It was sunny for several days, and on the fifth day, it was overcast.

Jin Yang had breakfast, drank the medicine of the imperial doctor, and sat in front of the bronze mirror and asked Aya to lose a plain-looking hair for himself, and then put on a big coat and prepared to go out for a walk.

The annual winter exam is also rare, and I thought I wouldn't be able to join in the excitement this time. But it's cloudy today. I can finally go out and walk around, and if I have the opportunity, maybe I can see the excitement of the winter exam.

Quickly dressed up, Jin Yang walked out of the palace where he stayed all day under the support of several maids and eunuchs around him. Such a cloudy day is just right for her to go out and have a look.

Cloudy layers, no snow or rain. The early winter was extremely dry, and when the wind blew, it was so cold that people shivered, and their lips were almost cracked. The weather changed so much that many women who participated in the winter examination were caught off guard, and they were so cold that Hou shivered in the examination room.

Today's test is "Yi", if it is normal, there will be a look at the footsteps. But this is not very important. A maid does need to be decent, but she doesn't need to be very good-looking, after all, she is just a servant and a servant. Many of the "moments" have been basically tested when they are tested.

Today's main thing is to salute.

Kneeling, standing, and squatting are all exquisite. The most important of these is kneeling. After all, slaves and maids kneel a lot.

Inspector, pause, empty, strange, praise, worship. All need to be carefully examined.

The chief examiner on the last day should be Shangshi of the sixth game, but it was temporarily replaced by Kong Shanggong. Kong Shanggong stood above and said the rules of the day.

"I'm the main test today, but the score is the main game of six games, and each main division has a score of five points." Kong Shanggong said, pausing. If it was in previous years, after saying this, there would be these five points to judge how to fight. One point of posture, one point of grooming, one point of clothing, two points of etiquette. But his gaze quickly swept over Wen Qingwu, who was standing below, and as soon as his mind turned, he skipped these words and continued: "A total of thirty points in the six rounds are worth full points, and they are ranked by the total score. Do you understand? ”

"Understood." The palace maids replied in a respectful manner.

Soon, he received the sign. According to the order of the two on the sign, they went up one by one and began to salute according to the standard.

The head of the sixth bureau sat in a room, on both sides of the door of the palace maid to be examined, looking at the salute in the room, and silently comparing himself in his heart.

All the etiquette is fixed, starting from the chief to the prostration, and it is done in turn. Let the head of the six rounds score, and after the game, the total score will be calculated on the spot. As before, it is usually scored on the spot.

Wen Qingwu waited outside with a sign, and soon arrived at the door. She stood at the door, like all the next palace maids waiting for the examination, looking at the appearance of her last palace maid saluting. My heart was slightly relieved.

She is not a native of here, and she was afraid that she would not be able to do it well, so she practiced hard according to the standards in the Nanxun Hall for a long time. Almost forced himself to sit to the point of extreme dignified and standard.

But she rarely saw the palace people doing the big gifts and casual gifts in the nine bows, especially the big gifts, and she felt a little bottomless in her heart. Now that I see it, most of my heart is gone.

I don't know how well I did, but I definitely did a little better than these palace people in front of me.

"Wu Qi, Wen Qingwu. Come forward and salute. The female officer next to her said with a straight face.

Wen Qingwu said gently, and walked in with her skirt upright: "Wen Jinze, see Shang Gong, Shang Fu, Shang Yi, Shang Bed, Shang Gong, and Shang Shi." ”

"Alright, let's get started." Kong Shanggong said. Glancing at Wen Qingwu quickly, he spoke.

Wen Qingwu saluted in a low voice, then lowered his eyes, waved his sleeves, and began to salute in a dignified manner. The Nine Bows is an ancient ritual that is still used today. But the reform of ministry has omitted some of today's processes. She is not ready to restore, as long as it is correct and correct.

In order to do a good nine salutes, Wen Qingwu deliberately wore open-sleeved shirts, and when doing the ceremony, if the wind is coming, the sleeves will rise, which is quite fairy. It's a pleasing sight to behold.

But no matter how pleasing it is, the gift she made today, whether it is good or bad, the score is already doomed. Xiao Shangyi sighed imperceptibly, and didn't look at it anymore, looking at her more for fear that she couldn't bear to give zero points. So he lowered his head and wrote down his score and handed it to the female officer waiting next to him.

Soon, Wen Qingwu finished the salute one by one, and then stepped aside, and the head of the sixth game gave the score faster than the other, and Wen Qingwu's score came down quickly.

The female officer took the score, looked at it again and again, and thought she was wrong. The salute was public, except for the head of the sixth bureau, the palace maids who were watching outside, and they also witnessed the female officials next to them.

The female officer looked at the note in her hand, frowned, thought about it, turned around and seemed to want to go to Kong Shanggong to confirm, just turned around, Kong Shanggong waved her sleeve and stopped her steps: "How many points just read directly." ”

The female official stopped, looked at the score in her hand, and whispered: "Wen Jinze, 0 points." ”

Wen Qingwu raised her eyebrows and looked at the female official: "How much do you say?" ”

The female officer looked at Kong Shanggong, who was as immobile as a pine, turned back to Wen Qingwu and said, "0 points." ”

0 points? Wen Qingwu stepped forward and directly grabbed the note in the female official's hand. At first glance, it was indeed a zero score. If it is a zero score, it must be a zero score for all six innings.

Six 0s?

"How could it be! It's actually zero points......" The palace maid watching outside became noisy. How can there be a zero score. There is a zero score for the salute, how bad is this etiquette, and how bad should the posture be? There has never been a zero score in the past years!

Wen Qingwu raised his head, looked at Kong Shanggong, and lifted the note in his hand: "I'm tired of Kong Shanggong and said bluntly, where did I do not do well, and it is worth deducting zero points?" ”

"Let's talk about this later, it's still in the exam." Kong Shanggong said expressionlessly.

"So what?" Wen Qingwu tilted his head slightly, with doubts: "I also took the exam, but it just happened to be a little puzzled." ”

"Then I'll ask later, what about the exam now, who has time to talk to you." Yang Shangfu interjected on the side.

Wen Qingwu stood in place, his eyes swept over the six bureau chiefs sitting on it one by one, silent.

"Please also ask Wen Cairen not to break the rules, and don't delay." Kong Shanggong spoke again, urging Wen Qingwu to leave.

Although it is not like the imperial examination, it has been cold for decades, but it has put a lot of effort into it and spent a lot of energy to study hard. The result was unsatisfactory and acceptable, but she was still a little unwilling to be so unexpected.

"Fang Cai, the ones in front of me have different gaits, and the ones in front of me are off the side, their backs are bent, and even they get high marks." Wen Qingwu looked at Kong Shanggong, his expression respectful but stubborn: "I just want to ask, how do you judge me with 0 points?" ”