Li Yi had been away from the capital for five years, and the capital had undergone earth-shattering changes.
These changes were not only visible on the outside.
Some of the landmark buildings were still there, but he was no longer familiar with most of the streets. The new generation had replaced the old in the court.
The former Minister of Revenue, Qin Huan, had resigned due to illness three years ago, and Ceng Shichun had replaced him.
The Ministry of Revenue was busy and could not afford to be distracted. After becoming the Minister of Revenue, Ceng Shichun naturally could not hold the position of the capital governor.
The capital governor, Liu Dayou's daughter-in-law of many years, had finally become a mother-in-law. With her keen political sense, she had become the capital governor as she wished.
In addition, the Minister of Justice had also resigned due to illness, and the former assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, Liu Yiyi, had temporarily replaced him. This period lasted for two years.
His second uncle, Li Mingze, did not become the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, but was transferred to the central government of the three provinces. At his age, there was still hope for him to be promoted in his future career.
The old generals in the court also resigned one after another in the first year after the former emperor's death. During these five years, many young generals had been trained for the Jing Kingdom through the Military Academy.
Li Yi had received this information over the years. What he was looking at now was the tidying up of the intelligence reports over the years.
Li Duan walked out from inside and walked to his side. Suddenly, he smelled a familiar fragrance.
He sniffed and said, "Dad, I want to eat egg fried rice."
Li Yi put down the things in his hands, stood up, and walked to the kitchen.
Li Duan happily followed behind and said, "Dad, can I let Xiao Rui taste your cooking in the future?"
The six-year-old Li Duan could already read. In these two years, he and Xiao Rui had exchanged letters. Of course, most of the time, it was him who spoke and Li Yi who wrote.
The content of the letters was very childish. It was mostly about how much he had grown and how he could jump from the ground to the top of the wall. He also promised to show it to her when they met in the future …
Li Yi took out the steamed rice and casually asked, "Duaner, do you want Xiao Rui to be your wife in the future?"
"Of course!" Li Duan nodded his head vigorously and said, "We've agreed that when we grow up, I'll marry her so that we can always play together."
"If that's the case …" Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "Then why don't you make your own Egg Fried Rice for Little Rui to eat? If Little Rui likes to eat the rice you make, she will often come to find you …"
Li Duan had a pensive look on his face, as if he was considering it.
After thinking for a while, he walked to Li Yi and said, "Dad, teach me how to cook!"
Li Yi handed him an egg and said, "Crack this egg first …"
If you want to capture a woman's heart, you must first capture a woman's stomach. This was a principle that Li Yi wanted to teach Li Duan.
The men of the Li family could be useless in other things, but they couldn't not know how to cook.
After eating his Egg Fried Rice, MIngzhu couldn't eat other people's cooking. She couldn't leave him for the rest of her life. This was the best example.
When Li Xuan wanted Li Duan and Little Rui to be betrothed, he didn't agree. However, the two children grew up together. If they really liked each other, he wouldn't stop them.
If Li Xuan made similar requests in the future, he could consider agreeing first. After all, Li Xuan was very experienced in giving birth to daughters. He had already given birth to three daughters in succession …
Fourth year of Jingping, 5th of November.
Today was the first day of Princess Shouning's husband selection.
Li Yi was wearing the mask that Xu Zheng had prepared for him. When he walked out of the door, he saw two people coming in from outside.
The seventeen-year-old Duan Wu had already become slender and elegant. She was no longer the plain girl he first met.
Li Han was also not as fat as before. The genes of the Li Xuan family were very good. Among the princes and princesses, none of them were ugly. The seventeen-year-old Li Han's childishness had long faded. He was a graceful and beautiful young man.
However, the beautiful young man looked anxious at the moment. As he chased after the girl in front of him, he explained, "Duan Wu, believe me. I really have nothing to do with that sister of the Wang family. She, she just treats me as a brother …"
"She treats you as a brother or something else. What does it have to do with me …" Duan Wu glanced at him and walked into the house. When she saw Li Yi coming out from inside, a happy expression appeared on her face. She hurried over, but stopped halfway.
Only then did she remember that the news of her brother's return couldn't be told to anyone.
Li Yi rubbed her head and realized that the girl now was no longer the little girl from before. As soon as he let go of his hand, a voice came to his ears.
Li Han stood in front of Duan Wu and looked at Li Yi. He said with vigilance, "Who are you?"
Duan Wu came out from behind him and said with dissatisfaction, "Li Han, what are you doing!"
Li Yi looked at him and asked, "Do you like my sister?"
Duan Wu blushed and twisted her hands together. She whispered, "Brother …"
Li Han was startled and asked, "You are Duan Wu's brother?"
Li Yi nodded his head and said, "Although you are Prince Jin, if you want to pursue my sister, you still have to pass through me first."
Although Li Han didn't know where Duan Wu's brother came from, at this time, of course, he couldn't be weak. He straightened his chest and asked, "What do you want me to pass?"
"I recently encountered a difficult problem in mathematics. As long as you can solve it, I will allow you to pursue my sister."
Li Han almost laughed in his heart. It seemed that Duan Wu's brother still didn't know that he was the dean of the mathematics school. In the whole capital, the whole Jing Kingdom, and the whole world, who was he afraid of?
He was afraid of one person, but that person wasn't in the capital. He wasn't here, so the field of mathematics was his, Li Han's, world.
He looked at Li Yi and said with a smile, "What is the problem? Tell me."
"It's very simple. You just need to help me prove that 'any even number greater than two can be written as the sum of two prime numbers'." Li Yi looked at him and said, "I still have some things to do. When this problem is proven, come back here to find me."
After Li Yi finished speaking, he turned around and walked out. If he delayed any longer, he would miss the first written exam.
There were a lot of people participating in this written exam. Just the exam venue alone, there were more than 100, and it involved more than 10 academies in the capital.
Coincidentally, Li Yi's exam venue was Shouning Academy.
This was the academy that he had given to Shouning many years ago.
He entered the academy, took out his token, found the classroom, and walked in.
The exam had not started yet. There were about 40 to 50 people in the exam venue. They were all sitting at their desks, looking straight ahead, quietly waiting for the exam to start.
"Brother, do you want the latest version of the secret prediction scroll?" Not long after Li Yi sat down, he suddenly heard a voice.
He turned his head and saw a fat man.
The fat man saw him and exclaimed, "It's you!"
Li Yi had a deep impression of this fat man. This was because when he first arrived in the capital, before he even stepped through the city gates, he was sold a set of "leaked" secret scrolls.
The fat man had an even deeper impression of him.
The person in front of him was the only one who bought a secret scroll that was worth 10 taels of silver from him for five copper coins.
Li Yi looked at him and asked, "What, there's a new secret prediction scroll?"
This fat man was also a talent. He could actually sneak into the exam venue and sell fake exam papers to the examinees. He realized that all the fat men he knew were good at doing business.
Li Yi looked at him and said, "Same rules, one price, five copper coins."
The fat man looked at him and silently walked to the front of an examinee. He asked in a low voice, "Brother, the latest version of the secret prediction scroll is sold cheaply for 10 taels of silver. Do you want it?"
That person turned his head to look at him and said in surprise, "There really is a secret prediction scroll? Really?"
This fatty clearly had a nimble tongue. He was extremely eloquent, and his tongue was like a lotus flower. After circling around the exam hall, his bulging belly actually reduced a bit. He walked in front of Li Yi again and pulled out a test paper from his belly. He said, "This is the last one. Five words it is!"
Li Yi touched the cuffs of his waist and looked at him. He said, "I'm sorry, I didn't bring any money with me …"
The fat man angrily sat down next to Li Yi and didn't say another word.
Five copper coins was fine, but he actually wanted to take it for free. He had seen black-hearted people, but he had never seen someone as black-hearted as himself!
Just as he sat down, an examiner came in from outside. He scanned the crowd and said seriously, "Anything unrelated to the exam, put it all at the front. If it is discovered during the exam, it will be treated as cheating and your right to take the exam will be revoked …"
Li Yi looked at those people dejectedly put the papers they had just bought on the table. A few more people walked down and carefully checked the papers. The examiner then cleared his throat and announced, "The written exam will now begin!"
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