In the early morning, the front of the Gongyuan was already crowded with people.

Rong Xia pursed her pink mouth nervously in the carriage, and her eyes glanced out of the car window from time to time.

"Tea..."Pei Jinzhi reminded him.

Rong Xia came back to his senses and just wanted to move the small tea stove on the car, but he remembered something, hurriedly stopped what he was doing, shook his head very seriously, and said, "Young master, it's easy to go to the toilet when you drink water, it's better not to drink it at this time." ”

Pei Jinzhi smiled when he heard this, looked at her and said, "I'm going to take the exam for three days, so won't I have to drink a sip of water for these three days?"

Rong Xia thought about it and felt that what he said made sense.

"Then drink less. In the end, she decided.

"Asha is becoming more and more like a little housekeeper. Pei Jinzhi shook his head.

"Young master, you're making fun of me again. Rong Xia's face was a little powdery.

After pouring the tea and adding some honey that Pei Jinzhi liked very much, Rong Xia handed him the teacup, and after thinking about it, he still asked softly, "Young master, can you be admitted to the top prize?"

Pei Jin choked on a sip of tea in his throat and coughed violently.

Rong Xia thought that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly stretched out his little hand and patted his back vigorously.

"Ahem, ahem...... Ah Xia, you really have confidence in the young master!" Pei Jinzhi shook his head, although his tone was full of ridicule, but there was a faint smile in his dark eyes.

Rong Xia's whole little face turned red, and it took a long time before he said sneeringly: "Because the young master is very good." ”

Pei Jinzhi looked at the embarrassed little girl who was about to shrink under the seat, but he didn't hold back, stretched out his hand, and rubbed her little head vigorously.

It's so cute that I don't know what to do.

"Knock knock ......" At this moment, there were a few knocks on the wall of the car, and He An shouted in a hurry outside: "Young master, the gate of the Gongyuan is open!"

This also means that the triennial examination of the Da Rui Dynasty is about to begin.

Pei Jinzhi sighed, and then calmly got out of the carriage.

"Don't worry. He turned his head, smiling clearly and handsomely, looking like the spring of March, and said in a somewhat doting and helpless tone: "How can the young master let Ah Xia down?"

Rong Xia watched him disappear into the carriage with a flushed face, only to feel that his heart was about to burst.

Is she sick?

Rong Xia slapped his flushed cheeks twice, but his whole body was crispy and numb, as if he had been electrified.

It's just weird.

Three hours later, with a "boom", the gate of the Gongyuan was tightly closed.

Pei Jin smiled at the corner of his mouth, and sat in front of his house in a very good mood, and after a while, Qiao Ge Lao, the chief examiner of today's department, led more than a dozen marking officers to come slowly, and the eyes of thousands of students suddenly became hot, Ge Lao, it is equivalent to the highest achievement of the civil official group, and it will also be the goal that everyone present aspires to achieve in their lives.

"I've seen the teacher!" thousands of students stood up at the same time and bowed.

Qiao Ge Lao is fifty-eight years old this year, quite tall, with long narrow eyes, a white beard, and a big red official robe.

"All students don't have to be polite, the old man is ordered by His Majesty to ......be the examiner of this subject," Qiao Ge's old voice was loud, and there was a taste of not being angry and arrogant when he listened to it: "You can wait on the test paper, show what you have learned all your life, and your Majesty will choose the talents and accept ......them."

A sonorous and powerful speech, listening to the enthusiasm of many students below.

I can't wait to immediately pounce on the paper and show my talents.

"The examination of the Jiazi branch will start now-"

Pei Jinzhi took the test paper handed over by the invigilator with a natural face and opened it calmly.

Ten years of cold windows, all kinds of aspirations, all in the present.

Don't miss out.

Outside the Tribute Courtyard.

"Miss Xiaoxia, it's not too early, let's go back!" He An poked his head and said with a grin.

Rong Xia reluctantly glanced at the closed gate of the Gongyuan a few more times, and then said, "Well, okay!"

The wheels of the carriage gurgled and spun, and gradually drove away into the distance.

Three days later, the exam ended, and in the same place, Rong Xia watched Pei Jinzhi come over, he was carrying an exam basket in his hand, and his chin had some cyan beard, and he rubbed his stomach and said to Rong Xia: "The young master wants to eat the noodles made by Axia." ”

"En!" Rong Xia rubbed his red eyes: "What kind of noodles does the young master want to eat?"

Pei Jinzhi thought about it for a while: "Let's make the sauerkraut shredded meat, add two more drops of chili oil." ”

said that he was eating noodles, but Pei Jinzhi slept for a whole day, and it was not until it was dark that he finally ate the bowl of sauerkraut and shredded pork noodles with satisfaction. For the students, the exam is over, but for Qiao Ge Lao and more than a dozen marking officers, their work has just begun.

In the Gongyuan, the lights are bright, and the examiners are working nervously and busily.

"Okay!" Suddenly, a loud voice suddenly sounded, and I saw a grader holding a scroll, showing an excited look, and said again and again: "Good writing, good idea." This article is first-class. ”

"Did Master Chen see which masterpiece that made him so excited?" Several nearby graders looked at each other, revealing curiosity.

"Haha, please take a look, gentlemen. This article, with detailed historical evidence, rigorous organization, and a trivial story, is extremely good, and it should be a masterpiece," this Lord Chen presented the scroll in his hand to the colleagues present with great interest.

Everyone knows that this Lord Chen, his temperament is a little old-fashioned, although the official position is not high, but in terms of knowledge, it is a first-class good.

It is not an exaggeration to divide them into superior ones.

Lord Chen here dug up a satisfactory exam paper, and Lord Wang over there also discovered his favorite work.

"Everyone, please see, the one in my hand is no worse than the one of Lord Chen, it can also be described as first-class. ”

Lord Chen likes to be rigorous, but this Lord Wang likes gorgeous writing, and the article in his hand can be described as brilliant and full of flowers.

After everyone circulated it, they also felt that this article was good and had first-class qualifications.

It seems that the candidates of this subject are very high, and everyone is very happy to think of it.

However, it's a pity that in the following time, there are no more eye-catching masterpieces like the previous two articles, most of them are just general works, and the content is empty and useless.

The candlelight on the lampstand burned quietly, and the silhouettes of the earners were reflected on the thin screen windows.

They worked hard and stayed up all night.

"Pavilion Elder, let's use some tea!" No one is allowed to enter or leave the Gongyuan except for the examiners, and even the daily meals are sent from outside, so they have to do it themselves.

"Oh, thank you, Lord Du. Qiao Ge came to his senses and nodded at him with a smile.

"Elder Ge looked so seriously, but what did Zhu Yu discover?" Du Fan asked curiously.

Qiao Ge took a sip of the hot tea in his hand unhurriedly, and after a while, he said: "Yes, the old man did see a rare masterpiece. ”

This is the third time that Qiao Ge has tried to preside over the meeting, and it is not easy for him to praise him.

Du Fan immediately found it difficult to press after hearing this, and said bluntly: "I don't know if I can take a look at it." ”

Qiao Ge Lao smiled: "This is nature. ”

Du Fan took the roll and couldn't wait to look at it.

The words entered his eyes, and he secretly said in his heart: What a thin amount of gold. The person who wrote this word can be called everyone, and I can't complain that the elder will give such a high evaluation.

However, as the words came into his eyes, Du Fan gradually forgot what fonts were good-looking, and his whole spirit was completely immersed in this article, and he suddenly woke up. Carefully closing the scroll, he said to Qiao Ge Lao categorically: "This volume can be said to be the top of the list. ”

Qiao Ge brushed his beard and smiled.

Five days later, the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Study.

Emperor Cheng Xi smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his mood seemed quite good.

He is forty years old, and he is in good health and full of spirit.

"What does the prince think?" asked Emperor Chengxi after a while.

Sitting next to Emperor Cheng Xi at this moment is the current crown prince, Zhao He.

Among all the heirs of Emperor Chengxi, the crown prince is the second and the only child between him and the empress. The queen died shortly after giving birth. The emperor felt sorry for the child, so he brought the prince with him and raised him personally, so the relationship between the father and son was very good.

Prince Zhao He is of medium height, with an ordinary face, a little fat body, and the overall look is just like his name, and he is a very amiable person.

And in fact, it is true, it is known to the whole dynasty that the prince is a very loyal and kind person.

If one day, he succeeds to the throne, then the honorific title: Ten of * is either "filial piety" or "benevolence".

"Erchen thinks that this person is very talented, and he can be pointed out as the current branch of the Yuan. Zhao Hexiao couldn't put it down, looked at the exam paper and then looked at the title of the paper, and let out a light doubt: "Pei Jinzhi, but the little boy from the Dingyang Hou Mansion?"

"Oh, does the prince recognize this man?"

Zhao He touched his chin, shook his head and said, "If it is really that Pei Xiaogongzi, there is really a meeting with him once, and Pingshui meets." ”

Emperor Cheng Xi became interested: "How can I say this." ”

"Hehe, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month five years ago, and the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival ........." The prince told the story of the matter one by one:" Erchen and people block lantern riddles, but unfortunately the skills are not as good as people, and the money brought out of his pocket is lost, it just so happens that this Pei Gongzi passed by there and helped Erchen, he is really quick-witted, smart and extraordinary, so many puzzles, none of them can be difficult to catch him, often the riddle just came out of the first half of the sentence, he told the riddle, Erchen felt at the time, this little boy, is really smart......"

The prince was happy when he said it, and the emperor was happy when he heard it.

"Hahaha, so he still doesn't know your identity. ”

"Yes, father, you don't know, this Pei Gongzi's posture is high, and the son still remembers what he said when he returned the money he won back to the son of the minister. ”

"What did he say?"

The prince coughed twice, and instantly changed to a deep voice: "Guessing this kind of thing is not suitable for you, don't gamble in the future." ”

"Hahahaha...... He'er, He'er, you're being despised by others!"

Zhao He touched his round chin and sighed fiercely: "Erchen thinks so too." ”