Song Xing: I am cultivating immortals in Qingcheng Mountain

Chapter 551: Wanghua Tower, Tianranju

Wanghua Tower.

This is a famous restaurant in Tianqi City. Its affordable prices make it the best choice for many students taking the imperial examinations. In addition, this restaurant has never bullied its customers over the years, so its reputation has always been very good.

Wanghualou is doing good business today, with many guests.

Many students gathered in the lobby on the first floor of Wanghua Tower. They were talking about something they had heard.

"Those people from Tianranju are too unreasonable. They haven't even taken the exam yet, but they say they will definitely pass. Bah, shameless!!"

"Forget it, Brother Yan, let's review the policy papers more than those. After all, the exam still depends on your strength."

"I heard that the Southern Review Institute has released a new topic this year. Shall we go take a look later?"

"What? Another topic? Nanping Academy's topics have been very accurate over the years. The year before last, they predicted poetry, and last year, they predicted policy essays. Let's see if there will be any surprises this year. Let's go and take a look later?"

"Let's go together!"

“Let’s go together!!”

Hearing the students talking in the lobby, the shopkeeper and the waiters in the restaurant smiled and shook their heads. Such things happened every year and they had seen them too many times. This restaurant had been operating here for many years and had seen off many batches of students.

On the second floor, there was a young man wearing the same attire. Hearing this, he sighed.

He raised his head and looked through the gate at Tianranju across the street.

When a guest visits Tianranju, he actually feels like a guest from heaven.

Just like this couplet, the guests living in Tianranju are either rich or noble. It is also the first choice for students with good backgrounds from all over the country when they come to Beijing.

These families were extremely powerful. The imperial examination was nothing but a farce to them. They knew they would pass the exam before they even took it. What else could this be but a farce? ? Ordinary students were powerless and could not even get to know the truth. Most of them were just poor runners-up.

Where is the real fairness in this world? It is nothing but a self-deceiving illusion.

Looking at the students who were still studying hard below, a hint of sarcasm flashed across his lips, as if he was laughing at these people's arrogance, as if he was laughing at his past self, and as if he was laughing at the current unbearable world.

After a long time, he slowly closed his eyes, and a very soft voice echoed in his ears, as if he was talking to himself.

"Yeah~~"

“I didn’t believe it back then either~~”

At the same time, several officials came to visit Prince Bai Xiao Chong's mansion. These people held different official positions, with the highest being a minister and the lowest being a deputy minister. However, without exception, they all had achieved their careers through the imperial examination.

In addition, Red King Xiao Yu also met with some people, and the situation was similar to that of Xiao Chong.

Xiao Yu looked at the list in his hand and smiled coldly.

"I didn't expect that there are so many tricks in the imperial examination. But this is exactly what I want. Before, I was still worried about how to place my own people in the court!!"

On the other side, many people also went to the residence of Grand Tutor Dong Zhu, but these people had higher status than those who went to Xiao Chong and Xiao Yu.

"Grandmaster, tomorrow is the day of the Enke."

In the Grand Tutor's Mansion, the hall was brightly lit. Grand Tutor Dong Zhu was sitting at the top with his eyes closed, resting. He seemed not to hear these words.

"This time, the imperial examination will be jointly hosted by Bai Wang Xiao Chong, Yong'an Wang Xiao Chuhe, and Chi Wang Xiao Yu. If we want to do it the same way as before, I'm afraid it won't work."

"There aren't many problems with Prince Bai Xiao Chong, but we don't have much dealings with the other two princes." "I don't know what the emperor was thinking this time. He actually let the three princes jointly preside over the imperial examination. Prince Chi and Prince Yong'an have never presided over the imperial examination. Now they are interfering. Aren't they afraid of making a fool of themselves?"

"Shut down! We are not allowed to discuss the emperor's decision!"

"Master, how should we arrange this? Should we keep it as usual?"

The civil servants in the court were roughly divided into several factions. Grand Tutor Dong Zhu represented one of them. Although their faction was small in number, their status in the court was extremely high.

The two princes, Xiao Chong and Xiao Yu, also have their own power. Xiao Chong has great prestige among the civil servants. In addition, he has presided over the imperial examinations many times over the years, and many of the new officials in the court are his supporters.

As for Xiao Yu, he is not so popular in the court because of his temperament. However, many people are optimistic about this prince who will do anything to achieve his goals, because in the court, nothing can be accomplished just by being honest.

As for Xiao Se, he had left Tianqi for many years and had been wandering around the world. Except for a very few people, no one even remembered this prince who was so high-spirited back then.

"Just say hello to Wen Zheng and the others. As for whether they can pass, it depends on the young people themselves."

Dong Zhu was not very interested in this matter, and no one else said anything. That's right, even if he passed the exam and became the top scholar, he would only be a Hanlin. It would take many years to reach their level!
"Where's Xiao Chuhe?"

The night was dark, in the front yard of Snowfall Villa, Ji Xue's tone was filled with a hint of urgency.

"Miss Ji, His Highness is in seclusion."

Ji Xue clenched her fists.

"Why do you choose to go into seclusion at this time?"

At this moment, Tang Lian and Lei Wujie came over. Seeing Ji Xue, they couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, Ji Xue?"

Ji Xue couldn't help but sigh when she saw the two of them.

"It's like this. We just received some news from Bai Xiao Tang about tomorrow's imperial examination. Xiao Se is one of the hosts tomorrow, so the success or failure of this imperial examination will affect him."

Tang Lian and Lei Wujie nodded when they heard this.

“Is it important??”

Ji Xue saw the two people looking at her, thought about it, and nodded firmly.

“It’s very important!!”

Tang Lian glanced at Lei Wujie, who instantly understood what she meant, then turned around and left.

After a while, Xiao Se and Lei Wujie came over together.

"Ji Xue, what's wrong?"

After meeting Ji Xue, Xiao Se didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

Ji Xue took a deep breath and said, "Xiao Se, I'm afraid there will be problems with Enke this time."

Xiao Se frowned when he heard this. It was just an imperial examination, and it was not the first time it was held. Beili had held it countless times since its independence, and nothing had ever happened. Could something go wrong this time?
"Speak directly!"

"It's like this. We just received news from Bai Xiao Tang that someone went to visit King Chi tonight. Tomorrow, the three of you brothers will preside over this year's special examination together. If King Chi has ill intentions and secretly manipulates the examination and inserts his own people into the court, the situation will get out of control."

(End of this chapter)