Chapter 76: The imperial examination is about to start
Seeing tears welling up in his loyal servant Liu Zhong's excited eyes, he suddenly thought of his original self.
After searching through his memory, Chen Jue roughly understood why Liu Zhong was so excited when he mentioned that he wanted to go to Dr. Li in person.
Chen Jue shook his head, not knowing what to say for a moment. Do you want him to say that he is no longer his original self?
Obviously impossible!
That’s it, that’s it, that’s it!
"It's still early, there's no hurry." Seeing Liu Zhong turn around and leave in a hurry, Chen Jue remembered that there was something else he needed to do, so he immediately stopped Liu Zhong.
"Go and tell the imperial concubine and ask her to include Wan Jieyu on the list of people accompanying you for the autumn hunt."
Only two women, Xu Wan and Jiang Rou, were allowed to go, and Chen Jue felt that it would not be stable in the harem.
Then he thought of the Cui family of Qinghe and the Zheng family of Xingyang, so he added a few more people, "There is also the Cui family, the virtuous concubine, and the Zheng family, the virtuous concubine."
This should be fine!
"Yes, I will go and report this to the noble concubine." After saying that, he respectfully turned around and left.
After Liu Zhong told Concubine Jiang this, Concubine Jiang was slightly stunned.
Jiang Rou frowned and thought for a while, then asked: "It's okay for Qiu Lie to bring the female family members from the palace, but this year Qiu Lie is different from usual. Is it inappropriate to bring the female family members?"
There will be many children from poor families inside, and if something happens, she won't be able to tell even if His Majesty is protecting her.
The most important thing is that Jiang Rou does not want to cause trouble to His Majesty.
"My Majesty, there is no need to worry. Your Majesty has said that this year's autumn hunting will be no different from usual. My Majesty will just make arrangements. Your Majesty will be with you for the rest."
Hearing what Liu Zhong said, Jiang Rou's still a little uneasy heart calmed down.
A few days flew by and it was soon autumn hunting.
Autumn Hunting takes place in Genshan Mountain, not far from Luojing City. It is the place where the royal family hunts in autumn every year.
There are not many ferocious beasts inside. After all, the only people who can go to Genshan are the children of the royal family and nobles. If someone has an accident, it will not be easy to explain.
Calculated according to previous autumn hunts, it usually lasts about five days, so those who went there lived in Genshan.
According to the arrangement, the second imperial examination, also known as the martial arts test, will be held on the autumn hunt on this day, so this royal autumn hunt is particularly spectacular.
There are members of the royal family, court officials and their wives, children of aristocratic families, students from poor families...
Fortunately, the responsibility of guarding the imperial examination was handed over to Cui Zhongli. As long as he does not cause trouble, I believe that the next two imperial examinations should be completed smoothly.
However, we still cannot take it completely lightly. These poor students must not have any life-threatening incidents before they successfully complete the imperial examination.
So after the carriage arrived at Genshan, Chen Jue immediately summoned Qian Wensheng.
"This autumn hunt is very important, and I don't want any mistakes to occur!"
Chen Jue stood with his hands behind his back, Qian Wensheng on his back, and said in a deep voice: "If anything goes wrong, just raise your head and see me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qian Wensheng, who was still confused at first, immediately became serious after hearing this, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will have people strictly guard me after I go out, and I won't let a mosquito fly in!"
Don't let a mosquito fly in?
When Chen Jue heard this, he wanted to laugh a little, but when he thought that someone was still there, he held it back.
"Yeah," he said lightly, and then added: "Not only do we have to guard against people outside, but we also have to guard against Xiaoxiao inside."
"Inner circle?" Qian Wensheng looked up at His Majesty in confusion, "Your Majesty, what do you mean..." Someone in the inner circle will take action?
"Yeah!" Chen Jue nodded.
Although the last words were not stated clearly, Qian Wensheng seemed to understand them and thought: There are many people hunting this autumn, so some accidents are very likely to happen, so it is better to pay more attention.
Qian Wensheng walked out of the camp and was telling his deputies that he suddenly saw his second brother and his five close friends walking in front of him.
There are also children from poor families among them.
A flash of inspiration suddenly occurred to him, and he suddenly understood who His Majesty had asked him to guard against!
Inner circle? Imperial examination!
Doesn't the implication of His Majesty's words mean that he should guard against those aristocratic families who want to take action during this autumn hunt to prevent the success of the imperial examination!
Although Qian Wensheng is just a martial artist, he is not stupid either. He can feel the turbulence in the darkness of the court recently.
What's more, he also has a second brother who is taking the imperial examination. Even if he doesn't pay much attention to court affairs, he still has to pay attention to his second brother's success in the imperial examination.
According to his understanding, many ministers in the imperial court were opposed to the implementation of the imperial examination system. However, it was only because of His Majesty's insistence that the imperial examination system could come to this point.
As long as the imperial examination is successful, the imperial court will no longer be the exclusive hall of aristocratic families. At that time, many children from poor families will ascend to the Emperor's Hall and talk loudly about the situation in the world.
If the aristocratic families don't want the court to be in such a situation in the future, then they can only find a way to take action this autumn hunting!
Qian Wensheng's brows tightened as he wanted to understand, and he couldn't help but become serious when talking to his deputy.
Suddenly, he still felt that it couldn't be done, "Forget it, I'd better go there myself."
After saying that, Qian Wensheng was about to turn around when the person behind him suddenly stopped him, "Brother!"
Qian Wencheng was discussing the imperial examination with his friends when he unexpectedly saw his brother.
"Brother, where are you going?" Qian Wensheng said. The two brothers Qian Wencheng had always had a good relationship. Qian Wensheng was responsible for his elder brother's mistakes when he was young.
Seeing that his second brother was still acting so out of place, Qian Wensheng shook his head.
I was originally going to say something to him, but after glancing at my second brother's friend next to me, I turned around and said, "Where are you going?"
Three of the five people knew Qian Wencheng's eldest brother and knew that he was the leader of the Imperial Guard. They were always less natural in front of Qian Wensheng than in front of his good friend Qian Wencheng.
Several people looked around, but no one spoke. They only looked at Qian Wencheng, as if to say: Brother Wen Cheng, hurry up, this is your eldest brother, you have to deal with it.
However, after he and the other two heard that the other party was the commander of the Imperial Guard, their eyes suddenly brightened, and Xiao Jiujiu immediately emerged in their hearts.
One of them had a rather flattering attitude, "A few of us heard that there is a stream over there, so we wanted to go there and play a simple meandering stream. Commander Qian, would you like to join us?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qian Wencheng and the other three people immediately looked at him, with eyes that wanted to go over and beat him up.
Qian Wensheng could clearly see the looks in their eyes, and suddenly they looked a little funny.
He wanted to say: You guys really think too much. Although I have a good relationship with Brother Erlang, I will never participate in any of his gatherings.
It would be better to say that he was not interested in any gatherings of literati and would not attend them.
"No," Qian Wensheng refused: "I still have something to do, you can take your time and play."
Chapter completed!