After my mother read my mind, my whole family rebelled

Shen Yuyao slept until noon.

Zi Su has come to see the python costume several times.

Seeing Shen Yuyao wake up at this time, he hurriedly helped her to wash and dress.

"Zi Su, has the little princess woken up?"

Shen Yuyao asked Zi Su while tying the Luan belt.

"She hasn't woken up yet. The little princess was exhausted after moving here from the palace yesterday."

Shisu answered with a smile.

Shen Yuyao looked out the window. The prince had specially bought this villa for her to make it easier for her to handle cases.

The villa is called "Luyuan".

The yard is not big, but it has an ingenious layout.

Pavilions, pools, rocks and corridors are connected. The courtyard is dotted with flowers, plants and trees, and there is also a towering tree that is lush and green.

Shen Yuyao could tell at a glance that these trees and rocks were arranged according to the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. It would be difficult for an ordinary person to find the exit if they walked into the yard without anyone to lead the way.

The entire villa is elegant and quiet, and Shen Yuyao's favorite thing is that its location is really great.

The courtyard is right next to Shangheji and not far from the government offices in the capital.

As the saying goes, when the door is closed, it is like a still mirror, while when the door is open, you can drink and sing.

After only a few encounters, the prince was able to know her preferences. It is fortunate that the Great Xia Dynasty is in the hands of someone who understands human nature and is so kind and virtuous.

Shen Yuyao smiled slightly.

"The concubine hasn't woken up yet?"

Zi Su served a cup of tea. Shen Yuyao had the habit of drinking tea after getting up.

"I haven't woken up yet."

Shen Yuyao remembered that Xu Yunxuan once said that the young people in their area usually slept until about three quarters after noon and then got up too early.

"Guo Zao" means breakfast!

Shen Yuyao turned to Zi Su and said:

"Shiso, ask the concierge to prepare the carriage for use after breakfast."

"Yes!"

"I need to go to the government office today. You don't need to follow me."

Shen Yuyao paused for a moment.

"When the concubine wakes up, tell her to wait for me to come back and not to run around!"

After Zi Su responded, he bowed and left.

Shen Yuyao put on her black gauze hat and looked at herself in the diamond-shaped mirror.

I saw the person in the mirror. He was wearing a red brocade robe with a black background, embroidered with python patterns with golden silk thread. He was wearing a black gauze hat and a phoenix belt around his waist, which was also embroidered with python patterns. It was also adorned with a few thin round Hetian jade pendants.

Shen Yuyao in the mirror was a young man about sixteen or seventeen years old dressed in gorgeous clothes!

There was a heroic look in the boy's brows.

The young girl was not tall, and was slightly thinner than the average person. She had bright and clear eyes, and her thin lips were slightly raised, which made people feel warm but also had an indescribable sense of distance.

Shen Yuyao was the principal wife, and the emperor specially granted her the python pattern, while Xu Yunxuan was a concubine, and could only wear the flying fish pattern.

Shen Yuyao smiled and was quite satisfied with her outfit!

After breakfast, Shen Yuyao set off for the Black Dragon Guard Yamen.

The carriage moved slowly on the streets of the capital. Shen Yuyao lifted the curtain and looked out.

There were crowds of people walking on both sides of the road, hawkers hawking their wares and maids bargaining along the street, creating a prosperous scene.

Beside the carriage, there were four guards appointed by the prince, riding horses. Citizens of the Great Xia Dynasty and civilians of the previous dynasty lived together in the capital, and there were all kinds of people, good and bad.

After all, Shen Yuyao is a princess and cannot afford to make any mistakes.

After about a quarter of an hour, the carriage arrived at the Gongwei Division.

The Gongwei Division was an institution specially established by the emperor when the Great Xia Dynasty was first established.

The emperor of this dynasty came from a commoner background and was well aware of the sufferings of the people and the darkness in the officialdom. The original function of the Gongwei Bureau was to supervise all officials.

There are a total of 10,267 registered Black Dragon Guards, who control the every move of officials in the capital and various prefectures and counties.

Whenever any official behaved abnormally, or if three to five officials reported an official at the same time, the Black Dragon Guards would arrest that person immediately.

The case would be reported to the emperor only after the review was completed, and the emperor would decide the punishment for the official.

Therefore, the Black Dragon Guard is a special agency that takes orders directly from the emperor. All officials in the Great Xia Dynasty are afraid of it and try to avoid it as much as possible.

Even when the princes went to their fiefdoms to take office, they would be escorted by troops commanded by the Black Dragon Guards.

They would protect the safety of the royal family and the stability of the fiefdoms of the vassal princes, but they would also report to the emperor truthfully what the vassal princes did in their fiefdoms.

After Shen Yuyao entered the Guard Bureau with her badge, she went through the formalities with Lord Jiang, the commander of the Black Dragon Guard, and directly reviewed the information of the candidates who had passed the imperial examination this year.

A total of 51 candidates were admitted in this year's imperial examination. These 51 candidates will participate in the palace examination at the beginning of next month. Fifty of them are from the south, and only one is from the north.

Six days after the announcement of the spring exam results, all the failed candidates from the north wrote a joint letter to the Ministry of Rites to appeal for justice, accusing the chief examiners Liu Sanxing, Bai Shicheng and others of favoritism and fraud.

Dozens of candidates were protesting their injustice on the streets of the capital, blocking officials' sedan chairs from petitioning. Rumors were rife in the streets and alleys, and various rumors of cheating in the imperial examinations were spreading day by day.

The emperor had originally ordered the Black Dragon Guard to investigate the imperial examination cheating case. Coincidentally, the crown prince and Shen Yuyao reported that a princess from the previous dynasty had sneaked into the academy and was successfully admitted as a tribute student, and was going to assassinate the emperor during the palace examination.

The emperor immediately ordered Shen Yuyao to be responsible for investigating both the imperial examination cheating case and the assassination of the princess of the previous dynasty. In order to facilitate her actions, she was also granted the command token of the Black Dragon Guard.

The emperor asked Shen Yuyao to investigate the matter and make sure to catch all the spies from the previous dynasty who infiltrated the current dynasty as well as the officials of the current dynasty who were corrupt and abused their power for personal gain!

The resume information Zhang Ying provided when he participated in the imperial examination was among the 118 southerners.

Just by looking at his appearance, you can tell that Zhang Ying is a genuine northerner!

So, as Shen Yuyao expected, Zhang Ying's name and resume information were all fake.

The person who helped Zhang Ying falsify his resume was undoubtedly a spy from the previous dynasty.

The true identities of these officials who helped Zhang Ying, as well as which officials they usually interacted with, would need to be investigated by the Black Dragon Guards to obtain more detailed information.

After Shen Yuyao finished checking the information of the tribute students, she also checked all the information of the current imperial examination officials.

By the time she finished reading the information and came out of the Guard Bureau, it was already the You hour.

Four close guards were still waiting at the gate of the Guard Bureau. Shen Yuyao took out a few ingots of silver.

"You have worked hard, use these to buy some wine, I will go back on my own."

The guards shook their heads at the same time, "We must return to Luyuan before we can hand over. Rest."

"What's your name?" Shen Yuyao asked the guard who responded.

"Your Highness, my name is Tang Wei."

"Well, Tang Wei, I guess you are the leader among them?"

"Princess, I am a seventh-rank general flag officer, and they are all seventh-rank minor flag officers." Tang Wei glanced at the other three people and bowed.

Shen Yuyao then noticed that the other three people were all wearing plain dresses without any embroidery, only Tang Wei's brocade dress had a Qilin embroidered on it.

"The prince did not ask you to spy on me, did he?"

The corners of Shen Yuyao's lips slightly raised.

"That's right. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince specifically ordered us to be responsible for the Princess' safety and did not order us to monitor her."

Tang Wei is a straightforward person and is about thirty years old.

On the angular face, a pair of eyes revealed determination.

"Did His Royal Highness say that you should all obey me?"

The corners of Shen Yuyao's lips raised even more.

"Reporting to the princess, that's right!"

Tang Wei answered loudly.

"That's all right. Take the money. When you return to Luyuan, after you have your meal, wait for me outside Zuixianlou in Shangheji!"

"Wei Chen obeys!"

Shen Yuyao smiled slightly, turned around and got on the carriage.