Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 517 Entering the Curtain and Entrance Examination

After returning home from the Qi mansion, Yao Shuqi asked worriedly: "Master, do we really have no chance to win the prize? If Master Qi's article is not well written, people from the eldest prince's faction will choose you?" After all, Du Jinning She has a close relationship with the Qi family, even if she didn't join the faction, others would classify her as the eldest prince's faction.

Du Jinning smiled and shook his head: "Young Master Qi's essay and I are brothers. There is no situation where he fails the exam and has to take me. Unless..."

Yao Shuqi's eyes lit up: "Unless what?"

"Unless God opens his eyes, there is no way."

"..."

Seeing Yao Shuqi's eyes dimmed and his face full of frustration, Du Jinning smiled and said, "I'm not even attached to Jie Yuan, what are you doing like this?"

"Hey, if you go all the way to the exam, young master, you can add three yuan to the small three yuan, that would be great." Yao Shuqi sighed.

The Jieyuan in the township examination, the Huiyuan in the general examination, and the champion in the palace examination are called the Da Sanyuan.

With the ability of his young master, Yao Shuqi firmly believes that if there is equal competition, it is very possible to come back with a big three yuan.But it happened that all these party disputes came out, which made a good imperial examination a mess.

Du Jinning smiled: "Think about it, how many big three yuans are there in the world? If I can pass the provincial examination, the general examination and the imperial examination, it is already God's favor. How dare I think about Jieyuan, Huiyuan, Number one scholar? If you are too greedy, you will be struck by lightning."

"That's true." Yao Shuqi also turned the corner.

Du Jinning is only 14 years old this year, and he won the imperial examination at the age of 14, which is very rare in the Song Dynasty.If you become a Jinshi three years later, a 17-year-old Jinshi is enough to stand out from the crowd and be favored by God.How many gray-haired people are still struggling with the provincial examination.Don't be too greedy.

Thinking of this, his whole body relaxed.

With Du Jinning's ability, it is not difficult to pass the provincial examination, general examination and palace examination smoothly.

"Don't worry, young master. During this time, I will take care of the family affairs and not let young master worry about it. Young master can just concentrate on preparing for the exam." Yao Shuqi said.

Seeing that Du Jinning had no other orders, he saluted and left the study.

Worried about fraud in the examination room, the chief and deputy examiners did not issue an imperial decree and announce their names until they arrived at the local area; the same examiners did not reveal their names.The reason why Qi Bokun and the others were able to obtain the list of examiners was through special inquiries, and it was only a few days ahead of others.

Therefore, after Du Jinning learned who the chief examiner was, only a few days later, the examiners arrived in Fucheng, and held a "curtain entry" ceremony on the sixth day of August, that is, the examiners entered the examination room.

The examiners are no longer allowed to come out after entering the examination room, and there are many arena competitions between officers and soldiers outside the gate.The examiners set the questions on the spot in the tribute courtyard and printed them to avoid leakage of the test questions.

In order to know who the examiner is, many candidates will go to watch the curtain entry ceremony.Although Du Jinning, Qi Muyuan and the others already knew the name of the examiner, they were worried that others might be suspicious, so they went to join in the fun. They crowded for half an hour at the entrance of the Gongyuan, and came back after watching the "Entrance to the Curtain" ceremony.

Before breaking up, Du Jinning warned: "Everyone, on the day of the exam, dress decently, and don't wear these fine cloth green shirts."

Although Fuxue and Nanlu Academy did not stipulate that the clothes must be plain, Du Jinning and his party still maintained the habit of Boyue Academy. Whenever they went to the Academy, they would wear fine cloth long gowns to show their attitude towards learning.Because of this, since they entered Nanlu Academy, there has been a trend of wearing fine cloth clothes in Nanlu Academy.Anyone who is dressed in brocade and gorgeous clothes will be ridiculed as a nouveau riche who pursues enjoyment and does not study hard.

Unexpectedly, Du Jinning made such a suggestion at this moment.

"Why?" Fang Shaohua asked in surprise.

"Just listen to me." Du Jinning said, "It's just decent, and not too luxurious. The clothes don't need to be new, just [-] to [-]% new. We want low-key luxury, and what we show is noble." Temperament, understand?"

Fang Shaohua saw the smile on the corner of Qi Muyuan's mouth, and obviously knew what Du Jinning's intention was, so he couldn't help asking Qi Muyuan: "What's going on?"

"You'll know when the time comes." Qi Muyuan said.

Everyone also knew that Qi Muyuan and Du Jinning were only close enough to wear a pair of pants. Du Jinning didn't say anything, but it was impossible to get the answer from Qi Muyuan, so he stopped asking and went home.

After the examiner entered the curtain, the eighth day of August arrived soon.

Not only Du Jinning, but also Qi Muyuan and Xu Chengyuan are experienced people. In order to adapt to the examination room, Qi Muyuan specially asked someone to set up a mock examination room in the mansion for everyone to go in and taste the sour taste.Du Jinning, Liang Xiankuan, Fang Shaohua, and Xu Chengyuan, a group of friends, all suffered together for a few days, and everyone's adaptability to the test house has increased a lot.

The rural examination is also provided by the Gongyuan with meals, bedding and the four treasures of the study, so you don't need to bring too many things.Everyone took Du Jinning's special incense and went to the Gongyuan in several layers of clothes to be searched by officers and soldiers.

The search is what Du Jinning is most worried about. She found that the search in the rural examination is stricter than that in the children's examination. In the past, she could wear middle clothes, but now she has to take off until there is only a layer of obscene underwear.Fortunately, there was no requirement to strip naked, and the officers and soldiers did not insult the candidates.

Thinking about the exam three years later, she secretly sighed.

Three years later, she will be 17 years old, she must have developed, and it will be too difficult to get away with it.There's no way she'd come in for the exam with a corset.If there is only one layer of obscene clothes left, you can tell at a glance whether there is another layer of clothing underneath.

But she will worry about the future, she thought about it for a moment, and then put it behind her.

Soon it was their turn to be searched.

The officers and soldiers who searched saw a group of five of them, from Du Jinning's 14 years old to Xu Chengyuan's 20 years old, they were all full of vigor; Red lips and white teeth.

In addition, everyone is wearing cocoon silk gowns today, or wearing jade pendants around their waists, or wearing jade crowns, and their gestures are everyone's demeanor, each of them is imposing, and the attitude of those officers and soldiers has changed for the better unconsciously Many, they spoke softer and their demeanor slowed down a lot.He asked several people to undress and take off their clothes, searched politely, and let them go with a wave.

Only at this time did everyone know Du Jinning's intention of asking everyone to dress up elegantly.

But this is not the place to talk, everyone quietly gave Du Jinning a thumbs up, and then filed into the Gong Yuan, received the test number and went their separate ways to find their own test rooms.

(End of this chapter)