Chapter 220 The Most Ruthless Imperial Family
A month and a half later, spring comes, the season when all things come back to life.
Honglu County is full of prosperous scenes of land reclamation.
The refugees who had been deceived by the imperial court in vain, like wild dogs smelling a scent, scrambled to come here to seek household registration, even if it meant going to the most remote rural villages.
Magistrate Xue generously agreed to these people's request, and then sent some of them to defend the city, while others were sent to open up wasteland on the spot.
When the sweet potatoes are dug out in the spring, they will be divided and planted. By the time of summer harvest, the county’s granaries may finally be filled.
In February, there was still no definite news in the capital, and the Tongsheng examination was allowed to continue.
Doctor Chang was still trapped inside, and the old man was dissatisfied and asked Wei Da to send back a lot of letters.
He complained a lot.
It's nothing more than a competition among several forces.
The old emperor clearly left a will, but it was nowhere to be seen. With the intervention of the empress, most of the military supported the seventh prince to take the throne, while the civil officials were evenly divided.
Of course, there are also some old foxes like Duke Xue who are unwilling to take sides easily and just wait to see the final result.
When the provincial examination was held in April, the Shen family packed Shen Mingqiu's luggage.
Wu Qing was too young to pass the county exam. As for the brat, he was an outlier who could recite the Thousand Character Classic at the age of three, so it was not surprising that he achieved any results.
Before leaving home, he vowed to Chen Chunxing: "I must pass the imperial examination earlier than my brother-in-law and strive to earn an imperial edict for my sister as soon as possible!"
Chen Mingqiu actually didn't want to pursue a career in officialdom, but after hearing about the Wu family's situation, he understood why his eldest sister insisted on making him take the imperial examination.
Sometimes, you can't give up everything just because you don't want it.
Instead of passively accepting it, it is better to choose a path that he can control.
Compared to martial arts training, Shen Mingqiu trusts his brain more.
The brat has been abused too many times by Yang Yi and Xue Yongan, and he knows that the gap between people cannot be made up by hard work!
Three consecutive exams.
Before the results were announced, a piece of news that shocked the world came from the palace.
After the previous emperor passed away, Prince Li's palace rebelled and the seventh prince unfortunately lost his arm and retired in disgrace as a disabled person.
After the imperial edict was issued, the ninth prince ascended the throne!
Xia Yuanchao quickly posted notices in various places.
This outcome may have been beyond everyone's expectations, except for Honglu County, which had no reaction at all.
Chen Chunxing had already anticipated the outcome when he discovered that Yang Yi was about to take Ajiu away.
"This old man is really cruel. He uses his own son to set up a trap." She deliberately shocked Yang Yi.
Yang Yi, as usual, looked dull and said in a muffled voice, "The imperial family is the most ruthless. Not everyone is as kind as you."
Chen Chunxing rubbed Ajiu's head and said, "Can you praise me like this in front of the child? I'm not proud, but I'm afraid that the child will feel inferior."
Ah Jiu blinked and said, "Don't worry, big sister. My mother was an unfavored concubine and died early. I won't be sad about this."
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This kid really knows how to tell the truth!
Chen Chunxing sighed and couldn't help asking, "There's only one thing I don't understand. That day, you and the Seventh Prince fled north together. Why did you separate midway? And how did you get to Liuren City?"
Ah Jiu answered honestly, "Seventh Brother is good-looking, so those people kept a close eye on him. Later, he and Su Ruanruan got lost, and many people went looking for them. I thought, why not try to run away too?"
"I didn't expect it to actually come out..."
He raised his little face and looked at Chen Chunxing seriously. "My elder sister was seriously ill when she was young. Because our mother was not favored, she almost died. Later, I ran to the Imperial Garden to stop our father and brought the imperial physician over."
"My sister woke up and told me that she had one foot in the gate of hell, but was dragged back..."
"From then on, she could see things differently."
Chen Chunxing raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect that someone could have such an experience.
Ah Jiu continued to recall: "I was panicked at the time and didn't know where to run. Then I remembered what my sister taught me since I was a child..."
"My sister once said that there is a powerful person in the north who guards the dragon veins on behalf of my father. Without him, my dynasty would have ended long ago."
At this point, Jiu suddenly became a little embarrassed.
"My sister also said that there's a benefactor for me in the north. If I could meet that benefactor one day, I'd definitely ascend to heaven... I wasn't thinking about ascending to heaven, I just wanted to survive, so I kept running north."
"Then you met Lao Yang?" Chen Chunxing continued.
Unexpectedly, Ah Jiu shook his head and corrected more seriously: "It's because I met my eldest sister."
This statement is actually correct.
But Chen Chunxing was a little confused.
Yang Yi was given a jade talisman engraved with the number "one", which must have been extremely important in the old Taoist's heart. Now it seems that it must be related to the palace.
But what does that "Heaven's Destiny" jade talisman mean...
Could it be that in the eyes of the old Taoist, Xia Yuanchao's fate depends on himself?
She couldn't figure it out, so she stopped thinking about it. She took out a jar of newly brewed sorghum wine, poured two bowls into it, and raised it towards Yang Yi.
"No matter who you are, I only want to ask one question: do your previous words still count?"
Yang Yi also raised his bowl: "Of course."
After sending the little emperor back to the capital, he will come back again.
For the first half of his life, he was willing to be a shameful chess piece in the hands of the royal family for the sake of his country.
Later, while investigating the murder case at the Zhenbei General's Mansion, he was accidentally injured and lost his memory.
The little girl dragged her sick body to take him back, and from then on, he was just Yang Yi of the Shen family.
"Then I'll wait for you to come back!" Chen Chunxing drank the wine and didn't ask anything.
No matter when he will recover his memory, or the difficulties and dangers he will encounter on this journey.
It seems that nothing matters anymore.
The important thing is that someone has to watch over the Shen family’s door.
I can't miss her wedding.
Yang Yi pulled up the corners of his mouth stiffly, his smile was ugly but sincere.
"By the way, when you leave, stop by the county town and take Ruanruan and Master Chu with you."
The new emperor ascended the throne and opened an imperial examination, and Chu Ziyi's opportunity came.
Since Prince Li's Mansion had fallen, there were no more trivial cases in the city. Xue Yongan felt a strong sense of crisis when he looked at his face, and almost agreed with "deporting" him.
Ajiu seemed unhappy.
"That girl is so cunning, I'm afraid if I spend too much time with her, I'll be easily deceived by her!"
Chen Chunxing smiled with a cunning look on his face.
"Silly child, being cheated is a blessing, it's better than having no wife at all."
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Ajiu's eyes widened in surprise.
Wait, is there something terrible mixed in?
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