In the splendid hall, the emperor sat on the luxurious dragon chair, looking down on the ministers condescendingly, and the bright yellow dragon robe on his body showed his noble and unparalleled status, and his expression was unpredictable.

"The results of this autumn's imperial examination are known to all Aiqing, and there are really many talents, and I am really happy." The emperor pulled the corners of his mouth without the slightest smile under his eyes, but unfortunately no one dared to spy on Tianyan and did not find anything wrong with the emperor.

"With so many talents, I am very comforted. In order to show that my Great Zhou Dynasty is full of talents, I decided to bring these excellent people for assessment, and let people know the open-mindedness and atmosphere of my Great Zhou Dynasty. The emperor smiled, his eyes observed the expressions of the ministers below, and began to think in his heart.

"The emperor is wise." The emperor has made a decision, what else can they say? There was no other answer than obedience, and only a few people looked slightly flustered, hidden among the many courtiers.

"Now please go to the top ten to the temple!" The emperor sat down and commanded Gonggong Zhao beside him.

"Xuan-lift the son to the hall-" Zhao Gonggong, who had a duck voice, spoke loudly, spreading far and wide, making people can't help but get goosebumps.

Zhang Xun and Zhang Chen, one is the first place in the scientific examination and the other is the second place, and they really have excellent grades as Zhang Yurou thought, and when they heard Zhao Gonggong's summons, they straightened out the clothes on their bodies and walked into the hall.

"See the emperor-" A group of lifters knelt on the ground and shouted long live, with apprehension and pride.

"I invited you here today to test you again, and also to let you Aiqing see your ability. Zhao Gonggong-" The emperor said that he glanced at Zhao Gonggong at the end, and a group of eunuchs and palace maids immediately stepped forward to clean up, and a small examination room had been prepared in the time of a stick of incense.

The ghost in his heart cowered, and the fear on the beam kept rising, as if the fear before death almost drove people crazy, and his knees were weak and he couldn't help but kneel on the ground.

The emperor sneered in his heart, with a look of doubt and anger on his face, "This man is not feeling well, please ask the imperial doctor to take a look, this palace test is very important, you can't miss it." ”

There were four people kneeling on the ground, one of them was Chen Gongzi, who was arrogant and domineering at the beginning, he didn't expect that it was just a coincidence that caused such a result, he thought it was a big pie, but who knew it was a bombshell.

Before, he got the mysterious exam questions and an article, which was originally skeptical, but after seeing the test questions, he couldn't help but be surprised, and answered the test paper smoothly, and got a good score. Who would have thought that if he fell from heaven to hell in an instant, the emperor actually wanted to hold a palace test.

"The emperor forgives the emperor, the emperor forgives the sin, the grass people are guilty, and the grass people should not cheat in the exam." The four of them confessed their mistakes in unison, anyway, sooner or later they would die, it was better to confess their sins earlier, than to be exposed by others when the time came.

"Someone, gag your mouth and drag it down, waiting for it to fall in the future." The emperor snorted coldly, and the tall and sturdy guards stepped forward and dragged the person away neatly, presumably there would be no good end, and his body would affect his family.

Zhang Xun and Zhang Chen didn't expect to encounter such a thing in this exam, but they were very confident in their abilities, thinking that they were worthy of their name, and they didn't mean to be weak at all

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and feel good about yourself.

"By the way, there is also a lifter, whoever of the seven of you answers well will be the champion of Jinke." The emperor smiled, and a man wearing a mask that covered most of his face and only his lips were exposed walked in and stood with the six lifters aside. Everyone was confused, but no one had the courage to ask the emperor, so they could only stare at the seven lifters present, and secretly guess in their hearts who was the champion of Jinke.

This time, the topic is Shinong Industry and Commerce, Xue Lan couldn't help but be a little surprised when she spread out the test paper, this is really an eternal topic! After thinking about it a little, Xue Lan began to write according to Zhang Xuelan's style of writing, and her movements were smooth and smooth.

An hour later, the seven lifters finished answering the test paper and presented it to the emperor, quietly waiting for the results, Zhang Xun and the two brothers were full of confidence, raised their chests and glanced around proudly, as if they were already the top three in the emperor's bedroom.

Xue Lan lowered her eyes to cover the light under her eyes, and it was not yet known who would win or lose.

In order to maintain fairness, the test papers of the seven people circulated among the hundred officials, and the emperor came up with the results after comprehensive consideration, "I announced today that the champion of the Jinke is Xue Lan, Li Yufeng, and Bai Feiming. ”

The smiles on the faces of the two brothers of the Zhang family froze on their faces, as if they were petrified, and they couldn't believe their ears. Xue Lan slowly hooked the corners of her mouth, lifted her robe and knelt on the ground with the other two, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"Zhang Xun and Zhang Chen......" Looking at the two members of the Zhang family who seemed to have been struck by lightning, the emperor said, "You two brothers were originally the top three before, why did their level drop above the palace test?" Didn't you also become a ghost? ”

"The grass people don't dare." The two brothers of the Zhang family immediately knelt on the ground, trembling with fear, cheating in the imperial examination is not a small crime, and they have to shed their skin if they don't die, even if they are the concubines of the Hou Mansion.

"Okay, I'll give you a chance to answer the previous imperial examination questions again, not the same as before." The emperor's eyebrows narrowed slightly, so he let these people understand it.

The result of the matter is self-evident, the two brothers of the Zhang family are just quite literate, with their ability to be among the best at all, and it is even possible to fall to Sun Shan, if it were not for Zhang Yurou's secret help, it would not be the top three. In fact, since they borrowed and possessed Zhang Xuelan's article, they were already doomed to a tragic ending.

"Zhang Xun and Zhang Chen, cheating in exams confuses the public, deceives the king, and should be beheaded in the autumn according to the law. For the sake of the southern part of the town and the southern expedition to the north, I am merciful and spare your life, but the capital crime can be avoided and the living crime cannot be escaped, and the qualification for the imperial examination will not be allowed to enter the official office for three generations from now on, and the inheritance qualification will be deprived. "The emperor coldly ordered, these people simply played him like a fool, if it weren't for the loyalty of Zhennan Hou, he would have killed these two people a long time ago.

Zhennan Hou only has two sisters-in-law under his knees, and Xuelan is the only concubine, which is enough to get a glimpse of the Qin family's powerful means, Zhang Xun and the two were deprived of inheritance qualifications, and Xuelan is nowhere to be found, Zhennanhou is really no successor.

Since then, the emperor has punished the relevant personnel for cheating in the imperial examination, and has investigated and dealt with a lot of fraud, corruption and corruption.

Zhennan Houfu was full of gloomy clouds and mist, the Qin family and Zhang Yurou hugged their heads and cried, and the Zhang brothers were sad and miserable, only Zhennan Hou was anxious, looking at the mess in front of him with a headache.