Chapter 166: Use yourself as bait to lure the enemy into a trap?
“Would it be a bad idea to guess the topic?”

Ye Qing'an was quite excited when he heard Yun Shu's previous explanation, and felt that it was very feasible.

But when the word "guess the topic" came out at the end, he calmed down instantly.

"Although the original intention of predicting the topic is good, it does give those students more opportunities to practice, but what if... they predict it correctly?"

"Master Ye is worried that if he really gets the answer right, he will be accused of leaking the test paper and won't be able to defend himself?"

Nowadays, teachers can predict the test questions for students without any scruples, and the more accurate the better. This is because modern facilities and systems are complete enough to easily detect whether there has been any leakage of test questions.

But this era is different.

Yun Shu is a princess and the chief examiner of the Spring Examination this year. If she guesses the question correctly,

At such a critical juncture, it is bound to attract a lot of criticism!
Yun Shu had of course thought of this question, but...

With an ambiguous smile on his lips, Yun Shu turned around and looked at Ye Qingan deeply:
"What I want is someone who wants to slander me."

Use yourself as bait to lure the enemy into a trap?
Ye Qing'an reacted quickly and immediately understood what Yun Shu meant.

But he couldn't help but stir up a wave in his heart -

Although when he heard yesterday that the Crown Prince recommended Princess Saint Ann to His Majesty to preside over this spring examination, he had already realized that the Crown Prince was targeting Princess Saint Ann again.

In fact, the prince had attacked Princess Saint Ann several times before.

But every time before, the princess basically just defended and did not attack.

But this time, Princess Saint Ann's attitude had obviously changed.

She began to take the initiative.

Was it because the prince finally irritated her, or was it...

A strange light flashed across Ye Qing'an's eyes, and some thought flashed through his mind, but in the end he showed nothing, just nodded slightly, and continued to speak along with her words:

"In that case, Your Highness, have you decided who should write the answers and notes for the 'Five-Year Simulation'?"

"Don't answer the questions for the predicted part, just give me the analysis directly."

There was no need to listen to the debate among the scholars in the courtyard, which had no correct answer. Yun Shu turned around and started to walk back:

"Just write down your ideas for solving the problem and the general direction you want to go.

Aren’t there still a bunch of talented people from previous imperial examinations sitting idle in the Hanlin Academy with nothing to do?
It’s just right to let them handle these things.”

……

Just as Yun Shu and Ye Qing'an were talking about "Three Years of Imperial Examinations, Five Years of Simulations" while returning along the same route,
Outside Keats Hospital, a young man whose clothes were ordinary but clean and tidy without any patches was looking at the guards and tall horses left outside Keats Hospital by Yun Shu with doubt.

I walked into the front yard, looking back every few steps, only to find that the yard looked no different than usual.
Dou Jifei quickly stopped the woman who was about to pour water out of the basin and asked in a low voice:
"Auntie, do you know what's going on with those people outside?"

"do not know."

The woman who was stopped was the one who had led Yun Shu and the others.

The large basin of water felt so heavy in her hands, but this man was blind and insisted on blocking her way.

The woman looked impatient:
"Make way, my water is going to spill!"

"Those people are right at the door. How could you not know since you have been in the front yard?" Dou Jifei continued to stop them:

"Those people outside can tell at a glance that your identity is definitely not simple, you..."

"What does that have to do with you?"

The woman became angry after being blocked again and again:

"Will you let me go? If you don't let me, I'll throw this water right in your face!"

"you!"

Dou Jifei was so angry that he wanted to lose his temper, but he didn't know what he thought of, so he held it back and even gritted his teeth and took out more than 30 copper coins and handed them out:
"So? You know it, right?"

More than thirty copper coins were not much for people like Yun Shu.

But for the woman, it was more than twenty kilograms of white rice!
She swallowed her saliva, bent down and put the basin in her hand on the ground. She couldn't wait to take the copper coins and counted them carefully. Then, fearing that the other party would go back on his word, she immediately stuffed them into her arms and whispered:
“They are two nobles, a man and a woman, who are said to be sent by the court to observe the character of you scholars.

But there had never been such a thing before, and the little girl looked like she was only in her teens.
If I'm not mistaken, they should be looking for a date for that little girl!"

"Come here to see each other?"

Dou Jifei was delighted at first, but then he became suspicious:
"Those guards outside are not something that ordinary families can have. Would such a noble come to a place like this to look for a marriage partner?"

"Aren't you here to take part in the Spring Examination?"

Afraid that Dou Jifei would not believe her and would ask for the money back later, the woman stamped her feet and made a well-reasoned analysis:

"If you pass the exam and become an official, won't your status suddenly be different?

Every year when the results are announced, does the master always send people to find a son-in-law from the list?
When choosing a son-in-law from the list, what if you pick someone who is talented but has bad character?
Should we check out all the people in advance and make a note of the ones we like?
It would be much easier to compare and find people when the results are announced, wouldn't it?"

"That makes sense...that makes sense!"

Dou Jifei was convinced at once.

He thought he was not bad looking, especially compared to the other scholars living in Keats House, he could almost be said to be the best looking one.

Besides, he was sure that he would be able to pass the high school...

No, he had to take a look at the lady, as long as she wasn't too ugly.
He is definitely going to be the son-in-law of the emperor!

Dou Jifei made up his mind and walked towards the backyard, thinking quickly about how to attract the young lady's attention.

Just at this moment, a faint meowing sound came from the tree.

Dou Jifei turned his head subconsciously, and the moment he saw the skinny little raccoon cowering on the branch, a plan suddenly took shape in his mind -

This little cat looked like it was born not too long ago. It was no bigger than a palm and I had no idea how it climbed up the tree.

It was actually not that high from the ground at this moment, but it didn't dare to come down.

Dou Jifei walked over, raised his hand, grabbed the little cat slave's neck and lifted it down.

Then he looked around and quickly picked up a fist-sized stone and weighed it in his palm.

After confirming that there was no one else nearby, Dou Jifei raised the stone in his hand with a grim smile.

"Meow!!!"