I am also waiting for the hero to usurp the throne today [Transmigration Book]

A round wooden table with vermilion lacquer and carved dragon, with one person sitting in each of the four directions.

Prime Minister Ye's expression was calm, but his eyes were filled with strong hostility, and he glanced at Huo Caiyu calmly;

Huo Caiyu completely ignored him, and put all his attention on Li Jinyu, remembered what Li Jinyu liked to eat, and poured tea for his majesty from time to time;

Only General Meng seldom ate the imperial dining room, and he opened his mouth to eat without any hesitation, which was completely out of the situation.

Sitting between the prime minister and Huo Caiyu, Li Jinyu was trembling and thinking about what kind of stupidity he had committed to gather a few people for dinner.

In order to separate Huo Caiyu from Prime Minister Ye and prevent Prime Minister Ye from secretly plotting to murder Huo Caiyu, Li Jinyu arranged them in opposite corners.

But there was a problem - there were only four of them, and he had to sit next to Ye Cheng.

Although I believe that a black cat would not dare to act presumptuously in front of Huo Caiyu, it is a cat after all!

Or the cat demon who left him with a huge psychological shadow!

Li Jinyu's back was stiff, his butt moved around restlessly on the stool, feeling like he had never eaten such a torturous meal.

But the size of the meal this time is not small-how can you easily deal with the banquet for the prime minister and the general?

The dishes are served in the way of flowing water, and after a while, the maids will bring up new dishes, and I don't know how long the water will be flowing.

Huo Caiyu noticed that Li Jinyu's buttocks were dawdling on the chair, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty is not feeling well?"

Before Li Jinyu could answer, Prime Minister Ye glanced at Li Jinyu's buttocks, put down his chopsticks, and laughed, "Maybe His Majesty's clothes don't fit, it's too tight."

The previous dragon robe was naturally close-fitting, but since Li Jinyu's tail grew out, the inner garment became a bit tight.

Even though Li Jinyu's tail is not very big, it does occupy a certain amount of space.

The outer robe is too wide to be seen, but Li Jinyu himself can often feel the tightness of the inner garment from the back to the buttocks.

As soon as Prime Minister Ye said this, Li Jinyu almost broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly said, "I've gotten a little fat recently, hehe."

Huo Caiyu subconsciously looked at Li Jinyu's waist.

As before, it is neither bloated nor slender, and the curvature is just right.

- Doesn't seem to be fat?

Huo Caiyu glanced at it and didn't dare to look again, so he quickly turned his eyes away.

Prime Minister Ye looked at the two of them for a while, then suddenly pointed to a Linglong Crystal Shrimp Dumpling, and said with a smile, "Master Huo, this dish was His Majesty's favorite in the past, why don't you try it?"

Huo Caiyu frowned slightly.

Your Majesty seldom eats these things.

Li Jinyu was startled again by Prime Minister Ye's words "Your Majesty in the past". Just as he was about to explain that his taste had changed now, he heard General Meng, who had been eating in silence since just now, suddenly interjected:

"That's right, His Majesty loved Jiangnan seafood very much when he was a child, and he ate it for every meal."

Li Jinyu: "..."

Afraid of Huo Caiyu's sudden suspicion, Li Jinyu quickly took a shrimp dumpling into his mouth: "I do miss it a little."

He turned to look at Huo Caiyu, and said seriously, "It's all mine, you can't eat it."

Prime Minister Ye waved his hand on the shrimp dumplings just now, who knows what he did!

Huo Caiyu was slightly taken aback, seeing Li Jinyu's stuffed mouth and puffed cheeks, a smile suddenly appeared on his lips: "Yes, Your Majesty, take your time."

He poured a cup of tea for Li Jinyu.

Prime Minister Ye saw it, and suddenly laughed again: "Master Huo is easy to refill tea for His Majesty, as expected of a permanent residence in the palace."

This is a bit embarrassing.

Li Jinyu turned his gaze to General Meng, and sure enough, he saw that the general's face was slightly gloomy.

General Meng is old-fashioned and conservative, attaches great importance to ethics and blood inheritance, and has always looked down on men who are masculine.

When he first returned to Beijing, after he heard about Huo Caiyu's "love affair" with Li Jinyu, he didn't show much to Huo Caiyu on the surface, and was extremely cold in private.

But after Huo Caiyu showed his talent, and seeing that His Majesty's attitude was extremely calm, General Meng didn't say much.

Prime Minister Ye mentioned this sentence now, clearly to arouse General Meng's dislike towards Huo Caiyu.

Li Jinyu felt a little unhappy.

He didn't know why, it didn't matter if he killed himself in front of Huo Caiyu to gain hatred, but seeing that Prime Minister Ye was unhappy with Huo Caiyu, he also felt a little unhappy.

Li Jinyu suddenly reached out, took Prime Minister Ye's teacup, and handed it to Huo Caiyu: "Huo Aiqing, pour a cup of tea for Prime Minister Ye."

Huo Caiyu didn't know why, but since it was His Majesty's request, he naturally had no objection, poured another cup of tea with his own hands, and finally persuaded: "Your Majesty, be careful of burning."

Li Jinyu handed the teacup to the prime minister again, facing the dangerous gaze of Prime Minister Ye, coughed: "Master Huo is offering tea to the prime minister, and I hope the prime minister will show you his face."

Prime Minister Ye stared at the teacup in Li Jinyu's hand, and the gentle smile on his face froze, as if wearing a mask.

This tea has been blended, brewed and poured out by Huo Caiyu himself since the tea leaves, entwined with Huo Caiyu's purple myrtle imperial spirit.

Ziwei Emperor Qi puts a lot of pressure on the goblin who has not yet attained enlightenment, especially Ziwei Emperor Qi is so angry that his master still has strong hostility towards him. Drinking this cup of tea is enough to cause damage to his body.

Prime Minister Ye slowly reached out to take the cup of tea, looking at Huo Caiyu with a chill in his eyes.

The general was watching from the side.The emperor's gift cannot be accepted.

In the end, Prime Minister Ye drank the cup of tea slowly, the corners of his mouth twitched inadvertently, and he couldn't help coughing twice.

After this cup of tea, Prime Minister Ye finally shut up quietly.

Now the four important people in the court finally finished their meal quietly.

……

It seems that with this meal as the boundary, since then, the struggle in the court has become more and more intense.

The prime minister's faction, the general's faction, and the neutral faction are surging, and every morning is spent in ridicule and secret fighting with each other.

Sitting on the dragon seat, Li Jinyu rested his chin and watched the courtiers slandering each other below, and yawned helplessly.

He couldn't understand these polite curse words, so he just shut up and didn't express his opinion.

It's just a war of words in front of the left and right eyes, and the scientific research that will really determine the world is the upcoming scientific research.

For scientific research, the most important thing to maintain fairness and justice is to strictly prevent cheating.

Preservation of test questions is a top priority.

According to Li Jinyu's instructions, Huo Caiyu and several great Confucian scholars drafted the exam questions, and the several great Confucian scholars were sent to the other courtyard of the Imperial College, and they would not have contact with outsiders until the imperial examination officially started.

Worried about the resentment of several great Confucian scholars, Li Jinyu specially invited Huo Caiyu to apologize in person.

The main reason why these great Confucians could stand tall in the prime minister's respectable court was that their peaches and plums were fragrant all over the world, and they were tough bones that the emperor dared not dispose of casually.

In the original book, Huo Caiyu broke through the capital and did not interfere with these great scholars, in order to protect their safety, he personally persuaded them to become officials of the new dynasty.

Without exception, they chose to refuse.

Although the Di dynasty did decline and decay in the last few years, it was a court in which they devoted all their efforts.

Intellectually, he knew that Huo Caiyu's ascension to the throne would bring no harm to the people of Jiangshan, but Zhongyi couldn't let them accept it.

There were even two who chose to die with the Di Dynasty, unwilling to see the new dynasty's singing and dancing, and the country's prosperity and people's peace and contempt for the previous dynasty.

"Your Majesty, why should you be so courteous?" A white-haired Confucian twirled his white eyebrows and smiled, "I am satisfied with being able to do my part for all the students in the world, but I just live in another courtyard. A few days, why not?"

"That's right. Wouldn't it be fun for three or five friends to talk about learning and debating?"

Li Jinyu looked at these old people who walked tremblingly, and felt a deep warmth in his heart: "It is a great fortune to have all of you in Di Chao."

The Great Confucian laughed: "Your Majesty, I waited for the courtiers to share His Majesty's worries...It is my great fortune that Your Majesty can be brave and diligent."

They were also once disappointed by His Majesty's stupidity and self-abandonment, but now that His Majesty has shown the responsibility that a king should have, they can also rekindle the blood in their hearts and become a bright light that illuminates the future.

Looking at their stumbling backs, Li Jinyu pursed his lips.

Huo Caiyu beside him glanced sideways at him, as if feeling the emotion and fear in His Majesty's heart, he really wanted to shake His Majesty's hand, but the gap between the monarch and his subjects made him restrain himself, and only said calmly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, their painstaking efforts Certainly not in vain."

Examination questions are completed and sealed in a dedicated secret library under the eyes of the emperor and the two chief examiners.

Huo Caiyu watched the seals being pasted one by one, turned to look at Prime Minister Ye beside him, and smiled, "How does Prime Minister feel about being so protected?"

Prime Minister Ye looked into it carefully, and actually mentioned a few omissions, as if he was sincerely for the fair and just progress of the imperial examination.

"With such strict defense, the test questions will definitely not leak out from here." Prime Minister Ye twirled his beard in satisfaction, and looked at Huo Caiyu peacefully, "Master Huo, be careful, don't leak the test questions by talking in your sleep at night."

Huo Caiyu smiled slightly: "Your Majesty sleeps with His Majesty every night, so naturally I don't worry about this issue."

Prime Minister Ye choked for a moment.

He didn't expect this bastard to block back his own words.

Thinking of the cup of tea that made his stomach hurt for several days before, Prime Minister Ye's face became gloomy, and he cupped his hands at Li Jinyu: "Your Majesty, I feel a little unwell, so I will take my leave for now."

After Prime Minister Ye left, Li Jinyu, who kept his mouth shut and watched the show, asked worriedly, "Will Prime Minister Ye really sell exam questions?"

"Probably not small." Huo Caiyu put away the aggression faced by Prime Minister Ye, and smiled gently, "Officials who go to officialdom under a fair system must be at odds with the prime minister's faction; and the prime minister's own officials are mixed, it is really hard to pull them down. easy."

They still hold a lot of evidence that Ye Guian tortured, which is useless.

"Ye Guixiang himself knows that the prime minister's faction now only has the advantage of being powerful and supported by the aristocratic family. If he doesn't want to be replaced by a little nibble, destroying the justice of the imperial examination is the best choice."

When Huo Caiyu said this, his eyes sank slightly, "The few places that Ye Guixiang mentioned just now, I have to check again."

He didn't believe that Ye Guixiang would be so kind.

Li Jinyu recalled Ye Guixiang's true identity, and said tactfully, "You don't need to bother."

After all, the black cat is a goblin, and it is really difficult for mortals to block it.

What's more, didn't Huo Caiyu say that whether the prime minister is doing bad things will only have a good or better impact on the result?

"The tighter our defenses, the less likely Ye Guixiang will suspect fraud." Huo Caiyu smiled, "It's easier to get into the urn."

Li Jinyu blinked and understood.

Then he should also do his best to beat that nasty black cat!

……

At night, a black shadow rose from the secret vault of the Imperial College, which was so tightly sealed that no one could enter it, and then the cold air overflowed, turning into a big cat with a pitch-black body except for its green eyes.

The black cat looked back at the door of the secret vault, which was covered with seals and concealed many organs, and a hint of sarcasm flashed in its eyes.

——Heh, what's the use of these tricky mortal organs to it?

The black cat walked over gracefully, circled around the cabinet where the test questions were stored, flicked its tail lightly, and opened the door of the cabinet that could not be unlocked without the three special keys.

As soon as the door was opened, a dark liquid shot out from inside.

The black cat subconsciously wanted to use spiritual power to directly bounce the liquid away, but the Ziwei Emperor Qi entangled in the liquid made it freeze in place.

When it regained consciousness and dodged, but failed to dodge completely, a little liquid fell on its front paws, making it almost scream out in pain.

There was nothing special about the liquid, it was just ink.

It's just that there is something mixed in it, with a strong crape myrtle imperial aura, although there is no obvious harm, it is a soul-burning pain for it!

The black cat bared its teeth and rolled over on the ground, its blue eyes flashed with gritted hatred: This is definitely something that stupid hamster came up with!

Obviously there was no such ink before!

Look at the strong crape myrtle imperial spirit in the ink, at least it is mixed with Huo Caiyu's blood!

asshole!

The black cat wished he could go and eat that stupid hamster right now.

It flicked its front paws, enduring the pain, the black cat poked its head into the cabinet, bit out the test questions, read them carefully and memorized them, and then sealed them back as they were.

Before leaving, it looked at the ink on the ground, gritted its teeth, and gathered its spiritual energy to endure the discomfort of Ziwei Emperor Qi to clean up the scene.

And at this moment, in the palace, Li Jinyu was holding Huo Caiyu's hand, feeling a little distressed: "Does it still hurt?"

In order to cheat the black cat, he deliberately asked Huo Caiyu for a little blood.

Originally, he just wanted to prick Huo Caiyu's finger and take a drop or two. Unexpectedly, Huo Caiyu cut his wrist with a dagger without blinking, and sprinkled half of the bowl. Li Jinyu was so scared that his face turned pale. He thought Huo Caiyu Suddenly can't think about it.

This is the blood of the future true dragon emperor!

Quickly held the wound with tissue paper, called the imperial doctor to bandage Huo Caiyu, and it took a long time to get it done.

Seeing Huo Caiyu's pale face due to excessive blood loss, Li Jinyu felt distressed and guilty.

Isn't the future emperor a bit stupid, such a big knife greets his wrist directly!

If I had known, he wouldn't have suddenly thought of using Huo Caiyu's blood to kill that black cat!

Huo Caiyu has practiced martial arts since he was a child, so bleeding a little has little effect on him.

His Majesty wanted his blood, so he gave it to him.

His Majesty wanted his life, and he gave it to him.

Huo Caiyu originally only wanted to satisfy all His Majesty's demands, and did not expect His Majesty's response; but seeing His Majesty's face wrinkled in distress, he was so blessed that he deliberately worked hard to make his face a little pale.

Sure enough, His Majesty's ardent care and heartfelt concerns were aroused.

Feeling His Majesty carefully holding his hand sitting on the edge of the bed, like holding a piece of fragile and precious porcelain, Huo Caiyu felt sweet and warm in his heart.

No matter what, His Majesty at least still cares about him.

And now that he is injured, His Majesty just pressed him directly on the dragon couch, is it tonight...

"Ah, it's getting so late!" Li Jinyu suddenly raised his head with a worried look on his face, "You're injured, go to bed earlier, I'll go to sleep in another bed."

Huo Caiyu: "...how can I sleep on the dragon couch alone?"

Subconsciously, Li Jinyu always felt that this palace belonged to Huo Caiyu, so naturally he didn't think about it so much, he waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I don't mind."

He went to Huo Caiyu's previous bed and slept on his own.

Huo Caiyu: "..."

Forget it, being able to sleep in the bed that His Majesty used to sleep for a night is better than nothing.

……

Not long after, the new imperial examination finally officially opened. Countless hopeful, desperate, and ambitious scholars and students entered the examination room after one after another rigorous physical examination.

Along with the scientific expedition, there is also the heat of summer.

Spring is over, and the heat of summer comes one step ahead of the rain, turning the closed examination room into steaming steamers one after another.

Prime Minister Ye and Huo Caiyu were sitting on the invigilator's desk in the capital's examination room, with a canopy covering their heads from the scorching summer, and there were servants waving fans beside them.

Prime Minister Ye took a sip of the herbal tea to dispel the heat around him, and sighed softly: "Students have had a tough time in this scientific examination, and they will have to stay in the examination room for two days in this hot weather."

The examination room of the scientific examination is only two or three squares wide, and can accommodate narrow beds, examination tables, and buckets at the same time. Except for the servants who regularly pick up the buckets every day, they cannot touch anyone.

It's a real torture in this weather.

Prime Minister Ye suddenly turned his head to look at Huo Caiyu, with a kind smile on his face again: "Master Huo has never passed the imperial examination, he is really lucky."

Huo Caiyu smiled slightly: "It's not the right time for junior officials, and they haven't caught up with the grand occasion of the prime minister's imperial examination."

When Prime Minister Ye took part in the previous imperial examinations, there were still many students with real talents and practical knowledge who participated, and Ye Guixiang could only get a pass.

It's just that the people in front of him don't know how to plan better than Ye Guixiang.

Prime Minister Ye's eyes twitched slightly.

Li Jinyu was in the gazebo behind them, listening to their tit-for-tat confrontation, leaning on the recliner and falling asleep.

In the cage on the side, Tangyuan lay on the wooden bars in the cage, its chubby body spread out flat, from "one" to "a pool".

The weather started to heat up, and Li Jinyu was about to turn into a mouse cake like glutinous rice balls.

Huo Caiyu turned around and noticed His Majesty, a hint of distress flashed in his brown eyes, and he leaned closer and whispered: "Your Majesty, why don't you go back to the palace first?"

Li Jinyu lifted his upper body lazily, and said in a soft voice, "No, I will invigilate the exam myself."

The main thing is to keep an eye on Prime Minister Ye to prevent him from playing tricks.

"Your Majesty will invigilate the exam for another round, why bother at this time?"

"Of course I want to see how the students make their way to the top!" Li Jinyu regained consciousness, and said with a dignified righteousness, "This is my future courtiers!"

Huo Caiyu was a little helpless and a little proud, so he could only ask the palace servants to fan his Majesty diligently.

There are still ice bowls in the palace that can be used, but it is only early summer, so I use ice bowls, and it is even more difficult in midsummer.

When Prime Minister Ye saw the two of them getting together for a blind date, he found it unpleasant no matter how you looked at it, and couldn't help saying: "Lord Huo, if you are so worried, you might as well hold the fan for Your Majesty yourself."

Huo Caiyu glanced back at him and nodded: "The Prime Minister's words are justified."

He actually took over the fan from the maid holding the fan and fanned Li Jinyu.

Prime Minister Ye: "..."

This time it was Li Jinyu who couldn't lie down anymore, and sat up with a dry smile: "I'm much better, Huo Aiqing go back and sit down."

"I have martial arts skills, so this little action is nothing."

Li Jinyu stared at the eyes of the people around him, and wanted to complain in his heart: Is this a tiring thing?You are the future emperor, do you really have no self-consciousness at all!

In order to seek psychological balance, Li Jinyu took the fan from another maid holding the fan: "I also exercise."

After finishing speaking, Huo Caiyu also fanned her.

Monarch and minister, you fan me and I fan you.

Prime Minister Ye: "..."

His cat's eyes are about to go blind.

Did these two bastards do it on purpose?

……

The scientific examination lasted for two days, and finally all the examination papers were collected before the students were released from the examination room.

The collected examination papers will be glued to the desk and handed over to the examiner for marking.

Each examination paper is graded by three examiners, and if the gap is too large, it will be passed to two chief examiners for adjudication.

Huo Caiyu looked at the examiners of the Imperial College below who were carefully grading the papers, and turned his head to Prime Minister Ye, "Who does the Prime Minister think can be the champion this time?"

Prime Minister Ye wouldn't be fooled: "It depends on Mr. Huo's question."

Huo Caiyu smiled slightly, but before he could speak, two examiners suddenly came over from below.

It turned out that there was a contradiction in the judgment of one answer sheet.

One side thinks that this volume can be up and down, but the other thinks it is down.

This made the examiners around hear a little strange - even if there are differences according to personal preferences and tendencies, the general level will not be too different. Why are there such big differences in the results of the answer sheets read by these two examiners?

"Master Zhang, you feel your conscience and say, this answer sheet is brilliant in writing and the arguments are impressive, how can it be just worth reading?"

Another examiner also refused to let it go: "Master Sun, this answer sheet is indeed well written. If the students write essays, they should be praised as geniuses; but now it is a scientific examination, the direction of this answer sheet has already deviated from the direction of the exam questions. The original intention, how can it be worthy of a good evaluation?"

Huo Caiyu raised his eyebrows lightly, and said, "You two adults don't need to quarrel, you might as well show this answer sheet."

These two people came here for this purpose and presented the examination papers.

Huo Caiyu scanned it roughly, and with a smile on his lips, he looked at Prime Minister Ye: "What do you think, Prime Minister?"

Prime Minister Ye stroked his beard and put down the answer sheet: "I think this answer sheet is really not bad."

Huo Caiyu nodded: "The lower officials think so too."

At the beginning, Examiner Sun, who was going to give the upper hand, suddenly showed a look of complacency.

Huo Caiyu changed the subject, "It's just whether the prime minister has read it wrong. The question of policy theory in this scientific examination was originally to demonstrate the disadvantages of using severe punishments, but this son eloquently discussed the benefits of using severe punishments... How can I give my superiors? Convince the public?"

As soon as this remark came out, the expression of examiner Sun below suddenly changed, and he blurted out: "Isn't the question of this policy discussion discussing benefits?"

The other examiners were a little surprised: "The test question is about the disadvantages, Mr. Sun, did you read it wrong?"

"Indeed."

Huo Caiyu raised his eyebrows slightly, the smile on his face remained unchanged, he turned his head and looked at Prime Minister Ye: "Prime Minister, ordinary examiners may have misread things, did you too?"