Lian Erye's Road to Imperial Examination

After reading the letter sent by Jia Yuanchun, Jia Lian's mood became heavy.

Seeing Jia Lian's complexion, Zhuang Jingrong asked with concern, "Husband, what's wrong with you?"

Jia Lian handed Jia Yuanchun's letter to Zhuang Jingrong, "Look at it."

Zhuang Jingrong took the letter, opened it, and stared wide-eyed in astonishment: "Husband, eldest sister wants to stay in Jinjun Palace to collect evidence against the Fourth Prince, it's too dangerous."

Jia Lian frowned slightly, and said worriedly, "It's too dangerous."

"Husband, let's hurry up and find a way to rescue Eldest Sister from Jinjun Palace, otherwise Eldest Sister will be really in danger."

"Elder Sister's attitude is very firm. If we rescue her from Jinjun Palace, maybe she will blame us." From Jia Yuanchun's words, Jia Lian could feel a strong hatred.What did the fourth prince do to make Jia Yuanchun hate him so much.

"Then what should I do, let the eldest sister stay in the Jinjun Palace?" Zhuang Jingrong also felt that something happened to Jia Yuanchun in the Jinjun Palace, otherwise Jia Yuanchun would not have taken the risk to stay in the Jinjun Palace.

"Eldest sister won't leave the Jinjun Palace unless she gets evidence of the crime." Jia Lian sighed helplessly, "Oh, I can only let the eldest sister stay in the Jinjun Palace temporarily."

"But……"

Jia Lian comforted: "Eldest sister is very smart, she won't put herself in danger."

Zhuang Jingrong also knew that no matter how worried he was, he couldn't change anything. He could only hope that Jia Yuanchun was fine.

"My husband is right."

"If the eldest sister is in danger, she will write to me."

From then on, Jia Yuanchun never asked the carrier pigeon to deliver letters to him.This Jia Lian was a little relieved, but also a little worried.No letter came, indicating that Jia Yuanchun was fine.But there has been no letter, which makes people can't help worrying.

Jia Lian didn't tell Jia Min about Jia Yuanchun, the less people know about it, the better, otherwise Jia Min's family can't go back to Yangzhou with peace of mind.

Jia Min's family set off back to Yangzhou on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Jia Lian and Lin Daiyu had stayed in the capital for several months, so it was time to go back.

Before leaving, Mother Jia hugged Jia Min tightly, crying very sadly, reluctant to leave her daughter.

Jia Baoyu was also reluctant to part with Lin Daiyu, knowing that Lin Daiyu was going to leave, she cried terribly.

Seeing that Jia Baoyu liked Lin Daiyu so much, Jia's mother became more certain about her thoughts, but now the two children are too young, so we can wait a few years to talk about this matter.

Seeing that Mother Jia looked at Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu with strange eyes, Jia Min's heart skipped a beat, and she secretly decided to keep her daughter away from Jia Baoyu in the future.However, if you want to go back to Yangzhou now, you won't come to the capital for a year or so, so don't worry about it for now.

No matter how reluctant Jia's mother was, Jia Min's family still left, and Jia's mansion became even more deserted.

The departure of Jia Min's family did not have any impact on the situation in the capital.

The imperial court resumed on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and the civil and military officials have more than ten days of vacation, so they can take a good rest and enjoy the time to reunite with their families during the Chinese New Year. But this year, the civil and military officials are not in the mood to celebrate the New Year at all.

The days during the Chinese New Year are like years for civil and military officials.I hope that after the new year, Emperor Longwu's anger will dissipate, and he will stop worrying about the past.However, this is impossible, because the Yan family did not receive the emperor's reward years ago, nor did they receive the emperor's reward on New Year's Eve. This is a very dangerous signal!

Civil and military officials were all guessing that the emperor would attack the Yan family after the New Year, and that there would be another bloodbath, and maybe they would be implicated.

Thinking that after the new year, the emperor would make another big move, the civil and military officials felt very uneasy.

Time passed quickly, and it was the eighth day of the first lunar month in the blink of an eye.

Early in the morning, many ministers woke up before dawn. To be precise, many ministers barely slept last night, and went to court with trepidation.

Jia Lian came to the court with a rosy face and a bright face. Seeing many ministers looked sad, he guessed that they were probably worried about the Yan family's affairs.

He felt that the emperor's failure to reward the Yan family years ago was a warning. This warning was not only for the Yan family, but also for other people.Before removing the influence of the eldest prince, the emperor will not touch the Yan family.

When all the civil and military officials saw Jia Lian coming, they all surrounded him one after another, as if asking him for news.

Jia Lian said that he was just a small official from the fourth rank, so how could there be other news.He didn't lie, neither the emperor nor the emperor told him, and he didn't ask.

Whether it was the former Jiangnan officials or the Yan family, it had nothing to do with him, so he didn't care much about these two things, and he didn't bother to ask.

The civil and military officials didn't think so, they felt that the emperor valued Jia Lian so much, so he would definitely say something to Jia Lian.But if Jia Lian didn't say anything, they had no choice but to say that Jia Lian was too cunning.

Many ministers asked Jia Lian to drink tea or enjoy plum blossoms after the imperial court.Try every means to get closer to Jia Lian and find out more news.

Speaking of which, during the Chinese New Year period, Liuyuan Mansion was very lively, and the civil and military officials and aristocratic families in the capital all sent people to give gifts, and they were all very expensive.

Because of the corruption of officials in the south of the Yangtze River before the New Year, the civil and military officials wanted to visit Jia Lian in person to get closer, but they didn't dare, so they had to send their family members to give gifts.

Jia Lian wanted to return the gift, but it seemed too unkind to do so, so he had no choice but to return it with a gift of equal value.

Because of this incident, the Supreme Emperor also said that Jia Lian was too stupid, saying that he should accept it at this time, and that the advantage of delivering it to the door should not be taken for nothing.

Jia Lian could only use "..." to express his feelings about this.

Civil and military officials felt that Jia Lian's behavior of giving gifts of equal value was too smooth, neither offending people nor getting closer to them.It's hard to see that such a smooth method was done by someone who just entered the officialdom.

In the nervous mood of civil and military officials, they went to court on time.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Although the ministers were worried and frightened, their voices were very loud.The first time they went to court after the new year, of course they had to show the emperor that they had a very good year.

"Everyone loves to be flat!"

The civil and military officials were all relieved when they heard the emperor's voice with a faint smile. The emperor seems to be in a good mood today, so maybe they will be safe today.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Longwu glanced at the civil and military officials below, and saw that they were all trying to put on a look that looked radiant after the New Year, and he felt amused in his heart.

"Grand Master Yan, how is this new year?"

Seeing that the emperor was the first to call Grand Master Yan again, the hearts of civil and military officials were a little relieved, but when the emperor asked Yan Taishi how the year was going, the hearts of all civil and military officials became heavy again.

Jia Lian, who was standing at the end of the line, twitched the corner of his mouth when he heard this question, and complained in his heart, the emperor definitely did it on purpose!

Grand Master Yan chatted with the emperor about interesting things during the Chinese New Year, as if nothing happened a year ago.

The emperor heard it with gusto, and couldn't see any dissatisfaction with the Yan family at all.

Civil and military officials couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw the pair of monarchs and ministers talking happily.Seeing that the emperor and Grand Master Yan are still the same as before, it should be fine.

After the emperor chatted with Taishi Yan, he chatted with the Cabinet University scholar Ming about the Chinese New Year.

After chatting with Bachelor Ming, the emperor skipped over the others and called Jia Lian directly.

Seeing this scene, all the civil and military officials felt sour in their hearts, the emperor really favored Jia Lian too much.

Jia Lian told the emperor many interesting things that happened during the Chinese New Year, and all the civil and military officials present were very jealous.These people are not in the mood to celebrate the New Year because they are worried about being accounted for after the new year, they are not in the mood to eat or sleep.

After chatting with Jia Lian about the New Year, the emperor named other ministers and also talked about the New Year.

The civil and military officials saw that the emperor only talked about the Chinese New Year and not about other things, and their nervousness and anxiety relaxed unknowingly.

After chatting for more than half an hour, the early morning was over.

The civil and military officials saw that nothing happened this morning, and the emperor was not angry. They all felt that what happened years ago had been exposed, and the emperor would not settle the score again.

Jia Lian saw that the ministers looked worried and frightened when they came to the court, and now they looked like they were surviving after a catastrophe, and felt that they were too naive.

Today is the first day of court after the new year, so the emperor will naturally not settle accounts.After a few days, the emperor will settle accounts one by one.

In the next few days, the morning court was safe and sound, and nothing happened, which made the civil and military officials more sure that the emperor would not pursue what happened years ago.

The danger signal was lifted, and the civil and military officials began to resume their normal lives, doing whatever they had to do, which made the atmosphere in the capital more relaxed.

However, another incident happened soon, and the atmosphere that had finally relaxed in Beijing became tense again.

In the past two days, there has been a rumor circulating in the streets and alleys of the capital that the Fourth Prince likes men and has raised many male favorites in the mansion.Not only that, he was also very tyrannical, killing many male favorites.

This rumor was like gunpowder, blowing up the entire capital.

When the Yan family heard the news, they were also shocked. They didn't expect the fourth prince to have such a hobby.

Those who supported the fourth prince before became uneasy.The eldest prince's people expressed their joy.

In court this day, Emperor Longwu became very angry at the rumor that the fourth prince liked men.The fourth prince likes men, which is a shameful thing for the royal family.

The fourth prince's people interceded for the fourth prince, saying that this matter was deliberately slandered and framed by someone who deliberately discredited the fourth prince.

The fourth prince's people said so, obviously pointing the finger at the first prince's people.

Emperor Longwu didn't know that the fourth prince liked men before, and he only knew about it because of Jia Lian.However, he believed that it was not Jia Lian who said it, so there is only one possibility, and that is the word from the boss.

The eldest prince's people didn't know about this matter, if they knew they would have used it long ago, then the fourth prince's reputation would have been ruined long ago.

The fourth prince is usually very good at disguising, except for his confidantes in the house, no one knows that he likes men, not even the members of the Yan family. It can be seen that the fourth prince is hiding deep enough.How could the eldest prince's people know about this.

Jia Lian's first reaction was Jia Yuanchun, and only Jia Yuanchun.

Before, he wanted to spread the news that the fourth prince liked men, but considering that it was a shameful thing for the royal family, he didn't dare to spread the news.

Now that Jia Yuanchun spread the news, the fourth prince's reputation was ruined.

This matter has spread throughout the capital, and it is too late to stop it.Emperor Longwu didn't say anything, but issued an imperial decree for the fourth prince to stay in the county palace and reflect on himself.

With this imperial decree, the people in the capital believed the rumors even more, and immediately they didn't have any good feelings for the Fourth Prince.

The fourth prince's reputation was completely ruined at this moment.The good reputation he had managed to accumulate over the years was gone in an instant.

The students and literati expressed that they were blind and thought the fourth prince was disgusting, like a beast.

In fact, in the Dalong Dynasty, it was very common for high-ranking officials to raise male pets, and everyone didn't think it was a big deal.However, if this matter is placed on the prince, then there will be a big problem.

The eldest prince's people thought that after this incident, the fourth prince would never stand up again, and felt that their chance had come.