Xie Lingxi took Jiang Rong to southern Xinjiang.
Before leaving, Jiang Rong told Qiuniang, Chi Moyan and others to be careful.
If there is something urgent, send her a message.
Wanjuan Study Hall is a property of Beiwang Mansion, so under normal circumstances no one would dare to cause trouble.
……
Capital City, the Princess's Mansion.
Princess Anyang cried so hard that she couldn't sleep day and night. She looked haggard and wasted away day by day. Dong Zefei was an exiled sinner, so the funeral could not be grand and everything could only be kept simple...
She was even more sad in her heart.
"Your Highness, Jiang Rong and Xie Lingxi went to southern Xinjiang." Zhou Gou stepped forward to report.
Princess Anyang ordered to watch Jiang Rong's every move and report at any time.
"What is she doing in southern Xinjiang?" Princess Anyang asked bitterly.
Zhou Gou replied, "The emperor decreed that General Zhennan be canonized as Marquis of Jingnan. Xie Lingxi went to announce the decree, and she accompanied him."
Their intelligence network is not as sophisticated as that of Bei Wangfu, and they have not received any news about the strange medicine yet.
"This vixen is afraid that Xie Lingxi will go out to find a new love, so she even has to go with him to announce the decree!" Princess Anyang scolded angrily.
Zhou Gou thought to himself: Is there anything wrong with this young couple traveling together?
"Yes! What a vixen!" Zhou Gou ostensibly scolded the eldest princess together.
"Where is the person I asked you to find to seduce Xie Lingxi?" Princess Anyang frowned.
Zhou Gou replied weakly: "We are still looking for candidates..."
"What a useless thing! Now that she has stepped out of the capital, she will pay a high price to bribe assassins to intercept and kill Jiang Rong!" Princess Anyang said harshly.
Zhou Gou looked troubled, "The North Palace is tightly guarded, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find an opportunity..."
"This won't work, that won't work either. What can you do? What's the use of you?" Princess Anyang was furious with incompetence.
At this moment, there was a slight coughing sound outside the door.
The sickly Dong Xiqi walked in with the support of his maid, his thin lips curled up with a sarcastic look:
"My mother now knows how to kill her?"
Princess Anyang was angry and angry, "She killed Zefei! She killed your brother, why are you still making sarcastic remarks?"
"My mother killed her a long time ago. How can my brother die? Now that she has become the Crown Princess of the North, everything is more difficult than before. But naturally the daughter has to share the worries for her mother. I have a way to kill her. ." Dong Xiqi said softly.
Princess Anyang's eyes lit up, "My dear daughter, what can you do?"
"In a while, it will be Jiang Rong's father's memorial day... When she comes back from southern Xinjiang..." Dong Xiqi made a detailed plan.
Princess Anyang was overjoyed, "This is a good idea! I'll go find Jiang Qingrong now!"
"Mom still needs to be more concealed and don't let outsiders see her." Dong Xiqi warned.
This was what she planned to ask Dong Xiqin to do...
Now it's her mother, and it's the same.
"Okay, okay! Don't worry." Princess Anyang raised her eyebrows and felt that Jiang Rong would definitely die.
"But you just said that you would send someone to intercept and kill her, so there is no need to give up on this move. You must not be the only one who wants her dead. Send someone to keep an eye on them. If there is an opportunity along the way, take advantage of the situation to take action... If not, wait until she returns to Beijing to end the game." Dong Xiqi continued.
Princess Anyang nodded, "Yes! Qi'er, you are really my mother's caring little cotton-padded jacket, you helped me solve a big trouble!"
Dong Xiqi just smiled faintly. I thought, Jiang Rong, you did a good job in killing Dong Zefei.
Now her mother wants to kill Jiang Rong at all costs.
Just right, it can be used as the knife in her hand.
……
Although only Dong Zefei was implicated in the cheating case in the general examination, many examiners were accused. The results of this general examination were difficult to convince the students who took the examination.
So after the Dong Zefei cheating case ended.
The imperial court immediately held another examination, and Taifu Shen was still the examiner.
There was the case of Dong Zefei before. This time, all the examiners involved were impartial in selecting papers and were not biased for personal gain.
Soon, after careful screening, the top ten test papers were finally determined.
but……
Regarding the first place in the general examination, everyone was in a dilemma between the two test papers.
Because the articles written by both sides are very good, both of them have their own merits in terms of the conception of the essay and the talent of writing.
Taifu Shen was undecided, feeling that it would be unfair to choose who should be the first and the other second.
When the news reached the palace, the emperor became interested and asked for two test papers.
When the test paper was delivered to the emperor, the name was naturally opened.
Candidates for these two papers.
One is Chi Moyan and the other is Song Heng.
The emperor read the two examination papers and couldn't help stroking his beard and nodding, "This famous crazy student should be arrogant with such a gap in his chest."
Eunuch Bingbi thought to himself, His Majesty praised Chi Moyan, so he must be ranked first.
But the emperor picked up the imperial pen and drew a circle on Song Heng's examination paper.
"But my humerus minister still needs someone who is calm." The emperor finished the second part of the sentence.
Of course the real reason is...
Chi Moyan is from Beiwang Mansion.
The Xie family already has a large number of troops at their disposal, and if there is another champion, their power will be even greater.
The emperor cannot allow it.
And Song Heng won his heart very much.
Born into a poor family, he is not attached to any powerful people. Although he worked in Wanjuan Study Hall, he was just working and did not join the Beiwangfu faction...
He also ignored the invitations from other powerful families.
This is a pure minister.
Just the sword he needed.
The first place in the examination was named Huiyuan.
There will be a palace examination three days later, and the emperor himself will select the top candidate.
But the emperor has now chosen Song Heng in advance...
During the palace examination, as expected...
Faced with two comparable articles, the emperor once again named Song Heng as the first choice.
So far, the final roster of the current imperial examination:
Song Heng ranked first, and Chi Moyan ranked second.
……
The palace examination is over.
The names of the top three in the imperial examination soon spread throughout the capital and throughout the country.
"Congratulations to Brother Song for winning the top prize. I'm sure the teacher will be proud of you when he hears the news." Chi Moyan smiled and congratulated: "I lost a banquet to you in the national examination, and I didn't even have time to invite you. I will be the host today to celebrate Song Dynasty. Brother wins the first prize!”
Song Heng said honestly, "I think our articles are almost the same..."
He didn't think that Chi Moyan's article lost to him.
"I'm very happy to lose to you. If I lose to someone else, I won't be able to see the teacher." Chi Moyan didn't care at all, looked at him and smiled:
"Master Zhuangyuan, it will be difficult for me to drink with you in the future. I must not come back without getting drunk today."
"Why?" Song Heng asked.
Chi Moyan thought to himself, because you are starting to walk the path of a pure minister.
The emperor has chosen you.
Pure ministers should draw a clear line between themselves and the powerful.
"We have different paths. Let's each go to one side." Chi Moyan looked at him and said seriously:
"From now on, you can do what you want."
Song Heng came to his senses and he also reacted. He looked at Chi Moyan and said seriously:
"Different paths lead to the same destination."
The west eye faces each other.
it is more than words.
From this starting point, they will go their own ways, but they will do the same thing.
