After Li Jianguo handed in the answer sheet, he said goodbye to Du Ruhui and left.

After Li Jianguo left, only Du Ruhui was left in the examination room.

"This little guy is not easy! The emperor temporarily opened a system this time, and there were such test questions, is it just for him? Du Ruhui said to himself, and began to clean up the candidates' answer sheets.

After Li Jianguo left the Gongyuan, he returned to Fangfu.

"Father, the child is back!" Walking into the mansion gate, Li Jianguo shouted towards the courtyard.

Fang Xuanling heard the voice, and hurriedly walked out, complaining as he walked: "You kid is only coming back now, the scientific examination should be over early, but I have already seen a candidate come out of the Gongyuan." ”

"Father, I don't blame me because I have too much to say. Since I can't see the emperor for the time being, I simply wrote it all on my answer sheet. Afterwards, I talked with Master Du Ruhui for a while, and we talked too much, so we forgot the time. Li Jianguo explained.

"Oh? That guy, he is very withdrawn, but he is deeply trusted by the emperor. If the emperor can't make up his mind, he will make a decision. When it came to Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling did not shy away from revealing the shortcomings.

"Father, the child just talked a lot with Lord Du Ruhui, and Lord Du is very much in favor of the child's series of strategies." Li Jianguo told Fang Xuanling what Du Ruhui told him, and Fang Xuanling was also very happy after hearing it.

"Now that he affirms your strategy, and with your father's support, you can certainly make a difference." Fang Xuanling patted Li Jianguo's shoulder and said with a smile, "I'm going to enter the palace tomorrow, why don't you go with me?" ”

Li Jianguo was a little hesitant, "Father, the scientific examination has just ended, and the list has not yet been released, I want to wait for the results of the scientific examination to come out." ”

"It doesn't matter, the emperor summoned me to enter the palace tomorrow to discuss the matter of this scientific examination, and Du Ruhui will also be present at that time, as well as the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Zheng, it is estimated that the emperor wants to select the outstanding ones from the candidates for this scientific examination and entrust them with official positions, so they need to discuss with our ministers. If you go, you can also get in touch with these powerful ministers as soon as possible, which will naturally be of great benefit to you in the future. Fang Xuanling also patiently explained to Li Jianguo.

"Okay then, tomorrow I will enter the palace with my father." Li Jianguo nodded.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Jianguo entered the palace with Fang Xuanling.

At the junction of the East and West markets, there is a north-south street called "Suzaku Street", to the south is the Mingde Gate, the south gate exit of Chang'an City, and to the north is the Suzaku Gate, the entrance of the Imperial City.

Fang Xuanling took Li Jianguo to the Vermilion Bird Gate. The guards of the Vermilion Bird Gate saw that it was Fang Xuanling, and hurriedly saluted, shouting "Lord Fang" in their mouths. Fang Xuanling nodded, pointed at Li Jianguo and said to the guard: "This person entered the palace with this official to face the saint." ”

The guards who originally wanted to stop Li Jianguo hurriedly retreated when they heard Fang Xuanling's words, "Lord Fang, please." ”

Li Jianguo saw this scene, smacked his lips, and said to Fang Xuanling: "It seems that my father is very highly regarded by the emperor, and just a simple sentence brought me into the imperial city." ”

Fang Xuanling didn't say anything, and led Li Jianguo into the imperial city. Entering the imperial city, Li Jianguo saw the grandeur of the imperial city. The city wall is as high as 10 meters away and nearly 20 meters thick, which is stronger and taller than the Chang'an city wall. Entering the imperial city is a number of pavilions, where the princes and nobles live, which is very magnificent.

"We're about to get to the Chengtian Gate." Just when Li Jianguo was admiring the grandeur of the imperial city, Fang Xuanling reminded him.

"Chengtianmen?" Li Jianguo asked puzzledly, he only knew a rough idea of Chang'an City from the history books, and he didn't know much about its internal layout, and at this time, he was like a hillbilly entering the city, and he was curious about everything.

"Chengtianmen is the main gate of Taiji Palace, the significance is very large, generally there are important things to be carried out here, the place where we are standing now is a square, between the imperial city and Chengtianmen. If there is a major event, it will be held in the square, and the emperor will personally visit the Chengtian Gate Tower. Fang Xuanling patiently explained to Li Jianguo, "As for the Taiji Palace, it is the center of the palace, and there are sixteen palaces in the entire Taiji Palace. The place where the emperor and the civil and military officials met was in the Taiji Hall of the Taiji Palace, and the place we were going to this time was the Liangyi Palace. The Liangyi Hall was the place where the emperor received the main courtiers, and generally only some decision-making ministers were allowed to enter. Generally, for any major event, the emperor will first discuss and decide with some important ministers in the Liangyi Palace, and then discuss it with the ministers in the Taiji Palace. ”

Li Jianguo nodded again and again after hearing this, if Fang Xuanling hadn't told him, he would naturally not know these things.

At this time, Li Jianguo followed Fang Xuanling to Chengtian Gate, Chengtian Gate corresponds to the Vermilion Bird Gate of the Imperial City, there are east and west courts outside the door, and more than 400 meters of horizontal street passes in front of Chengtian Gate, forming the palace square that Fang Xuanling just said. There is a high-rise pavilion built on the Chengtian Gate, and it is also a place to invite ministers.

Walking into Chengtianmen, you are entering the Taiji Palace.

"This is the Taiji Palace." Fang Xuanling pointed to the palace in front of him and continued: "To the east is the East Palace, which is the palace where the prince lives, and on the west side is the Yeting Palace, where the palace ladies in the palace live. ”

"The front hall of the Taiji Palace is the Taiji Hall I mentioned before, and the Liangyi Hall is on the north side of the Taiji Palace. Let's go, let's go to the Liangyi Hall first. Fang Xuanling reminded him, and Li Jianguo followed.

Li Jianguo walked behind Fang Xuanling, and along the way, he also met some people who greeted Fang Xuanling, and then they all looked at Li Jianguo behind Fang Xuanling with a strange look. In fact, it is not difficult to understand that Fang Xuanling's status at this time is well known to everyone, and he has won the trust of Tang Taizong, and it is recorded in the history books that Zhenguan relied on Fang Xuanling in the early stage, and Wei Zheng in the later stage of Zhenguan. As Fang Xuanling, he had never entered the palace with a stranger, and now that they saw it, they naturally felt very strange.

The two walked through the Taiji Hall and did not linger in the Taiji Hall, but went straight to the Liangyi Hall. Li Jianguo was a little sorry for this, he wanted to see what the real court palace looked like, and whether it was the same as what he had seen on TV before.

When they came to the door of the Liangyi Palace, the two of them also stopped. Li Jianguo could hear a voice coming from the palace, thinking that the emperor was discussing things with the ministers, but there was not even a person outside the hall to deliver the message, which made Li Jianguo very puzzled.

"Father, why isn't there even a messenger here?"

"Oh, first, this is a military aircraft center, and outsiders can't be here. Second, it is also the emperor's grace to give us old ministers, we don't need to be summoned to enter the palace, we can enter the palace directly. Fang Xuanling explained, "Jianguo, you wait outside the door first, go in first for your father, and then enter the hall when your father lets you in." Remember, after entering the palace, no matter what you see, you must not lose etiquette in front of the emperor, you know? ”

Fang Xuanling's last sentence made Li Jianguo very puzzled, but he still nodded. After speaking, Fang Xuanling turned around and pushed the door in, leaving Li Jianguo waiting outside the door.