The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 558 Palace Exam
After the discussion, everyone dispersed. The jacket took Li Deshan out of the Prime Minister's Yamen and returned to the Duke of Yan's mansion. However, he did not go directly to the back house, but sat down in the outer study in front.

And Li Deshan naturally led a group of eunuchs, busy serving Jia Ke.

When Li Deshan was instructing the eunuchs to deliver tea to Jia Ke, Jia Ke suddenly asked, "Little Li, where are we sitting at the Golden Palace tomorrow?"

When Li Deshan was suddenly asked by Jia Ke, he was a little dazed.

Master, what does this mean?Tomorrow in the Golden Palace, does the master still want a seat?
Although Li Deshan thought a lot in his mind, he didn't show it on his face, and immediately accepted Jia Ke's words.

"Master, since the emperor is not here, and you preside over the palace examination on your behalf, I think it's better for the servant to set up another seat for you next to the emperor's throne."

After hearing this, Jia Ke nodded in satisfaction. Besides, the emperors from ancient times to the present have all favored eunuchs. With their cleverness, who would not like them.

"Well, you can arrange this matter."

After hearing this, Li Deshan immediately assured Jia Ke with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, master, I will make arrangements for my slave, and I promise to make things beautiful."

Jia Ke nodded, then went back to the back house with a smile and hands behind her back.

Li Deshan kept bowing, waiting for Jia Ke's back to disappear before he dared to stand up.

Now Li Deshan is also a little excited. It seems that the organization's intentions are becoming more and more obvious, so in the future, he may be in the position of Dai Quan or Xia Shouzhong.

Li Deshan was intoxicated there for a while, and immediately woke up. He has to go to the palace tonight to finish the work for the master, otherwise, if the master gets annoyed, he will lose everything.

So Li Deshan didn't dare to neglect, and with a dozen eunuchs and seven or eight guards, he left the Duke of Yan's mansion and came to the gate of the palace.

The guard at the gate of the palace naturally knew where Li Deshan dared to stop him, so Li Deshan went directly to the Wenhua Palace where the palace examination was hosted.

After Li Deshan entered Wenhua Hall, he looked up.

I saw only dragon chairs and dragon book tables on the imperial steps.

Li Deshan walked up the imperial steps slowly, walked around the Long Shuan a few times, and found that there was really no place to put other things.

So Li Deshan couldn't stop, so he ordered his eunuchs to move the Longshu case to the back hall.

Then Li Deshan's rescuer moved a golden chair and placed it next to the dragon chair in the middle, and put a small desk in front of the golden chair.Then place the Four Treasures of the Study on the desk.

After everything was arranged, *** went down the imperial steps again, looked around and found nothing wrong, so she nodded.

The eunuchs who followed Li Deshan were a little puzzled when they saw Li Deshan's arrangement.

Li Deshan didn't care about the troubles of these people. After leaving the Wenhua Palace, he returned to the Duke of Yan's mansion and returned to Jia Ke.

Besides, on the second day, when the palace examination was about to start, the emperor was already fully dressed in the Qianqing Palace, and he was waiting for someone to lead him to the Wenhua Palace to preside over the palace examination.

In the emperor's impression, no matter what happened in the imperial examination, Jia Ke had to show his face.

Unexpectedly, he waited for a long time but no one came, the emperor was a little anxious at this time, because even if he arrived at the Wenhua Palace now, he had to wait for preparations in the back hall first, and he had to have some etiquette before going to the front to preside over the palace examination.

The emperor was very anxious in his heart, but it was hard for him to show his face, so he left Qianqing Palace and headed towards Wenhua Palace with a few eunuchs.

Unexpectedly, they were stopped by the guards as soon as they left the gate of Qianqing Palace.

"Long live, the prime minister has an order. If there is no reason for long live, don't intrude. Please stay safe in the harem."

The emperor calmed down his anger after hearing the blunt words, and said calmly: "I am going to Wenhua Palace to preside over the palace examination today, didn't Jia Aiqing inform you?"

The guard said expressionlessly: "If you go back to the Lord Long Live, I have not received the military order, so please return the Lord Long Live to the harem to take care of you. Don't make things difficult for the ministers."

Now the emperor has understood that Jia Ke will not allow himself to go to the Wenhua Palace to preside over the palace examination at all.

The emperor flicked his robe sleeves angrily, and returned to Qianqing Palace with a few eunuchs.

After the emperor returned to Qianqing Palace, he walked back and forth in the bedroom, smashing things non-stop.

And the little eunuchs of 4 weeks looked at the emperor's crazy look, and they all stood aside tremblingly and dared not talk to him.

The emperor calmed down after venting, and then said to the eunuchs: "Let's go to Fengzao Palace to see how Concubine Yuan is doing."

Not to mention that the emperor went to look for Jia Yuanchun, at this time, the front of the Wenhua Palace was already full of guards, and the gongs and drums were beating.

The etiquette in front of the Wenhua Palace is the same as when the emperor personally participated in the palace examination.

And now the four military ministers in the Wenhua Palace, as well as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhao Shu, and other ministers are already waiting there.

When they saw the decoration on the imperial steps, they understood what was going on, and each showed a mysterious smile, only old Meng Ming remained silent.

Liu Wan, Minister of the Household Department, saw this situation with a cold look in his eyes, but he concealed it very well, and immediately turned his head to the side as if nothing had happened.

After a while, Jia Ke came to the Wenhua Palace, so several ministers hurried over to salute Jia Ke.

Jia Ke nodded to them, then looked up the imperial steps, and saw another golden chair beside the emperor's throne, with a small desk in front.

Seeing such a decoration, Jia Ke was satisfied, and then went directly to the imperial steps and sat on the golden chair.

After Jia Ke sat firmly on the golden chair, she said to the ministers below: "Then let's start."

As soon as Jia Ke gave an order, dozens of young eunuchs immediately carried the tables and chairs, and the Wenhua Hall was filled with people in a short while.

Then Minister of Military Aircraft Sun Yan bowed his hands to Jia Ke, and then went out of the Wenhua Palace, and said to the Gongsheng students who had been waiting there for a long time: "The palace examination is about to start, all the students should come in one file at a time, please don't make any noise."

So these tribute students standing outside the hall, under the leadership of officials from the Ministry of Rites, quietly and orderly entered the Wenhua Hall, and then stood in front of the crime in order.

These people were still trembling when they first came in. After all, they had to take the exam in front of the emperor this time, how could they not be frightened.

But when they came in, they saw that the throne in the middle was empty, and there was another seat beside it, where a young minister was sitting.

At this moment, these people murmured in their hearts, what's going on?It was the first time in thousands of years that the emperor did not come to the palace examination in person.

Seeing that the tribute students had already stood up, Sun Yan came out of the class and said to them: "The emperor can't take care of things occasionally because of the cold, so he specially ordered the Duke of Yan, Prime Minister Jia Ke to take the palace examination on his behalf, and the tribute students still don't pay homage."

The Gongsheng students below all looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to do, after all, this was against the rules, and no one had seen such a thing for thousands of years.

But after all, most of these people are smart people. They had heard that Jia Ke monopolized the government, but now it seems that the emperor is useless, so they might as well take refuge in the new master.

Immediately, more than 100 people fell to their knees and saluted Jia Ke.

When the rest of the people saw that most of the people knelt down for you, they just followed suit, so these companies all knelt down and saluted Jia Ke.

Looking at the situation, Jia Ke nodded in satisfaction.It seems that I was right to choose someone who is mature and prudent this time. If there is a young man, I am afraid that I will not be able to step down today.

Now Jia Ke also pretended that you were idle. He stood up from the golden chair, reached the middle of the imperial steps, and said to the tribute students below: "All tribute students, please stand up."

The Gongsheng students below heard Jia Ke's words, and then they stood up again.

Seeing them standing up, Jia Ke continued, "Today is the selection of talents for the country. I hope everyone will do their best and don't be negligent."

All the tribute students below seemed to have been well-trained, and they cupped their hands together and said: "I will obey the orders of the prime minister."

So Jia Ke nodded and returned to the golden chair, and said to Sun Yan below: "The exam can begin."

So Sun Yan stood in the middle again, and said to the tribute students below: "All tribute students, please take a seat."

So the Gong students hurriedly sat down on the chairs next to them, ready to start the exam.

Jia Ke then took out a sealed envelope from her sleeve, and said to Zhao Shu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, "Here are the test questions, take them."

Li Deshan, who was next to Jia Ke, took the envelope respectfully, stepped down the imperial steps and came to Zhao Shu's side, raising his hands high.

Zhao Shu didn't dare to neglect, and bowed to accept the envelope.Then he opened the envelope in front of these people.

Zhao Shu looked at the envelope, and there was only one copy of the test questions on it.

After Zhao Shu read it, he took a few steps forward, and then shouted to the people below: "Can the world be safe by the ancient abdication?"

The tribute students below became even more terrified when they heard this question, and there was no cover for it.

Some examinees secretly raised their eyes to look at these ministers standing under the imperial steps, and saw that they all had natural expressions, and they didn't think there was anything unusual.

So they knew it well, it seemed that Jia Ke had already controlled the ups and downs, and if that was the case, then what scruples did they have.

As a result, some examinees began to write and write. Since there are other people who take the lead, they naturally don't want their fame and fortune to become a cloud, so they each put their minds away and started the exam.

Jia Ke sat on the top and looked at the candidates below, nodding inwardly.It seems that these people have accepted reality.

As for Sun Yan and others standing under the imperial steps, they were relieved now. It was a blessing that these Gongsheng students did not make trouble.

Originally, Sun Yan was still thinking about what he should do if there were one or two Lengtouqings?It's all right now.

Then time began to pass slowly, and the Gongsheng students below also calmed down from the panic at the beginning, and now they put all their heart and soul on the exam questions.

Jia Ke sat on the golden chair on the imperial steps, watching the tribute students below who were concentrating on thinking, or scribbling, and couldn't help standing up and walking down the imperial steps, shuttling among these tribute students.

Jia Ke didn't know any of these people, the only one he knew was Dong Li who spoke for him in the Zhuangyuan Building.

So Jia Ke walked a few steps to Dong Li's side, and stood behind him to see what he wrote.
But Dong Li had already found a person standing next to him, he turned his head and saw that it was Jia Ke, so he stood up quickly, wanting to salute Jia Ke.

Jia Ke waved his hand to let him continue answering the question, and Dong Li sat down on the seat again, but now he began to feel uneasy, a little distracted, and couldn't write a word for a long time.

Seeing this situation, Jia Ke knew that if he didn't leave, that Dong Li might not be able to write a single word, so he had no choice but to return to the imperial steps.Only then did Dong Li feel relieved and started writing on the paper again.

Time passed quickly, and the sun was setting. This time, the exam lasted from morning to evening. There was a break at noon, but how could these candidates leave?I was afraid that I would make a mistake in my exam, so I persisted until the evening.

(End of this chapter)