The autumn sun is soft, as warm as spring in March, especially the sunshine after the rain, which is extraordinarily warm and comfortable, and it makes people want to pursue it unconsciously.

On the high platform, I saw Su Yitong wearing a bright yellow cloud robe inlaid with gold dragon patterns, with a demeanor like jade, domineering and majestic, as if he had never been calm and solemn, and shouted that the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment and others who followed closely behind couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, and sure enough, their appearance would deceive people.

The scene was silent for a moment, and Su Yitong at that moment seemed to be like a lonely branch and a cold plum standing in the ice and snow, cold and lonely, independent for a lifetime, and it made people want to surrender for no reason.

"Your Majesty, can the ceremony start now?"

After the Ministry of Rites Shangshu led Su Yitong to sit down in the first place specially set for her, he took out the booklet and pen from his arms, then stretched out his tongue and licked the tip of the pen, looked at Su Yitong with burning eyes and asked.

Su Yitong was sitting precariously, and when she heard the words, she couldn't help but glance at him lightly, and immediately ordered someone to move the screen to block the hundreds of glances that the people in the audience threw at her, and then leaned back, the whole person seemed to be collapsed, and she took a long breath and said, "Let's start." ”

"Your Majesty, you haven't come up with the question yet?" The Ministry of Rites Shangshu took the pen in his hand and hurriedly reminded.

"It's a question!" Su Yitong frowned, and couldn't help thinking: "In Aiqing's opinion, what should be the topic?" ”

"Minister......" Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites never expected that Su Yitong would throw this problem to himself, and he suddenly choked and lost his follow-up.

"Hey!" Su Yitong sighed, looked at the Ministry of Rites and said thoughtfully: "It's better to ...... What should be learned as a child? As a topic, Aiqing thinks it's good? ”

"What should be learned first and foremost as a child?" The Ministry of Rites Shangshu chewed on Su Yitong's words repeatedly, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Why didn't Lord Shangshu speak?" Su Yitong waited for a while, and when he saw that the Ministry of Rites was still pondering, he couldn't help but remind him.

She knew that her behavior today should be the first person in the history of leaving the country, but she didn't realize anything shocking. In her opinion, today's court, whether it is a civil servant or a military general, although they often talk about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, but there are very few who can do it.

Therefore, her purpose today is to "What should be learned as a child?" Under the guise of testing people's hearts. As for the answer, she knew it, but before that, she was just an observer.

"Oh......" The Ministry of Rites returned to his senses, and then bowed to Su Yitong, and said respectfully: "The old minister thinks that His Majesty's exam questions are very good. Not only can you take the opportunity to peek into the heart of the respondent, but you can also understand his personality from the words of the respondent. In this way, it is easy to decide whether that person is good or bad.

Thinking of this, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu suddenly narrowed his eyes, and looked at Su Yitong's old god and said, "But...... Although His Majesty's method is good, it is unreasonable. Since the day the emperor list was posted, although the news has spread all over the place, the list of names in his hand is still empty.

Therefore, how this ceremony will be announced, he still does not know.

"What's not compatible?" Su Yitong waved his hand indifferently, crossed Erlang's legs, and said with a ruffian face: "Aiqing, don't forget that I am the emperor, isn't it just a rule, just change it." ”

"This ......" Seeing this, the corner of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites twitched, and his face suddenly turned embarrassed, and he opened his mouth to persuade: "Your Majesty, these are all rules set by the emperor, and you have changed them like this...... Wouldn't it be bad? What if an adult writes a letter of impeachment? ”

"Impeachment?" Su Yitong sat up straight in a hurry, glanced at the Ministry of Rites and said: "Lord Shangshu is really old, I don't remember, there are only a few of you left in the court now, where are the idlers who have nothing to do and write a book for impeachment!" "Everyone has been ordered by her to be imprisoned in prison, and if you want to be impeached, you have to be able to come out, right? Besides, even if someone really dares to write a book for impeachment, she is not afraid, and the big deal is to cure the impeached person for the crime of disrespect, and put him in prison one by one, anyway, she is idle now, and she doesn't care about the extension of the time of the ceremony.

It seems like that's true! The Ministry of Rites Shangshu nodded, feeling reasonable, so he asked, "Then what should I do next?" Do you ask candidates to come on stage to answer, or do you have candidates write their answers on a piece of paper and submit ......"

"Don't bother with it anymore." Su Yitong looked at the crowd of people in the audience through the screen, and said lightly: "Just choose to dictate, but if the answer can make me feel satisfied, it will be considered as passing, of course, the exam questions are not the same, and after the exam questions have a satisfactory answer to me, I will change the next exam question." As for those who pass, you need to be patient and wait for the end of the ceremony before making unified arrangements. Well, that's all. ”

"Then ......" the Ministry of Rites hesitated, "Do I need to register my name and surname?" ”

"No need. I haven't taken the test, what name and surname do I have, and I waste paper in vain. Su Yitong said: "Only those who pass can leave their names and surnames, and as for others who want to answer the questions, you can let them come to the stage and stand there to answer." Su Yitong said, stretching out his hand and pointing to the front of the screen.

It is also a loss that the screen covers Su Yitong's indecent behavior, otherwise, it is really difficult for the Ministry of Rites to imagine the expressions of those people who blindly worship Su Yitong when their hearts are broken.

"Yes." The corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu hurriedly bowed his hand respectfully towards Su Yitong, and then stepped back, and said the rules to the person who referred to him this time.

Su Yitong looked left and left bored, and from time to time chatted a few words with the officials sitting under her, but those officials really felt very strange about her current behavior, so every time Su Yitong said a word, they had to think for a long time before answering perfunctorily. Seeing this, Su Yitong couldn't help pursing his lips, and suddenly he was in no mood to speak. At that moment, my eyes were closed, and I couldn't help but feel a little drowsy.

I don't know what the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and those who referred to it have explained, but when the ceremony began, some people came to the stage one after another to answer the questions, Su Yitong woke up slowly, rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked, "How long has it been?" ”

After repeating the rules of the competition in detail with the reference candidates, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu also followed Su Yitong to retreat behind the screen and sat on her right hand. There was also a position on the left-hand side, which he specially prepared for Prime Minister Liuli, but Liuli temporarily sent someone to pass the word that he couldn't come, so he ordered someone to remove the seat placed in that position.

"It's almost half an hour?" Hearing Su Yitong's question, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu knew that she had probably woken up, so he replied truthfully.

"It's been half an hour." Su Yitong stretched her waist, glanced at the ministers who had moved their seats away from her at some point, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and look at the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and asked with a smile: "Am I terrible?" How are they ......?" she said, gesturing at the ministers who were listening.

What else could it be? The Ministry of Rites Shangshu didn't need to think about it to know that these people should have been frightened by her inconsistent image. Think about it, who made her a slightly domineering emperor one moment, and the next moment she became a ruffian prodigal, this kind of visual impact, no one can stand it.

Thinking like this, the wrinkles on the face of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu couldn't help but tremble, and then he looked at Su Yitong and replied seriously: "I probably want to sit closer to those candidates who answer the questions, so that they can see people." ”

Is it close? Hearing this, Su Yitong couldn't help but turn his eyes to look at the distance between the few people and the candidates, and muttered, "Aren't they all the same, where is it close." ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu silently wiped a cold sweat from the bottom of his heart, and said against his will: "Maybe they feel close." ”

At the moment when the two were talking, the people who answered the questions on the stage changed more than a dozen in a row. Seeing that Su Yitong's mind was not on this at all, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu had to persuade him stubbornly: "Your Majesty, don't you want to hear their answers?" ”

"I don't want to hear it." Su Yitong took the trouble to pick up the hem of his clothes that were dragging on the ground, then reached out and threw the tassel hanging down from the crown to the back of his head, leaned back on the seat, and said listlessly: "These people are here to join in the fun at most, and they don't have any real talents." Now, look at that, what do you say that people should respect the old and love the young, respect the teacher...... I said a lot, isn't it the basic principle of being a person, and that, what do you say that filial piety should be the first of your children......"

She pointed to the people who had just finished answering the question, and sneered dissatisfiedly: "Look at what you answered, isn't this all nonsense, if you can become an official in the court by relying on these words, wouldn't everyone be able to become an official." Also, listening to the meaning of their words, I don't know if I am a fool. One by one, I don't know if I can use my brain to think about it, and the questions I come up with will be so easy to answer! ”

"What does Your Majesty mean that these people are not answering correctly?" The Ministry of Rites Shangshu looked at Su Yitong in confusion and asked.

"That's not right." Su Yitong shook his head, suddenly looked at the Ministry of Rites, and his eyes lit up and said, "Why don't you also talk to me about your opinions?" ”

After all, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu is an important minister of the court, and Su Yitong is not too embarrassed, so after thinking of asking the Ministry of Rites Shangshu how to explain the answer to this question, she replaced the word answer with opinions, so as not to save his face and make him unable to step down.

"This ......" the Ministry of Rites Shangshu muttered slightly, wondering: "I'm afraid this is not good?" ”

"What's good or bad, it's an opinion anyway, just pass the time." Su Yitong couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the person standing in front of the screen answering as he spoke, and then turned his eyes to the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and said, "Aiqing won't tell me to listen to the answers that these fools repeat back and forth like reciting poetry books, right?" ”

It's also thanks to her cleverness that she has already guessed that the main event is behind, otherwise, with her tireless temperament once she is serious, her ears will grow calluses.

Listening to Su Yitong's words, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu just wanted to open his mouth to refuse, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that there was some truth in her words, so he had to give up struggling, and also learned from Su Yitong to treat the people who answered outside as air, and talked to Su Yitong about his views on this question.