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

"Okay! Since Mr. Xia has received the imperial edict, please follow us into the palace immediately. His Majesty is still waiting." The leading eunuch immediately said politely.

After saying that, he stepped forward and extended his hand to help Xia Yuanji who was getting up.

Then he flicked the whisk in his hand and pointed in the direction of the palace: "Mr. Xia, go ahead."

Xia Yuanji still hasn't figured out what's going on.

Of course, he didn't dare to be arrogant. Although he didn't dare to refuse anything because he had received the imperial edict, he still politely replied, "Thank you for your help, eunuch."

After saying this, he slowly walked towards the direction the other party had indicated, and the leading eunuch, who had a rather arrogant attitude, only lagged behind him one step and followed beside him to lead the way.

Under the gaze of everyone else here, especially his good roommates who were staring at them with eyes as big as copper bells, the group gradually walked away.

And this bustling street had its rhythm briefly interrupted.

It gradually became bustling again.

Only then did the few young men who had been frozen in the middle of the road finally come to their senses. "Xia Yuanji... just walked into the palace like that? To see His Majesty? What the hell is this!?"

"That's right! Who isn't a student of the Imperial College? Why was he summoned to the palace with such fanfare, while the rest of us can only sit here by the Qinhuai River and enjoy the breeze?"

"..."

At this moment, several people felt as if there was something in their hearts that couldn't go up or down, and they were very blocked.

Xia Yuanji's treatment is equivalent to "skipping the screening of the provincial examination and going directly to the palace examination."

It is enough to make any scholar in the world who has not been on the list jealous.

They are no exception.

After all, when you see people like Jack Ma becoming the richest man, you may not feel any emotion in your heart, and may even call them "Dad". But if you see people around you suddenly become rich... many people may be angry to death.

So the expressions of several people looked a little ferocious.

One of them said with a look of envy and disappointment, "Being summoned individually by His Majesty, from now on...will Xia Weizhe no longer be like us?"

The words sounded calm.

But it was a sentence that hit several people right in the chest.

A few people were silent for a moment, and someone, stubbornly and unconvincedly, muttered, "Oh! Who knows! Who knows? Maybe His Majesty has suddenly had a sudden whim and wants to have some fun?"

Although escaping is shameful, it is useful. Although covering one's ears and stealing the bell is stupid, so many people do it, not to mention Zhu Yunhuan's reputation... It was bad to begin with.

Therefore, this quite reasonable guess immediately made several people more energetic, and they immediately agreed:

"Maybe it's true! Otherwise, why would they suddenly summon him, an ordinary student from the Imperial College? The one in the current palace... Ha!"

"A few days ago, he insisted on transferring Duke Ying out of Yingtian Prefecture. When all the officials advised him against it, he suspended court indefinitely... How serious can he be?"

"But Xia Weizhe is such a serious person! What will happen if he meets that person in the palace?"

……

The Qinhuai River was still bustling with activity, not disturbed by the sudden incident, nor by the whispered discussions of a few people.

And the other side.

In the square outside the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

Two officials, one in a crimson robe and the other in a blue robe, were already waiting outside.

One of them is the current second-in-command of the Ministry of Revenue, Right Vice Minister Yu Xin.

The other person was Gu Pu, the head of the Ministry of War.

Although he was a very powerful figure in the Yongle Dynasty and assisted Xia Yuanji in achieving remarkable political achievements, his official position is not high at this moment.

The two of them were already in the six ministries, so they arrived quickly since they were close by. It seemed that they had been waiting here for quite some time.

At this moment, Yu Xin, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Gu Pu, the Director of the Ministry of War, were staring at each other, their faces looking quite anxious, with a hint of nervousness, uneasiness and panic as if a "disaster was about to happen".