The night was as cool as water, a gust of wind blew in the evening, the clouds and mist dispersed, and the dark sky was embedded with Lang Lang stars, like dew and beads, like jewels falling on the velvet carpet. Zichen Palace lit the lights as usual, and the palace maids were busy for the last while, and they fell asleep quietly. Only a few slaves and maids who were on duty at night were left to serve.

Xiangyun and Hongxia dozed off by the pillars of the cloister outside the dormitory, and could faintly hear the faint chirping of insects in the grass. They can call for a month at most, and when this time passes, winter is not far away.

Suddenly, he heard a noise, and Xiangyun raised his ears vigilantly. It turned out that there was a dragon at the gate of the palace to stop. The emperor had an angry face, holding a folded scroll in his hand, and strode into the Zichen Palace.

Xiangyun hurriedly pushed Hongxia up, the two wiped the saliva on their lips, and knelt down: "Slave and maid to the emperor." ”

Rong Zhan was in no mood to deal with them, just glanced at them lightly, and walked around from the side. Xiangyun saw a pair of black silk boots slipping in front of him, and subconsciously glanced up.

The emperor's expression was not very good-looking, Xiangyun pulled Hongxia, and whispered: "The emperor seems to have come with anger." ”

Hongxia also peeked in, only seeing Rong Zhan's back and the book in her hand.

"What is the emperor holding in his hand?" Hongxia asked quietly.

Xiangyun also noticed it and whispered, "It seems to be a scripture." ”

Hongxia glanced at her, what is the emperor doing with the scriptures? Come here so late, didn't you come to quarrel with the queen? These two little girls were a little panicked, as long as the emperor did not hold a ceremony after sealing for a day, and their master did not take over the queen's golden seal treasure book for a day, they would be worried for a day.

"The mother seems to have slept. Hongxia said softly.

Xiangyun slowly stood up, and saw Qin Shun beside the emperor standing not far away, with his hands behind his back and his face also stiff.

"Commander Qin, what the hell is going on, why is the emperor's face not very good?"

Qin Shun looked at Xiangyun and snorted, "It has nothing to do with you. ”

Xiangyun looked him up and down, and said to Hongxia: "Hongxia, go and call Sister Ling'er over." ”

Hongxia patted the soil on her body and raised her chin slightly: "Sister Ling'er just fell asleep, it's not her night today, I'm going to call her now, I'm afraid she has a bad temper." ”

Qin Shun swallowed his saliva, and his chin pressed out his double jaws.

Xiangyun turned his face and said, "Then there is no way, the two of us are soft-spoken, and Commander Qin looks down on us." Why don't you call Sister Ling'er here, let's just stand here stupidly?"

Hongxia flattened her mouth and said: "Okay, okay, I'll call it, but if my sister gets angry for a while, you have to grab the head and be scolded." ”

Xiangyun looked at Qin Shun and said indifferently: "Don't worry, Sister Ling'er is a reasonable person, whoever tosses her and can't sleep well in the middle of the night, she will scold whom." It has nothing to do with you and me. ”

Hongxia snorted and turned away.

Qin Shun hurriedly grabbed her and said, "Don't go, I said it's not possible?"

Xiangyun gave him a blank look, this Qin commander really only Sister Ling could cure him.

"Commander Qin, you already said that it would be over, what happened?"

......

"What's wrong?" Rong Zhan turned his back and paced back and forth in the dormitory: "You still ask me, didn't you do it?" You don't know what happened?" Rong Zhan said, throwing out a stack of Buddhist scriptures from behind him with one hand and throwing them onto Yuan Xi's bed.

The scroll was folded a few times, revealing the handwriting inside, which was Cheng Yong's handwriting.

Yuan Xi lowered her eyelids slightly, isn't this what she asked Ling'er to give to the examiner to see?

Yuan Xi raised his head: "The emperor knows everything?"

Rong Zhan hesitated for a moment: "Hmph, you will fold the scroll and send 10,000 taels of silver to the hands of the chief examiner* of Enke, don't think that I don't know." ”

"So, did Lord Wang poke this matter out?" Yuan Xi took the scroll and folded it away.

"I didn't expect even you to do such a thing. Rong Zhan's fingers trembled slightly, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"Then the king didn't tell the emperor that I spent 10,000 taels of silver, do you want him to do anything?" Yuan Xi met Rong Zhan's gaze awe-inspiringly.

"You can't do anything!" Rong Zhan said, suddenly feeling that he had come in a hurry.

In the evening, when the examiner* brought him a silver ticket of 10,000 taels and this scroll, he only said a few suggestive words, and his voice revealed the meaning of the queen instructing him to do something. Rong Zhan didn't ask much, took the things and came to Zichen Palace to ask about the guilt.

"Concubine, please *, lord, remember this handwriting, and then let this person fall off the list. ”

"Falling off the list?" Rong Zhan snorted softly, how could anyone in the world bribe the examiner in order to lose the list?

"The queen said the opposite, isn't it?

Yuan Xi stared at Rong Zhan's eyes: "Does the emperor think that the concubine did this to add scandal to the emperor's Enke?"

Rong Zhan frowned and sat down silently.

"Isn't the emperor curious, whose handwriting is on this scripture?"

Rong Zhan opened his mouth, but he didn't ask in detail, and he must not know.

"It's mediocre. ”

A word woke up the dreamer, Rong Zhan hurriedly got up and rushed over, opened the scroll and looked at it carefully. He is not very familiar with Cheng Yong's handwriting, but it looks somewhat similar.

"Cheng Yong?" Rong Zhan hurriedly flipped through the scriptures: "Isn't he not going to participate in this year's Enke?"

Rong Zhan thought of this, and there was still some afterfire, and he angrily threw the scriptures aside: "The first emperor said that as long as Wei Chengyong can be ranked among the top three, he will marry Princess Chenxiang to him, and he also opened Enke specially for him." Now it's because of him, this Enko has been delaying again and again, procrastinating now, and he actually has to take the exam again?"

Rong Zhan vaguely felt a deep malice from Cheng Yong.

"What does he mean by this? He doesn't take the dignity of the royal family seriously!" Rong Zhan scolded hatefully: "I have already forgiven him once, but it is only for the sake of the queen's face and the merits of the Wei Mansion. Does he really think that he can do whatever he wants without fear?"

Rong Zhan flew up and kicked the scrolls scattered on the ground far away.

"If someone like him can go to high school, where is the majesty of the royal family, where is the face of the princess, where is my face!"

Won-hee sat on the bed and silently listened to him vent his anger.

Rong Zhan scolded for a long time and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Yuan Xi stroked his back and said gently: "The emperor has scolded enough?"

He stopped talking, turned to look at Won-hee, and covered her hand: "How can he ......?"

Yuan Xi looked at him with a smile: "The concubine knows that the emperor will definitely be angry when he hears about it." So I wanted to hide it from the emperor and secretly cover up this matter. Cheng Yong is a good person, but he is too arrogant and stubborn. For his temperament, he has made his father angry since he was a child, and if the emperor is angry for him, he will be angry in the future. ”

He lowered his eyelids slightly: "I misunderstood the queen just now, don't be surprised by the queen." ”

Yuan Xi showed him from behind and said with a smile: "Cheng Yong is the maiden brother of the concubine, and his business is the concubine's business." If you see your brother angering the emperor, what qualifications does the concubine have to be the emperor's wife and the younger sister of Chengyong?"

Rong Zhan held her hand and patted it gently: "The queen is so sensible, how can the queen's brother have such a temperament?"

Yuan Xi said with a smile: "The dragon gives birth to nine sons and does not become a dragon, and each has its own advantages." Even if they are brothers of the same mother, they may not have the same temperament, isn't there a difference between the temperament of the emperor and the sixth master?"

"So, the queen gave * this scroll, is she trying to pick out Cheng Yong's scroll as the volume that fell off the list?"

Yuan Xi nodded: "The first emperor said that if Cheng Yong is among the top three, he will marry the princess to him." But Chengyong didn't understand the grace of God, and he repeatedly committed it, disrespecting the princess. Although everyone didn't say it on the surface, secretly, everyone knew that this Enke was opened for Princess Chenxiang's concubine. Since Cheng Yong has already asked himself to be relieved of the name of the concubine, wouldn't he be openly bullying the king if he joins Enke again? It is just that his name is down, and if he really passes the examination, won't it damage the face of the royal family?"

Rong Zhan was silent for a while, this is true, he made such a fuss before, he shouldn't have participated in this Enke, but now he has to regret it. This was originally a deception, but there was no obvious reason to punish him for the crime of deception.

It doesn't matter if he falls off the list, it also makes him sober and sober. Let him know that there are many people in this world who are stronger than him.

The queen thought everything well, but she didn't know the examiner too well*. This * is an old minister of the first emperor, who said that he was a righteous man and a gentleman, but in fact he was a bit old-fashioned, regardless of human feelings. This person believes in the Tao, and everything must be natural, conform to the principles of heaven, and be logical.

Seeing that the queen's palace maid came to beg him to do something, Lao * was apprehensive for a while. knew that the queen was the Donglin Sect Master who assisted the new emperor to conquer the world, but he didn't expect that the dignified Donglin Sect Master would also do such favoritism. So he couldn't help it for a while, so he stabbed the matter in front of the emperor.

It's good to let Cheng Yong fall off the list, but this examiner is*. Favoritism, not to mention that the queen can't do it, even if the emperor personally instructs it, * will not give in. If you don't get it right, you have to take advantage of the time of the previous dynasty to openly embarrass the emperor, even the first emperor, and he is also very in awe of his integrity.

Rong Zhan sighed, this thing has * horizontal in the middle, then don't think about it.

Yuan Xi saw that he was a little hesitant, so he asked, "What's wrong with the emperor?"

"It's a bit tricky. He sighed, rolled over and pressed back, and pounced on Won-hee.

Yuan Xi pushed him: "What are you holding me down?"

"Miss you. He laughs.

Yuan Xi turned his face and wanted to break free: "Not now." ”

He hooked the corners of his lips: "Why not?" I have asked the Imperial Doctor, and it will be okay in two months. ”

He hugged Won-hee, rolled over himself, and told her to lie on his chest. He wouldn't let go, and strangled her.

"Doesn't the queen want to die?"

Yuan Xi couldn't break free, and hammered him in the chest: "Who wants you? What good do you have?

He turned over again, pressed Yuan Xi again, got up and tore down the curtain: "What is good about me, you will know in a while." ”