There are bandits and gentlemen, don't be ashamed

Gao Yuelou was afraid that Xie Xuanwei would make a mistake, so as soon as Jiang Wanyu left, he sent his confidants to serve in the Jiaofang Hall.

Duan Jingxing and the others also got the order and treated Xie Xuanwei more carefully, but seeing that he was no different from before, they were also relieved.

Duan Jingxing saw that there was nothing serious today, so he handed over the matter to his subordinates.Seeing Xie Xuanwei standing on the porch looking at the distance in a daze, he poured a cup of hot tea and brought it to him, "My lord, is there something on your mind?"

Xie Xuan shook his head slightly, still looking into the distance.

Duan Jingxing took out the palace token from his sleeve and showed it to him, it really attracted him to look at it.Duan Jingxing said with a smile: "Your Majesty specially ordered before leaving the palace, if you are tired of staying, you can go out of the palace to watch the excitement."

Xie Xuanwei took the token, chuckled, and handed it back to Duan Jingxing, "Let's go out another day, I'm not bored."

Duan Jingxing had no choice but to accept the token, and suddenly he thought about it, and said: "I recently talked with Lord Meng Yin, and something went wrong with his new policy recently."

Xie Xuanwei became interested when he heard it, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Duan Jingxing said: "Your Majesty's original intention is to promote the children of poor families so that everyone has a chance, but now it is discovered that someone is impersonating the students who have obtained the honors, and what's more, taking the exams."

After hearing this, Xie Xuanwei was very puzzled, "This is strange, why did no one report this incident?"

"I thought, firstly, some students are really poor and have no choice but to sell their places, and secondly, those who replace them all have backgrounds. How can poor students fight?"

Xie Xuan thought for a while, then said, "I don't know how Mr. Meng solved it."

Duan Jingxing said: "My lord ordered someone to collect the detailed physical characteristics of each candidate. It is somewhat useful to use this to judge whether you are the real person during the exam."

Xie Xuan nodded slightly, turned around and walked to the window, took a pen to write and draw on the paper, dried the ink and handed it to Duan Jingxing.

Duan Jingxing took a look at it, nodded in agreement, and said happily, "Young master is really a lucky star! After the provincial examination, the examinees will be managed by the government in a unified way, and they will take the examination at different levels, and then send their examination papers to be transcribed by a special person. This will prevent the paper from being changed. Cheating."

"Also, if it is discovered that they are taking the exam, both parties will be fined 100 taels of silver, and brothers, nephews and nephews will not be allowed to be officials for life. It's time for a change of law, let's invite a few adults over to discuss some matters, it's inconvenient for me to ask the prince and you to come forward."

"Yes."

"It's not too early today, I'm going back to the palace first. Lan Shuang has obtained His Majesty's will, so I'll pay close attention to those supplements for a day." Xie Xuan sighed slightly.

Duan Jingxing sent him to the door, and after listening to what he said, he smiled and said: "Miss Lan Shuang is also doing it for the sake of the young master, but it's already September, and the young master is wearing thin clothes. I heard that Miss Lan Shuang is the best at sewing. It's time for you to change into new clothes, son."

After hearing this advice, Xie Xuanwei suddenly became enlightened, pointed at him and smiled, "You're still smart, I'll go first, you don't have to send it off, and I won't come tomorrow either."

"My lord, go slowly." Duan Jingxing watched him walk away, and then slowly returned to the study.

Xie Xuanwei returned to Jiaofang Hall, first changed his clothes, drank the soup brought by Xuezhan, grinned and said, "It's really bad."

"My lady eats a piece of candy."

Xie Xuan held his breath for a while, and the taste disappeared before he spit out the sugar, "Where's Lan Shuang?"

Xuezhan looked out, and said to Xie Xuanwei: "I'm afraid I'm going to pick chrysanthemums, didn't you say that the flowers bloomed well yesterday?"

Xie Xuanwei pulled up her skirt and showed it to Xuezhan, "I don't like this flower, but the material is comfortable. How about embroidering chrysanthemums on a white background?"

Xuezhan went to see it, and compared it with her hands, "This Yunxiang gauze is all tie-dyed, light and thin, I'm afraid it can't be embroidered. You will also embarrass others, can't other fabrics work?"

"No, just this, I like this material."

Xuezhan said with a smile: "How come the more you live, the more you go back, but you are so self-willed?"

It happened that Lanshuang and Mianwu came back with flowers in their arms, and Lanshuang arranged the chrysanthemums.When Mianwu heard Xie Xuanwei talking to Xuezhan, she said with a smile, "Let's take a look." Then he walked over.

Xuezhan showed her the skirt, and complained with a smile: "The more this child lives, the more he goes back. You see, the fabric is so thin, how can you embroider it? You still have to use chrysanthemums. Although chrysanthemums are simple, they are the most flexible and difficult to embroider. "

Mianwu held it in his hands and looked at it, then smiled and greeted Lanshuang to come over, "Probably it's not too difficult, what do you think, Lanshuang?"

Lan Shuang twirled the fabric, and it was really light and soft, "Embroidery with this yarn is also possible, it just takes some effort, servant girl, let's try."

When Xie Xuanwei heard it, he immediately said: "You do it with all your heart, and you don't have to wait on you these days. Xuezhan goes to bring the pen and ink, and I will give you a picture."

Xuezhan heard that she could embroider, and it would make Xie Xuanwei feel better than anything else.Hurriedly went to get a brush and ink, Xie Xuan lowered his head and pondered for a moment, started to draw casually, and wrote a poem, "Lan Shuang, what color do you think would go well with it?"

"Let's match the white background with some simple and elegant colors, which also match the temperament of the empress." The two masters and servants were busy with color matching, and after a long time, they finally finished the painting, which is a picture of autumn chrysanthemums in elegant colors.Xie Xuanwei thought it was too monotonous again, so he added two little thrushes.

Xie Xuan stretched slightly, "Sew it tomorrow, you don't have to wait for these two days." After finishing speaking, he shouted to go to sleep.

After Lan Shuang heard that she didn't need to wait, she realized that Xie Xuanwei was probably using the embroidery to distract herself. "Is the empress aware of me? Impossible, those tonics are not poisonous, and the empress is no different except for coughing and lethargy. She probably feels that His Majesty sent me to stare at her, and she is unhappy. In the past two days, I Let's bother her less. It's a good thing that Master Wen is not in Lin'an." Thinking of this, Lan Shuang really stopped serving Xie Xuanwei and made new clothes for him every day.

Xie Xuanwei felt a lot more relieved when he saw that he really held back Lan Shuang.Every day, I look forward to the day.

At the climax of the moon, Duan Jingxing quietly entered the palace, Gao Yuelou and others were waiting in the Jiaofang Hall, seeing him coming, they immediately went up to greet him.

Gao Yuelou's face was full of anxiety, and his voice trembled a little, "How is your Majesty?"

Duan Jingxing wiped his sweat and said out of breath: "The post officer who delivered the letter was resting, he was so tired that he could hardly speak, so he barely answered a few words, and only heard him say that the Lord of Shache turned his back on the battlefield, His Majesty suffered a little. The injury is better now. It’s just that the exchange of news here takes two weeks at the latest, and the minister is not clear about the current situation.”

Gao Yuelou became more and more worried, and said to Duan Jingxing: "Your Majesty's injury, please hide it from your empress first."

"I know."

At this time, the sky was full of cold stars, and the surroundings were silent. Duan Jingxing and others were sitting anxiously by the side.Gao Yuelou's heart was thumping, and he tapped his fingers on the table lightly to relieve his tension.

After about a cup of tea, the postman who delivered the letter came, and when Duan Jingxing saw him coming, he hurriedly stood up.

Gao Yuelou gestured, and they all went down.

The post officer's face was haggard, his mouth was scabbed with blood, and his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes. It was obvious that he had hastily adjusted his appearance, but he was still in a state of distress. He took out a tin of wax from his pocket and presented it to Gao Yuelou.

Gao Yuelou took apart the sealant, glanced through the letter hastily, and then looked back again, with a serious expression on his face.

The post official said: "You can rest assured when you are a thousand years old. When the minister came, Mr. Wuyou said that your majesty is fine. You can't eat meaty and greasy meat, so you can only eat some rice soup these days to support your body. Listen to Mr. Wen again It means that there is still a way of marriage now."

Gao Yuelou nodded first, but when he finished speaking, he heard the marriage, and said, "Marriage? Ah Li won't agree to it, never marry, this is Gao Yang's wish!"

The post officer said again: "General Tao and King Annan died one after another. Although the court has a few more generals, compared with them, they are younger."

Gao Yuelou pondered for a moment, then hummed softly, "Take a good rest first, let me think about it, and make plans tomorrow."

After the post officer left, Gao Yuelou and Jiang Wanyu read the secret letter again. When I read the letter, I always felt that a lot of words had been hidden. It didn't look like a complete letter, but it was solemnly sealed with wax. , there is always something to cover up.Gao Yuelou picked up the letter and pointed it at the firelight. The paper was translucent. He twisted it with two fingers and found that it was no different from normal paper.Gao Yuelou was puzzled, slipped his hand, and wiped the flame with the fluffy paper, he hurried to grab it, but still burned a hole.

He wiped the burnt edge with his hands, and said softly: "Isn't it fire? Is it alum? That's not right. Is it because I'm overthinking, or is Ah Li really hiding something?"

Gao Yuelou thought over and over again, and suddenly remembered what the post officer said, his eyes lit up, he took off the hip flask around his waist, dipped his finger in some wine and wiped it between the two lines of writing, and within a short while, purple words slowly appeared on the paper Come.

"There are changes in the army, and there must be careful work. I have ordered people to investigate quietly, but there is no result. Now I am injured, pretending to be weak, and I keep drinking soup every day, so that I can take it lightly. For the current plan, I implore Qiantui to lead the troops to the north and fight with him. I should work together from inside to outside to discuss big plans." Gao Yuelou put the letter in his sleeve, pushed open the door and walked out, only to see Duan Jingxing still waiting outside the door.

At this time the sky was already bright, Duan Jingxing saw Gao Yuelou coming, he quickly explained: "Master Meng and Wen Shangshu went to the Taimiao, Prince Rong just sent someone to say that the Empress Dowager will return to the palace to stay for a few days."

Gao Yuelou sighed and said, "What is she involved in? Why come back to stay at this time. You come, Jing Xing."

Without knowing it, Duan Jingxing went in, hurriedly followed in, and closed the door again.

Gao Yuelou took out the letter and handed it to him.

When Duan Jingxing read the letter, he felt cold all over and his face was pale, "Chitose, when are you leaving?"

Gao Yuelou took back the letter, patted him, opened the door and left.