The prince hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "I remember his last name is Tan."

Qiao Tianjing's eyes lit up. It was great that the prince still remembered him.

"My second brother and I happened to meet him by chance, and he was verbally humiliated by Mr. Sheng from the Duke of Qing's Mansion. My second brother saw the injustice and stood up for him, so he became friends with Tan Hanchi."

"Last night, Tan Hanchi was chased to the back alley of the inn. He escaped by luck and was rescued by my second brother and brought back to the mansion."

"Your Highness, after making friends with him, I found that he is not only a brilliant writer, but also a man of great vision. Now he is being hunted down in the capital for no reason, and...his name is not on the list."

These words were spoken in an extremely obscure manner, but the prince frowned suddenly and instantly understood the implication of Qiao Tianjing's words.

But even the prince couldn't believe that there was something wrong with the Spring Examination.

"Is it possible that Tan Hanchi is not performing normally?"

Qiao Tianjing shook his head and pointed secretly to his sleeves.

"Your Highness, my father asked Tan Hanchi to recite the essay I wrote in the Spring Examination. I have read it and it is even better than what I wrote in the Spring Examination."

Hearing Qiao Tianjing's confident words, the prince's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

You have to know that Qiao Tianjing was the top scholar back then, and was the third place selected by the emperor in the palace!

The prince looked solemn, "Da Lang, bring Jiao Jiao to me."

Qiao Tianjing understood what he meant, and while sending Qiao Jiaojiao over, he also pressed Tan Hanchi's article in his sleeve against Qiao Jiaojiao's butt.

Qiao Jiaojiao: “…”

[It’s confirmed that I’m a tool! 】

[But I am honored, you guys can have fun, I will play a trick for you! ]

The prince calmly put the article away and weighed Qiao Jiaojiao with a smile.

The palace gate is in front of us, and it would be a bit exaggerated to send us off further.

Qiao Tianjing took Qiao Jiaojiao back and said sincerely and respectfully, "Thank you for your trust, Your Highness."

In fact, the Qiao family took a huge risk by doing this.

After all, the Spring Examination is a matter of great importance. If the Qiao family suddenly intervenes, the suspicious Emperor Yong will definitely doubt the Qiao family's intentions.

The prince smiled, cheerful and upright.

"Da Lang, the name Qiao is synonymous with loyalty and righteousness in this palace."

The prince's words are the greatest trust.

Qiao Jiaojiao couldn't help but her eyes lit up when she heard that.

[Look! What a good prince! Protect him! Let the prince sit on the throne no matter what! ]

Qiao Tianjing bowed slightly, feeling grateful.

For a minister, the greatest fortune is to have a wise ruler.

"In this case, my father and I will wait patiently for the prince's words."

After returning to the Qiao Mansion, Mrs. Qiao stripped Qiao Jiaojiao naked. She was looked up and down eight hundred times but no needle holes were found. Only then did the whole family feel relieved.

Qiao Jiaojiao was excited and chattering, describing how magical the Merit Mall was and how she had bravely saved the Fourth Prince.

Even though her family members don't understand, it doesn't stop her from showing off.

The Qiao family members looked at each other. They were obviously shocked, but they pretended not to understand. The whole family tried hard to control their expressions.

In the afternoon, an imperial decree issued from the palace caused a slight shock in the Beijing circle.

It is said that the emperor personally gave the go-ahead for Miss Meng Guxue of the Meng family to attend the Dragon Boat Festival Palace Banquet!

Meng Mansion.

Minister Meng was a little confused when he received the imperial edict.

Meng Guxue fell seriously ill after returning from the East Suburb Poetry Festival, and her palm-sized face became increasingly thinner.

Madam Meng was angry that her daughter sent the maid away, and was stupid enough to be tricked by the eldest daughter of Duke Qing's mansion, so she detained her in the house and she has not stepped out of the room until now.

But what surprised Mrs. Meng was that after this serious illness, her daughter seemed like a different person.

His temperament calmed down and he stopped making noises. When he felt better, he sat up and practiced calligraphy, and he looked quite good at it.

When the imperial edict reached the Meng Mansion, Mrs. Meng happily went to Meng Guxue's boudoir.

When Meng Guxue learned that the emperor personally named her and asked her to attend the Dragon Boat Festival palace banquet, the word "white" in her hand suddenly shook.

The opportunity finally came...

Meng Guxue exhaled slowly and crumpled the paper in his hand.

During this serious illness, she had an extremely realistic dream.

In the dream, she was successful and had a close relationship with the second prince Shen Yuanbai. Together they defeated the crown prince, destroyed the Qiao family, trampled all the scum under their feet, and finally reached the top of the world!

Meng Guxue knew that she must be the destined girl of this world!

I just don’t know why, but there was a deviation between reality and dreams in the Qiao Mansion.

Originally, she should have fallen in love with the Second Prince at first sight in the Qiao Mansion...

But it doesn’t matter, what is hers will never escape, and the Dragon Boat Festival Palace Banquet is her best opportunity to capture the Second Prince!

"Mom, I understand. I still need to practice calligraphy. Please go out."

Meng Guxue said this calmly, with a confident look on her face.

Mrs. Meng looked at her daughter strangely, and seeing that she had already picked up the pen to write, she tiptoed out of the door.

When Meng Guxue heard the door close, she suddenly raised her head, revealing a pair of ambitious eyes.

Under her hands, the snow-white rice paper was densely covered with three repeated words - Shen Yuanbai!

Knock knock knock——

There was a cautious knock on the door.

"Miss, I am Xiaotao, the servant. I have bought what you wanted for you."

Meng Guxue's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. He put down his pen, stood up and opened the door.

Xiaotao handed two packages to Meng Guxue.

"Miss, here are the shells and ashes you requested."

Xiaotao had no idea what her young lady wanted these two things for.

Meng Guxue opened the package and took a look, her eyes sparkling.

She majored in chemistry in college. In her dreams, she used modern knowledge to help the second prince become rich and gain his recognition and dependence.

She almost overlooked such an incredible advantage and golden finger!

Now that she had been reminded by the dream, she had to make the soap as soon as possible so that the Second Prince would be impressed by her!

Just wait, the Dragon Boat Festival Palace Banquet will be Meng Guxue’s comeback!

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On the other side, the Mansion of Duke Qing.

"You idiot! Haven't you found it yet?"

Sheng Mingcheng was furious at his men.

It was almost dark, and more than a dozen people were dispatched, but they couldn't even find a weak scholar!

Could it be possible that Tan Hanchi just disappeared from the face of the earth?

"Search! Search again for me, young master!"

"We have also arranged for people to search the road between the capital and Zhuozhou. Once we find him, we will kill him without mercy!"

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After court the next day, the prince was summoned to the imperial study.

Emperor Yong pointed at the three papers on the table and said calmly, "Zhan'er, these are the first-place essays of this year's spring exam. Come and have a look."

The prince responded respectfully, sat down on the seat given by Emperor Yong, and picked up the first article.

Before he even opened the post, the prince was already a little stunned.

After returning to the East Palace yesterday, he carefully read the article that Qiao Jia Dalang handed to him. He felt that every word in it was brilliant and eye-opening.

It is really unbelievable that such a talent and such an article failed the exam.

"Zhan'er, what's wrong?"

Seeing that the prince was distracted, Emperor Yong tilted his head in confusion.

The prince seemed to have just woken up from his dream, and immediately smiled and said, "I am very happy to think that there will be many new talents in the court to serve the emperor."

Emperor Yong nodded calmly upon hearing this, and then said, "There is an exceptionally good article in the first place this year, which is the one in your hand. Take a closer look."

The prince immediately calmed down and opened the post.

As soon as his eyes fell on the first column of words, the prince's pupils suddenly shrank.

Exactly the same!

It was exactly the same as the article by Tan Hanchi that he read last night!

However, the candidate marked on the post is - Qingzhou Gu Junlin!