After my mother read my mind, my whole family rebelled

Yuxiu Palace.

Early in the morning, magpies were calling non-stop on the branches.

"Princess, the magpie is chirping. Could there be some happy event today?"

Bai Zhi looked at Shen Yuyao with a smile on her face.

Shen Yuyao was playing the game of "pushing the date mill" with Xia Xiaoxian, which made Xia Xiaoxian giggle.

"What's the good news? I want to hear it too!"

Xu Yunxuan just walked into the room, heard about the happy event, and hurriedly asked about it.

"Bai Zhi said there were magpies chirping in the yard."

Shen Yuyao replied with a smile.

"I just don't understand. Don't magpies call every day?" Xu Yunxuan shook her head. "Can there be happy events every day?"

"If you can hear the magpie calling, it means you are still alive. Being alive is a happy thing!"

Shen Yuyao smiled slightly.

"Xiao Xianbao, is that right?"

"play!"

"Listen, Xiao Xianbao agrees."

"Okay, okay, okay, Princess Xiaoxian said so, let's do it!"

Xu Yunxuan couldn't help but laugh. The little princess was really likable.

"Princess, the eunuch Li beside the emperor is here to announce the emperor's decree!"

Zi Su stepped in and spoke hurriedly.

"Okay, follow me to the palace to receive the order."

"In compliance with the will of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims: Prince Ning's principal wife, Shen, and his concubine, Xu, request to leave the palace and rest in Huang'en Temple. I grant your permission. I decree this."

After announcing the imperial edict, Eunuch Li said with a smile on his face:

"Ning Wangfei Shen, Concubine Xu, please accept my order!"

"Your Highness, long live the Emperor!"

After Shen Yuyao received the imperial edict, Eunuch Li raised his hand, and the palace maids behind him presented two red cross-collared right-fronted tops, two black narrow skirts, two phoenix belts, two pairs of black boots, and two black gauze hats to Shen Yuyao.

"The emperor specially gave the two princesses a set of python clothing and a set of flying fish clothing for their convenience."

Shen Yuyao signaled Zi Su and Bai Zhi to put the two sets of clothes into the house.

Eunuch Li took out another token from his bosom and said:

"Princess Ning, the Emperor has asked me to give this to you. From now on, Princess Ning, you can enter and leave the palace at any time, and you can report directly to Fengtian Palace."

Eunuch Li looked fawning. After following the emperor for so many years, this was the first time he saw the emperor appreciate a woman so much.

Shen Yuyao took the token and took a look. It was an oval copper waist badge with the words: Anyone who meets a designated officer can wear a poem badge and leave the four gates of the imperial city without the need for a captain.

This is the Black Dragon Guard Token!

Shen Yuyao bowed and said, "Thank you, eunuch!" When Eunuch Li turned around, Shen Yuyao gestured to Bai Zhi to hand over a few ingots of silver.

Eunuch Li put it into his sleeve with a smile and led the palace maids towards the Qianqing Palace.

......

inside the house.

"Wow! This outfit looks so good on me! Princess, are we now Black Dragon Guards?"

Xu Yunxuan put on the outfit that belonged to her and kept turning around in front of the mirror.

"It seems that the magpie's call early in the morning is quite effective!"

"Stop turning around. You're making me dizzy."

Shen Yuyao couldn't help but smile bitterly.

She knew that once she put on this dress, it would be difficult to take it off!

When she returned last night, she had already guessed that the emperor would make such arrangements.

The only thing Shen Yuyao didn't expect was that the emperor actually gave her two sets of clothes.

Xu Yunxuan was implicated inadvertently, which was not her intention.

Last night at 11:30 am, she went on another night trip and first went to Ling Xiangxiang's Yongning Palace.

It seems that Ling Xiangxiang was really favored, as she was sent back to Yongning Palace at midnight.

Shen Yuyao hid on the roof until midnight, when Ling Xiangxiang was alone in the bedroom. Then she stuffed the letter into Ling Xiangxiang's bedroom door.

Afterwards, Shen Yuyao went to the Prince's Eastern Palace.

When the prince came back from Fengxian Palace, the princess was busy applying hot compress to his knees with an wormwood bag. At this time, Shen Yuyao, dressed in black and wearing a veil, flashed into the prince's bedroom.

The Crown Princess was so frightened that she almost screamed out loud. When she saw that the person coming was Shen Yuyao, her face was full of confusion.

The prince, however, had a faint smile on his face, his expression calm.

Shen Yuyao was about to salute when the prince said:

"Princess Ning, there's no need to be polite. You sneaked into my East Palace late at night, so you must have something very important to tell me. Just tell me directly."

The prince said softly.

"Your Highness, I went to Banshan Academy yesterday. I met a student who is good at both civil and military affairs. If nothing unexpected happens, she will win the first place in both civil and military examinations!"

Shen Yuyao bowed and said.

"Ah? Is there really such a talented person?"

There was a glimmer of surprise in the prince's eyes. No one in the Great Xia Dynasty or even in the previous dynasty had ever been able to win the top spot in both civil and military examinations. Such a talent was so rare!

"pity......"

The look of regret in Shen Yuyao's eyes made the prince even more confused.

"how?"

"This man's surname is Zhang and his name is Ying. Unfortunately, he is from the previous dynasty!"

Shen Yuyao really felt sorry for Da Xia in her heart. It would be great if Zhang Ying was a member of our Da Xia tribe!

"Even if the people of the previous dynasty can sincerely submit to our dynasty, they can still be used!"

The prince's eagerness to seek talented people is obvious at a glance.

"The most regrettable thing is that she is a princess of the previous dynasty. She changed her name and stayed in our dynasty to take the imperial examination in order to assassinate my father!"

"this......"

The prince was also stunned for a moment.

No matter how outstanding a person is, if he wants to be an enemy of our dynasty, we can only bear the pain...

"Then how can she take part in the imperial examination if she is a princess?"

The prince was still full of doubts.

"This is exactly why I came here so late at night!"

Shen Yuyao smiled faintly, and the calmness in her clear eyes always made people feel at ease.

"Your Highness, Zhang Yingding from Banshan Academy knows that he can win the top three with his real talents and knowledge."

"She planned to use her extraordinary martial arts skills to assassinate my father when she entered the palace to be selected as the top scholar."

"However, the imperial examinations in the Great Xia Dynasty required verification of one's identity. She could fool the students in the academy who only cared about reading the books of sages with her female body, but it would be extremely difficult for her to participate in the palace examinations with her female body."

"Now that she has obtained the qualification to take the imperial examination, we don't know how she will get the qualification to take the palace examination. I wonder..."

The prince nodded in agreement. Since Princess Ning could see through Zhang Ying's disguise, she must be superior to Zhang Ying in both literary talent and martial arts!

"I guess that Princess Ning wants to find out who in the court could get Zhang Ying the qualification for the palace examination. This person must be a spy lurking in our court!"

Princess Ning is truly a meticulous person, the prince said with a smile.

"Yes, it's easy to kill Zhang Ying," Shen Yuyao said seriously, "The group of people behind her are the important ones!"

Yes, no matter how skilled she is in martial arts or how talented she is in literature, she cannot cause much trouble for the Great Xia Dynasty.

The most important thing is to dig out the power behind her that is deeply rooted in the court and even the palace.

Besides, she was a princess of the previous dynasty. Killing her simply might arouse the indignation of the 100,000 women of the previous dynasty in the capital.

"in this way..."

"Then I can only ask Princess Ning to personally investigate this female imperial examination case!"

......

Shen Yuyao's original plan was disrupted.

Her original plan was to send a message to King Ning, asking him to send someone to pick up Xu Yunxuan and Xiao Xianbao and return to Yanjing first.

After she has investigated the case thoroughly, she will ask the emperor to release her to the Ning Wang Mansion in Yanjing.

Shen Yuyao believed that she would be able to convince the emperor by then!

But now, the plan has been messed up...