The examiner Wailang hurriedly found Li Rizhi's scroll and presented it to Empress Wu, who picked up the scroll and looked at it, but the emperor on the side didn't care about Li Rizhi's scroll, but instead read the prince Li Hong's scroll several times, and the more he read it, the happier he became.

In fact, for the emperor, he is not interested in any candidate's paper, but if the paper may have been written by his son, and it is ranked first, and the examiners don't even know that this is the prince's article, just because it is well written, he will be ranked first, then he will be even happier!

In this world, many things will not attract the attention of the emperor, and many things the emperor doesn't care about and don't care, but the matter of the crown prince Li Hong is something that the emperor cares about very much, and cares about very much!

Empress Wu finished reading Li Rizhi's volume, and secretly said in her heart: "This is really a good article, even if Li Rizhi didn't save my young son, just by virtue of the article, he can still be a jinshi!" ”

Empress Wu put down Li Rizhi's scroll and said, "Li Rizhi's article is very thoughtful, as a courtier, he should be young and promising." Okay, now let me look at Hong Li's volume! ”

The emperor handed the scroll to Empress Wu, who took the scroll and read it, only after reading a few lines, she sighed and said, "This, this article is really better than Li Rizhi's, much better!" ”

The Emperor smiled and said, "Why, I'm not exaggerating! Hong Li, Hong Li, Li Hong, ah, Hong Li is read upside down, isn't it Li Hong, is it really our Hong'er? However, how could he go to participate in the scientific expedition? ”

Empress Wu finished reading Li Hong's volume and said: "It is indeed better than Li Rizhi's, but Your Majesty said that it is a hundred times stronger, and the concubines feel that it is exaggerated, or the ministers are right, it will be twenty times stronger!" ”

The examiner Wai Lang sighed in his heart, His Royal Highness the Prince's article can only be regarded as middle and upper, after all, the age is there, and there is still a lack of knowledge, if you want to say that it is better than Li Rizhi's article, it is really talking nonsense with your eyes open!

Li Rizhi's article can be seen at a glance that it has been practiced, among the candidates, there are very few such articles like him, and the Q&A is "Tang Law Shuyi", which is far more difficult than other candidates, so let him be the second, and he deserves his name.

However, the reason why Li Rizhi can't become the first in the first class is because he was not born to Queen Wu, if Queen Wu is his mother, then the situation will definitely be different!

Empress Wu asked: "Who is this Hongli, what is written on this volume is the Chang'an people's clan, which Lifang is from, do you know?" His Majesty and the palace want to see him! ”

At this time, Tong Guinu stepped forward, knelt beside the examiner Wai Lang, and said loudly: "The little slave is guilty, the little slave knows that he doesn't report it, and the crime deserves death!" ”

The emperor was slightly stunned and said, "What is Tong Aiqing's crime?" ”

Tong Guinu kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the candidate Hong Li is the pseudonym of His Royal Highness the Prince, just because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to know his own article level and wants to take the next exam, but he was stopped by the minister, and the minister did not dare to brush His Royal Highness the Prince's intentions, so he had to register for His Royal Highness the Prince, and took His Royal Highness the Prince's article and secretly put it into the candidates' papers......"

He roughly explained what happened, in fact, there is no need to say it in detail and specifically, because the emperor doesn't care at all, what the emperor cares about is that this first-class volume is actually the prince's, and it is really the prince's!

The emperor only cares about this!

The emperor clapped his hands and smiled: "My Hong'er is really good, he reads and writes on weekdays, he always feels that he can't do it, I have also told him many times, he has learned very well, don't be so tired, he is weak, or to take care of the body, but he always doesn't listen, always thinks that he hasn't learned well enough, now look at it, as soon as my Hong'er shoots, he took the first place in the exam!" ”

Empress Wu also made a surprised and happy expression, she clapped her hands and smiled: "If the courtiers knew that this was Hong'er's scroll, then they would definitely list him first, but they didn't know in advance, and there is Li Rizhi's scroll here to compare, which also shows that the courtiers did not flatter Hong'er, his first is the first!" ”

The emperor also said happily: "Yes, yes, we don't know what other candidates have to do, but Li Rizhi has any ability, we can't be clearer, Hong'er's article is better than him, that's really good!" ”

Seeing that the emperor and the empress were all happy, they clapped their hands with joy, and hurriedly smiled and nodded again and again, not bad, yes, if they can compare Li Rizhi, of course it is really good, because Li Rizhi is already good enough!

Tong Guinu was also grinning happily on the side, and he also said playfully: "Then Li Rizhi's ability is not small, he could have been the first in this department, but with His Royal Highness the Prince's article, he can only be relegated to second, and he is not born at the right time!" ”

The emperor laughed and said, "Using idioms indiscriminately, Li Rizhi can be born at the wrong time, I will definitely compensate him!" ”

Empress Wu also nodded and smiled: "Yes, of course that Li Rizhi has to make up for it, and it's not too late to talk about this later." Your Majesty, why don't we go to Hong'er and tell him the good news, what do you think? ”

The emperor was so excited that he actually stood up and said, "Yes, yes, let's go to the East Palace and surprise Hong'er!" He took Empress Wu's hand, and the two of them walked out of the hall together.

Tong Guinu whispered to the three of them, "Three, let's go together, wait a while, you have to behave well!" ”

The examiner Wai Lang agreed repeatedly, followed behind Tong Guinu, and walked to the East Palace together.

East Palace, Chongxian Hall.

At this time, the Chongxian Pavilion has not been renamed the Chongwen Pavilion, but the role is the same, it is the place where the prince reads, and there are two people sitting in the hall at this time, one is the current prince Li Hong of the Tang Dynasty, and the other is Ma Zhiyuan, the servant of the ministry.

Ma Zhiyuan sat on a carved red pier, holding a bowl of tea soup in the back, blowing gently with his mouth, while blowing the tea soup, he looked at the crown prince Li Hong.

Li Hong is only thirteen years old this year, even if he tries to increase his age, he can add it to fourteen years old, and he is definitely a young man, but it doesn't matter if he is young, even if the prince is young, he can also be known for his benevolence.

Li Hong looks sven, but his body is weaker, worse than his peers, in the words of Queen Wu, that is, when she was pregnant with Li Hong, she was becoming a nun in Ganye Temple, and there was less nourishment, so Li Hong was weak in the womb, and she had to be nourished the day after tomorrow.

Because Empress Wu always said that she was sorry for Li Hong, she made Li Hong suffer before she was born, and over time, even the emperor thought so and felt guilty, so she redoubled her love for Li Hong, and among all the princes, none of them could compare to Li Hong's status in the emperor's heart.