Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

The Ministry of Rites and all the officials in charge of the Spring Examination were present, including the old Grand Tutor Mei Nanhua, who served as the deputy examiner.

"Old Master, I've heard a lot about you!" Shen Lanxi greeted everyone one by one, and finally specifically called out Mei Nanhua by name.

What the officials fear most is a confrontation between the two. Women are narrow-minded and petty. The old Grand Tutor has impeached Shen Lanxi several times in the hall before. Women have a vengeful nature. Don't make things difficult for the old Grand Tutor!

Mei Nanhua snorted coldly and turned his head to the side.

Shen Lanxi smiled, without getting angry, and sat down in the main seat without any hesitation.

"Your Majesty has appointed me to be in charge of this imperial examination and has designated me as the chief examiner. From now on, we are all colleagues. If you have anything to say, just speak freely. There is no need to be restrained."

The officials were embarrassed.

They really never dreamed that one day a woman would say such words to them.

Shen Lanxi: "You all know that I am a warrior and I don't know how to write. I will have to trouble you all for the imperial examination!"

The officials twitched their lips, smiled and bowed in agreement, but did not speak.

They really didn't know what to say. The boss had to be a man. Even if he was an uneducated one, they would still flatter him.

But Shen Lanxi is a woman. How can they, as men, bow down and fawn on a woman?

It is totally unworthy of a scholar's integrity and decency.

All the officials responded perfunctorily. Just when everyone thought they were giving Shen Lanxi enough face and could get through the meeting as quickly as possible, Shen Lanxi suddenly spoke.

"This time, the test questions for the imperial examination will be from Old Master Lao Mei."

Mei Nanhua looked very unhappy. He was a great figure in the literary world of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It was his duty to take part in such a major event as the imperial examination. But when Shen Lanxi said it, it felt like she was ordering him to do something, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

Even His Majesty had to give him some face. Shen Lanxi, a woman, dared to speak to him in an imperative tone.

She is such a perverse and evil person. If Mei Nanhua doesn't teach her a lesson today, who knows how rampant she will become in the future.

"I have presided over no less than ten imperial examinations and participated in the appointment of examination questions for no less than dozens of times, and I have never made any mistakes. Lord Shen can rest assured about this."

Shen Lanxi acted as if she didn't hear the anxious tone in this sentence, and said calmly: "Your Majesty and I naturally trust Master Mei, otherwise we wouldn't let Master Mei serve as the deputy examiner!"

Speaking of the position of deputy examiner, Mei Nanhua's face was filled with humiliation.

He was once a great Grand Tutor with more than three thousand disciples. But now he was serving as his deputy to a vulgar, sinister and vicious woman. It was a great shame and humiliation!

"Sir Shen, you are the chief examiner this time. I wonder what you think of the questions for this imperial examination?"

All the officials in the Ministry of Rites watched as if they were enjoying a good show. The old Grand Tutor's words directly mocked Shen Lanxi for being unworthy of the position.

Shen Lanxi raised her eyebrows: "I don't dare to take credit for your opinion. The imperial examination is approaching. If Lord Mei still has no clue, I can only recommend someone else who is capable and let him take the position!"

The last sentence was a fierce counterattack against Mei Nanhua.

This is outrageous. How dare Shen Lanxi humiliate him like this?

Who among them is unworthy of sitting in the examiner's seat?

Shen Lanxi is really good at confusing right and wrong.

"Lord Shen, do you think I'm incompetent?" Mei Nanhua didn't beat around the bush and glared at Shen Lanxi coldly.

The officials would not allow the two to really confront each other. His Majesty's intention was obvious. Shen Lanxi was just a decoration, and the real examiner of the imperial examination was still the old master.

Why should the old master bother with this?

"Master Mei, please don't misunderstand me. I am just fighting back based on what you said!"

"The chief examiner and deputy examiner are appointed by His Majesty. If anyone doubts that one of them did not sit in the current position by his own ability, then he is questioning His Majesty's vision in selecting people."

Mei Nanhua's face turned dark and froze. He didn't expect that Shen Lanxi would use the tiger's skin as a banner to bring up His Majesty.

"Lord Mei, do you think I am not capable of being the chief examiner?" Shen Lanxi looked at Mei Nanhua sharply with a smile.

The latter's face turned pale, he pursed his lips tightly and clenched his teeth, he was so angry that he couldn't utter a word.

If he dared to say today that Shen Lanxi was not fit to be the chief examiner, he would be accused of questioning His Majesty and disobeying the imperial decree.

Shen Lanxi is so vicious.

"We are all officials in the same dynasty, and we are all appointed to be in charge of the imperial examination. Your Majesty has a very good eye for talent. My two lords, why don't we quickly select the location for this imperial examination? As the time for the imperial examination is approaching, Your Majesty is urging us to speed up the process every day. We really can't delay any longer, otherwise we will all be punished together!" The official from the Ministry of Rites stepped forward to smooth things over.

Mei Nanhua turned his head away with a grim face.

"Sir Shen, the old master has been losing his appetite and unable to sleep recently because of the imperial examination questions. It is inevitable that he is very angry. Please forgive me, Sir Shen!"

"Please forgive me, Lord Shen..."

"We are jointly responsible for the imperial examination. We will prosper together and suffer together..."

All the officials persuaded her together, and after hesitating for a while, Shen Lanxi nodded reluctantly and accepted the agreement.

"Just now you talked about the site selection for the imperial examination? It should be held wherever the imperial examination was held in the past. I think Your Majesty is unwilling to waste people's time and money!" Shen Lanxi said.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Shen Lanxi answered some trivial questions, and when it was time to leave, she got up and left without saying a word.

Mei Nanhua was still thinking that if Shen Lanxi wanted to interfere with the imperial examination questions, he would deal with Shen Lanxi to the end even if it cost him his life, but he didn't expect that she didn't even mention it.

I think it was her first time in office, so she saved her face. She would definitely bring up the test questions and the matter of infiltrating people later. As long as Mei Nanhua was around, he would not let Shen Lanxi succeed!

……

Shen Lanxi and Shen Congwen resigned and returned to the Shen Mansion.

It was as if a shadow was hanging over the Shen Mansion, and even the servants dared not breathe loudly.

"This evil girl, if you don't teach her a lesson, she will simply become lawless!" After Shen Congwen heard the whole story from Old Madam Shen, he became so angry that his face turned blue and he immediately sent people to the backyard to arrest Shen Yuantang.

On the way back, she ran into Sun Feng who was visiting her at the Dali Temple. From Sun Feng, she learned that Shen Yuantang went to the Marquis of Jining Mansion and openly questioned the Marquis's family why they broke off the engagement. He also relied on his martial arts skills to injure the servants and young ladies of the Marquis of Jining Mansion, and even made the Marquis's wife faint from anger.

Sun Feng didn't even bother to check and easily found Shen Yuantang. When he rushed over, Shen Yuantang was holding a stick and confronting the people from Jining Marquis's Mansion. It wasn't that the guards couldn't beat them, it was Shen Yuantang who was yelling and calling His Majesty "Uncle".

Shen Lanxi looked at Shen Congwen with an expressionless face as he got angry. She felt gloomy in her heart. She could never imagine how her sister, who was born to the same mother, could become like this.

"Let me go, grandma, save me..." Shen Yuantang struggled to break free from the old woman's grip and ran to Old Madam Shen for help.