Travel to ancient times and make a fortune

Chapter 187 Palace Exam
Although my eldest brother's health is not as good as that of ordinary candidates, and the family has prepared bedding, clothing, emergency medicines, etc. for him.

But sometimes, how many things end depends on luck.

Fortunately, Li Qingsong's luck seems to be pretty good.The family of three stayed outside the examination room for several days without receiving any bad news.

When the bell rang for the end of the third exam, Li Dashan and his wife finally felt relieved.

Seeing his parents who seemed to be instantly discouraged, Li Xiao could only pour a cup of hot tea for each of them and comfort them softly at the same time.

"Mom and dad, don't worry. The exam is over. Brother, it will go well!"

After hearing the words, the couple calmed down for a while, and finally felt a little stronger. They took the tea from their daughter, drank it, and finally felt warm.

After the final bell rang, nearly half an hour later, the door of Confucius Temple slowly opened.

After nine days of continuous high-pressure exams, and in such a not-so-good environment, any ordinary person would not be in high spirits.

Many people even fainted shortly after stepping out of the examination room door.

Because there were so many people, Li Xiao and the others did not push forward. Instead, they sat in the carriage and waited for Shu Mo to pick them up.

In just half a quarter of an hour, Shumo picked up the person. Li Xiao looked at him from a distance, feeling in good spirits but also a little haggard.

"Mom and Dad," Li Qingsong got on the carriage and felt warm in his heart when he saw his parents and sisters were there.

"Brother, come up first and drink some hot tea." Li Xiao waited for Li Qingsong to sit down, then handed him the hot tea filled in the water bag.

Li Qingsong looked at his sister with a smile on his face, touched the top of her hair, thanked her, took the water bag over with a smile, and took a big gulp.

"Shu Yan Shu Mo, go home first!" Li Xiao waited for Li Qingsong to put down the water bag, and then ordered outside.

The last day of spring is the ninth day of April, and Li Qingzhu is still on duty today.But after I got off duty, I kept waiting in the main hall.

He now took a shortcut from the sixth-grade official position. He had never experienced the imperial examination, but he still knew that this road was not easy to take.

I picked up and put down the teacup in my hand several times before finally hearing a surprised voice from the concierge saying "Master, Madam and the others are back", so I hurriedly put down the teacup and ran away.

All the servants in the family know that the eldest son of the master's family is going to die this year, and he returns from the exam today.

But except for a few people who really had nothing to do, they stayed near the gate, waiting to greet the host. The remaining 30 or so people were all busy with their tasks step by step.

In the first month, the Li family bought some more servants. Now, including the first batch of servants, there are already NO.40 servants.

But fortunately, people are very measured and have a good grasp of what they should do and what they should not do.

Just like now, even if the master is away, he will not miss the matter at hand just to watch the fun.

When the carriage stopped at the door, housekeeper Li Gang was leading a few people who had nothing to do to remove the threshold. The carriage only paused for a moment and then drove directly into the yard.

When the door closes, everything is the same as usual.

The results of the general examination will be announced five days later. On the day when the results are released, there is a lot of excitement under the Dragon and Tiger List.

Because they had seen a son-in-law being caught under a ranking list, and they knew how to release the ranking list, Li Xiao's family stayed in the carriage and watched from a distance. They only sent Shu Mo and Shu Yan to queue up to read the ranking list.

Half an hour later, Shu Mo Shu Yan returned to the carriage with a happy face.Unexpectedly, but also expected, Li Qingsong finished fifth in the exam.

No. 1 Huiyuan is He Yiming, whom Li Xiao has met once before in the Wenzhai Studio. The second one is said to be an examinee who is over forty years old.Third, this is Mingyuan Academy, a student named You Zichang in his early thirties.

After the results are released, there will be a six-day rest period.The successful candidates will attend the teacher appreciation banquet in these days, and at the same time adjust their status to prepare for the palace examination.

For candidates who fail the exam, the government will provide certain subsidies based on the registration information and the distance traveled by the candidates back home.

This can be considered a more humane place.

April [-] happened to be a holiday, so the palace examination was scheduled for this day.

The palace examination will not eliminate people, but the ranking will change. The ranking of the palace examination, as the final score of the scientific examination, has an important impact on the candidate's later career and promotion, so it is still very valued by the candidates. of.

The palace examination lasted for most of the day. In the morning, the emperor set the questions on the spot and answered the questions on the examination paper. After the examiner marked the papers, the top twenty were submitted for re-evaluation by the emperor.

After the re-evaluation, the top ten will be personally interviewed by the emperor in the afternoon, and then the final ranking will be announced.

In fact, after the results of the general examination came out, Li Dashan and his wife were no longer nervous. The reason was that they did not know much about the palace examination and simply thought that it was just an interview with the emperor.

Li Qingsong's brother and sister didn't want their parents to be nervous, so they didn't explain much, but they still made enough preparations.

Because the palace examination is held in the palace, the 400 people who passed the examination need to gather at the gate of the inner city before entering the imperial city, and then they will be led into the imperial city by the examiner.

Li Xiao's family could only send people to the gate of the inner city, and then went home.

Ouyang Yiyun was afraid that Li Xiao's family would be nervous, so he went to Li's house, intending to come over to give Li Dashan and Li Yuan some reassurance. Unexpectedly, when he came over, the couple were still working in the fields.

Ouyang Yiyun:......

Well, he was thinking too much.

In the end, Li Xiao told him that the couple only thought that their trip was to meet the emperor.Their sons were lucky enough to see the Holy Face. Apart from being proud, they were not nervous at all.

In a certain hall in the imperial city.

The collective examination of 400 people was quite spectacular.

Candidates who participated in the palace examination sat uniformly in the main hall, each with a table and a chair, separated by a two-foot-high baffle.

In addition to the current Holy Master sitting high on the throne, there are also several guards standing solemnly in the hall, and 22 examiners patrol the examination room non-stop to prevent cheating.

Of course, it was not easy to reach the stage of the palace examination, but no one with a brain would do anything he shouldn't do at this time.

If the ranking is lower, it is just lower. At least, there is still hope for an official career. Once you do something stupid, haha, your life will be over.

At the end of the palace examination, all test papers will be marked and ranked by 22 examiners on the spot after being sealed.

After the candidates finish answering the questions, there will be time for eating and resting. During this time, the top twenty test papers will be quickly picked out and presented to the emperor.

The re-evaluation was actually very fast, and the results were not much different from those evaluated by the examiner. Soon, the top ten in the palace examination were announced.

(End of this chapter)