The Emperor was reviewing the examination papers of the candidates in the Jinluan Palace, and the Scholars of the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple, as well as several cabinet scholars, were on the list.

Although the test papers were corrected by several people, the emperor would still ask them if he had any questions.

Several people were very nervous, and the most nervous was Honglu Siqing.

Of course, it is impossible for all the examination papers presented to His Majesty to be clean, and there are a few candidates who are intentionally promoted by their various parties, and of course they are not bad in terms of strength, and those who are too bad will not be able to pass the palace examination.

I am afraid that the emperor will not be successful, so he will be taken out separately and re-selected from the examination papers after twenty, which is rare, but it is not uncommon.

Every time the emperor finishes reading a test paper, if it is placed on the right, it means that it has passed, and it can be kept, if it is placed on the left, it means that there is an objection.

The test papers with objections basically do not have the first grade, but they generally do not fall into the top three.

The emperor has already read ten exam papers, and there has been no drop in the papers for the time being.

Today's weather is good, and it is quiet in the imperial study, only a hint of warm spring breeze blows slowly from outside the door.

The exam paper was blown up, and Father-in-law Wei hurriedly took a topaz Pixiu paperweight to press the exam paper.

The emperor didn't look up, but he was also very useful to Gonggong Wei's carefulness, and he was worthy of being an old man who had been with him for many years.

The emperor coughed lowly, and Gonggong Wei hurriedly handed over a cup of hot tea.

Lo and behold, even the tea temperature is just right.

"Your Majesty, you've been reviewing it all morning, take a break." Li Shangshu worriedly persuaded, "The dragon body is important. ”

"I'm fine." It's just a little hot, it's not good to be an emperor, and the slightest wind and grass will make people turn their backs, so he doesn't like to admit that he is unwell.

The emperor took a sip of tea and continued to review the test papers, he had just finished reviewing the examination papers of Yuan Yu and Ning Zhiyuan, a genius in Jiangnan, and the examination papers of the two of them seemed to be in the top three at present.

The overall strength of the candidates in this realm is more brilliant than the previous palace exams, and it is much more difficult to choose.

Honglu Siqing was one of the people who did something to the test paper, and he knew that the emperor was about to review Xiao Liulang's test paper, and Xiao Liulang's test paper did not score high, at the end of the top twenty cranes.

This is naturally for a reason, he "wrote" a great rebellion, and the reason why he was still put in was because he was Huiyuan, and Huiyuan did not fall into the volume, this is a customary rule, even if it is to fall, it will not be their turn, and the emperor will have to do it himself.

Everything was so seamless.

Honglu Siqing's eyes kept staring at the exam paper that was pressed into the second part.

After the emperor finished correcting Song Ping's examination paper, he was not very satisfied and put it on the left.

Li Shangshu's heart sank, Song Ping was his protégé, and it seemed that there was no play.

The emperor raised his hand to take down an examination paper, this is a test paper of a candidate named Zhu Guangmao, a poor student, with no background, his performance in the spring is not too outstanding, and the ranking in the township examination is only a dozen in the local area, which has not aroused the interest of any party for the time being.

After changing his, it should be Xiao Liulang's.

Honglu Siqing's heart was raised to his throat, although it shouldn't be wrong, but in the end, he did something wrong, he was a little weak-hearted, so he wondered what if the emperor recognized that it was not Xiao Liulang's handwriting?

In fact, this word is imitated so well, but I am afraid that Xiao Liulang himself may not be able to see at a glance that it is a copy, and of course the emperor will not be able to find out.

When Honglu Siqing was nervous, a eunuch's report suddenly came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Zhuang asks to see you." ”

Honglu Siqing's gaze moved away from Xiao Liulang's exam paper and looked at the door.

Why did Mrs. Zhuang come over at this time?

The emperor just picked up the exam paper and put it back again, and said to the door: "Xuan." ”

"Yes." The eunuch responded, "Your Majesty Xuanzhuang Taifu will meet you——"

Gonggong Wei squeezed his eyebrows, this is a newly appointed eunuch, he was promoted, and he did things too decently, and His Majesty didn't have so many rules before.

What is Xuan? Just let it in.

Mrs. Zhuang was also stunned, he originally planned to walk in frankly and give a blessing ceremony, but the new eunuch made the scene so formal, causing him to kneel down and bow to the emperor after entering the imperial study.

The emperor waved his hand lightly and motioned to Mrs. Zhuang to flatten his body: "What is the matter with Mrs. Zhuang?" ”

The ministers also saluted Mrs. Zhuang.

After Mrs. Zhuang responded, he looked at the emperor and said, "The minister has something to do." ”

"Now?" His Majesty looked at him.

"Yes." Mrs. Zhuang gave up.

Li Shangshu said with interest: "The ministers and others will retire first. ”

"Hmm." The emperor agreed.

Li Shangshu and the others went out of the imperial study, and did not go far, but used tea in the nearby side hall.

The emperor's gaze once again fell on Mrs. Zhuang's face: "What is so in such a hurry?" Can't wait for me to finish the exam papers? ”

Mrs. Zhuang glanced at the exam papers on the table without a trace, and saw that Xiao Liulang's was about to be corrected on the second one, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He stepped forward and said, "On the way back, the minister suddenly remembered that it was the queen mother's birthday in a few days, and the minister ...... Dare to go to the palace to visit the Queen Mother. ”

The emperor's expression was stunned, put down the imperial pen, lowered his eyes, took a sip of tea, and looked at Mrs. Zhuang and said: "The queen mother is not safe in her phoenix body, and the imperial doctor said that it is not suitable to see the wind, nor is it suitable to see guests, I will order someone to go to the palace again later, to see if the queen mother has improved, and then inform the princess." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mrs. Zhuang bowed his hand deeply, and when he got up, he seemed to unintentionally touch the exam papers on the table, and a stack of exam papers hit the emperor's teacup, the teacup fell over, and the exam papers also fell to the ground.

"Damn it!" He hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, and hurriedly picked up the test papers.

Gonggong Wei was busy checking to see if the emperor had been burned by the tea, and the emperor also lowered his head and dusted off the water droplets on his body.

Taking advantage of the fact that the two were unprepared, Mrs. Zhuang hid Xiao Liulang's exam paper in his left sleeve, and took out Xiao Liulang's original paper from his right sleeve and sandwiched it in the exam paper.

……

After leaving the palace, Mrs. Zhuang saw Xuanping Hou with his hands in the warm hands.

It's April, and I don't know how this person still uses this kind of thing.

Xuanping Hou's eyebrows and eyes were cold, and his temperament was deep, but when Mrs. Zhuang walked over, his eyebrows were very arbitrarily picked: "Yo, Taifu walks very fast, and the sword is not old." ”

Mrs. Zhuang was so angry that he blocked his throat, and he couldn't go up or down: "I've already put the exam papers back, why don't you hurry up and release the county king!" ”

"Just let it go." Xuanping Hou turned his head and said with a sigh of relief, "Chang Jing." ”

Chang Jing directly threw King Anjun out of the carriage-

Mrs. Zhuang: "......"

The banker's coachman was also released, and hurriedly carried King Anjun to his carriage, and King Anjun was wounded, and one leg was bleeding.

Mrs. Zhuang's fists clenched and gurgled.

Xuanping Hou said: "Hurry up and heal your wounds, do you want him to become lame?" Tut-tut, how did you say you were a grandfather? I don't care about my grandson at all. ”

Mrs. Zhuang almost exploded on the spot.

How did my grandson get hurt, don't you have any points in your heart? How did you have the face to say such a thing?

I'm! This guy is really angry old man!

"Hmph, do you think he'll be able to get first place this way?" Mrs. Zhuang has read Xiao Liulang's test papers, and to be honest, he really didn't do much.

But unfortunately, this time the policy issue of King Anjun had been discussed with Chen Guojun as early as Chen Guojun, and at that time King Anjun did not know that the imperial examination would come up with a similar topic, he was just listening to Chen Guojun talk about Anbang's way of governing the country.

Xiao Liulang is indeed a person with real talent and learning, he is brilliant, has something to say, and quotes scriptures, which is convincing, but he is not a real politician after all, and he is not as experienced as the king of a country in governing the country.

Therefore, what Honglu Siqing said is true, the two test papers are indeed equal, and furthermore, the examination papers of Jiangnan geniuses Ning Zhiyuan and Yuan Shoufu are also very good.

Even if Your Majesty doesn't raise the banker, won't he raise Yuan Shoufu? Yuan Shoufu is a veteran of the Three Dynasties.

Mrs. Zhuang snorted coldly and said, "Don't be too happy, the champion may not be that kid!" ”

Xuanping Hou looked calm: "Don't listen or don't listen, Wang Ba recites the scriptures." ”

Mrs. Zhuang: "......!! ”

You're the king!

What kind of person is this?

Mrs. Zhuang can't stay longer, and if he stays any longer, he will have a short life.

Mrs. Zhuang brushed his sleeves and left!

Xuanpinghou tilted his head and hooked his lips: "Go slowly, don't send it." ”

At this time, in the imperial study, the emperor was indeed hesitant about how to rank in the top three, Zhuang Taifu had been loyal to the emperor for many years, and he still had a certain understanding of the emperor - from the depth of the article, King Anjun's examination paper was the most thought-provoking; Judging from the literary style and the pattern of a candidate, Xiao Liulang's is more popular with the emperor; Kening Zhiyuan and Yuan Yu's exam papers are not bad.

Among these four people, the youngest is Xiao Liulang, who is eighteen this year, Anjun Wang is nineteen, Yuan Yu is twenty-five, and Ning Zhiyuan is the oldest, thirty.

As for the background, Ning Zhiyuan and Xiao Liulang are from a poor family, while King Anjun and Yuan Yu are from a high family.

Oh, by the way, Xiao Liulang is that little cripple, isn't he?

Thinking of the cane he saw, the emperor's brow furrowed.

……

All the candidates and their families in the capital began a long and anxious waiting for the results, although everyone is basically a jinshi, and the worst is the same jinshi, but no one is willing to really do the same jinshi.

The incense of Puji Temple is flourishing again, and it is said that all candidates come to worship.

In Bishui Hutong, the family seems to have nothing to do, but in fact, they can't sit still.

The old lady didn't steal the candied fruit, and she didn't play the leaf card, and instructed the old sacrificial wine to buy skewers on the street every day, in fact, to inquire about the news.

Yao's doesn't make dim sum these days, and he goes to the neighborhood as soon as it dawns, but he is actually waiting for news.

Xiao Jingkong has been studying very hard in recent days, and he is always worried that his bad brother-in-law will not be able to pass the exam, so the family will still have to rely on him.

When he grows up, he will give Jiaojiao a top score!

The day of the release of the list is on April 27, because the Jinshi list is written on yellow paper, so it is also called the gold list.

The tributes could not wait for the notice at home, they had to enter the palace to receive the canonization, and after they were canonized, they would be released in the major yamen and tribute courts in the capital.

On the fifth watch, Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang got up, the two had a simple breakfast, and Gu Jiao sent Xiao Liulang to Liu Quan's carriage.

"It's still early for the list, you don't have to wait." Xiao Liulang said to Gu Jiao.

"yes, okay." Gu Jiao nodded.

Xiao Liulang put down the curtain, thought of something, and opened the curtain again.

Gu Jiao looked at him: "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Liulang wanted to speak and stopped: "It's nothing, it's still early, you can go to sleep for a while." ”

Gu Jiaowaner: "Okay." ”

Xiao Liulang glanced at her, but in the end he didn't say anything, he lowered the curtain and arrived at the palace in a carriage.

The tributes were almost here, and Feng Lin, Lin Chengye, and Du Ruohan were also there.

Feng Lin didn't know if he was overly nervous in the palace exam, and he fell ill when he went back, but he was really fortunate to have Lin Chengye and Steward Zhou take care of him, so that he survived the illness.

I heard that some people fell ill earlier and lost their lives, so the road of the imperial examination was not so easy to follow.

Feng Lin had just recovered from a serious illness, and his face was still a little pale.

A few people exchanged a few words, and there was a sudden commotion behind the crowd, and then they saw King Anjun walking over with the support of several subordinates.

"Huh?" Du Ruohan's eyes widened strangely, "Why is his leg lame?" ”

Xiao Liulang was also quite surprised, he glanced at the other party, and it happened that King Anjun was also looking at him, looking at each other, Xiao Liulang obviously appreciated a trace of coldness from King Anjun's eyes.

Xiao Liulang didn't know why, and he didn't take it to heart.

It doesn't matter if he likes himself or hates himself?

The group still entered the Taihe Hall in the order of the quotation marks, the desk and cushion in the palace examination have been removed, the palace is open and open, simple and atmospheric, and it looks particularly solemn because of the existence of the emperor and the cabinet ministers such as Zhuang Taifu and Yuan Shoufu.

The group bowed to the emperor under the leadership of the salute officer, and then the Duke of Wei presented the roster to the emperor.

The distance between the candidates and the emperor is about a zhang, in fact, it is still a little far, some people have the courage to see the true face of the Son of Heaven, but before they can raise their heads, they are shocked by the coercion of the Son of Heaven.

The emperor doesn't like to engage in those pretentious things, and directly began to read out the top three of the first class.

"Ning Zhiyuan, a candidate from Yaocheng in Gongzhou, ranked third in the first class of Jinshi in April of Gengwu year, and gave Jinshi and the first."

Ning Zhiyuan was stunned, and the candidates were shocked, this, this is out of Hualang?

"Ahem!" The eunuch on the side glanced at Ning Zhiyuan, who was stunned.

Ning Zhiyuan quickly came back to his senses, stepped out of the queue, stepped in front of the emperor, stopped at the designated place, opened the hem of his clothes, bowed three times and bowed nine times, and said in a choked voice: "Minister, Ning Zhiyuan, thank the emperor!" Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

The emperor flattened him, and then read: "The second place in the first class of Jinshi in April of the year of Gengwu, Zhuang Yuheng, give Jinshi and the first." ”

Everyone looked at King Anjun.

The king of Anjun is...... Eye-catching?

It's a bit unexpected.

A trace of disappointment flashed in King Anjun's heart, he dragged his injured leg, and under the gaze of everyone or envy or surprise, he came to the front of the palace, and also knelt down and bowed three times and bowed nine times: "Minister, Zhuang Yuheng, thank the emperor!" My Emperor...... Hooray, hooray, hooray! ”

The emperor glanced at King Anjun and did not speak.

Next up is the champion.

The emperor's gaze stayed on Yuan Shoufu's grandson Yuan Yu for a moment, and he opened the roster and said loudly: "The first place in the first class of Jinshi in April of Gengwu year, Xiao Liulang!" ”

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Yuan Shoufu: You're very happy?

Emperor: o(* ̄) ̄*)o

In addition, the major comment areas want to be a stepmother for Liulang, are you serious? ←_←