Ji Yanning didn't want Ying Wenxu to get involved in such a thing, and even wanted to send him to Jiangzhou if he found an opportunity, so as not to let Yan Zheng find out and cause him trouble.

But seeing that he was so persistent, Ji Yanning could only respond.

The two of them said a little more, and Ying Wenxu took Ji Yanning to the flower room to pick out a few flower seedlings that she had cultivated and asked her to take them back.

The flower room of the Lord of Ren'an invited a few experienced flower slaves, so he didn't need Ying Wenxu to do anything, he just came to see if the flowers and plants were normal on weekdays, but he was very leisurely.

"Yan Ning. Zheng Yuan's voice came from not far away.

Ji Yanning looked back, and sure enough, she saw Zheng Yuan walking over from the path, and she smiled: "Sister Kite, why are you here?"

Zheng Yuan is the eighth lady in the county lord's mansion, Ying Wenxu has been in the mansion for some days, but the master of the mansion has hardly seen it, in order not to show flaws in front of others, he took a few steps back with interest, saluted Zheng Yuan, and stood aside.

"I just heard that my grandmother handed you a post, so I came to you. Zheng Yuan said and glanced at Ying Wenxu next to him, seeing that he was slender and outstanding, but he was wearing the clothes of a servant of the county lord's mansion, he couldn't help frowning and asked, "Are you a new subordinate?" ”

Ying Wenxu bowed his head and replied: "Miss Hui, the slave is the new flower slave in the house, and he has been taking care of the flowers and plants in the flower room all day long, and it is normal that Miss has not seen it." ”

Zheng Yuan didn't doubt him, but said to Ji Yanning: "I heard that my grandmother has built a new flower house, and I haven't come to see you yet, but I let you get ahead of the curve." ”

Ji Yanning chuckled: "Then it seems that I came by coincidence." ”

Zheng Yuan glanced at the flowers and plants in the flower room, it was spring, and there were a lot of flowers in full bloom, colorful flowers, pleasing to the eye.

However, since it was her grandmother's flower room, even if she wanted to, she had to ask her grandmother first, Zheng Yuan took a break and took Ji Yanning directly to other places.

Ji Yanning glanced back at Ying Wenxu and followed Zheng Yuan.

A few days of scientific examination time passed quickly, and the students who took the exam had already finished the exam in a blink of an eye, and the restaurants and teahouses in Chang'an City were all friends or classmates who relaxed and got together after the exam, waiting for the results of the list after seven days.

Regardless of the outcome, many people may also have a hard time coming together later.

And some people are waiting for the result intently, no one dares to see it, and they have been studying hard for many years, just waiting for the result.

Ji Yanning asked people to quietly spread the question of Cai Ruheng, the priest of the country, and spread it among some scholars from other places.

Just the day before the release of the list, a student of Taixue was drunk by the scholars, and under their inducement and questioning, he said vigorously that he would definitely be a jinshi, and also said that he had already obtained the exam questions before the exam, and he was foolproof.

The scholars were shocked and asked where the exam questions came from.

The students of Taixue smiled and said that it was given by the husband of their Guozijian, and the eight people in their Taixue exam this year all got the exam questions and prepared the answers early.

The scholars who heard this were all angry, and some people felt that this person was not ashamed to speak, but just empty words.

However, on the second day, the list came out, and all the eight students of Taixue were listed, and they all won the Jinshi.

Except for Shen Qingyi, who is the champion of Bailu Academy, the eight students of Taixue are not ranked low.

This year, there are a total of 100 Jinshi, Taixue accounts for eight, and the Mingxian Hall of Bailu Academy has ten people in the exam, and there are six people who have won the Jinshi, the most famous academy in Jiangnan, but only three people have won the Jinshi, Guozijian's Taixue is too leading, and only the Bailu Academy can look at it.

The scholars who listened to what the students of Taixue said last night were angry, even if Taixue was powerful, there was no such "grand occasion" in previous years, if it wasn't for the fact that the student admitted it, others would only think they were powerful, but with such a thing, how could the scholars still swallow this breath.

Everyone has been studying hard for more than ten years, but they can't resist that people know the topic in advance and prepare early!

As a result, all the scholars were unhappy and jointly sued Guozijian for leaking the problem.

It caused an uproar for a while.

Cai Ruheng didn't expect that his students would be so stupid, and they could talk about such things! But if he didn't admit it, it would be difficult for others to find evidence.

This matter came to the front of the emperor, and the ministers of the court quarreled one after another.

Some people think that this matter should be thoroughly investigated, while others think that it is just those scholars who are making trouble.

After all, Taixue is full of children from official families, is it difficult for them to admit that their children have cheated?

It was impossible to re-take the exam, so the emperor asked the more than 100 jinshi to re-examine, and all of them were summoned to the imperial front, and he personally wrote the questions, and answered them under the noses of all the examiners.

The candidates who had already been admitted heard that they were going to the imperial front to answer the questions, and they were nervous, and they secretly scolded those who leaked the questions in their hearts.

This time, Rong Che also became one of the examiners for the invigilation.

Because he was a prince who was leisurely, he didn't have much to do on weekdays, so the emperor asked him to invigilate the exam together.

Shen Qingyi felt that since he stepped into the main hall, as soon as he sat down, someone had been staring at him, he followed his gaze and saw Rong Che.

Seeing that Rong Che was dressed extraordinarily and had an outstanding bearing, he thought that his status should not be low, Shen Qingyi bowed slightly, which was regarded as a courtesy.

Rong Che's gaze was a little cold, the Shen Qingyi in front of him was Ji Yanning's previous fiancé, he looked bookish and elegant, and he looked a little upright and gentlemanly.

Shen Qingyi was born in Cangzhou, and is the nephew of the current Ministry of Industry, and he seems to be a promising man.

No matter what aspect it is, Ji Yanning's marriage is unavoidable for her, but she quit the marriage.

Although others said that it was the Shen family who bullied Ji Yanning before withdrawing from the marriage, Rong Che knew very well that Ji Yanning's temperament was only whether she wanted it or not, and there was no question of whether she wanted it or not.

If she wants to keep this marriage, she naturally has a way.

She can't look down on Shen Qingyi, and she can't look down on a prince like herself, is it possible that she still wants to be a queen?

Rong Che felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and looked at Shen Qingyi's gaze even more unpleasantly.

"Brother Shen. The classmate who came over from the side called Shen Qingyi softly and asked, "Did you provoke His Royal Highness King Xuan?"

Shen Qingyi looked at him with some puzzlement, frowned, and said, "How do you say this?"

The classmate said: "I saw that the King of Xuan looked at you wrongly, and I was afraid that you had provoked him, so I asked." ”

Only then did Shen Qingyi react, it turned out that the person just now was actually King Xuan.

But I heard that King Xuan has always had a good temper and is a gentle character, why does he still seem to be a little hostile when he looks at him?

He looked at Rong Che again, only to see that Rong Che had already turned his head away and was looking at the others.

Shen Qingyi chuckled lightly and said to his classmates: "You are too worried, I have nothing to do with His Royal Highness King Xuan. ”

"That's good. The classmate sighed and said, "Eh, obviously you have won the champion, and I have worked hard to get the Jinshi, but I didn't expect to have to try again now, I'm really afraid that I won't play well, and I finally failed to be admitted again." ”

Originally, there was luck in the exam, if the examiner's question just fits the mind of the exam, it will naturally be easier to write, if there is a question that you are not good at, it is quite dangerous.

Shen Qingyi comforted him and said: "It's okay, you don't work weekdays, you have to believe that you are." If you are nervous, others may not be nervous. ”

With Shen Qingyi's words, the classmate was obviously much more relaxed.

"The emperor has arrived!" As a father-in-law next to him sang, the originally lively hall suddenly quieted down.

The emperor slowly walked into the main hall wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair, and looked at the hundred candidates below with a calm gaze.

"See the emperor!"

One candidate and others saluted one after another.

"No courtesy. The Emperor said in a deep voice, "Let you gather here today to retake the exam, and you should know what is going on." Since some people say that it may be unfair to leak questions in the imperial examination, then show your true skills now to prove yourself. ”

He didn't say much, and after two sentences, he asked people to send the paper down, and then opened the question himself.

The entire hall fell into silence, and Rong Che sat on a chair beside him, watching the candidates work hard to write.

This position is assigned according to the ranking of Jinshi, the first one is Shen Qingyi, he is sitting on the seat, his face is indifferent, but he can't see the nervousness, and he writes his own scroll with ease.

The emperor glanced at Shen Qingyi, but felt that this person was calm, and he also knew that he was a disciple of Jing Yuan, and the nephew of Shen Long, the servant of the Ministry of Works, but he had some real skills, even if he might not be able to sit firmly in the top position in this retest, it would definitely not be bad.

Compared with Shen Qingyi, the students who studied too much were a little uneasy.

After all, they knew the question at the beginning, and memorized the answer they prepared early, so they felt that they would definitely be able to get into the jinshi, but now that the emperor personally came up with the question, they were nervous and unprepared, and a lot of sweat had appeared on their foreheads, and their faces were pale.

After handing in the papers, everyone waited in place, and the emperor directly took the examiners to review them.

For the sake of fairness, there is no name on the paper, there is only one number, and each candidate takes a corresponding numbered sign to correspond to his or her own paper.

After the rankings were arranged, the little eunuch on the side began to sing.

"First place, number eighteen. ”

As soon as the little eunuch's words fell, he saw Shen Qingyi get up, stepped forward, bowed his hand, and handed over the eighteenth sign in his hand.

Everyone looked at him with some emotion, and he deserved his position as the champion.

The little eunuch continued to sing, and one after another people stood up.

But half of the number has passed, and none of the eight people in Taixue have been shortlisted, and the emperor's expression is not much better.