In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

Well, this should be Sun Nanxing, the biological son of the Qingzhou prefect.

He looked at the one on the right again... He noticed the child on the right as soon as he came in. The child looked somewhat similar to the young Duke Anguo.

He has a noble character and clear eyes, and looks like a real scholar.

And she looks pretty good too.

"You raise your head."

The emperor became interested in the child on the right. "What's your name?"

"Student...Gu Liang."

Gu Liang immediately raised his head, and a handsome face immediately came into the emperor's sight. The young man had clear brows and showed his integrity.

When the emperor saw it, his eyes lit up.

He was overjoyed: This child really looks like a role model for scholars! !

This is what I imagine a scholar to look like.

Unfortunately, those top scorers, runners-up, and third place winners that I had met before...although they were talented, their looks╮(￣⊿￣)╭were mostly unsatisfactory.

The emperor was delighted to see such a good-looking scholar who looked like a scholar. He said to Gu Liang and Sun Nanxing, "You two should get up."

"The governor of Qingzhou asked Bai Lu to write a letter to me overnight. I already know all these things. Six carrier pigeons died before the letter reached Kyoto."

The emperor sighed inwardly, and said to the people below: "Those pigeons have worked hard, and you have worked hard too."

"Where are Lin Zanghai and Wukaka?"

Gu Liang and Sun Nanxing both stood up respectfully and answered, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Wang is in the side hall right now, interrogating Lin Zanghai and Wukaka."

The emperor nodded, very satisfied.

Although the Qingzhou prefect had helped with the interrogation once before, Wang Shoufu still had to conduct another interrogation in person.

"Prime Minister Wang has arrived, so I am relieved."

"You two can sit down and have a chat."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor gave them seats, and Steward Zhang personally served tea to Gu Liang and Sun Nanxing.

The emperor glanced at the two of them with a kind look, and he knew in his heart that the reason why the Qingzhou prefect sent them here this time was, firstly, to let them broaden their horizons, and secondly, to let him think carefully about the contributions of his two sons.

The third one has another purpose.

The governor of Qingzhou has to stay in Qingzhou and take charge.

The emperor could not help but sigh in his heart for a moment that the prefect of Qingzhou was indeed a good official, much better than the prefect of Liangzhou who had joined in the rebellion.

He turned to Sun Nanxing and asked, "I wonder how your father is doing now. Is he working hard over there?"

"Your Majesty, even if it is hard work, it is all for Your Majesty. Father is very happy every day."

Sun Nanxing answered truthfully, "My father has lost more than ten pounds now."

The emperor nodded, very satisfied with his answer.

I have to say that although Sun Nanxing is usually silly, but at critical moments, he is very good at talking and chatting.

The emperor turned his head and looked at Gu Liang next to him, and said to him very kindly: "You are wearing a Confucian robe, so you must be taking the imperial examination. I wonder what level you have learned so far?"

"Next year, students will be able to come to Kyoto to meet His Majesty."

Hearing this, the emperor's eyes lit up, and he nodded with great satisfaction and said, "In that case, you have shown your face in front of me in advance. I will remember you."

"......As long as you don't let down your guard and pass the academic tests, I will definitely give you a lot of thanks and preferential treatment when the time comes."

"I heard from the Duke of Anguo and the others in their letters that you are a very graceful person."

He sighed a little. It was really rare to find such an upright scholar like Gu Liang, who was not only good-looking but also had good character and knowledge.

This kind of person is just right to be a powerful official.

Hearing this, Gu Liang knew that he had really caught the emperor's eye.

He was very happy and grateful. Fortunately, Bai Lu saved him, otherwise how could he have survived and come back to show his loyalty to the emperor.

“Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty.

The student will definitely come to see Your Majesty."

Gu Liang smiled at the emperor.

After they exchanged a few pleasantries, Prime Minister Wang came in from outside and said to the emperor with a smile, "Your Majesty, the results have been found out now."

"The Turks don't have much food and grass, so they sent Lin Zanghai and Wukaka to Qingzhou. One is to steal the food and grass, and the other is to provoke and cause trouble, so as to provoke our Dawu to fight with them."

Wang Shoufu said with indignation: "They have long expected that we Dawu are unwilling to fight, so they knew from the beginning that we need to be moderate in doing things."

"In addition, they also plan to abduct Lady Bai to the Turkic side. As long as they force Lady Bai to marry Lin Zanghai and Lin Junshi, they will be able to control our Dawu..."

"Even if you can't control His Majesty, you will at least consider Lady Bai's face and allocate some food, silver, and various supplies to the Turks as soon as they make a request. This will at least allow them to survive for two or three months."

"When we have been tortured enough, it will be time to start the war again in winter."

"In other words, they want to exchange Bai Lu for supplies?!"

Hearing this, the emperor's face darkened, and he immediately slammed the table and said angrily: "They really wishful thinking!"

"Fortunately, Bai Lu was smart and resourceful, and got out of the predicament in time."

If we don't get out of this, we can imagine what kind of desperate situation we will face in the future.

Those Turkic people would never let Bai Lu go, and what would happen if a girl like Bai Lu fell into their hands... The emperor was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat just thinking about it.

The emperor took two deep breaths and said angrily, "That means they won't go to war in the near future?!"

"Yes, I heard that General Is's troops are insufficient, so there will be no war in the near future."

Wang Shoufu saluted the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is of great benefit to us..."

Wang Shoufu was foaming at the mouth. Just as he was about to say something, he saw Gu Liang beside him and smiled in time: "Your Majesty, we have delivered the message, so we will leave first."

The emperor nodded and said with great satisfaction: "Well, Gu Liang, you and Nan Xing can go out."

Neither of these two children wanted to eavesdrop, and they also knew what to listen to and what not to listen to. Gu Liang was indeed very perceptive.

Seeing Gu Liang walking away, Prime Minister Wang silently memorized the child's name in his heart and said to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Lin Zanghai didn't say much, but what Wukaka said was very complete."

"We specifically found an official from the Honglu Temple who can speak Turkic. They said that General Yisi is currently stationed in the grasslands and his soldiers have not been trained. Currently, only 50,000 soldiers are available."