Reborn as the first poisonous concubine

Chapter 772
This news caused an uproar in the court again. Duke Lu, who was waiting for the crown prince to lose power, was so angry at home, but he didn't dare to say a word in the morning court, so as not to arouse Xiao Heng's suspicion of himself.

Although the other ministers had their own ideas in their hearts, Xiao Heng seemed to have already made up his mind, so he had no choice but to give up.

It was the first time for Xiao Changgong to serve as the chief judge of the imperial examination, so he paid special attention to it. Every link must be strictly checked, and he never hoped that a pillar of talent would be buried.

Even though he knew it would be very hard work, Xiao Changgong still personally reviewed each examination paper, and his teacher Shen Rui and the prime minister Han Yunzhi were two ministers he had always trusted. Finally, under the review of the three of them, this year's exam was selected. The pillars of the imperial examination.

Among the articles on these exams, the one they praised the most came from a young talent named Li Yi!

They undoubtedly selected Li Yi as the number one scholar, and Xiao Heng also heard how admirable the literary talent of this young talent was, so he took a look at the test paper presented by Xiao Changgong, and after reading it, he couldn't help nodding his head. laugh.

It was only after the top three and other talents who had passed the examination had kowtowed to the emperor and the prince respectively that Xiao Heng knew that this Li Yi, who is outstanding in literary talent and immeasurably talented, came from the Li family of Zhaojun!
But the ranking has already been announced to the world. Although Xiao Heng has some grievances in his heart, he is unwilling to leave a statement of dishonesty, so he can only temporarily assign a remote local official to Li Yi.

As a result, Xiao Heng's decision was not made, and Xiao Changgong had an argument with him again.

"Father, since Li Yi is the number one scholar hand-picked by father, son and others, naturally he can't be overqualified! Good talents are rare..."

Xiao Heng responded, and said lightly: "Of course I understand that Li Yi is the pillar of the country, and it is precisely because of this that I entrust this difficult-to-governance place to him. If he can cure it well, it will naturally show his strength. Talent, if he is not cured well, it means that everything in his article is just on paper!"

"Why do you have to make things difficult for him?" Xiao Changgong shook his head. After a moment of silence, he asked again: "According to what Erchen saw, maybe it's because he came from the Li family of Zhao County? Father is afraid that the power of the Li family of Zhao County will reappear." That's why after knowing Li Yi's background, his attitude changed so much!"

Xiao Heng's face changed suddenly, unexpectedly Xiao Changgong pierced his inner thoughts.

"Father thinks so, of course there is father's intention!"

"Really? My son thought that the father was prejudiced against the Li family of Zhaojun..." Xiao Changgong couldn't help but sneered, and said quietly: "Although Li Yi came from the Li family of Zhaojun, he is also from a poor family. My son I have talked with him a few times, and he has no style of a son of a famous family, he is simple in nature, and he will definitely be a good official in the future, and I also hope that my father will let go of his prejudice!"

"Chang Gong, I have no prejudice against the Li family of Zhao County!" Xiao Heng sighed and shook his head.

However, Xiao Changgong didn't believe the father's statement, and responded coldly: "If the father had no prejudice, he would not be so cruel to the Li family of Zhao County, but he would be merciless to the Fan Yang Lu family... My son knows that the Fan Yang Lu family It is useful to the royal father, but the queen mother is long gone, and it is impossible for the Li family of Zhao County to become a relative, so the royal father does not have to worry about the dictatorship of the relatives!"

When Xiao Heng heard him mentioning the "dictatorship of foreign relatives" and his differential treatment of the two gentry, his face became more gloomy. He wanted to get angry with him several times, but he finally suppressed his anger.

(End of this chapter)