strictlysupreme Chapter 471 Why don’t you come to me?
Chapter 471 Why don’t you come to me?
Zhong Ning stared at the gloomy sky with empty eyes, unable to understand why things had turned out like this.
She clearly just wanted to find a few handsome young men to be her lovers and enjoy the treatment of a princess. There was no talk of romance or love. You were only after my status and position, and I was after your stunning beauty.
Mutual exchange, no other mixing.
But inexplicably, I was still involved in the relationship.
Perhaps she was wrong from the beginning.
She shouldn't dream of keeping a lover in this era. If she had known that she would leave, why would she have offended so many people?
It's time to end it. If you don't, he will leave one day, and what will happen to the people left behind?
She could use amnesia drugs, feeding them one by one, but she probably understood that this thing was produced by the system. If she left this world, would the effect of the drug also dissipate with her?
By then, I'm afraid the sequelae will be even greater.
Zhong Ning clenched his fists. If he wanted to put an end to these things, he still had to put on a few scenes with Wen Renye. Anyway, he would personally kill him in a year, so it would not be a shame to use him.
"Your Highness, Lord Xiao Fang is here!" A palace servant came forward to report. Zhong Ning nodded slightly and then ordered everyone to leave.
Fang Ping, if she remembered correctly, should have been busy recruiting talents for the Academy of Sciences these days.
It is also said that like Zhong Ning, he used eggs to set up the test questions.
After all, there are many little experiments about eggs.
While Zhong Ning was testing the students with this question in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Fang Ping, also holding an egg, was at the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall, together with officials from the Ministry of Works, testing all the candidates who had failed the entrance exam but wanted to enter the Academy of Sciences.
If you want to enter the Academy of Sciences, you can be divided into two categories.
One type is candidates who have their own small inventions. For example, there is a candidate who likes to do handicrafts and uses several pieces of cardboard to make a small mechanism box.
There are two gear-like wheels in the mechanism box, which drive the entire mechanism to operate. Although Fang Ping belongs to the Hanlin Academy, he was directly transferred to the Academy of Sciences because of Zhong Ning.
When he saw this little invention, he allowed the candidate to enter the Academy of Sciences directly without having to take any exams.
Some candidates were dissatisfied, but Fang Ping said that if they had the ability and could come up with such an invention, they could also enter directly.
Of course, candidates without any small inventions had to pass a few small experiments set up by Fang Ping at the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall.
The first one is how to successfully stand an egg up.
The second one is to put a few ice cubes in a large bowl and a few ropes next to it. It is called ice fishing. Whoever can catch the ice cubes will pass the test.
Of course, if you don’t know the first two, that’s okay too.
Fang Ping ordered a kettle of water to boil at the entrance to the Imperial Examination Hall. The steam caused the lid of the kettle to bounce constantly, leaving everyone puzzled. Fang Ping simply said, "Everyone, observe carefully. If anyone can understand the principle behind this, they can write down their answer on a piece of paper. Those who get it close to 70% will pass directly!"
This puzzled all the students who passed by the two small experimental doors. They thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure out what to think about.
After a period of silence, most people went directly to the gate of the Military Academy not far from here, where they were recruiting Imperial Governors.
In the future, these imperial inspectors will need to go to the grassroots military camps to teach illiterate soldiers.
If you fail the imperial examination and cannot enter the Academy of Sciences, you can still try to be an Imperial Supervisor. Of course, in order to take care of this group of candidates, the first batch of Imperial Supervisors will only be recruited from this batch of candidates.
This also caused resentment among the candidates who failed the exam in previous years.
But it doesn’t matter, the Academy of Sciences is open to everyone, so go if you have the ability!
The reason why the Academy of Sciences and the Military Academy chose to recruit students at this time is mainly because they want to eliminate the regret of some failed candidates who were unable to enter the palace examination.
The palace examination only takes one day, while the recruitment for the Academy of Sciences and the Military Academy takes at least three days.
Therefore, after Fang Ping completed the recruitment, the results of the palace examination were also released.
Wen Renye was successfully elected as the new top scholar.
He also proposed to Princess Zhaohua in public. Although he failed, he did gain an opportunity for himself.
At least he broke the engagement between Princess Zhaohua and the young master of the Gu family.
When the Ruan family heard the news, they almost vomited blood. Ruan Mingyu had been missing for several days and no trace of him had been found.
Wenren Ye won the first place in the imperial examination and immediately asked to marry the princess.
This made them fully suspect that Ruan Mingyu was most likely killed.
They wanted to find Wen Ren Ye to get to the bottom of things, but they learned that Wen Ren Ye had won the favor of Princess Zhaohua.
At least Princess Zhaohua did not object to canceling the engagement.
The Ruan family had no choice but to put this idea aside for the time being and wait until Wen Renye was alone or when there was a more suitable opportunity, then they would find a way to verify Ruan Mingyu's whereabouts.
Fang Ping also learned about what had happened recently.
He didn't dare to believe the rumors that Princess Zhaohua had changed her heart and actually fell in love with Wen Renye. He was more inclined to believe that Zhong Ning had his own plans, which was why he went along with it and canceled the so-called arranged marriage.
"Aning... I heard that the new top scholar proposed to me in public..." Fang Ping hesitated and asked tentatively.
"Well, I asked him to do it..." Zhong Ning said lightly, because it was indeed she who asked Wen Renye to do this. Originally, after losing the system, Wen Renye had no intention of doing any more strategy tasks.
But Zhong Ning wanted to use his help to cancel the engagement.
So he was allowed to proceed as planned and propose marriage when he was elected as the top scholar.
After all, he had asked Emperor Yong for instructions on this matter, and Emperor Yong had also asked Zhong Ning for his opinion. Since Wen Renye had spoken, it meant that Zhong Ning agreed with this matter.
Presenting the title of number one scholar to Wenren Ye and canceling the engagement according to his wishes would inevitably give outsiders the impression that Princess Zhaohua was in love with the number one scholar.
Zhong Ning did not respond. She also understood that the only one who suffered the most harm in this incident was Gu Mingzhe.
I think there is a high probability that Gu Mingzhe will come to question me today.
Zhong Ning was also prepared to deal with it.
But unexpectedly, the first person to come would be Fang Ping.
Fang Ping was silent for a moment, then said, "You want to use that number one scholar to sever your relationship and end Gu Mingzhe's feelings..."
"Um..."
"You would rather choose Wen Renye than me? Obviously I can help you..."
There was a hint of hurt in Fang Ping's eyes.
Zhong Ning raised his eyelids and replied casually: "I have said that I treat you as my younger brother, and this is not an empty statement!"
Fang Ping stood up abruptly and roared, "Who wants to be your brother?"
Zhong Ning raised her eyes and looked at him, her voice devoid of emotion. "You and I are strangers to begin with. I'm willing to protect you because I'm kindhearted, not because you can make demands of me!"