Usurping the Qing Dynasty: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 68 Imperial Examination! A Moment of Destiny (4 more)

Chapter 68 Imperial Examination! A Moment of Fate! (4 more)

After staying for a while, Su Ye quickly let go.

He knew he couldn't explain now.

Especially, he couldn't explain, I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you.

Wouldn't that be self-exposure? Who do you think it was?

Of course, fortunately, Zhenzhen was still very young. Although she was smart and clever, she had no experience and didn't find anything wrong with Su Ye's skillful movements, let alone that other women had come here frequently before her.

"Are you here alone?" Su Ye took a few steps back without leaving a trace.

"No, Huai Tabu brought me here." Zhenzhen said shyly and happily: "I heard that you were sick, I... I really wanted to come and see you. Huai Tabu saw what I was thinking and said that Brother Su Ye needed special care at this time."

Okay.

Sure enough, he came here without telling his parents.

And Huai Tabu, the dog-headed military advisor, felt guilty because Lord Ruilin backed off and returned the gift list last time, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to make up for it.

In his opinion, Su Ye has been in the spotlight recently, and everyone is scolding and ridiculing him, so this is Su Ye's low point.

Huai Tabu feels that as a brother, he has an obligation to stand up and help Su Ye.

So, he dragged Ting Ren to defend Su Ye everywhere, saying that Su Ye has great talent and should not be criticized like this.

As a result, the two of them were too small, and were instantly drowned in the spit of countless people, and were almost shut down by the scolding of the Manchus and Han people.

Moreover, Huai Tabu felt that while Su Ye was at a low point, his family should show their determination, and marriage was the best way.

So, he had a bold idea to let his sister Zhenzhen visit Su Ye.

This pair of brothers and sisters, one really dares to think, and the other really dares to do.

So, on this night, Zhenzhen, a little princess, came to visit Su Ye without telling her parents.

Even among the Manchus, this behavior is very unorthodox.

"Brother Su Ye, are you well?" Zhenzhen asked.

Because she couldn't find anything to say all of a sudden. She wanted to see Su Ye very much before coming, but after coming, her heart was pounding and she just wanted to run away.

"Okay." Su Ye said.

"What are you doing now?"

Su Ye said: "Preparing for the exam, writing an article, do you want to see it?"

Zhenzhen said: "Can I see it?"

Su Ye said: "Of course, I'll get it."

Of course, he couldn't take Zhenzhen to his room, at most he could only take her to the study.

And showing her the article was an explanation for her coming here tonight.

When people do something, they always feel that there must be a gain, a substantial thing.

After reading Su Ye's article, Zhenzhen could convince herself that she didn't come in vain tonight, so she could leave with peace of mind.

It could also dilute the ambiguity and embarrassment just now.

Zhenzhen took Su Ye's article and read it, but she couldn't read a word.

Su Ye didn't urge her, which would hurt the sensitive heart of a girl, so she just sat here politely.

Zhenzhen was completely flustered at this time, and had never experienced such a scene before.

I was bold when I came, but I didn't feel this way.

I was anxious and uneasy.

After watching for about half a minute, Zhenzhen said, "Brother Su Ye, I'm relieved that you're okay, then...then I'm going back."

"So soon." Su Ye said.

Zhenzhen hesitated for a long time, handed over a purse, and whispered, "I embroidered this myself, you can't find it ugly."

Then she ran away quickly.

She fled like an elf.

Su Ye breathed a sigh of relief, he really didn't dare to provoke this girl now.

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The Hall of Mental Cultivation, Sanxi Hall!

As the imperial examination was getting closer and closer, the emperor's mood was getting worse and worse.

I didn't expect that Su Ye's participation in the civil and military imperial examinations would cause such a big storm and suffer such great criticism.

I thought it was an unprecedented grand occasion, but the result was unprecedented scolding.

The Manchus were scolding.

The Han people were also scolding.

Letting Su Ye pretend to be sick and stay indoors was also a test.

If the disturbance subsided, maybe it would be easy to let Su Ye cancel his plan to take the exam.

But he didn't expect that the outside scolding would be even more severe.

The royal family is all unbearable, and the Eight Banners are all trash.

He was just stupid to rashly participate in both the civil and military imperial examinations before.

And now he is pretending to be sick and not participating. He is stupid and cowardly to retreat before the battle.

He can't even afford to lose.

As Ruilin said, he must participate.

He must participate no matter how badly he does in the exam.

Let Su Ye pretend to be sick first, and then take the imperial examination while sick.

Especially in the military examination, Su Ye must show the spirit of daring to fight, and it is best to bleed and get injured in front of everyone.

This may save some of the royal family's reputation.

You can lose the imperial examination, but you can't lose your spirit.

Su Ye entrusted Cheng Shou to pass on the message that he wanted to enter the palace and perform martial arts for the emperor.

The emperor denied it because he was also very worried recently.

The Empress Dowager is already on her deathbed, so summoning Su Ye to the palace would be suspected of using the name of auspiciousness.

This is nothing, but if the Empress Dowager happens to die after Su Ye enters the palace, it will be even worse and will cause a lot of trouble.

"Your Majesty, the old wife of Prince Qing is here again."

The emperor said impatiently: "Is it because of the disappearance of her brother Jinglong again?"

The eunuch Wang Chenggui said: "Yes."

The emperor said: "Hasn't the people from the Infantry Commander's Office been sent to look for her?"

Wang Chenggui said: "Old Concubine Qing said that her brother might have been murdered. Please order a thorough investigation."

The emperor frowned and said: "Had he been murdered?"

Jinglong is a descendant of the Dong E family, a fifth-rank cloud cavalry officer.

The Dong E family has long been a relative of the royal family and a noble of the Eight Banners.

A total of eight or nine people were murdered in the capital, which is a big deal.

Wang Chenggui said: "That's what Old Concubine Qing said. She said that her brother Jinglong was murdered when he went to Baiyun Mountain. It is very likely related to the eldest princess of the Chongen family."

Qingqing? !

The emperor was also very impressed with Qingqing.

Because she almost became his concubine mother, the late emperor liked her very much at that time. Unfortunately, when dealing with the empress dowager, Qingqing showed her edge, showing too much arrogance and talent.

And it was said that Qingqing was too beautiful and not suitable to be included in the emperor's harem.

The empress dowager at that time made the decision and betrothed Qingqing to Prince Qing Yicai.

The emperor said, "What's the reason for her saying that?"

Wang Chenggui said, "The eldest princess of Lord Chong'en's family has been unhappy with her husband's family. She has been staying at her parents' home for a long time. Recently, she has been living in the Kaiseki Temple in Baiyun Mountain."

The emperor said, "What's wrong with that?"

When things are not going well at home and there are no children, she has the idea of becoming a monk and going to a nunnery to be with the Buddha. Isn't it normal? For Qingqing, a talented woman, it is also a graceful thing.

Wang Chenggui said, "The old prince's wife sent his brother Jinglong to take Qingqing home, but Jinglong disappeared and his life or death is unknown. Coincidentally, Qingqing has also been missing for several days."

"So, the old prince's wife kept saying that her brother Jinglong was killed by someone, and it might be related to Qingqing."

The emperor frowned and said, "Let the army commander continue the search, and let the Dali Temple..."

At this point, the emperor paused.

"Let the clan house and the Dali Temple investigate Jinglong's disappearance together."

"If necessary, you can go to Chongen's house to investigate, but be careful about the way."

Wang Chenggui said: "Yeah!"

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Qing Wangfu has gone to Chongen's house to make trouble many times.

First, Huairou asked Qingqing softly, where did Jinglong go? Is he dead or alive?

If Jinglong did anything rude, Qingqing don't mind.

But no matter how much good words she said, Qingqing always had only one sentence, she had never seen Lord Jinglong.

Soft words didn't work, Qing Wangfu took a hard approach.

"Qingqing, I know Jinglong's disappearance must be related to you. He went to Baiyun Mountain to find you and take you home, but he just disappeared for no reason? This logic doesn't work no matter how hard you try."

"We are a family, it's not too late to talk it out now. Don't force me to go to the palace to file a complaint."

In her opinion, although Chongen was the acting governor of Shandong, he was far inferior to Qing Wangfu and Dong E's family.

Family disgrace should not be made public.

If she had not had to, she would not have wanted to expose this matter.

But Chong'en was furious when he heard this: "Fujin, who is Jinglong? He is your brother. What power and qualifications does he have to go to Baiyun Mountain to pick Qingqing up? Why didn't Yicai go to pick her up himself, but let her uncle go?"

"Even if this matter is reported to the emperor, we are right!"

"Is this how your family does things? I advise you to divorce early and don't force yourself to live together."

Since knowing that Qingqing followed Su Ye, Lord Chong'en has been thinking about getting Qingqing to divorce.

But should Qingqing and Su Ye get married?

He was undecided.

Because Qingqing is seven years older, and if Qingqing gets married to Su Ye after the divorce, it will be a huge blow to the reputation of both of them.

It's better to keep this precious daughter at home. Although it's a bit sneaky, the couple can still live.

In the future, if there is a child, I will secretly give birth to it, raise it by myself, and put it under the name of Tingren.

Alas, let's talk about the future later.

But no matter what, I have to divorce first.

The wife of Prince Qing was furious, and still wanted to divorce? Didn't she think that her Prince Qing's Mansion was not shameful enough?

Chong'en said: "In two days, I will go to the emperor to ask for grace to let Qingqing and Yicai divorce."

At worst, I will go to Prince Hui and let him, the emperor's uncle, come forward.

Seeing this, Dong E, the wife of Prince Qing, was furious, so she took the lead and brought this matter to the emperor.

So, Chong'en quickly smelled the wind and was immediately very uneasy.

His first reaction was to find Su Ye.

Because in this regard, Su Ye was too strong.

Not long ago, the crisis faced by Su Ye's family was many times greater than this, and he directly resolved it, turning the crisis into a great achievement.

But Qingqing stopped him and comforted him, saying, "Father, believe me, this has nothing to do with us. No matter how we investigate, we will be fine. Xiaoye is concentrating on preparing for the exam and will enter the exam room tomorrow. It is better not to disturb him."

Chongen thought it made sense, so he gave up.

Chongen was straightforward, but his wife was very shrewd.

She found Qingqing privately and said, "My dear daughter, you also understand Enie. I am not like your father who can't keep things in his heart. If you have something, tell me. Enie has a good idea in his heart and can cooperate with you at the critical moment."

"Baby, what happened? Tell Enie, I can't sleep these days and nights."

Qingqing was silent for a while and said, "Jinglong, that beast, sneaked up Baiyun Mountain with many people that night, drugged me, and tried to molest me."

Mrs. Chongen burst into tears and immediately hugged Qingqing tightly and said, "Baby, tell me, are you injured? Are you scared?"

"I'm fine." Qingqing said, "Xiaoye rushed out to save me, and killed Jinglong and his group, and cut Jinglong into pieces."

"Well done, well done..." Mrs. Chongen gritted her teeth and said, "It's really our good Xiaoye, that beast was killed well. Xiaoye is great, great."

"No wonder... No wonder you two are so close So fast, Enie had already seen that there was something wrong between you two, but I felt that you would definitely not be able to get over it in your heart, no wonder, no wonder..."

"That's good, that's the best."

"Then you don't have to worry about it next. Anyway, there is no evidence. If someone comes to investigate, I will handle it. No matter how much money it costs, Enie will never let you suffer any grievances, nor will it delay Xiaoye's future. "Mrs. Chong'en said: "There are people in our family, and there are people in Enie's natal family."

Although she said so, Mrs. Chong'en was still very uneasy.

Because in this case, after all, many people died, and Qingqing was the only clue, so she would definitely be found out.

Once it is investigated seriously, many things will be exposed.

Even if the murder case has nothing to do with Qingqing, it will affect Qingqing's reputation.

What's more, the murderer is Xiaoye, her half-son.

What should I do?

Qingqing said, "Xiao Yi told me about this matter specifically."

Mrs. Chong'en said, "What did he say?"

Qingqing said, "He said that we should not care about anything and just pretend that nothing happened. He will solve this problem once and for all, and it will be very fast, no more than two or three days."

Mrs. Chong'en said, "Then, then he will not take the imperial examination?"

Qingqing said, "Yes."

Mrs. Chong'en said, "Qingqing, this case is actually very big."

Qingqing said, "I know."

Mrs. Chong'en said, "More than one person died, and Jinglong is much more important than Niu Hulu Guangqi, and his family's background and power are much greater."

Qingqing said, "I know."

Mrs. Chong'en said, "Xiao Yi is in the examination room, but he wants to help us solve this huge problem?"

Qingqing said, "Yes."

Mrs. Chong'en couldn't imagine how this could be done?

Qingqing said: "Xiao Ye said that this case is simple, much simpler than his case, so let's just pretend it's nothing."

Mrs. Chongen said: "Don't worry about this, Enie is very good at this. But I can't tell your father about this, never tell him, he really can't keep anything in his heart."

Despite this, Mrs. Chongen was still full of uneasiness.

This case is a huge trouble, she really can't believe that Su Ye can solve this trouble once and for all while he is in the examination room.

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There was lightning and thunder outside again!

Qingqing will definitely not come tonight.

Su Ye took out his tablet to surf the Internet.

"Su Bacun, I asked my teacher and more than a dozen experts to read the policy paper written by Grand Princess Qingqing. They all agreed that it was better than Zhang Yuzhao's, and it was obviously better."

"Only she could do this well. We modern people can never write in that style."

"She wrote it according to our framework and intention, but she didn't, because she was higher. We haven't read many books, but she has. She is much better than us in allusions, words and sentences."

"This is not just because she is a talented woman, but because she loves you so much that she has completely devoted all her talents to you."

"Su Bacun, can you give me a photo of her?" Fu Bamei said.

Su Ye hesitated for a while and sent a close-up of Qingqing, who was sleeping sweetly.

Fu Bamei didn't respond for a long time.

"Sure enough, princesses are always with princes."

"I've imagined what she looks like, and you've described her, but after seeing her, I still think...she's too beautiful."

"And she's so quiet, so beautiful, so gentle, as if she never curses."

"Unlike me, who's full of swear words." Fu Ba Mei felt a little autistic.

Then, Fu Ba Mei said: "Actually, I'm not without some advantages over Qing Qing."

Su Ye said: "What?"

Fu Ba Mei: "Slut!"

Su Ye said: "Then...you may not be better than her."

Fu Ba Mei: "..."

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Then, Fu Ba Mei sent a message in the group.

Gossip is private, business is in the group.

"Su Bacun, the next step is really up to fate."

"If the test questions don't change, you will definitely win this time, and win without any controversy."

"If the test questions change, then everything is over!"

"It's just that you are unlucky, and our luck is not good."

Yingnian Zao Tu said: "Are you going to the examination room tomorrow morning?"

Su Ye said: "Yes."

Yingnian Zao Tu said: "I will go to the temple tomorrow morning to burn incense and worship Buddha for you."

Fu Ba Mei said: "From now on, I will also pray for you that the test questions will not change."

"This is not only Su Bacun's career, but also our career."

"Su Bacun's imperial examination career will surely be a success!"

At this moment, the voice of sister-in-law Bai Feifei came from outside.

"Xiao Ye."

Sister-in-law almost never came to his yard.

Su Ye put on his clothes and walked out.

In the night, Bai Feifei was wearing a white silk dress, slender and tall, with undulating curves.

Su Ye asked: "Dad and mother, are the elder brother and the others asleep?"

Bai Feifei said: "They are all asleep."

Both his parents and elder brother had no hope for Su Ye's civil examination, and only looked forward to Su Ye's military examination.

Only Bai Feifei, although he knew that Su Ye was a mess in the civil examination, still instinctively believed that Su Ye would not shoot without purpose.

Perhaps, he would bring a huge surprise.

"This amulet was asked for me by my mother." Bai Feifei handed over a snow-white jade flying fish and said: "I will take it with me every time I go out to sea, and it can bring me back safely."

"Now my sister-in-law gives it to you, which is a good omen."

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Su Ye took it, put it in his arms, and then watched Bai Feifei leave.

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It’s not even daybreak yet!

Su Ye’s family got up.

Bai Feifei had already prepared breakfast and prepared everything for Su Ye in the examination room.

And it was the best kind.

Checked it over and over again.

Su Quan wanted to give some instructions, but found that he couldn’t say anything, after all, he had only taken the examination for the Biteshi and had never participated in the imperial examination.

After eating!

The family sent Su Ye out.

Outside the door, Huai Tabu, Zhenzhen, Ting Ren, Qingqing, and Chong En and his wife were also outside.

They also came to send Su Ye to the examination room.

But no one said anything.

Do your best in the exam, don’t be nervous, etc.

No one said a word, just sent him off silently.

The group of people only sent him off for a while.

Su Quan and his wife sent Su Ye directly to the examination room.

It was not yet daybreak, and lanterns came out from each house in the dark.

Gathered on the street.

Headed towards the Shuntianfu Gongyuan examination room.