System Rescue Cannon Fodder

Chapter 538 The Road to the Imperial Examination (16)

Huangfu Xi was scheming, and the most important thing was that he was ruthless. Seventy or eighty percent of the people he assassinated were sent by him.

But Yan Ling didn't remind Huangfu Jing of this point, he would check it himself, even if she told her, he might not believe it.

During this period of time, Huangfu Jing also sent people to see her again and again, or invited her to the Prince's Mansion, but Yan Ling did not agree.

She didn't want to have too close contact with Huangfu Jing, even if the two of them were not on the same boat, if they met in private, it would probably cause misunderstanding, and it would be bad if they were regarded as members of the Five Emperors and One Party.

The examination came as scheduled, and the inspection was more careful. Before entering the examination room, there were several inspections. Clothes can only be worn as single clothes, without interlayers. In this way, the inspectors still have to check repeatedly several times.

Some of them were in poor health and worried that it would be cold at night, so they wore several unlined clothes.

Speaking of Ling, it was still the same as usual, except that she was only wearing a single shirt, her body was still able to withstand the cold.

During the exam, a few candidates passed out on the spot because they couldn't bear it, and then they were carried out.

Yan Ling was not worried about someone tampering with her exam papers, knowing how to do the exam was no better than the township exam, it was not so easy to be cheap.

After all, the person with the highest status in the world is still the emperor. If the emperor took a fancy to her exam papers, he would naturally not dare to push her down and replace her with someone else.

Although the imperial examination tests a person's talent, the most commonly used policy question is: Floods occur frequently in the Chihe area and people are displaced. What is the solution?
The Red River in this plane is probably the same as the Yellow River that Yan Ling used to be in, and there are also governance methods. In order to better adapt to this plane, Yan Ling made a slight modification, and then wrote it in the answer sheet.

Chang Qing, a first-rank university scholar at the court, was honest and upright, worried about the country and the people. After seeing Yan Ling's article, he immediately submitted it to the emperor.

However, before presenting it to the emperor, he had to investigate Yan Ling's background clearly. After he didn't find out which party she was related to, he felt more at ease.

After the emperor read it, he clapped his hands together: "Okay, who wrote this?"

Chang Qing: "Your Majesty, he is a candidate for this examination, named Qin Chunan. I believe that this person has outstanding literary talent, and he also has a lot of insight into current affairs."

"The handwriting is also good."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have read the examination papers of the sub-yuan examination and the rural examination, and they are all written very well, especially the policy question, which is useful, but for some reason, the provincial examination did not even make it into the top ten?"

The emperor didn't care much about this, and asked, "But the poems are not brilliant enough?"

Chang Qing: "No, I have copied his examination papers so that the emperor can have a look. This talent is outstanding. If the emperor uses it, it must be a good thing for the country and the people."

As he spoke, he presented Yan Ling's previous two exam papers to the emperor. If Yan Ling didn't know, she had nothing to do with Chang Qing, and thought it would be a great benefit for Chang Qing to accept her.

It is precisely because Chang Qing is a clean and honest official, serving the country and the people, a loyal and pure minister who does not belong to any party, that's why the emperor uses him so much and regards him as a confidant minister.

The emperor also became somewhat interested in Yan Ling. He picked up the things Chang Qing presented and began to read through them.

After a stick of incense, the emperor put down the examination paper with a very displeased expression on his face.

"It seems that some people have stretched their hands too far. Send someone to deal with it. As for Qin Chunan, although the provincial examination is not ideal, it is still a kind of tempering."

The emperor thought that the people below were operating in secret, and there were too many people going through the back door, which was why Yan Ling's ranking was so low.

"Holy Majesty is wise!"

No matter how honest and upright he is, it's still tantamount to slapping some irrelevant flattery.

Yan Ling wore night clothes and sneaked into the palace with great skill and entered the emperor's chamber.

The spread of spiritual power gave the emperor some hints.

In the dream, the emperor is like a bole who recognizes a group of thousand-mile horses. Those people help him become an eternal wise king, supported by all people, and his reputation will last forever.

In the end, what flashed in his mind were the articles written by Yan Ling.

The next day, Chang Qing was recruited again, and Yan Ling was directly appointed as the No. 1 member of the conference. As soon as this remark came out, other forces did not dare to touch her for the time being, and they all knew that she had embraced the Emperor thigh.

For a while, Yan Ling was in the limelight, and there were many people who wanted to make friends with her, but everyone refused and did not associate with anyone.

Except for Wen Shimu who stayed in her yard after the exam.

"Chunan, no one from Xuanyuan Realm harmed you this time, and you finally became Huiyuan."

"His name is Huangfu Jing, but don't call him by his name casually except in front of me."

Wen Shimu snorted: "I don't want to call him."

On the day of the imperial examination,

Hundreds of students knelt under the main hall, and these were all students who had passed the general examination and obtained tribute students. The emperor sat on the throne and looked at them majesticly.

Many people lowered their heads, not daring to move.

Among these people, Yan Ling was particularly eye-catching. As the No. 1 member of the exam, she was standing in the front row, so she couldn't squat like a fish in troubled waters.

But it is impossible to kneel, and it is impossible to kneel in this life.

Emperor: "Who is your Highness, why don't you kneel when you see me!"

"Bold!" The eunuch's piercing voice sounded immediately.

Yan Ling: "The student's legs are a bit inconvenient."

After the imperial examination, those who obtained Jinshi and meritorious service were considered disciples of the Son of Heaven. It was too early for Yan Ling to call herself a student, but the Emperor was not angry either.

"What's the inconvenience?"

"I can't bend my legs."

Eunuch: "How dare you speak to the emperor like that!"

Yan Ling: "How about I squat down, it's about the same height as them."

When Wen Shimu in the back row heard Yan Ling's reply, he almost lost his wits in fright, wishing he could stand up and run over to push her to the ground.

Everyone thought that the emperor would be furious, and even if Yan Ling was Huiyuan, he would not escape death this time.

But I didn't expect that the emperor not only didn't get angry.Instead, he laughed out loud: "Interesting, you don't have to bow down when you see me in the future."

Everyone was stunned, and Zi Ling knew that this was the result of her hints to the emperor every night for the past few days. In her dream, she had done more daring things. Not so angry.

On the contrary, he felt that the dream was more real. Yan Ling was his virtuous minister, who would definitely make him a wise king through the ages.

After a farce happened, the palace examination officially began. It was not as cumbersome as before. The palace examination only lasted for one day, and the content involved was not as cumbersome as before. The examiner was the emperor.

He stepped down from the throne, took a look around, and then stood behind Yan Ling and looked at it for a long time.

(End of this chapter)