The spring rain continued for several days, preventing people from going out to play.
Lu Qipei had been living peacefully in the Lu Mansion these few days. At first, she was worried that Qi Bo would ask her about her disappearance these days. She thought about it over and over again in her heart. But the result was unexpected, no one asked about this matter.
After thinking about it, Lu Qipei understood. For these people, her words might not be as credible as their own investigations—Lu Qipei didn't know what they found, and he never thought that Her Royal Highness would scrutinize her specifically, but In any case, the current situation is good, she naturally won't take the initiative to make fun of herself, and she doesn't want these people to focus on Qi Yang again.
Day after day, Lu Qipei gradually calmed down, and even took the initiative to ask Qi Bo about his return to his hometown. After all, Lu Qicheng's spring season has already been missed, and it is always inappropriate to stay in the capital and "borrow" with other people's homes.
Qi Bo only said to wait, and did not explain much.
Seeing this, Lu Qipei didn't say anything. He occasionally went to see Lu Qicheng, but he didn't dare to approach him again. It's just beyond Lu Qipei's expectations. After that "crazy", Lu Qicheng returned to his usual warm appearance when he saw her again, instead of being crazy that day.
Overall, Lu Qipei has been doing pretty well these days, only occasionally wandering while reading a book and watching the rain, thinking of another person...
Time flies, the Lu Mansion is calm, but the Gongyuan is very busy.
Chunwei is a test of the talents of the whole country, and thousands of people refer to it when it is young, and even more than 10,000 people in many times. The candidates were trapped in the examination room and tortured for nine days. After they left, the people who were tortured in the Gongyuan became examiners.
There will be an exam in February and a palace exam in March. There is only less than a month in the period, and there is no delay in grading the papers.
Thousands of exam papers, dubbed with their names, are then distributed to the examiners. But this is the case, everyone's work is also very heavy, especially everyone has different preferences and judgments. When there is a dispute, a test paper can waste a lot of time.
The main examination of this subject is Fang Yue, the minister of Rites. He is over half a hundred years old, and it is very unbearable to spend half a month in the Gongyuan. In addition to the examination papers, he also had official documents from the Ministry of Officials that needed to be reviewed, which made him extremely busy.
Finally, half a month has passed, and the work of marking papers has come to an end. The more than 200 exam papers that were selected were sorted out, and the original exam papers were retrieved and compared one by one. For those who have flaws in the test papers and those who have improper handwriting, the ranking will be adjusted a little bit later, and finally they will be ranked in the endless debate among the examiners.
This spring season is outstanding, and each examiner has their own preferred test papers, so we strive for this reason. However, there was one test paper that no one questioned, and was immediately ranked first by everyone. There is no reason for him, it is too outstanding, and no one can fault it.
After everyone has ranked well, the matter of unveiling the name will be decided by the examiner.
Equation is more than happy about this. It was a matter of glory to take the imperial examination for the country. Second, although these people are disciples of the emperor after the palace exam, as the examiner of the general exam, he is always close and beneficial. Thirdly, after tossing around in the Gongyuan for a long time, he was really tired, and he just wanted to quickly end this drudgery.
Most of the people present had such thoughts, and their expressions were relaxed and at ease. Only the clerk was holding a pen, intending to write down the ranking.
Equation Yue didn't delay, while revealing the first fake name, he smiled at everyone: "The result of the test is right in front of you, you have been working hard these days, and when you understand this matter, you can go back to take a good bath and rest. already."
Everyone said a few words of humility, but their eyes were fixed on the dummy test paper—they had heard about the "people of the year" who were taking the test before the meeting, but now they all want to know this convincing everyone. Whose hands did the exam papers come from
However, as the equation became more and more unknown, everyone was dumbfounded.
Because the blank name of the test paper is white, and there is no name origin at all!
Rao has experienced many court situations, and has seen all kinds of strange things in the examination room. After a while, someone trembled: "This, this person is so careless, he forgot to write his name?!"
As soon as the words came out, this awakened everyone, including Fang Yue's face, which was very strange. But fortunately, there will be three exams, and there will be many exam papers, each of which will have the name and place of origin written on it. If it is just one answer paper, it will not be a problem, but it will make everyone's perception much worse—they at this time I completely forgot. If I didn't even write the name, how would all the exam papers for these three sessions be organized into one place
But no matter what, Equation Yue quickly flipped through the pages, and it turned out that there were two copies of one test paper, and no names were written on the test papers for one test, two tests, and three tests. Except for the character with a silver hook painted on iron, it seems impossible to prove that the test paper originally belonged to one person.
At this moment, how can the equation still not detect the tricks
Without waiting for the others to react, he handed the test paper to his confidant subordinate with a sullen face, and whispered: "Cha, check with the list that Chunwei is referring to, and see who this test paper belongs to! "
It is troublesome to deal with this matter. Thousands of test papers need to be compared one by one to see if there are any missing staff answers. But at the moment, everyone could see that something was weird, and it would not be a trivial matter involving the imperial examination. If there was a fraud, I was afraid that none of them would be able to get good fruit to eat, and the chief examiner, Fang Yue, was the first to bear the brunt.
So when Equation Yue gave the order to seal up, everyone chose to keep silent. God knows that when they reacted, the clothes on their backs were wet with cold sweat. Being blown by the cold wind of this early spring again, I couldn't help shivering.
Qi Yang had already sent someone to guard the Gongyuan, so when Fang Yue took the exam paper and entered the palace with a sullen face, she rushed to the Xuanshi Hall earlier. Earlier than her, there was the prince, who smiled at her when he saw her.
The two brothers and sisters got together, and the prince asked her softly, "Can Huangmei help brother?"
Qi Yang knew that the prince had taken a fancy to Lu Qipei and wanted to show his favor in advance. Of course she wouldn't take the Prince's good intentions away, but she didn't need him to intervene at the moment, so she replied in a low voice, "It's fine for me to do this, I won't cause trouble for the emperor."
The prince glanced at her and knew that she was not deliberately alienating her. Thinking that it would be troublesome for him to be involved in the imperial examination, he decided not to say more.
The equation was getting faster and faster, and he was a little surprised to see that Qi Yang and the prince were both in the Xuan Shi Palace. Seeing this, the emperor also looked at Qi Yang, his eyes signaled her to step back temporarily, but said nothing to the prince.
However, Qi Yang had already thought of her words. She glanced at Fang's bulging sleeves and said, "Master Fang is in charge of the scientific examination. Now that he has time to enter the palace, it must be the result of Chun Wei? Don't rush Erchen away, Erchen would like to stay and listen to the ranking."
Hearing the words, the emperor couldn't help laughing and said, "Why are you listening to this? Can there still be someone you know in the Chunwei ranking?"
Of course, Qi Yang still knew some people. Not to mention, she had heard more or less of the children of noble families in Beijing. There are many famous people among them. She has seen a few occasionally, which is considered to be known, but it is not enough to talk about friendship.
But the words came out, before Qi Yang could answer, the emperor seemed to think of something, and said: "Speaking of the emperor is also very interested in this scientific examination, you have come to ask for the test questions in the three opening examinations, and now you are coming again. Listen to the rankings…”
The emperor didn't care too much, after all, Qi Yang always asked for the test questions after the Gongyuan examination started. He just thought of the matter of choosing a concubine that he told Qi Yang a few days ago, and he thought that Qi Yang was so concerned about this, so there was a bit of joke in his tone.
But the emperor made fun of his daughter and made fun of his daughter. He looked at Princess Qiyang, then looked at the prince standing beside him, thinking that the two brothers and sisters had a close relationship, and they are waiting here together today... Could it be that the prince knew about the Gongyuan and came to support his sister
But what is this? The princess can't interfere in the government, let alone in the imperial examinations!
The more Fang Fang was pounding in his heart, the test paper with the bulging sleeves in his sleeves was also a little hot. But he didn't dare to press the matter after thinking about it. After all, the name was revealed in front of everyone, and there were too many people who knew it. It was impossible for him to press this paper down.
On the other side, the emperor made fun of his daughter, thinking that her daughter was concerned about the concubine's affairs, so he did not rush her away, and turned to ask Fang Yue: "Fang Aiqing entered the palace today, but for the scientific examination?"
The more Fang Fang suppressed a lot of thoughts, he bowed his head and said respectfully: "Returning to Your Majesty is for the sake of spring."
The emperor ignored Qi Yang as soon as he heard it, and turned to smile and said, "But the ranking has come out? Show me how many talents Jinke has added."
When Fang Yuan heard this, he suddenly knelt down, and only then did he take out the test paper from his sleeve and present it, and said at the same time: "Report to Your Majesty, the ranking has been determined, but it will be published when the name is revealed. I made a mistake. This test paper was the first name set by the ministers, but when it was unveiled, it was found that there was no name on it. After comparing it with the reference list, I found that... I found that there is an additional answer sheet for Kenke."
He forced his breath to finish speaking, but there was already a cold sweat on his back.
The emperor is not stupid. Although he was startled when he heard the words, he soon turned his astonished eyes to the pair of sons and daughters beside him. That gaze only swept across the crown prince, and soon settled on Qi Yang.
Qi Yang did not evade, and immediately stood up and saluted and admitted: "Father, this answer sheet was sent to the Gongyuan by my son."
The author has something to say: Qi Yang (gearing for his hands): Before meeting the parents, I still have to brush up on a wave of goodwill and presence... I feel that the concubine is one step closer.
Prince (complicated mood): Why does Gu feel that the imperial sister hates marriage so much? Must be an illusion!