Lu Jiao hurriedly reassured them: "Yes, your father likes you, he won't be someone else's son-in-law, he is not rare." ”"Daddy likes mothers too."
Dabao said solemnly.The other three little ones only nodded, and Erbao thought of Lin Ruyue who appeared earlier, and immediately looked at Lu Jiao and said, "Does that bad woman want to be my father's concubine?"
”Sanbao and Sibao said one after the other: "She dreamed, my father promised us not to take a concubine, if he dares to take a concubine, we don't want him, and live with my mother." ”Xiao Sibao stretched out his hand to hug Lu Jiao's arm: "Mother, don't worry, we will protect you, if your father dares to be someone's son-in-law, we don't want him, live with my mother." ”Lu Jiao couldn't help laughing: "Okay." ”The little ones immediately laughed happily.Not long after the carriage left the restaurant, Tong Yi came back and quickly reported the situation to Lu Jiao: "Lady, Liu Gongzi's study has already been sorted out, and there are no flaws. ”When Lu Jiao heard this, she immediately thought of Liu Shoufu, as the first assistant of Da Zhou, he must be an old fox, what she can think of, Liu Shoufu must also be able to think of it, so he must have been prepared.So she's worried in vain, but it's good to confirm.Lu Jiao breathed a sigh of relief, but what she didn't know was that Tong Yi left Liu's mansion on the front foot, and the emperor's secret agent on the back foot quietly entered the Liu family and their study to investigate.In the palace, the old emperor was looking at the palace exam questions of the champion list.On one side, Sun Mingliang, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and Hua Chengze, a cabinet scholar, were waiting respectfully on the side.The old emperor handed the top three answer questions in his hand to Sun Mingliang and Hua Chengze: "Take a look, see if the answers of this year's champion list and Tanhua are unexpectedly good." ”Sun Mingliang and Hua Chengze are the henchmen of the old emperor, and the old emperor still trusts them.Sun Mingliang and Hua Chengze took the answer and read it carefully, and soon the two of them had a look of amazement on their faces: "These three people have learned it, and a cutting domain can answer so skillfully, especially the answer of the champion is even more reasonable, talented, talented." ”The old emperor nodded in agreement, then pointed to Liu Ziyan's answer and said: "Tanhua seems to be only sixteen years old this year, is it unreasonable for you to say that he is so young that he can hand over such an answer?"
At his age, even if he only learns well, but his experience is insufficient, how can he hand in such a perfect answer?
”When the old emperor said in the end, his face was full of gloom, and his voice was unconsciously cold and gloomy.Sun Mingliang and Hua Chengze glanced at each other quickly, knowing that the emperor meant something.Doesn't it mean that Liu Shoufu guessed His Majesty's thoughts, and thus revealed the exam questions to his son?
If this is true, His Majesty the Emperor is only afraid that he will not be able to spare Liu Shoufu.Although Sun Mingliang and Hua Chengze are confidants of the Son of Heaven, they still cherish their talents, so they quickly spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that a person's ability cannot be measured by age, maybe Liu Shoufu's son has such ability." ”"Your Majesty's exam questions, even the ministers don't know, let alone Liu Shoufu, the ministers think it's impossible."
The old emperor sneered and looked at the two henchmen and said, "If you can't do it, it doesn't mean that Shoufu can't do it." ”Thinking that Liu Shoufu guessed the exam questions he came up with, the old emperor was full of annoyance, and wanted to suppress Liu Shoufu more and more.Sun Mingliang and Hua Chengze looked at the emperor's expression, and clearly determined that Liu Shoufu guessed his thoughts, so they leaked the exam questions to his son.Sun Mingliang and Hua Chengze were a little worried about Liu Ziyan, they wouldn't really get the exam questions in advance, if they were caught by the emperor, the Liu family would be unlucky.The two of them could only pray in their hearts that Liu Shoufu did not guess the emperor's thoughts.The two of them looked at the old emperor while praying and said, "Since Your Majesty suspects that Liu Shoufu leaked the exam questions to his son, why do you still want to order Liu Ziyan as a flower." ”The old emperor sneered: "If you raise it high, it's easy to rectify, isn't it?"
”Sun Mingliang and Hua Chengze were sweating on their heads.The old emperor had already ignored them anymore, turned around and looked at Xie Yunjin's answer again, and after a while he spoke again: "I heard that the son of the Liu family was cured by Xie Zhuangyuan's mother, do you think Xie Zhuangyuan will get the exam questions?"
”Now Sun Mingliang couldn't help it, if he continued to doubt it like this, everyone had problems, Sun Mingliang really wanted to ask the emperor, can't you just make an exam question?
I have to cut the domain, and I suspect people when I come.Sun Mingliang reminded His Majesty the Emperor lightly: "Your Majesty, the answer to the question is also excellent. ”This is to remind His Majesty the Emperor that the answer to the list eye is also very good, is there a problem with the list eye, if so, the top three in the first class this year are all problems.The old emperor listened to Sun Mingliang's words, glared at him and said, "I just talk." ”After the words fell, he looked down at the answer question in his hand, and said casually: "But even if you get the exam questions, the champion's ability cannot be denied." ”The two courtiers on the side of the hall were silent, and they were not easy to answer.The spy sent by the old emperor soon returned, and the spy did not see the emperor, but only told the emperor's close father-in-law about the investigation.The father-in-law, who was serving the emperor closely, quickly walked in and told the news that the secret agents had found.The old emperor's eyebrows furrowed, and his face was incredulous.There was silence in the hall, and Sun Mingliang and Hua Chengze were relieved to see the emperor like this, which showed that the results of the investigation were not as good as the emperor intended.The old emperor on the dragon throne was very disappointed, he originally wanted to take advantage of this incident to suppress Liu Shoufu fiercely, remove him from the position of first assistant, and replace Xu Zhuo, the second assistant, but he didn't expect the result to be unsatisfactory.The old emperor turned around and looked at Sun Mingliang and Hua Chengze and said, "Go and prepare the Qionglin banquet." ”"Yes, Your Majesty."
The two breathed a sigh of relief, thanked the en, and left the hall, behind the old emperor angrily raised his hand and pounded the dragon chair on his side, he turned around and looked at the father-in-law who was waiting for him close to him: "Do you say that a sixteen-year-old boy can answer such a perfect question?"
”The father-in-law's eyes flashed in his close servant, and he said cautiously: "The old slave thinks about whether it will be the champion who guides him, I heard that Liu Tanhua recognized the champion as his sister, and the two families rushed to the capital from Ningzhou together, and the champion should be fine and will discuss the test questions with Tanhua." ”The father-in-law was silent after speaking, and the old emperor thought that there was indeed such a possibility, so he was busy in vain?
In the evening, Lu Jiao asked Aunt Hua to prepare a table of dishes, and also instructed Aunt Hua to add two more meat dishes to her subordinates, and at the same time ordered the subordinates in Steward Xiao's mansion to send two taels of happy money each.At this time, everyone in the mansion was happy, and when Xie Yunjin came back, they all congratulated him: "Congratulations to Gongzi for being the champion of high school." ”.