The next day, when it was bright, Xu Siye and Zhao Ying got up to clean up, because today they not only had to travel all over the capital, but also to attend the emperor's Qionglin banquet.

By the time Lin Yu got up, the two of them had already packed up, both wearing red clothes, and the kid below had already prepared two horses, thinking that today was the time to travel to Bianjing across horses.

As the saying goes, the spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day. And there is often this custom in Bianjing City, at that time, people on both sides of the street will come out to watch, but also to pay homage to the demeanor of the new champion.

Xu Siye and Zhao Ying looked at each other and smiled after cleaning up, although they couldn't see their appearance, they could imagine a point by virtue of each other's dress.

"Brother Xu is really in high spirits today."

"Brother Zhao and I are about the same, so please."

Xu Siye and Zhao Ying walked out of the gate of Xu's Mansion one after the other, at this time, the streets in front of Xu's Mansion and the streets in the entire Bianjing City were cleaned up, and some people had already sprinkled water in the morning.

After the stone and the Zhao family boy led the horse over, Xu Siye turned around and got on the horse, and the stone led the horse in front of him and walked towards the streets and alleys of Bianjing City.

"Look, look, it's the new champion over there."

"I've heard of it before, but I've only heard that this new champion is still hand-picked."

Neither of them made a sound, they just walked towards the front, and Xu Siye, who was sitting on the horse, was upright, as if everything had nothing to do with him.

"Gongzi Xu, you see that there is a little girl in my family who is twenty-eight years old, I don't know if I can marry Gongzi Xu."

"I already have a wife at home, I'm afraid I want to live up to your old intentions."

Xu Siye, as the champion of the new department, does not need to be polite to these businessmen, but Xu Siye knows in his heart that these merchants can settle in the capital and earn a huge family business, I am afraid that there are backers behind them, and these backers are interconnected, if he accidentally offends any of them, he will inevitably accept some difficulties in the court.

"That being the case, I don't know if Xu Gongzi has a brother."

"The Lord Bangyan in the back is my brother, he is not married, you can go to him."

The people on both sides of the street looked at Xu Siye and Zhao Ying's demeanor, and the sound of gongs and drums opened the way for Xu Siye and Zhao Ying.

Xu Siye and Zhao Ying had not experienced this, so they had to be a little complacent, but they still remembered in their hearts that they were going to the Qionglin banquet today, and they couldn't lose their etiquette, so they coped with the whole process and rode directly to the imperial city.

When the two arrived at the gate of the imperial city, there were already people waiting outside to greet them, and there was a basket of all kinds of flowers next to them, and the chamberlain stood next to the flowers, and if someone arrived, they pinched out a flower and put it on for those who had won fame and success, and then checked whether they had weapons on their bodies, and if they were correct, someone behind them would directly lead people to the palace where the emperor had set up a banquet.

Xu Siye and Zhao Ying didn't carry weapons, and they arrived all the way quickly, only to see that the waiter picked a peony flower for Zhao Ying, and gave Xu Siye a morning glory, although Xu Siye didn't understand in his heart, but the wood was already in the boat, and he raised his feet and walked towards the interior of the imperial city.

When Xu Siye was led by the palace people through the imperial garden, he saw sika deer in the imperial garden, and the sika deer stood under the pine tree, happily gnawing on the grass on the ground, which meant that the pine crane was elongated.

"This road doesn't seem to be the way to His Majesty's palace."

"His Majesty the Emperor is holding a banquet in the side hall, you just follow me, and you don't need to ask, if you get lost and go to another place, and are seen by the guards, you can't help but say that you will be killed, isn't it wronged."

Xu Siye hadn't been to the palace, and he didn't know the structure of the palace, but he thought about Songhe Changchun, which was obviously used by the queen mother, so he asked such a sentence, and was reprimanded by the chamberlain, so naturally he didn't dare to speak, but obediently followed behind the chamberlain.

The palace people turned left and right, but fortunately Xu Siye followed closely, so he was not thrown off, and he was brought into the side hall after a short time, and the emperor was sitting in the center of the position waiting, and the new imperial examination people were lined up on both sides.

"Xu Qing's family, you go up and let me take a look."

Xu Siye was kneeling and bowing, and as soon as he heard the emperor's words, he immediately raised his head and looked at the emperor, who was still sitting upright on the dragon chair, without showing a trace of expression on his face, like a deep well, and others couldn't guess what the emperor was thinking at the moment.

Although Xu Siye was helpless, he heard the emperor say that it was impossible for him to openly resist the decree, so he trotted a few steps to the emperor.

"I've seen His Majesty the Emperor."

The emperor saw that Xu Siye's bearing was no longer the same as what he saw in Yangzhou City, and he knew that he had experienced a lot of precipitation over the years.

"Okay, okay, Xu Youcheng really cultivated a humerus minister for me, you can follow me in first, I have something to tell you."

After the emperor said this, he turned around and walked towards the screen behind the dragon chair, probably all the arrangements are the same, but the level of the specifications, Xu Siye thought about it, behind the screen is a corner hall, presumably the emperor has something bad to say in front of everyone, so he has to take himself into the corner hall.

The waiters who were waiting on both sides of the emperor immediately came up to help the emperor, and the emperor waved his hand and sent all the waiters away.

"Xu Qing's family can come in alone."

Xu Siye then followed behind the emperor, and entered the corner hall one after the other, but after Xu Siye entered, the emperor was still sitting in the center, and the emperor saw Xu Siye coming in, and raised his hand slightly to signal that he didn't need to salute, and was about to speak.

"You found out the salt affairs for me when I was in Yangzhou, and I wanted to praise you, but I also had a lot of helplessness, so the matter was delayed again and again, and until today, I can meet you."

"Could it be that Your Majesty has expected all this a long time ago."

"That's natural, when you went to worship Xu Youcheng, my general came back and told me about the theory, so he set the subject for what you discussed. That's why you can be a blockbuster in this subject exam. ”

"Thank you Your Majesty the Emperor, the minister originally wanted to learn this for his own talent, but unexpectedly everything was expected by His Majesty the Emperor, the minister was grateful, and he could not repay His Majesty's great kindness."

Xu Siye said as he knelt down to the emperor and kowtowed, and his head was red and swollen.

The emperor saw that Xu Siye had not forgotten the etiquette, that is, he had already spoken, but he still did not forget the virtue of the courtesy, and motioned Xu Siye to stop saluting.

"Now that you know what I did, do you know why I'm telling you these things?"

Xu Siye was panicked in his heart, and he didn't know why the emperor wanted to say this at this time, but he knew that he couldn't guess the emperor's mind at will, so he turned to panic.

"I don't know, I hope Your Majesty will make it clear."

"You're a smart person, if you don't know, you don't know, you can follow me out first, this Qionglin banquet is about to begin."