Exam preparation days are full and boring.
The blessing of Master Tolin, Lin Shiheng lived in the upper room, the inn would prepare food and drink, and the other coachmen would try their best to help him think of it.
The day of the exam soon arrived, and I entered the exam room according to the procedure. The exam has not yet officially started, and people are whispering around.
"Have you heard? This time, the invigilator, His Royal Highness the Prince is also here."
"Didn't you say that His Royal Highness is not involved in political affairs?"
"Brother Zhao is confused, that is His Royal Highness, how can he compare with other princes."
Prince of this dynasty, fifteen years old, before his birth, His Majesty had been slow to come out, so after getting the first son, he was overjoyed and directly announced the title of Prince.
It would be great if he really was the only seedling, but unfortunately since the birth of His Royal Highness, the curse that no one was pregnant in the harem seemed to be solved automatically. One after another, the princes and princesses came out, and they were all about the same age as His Royal Highness.
With more children, the emperor did not love the prince as much as before, and the situation of His Royal Highness, who had a large group of younger brothers and sisters, became embarrassing.
This time, as the crown prince, who should be sitting in the capital like his father, he was actually sent to invigilate the examination, and he was also a deputy examiner, which made people doubt the crown prince's status in the emperor's mind.
Of course, these are all things that higher-ranked officials have to think about. A group of scholars in the examination room can't think of such a profound thing, and they are just excited to see His Royal Highness.
Among the excited scholars, a scholar with an indifferent face, sitting quietly and letting go, became more and more obvious.
Sun Xiucai... Ah no, as soon as the prince came in with the chief examiner, he saw such a scene.
Lin Shiheng was indeed different from ordinary people.
His situation is getting more and more difficult, the father is getting older, and his temper is getting more and more eccentric. He doesn't care about his younger brothers. Let them provoke him and dig a hole for him.
This time, he came to be the deputy examiner, and he was ordered by his father anyway, but he was assassinated on the road. Don't think that those assassins who disguised themselves as the former dynasty could deceive him. Those people were clearly sent by his younger brothers.
The crown prince hated his teeth so much that he was young, his biological mother died early, and there was no one in the palace to say a word for him. Recently, the relationship with the royal father has become more and more distant, and the younger brothers jumped up and down to kick him off and sit up by themselves. The position of the prince is not too stressful.
At fifteen years old, no one could believe it.
In the end, he is still afraid. Although he is the prince, he can actually give his subordinates far less than the younger brothers who have the support of his mother. Most of the people around him are for fame and fortune. The prince is very worried. Given more fame and fortune, will the people around him betray him like this time.
Thinking of this, the prince looked at Lin Shiheng, who was sitting quietly in his seat, with bright eyes.
He is different!
He is talented, doesn't love money, has a bottom line, and has a strategy, and he is the examinee this time, and as the deputy examiner this time, he has a natural close relationship with Lin Shiheng.
Such a good candidate for counselor, it would be strange not to recruit!
Not to mention that he is very confident in Lin Shiheng's literary talent, just relying on the relationship that he wants to recruit people, this exam, as long as Lin Shiheng's writing is not so bad, he can make him famous.
At the thought of finally cultivating his own team, the crown prince was excited and happy, and when he thought that Lin Shiheng still didn't know his identity, it was a little rarer to have a little bit of bad taste belonging to a young man.
If he stood in front of Lin Shiheng now, and someone called him His Royal Highness, would this scholar who has been tepid and never changed his face since he met, would be so frightened that his face changed color
Thinking about it, the prince coughed dryly, and walked to Lin Shiheng's side as if unintentionally.
The person next to him reminded: "His Royal Highness is here."
The whole room immediately knelt down.
"Caomin participated in His Royal Highness, His Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose..."
Lin Shiheng also knelt down lightly and finished speaking with the crowd. After the prince said it, he looked up.
The fifteen-year-old prince deliberately imitated his previous appearance and smiled at him.
The scholar in Tsing Yi returned the same smile and sat in his seat with a calm expression on his face.
Prince: "..."
its not right!
What about shock? !
After waiting for the exam to start, Lin Shiheng calmly began to write, but the prince still hadn't reacted.
He knew that Lin Shiheng guessed that his identity was not easy, but he didn't guess that he was the prince, right
The fifteen-year-old His Royal Highness fell into confusion.
After being confused, he found a reason for himself.
It must be because Mr. Lin is too smart.
Yep, that's it.
He must recruit Mr. Lin. When the paper is judged, if Lin Shiheng fails to pass the test, he will let him pass the test. If he does not get good grades, he will move forward and let Mr. Lin owe himself first. Human affection, it is good to open up to solicit.
After the prince thought about it, he buried it in the paper with all his heart.
He came prepared, although his name was sealed, but he looked at Lin Shiheng's handwriting before and wrote down his handwriting in his heart. As long as he saw the paper, he would definitely find an opportunity.
He didn't trust anyone, so he simply and rudely decided to go on his own. Fortunately, although he was the prince, he could still be judged together.
However, the prince's luck was so bad. He worked hard and did not rest at all to correct a batch of papers in his hand, but he couldn't find any trace of Lin Shiheng.
Wouldn't it be so unfortunate, after finally having a good chance to sell the good advisor, he slipped away
The prince was sad when he suddenly heard a discussion from the examiner who was reading the papers.
"This article is good, and the words are good, but I don't know who it is."
"Seeing now, this one should be the first."
"Oh? Let the old man take a look."
The prince was a little disappointed, it seems that the first one has been selected by them.
It's a pity, he still thinks that Mr. Lin should be the first.
With the thought of "let me pick on the nitpick", the prince got up and walked to the group of adults who were holding a paper for discussion, "Can you let me take a look too?"
The few adults who had been discussing heatedly just now were all Yijing, and they were also eager to catch up, and they even forgot that His Royal Highness was still there.
The prince successfully got the test paper, and then his eyes widened.
Isn't this Mr. Lin's handwriting
In the past, in order to prevent cheating, it was ordered that all candidates’ papers must be copied and then handed over to the examiner for judgment, but candidates can still write the agreed words on the papers. ladder.
In this dynasty, the late emperor ordered that in order to avoid cheating, the examiners were assigned by Beijing officials to various places and could not go to their hometown.
After the questions are finished, the examiners can leave the examination hall until the exam is finished, and the grades are finished.
The prince is an exception. He is equivalent to a mascot and has no right to ask questions. Therefore, no one will say anything about him when he arrives later. However, once he enters the examination room, as a deputy examiner, he cannot go out until the results come out.
Because of this regulation, credit copying is optional, and the imperial court does not want to abolish it. In addition, there are always mistakes in credit copying. It is obvious that the examinee made a mistake, but the person who copied the paper made a mistake, and the result of the examinee dropped. Therefore, at the beginning of this dynasty, the honorary copy was cancelled.
All candidates' papers can appear in front of the examiner in their original flavor.
That's not bad, at least many examiners occasionally look at handwriting to increase their marks.
And now, looking at the paper in his hand, the prince is 100% sure that this is Mr. Lin's handwriting.
The article written above was written by him watching Mr. Lin.
He wanted to open the back door with all his heart, but found that His Royal Highness, who had opened the skylight by himself, was a little confused.
A large number of old examiners asked: "Your Highness, what do you think of this?"
The prince squeezed out a smile.
"good."
At the same time, he was more determined to recruit Mr. Lin.
Such a great talent must be used for him.
No, there is no need to recruit, they have already agreed with each other.
The prince felt that Lin Shiheng was unfathomable. In the examination room before, the smile of the scholar at him was now interpreted as that he had taken over his olive branch.
The fate between them must be destined, and God's will destined Mr. Lin to help him.
In the future, he will definitely be able to defeat his father, his younger brother, and sit on the throne, and he will be able to match Mr. Lin's ruler and ministers.
Full of fighting spirit, the prince stayed in the stuffy little yard until the papers were corrected.
Before he could recruit Lin Shiheng, a group of fast horses from the capital entered the city.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty is seriously ill, I invite you to return to Beijing quickly!!"
In the countryside, Li Lanlan was doing laundry, and Mother Lin came back from outside, "Lanlan, I saw your father helping out in our field again. You can cook more dishes and let your in-laws come to our house to eat at night."
"Eh."
Li Lanlan answered with a clear voice, dried the washed clothes, got up and went to the kitchen to see what to cook for the evening.
But Mother Lin was still a little absent-minded, because her son had taken the test a few times, and she was very familiar with the process. She knew that the results should come out now, and the results of the general test would be passed to the county government first. Yes, the government will naturally send someone to announce the good news.
She had only heard of her son before, but she had never seen it before. Now, she was looking forward to her son passing the test, and at the same time thinking that if he did not pass the test, she should not show too much disappointment so as not to put pressure on the child. Look outside.
The daughter-in-law of the big house next door knew what her mother-in-law was thinking when she saw this, and rolled her eyes immediately.
I really don't know what my mother-in-law thinks. The third brother has not passed the exam for so many years. I am afraid that he really does not have the real material. If this is her son, she will definitely not let him take the exam and let him go to the county to make money. .
The second wife's daughter-in-law was a little restless. Seeing that the elder sister-in-law didn't care, she quietly walked over.
"Sister-in-law, you said that if the third brother really passed the exam, did we divide the family in a wrong way?"
"Don't daydream, if he could pass the test, he would have passed the test long ago, so why wait until now?"
Dafang's daughter-in-law is very determined, "Don't worry, he will never pass the test in his life."
As soon as the voice fell, a lively sound of gongs and drums suddenly and faintly came from outside.
Mother Lin was shocked, and stood outside the door looking forward with some anticipation.
Father Lin, who was sleepy in the room, heard the movement, thinking that his wife had told him that if he passed the exam, he should come to announce the good news.
Just as they were looking forward to it, the people who beat the gongs and drums finally came to the door, and the people in the lead stopped when they saw the expectant look on Mother Lin's face.
"This is Mr. Lin Shiheng's house? I'm here to announce the good news. Congratulations to Mr. Lin's high school Jie Yuan for this township examination, and he will be Mr. Jie Yuan in the future!!"