Even in the deep palace blocked by high walls, it can't resist the invasion of autumn. Autumn leaves cover the palace roads, and the morning breeze brings cool autumn.

At this time, a young man in dark clothes stepped on the fallen leaves, and his gestures were quite kingly. I saw that on his clothes, a faint dragon mark was embroidered, which was obviously not a dress that ordinary people could wear.

He is the second prince of today's prosperous dynasty, Li Jing.

Li Jing walked on the wide palace road for a while, and finally turned into a palace. At this moment, the palace maids in the courtyard are sweeping the fallen leaves and watering the flowers.

"The slave has seen His Royal Highness the Second Prince......"

Li Jing walked all the way up, and the palace maids next to him gave him luggage one after another. Li Jing ignored these palace maids and walked into the building in front of him.

On an ornate chair in the building sat a woman, dressed in a Tencel red-sleeved dress with various silver jewelry, with a smile in her eyes, staring at the man walking in front of her.

The interior of the building is also very atmospheric, dazzling to see, and some of them are not even named. Compared to other palaces, there is no such blessing. It's just because she gave birth to a baby son, and this baby son is still valued by the prince and the emperor.

"The child greets the queen mother. ”

Li Jing walked in, knelt down and said.

Yao Guifei looked at her son with satisfaction, nodded and said, "Jing'er, please get up quickly." You finally came to see me, what do you want to eat, I'll let Xiang'er make it for you later. ”

Li Jing got up, walked in front of Yao Guifei, and whispered, "Mother don't bother, the child is just passing by here, stop by to see the queen mother." After a while, I have to go to the Guozijian and ask Su Saijiu for homework. ”

Yao Guifei listened to this, although she was a little disappointed, but she was very satisfied. Her son is busy on weekdays, but he is very busy. Yao Guifei suddenly whispered, "I heard that the imperial examination has started today, right?"

Li Jing's eyes flashed with a bright light, and he nodded: "Yes, this hour is estimated to have begun." ”

"Jing'er, you have more than one heart. Yao Guifei said solemnly, "Now that the five princes are fully responsible for the imperial examination, if he is allowed to be appreciated by the prince because of this, it will be very unfavorable for you to compete for the crown prince position in the future." ”

"The child understood. Li Jing nodded, "Although the fifth prince has stepped on shit luck, how can it be so easy to do this good thing." ”

Yao Guifei nodded with satisfaction, obviously understanding the meaning of Li Jing's words. This is in the palace, some things can be said and some things can't be said, once you say it wrong, it's not a joke.

"The eldest prince has been obsessed with kendo since he was a child, and he doesn't learn any skills, I heard that he still wants to participate in the star meeting, is this the place where he should go as a prince? ”

Yao Guifei said in a low voice.

As she spoke, she couldn't help but look at the most gorgeous and noble palace in Daming Palace, which was where the current Empress Yang Yue lived. She, Yang Yue, is just a fox spirit who relies on her own good looks, and she doesn't know what kind of demonic tricks she used to tame the emperor. If it weren't for that, wouldn't it be her turn to sit in the queen's position now?

"Yang Yue, you're just in the limelight. Yao Guifei sneered in her heart, "I have been sitting in the position of queen for ten years, but I have not given birth to a son, and in this huge harem, there are already many people who look at you unpleasantly." Even if you have an heir now, what can you do? It won't be long before Jing'er sits on the throne, then I will be the queen mother!"

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The imperial examination is a lifelong event for scholars all over the world. Who doesn't want to be on the list and return home?

At this time, in the hall of the Ministry of Rites, a dense cubicle was erected, and every candidate was concentrating on answering the questions, and the entire examination room was silent, even if a needle fell on the ground, it could be heard clearly.

The main examination of the imperial examination is the Ming Jing and the Jinshi. The former must have a deep understanding of Confucian classical scholarship and integrate its ideas in order to answer questions smoothly. The latter is judged by the quality of the candidate's essay. Whether it is the Ming Jing or the Jinshi, you need to read more than 10,000 volumes of poetry and books before you can write like a god.

This is quite difficult for those candidates who are not knowledgeable enough. And the first subject of Jinshi is also much more difficult than the Ming Jing, if you can be admitted to Jinshi before the age of thirty, it must be a top genius.

"It seems that the questions in this year's imperial examination are a little difficult. Outside the examination room, an official in charge of the invigilation sighed.

They and the five princes had just come out of the examination room, looking at the candidates' sad faces, obviously at a loss for the exam questions and unable to write.

"It's a pity that Yi Siye is no longer there. Now the standard for judging the examination papers can only rely on Mr. Han. Another official shook his head.

The fifth prince did not talk to them, and he was very worried at the moment. If Xu Changfeng didn't get the top spot, but let Anton, the son of the king of Nanping, get it, it would be a big trouble.

Moreover, because of Yi Siye's death, it was difficult for him to do it secretly. After all, Mr. Han Feichi has always had a clear distinction between right and wrong, and if Anton's article was really talented, he would not consider the face of the court. At that time, the top of the list will be none other than Anton.

Although he was extremely anxious at the moment, he didn't know that there were people in the examination room who were more anxious than him.

At this moment, Xu Changfeng frowned, staring at the exam paper absentmindedly, if someone else watched closely, he could find that his forehead was already covered with beads of soybean sweat, and even the right hand holding the pen was trembling slightly, and his expression was ugly.

It's not that the question is too difficult, if even this question can make him feel difficult to answer, then Mr. Qin's face is really embarrassed.

"If you don't come early or late, why do you have to come at this time?"

Xu Changfeng thought secretly in his heart, holding his mind and suppressing the aura of the frenzied riot in his body. After the exam, he answered the questions very smoothly, and soon he had written half a page. But at this time, his body suddenly frantically inhaled aura, and his body was like an enlarged container, eager for aura.

As a cultivator, he naturally knew that this was a sign that he was about to break through the realm.

The breaking of the marrow washing realm is not a matter of an instant, and the early stage of cultivation is mainly biased towards the accumulation of aura. Now that Xu Changfeng has been cultivating for ten years, the aura in his body has reached a saturation point, and he needs to spend a lot of time slowly grinding in these aura and condensing it into his own spiritual power.

This is also the reason for the second-order condensation realm, and the emphasis is on the word "condensation".

And this condensation takes half a day at least and two days at most. Xu Changfeng was not sure how long it would take him, in case he broke through the realm wholeheartedly, and when he came back to his senses, there was not much time left for the exam, so there was no place to cry.

Therefore, he can only forcibly suppress the fluctuations of the realm now, and after the answer is completed, he will immediately submit the paper in advance, and find a clean place to break the realm wholeheartedly. Because of this, he was very miserable, and his answering speed gradually slowed down. After all, it is not an easy thing to dedicate a part of your mind to suppress the breaking realm, and to concentrate on answering the questions.

Breaking the realm is a good thing, but if your fate is not good and you touch the threshold of breaking the mirror on some dangerous occasions, you can only consider yourself unlucky. Especially in the battle of life and death, once you are distracted, you are likely to give your opponent a chance to take advantage of it and die under the enemy's sword. There are countless such cases.

Now Xu Changfeng is only showing signs of breaking through the imperial examination, which is already a blessing in misfortune.

Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye, it was already nightfall. Hundreds of lights are also lit in the hall of the Ministry of Rites, illuminating the place as bright as daytime.

Xu Changfeng put down the pen in his hand, took out a piece of coarse cake from his baggage, and simply ate his dinner with cold water.

Now he still has half of the questions answered, which is because he is desperately trying to speed up the answer. In this way, the speed has improved a lot, but the quality of the answers has deteriorated a lot......

At this moment, a small number of candidates began to crouch on the table, closing their eyes for a while. After answering the questions for half a day, anyone will feel sleepy. However, Xu Changfeng was a cultivator after all, and this tiredness was nothing to him.

He took a deep breath and put pen to paper. In the dead of night, his thoughts were quite clear, which made his answering speed a little faster.

However, the deeper the night, the richer the aura of heaven and earth, which is why most practitioners meditate at night.

Suddenly, the aura of heaven and earth was like a gust of wind, surging into Xu Changfeng's body. His face was hideous, and his expression was painful.

"Did you just give up? How can you be?" Xu Changfeng held the pen tightly in his hand and shouted unwillingly in his heart.