The emperor's heart alone

"Nonsense!" Before Xu Yunjin could speak, Xu Tao yelled, "Are you in charge of these matters? Go to the dining room and wait for dinner. I have something to talk to your elder brother about."

Xu Yunjin still ignored him: "Brother, didn't the emperor ask about Mr. Zhao's matter? Then what does the emperor want to do with this matter?"

Xu Yunting glanced at Xu Tao and said with a smile: "Father knows this matter better than me, you should ask him."

Xu Yunting turned to look at Xu Tao, only to see a livid look: "Let's forget it, I don't think Dad wants to talk to me."

Xu Tao calmed down and said, "It's nothing to tell you, I think it won't be a few days before we have a conclusion, but..."

"Oh, the whole capital will know in a few days, right? Then I know, Dad, you don't have to tell me, I'll just wait a few more days." Xu Yunjin directly interrupted Xu Tao's words. Then I knew there was something in the words, I was waiting for myself to ask him so that he could let me do something, Xu Yunjin said that he refused to be deceived, and directly started to search in his mind for who else could know about this matter .

Xu Yunting looked at the deflated Xu Tao with a funny face, and shook his head: "The emperor has not interfered with this matter, and it has all been handed over to the people below. According to this trend, I think there is nothing wrong with the final appointment of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but It is certain that Mr. Zhao will be deprived of his reputation as a scholar, as for whether he will have the opportunity to take the imperial examination again in the future, it will depend on the final result."

Xu Yunjin is still very satisfied with this result, but it turns out that the emperor has absolutely stopped intervening?Xu Yunjin was a little puzzled, he didn't know what the emperor was trying to sell, and then he thought that left and right had nothing to do with him, so Xu Yunjin put it down and didn't mention it.

"The examiner who leaked the test questions has been arrested, and his charges are very serious." Xu Yunting continued, "In this matter, someone must be appointed to bear the emperor's anger. It seems that the examiner's time is numbered."

Xu Yunting told Xu Yunjin everything, Xu Tao didn't show anything other than his ugly face, at most he just snorted a few times, Xu Yunjin and Xu Yunting pretended not to hear.

Xu Yunjin was satisfied with the result he wanted, and he had nothing to say, but he was attracted by Qingpei who appeared at the door of the study. Seeing Qingpei's expression on his face, Xu Yunjin left the study.

"what happened?"

"Young Master Su sent someone to deliver it." Qingpei handed the letter in his arms to Xu Yunjin, and said in a low voice, "Young Master Su also sent someone to bring a sentence."

"Say."

"Young Master Su said: This matter is getting more and more interesting."

Xu Yunjin raised his eyebrows, took out the letter sent by Young Master Su and began to browse. It turned out that Xu Yunjin asked Young Master Su to collect things and evidence about the Zhao Mansion a few days ago. After reading it, Xu Yunjin also showed a playful expression on his face: "It's really interesting."

Putting the letter back into the envelope, Xu Yunjin handed it directly to Qing Pei: "Give it to Er Shao Zhao as it is."

"Yes."

Xu Yunjin returned to the study with a smile on his face, Xu Yunting wondered: "Did something good happen?"

Xu Yunjin thought for a while: "It's indeed a very interesting thing." He was very happy, but he didn't intend to tell others why he was happy.Xu Yunjin squinted his eyes in a daze. When the truth of the matter was revealed, the face of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials must be very interesting.

"Hmph." Xu Tao snorted coldly, stood up, "Let's go, let's eat."

When the three of them arrived, Xu Jiashi and Xu Yunqin were already in the dining room.Seeing Xu Yunjin and Xu Tao coming in together, Xu Jiashi showed a happy expression on his face, stood up and greeted him: "It's really not easy, Yunjin, you came with your father."

Xu Yunjin supported Xu Jiashi, put Xu Jiashi in the position, and said with a smile: "I'd be very happy to come with Dad, but Dad always dislikes me."

"I just despise you!" Xu Tao squinted at Xu Yunjin.

"Master!" Xu Jia complained to Xu Tao, then turned to look at Xu Yunjin, "Yunjin, a few days ago I saw that your complexion was not good, and I asked the imperial doctor to come and see you but you refused, so I made some ginseng soup , you will drink the ginseng soup after you finish your meal in a while."

Xu Yunjin responded: "Okay, mother, don't worry, I will drink every drop."

Xu Tao coughed a few words: "Where's mine?"

"Your? Not yours." Xu Jiashi glared at Xu Tao angrily, "You don't have any discomfort. What ginseng soup should I make for you? Let's eat your food honestly."

Xu Yunjin glanced at Xu Tao's ugly face, and began to wonder if his parents yelled at him because he robbed too much of his mother's attention?

Xu Yunjin stopped looking at Xu Tao, and started to mention another matter: "Father, if I remember correctly, Xiang Yiping and Mr. Xiang's eldest son participated in this year's provincial examination."

"Oh? Really?" Xu Tao asked with interest, "I'm so busy these days that I don't have time to visit their house. I've met that kid Xiang Yi, and he's really good. If there's no accident, the rural exam is very important to him. There's no problem at all."

"Father, Xiang Yi is the young master of Mr. Xiang's family?" Xu Yunqin asked suddenly.

A smile flashed across Xu Yunjin's eyes, and he interjected: "No, don't you, Sanmei, know about this?"

Xu Yunqin flinched and said in a low voice, "I, I don't know."

Xu Yunqin's abnormality did not attract the attention of others except Xu Yunjin, only Xu Yunting said: "I also saw Xiang Yi in the examination room, and I also read his article specially, but I don't know the ranking. It was easy to do.”

"That's good, that's good, and Xiang Yiping's expectation of Xiang Yi is not in vain." Xu Tao smiled, and his face suddenly darkened, "It's much better than some people who don't know how to make progress! Every day, you know how to be blind." Fuck! What can I do for you!"

"..." Xu Yunjin continued to eat depressedly, and he didn't speak speculatively, and he was talking about him and his father!

As soon as Xu Tao said this, except for Xu Jiashi who glared at him, the rest of the people including Qinghuan Qingpei and others laughed out loud in unison.

Two flowers bloomed, each representing a branch. When Xu Yunjin's family was having dinner, Shi Junji was still working hard to review the memorial.It wasn't until it was completely dark that Shi Junji put down the last memorial, rubbed his temples with both hands, and stood up tiredly.

Zhang Dequan winked at the little eunuch at the side, and the little eunuch went down to prepare dinner knowingly

"What time is it now?"

"Back to the emperor, it's Xu time now." Zhang Dequan said respectfully, "The Second Prince has been waiting outside for a while."

"Well, let him come in." Shi Junji stood on the spot and stretched his legs, "I will have dinner with the Second Prince, let's go down and prepare."

"Yes."

"Brother Huang, I heard that you have been running outside the palace during this period of time. Did you meet some interesting people or something outside? As for what makes you so reluctant to part?" The second prince heard his voice first and then saw him. people.

The second prince, named Shi Junsong, is the second brother of Shi Junji.Although they have the same father and the same mother, they don't look very much alike, and when they stand together, they are only four or five points alike.

"Why, you are allowed to live outside the palace all the time, but I am not allowed to go out of the palace occasionally?"

The Second Prince leaned in front of Shi Junji, licked his face and said with a smile: "Of course not, the whole world belongs to you, Brother Huang, so you can go wherever you want, Brother Huang."

"That's about the same." Shi Junji smiled, and Shi Junji greeted the Second Prince to the dining table, just waiting for the food to be served, "What do you want to see me for?"

"Isn't it just the matter of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials?" The second prince yawned boredly, "Brother, your attitude is repeated, and the officials below don't know what to do. They all ran to find me, and let me find out what the emperor said." The second prince picked up the apple on the table and took a bite, "I'm almost annoyed by them, so I can only come to the palace to ask you."

"Oh, this matter." Shi Jun stepped back without leaving a trace, the second prince was eating an apple while talking, Shi Junji could see spittle flying all over the sky, in order to prevent the second prince's saliva from spraying on himself, Shi Junji thought it was better to step back.

"Well, yes, brother, how do you want to punish them?"

Shi Junji did not hesitate: "It's very simple. The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is not strict in teaching children, and he was fined for one year. The son of Zhao was revoked as a scholar, and he was not allowed to take the imperial examination again for life, and he was not allowed to be an official in the court. Those who leaked questions were beheaded, so as to imitate others. .”

As soon as Shi Junji's words fell, the second prince's eyes became strange, and Chi asked: "Brother Huang, you can't have already drafted the imperial edict, so the only thing left is to issue the imperial edict?"

Shi Junji did not change his face: "That's right, the imperial decree is at Zhang Dequan's place, and it will be promulgated in the morning in a few days."

"...Then what do you want the people below to discuss?" The second prince was a little depressed, and what made him even more surprised was that the whole incident didn't look like Shi Junji's style of handling things.

"There's nothing to discuss. I've already thought about the outcome." Shi Junji didn't feel that his recent repeated strange behaviors had caused headaches to the ministers below. In short, the things he decided would not change.

"..." The Second Prince looked at the meals that came up one after another, and said rather depressedly, "Let's eat."

Shi Junji readily agreed, subconsciously he just didn't want to mention Xu Yunjin's existence in front of the Second Prince, and he didn't feel that it was Xu Yunjin who made such an imperial edict.

"By the way, do you know the Fourth Young Master or the Fifth Young Master in the capital?"

The second prince, who was staring at the dishes and thinking about what he would like to eat later, replied casually: "I know, there are four sons in the capital, five young masters in the capital, and four tyrants in the capital."

"So, you know them all well?"

"Understood? You can't call it that." The second prince's eyes returned to Shi Junji's face, "I don't know any of those people, but I know their backgrounds, families, and things related to them."

Shi Jun gave a light sigh: "Could it be that the upper-level people in the capital understand them?"

"Almost." The Second Prince replied vaguely, and asked strangely, "Why is Brother Huang suddenly interested in them?"

"It's nothing." Shi Jun said very perfunctorily, never mentioning this matter.

Although the second prince was puzzled in his heart, he didn't ask his doubts in the end.