Yan Shiyue was speechless after hearing what Huo Qijing had said: "What's going on with these royal children?"
She immediately thought of the third prince.
Although she didn't have any feelings for them, and gave them the Bird Chess because she was annoyed, and she didn't expect them to be grateful, but it was her business. For them, it was a large sum of money and the sense of recognition that followed! They shouldn't be ungrateful!
The Eighth Prince's condescending attitude of "I figured you out and you're stupid" is really adding fuel to the fire!
That's fine, you'll know later. As long as the face is maintained, you can't take anything from her anymore.
Yan Shiyue didn't stay angry for too long. Looking at the four white kittens lying there, all his anger disappeared.
She said it was gone, but the next day when Linglong came to deliver something to her on the Queen's orders, she still told her so that the Queen would know.
Linglong went back and told the queen.
The queen couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "I didn't expect Xiao Ba to be a pig pretending to be a tiger!"
As she thought about it, she found it a little funny: "None of them have a clear mind! They are in such a hurry to come forward, and I don't know what they are trying to achieve! They think they are smart, but in fact, a group of old foxes are fooling around with them. They really think they are extraordinary geniuses!"
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She shook her head: "Let them make a fuss. I want to see what they can come up with!"
As soon as Qi Ba left the Duke's Mansion, he went to the Ministry of Works without any delay.
Emperor Ming Yan let the two dragon sons and phoenix grandsons do as they pleased. How could the Minister of Works dare not cooperate? Besides, the flying chess was not difficult to make, so he immediately arranged for craftsmen to make it.
Qiba felt that the Ministry of Industry was "their own" and didn't even need to pay money. He couldn't help but regret why he didn't think of this when he was selling books before. So he urged them to hurry up and arranged for people to sell them.
This was not a small amount, so the Minister of Works Wu Gang could only go through the expense reporting process with a bitter face.
A few days later, Zhao Kuangyin, who had rushed back to his hometown to take the exam, came back. As soon as he entered the room, he excitedly said to her, "Master's wife! Master's wife, I passed! I am a juren!"
"Congratulations!" Yan Shiyue asked, "How many?"
Zhao Kuangyin chuckled: "Ranking is not important, I am a juren anyway!"
She raised her eyebrows and looked at him, and Zhao Kuangyin smiled embarrassedly and said, "Seventeen."
Yan Shiyue raised her eyebrows: "Not bad!"
"It's OK, but I can't compare to Mr. Xu and the others." Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile: "I will also take the trade exam later. You can see how I answer."
He came back at full speed, faster than anyone else in the court. As he spoke, he showed her the copied paper.
Yan Shiyue looked at it carefully and shook his head: "No."
Zhao Kuangyin scratched his head and said, "If it doesn't work, then it doesn't work. I'll take the imperial examination again next year."
Yan Shiyue smiled and nodded.
Soon, the papers of the Trade Department from all over the country arrived in the capital. The people from the Ministry of Rites selected a location and asked the imperial guards to seal them. Then they checked the seals and had Yan Shiyue, Qu Sinian and Ren Zenan look at them together.
The examination for the trade department, like the last time, allowed illiterate people to take the exam. They would report in due time and the court would randomly appoint someone to write the exam.
The handwriting on the paper was good or bad, but looking at the answers, they were much better than last time, because in the test paper set by Yan Shiyue, only one question was from the selected questions, and the others were either changed or new, mainly testing comprehension, so the level of the test takers could be seen.
There are a lot of people participating this time. Because there are few people looking at the papers, a 10-point system is used. Qu Sinian and the other person will go through it first, and then it will be given to Yan Shiyue to look at. Yan Shiyue has a veto power.
Because I had a baby to feed at home, it still took me four days to finish the test paper no matter how hard I tried.
Yan Shiyue didn't care about the rest of the statistics and let Qu Sinian and the people from the Ministry of Rites handle it.
The Fifth Prince and the Minister of Rites guarded the letter together for four days. When they finally opened the sealed envelope, the Fifth Prince couldn't help but smile when he saw Xie Meiwan's name.
There is no limit on the number of admissions for the trade department, and it is not based on proportion. It follows the rules of the provincial examination. Those who pass are called Juren, the first one is called Jieyuan, the second one is called Yayuan, the third, fourth and fifth are called Jingkui, and the sixth one is called Yakui.
As a result, early the next morning, Emperor Ming Yan urgently summoned her to the palace. After asking, Yan Shiyue found out that the fifth prince's concubine had actually passed the imperial examination and won the title of Li Yuan... Even the fifth prince secretly participated in the trade subject, but only ranked tenth, which made him a juren in the trade subject.
Yan Shiyue was delighted when he heard it.
Upon further questioning, it turned out that the fifth prince's concubine was Xie Meiwan who had stopped her that year.
Yan Shiyue entered the imperial study.
The fifth prince was also there. Several people turned around to look at her. Seeing her wearing an apricot yellow robe with their own eyes was indeed quite a shock, and several people bent their waists even lower.
Yan Shiyue bowed, and Emperor Mingyan said, "Tell me, how should this matter be handled?"
Yan Shiyue asked: "What to deal with? Why do you want to deal with it?"
So a bunch of people started criticizing etiquette and rules.
Yan Shiyue listened quietly, nodded at the end, and said with emotion: "It's been a long time since I heard you talk about waste... ahem, now that I'm talking, I really miss it a little bit!"
Several people: "..."
Thank you so much! We haven't heard you choke for a long time, and it's really a bit unbearable to hear you at first!
Then Yan Shiyue asked, "Where is the Minister of Justice? Where is the Minister of Rites?"
The two hurried forward and saluted. Yan Shiyue said, "Is there any clear provision in the law and etiquette that says women can't take the trade subject? Not to mention the trade subject, there is no clear provision even for the imperial examination, right? If there is no clear provision, why can't women take the exam? Is it wrong to obey the law and etiquette?"
Several people: "..."
Experience has shown that putting stigma on people is very effective in dealing with these officials.
Anyway, their counterattack was immediately weakened, and then Emperor Ming Yan concluded: "This trend cannot be allowed to continue. The two ministers should immediately start to enact this law!"
Yan Shiyue hurriedly said: "Don't be too anxious, please let my female champion go!"
They both: “…”
Emperor Ming Yan glared at her and said, "Make a plan quickly! Make this person a special case!"
The two of them bowed and left: "Yes."
After everyone left, leaving only the Crown Prince, the Fifth Prince, and her, Emperor Ming Yan asked, "Did you ask Wu Lang and the others to take the trade exam?"
"I really don't know about this," Yan Shiyue changed the subject: "But, was it my idea?"
She gave a brief explanation.
Emperor Mingyan frowned and said, "Nonsense! How dare you take advantage of loopholes in the law!"
Yan Shiyue smiled indifferently and said, "It's mainly because she's so good-looking. I just couldn't bear to refuse her." She pointed at the Fifth Prince and said, "I didn't expect that Little Fifth Brother is such a mean person. She's confessed to me, and you want to snatch her away!"
The fifth prince smiled and bowed: "Don't grab it, Xie will send it over immediately, Yue'er will do whatever you want, and I am willing to serve Yue'er."
The prince's eyes flickered.
This guy is really good at bending down, being gentle and kind to everyone, never smiling or talking. Especially this time, he showed his willingness to serve the country and even took the examination for the trade department! He really doesn't have the airs of a prince at all.
I have to say, this is also a skill.
Emperor Mingyan snorted and said, "Everyone go down!"
The Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince bowed in response. Yan Shiyue looked as if she was not talking to her and did not move at all.
Then the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince retreated.
Emperor Ming Yan said, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"
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