In March of the third year of Fengming, the biennial imperial examination officially began, Jiang Churan sat solemnly on the dragon chair in the Jinluan Palace, and the backbone of the future empire took a look, she naturally attached importance to it, wearing the dark robe worn by the previous dynasty, the nine dragons outlined by the gold thread were entrenched in the hem of the clothes, and she climbed up to the waist and abdomen, her black hair was half tied, and she wore twelve crowns. The vermilion on the crown hangs down to the white neck.

Prime Minister Yao Pu, Song Zhouli and some officials of the Ministry of Officials and the historians of Qingshan Palace were on the side, after all, this was the first imperial examination since the new emperor ascended the throne, and the scale was naturally larger.

The tributes who stood out from the written examination of the palace examination stood outside the Jinluan Palace, waiting for the deacons to summon them, and this time they were summoned by the emperor, and they would be directly evaluated by Jiang Churan as first, second and third rank.

For these tributes, the two emotions of excitement and panic prevailed, and the ten-year cold window was only waiting for today, only one step away from the ideal ambition, and many people's hands under the sleeves trembled slightly. The avenue, the avenue in the mouth of the saint, began to shine with golden light from the gate of the Jinluan Temple, and some hope was seen up close.

Jiang Churan glanced outside the hall, she tilted her head sideways, and said to Yun Zhi in a voice that only they could hear: "Yun Niang, you see, this is the first time that I really feel that my order is effective up and down. Yun Niang also glanced at it, and what she could see was that the first difference was not between men and women, but a more obvious difference in clothing.

"The brocade clothes and jade belts, the quail clothes and the hundred knots stand together, and the board is upright, this is where the cold door shines"

"Your Majesty."

Yao Pu came out and bowed to Jiang Churan: "Your Majesty's time has come."

Jiang Churan nodded at him, Yao Pu turned around and glanced at the deacon, and the deacon Wang Shuwen spread the word to the outside world: The palace trial is the right to start. Then there was the sound of firecrackers, and all the tributes and civil officials in the palace knelt down and bowed five times and three times.

Zhao Yuke began to summon outside the palace: Zhang Yihe, a person from Yunzhong in Xuanji Prefecture.

A tall and tall descendant dressed in plain clothes and with a handsome face walked out of the crowd, facing the eyes of dozens of civil officials in the hall and the emperor's probing eyes, he walked to the center of the hall without humility or arrogance, lifted the hem of his clothes, and knelt down: "The grass people knock to see Your Majesty, and respectfully ask our emperor Sheng'an." ”

"Flat." Jiang Churan looked at him.

"Zhang Sheng, don't be nervous, I see your name is very interesting, where does the word sick crane come from?"

Zhang Zhihe stood up straight: "Back to Your Majesty, when the grass people were born, their parents treated a lonely injured white crane, they are not highly educated, and the folk named them to be cheaper and better to feed, so they took this name." ”

"I see, I read your test papers, you have your own views on governing the country, can you tell me how I achieved the rule of the world as the Confucian said?"

"Back to Your Majesty, as a monarch, if you want to rule the world, you should have awe: first, fear of the people, the direction of the people's governance; The second is to fear the sky, the destiny of heaven is constant, the virtuous live in it, and the unvirtuous will be punished by heaven; The third is to fear history, learn from the rise and fall of the past life, and know the gains and losses of the present life. ”

Zhang Zhihe didn't finish his words, and many civil officials in the hall had begun to nod their heads in approval, which was not bad, but Jiang Churan felt a sense of discomfort in her heart, she looked at Zhang Aihe's gaze a little more suspicious, I don't know if it was her illusion, she always felt that this kid meant something.

Jiang Churan waved his hand, and the deacons below were relieved: "Zhang Shengke retreated." ”

Zhang Zhihe didn't squirm either, and said: "The grass people retreat." And he withdrew.

Zhao Yuke shouted one after another according to the roster, compared to Jiang Churan's exhaustion, the officials below were talking excitedly about this year's tributes, Jiang Churan looked at their expressions, and thought that the quality of this year's tributes was good.

She said something to Yun Zhi, and saw Yun Zhi walk to Yao Pu's side and whisper something, Yao Pu raised his eyebrows and glanced at the person on the dragon chair, Yao Pu opened his mouth, Jiang Churan saw that he was going to speak, squinted his eyes, and looked at his mouth shape clearly, and what he said was clear: No.

"Damn Yao Pu, I gave him so many rewards, and he didn't want to ask me a few questions." Jiang Churan scolded in his heart, but he could only continue to stay.

In the past few days, she has been busy with things in the northwest, she has not slept well for several nights, and now she is really tired and wants to hit the wall.

Yao Pu didn't know when he moved to her side, bent down, and whispered in her ear: "Your Majesty, bear with me any longer, the last one, the minister asked the imperial doctor to boil a calming decoction." ”

At the same time, Zhao Yuke said: Xuanjing Jiangcheng people Mu Yizhu.

Jiang Churan raised his eyes to see: it was a thin girl, and the quail clothes were talking about her, although her body was clean, it was too shabby compared to the noble brocade clothes in the hall. Some even laughed out loud.

Hearing the laughter, Mu Yizhu's figure shook, and his hands were clenched tightly. forced herself to stabilize again, and along the way, she listened to too many sarcastic words, and those gentlemen mocked her clothes.

Jiang Churan and Yao Pu looked at the sound source together, it turned out to be Zhou Xue in the Ministry of Langzhong, Jiang Churan remembered this person, because he could speak, he was promoted from a small palace maid by her first mother to Langzhong, and with the aura of the first emperor, she did not oppress people in the palace.

And after Zhou Xue noticed Jiang Churan's gaze, she was immediately silent, and Jiang Churan casually instructed Zhao Yi, the servant of the ministry, "Get rid of her officials."

Zhou Xue was shocked, and the hundred officials were shocked, although Zhao Yi didn't like this Zhou Xue either, but it was about Jiang Churan's reputation as a virtuous monarch, so she had to plead out: "Your Majesty, this is not in accordance with the rules, and it is better to be fined for one year according to the ministers."

Jiang Churan thought for a while, nodded, and was not angry: "If you don't take it as an example, if you are an official, you can't sympathize with the people, and you still think of yourself as superior, you will never be hired." ”

Mu Yizhu looked up at the person who defended himself, and happened to look at Jiang Churan, Jiang Churan smiled at her to show comfort, and he appreciated her a little more in his eyes, because of these one hundred and twenty people, she was the only one who dared to look at her.

I have to say that the exclamation in Mu Yizhu's eyes made her very useful.

"I look at your article, you seem to have been to a lot of places?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the folk girl came from Jiangcheng all the way north to beg."

"Begging?" Not only Jiang Churan, but all the people in the hall looked at her with a trace of sympathy.

"Yes, it was His Majesty's imperial examination policy that gave the people a little life, so that they were able to meet Your Majesty."

When everyone was still sighing for her tenacity, Song Zhouli held the roster in his hand and saluted Jiang Churan: "Your Majesty, the minister dares to ask Miss Mu a few questions. ”

Jiang Churan nodded.

Song Zhouli looked at His Royal Highness's Mu Yizhu and asked, "Is Miss Mu really from Jiangcheng?" The register shows that the girl only entered Jiangcheng's household registration two years ago. ”

Mu Yizhu didn't expect him to ask this, there was a moment of surprise on his face, Jiang Churan saw her reaction, and his heart was happy: The efficiency of my Qingshan Palace is not blown.

"Indeed, as the adults said, the folk girl was abducted since she was a child, and after she escaped, she begged all the way, and after escaping to Jiangcheng, she met Granny Mu, who took pity on me and settled down." When Mu Yizhu mentioned what happened to him, his face was calm, but when he mentioned Granny Mu, his face was full of emotion.

"Okay, Song Zhongcheng, how can you be like a prisoner." Jiang Churan interrupted Song Zhouli, who still wanted to continue asking.

turned to Mu Yizhu in a soft voice and said: "Your article is very well written, you are tired of waiting for so long, go back and have a good rest." ”

Mu Yizhu was about to kneel down and retire, when he heard Jiang Churan add: "And I like you very much." Her figure paused, and she tried her best to make her voice normal: "Your Majesty is in love." ”

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After Jiang Churan returned to Deqing Palace, he asked Yun Zhi to take off his crown, change into regular clothes, and move his uncomfortable stiff neck before going out to see Yao Pu, who was followed by a little medicine lang, holding a soothing decoction, and the little medicine lang withdrew after putting down the decoction under Jiang Churan's instructions.

Jiang Churan picked up the medicine cup and blew it, and then said to Yao Pu: "Teacher, I am very tired, you will draw up a rough ranking of this palace examination for my reference." ”

After speaking, he drank the decoction in one gulp, Yao Pu saw that her face was full of fatigue, and he couldn't help but feel distressed, his eyes fell on her swallowing neck, and the peach blossom tattoo on the side seemed to move, and his eyes darkened unconsciously.

After coming out of Deqing Palace, pass through the Imperial Garden, where all the peach trees planted in it are open and quiet. Yao Pu put his hand on his back and walked away quickly.