On April 20, Wang Qian was still the main examiner, and the other chief examiner was Lin Cifu, and His Majesty did not choose anyone from among the scholars this time, in order to avoid suspicion of similar incidents.

Dali Temple found out that Wang Qian had nothing to do with the imperial examination fraud case, and was acquitted and reinstated. As for Shunzi, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, he should go to Wang Qian for help as soon as he is coerced, instead of helping the court to abuse him, so that the court spends more manpower and material resources to hold another examination.

His Royal Highness King Yu deserves the praise of the courtiers, believes in Wang Qian, and is also reprimanded by His Majesty for twenty rods.

His Royal Highness King Zhan was also praised by the courtiers, he was affectionate and righteous, and did not abandon Shi Yuanyuan because Shi Yu was the mastermind of the imperial examination fraud case, and took Wang Lifei to ask His Majesty to ask His Majesty to pardon Shi Yuanyuan and let her enter the Zhan Wang's Mansion to serve King Zhan. His Majesty agreed, and Concubine Wang Li's mother and son were grateful.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also praised by the courtiers, he had a good princess, and Wang Yaolin, the secretary of Dali Temple, was mentioned by the crown princess, so he would continue to investigate, interrogate Shunzi, and finally found the head of the stone fish, all of which Wang Yaolin attributed to the princess.

Shi Yu wanted to bite his tongue in the prison of Dali Temple and commit suicide, after Mrs. Shi heard the news, she hanged herself and died, as for Shi Yu and Shi Yuanyuan, the only only daughter of Mrs. Shi, she was carried back to the house by a sedan chair in the Zhan Wang's Mansion. The owner of the stone mansion is gone, and the stone mansion will naturally disperse.

Han Jinxiu, who was waiting for the results of the test, swayed the fan in her hand, and listened to An Mei's eyebrows dancing and saying good things about the ministers praising her.

Looking up and glancing at An Mei, Han Jinxiu said impatiently: "Stop, don't talk about it, this palace doesn't want to hear it." ”

"Oh." An Mei lowered her eyes in response, and muttered in her heart: The crown princess is not having a round house with the prince, and the relationship between the husband and wife should be very good, but since that day, the princess has never seen the prince again, and the prince is also calm, and he has not set foot in the princess's bedroom.

Soon, Anxin hurriedly ran in and shouted: "Princess, princess, hit, hit." ”

Han Jinxiu put down the fan in his hand and laughed: "But really? ”

An Xin nodded like pounded garlic: "Really, Crown Princess, it's really hit." She was sent out by Han Jinxiu to find out the results of Han Jinbin's examination, and as soon as the list was released, she went to watch it seriously.

An Mei echoed: "That's great, Crown Princess." ”

It is indeed very good, Han Jinxiu bowed her head, she knew that her cousin Han Jinbin would not let her down, and sure enough, the next thing was to wait for the results of the palace examination. She has a plan in her heart, she can't go out of the palace to see Han Jinbin for the time being, and she will talk about it after the palace test. Calculating the time, the days when the king of Zhenbei took Han Jinxiang back to Beijing were numbered, she had to prepare in advance, and a touch of coldness crossed her eyes.

Chengguo Duchess Yao did not like the third prince Lu Wang born to Concubine Wu Xian, after seeing him from Lin Cifu's mansion, when she returned to the mansion, she once mentioned the marriage between Xu Zijiao and King Lu to Chengguo Gong, and said: "Master, the concubine always feels that King Lu is a little cold to Jiao'er, and I am afraid that Concubine Wu Xian is leading this marriage behind her back." Although the marriage of children is the order of their parents and the words of the matchmaker, Yao hopes that her daughter will be happy, and she will raise her eyebrows with her husband and love her life.

Hearing this, Cheng Guogong frowned and glared at her: "What do you know as a woman, it's all nonsense." In front of so many people, how do you make His Royal Highness King Lu warm to you? You, everything is just a brain, just say these words in front of me, don't talk nonsense in front of Jiao'er. I see that her complexion has improved a lot in the past few days, and you have to mention more by her side in the future, marry Queen Lu, and remember to avoid suspicion with King Yu. ”

The matter has come to this point, they have agreed to Concubine Wu Xian's courtship, as the saying goes, one daughter is not allowed to have two husbands, and they can only choose King Lu, even if King Yu and Wang Qian have nothing to do with the previous trial fraud case. Concubine Yang De's temperament is not easy to get along with, she is very strong, Jiao'er married and became her daughter-in-law, it will be difficult for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to get along in the future, it is not as good as Concubine Wu Xian, who is selective and kind.

Yao could only bow his head: "Yes, master, the concubine body remembers." ”

"Well, look at Jiao'er's situation in the past few days, if there are no other abnormal behaviors, she will be exempted from grounding." Cheng Guogong said lightly.

It's been a few days, and Concubine Wang Lifei still has a grudge against King Zhan, asking him to calculate Han Jinxiu, but he was calculated by Han Jinxiu, isn't it intentional by King Zhan? Otherwise, how could Han Jinxiu have calculated to King Zhan, thinking of this, Concubine Wang Li's eyes became gloomy when she looked at King Zhan.

Entering the palace today, King Zhan took Shi Yuanyuan into the palace to greet Concubine Wang Li. It stands to reason that Shi Yuanyuan is the daughter of a criminal minister, and she should not marry the prince, even if she is a concubine. In order to show King Lu's generosity and affection, Shi Yuanyuan had to be carried into King Zhan's mansion as King Zhan's concubine.

The reason why she brought Shi Yuanyuan into the palace was that it was safe that Concubine Wang Li wanted to see Shi Yuanyuan and had something to say to her.

In the past few days, Shi Yuanyuan has experienced the taste of falling from the sky and falling from the clouds, her parents died, she became an orphan girl, and entered the Zhan Wang's mansion, originally thought that the Zhan King would love her, but unfortunately it was just her wishful thinking.

Glancing at King Zhan lightly, Concubine Wang Li said, "You go down first." ”

"Yes, the retainers are retired." King Zhan withdrew from Concubine Wang Li's palace.

King Yu's body has improved a lot, and His Majesty later specially rewarded him with gold sore medicine, which can be regarded as a show of favor to King Yu, and the mastermind behind the imperial examination fraud case is Shiyu, which has nothing to do with them. In this regard, the big stone hanging in mid-air by Concubine Yang De can be regarded as landing, and now her father can return to the court, and the Yang family can stand tall again, see who dares to underestimate her!

As soon as Concubine Yang Defei stepped into the palace of King Yu with one foot, she looked up and saw King Yu being supported by the eunuch to get up, so frightened that her face turned pale, and hurriedly walked over: "What are you two doing, don't you let go of King Yu quickly and let him lie on the collapse to rest." ”

The two eunuchs hung their heads, didn't make a sound, and muttered in their hearts: Niangniang, this is what His Highness forced the two of us yesterday, how dare we be disobedient.

King Yu said softly: "Erchen has seen his mother, don't be angry, these days Erchen feels better, and wants to walk around more, and the imperial doctor has also come to see it, and said it's okay." The mother concubine must not be angry, that is the sin of the son. ”

He had to take care of himself as soon as possible, so that he could see Xu Zijiao, he held back a lot of words, but he didn't say it, which was very uncomfortable.

Knowing her son Mo Ruomu, Concubine Yang Defei blinked: "If that's the case, that's fine." It's just that if you're in a hurry to get out of the palace, that's not okay. She didn't explain the words, but she knew that King Yu could understand.

Sure enough, King Yu instantly lowered his face and said coldly: "Mother, why can't you leave the palace?" "If he doesn't go out of the palace, how can he see Xu Zijiao, if he doesn't see Xu Zijiao, how can he say his words that are holding his stomach to relieve his anger.

"What if you leave the palace? The mother concubine can tell you that your father is carefully choosing a concubine for you these days, you have to be more restrained, don't cause trouble for the palace. Before your marriage is decided, you are not allowed to leave the palace, I have already instructed the palace people, and you will be in the palace to give birth and recuperate. Concubine Yang Defei tried to persuade King Yu.

Of course this can't be done, he and Xu Zijiao can't just forget it, he has to ask clearly. When I came back to my senses and wanted to talk to Concubine Yang De, I found that she had already gone away. The angry King Yu pushed away the two eunuchs beside him, and after that, he fell to the ground, and his aching buttocks became more and more painful, making him unconsciously shout: "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts." Tears couldn't stop falling, squatting on the ground, pounding the ground to vent.

On the fifth day of the fifth day of May, the tribute scholars selected for this examination are all based on real talents, and His Majesty has appointed several university scholars as reviewers, the purpose of which is to select good talents. The three most outstanding people in this palace examination, their strategies are not equal, they are Xu Zifeng, Shen Ke, and Han Jinbin.

His Majesty discussed with the ministers, and finally decided on the top three in the palace test, the champion was naturally Xu Zifeng, the eldest son of the Chengguo Mansion, Han Jinbin, and Shen Ke. I have to say that His Majesty's hand-picked is not wrong at all, among the three, Shen Ke's appearance is the most outstanding.

Han Jinbin and Shen Ke exchanged a look with each other, and their efforts were not in vain, so they were naturally happy.

Xu Zifeng stood calmly, like a tall pine tree, holding a gentleman like jade.

An Mei happily told Han Jinxiu about the top three in the palace test, she lowered her eyes and played with the green bracelet in her hand, a smile crossed her eyes, this Shen Ke and Han Jinbin really didn't disappoint her, as long as they were given a chance. This time, King Zhan lost Shen Ke, an important assistant, even if he welcomed Shi Yuanyuan back to his house, he could only win a good reputation. These illusory things, even if he can get them, he can't change anything.

The Yao family and Chengguo Gong were naturally happy, Xu Zifeng was appointed by His Majesty as the champion, which was the glory of the Chengguo Mansion, so he naturally had to celebrate it extensively.

In Xu Zijiao's yard, she didn't show much joy when she heard the maids say that Xu Zifeng was the top student in high school. Her eldest brother has always had real talent and learning, and he will definitely not be buried. It's her, who is trapped in the yard all day, when is it a head. I don't know what happened to His Royal Highness King Yu's injury, she only hated her parents for not being considerate of her.

The top three in the palace test want to go out to the streets, so that the people can see their demeanor, this belongs to their highlight moment, ten years of hard work, can be regarded as a reward.

Gonggong Yang reminded His Majesty in a low voice: "This is the cousin of the crown princess." ”

The cousin of the crown princess, His Majesty lowered his eyes and looked at Han Jinbin's name on the bookcase, no wonder he felt a little familiar, it was actually the cousin of the crown princess, the Han family was a loyal martyr, and now he has poured out a list, which is a little strange. If Han Jinbin can really gain a foothold in the court, then who will benefit the most?

Ah Jiu said happily: "Your Highness, the cousin of the crown princess is the eye of the list. ”

originally thought that the prince was very happy, but he didn't expect the prince to raise his head, and still lowered his eyes to read, which couldn't help but make Ah Jiu mutter in his heart, what's wrong? Recently, I always feel that His Royal Highness is a little strange, and he is very cold to them, and even on the first day of the fifth month, when he was supposed to go to the palace of the crown princess, he said that he was sick and did not go.

Ah Jiu really doesn't understand, isn't it clear that it's all round, why do you still make a fuss? For this reason, he secretly asked Ah Yan, and was scolded by him, saying that he didn't need to worry about His Highness's affairs. He is worrying blindly, not for the good of His Royal Highness, he clearly likes the crown princess, why do he have to hide it, how uncomfortable!

Shen Ke and Han Jinbin rode red horses, and after listening to the words of the people, he came back to his senses and said in a low voice: "Are you really the cousin of the crown princess?" "I've never heard Han Jinbin mention it before, and he doesn't know the name of the crown princess.

Han Jinbin bowed generously: "Yes, Brother Shen, don't be angry, I didn't mean to hide it from you, I just ······"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shen Ke: "Stop, you don't need to explain to me, I understand, you don't want to borrow the name of the crown princess, this is my Shen Ke's good brother, let's go back to the inn and have a drink later." ”

Han Jinbin breathed a sigh of relief and responded, "Okay." ”

Xu Zifeng, who was sitting on the big red horse in front of him, had a lot of thoughts, he had to talk to his parents when he went home, relieved his sister's grounding, and was able to help his sister speak, His Royal Highness King Yu was not a good match for his sister.

Xu Zifeng became the champion, and the happiest thing was that the Chengguo Mansion was up and down, and of course, Concubine Wu Xian, she was pulling King Lu to speak: "This is a good opportunity, when your father comes tonight, the mother concubine will tell him about your marriage with Miss Xu, and you will get married in the future, but you have to remember, you must calm down." ”

King Lu was anxious in his heart, and originally wanted to find a time to mention the matter between him and the county lord of Yonghe to Concubine Wu Xian, but this time he swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva and hurriedly said: "Don't, mother concubine, don't mention it to my father." ”

"Why?" Concubine Wu Xian subconsciously twisted her eyebrows, this is a wonderful opportunity, but she can't let Concubine Yang Defei grab it anymore. This time, His Majesty scolded King Yu twenty times, I am afraid that he still feels guilty about King Yu, in case at this time, Concubine Yang Defei proposed to marry King Yu and Xu Zijiao, in case His Majesty agreed, it would not be good, Concubine Wu Xian had to take the first step.

Being looked at directly by Concubine Wu Xian, King Lu was a little worried in his heart, he wanted to tell Concubine Wu Xian that the girl he liked was the lord of Yonghe, but he didn't dare to say it at this moment.

"Your marriage will have to be decided sooner or later, sooner rather than later, listen to the words of the mother, go back early, and wait for the good news of the mother." Concubine Wu Xian smiled and blinked, this child is so old and shy.

As soon as the words fell, King Lu mustered up the courage to tell Concubine Wu Xian about him and the county lord of Yonghe, when he heard a eunuch outside the palace shouting: "Your Majesty has arrived." ”

A smile crossed Concubine Wuxian's eyes, Your Majesty is here, it's great. Together with King Lu, the mother and son asked His Majesty for peace: "I have seen Your Majesty." ”

"Flat, sit down!" Your Majesty is in a good mood today, and he picks out the top three that he is satisfied with, and he will see Concubine Wu Xian and King Lu in a gentle tone.

King Lu kept giving Concubine Wu Xian a look, asking her not to mention his marriage, and suddenly he chuckled in his heart.

I only heard Concubine Wu Xian's gentle voice: "Your Majesty, Yuan Jun is not young, and the concubine wants to ask for him to marry the concubine, please ask Your Majesty for permission." ”