Are you stupid?

The palace examination is different from ordinary examinations. There are identical tables and cases on the main hall. The wooden tables painted with beautiful colors quietly exude this simple and simple atmosphere. Every piece of pen, ink, paper and inkstone is worth a thousand gold.

The candidates had already entered the venue, and were led to sit in their seats by the waiter according to the randomly drawn numbers.

No matter their age or appearance, the expressions of the examinees are all the same excitement—this Enke is unprecedented, the power of the two "Enke" combined, the new emperor has doubled the number of admissions, if this time again If they can't soar into the sky, they probably won't have the courage to take the imperial examination in their entire life.

Shenlong usually dresses plainly, but this time when he publicly appeared to the candidates who will bring his appearance and temperament back to the common people, he chose to serve him carefully.

It was not easy to wear bright colors during the filial piety period, so he chose a navy-blue round-neck gown with gold embroidery and a one-shoulder python spun gown with a lotus-shaded pattern on his body.

When the eight servants led the new emperor to appear at the highest point of the main hall, all the examinees below held their breath and stared at the jade man on the high platform, not daring to blink.

In the fantasies of the elders, although the new monarch is young, he should be mighty, stable and full of vigor, but the new monarch sitting on the dragon chair broke their poor imagination - the new monarch is tall and slender but not weak, The face is like a crown jade, the eyes are like lacquer, the middle is obvious, the lip line is clear, the jaw line is sharp and smooth, cutting off the femininity of the big and round apricot eyes that are too bright, and the fleshy earlobes are more He added a rich and noble temperament.

Beauty has always been like a sharp knife, with the power to shock people.

Although the appearance of the new monarch is quite different from what the candidates imagined, it also makes them bow their heads and dare not look at him.

The middle-aged servant, who was slightly shorter than the new monarch, stepped forward, "The servant has placed an ice basin in the main hall according to His Majesty's instructions, so that the examinees will not be affected by the heat."

Xinjun nodded, and his eyes fell back on the examinee.

His eyes scanned the candidates in the hall one by one, and when he skipped a few of them, his eyes paused slightly, and then he continued to look back as if nothing had happened, passing by acquaintances, and continued to search for the only person he wanted to find.

None in the front, none in the middle...

Finally, Shenlong saw Mu Huaiyuan sitting upright behind the desk that slightly blocked the line of sight next to the carved dragon column.

After just a short period of time, the unobvious baby fat disappeared completely, and the last bit of youthful air on him faded away, revealing the solid and heavy feeling that belonged to a man.

What happened to Mu Huaiyuan during the days when his father passed away?When we met at Huachao Festival tomorrow, he was still fine.

Shenlong was puzzled in his heart, and it was inevitable that he stayed on Mu Huaiyuan's body much longer than the other candidates, which immediately caused commotion among the surrounding candidates.They looked at Mu Huaiyuan and realized that this person was the first one who used different fonts in the previous two exams, but every stroke was heart-wrenching.

——It is true that he is extremely handsome, but the examinees only divide people into two types: "the grades are better than me, he is a talent worthy of friendship" and "what kind of rubbish is written, get out of here", Mu Huaiyuan's appearance is not as good Shenlong has an identity bonus that determines the candidate's grade, but it minimizes the shock of his appearance.

At the beginning, some people were not convinced that Mu Huaiyuan won the first place again and again. Some people even dug out that Mu Huaiyuan was born in Anping Dachang Princess Mansion. for a while.All the officials who attracted children from their families to take part in the scientific examination had to come out to clarify that all the officials who had relations with the examinees avoided leaving the ranks of the chief examiners.

But people are treacherous, how can those who have lost their names admit their incompetence?

They thought that the first trouble caused the court to come forward to explain it, and they would be satisfied the second time. They didn't want the new king to order to double the number of admissions for the imperial examination, and at the same time, arrest all the troublemakers and erase the results and send them back to their hometown.

Thunder means, both kindness and power, all the candidates who have benefited are praising the generosity and love of the new king, and the punished candidates are not completely cut off because they can take the exam again, but they are worried about losing the opportunity of the scientific examination if they continue to make trouble. Shut up and dare not say more.

Afterwards, the top three exam papers were copied and posted on the city wall. The stability and ingenuity of Mu Huaiyuan's writing completely silenced the candidates, and they just copied a copy and took it back to study.

Paper was expensive in Luoyang for a while.

When they arrived at the hall, when they were drawing their seats, they found that Mu Huaiyuan was so unlucky that he got the seat next to the pillar. Many candidates who had noticed Mu Huaiyuan's existence earlier felt relieved even if they couldn't say they were secretly happy.

——The chief examiner of the palace examination is different from the previous two games. He is the emperor sitting on the dragon chair. When answering the questions, if he is favored by the emperor, he can soar into the sky. The emperor can’t even see Mu Huaiyuan’s position. Isn't it just the end of good luck?

But now, the examinees discovered that no matter how fair and notarized the exam rules are, the disadvantage of the seat is unlikely to have any impact on Mu Huaiyuan.

Mu Huaiyuan, he used to be Xinjun's companion!

The grades of the examinees have already been presented to the imperial court, how could the emperor not know what kind of grades his companions got in the exam?Their careful thinking is probably useless.

Shenlong and Mu Huaiyuan looked at each other from a long distance, even if there was no verbal communication, the mood of the two of them was much more relaxed and happy.

Shenlong tried his best to suppress the upturned corners of his mouth, gave Mu Huaiyuan a final nod with his eyes, and continued to look back. Suddenly, an empty seat caught Shenlong's attention.

He raised his chin towards the empty seat, "What's going on?"

The Imperial Palace Examination, even if you fell and broke your leg, you have to crawl over. How could someone obviously get the opportunity of the Palace Examination, but did not come to the exam.

"The one who didn't come is Wei Xiaolang."

"Wei Qian? He got No.2 in the previous test!"

"The old man of the Wei family passed away last night. This morning Wei Shangshu sent someone to send a memorial to resign, and he has brought Wei Xiaolang back to his hometown Ding You."

Wearing filial piety on the emperor's body means that he has finally been promoted. From then on, the sea and the sky will be brighter, and he will no longer have to live in fear. , even if the emperor ordered to seduce love, he could not accept it, otherwise he would definitely be scolded for being greedy for power and position with his spine poked in the future.

"Write down Wei Qian's grades, let him take part in the imperial examination after the filial piety period, and make up for this one. If there are candidates who do this in the future, we will do the same."

"Yes." The servant wrote down the new king's instructions and retreated below.

"This time there are three questions in the palace examination. First, why are the six departments of the debate headed by the official department? Second, the people are more important than the emperor. Third, what kind of officials are not worthy of entering the court again."

The three questions, which one is a huge minefield, the candidates were too timid to hold their brushes, and even the brave ones were a little confused. Only a few candidates who had accompanied Shenlong in the Chengqing Palace A companion can keep calm.

Even if "His Royal Highness" becomes "Your Majesty", he is still the same as before, unchanged.

In the short few months of Shenlong's "recovery of consciousness", he often discussed with his companions topics that he was afraid to talk about as a "fool" in the past.

Shenlong has always looked down on the concept of "the Ministry of officials is the leader", or it should be said that people who came to the "ancient" from the industrialization era could not accept this concept. .

The phrase "technology is the primary productive force" is familiar in modern times, but in this time and space, "technology" is regarded as "odd/obscene/skillful" and should not be put on the table, no matter how much you say to treat the people kindly, the actual On the surface, they are still constantly searching for the people's fat and people's anointing to support the luxurious life of the royal family and nobles.Even those officials who accepted bribes can get a chance to recover because they "know how to do things" and stand in the position of enslaving the people again, how ridiculous.

The accompanying readers have all heard the prince raise similar questions.

They were young, and they did not acquiesce in the rule of "officials headed by officials" like their fathers and grandparents who had already entered the court. Under Shenlong's repeated questioning, they gradually dared to speak out their own ideas and break the conventional ones.

The same is true for the three exam questions proposed by Shenlong. In fact, there are no standard answers for the three exam questions. The key is whether you dare to answer, whether you have your own personal opinions, and you must not firmly maintain the original rules.

In fact, this is not a fair exam. It has nothing to do with the knowledge and writing skills of the candidates. It only depends on whether their choices can stand on the side of Xinjun.

But this is Shenlong's right, and he intends to exercise his right to choose "comrades in arms".

After announcing the test questions, the test will start. The test time is two hours. Like an ordinary invigilator, Shenlong picked out a book and sat on the dragon chair to watch the time slowly. Only then did he put down his book, walked down the imperial steps, and went among the examinees to observe their papers.

The difference between good and bad test mentality can be seen immediately.

When the examinee at the front on the left saw Xin Jun approaching, his hand trembled, and he dropped the brush into the inkstone, and the ink splashed out.The examinee was so frightened that his face paled, and he raised his hand to cover the paper.His method did prevent the ink from staining the roll, but there were a lot of ink marks on his sleeves and wrists, and he looked extremely embarrassed.

The examinee realized that he had done something stupid, and looked up at Xinjun in despair, his eyes were red.

"Wipe your hands. Since you attach so much importance to the roll, you should be more careful." Seeing that the examinee was nervous and wanted to touch the roll with his ink-stained palm, Shenlong handed out a sweat towel from his sleeve, and wrapped his arms around him quickly. finger.

"Kow, kowtow, thank you, Your Majesty!" The examinee was so excited that he knelt down in front of Shenlong, clutching his sweat towel tightly and refusing to let go.

Shenlong tugged at the candidate's sleeve to pull him up, smiled and patted the other person's shoulder, pressed his finger on his lips and made a "shut up" gesture, and continued to walk backwards.

The examinee was dazzled by Xinjun's smile, and sat back to his original position in a daze for a long time before waking up. Thinking of the joke he made, it seemed that the emperor didn't pay much attention to what was written on his paper, and he was annoyed again hang your head.

Shenlong paced slowly, realizing for the first time that being the chief examiner is not so easy.

Because, the literary ability of the candidates present is really much more difficult than his, and what he wants to see is not an article full of flowers and five allusions in one sentence.

Shenlong lost interest after walking less than halfway.

He lightened his steps, turned his feet, and stopped directly behind Mu Huaiyuan.

The author has something to say:

Shenlong: Hee hee hee, I didn't expect that!

Mu Huaiyuan: There is a little guy behind me who thinks I don't know, forget it, just pretend I don't know.

Thanks to the little angels for irrigating me with nutrient solution~

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 3 bottles of matcha cake

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard! ^_^