As he spoke, he took out a pen and paper to ask Luo Yunyao for some brief information.

Luo Yunyao also understood the principle of accepting it when he saw it, so he hurriedly handed over his information, which was regarded as registering, and then Du Yunsheng also filled in the information, and threatened the two officials before letting them go.

"Thank you Brother Tai today, otherwise I would have missed this imperial examination and would have to wait until next year." Luo Yunyao gave a scholarly gift, and the son of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites also raised his heart to make friends, "Brother Tai is upright, and he will definitely be a good official in the future." ”

"Brother Tai praises."

Du Yansheng replied modestly, he also has a habit of making friends on weekdays, and seeing that the young man in front of him is still standing in front of him even after knowing his identity, he is still not humble or arrogant, and there is no compliment in the language. ”

"Okay, my name is Luo Yao." Luo Yunyao replied with a light smile, Du Yansheng's hearty personality is really very much in line with her.

"Brother Luo came to participate in the imperial examination, does he have a place to stay in the capital?"

Du Yunsheng asked this question because he saw that he had taken out the only money left on him just now, thinking that she was a down-and-out scholar, and it was natural to help him, he saw Luo Yunyao a little hesitant, "Three days later, it will be the scientific examination, I sincerely invite you to live in my house for two days, and we will participate in the scientific examination together, which is also convenient." ”

The embarrassment was all looked at, Luo Yunyao also blushed slightly embarrassed, thinking that his words were not unreasonable, "Then thank you Brother Du for taking it in." ”

During the days when she lived in Du Fuli, Luo Yunyao often discussed and studied with Du Yunsheng.

Ten days passed in a flash, and the two lived up to their expectations, Luo Yunyao was nominated by the emperor as the champion, and Du Yunsheng was admitted to Tanhualang.

The father-in-law who announced the decree came to Du Mansion to announce that when Luo Yunyao was the top student in high school, she didn't have any special reaction, everything was expected, she thought according to the psychology of helping her father review the election article in Biluo Country before, plus some of her own opinions, and expounded her political views quite accomplishedly, as long as it is an emperor with a slight ability to understand and talent, most of them will like her article, this is the effect she wants to achieve.

Entering the imperial court of Western Qin was only the first step, and she had a more important mission to fulfill.

In the past few days, because of Du Yansheng's upright and undeceived personality, she has found out a lot of relations between the DPRK and China in Western Qin from his mouth.

Now the court situation of Western Qin is mainly divided into three factions, one faction is the force of Xiao Ming, the second prince of the second prince, headed by Xiang Guohou, the ancestor of Xiang Guohou has assisted in the founding of the country, passed down from several generations, and has already established a power that cannot be underestimated in the court, plus his own daughter, very favored by the emperor, Liu Guifei, who was named the head of the harem, since the death of the first queen, the rear position has been vacant for a long time, and she is also considered to have monopoly power in the palace.

In addition to Liu Guifei, Xiang Guohou's adopted daughter was also favored by the emperor in the palace, and was named Jiang Meiren, together with Liu Guifei, often blowing the pillow wind in the emperor's ears.

The other faction is Prime Minister Lu Cheng, the sworn enemy of Xiang Guohou, who is upright and upright, and has always looked down on the style of Xiang Guohou and others, he is the elder brother of the former queen, and he is also the uncle of the prince of the dynasty, and he naturally supports his own nephew Xiao Limo, not to mention that he is also in charge of the six departments, and his power in the court is still not to be underestimated.

Luo Yunyao knows that there are often tripartite forces in the government to stabilize the balance, and the emperor, as the person in power, should do the first thing to stabilize the balance of the tripartite forces.

It's just that she never thought that the most important last party force, headed by Qin Jinghao, the general of the Zhenguo, together with his side, are all some officials and generals who have been fighting with him for many years, and the military department among the six departments seems to be in the same vein as Prime Minister Lu on the surface, but in fact, most of them are people who were born in the army, and they have more or less been blessed by General Qin, and who is in their hearts, there is no need for everyone to say more.

On the way to the palace to accept the reward, Luo Yunyao carefully pondered the situation in Xiqin, since she was destined to step into this troubled water, then she should at least carefully calculate, how to use the simplest method to do what was most beneficial to herself.

In Western Qin, the top three who came out of the imperial examination all have the right to choose the vacant official position below the prime minister, and she, as the champion, must have the right to choose first.

In the morning, I heard that the vacant positions included the position of the head of the Hanlin Academy, the post of the secretary of the military department, and the post of the secretary of the ministry...... There are also some small positions, which are not of much use, so it is okay not to think about them, but between these three positions, Luo Yunyao hesitated, she was the champion nominated by the emperor himself, and she had never been attached to the situation on that side, if she occupied a high position, it would definitely attract the attention of several forces, and perhaps it would also attract them to compete for each other, and if one was not handled properly, more things would be implicated.

Thinking about it, the main hall was already close in front of her, the first time she officially entered the palace as a courtier, she took a deep breath, strutted her head, stepped on the carpet of gold and red lines step by step, and walked into the center of the whirlpool of politics in the Western Qin Dynasty step by step, for the thing she had to complete, there was no room for maneuver.

"The new champion Luo Yao sees my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live."

Luo Yunyao, who has always only knelt to the gods and only knelt to his parents, slammed his knees lightly on the golden hall, and his head slammed on the hard ground. From now on, the identity of the princess of Biluo Kingdom will be replaced by Luo Yao, the champion of Western Qin, and Luo Yao will be active in the center of the court.

"Hahahaha, Luo Qing is flat."

The emperor is estimated to be around forty years old, he seems to be full of energy, and his slightly vicissitudes of life can hardly hide a smug look, and he seems to be very satisfied with Luo Yunyao, he said to the two ministers in the court, "All Aiqing, look at it, this is the champion of my new title, and his literary and insightful views have won the first place among many candidates, he is really a rare talent in my Western Qin!" ”

To be so praised by the emperor, everyone has their own merits in their hearts, and they collectively salute Luo Yunyao to celebrate, "Congratulations to Luo Zhuangyuan." ”

The polite words in the officialdom were just polite words, Luo Yunyao returned the salute, her eyes crossed everyone, and she remembered their looks one by one.

Glancing over the first place in the queue, her eyes were stunned, obviously Brother Qin, who looked like an elegant scholar she had only seen a few days ago, now changed into a sharp official uniform and stood at the head of the court, she thought that the princess of the family had turned into a general with military power, which really surprised her.

At this time, although Qin Jinghao had seen her, there was indeed a smile in her eyes, as if she had known that it would be like this, and her eyes were full of a wise gaze that saw through all the circumstances, and it seemed to fall on Luo Yunyao for no reason, which made her panic for a moment, she secretly stabilized her fluctuating mind, and pretended to calmly look away.

Luo Yunyao's heart was stirring, although she guessed that his identity must be extraordinary in the morning, she never thought that he would be Qin Jinghao, the general of the Zhenguo State of Western Qin-the general of the 'Thousand Battles and Thousand Victories' who terrified the enemy on the battlefield, was actually just a young man with the demeanor of a famous man of the Wei and Jin Dynasties?

The indifferent and elegant bearing on his body is not a style at all compared to those generals who are full of evil spirits!

Qin Jinghao's eyes involuntarily drifted to Luo Yunyao's body from the time she stepped into the court, and she was not surprised that she was nominated by the emperor himself, but after thinking about it carefully, although Luo Yao is a friend worth making, but now he is standing in the perspective of General Xiqin, and his thoughts must start from the overall situation.

The court game is like a game of chess, each chess piece has its own considerations, if the chess player does not understand the role of the chess piece, indiscriminately enter the game, the end backfire is not known.

His eyes glanced at Luo Yunyao in the middle again, and Qin Jinghao gave a hint of a vague smile, as if he wanted to find out about her next move.

"Although Luo Zhuangyuan is young, he is very knowledgeable, and he is really a talent of my Western Qin! It's just that I don't know what kind of official position Luo Zhuangyuan wants to choose? ”

Luo Yunyao was still distracted, and someone in the court had spoken.

Looking for the source of the voice, that person was also the first on the other side, and seeing his slightly blessed belly, Luo Yunyao didn't have to guess to know that this person was Xiang Guohou.

Now that even the emperor hasn't asked her to choose an official position, he is busy coming to greet her, and he is too anxious to do things!

Luo Yunyao didn't answer his question immediately, and sure enough, as expected. In the next moment, an official dressed in brocade blue satin embroidered with a crane pattern sneered, "Liu Xiangguo cares so much about Luo Zhuangyuan's official position, don't you feel a little rushed?" ”

"You ......" Liu Xiangguo was angry, and then saw the eyes of the emperor on the dragon throne, held back this anger, gritted his teeth and said, "What Prime Minister Lu said is true." ”

"Ahem," the emperor who sat down coughed lightly twice, covering up the-for-tat conversation of the courtiers, and then pretending to adjust his posture and look at Luo Yunyao below, "What kind of vacant position does Luo Zhuangyuan have now?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the lower officials already have a subordinate position."

As soon as the words came out, the crowd was in an uproar, whispering about which force would take in this new champion.

Everyone's inquiring eyes focused on Luo Yunyao again, but seeing her raise her eyes funny, she looked at Qin Jinghao, who had not said a word, "The minister wants to take up the post of secretary of the Ministry of War, please ask the emperor for permission." ”

"The military department is still in the book?"

The eyes of the officials couldn't help but turn on the general Qin Jinghao, the general who held the military power of the entire Western Qin, on the surface, it seemed that he did not care about the government and belonged to the centrist forces, but if he really wanted to gain a foothold in the court, he was afraid that the prestige of a general would not be enough.