Chapter 1244: 23 Things About the Fake Emperor and the Powerful Officials
"This is the homework I assigned to Your Majesty today." Yuan Chizhi looked at Shi Li with a smile.
Shi Li: ...
Okay, now this lesson has progressed to practice.
Yuan Chizhi, you are worthy of it.
Obviously, he knew that Mr. Xie had left a backup plan for Shi Li, otherwise he would not have brought her to listen to such a conversation. Shi Li had her own confidants, and she would definitely investigate the Cui and Wang families again.
Shi Li concentrated on thinking for a while, and felt that Yuan Chizhi was more and more terrifying.
The Cui family and the Wang family obviously disliked him, but he didn't take it to heart at all. He ignored the possibility that the two families might make things difficult for him. Instead, he dared to put the matter in front of Shi Li and let her think about it herself.
Not everyone has this kind of confidence.
"Your Majesty, do you want to return to the palace?" Yuan Chizhi spoke again.
Shi Li glanced at him and said thoughtfully, "It's rare for me to leave the palace. My dear, why don't you accompany me for a walk, just to... understand the people's sentiments?"
Ever since she came to this world, she hasn't relaxed for even a single day. Why can't she give herself a day off?
It’s even worse than the modern 996 working social animals!
"Okay, I will accompany Your Majesty on a private visit in disguise." Yuan Chizhi was not surprised at all and answered very straightforwardly.
But she asked Shi Li to wait for a while, and she made a few gestures to the mute slave. The mute slave understood, nodded, and left. When he reappeared, he had two more veils in his hands.
"Your Majesty, wear it to conceal your identity." Yuan Chizhi handed one to Shi Li and put on another veiled hat himself.
The imperial capital was a land of high officials and dignitaries. No matter he or Shi Li, they would be easily recognized when they went out. The veil hat was a basic piece of equipment to conceal their identity.
Shi Li didn't waste any time and put on the veil hat very quickly.
She knew nothing about the imperial capital and had to rely on Yuan Chizhi to lead the way.
This man, who was regarded by later generations as the best at guessing the emperor's mind in thousands of years, took Shi Li directly to the busiest teahouse in the imperial capital.
No matter whether they were high-ranking officials in the imperial capital or students from other places who came to the imperial capital to take part in the special examination, they were all happy to gather in the teahouse.
If Shi Li is lucky enough, maybe she can get a glimpse of the future top three scorers here in advance.
Not long after Yuan Chizhi and Shi Li sat down in the corner, the table next to them was occupied by several students with foreign accents.
The young and energetic students were full of longing for the future and were eager to serve as officials in the court and make decisions. I don't know who first mentioned Yuan Chizhi.
"Humph, you flatterer!"
The self-righteous students did not like Yuan Chizhi, the chief examiner. They all felt that a rough man from a military camp was not qualified to be the chief examiner of the special examination.
"I don't even know how many words he can recognize. It's ridiculous!"
"The other two adults got into trouble one after another. Maybe it was him who was responsible. Fortunately, Enkezhong can cover up everything with one hand!"
Shi Li felt angry as she heard the students talking in an increasingly inappropriate manner. However, Yuan Chizhi, who was sitting opposite her, seemed not to have heard their slander and was holding his teacup without paying any attention.
To be able to say such words in public, these students' vision and intelligence are limited. It is really not worth his attention, let alone making him angry.
Moreover, one of their speculations was correct. This year's Enke was indeed under his control, and it was easy for him to engage in corruption.
Yuan Chizhi had indeed had this idea before, to use this imperial examination to make money and cultivate a group of his own trusted followers.
But this idea has now been dispelled.
"Let's go, there's nothing to sit here." Shi Li took a few deep breaths, resisted the urge to get angry at the student next to her, and stood up with gritted teeth to leave.
Her anger was so obvious that Yuan Chizhi didn't expect it. He hesitated for a moment and saw Shi Li stand up and walk out of the teahouse angrily.
Before leaving, Shi Li stopped again and looked back at the students seriously, as if trying to remember their appearance.
"What were you looking at?"
When they walked outside, Yuan Chizhi felt it was inconvenient to call him "Your Majesty", so he used "You" in a subtle way. He suddenly became curious about what Shi Li was thinking.
"Those few people just now are short-sighted and have low intelligence. No matter how well they write, their articles will be useless."
Feeling the cool breeze outside, Shi Li's anger dissipated a lot, and instead she looked at Yuan Chizhi strangely.
This person is even more strange. When hearing others talking about him like that, he doesn't show any joy at all.