Chapter 354: Participating in the Imperial Examination
Nanyi was helped back to the room by a few little maidservants, and not long after she sat down, Su Miaoxue rushed over, and she asked straight to the point.
"You weren't like this before, why did you suddenly change your attitude?"
She thought about it all night, and suddenly it occurred to her that there was another woman between her and Nanyi, and with that woman there, Nanyi's change could be understood.
"Did the queen threaten you?"
Nanyi didn't want outsiders to know about the transaction between her and the queen, but she thought that Su Miaoxue was not an outsider, she was the queen's enemy, so she nodded aggrievedly and told her about the queen's threat to her.
Su Miaoxue's face was ugly, she empathized with Nanyi, and suddenly stepped forward to hold her hand.
"It's okay, don't be afraid, I'll help you."
Nanyi cried and nodded, if she was favored by Li Yunxing, Su Miaoxue would inevitably not regard her as an enemy, it was better to let the other party feel that the two were on the same front before this hostility erupted, and they could get along well in the future.
got a new beauty, Li Yunxing only felt refreshed, he came to Yang Ting and the suburban courtyard, Yang Tinghe had been on sick leave for several days, fortunately he was not outstanding in the court, Li Yuntian's people felt that he was sick and would only secretly applaud.
But Li Yunxing is different, Yang Tinghe is a courtier he has high hopes for, so he naturally wants to come and see it in person.
He had barely reached the outskirts when he saw two little boys squatting on the side of the dirt slope, talking and laughing, and when they saw him, they shrank back like thieves, and one stayed where he was, while the other ran back.
Li Yunxing was full of black lines, and it was estimated that Yang Tinghe asked these two little boys to monitor the situation outside, and he did say that potato cultivation should be extremely hidden, but it did not have to be hidden to this extent.
He continued to walk that way, and as he passed the dirt slope, the little boy finally stood up.
"Did the guest come to find Lord Yang? Adults are sick and it is inconvenient to meet guests. ”
Li Yunxing raised his eyebrows, and before he could speak, Yang Tinghe pushed open the courtyard door and greeted him.
"As soon as I heard the announcement, the minister knew that it was His Royal Highness the Prince, please come in."
He was dressed in old coarse linen clothes, and he had a lot of mud on his body, but his face looked good, and he didn't look sick.
Only then did the little boy know that the young man in front of him was the famous His Royal Highness the Prince, and he was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground, but Li Yunxing dragged the person up.
"Don't kneel, you continue to watch here."
The little boy nodded, and Li Yunxing followed Yang Tinghe into the courtyard, his family was very poor, and he didn't even have a pot of good tea, so he could only entertain the prince with sweet well water.
Li Yunxing didn't mind that.
"Lord Yang gave me Si Nongqing of the Wu Dynasty, there are a lot of things in the court, since you are not sick, why are you taking leave to stay at home?"
Yang Tinghe was a little embarrassed, he was an honest man, he didn't hear the ridicule in Li Yunxing's words, thinking that the prince was dissatisfied with him pretending to be sick, and immediately said nervously.
"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister is guilty, but the minister is forced to do so, these days are the critical period for the emergence of seedlings, the minister wants to take care of these potatoes carefully, and forget that there are still affairs in the court waiting for me to deal with."
He said that he didn't believe that these potatoes could solve the problem of food and clothing for the people of the Wu Dynasty, but his actions were very honest, he was so cautious, it seemed that he was not planting potatoes at all, but like planting a cash cow.
Of course, Li Yunxing knew that he would not ask for leave for his own affairs, but some people in the court were suspicious, so he came to find him in person.
"Don't worry, potatoes are more durable than you imagined, the imperial examination is about to be held, I may have something I can't take care of, so I want to ask you to help me stabilize the court during the imperial examination."
Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment, he was not popular in the court, and he could do what he could, but if he was allowed to stabilize the court, he would be too worthy of him.
But looking at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's trusting gaze, he could only nod.
"Don't worry, I will do my best to prevent any chaos in the court."
Li Yunxing nodded heavily, as Yang Tinghe looked at the potatoes that had just emerged, it could be seen that he was very patient with these potatoes, and there was a bucket of water next to a few seedlings, as if he was afraid that these potato seedlings would be short of water, so that they could be replenished at any time, it was really like planting a cash cow.
Li Yunxing explained a few more words about the potato planting method, but the more he said, the more strange Yang Tinghe's expression became, he hesitated, and still asked.
"Did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince grow these potatoes himself? How do I think you know so well how it's planted? ”
He also thought it was ridiculous when he asked this, but what he said was too specific, even as small as how much water should be given and how fast the seedlings grew, too detailed.
Li Yunxing patted Yang Tinghe's shoulder.
"I haven't planted them, but you forgot that I brought them to you, and when I got them, I naturally inquired about how to grow them."
Yang Tinghe smiled shyly, how could he forget this, the details he knew might have been told to him by others, could it be that he had to do it himself in the book to learn knowledge?
"So that's the case, I'm stupid to think like this."
The imperial examination is very important, Li Yunxing has already arranged the time and place, the question papers have also been released, the chief invigilator is Wen Daru, and three deputy invigilators have been selected, all of whom are relatively unknown officials in the DPRK and China and have a neutral position.
Liu Zhongqing didn't get the position of the chief invigilator, and he also wanted to be the deputy invigilator, but he was sent back by Li Yunxing's sentence during the imperial examination, and he also had to ensure the stability of the court.
Liu Zhongqing smiled coldly, thinking that he had already obtained the question papers, and even prepared several sets of answer sheets in advance, and gave them to several students who had taken refuge in his camp, and made sure that they had memorized them completely, just waiting for the imperial examination to be transcribed in the next few days.
In this way, it doesn't really matter if he is an invigilator or not, he just deliberately teases Li Yunxing.
After the imperial examination began, all the students entered the examination room, and the door was guarded by the Praetorian Guards, and the blockade was extremely strict, and the time was not enough, and the people inside could not get out, and the people outside could not enter.
Liu Zhongqing personally came to send these students in, as if he had seen their gold list inscriptions and came to his house to say goodbye.
In the past few days, Li Yunxing has been sick, and he has not contacted the courtiers for a long time, it stands to reason that while he is not there, Liu Zhongqing should be the most difficult, but he is full of worries about the imperial examination system, and these days he is extremely quiet, which makes Yang Tinghe always like a great enemy, for fear that someone will secretly make some moves.
After the imperial examination, the door of the examination room opened, Liu Zhongqing set up a banquet in Kuixing Tower, set up a table of wine and food, and waited for a few students to come back to celebrate their necessary gold list titles.