Lord, don't be afraid, the princess is not angry

Chapter 111 Fraud
Shi Xiangyuan also thought that if she met Longyu on the street in the future, she could persuade her, but after all, she did not have many opportunities to go to the street, and she has never met Longyu again, and gradually she put the matter aside. After opening, I feel that it is better to stay in Cheng's mansion. I have food, drink and someone to serve, and I don't have to bother to compete for favor. The only regret is that I don't have a child.She still likes children quite a bit. After all, it was Qing Lan who had the foresight and decided to be an aunt early on. Now the three young ladies in the house also sincerely respect her.

Just when she was hesitating about this, Zhuhua found her.Zhuhua wanted to embroider patterns on the gauze cloth, but Qiuyun tried several times but failed to embroider, so Zhuhua thought of Shixiang.After trying to ask Shixiang for help, Shixiang didn't shirk, and later Zhuhua asked her for help several times, and the two became acquainted.Zhuhua always feels that Shixiang is very kind to her, and the kindness is a little too much.Zhuhua also thought about whether Shixiang wanted something from her, but Shixiang didn't ask, and she didn't ask.

The time Xu Mu met Zhuhua, she also went to talk to Shixiang about embroidery. Zhuhua also gave Shixiang a few new head flowers as a gift in return. Shixiang has always liked these.After chatting for a long time, Zhuhua came out of Shixiang Courtyard.When she got outside the door, seeing that Xu Mu wasn't there, she relaxed and went back to the courtyard cheerfully, and took a look at Yinhua who was reading a book under the eaves.

Since Zhuhua proved that those ancient beauty treatments are indeed effective, Yinhua no longer spends all her time on clothes and jewelry.Zhuhua bought a lot of books over the years, and she sorted out all the beauty prescriptions recorded in them and gave them to Yinhua. These days, Yinhua devotes all her mind to researching the prescriptions.Seeing that she was looking seriously, Zhuhua leaned over and stood beside her for a while.

"Sister, you can read if you want, don't point it at the light, it will hurt your eyes easily." Zhuhua reminded.

"Oh." Yinhua responded, turned sideways to Zhuhua, raised her head and asked, "Are you going to see that one again?"

Although Yinhua approves of Qinglan, she doesn't agree with Shixiang who climbed the bed back then. Knowing that Zhuhua has been getting close to her these days, she feels uncomfortable and often gives advice.

Zhuhua nodded, afraid that Yinhua would talk about her again, she immediately changed the subject: "Guess who I saw on the way?"

"Who? Xu Mu?"

"how do you know?"

"Nowadays, there are only two courtyards in the row of rear-covered rooms. Who else can you see besides Xu Mu? Speaking of which, I haven't seen him for many years. I didn't expect him to be admitted to Juren at such a young age. I like you, and I want to take you home as my younger sister." Yinhua said emotionally, then raised her eyebrows meaningfully and looked at Zhuhua, wanting to see her shy expression.

"Isn't he the one who likes you?" Zhuhua said with a faint smile. She and Yinhua were used to bickering, and the words came out of their mouths without stopping for a while. After she finished speaking, she immediately regretted it. , she sighed: "It's a pity you don't like his sister."

The last time Yinhua returned to her hometown, Xu Mu's younger sister always pushed her to ask her for things, but later Yinhua refused to give her, so she said outside that Yinhua was stingy, and Yinhua was angry for several days when she found out.She and younger sister Xu Mu didn't play often before, and when younger sister Xu Mu found out from the adults that her brother wanted Zhuhua to be her younger sister, she didn't take kindly to the three sisters of the Cheng family.Yinhua didn't care when a little girl flirted, she played with Xu Mu since she was a child, and after Xu Mu went to school, she learned calligraphy from him.She knew that younger sister Xu Mu didn't like her, but she chose to go to Xu Mu's house to play, and sometimes she would take Xu Mu to find other friends, but she didn't bring younger sister Xu Mu.

"His sister is indeed not good, and so is his grandma, but he is still a good person. Also, don't talk nonsense. He lives in our house now. If word spreads, do you still want to say kiss ?”

"Anyway, you are in front of me..." Zhuhua muttered, seeing Yinhua's face turned cold, she quickly apologized and smiled: "What the second sister taught is that the younger sister knows her mistake, and she will never dare to talk nonsense again."

"It's good that you know." Yinhua nodded in satisfaction.

"I don't know if Xu Mu can win Jinshi this time. If he wins, maybe some high-ranking officials in Beijing will recruit him as his son-in-law."

"There is no one who can be a Jinshi at such a young age." Yinhua said lightly, the Xu Mu in her memory did not have any amazing talents, and his appearance was also ordinary. If there is any worry, it is nothing more than being serious and hardworking .But he won the examination at the age of 15, so it can be seen that he still has some talent, maybe he can really be a Jinshi.

Even so, Yinhua didn't pay much attention to Xu Mu.

A few days later, Yinhua went out to the bookstore. She felt that Zhuhua's books on beauty prescriptions were too complicated, and many of them seemed to be made up, so she wanted to pick a few by herself.After staying in the bookstore for a while, I saw a lady Mingyan and a young master entering the bookstore.Yinhua was turning vigorously, she didn't even look up to see who it was, but that person recognized her.

"Isn't this Miss Cheng Er? Why don't you go to the cloth shop today and go to the bookstore instead?"

Yinhua looked up at her, didn't recognize who she was for a while, then smiled and glanced at her and the young master beside her, and said, "You are the same, you are so elegant."

"This is my elder brother." The woman said with displeasure, then turned her head and deliberately said to her elder brother: "Brother, this is Miss Cheng Er who became famous with Mr. Jia last year."

Yinhua pursed her lips after hearing this, and immediately sneered, "You don't need to be envious, you are the most famous now."

"What do you mean?" The woman's face changed, and she asked angrily.

Yinhua smiled but didn't answer, and put the chosen Xia Bai by her side, that is, the former Qiu Bai, to let her pay the bill. Xia Bai passed by the woman, but deliberately glanced at her and snickered, helping Yinhua to support her. play field.

"Please explain clearly to me..." The woman stepped forward and asked urgently.

"Yi'er..." His brother stopped her, and Yinhua bowed apologetically.

Now Yinhua remembered who she was, she seemed to be the daughter of the servant of the Ministry of Rites, surnamed Si, the fourth in the family, everyone called her Si Siniang, the elder brother beside her was probably Si, a young and talented young man in Beijing. Saburo.In the past, Yinhua had checked the unmarried sons of civil servants in Beijing, and Si Saburo was the best choice among them. Even before, she would not be selected, let alone now.That being the case, Yinhua didn't pretend to be educated and reasonable in front of him.Just as Xia Bai paid the money and came back, Yinhua bowed slightly and took Xia Bai away, and when she went out, she heard Si Siniang stomping her feet angrily.

Although she secretly laughed inwardly, she felt a sense of sadness. As expected, a bad reputation was bad. It might not be easy for her to find a good marriage again.

"Miss, shall we go home now?"

"No, let's walk on the street for a while and come back."

After hearing this, Xia Bai followed her respectfully, and deliberately kept a distance so as not to catch Yinhua's eyes.Yinhua walked aimlessly for a while, and her mood finally improved. There were many scholars on this street, and there were also many girls standing on the side of the road in small groups to look around. Yinhua walking alone was somewhat conspicuous. .When Yinhua noticed it, she happened to walk in front of a teahouse. Just as she was about to get into the carriage, she heard someone in the teahouse talking about Jia Zechen and mentioned her a few words.She didn't want to be troublesome, so she got into the carriage, and as soon as she sat down, she heard the noise from the teahouse.

Xia Bai probed out to take a look, and replied: "It seems that Mr. Xu, who is staying in the mansion, had a conflict with someone."

"Xu Mu?" Yinhua couldn't help but raised a smile, and ordered: "Can people from the mansion follow? We can't let the guests of Cheng's mansion be bullied outside!"

After leaning out and watching for a while, Xia Bai shrank back and said, "It's all right now, those gossips are not good people."

"That's good, come back."

When the carriage left, Xu Mu didn't know that Yinhua had passed by the door, he thanked the young master who rescued him, and then met Zhang Liang who hurried over.Zhang Liang suffered from offending a nobleman in the early years, fearing that his nephew would commit the same crime, he couldn't help but scold him severely, and thanked the son who helped him again and again, which made Xu Mu feel extremely embarrassed.The young master didn't take it seriously, and after a few pleasantries, he left with a middle-aged man.

Zhang Liang was curious about the identities of the two, but he didn't dare to ask further questions. After they left, he glared at Xu Mu again.

"I'll talk to you when I go back."

"Yes." Xu Mu replied unconvinced, it wasn't his fault in the first place, who told them to say that about Yinhua.

After hearing what they said, he knew that Yinhua's life in the capital was very difficult. A person like her who speaks bluntly and chokes will definitely be hated.Look, isn't someone making up bad things about her to ruin her reputation, and I don't know if she feels sad about it?

Besides, after the young master who rescued Xu Mu left the teahouse, he walked quietly with the middle-aged man on the street for a while, and he didn't speak until he reached a road where there were no students on the street.

"His Highness King Ping and that student know each other?"

"No, this king just sees them as students and hopes that they get along well and don't cause trouble before the exam." Ping Wang said modestly.

"Your Highness is kind, and I admire you."

"Master Zeng is polite."

The two chatted for a few more words, then got into the carriage at the intersection and separated.

This year's scientific examination is still in charge of the Ministry of Officials. The emperor specially appointed the crown prince as the chief examiner, and appointed three deputy examiners. King Ping and Mr. Zeng are one of the deputy examiners.

At the beginning of the new year, the four adult princes all took office.King Ji went to the Ministry of Punishment, which he has always been interested in. These days, he is obsessed with the strange cases in the old files, vowing to solve a shocking case, the shame of not being able to solve the mystery of the bones of Prince Ping's mansion.The fourth prince, King Chu, went to the Imperial Academy, and the fifth prince, King Jiang, went to the Ministry of Rites. In addition, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who worked in the Ministry of Households and King Huo who served in the Ministry of War, several adult princes have real jobs. Followed for a while.Especially the fact that King Ping and the crown prince co-chaired the scientific examination seemed to give the courtiers a little hint. They were all thinking that even if there were other princes who had grown up, the prince who loved the emperor the most was still the prince.

King Ping's position was in the Ministry of Rites, but the emperor intended to transfer the imperial examination from the Ministry of Rites to the Ministry of Rites, so he asked King Ping and another official from the Ministry of Rites to serve as deputy examiners.In the previous scientific examinations, there was one chief examiner and two deputy chief examiners. This time, one was added because he was worried that King Ping's lack of experience would make mistakes.King Ping also knew that he came here just to make a name, and according to his temperament, he would not rush to come up with any ideas. If he had time, he would go to places where there were a lot of candidates. What special news.

He did not expect to meet Mr. Zeng here today, perhaps this is the real reward.

Seven days later, the exam began.There are three exams, each for three days and two nights. After one exam, go home and rest for a day. Even so, in this season when the weather is not warm, taking the exam in the ventilated exam room is not a small test for the candidates' physical strength.The Gongyuan has only been built for five or six years, and the inside is fairly clean, but the food provided is a bit unpalatable.The weather in Chang'an was still very cold at the end of February, and the food was already cold when it was distributed to the candidates. Some delicate candidates couldn't swallow it at all, but these hardships were nothing to the students from poor families.

But there is one hardship, which is more unfavorable to poor students, and that is cold.Needless to say, we all know how cold an open room is. The things poor students use to keep out the cold are nothing more than quilts and the like, unlike the noble children who have fur clothes, and some even prepare charcoal basins.

Neither Zhang Liang nor Xu Lin had these things. Before the exam, the people from the Cheng Mansion went outside to inquire and bought some basic supplies for them. No one mentioned it in the previous exams.The two of them were not envious, it was already very good that the Cheng family could help them so much. Before leaving, the lady in the mansion even asked the servants to prepare two pairs of mittens for them. Unfortunately, when they entered the tribute courtyard, the inspector said Can not bring was confiscated.

Xu Mu was very sorry for a while, he always felt that the glove was made by Yinhua herself.

The day before the exam, he had seen Yinhua in the courtyard, and the two exchanged a few words from a distance.Yinhua hasn't changed at all, she's still the same little girl who looks powerful but is actually timid and easily deceived. She must not know that he believed that she would be his wife since she was very young.

At that time, he was clamoring for Zhuhua to be his younger sister, and he just wanted a quiet younger sister. As long as the younger sister stopped crying, grandma would stop swearing at others in the yard for giving birth to a loser, and her mother would not fall silent. Tears, father will not be in a dilemma.But the family members did not agree to let him change his younger sister, yes, how could they agree.Later, mother secretly told him that when he married Yinhua as his wife, Zhuhua would be his younger sister, so he would have a younger sister who would not cry.At that time, he thought it was really great, he and Yinhua became a family, so he didn't have to stay in the noisy home anymore.The Cheng family is so nice, everyone in the family is always smiling, as if there is nothing to worry about.

Gradually, my younger sister grew up and didn't cry so much, and there was no more noise at home, but this was not because his younger sister stopped crying, but because his uncle opened a private school to teach and let him go there for free. .Seeing her uncle's face, grandma stopped embarrassing her mother too much.Maybe if he wants to live a quiet life in the future, he has to study hard like his uncle.Only by studying hard can he go to the capital city where the emperor lives, and meet Yinhua again who has become an official lady.

It's just that he still didn't study well enough, and he managed to win a Juren, and it might not be easy to win a Jinshi again.Yinhua has reached the age of engagement, does he want to watch her marry someone else?You have to work harder, Xu Mu stared at the questions on the paper and wrote quickly.

After the three exams, Zhang Liang and Xu Mu were as haggard and sloppy as the other candidates. When they walked out of the Gongyuan, their footsteps were weak. Several candidates could not even stand upright and almost rolled down the steps.Xu Mu's physical strength was not bad, so he grabbed a slippery examinee beside him.

"Brother, be careful."

"Thank you, brother." The man came back to his senses and cupped his hands towards Xu Mu. At this time, the sharp-eyed servant in the crowd saw him and hurried over to help him.He really wanted to ask Xu Mu's name to get acquainted, but unfortunately the doorway was so crowded that it was not a place to talk, and he really didn't have the strength to watch Xu Mu get into a Chengfu carriage and leave.

"Cheng Mansion?" He thought about it carefully, but couldn't think of a clue, his mind was so full at the moment, he didn't have the heart to think about it.

The same was true for Zhang Liang and Xu Mu. After returning to Cheng's mansion, they took a hot bath and ate a bowl of hot noodle soup before falling asleep and lying down until the next morning.I heard from their own book boy that after the exam, the gate of the Gongyuan was in chaos. There was an old man with a gray beard who heard that he passed out there, and he still hasn't woken up.When Sun knew about it, she was very moved. Seeing that the road to Congwen is not necessarily easier than Congwu.

During the exam period, several candidates in the Gong Yuan failed to pass the exam and fell ill. They were placed in the room of the Gong Yuan before, and they were carried out after the exam was over.The onlookers counted at the door, and a total of twelve were brought out, um... twelve comatose candidates, four less than the previous session, and the people seemed rather disappointed.

Even though the weather in February this year is warmer than last year, people still feel that there will be more candidates who will be unconscious this year than last year, because this time the deputy examiner is Ping Wang.Who is this Prince Ping? He is the master of the Ghost King's Mansion, that is, he can hold back his evil spirit. Didn't you hear that Miss Shen's family who went to the Wang Mansion died of an evil spirit?It is said that in order to appease the resentment of the evil spirits in the mansion, King Ping built a special yard to raise them. The craftsman responsible for building the yard was either sick or his family members were sick. Only King Ping stayed in the mansion alone and nothing happened.

On the first day of the new year, when I heard that King Ping would be the deputy chief officer of the exam, some people discussed whether something would happen. In the end, not only did nothing happen, but there were fewer candidates who fell ill.Has King Ping's fortune changed?
Just when the common people thought this way, the first large-scale imperial examination fraud case in the history of the Kang Dynasty was exposed.When hearing the news, the people of Chang'an felt a little excited as expected.The examinees broke out, and some thorns blocked the official department every day to ask for an explanation; the officials were also in a gloomy mood, for fear that this matter would get on themselves.You have to know whose family doesn't have a candidate yet. Even a new military officer like Cheng's house has two candidates living in it. If these two candidates do something in private, it may be related to him.

The cause of the incident was that when marking the papers, the examiner found that some people's answers were almost the same, and even two people's answers were almost identical.They felt that this was wrong, so they asked people to check these people out of prudence, and found that there was a person who had drunk in the brothel and confided that he had spent a lot of money and would definitely win.They hurriedly reported the matter, and His Royal Highness did not dare to hide it when he knew about it. While reporting to the emperor, he went to investigate by himself, and finally found Mr. Zeng.

　I found that the little cutie on the bookstore left a message~ Let me explain, I can see the message on the bookstore, but I can’t reply, only Xiaoxiang can reply.Please forgive me~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)