"Your Highness, I think there may be other ways." Xu Tianze naturally knew what Long Mujiang wanted to express, but he really didn't want to face the gazes of the students.
After all, in the past, the Xu family was the object of admiration of many students, and they often made jokes because of the students who went to Beijing to take the imperial examinations.
For example, some students knelt down in front of the Xu family's gate and asked for Xu's blessing to pass the exam;
Xu Li and his two sons went out in a carriage, and many students threw various wooden signs on the carriage, each with good wishes.
This was not the cruelest thing. He also lay down in front of his father and brother in the street, forcing his father and brother to step over the student.
Even he was constantly harassed by various things. Later, every year when the imperial examination came, his family would go directly to Xiangguo Temple for a short stay just to avoid these students.
Now, Long Mujiang actually wanted to take him as a sheep into the tiger's mouth. Without even thinking about it, Xu Tianze knew that he would be overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of those students.
In fact, to put it bluntly, there is no other way. It is really because his father and brother are too outstanding. There are two top scholars and one third scholar in the family, and they are from consecutive generations. Those centuries-old scholarly families cannot compare to them.
Naturally, he was respected by students all over the world. In addition, his father and brother were honest officials who got things done, and he was favored by the emperor. Naturally, he had no shortage of power, status, and fame.
If his father hadn't felt that the Xu family was too aggressive, and hadn't been cautious even though he had won the emperor's favor, and if his father hadn't felt that Xu Tianze was too aggressive, even if he hadn't been on the list, the whole world would have been shocked.
But apart from his father, brother, mother and him, no one would probably know that his second brother was fully capable of becoming the number one scholar. However, thinking that having three number one scholars in the same family might cause a big scandal, he deliberately concealed his incompetence and let his brother down during the palace examination.
"Huaian thinks that the emperor doesn't want to weaken the strength of the Nan family?" Long Mujiang didn't say no directly, but asked Xu Tianze a question.
He also knew about the ridiculous things that students all over the country had done to the Xu family during the imperial examination period. But if Long Mujiang could think of it, his father, the emperor, could naturally think of it as well.
Even the other ministers probably had the same idea. Even if Xu Tianze didn't want to go, he would still have to go when the imperial edict came.
It would be better to ask for permission first, so that you can get more benefits, right?
"Your Highness, do you really want to go down? Your Highness should know that I am now working for the Third Prince." Xu Tianze was dejected. He knew that it was impossible to do so, but he still gave Long Mujiang a shot of prevention first.
After all, if someone really tampers with the imperial examinations and stirs up trouble, I think Long Musi will not give up this opportunity, and he will be caught in the middle.
Just in case, it would be better to give Long Mujiang a shot of prevention first.
"Huaian really has no taboos. He eats at two restaurants. Isn't he afraid of getting a stomachache?" Long Mujiang's eyes revealed sharpness, and he expressed his dissatisfaction directly and vividly.
Even so, knowing what his current situation is, he didn't hide it at all and dared to say it to his face. Was it because he had too good a temper, or because he thought he was in need of someone and would not punish him?
"Hehe, Your Highness, we two have a cooperative relationship." Xu Tianze smiled innocently and scratched his head.
Since it is a cooperative relationship, it is not strange for him to be loyal to another person.
"Hmph, Huai'an is quite calculating." Long Mujiang snorted coldly, and nothing more was said after the sarcastic remark.
After all, the most important thing now is to overthrow the prince. Only when the prince is overthrown will he and Long Musi have a chance. In this regard, their initial goals are still the same.
Naturally, he would not mind Xu Tianze's situation of having two meals with one person. When the prince fell, he and Long Musi would probably kill Xu Tianze first.
I hope that by then, Xu Tianze will still be so naive.
"Since Your Highness has nothing to do, Tianze will take his leave and go back to the palace." Xu Tianze stood up, bowed perfunctorily to Long Mujiang, turned around and left.
In fact, he knew from the beginning that when Long Mujiang achieved his goal, he would definitely send someone to kill him.
Even if it was Long Musi, he might not give him a chance to live. After all, those who try to have the best of both worlds will never have a good ending.
But by that time, the two brothers of the royal family would still need to take action. He would have already died first because he could not withstand the backlash of the poison.
Thinking of this, Xu Tianze glanced at the midday sun, then took out the medicine bottle from his arms, took out a pill, chewed it and swallowed it directly.
It seems that it is time to write back to the master and ask him to make some pills and send them over.
Xu Tianze shook the medicine bottle in his hand, then nodded secretly and put it in his arms, striding out of the prince's mansion.
"You mean, you want to take over the imperial examination?" Emperor Gan looked up from the densely packed memorials on the table, a little suspicious.
"Yes, Your Majesty, please agree to Tianze's request for the sake of my deceased father and brother." Xu Tianze nodded, then lifted up his clothes and knelt on the ground.
The corner of Emperor Gan's mouth twitched. This brat always uses people as rafts.
When I told him some time ago that his father and brother died voluntarily, he couldn't believe it and looked abandoned. But now he turned around and asked me for benefits.
"Have you figured it out?" Emperor Gan put down the memorial in his hand and leaned back in his chair.
At this moment, he looked like a kind old man, without any imperial majesty.
"I haven't figured it out." Xu Tianze shook his head frankly. If he had figured it out, he would probably have moved back to the Xu Mansion by now.
It was because he couldn't figure it out and he had no way to face the wronged souls of the Xu family, so he kept wandering outside.
"Although I don't understand it, it doesn't stop me from doing things for Your Majesty." Xu Tianze raised his head with a faint smile on his face.
"You don't have an official position. As you said, you are just a commoner. Why should I need you to do anything?" Emperor Gan looked at Xu Tianze with interest. He only restored the reputation of the Xu family, but did not reward them.
Xu Tianze is just a commoner, and the Xu Mansion is just an empty shell. So what is there in Xu Tianze that is worthy of his use?
"It depends on the people's will." Xu Tianze's eyes were filled with an unprecedented determination. "In the past, my father and brother were your majesty's swords. Today, I, Xu Tianze, am your majesty's sword."
"Your Majesty, do you know the true meaning of the names my father and brother gave me?" Xu Tianze asked another question without waiting for Emperor Gan to refute.
When Emperor Gan heard what Xu Tianze said, he clenched his hands and even felt a little sore in his nose.
He suddenly thought of the time he spent with Xu Li in the past. At that time, Xu Li also told him that Xu Li could become the sharpest knife in his hand just by relying on people's hearts.
What he could not forget the most was the day when the Xu family was massacred. Xu Li stood in the study and told him with a firm look the true origin of the names of the Xu family members.
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