"How do I know? Maybe it's a coincidence?" Ling'er blinked quickly.
"Since you don't know the title, how do you know it's a coincidence?" Lin Qi is so smart.
"That's all I said, I have other things to do. Let's talk about it." Ling'er said.
"No, you must make it clear to me today!" Lin Qi hugged her and pressed her down.
"If you dare to touch me, I'll beat you up!" Ling'er waved her fist at him.
"Lin Qi, sit down and talk." Xiao Chen said, "You will know it anyway, and there is no need to hide it from you. Yes, we knew the test questions in advance. As for how we knew it, it has nothing to do with you. Ask, but the only people who know about this are the three of us, Li Qiu, and you."
"Ah?" Lin Qi was surprised, "You, you, you, do you really know?"
"Didn't you already expect it?" Fatty smiled grimly, "This matter is a huge secret. We have to kill you to silence you."
"Oh my God, can't you make up a reason to lie to me for a while?" Lin Qi sat down on the chair, his face turned pale.
"You won't believe me even if I make up an excuse." Xiao Chen said, "But it's okay as long as you know. Don't go around yelling."
"Then why does Li Qiu also know... Oh, he also participated in the exam, right?" Lin Qi drew inferences and immediately guessed the reason.
"It's because of him that we took the risk to get the test questions. He thought we told you, so he gave you a riddle to trick you, but you didn't know, so now he doesn't know that you know." Xiao Chen said The words were a bit convoluted, but Lin Qi understood them clearly.
"But little girl Ling'er wanted you to win, so she leaked it to you after you came back." Fatty said.
"Okay, can you forgive me for being wrong?" Ling'er said, "Brother said I shouldn't tell you, because you are arrogant and arrogant. In fact, you can do it without me telling you. I am It’s unnecessary, I’m just here with you, so don’t be angry with me!”
"Brother Xiao, Brother Fat, Sister Ling'er, I..." Lin Qi suddenly choked up and couldn't help but shed tears, "Why are you so nice to me!"
"It's a good thing that a man won't shed tears lightly. Why are you crying?" said the fat man, "I just hate it when men cry like a damn bitch."
"Hey, fat brother, be careful what you say!" Ling'er felt that she was also a little girl who had been shot innocently.
"The general examination is only one level, and there is also the palace examination." Xiao Chen said, "No one knows what questions the emperor will ask except himself. If you want to prove yourself, give me a first-class exam! "
"What's so difficult about getting into the first class?" Lin Qi wiped his tears and said, "Winning the top prize is no problem."
"I really can't bear to see this kid bragging!" Fatty said, "Xiao Chen, is he bragging to us?"
"I don't know if he is bragging, but the way he brags is exactly the same as you." Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"Really?" The fat man scratched his head, "Do I usually speak like him?"
"Yeah." Ling'er nodded, "Worst than that."
"I'm not bragging. Just winning the top prize doesn't mean anything." Lin Qi's level of bragging was even worse than that of Fatty.
"Li Tanhua often said that if a man doesn't have skills, that's it. If he has skills, he needs to shock the world!" Xiao Chen said, "Either we don't take the exam, if we want to take the exam, we will strive for the first place, not for anything else, just to give people a chance." Lord Dongyang, please speak up."
"Oh...I understand, I will try my best!" Lin Qi said.
"Haha, you were so bragging just now, but now you are talking about trying your best. If you don't win the first prize by then, I will see if you are ashamed!" The fat man said with a smile.
"Fat brother, do you want to make a bet?" Lin Qi said with a smile, "I don't dare to say that I will win the first prize, but I will definitely be fine."
"What are you betting on me for?" The fat man felt a cold breath coming from his nose. "Do you have any money?"
"I paid for Lin Qi, and I bet you, Fat Brother, one hundred thousand taels!" Ling'er wanted to win back the one hundred thousand taels of silver she gave to Zhao Yu.
"Go away, you will be everywhere!" The fat man refused to bet, because Ling'er really had money, but he himself was not sure...
The imperial examination will be held in the Huagai Hall in the palace. The emperor must be present in person, and all civil and military ministers must also participate. The scale is quite grand to show the importance to the new scholars.
The officials of Honglu Temple and Guanglu Temple had already arranged the examination rooms the day before. Jiang Tiansheng, the Minister of Rites, led 300 candidates to file in, and divided them into the east and west of Danqi. When all the candidates came in and stood still, the Minister of Honglu Temple Invite the emperor to ascend to the palace.
Amidst the sound of ritual music, Emperor Li Wanjiang made a solemn appearance. All civil and military officials and three hundred candidates knelt down and shouted long live the mountain. After the ceremony, the civil and military officials retired first, while the candidates all sat at the table.
Waiting for the examiner to take out Huang Feng's test paper, the official Mi Feng will open it in public, and the examiners will distribute the test papers to each candidate. After the distribution is completed, they can start answering questions.
The emperor personally set the questions for the palace examination, and there was only one policy question with a word count of about 2,000. The requirement was to answer it on the same day and hand it in before Yinshi.
There was a solemn atmosphere in the examination room, with only dozens of supervisory officers drawn from the Ministry of Rites, Guanglu Temple, Honglu Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Personnel patrolling back and forth.
They all wore thick-soled soft boots and made no movement when walking, for fear of affecting the candidates' answers to the questions.
There is also a group of imperial doctors guarding outside the palace, because in almost every palace examination, candidates will suffer from vomiting, fainting, twitching of limbs and other emergencies due to high stress...
But he said that after Xiao Chen came out, he was thinking about whether to go and see Dan Qiu, but he was grabbed by Gong Shouli and pulled to a deserted place.
"What are you going to do in broad daylight?" Xiao Chen said.
"I won't look for you for anything!" Gong Shouli looked around furtively and lowered his voice, "Did you see that?"
"What did I see?" Xiao Chen was stunned.
"Just now I saw that one of the candidates looked very much like our young prince!" Gong Shouli had a very clever look in his eyes. "Aren't you talking nonsense?" Xiao Chen said with a smile, "How can the young prince be a candidate? I guess he just looks alike. What's all the fuss about?"
"Don't you think this is quite a coincidence?" Gong Shouli said, "In such a grand occasion today, the young prince actually claimed to be sick and did not come... He is young and a martial arts student, how could he be sick? Qian'er I see he’s still fine!”
"Your thoughts are so busy here, can you think of something serious?" Xiao Chen said.
"There are serious things. Yesterday, I saw that the emperor was in a good mood, so I mentioned to him again the repair of the imperial mausoleum. The weather is getting warmer and the ground is thawing, so it's a good time for work." Gong Shouli said.
"Then I really misunderstood you, Old Gong. You have something serious to do!" Xiao Chen patted him on the shoulder and praised him.
I have to say that your old Gong has become wiser since he had his son...
