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

"What? Have you lost your soul?"

Seeing that Xia Yuanji had disappeared for an afternoon and a night, the others were of course extremely curious about what had happened to him in the palace. Seeing Xia Yuanji's frightened look, everyone's face showed a look of surprise and doubt.

At the same time, there was a hint of secret joy.

"This Xia Weizhe is usually so stern and boring. It's probably not a good thing to scare him like this."

"Who doesn't know that His Majesty is erratic and moody? He's always causing trouble. Even if I had the chance to meet His Majesty, what would be the point?"

"..."

Although they asked with curiosity, they all put their minds at ease: I am relieved that my brother didn't get rich overnight.

The expressions on their faces also unconsciously relaxed.

I asked curiously:

"Speaking of which, I was really shocked this afternoon. Someone from the palace suddenly came to deliver an imperial decree. I thought it was something serious!"

"Weizhe, you've been in the palace for so long, what happened?"

"Yes, tell us about it. When we are on the list, we can go to the palace to meet His Majesty and take the palace examination. At least we can be more prepared."

"..."

Several people had a look of excitement on their faces.

At this time, Xia Yuanji put down the water cup in his hand and finally came to his senses. Facing the curious eyes of several roommates, he moved his lips but seemed to be hesitant to speak: "This... How should I put it..."

My experience today was simply magical.

Which decent person could be suddenly summoned into the palace, meet the emperor who is above everyone else, and then be appointed as a third-rank official?

Even if you really get the answer right and win the prize.

This is too messy.

But now that I come to my senses, I really think... this matter is quite consistent with the personality of the current emperor: he is always reckless, and he has always been notorious for his reckless behavior.

"What do you mean? Just tell me! What happened during your visit to the palace?"

Some people immediately disagreed with Xia Yuanji's hesitating look, and at the same time could not help but urge him - the Forbidden City, the Imperial Palace, the emperor above everyone else... these are things that ordinary people can only look up to in their entire lives.

Xia Yuanji took a deep breath and adjusted himself.

He simply said, "Your Majesty... He appointed me as the Third Rank Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and said that the imperial edict will be issued tomorrow."

After saying that, even he felt a little guilty.

After all, this statement sounds outrageous, who would dare to believe it if it were told to others?

Of course, the fact is also true.

When Xia Yuanji finished speaking, the room fell into silence for a moment. The others exchanged glances and then burst into laughter:

"Hahahahahahaha! Wei Zhe...you...hahahahaha!"

"Third rank, hahahaha..."

"You are the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. What you said is very convincing."

"As the saying goes, even if you want to brag, you still have to make a draft."

"Weizhe, you've changed! You must have known about the situation in the palace in advance and figured out the route, but you hid it and refused to tell us, fearing that we'd pass the exam and compete with you later, right? You've really changed!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"..."

Everyone looked at Xia Yuanji, laughing and complaining.

Feeling somewhat guilty, Xia Yuanji sighed quietly, thinking, "Ah... I knew it would be like this. What can I say?"

He could only weakly defend himself, "I know this is outrageous, but what I said is... the truth."

Naturally, everyone didn't believe it at all.

He continued to laugh and mock, "Could it be that you went to the palace and saved His Majesty's life? His Majesty will grant you a third-rank official, hahahaha..."

"That's right, His Majesty, there must be a reason for conferring the title on you. Could it be that he just waved his hand and was in a good mood?"

"..."

As the others discussed this, Xia Yuanji suddenly remembered how it all started, and he immediately explained truthfully, "Yes, there's a reason. His Majesty offered a prize a month ago. I guess I answered those two questions... a little correctly, so I won His Majesty's favor. This reward is the prize from a month ago."