Datang: Empress mother-in-law sent Li Er to test me

Hu Quhe nodded, and said crisply: "Sir, my family sees that so many people want you to be an official, why don't you want to?"

"You don't understand." Zhang Dun shook his head, "Being prime minister is too tiring."

Hu Quhe opened her beautiful eyes and said, "Even if you won the first prize in the imperial examination, you can't become a prime minister all at once."

"Doesn't that mean you have to be ordered by others?" Zhang Dun waved his hand and said, "Then I won't do it!"

Hu Quhe asked curiously: "Sir, if the imperial court gives you an official position, you don't need to listen to other people's orders, you can make up your own mind, do whatever you want, and you don't have to follow the imperial court's order, would you be an official?"

Zhang Dun was taken aback, "Is there such a good thing?"

If that's the case, then it's not impossible, Zhang Dun rubbed his chin, but is it possible?Totally impossible.

The official position that Hu Quhe mentioned is one level higher than that of a feudal official, and only a prince who has been released can do it!

forget about it!Zhang Dun tilted his head to look at Hu Guang, who was talking and laughing with the diners, and grinned, thinking about how to get another book from Brother Hu to read, which is more realistic!

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The luxury carriage left Zuixian Tower, drove on Suzaku Avenue, and slowly headed north towards the imperial city.

Chu Suiliang sat on the carriage, closed his eyes and meditated.

The old steward of the mansion who was the coachman suddenly whispered: "Patriarch, what you promised His Majesty has not been fulfilled, and I am a little worried about how you will answer when we meet His Majesty."

As the old housekeeper of the Chu family, Chu Suiliang took him as a confidant, and would not hide important matters from him. When he came out of the palace, the old housekeeper was informed by Chu Suiliang of the purpose of going to Zuixian Tower.

The conversation between Chu Suiliang and Zhang Dun just now was heard by the old butler of the Chu Mansion. Seeing that he was about to arrive in the imperial city, the old butler was full of worries.

Facing Li Erlang, the Patriarch vowed that the matter would be done, but now that the matter has failed, how will he explain it later?

Chu Suiliang slowly opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "It's not easy to answer, just say that the matter is done."

Hearing this, the old housekeeper was stunned, and said in surprise: "How did it get done?"

Chu Suiliang laughed and said: "You park the carriage by the side of the road, and the old man will tell you why the old man said that."

"No!" The old butler hurriedly stopped the carriage, turned around and walked into the carriage.

In the compartment, there was a copybook with pen, ink, paper and inkstone on it, as well as the examination paper with Li Erlang's own handwriting spread out.

Chu Suiliang pointed to the inkstone and said, "Come and grind ink for the old man."

The old butler followed suit, and watched Chu Suiliang pick up the rabbit brush, startled, "Patriarch, do you want to write on it?"

"Yes," Chu Suiliang hummed, "If the old man doesn't write, how can he tell His Majesty that the matter is done?"

The old butler of the Chu Mansion put down the ink stick and said anxiously: "Patriarch, absolutely not!"

"If Your Majesty finds out that it was not Zhang Dun who wrote on the paper, but the Patriarch, wouldn't the Patriarch be guilty of deceiving the emperor? He will be beheaded!"

Chu Suiliang laughed, "Blame the old man? Why? The old man helped him accomplish such a great event, and he should be rewarded!"

After speaking, he confidently held the rabbit hair pen and began to write on the paper.

The old butler of the Chu Mansion was at a loss, so he continued to study the ink while looking at the words written by Chu Suiliang.

When he saw the handwriting of Chu Suiliang on the paper, the old steward of the Chu Mansion hissed and said, "Patriarch, your Majesty knows the handwriting you wrote, and when he saw the words on it, he knew it was written by you." ?”

Chu Suiliang lowered his head, with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "What I want is for me to write my handwriting, and what's more important is that Your Majesty can see through it at a glance. If he can't see through, it will be troublesome in the future!"

After finishing speaking, Chu Suiliang thought about Zhang Dun's answer while writing with a brush. After finishing writing, he exhaled a long breath, rolled up the paper, and said with a smile on his face, "Go drive the car, the old man is going to the palace to meet the emperor!"

Tai Chi Palace, inside the Ganlu Hall.

Empress Changsun sat behind the imperial case, holding a teacup in her hands, looking at Li Er who was pacing back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, and said, "Second brother, you have been walking for half an hour, sit down and rest. "

"I'm in a hurry."

Li Er paused, sighed and said, "I don't know how Chu Suiliang is doing."

As soon as the words fell, Chu Suiliang's loud voice was suddenly heard outside the hall.

"Your Majesty—the old minister is back!"

Chapter 116 If everyone is embarrassed, then there is no need to be embarrassed

Hearing the sound, Li Er was shocked, and turned around suddenly to look outside the hall.

Wearing an official robe, Chu Suiliang came quickly, holding the roll of paper he took away.

Li Er hurried to the outside of the hall, and asked anxiously: "Deng Shan, how is the matter going?"

Chu Suiliang panted heavily, and said: "The old minister has fulfilled his mission, and the matter has been done!"

With that said, he handed the roll of paper in his hand to Li Er.

"Okay, very good!"

Li Er looked happy, took the paper and went to the case, spread the paper on the imperial case, and waved to Empress Changsun at the same time: "Guanyin maidservant, come and have a look!"

Empress Changsun nodded with a smile, and sat beside Li Er, looking down at the words on the paper with him.

"what?"

When Li Er saw the writing on it, his eyes narrowed, he raised his head to look at Chu Suiliang, and asked, "Is this what you wrote?"

Chu Suiliang nodded, "It's my minister's name."

Seeing him admitting so frankly, Li Er and Empress Changsun were stunned. Do you still admit that you wrote it?Isn't this bullying?

Chu Suiliang said solemnly: "Your Majesty, empress, the reason why I admit it is because I dare not deceive the emperor."

"The words on it are indeed written by the minister in the carriage on the way back just now."

"But the answer above is not what I came up with, but the answer that I went to Zuixianlou and listened to Zhang Dun."

Li Er frowned and said, "Dengshan, why don't you let Zhang Dun write it himself?"

Chu Suiliang smiled bitterly and said, "I said it, but he refused."

"Zhang Dun also said that he regarded the minister as his elder brother, but the minister regarded him as a fool. He was worried that if ink was dropped on the paper, the minister would bring it back and present it to His Majesty, in case His Majesty asked him to serve as an official in the court."

"At that time, if he refuses, he will be disobeying the order and moving his head. If he does not refuse, he will go against his will, so he will not write the ink."

"This brat!" Li Er couldn't help but scolded, "How can you be such a monkey!"

Empress Changsun looked at Chu Suiliang, pointed to the paper spread out on the imperial case, frowned and said, "Mr. Chu, you said that Zhang Dun came up with the answer on this paper?"

"Yes!" Chu Suiliang nodded.

Empress Changsun looked at Li Er, "Second brother, please check the above answer first."

Li Er lowered his head and looked carefully, the more he looked, the more dignified his expression became, he muttered to himself: "Well said, the posting scriptures are word for word, and the current policy is even more reasonable and well-founded, it is no problem to choose the number one scholar!"

"That's right!" Empress Changsun suddenly smiled, stood up and bowed to Li Er, and said crisply: "Congratulations to my second brother, you will soon be a pillar of the country."

Li Er was taken aback for a moment, then frowned and said, "The answers on this test paper are not written by Zhang Dunluo, but written by Deng Shan. What's the use?"

Chu Suiliang suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Dun can write the minister's handwriting, and the writing is exactly the same. A few days ago, when he was shopping in Dongshi, he wrote the minister's handwriting for money."

Li Er was startled, and suddenly remembered that Zhang Dun had told him about this.

Empress Changsun suppressed a smile and said, "Second brother, you must have forgotten that when we went to Zhang Dun's house, he also wrote Chu Gong's words in front of us."

Hearing this, Li Er slapped his thigh suddenly, and couldn't hide the joy on his face: "I understand!"

"What do you mean, the answer on this paper comes from Zhang Dun's mouth, and Zhang Dun can write Dengshan's words. Once it is posted, he will be unable to explain it?"

"Yes!" Empress Changsun smiled and said, "If Zhang Dun doesn't know how to write Duke Chu's handwriting, it's all right. If this test paper is made public, he can still argue that he didn't write it."

"However, his mistake is that he can write Chu Gong's characters. This is called being clever and being misunderstood by cleverness. If he doesn't tell Chu Gong the answers on the test paper, we will have nothing to do."

Li Er became more and more excited as he thought about it. He looked at Chu Suiliang with burning eyes, and said, "Dengshan, you have made a great contribution this time! If Zhang Dun can become an official in the court, you should be the first one!"

Chu Suiliang looked solemn, and said, "Your Majesty, have you ever been to Zhang Dun's house? Do you also know Zhang Dun?"

"..." The expressions on the faces of Li Er and Empress Changsun suddenly froze.

Chu Suiliang said in a deep voice: "When I was not out of the palace just now, I met His Majesty and the Empress. You didn't say you knew him."

Li Ergan smiled and said, "Really? What I told you at the time was that I didn't know Zhang Dun? Haha, I forgot."

"..." Chu Suiliang looked suspiciously at Li Er who was pretending to be stupid, and said, "Your Majesty, how did you and the Empress know Zhang Dun?"

"This..." Li Er pondered for a while, it's hard to explain to him, he couldn't tell him that Zhang Dun and Princess Changle got together, Li Lizhi was determined to marry him, so the maidservant of Guanyin sent me to Test Zhang Dun, and then get acquainted?

What a shame!

"Father, Mother!" At this moment, Li Lizhi's crisp voice sounded outside Ganlu Hall.

Why does this voice sound so familiar?Chu Suiliang was stunned, and looked back, dumbfounded.

Isn't this the little lady who was with Zhang Dun in Dongshi at that time?

She called His Majesty and the Empress "Daddy", "Aniang?"

hiss!Chu Suiliang took a breath, and said, "Is she a princess?" !

"Huh, it's you?!" Li Lizhi ran in, and when she saw Chu Suiliang who was stunned, she also froze for a moment, and exclaimed, "You were the one in Dongshi at that time!"

Awkward!Embarrassment in uppercase!

Chu Suiliang felt that the air in the Ganlu Hall was frozen, especially when he felt the weird gazes from Li Er and Empress Changsun, he wished he could find a gap on the ground and get in.

He felt this feeling once when he saw Zhang Dunji at the poetry event, but he didn't expect to feel it again!

No, you have to strike first!Chu Suiliang was heartbroken, he couldn't ask them to speak first, otherwise the whole old face would be lost, and he said, "Your Majesty, Empress, you—"

"Dengshan, don't talk yet!" Li Er raised his palm, interrupted him, and said, "I have something to ask you!"

Chu Suiliang said anxiously: "Your Majesty, let me finish my speech first!"

"No, I don't want you to finish!" Li Er said loudly, "Listen to me first!"

"I must say it today!" Chu Suiliang said with a stiff neck.

Li Er resolutely refused: "No!"

"How about this?" At this moment, Empress Changsun said, "Second brother, don't ask Chu Gong, Chu Gong, and don't ask second brother, how is this topic so far?"

Chu Suiliang said solemnly: "Okay!"

Li Er nodded, "Yes!"

Immediately, the two looked at each other, then turned their heads away from each other, their faces full of unnaturalness.

Empress Changsun looked at the two of them with a smile. If Li Lizhi hadn't come, Chu Suiliang would definitely break the casserole and ask the end.

As soon as Li Lizhi came, it was Chu Suiliang's turn to be embarrassed. If there was no previous incident, Li Er would definitely ask what happened, and it was inevitable how to laugh at him then.

But now, both of them are embarrassed, you are holding on to my fate, and I am holding on to yours, both of us will stop in moderation, so there is no need to be embarrassed.

Chu Suiliang coughed lightly, looked at Li Lizhi, and asked, "Your Majesty, empress, can you tell me, which princess is she?"

Chapter 117 The old man also wants to see, what is the difference between the old man's son and Zhang Dun

Empress Changsun smiled and said, "She is Lizhi."

Chu Suiliang looked at Li Lizhi with wide eyes in surprise.

Princess Changle?

The one who had a marriage contract with Changsun Chong and escaped?

Empress Changsun waved at Li Lizhi and said, "Lizhi, he is Chu Suiliang, Chu Qijulang."

Li Lizhi hurriedly leaned back, raised her head and looked at him strangely, "You are Chu Qijulang? Then Zhang Dun wrote your handwriting to pay back the money in front of you, and you just watched?"

do not talk!Chu Suiliang slandered for a while, laughed dryly, nodded without explaining much, and looked at Li Erdao:

"Your Majesty, the tribute exam for this imperial examination is..."

Zhigongju is the position of examiner.

Li Er said: "I asked Changsun Wuji to concurrently serve as the Zhigong Examination. He is the chief examiner for this imperial examination."

broken!Chu Suiliang's expression changed slightly. Changsun Wuji would definitely confront Zhang Dun. Doesn't that mean...

Seeing Chu Suiliang's expression, Li Er smiled, "I know what you're thinking, and I don't think your worry is necessary."

As he spoke, Li Er pointed to the papers spread out on the table, and said, "With this thing, what are you afraid of?"

That's right, Chu Suiliang nodded slightly, suddenly his heart moved, and he said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I want to assist the eldest grandson Shangshu."