Zhu Scarlett paused: "Huh?"
Suiyu lowered his head: "My subordinate did not tell the truth, but told His Majesty according to Zhaoyi's instructions."
It turns out that he came here to take credit.
It is not accurate to say that he was claiming credit. Perhaps Zhu Sijia deliberately pushed him away during the day, making him feel that he was not reused and trusted by Zhu Sijia, so he suddenly revealed the matter to her.
Zhu Sijia: "It's a good thing to be able to protect that little messenger, Broiyu. Your Majesty expelled you from Yanxue Tower and allowed you to stay with me in such a humiliating way. Are you angry?"
Suiyu: "I don't dare. Ever since Your Majesty asked my subordinates to be loyal only to the empress, I am no longer the dragon guard Suiyu of Yanxue Tower, but the bodyguard next to the empress."
This is another purpose of Zhu Sijia's lies.
She wanted to test, to test whether Suiyu could be used by her, to test where Suiyu would go in the face of sensibility and reason, and to test how much of Suiyu's humanity was still there.
It was only a matter of time before Yan Xiu went to Suiyu to ask about the jade pendant. As the third person who had seen the little emissary with his own eyes, facing his old master and the man at the peak of Great Qin's power, would he go for the so-called "facts" , and tell the matter truthfully.
After all, the messenger fell into the hands of Yan Xiu, who would be severely tortured at the least and punished with death at the worst.
Zhu Sijia: "I understand, let's go back to the palace."
…
On the carriage back to the palace, Zhu Ya didn't have to talk to Zhu Sijia softly as before.
She asked openly and openly: "Zhaoyi, you and the county master have been together for a long time, why don't you stay at Prince Yan's Mansion tonight? Your Majesty will not blame you."
Zhu Sijia vetoed: "His Majesty has been busy with state affairs recently. He can't eat well or sleep well. I'm worried about him."
Zhu Ya could not help but be bold: "I have a plan that I want to offer to Your Majesty, but I am afraid that His Majesty will misunderstand me."
Although Yan Xiu repeatedly made exceptions and allowed her to participate in several major state affairs, it did not mean that he was a person who could tolerate women's participation in politics.
Zhu Sijia: "Why don't you tell me first?"
Zhu Ya: "I have wanted to say this for a long time! There is no imperial examination here!"
Zhu Sijia: "What is the imperial examination?"
Zhu Ya carefully explained to her the model and detailed process of the imperial examination. Zhu Sijia suddenly realized, yes, why has it been so long since the founding of the Qin Dynasty that no one could think of such a method?
She praised Zhu Ya repeatedly.
Zhu Ya blushed at her praise. She didn't know how to explain the relationship between technology and productivity to the ancients in a concise and concise manner. After all, this was not her unique idea.
When she came to Da Qin, she was also curious. Da Qin's productivity was not as low as she imagined. There were even banknotes. Of course, due to the immature printing technology, banknotes were only used by nobles on a small scale.
As for the talent selection method, although Yan Xiu deliberately used military merit to recruit talents, most of the time, the official selection system of Da Qin was closer to the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and all the courtiers were from poor families.
Opportunities to study and all kinds of unique book collections are concentrated in the hands of clan clans. If ordinary people can read and write, their families must be extraordinary.
Things like storybooks began to spread widely after she improved printing and papermaking. She also opened a bookstore to sell them, taking advantage of low cost and low cost to make them affordable for ordinary people.
Until the previous incident of "surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao", her bookstore was suppressed by Yan Xiu and fell into disrepute.
But the bookstore can be cool, but the printing skills and papermaking skills are not. She can no longer enjoy the fruits alone, she can share them freely. When the time is right, countless students from poor families will flood into the court through the most fair way.
Zhu Scarlett opened the carriage door and asked Suiyu to drive the car faster.
After returning to the palace, she rushed to Tai Chi Palace almost non-stop.
As long as it can solve the problem that Yan Xiu is currently facing and save him from having to worry so much, any strategy is a good one.
…
Zhangtai Palace.
To this day, the Empress Dowager took off her white mourning clothes and put on Xuan clothes, no longer wearing a hairpin with white flowers.
She used to like red the most, but now when she sees red, she can think of the tragic situation when the Zhang family was exterminated. How painful would it be for her young nephews and grandnephews to die under the knife?
Therefore, when she returned to Beijing from Shangzhou, she burned all the red clothes in the palace and ordered no one in the harem to wear red clothes.
But she forgot that the harem now belonged to Zhu Sijia, and with Yan Xiu taking care of her, no one would take her as the Queen Mother seriously.
Unexpectedly, the first person to do the opposite to her was Yan Xiu. Yan Xiu would not greet her even once in eight hundred years, but one day he had a sudden idea and ran to her wearing dark red uniform to greet her. The word "deliberate" is almost written on his face.
When she thought of Yan Xiu, the Queen Mother felt so angry that her heart ached.
She sat in front of the mirror, looking at her face that had suddenly aged ten years, and was so angry that she brushed away all the makeup on the table.
Hongmei was not surprised by this. She avoided the debris on the ground and brought up the beauty soup that the Queen Mother drank every day. She bent down and reported: "The Queen Mother, Mr. Chen will be here at noon."
Queen Mother: "Wushi? Is he crazy? What are you doing here at Wushi!"
In broad daylight, was he afraid that others would not know?
In addition to Chen Rang, the Queen Mother also has two publicly known noodle heads. At first, she kept them hidden while raising noodle heads, but how many noble ladies in Xijing have noodle heads? Gradually she became bolder in her actions.
Even the most embarrassing time was when Yan Xiu bumped into her and Mian Shou playing in the imperial garden. At that time, he just made a cold face and turned away without saying anything.
The two facial ministers were fine until today.
Yan Xiu didn't care about her ridiculous behavior as the queen mother of a country.
But Chen Rang is different. He is a courtier, not a man to be played with. If Yan Xiu knew that she was colluding with Chen Rang...
The Queen Mother remained uneasy until a quarter of noon, but Chen Rang did not appear in Zhangtai Palace.
When she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the palace people reported: "The Queen Mother, I would like to ask you to see me."
Song Nu is one of her faces.
Queen Mother: "Let him in."
When Songnu entered the palace, he put a mask on his face to block it. The Queen Mother was already in a bad mood. Seeing his pretentiousness, she directly threw the spoon at him:
"What are you doing wearing a mask?"
"Song Nu" refused to hide. When they were the only two people left in the palace, he took off his mask and said, "I have seen the Queen Mother. I miss you too much. I hope you will forgive me."
The Queen Mother's eyes shone: "Chen Rang? Where has this... real Songnu gone?"
Chen Rang: "Of course I will never be able to see anyone again."
Queen Mother: "It is taboo to commit murder in the palace. Have you forgotten the fate of the Zhang family in the cold palace?"
Chen Rang: "I just ordered someone to tamper with his beauty cream. With that face, I'm afraid I will never be able to see you again in this life."
What a Chen Rang, but his attacks were so vicious. Song Nu was chosen by him at the beginning and sent to the palace based on his appearance when he was young, but now he is ruined at his word.
Queen Mother: "Speak directly if you have anything to say. The Ai family is not in the mood for flirting."
When Chen Rang saw this, he said bluntly: "I went to see Yu'er, and by the way I learned that King Yan refused to send troops to assist Wu Xingbo because he was trapped, and he became suspicious of Your Majesty. At present, the troops of Qin are scattered in various directions, Queen Mother - take it seriously Don’t you want to avenge the Zhang family?”
