Ye Anyao was dressed in pale pink tulle, and slowly stepped forward and knelt down to salute: "The concubine greets the emperor." ”

"Calm down, it's Yao'er, is there something wrong with me here?" The emperor asked, holding up the teacup.

"Your Majesty, the concubine heard that this year's imperial examination papers have been replaced, and Fang Hezhou, who was originally the first place, has been replaced with the third place, this is a big deal, please ask the emperor to investigate this matter thoroughly." Ye Anyao didn't get up, but anxiously explained her intentions.

For a long time, the emperor didn't answer, just looked at her coldly.

"Your Majesty ......?" Ye Anyao wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the emperor.

"Yao'er, harem...... No interference in politics. The emperor said this quietly.

"Your Majesty, the concubines understand, but this time the concubines are really going to make an exception, this matter is very important to the concubines, I beg the emperor to investigate this matter thoroughly." Ye Anyao, who usually seems to be calm and wise, immediately became not calm when she encountered Fang Xiucai's matter.

even ignored the coldness in the emperor's eyes and the cold air that emanated......

"Yao'er, why are you so concerned about this?" The emperor asked lightly.

"For the sake of ...... It's just an argument for injustice. Ye Anyao naturally didn't dare to tell the truth, so she could only make up a reason that she didn't even believe in herself.

After hearing this, the emperor looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahaha, Ye Anyao, are you a fool?" I'm afraid that even a three-year-old child wouldn't believe such a reason, right? However, I want to remind you that you must always pay attention to your own identity, you are not Ye Anyao, the eldest lady of the Ye family in Yangzhou, you are now in the imperial city, and you are my Zhaoyi Niangniang. ”

Ye Anyao's heart trembled, how could the emperor's words be so subtle, did he know something?

"Your Majesty, but this matter is very important, if you don't find out clearly, it will implicate all the talents in the imperial examination, right?" Ye Anyao's words changed sharply, avoiding the topic that the emperor had just mentioned.

"But that's not what you should worry about, is it?" The emperor stared at Ye Anyao's face and said word by word.

"Your Majesty, the concubine begs for you." Seeing that the emperor didn't seem to be willing to meddle in this matter, Ye Anyao knelt down in a hurry, and her mind was now full of Fang Xiucai.

"Ask for what? In what capacity do you ask? And for whom? The emperor's voice became a little indifferent.

But Ye Anyao, who has always been smart in ice and snow, couldn't see it, and still blindly begged: "Your Majesty, that Fang Hezhou is a fellow villager in Yangzhou who is a concubine, and the concubine really doesn't want his talent to be buried." ”

"Yangzhou fellow? But I heard that Zhang Sheng, who was the top student in high school, is also from Yangzhou, why don't you see you so attentive? Could it be ...... What is the unusual relationship between this party and Yao'er? The emperor asked tentatively.

Ye Anyao immediately shook her head: "No, no, the concubine is not familiar with him, but they have only met a few times." ”

"Oh, since I'm not familiar with it, then this matter will end here, come on, send Zhaoyi Niangniang back to Fuyao Palace." The emperor rarely issued an expulsion order.

"Your Majesty, the concubine begs for you." Ye Anyao didn't forget to ask the emperor before leaving, but she didn't know that the mastermind who caused Fang Xiucai to fall off the list was the emperor.

Who is the emperor, how could he not investigate Ye Anyao's old affairs, except that he did not investigate who Ye Anran was waiting for on the Blue Bridge at the beginning, everything else is clear, in this world, if you want people not to know unless you do it.

Bianjing Post House

The Xiucai of the high school for the imperial examination this time rested here, and after the civil officials in the capital invited them to a banquet, they came back to rest.

Zhang Sheng asked proudly: "Brother Fang, we are really lucky this time, so many people have been won by us, except for the list of people from Nanzhou, you and I are both from Yangzhou?" ”

"yes." Fang Xiucai replied absent-mindedly, he knew that the test paper had been changed this time, but now that Zhang Sheng won the champion, so be it, he didn't want to go out, after all, Zhang Sheng was his friend.

Originally, after breaking up with Ye Anyao, he really didn't want to participate in any imperial examinations, it was Zhang Sheng who encouraged him and told him to try, and then he figured it out himself, not necessarily if he was dumped by Ye Anyao, he would not die, but he still had to work hard to take the imperial examination, in case he won the champion, he would be considered to be angry, and he would not be looked down upon by Ye Anyao.

"Brother Fang, how do you look sullen and unhappy, are you still thinking about Ye An...... No, it's Zhaoyi Niangniang? Zhang Sheng asked in a low voice.

"Don't talk to me about this negative woman, she doesn't deserve it." When Ye Anyao was mentioned, Fang Hezhou was angry.

Zhang Sheng patted him on the shoulder: "I said Brother Fang, it's been more than three months since this happened, don't think about it, that kind of woman is not blessed to marry a man like us, you see that I was so infatuated with Ye Anran at the beginning, but unfortunately what's the use, people even withdrew from the original marriage contract with the Meng family, and treacherously married King Ruian as the princess, if you want to say it, once this woman is ruthless, it is really terrible." ”

Fang Hezhou glanced at him: "Our situation is obviously different, okay?" Ye Anran didn't know that you liked her at all, and I ...... has been in love with An Yao for so long. ”

When he said this, Fang Hezhou was still a little sad, he knew that no matter how long it was, he would not easily forget that woman.

"It's all the same, isn't it good now? I won the champion, you won the Tanhua, the two of us can go back to the scenery this time, just wait for the court to issue a letter of acceptance, and we can also have everything in the future, right? But I can't figure out how I got the first place, haha, what an accident, could it be that my mother gave the talisman I asked for in the Dragon King Temple? Zhang Shengmei smiled.

"Maybe." Fang Hezhou sighed and didn't say anything.

The Imperial Study

The wind hurriedly walked in: "Your Majesty, your subordinates have already conveyed your intentions according to your instructions, and the matter of appointing officials can be promulgated tomorrow." ”

"Well, they're all still in Bianjing, aren't they?" The emperor asked casually.

"Well, they are all here, after today's banquet, they all went to the inn to rest." Swift Wind whispered.

"Very well, so be it, no matter how talented that man is, I will not allow him to get any glory and wealth, and I have shown mercy to his subordinates if I didn't kill him." The emperor sneered.

Early the next morning

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu came to the post house early in the morning to promulgate the emperor's will, Zhang Sheng, as the champion of the new department, naturally stayed in Bianjing as an official, the official position is a new science and technology scholar, and Bangyan also got his wish to stay as a protégé of the Ministry of Rites, belonging to the level of assistants, only Fang Xiucai, this Tanhua, nothing, and was told to leave for his hometown immediately, and he was not allowed to come to Bianjing forever.

"Huh? How so, my lord, are you mistaken? Fang Hezhou is a very talented person, he is very famous in our Yangzhou, why don't he have any official positions? Zhang Sheng said indignantly.