There are real magic in this world. The evil caused by witches and poisons is very deep and has been jealous of all the imperial courts. The monster clan is even more of a problem. The prince is a dragon. If he wants to fight for the heir when there is no prince, although he is not allowed, he is actually a human being.
Common sense.
Therefore, he secretly recruited and made friends with some people, and even secretly raised some private soldiers, but the emperor was not too harsh.
But recruiting sorcerers or having liaisons with demons were the only two things the emperor could not tolerate.
However, because the evidence was not yet available, and the King of Qi still needed to check and balance with his two sons, King Shu and King Lu, the emperor did not immediately scold him.
The emperor swallowed, stared at King Qi, and made up his mind. Originally, he wanted to discuss the matter of the Dragon Girl, but now there is no need to delay it.
If King Qi is further involved, how will he end up? Will he kill another son?
Thinking of this, the emperor had no expression on his face and said coldly: "You have a good heart, but you are just a layman when it comes to flood control and aftermath. If you have this heart, you don't have to leave the capital."
"Luo Pei has great merit in controlling floods, and he is also good at post-disaster management. Now that we have mentioned the locust plague, it would be better to choose him over someone else."
As he spoke, he said: "Luo Pei!"
"Your Majesty is here!" Luo Pei hurriedly came out of class to bow.
"I order you to be an imperial envoy again and go to the three provinces mentioned above to inspect and control the water on the same day. The dragon girl of the Panlong Lake Water Mansion reported by you has made meritorious service to the court. If you have a minister, you can also propose a title to me. You can do more than one mission.
Save yourself the trouble.”
"I respect the decree."
Not only Luo Pei, Taichang Temple is in charge of sacrifices, but also the title of ghosts and gods. At present, Taichang Temple Minister and Shaoqing are both in charge.
The King of Shu, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but smile. In fact, he had not heard the Dragon Girl's secret story, but now he knew that there must be a big problem inside. Otherwise, how could this brother risk taking the risk?
Now that he was beaten back by his father, he was naturally happy. He glanced at King Qi and secretly warned in his heart: "Brother Wang's power is indeed greater than mine."
"I have to work hard to improve, otherwise, I won't even know many things."
How did King Qi know that just by mentioning that he was going to inspect the locust plague, he not only allowed the emperor to give the opportunity to Luo Pei, but also issued an imperial edict to canonize the Dragon Girl?
"I had known this..." He gritted his teeth, but he knew that even if he had known it, he probably wouldn't be able to help it and would still act like this.
He was really unwilling to give up such a huge benefit like this.
Thinking of the various benefits of Heavenly Love, King Qi couldn't help but say: "Father, in fact, my son..."
He wanted to say that he had actually learned about the locust plague, and even if he couldn't take the lead, it would be okay to go out with Luo Pei as a deputy.
But the emperor calmly stopped it.
"Okay! I have decided this matter, no need to say anything more!"
This sentence immediately cools down the person.
The officials all watched their noses and noses, mouths and hearts, and did not dare to open their eyes randomly, but King Qi just felt that many people were watching his joke at this time.
As King Qi, who had rarely been scolded by his father since he was an adult, and who was quite respectable in front of the courtiers, the emperor's cold rejection was not as embarrassing as a slap in the face, but it was not far off.
What is even more difficult for King Qi to accept is that there are two brothers, King Shu and King Lu, in the palace. What are their expressions at this moment? Are they laughing at him for not overestimating his own capabilities and bringing humiliation to himself?
The atmosphere was a little stiff, but if it continued, it would probably embarrass King Qi even more.
An official from King Qi's camp suddenly came out: "Your Majesty, the tributes are kneeling and waiting outside. Do you want to conduct the imperial examination for this year?"
The person who spoke was an official of Honglu Temple. Although he was rescuing the siege, it was natural and did not attract anyone's attention.
The emperor immediately woke up and nodded: "That's it, let's pass it on!"
Then he glanced at the civil servants in front of him, Zhong Fanzhi, the chief examiner of this session. The bachelor immediately came out. Eunuch Zhao quietly came down and presented the imperial edict with both hands, but he still held the gold book. The list of the gold book was
As time goes by, there are always two hundred and thirty-three.
So Zhong Fanzhi took the imperial edict in both hands and walked directly to the palace gate.
In other words, the two hundred and thirty-three tribute soldiers had their knees almost swollen, but they did not dare to move. When the college students came out, everyone was refreshed when they saw this scene.
Zhong Fanzhi unfolded the imperial edict and read it loudly.
"The edict says: On April 20, the 18th year of Chengshou's reign, the first and third grade Jinshis were awarded. The second grade Jinshi was seventy people, and the third grade Jinshi was one hundred and sixty people..."
There will only be four people with specific names read out by the great bachelor.
The first place in the first class, the second place in the first place, the third place in the first place, this is the Jinshi.
And Erjia will be given the status of Jinshi.
When you reach the top three, you are born with the same Jinshi status. Although the world collectively calls these three tops as Jinshi, most scholars only value one and two.
The top two names are Chuan Lu. After the college students finish reading, they will take over the golden book and be responsible for the roll call. They will sing out the second and third top names after these four people one by one, so it is called Chuan Lu.
Su Ziji was at the front of the team. He seemed to have a calm expression at this time, but in fact, he was a little nervous because of the atmosphere.
On the day of the imperial examination, he was disturbed and did not know whether the article he wrote would be able to impress the examiners and the emperor and win the title of No. 1 Scholar.
Although this title is just the icing on the cake, it is naturally good if you can get it.
Therefore, when Su Ziji heard that the first-class title was about to be announced, Su Ziji also held his breath and concentrated.
"First place in the first class of the imperial examination... Su Zi from Shuanghua Prefecture, Guangling Province!"
Done!
Hearing this, Su Ziji felt relieved.
There is no need for officials to remind them that more than 200 people have already received etiquette training before confirming their status as tributes. At this time, they just entered the hall and thanked the emperor according to the results of the training.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live the emperor!" Su Ziji entered the back of the palace and was led to a suitable position by the ceremony officer. He kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, shouting "long live the mountain."
Then he was led to the tail of Zuo Ban in the palace.
In an instant, Su Ziji felt that several eyes were staring at him.
Every move in the court meeting was followed by etiquette. Even at this time, the officials were not allowed to look at them at will. Those who could look at them were people with special status. Su Ziji couldn't help but look around and saw the emperor sitting on the throne, his eyes sweeping over him.
Su Ziji quickly lowered his head. At this moment, he felt the remaining pairs of eyes, one of which was looking at him carefully, and he could see clearly that this was King Qi.
"King Qi is just like the rumors. He is indeed seven feet tall and has a heroic appearance. It is said that there are several dragon scales under his ribs. But I didn't expect that this person also possesses extremely high martial arts, but I can't hide it from my senses."
"The prince's martial arts and literary studies are all traditional, but it is extremely rare to reach this level - he doesn't have half of my rosewood mother-in-law."
"I don't know how much hard work has gone into this."
"It's incredible that the majestic King Qi can do this."