Qin Xu heard the noise outside, and also noticed Xue Ji's look at him, straightened up and pressed the bandaged wound on his leg, looked outside the door again, and frowned.

"Can blatantly catch up with him, should I say he's stupid or arrogant?"

As soon as Xue Ji heard him speak, he raised his head to see his face, and saw that Qin Xu was about to get up on the side, so he hurriedly stepped forward to support him. "Lord Wang, are you going out?"

Qin Xu snorted, endured the pain and walked out of the wing, and looked back at Xue Ji: "No matter how bold they are, they don't dare to rob openly, why don't they go out?" ”

Xue Ji still didn't understand, this person dared to blatantly use a sword in the capital, how could he dare to come to the door? At this time, seeing that King Ning had the intention of going out for a while, did he stop it or not......

Before the two of them could open the door to greet each other, another beam of fireworks exploded in the sky, Qin Xu just took a step and froze in mid-air, looked up, after the fireworks dispersed, there was only a trace of afterglow left in the dark night sky, and quickly regained calm, as if nothing had happened, and even the sound of slamming the door outside stopped.

"Master, people seem to ......be gone," Wang Qu squeezed through the crack in the door and quietly peeked in, his face was happy, and he turned around and shouted.

When Qin Xu heard this, he snorted and turned around to go back to the wing, but stopped under the lantern outside the eaves. Xue Ji saw that the prince was standing still again, and it was not easy to ask or not, and it was not good to advance or retreat, how embarrassing it would be.

Qin Xu took out the account book covered in his shirt as if no one was there, he was not taboo, but Xue Ji was nervous, who knew if he could see this thing?

After hesitating again and again, Xue Ji still tentatively opened his mouth: "Lord, I heard that the prince once privately summoned Yuan Peng, the commander of the Soldiers and Horses Division......"

Qin Xu let out an "oh" and put the account book back in his arms, causing Xue Ji to sigh in his heart that he was extremely bored, just cover it well, take it out for a while, and cover it back for a while, it's not too troublesome.

"To come up with such a stupid idea, the prime minister must have fallen out with the prince."

This is certain, Xue Ji couldn't help but be surprised, King Ning has been away from Beijing for a few months, and his eyes and ears are not closed at all!

Qin Xu saw through his mind with just one glance, chuckled, and said, "You don't need someone to pass on the message, you can guess it." Second brother's brain...... It's not a good beast in the pen yet. ”

This person opened his mouth and insulted the prince, he said that he might not be guilty for the prince, but Xue Ji was even more embarrassed when he heard it, and he couldn't pick it up, and he didn't know whether to answer or not.

Without waiting for anyone to answer, Qin Xu sneered again: "You said that you are not tired of acting every day, you are a good young master of a rich and noble family, what do you learn to be cautious?" ”

Xue Ji sweated again in his heart, and had to smile: "It's not like I've arrived in the capital, there are nobles everywhere, and if you don't be careful, you will lose your life." ”

Qin Xu took a closer look at the person in front of him, who clearly did not have the slightest humility but had to bow down and be small, and was inexplicably a little irritable in his heart. "I don't like this fake face, just like your master."

Xue Ji has been working hard for more than a year, and at this moment, he is almost unable to hold on to being stimulated by a few words, you are the prince, you are right, today you like the real, so tomorrow you are not happy and like to be interesting, who has so many lives for you to change your taste?

Speaking of this master again, he has never called King An his master, why did these dignitaries and nobles think that his master was King An?

Xue Ji was still pouring bitter water in his heart, Qin Xu looked at his expression and the resentment on his body, and suddenly smiled: "That's right, what's the point of pretending to be a grandson." ”

Xue Ji was stunned for a moment, and the crossbow-like complaint in his heart suddenly stopped, and before he knew it, the appearance of being three years suddenly faded, and the stubbornness and arrogance that originally belonged to him returned to his face.

The corners of Qin Xu's mouth rose a little more, and he raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "This king is resting, you step down, let people prepare horses tomorrow morning, this king will enter the palace to resume his life." ”

As soon as the words fell, regardless of whether Xue Ji should or not, he entered the house, closed the door, blew out the candle and went to sleep.

Xue Ji came back to his senses and looked at the darkness in the room through the door, he couldn't tell what it felt, but he was a lot bolder, and his voice was not loud or small, and he sneered: "You are conscious, I don't know if you still think you are my master." ”

It was obviously a room with the lights out, and the people inside suddenly shouted again: "If you want to, it's too late to change the door at this time!" ”

"Ho, you've got a keen ear." Xue Ji sighed lightly and shook his head, and replied inside: "I don't have a master, and I can't talk about changing the court, so you can rest quickly!" ”

Serving this noble lord is already the end of the day, since he knew that Shen Yurong was pregnant, Xue Ji had to urge people to rest at this time every night, so as soon as the lights went out in the wing, he rushed to the lady's room to take care of it, but the people in the wings who were lying in the window and watching the starlight outside the window looked a little complicated.

No master?

It's kind of interesting.

Early in the morning, Qin Xu borrowed the horse that Xue Ji had prepared for him, picked up the account book he was holding in front of him, and hurriedly entered the palace.

Xue Ji didn't care about how things ended in Shu County and what the result was, because it was time for him to enter the examination room after waiting for another round of sunrise and sunset.

The tribute courtyard is similar to the one seen when I came last spring, but the green branches and leaves on the side have become maple red or yellow, and the thin silk gauze robe on the body has been replaced by a thick satin velvet robe.

This time, Chu Qiu also worked hard, and insisted on being sick in the house for a whole month, and pushed Enke's stall out. Therefore, when Xue Ji stood outside the gate of the Gongyuan, the person who was sitting in one of the brocade official robes was replaced by Jiang Yan, on the left was Yu Huan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and on the right was Rong Che, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who had not long been in office.

Take a closer look, the prince has lost power, is this the two princes fighting each other?

Compared with the last time, this time the officials on the seat are already familiar, Xue Ji's tension in his heart has subsided a lot, he stepped into the examination room, sat in his examination room, and when the bell rang, he picked up the pen and wrote with ink, sprinkling thousand-word articles.

Three days later, Xue Ji returned to the house, changed out of the robe that had accumulated a lot of pickles, took a bath and washed, and finally felt refreshed.

Shen Yurong had a shallow smile on his face, and he didn't ask him how the exam was, but only instructed Chai Hu to prepare a table of wine and food in the kitchen for him to celebrate.

The sun rises and sets, the dead branches in the courtyard are piled up with thick frost in the morning, and another seven days pass in a hurry, and I hear the noise outside in the morning-"It's snowing!" ”

Xue Ji pushed open the door, it was really plain, this was the first snow in the nineteenth year of Genghe.

"Speaking of which, it seems to be released today?" Xue Ji rummaged through the winter-clothed fox fur in the cabinet and asked Wang Qu on the side.

Wang Qu looked at the ceiling and counted the days, and heyed: "It's true!" ”

Xue Ji took out the Xuanhu cloak that had been pressed at the bottom of the box for a year, put it on his body with his backhand, and did not forget to take out another white fox inside: "Take it to Madame, it's time to add clothes when it's cold." ”

After that, he walked out of the yard and reached out, and the thin snowflakes fell on his fingertips and touched the body temperature, turning into water in a blink of an eye, flowing down his fingers, and disappearing.

"I wasn't so nervous last time, but I don't even have the courage to go and see it now......" Xue Ji sighed helplessly, but he still let people lead the horse and prepare to go out. Let's go, let's see if the list is released. ”

In front of the Gongyuan, there is really a list with red background and gold dots and black letters, and the fine and dense names are hanging on the list, how many people's honor and disgrace are on it, and how many people are at the beginning of their steady progress.

There was a crowded crowd in front of the list, stretching their necks one by one and scrambling to glance at the list, Xue Ji saw this situation, and sighed lightly: "It's the same as the last time, and come back when the sun sets." ”

Before the bustling crowd had dispersed, the sound of a whip piercing the air and striking the horse was heard from the other side of the long street, followed by a long howl, the sound of the horse's hooves like thunder, and the man on the horse shouted loudly - "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way! ”

Xue Ji hurriedly avoided it, watching the man knock over a few stalls along the road, almost lifting the candidates on the side, rolling up a lot of dust, and walking away. couldn't help frowning, and casually dragged a person and asked, "Who is that?" Dare to be presumptuous in front of Zaigong Courtyard? ”

"You don't recognize? This is General Yuan Yuan, the commander of the Terracotta Division! What would people not dare! ”

Wow, that's a big deal.

Xue Ji looked up at the direction in which Yuan Fei went, and it was clearly the palace.

This is...... In a hurry to get into the palace?

remembered that King Ning returned to Beijing a few days ago, and heard that it had set off a lot of storms, but he didn't have the leisure to inquire, and King An didn't have to summon him to the door, so he didn't know anything as if he had been covered. Yuan Fei is so anxious, it seems that something really has happened.

The people on both sides of the road more or less cursed a few words, pitying the old man who rushed to set up a stall to do business today, I am afraid that he will lose more than he makes in such a toss.

Xue Ji looked at the front of the list again, it was still crowded, he didn't want to go in at this time to join in the fun, so he simply found a teahouse on the side and sat on the second floor, while tasting the fragrance of tea, while leaning on the crowd below.

It was easy to wait until the sunset fell, the crowd in front of the Gongyuan dispersed, and the dust blown up by the autumn wind was quickly submerged by the frost and snow falling in early winter.

The last time he looked along Yijia, it was empty. This time he was very nervous, so he simply looked upside down from the top three.

Looking for the past word by word, there is no name of his name among the top three people, Xue Ji doesn't know whether to mention it or breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

Then carefully followed the dozens of people in the second class to find it, and in order to see it carefully, he also put his hand on the list, pointing to the words and slowly looking for it...... After looking for a long time, there was still no one.

Xue Ji was ecstatic in his heart, and at the same time faintly scared. If there is no top two, it will either fall off the list again, or it will ...... Yijia!

Xue Ji lowered his head, breathed a long sigh of relief, closed his eyes and folded his hands to the sky and secretly prayed. After nearly a cup of tea, Xue Ji finally opened his eyes and walked to the last list, the first list.