Immediately, the emperor was very happy, Tuoba Heng was able to give him this gift so intimately, which made the emperor can't help but sound the second prince who is being tried in the internal affairs palace at this moment, how can he be such an unsuccessful person!? Why did he care so much about him, but he was the one who disappointed him the most?

The smile on the emperor's face froze for a moment, and Tuoba Heng also saw the emperor's strange appearance, so he started to say: "Father, if you are too tired, you might as well rest first." ”

The emperor glanced at Tuoba Heng, and forgot about the prince's affairs at that time.

Immediately, Tuoba Heng comforted the emperor and said: "Father, the sons and daughters have been working hard for the Tianbo Mansion examination recently, so they also want to help you share some of the burdens, do you think there is anything that you need the sons to serve you!?" ”

When the emperor heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he thought for a moment before shaking his head.

Tuoba Heng saw that the emperor was a little uneasy about him, so he continued: "Actually, my father, my son's ministers also investigated in the academy without knowing from my father. Erchen was worried that his father was overthinking, so he came to tell his father about it. ”

The emperor's eyes were immediately full of scrutiny and glanced at Tuoba Heng, and Tuoba Heng Ziran also smelled a trace of a very domineering aura like a lion in his eyes, but he was not afraid in his heart, but the smile on his face was a little stronger.

"Father doesn't know, the prime minister had a cold a few days ago, so most of the affairs in the court are handed over to his subordinates, this time there was a sudden leak in Tianbo Mansion, he was also very embarrassed, and he didn't dare to come to his father to plead in front of you, just afraid that it would cause bad luck and make your father unhappy."

Tuoba Heng said to the emperor in a way, and these words that were neither hard nor soft listened to the emperor's ears, but the layers of thick guard in his heart suddenly disappeared a lot.

"Then how do you think this matter should be resolved!?" The emperor then brought a faint smile, looked at Tuoba Heng and said slightly.

Tuoba Heng knew that the emperor was not angry at this time, so he said: "It is not good for the prime minister to be in charge of the big exam, and he should be punished by the emperor. ”

The emperor appreciated Tuoba Heng's views very much, but he didn't expect that after many years of experience outside the palace, this child's brain was much clearer than those princes who were golden and precious in the palace all day long.

The Emperor nodded approvingly, and then said, "Alas, I am getting old, so I have to worry about a lot of things, but you really make me feel more and more at ease. It's better to leave the matter of this big test to you. Prime Minister, I'll talk about it as appropriate. ”

"Thank you for your father's appreciation, and your sons must be cautious about handling the big exam, and please rest assured." Tuoba Heng immediately saluted with both hands, and then said respectfully.

The emperor nodded approvingly, and then Tuoba Heng saw that he didn't have anything to say, so he asked a few words, but the emperor still had any orders that he needed to do, the emperor shook his head, and Tuoba Heng retired first.

Soon after Tuoba Heng returned to the palace, the secret agents in the palace came back with the news, saying that the emperor had sent a speech to punish the prime minister for leaking the questions of the big exam, which was not good, and he would be punished for one year. The new examiner is Tuoba Henglai.

Tuoba Heng was very happy, and immediately ordered Chen Feng to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to deliver the news.

At night, it was already the time to hold the lamp, and the prime minister received Huang Zhi to confirm that the emperor did not punish him heavily, but only gave him a punishment of one year according to Tuoba Heng's words.

The prime minister was very happy, and immediately went to the Three Princes' Mansion overnight to thank the Three Princes, and he also brought two thousand taels of silver as a thank you.

As soon as the Prime Minister saw Tuoba Heng, he hurriedly kowtowed to Tuoba Heng, and said: "The life-saving grace of the Third Highness, it is difficult for Weichen to repay, please accept my two thousand taels of silver as a thank you gift!?" ”

When Tuoba Heng saw this, he immediately raised his hand to help the prime minister up from the ground, and then Tuoba Heng said to the prime minister with a very helpless look: "You don't have to thank me, this is also a small matter, Prime Minister, don't do it again next time." If I really took your money, wouldn't it really be a shield for you!? ”

When the prime minister heard this, his face suddenly turned sallow, and then he panicked and asked the little servant and the family behind him to put away the silver.

Tuoba Heng left one step ahead, leaving the prime minister standing in the courtyard with some embarrassment.

When the Prime Minister was wondering where Tuoba Heng's mind was, Chen Feng invited the Prime Minister into the room to talk in detail.

After entering the house, there were still only the three princes and the prime minister in this room.

The prime minister saw Tuoba Heng sitting on the chair with a light smile on his face, and his heart became a little nervous.

"Third Highness, I won't tell you anything, if you didn't help me out of the siege this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to raise my head in front of the emperor in the future." The prime minister said to Tuoba Heng with an aggrieved face.

Tuoba Heng also nodded helplessly, and then said: "That's true, if I hadn't said that you had a wind chill a few days ago, and you left all the things at hand to your subordinates, it is estimated that my father would have been thinking about how to send you down at this moment." ”

Speaking of which, although the leakage of the topic is small, because it was exposed together with the case of the prince selling officials, it provoked the anger of the emperor, and the government and the opposition sighed. If the prime minister is exposed at this time and accidentally leaks the question to the prince, the emperor loves the prince and will definitely punish the prime minister heavily. Moreover, in the eyes of the emperor, the prime minister's violation of the law is like committing the crime of sitting with the prince, so now the prime minister should indeed sit on pins and needles and live with his head up.

Fortunately, Tuoba Heng knows how to make good use of people, and he also knows that the prime minister does not intend to be friendly with the prince, but he still doesn't know who to do things for. And the reason why Tuoba Heng was willing to sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman and help the prime minister clear his suspicion was naturally his own plan, but the prime minister at this time did not know about it.

As soon as the prime minister heard this, cold sweat continued to flow down his cheeks, and then he looked at Tuoba Heng with a somewhat ugly face and said: "Weichen is really grateful to His Royal Highness in my heart, and I really don't know how to repay your kindness!" I only hope that Your Highness, you can just open your mouth, if it is something that the old minister can do, the old minister will definitely have no complaints and help His Highness. ”

Tuoba Heng nodded very happily, what he wanted was the Prime Minister's words, the Prime Minister is an official above 10,000 people under one person, as long as he is willing, no matter what decision the emperor makes, as long as he makes a little suggestion and adds fuel to the fire, he can achieve the result they want. Or do some small things in the palace, the emperor is not so easy to notice, but will feel that the prime minister is very competent.

What Tuoba Heng wants is this kind of person who can speak in front of the emperor and do things, and such a person is a useful person to him.

"With the prime minister's words, this king is relieved, what this king is afraid of is those who don't know each other or don't know people clearly, and the good seedlings are broken." Tuoba Heng deliberately said this sentence in a deep voice, intending to convince the prime minister that he was the right choice to follow him.

The prime minister nodded with a happy face, and his heart was full of gratitude to Tuoba Heng.

"Then Third Highness, do you have anything to tell me to do!?" The prime minister was obviously in a hurry.

Tuoba Heng shook his head, and then said: "Tomorrow, you take out half of the silver taels you brought this time, go to the city to give porridge to the suffering people, take the opportunity to express your apologies to the emperor, and then say that you are sick in the palace for a few days and don't go to the court, just say that you are infected with the wind and cold, and you are afraid that the emperor will look at it badly." ”

The Prime Minister immediately bowed his hand and said: "Okay, the Third Highness is really smart, it was all caused by the fact that Weichen did not know people clearly, Your Highness, your great kindness, Weichen will never forget, and I will do my best to do what you explained." ”

Tuoba Heng nodded at him slightly, and told him to go back to the house early, and not to go out and walk around if he was fine, so as not to arouse suspicion.

Seeing off the Prime Minister, Tuoba Heng stood in the courtyard and felt a little quiet in his heart, he looked at the moon that had just risen in the sky, and suddenly remembered Su Cimo in the academy, his delicate little face, and the energetic eyes, always appeared unintentionally in Tuoba Heng's mind.

Tuoba Heng was a little distracted when he thought about it, he hadn't seen him for a few days, and he didn't know how he was doing.

Tianbo Mansion Academy, at night, Su Cimo was still studying the poetry under the dim candlelight in the bedroom.

At this time, suddenly her door was knocked on by something, Su Cimo was startled, the sound sounded like the sound of a small stone hitting the door panel, no matter how you heard it, it seemed to have some hint.

Su Cimo immediately stood up and walked outside the door, and as soon as he walked outside the door, Tuoba Heng stood where he didn't want to, looking at the pillars under the corridor and waving at him.

Fortunately, the moonlight shone on his whole body, and Su Cimo also saw clearly that it was Tuoba Heng himself, and walked over in a panic with surprise and joy in his heart.

"Tuoba Heng! What are you doing here!? Su Cimo was really strange in his heart, how did this Tuoba Heng know which room he lived in, and the door panel outside looked exactly the same.

"Oh, I'm just here to tell you that the chief examiner of this big exam has been replaced by me, and besides, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who caused a false alarm in your academy this time." Tuoba Heng's handsome voice flowed in the bright moonlight, inexplicably bringing a sense of romance.

Su Cimo's cheeks turned red all of a sudden, but fortunately, against the dark night, Tuoba Heng couldn't see his reddened cheeks clearly.

But Su Cimo's thoughts were quickly pulled away by Tuoba Heng's words just now.

It turned out that the person who leaked the question this time was sent by the prince, hmph, Su Cimo was so angry that his eyebrows wrinkled, and then he almost couldn't help but scold. If it weren't for the fact that he was the crown prince, Su Cimo would really want to greet his entire family and the eighteenth generation of his ancestors.