Due to the sudden death of Emperor Zhu Houzhao and the fact that the emperor had no heirs, the entire city of Beijing was boiling.

Most of the candidates in the Guozi Prison are concerned about the long-awaited palace exam tomorrow, and the news naturally spread to the cabinet yamen unconsciously.

Yang Yanhe, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Yang Yiqing, the secretary of the ministry, first went to Jin to meet Zhu Houzhao's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Zhang, and asked for instructions.

The white-haired Empress Dowager Zhang, who sent the black-haired man, had red eyes at this time, and she was in pain, and when she saw that the old man of the two pavilions came to see her, she hurriedly invited the two to sit down.

Yang Yanhe first took out Zhu Houzhao's posthumous edict and handed it to Empress Dowager Zhang.

Empress Dowager Zhang took it and glanced at it and said:

"It's up to your cabinet to decide for yourself, I'm not in the mood to take care of your business."

Yang Yanhe asked again:

"After all, the emperor is gone, and now there is no owner in the court, and the queen mother still needs to be formulated in your name."

Empress Dowager Zhang replied:

"Stand down, if you need my stamp, take it away from me."

Yang Yanhe hurriedly took out several drafted holy decrees and handed them to the Empress Dowager Zhang, who didn't even look at them, and stamped them all.

Yang Yanhe and Yang Yiqing hurriedly went out to summon hundreds of officials to Fengtian Hall to read the holy decree.

The first article of the holy decree is, of course, to establish the emperor's younger brother Zhu Houxi as the new emperor.

The second is to order all the border soldiers near the capital to return to the garrison and demolish the leopard house.

The third is to arrest Jiang Bin.

Then he said:

"These are all instructed by the Queen Mother."

Most of the officials applauded when they heard this, but many sighed secretly.

Then an officer stepped forward and said:

"Lord Yang Ge, now tomorrow is the general examination of the imperial examination, and it coincides with the emperor's funeral, can it be postponed?"

Yang Yanhe replied:

"Let me discuss this matter with the elders of the six pavilions before deciding."

announced his retirement from the court, and then signaled some officials to go to the leopard room to welcome the first emperor Zigong back to the palace, and the elders of the six pavilions stayed.

The six ministers who had always obeyed Yang Yanhe before could not make a decision on this issue, and Yang Yanhe advocated continuing the palace test tomorrow, but Yang Yiqing and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu resolutely opposed it and thought that Yu Li was incompatible.

At this time, more than 100 candidates from all over the world who participated in the imperial examination gathered outside the noon gate, all of whom heard the news of the emperor's death, and were worried that it would affect their three years of hard study.

At this time, Yang Yiqing and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu first walked to the noon gate and said to the students:

"I'm sorry everyone, due to the death of the first emperor, the palace examination will be held tomorrow in accordance with the ceremony, and there is no emperor himself, this imperial examination has been canceled, I hope all students will work hard to participate in the next session."

At this time, all the candidates said:

"We want to see Yang Shoufu, and we want him to give an explanation."

Suddenly, the scene was chaotic, and many candidates took off their shoes angrily and threw them directly to Yang Yiqing and the Ministry of Rites in front of them.

At this time, the two had to order the soldiers to guard it strictly, and then went back to the cabinet to discuss.

At this time, the scene was too chaotic, and the candidates were all enthusiastic, as if they wanted to fight to the death with the soldiers on the side.

The soldiers did not receive the order, so they had to change into shields and tightly surround the more than 100 candidates in several circles.

Du Buyi remembered the trace of Tiyun, so he cast it, and as a result, he flew to the city wall at once, and the officers and soldiers saw that someone had crossed the wall without permission and all surrounded Du Buxing.

Du Don't forget and ran to the palace, and the officers and soldiers naturally chased after him, but where did Du Don't forget, who had light skills, and after a while, there was no one, so he had to announce that the whole palace was strictly forbidden.

Du did not forget to look in the palace, and after looking for a few times, he actually came to a large hall called Kunning Palace.

At this time, a noble lady in the palace was crying, and when the maid next to her saw a strange man coming in, she hurriedly pulled the noble lady and wanted to run, but Du did not forget to walk over and grabbed the noble lady.

The maid immediately said:

"The bold dog thief actually offended the Queen Mother".

When Du didn't forget that it was the queen mother, he quickly let go of his hand, knelt on the ground, and then said:

"Xiaomin really has no intention of offending the Queen Mother, your old man, I hope you will forgive me."

The Queen Mother was frightened just now, but then she eased up, and then looked at Du Don't forget, not like a bad person, so she asked:

"Who are you, why did you venture into my Kunning Palace."

Du did not forget and replied:

"Xiaomin is also a last resort, Xiaomin originally wanted to go to Lord Shoufu Yang, but he ended up in the wrong place."

The Queen Mother replied:

"Oh, you're looking for Yang Yanhe"!

Then he said:

"What are you looking for him"?

Du did not forget to tell the truth about what he had just done.

After listening to this, the Queen Mother replied:

"I don't want to be involved in your troubles, but the imperial examination is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, and I still know it in my heart, and I can't break it, I don't know what you think?"

Du Buyi continued:

"I think that His Majesty is gone, and the first assistant can temporarily perform his duties and assess all sentient beings, if it is really for the sake of His Majesty's death, this etiquette issue and let me have not selected talents for a few years, will I inevitably lose the pillars of the country?"

Then he said:

"If the country loses the talents of the pillars, won't the foundation of the Ming Dynasty be ruined"?

After hearing this, the Queen Mother said angrily:

"Daming Foundation also gets your turn?"

Du did not forget that he realized that he had spoken too aggressively at this time, so he quickly kowtowed and apologized.

The Queen Mother thought about it, then sighed and said:

"Forget it".

Then he motioned to the palace maid on the side to take a piece of paper and pen, handed it to Du Wuxing, and then asked him to write a will by himself, and then stamped the seal of the queen mother.

Du Buyi took the paperwork he wrote and returned to the exit of the noon gate.

As soon as the officers and soldiers at the gate saw that it was the person who had just broken into the palace, they hurriedly surrounded Du Buxing.

Du did not forget to quickly take out the document he had written, and the queen mother stamped it, and showed it to the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers let him go out.

Du did not forget to come to the door and read to the candidates:

"The Queen Mother's will, tomorrow's palace examination will be held as usual, and the chief examiner Yang Yanhe can act as His Majesty."

When the candidates heard this, they quickly cheered happily.

The officers and soldiers here told the candidates not to make any more trouble, so they also retreated to the side, and Zhu Zhi and Chen Wang immediately ran over to Du Zhi.

Zhu Zhi first asked:

"Brother Du, how did you get this Queen Mother's will? Do you know how grateful these candidates are to you?"

Du did not forget to quietly tell the two of them what happened.

At this time, Yang Yanhe, Yang Yiqing and others also came to the noon gate, and then signaled the generals on the side to come and take the queen mother's documents in their hands to verify.

When they took it over, there was no doubt that it was covered by the seal of the Queen Mother, and it was inconvenient for several people to say anything, so they announced it again and again and never forgot what they had written.

This little turmoil naturally stopped, and the candidates went home separately, and along the way, they were all praised and grateful.

Du did not forget to go back to the other museum with Zhu Zhi.

As soon as Su San saw that Du was coming back, there was a strange man beside him, so he asked.

Du did not forget to naturally introduce to the two, Zhu Zhi saw Su San, and was stunned by Su San's beauty and mature Fengyun.

Seeing this, Du did not forget to wave his hand twice in front of Zhu Zhi's eyes, Zhu Zhi realized that he had lost his temper, and quickly apologized to Su San, Su San also seemed to be very optimistic about Zhu Zhi, and looked at him.

After a while, the servant served a wine and a dish, and the three of them began to eat.

Then the doorkeeper came and reported:

"Someone outside the door is looking for Du Gongzi".

When Du didn't forget to hear it, he was very surprised, and hurriedly went out to see.

As a result, when I came to the door, I saw that it was a carriage, and the driver was wearing a cloak and black veil to cover his face, so he asked Du Buyi to hurry down, and then made a gesture of invitation, signaling Du Buyi to go up.

Du did not forget to look at the driver carefully, it seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while, and he looked at it without malice, so he hurriedly got into the car.

At this time, when I got into the car, I found that there was also a person wearing a cloak and a black scarf to cover his face in the car, and he immediately began to move.

Du Bu Bu unconsciously smelled the familiar fragrance again, so he remembered Feng Niang, and asked the person next to him:

"Are you Feng Niang"?

The person next to him replied:

"You're not knowingly asking"?

Du Buyi hurriedly wanted to hug Feng Niang excitedly, but Feng Niang blocked Du Buyi with one hand, and then said:

"Have you changed lately?

Du did not forget that he had never hugged Feng Niang at this time, so he immediately apologized:

"I'm sorry, Feng Niang, I offended you in a moment of excitement."

Feng Niang replied:

"It's okay, we have such a good relationship, I won't blame you".

Du did not forget to ask again:

"Feng Niang, you always come and go without a trace, and I always can't find you when I want to look for you."

Feng Niang asked:

"Did you really look for me"?

Du did not forget and replied:

"I've looked for you several times in Suzhou, but you're always there."

Feng Niang replied:

"I know, maybe I'm busy."

Du Yi did not forget and asked:

"Why maybe"?

At this time, the carriage had stopped, and only Xiaojiao's voice was heard outside:

"Du Gongzi, do you know why our young lady doesn't want to see you?"

At this time, Feng Niang hurriedly said:

"Xiaojiao, don't talk nonsense".

Xiaojiao was a little angry and replied:

"Miss, I'll make it clear for you today."

Then he said to Du Yiyi:

"Do you know that my young lady has long liked you, in Suzhou, she just wanted to forget you, so she deliberately didn't see you, who knew that he couldn't control himself, and saved you a few times."

At this time, Du did not forget to remember the grace of Feng Niang to save himself twice in Suzhou, and the previous experience on Wudang Road in Xiangyang, and actually shed a tear.

Seeing this, Feng Niang hurriedly took out a handkerchief and did not forget to wipe it for Du.

Du Buyi asked slowly:

"What is the matter with Feng Niang's visit to Beijing this time?"

Feng Niang replied:

"Can't I come to you if I'm fine"?

Du didn't forget to know how to answer for a while, Feng Niang saw him embarrassed, smiled, and said:

"You're still the same as before, but I like you to stay like this."

Then unconsciously rested his head on Du Buyi's shoulder.

Then he continued:

"I was also ordered by my father-in-law this time, and he asked me to arrest Jiang Bin for him."

Du did not forget that when he heard it at this time, Feng Niang came to arrest Jiang Bin this time, and thought about what he promised Zhu Houzhao before, so he shouldn't have spoken for a while.

Feng Niang saw that Du did not forget to reply, so she leaned on his shoulder and continued:

"I don't know if there is a risk this time, so I want to meet you first, and I will act tomorrow."

Du did not forget to reply immediately:

"Feng Niang, you won't be at risk, you are at risk, I will definitely stand in front of you and block it for you."

Feng Niang replied with a smile:

"It's hard for you to protect yourself, what can you do to help me."

Du did not forget to say again:

"I'm not going to let you get hurt in any way anyway, not just because you've saved me a few times, but ......"

The latter words were unable to open their mouths for a while.