Who is Yu Shu looking for when he goes to Taishi Shuyuan? That could only be Feng Zhaomiao. As far as she knew, the young master of General Feng's family had a good relationship with Prince Xiang Liu Jiong, so it shouldn't be a problem to help her establish a connection with Prince Xiang's palace. Although he doesn¡¯t like to owe favors, Yu Shu is never vague when it comes to being thick-skinned, not to mention it¡¯s a business matter. Yu Shu reported the name of "Lianfang" to the guard at Taishi Shuyuan and asked someone to go in and find Feng Zhaomiao. She was lucky today. Feng Zhaomiao happened to stay in Shuyuan and did not go elsewhere to play. When she heard that there was a young man named "Lian Fang" outside the Shuyuan gate who was looking for him, she immediately thought that it was Yu Shu and did not let her After waiting outside for a long time, I hurriedly followed the guard to find him. When he saw it was indeed Yu Shu, he raised a smile and went to greet her. "What kind of weather are you looking for today?" Feng Zhaomiao was no stranger to Yu Shu, and there was some kindness in his words. Firstly, it was related to Xue Rui, and secondly, it was the last time he was in Tibet, and Yu Shu had no intention of saying it. The words woke him up so that he no longer had to worry about whether to join the army or learn Yi. "I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. I have something to ask for," Yu Shu smiled at him, "Have you heard about the exam questions for the first subject of thaumaturgy?" Feng Zhaomiao nodded. Although he did not participate in this year's exam, Dayan, but had heard about the exam: "I heard, didn't I ask you to help the prince find something?" "Exactly," Yu Shu said directly without beating around the bush, "I want to ask you to help me set up a connection. , see if you can give the housekeeper of Prince Xiang's Mansion a favor and let me go in early to inquire about the news. I only have ten days to solve the problem, and I don't want to waste time waiting. " Yu Shu could see that he could sneak her in and turn over the papers. Feng Zhaomiao was not a pedantic person, so he blatantly asked him to help open the back door. Sure enough, Feng Zhaomiao did not show disdain or reluctance after hearing her request. He just looked at Yu Shu with some confusion and said, "You shouldn't come to me for this matter. Go directly and ask Brother Rui for help." Is it faster?" Yu Shu's eyebrows moved and he excused himself, "He hasn't come back from a business trip to Beijing." Not to mention that Xue Rui was not here, but even if someone else was there, she wouldn't look for him. "He's back," Feng Zhaomiao said astonishingly, "Why didn't you know? Brother Rui returned to Beijing with Prince Xiang. He has been back for several days. He said it was a business trip a while ago, but in fact he was assigned I went to welcome King Xiang back to the capital. I went to the Shangshu Mansion to find him the day before yesterday." Yu Shu was stunned, Xue Rui has come back? Feng Zhaomiao pretended that Yu Shu didn't know and continued to talk to her: "You should really ask Brother Rui for help this time. At most, I can let you into Prince Xiang's Mansion. I heard that Prince Xiang is ill, so it's not certain that you can go." You can see people, but if you go to Brother Rui, he will most likely allow you to meet the prince in person and find out more about the inside story. " Yu Shuhu asked, "How can I say this? Brother Xue has nothing to do with the prince's palace. "Implicated?" Feng Zhaomiao said "ha" with a strange expression: "You don't know this? Princess Xiang is the beloved daughter of Mr. Xue and Brother Rui's aunt. What do you mean by this?" Suddenly, he said, "So that's it." After a long time of fuss, the famous Prince Xiang turned out to be Xue Rui's biological uncle! Feng Zhaomiao looked at Yu Shu's face. He clearly didn't know this, which confused him. Ruige had specifically told him that time, saying that the girl from the lotus room was the girl he recognized and asked him to take more care of her. Obviously she wasn't. As an ordinary friend, why did she come to him instead of asking Brother Rui for such a big thing as the exam? "Miss Lianfang, is it inconvenient for you to go to Xue Mansion to find someone? How about I go with you?" Feng Zhaomiao had a good impression of Yu Shu. Regardless of Xue Rui's instructions, he quite liked it. willing to help her. Yu Shu came back to her senses, and her mood was very subtle at the moment. She thought Xue Rui was still outside the capital, but he had come back long ago, but she didn't get any news. It was because he was too busy and forgot about her, so she figured it out. What she said that night would never be seen again? Selfishly, she didn't want to lose Xue Rui as a friend, but after thinking about it, she knew that this possibility was unlikely. If it were her, she would definitely not be so generous if she was rejected, so it is very possible that Xue Rui wanted to I understand, and I plan to make a clean break with her. Yu Shu had some concerns in her heart, so she stopped thinking about asking Feng Zhaomiao for help, shook her head and said: "No, I can go by myself. Thank you for telling me this." She came to Feng Zhaomiao. She had Xue Rui's reputation, but if Xue Rui had nothing to do with her and was no longer even a friend, she would have no position to ask Feng Zhaomiao for help. This was inappropriate. Yu Shu ignored the feeling of depression in his heart and told himself that this was fine. Feng Zhaomiao smiled and said: "Why are you so polite? Why are you here? Do you want me to ask the carriage to take you there?" Yu Shu said: "I'm sitting in the sedan, so it won't be troublesome. You can go ahead and see you another day. ¡± ?Feng Zhaomiao said goodbye, and Yu Shu walked to the street and got on the sedan. He went directly to Prince Xiang's Mansion without turning around. There were no fewer people in the afternoon than in the morning. There were still a few people who had not submitted their posts during the day, so they all went back to the queue. As a result, they stood there all afternoon and still no one called Yu Shu's name. However, there were a few people who came from the center. Went in early. As soon as it got dark, Prince Xiang's Mansion closed its doors again to thank guests. He left a sentence before closing the door, which made the group of people in front of the door who had been waiting for the exam all day become angry - "It's getting late, please invite all the guests who were not in line today." Come back tomorrow to submit the message." Yu Shu remained silent in the crowd. After listening to the announcement, he turned around and left. The first thing he did when he got home was to take a hundred taels of silver notes from the cash box and write a new greeting card. , sealed it with hard paper, and stuffed the banknote inside. Tomorrow, she will rely on these one hundred taels. If she can get into Prince Xiang's Mansion, she can get in. If she can't, then she will have to wait for two more days. With so many people around her accompanying her, she is not the only one who has been deceived. On the third day of the examination for the first subject of thaumaturgy, Yu Shu waited outside the gate of Prince Xiang's Mansion before dawn. As soon as the gate of the Prince's Mansion opened, she squeezed to the front. All the posts submitted yesterday were invalidated and she had to queue up again. Yu Shu did a divination before going out and knew something was going to go wrong today, but she didn't expect it to be such an unlucky way - The housekeeper opened the letter and checked it. When he saw the banknote she had sandwiched inside, he hid it without saying a word. In his sleeve, he told her without blinking, to go aside and wait for his name to be called. At this time, Yu Shu didn't know whether it would happen or not, so she retreated and waited. She didn't want to wait until lunch was over, and when the palace door closed again at dusk, guests came and went in front of the door, but it still wasn't her turn to go in. Before the small corner door closed, Yu Shu squeezed to the front and shouted "Housekeeper Zhao" several times. The loudness made everyone around him look sideways. However, the housekeeper in charge of collecting the messages didn't even turn around, so she was pushed away by the guards. He stopped outside the door. Yu Shu knew in her heart that she had met a dishonest guy, and she would be lying if she said she wasn't angry. The one hundred taels of silver she gave away was wasted, and while feeling distressed, she was helpless. This means that the situation is stronger than the person, and we have to bow our heads. No wonder some people joke that the test in this thaumaturgy subject is not about ability, but family background. Anyone with some family background has already entered the palace, and the rest of them can only work hard and see their luck. With a pinch of salt, Yu Shu left the Xiang Prince's Mansion and went to the Pei Ren Pavilion. He had no choice but to enter the gate of the Prince's Mansion. Hearing some gossip outside was better than nothing. The visit to Pei Ren Guan was not in vain. Two days later, as more people entered the palace, one or two inside stories came out. Those who heard it were not without surprise - First, the "lost items" that Prince Xiang was looking for were neither Treasures such as a golden horse and an emerald chariot are not living creatures such as birds and cats, but an ordinary picture. ¡°Someone guessed it right. Second, the painting was lost on the way back to Beijing. Before it was lost, it had been kept by King Xiang himself, but he did not remember when he accidentally lost it. Someone made the inference-could it have been stolen by someone? Most people think so, even Yu Shu is no exception. Since it is a treasure, of course it will be taken care of carefully. If it disappears for no reason, it must have been stolen. If this is the case, it will be even more difficult to find the object. Some people were dissatisfied and complained: "This theft should be handed over to the government for investigation. Why did it become our exam question this year? We are taking the exam for Master Yi, not a police officer, and we are responsible for solving the case." "Yes, yes, this question is not good, not good!" "Really, it is even more biased than the question in the astrology subject!" Some people below agreed, and some people disagreed, standing in the cold on the second floor. The voice said - "This is the Dayan Examination. If the questions are too simple, wouldn't everyone be able to pass the exam and become Yi masters? What else is there to take the exam? Those of us who learn Yi should be able to know what we know before we are alive. What you want after your death is that you will achieve great power and be famous for generations. If you don't have this awareness, what are you doing in the Dayan Examination? Go back to your hometown early." Hearing this, he shouted at the candidates who had difficult questions. Everyone's faces were red, and they were still ashamed. Yu Shu looked up with interest and looked at the sarcastic person. He saw that he was a young man, no more than seventeen years old, with delicate features and thin lips, which looked like a mouth. Someone who shows no mercy. Yu Shu quite agreed with what he said, and seeing that he spoke in an energetic manner and was interested in chatting, he asked the waiter for a bottle of wine and brought it up to the second floor. The young man was dressed simply and sat alone at a table. There was only a plate of peanuts and pickled radish on the table, and he was holding a book in his hand. There was not even a bottle of wine. "Brother, let's share a table?" Yu Shu put the wine bottle in his hand on the table in front of him and asked with a smile. That young man?Looking up from the book, he glanced at Yu Shu with a faint expression, and pointed to the opposite side: "Sit." Yu Shu took the empty glass on the table, poured two glasses of wine, and handed him one, regardless of whether he drank or not. , took a sip by himself, and took the initiative to chat: "My surname is Yu, and I have a single name for a tree. May I ask my brother what your surname is." "Wen Shao'an." This man didn't speak at all. "Brother Wen," Yu Shu changed his title, obviously he was a familiar person, "I would like to ask, have you ever been to Prince Xiang's Mansion?" Wen Shaoan held the scroll in one hand, picked up the glass of wine in front of him with the other, and raised his head to drink. When he finished, he put down the empty cup, raised his eyelids, and said: "I'm not going."