The old eunuch standing sideways in front of the palace gate stretched out his hand to invite him again, then turned and moved forward, walking beside him at the front to lead the way, extending his hand to invite him from time to time.
Yu Qing didn't know the topography of the palace, and the person who taught the rules before couldn't tell you the topography of the palace. At this time, he just followed the old eunuch, and the old eunuch set the pace of his marching speed.
The leader was the first to see the magnificent Yu Qing in the palace. He looked around subconsciously and saw that the Ming Guards holding swords and guns were nothing. On the contrary, it was the people who were looming or staring at them from the side, which made him feel darkly.
It was rumored that there were many masters in the palace, and many great archers were stationed there. Yu Qing thought that if his cultivation level changed, he might not even have the slightest chance to escape.
He was here to do something wrong, and now he felt nervous about being trapped in a tiger's den, secretly thinking that nothing should happen to him.
If you are afraid that the plan will not be as good as the change, that is really fatal.
The old eunuch did not lead a group of tributes around, nor did he lead them deep into the palace, but went straight to the tall palace opposite.
After crossing the square, a group of people carefully and hurriedly climbed up the steps from the side of Danqi, passed the jade platform, stepped over the high threshold, and entered a tall and solemn hall, without daring to make any sound the whole time.
Tables and chairs have been set up in the hall. The space is limited, and the tables are short enough to be used.
There was a long desk placed alone at the front. Due to limited space, it was forced to be placed in front of the steps under the throne.
"Get ready for the palace examination!" The old eunuch who led everyone into the palace greeted everyone.
There are already invigilators present in the hall, and the four leading them are none other than the four examiners of the examination.
Seeing that all the candidates were at a loss and didn't know where to sit, Grand Scholar Luo Yewen said loudly: "The ranking in the general examination does not count in the palace examination. Your ranking will be appointed by His Majesty again after the palace examination. Regardless of your ranking in the palace examination, everyone will find an empty seat." Just sit down!”
So Yu Qing, like everyone else, was flying around like a mindless fly. When he found an opening, he was about to dive in, but his wrist tightened.
Looking back, he saw the old eunuch who had just led the way grabbed his wrist and smiled, "Once you enter the King's Palace, your name is Huiyuan Lang, come here, come with me, come with me, you sit in front." Pointing to the table at the front.
Sit forward? Yu Qing, who had a guilty conscience, didn't dare. He was afraid that sitting in the front would make it difficult to manipulate later, so he immediately resisted and said: "Thank you for your kindness, father-in-law. I can just sit here. It's better to find someone with a handsome appearance to sit in front, which will look better and show the imperial court more." Decent.”
"What are you talking about? The imperial examination selects good-looking ones, so what else is there to test?" The old eunuch couldn't laugh or cry, and then took Yu Qing's hand and continued to move forward, "Huiyuan Lang, His Majesty likes your article very much. Please wait. Your Majesty may have to answer questions in front of you when he comes. It is convenient to sit in the front and ask you to sit in the back. If Your Majesty cannot see people clearly, it will make us look like slaves."
"Ah!" Yu Qing was really shocked. He still wanted to answer the question in front of the emperor? My heart suddenly rose in my throat, and I realized that I was really afraid of something.
He was sent to the chief in a daze, and the old eunuch pushed him down to a seat at the front. Before letting him go, he gently stroked the back of his hand, "Old slave also really likes Huiyuan Lang's poems. When the sky is clear, I must ask Hui Yuan Lang for a poem, and I hope Hui Yuan Lang can fulfill it."
Yu Qing felt goosebumps all over his body, and he had the urge to punch him. Besides, he couldn't write any poems for others, so he could only respond with a smile: "It's easy to say, let's talk about it."
The old eunuch then left him.
For a time, Yu Qing, who was treated specially, became the one who attracted the most attention. Many candidates cast envious looks at him. Any candidate who received such special treatment would be enough to brag in front of his children and grandchildren in the future.
Luo Yewen and the other four examiners couldn't help but wander past Yu Qing a few times to take a look.
Although the person was tested from their hands, this was the first time he saw his true face.
Yu Qing, who was sitting on pins and needles, took a deep breath. No matter what, his position was finally determined.
He turned around and looked at the candidates who were still sitting behind him. He tugged on the sleeve of his left hand, revealing the bracelet on his wrist. The bracelet was a makeshift, and the key was the small bell hanging on it.
He quickly pulled out the cotton stuffed inside the bell, and then took the opportunity to raise his hand and shake it and rang the bell.
"Jingle Bell……"
The sound is not loud, but the sound effect is good enough for everyone in the hall to hear more or less.
Many people thought they heard it wrong, but yes, the bells came and went, and there were indeed bells ringing in the palace.
Everyone looked left and right, and finally found the source of the sound, and many people looked at each other in confusion.
The four examiners and several eunuchs who were invigilating the exam quickly walked towards Yu Qing and saw the bell ringing on Yu Qing's wrist when he placed the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table.
Academician Luo immediately pointed and asked, "What's going on with you?"
Yu Qing took off the bracelet on his wrist, took the opportunity to ring the bell for a while, and asked, "Is this what your Excellency is talking about?"
Bachelor Luo: "What do you think?"
Yu Qing: "To tell you what I'm saying, when I went out in the morning, my servants gave this to me. They said it was a blessing to the soul." He then took the opportunity to ring it vigorously for a while, "The 'bell' of blessing to the soul was asked to be worn on my body. I listened to it and returned it." It’s very auspicious, so I brought it with me.”
At this time, the familiar voice of his junior uncle came to his ears, "Okay, stop shaking, I know your position."
Yu Qingdun breathed a sigh of relief.
The few people who gathered around looked at each other, and then Academician Chu added: "Although the meaning is good, it is inappropriate for the time. This is the palace examination venue, and you cannot disturb other people's answers."
Yu Qing hurriedly apologized and said, "Yes, students understand." After saying that, he reached out and placed the bell on the corner of the table, indicating that he would not touch it again until the exam was over.
Then everyone dispersed.
Xu Fei, who was staring straight at this, was speechless. So far along the way, he found that Brother Shiheng had a lot of troubles. He was in trouble wherever he went, and he didn't even stop for the imperial examination.
Of course, he himself was very nervous, worried that he would do poorly in the test and attract suspicion, even though his uncle said that it would be okay if he tried.
After sitting down, the examination room fell into silence. Everyone was waiting. The sound of leaking copper timepieces in the corner of the hall kept ticking.
Several examiners ran to the copper leakage in person from time to time to check the time.
Yu Qing listened carefully and overheard the conversation between several examiners and the eunuchs present, "The time is coming, why hasn't your Majesty come yet?"
Just when someone was sent to the palace to urge them, three eunuchs came hurriedly. The leading eunuch held a roll of paper in his hand and presented it to several examiners. The test questions are here, and when the time comes, let’s start the test directly.”
Several academicians were surprised and asked, "Where is Your Majesty? Isn't Your Majesty coming?"
The leading eunuch lowered his voice and said: "In order to be more energetic for today's palace examination, Your Majesty took an extra pill this morning. He suddenly had a nosebleed just now. He is giving treatment. It is not good to show up in front of the candidates again. In order not to Because of the delay in the palace examination, Your Majesty forced himself to write down the examination questions in his own hand, and told several adults to tell them, and I will leave this place to you."
"This..." The four bachelors looked at each other speechlessly, wanting to know what this was about.
However, what happened was that we had no choice but to take the exam papers and review the questions together.
Yu Qing, who has better hearing than ordinary people, has eavesdropped on the murmurings of several people and couldn't help but secretly feel happy. He was nervously answering the question in front of the audience. He was really relieved and felt that he had saved half his life!
Without the emperor coming, he felt a lot more confident in his mentality when facing a group of people who couldn't completely make the decision.
After a while, a eunuch unfolded the test questions prepared by the emperor in public. There were only four words in the questions: Fu of the sun, moon and stars.
Academician Li pointed at the test questions and said: "These are the questions for today's palace examination. The time given to you to answer the questions is one hour. The timer starts!"
The candidates stared at the test questions and understood that this was another essay.
The eunuch was about to go back and forth a few more times holding the examination questions, trying to make all the candidates see the examination questions clearly, when Yu Qing suddenly said loudly, "Sir, students have read too much, their eyesight is tired and blurred, and they cannot see the examination questions clearly. Among the candidates present, there are There are many people like students, could you please recite the test questions a few times so that we can remember them?"
He really had to do it forcefully, but he had no choice. His junior uncle couldn't see what was written on the paper, and it was inappropriate for him to read it aloud, so he could only come up with this strategy at random.
Xu Fei, who was present, couldn't help but look at Yu Qing twice more, and found that Brother Shi Heng really had a lot of things to do. He was a little doubtful whether Brother Shi Heng really read a lot. Anyway, he had never seen him before. He studies, and secondly, brother Shi Heng has sharp eyes. He can see better than anyone else in the ancient tomb wasteland, at least his eyesight is better than his. This will not be possible in the capital. He must work hard during his stay in the capital to be able to see in a short time. Eyes tired?
The examiners looked at each other and understood. Indeed, many candidates read too much and their eyesight was damaged.
It was not an excessive request. After some discussion, the examiners asked the eunuch who was holding the examination questions to do one more thing. He passed the examinee while holding the examination questions and said loudly in a high-pitched voice: "Sun, Moon, Stars... Sun, Moon, Stars... Sun." Yuexing Fu..."
All the candidates immersed themselves in writing and recorded the test questions on the test paper.
Yu Qing's ear heard the voice of his junior uncle, "I know the test questions."
After hearing this, he wrote down the test questions...
A quiet little courtyard, not far from the palace.
Zhou Xinyuan, who was standing alone in the courtyard, slowly opened his eyes, and suddenly moved sideways and slowly stepped on his feet. When he walked away, there were two obvious deep footprints under his feet, which were the direction he left. Positioning mark.
There was no way, in order to transmit the sound at a fixed point when using the 'Thousand Miles of Sound Transmission' technique, he had to keep Yu Qing's precise position in mind, otherwise it was very likely that the message would be transmitted to the wrong person, which would be a lot of fun.
After leaving the courtyard, he went straight to the study, pushed the door open, and saw Mr. Ming sitting behind the desk, taking a book and reading it.
Zhou Xinyuan walked directly to the desk, picked up a pen and dipped it in ink, and wrote the four words 'Ode to the Sun, Moon and Stars' on a piece of paper. He moved to him and said, "These are the questions for this palace examination. Only for It took me an hour to answer, so I hope you can do it as soon as possible!"
Mr. Ming glanced at it and hummed: "If this is really a test question, then you really have great powers."
"There should be no mistake." Zhou Xinyuan looked at the test questions, "Does the much-anticipated palace examination question only contain these few words? What is this test?"
Mr. Ming sighed, "What else can there be? What else can the sun, moon and stars give? I just hope that someone will compare him to the sun and the subjects to the stars, and then the sun, moon and stars will do their own thing." He shook his head and stretched out his hand directly. Grab the pen, think for a moment while dipping the ink, and then write in a hurry.
