Sign in: The female supporting character in the book disrupted the heroine's glory

Chapter 425: The Second Provincial Examination, the Emperor's Thoughts

The candidates came out one after another. Although they were asked not to make noise or whisper to each other, the situation became difficult to control when there were too many people.

In order to prevent cheating, the next round started soon. Those whose names were called went up to receive their number plates and drew their own numbers.

Jiang Youzhen was the first to come out, and naturally the first to draw a number. He had just moved his hands and feet for a while, and then he had to stay in the pigeon cage again.

This time it was number four. Jiang Youzhen took a look and found that it was quite close to the position of the outer surveillance officer. It seemed that he could not take out the ice basin this time.

He still wiped the inside of the cell with water. It was already dark. He took the chopped dry buns and dried meat and boiled them in water. It was considered dinner.

The second exam consisted of one policy essay, one imperial edict and one memorial, and finally five articles.

It has to be said that the provincial examinations in this dynasty have more questions than those in the previous dynasty. With so much content to write in just three days and two nights, many candidates do not have enough time to think. Some candidates even have not finished writing when the papers are collected. Therefore, there is no need to expect any quality.

When she was studying in a private school, Mr. Jiang told her that the exams would contain a lot of content and would leave time for thinking, so she had to write quickly and correctly, and it was best to develop her own style.

Fortunately, Jiang Youzhen received a reward from the system, and with his own practice, it would have been too late otherwise.

[Host, please claim your sign-in reward as soon as possible. The system will release the next main task]

Just as Jiang Youzhen was thinking about the system, the system became active. One can receive a sign-in reward by staying in the Imperial Academy for one day, but Jiang Youzhen has been busy with exams for the past two days, so he has not received it.

Just after finishing the policy essay, Jiang Youzhen confirmed that his sign-in was complete.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the one-day sign-in at the provincial examination hall. The host will gain a 10% improvement in appearance (completed within one month), four years of internal strength, storage space upgraded to 200 cubic meters, twenty drops of spiritual spring water, and intermediate horseback archery skills]

Jiang Youzhen glanced over and found that they were all skills that had been there before. After optimizing them, he simply ignored them.

She picked up her pen and began to write an edict, but the system had already started issuing tasks.

[System released task: Please host to win the first place in this provincial examination, become the provincial examination champion, and go to the Imperial College in the capital to sign in! There will be no punishment for failure of the task. ]

"Tongzi, is this one task or two? You are getting smarter and smarter! Not only is the reward not original, but you even mixed the tasks together. Do you only want to give out the reward once?"

Jiang Youzhen was speechless. These were clearly two tasks!

[Um... Host, this is a very good question. Actually, there are two tasks. I didn't say that I won't give two rewards! ]

"I think you want to shirk your responsibility. If you don't tell me, I won't give it to you. Humph!"

Jiang Youzhen snorted coldly. This system needs to be tightened from time to time, otherwise there will be a lot of small tricks.

Jiang Youzhen felt that the second round was a lot easier than the first one. At least there were not so many questions, but they were still a little more difficult.

This time there was no familiar figure on the opposite side. Jiang Youzhen took a look and saw a man with gray beard who was over 40 years old.

The person on the other side probably didn't expect Jiang Youzhen to be so young. When he saw Jiang Youzhen looking at him, he had a blank expression on his face, and then his face twitched.

Jiang Youzhen curled her lips. She had heard from Senior Brother Wen before that many candidates who had taken the exam many times were not friendly to young candidates, but she didn't take it seriously. But when she saw it today, she realized that it was indeed the case.

Capital

The air was filled with sandalwood incense in the imperial study. Chief Steward Zhou ordered the eunuch to remove the melted ice basin and replace it with a new one.

"Zhou Sheng!" The emperor was taking a nap and opened his eyes when he heard the rustling sound.

"Did I wake up the emperor? I deserve to die!" Zhou Sheng quickly crawled on the ground.

"What are you doing? Get up! You just think I won't punish you." The emperor chuckled. Zhou Sheng was good in everything except that he was timid and easily startled.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty has always been kind to your servants." Zhou Sheng stepped forward and placed the Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup on the tray on the table.

"Your Majesty, this is the lotus seed soup that Concubine Yun had someone prepare. She knew that you had a poor appetite these days and thought that you had not recovered from the bitter summer heat yet! That's why she ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare it."

The emperor closed his eyes slightly, and a gleam of light flashed in them.

"My Lady Yun is thoughtful, but I feel heartburned these days and can't eat lotus seeds."

Zhou Sheng was shocked. Concubine Yun was the biological mother of the Third Prince. Recently, the Third Prince wanted to interfere in the Second Prince's new tea voucher policy. He sent people to embarrass the merchants who were collecting donations and detained the tea vouchers.

Originally, it was a small matter, and it could be resolved by spending some money. When the Second Prince ate meat, he had to share some soup with others.

But the second prince was very serious about it and exposed a wrong case that the third prince's grandfather, Tong Fengming, the Minister of Dali Temple, had handled fifteen years ago.

It's not like there are no unjust cases in the Dali Temple! Who among the officials in the capital doesn't tremble in fear of the Dali Temple? The number of unjust, false and wrong cases caused by eliminating dissidents is too numerous to count on one hand.

The case that the second prince had someone reveal was the mysterious death of a young official in the Eastern Palace. The case was finally closed as an accidental fall into the water.

However, somehow, the file was turned out again and many suspicious points were found.

Shao Zhanshi was a fourth-rank official who was in charge of the internal and external affairs of the Eastern Palace, a high position. The unexplained death by drowning was investigated by the deposed crown prince, who finally came to this conclusion but did not raise any objections.

But now that the crown prince has been deposed, who would mention this matter? Yet, this matter happened to be related to the third prince.

In the past two days, the emperor reprimanded the third prince for his ugly eating habits, and the two princes finally stopped. Sanhuanzhi suffered a loss and exposed the matter, while the second prince kept it secret and there was no progress in the case of the Shao Zhanshi.

Isn't it? The emperor hasn't been to Yun Fei's Ruyi Palace for several days. How could Yun Fei not be anxious?

However, it is intriguing that the emperor did not eat the lotus seed soup.

"Recently, Imperial Concubine Hua has been in charge of the harem, and she has been very busy! I heard that she was not feeling well yesterday. I am busy with government affairs and have no time to visit her. So, you go and convey my oral order to let Concubine Yun assist Imperial Concubine Hua in managing the harem. I really feel sorry for her hard work."

Zhou Sheng was shocked. He had just guessed that the emperor was angry with Concubine Yun because of the matter of the third prince, but he didn't expect that he would give her a sweet treat now.

It seems that the Emperor does not completely trust Concubine Hua, and even sends someone to supervise and restrain her.

"Yes! I'll go right away!"

"There's no rush. How is the Queen lately?" The Emperor suddenly thought of the Queen. Last year, he had an argument with the Queen and they parted unhappily.

He never set foot in Kunling Palace again until the Crown Prince was deposed and the Queen was placed under house arrest in Kunling Palace.

Zhou Sheng's eyes rolled. It has been more than a year and the emperor seldom mentioned the queen, but today he actually took the initiative to ask about her.

"Reporting to the Emperor! The Empress must have suffered from the summer heat. I heard that she has lost her appetite these past few days and has been sitting by the lamp and looking at Buddha every day. She has become very thin."