Author: Hua Mingyou

Zheng Yuanning has to find out what happened in Xiantai, and Chi Xia doesn't plan to let Mrs. E know.

He just nodded: "It doesn't matter, everyone has their own ambitions, it's her business what she wants to do."

Mrs. E said "Oh": "It's good that Empress doesn't blame us for being reckless... Forget it, I'm not the same as us. Although her mother has gone and her father is there, I will not care about her business in the future."

Chi Xia smiled: "That's the best."

She showed all the things she had chosen to Mrs. E: "These are to add makeup to Shi Yun. Half of them are mine, and this half is given by the emperor's private warehouse."

He joked again: "No matter who Shi Yun's Ruyi Man is, we will prepare the dowry first."

They are not particularly luxurious, but they are all very exquisite and exquisite, which is also in line with Shi Yun's identity.

Mrs. E hurriedly asked to kneel down: "Thank you for your grace and the empress."

Chi Xia pulled her up: "I'll tell you what you said in the letter when Prince Yi finds out what she says, so don't worry."

Mrs. E nodded repeatedly.

Shi Ting is still a student and knows only a limited number of people. Her husband, uncle and brother-in-law are not at home. Even if she wants to inquire, she doesn't know who to look for.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have come into the palace in a hurry.

Chi Xia knew that she was anxious and thought she didn't want to eat here in a restrained manner, so she called someone and sent them back to the house with their master and servant, and several large boxes of makeup.

Before leaving, he specifically instructed: "The truth and falsehood of the things mentioned in this letter are not distinguished. You also instruct Shi Ting not to spread them to the outside world."

Seeing that it was still early, Chi Xia still returned to Yangxin Palace to have dinner with Yongzheng.

When Su Peisheng saw her coming back, he immediately smiled and said, "The Empress is back. The emperor said just now that you are going to have a meal with Mrs. E in Yongshou Palace..."

Chi Xia immediately understood as soon as he saw him smiling: "The emperor has no appetite?"

"Not..." Su Peisheng looked sad: "I just came back from you and called Prince Heng in and said it. Both of them have not come out yet. After asking the kitchen several times, the servant dared not disturb him."

The point is that even if he dares to ask, he will probably not be called a meal.

"Then add a few dishes," Chi Xia understood what he meant and joked: "It's time for dinner, so you can't let Prince Heng get criticized if you're hungry."

Su Peisheng said "ah" and went to the kitchen in a flash.

When Chi Xia entered the door, she saw Yun Zi standing next to her, looking like "Who am I going to offend whom?"

I couldn't help but chuckled: "The sky is big and the earth is the biggest, I've eaten here. I've ordered this, and you two haven't finished it yet?"

Yun Zi subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Yongzheng glanced over and Yun Zi quickly stood a little further along the wall: "Will you leave first if you don't disturb the emperor and the empress?"

"Eat together," Chi Xia smiled and said, "I asked the kitchen to add vegetables."

Yun Zi's forehead was about to sweat.

Who wants to eat with you? If you can’t eat well, I’m afraid you will still feel a little frustrated.

But Yongzheng glanced at the bell ringing and nodded seriously: "Eat first, let's discuss it after dinner."

Yun Zi:...

He used to look like "I'm the best in the world", and would rather be a monster every day than bow to Yongzheng.

Chi Xia was so cowardly now, and asked while asking the food: "How big a problem has the Emperor raised for Prince Heng? As for the difficulty in making things so hard? Or is it because someone stopped the exam?"

Yongzheng waved his hand: "I failed the exam and it was just a few people who were hiding evil intentions, and it has been handled."

Most people will not joke about their career.

The kitchen has been preparing dishes, and after a while, five dishes and soup, and a basket of mixed grains were served.

Yongzheng looked at Yun Xi and snorted coldly: "You can talk about it yourself."

Yun Zi just followed them to pick up the chopsticks, but had to put it down: "Greeting back to the queen, I heard a few days ago... Someone outside has already obtained the test questions for the palace exam..."

Chi Xia looked somber: "How could this be? Did you find out where the question was leaked?"

She and Yongzheng worked in the same room every day. Although they had not paid special attention to the imperial examination, they also knew that the questions for the palace examination had indeed come out. The day before yesterday, the Ministry of Rites sent five questions to Yongzheng for personal selection.

Yongzheng circled one, and Yinxiang also added an extra realistic and wide-ranging question - how to increase the income of the national treasury and local prefectures.

These two questions each account for half of the score.

In the entire palace, except for her, Yinxiang and Su Peisheng, no one else had ever seen the question. It was leaked to the outside after just two days of giving the Ministry of Rites, which was really a serious matter.

Yun Zi quickly explained: "It's not really a leak. I followed the clues and specially asked the guard who had never shown up to pretend to be a servant and went to buy the questions quietly. The other person said that this question will not be given two days before the exam begins, but it must be paid first to make some connections, which can be considered as a deposit..."

Chi Xia:...

OK, there was fundraising fraud as early as the Qing Dynasty?

Yun Zi: "What does it mean for every palace examination? We can go and inquire. We also said in a silly manner that we received the deposit just to see our sincerity."

Chi Xia Ren smiled: "Then how much does this deposit have to be paid?"

Yun Zi was speechless: "This sounds like nonsense and fooling people. I'll give it back?"

He held it in for a while and said, "You can't tell me, there are really many suckers to get in touch. I asked someone to ask, five hundred taels per person."

Yongzheng looked coldly: "What? Are you missing these five hundred taels of silver? Did I deduct your salary or take your title? Since you have already alerted the enemy, can you still think of nothing? If you are not cheating, you don't have to worry about it?"

It was only then that Chi Xia realized that whether it was a real test question or a fake scam, since many people came to buy it, they should check it all out.

Yun Zi shrank his neck: "I... I thought it a little bit."

Yongzheng picked up the chopsticks and didn't talk about him during the meal.

As soon as the food was collected, Yun Zi quickly got up: "Then I will go and investigate this matter again."

"Otherwise, I'm going to wait for me and the queen to entertain you for dinner?"

Seeing that Yun Xi dared not speak out, Chi Xia held her breath and asked Su Peisheng to go out: "Since you are planning to continue using him before, why do you still look like a firecracker when you meet?"

In her opinion, this matter is not too big.

"He is different from Yinxiang. He has never suffered any setbacks since he was a child. Sometimes he is too arrogant when he is doing things. He always does this poorly and it will be difficult for many years to take on a big task, so he has to be suppressed."

Chi Xia believes in his ability to look at people, especially his own brothers. Although the relationship between the two brothers is not so close, I must have known each other even after tit-for-tat for so many years.
Chapter completed!