Chapter 132: The Title of the Top Scholar, the Emperor's Personal Order

In early May, the weather was a little hot. Chen Mo was wearing a thin coat and sitting leisurely in the pavilion in the courtyard.

Zhao Yu was beside him, looking at the gate of the house from time to time.

Today was the day for the palace examination results to be announced. Whether you passed the Jinshi exam, whether you were a Jinshi or a Jinshi, will be decided today.

Of course, as long as you enter the palace examination, you will not be eliminated, but your results will determine your starting point and future development.

If you passed the Jinshi exam, you will start as a fifth-rank official, and the first place champion is a fifth-rank official.

The Jinshi is slightly lower, and the Jinshi is the first place again.

"Don't worry, your husband is definitely the champion of this exam." Chen Mo laughed when he saw her looking around.

The palace examination has ended, and Chen Mo ranked first in all the essays except for the policy essay.

In fact, even if the results have not been announced yet, many people have confirmed that Chen Mo must be the champion of this exam.

"I'm just waiting to see when the person who announces the list will come, so that I can also be the wife of the top scholar." Zhao Yu smiled coquettishly and leaned into Chen Mo's arms.

She never thought that Chen Mo would not be the top scholar in this year's martial arts examination, because she believed that Chen Mo would definitely not brag in front of her.

The two did not wait for long, and a noisy gong sound came from a distance, and someone came to announce the good news by beating the gong.

"Congratulations to Chen County Man, the first place in the palace examination, and the top scholar in this year's martial arts examination!" Two palace servants came in a hurry to announce the good news. Obviously, the news came directly from the palace.

And behind them were the people who followed the gongs and drums to watch the excitement. Ordinary people naturally could not enter the inner city on weekdays.

But who would dare to stop this team announcing the good news, otherwise it would offend Chen Mo.

"Come on, scatter the money for the wedding." Chen Mo called out, and immediately two servants came with a square wooden box.

It was filled with silver beans one after another, each weighing one coin.

It is a tradition in Daqian to throw out money after passing the imperial examination, especially for people like Chen Mo who are the top scorer. Unless their family is really poor, they will throw out silver beans instead of copper coins.

"Thank you two colleagues for the good news. Take this money to have tea." Chen Mo took out the silver note and handed it to the two palace servants who came to announce the good news.

"Haha, thank you for the reward from the top scorer." The two took the silver note and smiled happily.

They hurried to announce the good news, not just for the money, but mainly to take this opportunity to meet Chen Mo and get familiar with him.

After all, everyone can see that the top scorer in the acquired realm will definitely be reused by His Majesty, and Chen Mo will definitely rise to prominence in the future.

The servants in the family threw silver beans everywhere, attracting many people to pick them up.

Fortunately, this is the inner city, even if it is silver beans, no one dares to snatch them.

The people who came to congratulate dispersed, and many officials and nobles came to congratulate Chen Mo on his achievement of the top scorer.

The gifts these people sent were not that precious. They could only say that they bought a gift out of courtesy.

They had no intention of winning over Chen Mo, nor did they want to ask Chen Mo to do anything.

Now, at most, they wanted to make him familiar with them and handed him a name card. If they really needed his help in the future, they would come to visit him with generous gifts.

Therefore, Chen Mo accepted these gifts with a smile and thanked everyone one by one.

Since the announcement was posted at noon, officials came to congratulate him one after another, and it continued until after noon, when no one came.

There was no telling how many gifts were sent, and they were all sent to the warehouse first, to be used later.

"You must be tired." Chen Mo hugged Zhao Yu with a little distress and rubbed her shoulders.

Many guests came to visit and congratulate, Chen Mo had to greet the guests, and Zhao Yu had more things to do.

Arranged maids and servants to serve tea and snacks, and asked people to send the gifts to the warehouse, and then counted the gifts one by one.

Although there is a housekeeper, she is not at ease to let others do it, so she must keep an eye on it herself.

Besides, she is the mistress of this family, and these things should be handled by herself.

"As long as I can help you, I will be happy no matter how tired I am." Zhao Yu smiled happily and snuggled into Chen Mo's arms.

She knew that the things she was busy with now were really insignificant compared to what Chen Mo did for her.

But between husband and wife, there is no distinction between each other, and it is difficult to talk about who pays more for whom.

As long as both of them care about each other, that's enough.

"Sit down and take a rest first, we'll have dinner later."

Chen Mo asked her to sit on the chair and rest, and then heard someone shouting loudly, "Pass on the emperor's oral order!"

Hearing this, he hurriedly walked outside, and the old eunuch he had met before said with a smile, "Pass on the emperor's oral order, this year's top scholar Chen Mo, enter the palace immediately to see the emperor."

"I obey your order." Chen Mo bowed, and then turned to tell Zhao Yu, "I will enter the palace first, you can eat first if you are hungry, you don't have to wait for me."

After that, he left with the old eunuch who came forward to pass on the oral order.

"May I ask, senior, why did His Majesty suddenly summon me at this time?"

Chen Mo's voice was very low, and he handed over a few small silver bills without making a sound.

The old eunuch couldn't help but smile, and was quite satisfied with Chen Mo's attitude in his heart.

As a close minister of the emperor, he was not really short of money. He mainly liked Chen Mo's attitude, and he never looked down on him because he was a eunuch.

Those children from aristocratic families would inadvertently show a hint of contempt when facing someone like him.

Only people like Chen Mo, who had worked their way up from the bottom, knew that it was not easy for anyone, and that no one would be willing to be a eunuch unless they really couldn't survive, so they treated him as usual.

"After the imperial examination results are announced, the emperor summons the top three. This is a long-standing rule. However, His Majesty only summons you to the palace now. It should be because he has told you in advance."

At this point, his steps slowed down, and he took the silver note from Chen Mo's hand inadvertently, and then said, "As far as I know, it should be related to the enemy country and the magic of Luantian Valley."

After that, he stopped talking, quickened his pace, and walked towards the palace.

Chen Mo also learned a lot about the enemy country and the magic during this period.

The enemy country mentioned in Daqian is not the foreign race outside the Great Wall, but Beili, which was built by the royal family of the previous dynasty and occupied the nine states of the world.

They still call themselves Dali today, but Daqian always calls them Beili.

Beili's overall national strength is not as good as Daqian, but it does not have to deal with foreign races, so it can invest more power in guarding against Daqian.

Since the establishment of the two countries, there have been countless wars, both large and small. The blood shed by countless soldiers at the border has dyed the soil of the border into an endless dark red.

However, to this day, the two countries have only temporarily ceased fighting, and there may be another war one day.

As for Luantian Valley, it is an extremely special place, where everything is chaotic and disorderly, and it cannot be guessed by common sense.

Those who are not strong enough and have no special means cannot enter it at all.

The imperial army cannot enter, and only a small number of strong men are sent to take action. It is difficult to completely wipe out the evil thieves hiding in it.

What's more, there are strong men among those evil thieves. They are just temporarily dormant in Luantian Valley. As long as the time is right, they will come out again to stir up the situation.

For Daqian, the evil is like a stink bug in the gutter. It is too good at hiding, so it has never been dealt with.

Chen Mo estimated that after the attack on His Majesty this time, he must encircle and suppress the evil, and conquer the alien races again.

Following the old eunuch into the palace, Chen Mo came to the side hall he had been to before.

"Mr. Chen, please come in." The palace attendant stopped and said.

Chen Mo walked into the hall without hesitation.

Today, the palace lit a lot of incense, which even made people feel a little sick.

The emperor was sitting at his desk in casual clothes, handling official business. He didn't stop his work when he heard Chen Mo coming in.

Chen Mo was not in a hurry at all, and he waited silently by the side.

He waited until Zhao Huaili finished handling the court documents, and then he saluted and said, "Your Majesty."

"My dear minister, please stand up." Zhao Huaili lighted the lamp lightly, with appreciation in his eyes.

Although he didn't look up just now, he still felt all of Chen Mo's actions very clearly.

Chen Mo is young enough, capable, talented, and more importantly, not arrogant or impatient.

This is the most important thing, so that he can rest assured to hand over some important things to him.

Otherwise, if you only have strength but no brains, and can't concentrate on doing things, then at most you are just a fierce general who fights, and you can't be a commander.

"My dear, you have now achieved the title of the top scholar, and you will become the pillar of our Daqian in the future." He smiled and spoke slowly.

"I rely entirely on your majesty's cultivation." Chen Mo replied immediately.

"I have something I want you to do, and this matter is extremely dangerous. Are you willing to do it?"

The reason why Zhao Huaili summoned Chen Mo today is that he has important things to arrange for him.

And at the court meeting tomorrow, these things that have been arranged will be announced.

"I am a minister of Daqian. Your Majesty has an order, and I dare not refuse it. I will do my best to report to your majesty."

Chen Mo looked serious and answered in a deep voice.

He said this sincerely. The current emperor will give rewards if he doesn't say anything else.

As long as the things he entrusted do not affect his life and safety, Chen Mo will do his best to do them well.

"Okay, okay!" Zhao Huaili laughed, and seemed very satisfied with his attitude.

"There has been no war between Daqian and Beili for several years, but recently the Demonic Path and the alien races have colluded and caused widespread trouble in Daqian.

I want to suppress the Demonic Path first, and then conquer the alien races. However, such actions will definitely not be hidden from Beili. If they transfer troops to the south, they will start a war with Daqian again.

Even if Daqian can cope with it by then, I will be constrained by many obstacles in my plan to suppress the Demonic Path and conquer the alien races."

Zhao Huaili sighed softly and slowly described what the court would do next.

There is no need to hide these things, anyway, they will be said in the court meeting in a few days.

Encircling the Demonic Path and suppressing the alien races, these two things must be arranged for people to do, and these people must know that the tiger's whiskers cannot be touched at will.

"I want you to be an envoy to Beili to negotiate peace with them.

There will be demons and aliens blocking the way, and there may be people in Beili who want to disrupt the peace talks.

There are so many difficulties and obstacles along the way, are you willing to go?"

Zhao Huaili stood up and asked in silence.

"I am willing to go." Chen Mo agreed without hesitation, and then said, "But I still have one thing I don't understand, I hope your majesty can answer it."