The palace examination is a continuation of the general examination, generally speaking, it is a review and ranking for the candidates who have won the general examination. Candidates who have passed the general examination are called tributes, and after passing the palace examination, they will be ranked and divided into three grades. There are three first-class winners, who are champions, lists, and flowers, and are given Jinshi and the first; A number of the second class, given to the Jinshi background, the first place is commonly known as Chuanlu; The top three are given the same Jinshi background. Usually the first three people and the top two will be given the title of Jiji.

A few days later, it was the day of the palace test, which was held in the Jianji Palace. According to the usual practice, the day before yesterday had to retake the test, mainly to guard against favoritism and fraud during the examination. The re-examination is a part of the palace examination, and it is also held in the Jianji Palace, because it is the first re-examination since the carpenter emperor ascended the throne, so it is more solemn, the emperor is present in person, accompanied by the cabinet scholars, the chief and deputy examiners of the undergraduates, and the eunuch Wang Tiqian. However, Carpenter Zhu was really not very interested in this matter, and only wanted to deal with it on the surface, and then left the scene to go back to do his "business", so he recruited Yue Su to accompany him.

Since the emperor has spoken, the cabinet ministers are not much to say, after all, there is no explicit rule that no other officials are allowed to be present except for cabinet scholars.

In the Jianji Palace, after the dragon book case, the position is vacant, first the ministers, the next head stands, due to the grade relationship, Yue Su can only stand at the bottom of the head. There are hundreds of copywriting in the main hall, waiting for candidates to enter.

As soon as the hour comes, the candidates queuing outside will enter in order according to the ranking of the examination, with their names on the bookcase, find their place, and stand at the table. At this time, the deacon eunuch shouted, "The emperor has arrived!" ”

The scholars hurriedly knelt down, and the ministers bowed down one after another, shouting long live. Zhu Youxiao slowly entered the hall, walked to the back of the dragon book case and sat down, and said "flat".

After everyone got up, Zhu Youxiao looked at Shoufu Ye Xianggao and said, "Ye Aiqing." ”

"The minister is here."

"Let's get started."

"Obey." During the re-examination, the first assistant is generally in charge of the main examination, Ye Xianggao agreed, turned to face the candidates, took an envelope, and opened it in public. "Today's subject re-examination questions - see far and clear, listen to virtue and wisdom."

Although the leakage of the re-examination questions was kept secret from the outside world, Ye Xianggao was the first assistant, so he naturally knew about it, and he redrafted two questions and asked the emperor to decide.

After reading the exam questions, all the scholars sat down to answer the questions, at this time, Carpenter Zhu couldn't sit still, stood up, and said: "Yue Aiqing, follow me to the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”

As soon as the emperor moved, a eunuch immediately shouted loudly: "Swing the palace to nourish the heart." ”

"Obey." Yue Su agreed, walked forward, didn't take two steps, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

A familiar face appeared in front of his eyes. The seats of the re-examination are divided according to the ranking of the examination, the first position on the left hand is Huiyuan's, and the Huiyuan in front of him, Yue Su always feels that he has seen it somewhere.

Because it was the emperor who was leaving, Yue Su didn't dare to delay, and with a quick glance, he passed by him, and followed Carpenter Zhu to the Palace of Nourishing Hearts. Along the way, Yue Su was reminiscing about this person, thinking about it for a long time, and finally remembered that he went to the Jade Pavilion that day, and he seemed to have bumped into him when he entered the door.

Yue Su knew that that was Huiyuan's position, and now that the exam had begun, he couldn't immediately ask for his fame, it would really have too much impact. I made up my mind that when the exam was about to end, I would definitely pull the emperor back, look at the man's papers, taste how he knew, and then make a final decision. After all, with Yang Yishan's pen power, Sun Shan is now famous, this person can be a high school Huiyuan, and his talent must be far better than Yang Yishan's, and it is really a big loss for the imperial court to lose his reputation just because of this matter.

Sitting in the position of Huiyuan, of course, it was Pei Yingjie, when he saw Yue Su, he also felt as if he had seen it somewhere, but he really couldn't remember it. After all, after four years, Yue Su is now in the third grade of official residence, and his temperament is completely different from before, how can he imagine that this is the guy who made himself the boss back then.

I can't think of it, Pei Yingjie doesn't have time to think about it, no matter how much I say that the exam is the most important. Seeing the exam questions, Pei Yingjie was dumbfounded again this time. "What's the matter, I was tricked by that half-immortal last time, and I was tricked by that eunuch again this time, isn't this exam question different at all!"

Pei Yingjie's father is a military general, and he is not treated well by the civilian clique, so he is not considered a Chu party, and the Donglin Party will not look down on this kind of person, so this kid belongs to a person without party affiliation. Because of this, he was selected by the Dragon Slaying Gang and invited to the Jade Pavilion. His situation in the Jade Pavilion was exactly the same as Yue Su's, and he got the questions for the re-examination. Of course, he didn't leak this matter, but felt that his luck was really good, and he took the huiyuan in a daze when he took the exam, and now there are people who take the initiative to send the exam questions for the retest.

Pei Yingjie, who got the exam questions, immediately spent money to hire someone to make one, because the general re-examination is very simple, and only requires writing a 300 to 1,000-word policy theory. Just wait for this time to get through. As for the matter of the seizure of the Jade Pavilion, he had also heard about it, so he couldn't help but believe that the exam questions were true.

Don't look at Yue Su's limited level, this guy's level can't catch up with Yue Su, at least Yue Su's show is his own test, and Pei Yingjie's show is bought at all. There was no way, Pei Yingjie gritted his teeth, and simply wrote according to the answers in his hand as if he would try. Last time, I was able to give a huiyuan, and this time it's not much worse. So, the guy began to answer according to the answer he had memorized. You can't hand over a blank roll horizontally or vertically.

On the other hand, Yue Su accompanied the emperor to the Yangxin Palace, a few days ago Yue Su designed a combination bed for the emperor, which is both beautiful and elegant, not only lightweight, but also particularly comfortable, and Zhu Carpenter is busy with the last link.

When it was time to work, Yue Su didn't speak, just worked with the emperor with his head bored, and when the emperor was tired and rested, Yue Su told some interesting stories to the emperor. Most of the stories he tells come from some costume TV series. After telling a story, Yue Su said again: "Your Majesty, it's not too early now, it's almost time to hand in the papers for the re-examination, and the minister is also from the imperial examination, so I really want to see the papers of today's scholars and learn from them." Especially when I heard that the current branch will be talented Gao Badou, I really want to see his article. ”

"Aiqing is not only loyal to state affairs, but also both civil and military, which is really rare. Since you have this in mind, then it's okay, I'll accompany you to take a look. If you don't make this trip, you will have to delay me a lot, and when you are done, you will not only have lunch with me, but you will have to stay with me for two more hours. "Carpenter Zhu is also funny, and he even bargained with his courtiers.

"Thank you, Lord Long, I will obey the order."

At that moment, the two of them walked out of the Heart Cultivation Hall with a smile and a smile, and set up a pole hall. Ye Xianggao and Wang Tiqian, who thought that the emperor would not be able to come back if he left, but who would have thought that when he was about to hand in the papers, he and Yue Su would return again.

The emperor sat in the middle, Yue Su was still standing in his hand, and after a while, a eunuch shouted loudly: "When the time comes, all the tributes will stop writing and start to collect the scrolls." ”

There is a rule in the imperial court that as long as the time comes, the pen must be stopped. All the candidates put down their pens and sat neatly, and there were eunuchs who were specially responsible for collecting the papers, and they were collecting the papers from table to table. At this time, Carpenter Zhu suddenly said: "Come on, take the scroll of Jinke Huiyuan to Yue Aiqing for a look." ”

What the? Give Shuntianfu a look first? All the ministers in the palace were dumbfounded. According to the imperial court system, before the candidate's paper is sealed, except for the emperor who has the right to read it first, other ministers can only watch it after the name is sealed and the order of the paper is disrupted. And it has to be a bachelor in charge of the cabinet to read the papers, and I have never heard of it, so I showed the papers to Shuntianfu Yin first. Many people are muttering in their hearts, letting you go to the temple is already an exception, how can you still let you read the scroll first.

After all, there are still those who dare to speak among the ministers, and Shi Jikai, a member of the cabinet university, was the first to stand up, "Your Majesty, the imperial court system, before the name is sealed, the examination papers are not allowed to be shown to the examiners present. ”

"Yue Su is not an examiner, it is your business to mark the papers, so what's the harm if he takes a look. Above the main hall, it is I who say it, or you who say it. Carpenter Zhu said lukewarmly.

Shi Jikai was pushed back by the emperor's words, and this Yue Su was indeed not responsible for grading the papers. While speaking, a little eunuch had already taken Pei Yingjie's scroll, and when he saw the emperor say this, how dare he disobey, and hurriedly presented it to Yue Su.

Yue Su really wanted to see the talent of this Hui Yuan Gong, but when he saw Pei Yingjie's scroll, he was taken aback. The eye almost didn't fall out of the socket. What did this kid answer?

The question of this subject is "Seeing Far Away, Listening to Virtue and Wisdom". But the answer on the roll is clearly the answer to the question, the donkey's lips are not the horse's mouth, and the handwriting is not good, Yue Su is a little puzzled, how did this guy get admitted to Huiyuan.

What surprised Yue Su even more was that the answer made by Pei Yingjie was clearly the invalid exam question - the gentleman Huaide, the villain Huaitu; The gentleman is punished, and the villain is favored.

"The exam questions have obviously been changed, and this guy doesn't know it, why do you still answer like this, what does this mean? Could it be that he doesn't have any ink at all? ”

Thinking of this, Yue Su raised his head and looked at Pei Yingjie, Pei Yingjie also turned his head to look at Yue Su at this moment, and his heart was up and down, for fear that something would happen.

After a long time, Yue Su came out and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are shallow in their knowledge, and they really can't understand the answer of the current branch Huiyuan, and I want to ask Ye Shoufu to take a look." ”

When Ye Xianggao heard this, he inevitably muttered in his heart, not understanding what Yue Su was thinking. No matter what, you Yue Su is also from the imperial examination, can't you see how the candidates answered?

Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and said, "What's the matter, it can't be that this examinee answered too profoundly, so that Yue Aiqing couldn't understand it." It's okay, Ye Aiqing, you are well-read, so help Yue Aiqing think about it. If this candidate is a genius, it doesn't hurt that I can call him the champion now. ”

"Point Champion!" When Pei Yingjie heard this, he fainted excitedly. God wouldn't take care of that.

Ye Xianggao had a calm face, took the paper from Yue Su's hand, and was still thinking about Yue Su's intentions in his heart, but when he glanced at the answer on it, his reaction was exactly the same as Yue Su.

Pei Yingjie's words are really not flattering, and the answers and exam questions are also incompatible, what is this. Could it be that this candidate has taken the wrong medicine?

However, Ye Xianggao also quickly reacted, Pei Yingjie's answer was clearly the answer to the invalid exam question. Others may not know what the original exam questions are, but the questions are from him, so they don't know. He said secretly in his heart: "I said that the emperor asked Yue Su to read this kid's exam questions, it turned out that he had already known that there were other clues in it, so he acted this one." It's just that this guy, how did he get into Huiyuan? Sun Shenxing has always been cautious, so he won't ruin his reputation for the sake of silver, right? He is the main examiner of this subject, and it doesn't matter at all, who would believe it, after all, he must nod his head. What the hell is going on? ”

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