Just as the palace was arguing endlessly for the top four palace examinations, as one of the parties involved in the incident, Chen Xi was anxiously waiting for news in Dongsheng Inn...

The palace examination ends on March 15th, March 16th is the day when the palace examination reads the palace examination and the day when the official reviews the papers, and March 17th is the day when the charts are released.

According to the previous rules, after noon, the rankings of all candidates should come out, and the results will be released in the afternoon, because the next day is the day of the preaching. At that time, all new Jinshis will enter the palace to worship the emperor. Some preparations are required before worshipping. The main thing is that the Imperial College will issue the top scholar uniforms and Jinshi uniforms. Candidates must wear them and enter the palace.

If you only prepare on the day of the sacrificial day, there will be too late in time, so the results can only be released in advance.

Chen Xi got up early that morning because he really couldn't sleep. Not only was the palace examination about to be released, but the people who stole grain yesterday sent more than 1,000 taels of silver deposit, which means that the case has developed from the stage of investigating and collecting evidence to the point where he had to catch stolen goods.

Fatty Zhou was responsible for the matter in front of him. As long as the thief explains the stronghold for storing grain, the court will close the net, because if the case is expanded, it will involve the brothers of the Zhang family. Even Liu Daxia cannot bear such a great responsibility.

Chen Xi had breakfast and just sat at the desk. He was about to read something today. Su Tong came to visit him, holding an invitation from the Li family in his hand.

Yu Niang had no good expression on Su Tong, mainly because Su Tong ordered Chen Xi to take risks the day before yesterday, but today is the palace examination date. In order not to make the thieves suspect that Chen Xi has another purpose, Yu Niang still allows friends around Chen Xi to come and visit, just to act naturally.

As soon as Su Tong arrived at Chenxi's room, he immediately bowed and claimed the crime: "Brother Shen, I was wrong the day before yesterday. I didn't expect... Mr. Li was so domineering and unreasonable. But Mr. Shen, have you really never met Miss Li before?"

Chen Xi gave Su Tong an angry look: "Where should I see you?"

"That's true. We're here to take the exam in Beijing. Brother Shen, you're in vain again, not to mention... Miss Li's family has not yet been married. She will never come out and be seen by others."

Su Tong suddenly had a smirk on his face, "But Brother Shen, you are really good at painting. You hide it without revealing it, but you are graceful. It's really... Oh, Brother Shen, you saw her true face later, what if you do you want to draw two for me?"

This guy Su Tong obviously has some meaning to Miss Li Er and wants to rely on Chen Xi's paintings to fantasize.

But if I draw it again, it would be a prodigal son. Chen Xi shook his head absent-mindedly: "The lights were dim at that time, and I didn't remember her appearance clearly."

Su Tong heard that Chen Xi didn't want to help him draw. Chen Xi even painted the people in his dreams vividly. Now that he has seen a real person, the paintings he made must be more vivid, but he felt guilty and did not dare to force him, so he had to push the letter over and said, "The Li family knows that I am a disciple and want to make friends. I sent an invitation. You and I each gave each copy, saying that it was a plea. But I see, they want to ask you clearly, or want to verify whether you have met Miss Li."

Chen Xi didn't even look at it, so he pushed it back: "I'll help me push it off, Brother Su."

Su Tong felt a little regretful: "If you go to Li's Mansion, you wouldn't be able to see Miss Li who is beautiful... Forget it, I'd better help Brother Shen, please turn it off. I wish Brother Shen, you will be ranked first in the first place in the gold list, and it's best to be the top scorer in high school."

Su Tong saw that Chen Xi was not intent to deal with him, and Yu Niang beside him had a cold face and kept glanced at him. He didn't want to make things boring here, so he stood up and said goodbye.

After the others left, Yu Niang said, "It turns out that Mr. Chen painted Miss Li's erotic palace the day before yesterday..."

Chen Xi's face looked a little embarrassed. Yu Niang was a man of the moon. She didn't know how to avoid talking at all, or because of her age, she was used to too many things, so there was nothing to avoid. "I think it was Mr. Chen who happened to meet Miss Li the day before yesterday, so she could draw it as it was?"

Yu Niang smiled. She thought this matter was very interesting. Chen Xi didn't draw anyone else. She just drew Miss Li Er, but she almost caused trouble.

Chen Xi did not answer such an embarrassing question and asked back: "Does Yu Niang know about the Li family in the capital?"

"The Li family is a large businessman in Beijing and has had money and grain dealings with the Ministry of Revenue. How could they not know? However, after years of decline, they only rely on some real estate, rent and small transactions to survive, which seems to draw a clear line with the court..."

Chen Xi nodded slightly. It seemed that the head of the Li family was very cautious and worried that getting too close to the court would inevitably cause trouble, so he simply relied on renting out land and real estate, and then running a business such as a wine shop and a teahouse. Anyway, if you have houses and land these days, you can feel at ease with the local owner, and the landlords will make sure to make a profit and never lose money.

Before leaving the door, Yu Niang reminded him again: "Young Master Chen is better to make some preparations. If what you expect is not bad, after noon, the Ministry of Rites will release the results, and the Times will come again."

Chen Xi nodded, picked up the book and passed the time, just waiting for the results of the palace examination to be released.

...

...

On March 17th, at 2 noon, the reviewers of the Huagai Palace's examination papers can finally come out and take a break.

Originally, the first ten sorting of palace examinations was simple, but because I didn’t know who the test paper was, it made a very complicated fuss. Finally, it was very subjective to the Tanhua Book and the Second Class First Place Paper. Because the two articles were really hard to match, it was just that one of them had two sentences in the article that were inappropriate, and it was sentenced to fourth place with a little extreme emotion.

This judgment is equivalent to driving the man out of the Hanlin Academy.

After leaving Huagai Hall, Wang Yang, the youngest secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion and the Hanlin Academy, walked a few steps and caught up with Li Dongyang and asked: "Why didn't Mr. Li tell His Majesty who were the candidates in each paper?"

Li Dongyang glanced at Wang Yang and seemed a little impatient. This morning, Li Dongyang had already been dry, but now it was just the end of the first half. After a simple meal, he had to return to Huagai Palace. Under the supervision of the emperor, he would seal the exam papers of the top ten in the palace examination and dismantle them one by one. The house officer had to fill in the list and fill in the top ten vacancies, the officials of the rituals had to entrust the imperial examinations, and at the same time he had to write a post.

When the results are released in the afternoon, Shuntian Prefecture will also be ordered to assist in the good news. On the second day, the new Jinshi will enter the palace, and even the Shuntian Prefecture Ordinary will be required to accompany him. When the good news is announced, the clothes that the candidates will match the next day need to be distributed, because the top scholar's clothes and Jinshi clothes are all ready-made clothes. If they are not well-dressed, they must change their clothes as appropriate...

A palace examination is actually a test of the relevant functional yamen of the court, and there is no mistake in every link.

Li Dongyang said nothing and went out of the hall.

Wang Jiao was a little resentful. Although Li Dongyang was a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, there was no harmony among the officials. He was mainly dissatisfied with Li Dongyang avoiding the emperor's question just now.

Xie Qian smiled and said, "Jizhi, don't be embarrassed. If I knew who wrote those four volumes, wouldn't I remind Your Majesty?"

Wang Yang was slightly surprised. Only then did he realize that even the examiner Li Dongyang didn't know who the four test papers came from. Wang Yang asked in surprise: "Then Grand Secretary Li also recommends the third volume as the second place?"

Xie Qian smiled and spread his hands, obviously some words that could not be said explicitly.

Xie Qian has been the chief examiner of the Ministry of Rites and is much clearer about the unspoken rules of the Ministry of Rites than others. Even if the examiner knows which test paper was written by who wrote it, he should remind the emperor. He should try to be more tactful. If he says it directly, it will be similar to the internal ranking.

This time, Li Dongyang was also in a hurry and had no choice but to recommend Lun Wenxu as the second place. In fact, he had already made a taboo. This is why Li Dongyang was so shameless. It is not that he didn't want to share the worries of the emperor. He was really powerless before the opening of the imperial seal.

After lunch, the fourteen palace examination reviewers returned to Huagai Hall, and then Kaifeng was the top ten palace examination papers in front of the emperor.

In fact, no one cares about who the five to ten are, it depends on who the top four is.

Originally, the top ten rankings were only known after the palace examination was opened after the opening. However, due to the existence of unspoken rules, there have been many palace examinations that have not only learned the rankings of the third class after the exam.

In fact, it is mainly because the three test papers are messed up.

Under the supervision of Emperor Hongzhi Zhu Youzhan, the examination paper was opened by the official, starting from the tenth place and going up one by one. The tenth place was Wang Shouren and the fifth place was Liu Long. No one cared about other rankings.

When we reached the fourth place, all the reviewers present were angry... We were tossed by the emperor for a whole morning before we ranked, so we had to see who these four people were.

Many people think that if nothing unexpected happens, the fourth place should be Shen Xi, the exam.

Although Shen Xi took the lead in the Ministry of Rites' examination, after all, he was young and a shallow student. It would be great to be able to get the fourth place in the palace examination, let alone get it in a difficult situation, and losing is not unfair. It is just a little biased in the discussion.

When the house official Kaifeng was in the air, Zhu Youtang looked at him in a flash. Even the emperor wanted to know how these four people ranked.

As a result, Shen Xi was not the fourth place, but Sun Xu, who was known for his pride.

"Gucheng County, Sun Xu, great-grandfather..."

After the examination paper is opened, the candidate's hometown, name and resume of the three generations should be indicated in the resume of the three generations. Some of them were imprisoned for criminal cases, so their descendants did not even have the qualifications to take the imperial examination.

When Li Dongyang heard that the fourth place was Sun Xu, a comforting smile appeared on his face, which showed that his judgment was correct. In the end, he hesitated in the third place and fourth place for a long time. As for the bias in the fourth place article, he deliberately found it.

In the eyes of others, the bias and radicalism in the discussion should be a common mistake made by a young man like Shen Xi, but Li Dongyang realized that this way of discussion was actually more in line with Sun Xu's arrogant personality.

As long as the fourth place is certain, in Li Dongyang's mind, this ranking is more reliable.

Feng Xi is the top scorer, Lun Wenxu is the second best, Shen Xi is the Tanhua... Even if Feng Xi has some problems with his legs and feet, he should be regarded as the court's selection of officials and not avoiding disabled people, at least it has a positive publicity effect on the court's reputation.

The fourth place is the first place in the second place in the palace examination. As Sun Xu fills in the list, the third place exam paper is followed.

When everyone felt that the third place must be Chen Xi, Mi Feng immediately opened.

"Yinxian, Fengxi..."

When the room officer announced, the Huagai Palace was silent.

Wang Yang and others thought that Chen Xi, who was once involved in the sales case of the Imperial Examination, had such skills and could rank among the top?

The three cabinet ministers Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes. Because they didn't even believe it themselves, the top scholar's book that made the emperor admire actually came from the thirteen-year-old young Lang Chenxi?

************

ps: The third update is here!

After typing, the emperor discovered that there were already 176 monthly tickets and 100 people rewarded them today. If you didn’t say anything, there is still another chapter tonight!
Chapter completed!