Xianglian and Ye Chunqiu both replied speechless to Shouning Hou, but Deng Jian, who was lying on the boat, gritted his teeth and said, "Pretending to be a god, Hum, Shouning Hou, I will impeach you and confuse the public. Hum, gentlemen respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them; poor in the middle of the night, I don't ask the people about ghosts and gods..."

Zhang Heling narrowed his eyes and looked at Deng Jian, and said sinisterly: "Who are you? Are you called Deng Jian? Wait and see."

Deng Jian immediately shouted, "I'm afraid you won't do it? I'm..."

Ye Chunqiu had already covered his mouth. This guy was too ignorant.

The light boat was passing through the water, and it was true that it arrived at the canal and continued northward. Beijing City had arrived in front of us.

Ye Chunqiu summoned everyone and said, "Today is the palace examination. I'm in a hurry to go and give it a try. If I don't allow me to take the exam, it would be fine, but if there is still a chance, the students will definitely fight for it. So after entering Beijing, everyone will part ways. Hou Shouning and Lord Deng are injured. I'm afraid you will ask you to take care of it. Xianglian..." He looked at Xianglian and said with a deep meaning: "You have arrived at the capital, surrender yourself, and go to Shuntian Prefecture's Office. Do you know?"

This sentence does have deep meaning. He asked Xianglian to go by himself to give her a chance to choose. If she chose to escape and wander around the world from now on, Ye Chunqiu would not ask. Now that the crisis has been lifted, his compassion will inevitably come to his heart again.

Xianglian nodded and looked at him deeply, as if she wanted to remember him forever.

At this time, Deng Jian shouted: "No, no, I don't want Shouning Hou to take care of..."

"Shut up." Hou Shouning covered his mouth ferociously and said viciously: "No matter how long you dare to talk, you will break your hand."

Ye Chunqiu sighed and soon saw that the city of Beijing was already far away, and the outline of the huge city appeared in his eyes.

At this time, Ye Chunqiu's heart was so exciting that it was not easy. He finally arrived at the end of his journey to the imperial examination. Here, he would start a new life. His eyes were faintly filled with mist.

I don’t know what happened to my dad? Have you already participated in the palace examination... I must have come late, hey... I hope the palace can be kind and give me a chance.

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The palace examination was held as scheduled. The candidates entered the palace from dawn. After experiencing the name, the papers, praise and worship, and the ceremony, they had to start doing the questions.

Of course, although it is called the palace examination, there are many sayings in the market that the emperor Laozi is the top scholar, but in essence, this is not the case.

Although the emperor personally chose the exam questions, and sometimes, the emperor would arrive at Baohe Palace to monitor the candidates, the real top scorer, second-place, and Tanhua still needs to discuss with the emperor to find the results.

Anything related to the ritual of talent ceremonies will never be decided by the emperor. Zhu Houzhao did not participate in the palace examination in the first year of Zhengde. In the end, it was just the cabinet minister who reported the results and Zhu Houzhao criticized it.

But today, the emperor became interested in this palace examination. Since the little emperor liked it, the cabinet ministers naturally could not stop it.

This year's palace examination is different from previous years. Although Liu Jian and others arrived at Baohe Palace, they were not thinking about it. The White Lotus Sect's bandits in Beitongzhou have already made them anxious. Now, who has the time to take care of this?

Of course... the Great Ceremony of Talents is of course important to care, and it is impossible not to care. This is a matter of great concern, and scholars all over the world are watching.

What's more, Jiao Fang is the one who cares about this matter the most today.

Because Jiao Fang's son also participated in this palace examination, his son Jiao Huangzhong participated in the spring examination on the North List this year. At that time, Jiao Fang first avoided suspicion and reported that he was a bachelor's degree in the cabinet and that his son should not take the exam. Of course... This is just to be polite, expressing his own humility and prudence.

The court naturally understood this truth well and issued an order to allow Jiao Huangzhong to participate in the spring examination, indicating that the emperor was very relieved about Jiao Fang's ethics and would never commit favoritism and fraud.

So, Jiao Huangzhong ranked among the top in the Northern List exam and soon stood out. The palace exam was the time to really decide the ranking. Jiao Fang was particularly concerned about the palace exam and hoped that Jiao Huangzhong would be among the top. If he could be the top scorer in high school, the Jiao family would be afraid that another bachelor's degree would be released in twenty years.

He was twisting his beard without showing any expression. The candidates were still calling out the names, so the only ones in Baohe Palace were Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Jiao Fang, and Zhang Cai, the Minister of Personnel, who were here early.

When he was idle, he naturally had to say a few words. Liu Jian looked worried. Today is also a day to compromise with the bandits. According to the prior agreement, the bandits would kidnap Shouning Hou to Tianjin Guard under the escort of the official army, and prepared a sea boat there early. Gold, silver and jewelry were placed on the ship, as well as the collected boys and girls, and wait for the bandits to board the ship before they release them.

But the question is, will Yang Fan's subsequent sect bandits release people? This matter is a bit unsure. If they go back on their word, the court will be truly defeated.

Liu Jian sighed in his heart, but he was helpless. This condition was simply harsh, but he would not agree. If he did not agree, he would give him another broken finger of Shouning Hou. If Empress Dowager Zhang was furious at that time, it would not be a joke.

After all... the result is no longer important. What is important is the attitude. If you don’t show your concern, you may be in trouble.

Liu Jian stroked his beard and asked Xie Qian next to him in a row: "At this time, the people from the Okkai Camp are ready, will there be any mistakes in Tianjin Wei?"

Xie Qian was so angry that he could only smile helplessly, "It's right. The day before yesterday, the Knight Camp received a secret order to leave the sect bandits. The number they reported was 112 people. They sent these people to Tianjin Guard. The sea boat was ready and would go to sea at noon. Alas... Mr. Liu, what a fool is doing? The court was actually tricked by more than a hundred sect bandits. If this matter was spread, Mr. Liu, I, and Binzhi, would be shameless. Qianqiu Shibi still didn't know how to scold him."

Liu Jian pursed his lips without hesitation. Although he said so, what can I do?

But at this moment, a voice came: "The emperor is here."

Everyone dared not be negligent, they were busy to welcome the driver.

Zhu Houzhao entered the hall in disgust and sat high on the imperial chair. He looked very unhappy with a calm face.

The incident of secting bandits has already made him very uneasy. He called him to scold him every now and then. This time the queen of mother was really angry and even her son was reluctant to do so.

(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!