The wife is the king of the palace

001.

"Don't talk nonsense..." Jin Qi only had the sound of his heart pounding in his head, and he didn't even hear what he said clearly.

"It's difficult, isn't it?" Lin Xu frowned slightly.

Lin Xu no longer paid attention to the candidates in the distance, but looked at Jin Qi beside him seriously. His eyes that seemed to see through everything were staring straight at Jin Qi's eyes, as if he could see his heart from his eyes. See the soul again.

Jin Qi opened his mouth and looked at Lin Xu's dark eyes. He couldn't help feeling flustered for a while, and his body began to tremble slightly instinctively.

His beating heart became more and more crazy, and the sound of beating was so deafening that Jin Qi even forgot where he was.

After an unknown amount of time, in the suffocating scorching air, Jin Qi finally regained some sanity, his throat was dry from shooting, he looked away in embarrassment, "So what if you like it?"

Listening to those words, Jin Qi couldn't help but use all his strength to grab the handle of the chair, and there were blue veins popping up on it.His arms tightened more and more, and he tried his best not to get up and run away.

After getting the answer, a smile appeared in Lin Xu's eyes, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Jin Qi was stunned, and he looked at Lin Xu in astonishment, "What?"

Lin Xu's answer was a bit strange, because usually in such a situation, one would never wait for a thank you, and no matter how bad it was, one should say something else.

Jin Qi's eyes were wide open, with a dumbfounded expression on his face, but Lin Xu unhurriedly raised his hands and cupped his fists to bow to Jin Qixu, "It's not in vain that I have done so much for the court."

Jin Qi's mouth opened slightly, he couldn't figure it out more and more, he was still a little dazed.

"Although this matter in the court is troublesome, if you can get the emperor's appreciation, it will not be in vain for your loyalty." Lin Xu explained lightly.

"You mean this?" Jin Qi could hear the dryness in his own voice.

His beating heart gradually became calm after this brief conversation, and it didn't even beat. He still thought that Lin Xu was talking about his liking.

"Then what did the emperor say? Or did the emperor think the subject was talking?" Lin Xu was puzzled.

Jin Qi held many words in his throat. He opened his mouth and closed it again. Just when he was a little annoyed, he saw a little smile in Lin Xu's eyes looking at those candidates.

With the faint black eyes, slightly curly long eyelashes, and the faint smile emerging from those deep eyes, Jin Qi suddenly came back to his senses, he was teased by this person again!

Lin Xu knew exactly what he meant, but deliberately pretended not to understand, and then deliberately looked at him ashamed and laughed at him.

Jin Qi was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He stared at Lin Xu viciously for a long time, wishing he could pounce on him and take a bite.But Lin Xu didn't seem to understand at all, and kept his eyes on the candidates in the distance.

Jin Qi was in a hurry, but he didn't know what to say, because no matter what he said at this time, it would be wrong, and if he really said something, maybe this bad-hearted person would try to tease him again.

"I'm back!" Jin Qi stood up, mixed with anger and reluctance in his heart, it turned into a bitter, astringent and irritating feeling that cannot be explained clearly.

"Your Majesty, go slowly." Lin Xu didn't get up, but gave him a look that saw everything clearly.

Jin Qi, who had already got up, heard these uninteresting words, and seeing the clarity in Lin Xu's eyes, he became more and more annoyed, and his steps were so heavy that he wanted to step on the ground out of a hole.

The more Jin Qi thought about it, the more angry he became, but there was nothing he could do about this person, so he could only blushed and strode away.

Jin Qi left angrily, and the invigilating examiners and examiners looked over one after another.

Seeing Jin Qi leave, the faces of the invigilators were still complicated, secretly thinking that they didn't have much thought about what Lin Xu did, and all their thoughts were now on those candidates.

And when those candidates saw this scene, they all bowed their heads and chatted with each other, and they were all very surprised.

There have always been rumors in the market that Lin Xu, the prime minister, can always make Jin Qi, who is on the throne, howl with anger.

In the past, everyone just joked about it and didn't take it seriously. After all, no matter how smart Lin Xu was, he was still just a courtier. No matter how courageous he was, he would never really dare to disobey the emperor's prestige, but now it seems that the rumors are true.

And everyone can understand it a little bit. Although they don't understand what just happened between the two of them, just like the rumors, the emperor is really tolerant and pampering Lin Xu. This can be seen from the bright smile on Lin Xu's face. You can see it.

When Jin Qi left, the examinees were not affected, and each of them cheered up 12 points, wishing to be an official in the court immediately, so as to find out the reason for this.

There are many subjects in the exam, and it takes several days to take the exam. The end of the first day of the exam is only the beginning.

After the exam on the first day, Xu Lan took advantage of the night to enter the palace to report on her duties.

After entering the palace, Xu Lan was taken to the imperial study under the guidance of the eunuch.

Approaching the imperial study room, before he could make a sound, he heard a burst of cursing coming from the imperial study room, accompanied by occasional sounds of smashing things.

Xu Lan stopped and looked at the chief eunuch who was leading the way. The latter smiled wryly at Xu Lan and showed a helpless expression. Seeing this, Xu Lan instantly understood that only the civil and military officials of the dynasty could make Jin Qi so angry. That's it.

Xu Lan didn't step forward, but walked skillfully to the side. He stood outside the door for a long time, until the furious people in the room calmed down, and then Xu Lan stepped forward.

"How long have you been here?" Jin Qi was not surprised when he saw Xu Lan enter the room and saw the mess in the room, so he knew that he must be hiding outside again.

When it comes to Xu Lan, Jin Qi has a lot of complaints.

Jin Qi studied with Xu Lan when he was a few years old. After so many years, the two of them are familiar with each other and have a deep relationship. At the beginning, when Lin Xu jumped his feet in anger, Xu Lan would say something to comfort him, but now he sees it like this I hide from time to time, and there is no love between teachers and students at all.

"This is the material for the first day of the exam." Xu Lan answered irrelevantly, ignoring the resentment in Jin Qi's eyes, and took out the materials he had prepared from his pocket and put them on the somewhat messy table.

The chief eunuch beckoned and let the people outside the door come in to clean up. Jin Qi took the documents and went to the side to check.

What Xu Lan handed him were the materials of some of the candidates, which were divided into two parts, one part was really outstanding among this group of candidates, and the other group was the juniors who were related to the dignitaries in the court and China.

After Jin Qi ascended the throne, he made certain reforms to the imperial examinations, avoiding to a large extent going through the back door and buying and selling officials. However, there are policies and countermeasures at the bottom. Over the past few years, the bottom has gradually figured out a solution.

No, there are many more familiar faces among the candidates this year.

Familiar faces are not impossible, and it is not because they are the heirs of ministers in the court that they cannot be officials in the court, but because as far as Jin Qi knows, these people really have no ink in their stomachs.

The materials of the first day of the exam that Xu Lan brought clearly showed this problem. Not to mention the martial arts exam, the papers handed in by those people were not even as good as most A person who was passed the provincial examination.

Jin Qi took a brief look at the results of those people, and threw them aside with a dark face, until he looked at the situation of the remaining batch of candidates who passed the exam based on their ability, and his face eased.

"How's the leak of the exam questions going?" Jin Qi put away the materials.

Those people were very careful when they stole the test questions, leaving almost no traces. If it wasn't because Xu Lan had been very cautious all the time, and had been careful earlier, they probably wouldn't have discovered it at all.

"I'm afraid it's hard to find out." Xu Lan shook her head.

The other party was very careful, and must have been prepared for their investigation. Besides, there was no witness or physical evidence. Even if he insisted on investigating, the only thing he could find in the end was a scapegoat.

Jin Qi also understood this truth, knowing that he might not be able to find anything, Jin Qi pinched the bridge of his nose with some headaches.It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and Lin Xulai may not be able to find things if there is no physical evidence.

"Then how is the exam going?" Jin Qi asked again.

"It's going smoothly now, but there are still several days before the end of the exam." Xu Lan can't promise anything.

Today, when he was about to take the exam, he suddenly changed the exam questions and called Lin Xu to invigilate the exam. On the first day, the other party was caught off guard and unprepared, so he would definitely not be able to handle it, but who knows if they will come up with other methods in the next few days.

"I know." Jin Qi's words paused for a while, and he said again: "I will take some time to go there tomorrow afternoon."

They have no evidence at all to prove what the other party has done, and they can't just rely on guesswork. The only thing they can do is to deter those people so that they don't dare to act recklessly.

"The minister will take his leave first." Xu Lan wanted to leave.

"Wait." Jin Qi stayed, but changed his words when he got to his lips, "Forget it, you go back first."

Jin Qi originally wanted to ask Xu Lan about Lin Xu, but he was confused by Lin Xu, but it was impossible for him to ask Xu Lan about this kind of thing, even if he really asked him, how would he open his mouth?

Watching Xu Lan leave, Jin Qi slumped back to the stool. He grabbed his hair and scratched it again, and his head became more and more bald.

002.

Although the imperial examination was not smooth at the beginning, it went smoothly afterwards.

Probably because he knew that Jin Qi had sensed that the imperial examination had been manipulated, or because Jin Qi still had the deterrent power of those heads hanging outside the hall, everyone in the next few days of the exam was very obedient.

At the end of the examination, most of the officials' children who were obviously not admitted by themselves were directly rejected, and there was only one left.

After the examination was over and the results came out, after Xu Lan explained the situation one by one in the morning, many people in the court turned very ugly.

Among them are relatives and friends who were previously dismissed as heirs, and there are also people who participated in this matter.

Different from the dark complexion of everyone, Jin Qi was in a good mood. After explaining a few more words as usual, he handed over the matter to Xu Lan to continue to take charge.

At the end of the morning court, Jin Qi in a good mood took Xu Lan to the Imperial Garden, and the two discussed about the next imperial examination.There is still some time left for the palace examination, and it will be busy again.

"Before this, I really didn't expect that they would be so bold to steal the exam questions directly." Xu Lan was quite emotional.

It's true that there are policies and countermeasures, and these people's brains are not used on the right path at all.

In the past, it was possible to buy and sell officials to take the exam. At this time, there were countless people who wanted to squeeze their children in through the back door. Now this way is not feasible, and the officials of the DPRK and China have joined forces to steal the exam questions.

"What else can't those people do?" Jin Qi sneered, already thinking about the possibility of exchanging blood for Chaozhong University in his mind.

People make money, birds die for food, and when interests are involved, those people can do anything.Especially after there were more and more old fried dough sticks in the court, this group of people became more and more courageous.

"Next year's scientific examination seems to have to find another way to avoid the current situation." Xu Lan also had a slight headache.

The two were discussing, and someone came to report that it was Prime Minister Lin Xu who asked to see him.

Xu Lan has been busy with scientific research recently, and Lin Xu is still busy here. After the He Zheng incident, the collection of commercial taxes has also been put on the schedule, and now part of the summer tax has been collected.

Lin Xu came here this time for this purpose. He brought the recently collected accounts and some documents that Jin Qi needed to check and seal.

Lin Xu came in with a bunch of things, and when he saw Xu Lan, he gestured with his forehead, "Master Xu."

"Is this a business tax account?" Xu Lan hurriedly got up to help put the things on the table.

Lin Xu brought a lot of things, a large stack of documents.

"The first batch of commercial taxes has been collected, and the situation is much better than expected." Lin Xu went straight to the point and said the result directly.

In the beginning, when the DPRK and China proposed to levy a commercial tax, the DPRK and China did not mention it, and there were many people who disagreed with it from the outside world. After all, this matter was related to the interests of many people.

The group of people in front of them are quite honest, at least in this quarter, there are almost no tax evasion and tax evasion.

This group of business tax revenues, plus the money from the previous house raids, the state treasury is now in a much better position. As long as there are no major natural or man-made disasters in the future, there will basically be no problems.

Jin Qi sat back on the stool and began to check the accounts, while Xu Lan handed Lin Xu the information about the candidates he had brought for him to look at.

The balance of power between the parties in the DPRK and China is Jin Qi's business, and the appointment and selection of officials has always been reviewed by himself. Candidates who are officials, the two still care a little bit.

If they are really good officials who serve the people and the people, it is good for everyone. If they are corrupt like He Zheng, they will definitely be the ones who will suffer in the end.

Lin Xu probably looked through the candidate's documents and took out a few of them.

Xu Lan took a look and couldn't help laughing, "The Prime Minister has a good eye. I noticed these people before. They are all people with a good temper. If they are well trained, they should be able to do something."

Lin Xu also nodded in agreement. Everyone has their own strengths. Lin Xu felt that Xu Lan was much better than him in terms of judging people. If Xu Lan said there was no problem, then there must be no difference.

"The son of Dali Temple Qing's son is also a good person." Lin Xu found a piece of information from among the documents.

This person is also the only one left among all the official heirs, and the rest have already been wiped out.

Lin Xu has some impressions of this person. He used to have contacts with Dali Temple Minister on business, so he had contact with him, "Although he is still young, he is a rising star who is decent and thoughtful."

"Hahaha..." Xu Lan shook her head with a smile, and she didn't blame him for laughing, because the rising star Lin Xu mentioned was a year older than him.

Lin Xu entered the court as an official when he was young, and he was surrounded by people who were much older than him. Over the past few years, he has become old-fashioned, and the words that come out of his mouth from time to time make Xu Lan feel like laughing.

Xu Lan laughed at Lin Xu's old age, while Jin Qi, who was staring at the accounts, felt a sudden jealousy in his heart.

Lin Xu had always seldom praised others. After all, he himself was already well-educated in literature and martial arts. There are not many people in the world who can make him boast.

"Is this person really that powerful?" Jin Qi asked sourly.

"It's a rough stone, but it's up to him whether he can make it into a tool." Lin Xu affirmed.

Lin Xu seldom praised others, but it was not because he was extremely conceited and looked down on others, it was simply because he hadn't met anyone who could make him sure.

Hearing this, Jin Qi stopped what he was doing, and looked at Lin Xu quietly, "Then what do you think of me?"

"What?" Lin Xu was puzzled.

"I'm asking you, what do you think of me?" Jin Qi looked straight at Lin Xu without blinking.

"The emperor is a good emperor." Lin Xu's face did not change, and he still had the indifferent and elegant appearance.

After getting the answer, Jin Qi felt a sense of loss in his heart for no reason. What he wanted to ask was not this.Lin Xu is such a smart person, he didn't believe that Lin Xu would not understand.

"You know, that's not what I asked." Jin Qi became a little stubborn.

Then why is Lin Xu full of praise for the son of Dali Siqing, but why is it so difficult for Lin Xu to say a few words about him?

Thinking of this, Jin Qi looked at the materials on the table, and had the urge to directly delete the guy he had never met from the exam.Anyway, there are so many candidates, one more is not more and the other is not less.

"Oh, what does the emperor mean?" Lin Xu asked back.

"For example, temper or something." Jin Qi said, his eyes rolled around, and his eyes finally stayed on Lin Xu's face.He just wanted to hear this person say hello to him.

"I can only say that the emperor is indeed suitable to be an emperor, and he is indeed a wise and good emperor." Lin Xu said.

Jin Qi is indeed a good emperor, he is not stubborn and can listen to other people's advice

For the sake of the country and the people, Lin Xu admits that he is indeed a good emperor just from the point of being an emperor, and he is probably the most suitable person to be an emperor among the sons of the previous emperors.

Lin Xu's words are not false, but they are not all his sincere words, and Jin Qi is not without merits, but Jin Qi's appearance of being nervous and wanting to praise is really cute, which makes him want to bully.

Jin Qi blinked his eyes, a little happy, but also felt that something was wrong.

He asked Lin Xu how his temper was, but Lin Xu told him that he was a good emperor. Could it be that he had nothing to be proud of besides being a good emperor?

"I mean besides the emperor, don't I have any other merits worthy of Ai Qing's recognition?" Jin Qi was unwilling to be praised, and his tone was somewhat aggrieved.

Hearing this, Lin Xu opened his mouth slightly, with a look of surprise on his face.When he opened his mouth, Jin Qi raised his heart immediately, and when he shut up, Jin Qi's tail drooped behind him.

After repeating this twice, Lin Xu never said a word under Jin Qi's nervous gaze.

Jin Qi held his breath and waited for a long time. Seeing that Lin Xu remained silent, his eyes were round and his face was hurt.