The people of the Hou Mansion searched for four or five days in the capital, and An Sheng seemed to have evaporated from the world, without any news. Jinsha hid in the house and cried every day, and Fusheng also accompanied her with a pale face. On the sixth day, An Yuanxi asked the servants in the house to stop searching, and I went straight to the study to find him: "I heard that you asked people to stop looking for An Sheng." ”

"Hmm." He sat at his desk and wrote, without raising his head. I said anxiously, "Why? ”

"I haven't been able to find it for so many days, maybe I'm no longer in Jingshi." An Yuanxi continued to write, "I told my grandfather and asked him to let Deacon Yin help check it." ”

"Really?" I frowned, can the deacon find out who has been abducted? After Yun Zheng left, the only person who could control the deacon Yin was my grandfather, I couldn't find someone to verify it, and I didn't have any bottom in my heart, "When will there be news?" ”

"I don't know yet." An Yuanxi put down his pen, raised his eyes and said, "The gift list for General Lin has been prepared, I'll read it to you." ”

Seeing that I frowned and was silent, he read straight down: "A pair of glazed and jade, a pair of gold-inlaid jade, a pair of gold-inlaid jade, a pair of gold-wrapped gold, a pair of gilt-inlaid jade-inlaid coral bracelets, and a pair of gold-inlaid treasure hairpins......"

"Okay, don't read it." I interrupted him, "Just take your idea." "Ansheng has not heard from him for so long, and the chance of being abducted is the greatest. If it had been killed, the corpse would have been seen for so many days; If it is kidnapped, the kidnappers should also come and ask for money; If Ansheng has been taken out of the capital by human traffickers, it is useless to look for it in the capital; If they hadn't been taken out of the capital, now that they had withdrawn the people who were searching for them, the traffickers avoided the news, and when they thought they were safe, they would easily show their feet and let us find clues. I looked at An Yuanxi thoughtfully, he was completely different from when he was in Cangdu.

"Then I'll prepare according to the gift list and let people send congratulatory gifts." An Yuanxi closed the gift list and looked up.

"Okay." I nodded, felt like nothing more, and turned to leave the study. I went back to the room, played with Nuo'er for a while, and came safely. I asked Huiniang to hug Nuo'er over, and said with a smile: "You don't study hard in the inner study hall, what are you doing here?" ”

"The emperor gave me a holiday, and tomorrow the second uncle will get married, and the emperor will let me come back." Ping An smiled. I smiled: "Then you don't help your second uncle in the house?" ”

"There is someone in the house to help him, can it be my turn?" Ping An said disapprovingly, and sat down beside me, "Second Uncle has taken care of everything, I just need to watch the ceremony tomorrow." ”

"Peace, General Lonely can find someone he likes, you should be happy for him." Ning'er brought the tea, I took a sip, and said softly.

Ping An glanced at me and said with a smile: "Is my sister afraid that I will trouble her?" ”

I didn't say a word, Ping'an wrinkled my nose, and said with a smile: "I don't have that kung fu, it's good if the second uncle likes it, I will get along with her well." The second uncle doesn't know if he's too happy lately, he is often stupid, always saying something inexplicable, telling him something, and always forgetting it. I remember the marriage in my mind, and I was so excited that I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and I walked around the yard, and the second aunt would take care of him in the future. ”

I smiled slightly, it seems that as long as the girl is not her rival, Ping An is not unacceptable to her, in the end, Ping An is still a kind girl, but I didn't expect General Lin to fall in love, it is so interesting. I put down the teacup and said with a smile: "You girl also has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, let's say, what's the matter?" ”

Ping'an's face turned red, and he snorted, "Why can't I come to talk to my sister if I'm fine?" ”

If you're really fine, why don't you stay in the palace and watch the emperor? I said, "Yes, it turns out that Ping An came to talk to me." ”

Her face turned even redder, and she frowned and said, "Sister......" Seeing that I was just laughing, she paused: "Okay, I have something to ask my sister." ”

"Hmm." I answered her lightly. Ping An looked at me and said softly, "Sister, have you heard that the emperor is preparing to implement Enke recently?" ”

"I heard." I picked up the teacup, "I heard that the reaction of the officials is very great, this Enke, the emperor is afraid that there will be some resistance to the implementation." ”

"That's it." Ping An nodded vigorously, "The emperor is annoyed by this, those civil and military ministers are 'buzzing' in front of him like flies all day long, it's so hateful, the emperor hasn't laughed for many days." ”

"This is inevitable, the implementation of Enke will harm the interests of the family, the emperor should have thought of it a long time ago, otherwise he would not have proposed it until now." I took a sip of tea and continued, "But since the emperor has already proposed it, he must have made a careful plan. ”

"The specific work of the imperial examination has already been prepared, and as soon as it is announced, it can be implemented immediately." Ping'an frowned and said, "It's just that the opposition of the court makes the emperor feel very pressured." Many old ministers who served the emperors of the three dynasties recently jointly wrote a letter against Enke, and yesterday they knelt outside the imperial study and refused to leave. Those people also went to the queen mother, and the queen mother also came to persuade the emperor not to carry out the imperial examination, and the emperor was annoyed to death. Sister, is there any way you can help the emperor? ”

"Did the emperor ask you to ask me?" I laughed. Ping'an hurriedly shook his head and pouted: "I saw that the emperor was so angry that he couldn't eat, and I wanted to share my worries for the emperor, and the emperor named me Bingbi Shangyi, but I couldn't do anything at all." ”

"Bingbi Shangyi, can you discuss politics?" I said in surprise, seeing that Ping An nodded, I smiled, "I see." "It turns out that the biggest difference between Bingbi Shangyi and Bingbi eunuchs is that Bingbi eunuchs can't discuss politics, but only follow the emperor's wishes, while Bingbi Shangyi can give the emperor some political opinions. However, the emperor wisely did not publicize the right of Bingbi Shangyi, and their right was kept secret, otherwise they would only attract more opposition.

"Sister, do you have a way to deal with those flies?" Looking at me with a flat eye, I couldn't help but laugh and said, "Are you a fly swatter for me?" ”

"Sister......" Ping An took my arm and shook it. I smiled: "The emperor wants to ban the recommendation system and implement the imperial examination system, which is opposed by civil and military officials, right?" ”

Ping An nodded hurriedly, and I smiled: "That's not simple, just don't ban the recommendation system." ”

"Sister, doesn't what you said mean you didn't say it?" Ping'an said angrily, "If that's the case, why does the emperor bother with those flies?" Why do you still want to implement the imperial examination system? ”

"I mean, don't ban the recommendation system, I didn't say don't implement the imperial examination system." I smiled, "Since the Maison wants to keep the recommendation system, let them keep it." Don't folk students like the imperial examination system very much? Then carry it out. The recommendation system and the imperial examination system are implemented together, so it will be fine. ”

Our great Grandpa Deng can implement one country, two systems after recovering Hong Kong and Macao, and it should be feasible for the imperial court to implement two systems for selecting officials on this day, right?

"Is that okay?" Ping'an's eyes widened, "Doesn't this make people feel very unfair?" ”

"Where in this world is there absolute justice? Fairness is limited by scope and conditions, and all fairness is relative fairness under this scope and condition. I said lightly, "The family's recommendation system has been around for a long time, and a rash ban will inevitably attract opposition and boycott from the family, causing chaos in the court, which the emperor should try his best to avoid." The imperial examination system can attract talented and loyal students to the emperor for the emperor, and the emperor will inevitably implement it, but the relationship between the imperial examination system and the recommendation system is not a life-and-death relationship, and the two can be transformed into a mutually beneficial parallel relationship. After all, the recommendation system is not completely devoid of introducing outstanding talents to the emperor, is it? ”

Whether it is the imperial examination system or the recommendation system, we must not forget that only people are selected and recommended, not officials. The person who makes you an official is always the emperor, and the emperor can completely make the henchmen selected through the imperial examination system a big official, and the person who can't distinguish between friend and foe through the recommendation system can be a small official with no real power.

Ping An looked at me as if he didn't understand, there was a trace of confusion on his face, and I smiled: "You just give the emperor such advice, just see how the emperor decides." "Those details, the emperor himself can figure out, I don't need to say so detailed. In fact, with his cleverness, I suspect that he has already thought of this, and the reason why he still wants to make a move to break the net is probably just to pave a smoother road for the implementation of the imperial examination system. If the two selection systems were implemented in parallel from the beginning, the newly emerged imperial examination system would inevitably be rejected by the family, and the emperor would have no room for bargaining, so what would he do with the family? Now the emperor to ban the recommendation system to implement the imperial examination system, causing chaos in the court, the family is afraid of being deprived of power, must be desperately opposed, if the emperor at this time a step back, the implementation of the two ways in parallel, the family will definitely make concessions, no longer look for the imperial examination system. In the final analysis, the chaos in the court is just a layout of the emperor, and the civil and military officials are all chess pieces in the hands of the emperor.

Ping An left in a daze, and I sat on the soft couch, stunned. The situation above the court is becoming more and more turbulent, and the emperor is slowly making moves against the major families, and what role does the Yun family play in this?

At night, I was sleeping in a daze, and suddenly I felt that someone seemed to be standing next to the bed, I squinted my eyes and said softly: "Xiaohong, is it you?" ”

The man didn't answer, I opened my eyes, and dimly saw that the person in front of the bed was wearing only white underwear, and his figure seemed to be like a man, and I was immediately shocked: "Who is it?" ”

Xiaohong, who was sleeping on the side bed of the screen, was awakened, and the man raised his hand casually, and Xiaohong fell back to the bed silently. I was so frightened that I screamed, and the man was on me, and I couldn't make any sound, and I couldn't move my whole body, but I heard the man say gently: "Miss Carmen, don't be afraid, I just want to say a few words to the girl." ”

I was shocked, my eyes widened in surprise, and the voice, the voice turned out to be—Silence!

He crouched down beside my bed, the room was so dark that I couldn't see his face clearly. I only listened to him and said gently: "Since I saw the girl in the Yihong Mansion, I heard the song that the girl sang for the next day, the girl's figure has been imprinted on the heart, and I know that the girl is the person the emperor likes, and I have never dared to think about the girl, I think that it is good to be able to accompany the girl silently like this......"

The more I listened, the more frightened I became, is this a silent cloud? How could Lonely Terror Cloud sneak into the Hou Mansion in the middle of the night, sneak into my room, and do such a strange thing? He's going to marry tomorrow, so why would he come and tell me such inexplicable words? My eyes widened, trying to see his face, but it was still pitch black, and only his terrifyingly gentle voice echoed in my ears, and it was indeed silent. Cold sweat came out drop by drop, I felt my scalp tingle, the feeling of fear choked me, made me want to scream, but he clicked on the hole, I opened my mouth, but I couldn't make any sound.

I didn't listen to what he said at my bedside, I just stared at the figure in fear, and after a while, the man stood up, turned and walked out, and I heard him open the door and close it again. I breathed a long sigh of relief, only to realize that the cold sweat had soaked all my underwear. I still can't move, I can't speak, because of fear, I don't feel sleepy, I don't know how long it took, I felt my body weak, I raised my hand, I was able to move, it seemed that the acupuncture point had been automatically unlocked, I screamed: "Xiaohong!" ”

——2007、3、25

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