Shang Junlin supported the soft couch with one hand, and looked sideways at Shen Yu: "I can wait, but you don't have to find a reason not to fulfill the promise when the time comes."
Shen Yu got up and sat aside: "Why is Your Majesty so sure that I will lose? What if His Majesty loses?"
"Of course I will fulfill my promise." Shang Junlin slowly got up and sat down.
Before the soft couch was still there, Shang Junlin looked at the distance from Shen Yu and said, "I'll ask someone to change to a soft couch."
"Why do you want to change it all of a sudden? This is very comfortable." Shen Yu weighed himself, it was very soft and big, and he could sometimes lie on Shang Junlin's lap.
Shang Junlin pursed his lips and remained silent. The comfort of the soft couch was fine. He just wanted to change to a smaller one. It was just right for the two of them to sit in it, so that he wouldn't be able to reach the depression on the other side.
"Your Majesty," Shen Yu moved to Shang Junlin's side, getting closer to the man, "Why do you want to change?"
"Your lord was too far away from me just now." Shang Junlin answered the wrong question.
Mr. Shen Yu wondered what was the relationship between the two, turned a corner and suddenly realized something, poked Shang Junlin's arm, and said jokingly: "Your Majesty thinks the soft couch is too big?"
"What do you think?" Shang Junlin took advantage of the situation to wrap his arms around Sullen's waist, and dragged him into his arms, satisfied.
After finding the reason, he was overwhelmed with gloom and laughed on Shang Junlin's shoulder: "Your Majesty, you are too cute."
Shen Yu remembered that when he was outside the palace, Shang Junlin had a special liking for the soft couch there, and he liked to take him with him very much. Even if he was dealing with official duties, he had to sit beside him. This is the reason for his love.
"Your Majesty wants me to sit closer. To put it bluntly, why bother with this soft couch, besides, it is big and has great benefits. You can lie down on it when you are tired from sitting. What does Your Majesty think?"
"If you don't want to change, don't change it." Shang Junlin didn't have to change.
Shen Yu leaned on Shang Junlin's body, half-closed his eyes, after all, he lost his body, Shen Yu was a little lethargic recently, and fell asleep after a while.
With his shoulders sinking, Shang Junlin looked down at the sleeping young man in his arms, his eyes became softer.
Taking the blanket on the side and putting it on the young man, Shang Junlin embraced the man with one hand and held a pen with the other. In the quiet afternoon, only the occasional sound of flipping the book was heard.
Spring is approaching, and the students have reduced their going out, staying in their temporary residence, and concentrating on preparing for the exam.
The closer to the exam, Jiang Huaiqing couldn't sit still and knocked on the door of the next room.
"Brother Chengyu, are you busy?"
After a while, the door was opened, and a man in a dark blue robe appeared behind the door: "Come in."
Jiang Huaiqing walked in holding his book.
"I haven't seen Mr. Lin and Mr. Yu for a few days. Aren't they going to participate in the Spring Festival? Why haven't they been seen?" Jiang Huaiqing put his book next to He Chengyu.
"What are you looking for?" He Chengyu poured a cup of tea for the two of them.
"Let's have a get together. After the exam, people from all over the world don't know if we can still get together." Jiang Huaiqing took a sip from his teacup, "Good tea."
"If you pass the exam, you will be able to see them if you are both officials in Dahuan." He Chengyu lowered his eyes to look at the tea leaves floating in the cup. The two of them must be in high positions, and it is unlikely that they are also candidates. .
"Brother Chengyu said that we will meet each other if we are destined to meet each other. I don't want to. I came today to ask Brother Chengyu to help clear up the confusion." Jiang Huaiqing opened his book and pointed to a few places, "Here, here, And here, after thinking about it for a few days, I still don’t quite understand it.”
He Chengyu took a closer look and talked about his own opinion.
The two discussed for a while, and Jiang Huaiqing suddenly realized, "It turned out that I was thinking about it before."
"Huaiqing's interpretation is novel. I wonder if it is convenient to ask who Huaiqing studied under?"
The two met on the way to the capital, one was from a wealthy family, the other was from a poor family, but unexpectedly they had the same interests, and when they learned that they had the same destination, they decided to go together.
Jiang Huaiqing didn't have much defense against people, and it didn't take much time for He Chengyu to figure out some basic information about Jiang Huaiqing, and he reciprocated, and He Chengyu also told Jiang Huaiqing his own.
The more He Chengyu gets along, the more He Chengyu is shocked by Jiang Huaiqing's knowledge. This is a young man who is not too much compared to himself. He knows his own situation. He was cultivated by the strength of the He family. Jiang Huaiqing is just an ordinary student from a poor family. , the only person who can allow Jiang Huaiqing to break through the barriers of poor family and aristocratic family is the person who taught him this knowledge.
"My teacher..." Jiang Huaiqing fell silent suddenly.
He Chengyu saw that Jiang Huaiqing's aura changed drastically at that moment, and in just a moment, he returned to the person he was familiar with.
"It's just an ordinary old man. If I hadn't been picked up by the teacher in the ice and snow back then, I might not be able to stand here now."
He Chengyu didn't expect that there was such a twists and turns in the story, he was stunned and said: "Sorry, I don't know..."
"It's okay." Jiang Huaiqing waved his hands indifferently, "I never told you about this before, Brother Cheng Yu, just don't blame me for hiding it."
Disturbed, Jiang Huaiqing picked up his book and bid farewell.
He Chengyu watched him go back to his room, and slowly lowered his gaze, he was reckless today.
Jiang Huaiqing closed the doors and windows, and sat on the bed. After a while, he rubbed his face, and let's talk about the merits first, otherwise he can't do anything for the teacher now.
In order to allow students to have a good environment for preparing for the exam, Yingxing Building, which has accepted many students, has suspended all entertainment activities during this period.
As the date approaches, the streets and alleys are not as lively as before.
The cold spring has passed, the weather is gradually warming up, Shen Yu is still wearing thick clothes, and the room is warm every day.
Mu Xi and Eunuch Meng, who were serving close to him, had already changed into lighter clothes, and so had Shang Junlin.
"Does Your Majesty feel that the room is too hot?" Shen Yu saw that Shang Junlin had changed into a light coat, and the servants in the house were also dressed in light clothes, and only she was wearing a thick winter robe.
"No," Shang Junlin put down his pen and stretched out his hand, "Ayu, come here."
Shen Yu walked over, put his hand on the man's hand, and after a while, he sat on the man's lap.
Shang Junlin touched his depressed forehead: "How do you feel? Is it cold?"
Nodding sadly and honestly: "A little bit."
If it wasn't for the huge loss from the second attack, Shen Yu wouldn't have to suffer like this now.
Shang Junlin passed his arms through Shen Yu's waist, and put his hands together in his palms.
The man's palm was very hot, and as soon as Shen Yu was held, he felt the warmth spread up his fingertips.
"I will warm Ayu." Shang Junlin whispered into Shen Yu's ear.
"Your Majesty, don't you need to approve papers?" Shen Yu glanced at the papers that were generally approved on the low table.
"Not urgent."
Putting Shen Yu in his arms, Shang Junlin's anger from the memorial dropped instantly, "It's all insignificant things."
While speaking, the warm breath sprayed on the neck, depressed and a little itchy, and he touched Shang Junlin with his head.
"Your Majesty, itches."
Shang Junlin turned his head sideways: "How about this?"
Depressed, his head stopped moving.
Shang Junlin laughed: "Your Majesty, you can't be too close, and you can't be too far away."
Shen Yu never admits that he is so difficult to serve: "Why can't it be far away?"
"I can't stand being far away, okay?" Shang Junlin was helpless.
"It was originally," muttered gloomily, then turned his head and said, "Your Majesty seems to be a little unhappy, what happened?"
"It's about the invigilators this time, as well as the screening questions before candidates enter the examination hall." Shang Junlin attaches great importance to each imperial examination. Some of these young students may be the future pillars of Dahuan , Dahuan urgently needs fresh blood.
"Which ministers did His Majesty originally arrange to be in charge of this matter?" Shen Yu recalled the vigorous imperial examination fraud case in his previous life, and he must not allow the same thing to happen again in this life.
"It's from the Ministry of Rites, and Zheng Yuan is in charge." Shang Junlin played with his gloomy and hot fingers.
Zheng Yuan.
Shen Yu picked up the memory of this imperial examination in his mind. When the cheating incident was exposed, it shocked the world. Shen Yu heard the news even in the Yue King's fiefdom. He was deeply impressed by this incident because of his confidant Jiang Huaiqing who was later reused by him.
Jiang Huaiqing was implicated innocently, and escaped after several life and death. It has been a few years since he came to work under Shen Yu, and he only said a few words about what happened back then.
As the chief examiner, Zheng Yuan was dismissed and investigated on the day of the incident. Later, it was found out that he was not responsible for the fraud, but he was also charged with ineffective supervision, and was punished by the furious Emperor Dahuan.
It was also after this incident that Shang Junlin's violent reputation spread among the people, and with the superimposition of each case, it became more and more popular.
Later, when people mentioned Shang Junlin again, the first thing that came to mind was not that he regained the country and created a prosperous world, but that he was murderous.
"Which ones are helping from the side?" Too many officials were killed that year, and Shen Yu couldn't immediately determine who was the one who did it.
"There are several," Shang Junlin read a list, "Why is Shen Yu suddenly interested in this?"
"I just want to know who made His Majesty unhappy. Since His Majesty was upset, I just need to replace them. Could Your Majesty be successful without them?"
Shang Junlin rubbed Shen Yu's face hard: "It's really annoying that they have been arguing all the time, but Ah Yu is understanding."
Shen Yu can't directly intervene in this matter, if he wants to deal with it in advance, he can only think of other ways.
When going to court the next day, Shang Junlin made a final decision on the officials in charge of the imperial examination. Unlike usual, a group of new officials were added this time.
Shang Junlin's attitude was firm, seeing that there was no room for maneuver, the ministers quieted down.
Telling Shen Yu about the new arrangement, Shang Junlin stroked Shen Yu's hair: "What is Ah Yu worried about?"
Shaking his head gloomily.
Shang Junlin was about to say something when Mu Xi walked in with a letter.
"Young Master, the letter sent by Young Master Jiang, the person who sent the letter said that the letter must be delivered to you as soon as possible."
"Why does he keep writing letters to Ah Yu?" Shang Junlin rubbed his depressed shoulder like a big dog.
"There's no such thing as always, plus this time it's only five fingers." Shen Yu asked Mu Xi to bring the letter over.
Mu Xi presented the letter with both hands without squinting.
Shang Junlin picked up the letter in a gloomy step: "What did you say this time?"
Shen Yu took the letter from Shang Junlin, opened it without avoiding him, and read it together.
The previous content was similar to the previous few times, and finally the topic changed and I talked about a strange thing I encountered.
—Someone came to him recently, and said mysteriously that there was a way for him to win the leader in the general examination.