Chapter 223 Oh, my prime minister is still crying
After the imperial examination officials made arrangements, Xiao Li asked someone to bring out another imperial edict.
"Song Junzhan, come forward to receive the order."
Song Junzhan looked up. Although the empress did not inform him in advance, he had already had a premonition, and others were similar, and even sighed that this day had finally come.
Song Junzhan curled his lips slightly, straightened his clothes, stepped forward, and knelt down upright.
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict, saying: Song Junzhan is the pearl I found unexpectedly. He is knowledgeable, perseverant, kind and virtuous. He has always followed me loyally. He has three merits. One is... to this day. , who has succeeded in the imperial examination, is the leader, has excellent moral conduct and outstanding achievements, and is the best choice for the prime minister. I am now appointed as the prime minister to assist the government and set an example for the students in the world. I admire this!”
This imperial edict contains praise, merit, title, and honor. It can be said to be the highest honor for a civil servant.
Song Junzhan lay on the ground and did not move for a long time. Tears dripped from his eyes and fell on his hands.
Emotional and unable to control myself.
"Prime Minister Song, accept the order." the eunuch who announced the order reminded.
Song Junzhan took a deep breath, suppressed his sobs with all his strength, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, Song Junzhan, accepts the order and thanks my Majesty the Emperor!"
Your Majesty has given him too much. He doesn't know how long he can live in this life, but he is willing to dedicate his life, this life, and this heart, just for Her Majesty the Empress.
Song Junzhan received the imperial edict and stood up, not daring to raise his head. The next moment he heard a chuckle from above: "Oh, my prime minister is still crying."
Hearing this, everyone in the court laughed instantly. Song Junzhan felt ashamed and helpless: "Your Majesty, don't make fun of me, you are very moved."
A man does not shed tears easily, but his tears shed for His Majesty are precious and not embarrassing.
It's just that you see through it but don't tell it. Your Majesty's joking in public is also embarrassing.
The next moment the empress' voice was ruthless and cold-blooded: "Then you should get over it quickly, there are a lot of things waiting for you to deal with."
Work, all work for me!
The change of face happened in an instant, as if the words of praise in the edict just now were an illusion.
Song Junzhan: "." The tears disappeared in an instant, and the emotion faded away.
It is true that he loves Her Majesty the Empress very much, but occasionally he feels helpless because of her behavior.
She is the empress, the lord of the world, why does she always want to be the boss?
Let him handle everything, and he's not afraid of nurturing his ambition.
Xiao Li was disdainful: Are you showing your ambition to me?
Of course, although Xiao Li squeezes talents, she is also generous.
As long as she has talent, as long as she is given a job, she will receive a salary and even a house. What a good boss, no, he is an emperor.
Those people in the past had a banquet for talented people, so the new group of people will naturally have a banquet of their own.
Xiao Li had already prepared a banquet, and all the officials plus the first thirty candidates celebrated together.
Wang Yizhu was sandwiched among a group of male officials. To be honest, it was very awkward, but she knew that this was what a woman had to face as an official, so she kept controlling her forcefully, not to be underestimated by others or to disappoint His Majesty.
Many people were very curious about her and looked at her with various eyes, but because of the presence of the empress, their eyes were not so sharp.
"Sister-in-law, why are you here?"
Princess Wenshan jumped out of nowhere, wearing the clothes of a palace maid, and looked at Wang Yizhu who was sitting among a group of officials in shock.
Princess Wenshan's injuries were not fatal, but the wounds that penetrated her were not minor. Even an inch off her body could kill her.
Ning Chong and Cen An worked together for treatment, and they woke up the same day and were able to go to the ground the next day.
Wenshan thought that she would be moved by the fact that he saved the empress, but she risked her life. Except for the imperial doctor, the empress never even looked at her, and there was no change around her. She was still served by those palace servants, and the empress received no additional rewards.
The injury healed day by day, but the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. The empress' life was important, so was her life insignificant?
Wenshan's heart was filled with burning anger and unwillingness.
She must not suffer this in vain.
She heard that His Majesty was reviving the imperial examination, elected many officials, held banquets, and invited civil and military officials from all over the court, so she disguised herself as a palace maid and sneaked in to see what the empress was up to, and to remind her of saving her life. .
Unexpectedly, as soon as she came in, she saw the queen sitting among a group of men. She was dumbfounded and blurted out in shock, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
"Who is this person?"
"What Mrs. Huang?"
At this time, no one connected Wang Yizhu with the queen at all.
Wang Yizhu has been married to the palace for many years and has always kept a low profile. In the minds of the people, she is completely an invisible queen.
Even if he occasionally calls her, he would only add the surname Wang and Queen. Not many people in the previous family know her real name.
As for the group of people sitting here now, Song Junzhan, Lou Yan, Rong Qing and others know the queen, but they will naturally not talk nonsense.
But even if they knew each other, Song Junzhan had not been able to meet the queen a few times. The others were chosen by Xiao Li, and it was impossible to meet the former queen, so no one really knew her.
Princess Wenshan regretted it after she shouted out, but now in full view of everyone, she had nowhere to escape, so she simply saluted Xiao Li above: "Sister, Princess Wenshan has not seen her for many days, and she misses her very much."
Halfway through the salute, his body swayed and he almost fell.
She was very apologetic and said: "Sister Huang, please forgive me. Wen Shan's previous injury has not fully healed yet. It was not a deliberate act of disrespect."
Xiao Li: "."
Just eleven years old. He must be twelve years old now.
But she is also a little girl, how can she be so conceited and still have such green tea?
She wanted to remind her of her life-saving grace to Xiao Li, so she did not hesitate to act in the middle of the banquet. Should she regard Xiao Li, the empress, as a blind person, or should she regard the ministers and guards in this room as fools?
a shame.
Xiao Li didn't want to answer her, so he directly raised his hand, and someone immediately dragged her down.
Realizing that the empress did not want Princess Wenshan to speak, the guard covered Wenshan's mouth when he took action, but Princess Wenshan bit the guard's hand fiercely and shouted: "Sister, why are you doing this to me?"
The guard was so frightened that he covered his hands again. As a result, Princess Wenshan hugged her and bit her so hard that her hands bled.
Xiao Li raised his hand, Lou Xiang quickly passed over and knocked him unconscious with a palm.
The guards did not dare to attack her because of her status as a princess. There was no other princess in Lou Xiang's eyes.
The person was knocked unconscious and dragged off, and the party continued.
The empress never answered a word to the man, and no one mentioned it.
After the banquet, Lou Xiang reminded her that Xiao Li thought of her again.
"Send to the imperial mausoleum, and there will be no pardon for life."
Sparing her life was her last kindness to Wen Shan at that age. Next time, she would definitely kill her.
Along with Liu Xueyin, Wen Shan was the second person to make her have such a strong murderous intention. It was as if her brain was filled with water. If she didn't want to live a good life, she had to act like a monster. I don't know what she wanted.