On February 15, the third exam also came to an end, and the candidates spent an exciting and difficult night in the Gongyuan, and were released from the examination room one by one after another round of strict searches on the 16th.

There were a lot of people outside the Gongyuan.

Gu Jiao came early and grabbed a good position.

The door of the Gongyuan was opened, and candidates came out of the Gongyuan one after another.

Except for the county test, Gu Jiao took Xiao Liulang, and the rest of the government exams, hospital exams, and township exams were all missed because she was in other places.

This is the first time Gu Jiao has waited for him to come out of the examination room in a sea of people, like a family member outside the college entrance examination room in his previous life.

Fortunately, I didn't wait too long to see Xiao Liulang come out with his baggage.

He could be seen in the crowd at a glance.

It's not because he's on crutches, but his bearing and appearance are too one-in-a-million.

Gu Jiao bent the corners of her lips, and a smile unconsciously welled up in her eyes.

Xiao Liulang also saw her at a glance, and walked towards her through the crowd, her eyes seemed to be shattered starlight, brighter than the stars of the Milky Way.

"How? Are you okay? Gu Jiao took the burden in his hand, the burden was not heavy, she put it directly into her small back basket.

Xiao Liulang nodded: "Well, it's going well." ”

The first two exams were too cold, but in the third day, it was sunny.

"Why are you here?" Xiao Liulang looked at the little group beside Gu Jiao.

Xiao Jingkong clasped his hands on his chest, raised his small chin and hummed: "You want to come?" I finally took a day off, if it wasn't for Jiaojiao, I wouldn't have come! ”

Little thing, Xiao Liulang slapped his small head, and his hair began to prick his hands.

The group turned around and went to the alley at the other end, and Liu Quan waited early.

A family of three got into the carriage.

Xiao Jingkong sat opposite Xiao Liulang, his hands still clasped on his chest, looking at him with a serious face.

Xiao Liulang was inexplicably looked at by him and asked him, "What's wrong?" Always looking at me like that? ”

Xiao Jingkong said solemnly: "I want to see how you did in the exam, and whether you did well." ”

The candidates he had observed when he was waiting for people outside were disgraced, depressed, and insensitive, but none of them were elated.

He's watching which kind of bad brother-in-law he belongs to.

Xiao Liulang glanced at Xiao Qingkong strangely.

Gu Jiao leaned over and whispered in his ear: "He is now a person with good friends, and he said that if you don't do well in the exam, he will not be able to raise his head in front of his classmates." ”

Xiao Liulang: "......"

Gu Jiao said casually: "I've finished the exam, the results don't matter!" ”

Xiao Liulang breathed a sigh of relief, and his daughter-in-law was considerate.

Wait, daughter-in-law?

Why did he think this way!

Before he was shocked, Xiao Jingkong threw another bombshell blow: "Jiaojiao bet you to be the first in the exam, and bet a thousand taels!" ”

Xiao Liulang's tiger body was shocked: "......!! ”

Gu Jiao looked at the sky with both eyes, she couldn't see or see, she didn't.

The medical hall is still in the stage of investing money, because of the mass production of drugs and the creation of a small pharmaceutical factory, Xiao Liulang is very curious about where this thousand taels came from.

Gu Jiao: It's all about robbing Gu Chenglin.

Xiao Liulang supported his forehead, and he took the exam for nine days, and unlike the previous children's test and township test for two months, why did he still feel that his family was turned upside down?

"So did you do a good job?" Xiao Qingkong asked solemnly.

Xiao Liulang took a deep breath: "Yes." ”

I did take the test well, but fortunately, I took the test well, so I didn't let the thousand taels go down the drain.

But then again, the imperial examination is not like arithmetic astronomy, there are standard answers, right is right, wrong is wrong, and it is very arbitrary, so whether you can get the first place is really not foolproof.

Fortunately, it's only a thousand taels, just in case, he said that if he didn't get the first, he would recruit a few more students like Lin Chengye, and after a year and a half of hard work, he would almost be able to fill it.

As it turned out, he was still rejoicing too soon.

Xiao Jingkong nodded solemnly: "You'd better take the test well, and the neighbors also bet on you to take the first test." ”

Xiao Liulang was stunned again: "How much, how much?" ”

The little local tyrant chartered the public and said calmly: "It's not much, it adds up to seven or eight thousand taels." ”

It's just--seven-eight-thousand-two-let's-

Xiao Liulang covered his heart: "......"

Back in Bishui Hutong, the old sacrificial wine called Xiao Liulang over.

Although the court prohibits leaking questions, as long as the exam starts, the exam questions will be passed out in various ways within an hour, so candidates are not allowed to enter the venue after the exam.

The first old sacrificial wine is not worried, Xiao Liulang memorizes the four books and five classics backwards, and the questions of the four books are difficult for him, in addition, the candidates also need to make a poem with five words and eight rhymes, and four scriptures.

Xiao Liulang said the five-word and eight-rhyme poems and scriptures he had written.

The old sacrificial wine nodded.

No problem.

The old sacrificial wine asked Xiao Liulang's eight-strand text and strategy again.

There is something right about the Bagu Wen Lao Sacrificial Wine, which pays too much attention to the form, but it restricts the performance of the candidates, but he doesn't count what he said, and the emperor doesn't count what he said, and the rules handed down by the ancestors are not so easy to ban.

Xiao Liulang's eight-strand essay is also very good.

Instead, he asked about this piece, which made the old sacrificial wine pinch a cold sweat.

Changxian has always been a sensitive topic, and His Majesty is neither a grandson nor a long, nor a virtuous person strictly speaking.

He hid it deeply, at least at the time, and it seemed that some talents were unworthy.

Of course, the series of means and talents he showed after he ascended the throne are amazing, even the elders of the two dynasties such as the old sacrificial wine dare not say that His Majesty is not worthy of sitting on this dragon chair.

Compared with the first emperor, he is more than a little ruthless in his means.

At least the first emperor did not fight the Empress Dowager Zhuang, but he sent the Empress Dowager Zhuang into the palace.

In Zhaoguo, the examination questions of the spring festival every year are drawn up by the Hanlin Academy, and sent to the imperial study room to be selected by His Majesty, and His Majesty will select a set of main examination questions and five sets of spare questions.

The old sacrificial wine dared to conclude that the Hanlin Academy would not send Changxian to such a question, it must have been added by His Majesty himself.

"This majesty is really incomprehensible." The bottom of the old sacrificial wine bred the same idea as the king of Anjun, is His Majesty dissatisfied with the crown prince, or is he dissatisfied with the eldest prince who covets the position of prince? Or is it a warning to princes who occupy neither the throne nor the seat of the firstborn, but who think that they are worthy of the throne and can replicate his path to the throne?

The candidates' answers are nothing more than to focus on which kind of heir is more beneficial to the country, or to quote scriptures and points out the pros and cons of each of the three.

No matter which one it is, it is within the scope of the hereditary system, but Xiao Liulang jumped out of this range.

Isn't this telling the emperor that if your son can't do it, then replace it with someone else's son?

This kind of remarks could have been directly dealt with in the previous dynasty.

But even in this dynasty, where speech is relatively free, it is still too bold.

The old sacrificial wine doesn't know how this apprentice's head grows, and he dares to write this kind of article?

Fortunately, his last sycophant shot was good.

The reason why His Majesty can inherit the throne today is because he is the most virtuous person in the world, and it has nothing to do with his background or bloodline.

The old sacrificial wine broke out in a cold sweat halfway through, and it turned into hot sweat.

No, who did this kid learn his farts from? Is it so shameless?

How do you feel like this kid is suddenly lighting up some kind of amazing skill?

It must not have been learned from him!

He didn't teach such a little sycophant!

The old priest felt that Xiao Liulang's own strength was no problem, and the rest could only be handed over to Heaven's will.

At the end of the spring on the ninth day, many candidates fell ill, and the business of the medical center was booming again.

At the same time, Gu Changqing placed an order for the batch of gold sore medicine a few years ago, and Gu Jiao sampled the efficacy of the medicine, and only after passing it was sent to the barracks.

A few years ago, she sent a letter to Xue Ningxiang, saying that everything was fine on Tuesday, and Xue Ningxiang wrote back to her, telling her about the affairs in the village and the progress of the medicine field, and bringing some things.

There are for her, and there are for Tuesday Zhuang.

Gu Changqing often came to the hospital to see Gu Chenglin, Gu Jiao gave him the things that Xue Ningxiang sent to Zhou Zhuang, and asked him to send them to Zhou Zhuang, if Zhou Zhuang had a reply, please also ask him to bring it, and she would send it back to the village together.

When replying to Xue Ningxiang, Gu Jiao suddenly discovered a very sad thing.

That is, Xue Ningxiang's brush writing is actually better than herself!

Gu Jiao: "Hmm, is this girl learning to write with someone?" So much progress? ”

Xiao Liulang, who passed by the door of the house, glanced at her, silently returned to the house, and doubled the calligraphy that Gu Jiao practiced every day!

There are as many as 1,000 copies of the test papers in Chunqiu, which are copied while being sent to the Internal Affairs Hall for review, and there are a total of 20 marking officers, each of whom is in a group of four, that is to say, each examination paper must be reviewed by four marking officers, and if two of them are unqualified, there is no need to send this examination paper upwards.

However, the unqualified marking officer is not blindly given, and there will be a special person to review the poor file when he returns, and the marking officer who maliciously corrects the file will be severely punished.

Each group of marking officers will select the top 50 from the 500-point test paper and hand them over to the two presidents and deputies, which is basically a candidate who can become a tribute.

Of course, the two presidents and vice-presidents will carefully review them, and put aside those who have objections, and the eliminated test papers will also be ranked according to their results.

There are also ten special places.

This is the person your majesty and the ministers have stuffed into it.

The names of these people are reported directly, and they are not tied to the two hundred papers.

If it happens to be there, then there are 200 tributes this year, and if not, it is just a few more.

As for what kind of ranking these people will have in the future palace examination, it is not a matter for the examiners to worry about.

Transcription, grading, preliminary review, review, ranking, a series of operations, it will not be released until next month.

Xiao Liulang is very calm, and takes a small clearance to and from school every day, which is no different from the days before the exam.

Gu Jiao was also very calm, and she couldn't see that she had bet her entire net worth at all.

Gu Jinyu's life has not been very good recently, since she was exposed by Zhuang Mengdie, her popularity in the women's school has plummeted, and several daughters who were in a hurry to please her in the past have gradually alienated her.

In a fit of rage, she called in sick at home.

On this day, she was recuperating at home, and suddenly Mama Qi came to the door.

Mama Qi is the old mama next to Concubine Shu, and she is deeply valued by Concubine Shu.

Gu Jinyu received her warmly: "What kind of wind blew Mama Qi here?" ”

Mama Qi patted Gu Jinyu's hand and said with a smile: "You, it's not that the mother asked the Hou Ye, I didn't know that you were sick." You don't say a word to your mother when you're sick, don't you know if your mother hurts you? ”

Gu Jinyu was moved in her heart, and said softly: "It's not a serious illness, it's not good to bother my aunt." ”

Mama Qi glanced at her with disgust: "Didn't you see outside?" ”

Gu Jinyu lowered her eyes and smiled.

Mama Qi asked the little palace maid to put a few brocade boxes on the table: "These are all given to you by the mother, there are snow lotus and ginseng, they are all the best things, you must remember to eat them." ”

Gu Jinyu said movingly: "Thank you aunt." ”

Mama Qi took her hand and said: "The family doesn't speak two words, the mother has no daughters under her knees, and she has always treated you as her own daughter, you must take care of your body, don't let the mother worry anymore." ”

"Yes, Jinyu wrote it down." Gu Jinyu said obediently.

Mama Qi cut to the chase: "Ah, by the way, I'm here today, there is one more thing, Niangniang wants to see you." ”

Gu Jinyu followed Mama Qi into the palace.

Concubine Shu is the head of the first palace, she has her own independent palace, and she doesn't have to let other little lords live in her side hall like the second concubine, she lives in Changchun Palace with the five princes, not to mention more leisure.

Today's weather is fine, and Concubine Shu is looking through the homework of the five princes in the small pavilion of Changchun Palace.

Gu Jinyu stepped forward to greet her: "Auntie." ”

Concubine Shu beckoned to her: "It's just right to come, Xiao Wu just made an article, you can take a look." ”

"Yes." Gu Jinyu sat down beside Concubine Shu, who handed her the article of the fifth prince.

The fifth prince was the same age as Gu Chenglin, and he went to the study with several elder brothers every day, and was taught by the Confucian, who was quite prestigious in the court.

To be honest, the talents of the five princes are not very good.

His homework is basically done by Gu Jinyu.

After Gu Jinyu saw it, he smiled and praised: "The Fifth Highness has made progress." ”

"I think too!" Concubine Shu was very happy with this answer, she asked the palace maid to put the article away, then looked at Gu Jinyu, and said dotingly, "You kid, you have done such a big thing in the county, why don't you say a word?" ”

"Huh?" Gu Jinyu was stunned.

The topic turned unexpectedly.

Concubine Shu glanced at her, took her hand and said, "You still want to hide it, I didn't just go to send snacks to Your Majesty, I didn't know that you had done such a big thing behind your family's back!" Why are you so inconspicuous? ”

Gu Jinyu was even more puzzled, what did she do?

Concubine Shu held her hand tightly, her eyes full of excitement: "Bellows! ”