"Your Highness doesn't know that the concubine's aunt is a harem concubine, and she often helps the concubine."

"Lone has also checked, Song Cairen has indeed helped you, but she has a tight life and limited conditions, but you took more than 1,000 taels of silver to help her last month, where did you get all this money?"

Jiang Shishi: "......"

How can the prince find out everything, can he still let her have some personal privacy and secrets?

But who made the family a prince, I don't know how many eyeliners were placed in this palace.

Since the prince has said this, he must have come prepared.

Jiang Shishi simply had a showdown, "Don't hide it, the concubine is a little bit of a small deal in Beijing." ”

"The small business you are talking about is the rouge shop that is making money every day and is popular all over the capital?" Pei Xuanling pressed step by step, "Also, you are in the palace all day, who will help you take care of the business in Beijing?" ”

"About this... Can you not talk about concubines? ”

"No, Lone has already found out, you not only have to say it, but you also have to tell the truth." The man's tone is tough and domineering, revealing no room for beak.

Jiang Shishi: "It's the little forest who often comes to our East Palace to distribute things." ”

Pei Xuanling: "Sure enough, it's him, that's right." ”

Jiang Shishi: "......"

Xiao Linzi said that his real name is Lin, but the fake surname used externally is said to be the surname.

For so many years, no one has found out his true face.

It was the Seventh Prince who spent a lot of money to look for him all over the city, but he didn't find him.

Now the prince began to help the Seventh Prince find someone, so he found Xiao Linzi and took out her vest.

The prince is really amazing!

Jiang Shishi saw that the prince's face was as usual, and he couldn't see his joy and anger, so he cautiously tested, "Your Highness, the Seventh Prince asked you to help find Xiao Linzi, and now you not only found Xiao Linzi, but also found me, then... Will you tell him directly? ”

"What do you say?" The man asked faintly.

Jiang Shishi smiled, and then said: "The seventh prince and you are hostile princes, but the concubine is your concubine, the woman who has shared the bed with you, of course you are towards the concubine, right?" ”

Pei Xuanling: "You are wrong. ”

Yes? Jiang Shishi turned her head to look at the prince.

I heard the prince say: "It depends on what you mean, if you want the seventh child to know, you will tell him, if you don't want to, you will find a reason to fool him." ”

"......," a sweet smile rose at the corner of Jiang Shishi's mouth, "Your Royal Highness Xie is so considerate of the concubine." ”

"Then why are you hiding it?" The man asked resentfully.

"But you have never asked about the concubine, and now that you ask, won't the concubine tell you."

"Moreover, if you don't open your mouth, it's not good for the concubine to suddenly tell you how much money I make in the rouge shop in the capital, isn't that showing off my wealth? How rich you are, how can you show off your wealth in front of you......"

Pei Xuanling: "......"

If it weren't for his step-by-step questioning, she didn't intend to tell the truth at first, and she was very cautious.

However, there is nothing wrong with being cautious in the palace.

That being said, he just couldn't see her so cautious in front of him!

"Old Seven, have you thought about it?" Pei Xuanling asked.

"There's no hurry about this, wait for the seventh prince to give the concubine a profit this month, and then the concubine will make a decision." Jiang Shishi thought for a while, "By the way, Your Highness, about my brother's failure to enter the palace, is it because of his own lack of ability, or is it something else?" ”

The eldest brother is not in the same direction as in the book, and he must have been victimized.

But she can't be too sure, or the prince will be suspicious.

Since the woman asked, Pei Xuanling didn't hide it from her, "Your brother has the ability, and the articles he wrote were even impressive to his father, but he was a little unlucky and was stumped by King Kang's party." ”

"That's related to the Seventh Prince?" Jiang Shishi had already guessed that it was King Kang, so she confirmed it with the crown prince.

Pei Xuanling: "Lao Qi is also a member of King Kang's party. ”

"Okay, the concubine knows what to do."

After all the words were said, Pei Xuanling had to go back to the front yard to have something to do, so he didn't stay in Shiyue Pavilion for long, "You take good care of your body, don't always think about something that you don't have." ”

"The concubine knows." Jiang Shishi replied glutinously, wanting to get out of bed to send off the prince.

"I don't have to." Pei Xuanling turned around and walked outside the courtyard, and as soon as he walked to the door of the hall, he heard Jiang Meiren behind him shouting at him.

"Your Highness......"

Pei Xuanling's footsteps paused slightly, looked back at the woman, and signaled her to say something if she had something to say.

I saw the woman's red lips lightly opened, "My brother's affairs, you can do it, if you really can't do it, don't force it, the most important thing is that you have to take care of yourself......"

"Alone, measured." Pei Xuanling turned around and left Shiyue Pavilion.

It's a meat bun with a bit of conscience......

**

Three days later, Jiang Chongjin waited for the caravan back to Hangzhou.

As early as a few days ago, he told the caravan that he would go south with the caravan to return to Hangzhou today.

At this moment, he was packing his bags in the inn, planning to go to the post station to meet with the caravan.

Just then, there was a knock on his door.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

Jiang Chongjin went to open the door with his baggage, and saw a person appear at his door.

He recognized this person as the eunuch beside the prince when Xiaoshi fainted last time.

As soon as he entered the house, Huang Dechang immediately closed the door.

"Grandpa Huang?" Jiang Chongjin made a gesture towards Huang Dechang.

Huang Dechang returned the salute, and his eyes fell on the burden Jiang Chongjin was carrying, "Jiang Gongshi, this is packing his bags and preparing to return to his hometown?" ”

Jiang Chongjin nodded, "Well, I made an appointment with the caravan." ”

"Jiang Gongshi, don't rush back first, and stay in the capital for a few more days, stay until the end of the month, if there is no news from the imperial court, it will not be too late for you to go back." brought the words, and Huang Dechang quietly left.

Jiang Chongjin stood in place, reminiscing about Huang Dechang's words.

I heard that the imperial court is going to open the system this year, is it because of this, so Huang Dechang asked him not to rush back?

Thousands of miles to the capital, Jiang Chongjin didn't want to go back so easily.

Now that the crown prince had asked him to bring him a message, he greeted the caravan and planned to stay in Beijing for a while.

On 20 May, the new scholars were all assigned to their official posts and began to go to court for the first time.

At this moment, the temple of Baohe.

Emperor Jianyuan and the old and new officials discussed the next subject examination.

Suddenly, a guard came in, and "Puff" knelt on the ground, holding an urgent secret letter in his hand, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the west!" ”

A eunuch handed the secret letter to Emperor Jianyuan, and Emperor Jianyuan immediately opened it and looked at it.

When he saw the contents of the secret letter, the expression on his face gradually became solemn.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what happened in the west, but there was an urgent secret report?" A minister asked.

Emperor Jianyuan had a calm face, "In just three days, the western border pass was captured by the Western Xia Kingdom!" ”

As soon as these words came out, it caused an uproar in the court.

"How is it possible to capture a city in such a short time?"

"Moreover, why did Western Xia first start attacking the city, there was no wind in the court?"

"That is, why did the DPRK get the secret report after losing a city?"

And so forth and so on......

King Kang stood at the bottom, sincerely afraid.

Because the few generals guarding the border pass were the subordinates he promoted back then.

"See for yourselves!" Emperor Jianyuan handed the letter to the eunuchs beside him, and the eunuchs took it to the bottom of the hall and handed it to the ministers.

After reading it, the ministers learned that several small county commanders and prefects in the western border had already secretly defected to the Western Xia and colluded with the Western Xia to commit treason.

If it is an official who treasons against the country, it is just that, more than half of the officials in the entire border pass are treasonous, this is simply a great shame, and it is no wonder that the emperor's face is pale.

An official read the secret letter and couldn't hide his anger, "Isn't it true that the imperial court treats them badly, they eat the imperial court's rice and lead the imperial court's food, and they actually collude with Western Xia!" ”

"If the minister remembers correctly, most of those officials in the west are local officials who have been distributed to various places after the palace examination has been eliminated in recent years."

"In recent years, not only in the west, but also in other places, there have been cases where officials who failed in the palace test angrily defected to Western Xia or other enemy countries and fought against the Eastern Liang......"

Emperor Jianyuan: "What do you Aiqing think about this?" ”

"The minister thinks... Traitors like them should be punished severely! ”

"Yes, although they have taken refuge in Western Xia, we can't do anything with them, so we will severely punish their families, punish their nine clans, and make them unable to be officials for generations!"

"Weichen seconded!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Of course, there were also some outspoken ministers who said: "If only a few officials who have been eliminated from the palace examination have this situation, it may be their personal problem." ”

"Yes, over the years, the officials who have been eliminated from the palace examination have generally committed treason, so it means that our imperial examination system is not perfect enough."

"Decades of hard study, the imperial examination every three years, only how many students can pass the palace examination in the end, if this continues, it will only make the students in the world feel cold, which will be full of resentment and aggravate the loss of talents."

"Therefore, Weichen suggested that the emperor cancel the palace test elimination system!"

"Weichen seconded!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister is against! These traitors will be severely punished if they are wrong, so that the next time they betray the court, they will think about the consequences! ”

"That's it! How could it be because of these traitorous thieves that the court and the emperor retreated step by step. ”

For a while, the court was divided into two different opinions, and they were red-faced.

"That's it!" As soon as Emperor Jianyuan spoke, the chaotic court became silent, "This matter still needs to be considered." ”

"Let's talk about the city that was captured in the west, and those traitorous officials will all be expelled from the territory of Dongliang, and they will never be allowed to return to Dongliang.

"In addition, several generals guarding the border pass this time also have the responsibility to demote each two levels to set an example!"

King Kang pulled his lips, and just wanted to intercede, but he heard Emperor Jianyuan say sharply: "No one is allowed to intercede!" ”

King Kang had no choice but to swallow the words again.

In the eyes of the ministers, the emperor did not punish those traitors and nine clans, and he was already merciful.

In the end, he was once a pillar of the country, and now that such a thing has happened, the emperor must be extremely sad.

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Jianyuan also ordered the military department to let a general lead 100,000 soldiers to the western border pass to help the war!

Ministers: "My emperor is wise! ”

After explaining everything, Emperor Jianyuan retreated.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, King Kang walked together with the Seventh and Ninth Princes.

"I suspect this must have been done by the prince." King Kang guessed: "In this way, if my father admits all the candidates who will participate in the palace examination this year, isn't Brother Jiang Meiren the biggest beneficiary?" ”

"Then there are the generals guarding in the west, several of them are capable generals under me, and now they have been demoted two levels in a row, the prince is taking revenge on me!"

The Seventh Prince: "But it is also a fact that those officials are treasonous, it is estimated that the prince is behind the troubles......"

**

In the blink of an eye, it's the end of the month.

On May 29, Jiang Chongjin waited until this day as Huang Dechang had instructed.

Knowing that there was another caravan going to Hangzhou in the capital today, he made an appointment with the caravan again this time.

After packing up the baggage, Jiang Chongjin went to the cabinet, "Shopkeeper, I want to leave the guest room." ”

The shopkeeper greeted him from afar, and said enthusiastically: "Yo, Jiang Jinshi bought a house in Beijing?" Planning to move out? If it's a housewarming, you must tell me, I'm going to come to the door in person to send the housewarming joy......"

To do business in the capital, connections are very important.

A new science and technology officer like this, maybe he didn't have a big official at the beginning, and he didn't know how big an official he would be promoted in the future, so he had to quickly win over the relationship.

"Shopkeeper, you remember wrong, I was eliminated in the palace exam, I didn't get into the Jinshi, and I plan to go back to my hometown." Jiang Chongjin thought that the shopkeeper had made a mistake.

But the shopkeeper said: "It's not wrong, you were eliminated in the palace examination, but just now, the imperial court issued a notice that from now on, the palace examination will no longer eliminate candidates." ”

"In addition, all candidates for this year's palace examination will be admitted, and notices have been posted across the country to recall students who have left Beijing and returned to their hometowns."

Hearing this, Jiang Chongjin didn't care about checking out, turned around and walked out of the inn.

The shopkeeper's voice came from behind him: "Eh, Jiang Jinshi, aren't you checking out?!" ”

Jiang Chongjin found a nearby yamen, only to see the people gathered around the yamen notice wall, talking a lot.

When I approached the notice wall, I saw that the court had posted a notice.

It is said that the 280 candidates who participated in the palace examination this year will be admitted!

In addition, a gold list was reposted on the side.

The rankings of those who were admitted before remain unchanged, and the first class is still the previous champion, list, and tanhua.

There are one hundred and twenty-seven people in the second class, and Jiang Chongjin ranks one hundred and twenty-one.

Those who were admitted later were placed in the last row of the previous rankings.

This shows that he ranked high in the next batch of candidates, and he also squeezed into the second class jinshi.

The rest of the people are all top three jinshi.

At this moment, Jiang Chongjin was excited and excited in his heart!

This reminded him that a few days ago, the prince asked Huang Dechang to remind him, telling him not to go back first, and wait until the end of the month to see the situation.

So, all this was expected by the prince?

Just when Jiang Chongjin was looking at the list, the shopkeeper of the inn found him, "Jiang Jinshi, the people from the caravan have found the inn and asked if you have gone to Hangzhou." ”

Jiang Chongjin then remembered that he had made an appointment with the caravan.

After thanking the shopkeeper for his help in spreading the word, he returned to the inn and explained the situation to the caravan steward.

Although he didn't go back to Hangzhou with the caravan, he released the pigeons twice in a row, and he couldn't go away.

So he took some silver and invited the caravan to drink wine and eat meat.

**

At dusk on this day, the prince, the sixth prince and the eleventh prince got together for dinner in a restaurant in Beijing.

After eating and drinking, Pei Xuanling returned to the East Palace, and went to Shiyue Pavilion by chariot, preparing to tell Jiang Meiren about Jiang Chongjin's becoming a second-class jinshi.

Pei Xuanling didn't let him sing the newspaper, and when he got off, he saw that the light was on the right side of Shiyue Pavilion, so he went straight to the ear room.

When he entered the ear room, he saw Chunxing kicking the shuttlecock in the house.

As for Jiang Meiren, she was lying on a mat spread on the ground, holding a short wooden stick in one hand, and the wooden stick was embedded with fist-sized stones at both ends.

The woman held the stick, sometimes high, sometimes down.

Sometimes arms open, sometimes close together.

Xu was quite heavy on the stone, and every movement of the woman looked very difficult.

Moreover, with the woman's movements, the placket is bulging one by one.

At the end of May, it was already a hot summer.

He sat in the room and didn't move, sweating all over his body.

Not to mention that women exercise like this, they are already sweating.

Jiang Shishi was holding a dumbbell, and when she saw the prince suddenly come in, Jiang Shishi put down the dumbbell in her hand and saluted the prince with Chunxing, "Your Highness." ”

There are no bras here, and the women wear belly pockets.

In order to prevent her body from sagging and out of shape, every other day, she would lift dumbbells to practice.

The gaze fell on Jiang Meiren's face, and beads of sweat the size of beans slid down the woman's snow neck to the placket.

Seeing that the woman was sweating so much, Pei Xuanling handed her own handkerchief to the woman, "Are you also exercising?" ”

Although he felt strange, Pei Xuanling had seen Jiang Meiren doing this a lot, and he was no longer surprised.

"Hmm." Jiang Shishi took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead and cheeks.

The man's handkerchief has a faint ambergris, which smells good.

Pei Xuanling: "You lie down like this, where can you exercise?" Which part of the body are you training? ”

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