Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Master!? Master?!"

Seeing Hu Fei walking towards Linglong Garden without looking back, butler Qin Hai hurriedly followed him and kept shouting, but he did not dare to really stop him. He could only speak as loudly as possible, hoping that the master waiting in the main hall would

Can hear.

The loud voice spread far away in the already silent courtyard.

"stop!"

Sure enough, just when Hu Fei was about to pass through the middle door, Hu Weiyong's voice came from the main hall door at exactly the right moment.

Hearing Hu Weiyong's voice, Hu Fei suddenly stopped and showed a helpless smile, then turned his head and glared at Qin Hai fiercely.

"father!"

Immediately afterwards, Hu Fei turned to look at Hu Weiyong at the door of the main hall, with a smile that he thought was comfortable on his face.

Hu Weiyong, who was standing at the door of the main hall, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Hu Fei's call, because Hu Fei hadn't called him that for a long time.

"Why don't you come over quickly, the food is already ready."

Hu Weiyong put away his dignity, showed a happy smile, waved to Hu Fei, and said slowly.

Hu Fei had no choice but to slowly come to Hu Weiyong with his smiling face.

"As expected of my son! Good! Very good! Great!"

Hu Weiyong looked at Hu Fei and couldn't help but said.

"so far so good."

Hu Fei waved his hands and said slightly embarrassed.

"Come on, come on in and eat quickly. The kitchen I specially ordered is all your favorite dishes."

Hu Weiyong smiled, took Hu Fei's hand and walked directly into the main hall, pressing Hu Fei gently on the chair.

Looking at the dazzling array of dishes, although Hu Fei was indeed hungry, he had no appetite.

What’s more awkward than everyone thinking you can’t do it is that everyone thinks you can do it even though you clearly can’t.

Facing the old man in front of him, he felt guilty for the first time, and he could almost imagine how disappointed this old man would be in the future when he found out that he had not won the top prize.

"Eat quickly, why are you standing there in a daze?"

Hu Weiyong said with a smile, while he personally picked up a chopstick dish for Hu Fei and put it into the bowl.

Hu Fei nodded in agreement, picked up his chopsticks and started eating, but he didn't know how to taste it.

"I heard that today you were the first candidate in the examination room to answer all the questions, and the time was the shortest ever. Is this true?"

Hu Weiyong looked at Hu Fei and asked slowly, with a kind smile on his face and pride in his eyes.

After hearing Hu Weiyong's words, Hu Fei almost spit out the food he put in his mouth. He wanted to tell the truth, but seeing Hu Weiyong's rare happy look, he gave up the idea and planned to make Hu Weiyong happy for two more days.

"Did the news spread so quickly? Even you knew about it?"

"Oh, I've said it before. A spring wedding is nothing to worry about. For me, it's a piece of cake."

Hu Fei laughed, waved his hands and said.

"It seems to be true, that's good, that's good! But you can't be careless. This is the first game today, and there are two more, so we must keep up the good work!"

After hearing Hu Fei's answer, the smile on Hu Weiyong's face became even wider, and he patiently warned.

"Don't worry, let's see whose son I am!"

Hu Fei nodded and said confidently.

"Hahaha..."

After listening to Hu Fei's words, Hu Weiyong stroked his beard and was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.

Seeing Hu Weiyong's smile, Hu Fei simply changed his mind. Since he planned to make the old man happy for two more days, he would continue to hide it, no matter what would happen when the truth came out.

After figuring everything out, Hu Fei's smile no longer looked like a fake smile, his lost appetite was regained, and he looked at the dishes on the table full of food.

"Old man, would you like a drink or two?"

While Hu Weiyong was eating big mouthfuls, he turned to look at Hu Weiyong and asked expectantly.

"No, during the exam period, abstain from drinking for three days!"

But Hu Weiyong immediately shook his head and refused directly.

Hu Fei rolled his eyes helplessly, continued to lower his head and started to wolf down the food.

But what he didn't know was that his examination paper was about to be placed in front of Prince Zhu Biao.

...

East Palace.

In the main hall.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, Cai Yuanji, the head of the Imperial Academy, is seeking an audience with Xue Ru, the chief seal of the Imperial Academy."

Xiao Qi slowly walked into the hall, bowed and said respectfully.

Zhu Biao, who was looking down at the ancient books, slowly raised his head when he heard Xiao Qi's words, with a trace of doubt on his face.

"Let them in."

Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment and said slowly.

Soon, Cai Yuanji and Xue Ru slowly walked into the hall under the leadership of Xiao Qi.

"Weak minister Cai Yuanji, please see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Xue Ru, a humble minister, comes to see His Highness the Crown Prince."

The two of them came forward, bowed at the same time, and spoke respectfully.

"No gifts."

"It's so late, why are you two here?"

Zhu Biao looked at the two people who came together and couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing Zhu Biao's question, Cai and Xue hesitated for a moment and looked at each other.

"Reporting to His Highness the Crown Prince, the first round of marking for the first exam has ended. These are the papers that have passed the preliminary review."

Cai Yuanji bowed and spoke slowly, then pointed to the stack of examination papers that Xue Ru held in his hands.

After hearing Cai Yuanji's words, Zhu Biao became even more surprised.

"The preliminary trial has ended? Won't the report be reported tomorrow?"

Zhu Biao looked at the two of them and asked doubtfully.

As usual, after each exam, all test papers will be reviewed together by all the invigilators under the supervision of the deputy examiner, and the outstanding candidates will be selected from the preliminary review and then sent to the hands of the chief examiner for final review.

Originally, these first examination papers would not be delivered to the examiner Zhu Biao until tomorrow, but Cai Yuanji and Xue Ru sent them to the palace overnight.

"Back to Your Highness, the Spring Festival this year is particularly eye-catching and the whole city is talking about it, so I summoned all the invigilators to complete the preliminary examination as soon as possible and delivered it to Your Highness overnight."

"But don't worry, Your Highness, although it is completed ahead of schedule, there is absolutely no carelessness. We have conducted a strict and careful review of every exam paper."

Cai Yuanji raised his hands and said seriously.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, you two adults."

"Send it over."

Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment, then said slowly, and then motioned to Xiao Qi to put the examination paper on the desk in front of him.

However, he always had a vague feeling that Cai and Xue seemed to have something in their words.

Then, Zhu Biao began to look through the examination papers on the table seriously, sometimes showing approval, sometimes shaking his head helplessly.

But when he read all the test papers, he suddenly realized a problem and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, because there was no Hu Fei's test paper in these test papers.

"Are they all here?"

Zhu Biao looked at the two people in front of him and asked hesitantly.

"Go back to Your Highness, the examination papers that passed the preliminary examination are all here."

Cai Yuanji cupped his hands and said respectfully.

"Then why are there no exam papers for Hu Fei? He didn't even pass the preliminary examination?"

Zhu Biao looked at Cai and Xue and asked in surprise.

"Your Highness, the examination papers for Marquis Jiu'an are among them."

But Cai Yuanji shook his head and said slowly.

"But I didn't see it."

Zhu Biao said doubtfully, thinking that he had missed it, and hurriedly lowered his head and started searching again.
To be continued...