The imperial examinations have begun.
Murong Jin, dressed in a blue dress, sat in a restaurant on the street.
Passerby 1: "Security has been tight lately. I wonder who will be the top scholar this time."
Passerby 2: "It's still early. We'll know when the results of the final examination come out."
Passerby 3: "The thought of our prince's tomb being robbed makes me feel uneasy."
The prince got into trouble before the palace examination even started last time.
Passerby 1: "Who exactly is that tomb raider? He's so despicable."
Passerby 3: "I don't know."
Passerby 4 suddenly sat down next to him, "Breaking news, do you want to hear it?"
Passerby 3: "What? What?"
Passerby 4: "I don't know if it's true or not. It's just a rumor. The prince's body was stolen three years ago."
Passerby 1, Passerby 2: "Holy crap!!!"
Passerby 3: "Tell me what happened."
Passerby 4: "I already said I wasn't sure if it was true."
The other three: "Say it anyway."
Passerby 4: "Ahem, I heard that the tomb raider is a very capable person. He has a good relationship with the Regent. After learning about this, he immediately rushed over from the Purple Kingdom."
The three were shocked. "The Purple Kingdom? That's so far away. If we travel at a fast pace, it could take several months to get here."
"I heard he's the Regent's master, a peerless expert."
Passerby 2: "Oh??? If you say that, then I'm spreading rumors. If that's the case, does that mean the Regent isn't dead?"
Passerby 4 clapped his hands, "This is the rumor I heard. This peerless master is incredibly powerful... Do you think it's possible that he saved the Regent?"
Passerby 3 shook his head. "Impossible. How can someone who's dead come back to life?"
Passerby 4: "That's why I said it was just a rumor."
Passerby 1 thought for a moment and said, "If, I mean, if the Prince is favored by Heaven, perhaps he can survive."
Passerby 3: "An arrow through the heart? Impossible. The heart is a very important place. If it's pierced, there's no way he could have survived."
Passerby 1 suddenly said, "What if the heart is repaired?"
The others looked at him, and Passerby 1 coughed and said, "Why are you looking at me? There are all sorts of wonders in this world. Besides, wasn't the Jinling Kingdom famous for its Gu magic? They could even bring people back to life after they died."
"But the Kingdom of Jinling has already disappeared..."
"What if, what if a miracle happens?"
Passerby 2: "I'd rather the Regent come back to life."
"Me too. Just because he made our people of Dacheng live such a happy life, he shouldn't have died."
"Thinking back to when my grandfather was a child, there was never enough to eat or wear, and there were even people who secretly ate people..."
"We are much happier now than they are."
"Furthermore, the Regent is only in his twenties, yet he has enabled us people in our fifties and sixties to live a good life, with farmland, houses, and peaceful homes..."
"I even feel like he was sent by God to save us."
...
Listening to their conversation, Murong Jin adjusted the straw hat on her head.
The response was positive.
Now we just have to wait for the woman's identity to be revealed.
If anyone targets her because of her identity, she wouldn't mind taking back all the good things she's received.
She doesn't need to raise an ingrate.
...
A few days later, the imperial examination ended.
"Ah, it's finally over!!!"
"You have no idea how long I've been holding this in!"
"What are you holding back? Shit~"
"Scholars, how can you speak so crudely?"
"Haha, relax a bit."
"I heard that several people fainted in the exam room."
"That's why I exercise regularly, just in case I'm too nervous during the exam and faint."
"Look at my fists, they're packed with muscles."
The frail scholar next to him looked at the "frail scholar" opposite him.
Fear???
...
"Busy, I'm so busy!!!"
Li Mingzhong: "Grade the exam papers quickly; the results will be announced in three days."
"We're short-handed, Your Majesty!! I haven't slept for two days and two nights, I feel like I'm about to collapse from exhaustion!"
Li Mingzhong suddenly remembered someone, "Go find the Grand Secretary."
Academy.
Grand Scholar: "..."
Honestly, they squeeze every last drop of value out of him.
Emperor Junlan looked at the latest results of the imperial examination.
Li Mingzhong: "Your Majesty, there are sixty-six candidates who have entered the palace examination this time, which is more than half as many as last time."
Emperor Junlan: "Let me see the exam questions."
Li Mingzhong handed it to him, and Di Junlan glanced at it before saying, "Hmm."
Everything is alright.
"The candidate who passed the imperial examination this time is named Liu An."
"Liu An?"
"Yes, he had his own insights into governing agriculture, and his answers were simple yet very beneficial to the people."
Li Mingzhong handed the test paper to Di Junlan, who glanced at it and smiled, "Not bad."
"In the industrial field, there is also a candidate who is quite good."
Di Junlan hummed in agreement. "I'll leave this matter to you."
Li Mingzhong: "Yes, Your Majesty."
As for talented individuals, the natural thing to do is to recruit them so they can contribute to the country.
...
Nan Fengyi has entered the palace; he was summoned.
The little boy stood there, nodding slightly. "Your Majesty."
Someone nearby said, "Young Master Yi, didn't the Prince of Zhenbei teach you to bow before His Majesty?"
Nan Fengyi looked over, his tone arrogant, "There really isn't."
"Completely lacking in manners."
Nan Fengyi: "He speaks without thinking."
The person next to them got angry.
Di Junlan glanced at him, and the man dared not speak.
"how are things?"
Nan Fengyi: "Thank you for your help, Your Majesty. I'm doing very well."
"I summoned you here today because I have something to ask you."
Nan Fengyi: "Your Majesty, please speak."
"Since you grew up in Jiangnan, have you ever seen anyone who looks like you?"
Nan Fengyi looked up, his eyes filled with seriousness and doubt as he stared at Di Junlan. "Does Your Majesty think Yi would tell?"
Di Junlan: "No."
He's even starting to doubt whether the child is his.
After all, in Jiangnan, people with similar faces are like three-year-old children.
After learning that Ah Jin was not dead, Emperor Junlan also thought of what the Imperial Advisor had said: this child would be the future emperor.
But wouldn't his son become the emperor later?
"I heard the Prince of Zhenbei has returned? Is that true?"
Nan Fengyi hummed in response and then fell silent.
Emperor Junlan: "Okay."
It seems there are some things I need to ask the Prince of Zhenbei.
Jiangnan might not be able to find anything, but asking the Prince of Zhenbei might provide the answer.
The child is here, but the parents are not.
The thing Emperor Junlan least wanted to think about was that A Jin gave birth to the child, but she was gone...
This was a result he didn't want to know, nor did he want to face.
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