When the bachelor walked out of the royal study and passed by the man holding the brocade box, he felt a chill in his heart. He didn't dare to stay, let alone think too much, and left quickly.
In the royal study, the emperor sat back on the dragon chair. After a while, he said to Eunuch Zhao: "Let him come in."
"Yes." Eunuch Zhao hurriedly bowed and went out. He glanced at the alchemist who had been waiting outside for a while, and the alchemist followed him in.
The emperor asked: "How?"
The alchemist replied: "Your Majesty, please take a look and you will know."
With that said, he carefully took out the jade plate from the brocade box and presented it to it.
When it was brought to him, the alchemist hurriedly took a few steps back, then bowed respectfully, stood up again, and stopped talking.
The emperor looked at the jade plate in front of him, pulled down the yellow satin, and saw a picture on the bottom of the flawless white plate, which looked quite clear.
Although it is not as shocking as the floating shadow during the test, the emperor has seen many shadows before. Now that he is getting older, he only likes to see the results of everything and does not personally supervise the process.
The final picture is of a little dragon that was obviously injured in the thunder.
Thinking of the strange phenomena outside during the previous palace examination, the emperor's doubts about bloodline gradually disappeared, but other doubts gradually arose again.
"Your Majesty, your ministers and Eunuch Zhao supervised the whole process, and three people in the palace recorded it. There is no doubt that Su Ziji is of the blood of the former prince." The alchemist holding the jade plate said.
"The result is like this, which relieves my worries." The emperor nodded: "This test will be recorded in the file when you return."
After thinking for a while, he said again: "Record it on the secret file. Okay, let's go down."
"I excuse myself." The alchemist holding the jade plate put the jade plate back into the brocade box, picked it up carefully, bowed and slowly retreated.
It wasn't until the emperor and Eunuch Zhao were the only two people left in the imperial study that the emperor suddenly said: "I heard that Su Ziji's wife was attacked on her way to the chess hall to participate in a chess match? Even my precious daughter Xinping was also attacked.
Surprised, is this possible?"
Eunuch Zhao received the news when he came to the Imperial Study Room. He originally thought of reporting it to the emperor soon, but he didn't expect that the emperor got the news faster than he did. When he was suddenly asked, he was surprised and responded quickly.
"This slave has just learned about this matter and has already ordered someone to investigate the follow-up situation."
After saying this, the imperial study fell into silence again.
The emperor frowned slightly and paced back and forth, as if he was thinking about something.
Eunuch Zhao occasionally raised his head and took a peek, then quickly restrained himself, feeling a little anxious.
The emperor pondered for a long time, and finally paced back and sat back, and read Su Ziji's article again. After reading this, he felt something more.
"It seems to be similar to the one in the general examination, but in fact the underlying charm is even stronger, almost impeccable, and not a single word can be removed."
"I didn't expect him to be so talented."
The emperor finally pointed his finger and said: "There is really no one who can beat this article. Let him be the number one scholar in this session!"
The pen was placed in the blank space on the paper. The imperial pen personally approved the word "A" and sent it back to the examiner. The people there would naturally understand what he meant.
His hand holding the pen was a little unsteady now. He originally wanted to write the character Ji on it, but before he started writing, he suddenly felt disgusted for no reason and dropped the pen again.
He stood up and looked at his slightly trembling hands. The image of Su Ziji in his prime appeared in front of his eyes. He pondered for a long time and said to Eunuch Zhao: "Let the female officials from Yong'an Palace come in."
Eunuch Zhao immediately responded, quietly retreated out, and then re-entered with the female officer.
Although the emperor was in a irritable mood at this time, when he saw the female official of Yong'an Palace, he still managed to suppress it and said softly: "Send this paper to the queen."
"Yes." Seeing no other instructions, the female officer immediately responded, took the paper, and exited the imperial study.
Yong'an Palace
"Your Majesty, it's getting late, do you want to have a meal?" Zhaoxia asked the woman leaning on the couch softly.
The queen said calmly: "It's not necessary for the time being, let's let it warm first."
"Yes!" Zhaoxia saw that the queen was obviously waiting for the female official who had gone to the imperial study, so she hurriedly left.
She also looked outside the door, and finally a familiar figure came back in a hurry. Zhaoxia hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "My queen seems to be in a bad mood. Please be careful when you speak. Don't make my queen unhappy again."
.She rarely eats more and sleeps better these days..."
The female officer who came back nodded: "I know that the news I brought back this time should make the queen happy."
The empress seemed to value this young man from Suzi very much, and now he has won the first prize as he wished. Not only did the emperor not blame the empress for caring about the previous dynasty's imperial examinations, but he also specially sent the examination papers. This is a great deal of kindness.
With this thought in mind, the female officer walked into the inner hall holding the box containing the papers.
When he saw the queen, he presented the box to the queen and said: "Your Majesty, this is what the emperor asked his servant to bring back to you. Su Ziji has been selected as the number one scholar, and what is contained here is his imperial examination paper."
The queen did not show joy as she expected, but took it thoughtfully, took out the paper, glanced at it, turned over the word "A", put it down again, and asked: "Your Majesty, there are still more
Anything else?"
The female officer was a little confused, but she still replied: "Go back to your Majesty, there is no more."
"Okay, I understand. Put your things down and you can go out." The queen said calmly.
The female officer could only retreat.
When the queen was the only one left in the palace, her expression changed and she turned pale with anger: "No. 1 scholar, No. 1 scholar is nothing. He is just a minister."
"Humph, at this point, you still refuse to give him a title. You really chill me."
After saying this, the queen smiled to herself again, but her smile was sarcastic and tinged with a hint of bitterness.
In the empty palace, there was only the light of a candle not far away, flickering in the wind, seeming to mock her remaining innocence.
"Even now, I still have expectations for him." She slowly shook her head: "Sure enough, his sweet words still made me shake a little. I actually believe that he regrets it."
"The Emperor has arrived—" Just as she was sneering, she suddenly heard someone shouting at the gate of Yong'an Palace.
It was like a switch, making the originally silent palace suddenly come alive.
Both the eunuchs and maids outside and the entire palace seemed to be radiant with the arrival of the master of the country. However, the queen who used to perform with her suddenly felt tired.
She frowned slightly and walked slowly over.
A female official came in from outside and reminded: "Your Majesty, the Emperor has brought several people to Yong'an Palace and has arrived at the palace gate."
"Then go out with me to greet him." The queen said coldly.
Although the relationship between the emperor and the empress had been cold for more than ten years, on the surface they both maintained the due respect for each other. The empress just didn't leave Yong'an Palace, but when the emperor came, she might say she was sick and not see him, but she would be polite when he saw him.
Only some time ago, the relationship between the two broke the ice, and the entire Yong'an Palace seemed to have suddenly returned to the atmosphere that the Queen's Palace should have from a luxurious and cold palace.
Seeing the queen's cold attitude at this time, the female officer opened her mouth to persuade her, but closed her mouth in the end.