Records of the King of Xin'an County

At this time, the sage had just finished discussing with the prime ministers and the six ministers, and he was in a good mood.After hearing that Liu Jijiu was seeking an audience with Xin'an County King, he smiled and called them in: "What? Just after the provincial examination for Jinshi Division, Liu Aiqing and Xuan Qi couldn't wait to tell me some good news?"

Liu Jijiu presented all the answer sheets he had chosen with a red face, and the current affairs policy paper presented by the prince was the first one: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this year's first rank has come out! The 17-year-old first rank The head is No.1 since the Kingdom! Therefore, the old minister couldn't bear the joy in his heart, and came here to announce the good news to His Majesty. In addition to this son, there are one person who can be ranked first, and 21 people who can be ranked second!! This provincial examination really produced a large number of talents! It is really a rare year!! Congratulations to Your Majesty for having so many outstanding talents!!"

The sage was stunned: "Oh? Liu Aiqing has finished evaluating the examination papers of more than a thousand candidates so quickly? However, I remember that the provincial examination law stipulated that the provincial examination should be graded by multiple examiners. , and then select the winners based on the results. Except for Liu Aiqing, the six ministers are also responsible for judging the papers, so they probably haven’t read it yet?”

Liu Jijiu replied very proudly: "Of course, this is only the opinion of the old minister. Only the six princes have finished evaluating the papers to count. However, the old minister does not believe that they can still choose a second one who is so outstanding. The first rank is here! If the time comes, if the ministers can't get over the dispute, let the sage be the master for the veterans!"

It was not the first time for the saint to see the true temperament of this old Imperial College Jijiu, but he still couldn't help laughing: "Okay, then I will read all the examination papers of the first-ranked candidates and give them a ranking. Right now, let the six love ministers grade the test paper——Xu Aiqing, why don't you take a look too?"

He was about to pass the answer sheet to the prime ministers next to him for a look, when he saw the contents of the answer sheet presented by the prince unexpectedly, his eyes narrowed slightly.Then, he picked out all the papers presented by the prince for a closer look, and gave the rest to Xu Ye to his right servant.Such an unexpected move made all the courtiers stunned.But Liu Jijiu and Li Hui, who had already read the papers, were not surprised.Precisely because he expected such a situation in advance, Liu Jijiu specially put the answer sheet presented by the prince at the top.

"Why did Wang Zixian answer three papers when he only read one history?" The sage did not read the current affairs policy paper he was most interested in first, but flipped through it, "After answering fifteen questions, It only took one day? Hehe, what a boy's temperament..." The meaning in the words is that this kid is a little too arrogant.

Li Hui responded immediately: "Uncle can see the three answer sheets, all because of Liu Jijiu's contribution. My son thinks that after the provincial examination is over, uncle should reward Liu Jijiu." He is not the chief examiner, but Young people are not suitable to defend the prince in front of the important ministers.However, if it only aroused the interest of the saint's inquiry, it would be great to let Liu Jijiu respond.

"Oh?" The saint was really interested, "Could it be that Liu Aiqing took this paper?"

Liu Jijiu immediately answered: "Your Majesty is as insightful as a torch." He stroked his raised white beard, a little bit proudly: "Actually, Wang Zixian only wanted to hand in one paper, but he answered quickly, and by the way, he will be The remaining two papers have been answered. Taking advantage of his checking time, the old official took away all three papers. Now that he has answered all the papers, it is better to hand in all of them, so that the old minister can watch him study history. How it reads."

The sage couldn't help laughing: "So that's how it is! Liu Aiqing is really rewarded!! Then how is he reading history?"

"The first volume is indeed impeccable, and it deserves the first place." Liu Jijiu said naturally, "The second volume can also be ranked among the first, but it is indistinguishable from another first-level candidate. .The third volume is a bit reluctant to be listed as the first volume, but it can be ranked as the second volume. It can be seen that he is still a little inexperienced in reading, probably because of the tight time."

"One person has three papers, and each paper is enough to enter the ranking. It is extremely rare." The saint sighed, and then he read the four papers carefully, "Hehe, I didn't expect that this year, I really got a king. The youngest first-class head! Good! Very good!! My heart is so happy!!"

As soon as these words came out, the six ministers knew very well that the title presented by this prince was unshakable.This made them all unbearably curious—what did this 17-year-old boy answer?How could the saint be so favored?And Yang Shijing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, flipped through the examination papers of those failed candidates absently, feeling both amazed and pity in his heart: the one who marveled was naturally Wang Zixian, and the one who pityed was his beloved son Yang Qian.

As soon as this young man comes out, Yang Qian will gradually take away the fame he gained because of his first rank.This is already an irreversible trend, but Yang Qian has been in business for many years, it is absolutely impossible to be replaced by Wang Zixian so easily, there must be a tug-of-war.However, why should they fight over each other? "Cousins ​​and cousins ​​are both first-class leaders"-this is simply a good story, and there are only benefits for both of them, and there is no harm!

Therefore, the most important thing now is to win over this new young man to be used by the Yang family.Both the first and second first-class heads are the Yang family or the son-in-law of the Yang family. How glorious should such a reputation be?As long as the two of them help each other, what difficulties will they not be able to overcome in the future?What do you want and not get?Thinking of this, Yang Shangshu felt boundless pride in his heart—as if everything he longed for was right in front of him, almost at his fingertips.

Because the sage was in high spirits, a group of important officials read all the papers selected by Liu Jijiu, and they all said that his vision was extremely accurate, and these papers were indeed answered well.And the six ministers promised that all the remaining papers will be judged tomorrow to see if there are any fish that slipped through the net.Liu Jijiu extended a warm welcome to this. He will continue to invigilate the Mingjing Provincial Examination tomorrow. It would be great to see the exact results after a day of hard work.

So, until late at night, Li Huifang returned to Prince Pu's mansion.He was not surprised to see Xinke Jiadi in his dormitory, couldn't help curling the corners of his lips, and walked forward slowly.

The young man is lying on the long couch with his head in shape, with a scroll covering his face, as if he is concentrating on reading.However, as long as he gets a little closer, he can find that the scroll has completely covered his face, and only the even breathing sound from below can be heard.

Li Hui gently opened the scroll, and as expected, he found that Xinke Jiadi was already fast asleep.He looked at the peaceful sleeping face of the other party, and his smile couldn't help but grow stronger.For a moment, the exhaustion from the busy days seemed to have disappeared, leaving only joy and peace.

Zhang Fu's mother brought the night snack soup with her maidservant. Seeing that the king of her small county was looking at the sleeping prince, she shook her head and sighed in her heart, and said softly: "Wang Langjun has been here for a while, I think he is waiting He's too tired. Speaking of which, he seldom relaxes like this when he's alone."

Li Hui was stunned, and said with a smile: "Fu's mother is right. He used to be in front of me, and he was extremely elegant. He had never behaved so naturally. Of course Zi Xian was very good at that time, but now he feels even more We got a little closer. Surely it's because although we've been apart for a while, our friendship has grown stronger?"

"..." After hearing his words, Zhang Fu's mother actually thought of "Xiaobie wins the newlyweds" and almost dropped the eight-curved jade bowl she was holding in her hand, "Sanlang, drink the soup and go to sleep early. Isn't it still the same tomorrow?" Do you have to continue to preside over the exam? Since Wang Langjun is so tired, there is no need to wake him up, and let him continue to sleep on the couch."

Hearing this, Li Hui took off the fur coat he was wearing and covered Prince Xian's body, and asked the servant girl to take a thick brocade quilt and cover him with another layer.Seeing his gentle expression and extremely careful demeanor, Zhang Fu's mother was both worried and happy in her heart.Of course, there are more entanglements—does she need to tell Her Royal Highness, who is far away in Luoyang, that the king of Xiaojun has been enlightened, and the person who has enlightened is Wang Langjun?

However, perhaps because the cover was too thick, after Li Hui came back from the bath, Wang Zixian had already woken up.

Li Hui raised his eyebrows, approaching him who was still a little sleepy, and said with a smile: "Who knew that the extremely intelligent Xinke Jiadi was so dazed? In the past, you always woke up earlier than me. It's really rare to see such an appearance. Could it be that you didn't want me to see you before?"

Wang Zixian squinted his eyes, hugged him suddenly, turned over and pressed him under him, condescendingly said: "You probably have never seen such a look before?" The voice became a little more rambling and hoarse, like a fishhook with bait, which made people feel a little flustered.And his eyes are so focused, with a haze of just waking up, which is even more touching.

Li Hui was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that the piece of flesh in his chest was booming, as if it was about to burst, making his blood boil a little bit.The face in front of him was so familiar that he could even draw it with a pen when he closed his eyes.However, it was so strange, so strange that it seemed to have a new look, as if it had added many details that he had never noticed.

"Xuan Qi?" Wang Zixian suddenly came to his senses, thinking that he had been shocked by his rash actions just now, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous, and immediately rolled over from him.

No matter how smart the No. [-] head of the new division is, no matter how enthusiastic and proactive he is in matters of emotion, he is nothing but an inexperienced young man.If he calmed down completely, he might not be able to detect any changes in the other party.It's a pity that he was somewhat nervous when it came to his beloved's reaction.Under the apprehension, he couldn't care about anything else.

"..." Li Hui collected himself and said in a low voice, "It's all right..."

King Xin'an felt a little annoyed by his reaction just now.He instinctively felt that something that might change his life had happened, but he was powerless to stop it.If there is nothing he can do, he can only temporarily bury these changes that are enough to shake everything in his heart.So, he decided to pretend nothing had happened.

Seeing that his expression returned to normal, Wang Zixian heaved a sigh of relief: "What did you call me just now? 'Xin Ke Jia No. [-] champion'? What? The judges have already read all the answer papers? It's so fast?"

"No, I just read the answer sheet recommended by Liu Jijiu, and my uncle hand-picked you as the number one." Li Hui smiled slightly, "Zixian, how did you see the hidden worries in Uncle's heart? It seems that you Those answers really fit his wishes. Speaking of which, even I don’t know, there is actually another force that has been secretly coveting for a long time.”

"The questions posed by the sage imply the holy intention." The prince offered back, "It is said that the Sacred Heart is unpredictable, but as long as the sage is willing to reveal a little bit, maybe he can guess it. Xuan Qi, if you become a The sharp blade between Princess Xingchang and the Yang family, then I may say that it is a hidden arrow to solve this kind of force in the future."

In any case, they will become peerless weapons that the saint is reluctant to let go, invincible.

Volume Five: The Heart Pleases You