Shen Yu vaguely remembered this incident, his mind was chaotic at the time, but now that he thinks about it, it seems that there is indeed a slippery feeling.
Thoughts unconsciously drifted to the night before.
There is a soft bed under his body, hot breath in front of him, he is like a fish thrown on the water by wind and waves, rising and falling with the waves.
In a daze, the man's deep voice rang in his ears: "Ah Yu, I brought the ointment from Doctor Gu, this time it won't be uncomfortable..."
Cold and hot.
The wind and waves are getting bigger.
Seeing the crimson color climbing up to the porcelain white skin little by little, Shang Junlin felt itchy.
He has seen his gloomy, calm and self-sufficient side, and his absent-minded side. Whether it is the former or the latter, love surges in his heart.
"Let Physician Gu send more next time," Shang Junlin leaned close to Shen Yu's ear and whispered, "Fortunately, I put away the ointment last time."
"What does it look like for Your Majesty to ask Imperial Physician Gu to prepare this medicine?" Shen Yu pushed Shang Junlin, not wanting to get so close to him.
"Why is it so bad? His duty is to take good care of Ayu's body."
Looking at him gloomyly: "Including this?"
Shang Junlin suppressed a smile and nodded.
Gloomy: "..."
Depressed and speechless.
"Okay, I'm just teasing you. How can I be so lustful and dizzy, I won't really take this matter to Doctor Gu." Shang Junlin smiled and pinched the gloomy earlobe.
Sullen's legs are still hurting, and he doesn't want to discuss this topic with the culprit, "Your Majesty, Miss Fang and their official positions haven't been confirmed yet?"
It has been a few days since the results of the imperial examination came out, and other candidates who passed the exam have taken up their posts one after another. Jiang Huaiqing and He Chengyu have also joined the Imperial Academy. Only Fang Jiayi, who is second in the list, has not come up with a charter yet.
Originally, Shang Junlin meant that, like the second place in previous rankings, he went to the Imperial Academy to serve, but was strongly opposed by the courtiers. The Imperial Academy was the starting point for entering the cabinet. They felt that it was enough to find a leisurely official position and let Fang Jiayi go. People were placed in the Hanlin Academy.
Of course, more ministers hope that Shang Junlin can take back his order, and they cannot accept that they are officials in the same dynasty as the woman. Not everyone is hostile to women, but there are many people who cannot change their inherent ideas for a while. Before this happened, it was undoubtedly a fantasy for them to be an official.
Speaking of this matter, Shang Junlin stroked his forehead with a headache: "There is nothing wrong with the others, and they are even willing to give in and give He Chengyu and Jiang Huaiqing a higher official position, but Fang Jiayi is the only one who refuses to let go .”
Shen Yu: "How do they plan to arrange Miss Fang? It has been announced to the world, and it cannot be withdrawn."
Shang Junlin: "They want me to give her a county monarch or some title."
Shen Yu: "Giving a title, but not real power, not only blocks the hearts of the people in the world, but also achieves their goals. It is really a good proposal that kills two birds with one stone."
Shang Junlin: "Currently only the prime minister agrees to Fang Jiayi's entry into the court as an official in the cabinet, and the other two are still unwilling to let go."
The power of the Dahuan cabinet is very great, and it reached its peak during the reign of the first emperor. After Shang Junlin came to power, he took back a lot of power, but some of them were always in the hands of the cabinet.
Apart from the prime minister, the other two ministers in the cabinet were from aristocratic families. If Shang Junlin wanted to do something that would harm the interests of the aristocratic family, they would be the first obstacle he would encounter.
Neither side would back down, and things are now at a stalemate.
Although there is a special case of Fang Jiayi this year, the triennial Qionglin Banquet will still be held.
In previous years, it was held by officials of the aristocratic family. This year, because of Fang Jiayi's matter, Shang Junlin simply left the matter to the people in the Ministry of Rites.
On the one hand, the Qionglin Banquet is a large-scale banquet to congratulate the high school students, and on the other hand, it can also take this opportunity to let these officials who have not yet entered the officialdom and the reserve staff get acquainted with the official officials of Dahuan in advance. one time.
In order to show importance, usually at this time, there will be a prince to participate. Shang Junlin has no children, and his brothers and relatives have been sent away by him. Either he sends a minister to participate on his own behalf, or he goes in person.
"Qiong Lin Banquet? Is Your Majesty going?" Shen Yu asked after listening to Shang Junlin.
"I plan to go, Ayu will be with me."
Shen Yu knows why Shang Junlin chose to go in person. Too many things happened in the imperial examination this year. The emperor's visit can not only show that he attaches great importance to this matter, but also calm down the hearts of the students and suppress the arrogance of some aristocratic families.
Shen Yu is also a man, and Shang Junlin wanted to take him there, but no one raised any objections, mainly because they knew that they would not listen to Shang Junlin, and they offended Sheng Chong Zhengnong's Shen Yu for nothing, which was not worthwhile.
After the relevant regulations were finalized, the students also got the news.
"This year His Majesty will bring your nobleman to participate. I finally have the opportunity to see with my own eyes what the rumored nobleman looks like."
"Don't you want to see His Majesty with your own eyes?"
"If you can enter the court as an official, are you afraid that you won't have the chance to see your majesty? The chance to see your noble lord is very rare."
"I heard that the fraud this time was only discovered in time because of your lord, otherwise we will all suffer."
"His Majesty is willing to bring your lord to the Qionglin Banquet. It seems that the rumors are true. Your Majesty really values your lord."
"Isn't the harem forbidden to engage in politics? Even if His Majesty loves your nobleman, you shouldn't bring him to such occasions, right?"
"There's nothing wrong with it. His Majesty even took your lord to the palace examination at that time."
"Speaking of which, it seems that few officials impeach this."
"That's right, they've all focused their firepower on the No. 2 ranking. If it matches Miss Fang's matter, I'm afraid other matters are nothing in the eyes of these people."
"Your Majesty really wants to use female officials, it feels so strange."
"These things are not what we should worry about now, let's pay more attention to the current things."
"It's true, Qionglin Banquet. I don't know if it's true as the poem said. Miss Fang's family will also go that day. I don't know what kind of woman it will be."
"She is a very powerful and responsible woman. She is not afraid of power. If she can really enter the court and become an official, I believe she will definitely be a good official."
The speaker had personally witnessed the farce that took place in the Yingxing Tower by the King of Yue. Fang Jiayi had a very good sense. He was sure that facing such a situation, even a man might not be able to do as well as Fang Jiayi.
Fang family.
Mr. Fang had expected early on how much resistance his daughter would encounter if she wanted to become an official, but she didn't expect that it would be so difficult at the very beginning.
"After the Qionglin banquet, this matter will have a result." Master Fang sighed, looked at his daughter with firm eyes, and said.
After the Qionglin banquet, the matter of conferring an official can no longer be delayed. Don't look at it now that the aristocratic family is overwhelming Shang Junlin, it's just that Shang Junlin doesn't want to push the aristocratic family so hard.
"The father has already done a lot for his daughter. In the future, the daughter will go on by herself."
Ever since she had such a dream in her heart, Fang Jiayi knew that the road she was going to take was destined to be rough and full of thorns. Before, she didn't dare to tell others what she thought in her heart, because she knew how unimaginable and how unbelievable it was. Shocking the world, she thought that her dream would only be a dream for the rest of her life, but she never thought that she would have the opportunity to turn it into reality.
How rare, she was the first to tell her that she was not whimsical, but the two men who stood at the pinnacle of Dahuan's power. From that moment on, she made a decision, she must blaze a new trail for the women of the world !
Soon came the day of Qionglin Banquet.
Shang Junlin changed into a less grand emperor's mian suit, and wanted to experience the atmosphere among the students depressedly, so he didn't wear the clothes that represented the identity of the noble.
The white wide-sleeved cannon is covered with a light blue gauze blouse, the long hair is not bundled, and is draped softly behind the back, the facial features are exquisite, the eyes are dark and bottomless, the smile is not smiling on the face, and the folding fan is in hand.
The Qionglin Banquet was held outside the palace, and there was a special mansion. Shen Yu and Shang Junlin got into the carriage and drove slowly outside the palace.
"Thanks to Miss You Fang, otherwise Your Majesty would have been impeached by the officials for taking me to the palace examination." Shen Yu sat on the carriage, looking at Shang Junlin with his chin resting.
"That's right, with Fang Jiayi's matter in mind, they chose to ignore the matter of the imperial examination."
Shang Junlin is now basically approving the memorials in Yuzhang Palace, gloomy to glance at them occasionally, most of them are about Fang Jiayi, Shang Junlin is too lazy to deal with these, so people pick them out and put them aside, the pile lasts for several days.
"Your Majesty can assign these unimportant documents to the ministers. If Your Majesty is worried about the family, you can promote a group of officials with clean backgrounds." Shen Yu suggested.
"The cabinet originally has the right to deal with these things, but these years the family has grown, and if the power is given to the cabinet, I don't feel relieved. What Ayu said makes sense. When I train a group of officials who can be used, I don't have to do it like I do now. So busy."
When Shang Junlin first came to the throne, he suffered a lot of dark losses in the hands of the aristocratic family. Later, he suppressed a group of big-hearted people with bloody means, and then slowly gathered the power of the court into his own hands.
Jiang Huaiqing is still living with He Chengyu until the imperial court's appointment. He originally planned to rent a house by himself, but He Chengyu persuaded him to come down.
"Is Huaiqing not used to living here? Or do you think I'm bored?" When He Chengyu said this, the tails of He Chengyu's eyes drooped slightly, giving an inexplicable feeling of being abandoned.
Feeling guilty, Jiang Huaiqing quickly explained: "No, why would I find Brother Chengyu annoying? I'm afraid you think I'm causing you trouble..."
"Why did Huaiqing give me trouble? It's because Huaiqing helped me a lot," He Chengyu interrupted him, "What's more, Huaiqing also gave me money for board and lodging, and he can help me from time to time when I live here. , how could I find you troublesome?"
He Chengyu looked at Jiang Huaiqing calmly, and continued: "If you have a place to live outside, I have no choice but to move out, but now you don't even have a place you fancy, let alone, you are used to having Huaiqing by your side. , if you really move away, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to get used to it for a while, and it won't be too late for Huaiqing to think about it when the imperial court appoints her."
Jiang Huaiqing thought about it, yes, he was used to eating and living with He Chengyu during this time, if he really moved out, whether the new residence suits him or not is another matter, first of all he himself would be very uncomfortable.
As He Chengyu said, he lived in his house, and he didn't eat and live for nothing.
The two went to the Qionglin Banquet together.
A No. 1 scholar and a Tanhua were surrounded by people as soon as they entered.
Someone wanted to get closer to He Chengyu, someone wanted to find Jiang Huaiqing, and the two were gradually separated by the crowd.
Yi Jianming's follower finally seized the opportunity, looked at each other, and sent someone to follow quietly.
Shen Yu got out of the carriage, separated from Shang Junlin, and walked into the crowd.
Jiang Huaiqing was talking to the people who kept coming up, when suddenly he was patted on the shoulder, he turned his head, and suddenly met a pair of smiling eyes.
"...Brother Yu?"