"That's true, but I want to quietly draw up a test question and announce it before the exam, but now it's only a few days before the exam, and it's not easy to recompile the exam paper, so I want to choose another topic from the exam questions originally drafted by the Ministry of Rites, but I want to keep this matter secret, so I don't know how to deal with it for a while."

"Your Majesty wants to take out the initial test questions from the Ministry of Rites, but you don't want to let the people in the Ministry of Rites know, this is basically impossible. It's better to let a trustworthy person from the Ministry of Rites quietly take out the test questions. ”

"Oh? Is there a candidate for my grandfather's words? Zhao Chengxi's eyes lit up.

"Back to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Cheng Zexin is a usable person."

"Success is new?" Zhao Chengxi remembered that he proposed to take Mu Wan'er and Huyan Qingwu as concubines at that time, and he was so angry that he had an idea, but he was ...... I don't know how to figure out the will of God......

"According to the old minister's observation, this person is upright, has a good character, is full of wealth, and is a usable talent, but his temperament is too stubborn, he doesn't like to socialize, and he rarely interacts with people, so he is excluded by his colleagues."

"I remember that he doesn't seem to be of high grade, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to get access to the first draft test paper." Zhao Chengxi was a little hesitant.

"Back to Your Majesty, some time ago, Cheng Zexin was assigned to guard the library of the Ministry of Rites, and it would be better for him to complete this task."

"Okay, I'll bother my grandfather to convey this matter, pay attention to confidentiality."

"The old minister obeys."

Hu Yanjue was bored in the palace, in fact, his injuries were almost healed, but in order to continue to stay in the palace, he still pretended to be sick. Helplessly, although Zhao Chengxi was grateful to him, he never got rid of his guard, except for the two times when he was injured, he only let the imperial doctor and the palace people take care of him, and he deduced that he was busy with government affairs and would no longer show up.

But these days are surprising, Zhao Chengxi has been drinking tea and chatting with himself for three days, enjoying the scenery and watching the play, and the relationship is much closer.

Today, the palace people came to summon him and said that His Majesty had summoned him to play chess.

The place selected by Zhao Chengxi is in a pavilion on the rockery of the Imperial Garden, and most of the imperial city can be seen from afar.

Hu Yanjue clearly saw that Zhao Chengxi was restless, his son was swaying, occasionally distracted, and he lost three sets in a row.

"Your Majesty, do you have something on your mind today?" Hu Yanjue asked with concern.

"How do you know?" Zhao Chengxi sighed slowly.

Hu Yanjue laughed twice, and asked instead of answering: "I don't know if Xiao Wang has the honor to share his worries for His Majesty?" ”

Zhao Chengxi pondered for a moment before slowly speaking: "In the end, this matter does have something to do with you." ”

Hu Yanjue's eyes flashed with darkness, and he remained silent, and his tone rose, "Oh? "Yes.

Zhao Chengxi sighed leisurely, with a bit of helpless distress: "Let's tell you the truth." The Marquis of the Protector has been playing for the past few days to ask me to send you out of the palace, saying that you have also been recuperating in the palace for a few days, and it is really inappropriate for a different prince to stay in the palace all the time. ”

"Then what does Your Majesty think?"

Zhao Chengxi raised his eyes to meet a pair of eager eyes, and looked away with some embarrassment, coughing slightly before saying: "I naturally understand the intention of protecting the country, but you were injured because of the escort, and you have the grace to save my life, you are not fully injured now, and the conditions in the palace are far from being comparable to the post house, I think you should recuperate in the palace." ”

Hu Yanjue was quite satisfied with this answer, but his face did not show it: "Your Majesty, don't hurt the relationship with the protector for the sake of Xiao Wang." ”

When Zhao Chengxi heard this, there was anger on his face: "If you are hurt, you will be hurt, I am the king of a country, do I still need to take into account what the courtiers think and feel!" He had collected a lot of interesting things to please me, and I had a little more pampering of him, but he was so pampered and arrogant that he accused me of it, saying that I couldn't see your wolf ambitions. It's strange to me, now that the two countries are on truce, you almost lost your life to save me, how can he see the wolf's ambition? I think he has been fighting for a long time, and he has beaten everyone stupid! ”

Zhao Chengxi complained to Qin Chongzhou in one breath, waved his hand in disgust, as if to drive away something disgusting, and said, "Don't talk about him, how is your health?" ”

"In fact, Xiao Wang's injuries have been healed, but he has lost too much blood, so his body often feels tired."

"Then let's rest more, and treat the palace as your home." Zhao Chengxi asked softly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"It's been a long time since I came out, and there are still some government affairs that have not been dealt with, so I will go back first." Zhao Chengxi got up.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty."

After Zhao Chengxi left, the attendant behind Hu Yanjue whispered to Hu Yanjue: "Lord Wang, the slave seems to have a lot of opinions about the protector of the country when he sees the little emperor." ”

"Qin Chongzhou is indeed a dominant party on the battlefield, but a tough and upright person like him only knows direct advice, and the little emperor is young, it is the time to eat soft and not hard, the more serious and strong Qin Chongzhou is to the little emperor, the more disgusted the little emperor is. It seems that we have taken a big step forward from our goal. ”

Hu Yanjue said slowly while sipping the fragrant tea, revealing self-evident confidence in his tone.

"Congratulations to the prince, the prince has been planning for a long time."

"It's too early to tell, we need to push them again." Hu Yanjue smiled charmingly, "You go and help this king pass the word to the protector of the country, saying that this king will ask him to see him." ”

On the way back to the imperial study, Xiao Lianzi wanted to speak several times and stopped, and Zhao Chengxi glanced at him: "Look at your virtue, if you have something to say." ”

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from His Majesty's eyes." Xiao Lianzi laughed twice, and said cautiously, "Your Majesty, the Hou Ye is loyal to Your Majesty, even if his words are sometimes fierce, it is for the sake of His Majesty, Your Majesty, don't take it to heart." ”

"I know." Zhao Chengxi responded simply.

Xiao Lianzi saw that Zhao Chengxi didn't seem to be displeased, and he had the courage to say a few more words: "Hou Ye has been dealing with the Northern Zhou Kingdom all the year round, and he knows them very well, and the Northern Zhou Kingdom is cunning in nature, and it is normal for the Hou Ye to pay more attention." ”

"I know." Zhao Chengxi didn't care about Xiao Lianzi's tentative advice at all, and his face was indifferent.

Xiao Lianzi opened his mouth, he didn't know how to open his mouth, and his face was inexplicable, isn't it, why is His Majesty's reaction so calm? He didn't even know how to speak.

Zhao Chengxi turned his head to stare at Xiao Lianzi: "Is there anything else you want to say?" ”

“…… Not...... There is no ......" Xiao Lianzi replied timidly as her scalp was numb after being stared at.

"If not, let's go." Zhao Chengxi suddenly turned his head and strode forward, Xiao Lianzi hurriedly stepped up to follow, missing the banter in Zhao Chengxi's eyes.