Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 94
Xia Zijin held the fire folder and walked steadily into the study step by step.Even though there are these dots of fire light, it is not enough after all, the spacious study room is shrouded in darkness, only two torches spread a faint halo.

"Princess, what are we doing in the Li Mansion's study?" Xiao Huanzi asked in a low voice with his back bent, looking around, seeing that there should be no one in the raided place, he simply closed the door of the study.

"Since Li Baizu dared to buy the test questions of the Imperial Examination Palace, he would definitely have contact with the person who sold the test questions. Perhaps the connection between the two could not be flawless. This princess does not believe that Shengqing did it. There must be something hidden inside, since I have no clue now, if I don’t come here to look for it, maybe I will find some clues.”

Xia Zijin held the fire folder in one hand, and rummaged through the desks and drawers in the study with the other. The orange fire light shone on her shiny face, casting shadows and moving like seedlings, reflecting the seriousness in her pupils.

She didn't want to stop for a moment. Whether the three days were long or short was related to Xia Shengqing's wealth and life. Once she couldn't think of any evidence to prove Xia Shengqing's innocence within three days, I'm afraid it's really bad luck.

Suddenly, from left to right outside the door of the study, a figure flashed past, reflected on the window grille for a while, and then disappeared.

Xia Zijin and Xiao Huanzi found the figure almost at the same time, and their hearts skipped a beat.

"Extinguishing."

Xia Zijin called out in a very soft voice, and quickly put the cap on the Huozie, exchanged glances with Xiao Huanzi, and then quietly hid behind the door panel.

After about a stick of incense, the flashing black shadow reappeared, and the two people in the study held their breath, staring at the black shadow that was getting closer and closer. A mass of black.

In the darkness, Xia Zijin's eyes moved, and he glanced at Xiao Huanzi who was five steps away. The latter immediately understood, gently picked up a wooden stick behind the door panel, and squeezed it tightly in his hands, his palms were faintly sweating.

With a creak, the black figure pushed open the door of the study, his face was not clear, but he was quite tall and thin, and he walked in steadily.

Right now, Xiao Huanzi clenched the wooden stick tightly, exerted force with his hind legs, raised the stick with his hand and dropped it, and knocked hard on the back of the black shadow's neck.

The black figure snorted and fell to the ground with a thud.

Xia Zijin and the two hurriedly surrounded him, took out a torch and ignited it, and moved to the man's face to take a photo.

After underestimating the face on the ground, both of them were amazed, Huozhezi's faint orange swayed, and that suffocating face was exactly this year's new champion, Fang Zhou.

The lights in Yikun Palace were gradually turned off, and the outer hall was completely silent. The croaks and insects in the spring night were also isolated from the thick door, and none of them entered the inner hall.

Concubine Yue leaned on the Eight Immortals and Phoebe wood crane pattern bed, and the bed was covered with a soft gauze curtain, and the wind blowing in from the window of the hall made the curtain swing leisurely and gracefully.

"Your Majesty's Concubine."

Step by step, each person walked slowly to the front of the bed. The person was covered in gorgeous clothes, his boots covered his feet, and his long gown was shiny. From the bottom to the top, it was all expensive clothing and accessories.

Concubine Yue didn't raise her eyes when she heard her name being called, she lazily changed her posture and leaned back, she leaned back the soft pillow made of golden silk brocade carp lotus opera picture under her head, and a voice came from her throat. A tender voice.

"Do you remember coming to this palace?"

Hearing the half-annoyed, half-annoyed, half-reproachful tone, the man smiled freely, took two steps forward, and actually sat on the edge of the bed, lifted the beige-gold curtain of the soft gauze, facing the noble concubine Yue.

"Your Majesty, don't annoy me. If I don't come, you will complain even more."

As he spoke, the man laughed softly, as if he had known Concubine Yue for a long time.

Concubine Yue has always hated being approached by others, except for Ming Shengdi and his own daughter Xia Ziqi, if the palace people get too close to her, they will be punished, but at this moment, the tone of that person's teasing is not the same as that of Concubine Yue Annoyed, instead he sat up and got closer.

"You haven't come for three months, I thought you had forgotten me."

Concubine Yue didn't call herself "My Palace", but used the word "I" instead. How much sorrow and how sad it was, all appeared on the face of this noble concubine who was only one rank lower than the empress. Jaws dropped.

The man stepped forward and embraced Concubine Yue's shoulders, with a smile on his brow and affection on his lips.

"You just have to remember, I have you in my heart, everything I do now is just to make life better for the time, what do you think, Yan Ran?"

"But you always don't come, but I have to find a way to fight Yue Jing'an every day. Don't tell me you didn't feel a little bit sad when I was with Xia Zhong?" Concubine Yue asked faintly, sounding angry, There was a soft light in his eyes that couldn't be more serious.

The man let out a long sigh, and hugged Concubine Yue even tighter. The two bodies hugged each other, and the two loved each other, but it was tainted with taboo, and it was a dirty suspicion that could not be exposed to the sun.

"Yanran, don't be willful, have you forgotten what happened eight years ago... We can't afford to take a second chance."

The twinkling eyes finally became sad, Yue Guifei also sighed, the look of loss was beyond words, it was true from the bottom of her heart, never like this when she was with Ming Shengdi.

"Yanran, wait a little longer, we will succeed soon, right? One year, two years, five years, one day, I will be able to stand by your side in a fair manner." The man couldn't bear it, and hugged her tightly She, every word in her ear is a promise.

Concubine Yue was in a daze for a moment, and finally stepped forward to snuggle up, her shoulders trembling like a girl's, and her still delicate skin was now a little more lustrous with love.

"I'm waiting for that day."

Back to the Li Mansion, Xia Zijin and Xia Zijin looked at the number one scholar who was knocked unconscious by a stick on the ground, both of them were a little unexpected. In syncope, there is no trace of reaction.

"Princess... what should I do now..."

Little Huanzi bit his finger, regretting it a little bit, he would not have put such a heavy hand on if he knew it earlier, he thought it was some kind of gangster, he used all his strength, but he didn't know it was this frail champion man.

Xia Zijin was silent for a moment, wondering why Fang Zhou appeared here. Logically speaking, the leak of the test questions should have nothing to do with him. Fang Zhou's talent is obvious to all, otherwise Ming Shengdi would not be particularly partial to him.

But he appeared in Li's house, does it mean that Fang Zhou has something to do with this matter?Or rather, he knows something.

"Go get some clean water." After thinking for a moment, Xia Zijin said, her brows slightly frowned, and she had to wait for Fang Zhou to wake up before she could ask for clarification.

Xiao Huanzi brought clear water, followed Xia Zijin's intention, dipped his finger on Fang Zhou's face, although it was spring, the cool swishing water droplets hit the skin, it was still a bit cold, Fang Zhou Sure enough, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he woke up leisurely after a while.

He blinked twice, only to feel some pain in the back of his neck, and sat up with his hands on the back of his neck with a hiss, but he could faintly see a fire in the darkness, and further up, there was a beautiful and bright face.

"Princess...Princess?"

Fang Zhou was very surprised. He didn't expect Xia Zijin to be here. Looking to the right, he saw Xiao Huanzi who was holding a wooden stick and waved at him embarrassedly. He immediately understood where the pain in the back of his neck came from. .

"Little Huanzi didn't mean it. When the princess saw someone outside the door, she thought it was some kind of gangster, so..." Xia Zijin lowered her eyes and said in a slow voice, and suddenly asked, "But why is Mr. Fang in Li's residence?"

Xia Zijin had an inquisitive look in his eyes, and he looked at Fang Zhou intently, as if he wanted to see what happened.

Fang Zhou groaned, then patted his head and said, "I don't know why I came here, but there is something in my heart that I don't know about Li Bangshou... I think that Director Xia should be innocent... Anyway... …I……"

Fang Zhou spoke in a very confused manner, a little annoyed and a little hesitant, which confused both of them.

Xia Zijin took a deep look at him, and said in a low voice, "You know something, don't you?"

Fang Zhou was stunned for a moment, nodded, looked at the puzzled expressions of the two, sighed, and said slowly.

"Actually, it's not just Li Bangyan, the person selling test questions also approached me..."

As soon as these words came out, both Xia Zijin and Xiao Huanzi were shocked for a while, and almost said in unison: "The person who sells the test questions?"

Fang Zhou nodded again and said: "That's right, that man is about forty years old, his back is a bit bent, and there is a mole on the right side of his nose. Two nights before the palace exam, he found my house and offered him 3 yuan. For two silver, sell the palace examination questions."

Xia Zijin frowned deeply. The topic of the business examination was a capital offense. I am afraid that Fang Zhou would not be unaware of this. Since that person has found Fang Zhou, he will also find other students. The line is getting longer and longer Yes, it made her a little confused.

"I didn't buy the test questions. One is that I don't need them at all. The imperial examinations rely on real talents and learning. I really don't have ink in my stomach. Even if I know the questions and get a good ranking, I will inevitably reveal my secrets in the future. The second is that my family is poor. , I can’t come up with 3 taels of silver. The third is that the person looks treacherous at first glance, I am afraid that the authenticity of the test questions is unknown..."

After Fang Zhou finished speaking, he shook his head and said, "I didn't know that the questions of the imperial examination were really leaked. I just thought that someone wanted to follow the imperial examination questions to make a fortune. Although I had doubts, I didn't pay much attention to it. It wasn't until later that what happened in the Golden Luan Hall that I recalled what happened that night, and I couldn't help feeling a little scared, so I walked to Li's mansion in a strange way, wanting to see if there were any clues..."

(End of this chapter)