I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

"You are still from a poor family? Then there are no rich people in this world!"

Chen Qingyun was quite helpless.

Jiang Zuo smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty, why do you always keep an eye on my purse?"

You can talk about anything else, but once you talk about money, Jiang Zuo becomes excited.

Chen Qingyun said: "Who made you so rich? Since you want to propose marriage to me, show some sincerity."

Jiang Zuo raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, didn't I already give up most of the profits from the shops in the capital? Isn't that enough?"

"Not enough. Consider this as your punishment."

Chen Qingyun said calmly.

Jiang Zuo smiled helplessly and said, "So, if I bring the money here, Your Majesty will agree to my marriage proposal?"

This time, it was Chen Qingyun's turn to hesitate.

If she really agreed, she would still be the majestic empress, but if she didn't agree, wouldn't she always be playing tricks on Jiang Zuo?

"talk later……"

Chen Qingyun also began to follow Jiang Zuo's example and do things perfunctorily.

"If Your Majesty agrees, I can give you any amount of money." Jiang Zuo said with a smile.

If he really married the empress, would he no longer have to serve as the prime minister of the cabinet and be so busy every day?

Chen Qingyun suddenly remembered something and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. I received news yesterday that Prime Minister Jiang was in and out of these romantic places. I don't know if it's true or not."

Jiang Zuo was startled and quickly explained, "Who is spreading rumors and slandering me again? Your Majesty, there are many people targeting me inside and outside the court. Don't believe those rumors."

"So did you go or not?" Chen Qingyun's eyes were serious.

Jiang Zuo hesitated for a moment and said, "I didn't go to any romantic places. I just went to the bathing center I own and had a massage..."

"If you go, you should be punished." Chen Qingyun said calmly.

"Is this also a penalty?"

"Since you like massages so much, I will punish you by having you give me a massage in the palace tonight."

Jiang Zuo: “…”

Another day of back pain...

time flies.

It was quite quiet in the imperial study.

Jiang Zuo stretched and turned to look at the sky outside.

Chen Qingyun raised his head slightly, looked at Jiang Zuo, and said, "You have been tired for a long time today, go back and have a rest. After lunch, I will send someone to summon you."

Jiang Zuo couldn't refuse, nor did he answer. He still stood there, refusing to leave, as if he wanted to say something.

"Do you have anything else to say?" Chen Qingyun asked. Looking at Jiang Zuo's shy look, he knew that he had something to say.

Jiang Zuo hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that His Majesty summoned Qin Yu yesterday?"

Chen Qingyun said: "She was summoned. Is there any problem?"

Jiang Zuo said: "What did His Majesty say to Qin Yu?"

Jiang Zuo was very curious about this question and almost didn't sleep the whole night.

Chen Qingyun turned his head and looked at Jiang Zuo, a special look flashed in his bright eyes, and he just said: "Guess."

"How can I guess that!"

Jiang Zuo suddenly became anxious, and his curiosity tortured him again and again.

Chen Qingyun smiled and said, "Why do you want to know so much? This is a matter between me and Miss Qin, and it has nothing to do with you."

"It has nothing to do with me?" Jiang Zuo was even more confused, and said, "But since Siyue summoned Qin Yu, she left the capital. Did you reach some conditions with her, Siyue?"

Jiang Zuo's guess is not unreasonable. Perhaps this so-called condition is him, Jiang Zuo.

Chen Qingyun shook his head and said, "It's not a condition."

"Didn't His Majesty order Qin Yu to go back?" Jiang Zuo asked doubtfully.

Chen Qingyun said: "I never forced her to do anything, don't think too much."

How could Jiang Zuo not think about it, because Qin Yu's transformation in the past two days was really too strange.

"So what is it?"

"You go back first." Chen Qingyun said.

Seeing that the empress was so mysterious, Jiang Zuo was really curious, but he had to leave the palace first and come back after lunch.

After lunch, Jiang Zuo entered the palace again to meet the empress.

As soon as they met, Jiang Zuo asked again: "So what did His Majesty say to Qin Yu?"

"Why are you still brooding over this!"

Chen Qingyun seemed a little helpless.

Jiang Zuo said excitedly: "Your Majesty, please tell me quickly. If you don't tell me, I will die with regrets!"

Chen Qingyun smiled and said, "This matter is kept secret, even you won't know about it."

After hearing this, Jiang Zuo became anxious again and asked hurriedly, "Could it be that Your Majesty really threatened Qin Yu?"

"What threat? I just asked her to help deal with the affairs of the Southeast Family. As for what we agreed, don't ask too much." Chen Qingyun said lightly.

Jiang Zuo sighed slightly and said, "Well, since Your Majesty is unwilling to talk, I will not waste my words."

Having said that, Jiang Zuo still wanted to know what it was...

Chen Qingyun said, "Continue to review the memorials. You were away the past two days, and there are many things waiting to be dealt with in the court."

"We just had lunch, Your Majesty, wouldn't you like to take a rest?" Jiang Zuo said lazily.

"Don't take a rest. You won't be able to leave if you don't finish dealing with these memorials today."

Chen Qingyun gave another order.

Jiang Zuo looked at the pile of memorials on the table and felt a headache coming on.

It's not easy to be the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. No wonder Chen Qingyun repeatedly asked Jiang Zuo to take the position...

After dealing with the memorials from ten days ago, Jiang Zuo began to look through the important memorials that had been specially marked in the past few days.

One of the memorials was about the imperial examination.

"Your Majesty, the results of the provincial examinations in various places have come out."

Jiang Zuo stared at the memorial in his hand, reading its contents carefully.

"is it?"

Chen Qingyun put down the memorial in his hand.

"In this way, we can organize the palace examination as soon as possible and select the top scholar." Jiang Zuo said.

Chen Qingyun nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, then do it as soon as possible."

Jiang Zuo added: "Since this is the first time that our court has held a formal imperial examination, there are only about eighty candidates participating in the final palace examination."

The imperial examination system of Yan State has not yet been fully popularized, and the newly formulated imperial examination textbooks were only issued three months ago. Some scholars don't even know that there is such an examination.

Compared with the previous rigid examination system, the imperial examination formulated by Jiangzuo tested the talents of these candidates more and did not rely entirely on rote memorization.

Thinking about that, Jiang Zuo opened another related memorial, read it carefully, and said, "A candidate named Shen Ye from Huaizhou scored nearly full marks on all three test papers."

“Is there such a talent?”

Chen Qingyun was quite happy.

You have to know that this is the first formal examination in the country. Those candidates could only study for two or three months at most, but they were able to get nearly full marks. They are absolute talents.

"Could it be that your test paper was too easy?" Chen Qingyun asked.

Jiang Zuo said: "No, among the more than 60 people who participated in the palace examination, only Shen Ye scored so well. The second place in the total score was even 30 points lower than Shen Ye. If Shen Ye did not get his score by cheating, then he is definitely a rare talent."