At night, the capital Luoyang Taibai upstairs.

The wine jar was lying on the ground crookedly, the scraps on the table were cold, the cups and plates were in disarray, Guo Shimei, Darzan and the guards were so drunk that they didn't know who was going to be, and they fell asleep on the table......

At this time, he saw the shopkeeper leading the eldest princess and several guards up the stairs.

The eldest princess looked around and complained, "I'm so drunk again, and I don't know the point of control."

In a blink of an eye, he saw a back figure on the table, and he was stunned, and he walked over and pushed it down suspiciously, revealing the person's face, startled, and surprised: "Is it him?"

One of the guards said carefully, "Princess, what now?"

The eldest princess came back to her senses and said helplessly, "What else can I do, you guys, help the prince go back."

The guards hurriedly said, "It's the princess." He stepped forward and helped Darzan and the guards down.

Darzan was full of nonsense: "La***, I still want to drink, I still want to drink......

One of the guards looked at Guo Shimei and asked, "What about these two people?"

The eldest princess hesitated, "They...... Help them down and send them to Guo Shangshu's Mansion in the Criminal Department."

The guard hurriedly said, "It's the princess." With a few guards, he went over to support him.

The four guards helped Guo Shimei and Wu San to walk outside, Wu San was already paralyzed, but when Guo Shimei walked to the eldest princess's side, her chest suddenly surged, and she couldn't help but turn around with an "ah", holding the eldest princess's shoulder with one hand and bowing her head and vomiting.

The eldest princess exclaimed, "Ah......" hurriedly dodged away, but it was too late, and the booty spit out by Guo Shimei splashed on the skirt......

The guards were shocked and hurriedly said: "Bold ......" stepped forward and pulled Guo Shimei away.

Guo Shimei said drunkenly: "Let go of me, let go of me...... I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk......

The guard hurriedly said, "Princess, what now?"

The eldest princess looked at Guo Shimei angrily, hesitated and said helplessly, "Forget it, help him down and send him back."

The guard hurriedly said, "It's the princess." Helping Guo Shimei to walk down, the eldest princess looked at the soiled skirt under her feet, and was annoyed......

At night, at the gate of Guo's Mansion in Luoyang, the capital.

The three Tibetan guards led the two palanquins to the door and stopped, and the captain of the guard said, "Pull them out."

The two guards hurriedly said, "Yes." Bent into the sedan chair and helped Guo Shimei and Wu San out.

Seeing this, the two family members guarding the door were surprised and said, "Young Master?" Hurriedly ran over to help the two.

The guard said, "We have sent the people, and you can help them in." As he spoke, he turned around and left.

The two family members watched the three guards go away, looked at each other, and wondered for a while......

After a while, the three guards walked up to two palanquins parked at the corner of the street and whispered to one of them, "Princess."

The eldest princess inside said, "How is it? Has it been delivered?"

The guard bowed and said, "It's delivered."

The eldest princess nodded and said, "Well, let's go."

The guard hurriedly said, "It's the princess...... Get out of the car."

At night, Guofu Flower Hall.

Guo Shimei and Wu San were lying on the chairs and falling asleep, smelling of alcohol, and the two maidservants were wiping the dirt on their faces.

Mei Mei wondered, "Brother, why is he so drunk?"

On the other hand, Guo Shangshu said angrily: "Tell him not to drink so much, he still doesn't listen, hey."

Mei Mei was helpless for a while, and hurriedly asked the family on the side, "You said that someone else sent my brother back?"

The family Ding hurriedly said, "Yes, but those three people don't seem to be from the Central Plains."

Mei Mei was surprised, "Isn't it?"

The family thought for a moment and hurriedly said, "Oh, by the way, they look like Tibetans."

Mei Mei was surprised: "Tubo? How did my brother know the Tibetan people? Still so drunk with them?"

Guo Shangshu was surprised: "Tubo? Why are you mixed with the Tibetans again?"

Mei Mei thought for a while and said, "Dad, brother may not be with them, maybe they saw that brother drank too much, so they helped send it back."

Come on."

Guo Shangshu thought for a while and said, "If that's the case, then it's okay, I'm afraid that he will fool around with those Tubo people, isn't the lesson from last time enough?"

Mei Mei was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Why don't we help my brother back to the room to rest first, he will go to the ministry for a retest tomorrow."

Guo Shangshu hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, there is a re-examination of the officials tomorrow, quickly help him back to rest, and let him get up early tomorrow."

Mei Mei hurriedly said, "Okay." He turned around and ordered, "You two, quickly help the young master back to the room."

The two family members hurriedly said, "It's Miss." came over and helped Guo Shimei back to the room.

Guo Shangshu watched everyone go away, looked back at Wu San who was still lying on the chair, sighed, and ordered, "You two, help him back to the room."

The two family members hurriedly said, "It's the master." Help Wu San out......

In the evening, Guo Shimei's room in Guo Mansion, Luoyang, Beijing.

Guo Shimei lay on the bed and slept peacefully, Mei Mei sat beside the bed, helped Guo Shimei cover the quilt, and sighed, "Hey, when can you drink less and let Dad worry less."

On the side, Xiao Meng said carefully, "Miss......"

Mei Mei came back to her senses, hurriedly stood up, put down the tent and said, "Let's go." took Xiaomeng out of the room and closed the door casually......

Early the next morning, Guo Shimei's room in Guo Mansion, Luoyang, Beijing.

Guo Shimei was sleeping, but at this time, she saw Mei Mei pushing open the room, running in and shaking, "Brother, wake up, wake up, wake up......

Guo Shimei opened her eyes in a daze, and asked suspiciously, "Meimei? What's wrong? I'm so sleepy, don't make me noisy, let me sleep again."

Mei Mei hurriedly said, "Brother, you can't sleep anymore, you have to go to the Ministry of Rites to take the retest."

Guo Shimei was puzzled: "Retest? Today?"

Mei Mei hurriedly said, "Yes, it's today, you should get up quickly."

Guo Shimei wondered, "What time is it?"

Mei Mei hurriedly said, "Don't ask what time it is, hurry up, if you don't get up again, you'll be late."

Guo Shimei exclaimed, "Late? So fast?" Hurriedly got up.

In the morning, on Luoyang Street in Beijing.

Guo Shimei sat in the sedan chair, Wu San followed aside, and the sedan chair ran fast.

Guo Shimei couldn't help urging: "Hurry up, hurry up, haven't you eaten?"

Wu San hurriedly said, "Hurry, hurry up, I'll give you processing money when I go back."

The palanquin man was taken aback and said happily, "Yes, yes." The footsteps are fast.

In the morning, at the gate of the imperial city of Luoyang, the capital city.

Aixue and Qingnu sent Tianbao to the Ministry of Rites to participate in the retest.

Tianbao looked at the gate of the imperial city, held Aixue's hand and said, "Then I'll go in."

Aixue nodded and said, "I'll wait outside for you to come out."

Tianbao nodded, "Hmm." As he spoke, he turned around and walked towards the gate of the imperial city, but saw Ai Xue suddenly shouting, "Tianbao......

Tempo turned around and wondered, "What's wrong?"

Aixue smiled and stretched out her thumb and said, "Come on."

Tianbao was stunned for a moment, smiled slightly, and also stretched out his thumb and said, "Well, come on." As he spoke, he turned around and walked towards the imperial city......

Ai Xue watched Tianbao disappear at the gate of the imperial city, and said worriedly, "You said that Tianbao is inside...... Nothing should happen."

The young girl thought for a moment and said, "I don't know about this, but this is the imperial city after all, so there shouldn't be anything."

Ai Xue breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Well, then I'll rest assured."

At this time, seeing Wu San rushing with the sedan chair, Guo Shimei shouted urgently on the sedan chair: "Hurry, hurry......" and Aixue's eyes met, and they were all surprised.

Ai Xue watched Guo Shimei's sedan chair walk away, and wondered, "Guo Shimei? What is he doing here?"

The young girl reminded, "The hearing priest said that he won the third place in the Jinshi department."

Ai Xue was surprised, "Third place? People like him would be hit? Or third place?"

The young girl was silent, and Ai Xue said angrily, "He is also in the middle, is there any reason for this?"

The young girl muttered, "Actually, whether this is in or not, how much happiness and longevity in this life is related to the yin virtue in his previous life, maybe he had some yin virtue in his previous life."

Ai Xue said disdainfully: "Cut, I don't believe that he would have any yin virtues in his previous life, it must be that the king of Hades made a mistake and let him be reincarnated in the wrong child, so that he will be born in a rich family." Seeing that the young girl was a little embarrassed, she hurriedly said, "Am I talking too much? Forget it, let's not talk about him, let's find a place to wait, I heard Tianbao say that the re-examination of the Ministry of Rites will take more than two hours."

The young girl nodded, "Yes." Follow Aixue to the street.

In the morning, the lobby of the Rite Department in Luoyang, Beijing.

Thirty jinshi stood in a row behind their respective cases, Tianbao was in the first position on the left, Master Pei of the Ministry of Rites was standing in the middle, and the third position was empty.

Master Pei looked at the third position and asked an official next to him, "This third place has not yet arrived?"

The official hurriedly said, "We already gave you notice."

Master Pei wondered, "What's his name?"

The official whispered, "It's Guo Shimei, the son of Guo Shangshu of the Criminal Department."

Master Pei was startled, and when he was hesitating, he saw Guo Shimei rushing in, and when he saw that everyone was shocked, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "My lord, forgive me, student Guo Shimei is late."

Master Pei looked at it, nodded and said, "It's not too late, let's take a seat."

Guo Shimei hurriedly said, "Lord Xie." Hurriedly walked to the back of his case and stood up.

The official breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "My lord, everyone has arrived."

Master Pei nodded and said, "Well, okay, let's start."

The official nodded, "Yes...... Okay, everyone has arrived, and now, I would like to invite Lord Pei, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to speak."

All the candidates hurriedly stood solemnly, Master Pei looked at it, cleared his throat and said, "All the new science and technology scholars who have entered the list, this official introduces himself, and my person is Pei Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites."

The Jinshi hurriedly bowed and said, "Hello Master Pei."

Master Pei nodded and said, "Well, okay, everyone must know that today is the day of your re-examination in the Ministry of Rites, and the quality of this exam is directly related to your future official position, that is, to confer officials.

All the jinshi nodded yes.

Pei Shangshu continued: "According to the practice of previous years, it should have been the official who took the exam, but this year is different from previous years, this year, the emperor attaches great importance to this re-examination, and he will personally come over to preside over this exam later."

The candidates were startled and whispered......

Pei Shangshu continued, "Everyone, be quiet...... It should be the first time for you to meet the emperor, so you must pay attention to your appearance and performance for a while, and you must not make a fool of yourself in front of the emperor, you know?"

The scholars hurriedly said, "It's my lord."

Master Pei was satisfied, "Well, it's good, it's good......."

In the morning, the lobby of the Rite Department in Luoyang, Beijing.

The Jinshi were standing and waiting.

At this time, I saw a voice outside shouting, "The emperor has arrived."

Everyone was taken aback, and Master Pei hurriedly took his subordinates and the Jinshi to kneel down to greet them, and the Jinshi even lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly.

After a while, Wu Zetian slowly came in surrounded by the guard of honor, looked down, walked straight to the middle case, and said, "Everyone, let's be flat."

Everyone hurriedly said, "Thank you, Emperor." As he spoke, he staggered to his feet.

Wu Zetian looked at it and asked, "Master Pei, have all the new Jinshi arrived?"

Master Pei hurriedly said, "Back to the emperor, this year, there are thirty new science and technology scholars, all of whom have arrived."

Wu Zetian nodded and said, "Well, that's good, then I won't delay everyone's time, you can start."

Master Pei bowed and said, "Obey." Turned around and walked to the middle of the road, "Fellow newcomers, today's re-examination questions are set by the emperor, and there is a blank piece of paper in front of you, which is your answer sheet, and after a while, the emperor will write out the test questions and tell everyone, please answer according to the emperor's questions, understand?"

Candidates

Stunned, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Understood."

Master Pei bowed down and said, "Please ask the emperor to ask the question."

Wu Zetian nodded and said, "Okay." Under the waiting of the close eunuch, he wrote a few words on the yellow silk.

After a while, Wu Zetian finished writing, and the eunuch who was close to him took the yellow silk to Master Pei.

Master Pei hurriedly took it respectfully and said, "Emperor Xie asked the question." Turning around, he unfolded it and read aloud, "The topic of this exam is to ask questions and discuss side strategies." As he spoke, he held up the yellow silk and showed it to everyone.

When everyone looked at it, there were those who smiled and sighed.

Master Pei put away the yellow silk, walked to the gong, picked up the stick and tapped it lightly, "The exam begins."

All the candidates sat down and spread out the papers to answer, and on the other hand, the cigarette that recorded the time was lightly lit, and Wu Zetian couldn't help but feel satisfied when he looked at it......

In the examination room, the first and second place Tianbao and Li Xiuyuan worked hard to write the book, very quickly, but Guo Shimei seemed to be panicked, and said in her heart: "It's over, the emperor personally came up with the question, and the answer given by Wu San is completely inconsistent, what should I do, what should I do?" Coupled with lack of sleep, the eyes fight from time to time, and it is even more panicked.

Wu Zetian watched Tianbao and Li Xiuyuan answer the questions, nodded with satisfaction, and beckoned to Master Pei.

Master Pei hurriedly bowed over and said, "Your Majesty."

Wu Zetian was puzzled: "These two are Gao Tianbao and Li Xiuyuan?"

Master Pei hurriedly said, "Yes, the emperor."

Wu Zetian nodded and said, "Well, that's good......" He looked at Guo Shimei but couldn't help but shake his head......