In the middle of the night, the hustle and bustle around the palace gradually stopped.

Jiang Wu called hot water and brought gauze and ointment to change Yun Rongjue's dressing.

Yun Rongjue's daily dressing change is done by her. Every time the little girl changed his dressing, she was very serious, for fear that if she was not careful, she would pull his wound.

Jiang Wu bandaged Yun Rongjue's wounds, and when he looked up, he saw the man's distracted look.

Today, the palace is very lively, congratulating Yun Feng on his appointment as the crown prince.

Jiang Wu had also heard about the canonization of the prince before, and when the prince candidate was not determined, Yun Rongjue was also one of Yunlou's considerations, and even many people felt that with Yunlou's love for Yun Rongjue and Yun Rongjue's ability, Yun Rongjue would definitely become the prince.

I just didn't expect it......

"Your Highness."

Yun Rongjue just glanced at the sound, and suddenly saw a piece of candied fruit handed by the little girl, he raised his eyebrows slightly, "Huh? ”

"This candied fruit is sweet, Your Highness can eat some."

Yun Rongjue is not interested in sweets, this Jiang Wu knows, Yun Rongjue looked at her, "Sister doesn't think that this hall is sad." ”

Jiang Wu really thought so.

"Your Highness, eat something sweet when you're in a bad mood, and you'll be in a much happier mood." Jiang Wu said.

"Stupid."

Jiang Wu: "......"

"My sister thinks that the main hall is sad and depressed for the prince's position?" He turned and asked.

Jiang Wu blinked lightly and did not deny it.

Isn't it?

"The main hall is not interested in the position of the crown prince," he said as he took the candied fruit handed by Jiang Wu and put it in his mouth to eat, "so there is no sadness because of it." ”

"Your Highness......

But when she looked at him, he seemed to be full of worries, and on this special day, she couldn't help but think about it.

Yun Rongjue looked at the clean and clear face of the little girl in front of him, and was speechless for a moment.

"The main hall is lacking."

Jiang Wu came back to his senses, "The slave fetched water for His Highness to wash his face." Then he turned and walked out of the temple.

The darker the night, Yun Rongjue lay on the couch and did not sleep for a long time.

The hunting ground was over, and Yunlou only said that it had been dealt with to the outside world, but he didn't say much.

Who was responsible for the assassination that day......

Yun Rongjue had a guess in his heart.

Now, Yun Feng has ascended to the position of the crown prince, and he seems to have fallen from the needle felt, but in fact, he has fallen into a deeper vortex.

And the people who plunged him into the whirlpool......

Yun Rongjue closed his eyes and put aside the emotions in his head.

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In Yilan Xuan, Jiang Wu looked at the scroll attentively, and when Yun Rongjue walked in, the little girl didn't even notice it.

He knew that she had always been serious, but in the past two days, she seemed to be a little too serious.

He approached, "Are you two studying too seriously?" Wasn't he punished by the master again? He guessed.

Jiang Wu shook his head again and again, and replied: "The master didn't punish the slave, but just ......."

"Just what?"

"The master said that there will be a test later." Jiang Wu said.

Yun Rongjue was not surprised, "It's just an ordinary test, and you've done it before." ”

"Your Highness, this test is different from the previous one, what the master said, not only in terms of difficulty, but also in ...... The Master said, "If anyone gets a good grade, there is a reward." She said.

It turned out that the little girl was so serious about the reward.

"You want that reward?"

Jiang Wu nodded.

"It's just a reward, if you don't do well in the exam, this hall can also give you a reward, and you can pick any treasures in the treasury." He's got a lot of stuff here, but she chooses, she doesn't have to do it for a small reward.

In the past few days, when he got up two or three nights, he saw the little girl holding a book in the corner and reading hard.

His little girl, why do you need to work so hard.

Jiang Wu wrinkled his little nose and shook his head resolutely.

"That's different, the master said, the reward he gave was a jade pot, Your Highness look at it." As she spoke, she showed Yun Rongjue the appearance of the jade pot painted on the school.

Yun Rongjue looked at it and said with a smile: "You want a jade pot, it's easy." ”

The implication is that he has.

"But this is a reward for good grades, and the slave wants to get it with his own ability." She said.

She didn't like this jade pot, but more wanted to get an affirmation.

Yun Rongjue was tolerant and allowed her to go to school, she didn't want to live up to his wishes.

Yun Rongjue understood what she was thinking and nodded.

His little girl has a heart, not bad.

……

The test of the Master was carried out three days later.

In the school, the master held a bamboo whip behind his back and a bamboo whip in his hand, looking back and forth in the hall.

When the time set by the Master arrived, everyone handed in the papers and left the school in droves.

"Jiang Wu Jiang Wu! How did you write? ”

"I think it's so difficult, the master's argument is too embarrassing."

"Yes."

As soon as Jiang Wu walked out of the school, several people surrounded him.

She has been studying in the academy for a long time, and these noble sons have gradually accepted her, and they are no longer as difficult for her as before.

"Jiang Wu, what do you think?" Meng Quan asked.

Jiang Wu nodded lightly, "Yes." ”

"Okay? What can mean? Do you find it difficult? Meng Quan asked.

Jiang Wu shook his head, "It's not too difficult." ”

As soon as she said this, several people snorted.

"Jiang Wu, you lied to people, we all think it's not easy, you didn't know anything before, you don't think it's difficult?"

"That said, it must be a lie."

"Unless she can get the jade pot rewarded by her master, it will definitely be a lie."

For Jiang Wu's words, several people didn't believe it, and Jiang Wu was helpless, so he didn't argue with them much. She walked straight to the gazebo and sat down.

In the school, the master read and watched everyone's answer sheets, and occasionally a few people gathered around the window, poking their heads in, trying to see whose answer sheet was most satisfactory to the master, and the master blew his beard and stared at the people, scattering them.

"The old man said that you were not allowed to come in, who would dare to come in!" When the Master heard a commotion, he did not lift his head, but he started to speak.

But when he spoke, there was no response. He subconsciously raised his head, and saw a tall man standing beside him, and when he saw it clearly, he was excited, and quickly stood up, "Imperial ......"

Yun Lou stopped him from kneeling.

Yunlou came over today, not wearing the imperial robe, "Master, don't be shocked." ”

The master bowed his head and said in a low voice: "Why did the emperor come over?" ”

"I want to scatter my mind today, and I don't want to go far, so I stopped by this academy to have a look. Now you are looking at the answer sheet of the test? ”

The master bowed his head, "Yes, the emperor, please take a look." The master handed the answer sheet to Yunlou.

Yunlou sat down and read a few copies.

"It seems to be a little flat."

The master nodded with a smile, "Yes, this time, the difficulty of the questions is higher, and their answers are bland, which is reasonable." ”

"Master, do you think which one is excellent?" Yun Lou asked.

The master hurriedly took out two copies from them and handed them to Yunlou, "These two copies, the emperor has seen them." ”

Yun Lou read the first one first and nodded, "Not bad." ”

When Yunlou looked at the second copy again, his thick eyebrows raised slightly, and when his eyes fell on the name in the upper left corner of the answer sheet, he was slightly stunned, "Jiang Wu......"

This is......

"This ginger dance is ......"

The master informed Jiang Wu of the situation.

"Your Majesty, Jiang Wuyuan was in front of the corridor to listen, and the minister saw that she was humble and studious, so she was allowed to enter the school, and the emperor forgave her sins."

The Master himself did not care about these differences, but he ...... The person in front of him was the emperor, and he had to make it clear.

Yun Lou's attention was not here, he looked at what was written on the answer sheet, "She wrote well." ”

"Yes, Jiang Wu didn't even know much in the past, but she is talented and intelligent, and she can understand many things at a glance, and this achievement is also improving by leaps and bounds."

"Okay, what about her?" Yun Lou asked.

The master looked out and saw Jiang Wu in the pavilion, "Back to the emperor, where is she, the minister called her over." ”

"Eh, no, you can comment first." After speaking, he handed the answer sheet back to the master, and then walked out.

Where is the pavilion, Jiang Wu sat upright, holding a scroll in his hand, looking at it very seriously.

Yunlou looked at it and couldn't help but smile, the little girl was very diligent.

After Jiang Wu finished reading the three-page book, she heard the voices of those people, and the master asked people to enter the school, and she hurriedly got up and rushed over.

In front of everyone, the master told about this evaluation, and announced the best answer sheets, among them, Jiang Wu.

Jiang Wu listened and was overjoyed.

Not......

Finally, her efforts these days have not been in vain!

The jade pot rewarded by the master was only awarded to one person, Jiang Wu originally thought that although he was excellent, the jade pot was difficult to get, but he didn't expect that the master rewarded her with the jade pot.

After school, Jiang Wu held the jade pot, and the more he looked at it, the happier he became.

She wants to tell Her Highness the good news!

It's just that when Jiang Wu just walked out of the academy, two people appeared in front of her who blocked her way, and she looked at the two, she didn't know these two people. "Jiang Wu, please come with us."

Jiang Wu was stunned and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Our master wants to see Miss Jiang." The man on the left said.

Master?

Jiang Wuxiu frowned, "Who is your master?" Although she has a low status, she is the person next to Yun Rongjue, and when others are looking for her, she must at least know who is looking for her.

"The girl went and she will know, please, don't let the master wait." The two of them were reluctant to talk to her, and their faces were serious.

Jiang Wu can't figure it out if he wants to, and if he resists, the consequences may not be good. In desperation, she could only leave with the two.

Jiang Wu followed the two of them away, looking around with a pair of eyes along the way. This way...... It's the way back to the palace......

After walking for a while, Jiang Wu was even more puzzled, this is the way to the inner courtyard of the palace, is the master of the palace looking for her?

Who will it be?

The doubts in Jiang Wu's heart deepened.

Until she was taken by the two of them to the door of a palace, she raised her eyes and saw the three words engraved on the plaque with gold edges on a blue background, Imperial Study.

This is......

The Emperor's Imperial Study?!

Could it be that the person looking for her is ......

But what did the emperor do with her?

Jiang Wu was thinking about it, when she heard the will to announce her to enter the temple, she didn't dare to delay, and stepped into the hall, sure enough.

Seeing the cloud tower sitting on the master's seat, she hurriedly knelt down, "Slave to the emperor." ”

Yun Lou put down the pen in his hand, "Flatten." ”

Jiang Wu got up, and Yun Lou looked at her, "Do you know why I came to you?" ”

Jiang Wu shook his head, "I don't know." Because she didn't know, she was worried.

Yunlou saw the little girl's nervousness, and said with a smile: "Don't be too nervous, I'm not a tiger or a beast, I can't eat you, I've read your answer sheet." ”

Jiang Wu was slightly stunned, and after a while, he reacted to what Yunlou said, "Has the emperor read the answer sheet of the slave in the academy?" ”

Yun Lou chuckled and nodded, "You answered well, even the master praised you." ”

"The emperor has won an award, and the slave doesn't dare to be it."

"I heard the master say that you only knew a few words, and being able to learn like this in such a short period of time shows that you have wisdom roots. I appreciate smart people. Yun Lou said.

Jiang Wu bowed, "Emperor Xie praised." ”

After Yun Lou said so many good words, he seemed to think of something, and said to Jiang Wu: "When you were in the northern suburbs before, you replaced my tea, and after returning to the palace, I wanted to taste the tea you brewed again and let them brew it, but these useless things can't brew the taste you brewed that day, are you willing to brew me again?" ”、

It turns out that the idea of Yunlou is here. She breathed a sigh of relief. Without hesitation, I agreed.

"Miss Jiang, please." Zhu Neiguan grinned, his waist half-bent.

"Eh, by the way, I'm hungry." Yun Lou said to Zhu Neiguan.

Zhu Neiguan shook his head again and again.

Jiang Wu followed Zhu Neiguan to the side hall where tea and pastries were prepared.

The ingredients for brewing tea are all ready, and Zhu Neiguan smiled, "Girl, please." ”

Jiang danced his head and began to brew.

Jiang Wu operated, Zhu Neiguan looked at it seriously, and the more he opened it, the more strange he felt, "Let's brew it for the emperor, and it is also mixed according to the ingredients that the girl said, I don't know why, there is no way to satisfy the emperor, I don't know why." ”

Jiang Wu's tea recipe is actually not a precious recipe, and the ingredients used are also ordinary, but what they brew is not satisfactory to Yunlou, and they have been in a hurry for the past two days.

Jiang Wu blinked lightly, thought, and said slowly: "Maybe it's the difference in water temperature." ”

This recipe is not unusual, but it is particular about the temperature of the water.

Zhu Neiguan's eyes lit up, "Girl, please speak." ”

Jiang Wu rinsed the ingredients and put them in the tea bowl, looking at the water boiling on the small stove next to her, the water was not completely boiled, but she had already wrapped the cloth and picked it up, and poured the hot water into the tea bowl, "To brew this tea recipe, the temperature of the water used is seven points, one more point is easy to spoil the taste, and one less point the aroma of gardenia is weak." ”

Zhu Neiguan suddenly realized, and slapped his forehead, "No wonder, we are all brewed with boiling water, no wonder the emperor always said, there is no such taste, the girl has been taught in our family." ”

"Have you made the pastries prepared for the emperor?!" Zhu Neiguan asked the little Neiguan beside him.

The little internal official brought up the delicate-looking pastry, Jiang Wu looked at it, and asked casually, "Father-in-law, what kind of pastry is this?" ”

"This one, it's lotus cake." Zhu Neiguan said.

Jiang Wu pursed his lips, thought for a while, and said, "Perhaps, if you change it to bean paste cake, the emperor will like it more." ”

Zhu Neiguan was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled, but thinking that Jiang Wu could win the emperor's favor with a side of tea, the little girl was not simple, and she deliberately proposed that there should be her reason.

As Jiang Wu proposed, Zhu Neiguan replaced the lotus cake with a bean paste cake, and sent it to Yunlou with tea.

Yunlou first picked up the tea bowl, stirred the tea lid, smelled it, and his face was happy, "This fragrance is right!" With that, he immediately took a sip.

Zhu Neiguan looked at it and took a sip of tea in the cloud building, but did not see the displeasure on his face.

"That's the fragrance, sure enough, it's still good for you to brew." Yunlou was very happy.

Chief Zhu Nei breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty, let's try a snack." ”

Yun Lou looked at the pastry in front of him, his thick eyebrows frowned, "Why isn't it a lotus cake today?" ”

As soon as Zhu Neiguan heard this, the nerves in the skull tensed, "Imperial ......"

"Back to the emperor, why don't you try this bean paste cake first and see if you like it?" Jiang Wu answered.

Jiang Wu's bowl of tea pleased Yun Lou, Yun Lou's slightly frowned eyebrows relaxed, and he picked up the pastry on the plate, "This is bean paste cake...... Bean paste is sweeter than lotus cake. ”

Yun Lou took a bite as he spoke.

The bean paste is sweet, but sometimes it is too sweet and greasy, Yun Lou's eyebrows trembled when he was just calm, and he was about to crouch again, Zhu Neiguan couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

It's over.

"The emperor will take another sip of tea." Jiang Wu served the tea.

Yunlou took it and took a sip, the fragrance of the tea quickly spread between his lips and teeth, melting the sweetness of the bean paste cake, and the two flavors intersected together, and there was a different flavor.

After Yun Lou swallowed it, he couldn't help pursing his lips, glanced at the bean paste cake in his hand, and then took another bite, and after eating, he took another sip of tea.

"How does the emperor feel?" Jiang Wu asked.

Yun Lou laughed, "I originally preferred lotus cake because of its sweet taste, but I didn't expect that this bean paste cake with this tea has a different taste, the sweetness of the bean paste and the sweetness of the tea converge, which makes people have the urge to eat again and again, this bean paste cake, isn't it what else you added?" He asked.

Jiang Wu and Zhu Neiguan both shook their heads, Jiang Wu said: "The tea prepared by the slave is sweet, used to relieve greasy fire, and the bean paste cake is sweeter, the two are diametrically opposed tastes, and it is precisely because of this that the tea can slow down the sweetness of the bean paste cake, and the fragrance of the bean paste cake is still there." ”

Yunlou listened to Jiang Wu's explanation, smiled and nodded, "You are really good, no wonder Jue'er is willing to keep you by your side and wait, today you let me drink the tea in my heart, and I am very satisfied with eating this pastry, I want to reward you well, you say, what do you want." ”

Jiang Wu lowered his eyes slightly, "It's good if the emperor likes it, the slave doesn't have anything to want." ”

Yunlou admired it even more, he hadn't seen anyone who didn't want to be rewarded, it was a different little girl.

"Zhu Neiguan, you can give her the feather fan that was offered by the Western Regions before." Yunlou said.

Jiang Wu was slightly flustered, and subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Yunlou interrupted her, "Eh, I'm happy today, I'm willing to reward you with something, you just accept it, otherwise I won't obey your order." ”

Yun Lou said this, Jiang Wu had no choice.

After a while, Zhu Neiguan returned to the imperial study, holding a feather fan in his hand, and the handle of the feather fan was inlaid with a round light blue gem, and the fan was translated in a bright color, which was very good-looking.

"Thank you for the emperor's reward." Jiang Wu accepted the feather fan and returned the favor.

At this time, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess and His Royal Highness King Huai have come down to greet you." ”

When Jiang Wu heard this, her hanging eyelashes trembled slightly, and Yun Songzhen ......

"Let them in."

The little internal official withdrew, and after a while, Yun Songzhen and Yun Zhao walked into the hall.