The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Shi Anxia asked for mercy for Zhou Weijiang, to spare him the punishment of being expelled from the imperial examination, which was beyond everyone's expectation.

Only Emperor Mingde understood immediately that Zhou Weijiang was a good person. Based on his experience of listening to stories, he was afraid that the father and son of the Zhou family had done something touching in that dream.

I want to listen, I want to know, it’s another day of dreaming.

At the same time, he thought of another point: Zhou Weijiang might have been used by the Imperial College.

When he thought that the highest institution of learning in the North Wing did not teach and educate students properly, did not train talents for the court, but used the power in his hands to put pressure on students and corrupt his people, Emperor Mingde was furious in his heart, but his face did not show it, "Princess Haiyan is kind-hearted. He harmed the students of your Yunqi Academy, but you asked for mercy for the students of the Imperial Academy. It can be seen that you are also a person who loves talents."

Shi Anxia said, "To borrow the words of Master Wei, now that the nations are coming to fight, we should unite instead of fighting among ourselves. Moreover, General Zhou has been stationed in Jiangcheng all year round, not in the capital, and has neglected teaching. Master Zhou has temporarily gone astray, and even if we have to hold someone responsible, it should be the Imperial Academy's fault."

The faces of several officials present at the Imperial College suddenly changed, and they all cried out that they were innocent.

Emperor Mingde ordered, "The Dali Temple, listen to my order and thoroughly investigate the Imperial College! We will know if it is unjust or not after a thorough investigation."

The Dali Temple has been very busy lately, busy taking on cases.

Li Changfeng appeared calm on the surface, but in fact he felt like a thorn in his side. He wanted to get the Li family out of the matter with Wei Yuzhi, so he did not immediately plead for the Imperial College.

He didn't move, and neither did the others in his camp.

Since none of them took any action, the officials of the Imperial College felt that they had been abandoned by the Li family and became disheartened.

This episode passed quickly and the competition continued.

Every game was exciting and there were no accidents.

Yunqi Academy is the biggest winner, and its students are far ahead of the rest and leading the trend.

However, some people still said, "Princess Haiyan is actually using the students to bring down the Imperial College."

"Hearing what you said, I suddenly realized something. Is Yunqi Academy going to replace the Imperial College?"

"You can't be that crazy, right? After all, the Imperial College is the highest institution of learning in the North Wing."

"So what if it's the highest institution of learning? Look at the people trained by the Imperial College in recent years. How many of them made it to the top three? It's hard to even get into the top ten. There's nothing outstanding in the civil examination, and those who want to take the side path in the martial arts examination only want to take the side path. How can they be worthy of the reputation of the highest institution of learning?"

Some people who heard this said agreed with him, "That's right. The emperor has promoted the family education, and he must have found that the Imperial College is not up to the task."

"Didn't you notice? Who are the people from the Imperial College close to?" Someone revealed the secret.

Everyone kept silent, fearing that they would be killed. However, the rumor that Yunqi Academy would replace the Imperial College gradually spread.

After watching today's competition, Shi Anxia went ahead through the special passage and was about to get on the carriage when she heard a middle-aged man's voice, "Princess Haiyan, please stay."

Shi Anxia turned around and saw General Zhou striding towards her. She quickly got off the footstool, stood up straight, and smiled, "General Zhou."

General Zhou clasped his fists and saluted, "Thank you, Princess Haiyan, for pleading for my son."

He had just asked an acquaintance about Princess Haiyan's background, and knew that if it were not for her today, his son would probably be disqualified from the imperial examination forever.

Shi Anxia didn't say anything polite, and just said, "Your son is not with the general, so he must be listening to the general's wife."

Zhou Heng was stunned. What did this mean? Was this related to my wife?

Shi Anxia could only remind him so much, nodded at the other party, turned around and got on the carriage.

Before she could even sit down, Eunuch Qi came out of the Imperial Examination Hall like a gust of wind, and spoke in a shrill, low voice beside the carriage, "Princess Haiyan, the Emperor wants to talk to you."

Shi Anxia couldn't help but laugh.

Emperor Mingde's curiosity is really strong. He is eager to hear the story of the Zhou family.

She lifted the gorgeous carriage curtain, revealing a face as white as porcelain jade, and said with a gentle smile, "Eunuch Qi, I'll go to the palace now."

Eunuch Qi smiled with folds on his face, a little embarrassed, "Hey! Your Majesty, Your Majesty means that you, you go home first, he, he will be here soon."

Shi Anxia raised her eyebrows slightly, and then smiled, "Eunuch Qi, I haven't been back to the Marquis' Mansion for a long time. Please tell the emperor to come to the Marquis' Mansion to chat later."

Eunuch Qi: “…”

This! Could it be that Princess Haiyan really saw something?

He sighed and replied.

Emperor Mingde was not bothered. "It's fine as a marquisate. I just think that since she has already left the palace, it would be too much trouble to ask her to come back."

Eunuch Qi did not reply and looked worried.

You can't explain it to me! After all, you are the one who suffers from lovesickness, even a glance would be comforting. Alas...

Emperor Mingde was also thinking about this question along the way, and discovered clues from Shi Anxia's attitude.

She didn't want him to have any disputes with her mother. Emperor Mingde smiled bitterly and closed his eyes to rest in the carriage.

He just wanted to take a look from a distance... I'm sure Shi Anxia wouldn't believe it.

The emperor left the palace with great concealment.

The carriage he was riding in was very low-key, and looked like an ordinary carriage used by princes and nobles. In fact, the interior was very solid, and it was difficult for ordinary swords or arrows to penetrate.

This was specially made by Cen Yuan for Emperor Mingde, and the material used is the same as the one Shi Anxia owned.

Emperor Mingde sat in such a carriage and began to sigh.

This son-in-law of the Liang Kingdom is really versatile. He has the ability to dream, can do a "talking play", has movable type printing, and can even build an invulnerable carriage for him. Now he has to pretend to be him and take the carriage back to the palace... Versatile! Too versatile.

When Emperor Mingde thought about it, he felt that with the addition of the Northern Propaganda Department to the Six Ministries, no position of Shangshu could accommodate this omnipotent son-in-law.

Liang State will have an omnipotent emperor... I'm so envious.

He suddenly had an idea that if the two countries merged into one, would the people live better?

Beiyi and Xiliang were originally supposed to be one country, but were later forcibly separated due to the division of merit by their ancestors.

There are still many people from the northern wing on the border whose hometowns are recorded in their family tree are actually cities belonging to Liang State, and vice versa.

There are even more outrageous cases where the first branch of some families is in Liang State, and the second branch is in Beiyi.

The two families are separated by a border, and can still chat across the river, but they dare not cross the river for fear of causing unnecessary disputes.

Emperor Mingde was lost in thought.

Two carriages entered the marquis's mansion one after the other.

Shi Anxia ordered the servants in the Marquis' Mansion to retreat, selected a pavilion in Zhengqing Garden, prepared tea and waited for Emperor Mingde.

The gurgling water around is caused by bamboo drainage, various pottery jars and rough water tanks connected and surrounded, and finally converged into a fish pond. Water is then drawn out from the fish pond using bamboo vessels, and this cycle repeats to form natural running water.

Emperor Mingde admired the beautiful scenery along the way. When he saw Anxia, ​​he praised her, "The garden in your mansion is really elegant, especially the running water, which is very novel in design. I wonder which skilled craftsman came up with this idea?"

“It was my mother’s design.”