Mu Qing entered the palace early in the morning, and the palace examination was different from the past, this time the examination room was in the palace, and just entering the door had to go through a lot of cumbersome procedures, hats, soles, and clothes belts, which had to be checked carefully before entering.

In the past, there were people who took advantage of this opportunity to enter the palace to assassinate, and for their own heads, the palace people who checked were particularly hard.

In order to avoid more trouble, Mu Qing simply didn't bring anything - there will naturally be in the pen and ink - only the two pieces of jade around his waist, one blood red and one emerald green, which looked good. Because they wanted to leave a good impression on the official family, many people brought hats or hair towels, but Mu Qing didn't buy anything, just tied up his hair properly, and wore thick-soled official boots, so you could see at a glance whether there was any damage.

Although the elegant demeanor of some scholars was sacrificed, it saved Mu Qing a lot of things when he was inspecting, at least no one cut the soles of his shoes, and no one wanted to tear off his belt to see what was hidden inside.

However, this simplicity is only relative, and those necessary processes are all indispensable.

Mu Qing, who was only wearing a shirt, stretched out his arms and stood behind the screen, raised his head, trying not to look at the palace people who were going around him in circles and touching two handfuls from time to time. Suddenly, I understood why those officials looked like old gods were pampering and not being surprised, and anyone who was so tossed and inspected couldn't bear it.

Did he hear the sound of gasping from the screen next to him, Mu Qing looked helpless, and was ready to dedicate himself in his heart, but it didn't take long for someone to help him put on his coat.

Mu Qing looked at the little eunuch in front of him a little strangely, only to see that he closed the booklet, his eyes seemed to be looking out of the screen, but his mouth was squirming rapidly, and a series of voices as thin as cicadas came out: "The villain was instructed by the prince, so he naturally trusted the reputation of the prince, and the prince just went to the palace." ”

Mu Qing's face was clear, presumably Li Qianyu had said hello.

It seems that he has been in love with Lord Zhuang again, and he will slowly return it in the future. Mu Qing smiled, and arched his hand towards a few palace people, those people naturally turned sideways and didn't dare to accept the gift, stretched out their hands and pointed outside the door, Mu Qing was not hypocritical, just left.

Just after he walked out, a palace man standing next to the little eunuch said in a worried tone: "Although he looks decent, but people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, if he really brings something to collide with the nobles, how can I afford it?" ”

The little eunuch holding the book looked calm, looking a little young and old: "It's okay, Lord Rui said that he would naturally stand up to it, besides...... If there is really something, it will not be able to find out to us. ”

"Lord Rui? Rui Wang Ye also entered the palace? ”

The little eunuch glared at him: "Don't ask about the master's whereabouts at will." ”

The palace man shrank his head and stopped talking, but turned around and muttered with his mouth, which was not a good thing to say, and the little eunuch did not pursue it. He sat back in his chair, flipped through the roster, and raised his voice: "Please come in, Prince Yuan Wenchang!" ”

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On the square of Nuoda, many chairs and shelves were neatly placed, and roughly counted down into five columns and twenty rows, a total of one hundred.

Because Mu Qing won the name of the member, and it was a reference in the capital, the seat was particularly high, and it was the first one in the middle row, and it was also the closest to the emperor.

However, this is also relatively speaking, after Mu Qing sat down, he looked up, and the golden umbrella cover on the high platform was twenty meters away, if the emperor's eyes were not good, I was afraid that he would not be able to see his appearance clearly.

The emperor hadn't come yet, and the examiners hadn't come either, so Mu Qing took a grinding block and grinded it in the inkstone. The ink block is good to the touch, warm and delicate, and there are patterns carved on it, which are plum orchids and bamboo chrysanthemums, each on the four sides of the module. There was a small porcelain vase next to it, and Mu Qing opened the lid and saw that there was shining gold dust inside.

Gold!

Mu Qing's eyes lit up instantly, if he wasn't afraid of being too unreserved and being ridiculed, he would probably have directly taken the small porcelain bottle into his arms.

sighed in his heart, it was really a heavenly family, and even writing a word had to be mixed and lit up to show domineering, but Mu Qing didn't put it in the ink, he still thought about taking the gold dust home when no one saw it for a while, and rubbing it together, it was definitely valuable.

People came in one after another, Mu Qing didn't look back, just concentrated on thinking about the language in his heart. With Li Qianyu's plug-in, Mu Qing can probably imagine what questions Li Muyan will make, because it is an on-site answer, Mu Qing must ensure his demeanor, and those drafts that have been written a long time ago must also be smooth and calm, and when necessary, add some small details to "prove" that he is thinking on the spot, after all, everyone knows that with the help of Zhuangwangfu, some things still have to be covered up.

"Brother Li, meet again."

At this time, a voice came from the side. Mu Qing turned his head to the left and saw a familiar person.

Yuan Wenchang was wearing a blue Confucian shirt, the square scarf on his head was tightly wrapped, and the belt was also very well tied, and he didn't look like he had been torn apart and ravaged, and he was still graceful and well-dressed. At this moment, he was sitting on the table to Mu Qing's left, looking at him with a smile and a calm face.

Mu Qing didn't think it was a good thing to see him, the last time he was outside the examination room, Mu Qing remembered it clearly.

However, Mu Qing didn't put his boredom on his face, he also smiled, looking very reserved and elegant: "Yuan Gongzi, I saw you again, we are very close." ”

Yuan Wenchang tugged at the corners of his mouth, and his voice was not hurried or slow: "Brother Li is the first Huiyuan, and he is not talented, so he only won the third." ”

Mu Qing didn't look at the list at all, so he naturally didn't know who else had won besides himself, and he didn't know how to answer Yuan Wenchang's words, he just smiled.

Yuan Wenchang didn't mean to give up talking, his eyes looked at Mu Qing's waist, turned around on the two pieces of jade, and then said: "It seems that Brother Li and Prince Zhuang have a deep relationship, which is an excellent thing." ”

He is obviously much younger than Yuan Wenchang, but this person is "Brother Li, Brother Li", but Mu Qing listens awkwardly. Hearing him mention Li Qianyu, Mu Qing also knew what Yuan Wenchang meant, it was nothing more than a cliché, but Mu Qing was not willing to follow his wishes, when he encountered this kind of thing, just smile.

Seeing that Mu Qing didn't answer again, Yuan Wenchang also knew that he had touched the nail, smiled, stopped talking, poured some water into the inkstone, picked up the ink and grinded it.

People came in one after another, and the sun rose behind the clouds, and the coldness that had been a little damp and misty in the early morning dispelled a lot. Mu Qing put down the grinding block, moved his fingers and wrists, carefully examined the brush, restrained his urge to buckle off the broken jade at the top of the brush, and sat down and waited.

When everyone was almost there, suddenly there was the sound of drums.

Low and far away, piercing the cold air of early spring with a steep resounding in the sky.

When the drums stopped, I saw a group of people in official uniforms walking in. Mu Qing saw that most of them were wearing red official uniforms, which could only be worn by officials above the third grade, and some green and blue clothes, which were sporadically mixed in, and they couldn't really be seen.

And the one who walked at the forefront was Liu Shiren, who had a stern face. Lord Liu obviously cleaned up his own today, his hair was meticulous, his official hat was extremely positive, and his beard was combed smoothly, looking very strong.

When they walked past the candidates, many of the candidates were looking at them, but none of these officials gave them a look, they all walked quickly behind the tables on both sides of the umbrella cover on the high platform, but did not sit down, and stood solemnly.

At this time, I heard a voice like a chant shouting: "The emperor has arrived, kneel!" ”

Both the candidates and the officials stood up and took a step to the left, then unwrapped their clothes and knelt down respectfully, their hands at their sides, and their heads pressed tightly against the floor. Even Mu Qing, who was very resistant to the kneeling posture, knelt on the ground firmly, his position was too dangerous, and he couldn't tolerate the slightest mistake, otherwise he would be directly arrested and cut down as contempt for Tian'en.

"Long live my emperor!"

With his forehead against the cold floor, he shouted these four words with everyone, as if he was afraid that something would happen if he was a second late. This kind of bowing down action made Mu Qing very uncomfortable, maybe only by putting himself extremely low and very low could he have a desire.

An instinctive desire to climb up in the human body.

Rather than kneeling on the ground, everyone wants to be the character who is treated respectfully and makes people kneel, doesn't they?

The first thing these tribute students learned after entering the palace was to kneel, and the second thing was ambition.

However, they did not kneel long before they heard a gentle and majestic voice from above: "Calm down." ”

"Your Majesty."

Everyone got up, but they all bowed their heads slightly, which was also what those palace people told each of them when they entered the palace, and they couldn't look directly at Tianyan and commit taboos.

However, it was obvious that Li Muyan didn't like to talk to a bunch of faceless people, so he smiled and said: "Raise your head, I want to see what the future pillars of the country of my Great Zhou will look like." ”

Most of the people present did not have the opportunity to see the emperor, and there were only a few who could come to this point, except for geniuses who studied hard in the cold window, and there were many who came out of extremely poor places. The biggest official they had ever seen before the imperial examination was probably the county order, and this time they couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.

Mu Qing squinted at it, and Yuan Wenchang's face beside him was also a little red, obviously excited. In this age of divine monarchy, no one will not be thrilled when they see the emperor.

I'm afraid that there is only Mu Qing as an outlier.

Everyone raised their heads and looked at the emperor sitting under the canopy, and the emperor's eyes seemed to see everyone, but it was focused on only one person.

When Mu Qing met Li Muyan's gaze, he clearly felt that this person was looking at him. Subconsciously straightened his back to make himself look taller, and when he saw the smile in Li Muyan's eyes, Mu Qing felt that he was too deliberate, but he didn't move again after all, but looked back bravely with an indifferent smile.

Li Muyan is indeed looking at Mu Qing, Mu Qing is facing his seat, with a tall posture and handsome appearance, which is very in line with the standards of the Great Zhou Dynasty for selecting talents.

Physiognomy is a very important part.

Li Muyan looked at Mu Qing enough, and was very satisfied to see his lack of stage fright and calmness, and his eyes looked at others again. Because of the selection criteria of the Great Zhou Dynasty, many people with poor appearance couldn't even pass the boy's test, and although not all of them were good-looking, they were all decent and upright. However, the emperor's vision realm is obviously much higher than that of others, and after looking around, he returned to Mu Qing.

Mu Qing felt Li Muyan's gaze again, which made him a little inexplicable, blinking his eyes, but seeing Li Muyan smiling at him, the corners of his mouth were obviously curled.

You look good when you smile, but it's hairy to laugh all the time. Mu Qing muttered in his heart, and his hand unconsciously touched the warm jade on his waist and slowly clenched it.

The author has something to say: the start of the temple examination = v=

means that since it is the last level, it is natural to be domineering when the wind is surging! Then it's time to start the road to being an official and brush the boss.,Meow hahahahaha! l3l4