If he remains unknown, the best outcome is to die of old age in the palace. Even if it is to collect the power of luck, he must climb up.
Needless to say, Fan Heng's summons this time was an opportunity. As long as he performed well later and made Fan Heng look good in front of Wang Yue, I think Fan Heng would definitely take him more seriously.
Looking into the hall, one could faintly hear soft laughter. Chu Yi stood outside the hall, while the little eunuch entered the hall.
In the living room, Fan Heng was sitting in the main seat, while Wang Yue was sitting in the guest seat. One of them was in charge of the Chief of Ceremonies, the first person in the inner court, and the other was in charge of the Royal Horse Prison, commanding the imperial army, with great authority.
A young eunuch with fine features and good looks stood beside Wang Yue with a low eyebrow. At this moment, Wang Yue was smiling at Fan Heng and said: "Brother Fan, our ceremonial eunuch has produced many good talents. I am afraid that he will overwhelm your royal horse in the future."
Supervisor!"
Fan Heng looked like a good old man and smiled slightly and said: "Brother Wang has so many talents under his command. No wonder His Majesty relies on you so much."
Wang Yue looked at the little eunuch who was leaning close to Fan Heng's ear, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
"Sir, bring Chu Yi here!"
Fan Heng nodded slightly, and Wang Yue said to Fan Heng: "Brother Fan, since Chu Yi, who is known as the seed of reading, is here, you might as well call him to open your eyes."
Since Fan Heng sent someone to bring Chu Yi, he naturally wanted to prevent Wang Yue from showing off in front of him, so he was not afraid that Wang Yue would know.
Now that Wang Yue took the initiative to speak, Fan Heng naturally followed the trend and said with a smile: "What kind of reading seed? It's just a little eunuch. He has a little bit of cleverness. Someone must be spreading it randomly. Wait until I find out those gossips.
Guys, they must tear their mouths apart!"
Although he knew that Wang Yue must have placed people in his Royal Horse Prison, just like he had placed people in the Li Prison, but what happened on his side reached Wang Yue's ears so quickly, Fan Heng was certainly not happy.
How happy.
So Fan Heng said it half as a joke and half as a warning to find out those who gossip.
Although the two are brothers, they have never stopped fighting overtly and covertly.
Wang Yue smiled and nodded: "Brother Fan is saying that you must not be merciful to those who dare to talk nonsense."
The two exchanged sharp words, and Chu Yi slowly walked into the hall.
He had seen Fan Heng before. Needless to say, the other person sitting there, whose aura was not as impressive as Fan Heng's, was naturally Wang Yue, the eunuch and chief eunuch.
This was the internal minister of the Ming Dynasty, with great authority. Even the cabinet ministers had to show some courtesy to him.
"Chu Yi pays homage to the manager!"
Fan Heng waved his hand and said to Chu Yi: "Chu Yi, come on, let me introduce you to our family. This is General Manager Wang Yue. Why don't you come and greet the General Manager?"
Chu Yi was busy greeting Wang Yue.
Wang Yue glanced at Chu Yi. At that moment, Chu Yi felt like he had been seen through. Wang Yue nodded slightly and said, "Not bad, but I don't know if it is as rumored."
Fan Heng snorted softly and said: "Chu Yi, I recruited you today to test you. If you perform well, I will definitely reward you."
The little eunuch standing next to Wang Yue was also looking at Chu Yi at this moment. This little eunuch seemed to be about the same age as Chu Yi, but his eyes were a bit softer and he didn't look like an ordinary little eunuch.
Wang Yue narrowed his eyes and said to the little eunuch: "Shaoqin, you have to compete with Chu Yi to see who is stronger or weaker between you two."
Cao Shaoqin bowed and walked towards Chu Yi. When he came to Chu Yi, he cupped his hands and said, "I am Cao Shaoqin, an ordinary eunuch under the prince's family."
Chu Yi couldn't help but smile when he heard this. This Cao Shaoqin was really extraordinary. He hadn't even started taking exams yet, but his words had already revealed his unusual thoughts.
"I'm Chu Yi."
Seeing Chu Yi so calm, Cao Shaoqin couldn't help but be more vigilant towards Chu Yi. He knew very well that today's competition between him and Chu Yi was related to the reputation of Fan Heng and Wang Yue. Considering how favored he was in front of Wang Yue, he lost.
It's not scary. If he loses too ugly, he might fall out of favor with Wang Yue.
Once he falls out of favor, without Wang Yue's protection, those who are secretly jealous of him will pounce on him one by one like jackals, tigers and leopards, and then he will probably die.
Cao Shaoqin knew very well that Chu Yi could lose, and even if he failed, at most he would lose the opportunity to be valued by Fan Heng. And he was different from Chu Yi, so he had to go all out.
Fan Heng said to Wang Yue: "Your Majesty, why don't you and I each come up with a question?"
Wang Yue just pondered for a moment, smiled and nodded: "That's very good."
Fan Heng said with a smile: "The first question will come first to you, prince."
Wang Yue was not polite at all. He turned to Chu Yi and Cao Shaoqin in a moment of concentration and said, "Today I will test your mastery of the Four Books and Five Classics."
As he said this, Wang Yue turned to Fan Heng and said, "Please bring me the Four Books and Five Classics."
Although he didn't know what Wang Yue wanted the Four Books and Five Classics to do, Fan Heng still nodded to the little eunuch who was accompanying him, and soon a set of the Four Books and Five Classics was brought out. It was brand new and exuded the fragrance of ink.
Wang Yue grabbed it casually, took out a book, opened it and said, "Zhongyong, page 38."
"The Analects of Confucius, page 62, University, page 13, Mencius, page 21."
Fan Heng on the side couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Wang Yue's way of taking the exam, and then he laughed. If it was a certain volume or a certain sentence of the Forty-Five Classics, it would really be hard for Chu.
Yi and Cao Shaoqin, but Wang Yue did not test the specific content of the school, but directly tested the content on a certain page of the school, which was difficult.
Not to mention Fan Heng, Chu Yi and Cao Shaoqin were all a little confused. Just looking at their expressions, it was clear that they had never paid attention to the number of pages.
I have to say that Wang Yue's examination was a bit unexpected and quite tricky.
Fan Heng took a deep breath and said slowly: "Since the prince is testing your four books and five classics, I will test your chess skills. You all know how to play Go."
Chu Yi and Cao Shaoqin looked at each other and nodded in unison.
Fan Heng waved his hand and said: "In that case, you two will play a game of chess later. You must know that there are great principles in this game of Go."
Wang Yue looked at Chu Yi and Cao Shaoqin with a smile and said, "Let's get started."
A young eunuch gave them paper and pen, and they each pondered.
Normally, they had never paid attention to what was on a certain page of the Forty-Five Sutras, so now they could only rely on their rough memories to infer that a certain paragraph they were reciting might be on a certain page.
However, relying on this method is obviously not very reliable. For Go, Chu Yi asked himself that he had no talent. Just now he noticed the excitement flashing in Cao Shaoqin's eyes when Fan Heng mentioned Go. Needless to say, Cao Shaoqin was very likely to
He has extremely high talent and attainments in Go.
Therefore, if Chu Yi wanted to reverse the situation, he could only pin his hopes on the school examination proposed by Wang Yue.
