After all the people for the imperial examination were arranged, Xiao Li asked someone to bring out another imperial edict.
"Song Junzhan, come forward and receive the order."
Song Junzhan looked up. Although the empress did not inform him in advance, he had a premonition, and the others were similar. They even felt that this day had finally come.
Song Junzhan curled his lips slightly, straightened his clothes, walked forward, and knelt down upright.
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Song Junzhan is a brilliant gem I have unexpectedly found. He is erudite, talented, resolute, benevolent, and virtuous. He has always loyally followed me. His merits are threefold. The first is... until today, he has been the top scorer in the imperial examinations, his virtue is excellent, and his achievements are remarkable. He is the perfect choice for Prime Minister. I now appoint him as Prime Minister to assist in government affairs and serve as a role model for students throughout the land. I decree this!"
This imperial edict, full of praise, merit, official title and glory, can be said to be the highest honor for a civil servant.
Song Junzhan lay on the ground, not moving for a long time, tears dripping from his eyes and falling on his hands.
I was so emotional that I couldn't control myself.
"Prime Minister Song, receive the decree." The eunuch who announced the decree reminded.
Song Junzhan took a deep breath, suppressed his sobs, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I, Song Junzhan, accept the order and thank you!"
Her Majesty has given him so much, and he doesn't know how long he can live in this life, but he is willing to dedicate his whole life, his life, and his heart, just to Her Majesty the Empress.
Song Junzhan received the imperial edict and stood up, not daring to look up. The next moment, he heard a chuckle from above: "Oh, my Prime Minister is still crying."
Hearing this, everyone in the court burst out laughing. Song Junzhan didn't feel embarrassed or annoyed, but felt helpless: "Your Majesty, please don't tease me. I am deeply moved."
Men don't shed tears easily, but his tears shed for Your Majesty are precious and not shameful.
I just see through it but don't say it out loud. It's embarrassing that Your Majesty makes a joke in public.
The next moment, the Empress' voice was ruthless and cold-blooded: "Then you better stop now. There are a lot of things waiting for you to deal with."
Come to work, come to work for me!
The change of expression happened in an instant, as if the words of praise in the imperial edict just now were an illusion.
Song Junzhan: “…” His tears disappeared instantly, and the feeling of being touched faded.
It is true that he loves Her Majesty the Empress very much, but sometimes he feels helpless because of her behavior.
She is the empress, the ruler of the world. Why does she always want to be a hands-off boss?
Let him handle everything without worrying about developing his ambition.
Xiao Li said disdainfully: Why don’t you show me your ambition?
Of course, although Xiao Li exploits talents, she is also generous.
As long as she has talent and is given a job, she will receive a salary and even a house. What a good boss she is, no, an emperor.
Those people before had a banquet for talented people, so this new group of people will naturally have their own banquet as well.
Xiao Li had already had a banquet prepared, and all the officials and the top thirty candidates celebrated together.
To be honest, Wang Yizu felt very awkward being sandwiched between a group of male officials, but she knew that this was something women officials had to face, so she tried to control herself, not wanting to be looked down upon by others or to disappoint the emperor.
Many people were very curious about her and looked at her with various scrutiny, but because of the presence of the empress, these looks were not so sharp.
"Sister-in-law, why are you here?"
Princess Wenshan appeared out of nowhere, wearing the clothes of a palace maid, and looked at Wang Yizhuo in shock as he sat among a group of officials.
Princess Wenshan's wound was not fatal, but the penetrating wound was not light. If it was half an inch off, it would have taken her life.
Ning Chong and Cen An worked together to treat him, and he woke up that day and was able to get out of bed the next day.
Wen Shan thought that she had saved the empress and that she would be moved, but she had risked her life, and except for the imperial physician, the empress never even looked at her, and there was not even any change around her.
The palace maids were still serving her, and the empress did not give her any extra rewards.
Her injuries healed day by day, but she became angrier and angrier. The Empress's life was her life, so did her life mean nothing?
Wen Shan's heart was burning with rage and he was filled with resentment.
She absolutely couldn't let this suffering go on in vain.
She heard that Her Majesty was reviving the imperial examination system, selecting many officials, and holding a banquet, inviting all the civil and military officials in the court. So she disguised herself as a palace maid and sneaked in, wanting to see what the empress was doing and remind her of how she saved her life.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he came in, he saw the queen sitting among a group of men. He was stunned and blurted out in shock, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
"Who is this person?"
"What Huang Sao?"
At this time, no one connected Wang Yizhuo with the Queen.
Wang Yizu has been married into the palace for many years and has always been very low-key. In the minds of the people, she is a completely invisible queen.
Even if she was occasionally mentioned and addressed as Queen Wang, at most her surname was added. Even among the former nobles, not many knew her real name.
The group of people sitting here now, Song Junzhan, Lou Yan, Rong Qing and others know the queen, but they naturally won't say anything nonsense.
However, even if they knew each other, Song Junzhan had not been able to see the queen many times. The others were selected by Xiao Li, and it was even more impossible for them to meet the former queen, so no one really knew her.
Princess Wenshan regretted her cry immediately, but now that everyone was watching, she had nowhere to escape. She simply bowed to Xiao Li above her, "Imperial sister, I haven't seen you in many days and I miss you so much."
Halfway through the ceremony, he staggered and almost fell.
She apologized, "Please forgive me, my sister. Wenshan's previous injury has not yet fully healed. I didn't mean to be disrespectful."
Xiao Li: “…”
Just eleven years old...I think he should be twelve now.
But she is just a little girl, how can she be so cunning and such a green tea?
He wanted to remind her of Xiao Li's life-saving grace, so he even acted out this act in the middle of the banquet. Was he treating the empress Xiao Li as a blind person, or the ministers and guards in this room as fools?
a shame.
Xiao Li didn't even want to answer her, she just raised her hand and someone immediately dragged her away.
Realizing that the empress didn't want Princess Wenshan to speak, the guard covered her mouth when he took action, but Princess Wenshan bit the guard's hand fiercely and shouted: "My sister, why do you do this to me..."
The guard was so scared that he covered his hand again, but Princess Wenshan held him and bit him hard, causing his hand to bleed.
Xiao Li raised his hand, Lou Yan quickly went over and knocked him out with a palm.
The guards didn't dare to take action because of her status as a princess. In Lou Yan's eyes, there was no other princess.
The person was knocked unconscious and dragged away, and the banquet continued.
The empress never answered that person a single word from beginning to end, and everyone tactfully did not mention it.
The banquet was over, and it was Lou Yan who reminded Xiao Li that made him remember her again.
"Send him to the imperial mausoleum and never pardon him."
Sparing her life was her last kindness to Wen Shan at her age. Next time, she would definitely kill her.
Including Liu Xueyin, Wen Shan is the second person who makes her have such a strong murderous intention. It's like she has water in her brain. She doesn't want to live a good life and has to make trouble. I don't know what she is trying to do.
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