"Why did the master say those lukewarm words to the eldest young master? The eldest young master can have the heart to gain fame again, this is the blessing of the Wei family, if the master dampens his ambition, wouldn't he do something wrong?"

Yuan Xi glanced at Ling'er, she stared at herself with two willow eyebrows, and stared at herself in surprise and inexplicably.

Yuan Xi smiled at her and held her shoulder with one hand: "Ling'er, if someone says that you are ugly, will you hate yourself?"

Ling'er shook her head: "Of course not, because slaves and maids are not ugly in the first place." ”

"That's right, true ambition is something that no one can dampen it. If Cheng Yong really wants to gain fame, he will never be shaken by my few words. ”

Ling'er pouted: "But the slave still doesn't understand, the master has always been reluctant to say hurtful words, why do you want to say those words to beat him today?"

Yuan Xi sneered, yes, she just wants to beat Cheng Yong well.

"Can't you see that Cheng Yong's heart is still concerned about someone. ”

Ling'er hesitated for a while: "Could it be Lanyu?"

Yuan Xi shook his head: "It's Princess Chenxiang." ”

The slave maid just wanted to ask if it was a princess, but she felt strange that the eldest young master hated the princess so much before, and he couldn't refuse the princess. Why do you suddenly care about the princess again?" Ling'er frowned: "Yes, master, why did the eldest young master suddenly worry about the princess, hasn't he always hated the princess the most?"

Yuan Xi hooked the corners of her lips: "Princess Chenxiang, innocent, ice and snow smart, you are a princess, but you don't have a shelf at all." How many men would not like such a girl?"

Ling Er's face twitched: "You mean, the eldest young master likes the princess?"

Yuan Xi nodded: "I'm afraid so." ”

"Ah, this ......" Ling'er was speechless for a while: "Isn't this self-inflicted guilt on himself?" The princess was so good to him before, but the eldest young master ignored him, and he still looked at his face at every turn, but now that the princess has put it down, he is worried again. It's really left him alone with both ends. ”

Yuan Xi didn't answer, quietly lifted the curtains, the remnant sun was slanting westward, and a pair of red makeup was as hot as fire, burning in the sky.

Ling'er was still chattering in her ear, but Yuanxi's heart was empty. Suddenly felt a little lonely, the situation of growing up is like this, after overcoming thorns and thorns, I found that I was the only one on the top of the mountains and clouds.

She suddenly missed Yuan Jia and Aunt You. Back then, in the Wei Mansion, the excitement of fighting wits and courage with the two of them still lingered in my heart, but things were different from people, and You's courtyard was still there, but You was no longer there.

There was no enemy to fight with her, and Won-hee felt lost in his heart.

The second sister has forgotten and become a blank piece of paper, hoping that she can be happy. But she is no longer the Yuan Yue who used to be able to understand her own mind.

Cheng Yong also lost his edges and corners because of the change, and became boring and boring, like a mediocre ordinary person.

"Master, what are you thinking?" Ling'er quietly tugged at her sleeve.

"I'm thinking about mediocrity. ”

Ling'er smiled: "Actually, the master doesn't have to worry about the eldest young master, don't you know about him? He is the person who knows how to read, and he will never fall off the list." ”

"I wish he could be famous. Yuan Xi sighed abruptly.

Ling'er raised her eyebrows: "The master doesn't expect him to be the top three in high school, why do you still hope that the eldest young master can't pass the exam?"

"Do you know why he took the imperial examination?" Wonxi turned his head to look at Ling'er.

Why do you want to take the imperial examination? What else can you do except enter the court, slaughter the officials, and benefit the people?

Ling'er shook her head slowly: "The slave doesn't know. ”

"Back then, the first emperor opened Enke for the sake of the horse commander, he previously claimed to give up the imperial examination because he didn't want to go to Princess Chenxiang as his wife, and now he can't let go of the scroll, what do you say it is for?" Yuan Xi's gaze fell on Ling'er's face.

The smile on Ling'er's face gradually disappeared, and she opened her mouth in astonishment: "The master is saying, the eldest young master, he wants to marry Princess Chenxiang?"

Yuan Xi bowed slightly: "I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place?"

Ling'er frowned: "This ...... What is this? Isn't this tantamount to trampling on the face of the emperor and the queen mother on the ground? The emperor's temper is just a matter of sparing him once, how can there be a second time? And the queen mother, now that the queen mother is sick, if she is stimulated by this incident, won't the emperor add to him?"

Yuan Xi snorted indifferently and said, "That's why I said that he despised the imperial power." ”

Ling'er twisted in her heart, what is this called, tossing and turning, she actually returned to the original point, and drew a circle in circles, isn't this a slap in the face of the royal family?

"The first emperor opened Enke for him, and then he was delayed by the puppet emperor Xiao Rongshen for a while, and later because of Cheng Yong, Enke had to be pushed back, and those students who came from other places had already complained bitterly. How could the emperor forgive him when the matter was so big? In the Xiyin Hall that year, the emperor even rewarded him to study hard in the study of the Duanwang Mansion. In addition to the emperor and the sixth master, the study has never let outsiders in. The great grace was given to him, but he turned his hand and fell to the ground. The emperor is awkward in his heart, he just ran back without knowing how to die and wanted to marry the princess. Yuan Xi sneered: "What is he not naïve?"

"Master, you must keep an eye on the eldest young master this time. If he is allowed to contradict the emperor again, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not harm the pond fish. The second miss just had an accident, and the Wei family really can't afford it. Ling'er said and sighed, she grew up in Weifu since she was a child, Weifu is her home, looking at her home, from a lively big family, to today's deserted, thin people. Ling'er's heart was also uncomfortable.

Yuan Xi shook his head, could it be that if he stared at Cheng Yong every day, he would be able to return it? How much knowledge Cheng Yong had in his stomach, others didn't know, but Yuan Xi couldn't be clearer. Cheng Yong entered the study at the age of three, and was praised by the gentleman in the house since he was a child. He has the best set of endorsements. There is no doubt about that.

In the capital, everyone with a head and face knows that Princess Chenxiang was originally pointed out to the prince of the Wei family by the first emperor. Now that marriage exists in name only, those people will inevitably talk about it behind their backs. In fact, it's nothing to talk about Cheng Yong, after all, he is a man, and no one necessarily wants to gossip about him. But Princess Chenxiang was miserable, tired by the statement, and some people always wondered if she had lost her virginity.

A high-ranking princess inexplicably wants to marry the son of a merchant, and is abandoned by that man. Not to mention the crowded pastimes in the capital, even in the majestic palace, you can hear the sound of gossip about the princess.

If he really passed the exam, wouldn't he be a blatant slap in the face of the emperor?

"In this way, only by letting the eldest young master break off the idea of marrying the princess, can the emperor and the people of the Wei Mansion be safe. Ling'er said.

Yuan Xi smiled slightly: "How easy is this?"

"Master, the slave has a way. Ling'er blinked and smiled.

Yuan Xi turned his head: "What way?"

"Let the eldest young master fail the exam. Ling'er paused: "If the eldest young master passes the exam, it will be quite a bit of a provocation to the imperial power, and the emperor will definitely not be able to save face, only let the eldest young master fall off the list, so that the eldest young master will not be qualified to marry the princess at all." In this way, the emperor felt relieved in his heart, and he could make the eldest young master unable to marry the princess. Isn't it?"

Yuan Xi shook his head: "Cheng Yong's knowledge, you shouldn't understand, right?"

Ling'er's smile gradually spread between her lips: "The eldest young master has sea-like knowledge, and the master has sea-like means, we are above, and the eldest young master is below, and the master doesn't want him to be on the list, can he still get famous?"

Yuan Xi stared for a while: "You mean, bribing the examiner?"

Ling'er frowned: "Master, don't say it so ugly, what kind of bribery is not bribery." ”

Yuan Xi raised his eyebrows, and Ling'er said: "We are doing this as a last resort to protect the Wei family." Besides, people pay bribes for high school, and we do it for the sake of falling off the list, which is just a matter of saying hello. ”

Yuan Xi stared at Ling'er for a while, a little hesitant: "Is this okay?"

"What's wrong with this?" Ling Er said with a smile: "The decision-making power is in the hands of the examiner who marks the papers, as long as the master asks the examiner to watch carefully, and when he encounters the eldest young master's papers, he will pull them out." Just keep him from making the list. ”

"The papers are all sealed, how can the examiner recognize them?"

"Oh," Ling Er flattened her mouth and said, "Master, you are really smart, and you are confused for a while. Of course, you can't rely on names, you have to rely on handwriting. ”

"Handwriting?" Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, we only need to let the examiner know the handwriting of the eldest young master, and he can naturally see the same handwriting during the process of grading. Ling'er smiled slyly at Yuanxi: "Isn't this done." ”

The method is a way, but it sounds a bit of favoritism, no, this is favoritism. Yuan Xi hesitated in his heart, this method was not bright enough after all.

Seeing that Yuanxi was noncommittal, Ling'er said again: "Master, the slave knows that you are unwilling to do this thing that violates the law of the country, but after all, this is related to the fate of the Wei family." Something happened to the second young lady, the eldest young master is the only person in the Wei family who can be trusted, if the eldest young master has three longs and two shorts, then the entire Wei family will really cross. The fate of the eldest young master is the fate of the Wei family, and the future of the eldest young master is the future of the Wei family. ”

Yuan Xi frowned, and his heart was a little itchy, and he had to admit that Ling'er moved her.

"That'...... Then do as you say?" Yuan Xi raised his head: "But if the matter is revealed, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Ling'er shook her head: "No, God knows this, you know it, I know." Even if the emperor and the queen mother know, they can understand the master's painstaking efforts, and they will not blame the master. ”

Yuan Xi nodded: "That, okay then." You go back to the Wei Mansion, go to Aunt Yu's room to get a copy of the Buddhist scriptures, and tell the maids that the palace wants the eldest young master to copy the version by hand. ”

Seeing her agree, Ling'er pursed her lips: "The slave will go now." ”