The emperor ascended the throne for three years, although the reputation is promoted, but the outside is strong and the middle, the court is scattered, when the court is divided into the right and the left, these two forces are involved in each other, comparable, there is not much threat for the time being, if there is an uneven strength of one side, then the court will begin to turmoil, and he is the emperor, there are many scattered imperial power has not yet recovered, so he wants to take advantage of this imperial examination, select some capable people and righteous people, for his use, in order to enhance his own strength, can compete with the two as soon as possible.

After the palace examination, it was already afternoon. Back at the inn, Yuan Liang was packing up his things and wanted to go back to Qinghe County, he had been in the imperial capital for a long time, and he was worried that his daughter-in-law was not safe at home, and now all he was thinking about was her.

At this time, He walked into the room and saw him packing his things, so he asked, "Brother Yuan, where are you going to pack your things?" ”

Yuan Liang looked like an arrow, and responded casually: "Go home." ”

He Zhi's face turned cold all of a sudden, and said, "Hey, didn't we discuss it a few days ago, after the palace exam, everyone went to the restaurant to drink, why are you suddenly leaving now?" ”

Yuan Liang's hand that was packing up his things immediately stopped, his face was embarrassed, on the one hand, he wanted to see his daughter-in-law like an arrow, and on the other hand, he was warmly invited by his good brother, he stood motionless and stunned for a long time without speaking.

Seeing his hesitant look, how could he take it upon himself to take the clothes in his hand, and then took his arm and walked out of the door, directly making the decision for him, he said: "Okay, okay, don't stand there and be embarrassed, the three of us rarely have a meal together, it doesn't hurt if you go back to see your lady a day later, to be honest, I haven't seen my lady for so long, and I miss her a lot, but I don't want to you, I'm far away after all, and I won't go home until the results come out." ”

Yuan Liang thought for a moment, and felt that it was also the same, the three of them rarely got together, and they didn't know when they would meet this separation, and it didn't hurt for him to go home a day later, so he and He Yi went to another inn to find Wen Zizhou.

Wen Zizhou didn't live in the same inn with them, but it was not far from the distance, and it took half an hour to walk, and this time it was proposed by Wen Zizhou to go to the restaurant to get together, so it was naturally Wen Zizhou's guest, but after Yuan Liang knew, he felt that he was older than them, and it should be that he invited the two of them to dinner.

The three of them came to the restaurant, ordered a few big dishes of fish and meat, and soon the wine and food were all served, and Yuan Liang got up and poured the wine glass for the two of them.

The wine glass was overflowing with wine, and the wine was fragrant, Yuan Liang first asked them to eat some vegetables to cushion their stomachs, and then drank wine, so that it was not easy to get drunk, and unconsciously, the three of them chatted about this palace examination while drinking.

Yuan Liang's deep eyes turned around a few times and asked, "Hey, who do you think is the most likely to be admitted to the top of this year's batch of candidates?" ”

Wen Zizhou raised his eyebrows and said: "It's hard to say, this year's candidates from all over the country are very strong, but I heard that one of this year's candidates named Li Jiangyu is likely to be this year's top student." His father was the right minister, very powerful, many examiners did not dare not buy his account, and what made people most jealous was that he was picked, he was smart by nature, he wrote poems at the age of five, and entered the national prison at the age of ten. ”