"Your Majesty, please speak."
Xiao Yuqi stood up, put his hands behind his back, and slammed the ground with a loud noise.
"In one month, I will hold the first official imperial examination in Jian'an City. I will set the questions myself and the examiners will be determined. No matter if you are a high-ranking official or a commoner, no matter if you are a legitimate son or a concubine, no matter if you are old or young, anyone who is over sixteen years old and a good citizen or a noble can participate in this examination."
"Your Majesty, do you mean that except for those of low status, everyone else can participate?"
Xiao Yuqi nodded, "That's right."
"Has your majesty drawn up the rules and regulations?"
Xiao Yuqi said again: "Of course."
Duofu understood and immediately sent someone to distribute the rules and regulations that Xiao Yuqi had prepared in advance.
While all officials were reading it.
Xiao Yuqi said: "This matter will be fully under the responsibility of Censor Song."
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Censor Song, who was named, bowed immediately.
"Yes, I will live up to your expectations."
Xiao Yuqi nodded with satisfaction.
"Do you have anything else to say?"
His Highness's people were still whispering to each other, carefully studying the rules drawn up by Xiao Yuqi.
"Nothing, let's leave the court over there!"
All things are difficult at the beginning.
Xiao Yuqi glanced at everyone in the hall meaningfully.
It is better to attack the heart without bloodshed.
When Xiao Yuqi returned to the bedroom.
Su Jianyue was still sleeping soundly and had not woken up yet.
Xiao Yuqi untied his cloak, stood beside the underground dragon, warmed up his cold body, then sat sideways on the dragon couch, quietly looking at Su Jianyue for a while.
Breakfast has been served in the outer dining room.
Xiao Yuqi simply took two bites.
A bowl of rice porridge has not been finished yet.
Then a palace maid announced that the Queen Mother had arrived.
Xiao Yuqi had already anticipated that the Queen Mother would come.
He was just afraid of waking Su Jianyue up.
"Take the Queen Mother with you..."
He hadn't finished his order yet.
The Queen Mother pushed away the guards who were blocking the door.
Come in menacingly.
"I have already sent the Regent out of the palace as Your Majesty ordered. Why did Your Majesty still want to take action against Marquis Anle?"
Beside her was Princess Zhaoyang with tearful eyes.
"Brother Emperor, that is Zhaoyang's father, and also your uncle. How can you bear to put Zhaoyang's father in prison?"
Zhaoyang came to the palace specifically to accompany the Queen Mother.
In name, she was accompanying the Queen Mother.
In fact, she and the Queen Mother knew each other's purpose very well.
Xiao Yuqi didn't even glance at Zhaoyang.
He just lowered his voice.
"If the Queen Mother has something to say, you can follow me to the side hall to discuss it."
"Why do you want to go to the side hall?"
The Queen Mother became increasingly dissatisfied.
She seemed to have thought of something.
"Is that bitch here?"
She brushed away Duofu who was standing in front of her.
He took a step and went inside.
Zhaoyang also heard that his brother the emperor kept a woman in his bedroom.
She was extremely jealous.
Biting her lip, she followed immediately.
Xiao Yuqi stepped in front of the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother was forced to stop.
"Mother, this is my bedroom. You have repeatedly trespassed into my bedroom. If this gets out, it will affect your reputation."
"You are my son. I just want to see what kind of beauty your beloved is. She can be so charming that you, the king of a country, lose your mind and become unruly. What's wrong with that?"
The Queen Mother wanted to brush Xiao Yuqi away.
Xiao Yuqi didn't move at all.
The Queen Mother took a firm stance.
"Zhaoyang, go and find out for me which palace this seductive maid is from. Not only did she shamelessly climb onto the emperor's dragon bed, but she also had no manners at all. When she saw me, she didn't even come out to greet me."
"yes."
After receiving the Queen Mother's order, Zhaoyang raised his head proudly.
He avoided Xiao Yuqi's murderous gaze and rushed straight in.
Duofu immediately stepped forward and stood in front of Princess Zhaoyang.
"Princess, this is His Majesty's bedroom. It would be inappropriate for you to enter without warning."
"Get out of the way. That vixen disregarded etiquette and had sex with a man without a matchmaker. She even didn't greet the Queen Mother politely when she saw her. Isn't this even more inappropriate?"
If Zhaoyang goes left, Duofu will go left as well.
Zhaoyang goes to the right, and Duofu goes to the right.
She was so angry that she simply reached out and tried to push Duofu away.
This time, Duofu became more careful.
Just as Zhaoyang raised his hand to brush him.
Duofu stabilized his lower body and tilted his waist to one side.
Directly avoided Zhaoyang's actions.
"Aunt Queen Mother."
She turned around and complained.
Su Jianyue, who was behind the screen, was awakened by the loud noise.
Her mind was blank for a moment.
"You little dog slave, you not only dare to stop me, but also dare to stop the princess? Who gave you the courage?"
The Queen Mother's voice woke Su Jianyue up from her daze.
She clutched the quilt tightly.
Xiao Yuqi noticed that his regular breathing suddenly changed.
Then I knew that Su Jianyue had woken up.
Coincidentally.
The Queen Mother avoided him.
He walked straight to Duofu and brushed him away again.
She was the queen mother, so Duofu naturally didn't dare to stop her.
"Go away."
She growled at Duofu.
"Today, I must see the true face of that lowly maid with my own eyes."
There were hurried footsteps.
Su Jianyue hid under the quilt.
A turn over.
He quickly rolled back to his bedroom.
Looking at the familiar layout, smelling the faint fragrance of peach scent.
Her pounding heart finally began to calm down.
Really, it scared the baby to death!
In a blink of an eye, she realized something was wrong again.
"I clearly slept on my side last night!"
When did she roll over to Xiao Yuqi's side?
How come she doesn't know?
Why didn't Xiao Yuqi wake her up?
Su Jianyue was completely sleepless.
That side.
The Queen Mother came up empty-handed again.
She walked around the screen and saw only the messy bed.
The scent of agarwood and ambergris is intertwined, leaving a faint peach fragrance.
That was clearly the smell of the girl.
"What did the Queen Mother see?"
The Queen Mother took a deep breath.
"Your Majesty, there must be a secret passage above this dragon bed."
The Queen Mother said this and pulled back the brocade quilt.
Then, she uncovered all the pillows, mattresses, and cushions.
The smooth and flawless bed surface was revealed.
"how so?"
Why is there nothing?
Xiao Yuqi's face visibly darkened.
"I didn't know that the Queen Mother had a hobby of turning over her son's bed!"
The Queen Mother was speechless.
If that bastard hadn't stopped all her people from coming in, would she have had to do it herself?
Doesn't she know that it would be bad if this kind of thing got out?
But she just couldn't swallow this.
The more she couldn't find out who that bitch was, the more she wanted to know who that person was.
Zhaoyang also wanted to follow.
Xiao Yuqi said coldly: "Marquis Anle has been punished for multiple crimes, and he deserves death."
Zhaoyang stopped abruptly.
Tears fell again.
She knelt down in front of Xiao Yuqi with a plop.
"Brother Emperor, since we have known each other for many years and grew up together as childhood sweethearts, Zhaoyang begs you to spare my father's life!"
Hearing this, how could the Queen Mother have the heart to look for any lowly maid?
"Your Majesty, you must not kill Marquis Anle!"
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