The Marquis Is Innocent - 166.2

Chapter 166.2

“Wait–“

Xiao Qiao had reached the doorway when footsteps rose behind her.

Wei Shao chased after her, yanking her hand from behind.

“I’ll record him as second! That’s okay, isn’t it?”

Xiao Qiao turned back.

“I can’t give him the top spot! It’s the first examination! Although it’s not rejecting the sons of scholarly families, the intention of this first place is to show the world that it’s determined to use talent without restraints. That’s what you’re telling me! Even if Gao Bohai’s writing is good, taking him to the top of the list in the first round is against the original intention of the new policy! I’ll take him as the second place and give him some extra rewards as compensation for depriving him of the top position!”

“So, are you satisfied?” He had a smelly face.

Xiao Qiao slowly revealed a smile. She stretched her arms around his waist, tiptoed, and kissed him. Her lips came to his ears, whispering: “My husband is obviously wiser than Yao Shun, but just now, he preferred to be jealous, and he is not afraid of people laughing at him …….”

Wei Shao’s face softened.

“In Man Man’s eyes, there is only His Majesty alone. The rest of the men in the world, there is no one better than His Majesty, and even if there is, Man Man will never look at him …… more than once.”

Finally receiving the beauty’s words of love, Wei Shao softened. All the stuffiness immediately disappeared, hugged her back, rubbing his ears to her temples. Suddenly he remembered something and said: “Man Man, I know you have always wanted to see those Cloud Gate Cliffs. I promised to take you to see it but have not yet come to a realization. Why don’t we put things aside for a while, and I’ll take you and Fei Fei out of the palace?”

Xiao Qiao was stunned and shook her head with a smile, “We are not required to look at the Cliffs, and you don’t have to go through all the trouble just for me.”

Wei Shao responded vaguely but holding this matter in his heart. The next day, he called Gongsun Yang to show him the top three examinees and mentioned leaving the palace for some time.

Who knows that the words have not finished, yet Gongsun Yang already sounded a bunch of reasonable reasons to prevent him from leaving.

The Emperor was depressed and could only suppress the idea.

Half a month later, Great Yan’s first imperial examination released the award list.

Gao Heng from Bohai, who attracted the most attention, won second place. In this first examination, among the top three, two were poor, while the other was from a noble family. With such a result, everyone was happy. Although Gao Heng failed to win the prize, he had achieved his intention.

On that day, the imperial palace held a banquet. The Emperor and the Empress came together. After many years, Gao Heng finally could meet the woman who painted and inscribed with him in the Queen Mother Temple. Gao Heng felt deeply excited.

Empress Qiao had long since become a goddess-like existence in his mind, and there was no thought of blasphemy. Moreover, with her status, how could he be disrespectful?

He had no intention of joining the civil service. Gao Heng, the talented scholar from a scholarly family, proud and mighty, did not even put the Emperor in his eyes. But the lady of the Marquis Yan, who made him couldn’t forget about her, was not the same. She was now the Empress. He heard the court suggest a new system of imperial examinations advocated by Empress Qiao. When he learned that the scholars opposed her, his blood immediately boiled, and rush to express his support. Gao Heng was proud to be able to contribute a little bit to Empress Qiao.

Therefore, at the palace banquet, he knelt by Qiao after toasting. Seeing Empress Qiao smiling and nodding to him and kindly asking, he felt excited. His eyes did not have the Emperor for a moment, so he blurted out: “There are Cliffs in Yunmen, Gate Cloud Cliffs. I made them myself. If the Empress doesn’t mind, I would like to present it to you as a token of loyalty. “

The Emperor’s face sank slightly. The Empress smiled and politely refused, saying she was afraid to take it.

Gao Heng’s face shows regret, but the Emperor’s face is slightly better.

Half a month later, after the Emperor appointed Gao Heng far away from Luoyang, he finally felt more comfortable. However, in his heart, he always still thinks of one thing.

Two months later, a huge thing loaded in a big box, drawn by six-horse carriages, under the command of serious-looking Mr. Jia, escorted by a team of soldiers, entered Luoyang’s south city gate.

The box looked so heavy, attracting half of the city residents to see it.

What was in the box?

The passersby murmured, and in the end, they all agreed more on one statement, judging from the weight and the rank of the guards, the box must be filled with gold, silver, and treasures.

When the passersby’s heated comments drifted into Mr. Jia’s ears with the wind, his tightly tensed face was on the verge of collapsing.

He was worried that the people of Luoyang knew that inside the box was a large stone from the mountains. In order to transport this big stone into Luoyang smoothly, it took a lot of workers and material resources. Actually, it was just a thing that the Emperor did in order to please the Empress. Will the people slander the Emperor as a foolish ruler?