Rui Zifan stared at Ye Fan with a gloomy expression, and said proudly: "Then let's make a bet! If I don't get the first place in the first round of the palace examination, but become the leader of the palace examination, I will publicly admit that I am in front of the whole city. You rely on flatterers. If you don't get the first place in the first round of the palace examination, but you become the leader of this class, you will also openly admit that you are a flatterer! Do you dare to bet against me? "
As soon as Rui Zifan said these words, there was an uproar in the hall.
"Brother Rui is such a good calculator. No matter where you are in the first round, the monarch will never let a rebellious son enter the top three, so you will definitely not become the leader!"
"Brother Ye is definitely going to be among the top three in this class, or even the leader."
"You haven't come up with anything, but you want Brother Ye to humiliate himself in public after he wins! Why should he bet with you! Rui Zifan, you are so irresponsible!"
Many supervisors immediately heard the conspiracy and couldn't help but yelled at him.
Everyone knows that after the monarch appointed Ye Fan as Tingwei Shaoqing, this title has not been revoked to this day. Apparently, he was preparing for the palace examination so that he could be promoted to the rank of Ting Wei Daqing in the future.
According to the practice of Canglan Kingdom, only the top three in the palace examination are qualified to serve as the nine most important ministers in the palace.
Therefore, regardless of Ye Fan's results in the first round of the palace examination, he will definitely be selected by the monarch to be among the top three in the second round.
The monarch will definitely not treat a minister who fully supported him in the palace mutiny, so it is very likely that Ye Fan will be awarded the title of leader of the palace examination.
Ye Fan pondered for a moment, waved his hand to the supervisors to stop their noise, and said with a smile: "Master Rui wants to bet so much, then just bet on the first place in the first round of the palace examination! The loser admits to the other party that he is inferior to others."
"Okay! See you in the examination room tomorrow."
Rui Zifan snorted coldly, stood up and left.
"Wait a moment!"
However, Princess Ling Jiaojiao appeared with a pink face, followed by several old eunuchs and palace maids. She just heard what Rui Zifan and others said and was very angry.
In the lobby of the Imperial College, all the students were astonished. Why did Princess Jiaojiao come to the Imperial College on the eve of the imperial examination?
"What can the princess teach you?"
Rui Zifan cupped his hands and said coldly.
"The king of the country has issued an edict, and Ye Fan, the Tingwei and Shaoqing, accepts the order!"
Ling Jiaojiao ignored him, picked up a roll of royal edicts, and spoke directly to the supervisors.
Rui Zifan had no choice but to stand aside and listen, waiting for Ling Jiaojiao to read out the royal edict before leaving. All the supervisors also stood up together and listened.
"I accept the decree!"
Ye Fan stood up.
"In recent months, Ye Shaoqing has first investigated the case of poisoning and treason by a traitor, and then settled the case of Jinluan Palace conspiracy to usurp the throne. He has also presided over the review of the two cases, quickly solved the case, and has repeatedly made outstanding contributions to our Canglan Kingdom! I am very pleased. , I hereby commend you with 10,000 yuan stones, a total of 500 third-level elixirs, 100 third-level rare herbs, three martial soul awakening pills, ten bloodline awakening pills, and a set of Wuhou-level third-level high-quality ice-based battle armor. , and some other mysterious weapons."
Ling Jiaojiao took the Wang Zhao and read it out.
"Such a reward!"
"The king's reward is too generous!"
In the lobby, all the Imperial College Supervisors were shocked and extremely envious.
This was almost a medium-sized or above-scale battle between vassal states, and only then could such a large reward be awarded.
Three Wuhun Awakening Pills, given to Wu Zun in the later stage, can give birth to three Wuhou, and three new Wuhou families will be born in Canglan Kingdom.
If Ye Fan plans to keep it for himself, then he can create a new Ye family. A Wuhou can live for three hundred years. In the next nine hundred years, such a Ye family can continue to give birth to three Wuhou.
This means that the Ye family can become the Wuhou family of Canglan Kingdom that lasts for thousands of years and will not decline for a long time. There are only dozens of such Wuhou families in Canglan Kingdom.
This is just a guarantee. If the Ye family can obtain more martial soul awakening pills within this thousand years, then it will be easy to do so beyond a thousand years.
However, none of the supervisors thought there was anything wrong with this generous reward.
After all, this was a major rebellion that affected most of the Canglan Kingdom's court, and Ye Fan was the most critical figure in it. The impact of this palace change cannot be overstated compared to a war between vassal states.
Several old eunuchs and maids who came with Ling Jiaojiao, carrying trays with several storage bags, smiled and said to Ye Fan: "Ye Shaoqing, the rewards for you are all here! Please put them away and take inventory. If there is no shortage, I can go back and report to His Majesty!"
"Thank you, Lord!"
Ye Fan was also pleasantly surprised. He put away the storage bag containing the rewards and quickly counted them, "Father, I have confirmed that these rewards are correct!"
There was nothing else. Unexpectedly, the monarch actually rewarded three martial soul awakening pills, just enough to give one to Qin Yuer, which was considered as fulfilling his promise.
In fact, when he was treating the monarch, he had taken hundreds of rare medicinal herbs under the pretext of treating illnesses, which contained a complete set of medicinal herbs that could be used to refine the Spirit Awakening Pill.
The formula of the Martial Spirit Awakening Pill is a secret, and only a handful of royal alchemy masters know it. Even the imperial doctors don't know about it, and they didn't find out that he had hidden a pair of Martial Spirit Awakening Pill ingredients in the medicine.
He had previously planned to take some time to refine the martial soul awakening elixir after the palace examination.
Unexpectedly, the monarch directly rewarded three pills before the palace examination. He did not need to refine the martial soul awakening pill for the time being.
Rui Zifan, Qin Ning and a small group of Imperial College supervisors turned pale when they saw that Ye Fan had received such a generous reward.
After Princess Jiaojiao finished reading the royal edict.
"Qin Ning, let's go!"
Rui Zifan waved his sleeves and couldn't help but said angrily.
He, Qin Ning and a small group of Imperial College supervisors left the table.
Hao Ziming looked at their leaving figures and couldn't help but cursed angrily: "A group of ignorant people. If Brother Ye hadn't been merciful and didn't implicate their family when trying this major conspiracy case, otherwise their family would also be involved." What a disaster! Fortunately, they are from the top aristocratic family in Canglan Kingdom, yet they are so ignorant and unappreciative, and dare to try to slander Brother Ye's reputation."
"That's right! Brother Ye has been merciful, and this Rui Zifan is the one who knows no good! If the treasonous criminals are directly questioned and killed, and even their family is killed, they are afraid that they can't even cry now, so how can they participate? Imperial Examination!"
"Brother Ye, never show mercy when you encounter them in the future!"
"I'm afraid there will be conflicts with them in the future. Brother Ye is kind to us. If you need our place in the future, just ask!"
All the supervisors in the hall said angrily.
"That's all, let's see later! You guys chat first while I see the princess off."
Ye Fan shook his head slightly and said nothing more. He didn't even frown when he sent the Second Prince, the Minister of War Rui Liangzhi, Fengwan Princess Qin Qing and others to Tingwei's prison, let alone Rui Zifan and others. If Rui Zifan and others really want to do something, then he has nothing to show mercy to.
He escorted Ling Jiaojiao out of the bustling lobby of the Imperial Academy and to the attic corridor outside. The old eunuch and the palace ladies knew that they had something to say, so they followed them from a distance.
"Ye Fan, I really want to thank you this time!"
Ling Jiaojiao looked at Mark, pursed her red lips, and smiled lightly.
She was very grateful.
If Mark hadn't extended her father's life, the comatose father wouldn't have been able to survive for a month, and he would have died now. The second prince also succeeded in forcing the queen to seize the throne in the Jinluan Palace. He killed her and the queen, took away the imperial seal, and usurped the throne to become the new king. The other princes were dissatisfied with the second prince and would inevitably rebel. The Canglan Kingdom was completely plunged into turmoil and chaos, with countless casualties.
Whenever she thought about this terrible situation late at night, she shuddered and couldn't sleep. Her mother has also been mired in great fear this year.
All this nightmare was finally quickly ended after Ye Fan returned to the royal city.
After her father took Ye Fan's life-extending medicine, he lived half a year longer, directly saving the Canglan Kingdom's court from the brink of collapse.
Apart from Ye Fan, only she, the queen and the monarch knew the secret of how much life the monarch had left. Now that the biggest crisis has been lifted, everything else can be arranged in time.
"Only when the princess trusts me can I have the opportunity to use my abilities. Otherwise, no matter how capable I am, I won't be able to enter the palace. After all, the princess has been very kind to me."
Ye Fan smiled, and then said seriously: "However, although the crisis has been resolved, the king still needs to appoint the crown prince as soon as possible and let the new king ascend the throne as soon as possible. Otherwise, once half a year comes, the Canglan country will have no king, and the court's situation will collapse again. It would be best if you can appoint a crown prince from among the princes who will be beneficial to you."
He intervened in this palace incident entirely because he had a relationship with Ling Jiaojiao in Damo, Donglai County and Xiayang County, and was considered a half-friend. Otherwise, he is afraid that he can't control it and won't bother to intervene.
He has never had many friends, and he can count them on two hands. So even if they are just half friends, they will try their best to help her and make sure she is safe and sound.
"Well, my father is already considering the matter of appointing a crown prince. It is a matter of state affairs, and it cannot be decided quickly in a month or two. But he said that he will choose a crown prince who will be good to his mother."
Ling Jiaojiao looked sad and said sadly.
The king was very kind to his mother and the queen. Even if he was about to die, he still wanted to find a prince among the princes who would be kind to them. In order to prevent their mother from being wronged after his death.
If the monarch dies, I'm afraid she will no longer be able to be the "Jiaojiao Princess" of Canglan Kingdom.
"That's OK!"
Ye Fan nodded slightly.
At this moment, he suddenly felt an inexplicable heart palpitations.
Very strange and intense palpitations, as if something important was about to happen.
Ye Fan felt puzzled.
Based on my cultivation in the later period of Wuhou, unless King Wu appeared here to threaten me, I would have felt such strong palpitations and panic. Otherwise, how could I have such a strong premonition! But how could King Wu Bian Herong come here to threaten him!
Hunch?
Ye Fan suddenly remembered that he was still a holy priest.
A priest of one of the nine major departments of Shenwu is a kind of person who has a strong premonition that is beyond ordinary people. Most of the priest's premonitions come from the distant starry sky.
Ye Fan suddenly raised his head and looked up at the vast starry sky in the dark night through the corridor.
The starry sky is dotted with stars, as vast as the sea.
"boom!"
Under the vast night sky of the Shenwu Continent, a large dazzling light burst out from the boundless sky of the deep starry sky. Just like a quiet pool, a stone is thrown into it, causing countless waves. The vast sky of Shenwu Continent is this quiet pool, and the power of this stone is undoubtedly terrifying and suffocating.
Princess Ling Jiaojiao was wondering why Ye Fan suddenly became distracted while he was talking. She couldn't help but follow Ye Fan's gaze and looked at the dark night starry sky, "What's wrong?" Her eyesight was not enough, and she only saw a slight sparkle on the starry sky. .
"The Stardust Barrier was hit by some kind of starry sky force outside the Shenwu Continent! I'm afraid it was a big natural disaster!"
Ye Fan looked solemn and said softly.
I don't know what happened, maybe it was a natural disaster, a huge meteorite hit the stardust barrier, or maybe there was an impact from extraterrestrial gods and demons. But whatever it was, it was a catastrophic outcome.
He sighed in his heart, the entire Shenwu Continent was probably entering a troubled period!
Ling Jiaojiao couldn't help but wonder, looking at Mark with a hint of admiration. She was surprised that Ye Fan was not much older than her, but he seemed to know everything. Even the Stardust Barrier, so far away in the starry sky, could tell what was going on at a glance.