Xiaochun, who was pouring tea for her, was stunned and a little puzzled: "Miss, isn't it just right for the prince to come back at this time?"
The Marquis has been stripped of his official position, and the Crown Prince's return is a good opportunity to help.
"Miss, you will be selected soon. Now that the prince has returned, the Marquis' Mansion will be more confident. When you enter the palace, you will not be looked down upon."
Su Jingya certainly understood this logic, but she felt inexplicably unhappy.
"Go down."
"Yes." Xiaochun frowned and walked out of the hall.
What's going on
Why does the young lady seem to dislike the prince
But the prince can't do anything to her.
*
While Su Qiao was intensifying his training and developing various medicines, the capital was in turmoil and the imperial examination cheating case was widely reported.
By the time everything was settled, half a month had passed and Su Qiao's cultivation level had stopped at the fifth level.
Now I feel a little relieved.
Because the lock-room examination was specially set up by the imperial court for incumbent officials and children of aristocratic families, it was separate from the imperial examination for common people, so the imperial examination was not affected.
But the palace examination was delayed for some time.
Only after the situation was completely settled did the emperor convene the final palace examination.
The palace examination lasts almost a whole day from sunrise to sunset and is held in the Baohe Hall.
The emperor did not supervise the examination himself, but appointed several ministers including Tutor Xie.
Before I knew it, it was already noon.
In the side hall of Baohedian, several ministers drank tea and chatted after their meal.
"Haha, that old man Su Yuan is already in such a state, but he still wants to make a name for himself. He is simply daydreaming."
"If his sickly son can fight for his reputation, there is still a chance. After all, our emperor is eager to seek talents, and it is time to use people."
"Humph, sleeping during the imperial examination and scribbling, treating the imperial examination as a joke, this boy is simply disrespecting the emperor's grace."
"I heard that he had a bad health since he was young and had been kept out in the open. He probably picked up the bad habits of those country folk."
"I think the Su Marquisate is completely finished. After the passing of old Marquis Su, the younger generations are getting worse and worse."
"Yes, thinking back to the past, what a great man Lord Su was. But I never expected that his descendants would be so disappointing."
Old Marquis Su was a man of both civil and military talents. He was good at writing and calligraphy, and he was also good at riding and shooting arrows. He followed the late emperor into the battlefield to kill the enemy without any fear.
A minister suddenly caught sight of a figure at the entrance of the palace and almost slipped off his chair.
He knelt down hurriedly to greet him: "Your Majesty!"
The others also reacted quickly and knelt down in greeting.
"Stand up."
Long Jingyuan raised his hand, strode into the hall, and sat in the first seat.
One step behind him, along with Chief Steward Quan, Master Xie followed closely behind him. After he sat down, he bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, I have an unwelcome request. I hope Your Majesty can grant me some mercy."
"oh?"
Long Jingyuan was a little surprised: "Taifu, please speak."
Master Xie hesitated for a moment, but still bowed and said:
"I would like to ask the emperor to give me the doodles that Su Qiao, the son of Lord Su, scribbled for reference."
Although it was not an essay answer sheet, it was also an examination paper for the imperial examination and must be kept in the file and cannot be taken away at will.
Long Jingyuan frowned slightly: "Son of Lord Su?"
Is this the person that several ministers in the hall were discussing just now
Eunuch Quan stepped forward and reminded softly: "Your Majesty, it is the young master who just returned from the Su Mansion recently."
Su Mansion
Young Master
The thin young man who was lying in the carriage and looking at the world indifferently flashed through Long Jingyuan's mind.
So, they were talking about him just now
He hadn't connected the two together before.