"What Your Majesty said is very true." Gonggong Hai smiled and continued, "So the ratings of Concubine Xian, Concubine De, Concubine Zhen, and the one who holds ten points are all named, and they will be read out in public when the votes are finally sung." ”

Gao Ming, the emperor praised in his heart. In this way, the names of people with high ratings and their ratings are made public, and in front of so many pairs of eyes, if you want to deliberately give high or low scores, it will be difficult.

The emperor's mind is changing, can this rating system also be placed above the court? Over the years, the chief examiner has the final say, no matter how fair the chief examiner is, it is inevitable that there will be personal preferences in the evaluation. If this grading system is applied to the imperial examination, will it be more fair to select talents?

"Your Majesty is going to see the other platforms?" Seeing that the emperor frowned slightly, Gonggong Hai thought that he didn't like to play on stage, so he proposed softly.

The emperor nodded, took the lead in raising his legs, and came to another stage, where Concubine Zhen was intently watching a show girl dance, her expression was focused as if she was watching a peerless dance, and the corners of her mouth gradually raised a smile.

The emperor moved to the dancing show girl with Concubine Zhen's gaze, and also wanted to see what kind of dance could make Concubine Zhen, who created her own sparrow dance, show such an expression, and took a look, although the dance was very good, but it was not too amazing, the emperor was slightly disappointed, that's all.

After the dance, Concubine Zhen on the stage happily picked up the pen, and quickly handed it to the chamberlain next to her after writing, the emperor glanced at Concubine Zhen with interest, turned around and walked to the stage on Concubine De's side.

Concubine De was not as lively as a few other places, the table was divided into two pieces by a wooden table, and seven or eight women were sitting embroidering on one side, and seven or eight women were writing on the other, quietly and silently. Because there was no one under the platform, not even ten small benches were made, so the emperor walked over, Concubine De saw it at a glance, and was about to get up and salute, but the emperor's eyes stopped her, and Concubine De had to sit back and look at the emperor worriedly.

The emperor stood and watched for a while, and was bored, when he heard a cry from the next platform, and went to the next door on tiptoe. Seeing that the emperor was gone, Concubine De quietly exhaled.

On the platform that everyone applauded just now, an old scribe with a long beard and scarf stood in front of a young woman, who was fighting-for-tat.

"I got lotus root out of the lotus."

"I don't have to have a plum for apricots."

"I'm out of every Yinping, Si Panlu."

"I'm more skinny than Yanhuan."

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The emperor looked at the radiant woman on the stage, his expression was in a trance, and he asked Hai Gonggong, "What is the name of that girl?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, her name is Cheng Yi, she is the niece of the squire of the military department, and she is the new show girl this year." Gonggong Hai replied, "The old scribe is known as Mr. Ma, who specializes in absolutes. ”

The emperor glanced at Cheng Yi twice and didn't say anything more. Seeing that there was still an empty stool under the stage in front of him, he took a step forward and sat down with his robe.

Because there are only three people on the stage, and there are six on the stage, there are two highly accomplished people on the other three stages who are assessed on the stage.

The woman on the stage is quick to think and answers like a stream, and the questioner and the answerer come and go, and they don't give in to each other.

It's been a long time since I couldn't tell the winner.

The emperor sat in the audience, suddenly smiled, he turned his head to Gonggong Hai and whispered, "These two will definitely quarrel for a while, do you believe it or not?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the old slave doesn't believe it, how can there be any candidates in the world who quarrel with the examiner." Gonggong Hai shook his head and said.

As soon as Gonggong Hai finished speaking, the atmosphere on the stage suddenly became delicate, and the old scribe actually had a trace of unhappiness on his face, and the tone of the question was no longer as calm as before, but with a trace of anger, and the question became more and more tricky.

In the deep palace, where can you see such a lively scene on weekdays, the other five people have almost completed the competition at this time, and I heard that there are actually show girls and scorers here, and they have gathered around to see the strangeness.

"In the mountains of two apes with broken wood, the little monkey dares to see each other!" Mr. Ma's long beard trembled, and he stood proudly.

The woman answering the question on the stage was stunned for a moment, and then her cheeks bulged, her little face was flushed, and her expression was hesitant, as if a fragrant word was sealed in her mouth. Just open your mouth and you can spit out the fragrance.

"Hmph." Mr. Ma touched his long beard, "If you can't answer, you can replace the next one." ”

When the woman on the stage heard this, as if she had heard the spell to lift the seal, she opened her mouth and blurted out, "A horse is stuck in the mud, why does the old beast come out of his hooves?" ”

The audience burst into laughter.

The emperor was happy all of a sudden, "Look, there's a quarrel, right?" ”

Gonggong Hai only knows a few words, this kind of reader-style scolding, he actually doesn't understand much, he can only look at the old man Ma's angry beard, pointing at Cheng Xiunu and being speechless, that Cheng Xiunu should be a master of quarrels.

Gonggong Hai thought silently in his heart, sure enough, these people who may become big masters in the future are different, and even scolding people can be so elegant.

The emperor looked at the situation on the stage that could not be closed, and he had no consciousness that he was the source of the disaster, and he didn't even have the idea of coming forward to stop it, but gloated and asked Gonggong Hai to invite Concubine Xian, Concubine De, and Concubine Zhen over.

"Wait." The emperor called Gonggong Hai and said, "Call the heavenly spirit to me too." ”

"Yes." Hai Gonggong answered.

When Gonggong Hai found Tianling, Tianling just finished cutting the wood chips, stood up and shook the sawdust on his body, and when he saw Gonggong Hai coming, he was busy tidying up his clothes and came forward to salute with a smile.

"Come with me, Your Majesty will let you come over." Hai Gonggong doesn't go around in circles, he is straightforward.

"But what's wrong?" Tianling hurriedly put the pieces of wood that he was still holding in his hand into his sleeve pocket, following the footsteps of his father-in-law in Shanghai.

Gonggong Hai smiled and told Tianling what happened on the other side of the platform, he had been by the emperor's side for so many years, and he could see that the emperor was very different from Tianling. The people in front of the emperor always look at people's speech more than their age.

By the time Tianling's little short legs arrived, the three ladies had already arrived, sitting in a row next to the emperor's small bench, staring at the people on the stage.

Cheng Yi was the first to break the silence, "Why don't you score it?" ”

Mr. Ma snorted, "I can't comment on this!" ”

The three ladies glanced at each other, but no one spoke first, and the emperor said when he saw this, "Then please ask the three ladies to discuss it, and comment on Mr. Ma." ”

At this time, a eunuch copied the pair of Cheng Yi and Mr. Ma and presented it to Concubine De, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Zhen.

"How? Let's talk about it, how many points are given? The Emperor spoke.