However, don't think that after the temple test, everything will be fine. As long as Gu Chengyu enters the court, he will know the cruelty of the court. For something like Wan Xuenian, he can only blame himself for not being cautious, Yu Zheng snorted coldly in his heart, and looked elsewhere.

By the time the sun set, Gu Chengyu had already finished copying the exam papers, and the emperor had already left the Baohe Palace.

The emperor has been behind Gu Chengyu for a long time, and the candidates behind him know it. For Gu Chengyu to receive so much attention, they all secretly sighed and envied. After talking to Xia Qing last time, Min Feng calmed down a lot.

Although he knew that the emperor was very satisfied with Gu Chengyu's answer sheet, he was not discouraged, and only concentrated on writing the answer sheet in his hand.

Gu Chengyu estimated that there was still half an hour before the unitary time. At this time, there is no tribute yet. Gu Chengyu carefully read the exam paper from top to bottom, and found that there were no mistakes and omissions, so he planned to submit the paper in advance.

In fact, it is the same whether to check or not. If you find a typo, you can't change it, so it's just a matter of knowing it.

As soon as Gu Chengyu got up, an official from the Ministry of Rites came up to seal Gu Chengyu's exam papers. He folded the first page of the exam paper into a tube, sealed it and then sealed it. Then in the rest of the volume, the back, and the seam, the seal of the Ministry of Rites is stamped.

Gu Chengyu watched the examination papers being taken away, and at this point, he finally ended the palace examination and his imperial examination life. Gu Chengyu didn't worry too much about the results of the exam, after all, he was a huiyuan, not to mention the champion, the ranking should be positive.

Gu Chengyu followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites to the outside of the palace, and then an attendant took Gu Chengyu to the palace gate. Since he had already completed the palace examination, and he was not allowed to stay in the palace, Gu Chengyu could only wait for Ye Zhiqiu at the palace gate.

On the day of marking tomorrow, after filling in the results of the palace examination, the emperor will hold a ceremony in the Taihe Hall to announce the results of the palace examination.

Mingmo sat on the wheel of the carriage, looking at the palace gate, anxiously waiting. His son-in-law went to the palace in the morning, and he didn't come out until now, and he didn't know how he did in the exam. Although I have confidence in my son, this is a palace test, so I can't help but be nervous.

So far, there is not a single tribute student who has left the palace, and the sun is about to set. Mingmo glanced at the sky, the sunset was already hanging in the west, and the surrounding sunset dyed the western sky crimson.

Just when Mingmo was worried, Gu Chengyu walked slowly from the gate of the palace, and Mingmo hurriedly jumped out of the car and went to greet him.

"Childe!" Mingmo stepped forward quickly, saluted his son, and was about to ask about the exam, when Gu Chengyu waved his hand at him, signaling him to get into the carriage first.

Ye Zhiqiu and Gu Chengyu rode in the same carriage, Ye Zhiqiu had not finished the exam yet, and Gu Chengyu planned to wait for him in the carriage. After climbing into the carriage, Gu Chengyu's mind settled down a little.

Although when he first entered the palace gate in the morning, he was still comforting Ye Zhiqiu, but how could he not be nervous in his heart? It's just that it didn't show it! I hope that Ye Zhiqiu can play to the level on weekdays, I am afraid that the first class is a little difficult, and the front of the second class still has some opportunities.

After another half an hour, the sunset on the horizon turned pink, and only then did tributes come out of the palace gate. Mingmo found that Ye Zhiqiu was also among them.

"Ye Gongzi! Over here. At this time, there were many carriages at the gate of the palace that came to pick up the tributes, and Ye Zhiqiu looked out when he left the palace gate. Before he could search the carriage of the Gu Mansion, he heard Mingmo's shout, and then he walked quickly towards the carriage.

When Ye Zhiqiu climbed into the carriage, he saw Gu Chengyu sitting in the carriage, and hurriedly asked about the palace test.

"Chengyu, this question is quite difficult, although I have a little difficulty answering, but in the end I have answered it all, but I don't know if I can get a good ranking. Your questions have always been praised by Dr. Guozijian, and this topic is not difficult for you, right? ”

Gu Chengyu smiled, "It's not a problem to answer everything, but if you want to say that it is in line with the intention of the examiner and the emperor, it is not clear." You've already finished the exam, so don't think about it so much. You spend the whole day at home reviewing your homework. I won't tell you to go out. Ming'er should be able to send it better, right? ”

Ye Zhiqiu was still a little worried, afraid that he would not be able to get good results in the palace exam.

"This result hasn't come out yet, how can you have the heart to go to the mountains and rivers? I think I'll have to wait until the results of the temple exam come out the day after tomorrow before I can rest assured. I'm worried that I'll take the same jinshi exam, and I'm really going to cry without tears. ”

Gu Chengyu sighed, in fact, who wouldn't care about the result? He just wanted to ask Ye Zhiqiu to go outside to relax. During this time, Ye Zhiqiu was really tense, he got up at two o'clock every day, and he had to read at night, even if he was beaten with iron, he couldn't bear it.

Ye Zhiqiu's face was very pale, his lower eyelids were dark green, and his body bones were much thinner than before, Gu Chengyu was really worried that he would faint anytime and anywhere.

"You must know that you have to be relaxed and relaxed to study, your body bones are already poor, if I didn't drag you around often, you would have been carried out when you were tested. A bright future awaits you! You have to take care of your body. ”

Gu Chengyu persuaded again, and made up his mind, when he had the opportunity, he must take Ye Zhiqiu to go to the morning exercise with him.

Speaking of Ye Zhiqiu's poor body, Gu Chengyu thought of Wang Qikai and others who were far away in Jingyuan Mansion, they didn't get admitted to Xiucai three years ago, and they don't know if they can pass the exam this year.

Last time, Wang Qikai wrote to say that his toxicity had long been removed, but he couldn't lose weight. Gu Chengyu also felt a little funny, Wang Qikai's appetite has become a habit, and it should be difficult to reduce it.

The next day, the emperor ordered eight ministers and officials in the cabinet to serve as the marking tubes for this palace examination, with one table per person and one for the reading. At this time, there were about 400 people in the palace examination, and so many examination papers had to be seen, so it was natural to use the elimination method first.

Those who have typos, incomprehensible sentences, and untidy papers will be put aside first, and most of these candidates are fellow jinshi.

As the head of the cabinet, Shoufu Xia Qing is naturally the last person to determine the ranking. The other seven officials have already begun to mark the papers, and the palace examination only needs to be confused without changing the book, and each marking tube must stamp his own seal on the back of the examination paper after reading the examination paper.

And if you think the exam paper is good, you will draw a circle on it, followed by triangles, points, lines, and forks, which are divided into five grades. If there are the most circles on the test paper, it is a well-deserved first place.

It's just that personal views and visions are different, and there are certainly disputes when there is, which requires Xia Qing's ruling. Until the top ten are finally selected, they are sent to the emperor for inspection, and then the emperor finally selects the top ten.