Chapter 108 Imperial Examination Questions Leaked
Back in the East Palace, Zhao Xing sent Gu Tingye away.
Back in the main hall, I was stunned when I saw two eunuchs holding more than a dozen story books each, and frowned: "I only chose a dozen books, how come there are so many?"
"Your Highness, Commander Gu picked the others for Your Highness," Sanshui said.
"Bring it to me and have a look." Zhao Xing said.
Upon hearing this, Sanshui quickly took the ones given by Gu Tingye and gave them to Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing saw the cover of the top book that said The Secret History of Zhao Ji, picked it up and opened it to read.
The above content is about the story of Lu Buwei and Zhao Ji.
In fact, some of the ancient texts are fabricated stories about ancient celebrities, which are the so-called unofficial histories.
There are also some fictional characters.
Zhao Xing thought this was an unofficial history at first, but after reading it for a while, he realized something was wrong. This was not an unofficial history at all, it was clearly a romantic history.
Some key passages are also accompanied by pictures.
Zhao Xing looked through the rest, and they were all like this.
"Take all these books and burn them with me." Zhao Xing said angrily.
As an upright person, how can I look at such unhealthy things.
"Yes!" Sanshui was startled. He didn't know why Zhao Xing was angry, so he quickly stepped forward and took down the books.
Zhao Xing rubbed his brows, feeling a little distressed. His father and Queen Cao were worried about him.
In fact, Zhao Xing also understood that it was very common in ancient times for a maid to live in a male room.
There is a big difference between maids and concubines. These maids are basically dismissed after marrying the first wife.
Some will be left behind and continue to serve as maids to the first wife. If they have children, they will be promoted to aunts, that is, they will become concubines.
Just like people like Sheng Changbai, when they married Haishi, there were several concubines in the house.
After Haishi came in, he got rid of all of them. In order to show his virtuousness, he specially left one for Sheng Changbai.
Zhao Xing knows that if this is not resolved, similar things will happen in the future.
Although he is quite determined, he may not be able to withstand the temptation.
After thinking for a long time, Zhao Xing thought of a way.
That night, a news spread among the eunuchs and maids of the East Palace.
His Royal Highness the Prince left his maid Xia Chan to attend his bed.
After hearing the news, the maids were all envious.
If Xia Chan knew that everyone envied her, she would probably burst into tears.
She was also very excited when Zhao Xing left her behind.
However, Zhao Xing did not favor her at all and just asked her to make a floor in the palace.
He also asked her to act unnatural when walking when she gets up tomorrow morning.
Zhao Xing had no choice but to use this method to reassure his father and Queen Cao.
The next morning, when Zhao Xing woke up, he called Xia Chan up and asked her to quickly clean up the floor. He was worried and warned her a few times, and then asked her to wait outside for service. His wash man called in.
After washing up, Zhao Xing went out to eat.
After Zhao Xing left, Nanny Feng walked in and asked about Xia Chan.
After receiving Zhao Xing's explanation, Xia Chan naturally did not dare to speak out, and replied to Nanny Feng with a red face and vague words.
In ancient times, when getting married in the bridal chamber, Yuanpa would be laid on the bed. The next day, the Yuanpa would be checked to see if there was any red drop on it to determine chastity.
But Xia Chan is just a palace maid, and Zhao Xingliu's visit to the bedchamber was impromptu, so she naturally had no such preparations.
So Nanny Feng asked a few questions and let her take a few steps.
Although Xia Chan deliberately acted unnaturally according to what Zhao Xing said, Grandma Feng was an old woman in the palace. Her eyes were so vicious that she saw the problem at a glance and said seriously: "Tell the truth. Did His Royal Highness favor you last night? This matter needs to be reported to the officials and the Queen. If you dare to tell lies, you should know what the consequences will be."
Xia Chan made a sound. Kneel down and tell the truth.
After hearing this, Nanny Feng glared at her fiercely and walked out.
...Zhao Xing didn't know that his lie would be exposed at once, so he went to practice martial arts with Gu Yankai after breakfast.
When he saw Gu Tingye, he glared at him fiercely.
Lying in bed last night, the contents of the Secret History of Zhao Ji that he read during the day came to mind. In addition, there was a summer cicada in the house, which kept him tossing and turning and unable to sleep.
If Xia Chan wasn't still young, he might have been unable to bear it anymore.
Even so, I also dreamed of Duke Zhou’s daughter in my dream last night.
Gu Tingye shrank his neck when he saw Zhao Xing staring at him. He was also helpless.
...
Nanny Feng left the East Palace and went to the palace to meet Queen Cao and told Queen Cao what happened last night.
After hearing this, Queen Cao became even more worried. Zhao Xing knew that asking Xia Chan to pretend to walk unnaturally meant that she obviously didn't understand anything.
But she could bear it, which made her unable to help but think more.
You know, ancient dignitaries played a lot of tricks. There is an idiom called Longyang Zhihao, which talks about good masculinity.
Many nobles even cater to both men and women, secretly raising some beautiful men.
Fortunately, Empress Cao thought about it carefully and found that although Zhao Xing was very close to Gu Tingye and others, he didn't leave a few of them to spend the night in the East Palace. He didn't look like a good man.
However, Queen Cao was still worried and told the officials about the matter when they came over in the evening.
After hearing the words, the official pondered for a while and laughed.
"Guan Jia, I'm almost dying of anxiety, why are you still laughing?" Queen Cao said.
"Haha."
The official laughed for a while, then stopped and said: "Why are you worried about Fu'er's masculinity? Doesn't Fu'er often call him the daughter of the British Duke and the daughter of the British Duke at the polo club? Mr. Yu's granddaughter went to talk to him. I laughed at Fu'er's ability to restrain himself. Fu'er was not favored by the palace maid. Apparently he knew about our worries and wanted to reassure us. I am very pleased that Fu'er has such perseverance. Shouldn't I laugh?"
"It's a good thing that Fu'er has perseverance, but what if the bloodline continues? How about letting them get married next year?" Queen Cao suggested.
"No." The official shook his head and said: "If he gets married, the concubines he had chosen before will almost be of hair age and will all be admitted to the palace by then. Fu'er is still young after all, Greed is harmful to the body.”
Sometimes parents are like this, and everyone will worry.
If Zhao Xing is not a womanizer, the officials will be worried. If Zhao Xing is too womanly, the officials will still be worried.
"What should we do?" Queen Cao asked.
The official muttered: "Let's do this for the time being. The girl from the Yu family is about to reach the age of hairpin. When she reaches the age of hairpin, let her go to the East Palace to serve Fu'er."
"In this way, Mr. Yu Do you have any objections?" Queen Cao asked worriedly.
The Crown Princess has not entered the house, so she must not accept her concubines first.
The Yu family girl went to the East Palace and had no status for the time being.
It would be better if the Yu family's family status was lower. I would love such a good thing, so why would there be any complaints.
But Xianggong Yu is the minister of the court and holds a high position of authority, so naturally he cannot but consider his feelings.
"I will ask Mr. Yu about this." The official said.
……
Zhao Xing didn't know that his plot had been exposed, and he was almost mistaken by Empress Cao for liking masculine styles.
After Nanny Feng returned to the East Palace, she warned Xia Chan, but Xia Chan did not dare to tell Zhao Xing that the matter had been exposed.
Zhao Xing attended classes every day, and occasionally went to the Ministry of Rites to hear about the arrangements for the imperial examination. Every few days, Xia Chan stayed in his palace for a night and continued to act.
That day Zhao Xing was reviewing Zha Zi, and Yin Hanzhang came to see him.
Zhao Xing originally thought that several slaves of the Gu family who were sold back then were sent to Bianjing. After hearing Yin Hanzhang's words, he was stunned: "What did you say, the examination questions were leaked?"
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Although he has decided on the examination questions, he has not handed it over to the Ministry of Rites. So far, only he and Wang Anshi know about it.
Did Wang Anshi leak it?
With Wang Anshi’s temperament, it is impossible for him to do such a thing.
And to be honest, the test questions he asked will not have much impact if they are leaked or not.
(End of this chapter)