The concubine is enchanting: the favorite princess

Chapter 296 Spring Exam Begins

Feng Yao waved his hand, with a wry smile on his face, but his tone was firm: "He is relying on the old to sell the old, I will let him sell as much as he can. But now it needs to be done more quickly. Otherwise, after the spring test, the prince will make another change. It is necessary to cut off these two people while he is not here."

Su Junqing nodded, then turned to the side and took a cylinder wrapped in cowhide.Open the cowhide on the outside, and inside is a bamboo tube; and there are many paper rolls stuffed in the bamboo tube.

Feng Yao took out one scroll and looked at it, frowning slightly; he took out another scroll and looked at it again, this time his expression was relieved.There were more than a dozen scrolls in a bamboo tube, and Feng Yao nodded slowly after reading them all, "It's very detailed. I'll call someone to pick it up when everything is ready, and you can watch it upstairs when I leave. The horse man is called Lu Yang, and he is my valet, so I will just leave things to him in the future."

After everything was explained, Fengyao turned his head and saw that Nannan was still lying on the table, looking at the beautiful emerald peony flower with joy on her face.Feng Yao patted Nannan's head and said, "This is for Nannan."

"How can this be done?" Su Junqing was about to refuse, but was stopped by Feng Yao's eyes.

Feng Yao said: "This thing may be a rare thing for you and me, and some people will think it is a priceless treasure at a glance. But in the eyes of my daughter, it is just a bunch of beautiful peonies. Since someone really loves flowers, why not Just give it to someone who knows how to appreciate flowers? The value of a thing really cannot be calculated with silver."

When Feng Yao said this, Su Junqing also turned to look at Nannan.Indeed, in her pure eyes, there was only love for flowers, and no greed or obsession was revealed just because it was carved from such a rare piece of emerald.

"Then Junqing thanked Yao'er on behalf of my daughter." Su Junqing originally wanted to salute, but thinking about the relationship between Feng Yao and him, it would be natural to salute.

On the other hand, Nannan suddenly came back to her senses, she was overjoyed when she heard that Feng Yao gave her those "beautiful flowers".He rushed over and hugged Feng Yao's neck again, and said happily, "When will you come to my house, I will teach you how to make a mask."

"Okay, I'll definitely go another day. It's late today, I need to go back." Feng Yao bid farewell to Nannan, nodded to Su Junqing, and then hurried downstairs.

After calling Lu Yang downstairs, Feng Yao specially asked Lu Yang to hold the horse steady, so she got on the horse.The purpose of staying a little longer is to allow Su Junqing upstairs to see Lu Yang more clearly.

After several days of being busy with the spring examination, Feng Yao personally copied the new rules of this year's spring examination on the list paper and pasted it on the list wall outside the tribute courtyard.

From the looks of it, this spring test was going on as in previous years, it just gave more hope to many candidates.But in reality, the tide is already raging.Those candidates who had established relationships before and contacted the invigilator, are now tossing around like headless chickens.

But there is no reason to ask for the money that was sent out. It means that this large amount of money has been wasted, but he dare not make a big statement, for fear that he will be accused of adultery with officials before he enters the Tribute Court.

And those who really want to serve the imperial court, those who have great ambitions and study hard, are full of joy, and from time to time they want to look outside the gate of the eldest princess's mansion, hoping to see this man who has done him a great favor. Princess of Hope.

Someone even revealed the fact that the old general Chu forced Feng Yao to choose a son-in-law in this year's election.There are also many young unmarried people who think they are young talents. They are full of hope that they will be able to win the gold list in the spring examination this year. His appearance can be a son-in-law.

This made Feng Yao very upset, and his daily horse riding was replaced by a sedan chair.What's more, she asked someone to put the sedan chair in the yard, and she got on the sedan chair in her own backyard, so that she could go out only when the sedan chair curtain was tightly covered.But in his heart, he had already gritted his teeth with hatred for that old General Chu.

The day before the spring exam, Fengyao's eldest princess mansion suddenly became lively again.The bustle this time was not caused by the students who were looking around curiously at the door, but rather, several important officials from the court came to visit Feng Yao.

They said it was a visit, but everyone had gifts in their hands.Moreover, these ministers seem to have discussed it, and they never come to the door together.One always leaves and the other comes, and when they come, they don't say much, talk to Feng Yao politely, talk about the new atmosphere of this year's spring exam, leave a box and leave again.

But Feng Yao opened those boxes one by one, except for the longan-sized string of pearls, a thick stack of banknotes, or rare spices collected from the Western Regions, it was considered to be Feng Yao's favorite.But if you look carefully, you can find a note.There were only a few words on the note, which contained a person's name and his hometown.Most of them mentioned three names.

Fengyao knew that this was a new idea for those well-connected scholars, at least he hoped that Fengyao could accommodate these people when he was the chief supervisor.

And I'm afraid that the meaning of this accommodation is too big, and it is very likely that the questions of the spring exam have been leaked.Since it was a blind batch, I simply stole the test questions and asked the best teacher to make them in advance.As long as the inspection is not strict, the candidates will copy the questions prepared in advance on the roll paper, and then they will not be afraid of pasting their names. With the articles prepared in advance, the chances of being selected will naturally increase improvement.

Feng Yao put all the notes into a sandalwood box, sealed it with a seal, and placed it neatly on his desk.

When the spring test started the next day, Feng Yao got up early in the morning to get ready.Then he personally carried the small box and entered the Gongyuan together.

It stands to reason that when the gong sounded for the spring exam, the gate of the Tribute Court was closed, and all candidates and invigilators were not allowed to enter or leave. Naturally, they could not exchange news with the outside world. of.The children each have a small cubicle, with a desk on one side and quilts on the other, and a toilet in the corner; the adults rest in the small room behind.All of them are suffering, and we have survived these three days together.

When the gong sounded again, Feng Yao personally put those rolls into a thick yellow bag, then carefully wrapped them in oiled paper, and sent them to the harem.According to the previous arrangement, twenty palace maids will start to fill in their names.Then it can be sent to the ministers who checked the papers for review.

Three days later, at the morning court, Feng Yao walked up to the main hall with a red lacquered tray in his hands.

(End of this chapter)