Chapter 112

If there wasn't one more person appearing out of nowhere.

I'm afraid Wen Qing is going to marry Xuan Yi.

She knew the other person was a fake, but she still wanted to help cover it up.

Even the maid closest to her didn't know the truth.

All she could do was to reduce the number of people in the mansion's contact with the impostor.

So as not to be exposed.

The fewer people who know about this, the better.

In the mansion, only she, her mother, and her father knew about it.

The rest of the people knew nothing.

Some people are greedy for fame, wealth and status.

Some people don't care about these.

What's more, marrying Liu Shuyuan doesn't mean you have to live a hard life.

Liu Shuyuan is talented and capable.

Moreover, she and Liu Shuyuan are in love with each other.

If she wasn't afraid of the prince's ruthless methods, there was no need for her to do so.

The Crown Prince even dared to attack the prince, so why wouldn't he be able to do the same to the Wen family?

Thinking of this, Wen Qing put on a gauze hat and left the attic of the teahouse with the maid.

Anyway, she is going to marry Liu Shuyuan, so it is better to be cautious.

··················
As soon as Lu Yuan returned home, the smile on his brow disappeared.

"What's wrong? You passed the exam with the top scorer, but you're not happy."

Xu Qiuyue also didn't expect that Lu Yuan really became the top scorer.

After all, in Xu Qiuyue's mind, Liu Shuyuan studied hard for ten years.

Lu Yuan studied hard for no more than three months.

"My title of No. 1 Scholar was not real. His Majesty recognized me and said that I looked exactly like my grandmother, who is His Majesty's biological sister. He did not give me the title of No. 1 Scholar because of my real talent and learning."

Lu Yuan said somewhat gloomily.

"Then you wouldn't say all this in the palace hall like your father did!"

"What are you thinking! How could I be so stupid?"

"Hahaha! You also know that your father is not liked by the emperor. You look at least 50% like your father. I don't believe that His Majesty didn't see that at all.

Your Majesty wanted to hold a beauty pageant back then! He wanted to collect a few more beauties.

As a result, your father submitted a memorial to the emperor, in which he bluntly stated that Your Majesty was already old and those women were as beautiful as flowers and in their prime years, and they should not be wasted by Your Majesty.

Your Majesty endured it all back then and even cancelled the beauty pageant. There has never been another beauty pageant since then.

But your father became a low-ranking official.

Now, your father has been reused.

The emperor also gave you the title of No. 1 scholar."

Lu Changqing was very brave back then.

Until now, people in Beijing are still talking about what happened to Lu Changqing back then.

Back then, Lu Changqing was afraid that Emperor Sheng was uneducated and wouldn't understand, so he didn't beat around the bush and spoke very straightforwardly.

Emperor Sheng was very angry at that time.

Princess Ronghua, Lu Yuan's grandmother, who had not been to the palace for a long time, brought Lu Yuan's mother Zhu Rong to the palace that day to comfort her for a day.

Finally, Emperor Sheng executed the other two censors.

In the court, Emperor Sheng almost had the final say.

Emperor Sheng always keeps his word.

Moreover, Emperor Sheng did not care what those civil officials said.

He has been taking the pills made by the sorcerer since he was thirty years old, for more than forty years.

He almost treated the pills as meals.

He also spent a huge amount of money on alchemy.

The treasury had long been empty.

But no one can persuade her in this matter.

Moreover, Emperor Sheng lived an extremely luxurious life.

Both he and his concubines had extremely high expenses.

The small ones are clothing and other aspects.

The larger ones are the palaces for training and other palaces.

Because of this, Shengguo became increasingly poorer.

"Hahahaha!!!" Lu Yuan also laughed out loud after hearing Xu Qiuyue's words.

He also didn't expect that Emperor Sheng could actually endure what his father said.

This is no secret.

Lu Yuan also knew it.

Lu Yuan once doubted the authenticity of this matter.

Lu Yuan asked King Ning'an quietly.

Prince Ning'an said that the version circulating among the people was a weakened version.

In the real memorial, Father Lu scolded the emperor for being disrespectful, saying that at his age, he still wanted to ruin a young girl.

Prince Ning'an also entered the palace that year.

The emperor slapped the memorial in his face.

He took a look and pretended to see everything. His hand shook and he accidentally touched the candlelight in the room, and the paper was burned to ashes.

Prince Ning'an didn't dare to say a word when asked to plead for mercy.

Later, when Lu Changqing was demoted, he never went to see Lu Changqing off.

Even though he liked Lu Yuan very much, he never had much contact with Lu Changqing.

He also admired Lu Changqing's talent.

But you can’t be talented without brains!
If Lu Yuan had not decided to take the imperial examination this time, he would have taken the initiative to come to the capital to visit King Ning'an.

Perhaps the two families may completely sever their relationship.

When Lu Yuan found out, he couldn't believe it.

But thinking about it carefully, this does seem like something his father would do.

When I learned that Lu's father was promoted.

Lu Yuan couldn't believe it.

He didn't expect that the emperor would actually promote his father to a lucrative position.

No, this may be a good job for others.

But for Mr. Lu.

This is a deadly job.

You know, the officialdom in Yangzhou is very complicated!
Moreover, Mr. Lu is much braver than ordinary people in some aspects.

In fact, Father Lu hasn't written a memorial for many years.

However, after becoming the prefect of Yangzhou, Lu's father had to submit a memorial to the capital almost every three days.

Mr. Lu is very diligent in writing memorials.

But Emperor Sheng now only wants to enjoy himself and basically doesn't want to take care of things.

All these memorials were handled by the Crown Prince.

The only thing Emperor Sheng holds in his hands is the military power, and most other matters are left to the crown prince.

However, for major events like the imperial examination, Emperor Sheng would still appear in person.

However, Emperor Sheng usually did not personally appoint officials.

He made an exception for Lu Yuan.

Generally speaking, students who pass the imperial examinations, if they are in the capital, basically enter the Hanlin Academy.

Then he would be promoted by the cabinet, or sent to other towns to serve as an official position such as county magistrate.

Of course, there were also those who were favored by the emperor and appointed as prefects.

However, there are very few people like Lu Yuan who pass the imperial examination and enter the Dali Temple directly.

Everyone knows that the Dali Temple is specialized in investigating cases and is somewhat dangerous.

After all, the capital city now is not as peaceful as before.

Although Emperor Sheng was targeting Lu Yuan, he also rewarded Lu Yuan with a token.

Lu Yuan can come to the palace to see him at any time.

Xu Qiuyue still remembered that in her previous life, Emperor Sheng also valued Lu Yuan very much.

At that time, Lu Yuan did not take the imperial examination route, but relied on buying an official position with money.

Lu Yuan was able to be promoted so quickly.

Emperor Sheng made an indelible contribution.

All I can say is that Emperor Sheng really dotes on his sister.

Xu Qiuyue was too lazy to think so much. Now that Lu Yuan had won the top spot in the imperial examination, she could go out with her head held high.

"If you're still unhappy now, there's some sweet osmanthus tea here. Drink some sweet osmanthus tea and you'll feel better."

Xu Qiuyue stood up and made a pot of tea for Lu Yuan.

(End of this chapter)