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

Gu Pu then took the opportunity to bring up another piece of news: "Speaking of which, the one who should be congratulated more is Lord Yu's promotion to Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue!"

"Huh!?" Fu Youwen began to lose control of himself, his head full of questions.

Two people came out of the Qianqing Palace, and they were both promoted?

He felt like the CPU in his brain was starting to smoke, and he felt vaguely uncomfortable in his heart - it would have been fine if His Majesty didn't summon him this time, but he promoted both of them. What kind of trick was this?

Did I fall out of favor?

Your Majesty, are you so stupid that you don't even recognize me anymore?

Fu Youwen's reaction was naturally within Yu Xin's expectations.

In other words, no one would remain calm after hearing such sudden news of promotion.

And this moment.

Yu Xin raised his immediate superior's expectations to the highest level, and finally revealed his true intentions, revealing the story of Xia Yuanji: "Oh! That's nothing, this is even worse! He's just a student of the Imperial College, a commoner, and yet the Majesty can still reward him with the title of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue! Directly a third-rank official!"

Yu Xin and Gu Pu carefully and meticulously advanced the situation step by step.

Fu Youwen finally lost his composure and stood up in shock, his eyes wide with disbelief. "A third-rank official? Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue! What kind of promotion is this? It's too outrageous!"

"That's right." Yu Xin quickly fanned the matter, "I'm just a student, a commoner, and now I'm a third-rank Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. What will His Majesty reward me with tomorrow if he's pleased?"

After hearing what Yu Xin said.

As Fu Youwen frantically digested these shocking pieces of news in his mind, he subconsciously felt a surge of dissatisfaction in his heart.

But soon, he felt something was wrong.

Fu Youwen, his head in a mess, poked his palm with his fingernails to calm himself down:

"No, no, I have been watching Your Majesty since the night of the late emperor's death. Your Majesty always acts with discretion, and most of the time he doesn't act without a purpose. Something must have happened!"

Yes, Yu Xin understood Fu Youwen’s desire to improve himself.

But he has no idea what the real Zhu Yunhuan is like, nor does he know what Zhu Yunhuan is like in Fu Youwen's eyes.

Fu Youwen took a deep breath and soon calmed down a lot. His eyes, which were originally a little aggressive and sharp, also became calmer.

He asked in a deep voice, "What is the purpose of His Majesty's reward to you?" He had to find out the whole story first.

He absolutely did not believe that the man with evil intentions would do something so inexplicably and without any purpose - especially since these promotion orders had nothing to do with the word "fun".

If it was something done just for "fun", Fu Youwen wouldn't be so sure, but things that had nothing to do with "fun"... there must be something fishy going on. Who knows, maybe there's even something fishy going on in that evil-hearted dumpling's belly.

Yu Xin was somewhat surprised that Fu Youwen calmed down so quickly.

But he didn't know the reason.

Of course, Yu Xin was not afraid of Fu Youwen's detailed questioning - awarding a third-rank position with real power just because of a so-called prize was ridiculous in itself, it was ridiculous to the extreme, and he didn't think his boss could sit still.

So Yu Xin didn't hide anything and asked, "Master Fu, I think you still remember the two questions that His Majesty gave to the entire Ming Dynasty a month ago?"

"Is it said to be the lucky number for the first year of the Kaiqian era?"

"Of course." Fu Youwen said without any hesitation.

These two questions, the so-called "good start to the new year", may be slowly forgotten, ignored or ignored by anyone else, but not by Fu Youwen.

Think about that day.

I had a lot of flattery in my heart, thinking of making His Majesty happy and making good progress at the beginning of the new year.

The result was, wow... that was a good scolding for His Majesty!

All the dignity and face are lost!

Fu Youwen couldn't help but show a hint of embarrassment when he remembered it. Then he looked at Yu Xin and Gu Pu with a look of sudden realization and said, "You two... and that student from the Imperial College, Xia... Ji, got this prize from His Majesty?"

Yu Xin nodded and admitted truthfully, "Your Excellency is right. We two humble servants wrote something haphazardly, but unexpectedly, we stumbled upon His Majesty's favor. To be precise, there were four people who took the prize: you two, Xia Yuanji, whom I just mentioned, and another named Lin Chengxuan. This person is even lower-class, a folk craftsman who can only read and study, but His Majesty has appointed him as the head of the Ministry of Revenue."

"Speaking of which..."

"Just because I answered two questions from Your Majesty, I received a promotion order. I truly feel... a little unworthy of it."

Yu Xin did not directly direct his anger at Xia Yuanji, otherwise his purpose would be too obvious. His boss was a shrewd man, so he was talking about himself.

But the implication of this statement also refers to Xia Yuanji.

As the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he felt unworthy of the promotion he received just because of a lottery. Isn't it even more ridiculous that Xia Yuanji, a commoner, was promoted to the third rank just because he answered two so-called questions correctly?

Ancient and simple nature also has some sense.

He immediately echoed, "This humble official also feels guilty. I have not made any contributions to the country, but I have received such a great reward..."

The two of them cooperated with each other with a lot of tricks.

Fu Youwen, who was standing behind the desk, had remained silent until now. After the two of them had put on a good show, he finally said in a deep voice, "According to the time, has Xia Yuanji still gone far?"