"How is it? Has Your Majesty drunk it?"

On the day she was framed, the queen thought she would probably spend the rest of her life in the cold palace, but she didn't expect that His Majesty would be willing to clear her name.

Afterwards, she sent a lot of gold and silver jewelry, cloth, and rouge, but the person never came. The queen thought about what to do, so she sent the bowl of soup over.

Originally, she wanted to go and send him off in person, but she was worried that the other party would not want to see her, so she sent her personal maid.

She didn't even dare to say that she made that bowl of soup.

Looking at the empress in front of her, who was sometimes childish, sometimes complaining, and whose heart was devoted to the emperor, the palace maid felt very distressed.

——Perhaps it was because of these things that she couldn’t help but say those words, the palace maid thought.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty drank it." After thinking for a moment, she added, "Your Majesty knows that this was made by you, Your Majesty."

The Queen was stunned for a moment, then asked nervously, pursing her lips, "Did he say anything?"

He looked like he cared but didn't dare to care.

"His Majesty didn't say anything," the maid continued, looking at the somewhat distraught queen, "but he continued to drink the soup even after he knew it was cooked by the queen."

The queen raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and her steps became lighter.

The moon and stars are sparse.

"Your Majesty has arrived—"

There was chaos in Changqiu Palace.

The queen had just finished washing and drying her hair and was about to go to bed. When she heard the sound, she hurriedly took out her outer robe and put it on.

When she approached the door outside, An Jingzhi had already come in.

Her skin is as white as cream and her eyes are delicate.

A picture of a beautiful woman emerging from the bath just caught An Jingzhi's eye.

"It's cold, let's go inside and talk."

The queen was bewitched by the other party's gentle voice and followed An Jingzhi closely. The palace maid beside her smiled secretly when she saw this, then took everyone else away, leaving the space for the two of them.

The eunuchs behind An Jingzhi had already retreated to the door and were waiting.

The two sat face to face. The queen was a little shy and nodded without saying anything.

In fact, they hadn't been so close to each other face to face for a long time, and they didn't know what to say for a moment.

An Jingzhi was the first to break the silence, "It's like soup."

All the shyness on the queen's face faded away. She suddenly looked up, her eyes showing an expression of anger or some other emotion.

He looked completely confused.

An Jingzhi looked at the other person's adorable, dazed look and chuckled, "Let the imperial kitchen cook it from now on."

The Queen felt a little aggrieved, "Your Majesty, don't you want to eat what I made?" Is it really that unpalatable? She tasted it and thought it was okay.

"I don't want you to spend so much time stewing a bowl of soup. You can do what you like. I remember you used to love chatting with your sisters. You can invite them into the palace to talk to you. If you get bored in the air, you can also go back to your parents' home."

"Can I go back to my parents' home?" The queen looked hopeful.

"Of course." He himself had to go out frequently. If the queen also went back to her parents' home frequently, at least Grand Tutor Zhou would not constantly advise her in the court because of his frequent absences from the palace.

After all, his daughter often left the palace, so he had no position.

As for not letting his daughter go home, he believed that his mother-in-law would help him solve this problem. Master Zhou was notoriously henpecked.

…

With cloud-like hair, flowery face and golden step-shaking ornaments, the hibiscus tent is warm for the spring night.

The next morning, An Jingzhi yawned as he prepared for the morning court session while being served by the Queen.

During the past few days when he was not attending court, he was mainly learning about the various cultural information of this dynasty.

Today I go to court to prepare for work.

There is morning court every day, but he didn't go for the past few days.

The court officials took the king's face into consideration and did not interfere too much in the affairs of the harem. No one came to him to show their presence.

Isn't that just sticking your neck out for someone to chop off? No one is stupid.

"The imperial examination is about to begin, right?" He said while yawning as he sat on the dragon throne.

No matter how many ancient planes one has experienced, it is difficult to adapt to working hours that require waking up before dawn.

"Your Majesty, the imperial examination will be held in seven months."

What they were talking about was naturally the imperial examination for Jinshi. After all, the emperor would not have the time to care about the imperial examinations for scholars and juren.

"Okay, there's still plenty of time. I plan to add another subject to the imperial examination this year."

Everyone looked at him in surprise. Normally, when he was in court, the emperor wished everyone would shut up and not say anything, so that he could quickly resolve the matter and go back.

Today, he not only asked questions on his own initiative, but even proposed to interfere with the imperial examination.

Everyone turned their eyes to the head of the civil officials, Grand Tutor Zhou.

As expected, Grand Tutor Zhou stepped out, his face stern. "Your Majesty, the imperial examination system was established by our ancestors and cannot be easily changed."

An Jingzhi didn't say anything, just gave him a look.

Someone immediately jumped out to refute Grand Tutor Zhou.

"Although this is a system established by our ancestors, they didn't know what would happen in the future. As the saying goes, times change, and people must learn to adapt. There is no best, only the most suitable."

Although these people are treacherous ministers, it is because the original owner needs treacherous ministers. From the original owner's memory, it can be seen that some of them actually have good abilities, but they like to flatter and use their abilities in the wrong way.

Grand Tutor Zhou glared at the other party with his beard puffed out. It was the existence of such treacherous ministers that made the entire court so chaotic.

"Master Wei, the imperial examination system has been in use for hundreds of years and has never had any problems so far!"

After Wei Li finished speaking, he received an admiring look from An Jingzhi above, which made him even more confident.

"Grand Tutor Zhou, the recommendation system was used for a thousand years. Wasn't it eventually replaced by the imperial examination system? So there is no absolute system. Any system must be formulated according to specific circumstances. Maybe it was suitable a hundred years ago, but it is not suitable now. What's more, His Majesty hasn't even said how to change it yet, but you jumped out to refute it. Are you, Grand Tutor Zhou, sure that what His Majesty said is useless?" Wei Li asked back in a resounding voice.

Soon someone stood up to plead for Lord Zhou, angrily cursing Wei Li in his heart as a treacherous villain.

"Your Majesty, Grand Tutor Zhou is just too worried and means absolutely no disrespect." Everyone knows that His Majesty does not like Grand Tutor Zhou. Not only Grand Tutor Zhou, he also dislikes all the ministers chosen for him by the late emperor.

Even the Queen was implicated.

"Of course not! I think Grand Tutor Zhou is extremely disrespectful! He said no before His Majesty even said anything!" People from Wei Li's faction and Grand Tutor Zhou's faction were cursing at each other. There were also some from other factions, but most of them were neutral.

"Enough!" An Jingzhi shouted angrily.

The court suddenly became as quiet as a chicken.

"Grand Master Zhou, I believe you meant no disrespect, but what Lord Wei said is also correct. I haven't even started to discuss how to make changes, and you directly refute me on the spot. This makes me lose face."

Grand Tutor Zhou bowed and said, "Your Majesty is right."

"Alright, then listen to my thoughts. I intend to add mathematics to the imperial examination."

Suddenly someone wanted to step out to refute, but An Jingzhi waved him back.

"Listen to what I have to say first."