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Chapter 50: Contest
After the decree was handed down, five people came out, led by the ceremonial officer, and lined up under the stands.

The empress looked at the five people, and recognized that two of them were imperial court officials, and they were civil servants. She immediately said angrily: "Zhao Shan, Wang Weiting, have you two exhausted your talents! You can't write a poem in two quarters of an hour." Poetry?"

"Your Majesty!" One of them hurriedly knelt down. "It's not that I'm a humble minister with little talent and learning. It's because I have a virtuous husband in my family, and I have vowed each other for a long time. I will stay with you for the rest of my life and never leave. I really can't divorce my husband and remarry!"

The queen became even more angry: "As an official in the court, the first word is: loyalty. Since you put the love between a man and a woman before being loyal to the country, then you should go back to the countryside and stay together for the rest of your life!"

"His Majesty……"

"Pass down the order! Zhao Shange resigned from his official post. Wang Weiting was resigned from his official post, and he was forbidden to take the imperial examination again, and will never be used again. Write down the names of the other three people. Those who are officials in the family will all be demoted by half a rank."

This punishment was very heavy, and everyone on the court, including the civil and military officials watching on both sides, all changed their expressions.This is the queen, passive participation is absolutely not allowed.Once identified, it will harm the family!

While Zhou Yunlan was still reading poems, all civil and military officials asked the female officials at the venue to pass on messages to their daughters and sisters, telling them to do their best!

Even if you don't want to be selected, you have to be serious.After all, with so many people performing well, the probability of being selected is very low.But once the empress finds out about playing negatively, no matter how many people there are, they will be severely punished.

After one round of punishment, the empress ordered the female officials to bring drinks and snacks to the candidates, in order to calm them down.

About half an hour later, Zhou Yunlan read all the poems and selected ten.

"Empress, these ten people stay here, let the others go back."

"Which ten people?" Zhou Yunjin asked hastily.

She was very concerned about whether the person they arranged had successfully entered the second level.

Zhou Yunlan handed the selected ten poems to the female officer standing behind him, and the female officer forwarded them to the case of the empress and emperor's son-in-law.

Zhou Yunjin hurriedly got up and went over to have a look. At the first sight, he saw the inscription "Feng Heng". He immediately sat back satisfied and gave Murong Xuan a "victorious" look.

Wu Yue naturally saw it too.

The queen flipped through the poem and asked, "Should we only keep ten people?"

There were five or sixty people participating, and after one round, there were only ten people left. The empress was afraid that the number of candidates would be reduced too quickly, and she would miss out on outstanding talents in other fields.

Zhou Yunlan said: "I don't like the ideas of the other poems, but only these ten."

After the Lord had said this, the Empress could only nod her head, and sent people down to make arrangements to send the eliminated people out of the palace.

"The second level is the martial arts test." Zhou Yunlan took out another piece of paper from his bosom. "Please trouble General Xu to send someone to set up a few archery targets in the middle of the field, arrange them according to the markings on this map, and then bring a few horses."

"General Xu" is a female general who has been standing in the stands and is responsible for protecting the safety of the royal family.Hearing the words, he stepped forward in response, took the paper Zhou Yunlan handed over, and went down to make arrangements.

The queen asked: "Do you want to test riding and archery?"

"Yes." Zhou Yunlan said. "My son is going to end too."

The queen was startled: "How can that work? If you fall from the horse, you will be seriously injured!"

Zhou Yunlan said: "Mother, don't worry, my son is good at riding and archery. It is said that there is no one in literature, and no one in martial arts. The person I choose must be literary to be recognized by my son, and the martial arts in riding and archery should be better than my son's. Otherwise, My son would rather not marry for the rest of his life, and go to the Princess Temple to guard for the rest of his life, praying every day for Princess Wuyue's blessings and protection, to protect my Dazhou and the world."

Zhou Yunjin couldn't hear this kind of hypocritical but embellished cliché the most, so he immediately "tsked".

Then, she received a slap from the emperor's son-in-law.

The queen didn't even want to look at her anymore, she just sighed at Zhou Yunlan and said, "It's all up to you."

Wu Yue has been sitting on the seat, watching quietly.

He thought to himself, no wonder the empress wanted to abolish the empress dowager, Zhou Yunjin's temperament was too impatient, so Zhou Yunlan became more stable and generous, planning and moving everything with confidence.From anyone's point of view, he would feel that the prince of a country should be more like Zhou Yunlan.

Soon, the venue was arranged according to Zhou Yunlan's wishes.

Six archery targets were arranged in a regular hexagon in the middle of the venue.

There is a distance of about 20 meters between two adjacent archery targets.

Judging from the arrangement, it should be riding around in circles and then shooting arrows at the target.

Zhou Yunlan stepped down from the stand, came to the school grounds, and said to the ten people selected: "This test is to test the riding and shooting skills of the adults. I see the real chapter on the horseback. Is there any one who wants to quit before the battle?"

Everyone was silent, and several of them opened their eyes wide, busy trying to figure out what Zhou Yunlan looked like, whether he was beautiful or not, from the exposed half of his face.

Only one person said with a bitter face: "Your Highness, I have studied hard for ten years, and I have never even ridden a horse..."

"You can quit." Zhou Yunlan said, but after the man showed joy, he added another sentence. "Go back and read for another ten years."

Although the tone is soft, it reveals the power of the royal family.

It's okay to quit, get resigned from the official position, and go home to retake the exam.

"..." The man had nothing to say.

Zhou Yunlan glanced at the faces of the ten people, and then said: "This time, the rules of the riding and archery competition are a bit complicated, please listen carefully. Riding around the field, shooting arrows on the target at the same time, a total of ten Arrows. Run up to three laps. Points will be scored after three laps. For each lap missed, three points will be added. An arrow that hits the bull's-eye will score one point. Those who miss the target will not be allowed to hit the target or land. Points. After the end, if there is no arrow on the target, one point will be deducted. Several points will be deducted if there are no arrows on the target. If there are more than two arrows in the same target, the second arrow will receive two points, and the third arrow will receive three points. points, and so on.”

As soon as this rule was finished, everyone started to move.

Those who are good at riding and shooting get together to discuss how to shoot to get more points.

Those who are not good at it stand aside with a sad face, secretly thinking about how to fall off the horse, so that the injury will be less severe.

"My lords have a quarter of an hour to prepare. After a quarter of an hour, it will officially start. The order of playing is determined by drawing lots."

After talking about the rules, Zhou Yunlan returned to the stands, and said to Murong Xuan: "Master Lao has arranged for two disciples with strong mana to guard the field. If anyone falls from the horse, please help them. These are all Young talents are the pillars of the country, we must not let them get hurt."

"Your Royal Highness is more thoughtful." Murong Xuan said. "I'll arrange it now."

(End of this chapter)