The emperor smiled, and Huang Jin felt that the whole palace was brightened, as if the rain had finally stopped and the sky was clear.
Lord Yan is worthy of being Lord Yan. His Majesty smiled after just taking two glances at him. Wouldn’t His Majesty be in a good mood if he looked at him for a little longer
Huang Jin thought hopefully as he lowered his head and flipped through the essays in the book in his hand, hoping that he could also see an excellent piece to make the emperor feel better.
Huh? Master Xiao Zhu also contributed an article
Huang Jin unfolded the four volumes of petition books in his hand, and suddenly found that the third volume was signed by Zhu Ping'an, a reader in the Hanlin Academy and a secretary of the Wuyi Palace. Thinking of the Qingci written by Zhu Ping'an and the appetite-stimulating poems he presented, he couldn't help but become interested.
This guy is talented and interesting. I believe that the article he submits this time will be different from others.
Thinking of this, Huang Jin did not read the first two books, and directly opened the third book of Zhu Ping'an's articles.
If Zhu Ping'an writes well, I wouldn't mind helping him to succeed.
Full of hope, Huang Jin opened Zhu Ping'an's essay, and what came into view was the first sentence of Zhu Ping'an's essay:
Kneel before the Buddha for three thousand years!!!
"Ahem..."
Just by reading this sentence, Huang Jin was shocked and pale. He couldn't help but coughed uncontrollably, and suddenly closed the test book in his hand, with a look of stunned expression.
OMG!
Kneeling before the Buddha for three thousand years?! Was this really written by Zhu Pingan? Wasn't it someone who framed him and deliberately submitted it under his name
Huang Jin lowered his head and glanced at the words on the cover. The font was Zhu Ping'an's. Zhu Ping'an's handwriting was very good. It could be said that he was among a small group of ministers with the best handwriting. Huang Jin was very impressed and would not make a mistake.
But
Kneeling before the Buddha for three thousand years?! How could Zhu Ping'an make such a low-level mistake
Huang Jin was stunned and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Huang Jin's surprised cough and stunned expression caught the attention of Emperor Jiajing.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
Emperor Jiajing turned his head to look at Huang Jin and asked curiously.
"No, nothing?" Huang Jin shook his head, closed Zhu Ping'an's test book tightly in his hand, and mixed it among the four test books. He forced an ugly smile on his face, trying to cover up his previous gaffe.
"Let me see what article makes my Huang Ban so excited." Emperor Jiajing narrowed his eyes slightly and stretched out his right hand towards Huang Jin.
My little Lord Zhu, do you know that you have caused a big disaster? The emperor has finally gotten into a better mood, but if the emperor sees you kneeling in front of the Buddha for three thousand years, wouldn't all the good work of Lord Yan be wasted
Huang Jin is now in a dilemma. If he gives it to the emperor, he is afraid that the emperor will be furious after seeing Zhu Ping'an kneeling in front of the Buddha for three thousand years; but if he does not give it to the emperor, he must know that the emperor's words are golden, and if he does not obey, he will be guilty of deceiving the emperor.
I can neither give nor not give...
So Huang Jin had an idea, took out the second copy of the question book, and handed it to Emperor Jiajing respectfully with both hands.
"The third one."
Jiajing didn't answer, but looked at Huang Jin and said something slowly.
"Oh, look at me, I'm so stupid that I even took the wrong question book..." Huang Jinxu slapped his chin and apologized, then handed the third question book of Zhu Ping'an to Emperor Jiajing respectfully with both hands again.
Emperor Jiajing took the title and looked at Huang Jin meaningfully, but did not point out Huang Jin's little thoughts.
Huang Jin's back suddenly became covered with a layer of cold sweat.
On the one hand, it was brought about by the look of Emperor Jiajing, and on the other hand, it was brought about by the fear of Zhu Ping'an's article, which began with kneeling in front of Buddha for three thousand years, and no one knew what would follow.
Every household of the common people has a Maitreya Buddha and a Guanyin Bodhisattva, which has already made His Majesty feel bad all day and unable to eat! You, a top scholar who has read a lot of sages and poems, have to kneel before the Buddha for three thousand years... ...
Alas~
I wonder how angry the emperor would be after seeing this...
Thinking of this, Huang Jin knelt uncomfortably, every cell in his body tensed up, and mentally prepared himself for dark clouds rolling in and violent storms to come in the next second.
Crash
The sound of flipping open the question book was heard.
Huang Jin, who was kneeling in front of Emperor Jiajing, pricked up his ears, knowing that Emperor Jiajing had opened Zhu Ping'an's notebook. His heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably, and his blood flowed faster as if a water pump was installed, and his nervous breathing stopped.
"Um?"
The next second, the Jiajing Emperor's nasal "hmm" almost made Huang Jin's heart jump out of his throat.
The storm is coming.
well!
My little Lord Zhu, what were you thinking at that time? You knew that His Majesty was depressed because of the lack of Buddhists and Taoists, so why did you write about kneeling in front of Buddha for three thousand years? Look, His Majesty is now...
Huang Jin had a thousand complaints against Zhu Ping'an in his heart. Now he could only hope that after the emperor had been in a bad mood for a while, he would be less angry.
After Emperor Jiajing uttered "hmm" with a strong nasal tone, Huang Jin's heart was in his throat, trembling with fear.
The bedroom was quiet for about a second.
"hehe… "
The sound of Emperor Jiajing's chuckle rang in Huang Jin's ears again.
Huang Jin, who was kneeling beside the Emperor, felt his heart almost jump out of his throat after hearing the Emperor Jiajing's chuckle. He suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and felt cold from his heart to his toes.
OMG!
His Majesty was so angry that he laughed!!!
Extreme joy will turn into sorrow, and extreme anger will turn into laughter. This is how Huang Jin sees it. Even Emperor Jiajing was so angry that he laughed.
From this, we can see how bad Zhu Ping'an's article was! How angry it made Emperor Jiajing!
Huang Jin remembered that the Jiajing Emperor did not laugh when he was angry very often. When His Majesty ascended the throne, Yang Tinghe and other old ministers asked the Ministry of Rites to greet him with the etiquette of the crown prince. That was one time. During the three and a half years of the great etiquette dispute, there were one or two times. After that, after the Jiajing Emperor's throne was stable, basically no one dared to make His Majesty so angry. As far as Huang Jin remembered, except for the time when "Xu Jie, a villain, will never be employed again" was engraved on the pillar of the Wuyi Temple 20 years ago, there was almost no such incident.
Unexpectedly, there is another...
Huang Jinjue’s own heart was no longer enough, and he secretly blamed Zhu Pingan in his heart again.
In the next period of time.
Huang Jin heard Emperor Jiajing laugh twice and shook his head once...
God knows what kind of shock Huang Jin felt when he heard these laughs. When Emperor Jiajing shook his head and sneered for the last time, Huang Jin felt as if a thunder had exploded on his head and there was a loud hum in his ears. He seemed to have no bones and almost collapsed to the ground.
My little Lord Zhu, you have caused a big disaster. Look, the emperor is so angry about you...
Since he began to serve Emperor Jiajing, he had never seen Emperor Jiajing laugh out of anger to this extent. In the past, he would just chuckle when he got angry, but now, he has laughed out of anger for the first time in so many times!