When Jiang Xia Youyou woke up, there was only an oil lamp in the room glowing brightly. He turned his head and the memory in his mind finally stopped when an arrow shot at Zhu Houzhao outside the Tianzhu.

Jiang Xia remembered that he called out "Be careful, second brother." Then he pulled him away and ran over and suffered the arrow.

"Hiss..." Jiang Xia exclaimed softly, but she didn't feel the pain at that time. Now she realized that the wound on her chest was so painful.

Jiang Xia looked at the environment in the room and it was obvious that this was the room he lived in Xiaoyao Villa. It seemed that he had escaped from danger, and Jiang Xia breathed a sigh of relief.

When he looked down, he found that there were two people sleeping on his left hand. The two beautiful women had 70% similar faces to each other, and they were the two sisters Cui Rushuang and Cui Niannu.

Cui Niannu leaned closer to Jiang Xia, and Jiang Xia reached out to touch Cui Niannu's face. These two women were women she met just after traveling to the Ming Dynasty. Jiang Xia didn't know how much she had feelings for them. She just thought they were beautiful and wanted to possess them, or had feelings for them.

Jiang Xia, who had too many romantic history, couldn't tell the difference clearly, but at this moment, she saw them lying on the edge of her bed, sleeping so deeply and so well. It was obvious that she had been guarding her and was too tired, so she was like this.

Jiang Xia felt a faint warmth in her heart. A modern man from later generations suddenly traveled to the Ming Dynasty. It would be impossible to say that he was not lonely in his heart. But this faint warmth made the feeling of loneliness deep in Jiang Xia's heart disperse a lot.

"Brother Jiang...you must not have something to do..." Cui Niannu closed his eyes and gently muttered to her dreams. Jiang Xia stroked her hair with a tender look on her face and smiled slightly.

Perhaps Jiang Xia's move was a bit big, Cui Niannu was slightly frightened and seemed to be about to wake up.

In the backyard of Xiaoyao Villa, Li Dongyang and Zhu Houzhao sat next to a stone table together. Li Dongyang advised: "Your Majesty, you have been here for a day and a night, so go back and rest early. After all, the dragon body is important. Anyway, the doctor said that Jiang Xia is fine. Once Jiang Xia wakes up, I will send someone to the leopard room to notify you immediately."

After hearing Li Dongyang's words, Zhu Houzhao shook his head, and he sighed and said, "Brother... Jiang Xia. Jiang Xia was injured because of me. This time, if I hadn't been arbitrary, Jiang Xia would not have been injured. Without Jiang Xia, I'm afraid I would have died long ago. Jiang Xia treats me like this, how can I feel at ease when I see him awake without looking at him?"

Li Dongyang nodded and sighed: "Indeed, although Jiang Xia is a person who is free from words and deeds, he seems absurd and careless, but in fact he is a person who values ​​love and is only known for two months. He can actually sacrifice his life to save me. This shows how much Jiang Xia values ​​love and friendship."

After saying that, Li Dongyang looked up at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Shuh my husband said frankly that the emperor was indeed too offensive this time. If it weren't for Liu Jin and Zhong Bin of the Jinyiwei's Jinyiwei arrived in time, we would probably be in danger."

"Yes." Zhu Houzhao nodded in agreement.

He recalled the situation at that time. When Zhu Houzhao saw Jiang Xia was injured in an arrow, he immediately took out a gold medal to reveal his identity. Who knew that the prison officials in the Heavenly Prison did not believe it. But it was right to think about it. Who would have thought that the current emperor would be so playful that he would hide his identity and go to the Heavenly Prison to rob him?

Fortunately, Zhong Bin, who had always felt something was wrong at this time, came with a team of Jinyiwei, and then the more he thought about it, the more he was in the East Factory, the more wrong he was. Finally, Liu Jin, who guessed that the emperor might come to the Heavenly Prison to play, also came with the people from the East Factory, so Zhu Houzhao and the others were able to escape completely.

When I think of these, Zhu Houzhao feels both scared and exciting. With his identity as the Supreme Lord of Nine Five, I am afraid that such an experience will only be like this once in my life, and I will never come again.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Dongyang and smiled and said, "Trial tutor, this time I am sorry for you. However, I have asked to write a handwritten order to Liu Jin, and all the charges about you have been revoked. Now you are still my Taifu and the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet."

After hearing this, Li Dongyang got up and knelt down to Zhu Houzhao and said, "I thank the emperor for his kindness."

"Trial tutor please get up quickly." Zhu Houzhao helped Li Dongyang up. He smiled and said, "You are Jiangxia's master, that is, my relative. In this Xiaoyao Villa, there is only Jiangxia's second son Zhu Shou, and there is no Zhu Houzhao, so the Taifu doesn't have to give me this great gift."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Dongyang sat back on the stone pier.

He shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I thank you for your forgiveness of your crimes, but I still have a reluctant request."

"Please speak with the tutor."

Li Dongyang sighed and said, "I am old and the intrigues in the officialdom are already exhausted. I am tired, so I still want to retire and spend my old age. I also ask the emperor to accept the favor."

"This..." Zhu Houzhao pondered for a moment. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "This is OK. I will allow the Grand Tutor to no longer serve as the Minister of Revenue and the Chief Auxiliary of the Cabinet. However, the Grand Tutor, the Grand Tutor, must be the Grand Tutor, and it will never change in this life."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Dongyang did not kneel down this time, but instead bowed to Zhu Houzhao with fists.

Zhu Houzhao asked Li Dongyang with a smile: "What are the plans for the Grand Tutor next? Are you planning to retire and return home, or have other plans?"

"The old minister is going to stay in the capital to teach Jiangxia well, hoping that he can pass the imperial examination as soon as possible and enter the court to serve the emperor..." Li Dongyang happened to remember something, and he stood up and bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "By the way, the old minister wants to ask the emperor for grace."

"Oh? What kind of grace is it?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Li Dongyang smiled and said, "The old minister wants Jiang Xia to enter the Imperial College as the Yinjian student of the old minister, and I hope the emperor will be grateful."

"Enter the Imperial College?" Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and hesitated a little, "Taifu, the Imperial College is not as good as before."

"The old minister understands that when the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial College was a must-pass for scholars to become officials, and all the talents in the world gathered here. Now, the Imperial College is in charge of the Imperial College, the tribute supervisor, and the examples are complicated, which is indeed beyond the comparison of that year. However, the emperor has a benefit to join the Imperial College."

"Oh? What's the benefit?" Zhu Houzhao asked in confusion.

Li Dongyang subconsciously wanted to stroke his beard, but after touching it, he remembered that his beard had been shaved by Jiang Xia with a big knife, and his eyebrows were also...

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile when she saw Li Dongyang's appearance, but after all, Li Dongyang was his teacher, so he was not too funny, so his face turned red.

Li Dongyang also smiled, and he shook his head and said, "There are three months left to the palace examination. As long as Jiang Xia enters the top 20 in the Imperial College during the Imperial College examination, he can directly enter the palace examination without taking the children's examination, the provincial examination, and the imperial examination."

After hearing Li Dongyang's words, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up immediately. He nodded and said, "What the Grand Tutor said is reasonable." However, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao said with some concern: "But... big... can Jiangxia enter the top 20 exams of the Imperial College? If not, I will ask the Imperial College Priest to give the exam questions to me first, and then I... "

"No need to do this. Could it be that the Emperor has forgotten that the Imperial College is no longer as good as before."

Speaking of this, Li Dongyang and Zhu Houzhao looked at each other and laughed.

The Imperial College was the national academic institution of the Ming Dynasty and was considered the highest institution of the Ming Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty mainly selected talents through three ways: imperial examinations, recommendations and selection. Among them, the Imperial College had the highest status. Generally speaking, officials would be selected within the Imperial College. Sometimes the emperor directly issued an appointment to the Imperial College.

However, with the development of the imperial examination, more and more talents have emerged through the imperial examination, so the imperial examination is being paid more and more attention. Later, the imperial examination was not only able to serve as an official after the imperial examination was issued, but there was also a common example in the court, namely, "If you are a Jinshi, you cannot enter the Hanlin, and if you are a Hanlin, you cannot enter the cabinet." This common example means that if you want to be an official and to be a high-ranking official, you must also go through the imperial examination. In this way, the advantages of the Imperial College will no longer be left, and only the empty name of the emperor's disciple is left.

Later, the identity of the Imperial College was becoming more and more complicated. There were Yinjian, that is, the children of the third rank and above Beijing officials or the emperor who were allowed to enter the prison. Li Dongyang was a first-rank official and naturally had Yinjian qualifications. However, Jiang Xia was not his direct child, so he asked Zhu Houzhao for grace.

There are also tribute supervisors, tutoring supervisors and tutoring supervisors. "Tritoring supervisors" refer to students selected by local officials. "Tritoring supervisors" are juren who ranked in the imperial examination in the capital, and the Hanlin Academy selected the best ones to be sent to the prison for study. "Tritoring supervisors" are those who obtained the qualifications for tutoring students by donating money and goods.

As a result, the Imperial College was mixed with good and bad luck, and they had long been looked down upon by the students of the Jinshi. They once ridiculed the Imperial College as a place where the children of officials gathered, full of money and playboys.

However, although the Imperial College is complex, it is not something that anyone can enter just by wanting it. After all, it is the highest institution of learning in the Ming Dynasty. Being able to study in it not only has strong connections, but also has many privileges. Entering the palace examination directly is one of the privileges. Even if you cannot enter the palace examination directly, the top 100 Imperial College can enter the imperial examination directly. It is easy to get a tribute status, and it is definitely the first choice for the official to obtain a diploma.

Now the Imperial College is not as good as before, and the strength of the prison students in it is naturally lower. It is precisely because of this that Li Dongyang is so confident that Jiang Xia can enter the top twenty.

Next, Zhu Houzhao discussed some state affairs with Li Dongyang. After all, Li Dongyang was an old minister, and many opinions made Zhu Houzhao understand. Zhu Houzhao finally agreed with Li Dongyang that it would be okay not to serve as an official in the court, but if Zhu Houzhao encountered a major national event, he would still summon him to the palace to discuss it. Li Dongyang naturally agreed happily.

When the two talked about the rise, Cui Niannu suddenly ran out and shouted, "I woke up, Brother Jiang is awake..."
Chapter completed!