Yao Siqing quite understood, "Is there a royal room in the Baohe Hall?"
"Of course, people attending banquets always have to pay respects." The fourth prince responded quickly, "If you can't find the girls, I will call the maid to show you the way."
For safety reasons, those who enter the imperial city for banquets are not allowed to bring maids and servants. The prince and princess are allowed to bring one person to serve them, and all other needs are left to the palace maids and eunuchs.
As the legitimate daughter of the Yao family, Yao Siqing naturally knows this rule, but what she wants is not to show the way, but to create a quiet and safe environment.
"The fourth emperor brother slowly showed them the way. The emperor brother couldn't bear it any longer, so he left first." Chang Yan said in a hurried tone next to him, so realistic that sweat broke out on his forehead.
Fortunately, they are men and it doesn't matter if they say these things in public.
If it were a girl, her spine would have to be pierced.
Yao Siqing's eyes wandered, and he glanced at the direction in which the fifth prince was leaving, and could only agree, "Then I'll trouble you, Your Highness."
The royal rooms are all set up in side halls. Men and women are separated so they occupy one side, and the distance is quite far.
Yao Siqing and Jiang Sheng followed the palace maid, thinking about how to meet the fifth prince opposite, and how to remain calm and avoid arousing suspicion.
The palace is solemn and solemn, and there are maids waiting even in the court room, let alone crossing the entire hall to reach the men's room.
Yao Siqing frowned because of this, thinking that he would not be able to give away the banknote today.
But Jiang Sheng waved away the palace maid and said softly, "Don't worry about Sister Yao, Fifth Brother should be here."
If others don't know, she can still not understand her brother.
The eldest brother's plan failed for no other reason than because the fifth brother didn't want to see him.
As long as Fifth Brother wants to meet, the prince's identity can provide convenience, and his comprehensive mind cannot be underestimated.
Knowing that his sister is inconvenient, he will try his best to find her.
Jiang Sheng looked determined, and Yao Siqing couldn't say anything. The two of them walked to Gong's room and carefully pushed it open. There was indeed a panting young man standing inside.
He probably ran over secretly, climbed over the wall, and finally got in through the window.
The originally bright brocade robe was a little wrinkled, and there were red marks on the palms. The hair on the temples was slightly messy, and only the invisible eyes were always smiling.
Yao Siqing was a little shocked, so she said "I'll wait for you outside", then closed the door of the court room and acted as the doorkeeper.
The world is finally quiet. There are no strict palace rules, no confusing eyes, and no mixed identities.
The young man rubbed his thumb across his palm, with a rare hint of shame and guilt, and whispered, "Sister."
The girl looked at him coldly and did not respond.
"Jiang Sheng, please don't be angry. We don't have much time." Chang Yan smiled bitterly, "The banquet will start soon, and I have to donate money."
Otherwise, the fifth brother is the fifth brother, who can defeat the enemy with one move.
Jiang Sheng retracted his emotions bitterly, took out the banknote from his arms and slapped it over, "Brothers asked me to give it to you because I was afraid you wouldn't have the money to donate."
A full ten thousand taels.
After his half-brother, the Fourth Emperor, learned that he could not afford the repayment, he also withdrew his intention to borrow the money.
But his unrelated brothers sent him thousands of taels of silver notes free of charge.
The corners of Chang Yan's eyes turned red, and he stroked the warm paper, "No, actually I don't, I am also a prince after all."
"Dad told me that the Jiang family wants to donate 20,000 taels. How much will you donate?" Jiang Sheng pretended to believe it and asked seriously.
The long banquet was speechless.
"It's okay if you don't have money. You won't even tell us. Who asked you to come back and become a poor prince? Who asked you to run away without saying a word." Jiang Sheng pouted, "Auntie almost didn't even make it through the wedding night. Fourth brother is still here. Just cry and cry, you can handle it yourself."
The water of the West Lake, the tears of the fourth brother.
Chang Yan's head was as big as a bucket, "I shouldn't have done it, it's all my fault."
"As long as you know you're wrong!" Jiang Sheng relieved his anger, "We'll talk about the apology later. You can donate the money first. If it's not enough, I'll find a way."
It seems that ten thousand taels is the Chinese cabbage.
Chang Yan couldn't help laughing and put the banknote back into her hand, "I really don't need it. Everyone knows that I have no money. Instead of donating ten thousand taels of silver to attract speculation, it's better to be honest and poor."
It doesn't matter if he gets a little ridicule. How could his second brother just donate the money he earned so hard?
This time it was Jiang Sheng's turn to be stunned.
If Fifth Brother doesn't need money, why is she racking her brains to show up here.
Just for that little bit of anger? Or verify the identity of the fifth prince?
"Don't worry, I have something important to do with you." Chang Yan easily guessed what she was thinking and said with a smile, "It's not convenient for me to meet my eldest brother, but I want you to tell him that the recent developments in the Fang family are not trivial."
The matter also started when the Fang family proposed to collect wealth tax during the palace examination. At that time, everyone only thought that Fang Yuan was doing it for Yijia, so they did not hesitate to offend the family but also wanted to do what the Tian family wanted.
Later, the Fang family proposed a donation, which seemed to be for Xue's shame of "buying Tanhua with money". Even a smart person like Zhang Yan concluded that there was no doubt.
The sudden appearance of the Spring Appreciation Banquet ruined the Fang family's plan and turned the aristocratic family's donation into the entire Fengjing donation, wiping away part of the Fang family's credit.
But it's only part of it. As long as the donation is enough, the Fang family will still take credit and can still please the Tian family.
Yes, I realized something was wrong after a long banquet here.
The Fang family seems to be very committed to pleasing the Tian family, and they don't hesitate to pay snowflakes of silver, collect wealth taxes, and offend other aristocratic families.
His trump card is obviously the eldest prince, and the most important thing to do is to seize the legitimate son. To please the Tian family, the eldest prince should also be cured. However, the Fang family takes all the credit on Fang Yuan, and the eldest prince has to take second place.
Could it be that the Fang family wants to change the dynasty?
However, the Fang family, which was unpopular and unorthodox, and was not even a military commander, had the will but was unable to do so.
Chang Yan was suspicious and flipped through ancient books at random. He couldn't find the reason, but he saw the history related to "imperial examination fraud".
As the only stage for literati and the most important means of selecting officials, the imperial examination has convinced students throughout the ages because of its absolute fairness and impartiality.
There have been several cases of fraud in imperial examinations in history. In the end, even the examiner sat down, and would rather kill someone by mistake than let him go. There was never a person who was lifted up heavily and then dropped down gently.
If so, then only those in the past two years will take the exam.
Two people were also involved in the imperial examination fraud. One won the first prize and the other won the top prize. How should this convince students all over the world? What is the truth about the fraud back then.
"It's only now that I put it together. What the Fang family did was never for the sake of the eldest prince. They did it to silence the world's literati, and to prevent the imperial examination fraud from being mentioned again." Chang Yan said with a gloomy face, word for word. , "Once they can no longer suppress it, the world's intellectuals become excited, and imperial examination fraud is mentioned again, someone from Big Brother and Fang Yuan will be infamy for thousands of years."
"Then...the family won't take care of it that day?" Jiang Sheng was dumbfounded.
There were so many twists and turns that she couldn't figure it out in about ten years.
"He?" Chang Yan smiled, "He is reaping the benefits."
