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The examination results will be released, and all the students on the list will start preparing for the palace examination immediately.

Normally, it will take some time after the general examination to start the palace examination, but because there is a second round of this year's general examination, the time is urgent, so the emperor ordered the palace examination to be brought forward, and the official palace examination is scheduled for June [-] at [-]:[-] .

The palace examination is to meet the Ninth Five-Year Lord. Naturally, it is impossible to be as casual as the general examination and the rural examination. There is a preview every year before the palace examination starts, and the preview time is June [-].

Early in the morning on the [-]th, according to the steps for the students to enter the palace on the day of the palace examination, all the students had to be searched and led into the palace by a designated person, and they would stay in the palace for the palace examination three days later for a whole day.

Therefore, before the rehearsal, there will be officials from the Ministry of Rituals who will specifically explain the etiquette and various rules to the students who are about to take part in the palace examination. There are many things that cannot be done in the palace, especially in front of the imperial court.

It would take two days just to explain these rules. Not all the students are of noble birth. The officials of the Ministry of Rites must ensure that each of them understands and knows how to do it before letting them go to the rehearsal.

Therefore, after the examination results were released, Bai Zhiwen, Li Mingde, and Wan Rongtong no longer stayed at home as before. After going out early and returning late for several days, they finally ushered in the official palace examination.

On the day of the palace examination, before dawn, there was movement in various parts of the capital. The outside of the palace was full of guards. They were responsible for watching the students who had lined up outside the palace early, and waited for the attendants to search them before entering. royal palace.

The exams are all in the palace, so naturally the students don't need to prepare pen and ink, they just need to bring their hands, feet and brains into the palace.

Just like the second round of the test, Li Mingjin didn't have any more dreams or other feelings. When he sent Bai Zhiwen out, he was quite relaxed, much more relaxed than Bai Ting and Mrs. Wan.

Mother Qiu looked at Li Mingjin in a strange way. Even when she was still in the Qiu family, the Qiu family was very nervous when Master Qiu took part in the palace examination. Li Mingjin, who was born in a small place, logically did not see her. How could he not be nervous at all in such a big world.

Moreover, he was very nervous during the first test, but he was not as nervous as the first time the second time. When he arrived at the palace test, he acted as if Bai Zhiwen was just going out for a normal trip.

If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. Seeing that he is not nervous, Aunt Qiu asked him to come to the kitchen, and they made dinner early together.

"Mommy, Ah Wen and Big Brother won't come back until very late. If we cook the food so early, it will be cold by then." Li Mingjin didn't understand why Qiu Nanny asked him to start cooking dinner in the morning. Is it too early?

"Let's start making it now, and it can be more refined." Qiu Nanny explained to Li Mingjin, "The palace exam is a day, and they can't eat much at noon. Let's make this meal in the evening and make some pastries."

Prior to this, Aunt Qiu didn't arrange for the family to cook hearty meals, because Bai Zhiwen and the others were about to enter the examination room, and if they ate too much greasy food, they were afraid that they would get upset, so they kept telling Li Mingjin and Bai Ting to only eat the usual meals.

After the palace examination, there are no worries about this. They can eat whatever they want, and they don't have to worry about their stomachs being uncomfortable because of the wrong food.

Li Mingjin was very surprised when she heard Qiu Nanny's explanation: "Isn't the palace examination in the palace? Why can't they eat at noon?"

Qiu Nanny continued without raising her eyelids: "Not only can't eat, but I don't even dare to drink two more sips of water."

"No way." Li Mingjin felt that Mother Qiu was making him happy.

"Think about it, they are taking exams before the imperial court. They don't have a latrine or pail. They can't drink too much water, just moisten their throats. They can't eat too much. As long as they don't get hungry enough to affect their writing, they can drink too much and eat too much." There are too many, what should I do if I want to have a big or small solution?" Seeing Li Mingjin's hard-to-accept look, Qiu Mama continued to ask him, "What do you think will happen if you fart in front of the emperor? All the way to study I have passed the imperial examination, if I fall to the top three due to these reasons, will I be wronged?"

In a trance, Li Mingjin suddenly thought of another word he had heard - Shi pozi.

This word means that when candidates go to the latrine during the day to answer questions, a black mark will be stamped on the top of their test paper.

Originally, this mark was just to record what candidates did in the test room, but because the examiners felt that a dark mark looked disgusting and had a sense of picture, they would directly have a grudge against the test paper with this mark, even if the content It is difficult to write well.

In ordinary exams, you only have to hold back when you want to give a big answer, and you don’t have to worry so much about urination and farting. However, in the palace exam, you have to pay more attention. As long as it is out of manner, you can’t do it, because it may make the emperor uncomfortable. .

Li Mingjin was speechless about the strange rules of these scholars during the exam. To some extent, the scholars seemed to have become the fairies described in the scriptures, drinking some floral dew to satisfy their hunger.

Knowing why Mother Qiu took him to make dinner in the morning, Li Mingjin thought that Bai Zhiwen would not only bear the pressure from the emperor, but also endure all kinds of physical needs and discomforts in the palace examination. Feeling distressed, I started cooking seriously.

In fact, the palace test is not as difficult as Li Mingjin thought, because the emperor is so busy with everything, how can he accompany these candidates to write the answer sheets all the time? The old man came here at the very beginning to say a few words of encouragement and optimism, watching the attendants. The test papers with confirmed test questions were handed out, and then the students waited for the students to write the questions for a while, and then left.

The emperor left, and there were still a few princes in the palace, who were going to supervise the students to answer the questions on behalf of the emperor, and one of them was the sixth prince who was rescued by Bai Zhiwen and the others.

Before, the officials of the Ministry of Rites repeatedly told these students not to look up at the sky in the hall, and even if the emperor left, they could not act casually, so whether it was Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde who were immersed in writing, or the students who had met Mr. Yan before None of them found that one of the people sitting in the top position was someone they knew.

The students were not allowed to raise their heads, but the princes were allowed to come and walk down there. The sixth prince read some of Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde's articles calmly, and nodded secretly.

He also looked at other students who he thought were knowledgeable or did not know before, and found that they all wrote well. It seemed that he would try a second round, and he really kicked out some people who tried to pretend to be fake.

The sixth prince and other princes only went down to watch once in the middle, and came up soon. Their appearance brought pressure to many students, but everyone has gone through two rounds of exams, and their mentality is very fast. They stabilized and continued to answer without disturbing their own rhythm.

At this tense and fate-determining moment, they were all focused on how to write articles, but in fact, Bai Zhiwen and the others didn't feel very hungry or thirsty.

It wasn't until the article was finished and copied carefully that Bai Zhiwen took a peek outside, only to realize that it was almost time for the palace examination to end.

Immediately afterwards, the feeling of thirst and hunger sprung up like mushrooms after rain, growing up against the wind, he endured the discomfort and drank the tea on the table in two or three sips, waiting for the palace exam to be over and go back.

At the end of the palace examination, the emperor appeared again, expressing his importance to all the students present, and then let them leave the palace.

Outside the palace, the carriages of various families were already lined up, and Li Mingjin and his carriages were naturally there too. Their carriage was still the one they bought in Beijing. Compared with other people's carriages, it looked a bit strange. Dusty and dilapidated.

Being old has its advantages. Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde saw their carriage as soon as they left the palace and walked over directly.

And some people bought the popular new carriages in the capital after they arrived in the capital, making it difficult for the hungry and dizzy students who came out of the exam to distinguish.

On the carriage at this time, there was tea at just the right temperature, and soft pastries that Li Mingjin and the others had just made.

Both Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde were starving. After getting into the carriage, they immediately ate a small dish of pastries with tea, regardless of their image, and finally subsided their thirst and hunger.

Li Mingjin looked at them like that, feeling distressed and wanting to laugh: "Others say that the palace examination is so and so, but I know that the palace examination is like this through experience. You can't drink water or eat. If you ask me, it's too miserable!"

"Shh." Bai Zhiwen looked at Li Mingjin, "Don't say these things here."

Li Mingjin understood, and made a shut-up expression: "Okay, okay, I understand, today I have been busy in the kitchen with my mother and sister-in-law since the morning, and prepared a large table of delicious dishes for you. Let's go back quickly."

Li Mingjin came out to pick up people, while Bai Ting and Qiu Momo were still busy at home with the last order of meals, and they could have hot meals right away when they got back.

Although the palace examination was only for one day, it consumed much more energy and effort than the one-day examination. After Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde went home and had a hearty meal, they simply washed up and fell asleep until noon the next day. just woke up.

After the palace examination, they were completely relaxed, and Mr. Zhang also sent a message asking them to rest at home for a few days and wait for the results of the palace examination.

Since arriving in the capital at the end of last year, Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde had devoted themselves to preparing for the general examination and palace examination, and had no chance to take their family around the capital.

Finally, when the palace examination was over, Bai Mugen asked Bai Zhiwen to send a sum of money to Bai Zhiwen not long ago. They can go out and buy some things, and bring them to the family when they go back.

Because Mother Qiu didn't want to go out, after the meal, Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde took Li Mingjin and Bai Ting out, and went straight to the busiest streets in the capital, to watch a show before shopping!

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