The restaurant where he lives is still some distance away from the palace, the shopkeeper of the restaurant has long thought of this problem, the inner city is not allowed to ride horses, so the horses of Zheng Xunrui and others have no effect, the shopkeeper has hired a four-horsepower carriage early, the speed of this car is very fast, and it is very stable, that is, the price is higher, but this thing is nothing at all for the restaurant and the shopkeeper.

At that time, the restaurant had already prepared breakfast, and after Zheng Xunrui, Yang Tingshu and others had breakfast, they got into the carriage.

The streets were not so crowded, after all, there were only four hundred tributes who could participate in the temple examination.

The speed of the carriage was very fast, and it arrived at the Daming Gate at three o'clock.

Many tributes have been waiting here for a long time, and everyone is very consciously lined up according to the training of Honglu Temple, neatly arranged, no one is talking to each other, after all, everyone is about to enter the imperial city.

The sky has not yet been large, and at the end of the day, the officials of the Ministry of Rites appeared outside the Daming Gate on time.

The crowd followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites towards the Imperial City.

It was very quiet, no one looked up, everyone walked inside with their heads down.

Zheng Xunrui is the same, he knows very well that details determine success or failure, especially his five-yuan examination huiyuan, I am afraid that he has already attracted the attention of some people, so his words and deeds cannot be hidden from anyone.

The Imperial City and the Forbidden City are two concepts, the Forbidden City is the core of the Imperial City, the emperor lives and acts in the Forbidden City, Long Live Mountain, Taimiao, Shejitang and Taixi Liquid Lake, etc., including the celebrant supervisor, the internal official supervisor and other institutions, are all within the scope of the imperial city, the imperial city is surrounded by red walls, and fools know that this is a forbidden area, and casual trespassing is punished.

The route of the people is also very clear, starting from the Daming Gate, passing through the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Governor's Office and other official offices, from the Chengtian Gate into the Imperial City, and then through the Sheji Hall and the Taimiao, and finally into the Forbidden City.

After entering the imperial city, the speed of the group walking was still relatively fast.

Seeing the gate of the Forbidden City from afar, that is, the noon gate, the team was a little commotion, some people looked up at the city wall and the city gate, everyone came here for the first time, fully felt the majesty of the imperial city, and the heart will unconsciously produce some fear, maybe the official of the Ministry of Rites who led the team knew this qiē and did not speak.

When Zheng Xunrui saw the Forbidden City, he felt completely different, he didn't have any fear, some just had a lot of emotion, if he couldn't cross, more than ten years later, there would be several changes of owner here, and the Ming Dynasty suffered a lot of poison, and finally collapsed.

When they came to the noon gate, the officials of the Ministry of Rites stopped, and so did the people.

The brocade guards guarding here, stepped forward and whispered a few words to the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and then turned around and walked into the city gate, and after a while, a eunuch came out, and together with the officials of the Ministry of Rites, with many tributes, walked in the direction of the noon gate.

The first thing to pass is the Jinshui Bridge, the middle is the emperor to walk, many tributes cross the bridge from the left and right, and then enter the noon gate, it is impossible to walk through the main gate, this is the place where the emperor can walk, many tributes enter the palace from the left door.

Just after passing through the Yongdao, a sense of majesty made Zheng Xunrui feel it.

The thick city walls and thick gates are different from the outside.

Inside the noon gate, there were already brocade guards waiting, they needed to check a lot of tributes, this is the rule, if someone carries a weapon or something, it will be terrible.

However, such a situation does not exist, and many tributes were inspected when they were in Daming Gate, so Jinyiwei will not be very serious, that is, they will look at it with their eyes, after all, they have been engaged in such things for a long time, and their eyes are very poisonous, and they can see the abnormality at a glance.

The Taihe Gate in front of it shows its majesty.

Entering the Taihe Gate, after passing through a row of palaces, a huge open space appeared, in front of a huge palace, on the left and right sides are smaller palaces, in front of this huge palace, is the largest palace in the Forbidden City, the Emperor's Palace, three days after the ceremony, is held here.

On the left side of the Imperial Palace, there are Wenhua Hall and Wenyuan Pavilion, and on the right are Wuying Hall and East Pavilion.

When many tributes arrived here, they could not look up, and followed the officials and eunuchs of the Ministry of Rites, bowed their heads from the passage on the right, and walked towards the back.

After passing through the Imperial Palace, the Middle Pole Hall appeared in front of you.

After entering the Middle Pole Hall, I finally came to the Jianji Hall.

The Jianji Hall is the place where many tributes participate in the palace examination.

The Emperor's Palace, the Middle Pole Hall and the Jianji Palace, are called the three major halls of the Imperial Palace, including the Wenhua Palace, the Wuying Palace, the Wenyuan Pavilion and the East Pavilion, etc., here is the place where the emperor and many civil and military ministers act for official business, here is also called the former dynasty, the second half of the Forbidden City is called the inner court, is the place where the emperor and the concubines live, the dividing line between the former dynasty and the inner court is the Qianqing Gate.

There is a place in the inner court, which is a place where cabinet ministers and court officials can enter, that is, the Qianqing Palace, which is the place where the early dynasty is held, and the emperor usually conducts official business here, and will summon cabinet ministers and other officials at any time.

After the group came to the Jianji Palace, under the leadership of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, they entered the palace.

The seats in the palace had already been arranged, and everyone went directly to their seats and sat down according to the instructions of the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

During the whole process, no one made a sound.

According to the rules, it is the emperor who presides over the palace examination, but many of the previous procedures do not need the emperor to appear, such as roll call, scattered scrolls, etc., which are directly responsible for the cabinet ministers, so after sitting down, many tributes can relax a little, after all, from the beginning of the hour, everyone is nervous, the nerves are very tense, for fear of doing something wrong and leaving a bad impression, or even encountering reprimands, this time is to wait until the emperor comes, stand up and pay homage, you can start to make a fuss, When visiting the shrine, it is not allowed to look up at the emperor directly, which is a great disrespect.

What everyone didn't expect was that the emperor actually came to the Jianji Hall after many tributes sat down.

Even the officials of the Ministry of Rites did not expect that after seeing the emperor, they immediately saluted, and the officials of Honglu Temple were slightly panicked, but they still shouted slogans such as praise and salute in an orderly manner.

Many of the tributes moved freely, and all of them stood up and began to bow down.

Zheng Xunrui was a little stunned, he didn't expect the emperor to come to the Jianji Hall so early.

Looking at the many ministers behind the emperor, he quickly understood, it seems that Zhu Youzhen is really exhausted and cares about everything, and the reason why he broke the routine this time and came to Jianji Hall in advance is that he wants to be familiar with all the tributes.

The person in charge of the roll call is naturally Wu Yingdian University Scholar, Prince Shaobao, and Cabinet First Assistant Zhou Yanru.

The roll call is also the roll call, and every tribute who is called must stand up and salute.

The order of the roll call is according to the ranking of the examination, and Zheng Xunrui is naturally the first to be named.

When Zheng Xunrui stood up and saluted, he felt a lot of eyes, he couldn't look up at this time, because the emperor was also paying attention to him, in fact, he wanted to look up at the emperor, look at this controversial emperor in later generations, ascended the throne at the age of eighteen, and cleared Wei Zhongxian with lightning speed, but unfortunately later became the king of the Ming Dynasty, leaving too many regrets.

The process of roll call continued, Zheng Xunrui felt a little uncomfortable, his position was at the front, after all, this was the focus of everyone's attention, plus he was so young, Ying Tianfu's little Sanyuan, Nanzhili Township tried to solve the yuan, and will try to meet the yuan, too much glory and aura, at this time, it is difficult not to attract attention.

The roll call was finally over, and Zheng Xunrui felt sweat drops appear on his forehead.

Finally, it was time to scatter the papers, that is, the test papers were issued, and many tributes began to make a fuss.

An unexpected scene appeared, and the emperor actually spoke.

"Ying Tianfu Xiao Sanyuan, Nanzhili Township to try Xie Yuan, will test Hui Yuan, so young, I didn't expect it, Zheng Xunrui, I heard that your poems are good, can you chant a poem again."

The inside of the Jianji Hall instantly fell silent, and all eyes looked at Zheng Xunrui.

Sweat drops appeared on Zheng Xunrui's head, he didn't expect this scene, this Zhu Youzhen is really interesting, this is a palace test, every qiē has to come according to the rules, and when he came here, what he thought of was to write a good article, the matter of chanting poems, he was not prepared at all, think about those poems, such as "Magnolia Flower Order" and "Butterfly Love Flower", it is a sensation to sing it on special occasions, but to sing it in the Jianji Palace, it is to ask for bad luck.

But the emperor's words are holy decrees, and it is impossible for him to ignore them.

"Yes."

Zheng Xunrui stood up, left the action, stood in the middle aisle, clasped his fists and saluted, and recited a poem without much thought.

"Kyushu is angry and thunderous, and ten thousand horses are sad in the end. I advise the heavenly prince to be vigorous and reduce talents without sticking to one pattern. ”

When Zheng Xunrui was still reciting poetry, the official of the Ministry of Rites on the side quickly wrote down the poem, and then walked to Zheng Xunrui's side in small steps, verified it, and then presented the poem to the emperor.

"I advise the Heavenly Father to be vigorous and eclectic to reduce talents, good, very good, Zheng Xunrui, raise your head, I heard that you are fast in composing poems, and you can recite them without thinking, and it really deserves your reputation."

Zheng Xunrui raised his head and finally saw the emperor's face clearly.

With thick eyebrows and big eyes, a boxy face, and the light bursting out of his eyes is very rich, he is worthy of the appearance of the emperor as people say, but it is a pity that such an emperor has become the king of the dead country.

More eyes looked at Zheng Xunrui around, some were envious, some were jealous, and some had other ideas.