Daming: Grandpa Emperor, please get up and sit on my throne!

"Even if you get the top scorer in the imperial examination, you'll still be stuck in the Hanlin Academy, collecting a meager salary. You'll never be able to climb the ladder!"

"..."

Slander and malice always come so easily.

What's more, several people had decided to wait until the evening when the pleasure boat started to receive guests, and then go to chat with the so-called "Miss Fuliu". Now they were bored of waiting, so they talked even more excitedly.

Until Xia Yuanji went to Nan Paper Shop alone, bought a few pieces of Hui ink, put them in his sleeve pocket, and walked back, he reappeared in the sight of several people.

The constant complaints from several people finally stopped, and they put away the resentful and unfriendly expressions on their faces. They forced a few smiles and nodded to Xia Yuanji on the surface, just as a greeting between roommates.

Xia Yuanji blended into the crowd early in the morning.

Naturally, he could not hear the chatter of these people behind his back, and his heart was only focused on fame, study, the Ming Dynasty, the people... Even if he noticed that the atmosphere between his roommates might be a little subtle, he was too lazy to spare his time and energy to think about what these roommates would say.

So Xia Yuanji actually smiled and greeted him: "Brother Zhou is really well-informed. The Nan Paper Shop has just received some Hui ink, but the quantity is limited. If you had come later, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to buy it. Thank you very much, Brother Zhou."

As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person.

Everyone lived in the same dormitory, so they would see each other every day. Naturally, they would immediately respond: "We are classmates and roommates, so it's only natural."

And when he said this.

The others rolled their eyes and grumbled softly, "We're all classmates and dormmates, so why haven't you spoken to us about Miss Fu Liu? Are you only willing to tell us now because you have no other choice?"

"Ha! You even lied and said you were coming to the Nanzhi Store to buy Hui ink. Otherwise, Xia Weizhe wouldn't have bothered to come with you."

"..."

"Hehe! This is different! How can it be the same, hehe!" Zhou immediately said with a chuckle, and then earned the roll of eyes from other roommates.

As they grumbled quietly, Xia Yuanji politely bowed to them and said goodbye, "Since the ink has been bought, I'll go back first. Have fun."

Since Xia Yuanji was so polite, they naturally maintained their composure and nodded with a smile.

As for the numerous complaints at the same time.

Everyone kept it in mind tacitly.

But at this moment, the smile on one person's face froze slightly. He looked past Xia Yuanji and looked behind him, frowning and said, "Huh? Why is there so much noise over there? What's going on?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the others immediately became interested and looked in the direction the man was looking.

Someone else suggested, "Maybe there's something exciting going on! It's still early, let's go join in the fun."

This is not an ordinary street in Yingtian Prefecture, but the Qinhuai River, which is not far from the imperial palace. There are many dignitaries coming and going, and you can't tell what interesting and lively things are going on.

The others immediately agreed: "Let's go! Let's take a look!"

Seeing several people discussing and indeed hearing a bustling sound coming from behind him, Xia Yuanji subconsciously turned his head to look behind him.

The commercial street that was originally bustling with people seemed to be disrupted by something.

Pedestrians retreated towards them and then dispersed to both sides, as if to make way for a path on this busy street.

Xia Yuanji's roommates had just taken a few steps forward and stopped immediately when they reached where Xia Yuanji was.

For nothing else.

Instead, they discovered that this so-called "bustle" seemed to be coming towards them - in a passage separated from the crowd, the leader was a white-faced, beardless eunuch wearing standard eunuch uniform, and leading the way were dignified, well-trained soldiers.

See this scene.

Xia Yuanji and his roommates immediately followed the lead of the other pedestrians on the street and quickly retreated to the sides of the empty path...

Although they didn't know what happened.

But they know.

The only people in this world who can command eunuchs... are either