Judging from the situation of the provincial examination, this year's champions, Gu Bai and Cui Lang are the most likely, of course, although Shen Jian ranks fourth, it is not impossible to win the championship.

The seeded players of the palace test are all here, if you can operate it, become a banker yourself, and make a shady deal, wouldn't you not have to worry about running out of money for the rest of your life?

Gu Bai looked at Cui Lang, thought for a while, and said, "If Brother Cui doesn't release water on the palace test, how about all the money won by then?" ”

Cui Lang smiled and said, "If you don't care about my brother and release the water, no matter who wins between me and Brother Shen, how about the silver?" ”

Tang Ning looked at them and felt that this time the village would not be able to open.

Two laymen, good men are ambitious in all directions, they should be regarded as dung, they are officials or they can't afford to buy a house in Beijing, and they are poor officials, how can there be any money?

Xiao Jue looked at the two of them and said, "Gu Bai, it's useless for you to ask for so much silver, the Cui family is also a rich family in Jiangnan, you are not short of money, why don't you give me the silver if you win?" ”

Xiao Jue wanted the white wolf with empty gloves, and others were not stupid, so the two didn't even pay attention to him.

Tang Ning thought for a while, looked at him and said, "If you don't bet on me, my odds are much higher than the two of them, and if you win, you will make a fortune." ”

"You?" Xiao Jue glanced at him and said, "You think I'm stupid, since those examiners let out their words, who in Beijing doesn't know that the palace exam is not your strong point, and you have nowhere to spend your head in the water if you have a lot of money......

Although Xiao Jue's words are a little hurtful, they are also true, even Miss Li, who has never hit him, is not optimistic about him, but it doesn't matter, just do it in moderation, accept it when you see it, make money to take the right path, and hold the long legs of the Tang goblin tightly and cooperate in business is the right way.

Xiao Jue looked at Gu Bai, then at Cui Lang, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't gamble this time, I won't even have pocket money if I lose the bet." ”

Cui Lang paced and muttered: "This palace test, it is said that His Majesty personally proposed, I don't know how many questions there are, how difficult it is." ”

Shen Jian opened his mouth and said: "Although it is His Majesty's personal proposition, it should not be much different from previous years, more than three, less than two, nothing more." ”

After the announcement of the time of the palace examination, other related matters were also announced.

For example, although the Ministry of Rites is responsible for this palace examination, it is the Son of Heaven who personally makes the questions, which is different from the full supervision of the Ministry of Rites in previous years, and it is also the first time in recent years that the Son of Heaven has asked questions.

The reason why each Jinshi is called the protégé of the Son of Heaven is because the palace examination is held in the imperial palace, and strictly speaking, the emperor is the main exam.

But in fact, the Son of Heaven will delegate this power to the important ministers, and he will not personally intervene in the questions and papers, and only when the examiner presents the list of the top ten people, the royal pen will personally ask the first three people.

The palace test only examines strategy, and no one can guarantee whether there is a dark horse, even if it is Gu Bai and Cui Lang and Shen Jian, they don't know the bottom of their hearts.

Of course, this time, they didn't see Downing as an opponent at all.

The odds offered by the major gambling houses in Beijing, the three of them together are not as high as Tang Ning, but no matter how high the odds are, they must be able to pass the test, and Gu Bai and Cui Lang will not release water, so Tang Ning gave up the idea of gambling money very early.

The Royal Palace, the Imperial Study.

Chen Huang put pen to paper and pondered, but he did not fall for a long time.

Gonggong Wei walked up to him and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to take a break?" ”

Emperor Chen shook his head and said, "No need, the palace test is imminent, so you have to set the topic earlier." ”

He put down his pen and asked, "Has the spy who went to the steppe returned?" ”

"Not yet." Wei Jian shook his head and said, "But Your Majesty doesn't need to be anxious, count the days, there should be news in May at the latest." ”

Emperor Chen looked out of the hall and said, "I hope what they said is not true." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, in a "squeak", the door of the temple was slowly pushed open, and King Run ran in from outside with a box in his hand.

The little eunuch at the door was startled, and hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness King Run, His Royal Highness King Run, stay, Your Majesty is busy, you can come back later." ”

Zhao Yuan stopped and said, "My father didn't eat in the morning, I'll bring food to my father, put it down and leave." ”

The eunuch looked at him and said, "Your Highness, you put down your things, and the slave will bring them to Your Majesty in a while." ”

"It's okay, I'm just a little hungry, Yuan'er, you can bring it." A voice came from ahead.

Zhao Yuan ran over with the box, Emperor Chen looked at him, and asked with a smile, "What good things did Yuan'er bring to his father?" ”

Zhao Yuan put the box on the table and said, "There are elbows, fried small fish, as well as pastries and candied fruits, and the emperor can eat whatever he wants......"

Emperor Chen picked up a fried small fish with chopsticks, and Zhao Yuan said ostentatiously: "This time the small fish is fried well, I will watch from the side, don't let them turn it hard, my father will taste it quickly!" ”

Chen Huang looked at the small fish on the chopsticks, as if he thought of something, and the movements in his hands paused.

……

There was not much time to prepare for the palace exam, and Tang Ning only felt that the ten days had passed in a flash, and it was already April 23.

Zhongyi stood in front of him, straightened his collar for him, and handed over a burden.

Tang Ning took them in his arms, patted them lightly on the shoulder, and said softly, "Wait for me to come back." ”

The temple examination lasted one day, and the entrance was at dawn and the papers were handed in at dusk.

As the last and most important examination of the imperial examination, the process of the palace examination is quite complicated, after the roll call, scattered papers, praise, salute and other procedures, before the official issuance of the policy question, after the answer, the test paper is sealed, generally the end of the palace examination two to three days is the marking day, by the eight marking officers take turns to review, each test paper will go through the hands of eight people, in order to ensure the fairness and justice of the marking.

The palace examination was held in a large hall of the imperial palace, which was large enough to accommodate the two hundred and twelve tributes who participated in the provincial examination.

It was not the first time that Tang Ning had entered the palace, and when he walked to the palace gate, he saw many figures waiting at the door.

When the hour comes, a eunuch will bring them in.

Xiao Jue actually came earlier than him, standing with Gu Bai and Cui Lang and the others chatting, and when he saw him coming, he beckoned to him from afar: "Here!" ”

The atmosphere before the palace test is actually much better than the provincial test.

After all, this time it's just a ranking, no one will lose, the worst and the worst, you can also mix a county order, of course, whether it is a county order or a county order, it still depends on the results of the palace exam.

"I finally don't have to be forced by my dad to read." Xiao Jue leaned against a tree, breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Tang Ning, and said, "From today onwards, I will take you to have a good time, this Jingshi is good, you haven't seen it yet." ”

I dare to say that it is fun to have fun, what tricks can a boy chicken play, since he was taken to the Qinglou last time and saw what he said to have fun, Tang Ning has no hope for his words.

Tang Ning stood beside Xiao Jue and the others, and found that many people around him had their eyes on him, including many whisperers.

"He's Downing?"

"Lingzhou Xie Yuan, the first place in the provincial test, kick Gu Bai and Cui Lang down that."

"So this is a poetry maniac, it doesn't look crazy......"

"yes, it doesn't look like the first demon who can answer ten percent, you say he can't hit three yuan in a row this time?"

"Impossible, many examiners have said that his strategy is mediocre, and he can get the first place in the provincial exam, but because the first two are too good, he doesn't have such good luck in the palace exam."

"I guess he's the best at all."

"It is also possible that the top three ......"

……

Although these people deliberately lowered their voices, some of them still reached Tang Ning's ears.

Xiao Jue looked ahead and said, "These guys are just talking about this little ability." ”

Tang Ning didn't feel anything, his peers were enemies, and he couldn't expect his competitors to look forward to his own good.

He thought of this, and the cacophony of the crowd stopped abruptly.

A eunuch came out of the palace walls and shouted at the top of his voice: "All the tributes, get ready to enter!" ”