Shen Shiyun stepped forward diligently and slapped his back, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are the least qualified to say such things." To be able to participate in the palace examination, are the elite who have stood out in the past, each candidate at least said that they have to go through more than ten years of hard study, they in the palace answer sheet, hollowed out the ink in the stomach, go all out, can be described as exhausted. This is not counting, the future promotion is still unknown, the fate is in the hands of the examiner, compared to you to be the emperor today, and you will always be the emperor in the future, without any worries. You don't have to think about anything, as long as you sit with them on the dragon chair, your mentality is too leisurely, and if you still complain, you really can't say anything to those candidates. ”

Fu Lin said with a smile: "Cheng, have you also learned to speak cool words? If you really want to help me share the burden, it is better to help me finish this large stack of exam papers, and be honest." Shen Shiyun said: "Okay." "Reach out and take it. Fu Lin took her hand, pulled her into his arms, and said, "Don't make trouble, I am joking with you, and the imperial doctor has also instructed you that during your pregnancy, you must rest and recuperate, and you can't be tired." But I can say it in advance, when I wait for the next palace test, I will definitely drag you to help, unless you fight for some anger and conceive a dragon heir. ”

Shen Shiyun said with a smile: "You don't joke, besides, approving a few exam papers is not much heavy physical work, and you can't be tired, does the emperor dislike the concubines for not being good enough to learn?"

Shen Shiyun said with a smile: "He hasn't been born yet, this is called 'insufficient day', I really want to come out." Hmm, does the emperor care about his concubines, or does he care about your dragon son?" Fu Lin said: "My son, isn't it your son? Listening to your tone, is he eating the vinegar of his own flesh and blood? Don't worry, I won't hurt you a little bit in the future." Shen Shiyun smiled: "You ask me for a cheap price, but I don't follow it." ”

Fu Lin said: "I am the emperor, you have to rely on it if you don't follow it!" I felt that these words revealed a momentum of dominating the world, and for the first time I realized the majesty of being an emperor, and then derived a grand ambition, guiding the country, and creating a great achievement. With a big heart, he couldn't help laughing, although Shen Shiyun was also laughing, there was some caution in his smile. Then he said: "The sword is not sharpened or fast, and the mind should be rusty after a long time, aren't you worried that your son will be dull after he is born?" Fu Lin smiled: "Your little mouth really makes me helpless, and you dare to curse the future prince?"

Shen Shiyun is well versed in everything, and his words are too counter-effective and self-defeating, so he pretended to be obedient and said: "Okay, you approve the papers, and the concubines will sit on the side and watch, right? According to the current system, copywriting is all a routine, and you only need to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages in the choice of words and sentences and highlighting the idea." Although there are some shackles on candidates, it greatly saves the time spent by markers and improves efficiency a lot. ”

Fu Lin sighed: "If this is the case, how can we select a good official with real talent and hard work?" The title of this examination is "On the Politics of the Emperor and the Rise and Fall of the Past Dynasties", which at first glance has small limitations and is easy to cut into, but it is also because the scope is too broad, and it has long been discussed by the predecessors, so it is very easy to fall into the cliché, and it is extremely difficult to bring forth the new. Flipping through most of the stacks, it's all clichés, and it makes people drowsy.

Fu Lin sighed, and Shen Shiyun said with relief: "In the past few years, there were frequent wars, and there were a large number of pillars who worked to protect the family and defend the country. The rest of the old and weak women and children, it is not easy to find a life on their own, and it is rare that there are still Confucian scholars who continue to work hard and study the books of sages and sages, and the quality is inevitably poor, which is also worthy of forgiveness. ”

Fu Lin looked unhappy and said: "It's not that the quality is poor, I think it's because the Central Plains capable people with lofty ideals have a grudge and don't want to be my officials in the Qing Dynasty." ”

Shen Shiyun said: "That is, they don't know the current affairs." Do you think, those nerds have no power to tie the chicken, all with a pen, they mourn their homeland, they only know how to do some anti-poetry and anti-words underneath, what kind of climate will they become? They will also be regarded as a chaotic party by the imperial court, and in the end they will only incur a full end of beheading, and the gains outweigh the losses. It is better to get fame and fame, enter the court as an official, and then you can directly go to the chapter to admonish, the emperor you are benevolent and wise, and the measures for the benefit of the country and the people will be adopted, and it is much more cost-effective for him personally. If you don't even look at these simple truths, you can only be regarded as a mediocre person who does nothing, and it is not a pity to abandon them. Fu Lin smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that those people are not as smart as you." ”

After flipping through a few more sheets, the eyes of the two of them lit up at the same time, and the full text of this volume was written in neat small block letters one centimeter square, and the volume alone was pleasing to the eye. The whole volume has a total of 14 folds, each fold is six lines, a total of more than 3,000 words, incisively expounding the policy of improving the governance of officials and rejuvenating the country, advocating "solid first establishment" and "practical government succession", so as to make the world too peaceful and happy. Although it is consistent with the framework of the eight-strand text, it should see the truth in the subtleties, as if the two talked to each other, and the other party was gradually persuaded by him. Every time I read a sentence, I can't help but nod my head, and some of the conceptual evidence coincides with Shen Shiyun's mention.

Fu Lin smiled: "This is also interesting, this person is incompatible." "In order to show justice, I first took out this volume and put it aside, and roughly flipped through the few copies that remained, but there was a superb foundation, and a few vulgar and ugly articles were naturally unsightly. Then Shen Shiyun took the pen and ink, and Fulin personally mentioned the six characters "First Rank and First Place" on the frontispiece with a red pen, and stamped the lower end with a large seal. The two of them selected some of the more eye-catching ones in the rest of the answer sheets, and the top two were respectively set as "Bangyan" and "Tanhua", and the order of the top seven in the second class was determined.

Everything was over, Shen Shiyun said with a smile: "Congratulations to the emperor, the concubine is curious, I want to see who this bosom friend is." At that time, in order to prevent candidates from cheating, the "sealing system" created by the Song Dynasty was still followed, that is, the candidates' names and places of origin were sealed and replaced with special symbols. In fact, such as sealing and transcription, in the late Northern Song Dynasty, they were only mere formalities.

Fu Lin said with a smile: "Originally, before the first day of singing, the examiner was not allowed to open the seal without permission, but for your sake, I can only break this old rule." While scraping open the paste, he said: "These scholars are locked in their rooms all day long, and they have little contact with the outside world, so most of them are not famous before they are admitted to the exam." Even if you look at it, you may not recognize it. Shen Shiyun pulled the sleeves of Fulin's shirt and said with a smile: "The concubine just wants to see it, although there are fewer drinks for a thousand cups of confidants, but it is not easy to find this confidant." ”

The speed of dismantling the seal was very fast, and not long after, Shen Shiyun saw that this candidate was "Shaanxi Province Chang'an Ren's Tang Yuan", she still remembered that before she entered the palace, she mixed up with the official mansion to escort artillery to the battlefield to help the battle, etc., the head of Kongtong carried out dangerous robbers in Chang'an, and took the young man hostage, and then rescued him for Li Yijie and Chu Menglin. Thinking of the various affairs when the five of them were together, and recalling the first acquaintance of the Agarwood Academy, my heart was in a mess, and I couldn't figure it out and couldn't figure it out. Qiang smiled: "No coincidence is not a book, this candidate is indeed my old friend." ”

After explaining the general situation, Fulin also felt that it was a coincidence, and said with a smile: "It turns out that there are still this twists and turns." You saved my champion, the credit is really not small, what reward do you want?" pretended to ponder for a long time, and said: "Yes, after I have summoned ten new science and technology scholars alone and filled in the big and small gold lists, there will be a passing ceremony in the Taihe Hall to officially announce the ranking." Why don't you go with me and meet this bosom friend and old friend, what do you think?"

Shen Shiyun once gained power, his status is not what it used to be, everything is based on interests, and the people he comes into contact with are all with the help of climbing high branches, and he has long been ignored in the old friendship. But she could see that Fu Lin's proposal was sincere, and it was not good to sweep the emperor's interest, so she pretended to clap her hands happily and smiled: "Great, thank you to the emperor, concubine." Seeing that she was satisfied, Fu Lin really liked it, and said with a smile: "It's getting late today, so I'll stay in the Yinxue Palace." Don't worry, I'll send someone to report when the time comes. Shen Shiyun smiled in response, and the two went into the couch and hugged each other.

Recently, Yinxue Palace has not been peaceful, since Luo Jin has known Jiang Yanchen, he always goes to the well when he has nothing to do, and he is eager to see him again. She once boasted that she would be able to steal confidential information in a few days, but Shen Shiyun stayed in the palace all day, it was difficult to find a good opportunity, she was unwilling to achieve nothing, and read all the books left by Jiang Yanchen carefully, and the clues of the incident had formed a clear context in her mind, and she prepared enough paper and pen again, according to the original text, stroke by stroke, and her father-in-law copied it neatly.

This made her suffer, and she was worried about it during the day, and she was suspicious, so she lay on the bed with her eyes wide open every night, stayed up until midnight, and estimated that Shen Shiyun should fall asleep, so she got up lightly and lit a candle to copy. Whenever he hears the slightest sound, he immediately blows out the candles, sits in the dark and listens, and after confirming that everything is right, he dares to continue. It took many days of all-nighters to complete all the major events, and this perseverance alone is enough to be impressive.

However, after she decided to act as a meticulous worker, her relationship with Shen Shiyun became more and more estranged, and she no longer had the intimacy she had before, partly because she was on a different position with her, ashamed and afraid, and on the other hand, she was no longer interested in her affairs. Fortunately, Shen Shiyun was busy slaying the demon girl, and he didn't pay attention to her various abnormalities for the time being.

On this day, Luo Jin sneaked into the kitchen again, came to the courtyard, and suddenly heard a few faint sounds from the bottom of the well. She was overjoyed, rushed to the front and shouted: "Is there anyone? Is there anyone in there?" After hearing a ** response for a long time, Luo Jin hurriedly shouted: "You wait, I'll pull you up!" Looking at the useless things around, he turned around and ran into the kitchen, picked up a piece of thick hemp rope in the corner, returned to the well, tied one end of the rope to the nearby tree trunk, held it alternately with both hands, and threw the other end into the well. Soon felt a tightness in his hand, and then sank slightly, Luo Jin was busy pulling hard, and sure enough, someone at the bottom stepped on the steps of the well wall, grabbed the rope, and climbed up with difficulty. His whole body was covered with blood and mud, and he didn't know whether to call it a bloody man or a mud man, and his hair covered his entire head and face, and as soon as he came out of the well, he fell to the ground softly.

Luo Jin's eyes quickly held on, and said, "You ...... How could you be hurt like this?" hugged him in distress and choked on his back. But hearing a faint low laugh in the man's throat, Luo Jin immediately doubted, pushed him away with both hands, and randomly brushed away the messy hair on his face, and looked closely, although the man's face was also covered with blood, he could barely make out the general appearance, and suddenly exclaimed: "Hu Wei......? How could it be you......" Hu Wei squeezed out a weak smile and said, "Miss Jin, it turns out that you care about me so much." ”

Luo Jin was embarrassed, jumped back a step, thought of the bold move just now, instantly blushed, and exclaimed: "I...... Who...... Who cared about you? You've been missing for so long, I thought you were dead...... No...... It's not ......", who knows, the more urgent it is, the more unclear it is. Hu Wei saw that she rushed over and hugged herself just now, and her concern was overflowing, obviously out of sincerity, only when she was anxious for a while, she felt shy after reacting, and said with a smile: "This matter is difficult to explain, and it is ......a long story."

Luo Jin paused and said, "Then don't talk about it! I'll take you to see Niangniang, you can report to her personally!" Hu Wei felt that she was embarrassed because of her thin skin, and his heart was sweet, and he felt that these injuries were worth it. Dragging the stump leg, limping to keep up with her.