As soon as Bai Fu finished speaking, the old woman's face turned pale. This was their original idea, but Bai Fu said it so bluntly, and the matter became distorted.

Seeing that the old woman was about to say something, Bai Fu threw a coin bag from her sleeve. When it landed on the ground, a few ingots of silver fell out of the coin bag:

"This is what you consider 'life-saving money', and I will return it a hundredfold. If you continue to block the entrance to the Imperial Examination Hall and fabricate rumors, the censors in the Censorate will probably want to hear you talk about the meaning of 'a drop of water' more than I do."

After saying that, Bai Fu glanced at the gazes of the people around her, and finally fixed her eyes on the silver coins scattered on the ground. If she had known that she would be harassed by such a person, she would never have eaten those two pieces of cakes. These few taels of silver coins were enough to cover her family's expenses for a year.

Qu Lian'er carefully noticed the anger and sadness hidden under Bai Fu's strong appearance. She saw that the mother and son looked around for the censors Bai Fu mentioned after hearing what Bai Fu said. When they saw the soldiers at the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall coming towards them, they shrank their necks.

The old woman didn't care about her acting anymore. She rushed to the ground, picked up the silver coins quickly, and held them tightly in her hand, ready to take her son away.

Before leaving, he knew that Bai Fu's plan would fail, and he turned around and spat at Bai Fu, cursing at her. However, having seen how powerful Bai Fu was and knowing that she had achieved fame and honor, he did not dare to continue to insult her loudly. The two of them supported each other and wanted to leave the Imperial Examination Hall.

"stop."

The cold voices of the officers and soldiers came from behind. The mother and son looked back in confusion and saw that the person who spoke was wearing an official uniform. Without even turning his head, he had already taken big strides and wanted to escape.

He had just taken two steps when he was caught by the soldiers who had been waiting not far away.

"He made a loud noise in front of the Imperial Examination Hall, openly slandering and blackmailing the Jinshi. He will be taken back for questioning."

The mother and son's cries of injustice faded away with the sound of shackles. The crowd of onlookers saw this scene and quietly dispersed. Some of them, who were already looking for trouble, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, lamenting that they were lucky not to have said anything too much today, otherwise they would have been taken away with them.

The image on the panel finally froze on Bai Fu's face, which was relieved and full of hope. Liang Chongyue turned off the panel, looked at the three girls coming towards him not far away, and silently left the window.

"I congratulate Your Majesty."

As soon as Liang Chongyue sat down, Li Yu'an stood up and poured her wine.

"What's so good about it?"

Even as he asked this, Liang Chongyue still picked up the wine glass and waited for Li Yu'an to finish talking about the happy event before drinking it in one gulp.

"Of course, I am pleased that Your Majesty has won several more distinguished female Jinshi candidates in this spring's imperial examination."

Liang Chongyue knew that Li Yu'an was going to say this, and in response he emptied his wine glass.

"Yes, a person of noble character is the most precious thing. If only everyone were like this, my Great Xia..."

Liang Chongyue didn't say the rest of the words, but Li Yu'an also understood that in the ups and downs of officialdom, no matter how noble a person's character is, it is inevitable that he will be affected by the environment. Although he will not become a villain who harms loyal people and oppresses the people, there are very few people who can keep their original intentions.

He only hoped that these women would not disappoint His Majesty, and that Daxia would one day become what His Majesty wanted to see.

After dinner, Liang Chongyue took Li Yu'an back to the palace. The imperial edict was posted and the Lu Ming Banquet would begin in the next few days. Liang Chongyue had something to do and did not attend the last Lu Ming Banquet. Now that she has succeeded to the throne, it is time for her to pin flowers to the new scholars.

"You will accompany me to this year's Luming Feast."

Li Yu'an used to be the Grand Tutor, and he had never missed such a banquet since returning to Beijing. Naturally, he could not be absent this time, lest he become sentimental and sad alone.

This time during the Spring Examination, Liang Chongyue was busy because Li Yu'an was negotiating with the Ministry of Rites, and she couldn't just use him and then throw him away.

"Really? Thank you, Your Majesty."

When Li Yu'an heard this, his eyes lit up, as if stars were twinkling in them.

"No need to wear palace clothes. I haven't seen you in court clothes for a long time. Wear that."

Most of the palace costumes for men in the harem were modified based on the palace costumes of previous concubines, and they were mostly decorated with various patterns. Li Yu'an looked good in them, but they were too fancy and did not match his temperament. Therefore, after Li Yu'an entered the palace, he wore the simplest solid-color clothes all year round, with only three or four patterns on them at most.

After Liang Chongyue finished speaking, she stared at Li Yu'an. Just as she expected, Li Yu'an's eyes instantly turned red. There was both emotion and love in his eyes as he stared at her. It was true that men were easy to coax.

Liang Chongyue placed a kiss on his cheek, and immediately not only his eyes turned red. When the two of them got off the car, it was still early. Ping'an had come to greet His Majesty when he got off the car, but when he looked up, he saw that His Majesty and Her Majesty the Queen had red and swollen lips, so he immediately lowered his head.

Just pretend you didn't see it.

"Thank you for your hard work these past few days, Yu'an. Go back and have a good rest. You can resume your lessons at Minglang's place in two days."

Li Yu'an, who was immersed in love, obeyed His Majesty's words. He nodded obediently and watched His Majesty leave. On the way back to Kunning Palace, the curve of his mouth never dropped.

Liang Chongyue coaxed someone back to the Yangxin Palace and prepared to take a vacation. Now that the new scholars have come out, they will soon be able to make up for the shortcomings in the court. After this group of people take up their posts step by step, she will have more free time.

Liang Chongyue leaned on the chaise longue, her eyes swept over the servants in the hall, and suddenly she realized that someone seemed to have changed above her head.

Liang Chongyue tilted her head and looked at the black robe on the beam. Didn’t Fei He hide it very well in the past?

Why is half of the robe hanging down today? Liang Chongyue coughed lightly, and Yun Ling immediately stepped forward to serve tea to His Majesty. The figure on the beam also turned around and looked at her at the first moment.

Beneath the mask is another pair of eyes.

Liang Chongyue waved away the tea that Yun Ling offered him. Yun Ling also looked up at the beam like His Majesty, and understood what was going on. He then withdrew with the palace maids serving in the hall.

"Still coming down?"

Jing Suiyang obeyed the order and immediately jumped down from the beam and appeared beside His Majesty.

Liang Chongyue still maintained a leaning posture, raised her hand and took off his mask from her face, revealing a pretty face that had not been seen for a long time.

"I remember the position on the beam was already set. Why did someone change today?"

The mask fell to the ground with a clanging sound. Jing Suiyang knelt on his knees, lowered his head, and leaned his cheek against His Majesty's hand.

The temperature on the beam was a little low, and Jing Suiyang's face was also cold. It felt like a piece of fine white jade, very pleasant to the touch. Her slender hand lifted Jing Suiyang's chin, and her long eyelashes cast a shadow under her eyes:

"The Lord Commander said that Your Majesty has been working hard recently, so he specially sent me here to give Your Majesty a change of pace."

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