Chapter 170: So this is a method that relies on strength!

On the first day when Yun Shu went to Emperor Xuanwu's place for a meal, the Crown Prince and others who had been sending people to secretly monitor her movements were a little nervous, not knowing what she was up to.

But on the second day, the day after that... the prince found that Yun Shu went to Emperor Xuanwu every day without fail, and every time he went there was during mealtimes. Apart from that, there was no other movement.

His vigilance was gradually replaced by disdain and jealousy.

"I don't know what kind of drug she gave my father. This is such an obvious way to win my father's favor, but my father is willing to indulge her!"

"Your Majesty is not someone who can be easily fooled. Princess Saint Ann can make Your Majesty happy. She has her own strengths. Your Highness must not underestimate her."

The Prince's tutor shook his head disapprovingly:

“Ever since…the incident with the Queen, the relationship between Your Highness and His Majesty has been much worse than before.

If this continues for a long time, it will be detrimental to Your Highness.

If there is a chance, Your Highness can actually try..."

"I am the crown prince, why do I need to use such unpresentable means to win favor?"

The prince interrupted the prince's tutor with a cold face.

On the surface, he seemed to look down on Yun Shu's behavior.

But in fact, only he himself knew that he was a little jealous of Yun Shu.

As the crown prince, how important is the emperor's heart?
But with his personality, it is impossible for him to act like a spoiled child like Yun Shu and Yun Chuhuan. Every time he spoke to his father, his tone and content were always dry and stiff.

It’s like…the father and son don’t know each other at all.

The prince lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea, hiding the haze in his eyes:
"I heard that the book 'Three Years of Imperial Examinations, Five Years of Simulations' is already on sale today?"

"It's today, but it probably hasn't started yet."

The relationship between the father and son in the royal family is not something that outsiders can easily interfere with.

Seeing that the prince was unwilling to say more, the prince's tutor could only sigh silently and change the subject:
"It is said that Princess Saint Ann requested that it be put on sale at an auspicious time."

"She is very particular."

The prince sneered and said nothing more.

At the same time, the entrance of Tangjia Qingsong Bookstore was already crowded with candidates who were going to take part in this year's spring examination.

Yun Shu sat in a private room on the second floor of the teahouse opposite the bookstore, with one hand on his chin, and followed the direction of Ah Ku's finger, confirming the other thirteen people on the list except Dou Jifei one by one -

"Have all the candidates in this batch been checked? Apart from them, are there any others who seem to be out of place, or have had contact with the prince's faction?"

"Have."

A Dragon Shadow Guard is a Dragon Shadow Guard. Ah Ku never lets Yun Shu down:

"The people who ranked the best in the provincial examinations in various places have all been contacted by people from the prince's faction before."

"Cast a wide net..."

No wonder the Prince's faction is so powerful throughout the government and the country.

He hasn't even entered the court yet, and just because he has some potential, the prince's people have already started to take the initiative.

Yun Shu was amazed:

"Is there a Marathon in there?"

"Yes."

Ah Ku said calmly:

"I have found out that this person, under the instruction of the prince's followers, has been spreading the news that you favor poor students, and that only if you are the chief examiner of this spring exam can poor students have a glimmer of hope."

"I know it!"

When the prince recommended her to preside over the Spring Examination, he used this person's remarks to prove the so-called "people's will."

If someone said that this marathon had nothing to do with the prince, Yun Shu would not believe a word of it. "Let me guess..."

Yun Shu glanced at the faces of the candidates below and pointed at three young men who looked confident and popular:
"Among these three, one is a marathon, right?"

"..."

An Kun hesitated for a moment:
"No."

Yun Shu: “?”

guessed wrong?
Is it so embarrassing?

Yun Shu coughed lightly:
"Who is it then?"

"The one in white."

"……you sure??"

Following the direction of Ah Ku's finger, he immediately spotted the arrogant young man in the crowd, who looked like a pale-skinned version of Zhang Fei.
For a moment, Yun Shu would rather suspect that there was something wrong with Long Yingwei's professional ability than believe that this guy was actually one of the four great talents in Jiangnan who was famous for his talent and had a wide range of friends as mentioned by the prince.

"This is more than eighteen years old, right?"

He looks to be at least thirty years old!

"Intelligence shows that there are indeed only eighteen."

After seeing Marathon's appearance, Yun Shu's expression changed completely.

Ah Ku's expression didn't even change:
"This man was born in a merchant family. He was very smart and talented since childhood, but he was arrogant and conceited.
When he was in Jiangnan before, there was a poor student who couldn't stand his style of doing things. After he was pinned to the ground and beaten up, he became his close friend?"

"???"

It turns out that this is a way to make countless friends based on your own strength!

Then this statement does make sense.

Yun Shu suddenly realized.

At the same time, Marathon, who didn't know that he had been targeted by Yun Shu, was staring at a thin and frail scholar not far away with an unhappy look on his face, and snorted from his nose:
"Why are you here too?"

"Of course it's to buy books."

The frail scholar glanced at him calmly:
"Isn't that the case with you?"

"Buying books?"

Marathon sneer:
"Do you have money? Do you want me to make two five-year simulation questions for you and sell them to you?"

"No trouble."

This time the frail scholar didn't even bother to glance at him:

"If you really have that much free time, why not take care of your close friends first."

He deliberately emphasized the words "close friends" so that anyone could hear the sarcasm in his words.

Marathon's face darkened, and he was about to get angry, but a smooth-talking scholar beside him quickly stopped him with a smile:
"Brother Ma, the Spring Examination is approaching, and this is the capital. If something happens that affects the examination, it will be bad!

Brother Zheng is not happy to accept your kindness, but I am very happy to do so!
I was worried that I didn't have enough money to buy the book.

"If Brother Ma can help come up with a few questions that can be exchanged for money at the Five-Year Simulation Question Collection Office, I will be willing to sacrifice my life for Brother Ma!"

"you?"

Marathon's anger had not yet subsided after he was humiliated by Zheng Qiaozhang, one of the four great talents in Jiangnan.

Being stopped like this, I subconsciously wanted to curse a few words,

But when he turned around, he didn't know what he was thinking about. He paused for a moment, and the anger on his face actually faded away:

"Didn't you keep saying a few days ago that you wanted to think about a few more questions so that you could exchange them for some silver?

Why, nothing worked?"