In mid-March of the first year of Jingming, the imperial court issued a decree that made the whole country boil, and it was also a decree that changed the fate of countless people.

The imperial court issued a decree to set up a scholar's department, and in addition to the recommendation of officials in the court, the officials of the imperial court could also pass the imperial examination.

As soon as this decree was promulgated, it immediately caused a sensation throughout the country, and some people belittled and some cheered, and naturally it was the aristocracy that was degraded, because it harmed their interests and shrunk the power in their hands.

Decrees were written, and the cities, counties, The state set up a school government circuit examination, in three months later, that is, in the autumn of the first year of Jingming, all those who pass the examination are given the name of Xiucai, they can participate in the subsequent township examination, the township examination is given to the people, and the township examination is given to the people, and they can participate in the next year's examination held by the Beijing School and Political Division, and the people who pass the examination will be given as tribute, and those who are tribute can participate in the subsequent palace examination by His Majesty Xià himself.

In addition, in order to show His Majesty's grace, Enke will be held on the tenth day of the next month, and when the time comes, regardless of identity, anyone who thinks he is talented can participate in Enke, and once hired, he will be directly given to the tribute student for the palace examination, and those who pass the palace examination will be directly appointed to the official position.

Since the date of the promulgation of the decree, the topic of tea and dinner in the capital is all about this, and people with a little talent are studying hard at home behind closed doors, grinding guns in battle, hoping to be admitted to the scientific examination, and since then the fish has jumped into the dragon gate.

The teahouse and restaurant are also full of candidates who came from around the capital to take the scientific examination, everyone has a poetry book in their hands and shakes their heads there to read it, and there are also people who gather together to fight poetry and lyrics.

No matter how lively it was outside, the palace was quiet and unaffected, and in the Qianlong Palace, Mo Yan tightened the quilt for him and withdrew after seeing Duan Yun asleep.

Moon Shadow saw her out of the back room, smiled and looked inside, and asked softly, "Your Majesty is asleep?"

"Well, I've been working hard for him these days, because of the matter of setting up a scholar, and those courtiers have been looking for him to make trouble. Mo Yan sighed.

"These people are really, knowing that they can't move you, they turned their heads to persuade His Majesty to oppose the imperial examination, and they don't want to think about how Majesty is still a child, where are the opponents of these treacherous and cunning people, it's really hard for His Majesty to dismiss it in an orderly manner. Moon Shadow grumbled.

"Who else treats you as a child in this position, everyone wants to take advantage of the fact that His Majesty is young and ignorant of things, and coax more power into his hands, if he can coax His Majesty's trust, it would be better. They treat Majesty as a dish, and they all want to eat a bite. Mo Yan said sarcastically.

The metaphor of the mother is vulgar but also apt. Moon Shadow saw her walk up to Baibaoge and fiddle with the jade on it, poured a cup of tea with a smile, and asked, "Niangniang drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat?"

"I'm not thirsty, let's put it there first!" Mo Yan put the jade fox back in his hand, smiled and turned back and refused.

She just took a look at the jade on it, and saw that the lattice next to the jade was actually a brocade box, which was different from the jade porcelain directly placed in other lattices, so she took it down and opened it to see what was inside, and then she was stunned when she saw the things inside.

It was a piece of jade pendant with a bright color, decorated with colorful Luo Ying underneath, although the jade pendant was similar to a lot, but she knew at a glance that this jade pendant was the one she gave him on Duan Li's birthday in her previous life.

At that time, she was bent on pleasing Duan Li, knowing that he liked jade, and heard that there was a hermit on Jinyang Mountain who had a family heirloom treasure jade in his hand, which was said to be a rough stone with the jade seal and the clan's bi, and she worked hard to get it for him.

It was given to him on his birthday with joy, and he also received it without saltiness, and she was not moved at all, she was like pouring cold water on it, and later because she suspected her of forming a private party, he fell down.

In this life, she didn't have this mind, so she wouldn't bother to find this jade pendant for him that matched her identity, and when Duan Li was born last year, she just sent something casually to deal with it, but she didn't want to see it again in the Qianlong Palace.

She took the jade pendant in her hand and gently rubbed it with her thumb, this jade pendant did not carry a good memory, this jade pendant she got at that time was not easy, this hermit has a strange temperament, and does not eat soft and hard, the style of the literati, not afraid of the powerful, she begged for half a year to get it, I believe that Duan Li will not be easy.

Why did he bother to get this jade pendant again, it was obviously something he had discarded, and she really couldn't figure it out.

Maybe there's a voice in the back of her heart that says, you know. It's just that she chose to ignore it, suppressing this voice to prevent it from coming out, messing with the peace in her heart.

Now this voice has come out, but it is just a small jade pendant, what can it prove? Have you forgotten the tragic death in your previous life? Even if you blame yourself for being stupid, but what about this life? When you are willing to give up a qiē and go away to the end of the world, he forces you to come back and imprison you in this inch of palace without freedom, even if these are forgotten, he still forced you to force you regardless of your wishes, this is to trample your dignity under your feet, have you forgotten?

Yes, how could she forget? How dare she forget!

Now that everything is different, Duan Li and the others are gone, and she still thinks about what she has and doesn't do, it's meaningless.

Moon Shadow saw her staring at this jade pendant in a daze for a while, then gently pushed her and said, "This piece of jade is very beautiful, but there are many better things than this in the palace, and Niangniang doesn't have to look at it to her senses!"

"Huh?" Mo Yan came back to his senses and nodded with a smile, "Look at what you said, what kind of good things I haven't seen, as for looking at it so shallowly, I just thought of something and thought about it." As he spoke, he put the jade pendant back into the brocade box and sent it back to the lattice, but because the gesture was too hasty, the brocade box was not stable and stopped, and the brocade box fell to the ground with a bang.

"Ahh Moon Shadow hurriedly shouted, but it was too late, the brocade box fell to the ground, she hurriedly stepped forward and squatted down to pick up the brocade box and looked at it, the jade pendant inside had been broken into three pieces, Moon Shadow picked up a slightly larger piece of broken jade connected to Luo Ying, and said: "It's a pity that such a beautiful jade pendant." ”

Mo Yan stood without movement after falling from the brocade box, and at this time, looking at the broken jade in Moon Shadow's hand, she received it with a calm face, pinched it tightly and loosened, and said with a smile: "Maybe this jade pendant is destined to be broken." ”

"How can there be jade destined to break, isn't it just careless, don't feel sorry for the jade pendant, mother. Moon Shadow persuaded her, she felt a pity that such a good jade was broken.

"There's nothing to feel sorry for, just throw these broken jades away!" he said, turning around and leaving.

Although she said this, the ghost sent the god to send it, and she didn't throw the piece in her hand with the Moon Shadow, but carried it on her body.