The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

Lu Xiuyuan, who had both draft papers taken away, could not copy the papers, so he could only pretend to study ink and wait there.

After waiting for a long time, the old emperor returned the two pieces of paper.

Lu Xiuyuan took the draft again, went through it carefully, and checked whether there were any taboos. After finding that there was no problem, he pretended to check the draft and rested there.

Kneeling and sitting on the ground in one position for a long time, even though he wore two layers of knee pads on his knees, he still couldn't bear it. From the corner of his eye, he noticed that the old emperor hadn't left yet, and he could barely maintain the current position.

This evil imperial power system, if he can see the sky in the future, he will definitely abolish the rule of kneeling for a day in the palace exam. Isn't it good to sit for the exam?It's okay to stand still!

The old emperor stood behind Lu Xiuyuan for a while, after confirming that he would not copy for the time being, he turned his head and went to the other students to inspect the problem-solving situation.

After the intermission, the eunuchs brought white water and lunch.

Two big patties, two white steamed buns.

Although Lu Xiuyuan had a full breakfast and he wasn't very hungry yet, he still took a steamed bun. After all, the palace test would last until evening, if he didn't eat at noon, he would definitely suffer from hypoglycemia if he appeared in the afternoon.

The big, sweet, white and soft steamed buns can sink into a pit with a light squeeze. He took a bite, and there was probably sugar in it, so it tasted sweet.

After eating two mouthfuls, he picked up the bowl of white water on the table and took a sip.

After finishing the meal, he didn't continue to drink water. Even though his lips are very dry now, he still resisted the desire to drink water in order to avoid going to the toilet.

Not only Lu Xiuyuan is like this, all the students in the palace examination didn't touch this bowl of water very much, the palace examination generally does not eliminate people, no matter how good your writing is, he is just a rearrangement of the rankings in the examination.

It's just that everyone knows that now is the last step to success, and they can make their way to the top after writing the article, so even if the mouth is dry, they still don't drink if they can.

The intermission ended, and the eunuchs used their special emphasis to remind the second half of the palace examination to begin.

After Lu Xiuyuan tidied up the desktop, he took the draft paper and started copying on the paper.

The palace examination papers will no longer be specially transcribed. Whatever the candidates write, the papers will be sent to the cabinet to the emperor. In this way, the font is particularly important.

Fortunately, this will stipulate that everyone must use Guange style, the characters must be square and round, and the black and black style should be large. From a certain level, the style of the palace test is more important than the article.

In the afternoon, the examination lasted until the end of the application time. When the time was up, the eunuch in the hall reminded the examinees that the time was over with a shrill voice, and put down the pen and paper to finish answering the questions.

There was a special staff to collect the papers, and after the papers were taken away, the examinee who had been kneeling for a whole day was relieved, adjusted his posture, and freed his knees.

Lu Xiuyuan's legs were already terribly numb. Even with two thick knee pads, he would have guessed that his knees would be bruised after this day.

Rubbing his legs, he planned to get up later.

This was the case even if he had knee pads. Shen Congzhi, who went out in the morning without any protection, probably had worse knees.

Most of the candidates hadn't stood up yet, and everyone probably planned to take a break first, so as not to fall back to the ground after standing up.

Looking forward, Lu Xiuyuan quickly found Shen Congzhi's position. His knees were almost relaxed now, so he got up and went outside to wait for him.

Cars and horses are prohibited from passing through the palace, and these candidates have to walk a long way out of the examination room.

After Shen Congzhi walked out of the hall with sloppy footsteps, Lu Xiuyuan took two steps forward to support him.

"I told you in the morning to bring two knee pads, otherwise you won't be able to hold your knees for a whole day, and you still don't listen..."

Shen Congzhi's face was pale, and he could only force a smile at this meeting: "Wearing knee pads is a bit opportunistic, and you must be sincere and respectful to Your Majesty."

After hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan curled his lips and did not respond. The two have different views, so forget it.

When they finally got into the carriage and returned to Wu's Mansion, when they lifted the curtain of the carriage, Lu Xiuyuan saw that Yunchen was also waiting for him outside.

So he retracted the carriage again, quickly opened his clothes, took out the two knee pads above his knees, and stuffed them into the corner of the carriage.

Seeing his movements, Shen Congzhi quickly assured in a low voice: "Uncle Master, don't worry, I won't tell Master about this knee pad..."

Lu Xiuyuan was not afraid of being discovered by his senior brother, so he picked this thing for another purpose.

Opening the curtain again, Shen Congzhi got down from the carriage with the help of his servants, but he couldn't bear it after kneeling on his knees all day long, and the other party's feet went limp, but fortunately, the servants caught him in time.

When Shen Congzhi walked away, he also lifted the curtain of the car and prepared to get down. Yun Chen, who was waiting aside, saw Shen Congzhi's reaction just now. The other party jumped down without hesitation when he saw Lu Xiuyuan, and rushed forward nervously. .

"Erlang, be careful!"

But the other party said it was too late, Lu Xiuyuan jumped hastily, his toes just touched the ground, his legs gave way, and he was about to fall down.

It was too late for Nan Xing to reach out, but fortunately, Shi Yunchen who was beside him arrived in time, and he fell into Shi Yunchen's arms immediately.

Being embraced by his sweetheart, Lu Xiuyuan rubbed against him happily.

"Achen, my knee hurts."

This meeting was still at the gate of the Wu Mansion, and there were many servants around, Shi Yunchen couldn't say anything, so he could only set them up.

"Can you still go? Do you want me to carry you back?"

When he heard that he wanted to carry him back, Lu Xiuyuan quickly shook his head, "No, no, I can still go, just help me..."

There are so many people, he doesn't want to be hugged!What's more, if you want to hug, you should hug Yunchen yourself.

After all, there were many people at the door, so Lu Xiuyuan went back to his yard with the support of the other party and Nan Xing.

The first thing he did when he returned home was to solve his physical needs, and then he took a beautiful bath, during which he almost fell asleep in the barrel.

After washing up, with Shi Yunchen's close support, he went down to the study to discuss the imperial examination questions with his senior brother and Shen Congzhi.

After sending people into the room, Shi Yunchen closed the door and left, Shen Congzhi glanced at Lu Xiuyuan's knee.

He remembered that when he left the hall, he was supported by his uncle. How come his knees are healed, and the other party needs to be supported instead?

"Uncle, isn't your knee not very serious? Why do you have to help me now?" Shen Congzhi asked without understanding.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan hurriedly hissed: "You don't have to worry about the love between husband and wife."

Well, as a single dog, Shen Congzhi still doesn't understand these things.

The senior brother next to him said: "I obeyed and told you that the Yellow River flood in your exam this time." The other party directly took out two pieces of paper, "Let's silently read the questions this time."

The two stopped chatting, and began to silently write the answers they wrote in the hall.

Years of practicing brush calligraphy made them write quickly and well. Anyway, it was for their own people to read, and they didn't pay too much attention to it. It didn't take long for the two of them to finish writing the answers.

His senior brother first read Shen Congzhi's, and then went on to take Lu Xiuyuan's after reading it.

Lu Xiuyuan was also a little curious about Shen Congzhi's article, so he took it over and read it, and then asked in confusion: "We have discussed this question and there is a better way? Why did you write it according to your original strategy?"

After listening to this, Shen Congzhi leaned over, looked at the part pointed out by the other party and explained: "This suggestion was thought up by the uncle. Maybe the uncle will use it in the hall. I can't steal your things."

Hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan didn't know what to say: "I deliberately avoided these when answering the questions, just to avoid repeating to you when you write, but I didn't expect this suggestion to be useless to you at all..."

"It's okay, it's not mine after all, I can eat as much as I can, I still understand this truth." Shen Congzhi said indifferently.

He didn't expect the other party to be so thoughtful, and he didn't know whether to praise the other party for being serious and rigorous or to complain about his lack of flexibility.

The senior brother next to him also finished reading his paper, and the other party patted Lu Xiuyuan on the shoulder excitedly: "Junior brother did a good answer this time, it is very likely that he will enter the top ten in the palace examination, with this answer, it is no exaggeration to enter the first class! "

Hearing what his senior brother said, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help but feel a little happy, so he said that the old emperor stopped behind him for a long time and then took the draft paper to read.

Hearing this, his senior brother became even more excited: "In this way, you don't have to worry about people over there suppressing your ranking. Since the article has been seen by the Holy Majesty, once the other party doesn't see your paper in the top ten, they will definitely ask the people below you. of."

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After discussing the answer this time with the brothers and the others, the night was dark, and they also began to go back to the room to prepare for rest.

Pushing open the door, Shi Yunchen was waiting not far away.

"Achen!" He cheerfully waved at the other party.

Then, Shen Congzhi behind him watched with a complicated expression on Lu Xiuyuan being helped back to the room by Shi Yunchen.

When they returned to the room, the other party left without staying.

Seeing that the door was closed, Lu Xiuyuan simply sat up and checked his leg. Although the pain hadn't been so bad for a long time, there was still a large bruise on it, which looked a little scary.

But the imperial examination is over, he can relax and wait for the results now.

Thinking about how hard it has been for him to keep running around for a living since time travel, it is really not easy to finally be able to rest now.

The more he thought about it, the harder he felt, so he simply searched under the mattress, and finally found the script that was confiscated from Nan Xing.

Turning to the first page, it is about a scholar who met ants moving on the way to the exam.

Well, the protagonists are scholars and ants?

Let him take a look at how this capital script compares with his own.

I read about two chapters, and I was talking about saving a group of ants. As a result, when I wrote an article for the exam, I missed a key word.

When the examiner checked the test paper, he saw an ant sitting on the missing horizontal line. No matter how many times the opponent blows the ant away, the ant will crawl back to the missing horizontal line.

How can ants know how to read?How could it stop at this position so accurately.The examiner who looked at the picture in front of him was amazed, probably because the examinee did something miraculous.

In the end, the examiner was grateful for the good deed of the examinee, so he helped to cover it up, allowing the examinee to pass the exam smoothly.

After reading a story, although the plot is a bit exaggerated, it is much better than that of a rich lady and a poor scholar.

He was reading the story vigorously when the outside door was knocked and pushed open.

"Erlang, I'll rub the bruise away for you before going to bed."

Hearing the young master's voice through the screen, Lu Xiuyuan quickly put his swaying legs back under the quilt, and made a very weak expression.

The author has something to say: Brother Lu just wants to share with his wife, so what kind of bad intentions can he have~

And the story of the ant was told by my grandfather when I was a child, I don’t know where the prototype is~

I still remember that the happiest thing at that time was lying on the roof to enjoy the shade in summer, and my family told stories to me. Even if I listen to a story many times, I won’t get tired~Happiness~