On the day of the palace test, Xu Dong was so excited that he almost didn't sleep all night, and as soon as the sky was bright, he got up to prepare breakfast for Gu Yunji and the others, sorted out his bags, and was very busy.

“…… Cuffs this, pick it up again......" Waiting for a few people to put on the tribute clothes, Xu Dong was still not at ease, and checked their appearance one by one, "Well, Cheng Gongzi is fine." Third Young Master, turn around and let me take a look. ”

Gu Yunji was fiddled with by him like a rag doll, and he couldn't laugh or cry: "Okay, it's already okay." Everyone wears the same tribute uniform, and there is no difference in appearance, as long as it is clean and tidy and does not lose the honor in front of the emperor, you don't have to be busy. ”

Xu Dong disagreed: "This is not good. Although they are all the same clothes, the effect of wearing them on each person is different, but fortunately, the two young masters and Cheng Gongzi are tall, and they don't look loose in this wide tribute uniform. It's rare to have such a straight figure, so I naturally want to make it neat and tidy for you, so that people can look good and leave a good impression on Your Majesty. ”

Gu Yunxiao's little servant Guan Yan smiled and said: "Xu Dong is right, after all, it is an exam in front of the Son of Heaven, and the impression is also part of the results. Although the palace examination was not eliminated, the gap between the different rankings was huge.

"If the ranking is not high, I can't tell if I have to be sent to a remote place to be a magistrate, and I can only boil my qualifications year after year. If you want to rank high, you have to work every detail, such as this appearance, which is the first place to pay attention to. ”

Gu Yunji had no choice but to let them go, and tidied up until Xu Dong and Guanyan were satisfied, and they couldn't find any fault with it, so the three of them went out and went to the meeting place notified in advance.

"Don't crowd! The examination ranking is arranged in two columns in an orderly manner, the highest ranking is in the front, the lower ranking is in the back, the single number is on the right, and the double number is on the left! ”

Outside the gate of the imperial city, three hundred tributes gradually lined up in two columns under the command of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and as soon as the hour arrived, they entered the palace to take the examination.

As soon as Gu Yunji stood still in his position, he saw an acquaintance walking by his side, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his face suddenly turned cold: "Fang Zigui." ”

Fang Zigui had a smile on his face, and greeted Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan calmly: "Senior Brother Gu, Senior Brother Cheng, long time no see." ”

Cheng Yan looked at him defensively: "What do you want to do?" ”

"What can I do? Senior Brother Gu is Huiyuan, if you want to stand first in the right column, I will try second, so naturally I have to stand on his side - first in the left column, I just stand in the position where I should stand. Fang Zigui spread his hands and looked innocent, "Besides, even if we had an unpleasant quarrel with each other, we are all classmates who have studied together in Luxi Academy, can't we say hello?" ”

Gu Yunji glanced at him coldly, then turned his head to look ahead, not wanting to talk to him.

Fang Zigui didn't understand the alienation of his body, so he leaned closer and closer, lowered his voice and said in his ear: "It's been almost three years, and you haven't married Xu Shuhua yet?" Isn't it okay? ”

"Why don't you ......," he said, he glanced at Gu Yunji unscrupulously, with a playful expression, "I'll help you again like before?" ”

Gu Yunji's eyes dimmed, and the momentum of his whole body instantly became fierce, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Fang Zigui, do you dare to mention this?" It's a pity that I didn't kick you to death when I kicked you to death! ”

Fang Zigui shrank back in fright: "Yo, angry? It's just a joke, how can you take it seriously, I haven't seen anything else in the past three years, but my temper is good. ”

Gu Yunji took a deep breath and suppressed the restlessness in his heart: "What do you want to do?" Settle accounts with me? Or is it just to disgust me before the exam? ”

Fang Zigui snorted dissatisfiedly: "Look at what you said, am I such a stingy person?" ”

Gu Yunji looked back at him with heavy eyes, although he was speechless, his meaning was already very clear.

Fang Zigui raised his eyebrows when he saw this, and then sighed helplessly: "Hey, Senior Brother Gu, it's been almost three years since the incident, and I have already let it go." From now on, let's let go of our old suspicions and start getting along again, okay? ”

Gu Yunji was unmoved, and said coldly: "Do you think I will believe it?" I don't know what you look like? ”

Fang Zigui said nonchalantly: "Forget it, whatever you think." It's been three years, people should always grow a little, right? The things I have done in the past seem ridiculous and naïve now, otherwise I wouldn't have harmed you and put myself in it. People always have to grow, don't you say? ”

Gu Yunji narrowed his eyes, unable to guess what he was thinking for a while.

To say that Fang Zigui wants to reconcile with him, he never believes it, but he thinks that the other party has a good sentence, that is, the things that Fang Zigui did in the past are indeed ridiculous and naïve.

Now that three years have passed, since Fang Zigui said that he has grown up, even if he wants to take revenge, his means should be more clever, at least he will not be as clumsy as before. If he wants to figure it out slowly, Gu Yunji also happens to have the energy to slowly consume it with him.

Gu Yunji was thinking about it, when he saw that the officials of the Ministry of Rites began to lead the tributes to the palace examination, so he put aside the chaotic thoughts in his mind, drew his attention back to today's palace examination, and raised his legs to keep up with the footsteps of the officials.

The place of the temple examination is outside the Fengtian Temple, and the Honglu Temple, which is in charge of etiquette, has placed the examination table in order yesterday, and after everyone arrived, the two columns stood on both sides, one on the left and one on the right, and then waited quietly facing the north, that is, the direction of the Fengtian Temple.

After the candidates finished entering, the civil and military officials also began to enter the venue in an orderly manner, and they lined up in front of the candidates, also standing facing north.

Candidates, officials, guards, eunuchs......... There were thousands of people standing outside the Fengtian Palace, although they were dressed in different shapes, but without exception, they all stood silently, and on the huge open field, they were so quiet that they could only hear the wind around them, making the atmosphere more solemn.

Everyone arrived, and the official of Honglu Temple, who presided over the ceremony, stood up and said loudly: "The time has come, please Your Majesty to the palace!" ”

After the crisp two whips, Emperor Jingfeng wore an emperor's regular clothes, ascended to the Fengtian Hall in the magnificent and low trumpet music, and then sat down on the dragon chair in the hall.

Everyone knelt down and said in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Emperor Jingfeng nodded slightly, and said to Ning Fuhai beside him: "Let's start." ”

Ning Fuhai shouted outside with a sharp voice: "Your Majesty announces: the palace test has begun!" ”

The officials of Honglu Temple outside stepped forward and said loudly: "The palace test has begun, and the hundred officials have left!" Except for the invigilator and the inspector, the rest of the officials are not allowed to stay! ”

(End of chapter)