Shen Lang did not follow at the first time, but was led to the side hall by the palace people to wait.

After waiting for an hour, I heard the empress's call and let her meet in front of the palace.

When he arrived at the main hall, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty looked at him, some nodded with a smile, some frowned and showed disgust, and some were simply curious.

Shen Lang was also very curious, although he knew a Liao Guangzheng here, he also knew that many of the bigwigs he had heard of were among these people.

For example, Lin Fangzheng on the left, An Boyu on the right, Zhuang Yongjie, the squire of the military department, and so on......

The empress sits on the throne, wearing a crown and a dragon robe, her face is beautiful, and her temperament is somewhat similar to Zhen Luo's, but she is a little more popular. I have to say that the empress's appearance is extremely beautiful, and among the women Shen Lang has seen, she can also rank among the top three.

This world does not have as much red tape as the previous world, and the relationship between the king and the ministers is more like a cooperative relationship before the Spring and Autumn Period. And because of her own identity, the empress was more gentle to the ministers than the previous kings, and when she saw Shen Lang, her beautiful eyes were even more different.

After Shen Lang saw the ceremony, the empress smiled and said: "I have heard that Shen Aiqing has only moved the Temple of Literature before she is a weak crown, but when I see it today, she is younger than she imagined." ”

"Your Majesty has won the prize." Shen Lang clasped his fists and saluted.

Her Majesty the Empress smiled and said: "Speaking of the poetry and literature of the Zhenguo, thanks to Shen Aiqing's generosity, the article is now enshrined in the Taimiao, which has added a hundred percent of the national fortune to my Dongyun Kingdom." ”

Shen Lang said: "The student is a scholar in Dongyun Kingdom, and this is what should be done. ”

The empress nodded and said, "Shen Aiqing has just arrived in the capital, you might as well take a look around these days, the customs and customs of the capital and Qingyun Mansion are different, and it is also worth seeing." As for the ...... after that," the empress smiled, "Qingyun Academy has already sent a letter of recommendation to Taixue, asking the imperial court to exempt you from the entrance examination, and I have already agreed." ”

These words made Shen Lang stunned.

This is......

Baoyan?

This is an ancient system, but it has been rarely used in the last one or two hundred years, and even if it is used, most of them are recommended officials, and they are rarely recommended by candidates.

Shen Lang was only slightly stunned, then came back to his senses, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

The empress asked Shen Lang to stand on the side, and then began to deal with various government affairs. Shen Lang lowered his head and listened quietly, without saying a word.

It was not until near noon that the court meeting ended, and the empress was about to give the order to withdraw from the court, when a minister of rites stood up.

"Your Majesty, the envoy of the Southern Demon Kingdom has arrived today." The Minister of Rites said in a deep voice.

As soon as these words came out, the entire court was silent.

Shen Lang still lowered his eyes and didn't have any expression, but he could feel that there were many eyes around him that were vaguely directed at him.

The empress also frowned slightly, hesitated, and said, "My Dongyun Kingdom and the Southern Demon Kingdom have always been hostile, what are they doing here?" ”

I asked this knowingly, what else can the Southern Demon Kingdom have besides the matter of the twelve walled cities?

In fact, about Shen Lang's slaughter of the twelve walled cities, it has been discussed many times in the court recently.

On the one hand, the main battle faction such as the left is the main faction, and it is not an exaggeration to be knighted for this merit; On the other hand, the right minister is the leader, believing that Shen Lang's killing and wounding of the demon clan soldiers is certainly a military achievement, but the slaughter of the people is harmful to the heavens and the peace, and this is an atrocity and should be punished.

The two sides quarreled every time and broke up unhappily.

Shen Lang came over today, and the empress greeted people early in the morning, so she can't mention this matter today.

Who would have thought that the people on the right minister's side agreed on the surface, but they took advantage of the matter of the envoys of the Southern Demon Kingdom to make trouble.

"Outside Shishan City, the twelve walled cities of the Southern Demon Kingdom were destroyed, and thousands of people died, and the Southern Demon Kingdom suspected that it was done by the people of my Dongyun Kingdom." The Minister of Rites said.

The empress said angrily: "If someone from his Southern Demon Kingdom dies, it must be that my Dongyun Kingdom can't do it?" ”

The ministers looked at each other, not knowing how to answer this.

At this moment, a man who looked to be in his fifties walked out of the queue, he looked at the minister of the Ministry of Rites with cold eyes and said, "Li Shilang, you might as well say it directly, what does the Southern Demon Kingdom want?" ”

Li Shilang of the Ministry of Rites said indifferently: "Lord Zhuang Yongjie, what the Southern Demon Kingdom is asking for is nothing more than a murderer, and the envoy also made it clear that if our country does not hand over the murderer, it will be a resurgence of swordsmen." ”

Zhuang Yongjie laughed: "Murderer? Single-handedly destroying thousands of Southern Demons, isn't this the great hero of my human race! Could it be that Li Shilang wants to hand over my human hero to the demon clan? ”

Li Shilang's expression remained unchanged, and he said: "My Dongyun Kingdom and the Southern Demon Kingdom have been fighting for many years, just because there are too many people who don't care about the overall situation, if we don't give an explanation to the Southern Demon Kingdom today, then what if the masters of the Demon Clan come to my Dongyun Kingdom to slaughter the people?" ”

"Come on, they are the ones who are waiting for my border guards."

At this moment, a tall man on the right stood up with a cold face.

"General Zhang, this is angry talk. Your strength is amazing and you have heavy troops, so you are naturally not afraid of the demon clan of the Southern Demon Country, but the people do not have the skills of you. A civil official on the left said in a loud voice.

From here on, there were people arguing in the civil and military columns, only the two old men standing in the front row of the two columns still looked like old gods, and their eyes were lowered as if they were asleep.

The empress also frowned when she saw this scene, and she also felt anxious.

"Enough!"

The empress shouted angrily.

The court suddenly fell silent, and the empress stood up suddenly, her phoenix eyes cold, and swept coldly over the ministers.

"Retreat!"

As soon as the empress finished speaking, she turned around and walked to the side.

With the departure of the empress, the court suddenly became noisy again.

Among the civil officials on the left, an official from the Ministry of Rites suddenly looked at Shen Lang and said with a smile: "Shen Lang, we are not targeting you, but this is a major matter of the country, in other words, anyone and I will speak like this for the people of the two countries." ”

Shen Lang bowed slightly, and said: "Your Excellency, don't explain to me, Shen Lang is just a commoner, he doesn't understand these so-called national affairs, and today is just a coincidence. ”

The official of the Ministry of Rites narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "Shen Lang, my Confucian Taoist scholar is talking about cultivating Qi Zhiping, what you say is not in line with my Confucian Dao!" ”

Shen Lang smiled slightly and said: "Shen Lang is not as old as a young man, and he is not as old as a weak crown, and self-cultivation is far from enough, let alone the way to govern the country." These major national events still require a lot of attention from your lords. ”

At this time, someone sneered: "No matter how you Shen Lang shirks, it is also the dispute between the two countries caused by your indiscriminate killing of innocents!" ”

"Your Excellency said yes, that's it." Shen Lang's face was full of modesty.

"Then you pleaded guilty?" The official said coldly.

Shen Lang's face was full of astonishment: "What is the crime?" ”

The official said angrily: "Didn't you just admit that it was you who killed innocents indiscriminately and caused the dispute between the two countries?" ”

Shen Lang looked aggrieved and said innocently: "When did I admit it?" Isn't that what an adult said? ”

Seeing Shen Lang's appearance, the official was also speechless for a while, and could only say angrily: "It's useless that you are still a scholar, it's just nonsense!" ”

Shen Lang smiled slightly, and said slowly: "Adults think I'm messing around, it's probably because I'm pestering." ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of laughter in the court.

Looking at it, all the people who laughed were in the main battle line. And the right phase is all gloomy.

The official's face was flushed with anger, but he couldn't continue to say this, otherwise he would really follow Shen Lang to "mess around".

Zhuang Yongjie, An Boyu and others looked at Shen Lang with a bit of playfulness on their faces. Naturally, they had heard Liao Guangzheng mention Shen Lang and read his twelve poems, but when they really came into contact, they found that this person was not only talented, but also had no pedantry of ordinary readers.

It's just a little loach......

No, it's just a little scoundrel!

But it is this slippery attitude, the partial life is to cure the left phase of the pulse like thunder, but the partial life is unable to take him.

After retreating, Wan Hailiang was already waiting outside the palace with a carriage.

Shen Lang was just about to get into the car when he was stopped by a voice.

When he turned his head, he saw a scribe dressed in white.

Seeing this white-clothed scribe, Shen Lang's face was a little surprised: "Mr. Zuo? ”

This person is one of the three gentlemen who came to congratulate Shen Lang on behalf of the Confucian Temple on the day of Shen Lang's wedding, Zuo Yuan.

Shen Lang hurriedly stepped forward and took the lead in saluting.

Zuo Yuan supported Shen Lang with both hands, looked up and down carefully, and then exclaimed: "I haven't seen you for two months, and you are already in the bachelor realm, you are really a genius!" ”

"It's just a little bit of luck." Shen Lang smiled a little embarrassedly, "Mr. Zuo, what is the matter with this time?" ”

Zuo Yuan looked at Shen Lang with a smile and said, "I really don't know? ”

Shen Lang laughed, raised his hand and said, "Mr. Zuo, go sit with me?" ”

Zuo Yuan nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Don't look at Zuo Yuan's appearance as an ordinary scholar, and he doesn't have any momentum, but this is a gentleman of the Temple of Literature.

In the entire Dongyun Kingdom court, the two phases on the left and right are just the realm of the five-grade sages, while Zuo Yuan is the genuine realm of the four-grade gentlemen.

However, the Confucian Temple has a transcendent status and never interferes in the internal affairs of the human race.

When they arrived at the post station, Yang Youqing and others heard that Zuo Yuan was coming, and they all came out to pay their respects.

Zuo Yuan also returned the salute with a gentle smile, just like an elder seeing the family members of his own children, but there was inevitably a little weirdness in his eyes that day.

This kid has only been married for a few days, why are there two more?

Shen Lang was arranged with two separate courtyards here, one was for the subordinates to live, and the other was for Shen Lang and the rest of the women.

Zuo Yuan was welcomed into the study, and Lu Liu left the door with tea, and then ordered the maids outside to retreat together, leaving him alone to wait.

Zuo Yuan took a sip of tea and said slowly: "There are three things this time." ”

After speaking, he paused, and saw that Shen Lang's face was calm, and his eyes were calm.

"Don't you wonder what three things are?" Zuo Yuan said with a smile.

Shen Lang said with a smile: "Mr. Zuo always has to say, why should I ask more." ”

A smile flashed in Zuo Yuan's eyes, and he said, "You might as well guess, I guessed that I answered a question for you." ”

Shen Lang's expression moved slightly, sighed lightly, and said, "It seems that Mr. Zuo came here for three things, plus an explanation." ”

Zuo Yuan's face was full of appreciation: "Ziyu is really smart." ”