My lady, something is wrong

Chapter 978 Palace Examination, Knights Walk!

Three days later, the day of the palace examination.

Before dawn, Luo Qingzhou had already returned to the Qin residence.

Second Miss Qin has already woken up early.

Luo Qingzhou quietly entered the room from the ground, startling Qiu'er who had just entered the room.

Second Miss Qin asked him to sit down at the dressing table, and combed his hair herself.

Luo Qingzhou looked at himself in the bronze mirror.

For some reason, he recalled what Eldest Miss Qin said that night, and couldn't help asking: "Wei Mo, do you think I'm bothering you?"

Miss Qin Er paused for a moment when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "There is no such thing as a man who doesn't care, it's just that some people are capable and some are not. As long as you don't start messing around and end up giving up, and don't deliberately deceive the other party's feelings, Wei Mo I feel like it’s nothing.”

Luo Qingzhou couldn't help sighing.

Miss Qin Er looked at him in the mirror, and said softly, "Brother Qingzhou, did you remember what your sister said again? Maybe your sister's words were just whining. It would be a pity if Brother Qingzhou gave up because of those words. gone."

Luo Qingzhou fell silent.

At this time, there was a knock on the door and Song Ruyue's voice: "Are you all up?"

Pearl hurried to open the door.

Luo Qingzhou and Miss Qin Er left the room.

Seeing the two of them, Song Ruyue hurriedly urged: "Let's go, go to eat quickly. Later, go to wait outside the palace earlier, and have to line up for inspection one by one, so don't go too late."

Several people went out.

Song Ruyue looked at the neighbor again, sighed and said, "I went to call Jian Jia just now, but..."

Luo Qingzhou said: "It's okay, let the eldest lady rest well. I can go alone, and the mother-in-law and the second lady don't need to go."

Song Ruyue immediately said: "That's not acceptable, we must go."

Then he smiled and said: "We have all gone to bring you good luck. Mother-in-law's luck has always been very good. Last time you won the Huiyuan, maybe it was the good luck brought to you by mother-in-law."

Luo Qingzhou smiled and said, "Thank you, mother-in-law."

Song Ruyue said with a smile: "My family doesn't speak differently. Your father-in-law used to say that I'm a fool and blessed... Bah, bah, it means that I'm beautiful and blessed, ha ha..."

Luo Qingzhou echoed solemnly.

Second Miss Qin covered her mouth and snickered.

A few people went to the front hall, had a simple breakfast, and went out.

Aunt Mu was already driving the carriage, waiting outside the door.

But the two princesses did not come.

This palace exam was watched by the entire courtiers, and no one in the palace could meet the candidates in advance.

The two princesses not only lived in the palace, but were also members of the royal family. If they blatantly came to welcome him into the palace, they would definitely attract criticism.

The carriage carried several people and slowly drove out of the alley.

There are already more people on the street.

Most of the candidates are surrounded by a group of people from the family, walking towards the imperial city.

When Luo Qingzhou and the others came to the gate of the imperial city, it was already dawn.

Outside the city gate stood two rows of armored soldiers, as well as some guards and ministers in charge of inspection.

Soon, more than 300 candidates were present.

Although there is still a palace test, the more than 300 people have already stepped into the ranks of officials, so when they met, they greeted each other very politely.

Luo Qingzhou didn't want to be too lonely, and chatted casually with the few people he met a few days ago, killing time.

As for the family members of the candidates, they all stood on the other side of the moat, looking forward to it.

Another half hour passed.

The officials and guards at the gate began to check one by one.

After the inspection is completed, the party will be released.

After more than 300 examinees had entered, they were led by officials and marched mightily towards Weiyang Palace.

Along the way, all the candidates lowered their heads, kept silent and extremely nervous.

Of course, there are also free and frivolous people who look around.

Not long after, everyone stopped in front of Weiyang Palace.

The female guard standing outside the door hurried in to report.

After a while, a woman's voice came from inside: "All candidates are announced to enter the palace!"

After the queen succeeded to the throne, she did not recruit any eunuchs.

Most of the guards and messengers in the palace are women.

Some of the former eunuchs were also kept, and they were not expelled, and they did some chores in the back.

Luo Qingzhou felt that his words might have played a role.

At the beginning, he said to His Majesty that it was against human nature and too cruel for a man to cut it off. Since there are female practitioners, there is no need to recruit eunuchs.

When His Majesty heard this, he looked at him with contempt and said coldly, "You really have a good plan. The palace is full of women, so you just have 3000 beauties in the harem, right?"

In fact, including those female guards, there are far more than 3000 people.

Luo Qingzhou didn't mean that.

He is just a man who deeply knows how to cut out the pain and despair there.

Of course, for most eunuchs, not being starved to death is the most important thing.

Although His Majesty did as he said and no longer recruited any eunuchs, he still threatened him ferociously every time to cut him off and become a eunuch.

But that was just the beginning.

Later, when he used thunderbolt for the first time and proved his strength, the empress was obedient and very docile, and every time he overworked, His Majesty would roll his eyes and say with a charming and concerned face: "I order you , protect it, I love it..."

amount……

What are you thinking about at this time?

There was a majestic and oppressive atmosphere in the hall.

Luo Qingzhou mixed in among the candidates, lowered his head, entered the hall respectfully, and then began to pay homage to Her Majesty the Empress.

At this moment, his lady is wearing a fiery red dragon robe and a crown, and she is sitting on the dragon chair on the high platform with a majestic face. I have no courage.

Luo Qingzhou quietly raised his head and glanced at her, just in time to meet her majestic gaze.

The Grand Master of the Cabinet came out, said some words of encouragement and congratulations, and then began to talk about the rules of the exam.

After finishing speaking, the candidates took their seats in the side hall one by one under the arrangement of the officials.

Academicians of the Imperial Academy began to distribute test papers.

The first exam of the Palace Examination is usually a strategy question. The questions are usually hundreds of words, and the answers need to be in a certain format, and the number of words is not limited.

The top ten with the highest scores will be selected in the first test.

Afterwards, the sage would personally come up with the questions, and then the first, second, and third places in the imperial batch would be the No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], and Tan Hua.

The first three people are called "Jinshi Jidi", also known as "Sanding Jia".

The rest are divided into two and three according to their performance.

Exams will start soon.

After the test papers were handed out, all the candidates immediately lowered their heads and read them carefully, and read them many times before they began to frown and think about how to answer them.

Only when the answers are all in the chest, dare to write.

After Luo Qingzhou finished reading the question and thought about it for a while, he began to study ink and draw a pen to answer the question.

The topic was an allusion first, and then asked how to govern a county, not only to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, but also to keep the tax revenue from being less than in previous years.

It briefly explains the current population, cultivated land, resources, and so on.

Luo Qingzhou picked up the pen and ink, and quickly wrote thousands of words eloquently, and he still couldn't finish it.

The advantages and disadvantages of that county are obvious.

There are not many people, the arable land is barren, and it is after the war, but the resources are very rich, and the geographical location is good, and there is a port.

Therefore, it is natural to develop commerce, use commerce to support agriculture, exempt agricultural taxes, attract population inflows, gradually expand commerce, increase various commercial taxes, use ports to transport, pack local resources, and ship them to all parts of the country, etc.

At noon, the submission of papers began.

The official who collected the papers immediately sealed the papers, and after sorting them out, they sent them directly to the paper-grading officials on the other side.

An hour later.

After intense discussions and debates, the top ten were finally determined.

Prime Minister Fan Wenjin personally read out the candidate's name.

Naturally, Luo Qingzhou was admitted without accident.

Nangong Huoyue glanced at him, took the ten test papers, read them carefully, and began to write the questions herself.

She asked a total of three questions.

The first question is "Ask the Emperor's Heart and Emperor's Administration".

The second question is to write an article that borrows things to describe people.

The third question is to write a five-character poem with the title "Ambition".

The top ten people selected all took their seats in the side hall, took the test papers, and began to answer the questions.

After Luo Qingzhou read the question, he pondered for a while, and then he had the answer in his heart.

While studying the ink, he continued to think.

Immediately, he picked up the pen and dipped in the ink, and began to write.

"The minister heard that the emperor's presence in the Yu Yu Nei Ye, there must be a manager's real government, and then he can restrain the crowd, intricately planned..."

The first question is over.

He thought for a moment, then continued writing ink.

"There is Bole in the world, and then there is a thousand-mile horse. There are always a thousand-mile horse, but Bole doesn't always have..."

The answer to the second question is complete in one go.

As for the third question.

He thought for a long time before he wrote down the words "Xia Ke Xing".

In this world, there are warriors, even literati, often dream of walking the world with a sword, and becoming a hero with a silver saddle and a white horse!
After all ten candidates have finished answering, they will collect the papers together.

However, this time the review was done with caution, and no decision was made on the spot.

Candidates were all sent out first.

Luo Qingzhou glanced in front of all the ministers, and Dean Bai in a Confucian robe was standing there, looking at him with a smile on his face.

Luo Qingzhou thought to himself: Sir, I will give you that poem.

Dean Bai is naturally worthy of that poem.

With the momentum of that poem, perhaps Dean Bai will gain something unexpected after reading it.

After all the candidates left, the ministers began to review the papers together.

Luo Qingzhou followed the crowd out of the imperial city.

On the other side of the moat, when Song Ruyue saw him, she immediately tiptoed and waved, with a bright smile on her face.

He is now a Jinshi, and for the Qin family, it has indeed brought them great honor.

but……

If his identity as the King of the North is revealed, it is unknown whether the young and beautiful mother-in-law, who is always 29 years old, will faint from excitement, or will directly pounce on him and bite him to death.

It's scary to think about it.

However, this matter cannot be concealed forever.

He thought about it carefully.

Maybe he should be fully exposed at the Kyushu Conference nine months later.

Because when the time comes, he will use the vest to give Misty Immortal Sect a big surprise that was caught off guard.

At least one of the elders or peak masters who were in the Guiyi realm had to be killed on the spot, so that he would not be in vain exposing himself.

In the battle at that time, either you die or I die.

Therefore, before that, he must first settle things at home and around him.

For example, about Miss Qin.

Another example...

"Qingzhou, how did you do in the exam?"

While he was thinking about something, the beautiful smiling face of his mother-in-law, full of anticipation and apprehension, had already moved over.

Luo Qingzhou replied subconsciously: "It will be done, so-so."

The air was suddenly quiet.

(End of this chapter)