Su Cimo talked to Tuoba Heng for a while, and Tuoba Heng asked Chen Feng to send Su Cimo back to the academy.

On the second day, Tuoba Heng put on his court clothes early and went to the court, today he has a big thing to do, after all, it is about to be the day of the college exam, in order to ensure that this time the big exam will not be controlled by the prince and the seventh prince, Tuoba Heng is very interested in seeing what they will say in front of the saint today.

Soon, the emperor asked the court if there was anything important happening in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, and no minister in the palace came out to reply, so the emperor involved the reason for the college entrance examination.

"It's the day of the big exams for the colleges in Kyoto, ladies and gentlemen, do you want to nominate the chief examiner for the recommendation!?" The emperor asked.

Suddenly, all the courtiers in the audience looked at each other a few times, as if they didn't dare to reply.

The Seventh Prince's eyes were a little furrowed, and he glanced at the Minister Wang beside him, who was a retainer of the Seventh Prince, and only a few people knew about this matter.

As soon as the minister saw the eyes of the Seven Princes, he immediately realized that the Seven Princes were instructing him to recommend the Seven Princes to serve as the chief examiner.

But among the henchmen of the Seven Princes, Lord Qin, a third-grade official, and Master Zhang, a first-grade bachelor, are both ministers, and Lord Wang looked up and down with his eyes, and then immediately understood, and immediately came out of the queue and said: "Back to the emperor, the minister thinks that the position of the chief examiner of this big exam is suitable for Master Zhang!" Zhang Dacai is a well-thought-out and knowledgeable person, and he is the first person to be the first person to do this position! ”

The Emperor only thought for a moment and nodded.

When the crown prince heard this, he was immediately displeased, and then he came out and said to the emperor: "Father! If you think about it, it is already very tiring for Scholar Zhang to share the important tasks of various state capitals for you every day, why do you still have to let him work on the big exam!? It's better to choose someone else! ”

The Seventh Prince had just seen his father nodding, as if he had hoped to choose Master Zhang as the chief examiner.

But as soon as the prince said this, the emperor immediately nodded his head a little heavier, and then said: "But this is the case, Scholar Zhang has worked hard for me for many days, and it is indeed not convenient for him to be the chief examiner." ”

Suddenly, the Seventh Prince's face darkened a little, and his heart became even more unhappy.

Suddenly, there was another sound of discussion in the hall, and soon a discussion passed.

Another old minister came out to recommend candidates, this time the person selected was an official from Yipin, Tuoba Heng stood in the team of ministers and thought carefully about the name of this person, some ministers who had not been mentioned for a long time, Tuoba Heng still felt a little unsuitable when he heard the name at first glance.

This time, the old minister recommended Master Li Shangshu, Li Shangshu is a candidate for the prince's faction, and the emperor heard the name of Lord Shangshu, and he also nodded slightly with a look of judgment, but he seemed to be thinking about something, as if he was thinking about whether he should choose a Shangshu Lord to do this.

"Well, Master Li is indeed a good candidate." The emperor nodded as if he agreed, and the prince's slightly lowered head suddenly showed a faint smile that was not easy to detect when he heard the emperor's approving tone.

As soon as the Seven Princes saw that as long as no one came out to say no, the Emperor would soon agree to the proposal of the old ministers of the Prince's faction, and suddenly the Seventh Prince's face showed a sinister look and glanced obliquely at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince standing there.

Then the Seventh Prince immediately came out of the ranks, and then said to the emperor: "Father, there is another candidate for the son, and that is Lord Qin!" Lord Qin was idle in the Hanlin Garden for a long time, and said that there was nothing important to keep him busy, and it happened that he complained to his son a few days ago. Erchen felt that this kind of matter of being the chief examiner of the big examination was enough for a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy to be able to serve as one. There is no need to involve any Shangshu-sama. ”

"That's right, what the Seventh Prince said is very true, Lord Shangshu also has many positions, and he can't delay other things because of the main exam!" Another old minister came out and said.

"Yes, Lord Shangshu also has to supervise the affairs of the court, and it is most appropriate to leave this kind of idle errand to an idler." One of the ministers said.

Suddenly, the emperor was said by them, and the scale in his heart began to shake again, maybe he really shouldn't choose Lord Shangshu, no matter how he said it, he was also a Shangshu, and there were still a lot of things that could be busy in the court.

But I thought about the things in the court, no matter how I said it, it was all about the college examination, if I sent a person with too little qualifications, I am afraid that it would be true, but it would not reflect the emperor's attention to this college examination.

So the emperor looked at the ministers in front of him with some worry, and then continued: "Tell me, should I send Master Shangshu to go, or is it better to send a scholar of the Sanpin Hanlin Academy!?" ”

Suddenly, all the ministers in the palace couldn't guess the emperor's thoughts, and they said everything, but none of them said a word to reply to the emperor.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this Lord Shangshu was elected by the prince's people, and this three-grade bachelor was elected by the Seventh Prince himself, and now some of the ministers in this palace have faintly smelled a trace of gunpowder.

It can be seen that the prince and the seventh prince are harmonious on the surface, but behind the scenes, they are all kinds of stumbling blocks for each other. The minister selected by the other person who was not convinced by the other party was the chief examiner of the college examination.

At this time, the emperor seemed to have the intention of discussing it carefully, and his eyes looked at the man who was standing a few steps behind the first seven princes on the right, buried in the group of ministers, but because of his height, a head appeared and his face looked cold.

"King Qin, can you analyze which minister to choose for me!?" The emperor suddenly brought a faint smile for some reason, but this faint smile was that the prince and the seventh prince who saw it were very unhappy in their hearts.

Both of them followed the emperor's eyes, and their eyes were fixed on Tuoba Heng, who was not far behind the Seventh Prince.

Tuoba Heng immediately took a respectful and polite step forward and bowed to the emperor and said: "Back to my father, my sons feel that these two ministers have reasons to choose, but they also have bad reasons. Therefore, the sons and daughters don't know who to choose or who not to choose. ”

Tuoba Heng was originally hiding in the crowd and silently watching the people on both sides of them pinching each other, but for some reason, the emperor suddenly saw him and asked him to express his opinion, which simply made the crown prince and the seventh prince point the finger at him.

Tuoba Heng knew that no matter who he said was good, he would offend the people on the other side, so he simply didn't make a statement, everything was up to them, and it was up to them to see who was the final winner of this battle in the end.

As soon as the emperor heard his words, he immediately smiled a little curiously, he nodded, and then felt that the third child understood the meaning of his heart better! Let Lord Shangshu go, the name is enough, but Shang Shu always feels that he shouldn't take care of the big exam of this college, after all, Shangshu is the leader of the six divisions for himself, if he is more involved with the students in the academy, it will also distract the emperor.

But if you choose that third-grade bachelor, the knowledge and etiquette are enough, but the emperor is afraid that people will criticize him for not paying enough attention to this big exam, but instead making those students unable to give full play to their spare strength to take the exam this time.

The emperor also felt that although these two people had said the past, they both had slight shortcomings, and they were not excellent candidates no matter how they said it.

The emperor did not continue to ask Tuoba Heng the reason, which made the other people in the hall very curious.

Especially the crown prince, he was very unconvinced, obviously the name of Lord Shangshu was enough to show the royal prestige, but why did the emperor and the three princes all look like brain criminals, especially the emperor, he actually transferred this matter to the third brother for judgment, and it was impossible for the prince to believe that Tuoba Heng could make any fair judgment.

So the crown prince took a step forward and said to the emperor: "Father! You can't believe the words of the third brother! Erchen thinks that only a person with the status of Lord Shangshu can show the emperor's prestige and replace your father's identity. ”

The emperor had already made a decision in his heart at this moment, so he waved his hand and said to the prince: "This matter is not as simple as you think, if you only choose a little Shangshu to go, I am not afraid that he will not be able to support the royal face, but I feel that this matter should be handed over to the prime minister next to me to preside over the best." ”

Suddenly, the old ministers in the audience also looked convinced, and nodded incessantly.

When the prince heard the emperor's words, he suddenly felt that he had nothing to say, and he bowed his head helplessly and retreated.

The prime minister was immediately ordered by the emperor to preside over many matters of the college's examination.

Now, the matter of promoting the chief examiner of the college examination has finally come to an end.

After retiring from the dynasty, the prince and the seventh prince walked a few steps apart, both of them walked with cold faces, suddenly, they looked at each other, Tuoba Heng saw it from not far behind him, only to see that the prince and the seventh prince were full of fire eyes, and the two intersected and only rubbed out the spark.

Tuoba Heng looked at the two of them but didn't say much, and immediately turned around and went in the opposite direction, all of them looked negative, and the people who looked at it screamed in their hearts.

Tuoba Heng's face softened slightly, and he walked out of the palace quickly with a faint smile.

The days after that were very dull, Su Cimo and Song Bibai studied hard in the academy every day, and their days were very fulfilling, and they didn't have time to think about too many things.

Tuoba Heng knew that Su Cimo was nervously studying poetry and preparing for the college exam, so he didn't bother her, but just called a few more powerful secret guards to protect her safety near the academy.

And because Song Bibai was busy studying, he didn't go to the Seventh Prince again.