Ji Ning's words of thanks were just casual polite words from him, and they were even unconscious, and the little eunuch was stunned, looking at Ji Ning with curiosity on his face, as if he was examining what kind of person Ji Ning was.

In fact, Ji Ning didn't have the heart to pay attention to the little eunuch serving next to him, after all, he was just a miscellaneous person, even if he had to be with him for a day, he would not have a chance to meet in the future, but at this time, he was looked at, and he still felt a little awkward, he looked over, and saw a pair of very divine eyes looking at him.

"See what?" Ji Ning asked.

"I didn't ...... No! The little eunuch said this, and his face suddenly turned red.

Ji Ning was a little embarrassed, he thought to himself: "I don't have such a big charm, do I, can the little eunuch have any reverie about me now?" ”

He was curious, so he glanced at the little eunuch again, if it wasn't for the costume on the little eunuch's body, he really wanted to treat the little eunuch as a girl, because the bookish spirit on the little eunuch's body was too heavy, just like a delicate and lovely little girl, and he didn't even understand anything, but he didn't think that this possibility was great, because in the palace, during the palace test, how could there be girls mixed in and come over to help him "add fragrance to his red sleeves"?

The ink on Ji Ning's side was quickly studied, when Ji Ning turned his head sideways, the little eunuch had already put the ink down, Ji Ning looked at the freshly ground ink, the concentration was very appropriate, it was obvious that the little eunuch had studied the ink, and when Ji Ning was about to thank him, he suddenly thought that his previous thanks caused the uneasiness of the palace person in front of him, so he simply stopped saying anything.

It wasn't until six o'clock in the morning, according to the time of the later generations, when there was only about half an hour left before the start of the palace examination, the scene was finally different.

From the direction of the Fengtian Palace, there was a very thick sound of music, and under the accompaniment of His Majesty's music, the emperor took Li Guifei and appeared in front of the Fengtian Palace.

At this time, the emperor was wearing a crown, the dragon robe was not golden, but red and gray-green, there would be some yellow tassels on the body, and the nine-clawed golden dragon on the body looked very dazzling.

Ji Ning's position is very high, so as long as he looks up slightly, he can see the situation of the emperor and Li Guifei, although it is not allowed to pay attention to the emperor in this era, but Ji Ning still looked up slightly, and he finally knew what kind of person gave birth to Zhao Yuanrong.

The current emperor, named Zhao Kangzheng, is fifty-two years old.

In the years that Zhao Kangzheng was in power, the Dayong Dynasty was roughly regarded as a country and a people's peace, there were not many local natural disasters, and even the foreign Yi was very docile and did not invade the land of China, so that the whole court and the central government were praising Zhao Kangzheng as a Ming monarch, but Ji Ning knew very well that this can only be said that Zhao Kangzheng was in a very good era, and it was a turning stage of the Dayong Dynasty from prosperity to decline, there was no major disaster, it does not mean that there will be no future disasters, and it may even be born in a few years, but Ji Ning does not know much about the future dynasty changes and exhibitions in this time and space, So he didn't dare to jump to conclusions.

When the emperor appeared, all the candidates and the little eunuch next to him needed to stand up, although these people in front of them were not Jinshi, but they were already considered quasi-Jinshi, and there was no need to kneel down and salute the emperor, just need to bow their hands.

When His Majesty's great joy stopped, everyone needed to salute respectfully, because there was still a certain distance from the emperor, and the people present did not say anything, and for the scholars, they did not understand what kind of rules were in the palace, which needed to be taught after entering the imperial court.

"All of you are the pillars of the Great Yong Dynasty, today I will personally come to ask you, if you have a good opinion, you will write it in the right policy, I will read it, and select excellent articles from it, only to use it!" Zhao Kangzheng said.

Ji Ning saluted again with everyone, and when he raised his head, Ji Ning took the opportunity to look at the faces of Zhao Kangzheng and Li Guifei.

Zhao Kangzheng's face looked very square, not very energetic, like the result of excessive wine, Ji Ning also knew that this Zhao Kangzheng liked Taoist pills to maintain health, and in his opinion, it might also be a sign that the old emperor had heavy metal poisoning. As for Li Guifei, although she is only forty years old, she is still very charming, she is a little beautiful, but she is far from being in Ji Ning's eyes, because he thinks that this Li Guifei is also a very unflattering concubine in the palace, and in the eyes of more upright people, this is just a demon girl who will bewitch the emperor.

Ji Ning couldn't help but think of Zhao Yuanrong's hatred for Uncle Li and Concubine Li, and he felt that if he wanted to cooperate politically with Zhao Yuanrong, he had to clarify his disgust for Concubine Li.

The emperor arrived, and behind him there were more than a dozen ministers of the court, including those of Shangshu Province, and there were also six ministers, who should be regarded as ministers who could call the wind and rain in the court, these people were sent by the imperial court to mark the examination papers, in addition, the Confucian Temple will also send a lineup of palace examination judges, but this lineup will not appear outside the Fengtian Palace, but after the end of the exam, they will go to the Wenhua Hall or the side hall of Ye'an Palace to review the examination papers.

The emperor sat down on the dragon chair prepared for him, and then more than a dozen palace examination examiners of the imperial court sat down, and then the tribute scholars who took the examination, the Shu Jishi and the scholars of the Confucian Temple who were in front of the supervision, and finally the little eunuch who accompanied the examination.

"Exam questions!"

With the shout of the messenger eunuch, the score of the exam questions finally began.

Although it has not yet reached the official start of the palace examination, the hearts of the candidates present have also raised their throats.

All the candidates have been studying for more than ten years or even decades, just to one day be able to enter the palace to participate in the palace examination and obtain the literary name of Jinshi. But candidates will also be enterprising, they are not willing to be a third-class jinshi, and will naturally strive to become a second-class or even first-class jinshi, so that they can not seek stability in the palace examination, but try to show their talents.

The exam paper is very thin, because the questions to be written on the day are close to a situation of one question and one answer, and candidates need to write out the answers to the questions, and there is no fixed answer, which is to see the candidates' on-the-spot reaction.

But no one will come out to say anything, the questions asked are also transcribed on the exam paper, after the candidates finish the answer sheets, as long as it is past noon, they can leave the palace, and they may not need to take the exam for a day, but generally no candidates will leave the venue early.

The time for the emperor to invigilate the examination will not be too long, after all, the emperor also has his own affairs, and he can't stay with the candidates all day, at most, he will come at the beginning, and go too long, and the rest of the things will still be handed over to the Ministry of Rites and other functional yamen to be responsible.