Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

On the way back, when Gu Yunji said that he saw the emperor during the exam today, Gu Yunxiao's eyes widened in surprise: "This is a general exam and not a palace exam, why did your majesty come?"

Gu Yunji shook his head: "I don't know, maybe it's just like His Majesty said, it was just a whim, so let's stop by and have a look."

Just as he was taking the exam, the emperor suddenly came and watched him answering the questions intently.After imagining this scene, Gu Yunxiao suddenly felt his scalp go numb, and he could almost empathize with Gu Yunji:

"This is really more difficult than answering questions under the nose of the chief examiner. I thought I was very unlucky to meet a fierce-looking examiner, but I didn't expect you, third brother, to be more unlucky than me. If it's me, I'm sure I was too scared to write a word."

"Who said it wasn't? I was so nervous that I couldn't even hold the pen steadily. I almost dripped ink onto the paper and stained the paper. Fortunately, His Majesty left after standing there for a long time." Gu Yunji smiled wryly, and sighed, "Just I hope that the next two exams will go smoothly and there will be no more twists and turns."

In the imperial examination hall, Cheng Yan sighed for a long time after learning what happened to Gu Yunji today. When he heard that the examiner who avoided the candidates was Fang Shu, he immediately pulled Gu Yunji into the room as if he remembered something, and closed the door.

"Yun Ji, when I entered the Gong Yuan on the first day of the test, I saw Fang Zi return."

Gu Yunji's expression froze: "Fang Zigui?"

"That's right, it looks like he also participated in the test. He saw me at the time, but he only took a look and didn't do anything else." Cheng Yan nodded, with a worried expression on his face, "It's been two months. Years later, do you think he still cares about those things before?"

"He will definitely." Gu Yunji sneered, with a cold tone, "Not only does he care, but I care more. It was just kicking him at the beginning, but now that I think about it, it's really too cheap for him."

Fang Zigui is Fang Shu's only son, and he is also very powerful. Gu Yunji realized early in the morning that the day he left the academy two years ago did not mean the end of the grievances between the two, but at most it was only a temporary cessation. See you again.

If both Gu Yunji and Fang Zigui are successful in this test, then they will enter the officialdom together, maybe they will work in the same place, and there will be many opportunities to make friends.

Gu Yunji narrowed his eyes, a dark color flashed in his eyes.

He hasn't settled the account with Fang Zigui for two years ago. As long as the other party dares to come, he will not let him go easily.

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The next two exams went relatively smoothly on the whole, and the questions were all as expected. Gu Yunji did not see Emperor Jing Feng in the exam room again, and passed all the exams with peace of mind.

In the evening of March [-]th, Jingfeng's five-year examination ended. The examinees finally completed their tasks after a long nine-day examination, and the rest was the work of the marking officers.

The answer sheets of all the candidates were moved to the Ministry of Rites for unified centralized judgment.For the next few days, more than a dozen examiners were locked in the Ministry of Rites, unable to enter or exit, completely isolated from the outside world, eating, drinking, and messing around inside, and no one was allowed to step out until the last examination paper was finished. One step at the door of the Ministry of Rites.

Seven days later, all the answer papers have been judged and read. You only need to submit the proposed admission list to Emperor Jingfeng. After confirming that it is correct, you can register your name and prepare for the release of the list.

Walking out of the gate of the Ministry of Rites, Gu Yuanhui breathed a sigh of relief. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Fang Shu who had just come out of the main hall next to him, so he immediately leaned over and asked seemingly unintentionally, "The weather is good today. I have been bored in the Ministry of Rites for so long grading papers. It’s really a sore back, and my eyes are blurred.”

Fang Shu said: "My side is okay. There are not many people who avoid candidates, and the papers are judged very quickly. The main reason is that it took some time to evaluate the rankings with your side."

"Well, after all, the paper questions are different, and the rankings are really not easy." Gu Yuanhui's eyes wandered, looking a little absent-minded, "The level of the exam candidates this year is generally good, and generally speaking, it is better than the previous exam. Your side It should be about the same, right?"

Fang Shu nodded: "There are a few who answered well. They have profound writing skills and novel viewpoints. You can tell at a glance that their level is much better than others. I have added them to the admission list."

Gu Yuanhui's heart skipped a beat, he hesitated for a while, and asked tentatively, "...Who are they? Do you remember the names?"

Fang Shu raised his eyes and glanced at him, his tone was light: "The papers are full of names, I don't know."

Gu Yuanhui clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction: "You and the Minister of Rites took down the name seal in the end, don't you know? Don't pretend to me."

Aware of Gu Yuanhui's overly obvious intentions, Fang Shu suppressed the smile in his eyes, and pretended to say: "It's true that I removed the blurred name seals, but there are a total of 300 tributes admitted this time, and they are all from How can I remember so many names from all over the world?"

As he said that, Fang Shu paused, and his tone was teasing: "How about Gu Shangshu just tell me who you want to know, and I'll go back and check it for you?"

"Don't do this with me!" Gu Yuanhui didn't want to go around in circles with him anymore, looked around and saw no one, and simply opened the skylight and said, "What do I mean, don't you know? Just tell me, yes or no? "

With his hands behind his back, Fang Shu walked forward leisurely: "Yes or no, the Ministry of Rites will publish a list in two days, and you can go outside the Gongyuan to see it yourself, so you will know?"

"Won't I go and see it myself? Isn't this here to talk to you?"

Just as Gu Yuanhui raised his eyebrows, he quickly put on a smile as if changing his face, stepped forward to hug Fang Shu's shoulder affectionately, and said in a low voice, "When I think that there will be several days before the exam will be released, my heart is at a loss. Under eight, I can't eat well or sleep well. Just give me a little insight, okay?"

Fang Shu looked at Gu Yuanhui amusedly, and didn't whet his appetite any more. He weighed his words and said, "I can only tell you that the two candidates surnamed Gu in the examination room I invigilated were all recorded."

Gu Yuanhui looked happy: "Really?"

Fang Shu raised his eyebrows and strode forward: "Forget it if you don't believe me."

"Oh, trust me, trust me, brother Fang's character, how can I not believe it?" Gu Yuanhui hurriedly chased after him with a smile on his face, "I feel at ease with your words."

It was rare for Fang Shu to see him look so flattering, and while he was amused, he was also afraid that he would turn his back on him in the future, so he said seriously, "I have to remind you, in order to avoid criticism, I deliberately lowered the ranking of one of them. Yes. I said it now to let you have a mental preparation, so as not to see the result is not satisfactory, and come to trouble me."

How could Gu Yuanhui not understand the principle of avoiding suspicion? It is also the practice of the imperial examination to lower the score when meeting relatives, so naturally he would not be entangled in this.Hearing that he didn't care, he immediately pulled Fang Shu to invite him to drink to reward him for his hard work these days, Fang Shu was so enthusiastic that he couldn't push it away, so he had to let it go.