Soon after Li Chunfang left the Qianqing Palace, he quickly sent someone to send over the scope of the questions for this examination.

Jiajing looked at the circled titles in the book, as well as the notes on the side, and couldn't help but smile wryly on his face.

"Alas, in the end, I have to let me pull down this old face and run to the courtiers to ask for exam questions!"

"If you fail the exam by then, see how I clean them up!"

After Jiajing was melancholy for a moment, he immediately called Lu Fang and commanded.

"Lu Fang, you go to the British Duke now, and ask him to come over to see me immediately, understand?"

When Lu Fang on the side heard this, he immediately leaned down and answered in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave and maid will go now!"

After this, Lu Fang did not hesitate at all, and immediately left the Qianqing Palace.

……

As one of the few nobles who still have military power in the Ming Dynasty so far, the treatment of the British family naturally does not need to be said.

The British Mansion is located in a bustling street in the capital, with a total area of about seven to eight acres, and there is only one British Duke near the whole street.

The stairs of the British Mansion are extremely high, and the stones used are made of fine marble, which is very valuable.

In addition, on the two vermilion gates of the British Mansion, there are gilded copper buckles, not only that, on both sides of the gate, there are two lifelike stone lions with stone beads in their mouths, and on the gate, there is also a plaque with the four big characters of 'British Mansion' written in black background gold paint!

And the man in charge of guarding the door is a majestic soldier with a long knife at his waist.

At this moment, Lu Fang got down from the sedan chair, looked at the magnificent British Mansion in front of him, and took a deep breath to calm down before he stepped forward.

As soon as Lu Fang stepped forward, he was stopped by the soldiers in charge of guarding the door, and one of the leading soldiers, seeing that Lu Fang was wearing palace clothes, was not too embarrassed, but followed and asked.

"Dare to ask my father-in-law why he visited the British Mansion this time?"

When Lu Fang heard this, he responded without thinking: "I was tired of going in to report it, and I said that Gonggong Lu, the master of ceremonies, had visited, and our family came here this time on the orders of His Majesty!" ”

The leading soldier, seeing that Lu Fang came over this time, was ordered by the emperor, so he didn't dare to slack off at all, and his tone became extremely respectful: "Please wait a while, father-in-law, and the little one will go in and report!" ”

As the words fell, the soldier quickly entered the British Mansion through the side door.

At this moment, in the hall, the British public Zhang Rong was leisurely tasting the tea in the cup, and after he picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and then immediately commented.

"Well, this Shifeng Longjing is really good, this tea is worthy of being the first batch of buds picked at the beginning of spring this year, it really has a unique flavor!"

At this moment, I saw the butler of the British Mansion walking in, leaning down and reporting respectfully.

"Master, Gonggong Lu of the celebrant asked to see him outside, and he said that he came on the orders of His Majesty!"

After listening to the butler's report, Zhang Rong immediately cheered up his spirit and immediately commanded.

"Well, I know, hurry up and invite Grandpa Lu in!"

"Yes, sir!"

The butler did not linger in the hall for too long, but turned to leave.

Zhang Rong looked at the back of the housekeeper leaving, supported his chin with one hand, and said secretly.

"Could it be that His Majesty is looking for me to have something to order?"

On the other side, after receiving Zhang Rong's specific instructions, the housekeeper immediately rushed to the door non-stop and invited Lu Fang into the British mansion.

In the British Mansion, the ancient acacia is shady, and the green willows are blowing on the ground, a scene of vitality and competition.

Under the leadership of the housekeeper, Lu Fang passed through a long corridor, turned a few more corners, and came to the hall of the British Mansion, and saw the British Duke Zhang Rong.

"I've seen the English duke!"

The moment Lu Fang saw Zhang Rong, he immediately leaned down, lowered his head, and saluted him respectfully.

"Father-in-law Lu, please get up, come, sit!"

Seeing this, Zhang Rong immediately stepped forward and helped Lu Fang to the vacant seat on the side.

Not long after Lu Fang sat down in his seat, a servant stepped forward and brought Lu Fang a bowl of steaming tea.

"Father-in-law Lu, please use tea, this is the first batch of buds picked at the beginning of spring this year!"

When the words fell, I saw Zhang Rong make a gesture of please, Lu Fang saw this situation, and did not excuse himself, and immediately picked up the teacup and took a sip.

After tasting the taste in front of the tea, Lu Fang's eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam, and he exclaimed.

"Good tea!"

Seeing that Lu Fang gave such a high evaluation, Zhang Rong's face couldn't help but show a touch of self-satisfaction, and then the two sides exchanged a few words of greeting as usual.

After this, I saw Zhang Rong turn his gaze to Lu Fang and asked.

"Gonggong Lu, why did Your Majesty ask you to come over this time?"

When Lu Fang heard this, she didn't hide it, and immediately told everything about the current situation.

"British Princess, I can't hide it, not long ago, Li Chunfang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, went to the Qianqing Palace to meet Your Majesty, and handed over the next exam questions and the demarcated scope to Your Majesty!"

"I think Your Majesty came to you this time to discuss this matter!"

After listening to Lu Fang's answer, Zhang Rong's face suddenly showed eagerness, the reason why Zhang Rong was so eager was because in addition to the imperial examination, the matter of holding separate examinations for the Yu clan and nobles was finally settled.

After all, the whole thing is related to the interests of millions of clans and nobles in the Ming Dynasty, so Zhang Rong can't afford to ignore it!

Immediately, I saw Zhang Rong come back to his senses, turn his gaze to Lu Fang, and speak.

"Father-in-law Lu, without further ado, then let's go and meet Your Majesty now!"

"Hmm."

……

After Lu Fang and the British public Zhang Rong took a sedan chair to the Forbidden City, they walked towards the Qianqing Palace non-stop.

At this moment, Zhang Rong looked at the Qianqing Palace close at hand in front of him, and his face was full of anxiety.

At this moment, Lu Fang's voice sounded in his ears.

"British duke, let's go in!"

"Hmm."

After that, Zhang Rong followed Lu Fang's footsteps and stepped on the stairs of the Qianqing Palace together.

"Your Majesty, the British Duke has arrived!"

"Hmm."

After Lu Fang finished reporting to Jiajing, he immediately stood aside and moved out of the way.

After that, I saw Zhang Rongbi kneeling on the ground respectfully and said in a deep voice.

"Weichen knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Seeing this, Jiajing hurriedly got up from the dragon chair, stepped forward in person, helped Zhang Rong up from the ground, and then commanded.

"The British Princess, please get up, come on, and give the British Princess's seat!"

When Jiajing's words fell, a eunuch soon stepped forward and brought a seat for Zhang Rong.

Seeing this, Zhang Rong immediately came back to his senses and arched his hand to Jiajing to show his gratitude.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"

"Well, sit down!"

After Zhang Rong sat down on the chair, he saw Jiajing walk to the bookcase, pick up a few books sent by Li Chunfang earlier, marked with the scope of the examination, as well as the paper with the exam questions, and personally handed them to Zhang Rong's hands, and immediately spoke.

"This is the question of this exam, and the scope of the exam question, I called you here this time, just for this matter, well, you can take a good look for yourself!"

When Zhang Rong heard this, he immediately took the book from Jiajing's hands and opened it.

Soon, Zhang Rong saw the outlines on the book, as well as the notes next to them.

After reading the above content roughly, Zhang Rongzai's face was full of excitement, and he said in a slightly trembling voice.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, this and this ......"

Jiajing took in the expression on Zhang Rong's face, only to see him wave his hand quite casually, and then admonished.

"This is me pulling down this old face, and running to find the exam questions that the Ministry of Rites Shangshu wants, you have to give me a good test next, if something goes wrong, I can't spare you, understand?"

When Zhang Rong heard Jiajing's words, he couldn't help but clench the books in his hand and replied in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely handle this matter well!"

"Hmm." (End of chapter)