Night falls, King Jing's mansion in the capital.
Early tomorrow morning, Zhu Zaizhen will set off from the capital and go to his fiefdom of De'an to join the feudal clan.
After Zhu Zaizhen noticed the movement outside, he couldn't help but feel curious, and immediately gave instructions to his subordinates.
"Go and see what's going on outside. Why is it so lively?"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
The subordinate who was called by Zhu Zaizhen immediately responded when he saw this.
Then, he was seen leaving the room with brisk steps.
After a while, he came back and told Zhu Zaizhen all the reasons.
"Your Highness, outside is a group of candidates who have just finished taking the exam. They were arguing about the ranking of the essay."
"Not long ago, Mr. Yan Ge agreed to grade the papers for these candidates. However, only the top three can win this honor!"
After Zhu Zaizhen learned the news from his subordinates, he couldn't help but sneered and said to himself.
"This Yan Song is quite good at winning people's hearts!"
Then, Zhu Zaizhen turned his eyes to the subordinates aside and asked immediately.
"By the way, the invitations have been sent out, right?"
After hearing this, the subordinate's face instantly turned pale, and he knelt on the ground with a plop, mumbling.
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, the invitations have been sent out, but all the officials..."
"They all find various excuses to shirk it, right?"
Zhu Zaizhen took in the expressions on his subordinates' faces and added immediately.
"Yes, Your Highness, those officials who had close personal relationships with us have unknowingly alienated us."
Seeing this, the previous subordinate mustered up his courage and responded tremblingly.
Although Zhu Zaizhen had made corresponding psychological preparations before this, when he actually learned the news from his subordinates, he still couldn't help but feel a strong sense of frustration in his heart.
"This bunch of damn wallflowers, when Gu Ri inherits the throne, we must take care of them!"
After Zhu Zaizhen cursed secretly, he picked up the wine glass on the table and drank the wine in one gulp.
At this moment, the former subordinate stepped forward and spoke in a low voice.
"Your Highness, before this, I accidentally heard some news!"
"Oh, what's the news?"
After hearing this, Zhu Zaizhen was instantly interested and asked immediately.
"Your Highness, it's like this. The Yangxin Hall where His Majesty lived previously was in disrepair and the top collapsed. It is said that a lot of bricks and tiles fell down."
"Then, His Majesty moved from Yangxin Palace to Ganlu Palace for a temporary stay!"
After Zhu Zaizhen listened, his face was full of disappointment and he interrupted impatiently.
"You don't need to talk about this matter, Gu has already known about it!"
When the subordinate saw this, he was not discouraged and continued immediately.
"Your Highness, you might as well think about it at a deeper level. What does His Majesty's move mean?"
At this moment, Zhu Zaizhen quickly reacted and said in surprise.
"What you mean is that the situation over with King Yu is not optimistic either!"
The previous subordinate heard this and quickly corrected it.
"To be exact, only King Yu's situation is not optimistic!"
"I would like to ask, if you are Your Highness, and you have made some achievements in the fiefdom, will your Majesty be impressed?"
"In addition, since you are far away from the capital, you don't have to be under the gaze of others all the time, and the chance of making mistakes will be greatly reduced!"
"Sometimes, staying away from the whirlpool of the capital is not a bad thing!"
"Therefore, Your Highness, you only need to lie dormant and wait for the opportunity with peace of mind. Once the time is right, you will be like a hidden dragon emerging from the abyss and become a blockbuster!"
After listening to his subordinate's analysis, Zhu Zaizhen's eyes burned with the light of hope again, and he said to himself.
"I am now in my prime, I just need to compete with my father to see who can live longer!"
“When the time comes in the future, we may not be able to compete!”
…
After the answer sheet is handed in, it will be immediately sealed and stored. The entire process must be handled by a dedicated person!
After these answer sheets are transported to the designated place, there will be specialized officials who will make anonymous copies of the answer sheets to prevent some officials from secretly making marks on the answer sheets. During the process of anonymous copying, there will also be specialized officers. officials to supervise!
Once the official responsible for supervision discovers any fraud, he can deal with the officials involved at will without notifying him!
After going through the above tedious and complicated processes, the copied answer sheets will be sent to the examiner.
Since there were not many candidates coming to the capital to take the examination this time, there were nearly two hundred people.
Therefore, the imperial court only appointed eight examiners, including Yan Shifan, to review the test papers of these candidates.
"Mr. Xiaoge, please read this article!"
At this moment, I saw an examiner who was not sure about the standards and immediately asked Yan Shifan for advice.
"show me!"
After Yan Shifan finished speaking, he took the answer sheet from the stranger's hand and began to read it carefully.
After a long time, he put the answer sheet in his hand aside and said helplessly.
"The article is good, and the idea is very novel, but it is off topic, please dismiss me!"
Seeing Yan Shifan, the examiner, speak, the official felt relieved and immediately responded.
"Yes, Mr. Xiaoge!"
Immediately, the answer sheet was marked with the word 'deposed' and was placed among the many waste papers aside.
As time went by, Yan Shifan became numb and couldn't remember which answer sheet he had reviewed.
Seeing that many officials in the room were exhausted, Yan Shifan immediately ordered.
"Let's stay here for today!"
After hearing this, the exhausted officials quickly responded with gratitude.
"Yes, Mr. Xiaoge!"
Immediately, Yan Shifan summoned the officers and soldiers guarding the door. After collecting all the examination papers, they transported them to a special place where the answer sheets were stored. After they were properly stored, today's work was over.
…
The night passed quickly, and in the early morning of the next day, King Jing Zhu Zaizhen officially embarked on the road to the fiefdom to become a vassal.
Before that, he had already transported most of the luggage to the fiefdom.
The entire team is escorted by a large number of guards. Anyone who has the intention of getting close will be severely reprimanded!
When King Jing's team just left the capital, Zhu Zaizhen suddenly ordered the team to stop marching.
He opened the curtain of the carriage and looked back, as if he wanted to imprint the scenery of the capital into his mind.
Immediately, Zhu Zaizhen looked away and muttered to himself silently.
“Now that I’m gone, I don’t know when I’ll be able to come back!”
"Hope everything goes well!"
After saying that, Zhu Zaizhen closed the curtain of the carriage without hesitation and ordered the team to move forward again.
Seeing this situation, Jin Yiwei, who had been hiding in the dark and observing the situation, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Go back now and inform the Lord of this news!"
"yes!"
…
"Your Majesty, King Jing has now left the capital and officially went to the fiefdom to become a vassal!"
In the Ganlu Palace, when Jiajing learned the news, there was not much emotion on his face, and he immediately gave instructions.
"Well, I know about this. Let all the Jinyi guards along the way withdraw. There is no need to follow them anymore."
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
(End of chapter)
