Unexpectedly, this frail second lady was a thoughtful and intelligent woman. Only she discovered the clues about Bi Wen in the garden.
She asked like this, and Xia Shang had nothing to hide, so he told Li Youlan everything he had said to Lu Pin.
After hearing this, Li Youlan looked sullen: "You are also a scholar, why do you use such small means? Which of the ancient sages is not a genuine person? You...you..."
Before she finished speaking, Li Youlan walked away angrily.
Xia Shang chuckled and gained a new understanding of this little girl.
However, over the next day or so, Li Youlan became very unfamiliar with Xia Shang, and it seemed that she was really dissatisfied with Xia Shang's actions.
In the blink of an eye for two days, it was time for Li Youlan to enroll in school.
Early in the morning, sedans were arriving in front of the gate of Bieyuan.
The same was true for ancient aristocrats when they went to school. They were also picked up and dropped off by private cars, and the treatment was naturally extraordinary.
Xia Shang also put on a green shirt, a small scarf, carried a small bag, and followed the sedan. His already youthful appearance and this immature outfit made him look even younger.
He looks like a boy in his early sixteenth year.
The place of study is in the Xiyuan of the Imperial Palace. The distance is not far, but it has to be walked for five or six kilometers, which is still very challenging for the current Xia Shang.
Jia Shangjie didn't show up, but he had a hidden thread following him.
These hidden lines were not following Li Youlan, but were targeting Xia Shang.
After all, Jia Shangjie is an important minister, and people who can survive in the court will naturally not be simple. Being cautious is Jia Shangjie's way of survival.
Although Xia Hui is just a little book boy, he will not relax for a moment until his identity is clear.
At this moment, Jia Shangjie is still thinking at home.
The hour has passed, but the door is closed tightly. The candlestick in front of the table has burned dry, and there is still a little spark.
Jia Shangjie was lying on the chair covered in fat, as if he was sleeping soundly, but his eyes were still open.
A snort.
The last spark went out and the room suddenly dimmed. Jia Shangjie just woke up from a dream and sat up from his chair in shock.
After thinking for a long time, he shook his belly and opened the door.
The door cracked open a crack, and the dazzling sun shone in, falling in Jia Shangjie's eyes and making him feel dazed.
"grown ups!"
The sound was not loud and Jia Shangjie did not hear it.
"grown ups!"
The sound in front of the door became a little louder, and Jia Shangjie suddenly realized.
"Um?"
"What your Excellency wants to investigate, my subordinates have already investigated."
Jia Shangjie's face straightened: "Come in and talk."
The informant who had been waiting for a long time at the door entered the room, and Jia Shangjie closed the door again.
In the dim room, Jia Shangjie didn't even bother to light the lights and asked directly: "Has the scholar been unusual in the past two days?"
"This person has been honest these past two days. He didn't move around much in the garden all day. He followed the second lady to the West Garden of the Palace early this morning."
Jia Shangjie nodded: "Then his identity..."
"This matter has also been checked with several examiners in Chunwei this year. There is indeed an examinee named Xia Hui, and he is indeed a scholar in the Jiangnan area. It's just that he said that he failed to pass the examination because he did not bribe. It seems that he is not as good as him.
As I said, he also has the test papers. He is indeed not a highly talented person, and it is reasonable for him not to pass the exam. In my humble opinion, this person is just a mediocre person, and it is not a good thing to follow the second lady."
Jia Shangjie raised his hand to interrupt: "Just do what you should do. Don't think about things you shouldn't think about. Just step back."
The informant resigned, and Jia Shangjie fell into deep thought again.
Jia Shangjie has been an official for many years and has already developed an instinct.
When he first heard about the process of meeting Xia Hui on the way to Beijing, Jia Shangjie felt something strange. This person didn't show up earlier or later, but he appeared just when Li Youlan's team was on the way to Beijing, and he happened to be seen by someone.
It was too much of a coincidence.
Also, Xia Hui said he was seeking death, but the day before yesterday I saw him relaxed and at ease, how could he look like someone seeking death?
Moreover, his speech and behavior are very strange, and he does not look like a scholar or scholar.
So Jia Shangjie always believed that Xia Hui's identity was fake and there must be something wrong with it.
It doesn't matter that he is a little book boy, but he has something to do with his future destiny.
Even if this connection is not big, as long as it is a little bit involved, Jia Shangjie must understand it clearly.
That's why Jia Shangjie went to check Xia Hui's identity.
Before this, Jia Shangjie had even thought about how to deal with Xia Hui. He just waited to confirm that Xia Hui's identity was wrong, and he could make Xia Hui disappear in the capital in less than half a day.
But Jia Shangjie never expected that Xia Hui's identity was true. There was really a person named Xia Hui in the spring of this year. Even the hometowns he visited matched. There were examination papers to verify.
This news completely disrupted Jia Shangjie's thinking.
However, one piece of news brought by the informant gave him some comfort.
This Xia Hui himself didn't have much talent, but he attributed the reason why he failed to pass high school to the fact that he didn't bribe the examiner.
It can be seen that this person is not a down-to-earth person, but a real mediocrity.
Sometimes a mediocre person is better than a smart person. The position of a book boy does not require him to do anything. The important thing is that he should be obedient and know what he should do.
In other words, the book boy around Li Youlan needs someone who is easy to control.
Obviously, it can be seen from this incident that Xia Hui is a person who is easy to control.
Thinking of this, Jia Shangjie finally had a smile on his round face, stretched out and decided to catch up on some sleep.
…
At this time, Xia Shang was in a strong shock.
He finally saw the ancient palace, a huge city that was so majestic that it was indescribable.
This palace is a city. Although we can only see one wall now, we can't imagine what the scenery will be like behind the wall.
But just this one city wall was enough to make Xia and Shang feel shocked and unspeakable.
Although I had seen countless ancient palaces on TV in my previous life, compared with the palace in front of me, those were simply mud walls.
When I first arrived in the capital, I felt that the walls of the capital were already high enough, but the walls of the imperial palace inside the capital were even higher. The so-called ten-foot-high wall was not an exaggeration at all, it was even more than ten feet. A straight wall towered straight up, and people stood on the wall.
He is as small and small as an ant.
Looking up, I saw that the city wall was connected to the sky, and the soldiers patrolling the city wall could only see a gray shadow.
The left and right sides are endless as far as the eye can see. This is just the west palace wall. The left and right edges cannot be seen in the field of vision, and it is impossible to estimate how big this imperial city is.
Outside the palace, there are no residential buildings within one mile. The place is deserted on all sides, except for a high wall standing in front of it, which looks particularly majestic.
What is different from the palace that Xia Shang saw in his previous life is that the wall of the palace in front of him has a huge relief that spans the entire wall. On it are strange but very regular semicircular scale-like carvings that are connected together.
, as far as the eye can see.
I heard from the bearer next to me that it was a giant dragon that coiled around the entire palace, so it was called the Place of the Coiling Dragon. (To be continued)