Chapter 334: The Palace Exam
On the day of the palace test, before dawn, Beijing was lively. Among the 150 people who participated in the palace examination this time, many of them were not from the capital, but lived in the Beijing inn. Which inn lives and wants to participate in the palace test, the inn naturally has to publicize it with great fanfare, so that everyone in the streets and alleys knows.
At the end of the day, all the lifters lined up in three columns, entered the palace from the noon gate, and went to the Zhengda Guangming Palace.
The civil and military officials have been assembled in the palace at three o'clock, and they are arranged on both sides of the Zhengda Guangming Palace, set up a few lows, and sit separately, waiting for these people on the list to enter the palace.
In a short time, the entire hall was crowded with people, and the internal supervisor was responsible for unified management, and a group of fifteen people entered the Zhengda Guangming Hall to participate in the palace examination.
Among these people, ten women are undoubtedly very eye-catching, attracting groups of curious eyes.
Mu Yunge is at the top of this spring exam, so he naturally stands in the first place. Today's visit to the palace, she wore a formal dress, Pei Lian helped her pull up all her hair, wearing a hairpin given by Emperor Wu unified, a little powder, delicate and extraordinary. She has adhered to the family motto for many years, has learned excellent etiquette, has a dignified and generous appearance, graceful and noble, and is in such a conspicuous position, which is even more noticed by everyone. The eyes of the men kept lingering on her, amazing, admiring, and appreciating...... All kinds of complicated gazes almost shot people into skeletons, and even the girls behind her couldn't help but blush, only Mu Yunge, her expression remained unchanged, as stable as Mount Tai, and she didn't even change her posture.
On this point, the daughters behind her secretly admired, and seeing her so calm, they seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, and gradually calmed down.
At the beginning of the palace examination, fifteen lifters and one young lady entered the palace together to accept the assessment of Emperor Wu.
The order of this assessment is random, in order to ensure fairness, the lifters have conducted a lottery outside the Zhengda Guangming Palace, and the order of the lottery is used to determine the order of the temple examination.
Mu Yunge was lucky, and the lottery was the sixth, that is, she was the sixth in the sixth group.
Chen Shuhan was one in front of her and was the fifth woman to appear. After the draw, everyone can take a break and team up when it's their turn. Chen Shuhan naturally talked with Mu Yunge, the two talked and laughed, discussed the activities of the ceremony, and unconsciously time passed, and soon it was Chen Shuhan's turn.
"Go ahead." Mu Yunge squeezed Chen Shuhan's hand and gave her a warm smile back: "Behave well, you will definitely go to high school." ”
Chen Shuhan took a deep breath, smiled slightly, stood at the end of the lifting team, and slowly entered the Zhengda Guangming Palace.
Leaving Mu Yunge one, Miss Lin, who knew her, finished the second test in the hall, stayed behind the hall and waited, she naturally had no fun, so she could only sit alone under the porch, looking at the peony flowers around her with nothing to do.
I don't know how many petals I counted, but finally, the inner supervisor called her group.
Mu Yunge straightened out his slightly messy clothes, followed the end of the procession, and entered the Zhengda Guangming Palace.
After entering the hall, an inner supervisor came forward and led her to stand in front of her, on a par with the first person.
Emperor Wu saw that it was Mu Yunge, his cloudy old eyes lit up for a moment, and he quickly calmed down, the corners of his mouth hooked a trace of arc, and he looked at Mu Yunge with a smile and nodded to Qi Chun: "Yunge has become more and more dignified recently......
"Zhen Shu is already a celestial person, and she has poetry and books in her belly!" Qi Chun agreed.
Emperor Wu nodded in agreement, and then his gaze turned away from Mu Yunge and landed on the first person to raise him. The person who is on par with Mu Yunge is Yuan Shiying, a famous man in Jiangdong, with an extraordinary bearing, and he suddenly became self-assured, standing with Mu Yunge, it is rare that he has not been compared. Emperor Wu saw that he was handsome and smiling, and he also nodded secretly. The inner supervisor said the rules of the palace examination, and after that, Emperor Wu began to ask: "There are three questions in today's palace examination, you choose one, and after reading the questions, you can answer me." ”
Yuan Shiying received the will, and the inner supervisor held three pamphlets in front of him, he flipped through one casually, and read: "People, benevolence." ”
As he spoke, his brows furrowed slightly, obviously surprised by the shortness of the topic.
However, Yuan Shiying was not worried, thought for a while, and began to answer the question: "The establishment of people is a problem for ancient and modern times. The virtue of people is the mirror before and after. As the old saying goes......"
Sprinkled with enthusiasm, he thought like a spring in a moment, starting from the meaning of human existence, discussing the value of human existence and the creed that people should follow, which was reasonable and well-founded, and was widely cited, not only the officials and children present admired everyone, but even Emperor Wu nodded frequently, obviously appreciating it.
After Yuan Shiying finished answering, he was reasonable, kowtowed, stepped aside, and the next one came on the field.
However, there is no one more brilliant than him in this team, and the other topics drawn by others have not been repeated with him, and they seem to be outstanding.
After the fifteen members of this team answered, it was finally Mu Yunge's turn.
She stepped forward and respectfully kowtowed to say goodbye, and only after she was flat did she raise her hand to draw questions.
All eyes were on her, some curious, some simply waiting to see the women's jokes, some worried, some indifferent. However, she didn't care, from the date of rebirth to the present, for two whole years, she has been preparing for this thing, waiting for the day when she can stand in this court, hold power in her hands, and avenge the Mu family in her previous life!
Her fingers trembled slightly for a moment, not nervous, but excited. With a slight pick of his five fingers, he flipped through a booklet, and what was written on it was Yuan Shiying's set of questions: "People, benevolence." ”
As soon as she finished reading the question, everyone looked sympathetic.
Drew the same set of questions as Yuan Shiying, and Yuan Shiying answered so satisfactorily, she is a boudoir woman, she reads "Women's Rules" and "Women's Rings" on weekdays, and plays music on the piano, how can she beat Yuan Shiying? It's a pity that once I entered the palace to test, I was afraid that it was an empty dream......
Mu Yunge pinched the silk silk in his hand, felt the silky touch, and suddenly had an idea.
"At the beginning of the primeval chaos, there were gods, holding axes to open the world, and there was Hongmeng......" She stood with a smile, her expression was calm, and she opened her mouth slowly.
Her voice is crisp and tactful, and her mouth attracts everyone's attention.
Mu Yunge gave up the art of refutation, starting from the origin of people, talking about the changes of people, naturally leading to the advancement of people's cultivation, and finally the idea of "benevolence" as "people" developed to a certain extent, the final result of understanding the world, that is, only the cultivation of people's hearts can truly achieve "benevolence loves others", not only love themselves, but also love the people and things around them, so as to love the country, love the family, and love every grass and tree in this world. And the real sages are often those who have the deepest understanding of the world, and when the realm of enlightenment is reached, the realm of "benevolence" is reached, and the realm of "people" will be improved.
These words were simply unheard of by everyone present, and they couldn't help but hold their breath and not want to miss every word she said.
Emperor Wu nodded again and again, his face was full of joy, and his eyes looked at her with undisguised surprise. Of course, the desire hidden under the eyes can only be understood by a few people!
Yuan Shiying's eyes showed a hint of surprise, put away his contempt, and finally regarded the woman in front of him who had not yet reached the end of his life as an opponent on a par with himself.
He had to admit that Mu Yunge was a person who made him reverse his view of this imperial examination reform!
Mu Yunge was the last person in this group, and after she finished answering, there was a moment of silence in the room, and then there was a round of applause. The applause continued until they retreated to the apse, where they continued to echo for a long time.
Chen Shuhan had already leaned on the side of the hall and listened to Mu Yunge's answer, and was happy for her from the bottom of his heart, seeing that she finally came out, thousands of excited people held her hand: "Yunge, you are so amazing!" ”
"yes, you're so much better than them!" Miss Lin accompanied Chen Shuhan and couldn't help but give her a thumbs up: "Many of my group's moves can't even speak smoothly, it seems that they can only write, not speak." Yun Ge, when they saw your palace test just now, they were so ashamed that they couldn't raise their heads. ”
"How can it be so exaggerated?" Mu Yunge chuckled.
Chen Shuhan covered his mouth: "It's more exaggerated than this." Look at the three over there, from the time you came out until now, they haven't been willing to take their eyes off. ”
Mu Yunge looked along her slightly raised chin, and really saw that several people over there were gathering together, looking at her in amazement. Seeing her gaze, he immediately lowered his head or turned his head away with a blush, and no one dared to look directly at her.
Mu Yunge retracted his gaze, and he couldn't help but laugh a little, the reader was sour and rotten, and what he said was really true.
Speaking of which, Yuan Shiying's talent and cultivation are excellent, and there must be a place for Yuan Shiying in the top three of this palace examination.
Thinking of this person, Mu Yunge naturally looked at him.
Yuan Shiying was also looking at her, and when she saw her gaze sweeping, she did not flinch and avoid like everyone else, but stood upright, with a light smile on her face, and gently pushed her hand and saluted.
Mu Yunge was stunned for a moment, and soon returned him with a salute. The two exchanged courtesies like this, which immediately attracted everyone's attention, but Yuan Shiying didn't feel anything, and still stood with his waist straight, looking calm. The two of them were frank, and the people around them did not dare to speculate, and when the next group of lifters entered the temple again, they all pricked up their ears and began to listen to the temple test of these lifters.
One hundred and fifty lifters, ten women's palace examination was finally completed in Shenshi, the results of the palace examination will be announced three days later, all the lifters gathered in the Zhengda Guangming Palace, led by the inner supervisor again, and left the palace in an orderly manner.
Emperor Wu had the intention to let Mu Yunge stay and say a few words, but at this time, there were many people with mixed eyes, and considering all factors, he could only regretfully suppress the anxiety in his heart.
The carriage of the Mu family had been waiting outside the palace gate for most of the day, and when she saw that the people had finally come out, Pei Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked for Mu Yunge on tiptoe.
In the crowd, Mu Yunge was very easy to find, Pei Ying saw her and Chen Shuhan walking out hand in hand, and hurriedly trotted forward to greet her.
Chen Shuhan stayed alone in the palace for a day, although the palace took care of the food, but did not take care of the medicine, Liu Fufeng came to pick up the person in person, and soon said goodbye to Mu Yunge, and took Chen Shuhan back to the house first. Mu Yunge waited for them to leave before boarding the car and preparing to go home.
"Miss Mu, please stay." As soon as she lowered the curtain of the car, she was stopped by a soft voice behind her.