xu Jia Wulang than to any other members of the royal family."

"Humph!"

The emperor didn't know what he was thinking of. He snorted unhappily and said, "Go on!"

"The Xu family has no reason to have any disloyalty, and there is nothing wrong with your majesty's decision." The emperor put down his teacup, leaned back in his chair, and looked up at the ceiling of the hall above his head. His eyes seemed to penetrate the roof and see the starry sky outside the hall.

Then the emperor said to himself, "Speaking of which, this boy Jing'er has some magical powers!"

The candles made of whale oil burn brightly.

Zhao Zilong looked at the cracks between the tiles on the floor illuminated by the candlelight and bowed his head, saying, "Your Majesty is right. I never thought that the unruly Marquis of Xiangyang would have two sons."

"Hahahaha, that old rascal!"

Marquis of Xiangyang is a loyal follower of the emperor and is willing to use his body to block swords and guns for the emperor.

After the emperor finished laughing, he stood up and said, "Come on, follow me to court!"

In fact, Zhao Zilong's meaning is very clear.

The current emperor has been on the throne for decades, and his reputation for benevolence and righteousness has spread for decades.

Not to mention a lord from the Xu family, even members of the royal family of the Great Zhou would not rebel unless their lives were at stake and they were forced to do so.

Even if someone rebelled, what would be the benefit for the Xu family to follow? Would it be more prosperous and wealthy than following the current emperor and then Zhao Fang?

If you make that choice, you'd be throwing away delicious roast duck, crystal pork elbow and other delicacies to pick up shit to eat.

Time flies,

It's mid-February.

This morning,

Xu Zaijing, Qi Heng, Gu Tingye, Changbai and other students from the school were not in Jiying Lane.

Instead, he came to the Imperial Examination Hall for this year's imperial examination together with the other candidates who were staying at the Sheng family.

Zhuang Xuejiu also got up very early today.

The old man stood near the Imperial Examination Hall with his hands behind his back, looking at the scene in front of the Hall with emotion in his eyes, as if he was thinking of the day when he stepped into the Hall decades ago.

Among the candidates from the Great Zhou Dynasty who took part in this joint examination, there were teenagers of the same age as Xu Zaijing, white-haired old men like Zhuang Xuejiu, and most were young people.

"Everyone, this is you three years from now! Only by studying hard can you cross this dragon gate and transform from a carp into a dragon!"

"If you slack off even a little, it will be another three years! Three years, how many three years do you have!"

Xu Zaijing and the others bowed and said in unison: "We will follow the scholar's instructions!"

Zhuang Xuejiu put his hands behind his back and nodded.

After all the examinees entered the Imperial Examination Hall, Master Zhuang led everyone towards the Sheng family.

When walking from Gongyuan to Jiying Lane,
Zhuang Xuejiu's carriage was in front.

Zai Zhang, Gu Tingye and others were among them.
Xu Zaijing and Changbai were riding horses, chatting in the back about the academic matters they had discussed with several candidates for the imperial examination a few days ago.

Listening to Changbai's understanding of knowledge, Xu Zaijing nodded continuously.

The sky is getting brighter,

More and more people appeared on the streets of Bianjing.

After Xu Zaijing finished talking, he turned around and looked around, and was suddenly stunned.

Then Xu Zaijing patted Changbai on the shoulder and pointed at the group of people behind them with a small flag with the word "Sheng" on it and said, "Changbai, is that the convoy of the Sheng family over there?"

Changbai was stunned, looked back, and said hesitantly: "I have not been to Youyang very often."

At this time, someone in the convoy lifted the curtain in front of the carriage and looked outside.

Xu Zaijing had very good eyesight and vaguely saw that it was a little girl with lively eyes who looked a little naughty.

As soon as the little girl took a look, an older girl pushed her hand away and lowered the curtain in a panic.

Seeing Xu Zaijing looking a little dazed, Changbai asked, "Brother Jing, what's wrong?"

Xu Zaijing smiled, the image of the older girl still in his mind!

Hmm. She looks very much like the girl Zhang Hanyun who debuted as a singer in his memory, or the younger version of her.

In this way, Xu Zaijing also knew that this group of people was indeed the convoy of Youyang’s eldest wife.

The two girls in the car are sisters Shulan and Pinlan.

Thinking about this, Xu Zaijing said, "I think I saw Uncle Sheng Wei just now. Let's go over and ask him!"

Changbai nodded quickly.

front,

Zhuang Xuejiu sat in the car with his eyes closed.
A voice came from outside the car:
"Student, we see some relatives of the Sheng family coming from afar behind us. I and Changbai should go and greet them!"

"Well! Go ahead, don't delay too long!"

Xu Zaijing turned his horse's head and walked behind him with Changbai.

"Xu~"

The horses of the Sheng family's motorcade were stopped by the driver.

Pinlan, who was looking out of the carriage with her sister Shulan, was almost shaken to the ground.

The little girl frowned and lifted the car curtain again to look forward: "Why did you stop?"

At this time, a voice came: "Excuse me, is this the convoy of the Youyang Sheng family's head house?"

Hearing this, Pinlan and Shulan looked at each other.

Pinlan stood up, leaned against the wall of the carriage and poked her head out, saying, "Sister, it looks like a noble young man riding a tall horse, and the boy next to him looks somewhat familiar!"

Shu Lan, who had the demeanor of a lady, hesitated for a moment, then stood up, took a look forward and said, "That's the eldest son of the second house, brother Changbai!"

"Ah? So they are relatives!"

Pinlan continued to lean forward and said, "Who is that noble young man next to Brother Changbai? His horse looks even more handsome than the one that Sister Zhang from the polo field in Youyang rides!"

Shulan was old and had heard a lot of conversations between Madam Sheng and Madam Li. She hesitated and said, "Maybe he is a son of a noble family studying in the Sheng family!"

"Oh! No wonder!"

As the two sisters were talking, they saw the carriage in front of them start to move, and they hurriedly sat in the carriage.

Jiying Lane,
At the entrance of Sheng’s family,
Sheng Hong stood outside the threshold:
"Mother, you should go back. Your son is here with you!"

The old lady was supported by the two mothers, Fang and Cui, and she would lean over to the street corner from time to time to look.

Hearing Sheng Hong's words, he waved his hand and said, "I haven't seen your aunt for many years. I'm worried about you and can't sit still in the inner courtyard. Let's wait here!"

Sheng Hong nodded: "Yes, mother!"

The sky is bright,

The sun shines on the watered alley floor.
Wang Ruofu stood not far from the old lady and looked out: "Mother, they are coming, I see a convoy coming!"

"Oh!"

The old lady took a step forward and looked in the direction Wang Ruofu said.

(End of this chapter)