Now that Li Chun is participating, the prince of course believes that the person who wins the championship must be Li Chun.

Even if it's not him, push him up.

"In fact, it is indeed best to let Jiang Shanwu and Jin Buchang fight first, but Li Qing can see their reality clearly, and then go up to do it with the most effort. ”

"If you don't want to challenge, it's best to let Li Qing have a last round of byes and sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. ”

Although the prince laughed at Li Chun, he was also thinking about how to arrange a schedule for him.

Such a result is the most beneficial to Li Chun, and the probability of a bye in the last round is very high, as long as he has not had a bye before, others are not good to say anything.

He presided over the palace examination on behalf of the emperor, and it was of course very easy to do tricks in the sign, but I don't know if the prime minister will get in the way.

The prince's gaze looked at Ling Hutao.

Ling Hu Tao turned his back to him, he stood on the prime minister's position, responsible for managing hundreds of officials, there was no expression on his face, and he couldn't see what he was planning in his heart.

Yan Yiyi stood at the bottom of the stairs one by one, looking at the prince lightly, and when he saw the prince's gaze fall on the prime minister, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Ling Hu Tao saw Yan Yiyi's expression, and his heart was relieved, he smiled, turned around and saluted the prince.

"Your Highness, all the candidates have arrived, do you want to let the draw of lots for the palace examination begin?"

The palace examination will be a lengthy process, and there will be a lot of red tape in the past, but since another champion battle reached the middle of the night, which made the emperor and the hundred officials exhausted, he finally made up his mind to remove all unnecessary links.

It's a lottery, a draw, a lottery, a hit...... The rhythm of this cycle waits until the final champion candidate comes out, and then challenges several times in a row. It will also be possible to end the temple examination as soon as possible.

"Good!"

The prince nodded.

He looked at the prime minister meaningfully and smiled slightly.

Generally speaking, the emperor does not need the prime minister's reminder, and Ling Hu Tao reminded him at this time, obviously in order to establish his authority, and to give people the feeling that the prince is still unable to see things independently.

This silent means. Linghu Tao is the best at it.

But the prince didn't mind.

His vision is long gone.

The most important thing is the real power, who can get the final champion candidate, who will win.

The prince wants Li Chun to be the champion, if Li Chun really becomes the champion, then no one doubts the prince's authority.

As long as this point is not shaken, this subsection. The prince didn't care.

"Candidates, ready, please take the golden bottle from the inner supervisor, and draw lots to determine the object of the first round of today's palace examination!"

The prince cleared his throat and commanded.

The field fell silent all of a sudden, and the four eunuchs hurried out in small steps, carrying a huge golden bottle on their shoulders.

Among the golden bottles, there are thirty-three bamboo plaques. I write the corresponding number.

"The lottery begins!"

The first to draw lots was, of course, Li Chun.

He is the Huiyuan and has priority. The eunuch was also more polite, walked up to him, and nodded flatteringly.

"Li Huiyuan, please draw lots first!"

"Good!"

Li Chun nodded, the rules of the lottery, the prince also told him.

This is different from a general lottery. In order to avoid cheating, Jinshi is not allowed to reach into the bottle to draw lots - of course, such a large gold bottle, it is not so easy to reach in and grab the bamboo card.

Ordinary people reach out and stick to the wall of the bottle and suck out a bamboo plaque. Even if the draw is successful.

Li Chun didn't plan to be too sensational, anyway, he knew that no matter how he drew lots, the prince would always have a way to deal with it, and how to operate it was none of his business.

He took a breath, walked to the golden bottle, stretched out his hand and patted the bottle, only to hear a snapping sound, a bamboo card flew out, dipped in the air twice, and fell steadily into Li Chun's hand.

"Seven!"

On the bamboo plaque, the word "seven" is written in black ink, which is the seventh bamboo plaque.

The eunuch's eyes were sharp, and he could see clearly, and he had already shouted out.

"Seven?"

Li Chun looked at his number plate, and smiled, the word bye will be written on the bamboo card, his number seven, according to the order, the opponent should be number eight, but he doesn't know which unlucky guy the prince wants to hand over this bamboo card!

Immediately, Yanyan and Jin Buchang and others also followed one after another.

"Nineteen!"

"Twenty-four!"

The eunuchs called everyone's signatures one after another, and Li Chun squinted his eyes, waiting for the appearance of the eighth lot.

"Is it arranged?"

The prince was not standing next to the eunuch, but the usual confidant Xiaohou, he nodded, "I'll do something, Your Highness, you can rest assured, you can't be wrong!"

His gaze lingered for a moment on a middle-aged man with a sterile face in the distance, and he smiled.

"Qi Tianxiang, Eight!"

The eunuch shouted out his name and sign, and the middle-aged man's body trembled, and his face was a little ugly.

He is Qi Tianxiang.

Li Chun was also paying attention to him, and when he found that this person looked cowering, he immediately lost interest.

"Sure enough, it's an arranged ......"

No matter how fair the system seems to be, as long as someone wants to play tricks, there is always a way to make a trick.

Qi Tianxiang faced Li Chun in the first round, and he only smiled bitterly in his heart.

"Forget it, it's really bad luck, anyway, if you get the Jinshi qualification, it's just that, don't think about it. ”

It will be difficult to try, and it is already a blessing for three lives to be included in the list of thirty-three people, with his strength, even if he does not bump into Li Chun, he may not be able to win if he meets others, and it will be a little more face to lose to Li Chun.

Qi Tianxiang comforted himself like this.

Ling Hu Tao looked at the result of the lottery and smiled silently.

The prime minister's reaction made the prince a little unhappy, and he closed his eyes slightly, pondering the prime minister's countermeasures.

"The prince doesn't have to worry, even if the old thief wants to find trouble, he will definitely be in the later stage, and he can't do anything in the early stage. ”

Xiao Hou saw that the prince was troubled, and reminded softly.

"That's right. ”

The prince nodded, there is really nothing to fight for in the first round, even if the prime minister is domineering, after not eliminating Li Chun in the meeting, but letting him win Huiyuan, it is impossible to blatantly eliminate him in the first round.

- It's Huiyuan anyway, if it is brushed down in the first round, the face of the court will not look good.

is like Yan Yan, although he is the weakest among the Jinshi this time, the prince will also protect him to the second round.

"Okay! Let's get started!"

Seeing that the draw was completed, and the signing was in line with his heart, the prince waved his hand with satisfaction.

Originally, this was supposed to be announced by the emperor - and before the announcement, the prime minister would be asked for his opinion, but today in the emperor's absence, the crown prince deliberately skipped this link.

The prime minister raised his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't say anything, just with a relaxed smile.

The palace examination has officially begun!(To be continued......)