After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

We ate abalone, shark fin, and bird's nest yesterday, and today we are going to have a full banquet.

Not afraid of being stuffed to death!!

Zhao Yao was anxiously waiting in the hall when someone outside informed her that Lin was coming.

As soon as Lin came in, she looked around and signaled Zhao Yao to retreat.

Zhao Yao asked everyone to leave and asked, "What's the matter?"

Lin looked very happy. She stepped forward and whispered, "Good news, Your Highness!"

Zhao Yao was excited for a moment, "But is there any movement from Zhao Ying?"

Lin was startled when he heard this, then shook his head and said, "That's not the case."

Zhao Yao frowned in disappointment.

Seeing this, Lin comforted him, "Don't worry, Your Highness. Although there is no news from Princess Chengqian, it is also a good thing!"

"The family sent me a message today, saying that they have a candidate for the imperial examination this year. If you can get a copy of the test paper, he will not charge you any interest on your capital, and he will also give you another 100,000 taels!"

A trace of thought flashed across Zhao Yao's eyes...

Seeing that Zhao Yao did not refuse, Lin said, "He probably knew that my family had a channel to get the test questions, so he proposed this condition."

"I think it's feasible. That person said that it must not be spread to others. If only one person gets the test questions, it won't attract other people's attention."

What she didn't say was that she would also get a large sum of money, and not only that, he also promised to give her an extra sum as a thank you.

Zhao Yao remained silent, obviously moved.

However, where this test question comes from is also a question.

Her idea was to let Lin go to Prime Minister Liu to steal. However, before she told Lin, Lin already said that it was not okay for her to steal from Prime Minister Liu because Prime Minister Liu never liked her and would not open such a private place as the study to her.

The only solution now is to go directly to Emperor Jianxi and steal.

And the person most suitable to do this is undoubtedly Zhao Yao himself.

Zhao Yao had some concerns at first, but Lin, who was standing next to her, was thinking about the extra money, so she urged her on. After much persuasion, Zhao Yao's concerns disappeared for the most part. She cooked a bowl of soup and went to the Yangxin Palace.

At the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Wu Yonggui came out carrying the changed ointment.

Zhao Yao took a look and asked, "Where is Father injured?"

Wu Yonggui habitually said, "I'm not injured, but the weather has changed recently, and your Majesty's waist is a little painful. I just asked the servant to take off the plaster and change it."

After saying this, Wu Yonggui frowned. Why did he feel that the scene in front of him was particularly familiar...

Before he could think further, Zhao Yao had already entered with the bowl of soup.

Wu Yonggui hurriedly said: "Princess Huai'an is here!"

Then turned and left.

In the Yangxin Palace, Emperor Jianxi was holding the test paper with a frown on his face.

Should we change the topic or not?

It would be a pity to change such a good topic.

But if we don’t change it…even though we have arrested all those who knew the test questions, what if there are still some who slipped through the net?

Emperor Jianxi was thinking hard when suddenly, Zhao Yao's voice rang in his ears.

"My son, I will meet my father."

Emperor Jianxi looked up, then hid the test questions unnoticeably and stuffed them into the memorial.

"Huaian is here..."

Zhao Yao took a sneak peek and then quickly looked away.

Hearing this, he stood up and walked towards Emperor Jianxi. He placed the bowl of soup next to Emperor Jianxi and said with a smile, "I heard that your father has been very busy recently. I am worried that your father is not feeling well, so I specially cooked a soup with spinach, tofu, yam, lily, angelica, codonopsis, cassia seed, bitter melon, red dates, astragalus and angelica root. Please try it."

Emperor Jianxi: ...

His daughter is indeed a nun. She loves stewing just like her mother, but she never touches meat!

Emperor Jianxi coughed twice and said, "Put it down!"

Then the father and daughter had nothing to say, and Emperor Jianxi took a copy of the memorial and read it.

Zhao Yao had been thinking about how to divert Emperor Jianxi away and get the test questions stuffed in the memorial. After a while, her eyes shifted to the bowl of soup.

She picked it up and said, "Father, the soup will taste bad if it gets cold."

As he said this, he was about to force it to Emperor Jianxi. Emperor Jianxi had learned from the previous experience. When he saw Zhao Yao coming over with the soup, he immediately stood up from the dragon chair and took a few steps away, "Put it there, put it there!"

Seeing Emperor Jianxi walking away, Zhao Yao frowned and hurriedly chased after him with the bowl in hand, "Drink it, Father!"

"Put it there first!"

Emperor Jianxi was also anxious. What was he drinking? If he drank it, he would die!

Zhao Yao simply didn't want to hear what Emperor Jianxi said and only wanted to achieve his own goal. So, after a long chase, Emperor Jianxi hid behind a pillar, but was still caught up by Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao's eyes lit up and she suddenly groaned.

"Ouch, hot, hot, hot!"

As he said this, he poured the bowl of soup onto Emperor Jianxi!

What a coincidence, it’s still the familiar location.

Feeling the familiar pain, Emperor Jianxi's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Emperor Jianxi had a sullen face and said nothing.

Zhao Yao knelt down in a pretentious manner, "Father, please forgive me. I didn't mean to do that."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Jianxi was so angry that his eyes went dark. He stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the dragon throne. His fingers were trembling and he gritted his teeth and said, "You didn't mean it? You chased me all the way here... just to pour the soup on me, and you still say it wasn't intentional?!"

"What is intentional then?"

"What do you mean by intentional?"

Zhao Yao looked in the direction of Emperor Jianxi's hand, and then realized that she had indeed done it too obviously...

Zhao Yao lowered her head and dared not speak.

Emperor Jianxi was furious and pointed at Zhao Yao, "Wait until I change my clothes before I punish you!"

After saying that, he called Wu Yonggui.

Wu Yonggui looked at the familiar scene in front of him and felt a little confused for a moment.

Did this also happen?

Why did Your Majesty get scalded again?

Or is it the same hot spot?

Last time, Concubine Shu's perm had just gotten better, but this...

Wu Yonggui didn't dare to speak, and hurriedly helped Emperor Jianxi into the inner hall to change clothes.

When Zhao Yao saw Emperor Jianxi go in, he felt that his opportunity had come.

She stood up slowly and walked towards the pile of papers on the table. After flipping through them frantically, she finally found the test paper. She glanced through it from beginning to end, memorized it silently in her mind, and then put the test paper back intact.

After doing all this, she knelt back down.

Half a cup of tea later, Emperor Jianxi walked out with his hands behind his back and a stern face.

He glared at Zhao Yao and snorted heavily before giving an order in a deep voice, "Princess Huai'an is unfilial and disrespectful to her father. I hereby exempt her from half a year's annual salary!"

Zhao Yao raised her head in confusion.

Well, she was fined half a year last time for the Empress Dowager’s birthday banquet, and this time she was fined half a year again. She doesn’t have to wait until the beginning of next spring.

After Zhao Yao received the penalty order, she couldn't help but comfort herself in her heart. It didn't matter. She would be rich soon. It was just a year's annual salary...

The most urgent thing now is to sell the test questions to that person. If this fails, she will be in big trouble.

Zhao Yao couldn't wait to leave.

Emperor Jianxi was left alone, sulking over the memorial.

After a while, Emperor Jianxi threw the memorial away.

His eyes were fixed with the night sky, so dark and gloomy.

The mother and daughter of Concubine Shu are really unpleasant!

They caused him a huge disaster back then, but he didn't care about it. Instead, they are ungrateful!

Emperor Jianxi thought of the past and became angry again.

That year, Concubine Shu took advantage of him being drunk and got on the dragon bed in Prince Shou's mansion, so he had to bring Concubine Shu to the palace. Because of this incident, Hyomin was very angry with him.