"Which part of Your Majesty is not powerful?" Shen Yu rolled his eyes. "Your Majesty is naturally powerful in every aspect."
"Is that so?" Shang Junlin held Shen Yu's waist with one hand and held his hand with the other. He played with it in his palm. "A Yu, do you want to try?"
"Try what..." Shen Yu suddenly closed his mouth and reacted. "Your Majesty, do you feel that you are different from before?"
"How am I different?" Shang Junlin thought about it seriously after hearing Shen Yu's words, but he didn't find anything wrong.
"Your Majesty didn't like to say this kind of thing before." Shen Yu narrowed his eyes.
"I didn't know how to say this before?" Shang Junlin tightened his arms around Shen Yu's waist and leaned over to rub his cheek against Shen Yu. "Does A Yu like it?"
A layer of light pink appeared on Shen Yu's face. The man's body temperature was just like him, giving Shen Yu a fiery feeling. When their faces touched intimately, she could clearly feel the heat of another person. Shen Yu pursed her lips.
"Do Your Majesty's officials know that you have such a side to you?"
"Why would I want them to know? It's enough for A Yu to know. "Shang Junlin tilted his head slightly and left a kiss on Shen Yu's face.
Shen Yu curled his fingers and didn't avoid it. He let the kiss move downwards.
After hugging Shen Yu for a while, Shang Junlin's anger from the morning court session was extinguished. He sat down with Shen Yu in his arms. "A Yu has been waiting for me for so long. Are you hungry?"
Shen Yu didn't feel it until Shang Junlin mentioned it. He nodded and said, "A little."
"Meng Chang, serve the meal."
Eunuch Meng went out. Mu Xi poured tea for the two masters and retreated to the side.
Shen Yu held the teacup and gently rubbed the sides of the teacup. "How does Your Majesty plan to deal with Mr. Zhao?"
Shang Junlin held Shen Yu's hand that was holding the teacup and took a sip. "Does he really think that I won't dare to touch him just because he has an aristocratic family behind him?"
"… Your Majesty, that's my cup."
"You're not even willing to give me a sip of A Yu's tea? Or is it that A Yu dislikes me? "Shang Junlin did not let go of the cup. Instead, he drank all the water in the cup.
"If Your Majesty wants to drink, of course you can. It's just a cup of water."
"A Yu, don't be angry. Zhen drank your cup, so zhen will compensate you with zhen's cup. How about it?" Shang Junlin took the empty cup from Shen Yu's hand, picked up another full cup and fed it to Shen Yu.
"A Yu feeds Zhen once, Zhen will feed A Yu once."
It seemed that he would not stop until Shen Yu drank.
Shen Yu had no choice but to take a sip. He could see that Shang Junlin was doing it on purpose.
Fortunately, Shang Junlin knew that he should not tease Shen Yu too much. After feeding him once, he returned to normal. "The aristocratic families are getting more ambitious."
"Lord Zhao is just a stepping stone for them. If they can force His Majesty to take a step back this time, they will be able to push their luck the next time and gain more benefits for the aristocratic families. If they can't, it's fine to give up an Imperial Censor. It won't hurt their foundation."
Shen Yu learned about Mr. Zhao's identity in the back hall. As an imperial censor, it was his duty to persuade the emperor. However, this did not mean that he could influence the emperor's thoughts because of his own selfish desires.
"A Yu is right. The aristocratic families have been hovering in the imperial court for a long time. It is very difficult to shake their foundation." Shang Junlin lowered his eyes and hid the murderous intent in his eyes.
From his ascension to the throne until now, the aristocratic families had made many obstacles for him. However, because the previous emperor was muddle-headed, most of the power in the imperial court fell into the hands of the aristocratic families. Although there was an imperial examination, the aristocratic families had more resources. Most of the officials selected from the imperial examination were also related to the aristocratic families. Shang Junlin spent several years to cultivate a group of officials who were not related to the aristocratic families.
Shen Yu covered Shang Junlin's hand. "Your Majesty, you don't have to endure for much longer. Aren't the results of the imperial examination slapping the aristocratic families in the face?"
None of the top three in the imperial examination came from an aristocratic family. Didn't they boast that they were rich and superior? How could they not be compared to Jiang Huaiqing, who was born in a humble family, and Fang Jiayi, who was a woman?
"A Yu is right. No matter how deep their roots are in Da Huan, I will cut off those roots that suck the blood of Da Huan!" Shang Junlin turned his hand and wrapped Shen Yu's hand in his palm. Their fingers intertwined and intertwined.
As long as these people did not act too excessively, he used to turn a blind eye to them. However, now that he had A Yu, in order to give A Yu better protection, he would not allow any problems to happen to Da Huan!
Not long after, Eunuch Meng brought the palace servants to put down the dishes sent by the imperial kitchen.
Shen Yu took a look and saw that they were all his favorite dishes.
"Your Majesty, let's eat first."
"Okay."
The two of them sat down and the palace servants retreated to the side.
Shen Yu was not used to being served meals. Shang Junlin had been eating with him for a long time, so he gradually lost the habit of letting others serve him food. One was an emperor, and the other was a nobleman. These two people, who had noble statuses, ate like ordinary people.
Eunuch Meng was an old man who had followed Shang Junlin for a long time. He saw with his own eyes that Shang Junlin had become more and more lively after Shen Yu entered the palace. He could not help but sigh in his heart.
He had also imagined what it would be like if the emperor had someone in his imperial harem. No matter what, it would not be better than now.
After the results of the court examination were out, the imperial court would send people to announce the results. At this time of the year, the people in the capital paid the most attention to the top three.
This year's results caused a lot of heated discussion.
There was no other reason other than the fact that there was a woman on the list this time. Moreover, she came in second place.
People's discussions about this matter could be heard everywhere in the restaurants and teahouses.
"A woman as an official? Isn't this a fantasy? "
"How can a woman be an official? Compared to showing her face outside, it is better for her to stay at home and take care of her husband and children. "
"What do you know? If she has this ability, why can't she serve the imperial court like a man?"
"But did you notice that the noblemen who are more arrogant than the sky did not get any of the top three?"
"Isn't that right? Only the one who bragged about his genius persona got fourth place."
"If you ask me, the noblemen are too arrogant. They think that they can sit back and relax with a large number of secret manuals. They do not know that they will be left far behind by others if they work behind closed doors."
A young man in white sitting not far away heard these words and his expression became very ugly. The people who were dressed like noblemen beside him looked at each other secretly and did not dare to speak.
They had only pulled their good friend out to relax after seeing that his results were not ideal. They did not expect to hear such words.
"Brother Yi …"
"It is true that I didn't do well in the exam. You don't have to say more." The young man in white took a sip of wine with an ugly expression. "Have you investigated the identity of those people?"
It was fine that he was defeated by He Chengyu. Anyway, they were both noblemen. What about Jiang Huaiqing and Fang Jiayi?
A person who came out of nowhere dared to climb over his head?!
"Yes, Fang Jiayi is the only daughter of Lord Fang. Jiang Huaiqing is just an abandoned orphan with no background. Brother Jianming, do you need us to do something?"
The young man in white, Yi Jianming, shook his head and his eyes were gloomy. "Don't act rashly. Don't think that your official career will be smooth after being in the top three. The real difficulty is still to come. Do you really think it is so easy to be an official?"
It was easy to control a person without any power behind him.
"Brother Jianming, don't worry. Of these two people, one entered the official career as a woman, and the other was inextricably linked to the cheating case some time ago. It is still uncertain whether they can successfully enter the Imperial Court."
Yi Jianming grabbed the hand of the person who spoke. "What do you mean by that? What do you mean by inextricably linked to the cheating case? "
"Oh, about that, Brother Jianming, you were focused on preparing for the exam and may have missed the news. It is said that Jiang Huaiqing was also approached by those people before the exam. But who knows if he really did anything except himself?"
"Yes." Yi Jianming smiled maliciously. "How can a person without any support get such a good result if there is nothing fishy about it?"
"Achoo." Jiang Huaiqing, who was talking, suddenly sneezed. He touched his forehead. "Did I catch a cold because the temperature dropped recently?"
"It is also possible that someone is talking about you." He Chengyu slowly picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth.
"Brother Chengyu, don't make fun of me. If I am really being talked about, Brother Chengyu should be the same as me." Jiang Huaiqing looked distressed at the mention of this matter.
Because there was a top scholar and a third place scholar, the Yingxing Tower's doorstep was almost broken by people. Just dealing with the people who came to congratulate him was already very tiring, not to mention the wave after wave of matchmakers who came to propose marriage.
It was a tradition in Da Huan to find a son-in-law. He Chengyu and Jiang Huaiqing were both dignified and had a clean family background. One was the top scholar, the other the third place scholar, and neither of them was married. Countless families in the capital wanted to marry the two of them.
Compared to He Chengyu, Jiang Huaiqing's family background was a bit weaker. However, how many people who had thought of marriage would care about this? If one wanted a good family background, there were plenty of young masters from aristocratic families in the capital. Because of this, Jiang Huaiqing's popularity had even surpassed He Chengyu's.
At most, there were more than 20 matchmakers who came to him in one morning. Jiang Huaiqing was so scared that he immediately closed the door and refused to see anyone.
Seeing that he was really troubled, He Chengyu proposed to move out. Although the He family's headquarters were not in the capital, it was not difficult to get one or two houses.
Jiang Huaiqing thought about it and agreed. He decided to temporarily move out with He Chengyu. For some reason, he wrote a letter to Shen Yu and told him what happened during this time.
Shen Yu finished reading Jiang Huaiqing's letter and imagined the scene at that time. He couldn't help but laugh: "He was scared by the enthusiasm of the people in the capital."
"I didn't expect that he would continue to write to you." Shang Junlin also finished reading the letter. There was a smile in his voice.
"I didn't expect it either. I thought that he would be scared by our true identity and not write to me for a while." Shen Yu also didn't expect to receive the letter so quickly. "The letter mentioned their new address. Isn't His Majesty going out of the palace in two days? Why don't we go and take a look?"
Shang Junlin wanted to see the results of the Ministry of Works. The prescription was proposed by Shen Yu, so he naturally wanted to bring him along.
Shang Junlin thought about it and agreed.
"He definitely didn't expect that we would go there." Shen Yu winked slyly.
Jiang Huaiqing, who had finally moved to a new house without being disturbed, breathed a sigh of relief. He relaxed and rested for two days. At this moment, he didn't know that he would have a big "surprise" soon.
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