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Chapter 858 Palace Exam
Before dawn, Chen Xin and Liu Yusheng got up and got ready. The palace examination that will determine their future is today.

Liu Yusheng knew his own ability, and it would be a blessing to be able to enter the second class, but Chen Xin was different. Now that he had come to this point, all eyes of the court were watching him. If he could not enter the first class, he could only I'm afraid that even if I become an official in the future, I will be ridiculed all the time.

The palace examination is for entry at dawn and exit at dusk. You can’t eat or leave after the palace examination. This saves these tribute students a lot of trouble. They only need to dress neatly to enter the palace. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone should be prepared by the palace.

Liu Yusheng and Chen Xin walked out of the door, and saw Li Xiruo standing in front of the door, Liu Yusheng couldn't help joking: "Miss Li, don't worry, with Brother Chen's talent, he will definitely come back with a champion today."

Li Xiruo smiled: "Naturally."

No one can compete with Chen Xin for his inborn No. [-] fate.Chen Xin saw that the two looked confident that they were the champions, and couldn't help but smiled helplessly: "Then Chen will definitely live up to the expectations of the two of you."

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Liu."

Ever since Fu Wanying knew that Li Xiruo's daughter was behind her, she seldom appeared in front of Chen Xin. Maybe these days, Chen Xin's book was not easy to disturb her, but now she appeared in front of them with two things in her arms and said, "I know that the palace examination will be done by His Majesty personally took the imperial examination, and all the Gongsheng students had to kneel on the ground to answer the questions, so these days, I made knee pads for the two young masters."

She stepped forward and handed the knee pads to Chen Xin and Liu Yusheng respectively: "Although April has passed, it's still cool to kneel on the Golden Luan Hall, and it's not good for the patella."

Liu Yusheng grinned: "Then thank you Miss Fu."

Seeing that Liu Yusheng took over, Chen Xin was reluctant to accept it. He thanked Fu Wanying, then walked in front of Li Xiruo, hesitantly said with some firmness: "Don't worry, I will definitely win the first prize."

After going through this time, he has already figured it out, even if he can only linger in the position of fourth-rank official in this life, as long as he can marry the woman he likes, he will have no regrets in this life.

Besides, he owed so much to Li Xiruo, and he had already paid off the money. When he married her as the number one scholar, she would not hesitate.

Li Xiruo smiled: "The number one scholar must belong to you."

Chen Xin pursed his lips: "When I come back from the imperial examination, I have something to tell you."

Li Xiruo didn't know what he was thinking at all, but just looked at Chen Dao: "Is there anything you can't say now?"

Chen Xin shook his head, he was still not sure that he would win the first prize, and he would not just say something that he was not sure about.

Liu Yusheng pulled Chen Xin out, Lin Shang's carriage was already waiting outside, Lin Shang wanted to take this opportunity to say a few words to Li Xiruo, but was pushed back by Chen Xin who got on the carriage first, Chen Xin He said lightly: "Don't miss the hour."

Lin Shang looked at the sky outside: "It's still early."

But Liu Yusheng got in and asked the coachman to drive the horse faster.

They wandered away, and Fu Wanying, who was standing outside the door to see her off, gradually turned cold with a smile on her face. When she turned around, she saw Li Xi looking at her thoughtfully, but now she was completely gone. Instead of obeying, he pretended to smile and went back to the room.

Li Xiruo frowned, always feeling that something was wrong.

Liu Yusheng looked at the knee pad in his hand and said: "Since Miss Fu knew that Miss Li was a daughter, she has treated us a lot better. In the past, her thoughts were only on Miss Li."

Lin Shang looked at the two of them with knee pads and said sadly: "You two are lonely, but you have a beautiful woman with red sleeves as knee pads. Pity me, a married man, but I have nothing."

Liu Yusheng tied the kneepad to his leg: "Didn't your wife make you one?"

Lin Shang sneered: "If Zhao Yinzhang can have such thoughts, I really want to burn the incense."

Liu Yusheng was happy, patted Chen Xin's leg and said, "Brother Chen, put it on quickly, I saw a lot of cotton stuffed inside, it's very soft."

Chen Xin hesitated for a moment, but thinking that those who knelt and worshiped in the Golden Luan Hall would have to kneel and write policy questions, his patella couldn't stand it, so he put on the knee pads.

The carriage was about to stop in front of the palace gate, when Chen Xin and Lin Shang got down, they bumped into Xiao Xi unexpectedly.

He was wearing a plain satin gown, which looked inconspicuous, but it was made of precious materials. No matter how arrogant he was, he knew how to restrain his edge in front of the emperor.

Xiao Xi looked at Chen Xin and snorted coldly: "You took away the position of Huiyuan, and I will definitely not give up the position of champion to you."

Lin Shang looked at Xiao Xi jokingly: "Young Master Xiao, ask yourself, does Chen Xin need you to let me go? You should think about how to keep your position as the No. A go, laughing and generous."

Xiao Xi flicked his sleeve robe, his face darkened: "Take care of yourself, don't write a nonsense article, so that the emperor doesn't even want to give you the top three."

The last rank is the top three, and Lin Shang will be the last of the top three at worst. It's not like the imperial examination in Taizong's time had to eliminate a group of people.

Seeing Xiao Xi stepping into the palace gate, Lin Shang couldn't help waving his arms, and bared his teeth and claws behind his back. The calmness he learned in the capital could be destroyed in front of Xiao Xi in an instant.

Chen Xin held him back: "You must keep a good manner in front of the palace gate, otherwise it will be reported to the emperor's ears by someone with a heart, and you will be punished for a big crime of disrespect."

Lin Shang restrained his emotions, and the three of them were led by the eunuchs in the palace to the Hall of Preservation and Harmony. They first had to roll their names, unravel papers, praise, and salute, and finally went to the Jinluan Hall to participate in the palace examination. There was only one question in the palace examination. Policy questions test each Gongsheng's understanding of politics and current affairs.

When it came time to salute, they saluted a few times first, and Chen Xin felt something was wrong with his patella. Logically speaking, with knee pads, kneeling should be easier, but he felt an indescribable pain.

He unconsciously looked at Liu Yusheng, Liu Yusheng pointed to his knee pads, with a smile on his face, as if saying that it was a good thing to have this knee pads, Chen Xin withdrew his gaze, wondering if he was too nervous, There is an illusion.

They entered the Golden Luan Hall and knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times to the emperor. The emperor sat in the hall majesticly and solemnly, and no Gongsheng dared to look up.

But when Chen Xin knelt down, he couldn't help moaning. He was sure that there was something hidden in the knee pads, which was small and sharp, and it was constantly wearing down on his knees.But now that he had reached the Golden Luan Hall, he couldn't show respect, and he couldn't give up the exam, so he could only bear kneeling again and again.

Feeling the tingling pain on his patella, he clenched the corner of his clothes tightly, Fu Wanying, why did he do this.

He Wenzong asked all the tribute students to sit in order. He noticed that Chen Xin's face was pale, and he couldn't help frowning. This was a palace examination, and the other tribute students were all in high spirits, but Chen Xin was so exhausted that he asked the emperor to look at it. It must be disliked.

But how did he know that now that Chen Xin was kneeling on the ground, there was a sharp object rubbing against his flesh on his knee, like ten fingers piercing the heart, it took all his strength to force himself to kneel here.

The emperor waved his sleeves and said loudly: "I heard that 'cleanliness and subtlety are also taught in the Book of Changes', and all the tribute students can list their righteousness and count them."

All the Gongsheng students were shocked when they heard the emperor's policy theory. In the past, the policy theory issues were long and long, with traces to follow, but now it is much more difficult for them to talk about a few words, compared to previous years.

After listening to the question, they raised their pens one after another, but they didn't put them on the paper. Most of them had no chance to win the first place, but they could still fight for the second place. This question requires careful thinking .

Chen Xin not only had to think about strategies and theories, but also endured the pain in his patella, and his hand holding the pen was constantly shaking.

After so many things, the emperor was naturally interested in Chen Xin, but seeing that he was sweating and trembling slightly not long after the exam started, which was quite different from the calm and self-sufficient appearance in the rumors, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, and quickly moved away. eyes.

He Wenzong stared at Chen Xin, the dissatisfaction in his eyes was directly expressed on his face, he didn't know what Chen Xin was thinking, the imperial examination is such an important exam, but there are frequent situations, if he doesn't pass the exam this time, it will be full Chaowen and Wu all want to see his jokes.

Chen Xin let out a sigh of relief, trying not to let his thoughts focus on the patella, he began to pick up the pen to write, and stopped writing repeatedly in the middle, not because of exhaustion of ideas, but because of the unbearable pain in his legs, but he knew, he If he can't make a sound and loses his etiquette in front of the emperor, even if he wins the first prize, he won't be reused.

Several hours passed, and many Gongsheng's legs were numb, but they remained motionless, concentrating on the strategy and discussion.

The sky outside gradually darkened, the eunuchs in the palace began to light the lamps, and the old eunuch who was serving the emperor said: "Your Majesty, why don't you go and rest for a while, Mr. He is still guarding here."

The emperor waved his hand, and seeing some Gongsheng students sitting in a corner in the dark, he ordered to the eunuch, "Light candles on each of their tables."

The eunuch immediately summoned manpower, shuttled among the Gongsheng students, and placed the candlesticks on them.

After an hour, Chen Xin finished copying the answer sheet, put down his pen and ink, knelt for a day, and something rubbed his patella, he was already sweating profusely, and he looked a bit embarrassed, but no matter what, at least the question was completed up.

He Wenzong saw that the sand in the hourglass beside him had leaked out, and nodded to the eunuch who was knocking on the bang. When the bang sounded, no one dared to write any more. They all stopped their movements and waited for the eunuch to collect the scroll. .

The emperor glanced at the few Gongsheng students whom he was particularly concerned about and said: "You all worked hard today, go back and have a good rest. At the ceremony of passing on the deeds, I will personally announce the results of your hard study."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

All the tribute students kowtowed, the emperor was very tired after sitting here for a whole day, so he went back to the palace to rest after giving He Wenzong a few words.

Seeing the emperor leave, Chen Xin finally couldn't help but collapsed to the ground, Liu Yusheng immediately stepped forward to support him in horror.

(End of this chapter)