The next day was the day of the imperial examination.
Gao Zhijun, Huo Jin, Zhang Chan, Huo Zhiyuan and Hong Qiujue personally sent Huo Jinqian and Murong Shuo to the Imperial Academy to take part in the imperial examination.
The metropolitan examination, like the provincial examination, was divided into three sessions, each lasting three days, for a total of nine days.
Huo Jinqian and Murong Shuo both brought instant noodles, made by Zhou Yuyi, Qian Xiaocui, and their servants. They also made and sold them in the capital, where instant noodles were now a hot commodity. Not only were students preparing for the imperial examinations eager to buy them, but even the city's high-ranking officials and nobles were scrambling to buy them.
The officials in charge of this examination include the Ministry of Rites, the Hanlin Academy, and the Cabinet, all of whom were selected by the emperor.
After sending Huo Jinqian and Murong Shuo into the Imperial Examination Hall, everyone returned to the General's Mansion.
"My Lord, does that man look familiar to you?"
The wife of Marquis Anyang pointed in the direction of Huo Jinqian and asked Marquis Anyang beside her.
She and Marquis Anyang sent the prince here for the exam. Unexpectedly, she saw someone who looked a bit like the eldest princess. She was startled and asked nervously.
"Let me see!"
Marquis Anyang looked in the direction of his wife, and Huo Jinqian just turned around and walked in, without confronting Marquis Anyang head-on.
"No, I didn't see it."
Marquis Anyang said.
"He's gone. Maybe I was mistaken. He's not someone I know."
When the Marquis's wife saw the receding figure, she thought she might be dazzled and that it was not someone she knew.
"Let's go back home!"
Marquis Anyang did not think there was anything unusual, he also thought that his wife might have seen it wrong.
Marquis Anyang took his wife back to the mansion in a carriage.
Gao Zhijun returned to the general's mansion, and the servants began to move things to the prince's mansion and the princess's mansion. The Sun family and the Huo family also took a day off today and helped move things.
Murong Yuanbo brought Gao Zhijun to the palace to express his gratitude.
Entering the imperial study, Murong Yuanbo and Gao Zhijun saluted the emperor.
"Your Majesty, your son, pays respects to you. May your Majesty be blessed with good fortune and good health!"
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor, long, long live the Emperor!"
Gao Zhijun and Murong Yuanbo paid their respects to the emperor respectively.
"Stand up!"
The emperor waved his hand and asked Gao Zhijun and Murong Yuanbo, who were kneeling on the ground, to stand up.
"Thank you, Father (Emperor)!"
Gao Zhijun helped Murong Yuanbo up.
"Princess Xiangyun, come here and let me take a good look at you!"
The emperor looked at Gao Zhijun, wanting to see what kind of extraordinary woman she was.
Gao Zhijun walked to the emperor's side and let him look at her.
The emperor looked at Gao Zhijun. Although she could not be described as a beauty that could topple a country, she was still beautiful, intelligent and pretty.
And she looked at herself frankly, without any affectation, and without any so-called shyness, but with a look of confidence.
Her frankness made the emperor appreciate her a little bit. She was indeed different from other ladies from noble families.
"Princess, I heard from the Crown Prince that you can make ice. Is this true?"
The emperor looked at Gao Zhijun and then asked him.
"To answer your Majesty, it's true. I want to open an ice workshop in the capital next year. I wonder if your Majesty is interested and save some of your own money."
Gao Zhijun said frankly that she had no intention of hiding anything.
The Emperor's words meant he already knew, so there was no need to hide it. It would be better to admit it openly and bring him along with him.
"Ice workshop? Of course I'm interested."
The emperor said ecstatically.
The profit from ice was staggering, so of course he was willing to do it. If he succeeded, his small treasury would increase many times over.
"At that time, your son will own 60%, and your father and I will each own 20%. Does your father think this distribution is feasible?"
Gao Zhijun wanted to cooperate with her father and the emperor in the ice business, with her taking the majority share and her father and the emperor taking the minority share. Another advantage of cooperating with the emperor was that no one would dare to take advantage of the ice business, as the emperor was the most powerful person here.
"I agree!"
Of course the emperor agreed. With 20%, the profit would be very considerable.
"Zhijun, does the king also have a share?"
Murong Yuanbo asked in shock. He hadn't expected his daughter to give him a share of the ice. When he was at the border, he had seen the profit of ice.
"Of course, my father, the King, and the Emperor are both my closest fathers. If there's money to be made, we must earn it together."
Gao Zhijun said without thinking.
Although the emperor had no blood relationship with the original owner, he was still quite nice to her. After all, he had made her a county princess, a princess, and now she was his goddaughter, and was made a princess. He had shown her kindness, and she should repay him.
"I'm just waiting to collect the money!"
The emperor said.
"By the way, why did you agree to the Ninth Princess' marriage? Do you have an ideal candidate?"
The emperor asked Gao Zhijun, this was something he had never been able to figure out.
With their magical weapons, it would only take a few minutes to destroy the Tatars, and there is no need to agree to a marriage alliance.
"Your Majesty, the other side is well prepared. If I object, they will still find ways to force the Ninth Princess to marry us. So why don't we just go with the flow and agree to the Ninth Princess' marriage? Let her live under our watchful eyes, and she won't be able to cause any trouble even if she wants to. Besides, I've already thought of a candidate: the Marquis of Anyang's son. Your Majesty should know Huo Jinqian's background. Sooner or later, he and I will take action against the Marquis of Anyang. When the time comes, we will convict him and punish his entire clan, and the Ninth Princess will be implicated. Isn't this a good plan to kill two birds with one stone?"
Gao Zhijun told the emperor about her plan to kill two birds with one stone. This was a good idea she had come up with after careful consideration.
"Brilliant! Princess, you're killing two birds with one stone. Isn't that brilliant?"
The emperor said with great pleasure.
He said, "The princess is a truly extraordinary woman of extraordinary intelligence. If the emperor's sister knew that her son had found such a wonderful wife, she would surely be relieved."
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