After more than a dozen temple ruling bigwigs finished brewing, ten test papers were set as the top ten waiting lists, and the rest was easy to do, arranged one by one according to the marked grades.

This can only be said to be the tentative order of the paper readers, and it will not change in general, but after entering the Son of Heaven, there is still the possibility of temporarily adjusting individual rankings on the whim of the Son of Heaven.

As the night passed, dawn dawned in the east, and all the officials who read the scrolls came out of the East Pavilion and went out of the palace again, and each went home to recuperate for a day. Tomorrow, they will reconvene at the Mandarin Hall and determine their final ranking in front of the Emperor.

Not to mention that the palace examination is too non-standard compared with the general examination, before the final results come out, all the bigwigs who have the name of an examiner and the actual examiner can go home to rest.

This led to the fact that there was no secret to speak of in the palace examination, and under the attention of countless well-intentioned people, the situation of the palace examination paper was almost immediately spread among the large and small officials and Zhumen. A piece of news also spread on the streets and alleys - a certain Xiangguo wants to ensure that a certain Huiyuan continues to be the champion!

If this kind of rumor breaks out from others, most of the listeners will laugh it off, and it is really commonplace and strange to spread all kinds of rumors during the exam.

In particular, rumors such as the internal determination that so-and-so should be the champion are generally ten out of ten untrustworthy. In recent years, Shilin's atmosphere has not been so shameless, and people who cherish feathers a little dare not use their power to grab a champion in front of everyone. Even if you get such a champion, it is equivalent to sitting on the crater of public opinion, so why bother.

But the same rumors are put on Liu Mian, and everyone believes that other bigwigs may not be so thick-skinned, but Liu Mian is absolutely different. With his cheeky skills, he must really dare to brazenly grab a champion in front of everyone. I really dare to sit on the crater of public opinion, calm and immovable.

And from another aspect, it can also be analyzed that Liu Mian has no lack of motivation, and the Liu family has lacked people for many years, and the imperial examination is not effective. It is estimated that Liu Mian is already a little anxious, and this time he wants to use his future son-in-law to earn back a little face.

What's more, a certain son-in-law is already Huiyuan. It is enough to prove his strength, and he is a high-ranking disciple of the highly respected three-yuan prime minister, if he is a champion again, then there will be relatively less doubts and criticism.

Fang Qingzhi, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, had just entered the gate of the Hanlin Academy today, and he heard these rumors related to his son. Then he couldn't sit still, and while complaining that his son was not uneasy at any time, he hurried back home.

At this time, Fang Yingwu was sitting comfortably in the courtyard, talking with the concubine about pastime (in fact, it was backgammon), and inadvertently looked up and saw his father hurrying over. Shocked, he hurriedly stood up to greet him.

Under normal circumstances, if my father had something to say, he would have sent someone to call him over. But now that my father has come to look for him in person, and he has hurried back from outside, there must be something important or urgent.

Fang Qingzhi didn't wait for his son to see the salute, and asked on the spot: "Do you and Liu Xiangguo have any plans for the ranking of the palace examination?" ”

Fang Yingwu was furious when he heard this! He didn't know where he heard a sentence in his last life, to the effect that "parents may be the people who believe in their children the most on shijie", how did he completely reverse it in this life? My father is simply the person who doesn't believe in him on shijie!

Facing his son's sad and indignant gaze, Fang Qingzhi also felt that his tone was a little inappropriate. He smiled and explained: "It's not that my father doesn't believe you, there are rumors outside that there is no tendency to test Wan Shoufu in the current science hall, but the scholar Liu of Wenyuan Pavilion is trying his best to recommend you." I have already overwhelmed the scholar of the Jinshen Hall last night, so Zuihou must still be your leader. ”

Suddenly hearing this rumor, Fang Yingwu was caught off guard for a while. Stunned on the spot.

Speaking with a conscience, Fang Yingwu never had the idea of competing for the champion. As the saying goes, an arrow shoots the first bird, and the champion is the first bird. He should be the champion, and he is the first bird among the first birds.

Fang Yingwu thought about it carefully, this rumor is quite true!

As mentioned earlier, Liu Mian is a person who is shameless in his heart but has a face on the outside, in order to show others the glory of the champion son-in-law, or to show his discernment, it is really possible to contribute in the current situation! There are no competitors anyway.

Fang Yingwu thought again, the world has never been able to see through the thing of fame and profit, this time in the face of the glory of the champion that seems to be at your fingertips, can not even Liu Mian be able to hold it?

Thinking of this, Fang Yingwu couldn't sit still, didn't care about what to say to his father, and also hurried out of the door and went to Liu's mansion.

It is said that during this period of time, Fang Yingwu has been unimpeded in the Liu Mansion, enjoying the treatment of close relatives among close relatives, but today he was blocked by the door official who was already familiar with him.

The official smiled bitterly and dissuaded: "My lord didn't sleep last night, and he wants to rest today and don't see any outsiders." ”

Is this a liar? Fang Yingwu squinted, "There are 100,000 urgent things below, how can I see Old Taishan?" ”

The door official smiled bitterly again, "My lord actually spoke, and the Tao is that the results of the palace examination are still inconclusive, if you come to visit Gongzi Fang, you will still disappear in order to avoid suspicion." ”

Avoid arousing suspicion? Fang Yingwu just wanted to daxiao a few times, when did Liu Mian take care of this?

Fang Yingwu's visit this time was not a temptation, after all, the rumors are not necessarily true. If Liu Mian is generously received, then the other party should be regarded as a rumor that is self-defeating; But Liu Mian's absence largely illustrates the credibility of the rumors

But but, the position of other party Yingwu and Liu Ji is not the same! Liu Mian can ask for this champion, but he can't ask for it.

Liu Ji is a cabinet scholar, and he is already close to the status of a supreme minister, no matter whether he wants to be embarrassed or not, as long as the Son of Heaven still uses him, others can only do nothing.

He still has a long way to go, and for the sake of long-term interests, he must take into account public opinion. As the so-called Wang Mang was humble and not usurped, he would never be able to do Liu Mian's "I stand still". What if the son of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of later generations, is the champion? Zuihou is not yet a void?

Besides, everyone in the world knows that he had to commit himself to the Liu family, which has a bad reputation, in order to save his father, and it is excusable that it will not affect his reputation. But if you rely on Lao Taishan to fight for a champion, then you really can't tell if you have a mouth!

Fang Yingwu was extremely speechless, could it be that Wen Xing's top champion has such a great magic power over scholars, even an almost absolutely rational character like Liu Mian can make him dizzy?

Seeing that Fang Yingwu's expression was uncertain, the door official said again: "My master has something else to say, he is not greedy for the glory of the son-in-law, Fang Gongzi should understand the reason, or please go back!" ”

Fang Yingwu was stunned, what did Liu Mian want? (To be continued......)

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