Chapter 218 On the admission day of candidates, the examination begins
Several people were silent, and finally Song Qiaonian sighed and told him: "It can't be changed, and it's impossible to change."
This question was chosen by the palace. If the question was changed temporarily and it was found to be wrong in the end, the palace staff would definitely be looking for trouble.
With the current confrontational situation between the two sides, he will definitely make a fuss known to the whole court, which will make Cai Jing and Han Mulu in the tribute courtyard miserable.
And tomorrow is the day for candidates to enter. They had given the test questions to Cai Jing’s gang members before, and now they are changing the test questions temporarily. Isn’t that deceiving people?
It was originally a favor, but if the test questions were really changed, it would offend people to death.
Seeing that Song Qiaonian was so determined, Cai You seemed to realize that he had asked a stupid question and said no more.
The atmosphere returned to silence. After a long time, Deng Xunwu said helplessly: "We can't hide this matter anymore. We must let Mr. Cai know as soon as possible."
When something like this happened, several people subconsciously wanted to cover it up, but now they obviously couldn't. If they didn't tell Cai Jing, something bad would happen.
"good."
Cai You nodded hurriedly: "I will let someone tell him when the food is delivered today."
Several servants looked at each other and sighed together, what's the matter with riding a horse?
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The eighth day of March is the time for candidates to enter the examination room.
The Imperial City is extremely lively today.
Li Qian stood on the Chengtian Gate Tower, looking at the grand scene below from a distance.
Today, the ban on civil servants in the palace was lifted. As early as when the sky was dark and the stars were shining, thousands of exam candidates lined up from the south and followed the route planned by the eunuchs to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites.
They verified themselves at the Ministry of Rites, filled out their questionnaires, and then hurried out of the palace with their questionnaires and went to the Gongyuan in the southeast of the capital to line up for the examination room.
But Li Qian only watched for a while, then went back and took the carriage out of the palace.
The sky was bright and bright, and there was still a thin layer of snow on the ground in the capital. The varnished carriages crunched through the snow and walked through the streets and alleys.
Li Qian did not go directly to Gongyuan in the southeast of the capital, but first came to the southwest, where Zhuge Liang lived.
Although he did not leave the imperial city much after that, he had a lot of communication with Zhuge Liang, often through letters.
The carriage gradually slowed down. The old eunuch opened the curtains and looked outside. Then he turned back and reported: "Master, we are almost there."
"Um."
I used to rub my brows, open my eyes and sit up.
It’s really a perseverance challenge to wake up so early in the middle of winter.
"Come on, let's go there."
At the same time, in front of Zhuge Liang's house.
Today, Zhuge Liang also changed into a black silk robe, followed by his younger brother and a bookboy carrying an exam box.
Zhuge Jun from behind was still complaining: "Everyone wants to go as early as possible for the exam, but now the sun is almost scorching your buttocks, and you just went out. You are really not afraid of being late..."
Zhuge Liang put his hands behind his back and looked around the alley with a smile: "Of course I'm not afraid of being late."
He smiled and pointed to the front of the alley: "Look, isn't the person who picks us up coming soon?"
Zhuge Jun paused and looked in the direction he pointed. When he saw the familiar carriage, he froze.
"Brother, how do you know..." He turned his neck numbly and looked at Zhuge Liang.
"Go over first, don't keep His Majesty waiting."
Zhuge Liang stepped a little faster and led the book boy and Zhuge Jun quickly towards the carriage.
Just as Li Qian was about to get off the carriage, he saw Zhuge Liang had already walked over and climbed onto the carriage.
"Liang has met your Majesty." Zhuge Liang bowed solemnly first.
Li Qian was a little confused. When he came back to his senses, he looked at Zhuge Liang with interest: "I remember, I didn't tell you in advance that I would come to pick you up, right?"
Zhuge Liang also followed suit, with a look of astonishment on his face: "Is your Majesty here to pick up Liang?"
"Liang just saw His Majesty's carriage here, so he came here to pay homage. He didn't know why His Majesty came."
Zhuge Jun, who was following him into the car, felt his heart in his throat. He knew that his brother was brave, but he didn't expect that he was so brave.
This is the crime of deceiving the emperor, the kind that can lead to beheading.
Just now, I was saying below that the person picking us up is here, but when I turned around and got to the car, I didn't know. You are really not afraid of death.
Li Qian also laughed dumbly: "Since you're up here, don't go down. Have you had breakfast?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head: "Not yet."
At this time, even if you have eaten, you still have to say you haven’t eaten.
Li Qian smiled even more happily: "Then let's go have something to eat, and then I'll take you to Gongyuan."
He waved his hand, and the old eunuch beside him took out a paper bag and handed it to Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang opened it and saw inside the scroll and various identity documents from the Ministry of Rites.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Qian waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to say more, and the carriage continued to move forward.
Zhuge Jun, who was sitting cautiously on the other side, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the next moment his heart was filled with anticipation.
I'm going to be invited to dinner by His Majesty the Emperor again. This time it won't be at a fancy restaurant, right?
Zhuge Jun felt itchy when he thought of the last banquet he had there.
But this time Li Qian disappointed him.
The carriage turned left and right, and finally stopped in front of a small breakfast stall in the south of the city.
"This is it."
Li Qian jumped out of the carriage, with a bit of urgency in his steps: "Fortunately, I came early today. If it had been later, I would have been gone."
In fact, what could support Li Qian from getting out of bed so early was naturally not the excitement of raising people. Even picking up Zhuge Liang was not the top priority. The main thing was to eat.
The breakfast stall is run by a father and son. The father has white hair and a wrinkled face, but he always has a smile on his face. The son is a simple-looking man who mainly helps his father. Although he is not good at talking, he is good at work. Very hardworking.
The breakfast stall sells many things, including steamed buns, mutton cakes, tofu curd, noodles... but Li Qian's favorite is their Mahua Oil Tea.
Although it was already a little past breakfast time, there were still many people here, and the father and son were very busy.
The old man sat at the table and ate with a smile, and there were many children who had eaten their meals laughing and playing around.
Li Qian had sharp eyes and quickly walked to the only empty table next to him and rushed to sit down. The old eunuch hurriedly followed, took out a piece of silk cloth and wiped the table again and again.
"Don't bury people, they have already wiped them clean."
Li Qian laughed and scolded, the man running the breakfast stall always polished the wooden table.
"It won't be a problem if you wipe it a few more times."
My eunuch laughed and said haha. After cleaning the table, he ran to the stall to order food. He knew exactly what Li Qian liked to eat.
Lu Bu and Zhuge Liang also came over and sat down. Only Zhuge Jun behind them was dumbfounded.
Your Majesty, the Emperor who lives in the palace, likes to eat this food?