Wangfu

Shen Zhuo, who was now in much better health, was reading in the study. He heard a knock on the door. After answering it, he saw someone pushing the door open.

It was his father, King Xiang.

"Changan, why are you reading again? You should read less and rest more during this period. The most important thing for you now is to take good care of your body. You have finally gotten better, so you can't let it relapse."

Shen Zhuo's eyes were slightly helpless, but his face was very well-behaved. He put down the book and looked at King Xiang.

"Why did Father come at this hour?"

Normally his father would not be seen in the mansion at this time.

Hearing this, King Xiang casually sat down on a stool.

"Recently, a new bookstore opened on Jinbang Road in Yanjing City. It's called Wanshu Pavilion. It's said that there are tens of thousands of books in it, and yesterday they were selling the examination papers of previous spring exams."

"I think that although we Chang'an don't need it, I saw that many people have bought it, so I want to ask you, do you want to buy one too?"

"Spring Examination Papers? Are they still on sale today?" Shen Zhuo was a little surprised that someone had the guts to sell this right at the foot of the imperial city.

"Yes, there are not as many people buying today as yesterday, but there are still quite a few."

After saying this, King Xiang's voice suddenly lowered a little.

"Among the people who bought books today, there should be people from various prefectures. I heard that there was a huge quarrel over this matter in the morning court. But now Wanshu Pavilion is fine and is still selling Spring Examination papers."

"Obviously the noble families lost, so there are quite a few people buying papers today. I guess the people who bought papers today are all from various prefectures."

"If ordinary scholars wanted to buy it, they would have bought it yesterday. There is no way they would wait until today. Only officials in the court would wait until today to take action."

"Should I send someone to buy one as well?"

In fact, King Xiang really wanted to buy it. Adhering to the principle that if other people's children have it, my children should have it too, he originally planned to send someone to buy it directly, but after thinking about it, King Xiang decided to ask Chang'an first.

In the past, he was accustomed to asking Chang'an what he thought about Chang'an's affairs.

Even if it doesn't concern Chang'an, he will subconsciously ask Chang'an's opinion on many things.

Seeing this, Shen Zhuo thought for a while before speaking.

"No need to buy it. I have already done the previous spring exam papers five years ago. The teacher has tested me before. There is no need to buy another copy."

"Moreover, our palace is not suitable for getting involved in this matter, nor is there any need for us to get involved."

I know how good my son’s teacher is, and since it has already been written about, I won’t buy it.

King Xiang nodded, and after getting the answer, he left the study and went to the princess.

Indeed, Shen Zhuo had already finished writing all the previous spring examination papers five years ago when his teacher felt the time was right.

Even more than just one or two sessions, and even more than all the papers during the reign of His Majesty the current emperor, even the imperial examination papers from the previous emperor's time, as long as they were preserved, Shen Zhuo had written them all.

His teacher was a more famous master than Mr. Zhang, a great scholar known and admired by scholars all over the world.

His status was so high that even his uncle the Emperor had to respect him.

As his only direct disciple, he had to complete the imperial examination paper of the reign of Emperor Jingyao, not to mention the previous emperor, and hand in a perfect answer sheet.

He started following a teacher at the age of ten. Within just a few years, his teacher began to ask him to write policy essays and even asked him to write the imperial examination papers in advance.

However, he didn't know why he was only allowed to take the imperial examination now?

Perhaps his ability and intelligence are not yet sufficient to enter the court?

Shen Zhuo didn’t know, and Gu Jue knew even less.

Until it was dark and time to close, Gu Jue even extended the closing time of Wanshu Pavilion for today, but still no one from the palace came.

It was not until it couldn't get any darker that Gu Jue confirmed that the prince would not come.

So, early the next morning, Gu Jue came to the Wanshu Pavilion. After waiting for a day without receiving the news he wanted, Gu Jue made a decision.

In the evening, Shen Zhuo, who was about to take a book back to his room after washing up, discovered something was wrong.

On the neatly arranged desk, there were now three thin books. They were the examination papers of previous spring exams that his father had mentioned yesterday.

Looking at the things on the desk, Shen Zhuo was rarely in a daze, and his hand subconsciously touched his neck.

After a long time, Shen Zhuo left the study, and at the same time, the "book" on the desk also disappeared.

Hou Mansion

"Has it been delivered?" Seeing Ying Ye coming back, Gu Jue asked with an impatient tone.

"It has been delivered, but I did not see whether you have read it."

Yingye was a little helpless, because he went at a very good time. After waiting for a while and still not seeing anyone, he returned.

The palace today is different from the palaces of the past.

Since that day, the palace has been much stricter, and the shadow guards around the prince have been replaced by a group of more powerful ones. If he stays too long, he will be discovered.

"It's okay, as long as it's delivered."

Indeed, as long as it is delivered, it is up to Shen Zhuo as to how to deal with it.

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January 27

That was the day after delivering the examination paper to Shen Zhuo. Gu Jue rarely went to the Wanshu Pavilion but stayed in the Marquis' Mansion.

At this time, Gu Jue was leisurely reading a book in the Xiyuan Pavilion.

Suddenly, a muscular man in black came into the pavilion. He walked straight to Gu Jue, bowed and reported respectfully. "Boss, the Third Master has entered the city gate."

Gu Jue nodded, with no expression on his face, but he stopped turning the pages of the book, rubbed his fingers subconsciously, and suddenly asked.

"Do you think I should give Akino a big gift? After all, he helped me a lot."

The man next to him was Hajime.

Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, then said helplessly.

"Boss, if we send it now, it might anger Prime Minister Qiu."

Obviously, Ayi knew what Gu Jue was thinking, and he also knew Gu Jue's bad taste.

The idea was rejected, Gu Jue curled his lips and said, "Forget it, tell him everything that happened in Yanjing, so that he won't come to me and I will have to quarrel with him."

"Already arranged."

Ayi knew that Gu Jue was impatient and had already made arrangements.

Otherwise, if Mr. Gu San really finds Gu Jue, it won’t just be a quarrel.

According to the boss's character, he knew without thinking that the problem would be solved simply and violently by force.

Although they are not afraid of fighting, Mr. Gu Sanye is definitely no match for them.

However, he was worried that the boss would lose control and take action.

The boss's injury has not healed yet, so forget about fighting, he still needs to recuperate. Now they are all watching the boss and not letting him use his internal force. He has just seen results and cannot give up halfway.

After a long time, Gu Qing, the third master of the Gu family, finally returned to the Marquis' Mansion.

He had not planned to come back so soon, but Gu Jue sent a message, not saying what, just asking him to come back as soon as possible. He didn't know whether he should come back for a while, and finally, after asking around for a long time without getting any news about the Yanjing Marquis Mansion, he rushed back in the past few days.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Gu Qing felt a very obvious change.

The Marquis' Mansion in the past was just an ordinary mansion. Now, it still looked as if there was no change, but he still clearly felt that it was different.

Although he had not lived in the Marquis' Mansion for a long time in recent years, he still came back quite often.

Before I left a few years ago, the mansion was still full of old people, but now it has become a stranger. There are also some strong men in black clothes walking around the mansion at will.

Now he had walked such a long way into the mansion, but no one greeted him or greeted him.

All who saw him, saw it and saw it.

There was no follow-up, no expression, some even looked at him, but there was no expression, not even a change in expression.

He almost doubted whether he had entered the Marquis' Mansion or whether this was still his home.

He felt like he had entered a strange mansion, with no sense of existence.

Thinking of the news he had heard on the way back home, Gu Qing frowned.

Just when Gu Qing was about to go to Lord Gu's courtyard first, someone stopped him.

"Xiyuan invites you." A deep voice came.

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