Chapter 49: The Palace Examination with Hidden Murder Schemes (1)

April 2 was a big day for Xie An, because on this day, he was able to set foot in the palace and go to the Baohe Hall to take the examination.

The time of the palace test was in the afternoon, Xie An was very puzzled by this, but after thinking about it, he was relieved.

After all, although the palace test is important, it is not as early as the early court, you must know that the court meeting above the Golden Palace, it is a national-level meeting related to the entire Great Zhou, and it cannot be delayed for a day.

As for the palace test, it is not too late for the emperor to come back to preside over after he has finished his national affairs, had lunch, and taken a nap.

Of course, from a personal point of view, Xie An is very satisfied with this time, if he can sleep like this every day after becoming an official, it will be called a comfort, but well, Xie An also knows that it belongs to his own wishful thinking.

After all, official dereliction of duty is a first-class crime, if he is caught by the imperial history supervisor and the crime is implemented, he will be fined and demoted, and the official will be reduced or even assigned to the army.

However, in the final analysis, it is a bit unreasonable to take the country's money, and the corpse vegetarian meal is indeed a bit unreasonable.

Thinking wildly in his mind, Xie An changed into a dark red brocade robe under Yiyi's service.

According to Yi Yi secretly told him, it was secretly customized by Liang Qiu Wu, which made Xie An a little surprised.

Before that, Xie An was wearing all the clothes of Liangqiu Dance, after all, Liangqiu Dance was dressed like a man on weekdays, to put it rudely, she was more imposing than Xie An when she wore those clothes.

According to Yiyi, although he Xie An did not feel any dissatisfaction with this matter, Liang Qiuwu himself felt a little uncomfortable with Xie An wearing her clothes, and felt that he had not done his wife's job, as if he had treated his husband badly.

Looking at the brand-new robe on his body, Xie An suddenly found that he had the potential to be a little white face, and he couldn't help blushing a little.

However, when he thought that he had also contributed to the Donggong Mansion and helped his wife earn a huge amount of money from the household, he became at ease.

"How?" After Yi Yi put on the jade crown for himself, Xie An took a step back and turned around in front of Liang Qiu Wu, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and the three daughters of Yi Yi, asking them for their opinions.

Liang Qiuwu pondered solemnly, walked around Xie An a few times, stopped from time to time, tidied up Xie An's clothes, and after tossing for a while, he frowned and said, "Well, I always feel that there is still a ...... somewhere."

After all, the palace test is presided over by the current emperor himself, in public and private, as his wife, Liang Qiu Wu is extremely strict with Xie An's dress today, and it is obvious that she doesn't want her husband to be looked down upon by outsiders because of his appearance.

"That'...... Something else? Yi asked tentatively.

Before Liang Qiuwu could speak, Xie An's face suddenly pulled down, and he said with a wry smile, "Don't you?" Have you changed all three sets? ”

Liang Qiuwu's eyes froze when he heard this, and he said, "Is it child's play to see the Son of Heaven?" - Thirty sets have to be changed! ”

"Thirty sets, there are so many ......" As he was saying, Xie An suddenly saw two maids walking into the house with a large stack of clothes, and he shut up very knowingly.

"I think it's okay......" said Changsun Xiangyu, who was sitting not far away, shaking a folding fan.

In the past few days, because Xie An was seriously injured and couldn't play with her everywhere, this woman simply stayed in Donggong Mansion, and listened to Xie An tell her about the common sense that she was quite interested in every day, but she didn't cause any big trouble.

Xie An's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "Look at you, Xiangyu said so, she can be very picky about her outfits, she said yes, that is really no problem......"

The speaker was unintentional, listening intentionally, hearing Xie An's words, the eldest grandson Xiangyu suddenly raised his eyebrows, and said angrily, "Hey, Xie An, what do you mean?" What do you mean I'm very picky......" Speaking of this, she suddenly smiled and said to Liang Qiuwu with a pleasant face, "Sister Wu, little sister suddenly feels that this set of clothes is really not good, why don't you change another set?" As she spoke, she deliberately glanced at Xie An, ignoring the latter and gritting her teeth secretly in hatred.

The energy that the three women can generate when they stay together, Xie An understands today, for more than an hour after that, he is like a puppet, mechanically repeating the action of dressing and undressing, and listening to the three people chatter and discuss.

Xie An has heard people say before that some wives are more concerned about their husbands' outfits than their own, thinking that their husband's appearance is their wife's face.

Now it seems that Xie An feels that his wife is definitely the best among them, oh, Yiyi too, as for the eldest grandson Xiangyu, this crazy woman is purely just to tease him, watching him look depressed and repeat the actions of undressing and dressing to relieve boredom.

After an hour like this, Liang Qiuwu confirmed with a little reluctance that Xie An was going to wear the clothes he was going to wear in the hall today, and what made Xie An feel angry was that it was the vermilion set......

Your!

Xie An glared viciously at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who was smiling playfully, but it was a pity that the latter didn't take his threatening look seriously at all.

"Ann, today's palace test, in the palace of Baohe, I will take you later, I know that you have always been frivolous, but today you don't have to be usual, in front of the Son of Heaven, you can't be careless, you need to be cautious, polite, don't make any arrogant and rude actions......" While reminding Xie An softly, Liang Qiu Wu did the final rectification and care for Xie An's clothes, which was her obligation as the main room.

In Da Zhou, whenever her husband travels or encounters something important, the woman in the main room will do the final finishing for her husband like this, which is the duty of the main room, but it is also a symbol of status.

Of course, Xie An, who didn't know much about the etiquette of Da Zhou, naturally didn't understand the mystery, he looked at Liang Qiu Wu in a daze, and couldn't laugh or cry.

Looking at her with a look of concern and worry, Xie An seemed to think of the parents who were waiting at the door of the college entrance examination venue......

Sometimes, Xie An couldn't help but feel that Liang Qiuwu's protection of himself was a little too much......

For example, access control and the like.

It was as if he Xie An was just a naughty child, and the woman in front of him was his guardian......

Are you really that immature? So insecure?

Thinking of this, Xie An shook his head again and again and said, "I'm such a big person, I won't get lost, right?" Besides, it's the palace, I don't believe that Li Wei dares to be unfavorable to me in the palace......"

"Huh?" Liang Qiuwu looked at Xie An suspiciously, and said puzzledly, "Anyway, I'm going to go to the Baohe Palace, you go with me, okay?" ”

Xie An couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, and said angrily, "I'm going to take the palace exam, what are you doing with it?" Wait at home for me to come back, can't you? ”

"The Son of Heaven issued an edict, and I was ordered to go to the Baohe Hall as the supervisor of this palace test......"

"Didn't I say it, you stay in the ...... obediently" Speaking of this, Xie An's voice stopped abruptly, looked at Liang Qiuwu stupidly, and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Before Liang Qiu Wu could speak, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who was leisurely eating tea on the side, said slowly, "That is to say, Sister Wu is one of the eight supervisors of this palace examination, and she is responsible for reading your article and wants to evaluate it......

"......" Xie An was dumbfounded when he heard this.

What's the situation?

What's going on here?

went to the exam by herself, and as a wife, she turned out to be an examiner?

This......

Suddenly, Xie Anxin moved.

Wait, like that......

As if thinking of something, Xie An licked his lips and said with a smile, "Na, Wu, you are my wife, right?" ”

"Yes...... Why do you ask? Liang Qiuwu looked at Xie An puzzled.

Xie An was about to open his mouth, but the eldest grandson Xiangyu was giggling over there, "Sister Wu, this guy wants you to cheat on favoritism in the palace exam and help him secretly!" ”

While Xie An secretly screamed that something was wrong, Liang Qiuwu's face sank slightly, stared at Xie An with a frown, and asked seriously, "Is it, An?" ”

"Of course...... No! Xie An shook his head again and again, and hurriedly said, "I don't know your personality yet?" You hate doing this kind of favoritism, right? Under your correct teaching, I have completely abandoned my past bad habits, changed my face, and become a new person, of course, to win fame and fame in a dignified manner! ”

"Hmm!" Liang Qiuwu showed a bit of appreciation and joy in his eyes when he heard this, and nodded with satisfaction, but he didn't notice that Xie An glared at the eldest grandson Xiangyu viciously, but the latter's seemingly understatement made his vicious eyes soften suddenly.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ By the way, the little girl is also oh, the eight examiners who are auditors......"

Don't bring such a playful person!

Looking at the expression of the eldest grandson Xiangyu [come and beg me], and the playful smile on his face, Xie An was sad and indignant.

After lunch, around noon, Xie An helplessly followed Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu to the palace in a carriage.

On the way, Xie An learned that the place of the examiner of the eldest grandson Xiangyu was originally her grandfather Yingong, that is, the current eldest grandson prime minister, but as a result, this crazy woman begged her in order to make herself and in order to make herself agree to her various rude requests, she persuaded her grandfather to take this place.

Is there a mistake, old man? This kind of national event is also up to her?

Xie An muttered to himself, but when he thought of how indulgent Yin Gong was to the eldest grandson Xiangyu, he was relieved.

Although these days, Liangqiu Dance asked Xiang Qing and Luo Chao to act as guards in the mansion, in case the crown prince Li Wei was not dead, and continued to send people to assassinate Xie An, but now she is by Xie An's side in person, so Xiang Qing pulled Luo Chao away, with Xie An's understanding of Xiang Qing, this third brother Xiang was mostly going to the kiln to find those sisters and sisters in the Qinglou to eat wine.

Following the second half of Zhengyang Street, Xie An and his second daughter's carriage slowly came to Zhengyang Gate, that is, the main gate of the palace.

Even if the official position is as high as Liangqiu Dance, he is not allowed to enter in the carriage, so Liangqiu Dance asked the horseman to park the carriage aside, and entered the palace with Xie An one after another, not that she wanted to hide her identity with Xie An, but Xie An felt that as a candidate participating in the palace examination, she walked into the palace gate with the two examiners in such a grand manner, which is really a little unreasonable.

On the way to the Baohe Palace, Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu told Xie An about the eight examiners who audited the palace examination......

"You've seen it, Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites......"

Xie An nodded when he heard this.

The reason why I was able to pass the exam, in addition to the deliberate care of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, all relied on the teacher's answers, which is really a good official, the national exam, the chief examiner helped answer the questions, this kind of unbelievable thing......

Gee!

"What else?"

"There are also imperial historians Meng Rang and Meng Zichang, Xu Zhi, Xu Lezheng, Taifu Siqing, Zou Dan, Zou Yuanming! - The last two are people from the faction of Prince Li Wei, be careful! The eldest grandson Xiangyu reminded in a low voice.

"Hmm!" Xie An nodded.

"The last one, Nai Nanguo Gong, Lu Song, and Zi Gongbo, is my elder......" Liang Qiuwu said.

Xie An subconsciously narrowed his eyes when he heard this, revealing a somewhat incomprehensible look, and muttered to himself, "Nanguo Gong......"

"Ann, do you know Uncle Lu?" Liang Qiuwu asked curiously.

"No, I don't recognize it!" Xie An shook his head, saw Liang Qiuwu and Eldest Sun Xiangyu looking at him suspiciously, and changed the topic and said, "Didn't you say that there are eight?" There are only five of them, plus the two of you, it's only seven ......" Speaking of this, Xie An's words came to an abrupt end, because he saw that on the jade steps in the distance, there was a person wearing a yellow robe who was somewhat similar to Li Shou standing on the jade steps, looking at him coldly.

This person, Xie An recognized, that was the mastermind who sent the assassin of the dangerous building to assassinate him, the crown prince Li Wei!

Liang Qiu Wu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu also seemed to notice the crown prince Li Wei standing on the jade steps in the distance.

"You guessed that, right?" The eldest grandson Xiangyu said lightly.

Following her words, Liang Qiuwu lowered her voice, faintly with a little anger, and said, "The last person is the crown prince Li Wei!" ”

"This is really ......" Licking his lips, a somewhat playful smile appeared on Xie An's face, slowly raised his hand, and shook his hand towards the crown prince Li Wei on the jade steps in the distance, and then jumped twice, looking at His Royal Highness the prince with a smile, the meaning of which is self-evident.

"......" Even if it was far away, Xie An could see the thick anger on the face of the crown prince Li Wei, and after glancing at Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu's second daughter, he brushed his sleeves away.

Glancing at the back of the crown prince Li Wei flicking his sleeves and leaving, the eldest grandson Xiangyu chuckled, "Is it necessary to declare war on His Royal Highness the crown prince today?" ”

"The next battle book? No! Fang Cai is not a war book...... Xie An shook his head and said coldly, "The war book has already been handed out three months ago, using the corpse of a dangerous building assassin named Xu Bi!" ”

"It's kind of interesting......" Closing the folding fan with a snap, the eldest grandson Xiangyu giggled and said, "Let the little girl also participate!" ――What does Sister Mai mean? ”

Liang Qiuwu glanced at Xie An when he heard this, frowned and thought for a while, and said in a deep voice, "The revenge of killing the husband is not shared!" - This account, I, Liang Qiuwu, will have to find him to settle it out sooner or later! Her words were filled with anger.

"Hee-hee, where you can use your little sister, Sister Wu just said ......"

"Hmmm! - Please! ”

"Sister Dance is serious......"

"Huh?" Xie An was stunned, looked at these two women stupidly, and hurriedly opened his mouth and said, "Hey, hey, what are you talking about?" I...... I'm not dead yet...... I'm really not dead, I'm alive and well...... Look at ......"

It's a pity that the two girls were talking about something in their ears, ignoring Xie An's jumping and jumping next to her.

Well, forget it......

Anyway, I'm just a candidate who came to take the temple exam......

An insignificant candidate......

At home, it is also an insignificant husband......

He was also protected by his wife like a child......

With a broken thought in his mouth, Xie An kicked the huge carved stone pillar beside him with his foot in frustration.