Dressed as cannon fodder, fake daughter, she worked hard

Chapter 166
Only then did Jiang Sheng feel relieved, and turned around with the needle crossbow again, feeling a little happy.It took no effort at all, if not for what happened today, she would have almost ignored this matter.

After Jiang Sheng paid the money, they went to the bookstore and brought back a whole sack of herbs.The sack is full, and each herb is separated by straw paper.

Liu Langzhong couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it, so he hurriedly asked Liu Qing to pick it up and put them into the Baizi cabinet one by one.

Jiang Sheng kept a few medicines and ground them in a mortar with water, and soaked all the needles that the blacksmith gave her just now.After I was free, I brought Ophiopogon japonicus, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Aconitum... mixed with rice wine to make a paste, and then fetched Zhong Yi who was copying the prescription and Xu Ru'an who was endorsing the book.

Zhong Yi's hands were sore from copying, and he was rubbing his right wrist. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Jiang Sheng raised his head.

Seeing Jiang Sheng put the mortar in front of her, Zhong Yi's nose itched: "Huanjiao, it's so spicy."

Jiang Sheng sat down beside him: "What else?"

Zhong Yi sniffed: "... what else? Phoenix tomato flowers?"

Xu Ru'an leaned over: "No, it doesn't smell like pineapple flowers, does it have Ophiopogon japonicus?"

"Yes, there is Ophiopogon japonicus."

Hearing Jiang Sheng's affirmative answer, Xu Ru'an showed a slight smile on his face: "What else? Asarum? Toad Su? Castor beans? Or..."

Xu Ru'an guessed all possible things, some were right and some were wrong, Jiang Sheng asked Zhong Yi to guess again, and then told them all the herbs added in it.

Zhong Yi looked at the mortar, and the smell of plaster in the mortar penetrated into the tip of her nose. She suddenly said, "Sister Jiang Sheng, what is this for?"

"You reach out."

Jiang Sheng applied the plaster on Zhong Yi and Xu Ruan's fingertips.

In an instant, Zhong Yi felt a numbness in her fingertips, like many tiny needles had been pricked. It didn't feel like itching, nor did it feel like pain. Her fingers couldn't help but shrink back.Then she rubbed her fingertips, curled her lips, and whispered, "It's fun."

Xu Ru'an carefully felt the numbness coming from his fingertips.

Only then did Jiang Yan, who had been by the side, speak out in a mournful tone: "Give one more favor than another."

"Ah? You're talking about this?" Jiang Sheng was stunned, "It's not a good thing, it's just a matter of preference."

She just thought of it suddenly, and it happened that there were too many medicinal materials for soaking the needles just now, so she fiddled with them for Zhong Yi and Xu Ru'an, two little guys who were new to traditional Chinese medicine, to play with.

Seeing that Jiang Yan was still looking at him aggrievedly, Jiang Sheng said helplessly: "Then stretch out your hand."

Jiang Yan stretched out his hand obediently, and Jiang Sheng gave him a big lump without hesitation. The green and yellow sticky plaster with tiny white particles was very funny in his hand.

Seeing his beautiful hands being harmed by him like this, Jiang Sheng wanted to laugh.

"Is it fun?" she asked.

Jiang Yan thought for a while, and said in a serious tone, "Let a hundred needles come together."

Jiang Sheng burst out laughing.

At this moment, the imperial palace, the imperial study.

The emperor had just finished reading the top ten papers on the apricot list, and went back to read it again.The name of the test paper has been removed, and the name of each candidate is clearly written on the test paper.

Xiao Huairen replied from the bottom: "Several of the scholars this year are very young, but even if they are young, my ministers seem to be very knowledgeable and well-mannered."

"What kind of talents does Ren'er think are available?" The emperor asked while sorting out the papers, "Do you have a little understanding or contact?"

The emperor's tone was steady, but Xiao Huairen's heart skipped a beat, he quickly stood up and said, "I dare not, but it was the day when the examination ended and when the rankings were announced, I always looked around, and I always saw one or two." Honor and disgrace."

There was a smile on the corner of the emperor's lips, but he said coldly in his heart that you wouldn't dare...

He is not stupid about the princes forming cliques for personal gain, how could he not know.

It's just that he is old, and he doesn't have more than ten years to cultivate a suitable heir.Although the fourth prince is still sincere, his ability is limited and he is unbearable to be an emperor.

So the prince and the third prince fought openly and secretly and formed cliques, as long as it wasn't too much, even though he was unhappy, he would turn a blind eye.He was even happy to see the third prince checking and balancing the prince, so as to avoid the recurrence of the previous dynasty's killing of his father and seizing the throne.

But the prince and the forces behind him didn't make a big mistake, so he wouldn't easily abolish the prince.

The emperor was thinking in his heart, but he didn't delay his questioning at all: "For example, who?"

Xiao Huairen thought for a while: "Master Yang's youngest son."

"My son remembers that he is the eighth in the rankings determined by the chief and assistant examiners together with the examiners in each room..." Xiao Huairen purposely showed that he was not very clear, and paused for a while before saying, "It's still seventh."

"Father can read his article, Mr. Yang is really good at teaching his son."

The emperor really went to have a look, it was No.7.The handwriting is all in a unified pavilion style, nothing can be seen, the article is quoted from the classics, and the words are gorgeous, it can be seen that the person who wrote this article has a solid foundation, but that's all... It's just a matter of rules and regulations, just talking on paper.

Xiao Huairen raised his head slightly, and continued: "There is also a son named Li, whose father is only a minor official. This Mr. Li is the one who is the last one in the Yangtze River. He is only a young man. I remember him as the top three."

Only one of the top ten test papers was surnamed Li, named Li Ziyu.

The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly.The article is novel and bold.

Xiao Huairen felt that the foreshadowing was enough, and he paused for a while before continuing to reply: "There is also a young master surnamed Jiang, I have met him before, and I am very impressed with him."

"Oh?" the emperor asked, "Why is it so impressive?"

Xiao Huairen replied with a smile: "Students are more or less sluggish after taking the exam for nine consecutive days, but on the day just after the exam, although this person was a little tired, he was still chatting and laughing, and his demeanor was really extraordinary."

"And he seems to have come to the capital from another place to take the exam. His father is just a farmer." Xiao Huairen said, "When he was only 27 or [-] years old, he arrived in the capital by himself and passed the exam. He is really a noble son from a poor family."

This is of course false. Almost all of the nine days of eating, drinking, and scattering have to stay in a room that is only five feet long, four feet wide, and eight feet high. Only after the exam every three days can I come out for one night. The spirit is really hit.

After nine days, let alone chatting and laughing, it is also possible to collapse directly because of mental relaxation.Jiang Congwen is no exception.

But Jiang Congwen is a good man, and he has come to the Prince's Mansion many times to surrender to him.He casually said a few words in front of the emperor, if Jiang Congwen was valued in the future, it would belong to his own power.

It's impossible for the emperor to investigate such a trivial matter on purpose, right?

Of course the emperor would not investigate.

But Xiao Huairen's careful thinking, how could the emperor not see it through the struggle for the heir apparent, and having been in power for more than [-] years?Even if they don't know that clearly, there is no doubt that Xiao Huaijing is definitely among the three.

He just let it go.

"Ren'er, these are the people who will assist you in the future. All talents that can be created can be used as long as they are loyal." The emperor said earnestly, taking the opportunity to beat.

"Competition is a good thing. If you have a test, you will be ranked if you have competition, and you will be able to motivate scholars to move forward if you have rankings."

He changed his words: "But in order to rank among the best, Biruo will use any means to harm Tongnian, or plagiarize and cheat. It is absolutely unforgivable. It is the same for the king and the minister."

"This is also one of the reasons why I let you serve as the proctor."

The emperor was talking about the exam on the surface, but he was actually a metaphor for his relationship with the third prince.

Xiao Huairen bowed his head and answered quickly.

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