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The students were still entering one after another, and on the city tower, Zhu Qingchen was already preparing to leave with the emperor.

He knew that the emperor was not so kind to take him up to the city tower to see the students, it turned out to be a temptation to him.

Zhu Qingchen followed the emperor down the steps and looked at his back thoughtfully.

Now it seems that the person that the emperor taboos is the king.

He didn't want King Jing to know that he was watching the recitals, and he knew everything about the government.

Even the people around King Jing knew that Pei Xuan was a student, and the emperor knew about him.

Zhu Qingchen said to the system: "It was so dangerous just now, I was almost arrested." ”

The system said: "Thanks to me, I rushed to save you." ”

"......" Zhu Qingchen choked, "Come on, you just have a ball, and you rushed over and stepped on my hand, why didn't you step on him?" ”

"He can't feel me." The system is straightforward, "He can't see me, how can I step on him?" ”

"......" Zhu Qingchen choked again, "So you stepped on me hard?" ”

"I want you to hurt, and then let go."

"It's him who holds me, and it's not me who holds him, how can I let go?"

The system paused, but said, "I feel the strange aura from last time again." ”

Zhu Qingchen glanced back and didn't find anything abnormal: "Don't change the topic, we're talking about you stepping on me now." ”

"I didn't ......" the system looked at Zhu Qingchen, "Okay, I'm sorry, I was wrong." ”

Zhu Qingchen snorted, turned his head, and followed the emperor down the city tower.

*

The students took the exam for three days in a row, and Zhu Qingchen was also much more leisurely, eating and drinking in the room, worshipping the Buddha and telling fortunes, and occasionally going for a walk in the garden with a few old scholars.

"Lao Xu, that student usually looks good, this time it should be okay."

"Don't talk about me, Lao Gao has a head incense again this year."

"Eh, Lao Meng, Lao Meng's students can."

The old scholars had a smile on their faces, but what they said was all praising each other's words.

Zhu Qingchen followed behind, a little helpless.

Obviously, I really want my students to be the champion, but I don't say it, let others say it.

Really, everyone is a reader, and it is so hypocritical.

At this time, the old scholars all turned their heads.

"Don't say it, Xiao Zhu's students are not bad, that Pei Xuan, and that Liu An of the Liu family, maybe they are all champions, Yongan Twin Stars."

Zhu Qingchen hurriedly waved his hand and replaced it with a fake smile: "No, no, the two of them are stupid, little fools, stupider than me." ”

- Zhu Qingchen, you are so hypocritical!

The old scholars nodded, but they didn't say anything polite to him, and followed his words: "You are stupid enough, even more stupid than you...... Alas, it's okay, there's still a chance. ”

“……”

Zhu Qingchen choked and pursed his mouth aggrievedly, why did he change when he came here?

Three days later, as soon as the spring examination ended, the examiners at the bottom immediately sorted out the papers and sent them to the palace, pasted the students' names on red paper, and then handed them over to the library cabinet.

Zhu Qingchen followed the old scholars and officials to mark the papers in the library pavilion.

Each paper should be read at least once by each marker and marked. If there is any objection, several examiners will have to discuss it together.

There were too many volumes, so Zhu Qingchen lit a candle and stayed up for a few days before he finished all the evaluations.

After reviewing the papers, there was another batch of examiners in the second ranking, and Zhu Qingchen could not participate, so he could only wait in peace.

In this way, I was busy for more than half a month.

At the end of February, the spring trial list was released.

Early in the morning of this day, as soon as the official who released the list had copied the ranking, took the red list and paste, and came out of the official mansion, someone shouted: "The list is released!" It's time to put the charts out! ”

The man ran all the way through the streets and alleys, and in an instant, the entire Yong'an City was woken up by him.

Students who live nearby immediately go out and come and have a look.

Zhu Qingchen rode in a carriage and stopped at the corner of the street.

According to the rules, he was originally not allowed to leave the palace, but His Majesty's grace specially sent Gonggong Yang to take him out to see the list.

Zhu Qingchen wanted to get off the carriage, but was stopped by Gonggong Yang: "Master, it's good to look at the carriage, it's inconvenient to step forward." ”

"Okay." Zhu Qingchen obediently retracted into the carriage, lifted the curtain, and looked out.

The news spread quickly, and before the officials had posted all the red lists, a group of people gathered in front.

Zhu Qingchen sighed, he couldn't go over to look, it wasn't interesting.

Before dawn in the morning, he had already seen the list.

Pei Xuan and Liu An are both on the top, and their rankings are not low.

Several other students, Song Feng, Xu Rong, and Chen Zheng, are all considered to be competitive, although they are not as good as Pei Xuan and Liu An, but they are all on the list.

Zhu Qingchen propped his head and looked outside.

The list was all posted, and several of his students had already come over.

"Hit!"

"Senior Brother Liu, you've also been hit!"

Liu An clasped his hands and stood in the middle of a group of noisy juniors, just hooked the corners of his lips, pampered and humiliated, and did not move.

Seeing them elated, Zhu Qingchen couldn't help but smile.

Not long after, Pei Xuan, who lived outside the city, also came.

He stood in the crowd, stood on tiptoe, and looked up.

Liu An glanced at him and said lightly: "Don't look at it, you are on the list, two of you are inferior to me." ”

The surroundings were too noisy, Pei Xuan didn't seem to hear it, and looked at it twice carefully until he saw his name.

Only then did he react and turned his head in surprise: "Senior Brother Liu, I've been hit!" You've got it, too! ”

Pei Xuan was like a puppy, happily circling around Senior Brother Liu.

Liu An was very helpless, didn't he tell him just now? What's so good about this?

I'm stupid, I want to pretend I don't know him.

Suddenly, Pei Xuan stopped, looked at Zhu Qingchen's carriage for a moment, and made a gesture.

Liu An turned his head and hurriedly saluted.

From afar, Zhu Qingchen waved his hand at them.

At this moment, a little girl of seven or eight years old passed by the carriage with a basket of flowers.

Zhu Qingchen poked his head out and asked, "Little girl, how much is this basket of apricot blossoms?" ”

The little girl raised her head: "If the master wants everything, give ten copper plates to the master." ”

Zhu Qingchen touched his sleeve: "I'll give you twenty copper plates, take the flowers and distribute them to the students in front, one branch for each person." ”

"Okay."

Zhu Qingchen also took a branch of apricot blossom himself.

The little girl took the copper plate with both hands, put it in her arms, carried the flower basket, and ran forward briskly to give flowers to the students: "The master asked me to send them." ”

Liu An and Pei Xuan each took a branch, Liu An held it in his hand, and Pei Xuan's hairpin was on the placket, which looked so tight.

Zhu Qingchen smiled at them, it was inconvenient to stay for a long time, and after a while, he ordered the carriage to go back to the palace.

Liu An and Pei Xuan couldn't keep blocking here to see their rankings, so they almost went back to prepare for the palace test.

Liu An told him: "In a few days, the officials will come to the door and send you the clothes to be worn in the palace, the clothes should be washed early, dried early, and folded and put away when they are finished, and pressed under the box, so as not to make them crumple." ”

"If you like it, go to the spice shop in the west of the city to buy a few sachets and put them together, don't put too much, the smell is too strong, and smoke the people next to you to death."

Pei Xuan listened carefully.

The master is not here, and Senior Brother Liu is the master.

Liu An continued: "On the day of the palace test, I'm afraid you will have to enter the palace early, if you are afraid that it will be too late, you will move to Liufu to live." If you feel like you're in time, you can get up early on the day of the exam. ”

Pei Xuan said: "Before the master entered the palace, he also asked me to move to the Xueguan Mansion to live. ”

"Then you choose by yourself, whether you want to move over, or go to the Xueguan Mansion, you prepare it yourself, and send someone to tell me when you decide."

"Okay."

"Let's go back to the book." Liu An raised his feet to leave.

Pei Xuan covered his sleeves: "Today's list, I'll invite Senior Brother Liu to Guanchaolou for dinner, right?" Thank you, Senior Brother Liu, for taking care of me for this time. ”

Liu An frowned and glanced at him: "You have this money, why don't you go to the inn and book a room." Besides, I'm going to try it right away, how much time will it take to eat a meal? Go back to Wen Shu. ”

Pei Xuan nodded obediently: "Yes." ”

Liu An got into the carriage, and Pei Xuan was also about to walk back.

Suddenly, King Jing came on horseback.

When he saw Pei Xuan, he raised his horsewhip and waved at him: "Pei Xuan, congratulations." ”

Pei Xuan took a step back and returned the salute: "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”

King Jing smiled: "I told you that day, if you pass the exam, I will use that ingot of gold to invite you to Guanchaolou for dinner, do you have time now?" ”

Pei Xuan looked reluctant, but he didn't know how to refuse.

He didn't tell King Jing at all, it was King Jing who gave him a fortress.

At this time, the Liu family's carriage turned around and came back from the front and stopped in front of Pei Xuan.

Liu An lifted the curtain and said to him: "Pei Xuan, didn't you say that you invited me to eat at the Chaolou Tower, and you didn't come up?" ”

"Yes, here we are."

Liu An glanced back at King Jing and smiled at him: "Forgive me, this kid said that he wanted to invite me, but don't let him escape." ”

King Jing's face changed, and he didn't say anything after all, but he didn't say anything after all.

Pei Xuan climbed into the carriage, Liu An saluted King Jing, and the two left in the carriage.

Liu An turned his head and returned to a cold and indifferent appearance: "This time, the palace test is the first, you should be careful." ”

"I know." Pei Xuan nodded, "The master told me to exercise, and I exercise every day." If King Jing sends someone to tie me up, I can put down three. ”

He's pretty confident.

Liu An leaned on the wall of the carriage with his forehead propped up.

Pei Xuan glanced at him carefully: "Senior brother, I'm giving you a headache again?" ”

"Going to a meal, asking me to pay the bill, and giving me half an hour less to read. Pei Xuan, you are really kind-hearted. ”

Pei Xuan: ?

I'm not, I don't.

Senior brother, I was wronged!

On the other side, Zhu Qingchen also took the carriage and returned to the palace.

He put the pink apricot hairpin on the crown of his hair, like a tumbler, and swayed vigorously in front of Yang Gonggong, and the apricot blossoms also swayed: "Father-in-law, is it good-looking?" Is it good-looking? ”

Yang Gonggong smiled: "It's good-looking." ”

"It seems that it is still useful for me to worship Manjushri for a while, and I have to continue to worship when I go back." Zhu Qingchen solemnly introduced to Gonggong Yang, "Those two students just now are my two best students, and I expect them to come back with a champion position." ”

Yang Gonggong still smiled: "It's not a good thing to be proud and complacent. ”

Zhu Qingchen crossed his waist: "It's okay, you can be proud now, you can be proud in front of your father-in-law, but not in front of the old scholars, they can be careful, and they say that I am a little fool." ”

Gonggong Yang looked at him with a complicated expression: "They have small hearts, and yours are not big." ”

"It's the same as the father-in-law with the little eunuch, the father-in-law will show off in front of them, right? But he won't show off in front of other fathers-in-law. ”

"That's right."

The weather was getting hotter, and the carriage curtains were rolled up.

Thus they walked down the long street and returned to the palace.

Zhu Qingchen returned to the palace, but he didn't know that the matter of putting the apricot hairpin on his head had set off a fashion in Yong'an City.

Today's list, all the students who passed the examination learned to wish the master the appearance, pinned a branch of apricot blossoms in their ears, and were full of joy.