Poor couple [MTL]

Chapter 152 The Court Examination

"Xianggong, what are you talking to Zigui?" Li Qiluo listened to Qin Ling's words clearly in the room, and he almost died of laughter in his heart, After taking the two children out, he asked deliberately.

Qin Ling smiled shyly: "It's nothing, just talk about it."

Li Qiluo hugged Zigui up: "Little piggy, tell your mother, what did your father talk to you about?"

Zigui climbed Li Qiluo's neck and yawned: "Mother...." His mouth moved, meaning that he was going to feed.

"Well, don't starve our little darling." Li Qiluo couldn't help laughing, and hugged Zigui into the house to breastfeed, and after Zigui finished eating, Li Qiluo nodded his little nose: "Did you hear what your father said, you have to remember it firmly."

On the fourth day after the results of the entrance examination, all the candidates on this day must be organized by the Ministry of Rites to take them to the main hall together.

Before dawn, Qin Ling got up.

"Xianggong, will you leave now?"

"Well, you must go to the Ministry of Rites at the time of the day, and enter the palace to the main hall at the time of the hour. You go to sleep first, don't get up. Qin Ling tucked the corners of the quilt for Li Qiluo, and leaned over to kiss her on the forehead.

But where can Li Qiluo sleep in peace, she turned over and got straight up, and brought Qin Ling back from the Ministry of Rites, She ironed the clothes and took them out for him to put on, this dress is the uniform dress of the candidates from participating in the palace examination, a white cardigan, the fabric is good, but there is really no style at all, Li Qiluo closed it slightly, it doesn't seem that there is any change, but the clothes will be stretched a lot on the body. Li Qiluo dressed him well, looked at it again, and felt that Qin Ling's figure had not been buried, so he nodded with satisfaction and straightened his clothes for him: "I don't know when I can eat later, I'll give you a bowl of noodles."

"Forget it, it's okay to do it in the morning, the people from the Ministry of Rites specially said yesterday that it's best not to eat or drink this morning, otherwise you won't be able to go to the toilet when you get to the main hall." Qin Ling tied his belt and held Li Qiluo's hand.

"I can't even eat breakfast, and I'm sinful!" Li Qiluo said distressedly.

Qin Ling smiled: "It's just a day, and you won't starve me." Lady, I have to go.

"I'll send you." When Li Qiluo followed to the gate of the courtyard, Qin Ling didn't let Li Qiluo send it, he took the lantern himself: "Don't send it, you will be alone when you come back later, it is not yet light, I am worried."

"You don't know, who can bully me?"

"I know, my lady is very powerful, but no matter how good you are, I'm worried, obedient, just at home, huh?" He touched Li Qiluo's head, his eyes darker than the night.

"Qin Huiyuan, you haven't left yet, let's do it together, together!" Li Qiluo was just about to speak, and Kang Weiming next door came out with a few small guys.

Seeing someone as a companion, Li Qiluo nodded: "Okay, Xianggong, be careful on the road."

Qin Ling smiled and sighed, and then gently touched her hair: "You enter the house, I will close the door when you enter the house."

"I'll go into the house again when you're gone." Li Qiluo shook his head.

Kang Weiming: "..... 'What is this, it's just going to the palace to test, how can this couple do it like life and death."

"Qin Niangzi, you just go into the house, Qin Huiyuan and I will be fine." Kang Weiming felt sore teeth inexplicably, and hurriedly said loudly.

Li Qiluo nodded, and told Qin Ling to be careful on the road, and then turned around and walked into the house, turning back as he walked.

Qin Ling stood at the door and waved at her with a smile, and waited until Li Qiluo entered the room before he closed the door.

"Qin Huiyuan, you and your wife are really husband and wife." Kang Weiming sighed.

Qin Ling smiled and nodded: "Well, I had a serious illness before, it was my lady who embroidered to earn money for me to see a doctor, and also provided me with education, it is my blessing to be able to marry a lady, I naturally want to be good to her."

Kang Weiming nodded: "No wonder. "But even so, these two are too tired, even if he and his favorite concubine, they haven't been like this.

Qin Ling and Kang Weiming carried lanterns, walked through the West Street, arrived at the Beizhi Gate, and after entering the Beizhi Gate, they walked forward until they arrived at the Thousand Steps Corridor, where all the central yamen, including the six, were concentrated on both sides of the vermilion palace wall that was more than six meters high.

The Ministry of Rites is located outside the wall of the East Palace, and the little servants are not allowed to enter the Beizhi Gate, Qin Ling and Kang Weiming took out the tribute certificate and identity document issued by the Ministry of Rites the day before yesterday, and after inspection, they successfully entered the Beizhi Gate, all the way to the Ministry of Rites.

At this time, there were already people in the Ministry of Rites organizing, and when Qin Ling and Kang Weiming arrived, most of them had already come.

When it was time to eat, no one ate it, and all the tributes arrived.

The people of the Ministry of Rites arranged these tributes according to the results of the examination. Qin Ling, a young man who had just turned twenty, took the lead, attracting the attention of many people.

There was a buzzing discussion in the queue, all of them quietly talking about Qin Ling's demon. Qin Ling had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and stood in the forefront with a calm face.

"This is this year's Huiyuan, I heard that it has just turned double ten, and the first place all the way to come over, this is the real green smoke on the ancestral tomb!"

"The most excessive thing is that it's just a good test, it's still so good, look, it's obviously the same clothes, but it looks so good on him!" Someone muttered.

Don't think that men don't love beauty, men love beauty, and even more than women, especially these literati in Dayue, who pursue beauty. Even if the officials are sent after the palace examination, they will feel hurt if they are too stumbling, even if they are ranked high, just because they are not good-looking, they will be compared to the people behind them!

"Be quiet, don't make noise!" The people in the Ministry of Rites saw that there was a buzz everywhere outside the door, and they stopped shouting. After the queue is arranged, the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette will come out to check the identity, in case someone takes the test, of course, at this time, it is still necessary to search the body, but compared with the previous township test and the meeting test inspection, the search at this time is much simpler. After all, when it comes to this, everyone is almost already a solid court official, no matter what, we have to give everyone some face.

After the inspection was completed, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu took the lead, and the left and right attendants were located at the back, leading these candidates along the thousand-step corridor all the way to the Forbidden Palace.

When they went to the Forbidden Palace, there were forbidden soldiers on both sides of these candidates who sandwiched them in the middle with solemn expressions.

After walking for more than a quarter of an hour, I entered the forbidden palace and walked along the Yongdao to the outside of the Chongzheng Palace.

This Chonghua Hall is the examination room for this palace examination.

Outside the Chonghua Palace, there are rows of forbidden troops, and the already majestic Chonghua Hall in the cold wind adds a bit of solemnity.

At this time, the melodious bell came from the building not far from the Chonghua Palace, and after the bell rang, the officials of the Ministry of Rites took everyone into the Chonghua Palace.

The candidate was given a number plate before, which was his position in the palace examination, and according to the number plate, the candidate found his position.

At this time, in the Chonghua Palace, hundreds of civil and military officials were already on both sides, and the emperor was already sitting on it. Qin Ling was at the front, and he had been told before not to raise his head to face the emperor's dragon face without permission. Qin Ling kept her head down, her eyes were slightly upward, and she could only see a pair of bright yellow shoes.

The palace examination is also a serious examination, and naturally there is also an opening ceremony. As soon as I stood up, I heard the sound of firecrackers outside, Then the bell rang three more times.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live...."The civil and military officials saluted the emperor, and their voices resounded through the hall. All the candidates also followed and saluted, but fortunately, the Tai and Zu of Dayue abolished the rule of kneeling at every turn in the previous dynasty, and even these tributes only needed to bend down.

"Flat." I only heard the voice of a middle-aged man about thirty years old, low with endless majesty.

"Your Majesty."

"Let's take the exam."

With the emperor's sentence, the palace examination officially began.

Qin Ling's position was the first on the left, and he sat down without squinting, only concentrating on answering the question. While answering the questions, it was obvious that there were many eyes constantly looking back and forth on him. He only acted as unknown, and there was no movement in his eyebrows and eyes.

The time for answering questions in the palace examination is two hours, and after answering on the spot, there is a special honorary official in the side hall to transcribe it, and the examiner marks the paper on the spot, and then reports the ranking to the emperor. Generally speaking, the comprehensive ranking given by these examiners is probably the final ranking, but it is not excluded that sometimes the emperor is interested and ranks in person.

After two hours of the exam, and another two hours of marking the papers, after answering the questions, the candidates could no longer sit and stand for so long, for some weak scholars, they were a little unbearable and a little shaky.

"Your Majesty, the ranking of the palace test has been released today."

The candidates all lowered their heads and became anxious, although the ranking of the palace examination generally does not change much, but what if!

"Well, the ranking of the comprehensive examination hall examination, the first place is Zhang Shaoqian, Huang Zhuo, and Qin Ling." The Emperor looked at the rankings and whispered.

"Your Majesty, it's official."

"Who is Zhang Shaoqian, pick up your head." The emperor glanced at the people in the hall and said loudly.

A middle-aged man standing behind Qin Ling stepped forward: "Participate in the emperor."

"Are you Zhang Shaoqian?"

The emperor looked at Zhang Shaoqian and then at Qin Ling.

"The student is Zhang Shaoqian." The palace examination presided over by the emperor can also be called a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and at this time, no official was appointed, and it is appropriate for Zhang Shaoqian to call himself a student.

"Submit the top 20 papers."

The emperor glanced at Zhang Shaoqian lightly, and suddenly said in a deep voice.

This only made Zhang Shaoqian's heart skip a beat, the majesty of this son of heaven really made people stab in the back, and few people could parry it.

The emperor rarely spot-checked the original papers on the examination, and generally just looked at the test papers copied by the copyists, and when he saw that the emperor wanted to see the original papers, the examiners were busy presenting them.

The emperor began to read the test papers, and the hall was quiet for a while, and after about half an hour, the emperor finished reading the twenty test papers.

"Today's science and technology are full of talents, and I am very gratified. Who is Qin Ling, take a step forward."

Qin Ling hurriedly lowered his head and bent forward, "Student Qin Ling, see the emperor."

"Pick up your head."

Qin Ling slowly raised his head, he finally saw the whole picture of the emperor, a face with Chinese characters, very majestic.

Seeing Qin Ling, the emperor smiled lightly and sighed: "It's a good look, I look at your test paper, the text is much bolder than other candidates, I want to know, with the results of your exam, if you answer more safely in the palace exam, even if you don't get the champion, at least you can guarantee the first grade, but your answer sheet is sharp and seems to be a little more aggressive, you are not afraid of mistaking the holy will and causing adverse consequences?" Speaking of the back, the smile on the emperor's face had disappeared, and his voice became cold.

Zhang Shaoqian and Huang Zhuo behind Qin Ling, as well as the top ten candidates, were all happy in their hearts, the emperor was like this, could it be that Qin Ling wanted to fight for a start, but he had passed?

Qin Ling raised his head and said loudly: "Back to the emperor, the student does not dare to speculate on the holy will, and the student also knows that he has already won the first place in the examination before, and it is safer for the palace to accept the answer." However, the emperor and the imperial court held the imperial examination in order to select talents, and their opinions may be immature, but they dare not discount them in the slightest, and speak freely in the palace examination, so as to live up to the emperor and the adults.

"Hahaha...", after listening to Qin Ling's words, the emperor suddenly laughed, "If it's really a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers, yes, what the court wants is talents who dare to say and do. The list will be changed, Qin Ling is the champion of today's department, and the later rankings are pushed back in order."

Qin Ling's answer was already very brilliant, but because his words were so bold, the examiners thought about his handsomeness, and it was a beautiful talk to explore flowers. Now that the emperor has closed the coffin, the examiners naturally have no objections.

Six yuan and the first, Qin Ling can be regarded as a precedent for Dayue.

Later, the emperor didn't take a closer look, and the ranking was decided, and the emperor said a few words of encouragement to the new science and technology scholars, and ended the palace test.

Walking out of the Chonghua Palace, Qin Ling hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, he blocked the right, the current emperor wants to choose his own people from the imperial examination! He doesn't care if it's the champion or Tanhua this time, what he cares about is whether he can attract the emperor's attention. The rhetoric is bold and reckless, but if those who have not yet entered the officialdom learn from those who have been in the officialdom for many years are as smooth as the oil, how can the emperor use it! If you want to become the emperor's confidant, you must not only make him feel talented, but also have room for adjustment.

When I entered the Chonghua Palace, it was just dawn, and it was already afternoon when I came out. Qin Ling glanced at the sky outside the palace wall, and followed the candidates out of the palace together.