"Tomorrow let's go to Prince Chen's Mansion again." Duo appeared in front of Bo'an to remind him of this matter. "Father has already given us an oral instruction, so that we don't have to worry about it. Since we are going to the Mansion of His Highness Prince Rong, we can't treat one favorably with another." , His Highness King Chen also went to his residence..."
Zhou Zhan, who was reading a book, raised his eyes from the book. In addition to being a scheming princess, he was also good at using chicken feathers as arrows to do random things.
Very restless.
"Where's my cousin?"
Chang Jinchan didn't know what kind of chicken blood she got from her recently, but she actually got up every day and practiced martial arts for a month.
"At this point, we should fight Yin Yue in the backyard."
Zhou Zhan felt that his muscles and bones were itchy, so he took off the sword hanging on the wall and pulled out half of it. The cold light stung his eyes.
He had to get up every night to practice swordplay. Shen Moran had vaguely felt it a few times, and then he stopped hiding it from her. Shen Moran knew that he was very good at swordsmanship.
"This was given to me by my uncle, and I accompanied him on the battlefield!"
The cold air on the sword could be felt even from a distance. Shen Moran admired it and said, "It is a pity that the sword of Anbang Dingguo has been sealed."
Zhou Zhan said excitedly: "Do you want to see the sword unsheathed?"
With a swipe sound, the long sword was completely separated from the scabbard. At this moment, the sickly young man burst out with astonishing momentum, and his high-spiritedness made people unable to take their eyes away.
If he was a dormant cub before, now he is a tiger ready to go.
He was a completely different person, with a cold and sharp look on his face, and his whole person was full of ambition.
Shen Moran has never seen him like this.
"Congratulations, Your Highness."
Afraid of scaring her, Zhou Zhan put away his sword. The cold light faded, and all his aura retreated, returning to his former gentle appearance.
"It's too early to congratulate now, wait for me..."
"Cousin!" Chang Jinchan's voice in the yard came from far away, "I defeated Yin Yue!"
The couple looked at each other, and at every critical moment, Chang Jinchan would come out and interrupt. Shen Moran went to open the door, but Chang Jinchan still had a big knife in his hand. He threw the knife to the side and grabbed it excitedly. Shen Moran's elbow.
"Cousin, Yin Yue was slapped out by me with the back of my knife. She hasn't recovered yet. Do you want to go take a look?"
How could Yinyue's strength be damaged by her three-legged cat kung fu... Shen Moran said in surprise: "Of course I'm going to see where he is!"
"This way!"
Feeling that she was walking slowly, Chang Jinchan grabbed her wrist and led her to a trot.
The knife she used was very heavy, and the inertia of the blade itself had a great impact. Coupled with her considerable strength, Yin Yue's hand holding the sword was so shaken that her mouth went numb. Before she could react, she was Call it out with a knife.
At that time, Yinyue felt that her blood was surging and she had to sit down and adjust her breathing.
Unexpectedly, she went to ask someone to watch the joke.
"Cousin, am I strong enough?"
Yin Yue, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, gave a bitter smile. He had just been feeding his master last night, and he was pulled up by her as soon as he lay down after being tortured. He was careless, but it did not mean how powerful Chang Jinchan was.
"Wait until my subordinates have rested, and then I'll fight with my cousin."
Yinyue stood up with difficulty. Shen Moran couldn't bear it and turned around to order Bitao.
"I remember there was a lot of medicinal wine in the dowry, go find a jar and give it to Yin Yue."
Yinyue's eyebrows twitched. No one knew better than him where the medicinal wine in his princess's trousseau came from and what it was used for. Where was the dowry prepared for her by the Prime Minister's Mansion? She asked Bitao to go shopping for it herself... …
There was also sweat medicine, which he had used several times. He was lucky at the time that he did not use these things on his master.
Now, it has to be used on him...
"Thank you for your kindness, Princess. I'll be fine."
He held back the surge of energy and blood in his body, fearing that he would vomit blood if he said a few more words. Shen Moran really felt that she could not forgive him.
"You have gone through life and death for His Highness all these years. Isn't it just a jar of medicinal wine? It is not a very expensive thing. It can be taken internally or externally. It can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, which will be beneficial to your injury."
"Bitao, go get two altars. The odd number doesn't sound right."
Yinyue could only accept it bravely, who knew what the functions of those medicinal wines were... But he had no right to despise the things his master had given him.
"Thank you very much, Princess."
Shen Moran took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and helped Chang Jinchan wipe the sweat on his forehead.
"You can't bully Yin Yue like this in the future. If you hurt him, who will protect His Highness..."
Chang Jinchan punched herself in the chest, grinned and said, "I'm still there!"
She is really confident...
"When A-luo has free time, you can try it with her and you will know."
Shen Moran did not dampen her enthusiasm.
"The results are released!" Jiu'er trotted all the way to Shen Moran, "The results are released today!"
Si Yiluo just told her this morning that there would be good news, but she didn't expect it to be so soon.
"Go find His Highness!"
The Ministry of Rites was busy preparing for the palace examination, and Su Mu couldn't move away, so he ordered someone to write down the list and send it to Zhou Zhan's study.
Shen Moran came over to take a look, and at a glance he saw Zhang Jin's name in the first three, and the other two were Jiang Tong and Zhou Yuan. Two of the three were acquaintances...
Zhou Zhan rubbed his nose and said, "Jiangtong is Ziyan's name."
Ziyan...Shen Moran narrowed his eyes.
"Ziyan is Mr. Xie's apprentice. Mr. Xie is the examiner this time. Doesn't he need to avoid suspicion?"
"The grading is anonymous. Sir, I recognized Ziyan's handwriting and informed my father that his papers were marked out by him."
No wonder... Shen Moran suddenly understood why this list was controversial. There were three people in the first and third classes. Zhang Jin was a military householder and had a rift with Zhuo Wen, the Minister of Rites. Although Zhou Yuan went to Beijing to file a complaint, it was suppressed for the time being. However, there are people in the court who are afraid of him and don't want him to stand out. Jiang Tong is Xie Yun's apprentice...
All the fertilizer and water flow into the fields of outsiders. It’s strange that they can be calm!
The turmoil a year ago caused the DPRK to lose nearly one-third of its officials. During the Chinese New Year, the officials who went to Beijing to report on their duties and those who were supposed to defect had already lined up, waiting to share the benefits after the imperial examination.
If Emperor Yao is going to reuse these people, and there are carrots and pitfalls, those are the pitfalls, and the carrots occupy the position, their early preparations will be in vain...
Moreover, this time the imperial examination was very popular. There were three people in the first class, 183 people in the second class, and 174 people in the third class. A total of 360 people were selected, which was the only one who had just started the imperial examination in the Zhou Dynasty. We have admitted so many people in one year.
The long list did not match the number of candidates who often visited the residences of the Lords. Zhou Zhan pursed his lips and smiled softly.
"It's more interesting now."
…
Qixi squeezed into the crowd one by one to look for the candidates they had attracted a few days ago. None of the first two candidates were seen, and the third one was from the same Jinshi background. To be honest, they did not have a serious reputation.
There are two among the top three, but they are ranked at the bottom. With this ranking, even if you are thrown into a remote county, you can only become a ninth-grade county magistrate. If you want to climb up, if everything goes well, there will be no ten. I can't climb up even after eight years.
Afraid that she had seen wrongly, Qixi opened her eyes and looked twice more until her eyes were sore before she made sure that he was not dazzled.
The first thought in my heart was that it was over, the master's hard work was probably going to be in vain!
From the end of the exam to the announcement of the list, they held a banquet under pressure to win over the candidates. In the end, all the time, energy and money they spent was wasted. If the emperor was displeased because of this, they would lose a lot of money!