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"Why do you have to ask me to do this kind of thing? Is it so important?!"

The news of the flood in the Wenyuan Pavilion where the files were placed reached the ears of the little emperor, and when he rushed to the Regent's Palace, there was also a fierce quarrel in the small Buddhist hall in the Xiao family mansion. The file fell to the ground.

If Yan Qin saw it, he would be able to tell at a glance that one of the dossiers was the one written by Dugu Liu during the examination.The other dossier belongs to the one that really disappeared among the 150 candidates.

Even if he was so angry, the old man kneeling on the futon and reciting Buddha still looked indifferent and detached from the world.

When the young man calmed down, he stopped chanting sutras and meditating, and only slowly turned the prayer beads with his right hand, and said in a very calm tone: "Do you think your own strategy is better or worse than this Dugu Liu's?"

The young man, that is, this year's Huiyuan, Xiao Hanshan tightened his face: "Grandfather, I just said that, I admit that my writing is not as good as his."

Yes, my strategy is not as good as this person's, but I can't say that it's too bad. If you can't get the first place, there is no problem with being second, not to mention going to the Jinluan Palace. In the palace examination, you don't know who is the number one and who is the second. How many people would care about his false name.

That Dugu Liu is just a grassroots person, how can he threaten his status. "Grandfather, the imperial examination has not yet started, so you have no confidence in your grandson."

Even if this Dugu Liu wins the first prize, it doesn't matter, Dayan will produce a new champion every three years, but in the end, how many champions can come out.

Although the editorial position of the Hanlin Academy is close to the emperor, there are so many editors, and there are only a handful of people who can really leap to the dragon gate.

Compared with children from aristocratic families, it is extremely difficult for children from poor families to stand out.It's not that he cherishes these humble children so much, it's just that the children of the aristocratic family have the pride of the children of the aristocratic family, Xiao Hanshan doesn't bother to use such methods to deal with his opponents.

In his opinion, his grandfather directly ruined a young man's official career because he could win this first name. In his opinion, it was really too cruel.

Facing the emotionally agitated grandson, the slowly spinning prayer beads in the old man's hand finally stopped reluctantly: "Han Shan, you are still too young. The arrow has already left the string, and there is absolutely no reason to take it back. Now that you have done the first If you don’t take one step, you can only complete every remaining step.”

"If you really feel sorry for Dugu Liu, you should think about it. If you didn't beat him, grandfather wouldn't have done it."

It was because he was too confident in his grandson and felt that the descendants of the Xiao family must be the first names, so he didn't care about the matter of the test. In the end, when the file was opened and the names of the sealed candidates were checked, the chief examiners told him At that time, the policy theory presented to the emperor was not written by Xiao Hanshan, but by someone else from Qi.

This child Xiao Hanshan has always made him very proud. From childhood to adulthood, he has been the best son of his generation.But this time, the children that his Xiao family raised carefully were no better than a mere poor family, which really made his Xiao family lose face.

"But, that's not the reason for you to ruin others." It's because he is the second, if he gets seventh and eighth in the exam, wouldn't my grandfather ruin all the previous exams.

For the first time, Xiao Hanshan felt that the kind-hearted old man in front of him was so strange. He understood the conflicts of interests in the family, and he was not really so pure and kind.But this was the first time that he couldn't accept what his grandfather taught him to do.

As a scholar, he attached great importance to imperial examinations.Thinking about it in his own shoes, he studied hard for more than ten years in a cold window. He could have been a senior in high school, won the gold medal, and returned to his hometown, but because of an idiot with a higher status than him, his official career was interrupted. How can he not hate it.

Of course, the imperial examination is held every three years, and Dugu Liu is still young, as long as he has real talents and practical learning, he will wait for another three years.Even if the impact of the matter was not so bad, he still couldn't accept his grandfather's actions. He couldn't accept that it was his own grandfather who personally ruined the imperial examination in the name of his own good and the Xiao family's good. the pure land.

"You child, why can't you figure it out. Grandfather is doing it for your own good too." The old man's loving face showed a bit of helplessness, and he looked at his grandson with the same eyes as he did many years ago, as if he was looking at a ignorant children.

"But Grandpa, I don't need to be like this for my own good, and I don't want to practice calligraphy for many years, but because of this sentence, I will always be shrouded in the shadow of others!"

This is the real reason for Xiao Hanshan's anger. Today, he passed high school in Huiyuan, everyone congratulated him, and he was also happy, but his grandfather taught him to stay behind closed doors for a few days. To imitate a person's handwriting, the more similar the imitation is, the better. At this time, the emperor sitting in a high position will not be able to see any mistakes until the palace examination.

As the grandson of the Xiao family, Xiao Hanshan is very proud of his identity. This kind of pride is given to him by the life of the children of the family for many years. .

A person who is proud enough will naturally not be able to bear the fact that he has to rely on such insidious means to win, and it is still when he thinks that he is no worse than his opponent in other aspects.

Grandfather is the person he respects the most in his heart, and also the person in the entire Xiao family who loves him the most and is the one he is most proud of.So after Jieyuan in high school, his grandfather asked him to temporarily stop the imperial examination, and he obeyed without hesitation, asking him to make friends with the regent. Make friends, go put your hot face on the cold ass of the Regent.

Although he didn't succeed in the end, at any rate, he did all these things as they said, but now he really couldn't understand what his grandfather was doing.

Could it be that Xiao Hanshan spent so much time studying and mastered so much knowledge just to gain such a false name when he entered the officialdom?

Facing his grandson's puzzlement, the Patriarch of the Xiao family only sighed, his expression and tone were still gentle and indulgent: "Alright Han Shan, things have already happened, what's the use of thinking so much, what have I taught you before?" , don’t do useless things. Your time is precious, why waste it making a fuss,”

This old man with a gentle face like Maitreya Buddha spoke softly, but easily smoothed out the young man's vigor: "You are a descendant of the Xiao family, if something goes wrong in the palace examination, then you will become a sinner of the Xiao family .Okay, let’s go eat something first, and then go to practice calligraphy. If you are too angry, you will hurt yourself. Grandfather naturally hopes that you will be well.”

Xiao Hanshan's anger seemed to hit the cotton, which made him feel very powerless.In the past, he admired his grandfather's ability very much, but when his grandfather used the attitude of kindness and majesty on him, he really realized the hardship of those people.

As the grandfather said, he is a descendant of the Xiao family, and he will be prosperous and all will be damaged. If something goes wrong, the Xiao family will not hand him over easily, but if something happens to the Xiao family, he has done nothing wrong, and the result will not Where will it go.

No matter how unwilling he was, he could only vent to his grandfather. The matter had already happened. How could he rush to the emperor and say that the Wenyuan Pavilion was leaked by their Xiao family? It wasn't Xiao Hanshan who made it, but Dugu Liu who came from a poor family?

If he really did this, he would be a sinner of the Xiao family, and he would not be able to enter the ancestral grave of the Xiao family even if he died.Xiao Hanshan's energy was exhausted all of a sudden, and he returned to the study with his head down. He really had no appetite for today's dinner.

It wasn't until the grandson left the small Buddhist hall that Xiao Yuan, the former head of the Xiao family, got up from the futon, pressed a trap, walked through the long tunnel, and arrived at a guest room in the Xiao family mansion.

When he pushed open the sealed floor tiles and got out, the distinguished guest of the Xiao family was drawing a pen on the snow-white rice paper, with a lady as beautiful as a fairy.

When the guest touched the red plum in the lady's hand with colorful petals, and put down the pen and ink in his hand, he said: "Mr. Yuedu."

The person he called Mr. was a thin man. He turned around, revealing the mask that covered most of his face: "You are welcome, Mr. Xiao. You came to see me for Mr. Hanshan."

"Sir, you can predict things like a god. That kid Hanshan couldn't stand this, so he just lost his temper at the old man."

"Children are inevitably proud and arrogant. It is good to let him suffer a little bit." Because he is wearing a mask, it is impossible to tell from the face of this mysterious Mr. Yuedu how old he is, but his The voice is rough and hoarse, and the person speaking is like sandpapering a smooth plate. It sounds like a person who has experienced vicissitudes of life, and he is not too young to think about it.

"What Mr. said is, there is only one point. Is Dugu Liu really worth it?"

It's just a young man, just like what Xiao Hanshan said, there is absolutely no need for them to do this to deal with a poor family boy.

"What do you know? In short, this is what the master ordered. You just do it. After the matter is completed, the master will definitely not treat the Xiao family badly." Mr. Yuedu snorted coldly, his voice was more displeased because of this. It looks distorted and ugly.

When mentioning the mysterious master, Xiao Yuan didn't ask any more questions, and just said politely: "Then wait for the good news from Mr. Wang."

At about the end of this little episode, Yanqin and the regent are almost over.The words of the dispute with the regent made Yan Qin think of a somewhat terrifying possibility.

Some time ago, Yan Yuge told him that he was a broken sleeve, but when he mentioned it today, the other party told him not to mention it in front of outsiders.

If you can't mention it in the Regent's Palace, then tell him, why doesn't he think too much about it.

Moreover, the regent had previously asked the teacher insinuatingly if he had broken sleeves and if he liked Dugu Liu.According to the general logic, he must have deduced that the regent liked Dugu Liu.

But the regent told him that he didn't like Dugu.Of course, on the day of Yuanzheng, the regent said that he had no interest in him, that he had a high taste and looked down on him.

But for these words, Yan Qin didn't take it seriously. He had read countless words, and the man in it was really duplicity. He obviously liked it, but he wanted to say he didn't like it.The Regent III didn't have any relationship with other people. In terms of love, compared with those dudes who wandered in the flowers, he was really too young.

Even he has much more experience than the Regent.In the current situation, it is very likely that the regent has some subtle feelings for him, but the regent does not know it.

Although, he is not tall now, but according to the development of the previous two lives, this year is the time for him to grow up. Originally, the first emperor had a romantic and handsome skin, and his birth mother of humble background who died so early was also Because of her beauty, she was favored by the late emperor.

Although his appearance is not considered to be a celestial being, when he grows up, he is not much worse than his father, even if he does not grow up now, he can be regarded as more than handsome.

Of course, the skin is not the most important thing, the most attractive thing is the interesting soul.Yan Qin didn't say anything, but in his heart he still felt that he was pretty good.

He is so good, it is inevitable that he will be liked by others.The regent is also a human being, so it is impossible to fall in love with him.

Yan Qin, who is very confident, figured this out, but soon figured out something was wrong.

He is the emperor, and the only remaining seedling in the Yanjiang Mountains. He was reborn twice, not to solve the marriage life of Yan Yuge, an older unmarried young man.

Anyway, the regent is still in the stage of ignorance. At this time, men can't see their own feelings clearly, and they are most likely to be led by others to misunderstand who they like.Just let the regent never figure it out, for the sake of Great Yan Jiangshan Sheji, he can only wrong Dugu.

"Who did you want to talk about just now?" The regent's words interrupted Yan Qin's inner thoughts.

Don't look at him thinking so much, but in his mind, what happened in an instant.It's useless to think too much, the point now is not who the regent likes, but whether the regent will interfere with Dugu Liu's affairs, as soon as the regent speaks, all these messy thoughts in Yan Qin's mind calm down.

He showed a smile that I knew everything: "It's nothing, I was thinking about it. I just thought that Dugu Liu is indeed a very good candidate. The only thing is that Dugu's grandfather wanted him to carry on the family. I don't seem to like men, if Uncle Wang likes him, I'm afraid this road will be very difficult."

In Yan Yuge's dictionary, there is no such word as fear of hardship.But he doesn't like Dugu Liu: "I've said that I don't like him, the reason why I pay so much attention to Dugu is that I'm worried that your Majesty will be deceived by masculinity, which will hinder my great Yan Jiangshan for a long time."

"It's the good fortune of Dayan that the King Regent is always thinking of making Dayan last forever." Yan Qin praised the King Regent, with a rare tone of sincerity.

He said so in his mouth, but what he thought in his heart was, yes, if you are thinking of Dayan so much, don't think about him as the emperor.

Dugu Liu, who was far away in the suburbs of Beijing, sneezed several times in a row, not knowing that he was being pushed out by the little emperor to block the gun at this time, and he was thinking, could it be that when he was talking with His Majesty earlier, he pushed the stove out to catch a cold, after all Today, it is really cold.

But it's right to give away the stove, but in today's world, the little emperor's body seems to be much weaker than him, even if he really gets sick because of it, he doesn't regret it at all.

The little emperor, who had no pressure to sell Dugu, would feel no pain in his conscience. After hearing what Yan Yuge said, he only felt it was funny, but he didn't expose it. Exactly."

No one knows what the little emperor and the regent talked about in the next period of time.When the housekeeper who was guarding outside saw the little emperor coming out, it was already an hour later.

The dossier he had spent so much time getting was in the hands of the little emperor, and the little emperor's eyebrows and eyes were a little bit happy, as if he had negotiated something with his master.

The housekeeper didn't know what the two had agreed on, and he wouldn't ask the regent out of such curiosity. Anyway, if something happened in the court, he would know sooner or later.

It was just a matter of a few days later. As a steward of the palace, as long as his master is good, his life will be stable and happy. For the rest, he doesn't think much or ask, and he dare not think or ask.

The little emperor moved faster than he thought.By the morning of the second day when the exam results came out, the usually quiet little emperor went into a rage.

Yan Qin called out the names of several examiners: "Liu Cun, Qi Xia..."

Several officials whom he named stood up, and then were slapped in the face by papers covered in ink.

"Say it yourselves, what is written on it?"

Liu Cun picked up the paper ball thrown on his face, carefully spread out the crumpled paper, and then smoothed out a little bit of wrinkle.

After reading the content on the paper, Liu Pingji and Qi Xia showed puzzled expressions: "What does Your Majesty mean?""

Yan Qin couldn't understand these courtiers pretending to be confused: "You answer Gu's question first!"

Liu Ping said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is the answer sheet for this meeting."

Yan Qin threw out the second piece of evidence, and threw that piece of evidence in the man's face: "Tell me, what's going on with this Dugu Liu?!"

"It's over, the little emperor knows, how did he know?" The official who was reprimanded had a turmoil in his heart, but after so many years in the officialdom, he still calmed down. .

There were not too many Beijing officials participating in the examination, so many people were confused when the little emperor lost his temper in front of the regent.

For those who don't know, this is the first time that the little emperor has pointed fingers when the regent participated in the early court. For some unknown reason, the regent actually let the little emperor lose his temper without saying anything for the first time.

Could it be that the regent has figured it out and wants to return the power to the current emperor? !

This sounds unlikely, although these days, the little emperor and the regent have been quite close, and there are even rumors that on the birthday of the little emperor, he went to the regent's mansion, and it was the next morning From the Regent's House.

Others said that on New Year's Eve, the regent entered the palace, and the New Year's Eve was spent with the little emperor.

But everyone knew very well that when the little emperor called the regent an uncle, it was because he was unwilling.

Although the regent's surname is Yan, he is not from the royal family of Yan.

If the regent really cared about the emperor, he shouldn't be holding on to the government at this moment. You know, after this year, the little emperor will be fifteen, and there will be more than twenty beauties in the harem, so he is not too young.

It's not a child of eight or nine years old. Who are you fooling when you say that the emperor is still young and not suitable for governing?

Doubts are doubts, but the fact is that the little emperor, who has always been like a sheep, got angry, and the regent beside him gave up the place to the little emperor tacitly.

What these people were thinking about was the King Regent's return to power, but in the hearts of the Xiao family, turbulent waves rolled up: This is not yet the palace test, how did the little emperor suddenly know that there was something wrong with Huiyuan's affairs?