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Thinking about this, when Yuwen He's gaze landed on Xiao Ruyue, his smile became even more vulgar.

It's been a while since we've seen each other, and the empress's looking even better now.

Xiao Ruyue glanced at him.

Yuwen Chenglian, Yao Ziyan's retribution is here, your retribution is almost here.

He hadn't seen her for a while, but his face was already hollowed out.

In the end, he had to pay a price for how many times she and Yao Ziyan had embraced each other.

A night of spring dinner may be good, but you can't be too greedy.

A trace of ridicule and coldness flashed past Xiao Ruyue's eyes, passing by him, and they smiled at each other.

A person with ill intentions felt that he could take advantage of anything.

However, wasn't that what they wanted?

People who want everything, feel that they can get anything, and do anything for it, have a fatal weakness.

Xiao Ruyue turned his head to look at Du Ziheng, and sure enough, he glared at Yuwen Chenglian in hatred. Xiao Ruyue shook his head at him, and he unwillingly retracted her gaze.

After being interrupted by Yuwen Chenglian for a short moment of surprise, Du Ziheng, Cui Jingxuan and a few other masters started to argue again.

Xiao Ruyue, who had instigated this "dispute" at the beginning, was now just watching from the sidelines.

Yuwen Chenglian also seemed to be enjoying listening to their discussion. After all, there were not many arguments like this, who would dare discuss about the Sovereign King's siblings in the imperial court like that? The Great General was a soldier, and had the hearts of the Empress Dowager s.

Moreover, he could hear quite a few things from their argument. If he wanted to win over the general, these things would be the best bargaining chip.

Yuwen Chenglian's thoughts did not escape Xiao Ruyue and Yuwen He's eyes. Yue Xiang was also paying attention to Du Ziheng and the others as he paid attention to.

No one knew of King Wei's ambitions. At the moment, he was still defending this so-called peace show because it wasn't the time to fall out yet.

Du Ziheng seemed to have deliberately said something, and as he spoke, he brought up the matters of the Huaiyang.

Seeing that it was not good, Xiao Ruyue immediately interrupted, "Brother Du, what we are discussing today are the cases of the Jingzhou. "It's not a bystander." As she said that, she indicated towards Yuwen Chenglian with the corner of her eyes.

Du Ziheng was unwilling in his heart, but Xiao Ruyue's gaze was firm. He knew that if he said anything, Situ Xiandi would make up his mind to make him admit defeat, and only then would he give up.

Cui Jingxuan still had something he wanted to say, but Yuwen He's calm and low voice pierced through the entire Linde Hall.

"Enough."

Just a single word was enough to make the clamor stop.

Everyone lowered their heads.

"From the discussion in the Jingzhou case, I can already see your views and determination, and I have already made my judgement in my heart." Yuwen He said with an expressionless face, but his tone was extremely sharp.

Then, he turned to look at Yue Xiang, "Yue Xiang, do you have any comments to make?"

"In reply to Your Majesty, this old official is responsible for conducting the main examination. The Hall Competition was originally decided by Your Majesty." The meaning behind her words was that this old subject should not participate in any further decisions.

But at the same time, there was another meaning to it. Even if Your Majesty wishes to bestow upon the empress the title of top scholar, this old official will not hesitate to do so.

Yuwen He raised his eyebrows, he obviously understood Yue Xiang's intentions.

He paused for a moment, and said in a clear voice, "I have already made a decision in my heart. Du Ziheng, Cui Jingxuan, and Situ Wu, come forward and listen to Feng. "

The three of them knelt down in unison.

Yuwen He slowly said: "Du Ziheng is knowledgeable and talented, he has complete wisdom and foresight, thus making him useful. Cui Jingxuan has read a lot of poetry, although his thoughts are a little old-fashioned, he is still a talented person. However, being light, nimble, and steady is not enough. There is still to be improved upon. "

When Xiao Ruyue heard this, she glared at him.

This Lord clearly wanted to laugh, but he still continued to act with a straight face, "Du Ziheng, the champion is none other than you. The name of the contestant was Cui Jingxuan. "Situ Wu, you young talent, you truly deserve to be called the flower scout."

The gaze he used to look at Xiao Ruyue was a naked teasing.

Xiao Ruyue almost vomited blood: The mistress was obviously dragged here to make a scene, why was she still being harassed?

The Emperor had golden lips and pearly words, but his words were as good as gold.

Seeing Xiao Ruyue in a daze, Du Ziheng immediately pulled her down to kowtow to express her gratitude.

As he stood up, Xiao Ruyue didn't forget to glare at Yuwen He once more.

Yuwen He calmly glanced at the Sect Leader, Feng Dazhong, and added: "The Sect Leader will immediately draft an imperial edict to announce this to the world."

Feng Dazhong quickly replied.

The dust of the Hall's examination settled.

Yuwen Chenglian did not linger, and took his leave first. He glanced at Du Ziheng, then at Xiao Ruyue, and after giving his congratulations, he left.

Du Ziheng stared at his back until his eyes were blazing with fire.

When Fang Weiyong mentioned about the time of the Jade Forest Feast, Yuwen He immediately announced his departure, and the other heads of the various provinces all followed suit.

Just as Du Ziheng was about to leave, he heard the emperor blandly say: "The top official, Hua Lang, will stay behind."

Du Ziheng had thought that he had done something wrong and his footsteps became still. When Cui Jingxuan left, his heart was still beating fast, and he walked out of the house faster, afraid that he would be left behind.

In the vast Linde Hall, there were only a few people left in the marketplace that was previously bustling with activity.

Du Ziheng knelt down, but Xiao Ruyue just stood there disorderly. Seeing that, Du Ziheng pulled the corner of her robes, Xiao Ruyue then knelt down helplessly.

"Do you know why this Emperor left you here?" The king's voice slowly drifted over, neither angry nor happy.

Du Ziheng suddenly felt that this voice was familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.

He wasn't sure if it was an illusion.

He cautiously looked at Xiao Ruyue, but Xiao Ruyue's face was calm. He was immediately disappointed.

"Won't the top scholar raise his head?" His Majesty suddenly said.

Du Ziheng became more perturbed: "No, this humble subject does not dare."

His teacher had once said that before a monarch, one could not casually raise his head, or else it would be a great violation of the rules.

At that time, it was even possible for him to be beheaded.

Thus, ever since he had entered the Linde Hall, he did not dare to raise his head at all.

It was not only him, Cui Jingxuan was the same as well. The proud and old-fashioned scholar didn't even dare to raise his head to take a look at the Sovereign King's face.

"Why do you not dare to accept my permission?" His Majesty's voice even sounded like he was joking?

Du Ziheng finally could not hold back his curiosity and mustered up the courage to raise his head to look in the direction of the dragon throne.

Looking up past the lifelike five-clawed golden dragon in the front of the dragon robe …

He saw the half-smile.

He was petrified on the spot.

"Zhu Zhu!"

A single word stuck there for a long time without being able to utter a second word. Du Ziheng's expression had already stiffened.

One could imagine how shocked and astonished he was right now.

He slowly stepped down from the dragon throne and walked to Du Ziheng with his hands behind his back, "We just met yesterday, why is it that you can't recognize me so quickly?"

"I, you, you're not …" Du Ziheng's tongue was tied up, his mind was blank, he had not recovered from his shock, and his words were incoherent.

Xiao Ruyue could not help but "puchi" sounds of laughter, "Brother Du, do you not recognize me? This is little brother's elder brother, Zhu Yuwen."

Du Ziheng's gaze moved between the two of them, his face at a loss of what to do, "What happened?! Brother Zhu, no, how could Your Majesty …"

The truth was in front of him, and he had no choice but to believe it.

This was too scary.

He had lived for more than twenty years and was meeting the monarch for the first time. However, he had never thought that the monarch had already interacted with him many times. Furthermore, he had rebutted the monarch several times …

Du Ziheng's face turned pale white.

He looked at Yuwen He, and then looked at Xiao Ruyue, "Then what royal blood are you?!"

"I guess so." Xiao Ruyue saw that his face was as white as paper, and could not bear to make things even worse, "I still need to keep my identity a secret."

Du Ziheng nodded his head in a daze. It was good to keep it a secret.

A king is exciting enough. He might not even be able to hold up on some royal relative.

Du Ziheng walked outside in a daze as he was drenched in sweat.

He was completely dumbfounded.

Yuwen He gave Fang Weiyong a meaningful glance, and Fang Weiyong hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "Duke Xian, His Majesty hasn't asked you to leave yet, where are you going?"

Du Ziheng glanced at Fang Weiyong when he heard this, and suddenly remembered that he was in the face of a sage. He immediately turned his head back, and with a 'plop', he kneeled down towards Yuwen He.

"Your Majesty, this subject has no respect. Many people have offended you in the past. Your Majesty, please mete out punishment!"

Yuwen He frowned, and did not make a sound.

Although Fang Weiyong did not know the details, but after listening to their conversation just now, he more or less understood what was going on. He propped Du Ziheng up and said, "Master Top Scorer, if His Majesty wants to punish you, how could you get the first name?"

It was good that he did not say anything, but the moment he said it, Du Ziheng was already close to tears.

Xiao Ruyue felt a headache looking at it.

The Du Ziheng who had wanted to go back to the Book of Songs with a straight back and an unyielding manner yesterday, was he this Du Ziheng?

She glared at Yuwen He again: This is all your fault.

You want to blame me for someone you've known for more than half a month?

The flower seeker was speechless for a moment.

"Where are the items? Hand them over." Yuwen He stretched out his hand to Fang Weiyong.

Fang Weiyong immediately took out a book from his sleeves and handed it over.

Yuwen He took the book and passed it to Du Ziheng: "Last night, we agreed that we will see after today's Hall Competition. If you still wish to take back this poem, I will return it to you. "

"No, I don't want it. This commoner doesn't want it, this commoner doesn't want it." Du Ziheng consecutively said three "no", and his face was filled with fear.

Then, Yuwen He withdrew himself and instructed Fang Weiyong: "Arrange for someone to send the main body back, then bring the imperial physician over to the Taiyuan Hospital for the main body to see. The Julin Banquet will wait for the top scholar to get better before we start talking again. "

Du Ziheng's face was pale white, he knelt on the ground to express his gratitude and was supported up by Fang Weiyong.

Fang Weiyong summoned the young eunuch to call the imperial physician, and then summoned Xiao Shunzi to send him out.

After they had left for a long time, it was only then that Xiao Ruyue remembered something. "There's only that single carriage back home.

"Don't worry, Qing Qing will bring your change of clothing to the carriage. You will be able to see her once you leave."

Note: In the middle is the head of the province, and the deputy is the assistant minister. It is the province responsible for drafting the edict.