Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape

A few days after the number one scholar was paraded through the streets, something happened in the capital again that aroused heated discussion among the people of the capital - the palace examination paper of this year's number one scholar!

After seeking Hua Murong's consent, the emperor posted the papers of this year's palace examination candidates, in order to use the popularity of the top scholar to draw people's attention to the two fresh foods, bean sprouts and tofu, which were examples given in Hua Murong's test paper.

Rather than letting the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture work hard to teach the people how to make these two new foods, it would be better to let the people discuss and research them themselves.

The first group of people who come up with the research can earn some money for their hard work.

People with ideas may develop more soy products. For example, even if Hua Murong did not write soy milk on the test paper, the people had already researched it out. The owner of the steamed bun shop is doing more and more prosperous business because of the soy milk.

The emperor had another purpose for this trip, which was to help Hua Murong expand his popularity and increase his credibility.

The emperor understood why Hua Murong wanted to be sent away, but this reason... was a little difficult for him to accept.

The emperor originally wanted to let his brother-in-law enter the Sinong Temple, but Hua Murong decisively refused and made it clear that he did not want to be an official in the capital.

After an effective communication, both sides took a step back. The emperor allowed him to be sent out for military service and gave him a secret order, stating that if Hua Murong, thanks to his sister and brother-in-law, discovered more new grain during his military service, he would be in charge of it and could report the news directly to his desk as soon as possible.

For Hua Murong, his purpose was to be sent to Guyang County to support his sister. Promoting the new grain was what his sister and brother-in-law wanted to do. Now the emperor gave him a secret order and supported him...

Haha, only a fool would not accept benefits that come right to your door.

He was just pretending to be cool and making his attitude clear, but he didn't expect that the emperor would give him such a big surprise. Hehe, it was not in vain that he made friends with the emperor.

In order to prevent outsiders from discovering that the emperor and the number one scholar had a close personal relationship, their discussion did not take much time, only the time it took to go to the toilet.

Therefore, Hua Murong appeared at the Qionglin Banquet again, and no one noticed his abnormality.

Gu Chengqing finally got rid of the socializing. When he turned around, he found Hua Murong not far away from him. He went over immediately and said, "Hua Zhuangyuan, I want to talk to you. Can I have a moment with you?"

Hua Murong heard the voice and turned around to see that it was the runner-up Gu Chengqing. She was quite confused, but she smiled politely and made a gesture of invitation: "This way, please."

The two men came to a deserted corner with dim lighting, and those who didn't know the situation might think they were plotting something unknown.

"Mr. Gu, do you want to see me for something?"

"I would like to ask, Hua Zhuangyuan mentioned tofu and bean sprouts in the article. Are these your ideas? How did you come up with such a sudden idea?"

Hua Murong smiled and said, "It's not my idea. This is the food that my sister and brother-in-law came up with. As for how he came up with such an amazing idea, I can only say that my brother-in-law has a talent in this area and it's God's gift for him."

Gu Chengqing seemed to be thinking about something, and then asked, "Hua Zhuangyuan knows so much about it, but has he ever participated in the production?"

"Yes, there were some unexpected things in the production process, but I still remember the recipe by heart." Hua Murong joked to himself.

Gu Chengqing was touched by Hua Murong's kindness and smiled knowingly. He then bowed to him and said, "I have an unwelcome request. I hope Hua Zhuangyuan will fulfill it."

"Mr. Gu, please speak frankly. If I can do it..."

"It's not a big deal, but it's a bit presumptuous..." Gu Chengqing said with some embarrassment, "I wanted to be a guest at the Hua Mansion and have a chat with Hua Zhuangyuan over tea."

It was so serious that I thought it was a big deal, but is this it?

Hua Murong smiled and said, "Mr. Gu, you are too polite. I will wait for you in the mansion tomorrow."