Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

In the imperial study room, Feiyuwei was reporting the news he had obtained in the past few days to Emperor Jingfeng.

"...'Gu Yunji will soon become the third trinity in this dynasty'. I don't know where these remarks came from. When the subordinates and others realized it, they had already swept through the whole city. The streets and alleys were discussing, even The elderly, the weak, women and children are no exception."

Fei Yuwei knelt on the ground with one knee, his face was calm when he spoke, without any leading hints or tone, he was just stating the facts simply: "For a while, everyone was in pursuit of him, scrambling to build a relationship with Gu Yunji in order to get involved in the so-called " "Wen Qu Xing is happy", even among the vendors, there is a wave of enthusiasm, and they all use "Lianzhong Sanyuan" as a gimmick to attract customers."

"There are even people from the same hometown as Gu Yunji, who have already started to prepare firecrackers, plaques and other utensils to celebrate the 'Lianzhong Sanyuan'. They talked with each other with convincing words, as if Gu Yunji's high school champion has become a fact."

Emperor Jingfeng listened quietly, and the fingers holding the pen were bit by bit harder until they turned white.After a while, he loosened his fingers and said in a cool voice, "Oh, I don't even know who this year's No. [-] scholar is, but they decided for me first."

Emperor Jing Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes were darkly black: "According to the current situation, if I don't choose Gu Yunji as the champion, wouldn't I still fail the people's expectations? It's really a good way to coerce people's opinions to force me."

Fei Yuwei lowered his head, not daring to answer.

Letting out a breath slowly, Emperor Jing Feng raised his head slightly and stared at Fei Yuwei: "Regarding this matter, what is Gu Yuanhui's reaction? Have you ever found out whether he is contributing to the flames?"

"Gu Yuanhui over there..."

Feiyuwei was about to answer when Ning Fuhai walked in from the outside, and said to Emperor Jingfeng, "Your Majesty, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment Gu Yuanhui, please bring your imperial examination papers to ask Your Majesty to appoint you first."

"I mentioned him just now, and he came by himself, which is quite a coincidence." Emperor Jing Feng raised his eyebrows, with a somewhat surprised expression, "Let him come in."

Fei Yuwei stood up: "Then this subordinate will dodge first."

Emperor Jingfeng nodded: "En."

After a while, Gu Yuanhui came in holding a stack of examination papers, and knelt down in front of Emperor Jingfeng: "My subject, Gu Yuanhui, see Your Majesty."

Emperor Jingfeng raised his hand to let him get up, and smiled warmly: "Excuse me. The palace exam is just over, and all the papers have to be read within a few days. Gu Qing must be so busy these days that he didn't sleep much, right? Really Thanks for your hard work."

Gu Yuanhui said: "It is my duty and my honor to select talents for the imperial court. I don't feel hard work in my heart. What's more, Master Fang and Master Cai are also reviewing the papers together. I dare not take credit alone."

Listening to Gu Yuanhui's tactful answer, Emperor Jing Feng smiled slightly and did not comment.

Gu Yuanhui bowed, held the answer sheet high in his hand, and asked respectfully: "Your Majesty, all the answer sheets of the three hundred candidates for the palace examination have been read, and I just need to be ordered by Your Majesty. Do you need me to read the papers for Your Majesty?"

The nominal chief examiner of the palace examination is the emperor himself, so strictly speaking, there is no real examiner, only the "reader"—read the paper to the emperor so that the emperor can evaluate the ranking.

However, due to the large number of answer papers and the emperor's daily schedule, it is impossible to judge and read every test paper in person. Therefore, cabinet officials often select some of the better answer papers for the emperor to rank after the evaluation is completed in advance. In the process of personally evaluating the rankings, the examiner is required to read the papers.

The work of reading papers was tedious and tedious, and most of the time it was done by Hanlin officials, although emperors usually preferred to read papers by themselves, making the process gradually reduced to a formality.But there were also some emperors who sometimes had a whim, randomly ordered people to read papers for themselves, or low-ranking officials, or eunuchs who could read, but in any case, there was no such high-ranking and powerful Gu Yuanhui.

As if he had never expected Gu Yuanhui to say this, Emperor Jingfeng paused his pen, looked up at him, and asked with great interest: "Gu Qing is a minister, a minister of the cabinet, and it is too late to deal with the important affairs of the court on weekdays." If you don't leave your body, can you still do such trivial things as reading papers?"

Gu Yuanhui lowered his head, and his posture was neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Majesty speaks seriously. Regardless of whether the official is high or small, they all do things for the court, and there is no difference in essence. What's more, Gu Yuanhui's success today depends on His Majesty's support. As long as he can share His Majesty's worries, I have nothing to do with you." Can't do it."

"Gu Qingguo is a loyal minister of my Great Xia Dynasty. With you as the pillar of the court, I can rest assured." Emperor Jing Feng praised him casually, and he didn't know whether it was true or false, "But you have this If you really want to ask Gu Qing to read the papers, you don't need to. Just submit the ten papers with the best answers, and I'll just read them myself."

"Yes." Gu Yuanhui replied, and then submitted the prepared paper.

Emperor Jingfeng took it with a smile, but when he saw the name "Gu Yunji" written on the top paper, the smile on his face froze for an instant, and his eyes suddenly turned cold.

Throwing the paper on the table with a "snap", Emperor Jing Feng's fierce aura leaked out, and his words were dangerous: "Why, Gu Qing is just like them, thinking that I should send your good nephew—— Gu Yunji, do you want to be the champion of this year?"

Gu Yuanhui knelt down resolutely, and his whole body fell on the ground: "I dare not."

"Don't dare? Heh." Emperor Jing Feng sneered, and held up Gu Yunji's paper, "Then what does Gu Qing mean? Put Gu Yunji's paper on the top so that I can see it at a glance. Doesn't this already represent you Or is it not just Gu Qing's decision, but the result of Fang Shu and Cai Zhichuan's joint discussion?"

The top ranks in the palace examination will be determined by the emperor. Prior to this, the examiners will select some excellent answer sheets, arrange them according to their level, and hand them to the emperor, which is equivalent to providing a reference for the emperor.And the order of this arrangement basically represents the inner tendency of the examiners, that is, the higher the paper, the more qualified they are to be ranked first.

With the wishes of the people outside and the attitude of officials inside, the current situation seems to be united to put pressure on Emperor Jingfeng and force him to nominate Gu Yunji as the champion.

Emperor Jingfeng hated being persecuted the most in his life. Thinking of this, the anger in his heart slowly rose and gradually turned into a prairie fire. The emperor who had been in power for a long time pressed down on Gu Yuanhui like an overwhelming force, his voice was cold and piercing;

"Using public opinion to put pressure on me, with the intention of using public opinion to influence the admission results of the imperial examination. Gu Qing made this move because he felt that I was too young to fully control the government, so I wanted to remind me that without you few pillars, the entire court would not be able to turn around." It's moving, isn't it?"

As soon as the words fell, the eunuchs and maids in the imperial study knelt down on the ground.