Nongmen Xianggong is a koi

Chapter 274 Courageous

Only Song Jingyun still stuffed some cakes into his mouth from time to time.

Mung bean cake and red bean cake are all made into small pieces. At this time, take one bite and chew it carefully in your mouth. It is not very visible to outsiders, so it is not considered rude.

But such a small move could not be hidden from the people walking with Song Jingyun next to him.

Chen Shuming is the fifty-seventh Spring Tribute this year. He also lives in Guanghuayuan. He is very familiar with Song Jingyun. Seeing his actions now, he couldn't help but laugh softly, "Mr. Song, it's early this morning." Have you eaten enough?”

Song Jingyun chuckled, "In the morning, I ate scallion oil noodles, red oil noodles, soy sauce pancakes, eight-treasure porridge, and two five-spice braised eggs in the small canteen of Guanghuayuan. Let’s take this opportunity to eat a few more bites.”

Otherwise, after the palace test is over, nothing you eat will taste good.

In short, you must never miss any opportunity to enjoy delicious food.

Chen Shuming has been living in Guanghua Garden and often meets Song Jingyun in the small dining hall. Knowing that he always loves food and that he has a huge appetite, he just smiled at this moment and did not say much, which made him even more excited. He walked a little wider to help Song Jingyun cover up, so that officials from the Ministry of Rites would not notice him eating.

Seeing this, Song Jingyun secretly stuffed Chen Shuming with two pastries.

"I don't want to eat..." Chen Shuming declined.

"Take it, you'll need it." Song Jingyun smiled and narrowed his eyes.

Seeing Song Jingyun's insistence, Chen Shuming did not refuse anymore. He just wrapped the two pastries in oil paper and put them in his sleeves.

All the way to the entrance of Zhongyuan Palace, the long queue stopped.

Still led by officials from the Ministry of Rites, all the tributes entered through the main entrance, but they all had to stop and kneel in front of the statue at the door before moving forward. Theoretically speaking, it is not necessary for tribute ministers to kneel down and worship the gods when they come to the palace for examination. However, because today's saints believe in ghosts and gods, this extra layer of rules is added.

The tributes usually read books to learn about current affairs, so they knew the current situation and the emperor's preferences. Most of them did not dare to speak too much at this time. They only followed the instructions of the officials of the Ministry of Rites and knelt down respectfully to salute.

There were also some tributes who were quite dissatisfied with this matter and just walked through the ceremony hastily, rolling their eyes a few times before leaving.

There were even some tributes who were very disdainful of this matter and even refused to kneel down, holding their necks and shouting, "A man has gold under his knees, kneeling down to the king and his parents, there is absolutely no way to kneel down to the gods and Buddhas."

"Han Chuang has studied hard for decades, in order to serve the imperial court loyally, not to flatter and favor the emperor, nor in exchange for an official position!"

"If I have to kneel down and worship this imaginary god, then I would rather not try today's palace examination!"

After this shouting, the person was already a little out of breath, and some of his faces turned slightly pale because he was surrounded by everyone.

But he soon returned to his natural demeanor, straightening his back and preparing to receive everyone's admiration and respect.

But he soon discovered that everyone looked at him not as he imagined, but rather with surprise, confusion, and even disdain.

Tang Zhichuan, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, walked up and looked at the tribute scholar whose face turned from white to red at this moment, "You are brave enough to say such words here."

Seeing that Tang Zhichuan's face was kind and his tone was quite calm, without much seriousness, he suddenly felt a little confident in his heart.

(End of this chapter)