My Wife, Something is Wrong

Chapter 978 Palace Examination, the Knight's Journey!

Three days later, the day of the palace examination.

Before dawn, Luo Qingzhou had returned to the Qin Mansion.

Miss Qin Er had already gotten up early.

Luo Qingzhou quietly entered the room from underground, startling Qiu'er who had just entered the room.

Miss Qin Er asked him to sit down at the dressing table and personally combed his hair.

Luo Qingzhou looked at himself in the bronze mirror.

For some reason, he remembered what Miss Qin said that night, and couldn't help asking: "Wei Mo, do you think I'm unfaithful?"

Miss Qin Er paused for a moment and smiled: "How can a man not be unfaithful? It's just that some people have the ability to be unfaithful, while others don't. As long as you don't abandon each other after having an affair, and don't deliberately deceive the other person's feelings, Wei Mo thinks it's nothing."

Luo Qingzhou couldn't help but sigh.

Miss Qin Er looked at him in the mirror and whispered, "Brother Qingzhou, have you remembered what I said again? Maybe what I said was just a complaint. It would be a pity if Brother Qingzhou gave up because of those words."

Luo Qingzhou fell silent.

At this time, there was a knock on the door and Song Ruyue's voice: "Are you all up?"

Zhu'er ran to open the door.

Luo Qingzhou and Miss Qin Er left the room.

Song Ruyue saw the two and urged them, "Let's go, go eat. Go outside the palace and wait. We have to line up and check one by one. Don't be late."

Several people went out.

Song Ruyue looked at the next door again, sighed and said, "I just went to call Jianjia, but..."

Luo Qingzhou said, "It's okay, let the eldest lady have a good rest. I can go alone, and mother-in-law and second lady don't have to go."

Song Ruyue immediately said, "That won't work, we must go."

Then she smiled and said, "Only if we all go can we bring you good luck. Mother-in-law's luck has always been very good. Last time you won the first prize, maybe it was the good luck that mother-in-law brought you."

Luo Qingzhou smiled and said, "Thank you, mother-in-law."

Song Ruyue laughed and said, "We are family, so we don't talk about each other. Your father-in-law used to say that I am stupid but lucky...Bah, bah, he meant that I am beautiful and lucky, hehe..."

Luo Qingzhou echoed seriously.

Second Miss Qin smiled secretly with her mouth covered.

Several people went to the front hall, had a simple breakfast, and then went out.

Aunt Mu was already waiting outside the door in a carriage.

However, the two princesses did not come.

The entire court was watching this palace examination, and no one in the palace could meet the candidates in advance.

The two princesses not only lived in the palace, but were also members of the royal family. If they came to pick him up in the palace openly, they would definitely cause criticism.

The carriage carried several people and slowly drove out of the alley.

There were already more people on the street.

Most of the candidates were surrounded by a group of family members and walked towards the imperial city.

When Luo Qingzhou and his friends arrived outside the gate of the imperial city, it was already dawn.

There were two rows of armored soldiers outside the city gate, as well as some guards and ministers responsible for inspection.

Soon, more than 300 candidates arrived.

Although there was still a palace examination, these more than 300 people had already stepped into the ranks of officials, so when they met, they greeted each other politely.

Luo Qingzhou didn't want to be too arrogant, so he chatted with a few people he met a few days ago to kill time.

As for the candidates' families, they all stood on the other side of the moat, looking forward to it.

Another half an hour passed.

The officials and guards at the door began to check one by one.

After the inspection, they were allowed to pass.

After more than 300 candidates entered, they were led by officials and walked towards Weiyang Palace in a mighty manner.

Along the way, all the candidates lowered their heads, were silent, and extremely nervous.

Of course, there were also free and frivolous people who looked around.

Not long after, everyone stopped in front of the Weiyang Palace.

The female guards guarding the door hurried in to report.

After a while, a woman's voice came from inside: "Call all candidates into the palace!"

After the empress ascended the throne, no eunuchs were recruited.

Most of the guards and messengers in the palace were women.

Some former eunuchs were also kept and not expelled, doing some odd jobs in the back.

Luo Qingzhou thought that his words might have worked.

He had told His Majesty that it was against human nature and too cruel for men to cut off that part. Since there were female practitioners, there was no need to recruit eunuchs.

His Majesty was very contemptuous when he heard this, and looked at him coldly and said, "You really have a good plan. The palace is full of women. You will directly have 3,000 beauties in the harem, right?"

In fact, including those female guards, there are far more than 3,000 people.

Luo Qingzhou didn't mean that.

He was just a man who deeply understood the pain and despair of cutting off that part.

Of course, for most eunuchs, not being starved to death is the most important thing.

Although His Majesty did as he said and no longer recruited any eunuchs, he still threatened him fiercely every time that he would cut him off and make him a eunuch.

But that was at the beginning.

Later, when he used lightning for the first time and proved his strength, the Queen became obedient and extremely docile. Moreover, every time he overworked, Her Majesty would turn her eyes and say charmingly and concernedly: "I order you to protect it. I love it..."

Uh...

What are you thinking about at this time?

A majestic and oppressive atmosphere came from the hall.

Luo Qingzhou mixed in with the candidates, lowered his head, entered the hall with a respectful face, and then began to pay homage to Her Majesty the Queen.

His wife was wearing a fiery red dragon robe and a crown on her head. She sat on the dragon throne on the high platform with a majestic face. The momentum and majesty on her body made the candidates bow their heads and almost breathless. They didn't even have the courage to look up.

Luo Qingzhou quietly raised his head and glanced at her, just meeting her majestic eyes.

The cabinet minister came out, said some words of encouragement and congratulations, and then began to talk about the rules of the exam.

After that, the candidates sat down in the seats in the side hall in turn under the arrangement of the officials.

The academicians of the Hanlin Academy began to distribute the test papers.

The first test of the palace examination is usually a policy question, the questions are usually hundreds of words, and the answers need to be in a certain format, and the number of words is not limited.

The first exam selected the top ten with the highest scores.

Then, the emperor personally set the questions and then approved the first, second and third place in the first class, which were the top scholar, the second place and the third place.

The top three were called "Jinshi Jidi", also known as "Sandingjia".

The rest were divided into the second and third places according to their scores.

The exam started soon.

After the test papers were handed out, the candidates immediately lowered their heads and read them carefully. They read them over and over again many times before frowning and thinking about how to answer them.

Only when the answers were all ready did they dare to write.

After reading the questions and thinking for a while, Luo Qingzhou began to grind ink and write to answer the questions.

The question first asked an allusion, and then asked how to govern a county, not only to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, but also to ensure that tax revenue would not be less than in previous years.

It briefly explained the current population, arable land, resources, and other conditions there.

Luo Qingzhou picked up the pen and wrote several thousand words soon, and he was still not satisfied.

The advantages and disadvantages of that county town are obvious.

There are not many people, the arable land is barren, and it is after the war, but the resources are very rich, and the geographical location is good, and there is a port.

Therefore, it is natural to develop commerce, support agriculture with commerce, exempt agricultural taxes, attract population inflow, gradually expand commerce, increase various commercial taxes, use ports for transportation, package local resources, and transport them to all parts of the country, etc.

At noon, the papers began to be handed in.

The collecting officials immediately sealed the papers, sorted them out, and sent them directly to the marking officials on the other side.

An hour later.

After intense discussions and debates, the top ten were finally determined.

Prime Minister Fan Wenjin personally read out the names of the candidates.

Luo Qingzhou was admitted as expected.

Nangong Huoyue glanced at him, took the ten test papers, read them carefully, and began to ask questions herself.

She asked three questions in total.

The first question was "Asking about the emperor's heart and the emperor's politics."

The second question was to write an article that used objects to describe people.

The third question was to write a five-character poem with the title "Ambition".

The first ten selected candidates all sat down in the side hall, took the test paper, and began to answer the questions.

After reading the question, Luo Qingzhou pondered for a moment, and then he had the answer in his mind.

He continued to think while grinding ink.

Then, he picked up the pen and dipped it in ink and began to write.

"I heard that the emperor who governs the world must have practical policies to manage the people, and then he can control the people and deal with the intricacies of the world..."

The first question was answered.

He thought for a moment and continued to write.

"There are Bole in the world, and then there are thousand-mile horses. There are often thousand-mile horses, but Bole is not often..."

The answer to the second question was completed in one breath.

As for the third question.

He thought for a long time before writing down the three words "Xia Ke Xing".

In this world, there are warriors. Even literati often dream of traveling the world with a sword and riding a silver saddle and a white horse to be a hero!

After all ten candidates finished answering, they collected the papers together.

However, the review was done very carefully this time, and no decision was made on the spot.

All candidates were sent out first.

Luo Qingzhou glanced at the ministers in front of him, and Dean Bai, who was wearing a Confucian robe, was standing there, looking at him with a smile on his face.

Luo Qingzhou said in his heart: Sir, I will give you that poem.

Dean Bai is naturally worthy of that poem.

With the momentum of that poem, perhaps Dean Bai will have unexpected gains after reading it.

After all the candidates left, the ministers began to review the papers together.

Luo Qingzhou followed the crowd out of the imperial city.

On the other side of the moat, Song Ruyue saw him and immediately began to tiptoe and wave, with a bright smile on her face.

He is now a Jinshi, which has indeed brought great honor to the Qin Mansion.

However...

If his identity as the King of the Northern Territory is exposed, I don’t know if his mother-in-law, who is always 29 years old and young and beautiful, will faint with excitement, or will directly pounce on him and bite him to death.

It’s scary to think about it.

But this matter certainly cannot be concealed forever.

He thought about it carefully.

At the Jiuzhou Conference nine months later, he might have to be completely exposed.

Because then, he would use a pseudonym to give Piaomiao Xianzong a big surprise that he would not be prepared for.

At least he had to kill an elder or peak master in the Guiyi realm on the spot, so that he would not be in vain for exposing his pseudonym.

In the battle at that time, it would be either you die or I die.

So, before that, he must first solve the problems at home and around him.

For example, the matter of Miss Qin.

For example...

"Qingzhou, how did you do in the exam?"

While he was thinking about things, his mother-in-law's beautiful smiling face full of expectation and anxiety had come closer.

Luo Qingzhou subconsciously answered: "Just make do, it's okay."

The air suddenly became quiet.

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