Chapter 237: Do your best and leave the rest to fate

"Maybe he's after money. After all, he comes from a poor family."

The Queen shook her head. "You said it yourself, he's talented and will eventually pass the imperial examination. He's single right now, so as long as he can get through these next few years, he won't have trouble marrying a woman from a better family."

Ji Yunshu was stunned. In this case, the most reasonable reason for Lin Huixue to marry Cen Xi actually did not stand up to scrutiny.

"Maybe he really likes her, at least that's what he showed."

The Queen smiled and said, "If you believed it, you wouldn't have asked me."

"So it's a difficult problem. What does your Majesty think she should do?"

The Queen shook her head. "This girl has probably been targeted. No matter what her motive is, she won't give up until she achieves her goal. From what you've said, she has her own ideas. The only thing we can do now is to play along."

Ji Yunshu also felt that this way he could at least gain some initiative.

"I feel relieved now that I have the Empress' words. I was always afraid that encouraging her to take such a path would harm her."

The Queen smiled and said, "You are a kind-hearted person, that's why you think of others like this, but everyone in this world has their own destiny. All we can do is to do our best and leave the rest to fate."

Although she was smiling, Ji Yunshu could still hear the helplessness in her words.

If you think about it carefully, Cen Xi is a special girl after all. She has the courage to fight and the courage to bear the consequences.

Seeing that the queen looked fine, she didn't want to say anything to spoil the fun, so she played with the little prince for a while and then took her leave.

She originally thought that she would not gain anything from this trip to the palace, but unexpectedly, she met a great beauty on the way back to Ningshou Palace.

When the two met face to face, Ji Yunshu knew at first sight that she was the emperor's newly appointed Concubine Yi.

Because it is so beautiful, and the beauty is fresh and otherworldly, just like a fairy who is not of this world.

The weather is still a little cold now, and she is wearing a snow-white fox fur cloak. She looks as if she will ascend to heaven at any time.

Ji Yunshu had seen many beauties, but the one in front of her was still so beautiful that she was shocked.

The other person seemed to have no emotion. After being stared at by her for a long time, his expression remained indifferent.

It was Lan Yin who pulled Ji Yunshu: "Madam, this is Concubine Yi."

Lan Yin knew the purpose of her master's entry into the palace, but she didn't expect that she would be in a daze when she saw her.

Ji Yunshu finally came back to his senses: "Greetings, Concubine Yi."

Concubine Yi nodded calmly: "Why are you looking at me like that, Madam?"

Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "Your Majesty is so beautiful. I have never seen anyone as beautiful as you, so I couldn't help but look at you a few more times. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Concubine Yi was stunned for a moment. She was used to being stared at since she was a child, but most men had bad intentions and most women were jealous.

No one had ever looked at her with such admiration or praised her beauty so directly.

She couldn't help but laugh: "The Crown Prince's wife is really a unique person."

She is already beautiful even when she is not smiling. When she smiles like this, she is just like a blooming ephemeral flower, so beautiful that you can't take your eyes off her.

Ji Yunshu couldn't help but say, "You look so beautiful when you smile."

The smile on Yipin's face flashed away, and she returned to her previous coldness: "Madam, you are joking. You are going to the Empress Dowager's palace, right? I won't waste your time."

After saying that, he took his men away.

Ji Yunshu looked at her back with a lingering feeling: "What a beauty."

Lan Yin wanted to cover her face when she saw her like this.

She had already noticed that her master had a habit of liking beautiful women.

But it would have been fine if he was a man, but he was a woman, and the emperor's concubine.

She couldn't help but remind him, "Quickly take your eyes off her, they're almost glued to Concubine Yi."

Ji Yunshu asked curiously: "Such a beautiful person, don't you like to look at her?"

Lan Yin: "I dare not look."

This can be the emperor's man.

Fortunately, you are a woman, otherwise you would probably be addicted to beauty.

Ji Yunshu naturally understood what she meant and turned around to continue walking towards Ningshou Palace. However, he couldn't help but mutter, "It's so good to be the emperor."

Lan Yin: “…”

She also said that the emperor became different after meeting this woman. If she were to say, her master was not normal either.

When Ji Yunshu arrived at Ningshou Palace, he pulled the Empress Dowager aside and started to talk: "I met Concubine Yi. She is so beautiful. I have never seen anyone so beautiful in my life. I wish she had a brother. He would definitely be a handsome man who could captivate the whole country."

The Queen Mother: "...What nonsense are you talking about?"

Ji Yunshu blinked: "Does my aunt like her?"

The Queen Mother sighed, "The Emperor was drugged and got involved with her. Naturally, I don't like her, but she is pregnant after all. Besides, she doesn't look like someone with deep ulterior motives, so it's hard to dislike her."

Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "I told you, who wouldn't like a beauty like that? Even the Empress doesn't dislike her."

The queen was very open-minded about this matter. She was more helpless about her fate rather than resentful of the emperor and the woman who suddenly appeared.

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment after hearing what she had thought of. Then she took Ji Yunshu's hand and said, "I will take care of the palace affairs. You don't have to worry about it. It's getting late. You should go back early."

It was the first time that Ji Yunshu was driven away by the Queen Mother. She looked at the Queen Mother with some surprise, but in the end she could not see anything, so she had to obediently leave the palace.

The carriage was waiting outside the palace gate. Ji Yunshu pushed open the door and was surprised to see Zhao Shen in the carriage. She immediately understood: "Did the emperor summon you to discuss matters?"

Zhao Shen nodded. "The Spring Examination is approaching, and the chief examiner hasn't been decided yet. The Emperor asked for my opinion."

"And then, is there any result?"

The chief examiner of the Spring Examination will be the teacher of this year's Jinshi candidates, so his importance is self-evident.

This person must be the emperor's man, or at least not someone else's.

But the emperor himself probably has no idea who those people in the court are loyal to.

Zhao Shen shook his head. "Prime Minister Lu has been at court for many years, and his influence cannot be underestimated. More importantly, there's really nothing about him that can be used to make a fuss. The Emperor is very angry about this. My point is, why not leave the imperial examination to him? If anything goes wrong, he'll have a reason to get angry, and the Emperor is a little unwilling to accept this."

How can you be willing to have to use force against the person you desperately want to bring down?

Ji Yunshu also felt that the emperor was aggrieved: "What does the emperor mean?"

Zhao Shen rubbed his brows and said, "He felt that since Prime Minister Lu had been in the court for so many years, he wouldn't do anything in a short time. This imperial examination is important and cannot be lost, let alone be associated with Prime Minister Lu."

Ji Yunshu raised an eyebrow: "I didn't realize that the emperor is such a person who has a clear distinction between love and hate."

Zhao Shen discovered that she really had a lot of opinions about the emperor, and would make sarcastic remarks whenever she got the chance.

He explained: "I feel that the emperor is really different from before."