Chapter 19: The Provocateur
The first level after entering the palace is the literary test, the content of which is extremely simple, just to fill in the words.
Each person has a piece of paper, and you only need to fill in the corresponding poems according to the meaning of the context, even if you pass the test, it is not very difficult to fill in the things you want to fill.
But Bai Yan has never been very good at poetry, and when she saw this thing in front of her, she only felt dizzy.
But fortunately, what Bai Yan didn't see, Ye Jian quietly helped her see it, and at the moment he whispered in her ear to help her prompt, which can be regarded as a fool.
"No, it won't! Do you have to hesitate for so long about these things? Bai Jinghuan didn't know where it came from, and shook her head as she looked at Bai Yan's scroll.
Bai Yan frowned, she didn't plan to deal with Bai Jinghuan.
"It's okay to take care of things, and don't take care of other people's affairs if you shouldn't be in charge." Bai Yan said quietly.
When she said this, she didn't even look up at Bai Jinghuan, but the words she said were extremely imposing.
Bai Jinghuan didn't know why, and suddenly felt his heart sinking.
When she looked up at Bai Yan again, she already had the paper in her hand and handed it to the examiner.
The examiner scanned Bai Yan's paper: "The handwriting is very good-looking, but it's just a pity that there is a little mistake in it." ”
The examiner said as he used the red pen in his hand to circle one of the points.
Bai Yan frowned and looked at the poem, to be honest, there were few sentences she could understand.
"Poetry and poetry are only to understand the predecessors, if you are not in charge of historical books, you are too proficient in these things, but you may miss your own duty." Bai Yan said casually.
Unexpectedly, someone dared to contradict him in public, and the examiner's face was a little uncomfortable.
"How can there be anything like you say, if you don't read poetry and books, how can you have poetry and books in your belly? With your attitude, I have the right to let you out. The examiner looked at Bai Yan angrily.
Bai Yan was not afraid of him.
"Don't be angry, my lord, I'm just a country woman, I don't understand the importance of this poetry and song, so I bumped into you, why should I care about such a person? has no culture, and still wants to enter the palace, you just have to see if she will pass the next test. Bai Jinghuan didn't know when she came out again and blew the wind in the examiner's ear.
She crossed her arms and squinted at Bai Jinghuan, and said coldly: "This Miss Bai, you are from a beautiful family, but commenting on other people's affairs in person, is it done by everyone's girlfriends?" ”
It is indeed a more serious matter to talk about the rights and wrongs of others, and Bai Jinghuan suddenly stopped it.
"Miss Ben is just stating an objective fact, why can't you do poetry and songs, isn't it just that you don't read much, and you don't dare to admit it?" Bai Jinghuan craned her neck and looked at Bai Yan and asked.
The sound of the dispute quickly attracted the attention of others, but after a while, all the eyes of everyone looked here.
Although there was an examiner standing here, everyone did not dare to gather around, but the atmosphere was already gathered here.
"I'm sure to admit that I've always had a long history of culture, and there are so many poems and books that there are so many stars in the sky that I don't think I'll miss one or two of them, right? Why don't Miss Bai compare with me now, and see if you can match all the poems and books? Bai Yan looked at her fearlessly and asked.
Bai Jinghuan himself thought that he had read too much and read more, so he was not afraid of Bai Yan's provocation at all now.
"Okay, just try it." Bai Jinghuan agreed.
The examiner's face was a little uncomfortable: "Nonsense, two women are fighting here, what kind of system!" ”
In the end, Bai Jinghuan is the daughter of the prime minister's family, and when the examiner saw the name Bai Yan.
He suddenly thought that the crown prince and the third highness had all greeted him, and asked him to treat this girl named Baiyan with special favor.
Although I don't know what kind of family she was born in, the crown prince and the third highness still have to give face.
"If the two of you really want to take the written test, in the more difficult level later, you can just retake the written test, so why argue about these here?"
The examiner snorted and accepted both of their papers.
However, Bai Yan didn't even glance at Bai Jinghuan, and continued to rush to the next level with Yejian.
For Bai Yan, the first two levels are just a small test, and there is no pressure at all.
"Pavilion...... No, miss, you should have seen more of those things that day, and you wouldn't know anything now. Fine beads of sweat oozed from the corners of Yami's forehead.
Bai Yan snorted: "What's the next level?" ”
"Qinqi, calligraphy and painting."
As soon as these four words were spoken, Bai Yan's face really changed.
Female officials don't have to be too strict, but there must be at least two of them in this qin, chess, calligraphy and painting that can be used and are very good, as for the rest, even if they are not proficient, they must be able to.
Bai Yan came to the checkpoint of the third level, where the examiner was already waiting.
Everyone has two sheets of paper in front of them, and they can choose the items they want to take.
Bai Yan picked up the brush and chose chess and painting without hesitation.
I thought she would choose a book, but I didn't expect her to choose painting.
It seems that in order to compete with Bai Yan, Bai Jinghuan also chose chess.
There are few women who choose to play chess every year, and this year it was difficult for two people to choose chess at the same time, so the examiner coincidentally arranged the two and two people in one place.
"Didn't you always want to push me down? Okay, now I'll give you this chance. Bai Jinghuan said, and his hand had already picked up a white chess piece from the box.
When the white chess pieces landed on the chessboard, there was no movement on Bai Yan's face.
Almost without hesitation, she landed a black chess piece in one place.
The examiner was a little curious about the competition between the two girls, and he quietly leaned to the side.
"White girl, if you are really not good at chess, you can change to another one, it's still too late." After looking at a few steps, the examiner turned his head to Bai Yan and said.
Because what Bai Yan is doing now is completely incomprehensible.
Although they are not necessarily good at it, they can still understand it, what is the mess here?
And looking at Bai Jinghuan here, she is very organized, and she has indeed studied at home for a long time.
"No, you don't." Bai Yan said calmly.
Yejian, who was standing behind him, was not worried at all, after all, Bai Yan's chess skills were learned from Xiao Shuli, and Xiao Shuli's chess playing skills could be said to be superb.
Looking at Bai Yan like this, those examiners shook their heads, and they couldn't see any hope in her at all.
Bai Jinghuan thought that Bai Yan was pretending to be mysterious, but halfway through, no matter how she looked at her, there was nothing mysterious.
Especially in the end, Bai Jinghuan felt more and more that Bai Yan was just messing up!