Qian Shuben tapped his fingers on the bookcase, with doubts in his eyes: "Are you sure that this exam paper is not from Zong Zirong's hand?" It has been more than half a month since the examination, and it is normal for one or two exam papers to flow out. ”

If there were no Yu Youtai's words, and the two pavilion elders were suspicious one after another, Qu Wenhai was afraid that he would also have such thoughts.

After all, he believed in Qu Qingyan's words too much before, and his first reaction was that there was fraud or omission, and he never thought in other directions.

"Yu Youtai confirmed that the handwriting on the Zongzirong ink scroll was not his own handwriting."

"Did Yu Youtai really say that?" Qian Shuben stood up suddenly, this was an opportunity for them.

"Yes, it's just that the subordinates talked about Lord Gu's tone yesterday, and the other party has no intention of helping."

"Don't worry, the incident happened suddenly, Gu Enyang is afraid that he still hasn't figured it out, and when he sends someone to find out the details before and after a day or two, I'm afraid he won't be able to sit still."

Qian Shu instinctively guessed Gu Enyang's thoughts at this time, but there was still a fluke or two.

"Lord Qian, my subordinates are afraid that someone will go to look for Lord Gu in private."

If Gu Enyang reached an agreement with others because of this matter, I am afraid that there would be nothing for them to do.

"No, it won't."

Qian Shuben and Gu Enyang have been officials in the same dynasty for more than ten years, and he is very clear about his personality.

Qu Fu didn't answer any posts after a day of excitement on the day of the list, and only said that the two juniors in the house wanted to prepare for the palace exam, and Qu Qingyan and Qu Qingwen really needed to prepare for the palace exam.

Qu Qingwen is already twenty-one, and now Zhongjinshi is the best age to discuss relatives and enter the office, he has already fallen off the list once, if he can only win one of the same jinshi this time, he would rather fall off the list again.

Qu Qingyan is much more relaxed than him, she has always been good at self-comfort, if the policy essay at this time is about the word professional, then there will not be many candidates who have won the gongshi in this subject.

After all, this is a dynasty with underdeveloped information, whether it is the rear response of the war or the prevention and post-disaster reconstruction of the flood, you need to experience it yourself to have a feeling.

Otherwise, it is useless to have an empty body of writing, and no matter how splendid the article is, it is just an empty and useless rhetoric.

And these candidates have not yet entered the ranks, how many of them can have personal experience?

Qu Qingyan figured this out and was extremely relaxed, just follow the fate of the palace test, she thinks that she will not be worse than anyone else in terms of the gorgeousness of her rhetoric, she is now ranked eighth, even if there are twenty people who are extremely good at government affairs, they will not squeeze her out of the ranks of Jinshi.

Her ease fell into Qu Qingwen's eyes, and her teeth itched with envy, and the joy of winning the Jinshi when the list was released had disappeared because of this tension, and all that was left was nervousness.

On the tenth day of the first month of March, the two brothers went to the Ministry of Rites to fill out the resume, and met Gu Ruohong and Yang Jianxian and their party outside the gate of the Ministry of Rites.

In the blink of an eye, March 13, the court was still quiet, and Gu Enyang took the three deputy examiners to prepare for the palace examination every day.

In the various teahouses in the capital, all kinds of gossip are circulating every day, and most of the news is based on the exam questions from the back hall, Qu Wenhai ordered the people in the mansion to copy a few copies and come back, so that the two brothers can choose a question at will, and write dozens of lines at the beginning of a simulated countermeasure.

After the two of them finished writing and handed it to Beiwangzhai, he took these two strategies to the door of Gu Mansion again.

His purpose this time is very simple, although Zong Zirong and others have cheated on it, the involvement may be very deep, but the impact is always limited, this subject will not be abolished and the palace test, then in the end, the ranking will still be calculated by the meeting test and the palace test.

Gu Enyang, as the chief examiner of the examination, must be one of the ministers of marking papers in the palace examination, even if his eldest grandson is present, he will not avoid suspicion.

That being the case, Qu Wenhai naturally wanted to send the volume, but it was not easy to write the book for the palace test, so he always had to find a way to familiarize Gu Enyang with the handwriting of his two grandchildren.

He came to visit at this time, Gu Enyang guessed the meaning of his trip with his toes, and he was too lazy to see people to send Yu Youtai out.

Qu Wenhai didn't care if he could see Gu Enyang, as long as this scroll was sent to the Gu Mansion, the purpose of his trip had already been achieved.

Anyway, for the sake of his two grandchildren, he doesn't want this old face.

When Qu Wenhai asked the two brothers for a desk, Qu Qingyan had already guessed his intentions, she had nothing to do, after all, the results of the exam were there, but Qu Qingwen obviously had a little joy on his face.

March 15, the temple examination.

Before the time of the day, it is necessary to rush to the middle and left door, and Hou will receive the roll by name.

There are prepared examination tables in the hall, and everyone sits on the floor to answer the questions.

Qu Wenhai participated in the palace examination in his early years, and knew that it was extremely uncomfortable to sit cross-legged on the ground, and there were occasional courtiers walking around outside the hall.

Qu Qingyan was dressed in a new robe, but when she entered the Forbidden City, she was carrying a board on her back, and she felt awkward herself.

It's not just her, Gu Ruohong and Yang Jianxian are also dressed up, which makes her heart extremely balanced.

The palace test questions were personally produced by Emperor Jing, and in the expectations of Qu Qingyan and even Du Zhiheng, the test was etiquette.

Although it is not explicitly stated in the title, Qu Qingyan can still feel vaguely that Emperor Jing is very concerned about the turmoil caused by Zhu Jinrui's accession to the domain.

The twists and turns that made Qu Wenhai infinite scenery were due to Qu Qingyan's suggestion, and when she recalled the details at that time, she felt full of words and unhappy.

The answers to the palace examination do not follow the candle, and the papers are handed in at dusk.

Although she is full of words to write, but when it comes to the pen, she is cautious, and the test paper of the palace examination is a booklet made of several layers of white rice paper, which is more than one foot long and three or four villages wide, with a total of more than ten open on both sides, and more than ten lines per opening.

Since it is very likely to be handed to His Majesty, there must be no other words in the volume, nor can it be filled in or altered.

Qu Qingyan wrote his name, age, place of origin, etc. at the beginning of the book, and seriously thought about how to put it down.

What Emperor Jing wants should not be blind singing flattery, but it should be more secure to write in this way, and the words "ministers to ministers" will not be able to be written anymore with the wave of her subordinates.

She tugged in her heart, one person persuaded her to be safe, all she wanted to keep was the reputation of Jinshi, but the other person kept seducing, showing a bewitching smile at her like a demon, making her just want to let go of herself and be open-minded.

She closed her eyes, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw that the crown prince Zhu Jinyu had entered the main hall at some point, and was walking towards her step by step.

The pen in Qu Qingyan's hand couldn't fall anymore, she didn't know that Zhu Jinyu was also one of the people who read the papers.