When the scholar walked out of the imperial study and walked past the man holding the brocade box, a chill made him feel a sudden shock, he didn't dare to stay, let alone think about it, and went out faster.

In the imperial study, the emperor sat back on the dragon chair, and after a while, he said to Zhao Gonggong, "Let him come in." ”

"Yes. Gonggong Zhao hurriedly bowed out and glanced at the alchemist who had been waiting outside for a while, and the alchemist followed in.

The Emperor asked, "How?"

The alchemist replied: "Please take a look, Your Majesty." ”

As he spoke, he carefully took out the jade plate from the brocade box and presented it.

Sent to the front, the alchemist hurriedly took a few steps back, and then bowed respectfully, got up and stood again, and stopped talking.

The emperor looked at the jade plate in front of him, pulled down the yellow satin, and saw a picture at the bottom of the white and flawless plate, which looked quite clear.

Although it was not as shocking as the suspended phantom during the test, the emperor had seen the phantom many times, and now that he was old, he had long liked to see the results of everything rather than personally supervise the process.

The final picture is a small dragon that has obviously been injured in the thunder.

Thinking of the outside vision during the previous palace test, the emperor's suspicion of bloodline gradually disappeared, but other doubts gradually arose.

"The emperor, the ministers and Zhao Gonggong supervised the whole process, and there were three palace insiders who recorded that Su Ziji was indeed the blood of the former prince. The alchemist holding the jade plate said.

"As a result, my heart was sickened. The emperor nodded: "This test, you will record it when you go back." ”

After thinking about it, he said, "Recorded in the secret file." Okay, let's go down. ”

"The minister retired. The alchemist holding the jade plate put the jade plate back into the brocade box, carefully picked it up, and bowed down and slowly withdrew.

It wasn't until there were only two people left in the imperial study, the emperor and Gonggong Zhao, that the emperor suddenly said: "I heard that Su Ziji's wife was attacked on the way to the chess hall to participate in a chess match?

Zhao Gonggong received the news when he came to the imperial study, and he thought that he would report to the emperor in a while, but he didn't expect the emperor to get the news faster than him.

"The slave maid also just learned about this, and has ordered someone to investigate the follow-up situation. ”

After saying this, the study fell silent again.

The Emperor frowned slightly, pacing back and forth, as if thinking about something.

Zhao Gonggong occasionally raised his head and peeked at it, and then he was busy reining in, and his heart was a little up and down.

The emperor pondered for a long time, and finally paced back again, and looked at Su Ziji's article again.

"It seems to be similar to when I was trying, but in fact, the implied charm is more sufficient, almost impeccable, and I can't pick up a word. ”

"I don't want him to be so literate. ”

The emperor finally pointed his finger and said: "There is indeed no one who can beat this article, so let's call him the champion of this year!"

The pen was in the blank space on the paper, and the royal pen personally approved the word "A", and then sent it back to the examiner, and the people over there naturally understood what they meant.

The hand he held the pen was now a little unstable, and he wanted to write a Ji character on it, and when he put down the pen, he suddenly had a burst of disgust for some reason, and dropped the pen again.

got up and looked at his slightly trembling hands, Su Ziji's appearance in his prime appeared in front of him, he pondered for a long time, and said to Zhao Gonggong: "Let the female officials of Yong'an Palace come in." ”

Gonggong Zhao immediately responded, quietly retreated, and re-entered with the female official in a moment.

Although the emperor was in an irritable mood at this time, when he saw the female officials of Yong'an Palace, he still reluctantly suppressed it, and said lightly: "You can send this volume to the queen." ”

"Yes. Seeing that there was no other command, the female officer immediately responded, took the scroll, and withdrew from the imperial study.

Yong'an Palace

"Niangniang, it's not early, do you want to eat?" Chaoxia asked the woman leaning on the couch softly.

The queen said lightly: "Don't have it for the time being, let people warm it first." ”

"Yes!" Chaoxia saw that the queen was obviously waiting for the female official who went to the imperial study, and hurriedly retreated.

Looking out of the door, the familiar figure hurriedly came back, Chaoxia hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Niangniang seems to be in a bad mood, you can talk for a while, but you have to be careful, don't make Niangniang unhappy again." It's rare for her to eat more and sleep better these days......"

The female officer who came back nodded: "I know that the news I brought back this time should make the mother happy." ”

Niangniang seems to value this young man from Su Zi very much, and now she has won the champion as she wishes, the emperor not only does not blame Niangniang for caring about the imperial examination of the previous dynasty, but also specially sent the scroll together, which must be a lot of affection.

Thinking so, the female officer carried the box containing the scroll and entered the inner sanctum.

When he saw the queen, he presented the box and said: "Niangniang, this is the emperor asked the slave to bring it back to you, Su Ziji has been appointed as the champion, and here is his palace test paper." ”

The queen did not show joy as she expected, but took it thoughtfully, took out the scroll, only glanced at it, turned around on the word "A", put it down again, and asked: "Does the emperor have anything else to say?"

The female officer was a little puzzled, but still replied: "Hui Niangniang, no." ”

"Okay, I see, things down, you can get out. The queen said lightly.

The female officer could only step down.

When the queen was left alone in the hall, her expression changed, and her face turned pale with anger: "Champion, what is Champion, just a courtier." ”

"Hmph, at this time, you still refuse to give him a name, and you make me feel too cold. ”

After saying this, the queen laughed to herself again, but the smile was mocking, and there was a hint of bitterness.

In the empty palace, only candlelight flickered in the wind not far away, as if mocking her remaining innocence.

"Even now, I still have expectations for him. She shook her head slowly: "Sure enough, his rhetoric still made me shake a little, and I really believe that he regretted it." ”

"The emperor has arrived—" Just as she sneered, she suddenly heard someone shouting at the gate of Yong'an Palace.

This is like a switch, which makes the originally silent palace come alive all of a sudden.

Whether it is the eunuchs and palace maids outside, or the entire palace, it seems that because of the arrival of the master of the whole country, it seems that the brilliance has been born, but the queen, who used to perform with her, suddenly felt tired.

She frowned faintly, and only paced slowly.

A female official came in from outside and reminded: "Niangniang, the emperor has taken a few people to Yong'an Palace, and he has arrived at the palace gate." ”

"Then let's go out with the main palace to meet you. The queen said coldly.

Although the relationship between the emperor and the queen has been cold for more than ten years, on the surface, the two of them have maintained due respect to each other, and the queen is just not out of Yong'an Palace, but when the emperor comes, she may say that she is sick and will be polite when she sees it.

Only from some time ago, the relationship between the two broke the ice, and the entire Yong'an Palace seemed to have suddenly recovered the atmosphere in the queen's palace from a luxurious and cold palace.

At this time, seeing the queen's cold attitude, the female official opened her mouth to persuade something, but in the end she still closed it.