Li Yi walked on the street and flipped through the secret paper of the "leaked questions" of the literary examination that he bought for five cents.

The handwriting on it has been blurred to the extreme, and in some places he can't even read the words clearly, and he doesn't know how many copies he has stolen, let alone ten taels of silver, Li Yi even thinks that the five cents he spent just now are not worth it.

A young man across from him, who also had a similar test paper in his hand, glanced up at him, took the test paper in his arms like a thief, and walked away quickly.

It seems that by taking advantage of this autumn breeze to recruit horses, there are many unscrupulous pirates in Kyoto who want to make a windfall.

Li Duan was still young when he left Kyoto, and many memories have been forgotten.

But there are some things that have been engraved in the depths of his memory, and he can't forget them.

He looked at Li Yi and asked, "Dad, can I go to Xiaorui now?" ”

Li Yi patted his head and said, "Wait until two days later, and we'll go home first." ”

No one knows about their entry into Beijing this time, whether it is Li Xuan or the old lady, he has not notified them in advance.

did not go directly to King Jing's Mansion, but went to the Li family.

In Kyoto, the rise and fall of a family is extremely short and irregular.

There is a Chen family like a few years ago, who was ranked as the prince of the country, and he was high for decades, but he fell once, and no one has mentioned it so far.

There are also several families like the emerging ones in recent years, such as the Liu family, the Zeng family, etc., which could only be regarded as second-rate in the past, but in recent years, someone in the family has been promoted to the top of the court, and they can be promoted to the first-class in one fell swoop.

More are ups and downs, just like the Li family, from prominent to declining, and then to prominent......

Of course, there are only a handful of families in Kyoto who are prominent enough to reach the current position of the Li family.

In front of Li's house, a young subordinate stepped forward, looked at several strangers in front of him, and asked, "How many, who are you looking for?" ”

These people look dusty, obviously they have been on the road for a long time, and in the past few years, they know that the Li family is prominent, and there are not a few unscrupulous people who come to recognize their relatives, so he has to ask clearly.

Before the other side could answer, he was kicked in the ass, and the whole person fell to his knees.

"Which ......" He got up from the ground, his face showed a look of rage, but when he turned his head, it was like an ice and snow version of melting, and he said with a smile: "Steward Li, why are you ......?"

"Blind your dog's eye!" The old man kicked his ass fiercely, and quickly stepped forward, with a look of excitement on his face, "Young master, you're finally back!" ”

Li Yi nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Uncle Li, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

……

The Li family.

Li Duan stood upright in the hall, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the two old men a few times, and said, "Grandma is good, grandma is good." ”

"Duan'er, come here, let Grandma take a good look!" The old lady was already excited, and before he could get up, she got up from her chair, took his hand, and looked him up and down.

"I haven't seen you for a few years, Duan'er has grown so big......"

The two old ladies have always been in good health, and all their attention is on Li Duan's body.

When he left Beijing last time, Li Duan had just learned to walk, and now he is not a problem to jump on the wall and go to the house to uncover the tiles.

After a long time, the old lady held Li Yi's hand and said, "When Ruyi came back two days ago, I knew that you were probably coming back too." ”

Li Yi looked at the old lady and asked, "Ruyi...... Where is she now? ”

She came back and looked at it and left. The old lady looked at him and asked, "How long will you stay in Kyoto this time?" ”

Li Yi smiled and said, "Not necessarily, but when I come back this time, I plan to take my grandmother over, Shuzhou, now it's not much worse than Kyoto." ”

The old lady nodded and said, "I want to go over and have a look, look at my precious great-granddaughter, who has been in Kyoto all her life, and has long been annoyed......"

She thought for a while, and then said, "Do you want me to send someone to inform Your Majesty and the princess?" ”

Li Yi shook his head and said, "Don't notify them yet, I will tell them personally in a few days." ”

Li Yi doesn't want to make such a big deal for the time being, once the news of his return to Beijing is announced, I don't know how many people in Kyoto will not be able to sleep.

And this juncture is not suitable for publication.

The matter of summoning the horses this time, the whole Kyoto and even Jingguo are boiling, Shouning is impossible to marry, the first emperor said, her affairs, except for herself, no one is qualified to call the shots, but the matter has come to this, even if you move out of the first emperor, the loss is also the royal face.

He can also take Shou Ning away directly and hand over this mess to Li Xuan to deal with, anyway, he caused the matter, but this is not the best choice after all.

has cheated Li Xuan for so many years, let's let him go this time.

Lao Chang came to his side quietly and asked, "Tomorrow is the period of the literary exam, what are you going to do?" ”

Before he died, the first emperor gave him three orders.

These three orders are about Yongning, Shouning and Mingzhu respectively.

He is often the overseer of these three commands.

"How are you going to do it?" Li Yi thought about it, it doesn't work to rob openly, and it doesn't seem to work to steal secretly, so you can only rely on your true skills......

Ministry of Rites.

The selection of horses is supervised by the Ministry of Rites, and young talents who participate in the competition need to register with the Ministry of Rites first.

At the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, an official looked at the young man and the old man in front of him, frowned and said: "Tomorrow is the period of the literary examination, the test papers have been printed, and the examination room has been arranged. ”

The young man looked at the official with a smile and said: "This lord, we are from the distant Shuzhou, we have been delayed on the road, we only arrived today, and we missed the registration period. ”

"Accommodating?" The official of the Ministry of Rites shook his head and said, "If you miss the registration date, it means that you have no relationship with Her Royal Highness the Princess, so where did you come from and where do you go back." ”

Li Yi took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve, quietly handed them over, and said, "My lord, let's be accommodating......

The official of the Ministry of Rites glanced at it, estimated that it was about thousands of taels, and his heart was shocked, and he was about to stretch out his hand, but the old man next to the young man held his wrist.

The old man looked at him and said in a cold voice: "As an important member of the Ministry of Rites, you dare to accept bribes?" ”

The official of the Ministry of Rites raised his eyelids, and finally realized that these two people came today, didn't they want him to be happy?

His face sank, and he said: "Which eye did you see that the official took bribes, you two missed the registration, don't leave quickly, otherwise I will ask someone to blast you out!" ”

Lao Chang hooked his neck, pulled him aside, and when he walked out again, the official of the Ministry of Rites was already in cold sweat on his forehead, looked at Li Yi, and said tremblingly: "Gong, Gongzi......, you wait for a while, Xiaguan, Xiaguan will arrange it for you immediately......"

Looking at the appearance of this official of the Ministry of Rites, Li Yi knew that Lao Chang was bullying people again.

The Secret Spy Division was created by him, and although he has completely let go now, there are still countless means to make a small official of the Ministry of Rites obedient.

Of course, if Li Yi hadn't worn a mask today, his face would have been enough to move through the various yamen in Kyoto.

When he came out of the Ministry of Rites, he had already got the number plate for tomorrow's literary exam.

This literary examination occupies almost all the classrooms of the academies in Kyoto, and the number of the examination room has been lined up to more than one hundred for the sign in Li Yi's hand, which shows the large number of people participating in the literary examination this time......

Lao Chang is not worried about this, although King Jing has never known what his face is when he boasts about himself, but he must admit that no one can beat him in such a competition, whether it is a competition or a competition.

Coming out of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, a few hundred meters ahead, is the palace wall.

Li Yi stood on the spacious street, looked at the familiar palace wall in the distance, turned back to Lao Chang and said, "You go back first, lend me the sign just now......"

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Hall of Morning Dew.

Li Mingzhu was flipping through the excerpt on the selection of horses submitted by the Ministry of Rites, when a palace maid walked in from outside and whispered, "Your Highness, it's time to eat......

Li Mingzhu didn't look up and said, "Let's put it down first." ”

"Yes."

The palace maid answered, turned around and beckoned, and several palace maids walked in and put the lunch that had just been delivered by the catering bureau on the table beside them.

She was accustomed to finishing her business before eating, but this time, as she continued to flip through the folds, the movements of her hands suddenly stopped.

She sniffed lightly and looked at the table beside her.

In addition to the usual meals, there is also a plate of golden egg fried rice on the table.

She hadn't eaten egg fried rice in five years, but she would never forget the familiar taste.

She put down the piece, walked over, picked up the spoon, and took a small bite.

She tuckled a little messy hair between her sideburns, and a chuckle appeared on her face.