Mu Qing was carelessly distracted while serving food to his mouth.

For Mu Qing, he knows better than anyone that the next test is the time to really decide the ranking. Although he already knew the general range of topics about Li Muyan from Li Qianyu's mouth, this did not mean that Mu Qing could completely put his mind at ease.

After all, anything that goes wrong may lead to a failure, he has been preparing for several years to get to where he is today, and Mu Qing wants to be perfect.

"Brother Mu looked a little nervous."

Hearing the voice, Mu Qing subconsciously swallowed the unfinished food in his mouth, and something went wrong all of a sudden, and it was very uncomfortable to be blocked in his throat and unable to go up and down.

Yuan Wenchang, who originally wanted to come to say hello, hurriedly wanted to get up when he saw this, but when he saw the palace people not far away, he sat back again, with a worried look on his face.

Mu Qing pounded his heart and drank a large cup of tea, which could be regarded as breathless. Exhaling softly, he looked up and saw that it was Yuan Wenchang sitting in the compartment facing him. secretly said in his heart that it was not that the enemies did not get together, but there was a shallow smile on his face: "It turned out to be Yuan Gongzi." ”

Yuan Wenchang saw that Mu Qing was fine, so he nodded, arched his hand and said, "It's really a sin to disturb Brother Mu just now." ”

Mu Qing waved his hand and said nothing.

Because they were sitting far away from the palace people, there was no movement to teach each other privately, but no one cared about what they were talking about.

I saw Yuan Wenchang pointing at Mu Qing's table with the tip of his chopsticks: "I just watched Brother Mu pull the rice grains in the bowl one by one, but didn't eat the vegetables, guessing that this might be Brother Mu worrying about the next exam." ”

Mu Qing was stunned for a moment, lowered his head, and sure enough, he found that there was not much rice left in his bowl, but most of the exquisite dishes on that plate were intact.

It has always been that he just thought about things and didn't bother to eat at all, Mu Qing smiled: "Thank you Yuan Gongzi for reminding me, it is inevitable that there will be some apprehension in my heart when I approach this stall, after all, I am a layman, and I will feel a little nervous when I think about facing the emperor for a while." ”

"But just now, I saw that Brother Mu was very comfortable coping with it." Yuan Wenchang said with a smile.

Mu Qing didn't seem to hear what he said, and he also smiled shallowly: "Yuan Gongzi won the award." ”

A palace man seemed to notice the movement and coughed lightly to warn. The two of them stopped talking and did not mention their own meals.

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When the sun was slightly tilted, the palace people began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and served tea for the tribute students to rinse their mouths. Fu brought a copper basin again, and inside was water soaked in the new petals of chrysanthemums, which was used to clean hands and faces. After the qiē was cleaned up, the tributes followed the palace people back to the square in front of the main hall.

Mu Qing paused slightly when he stepped into the door, and then continued to walk forward. The reason for his pause was because the qiē in front of him had changed, and all the tables and chairs that had been there in the morning had disappeared, and there was only this empty space.

Mu Qing's first reaction was that he had already known that he had taken away the jar of gold dust, alas, it was a pity.

There was some pain in my heart, but my face was still calm and calm. Mu Qing walked to the position where he stayed in the morning, standing still, with a light expression.

It's still spring, and the afternoon sun is warm and a little dazzling. Many people lowered their heads to dodge, but Mu Qing tried hard to squint his eyes to get himself used to this light.

After the three clean whips, Li Muyan took all the officials back onto the high platform. Those Gong Sheng, who lowered their heads to avoid the sun, had distorted expressions because of the sudden raising of their heads, their eyes narrowed and their mouths were grinning, and they looked very funny, while a small number of people like Mu Qing, who had been looking straight ahead and had adapted to it, were naturally calm now, and had a gentlemanly demeanor when they saluted.

"I've seen the emperor, my emperor Wan'an."

This is the second time to prostrate, so you don't have to bow down like in the morning, just bow down. Li Muyan raised his hand, and he heard Huang Hui's aria-like voice say, "All beings rise." ”

The Gongsheng stood up according to their words, and saw Liu Shiren, who was sitting next to Li Muyan, standing up. Most of the people know a little about Liu Shiren, after all, this is a celebrity in front of the emperor, after several generations of old ministers, several princes and grandsons are his students, although he has not entered the cabinet to worship the prime minister, but his weight in the court has not been to be underestimated.

Seeing the white-bearded Liu Shiren take a few steps forward, first saluted Li Muyan, and then took out a golden scroll from his sleeve, opened it with both hands, and said in a steady and clear voice: "Today, there has been continuous rain and snow in the west in recent days, disasters have not stopped, and there is very little grain storage, and most of the people cannot make a living. I hope that all candidates can plan a method that can help the people live in peace, and then they can write their thoughts on the table first, and then we can start to state after discussion. ”

As he spoke, everyone looked to the side, and sure enough, in a shadow under the steps, there was a mahogany table, on which the four treasures of the study were placed, which was very neat.

Without further delay, I saw another incense stick being inserted into the huge copper furnace and lit. Everyone didn't speak, frowning and thinking, but Mu Qing lowered his head and looked at the tips of his shoes.

This topic is exactly the same as what Li Qianyu revealed to him, which is a good thing.

It is a bad thing that you have to write down the method first to let the officials know the god moon and guò before they can be qualified to advise the emperor.

However, Mu Qing didn't have any more options, and he didn't even have a way to wait. Even though his methods had been as good as he could, he still couldn't take any chances. If someone thinks the same way as him, it won't help a bolt from the blue.

Just when a stick of incense burned out, Mu Qing was the first to raise his steps and walked to the mahogany table. Maybe some people want to go too, but because Mu Qing is relatively high, he is naturally faster.

Picked up the pen, wrote down what he thought on paper, about a hundred or ten words, picked it up and dried it, and sent it respectfully to Liu Shiren. The calmness of his efforts made him feel nothing unusual, but Mu Qing was still stunned at the moment of the brick.

What they came out of was the open space in front of the Cloud Palace, and the emperor and officials were on the high platform, and because the Gongsheng were in a relatively low position, they could not see the palace gate behind him clearly under the obstruction of the emperor and others. But Mu Qing clearly saw at this moment that the punctual door opened a gap, and when he looked through the gap, he was facing a pair of eyes.

The apricot kernel-like eyes, with beautiful red peach blossom makeup painted between the eyebrows, do not damage the beauty of those eyes even if the light veil covers the face.

The owner of those eyes also seemed to be aware of Mu Qing's gaze, and he was a little flustered for a moment, but before she could react, Mu Qing had already walked down the steps.

It seems that there is some meaning of running away from the wilderness.

Mu Qing was annoyed in his heart, he knew that today was still the day when Princess Wenfan chose a son-in-law, how could he dare to look at it casually? Not to mention the restrictions that will be imposed on the identity of the forehead, Li Qianyu alone will not be able to overcome the hurdle himself.

Besides, if the person on the high platform is really his father who is destined to be unbearable, Wen Fan really chooses him, I am afraid that Mu Qing will plunge into the river and drown himself.

It wasn't until he returned to his seat that Mu Qing's constricted brows didn't loosen.

This series of actions were all seen by people with intentions, the woman behind the door gently touched her cheek with her hand, a little hot, Liu Shiren lowered her head without saying a word, Huang Hui shook his head, but Li Muyan frowned tightly.

beckoned to Huang Hui, Huang Hui lowered his head in understanding, and put his ear close to Li Muyan's mouth.

I heard Li Muyan say in a low voice: "Go in and pass a message to Wen Fan, just say that Mu Qingzhen has an arrangement, and he can't be recruited as a forehead, so let Wen Fan select other young talents." ”

Huang Hui was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, but still took the order to leave.

Li Muyan said this extremely politely, as if Wen Fan would definitely take a fancy to Mu Qing. Huang Hui knew that this was Li Muyan's vanity, but he couldn't break it, so he could only go to Princess Wen Fan and try his best to beautify Li Muyan's words and then tell Wen Fan, so as to save the heart of the little princess who had always been soft and weak.

Entering the main hall through the side door, Huang Hui saw Princess Wen Fan who had already stood up from the chair at a glance. The slender girl stood there with a handkerchief, a snow-white fox fur cloak on top of her peach-colored palace dress, and her palm-sized little face was buried in a soft fox fur collar, looking very well-behaved. Hearing the voice, Wen Fan turned around, his eyes met Huang Hui's, and he smiled, his eyebrows and eyes crooked: "Manager Huang." ”

Huang Hui hurriedly saluted Wen Fan: "The slave has seen the princess." ”

"Mr. Huang is exempt, Chu Rui, go and close the palace gate."

"Princess Xie."

Wen Fan raised his hand, and on his wrist, which was as white as snow, was a small and delicate jade bracelet. It seemed to feel a chill, but he just stretched out his hand and retracted it for a moment. The little palace maid Chu Rui, who was standing beside Wen Fan, hurriedly helped Wen Fan tighten her cloak. The lower half of Wen Fan's face was blocked by a light veil, only his eyes were blinking, and he looked very dexterous, and Wen Fan had always had good intentions towards Li Muyan's good-looking father-in-law: "Boss, is there something wrong with my father?" ”

Huang Hui had a good impression of this princess who had always been quiet and well-behaved, so he didn't go around in circles, but said with a smile: "It is true that the official family sent me, so that I could ask the princess, do you have any favorite talents?" ”

Wen Fan blinked and didn't answer, but his eyes lowered slightly.

Huang Hui took a look, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good, I was afraid that it would really make this little princess take a fancy to the one who could not be looked down on. Speaking of which, Mu Qing's age is very similar to that of Princess Wen Fan, and her appearance is also rare and handsome, and she looks very knowledgeable, but her background is too good, and a good one is destined to not match Wen Fan.

The love of a woman in this palace is sometimes a glance, and when you like it at that glance, you like it, and it will be very difficult to change it.

Thinking quickly, Huang Hui smiled and said: "The emperor asked me to bring a message, that is, to ask the princess to be cautious, just say that Mu Gongzi just now, look at this person is not bad, but I heard the emperor say that he is going to send him out." How could the princess's daughter go with him to those remote places to live a hard life? ”

Although Wen Fan is not very old, he is also a person who can hear the voice, and Huang Hui's meaning is not difficult to understand, the girl who was shy just now changed her face in an instant. Fortunately, there was a tulle blocking it, and she couldn't see it, but the maid Churui beside her saw that the little girl's hand holding the handkerchief was clenched a little, but she immediately let go.

The hall was much quieter for a moment, and Huang Hui smiled on his face, but he was bitter in his heart. But it didn't take long to hear Wen Fan's soft voice: "Manager Lao Huang took the trouble to invite his father back, and he said that Wen Fan could save it." ”

Huang Hui breathed a sigh of relief, glad that Wen Fan was smart and sensible. After saluting, Huang Hui left quickly.

But Wen Fan didn't move, just looked out through the palace gate, Chu Rui looked at Wen Fan's eyes, and saw that her gaze had been fixed on the young man in green shirt in front of everyone, motionless.

Wen Fan opened his mouth gently: "Chu Rui." ”

Chu Rui hurriedly said: "The slave is here." ”

"I'll go back to the palace later, if the concubine asks, don't mention what happened just now, do you know?"

Chu Rui's heart was sour, she had followed Wen Fan since she was a child, where she didn't know what this little girl was thinking? She was afraid that she really took a fancy to that Mu Gongzi, but she made up her mind to give up, and she didn't even want Concubine Min to know, so she didn't even want to complain.

Min Guifei's methods, Chu Rui, a close person, knows, if Wen Fan is willing, maybe Min Guifei may really be matched, but the little princess is well-behaved and distressing.

The emperor clearly said that he would let the princess choose a son-in-law. Chu Rui thought so in his heart, and he really didn't dare to say it in his mouth, so he could only respond "yes" in a low voice.

Wen Fan lowered his head and sat back in his chair. Because he had been standing for a long time, the chair had begun to get cold, but Wen Fan sat there unconcernedly, holding his chin in his hand and looking out.

She was looking at the sky, a sky much wider than her own little palace.

The author has something to say: The little princess is Li Qianyu's favorite sister, and the girl who can make Liulang like this is an attribute in itself

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Note: Princess Wen Fan, mother concubine Min Guifei, Li Qianyu's excuse for blowing up the port of the Japanese people was to prevent Wen Fan from marrying l3l4