"Just a month ago, His Majesty just appointed the head of the family as the chief examiner! And now that the examination is about to begin, at this critical juncture, the clansmen of the three heads of your families go to meet the heads of the families privately, what do you want Your Majesty to think? What do the ministers think? Isn't it a matter of authority? In the inn, Yan Kang explained in a low voice:

"At the beginning, the head of the family knew the difficulty of this matter, so he resigned from the appointment in order to avoid suspicion. However, His Majesty praised his honesty and loyalty, and still used him as the main exam. Even so, the government and the opposition are staring at it! When you go to see you at this time, it's like yellow mud falling into the crotch of your pants, it's not, it's! ”

"Huh?" The three of them didn't think of this section at all, and they were dumbfounded.

"Then, second uncle, what should we do?" Yan Ji asked weakly, his voice trembling a little, and the thought that it was very likely that his eldest brother would be punished because of him, his heart was filled with boundless remorse.

Yan Kang breathed a long sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the Guogong knows the stakes and didn't let you enter the mansion, although it is still possible to be made some fuss by someone with a heart, but fortunately, the suspicion is small...... From today onwards, don't go to the Guogong Mansion again, prepare for the exam with peace of mind! ”

The three of them hurriedly agreed.

What they didn't know was that the order not to let them enter the mansion was not given by Yan Ling.

At that time, Yan Ling was lying in the bedroom and falling asleep, as the examiner of the examination, he would wait for him to pass the test questions, and finally finished his work, and immediately fell asleep, but he didn't want to worry about the rest of the affairs.

At this time, a maid hurried to the door of Yan Ling's room, but was stopped by the maid guarding the door, saying that the grandfather was resting, and she couldn't help but lose her mind.

"Good sister, the clansmen of the prince of the country have come to visit, can you help me think of a way to wake up the grandfather?" The maid asked anxiously, the porter was not qualified to enter the inner house, and the maid had to report it.

"Grandpa Guo just fell asleep, you go to wake him up now, do you want to be trained?" The maid replied, she thought for a moment, and said, "You can invite them in, go to the side room to rest for a while, and wait for the grandfather to wake up and then meet them." ”

"My sister thanked my sister." The maid suddenly opened her mouth and turned around to act according to the law, but she turned her head and bumped into a figure in a loose robe.

"What's wrong? Muttering here. The man stood not far away, his tone tinged with a hint of sternness.

It was Feng Shuzhen, at this time her lower abdomen had an obvious bulge, her face was as beautiful as ever, but there was more maternal kindness. Seeing a maid chatting in front of her husband's room, she couldn't help but come over, and if she was chatting, she had to reprimand her.

Seeing that it was the mistress, the maid did not slack off and told her the truth.

Feng Shuzhen felt a different kind of atmosphere from it. She knew that her husband was the main examiner, and her smart head turned and she had already thought about it clearly.

"Close the door, and no one in the house is allowed to talk to them again." She said lightly.

"Ah???h The two maids looked at each other, and one of them whispered, "Madam, that's grandpa's clan......"

"Huh?" Feng Shuzhen's eyes swept towards her, quite majestic, she has been in charge of the inner house for some years, this simple snort with that look frightened the maid no more, and she was busy informing the porter.

Feng Shuzhen watched her go away, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thanks to her timely arrival, otherwise it would really cause a big disaster.

"Go to the account office yourself and tell the bookkeeper that all your monthly money for this month and next month will be deducted." She said to the maid guarding the door.

"The slave obeys." The maid replied with a face full of regret, she thought it was because she was talking to the maid when she was serving her grandfather, but she didn't know that because of her, the Yueguo Mansion was in danger of disaster. Feng Shuzhen's punishment is already open.

After that, even if Yan Ling woke up, he had no objection to Feng Shuzhen's decision.

"Thanks to you." He gently kissed Feng Shuzhen's forehead and hugged her body into his arms.

If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?

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A month has passed in a flash, and the day of the exam has arrived.

This time, the scale of the examination was very large, not only the southern Zhili, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Beiping, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Huguang, Guangxi, and Guangdong under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, but also the scholars of Goryeo, Annam, and Champong, also went to Beijing to take the examination after the township examination in their own country, hoping to gain fame and leave an official position in the heavenly kingdom.

All the scholars had gathered at the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, and they were constantly crowded, as if they could have some advantage if they entered the courtyard first. Yan Ling walked slowly to the door with the deputy examiner, just to that station, his eyes swept away, and the square was silent for a moment.

At this time, he had a long beard fluttering, a serious expression, and a majestic middle-aged appearance, which instantly suppressed the whole city.

He saw his brother, but his eyes only flickered, ignoring the longing look of the other, and announced:

"All the people are admitted to the hospital!"

The bell rang suddenly.

Soldiers from all over the world swarmed in, but they were soon stopped by the officers - and then they needed to be identified, and there was also a search to avoid entrainment before they were released.

The activists who verified their identities came to different rooms. There are those who have a solid family, and they frowned when they looked at the not spacious room, but it was quite acceptable; The poor man had a happy look on his face, and it was obvious that he was quite satisfied with this arrangement.

I don't know what Zhu Yuanzhang thinks, maybe he wants to save money or what, anyway, the house of Nagong Courtyard is ridiculously narrow and simple, not to mention living in people, even raising pigs is too small, and it is very uncomfortable. Yan Ling really couldn't stand it, he first locked up the deputy examiner and the eight fellow examiners for a few hours, and soon there were nine more teammates. Under their arguments, Hongwu finally relented, allocated some money, and rebuilt the tribute courtyard. Although it is still not the spacious and bright examination room of later generations, it is also a lot more comfortable, barely in line with Yan Ling's psychological expectations.

The next thing is to roll the hair, give three candles, lock the door of the number room, and each room is equipped with a guard of the number army, which is really strict, after all, if there is a cheating or something, the scholar will have to lose his head, and the examiners will not be able to eat and walk around.

At the end of the exam, all the answer sheets were collected, and there was a special person to copy them with cinnabar, and the candidates wrote in ink, called the ink roll, and after the transcription, it was the red roll, and the name of the red roll was pasted.

It wasn't until all this was done that all the candidates' answers were sent to the examiners.

They began to read and discuss, and to determine the rank of the scholars.

A few days later, one of the best answer sheets was placed under a sign that read "Hui Yuan", and another 119 answer sheets were all Gongshi who had passed the exam.

Yan Ling raised his head, his face was full of exhaustion at this time, and there were even more dark circles under his eyes, and the other examiners were also virtuous with him.

In order to ensure fairness and justice, they have had a heated discussion for a long time about the candidates for the departure and retention of some of the answers, and now it is finally over.

Taking a sip of the ginseng soup in the cup, Yan Ling waved his hand:

"Let's get ready to make the list."