Liu Mingzhi picked up and put down the documents on the desk countless times. Most of an hour passed, but he still didn't read a word.
The moonlight outside the study became more and more hazy. The knock on the door woke Mr. Liu up from his thoughts, and he raised his eyes to look at the door.
"Come in."
The queen held a porridge bowl in her hand and walked slowly into the room towards Liu Mingzhi's desk.
"Aren't you done yet?"
Liu Mingzhi stood up and helped the queen to the chair opposite and sat down, rubbing his brow and sighing.
"I'm not too busy at all. I just have a few scattered documents and memorials that haven't been reviewed yet. I just can't read them."
The Queen pushed the porridge bowl in her hand flat in front of Young Master Liu: "Drink some of the Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup I just cooked for you."
"good."
The Queen was silent for a while, looking straight at Young Master Liu who was holding the bowl of porridge: "Are you upset because of Yue'er's incident in Beifu?"
Liu Mingzhi paused slightly while stirring the lotus seed soup, and looked at the queen who nodded silently.
"It seems that Yue'er has told you everything she needs to say after meeting you."
"Well! She has indeed said everything that needs to be said. She told Wanyan that you asked her to find me. After listening to her story about Datong's experience in Beifu, Wanyan understood that you must be worried now!
After Yue'er returned from Wanyan's place, Wanyan handed Chengrui over to the nanny, walked around the kitchen and came to you.
As expected, you are worrying about this!
In fact, what is there to worry about?
Yue'er has been raised by Wanyan as a successor since she was a child. She is too smart.
Under her chirping and carefree appearance, she hides a delicate heart with seven orifices.
Although she could roughly guess what she was thinking, she couldn't directly say that she would be able to guess it right.
When the Kingdom of Jin was destroyed in the hands of Mr. Yunyang and the others, Yue'er witnessed too many bloody scenes that she should not have seen at her age.
Since then, her mind has become more mature.
Do you think that with her experience and experience, she would do this last thing...forget it...even if you don't say it politely, you have already seen through it yourself."
Liu Mingzhi tasted the lotus seed soup and nodded thoughtfully: "So? What do you want to say to my husband?
I want to say that this is just what Yue'er did intentionally, not her original intention, is that right?"
The Queen shook her head sadly: "No, I just want to give you a bowl of lotus seed soup, and I don't want to say anything else.
That's all.
Yue'er has Yue'er's own ideas, and you have your own plans.
To put it bluntly, although Yue'er is the flesh and blood of Wanyan, between you and your children, Wanyan is nothing more than an outsider at best.
More than Wanyan, sister Ya, sister Yun'er, sister Yan'er... we are all outsiders.
Although Wanyan can't guess what you are thinking, Wanyan thinks you must have a general idea in mind.
In this case, why should euphemisms be involved?
After all, Wanyuan is no longer the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, but your wife.
Looking at Cheng Rui, this tormenting little guy, every day is enough to make Wanyan exhausted mentally and physically.
Wanyan really doesn’t have the heart to ask about the matters between your father and son, or between father and daughter.”
Young Master Liu drank all the lotus seed soup in the bowl in three gulps, then picked up a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth.
"You came to the study just to talk about this?"
The Queen shrugged her shoulders slightly, picked up the porridge bowl with a smile, stood up and walked out of the study.
"Otherwise? Go to bed early. I really can't bear to read the contents of the document. It's not a big deal to put it aside for a day."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the queen's beautiful figure and blew out the candle on the table out of boredom.
"Please wait for me politely. My husband will go to your place to rest today.
It took a lot of effort to send this boy Cheng Rui to the wet nurse. Your body has been recuperating for a long time after confinement. You must seize the opportunity as a husband."
"Virtue. I have diarrhea that makes me tremble when I walk, but I still have other things on my mind."
"It doesn't matter if your legs are weak, as long as other places are not soft."
A few days passed quickly.
On March 20th, the fourth year of Dalong's reign, the Imperial Examination officially began today, with the gongs and drums of the officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs a few days ago.
In the Wenyi Hall and Wen'an Hall in the palace, hundreds of scholars, led by the imperial soldiers, have been waiting for the questions of the palace examination for a long time in these two extensive halls.
In the back hall of Wenyi Hall, Liu Mingzhi and a group of important officials were quietly sipping tea from their cups.
Xia Gongming glanced outside the back hall, put down his tea cup and saluted Young Master Liu.
"Your Majesty, it's getting late. We can't delay any longer. It's time to announce the test questions to the candidates!"
Liu Mingzhi savored the aftertaste of the tea in his mouth with the tip of his tongue, put down the tea cup and took out two sealed envelopes from his sleeves and handed them to Liu Song and Xiao Chengzi respectively.
"You two go to the Wenyi Hall separately. Wen'an Hall will announce the questions of this palace examination to the candidates who have been waiting for a long time."
"Ah? Shall I go?"
"Ah? Shall we go?"
The two of them asked the questions in their minds in unison, and Xia Gongming and Du Chenghao also frowned subconsciously.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Examination has always been done on the same day as the Emperor personally announces the questions for the Imperial Examination, and then gives some words of encouragement to the candidates.
If you don't show up today, the candidates will be in trouble if they have random thoughts that affect their thoughts during the exam."
"Hey, if I show up, some candidates may fail the exam.
If you tell the candidates this way, just say that I am staying in the front hall watching them take the exam, and I am worried that they will feel stressed.
For the sake of their achievements, I will quietly pay attention to them from behind.
I hope that many candidates will give full play to what they have learned and write the most satisfactory and beautiful essays on the examination paper."
"this……"
"Just say it like this."
"Okay, then, are you and Eunuch Cheng going to announce the test questions?"
"Go ahead."
"yes."
Looking at the figures of Liu Song and Xiao Chengzi walking away, Liu Mingzhi stood up, stretched out and glanced around at the important officials in the court.
"You and other soldiers divided into two groups and silently inspected the candidates' answer sheets.
If you encounter someone engaging in malpractice for personal gain, there is no need to make any announcement, just silently write down the person's appearance and name.
Don't disturb the thoughts of other candidates because of one person."
"I obey your orders."
Liu Mingzhi moved his arms and walked gently towards the door of the back hall. From behind the bead curtain, he glanced at the many candidates in the front hall who were already sitting upright and waiting for the test questions.
His eyes swept across Lin Hanzhi's body, and Liu Mingzhi's eyes passed over the many candidates in the hall one by one.
"Your Majesty has decreed that the imperial examination will ask questions."
"There is no place in the world other than the land of the King."