The spring scenery was spreading inside and outside the imperial city. Eunuch Du, who had just woken up from a nap, stretched lazily and walked out of the house.

The young eunuch outside the door hurried to greet him.

"Sir, you won't rest for a moment?" he said. "Your Majesty has granted you a day's rest."

Eunuch Du waved his hands with a smile.

"Your Majesty, it is His Majesty's grace that you allow me to rest, but we, as servants, cannot take ourselves too seriously." He said, "If you take yourself too seriously, then others will not take you seriously."

"It's about the master's instruction." The young eunuch flattered.

The two of them turned around the side hall and saw a eunuch running in from a distance.

"Eunuch Liu is back." The young eunuch said sharply.

Eunuch Du stopped and looked at the eunuch who was running towards him.

The eunuch walked hurriedly, and as he got closer, one could see a look of panic on his face.

"It's my good fortune that I got away quickly. Dealing with Prince Zhu would be a pain in the ass, and there's no getting back." Eunuch Du said with a bit of schadenfreude, but he immediately frowned, "Why didn't Prince Zhu come with him?"

The emperor was very angry when he heard the news that the prince of Chengguo and Lu Yunqi had a fight in Beizhen Fusi.

As for why the two were fighting, the emperor understood clearly from the report of Miss Jiulingtangjun.

Lu Yunqi was determined to take Miss Jun as his concubine. As for Zhu Zan, he probably wanted to make Lu Yunqi unhappy in everything.

This time the emperor was determined to teach Zhu Zan a lesson, so he asked the eunuch to question him on his behalf and never let Zhu Zan come before the emperor again.

Because once it came to the palace, on the one hand, Zhu Zan could always make up a story to justify himself, and on the other hand, the emperor had to consider Duke Cheng's face and make a big thing into a small thing.

This was something the emperor was very unwilling to do.

This time it is a rare case of a dispute between a man and a woman, and it has been brought to light in public, so let them be embarrassed in public. If the incident gets too serious and people laugh at them and they are impeached by historians, Duke Cheng cannot blame the emperor for not protecting them.

But if the emperor could think of this, could that devilish Prince Chengguo not think of it?

Just like he escaped from the escort of the Imperial Guards and went straight to the capital to make trouble before the emperor, he would definitely not give others the opportunity to humiliate him.

Therefore, it is better to die with a friend than to die with a poor friend. Eunuch Du immediately found an excuse to slip away, so as to avoid being entangled by the Prince of Chengguo and then incurring the emperor's anger.

Although Eunuch Liu looked battered, he actually managed to escape from the hands of the Prince of Cheng? Eunuch Du was very surprised.

"Eunuch Liu has done his job smoothly." He stepped forward and said, unable to resist the curiosity and preparing for the ridicule.

Eunuch Liu waved his hands tiredly.

"Bullshit about success." He said, but he did not mock Eunuch Du, as if he did not even have the energy to do so.

"Is the matter resolved?" Eunuch Du asked, "How could Prince Zhu be so obedient and not come with us?"

Be obedient? Eunuch Liu couldn't help but touch his arm. Although it didn't hurt at that time, he felt sore and weak now. This was because he was caught by Zhu Zan just now.

"He doesn't need to come with us," he said, and his mind felt a little weak as he thought about what happened just now, "because this matter has nothing to do with him."

Nothing to do with Zhu Zan?

Who does that have to do with?

"It has something to do with the new number one scholar Ning Chang." Eunuch Liu said, looking at Eunuch Du.

Eunuch Du looked stunned.

Of course he knew Ning Chang Ning Yunzhao. Even if he was not the top scholar, he knew who it was. He was the nephew of Ning Yan, a member of the Beiliuning family. He was extremely knowledgeable and had been summoned by the emperor when he was in his teens.

But what does it have to do with him?

Hearing Eunuch Liu's report in the palace, the emperor held the memorial in his hand with a look of surprise.

"His fiancée?" he asked.

Eunuch Liu bowed and replied yes.

"They said they were engaged since childhood." He said, while carefully looking up at the emperor's expression, "They said this was something many people knew about, because the Fang family was in trouble, and they staged a play to catch the enemy. They said the engagement was cancelled, but it was actually a play. They agreed to discuss the marriage after the imperial examination. It's possible that Lu Qianhu misunderstood this, but Prince Zhu still knew the truth, so he was angry because of Lu Qianhu's behavior. This is a misunderstanding."

Eunuch Du was stunned when he heard this.

It's still the scholars who know how to talk. They say things that many people know, but Captain Lu of the Jinyiwei doesn't know. How is that possible? It's obvious that they are accusing Lu Qianhu of knowing the truth and forcibly stealing someone else's wife, and they say it so politely.

However, Ning Yunzhao is actually engaged to this Miss Jun? Is this true?

The emperor suddenly laughed.

"It's true. I remember it now," he said. "The storyteller in Yangcheng mentioned this story."

The storyteller of Yangcheng?

Eunuch Du thought hard and vaguely remembered that it was reported together with the origin of the Fang family's imperial edict. Because it was just exaggerated gossip among the people, he didn't take it seriously and basically didn't believe those stories.

I didn't expect it to be true.

"Since Ning Yunzhao said it was true, then it must be true." The emperor smiled and said meaningfully, "I didn't expect that our new number one scholar is such a passionate man."

The two eunuchs in the hall smiled along, but their smiles were a little ugly.

They all knew that the emperor wanted to take this opportunity to teach Zhu Zan a lesson, but they didn't expect Ning Yunzhao to show up halfway.

Amorous person.

This is not a compliment for a newly crowned top scholar.

You said the same thing about Ning Yunzhao. After the trouble was over, it would have been better for him to come to the emperor and say something in private. Why did he have to do it in public?

Besides, it's so embarrassing for you, a newly crowned top scholar, to argue with Jinyiwei Lu Yunqi over a woman in public. Don't you have any dignity at all?

Now, when the new number one scholar is paraded through the streets wearing flowers and riding a horse in three days, everyone will want to see him not because of his outstanding essay, but because of his fiancée who was taken away by the Jinyi Guards.

What is this?

As a result, there are more jokes about Jinke this year.

The emperor threw the memorial on the table with a crisp sound, and the eunuchs in the hall couldn't help but tremble.

"It's like a long drought followed by a downpour, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, a wedding night with candles, and a time when one's name is on the imperial examination." He said with a smile, "Congratulations to Ning for winning the first place. Go and warn Lu Qianhu not to do anything that would spoil others' happiness."

…

Fang Jinxiu was sitting restlessly in the Jiuling Hall.

"I'll go and take a look." Miss Jun said.

"No need." Fang Jinxiu glared at her. "Wouldn't it just make things more chaotic wherever you go?"

Miss Jun smiled.

"How messy can it be?" she said.

As soon as he finished speaking, there were hurried footsteps outside the door and Chen Qi rushed in.

"How is it?" Fang Jinxiu asked immediately.

"He..." Chen Qi opened his mouth to speak.

Just as he opened his mouth, someone came in from behind, pushed him away with one hand, and stood in front of Miss Jun.

"Hey, how many husbands do you have?" Zhu Zan asked with frown.

Fang Jinxiu frowned and Miss Jun smiled.

"You've seen one," she laughed.

Zhu Zan snorted and stretched out two fingers towards her.

"This is the second one I've seen today," he said.

The second one?

What is he talking about?

"Well, just now in Beizhen Fusi, Mr. Ning Shi said that he is engaged to you." Chen Qi said concisely from behind.

We are all smart people and we immediately understood what happened.

He understood it, but he looked shocked.

"He's crazy." Fang Jinxiu blurted out.

…

In the Ning family's mansion, the maids stood nervously in the yard, the joy on their faces had not yet faded. Madam Ning and several of her children also looked towards a room with uneasiness.

Just then, Ning Yan and the top scholar Ning Yunzhao, who had been waiting for a whole day and night, came back. Before they could happily put out the celebrations they had prepared, Ning Yan stopped them with a stern face and took Ning Yunzhao into the study without saying a word.

The study door was closed.

What happened?

In the study, Ning Yan looked at Ning Yunzhao with a sullen face.

"Are you crazy or am I crazy?" he asked.