Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 169 Emperor Invigilator

"Shh."

Emperor Jing Feng put his fingers to his lips, and made a silent movement, so frightened that Gu Yunji quickly covered his mouth, and swallowed back the words that he would not be able to say in the future.

Fortunately, Gu Yunji's voice was not too loud just now. Emperor Jing Feng looked around and found that no candidate was disturbed, so he relaxed and raised his hand to signal him to sit down: "You write yours, don't worry about me."

Gu Yunji had just recovered from his astonishment, his heart was pounding in his chest with nervousness, how could he really turn a blind eye to the emperor standing in front of him.Hearing this, he became more cautious and panicked, the space in the Piansheng room was small, and he couldn't kneel and worship, so he could only bow down as much as he could, and said in a low voice:
"Student Gu Yunji sees His Majesty. The room is narrow, and the students don't show proper manners. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Emperor Jingfeng nodded slightly, and smiled warmly: "Excuse me. I just stopped by to take a look, not a serious visit. You don't have to be so cautious, sit down and continue answering questions."

It was only then that Gu Yunji realized that Emperor Jingfeng was not wearing a dragon robe, but was wearing black casual clothes. It seemed that he was just strolling here.He was dressed in a low-key manner, and he was not notified when he entered the door, so the examinees did not know that the emperor was coming. When they saw him occasionally, they thought it was some official from the Ministry of Rites who was traveling in casual clothes, but they didn't take it to heart.

Among the candidates, only Gu Yunji, who had met Emperor Jingfeng, recognized him immediately.The emperor was standing, and it would be impolite for a subject not to bow down, how could he sit down in front of him?Gu Yunji was apprehensive, but after hearing what Emperor Jing Feng himself said, after struggling for a while, he had no choice but to sit down as he said.

The emperor was standing three or two steps away from him, so close that it was hard to ignore the pressure on him.Under Emperor Jingfeng's scorching gaze, Gu Yunji's mind was so chaotic, he couldn't concentrate on answering the questions at all, but within a few breaths, he was so nervous that the tip of his nose was soaked in sweat.

Seeing that Gu Yunji had dipped his pen in the ink several times, but hadn't written a single word, Emperor Jingfeng said helplessly, "It seems that I'm still bothering you. That's all, I won't stare at you anymore, you can answer the question at ease." After finishing speaking, he turned and walked away.

Gu Yunji did not dare to look up from the beginning to the end, feeling that the pressure on himself was finally gone, he breathed a sigh of relief, his back was already dripping with sweat.

The hourglass in the corner was about to run out, and time was running out. Gu Yunji calmed down, readjusted his state, and continued to concentrate on answering the questions.

"The minister pays his respects to His Majesty."

Inside the curtain of the chief examiner, Fang Shu was startled when he saw Emperor Jing Feng walking in suddenly, and quickly knelt down to salute.

"Get up." Emperor Jing Feng casually raised his hand to avoid Fang Shu's ceremony, "I just went to the Ministry of Officials, and remembered that the Ministry of Rites is holding a general examination to avoid candidates, so I stopped by to have a look."

He said he was just watching, but Emperor Jingfeng had already walked up to Fang Shu's examiner's chair and sat down, as if he was in charge of the examination himself.If Emperor Jingfeng didn't leave, Fang Shu naturally didn't dare to take the initiative to chase away people. After calling the attendant to serve a cup of fragrant tea, he stood beside Emperor Jingfeng and silently accompanied him.

Time passed bit by bit, and Emperor Jingfeng drank tea leisurely, sat for a full hour, and had no intention of leaving.Fang Shu's legs were sore from standing, his physical fatigue was second to none, and the long wordless silence was the most tormenting.

Fang Shu couldn't bear it anymore, and tentatively said, "Your Majesty..."

"The examination room is a heavy place, so you can't speak." Before Fang Shu could finish his words, Emperor Jing Feng threw out such a sentence lightly, completely blocking his speech.

Raising his eyes inadvertently, Emperor Jingfeng caught sight of the beads of sweat on Fang Shu's forehead, as if he was in torment.He took a sip of tea in his spare time, and said slowly: "I heard that there are many talented people among the young people who are close to the examiners in this year's exam. The exam is about to be over, why don't we just wait until they hand in the papers, so I can take the opportunity to have a look at them article."

Fang Shu wiped the sweat off his forehead, and replied respectfully, "Yes."

The avoiding candidates present were all relatives of the examiners of this session, so Emperor Jing Feng just stopped by to take a look, but he actually proctored the exam for so long and even supervised the collection of papers.Was Emperor Jingfeng's unintentional act on the spur of the moment, or did he suspect that the officials were being selfish with each other, and did not believe that Fang Shu could be honest and upright, so he took this opportunity to beat him up?
Fang Shu's heart was full of surprises, he couldn't guess Emperor Jingfeng's intention for a while, he just felt that every minute and every second in the future would be extremely long, like days and years.

Soon, it was time to hand in the papers.Candidates lined up, put their papers on the examiner's desk one by one, and then left in an orderly manner.

As if Gu Yunji had a premonition, he intentionally waited until the last one to hand in the paper. When he put the paper on the table, he caught a glimpse of a black corner of his clothes through the curtain in front of him—Emperor Jingfeng hadn't left yet.

So he decisively raised his robe and knelt down: "Student Gu Yunji, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

There was a man's chuckle from inside, and then Emperor Jingfeng raised the curtain and walked out: "I haven't seen you in a few years, you are a bit smarter than before, but you have made great progress."

To avoid Gu Yunji's gift, Emperor Jingfeng looked him up and down, with a smile on his mouth: "I remember when I first met you, you were only 15 years old, right? Standing next to Xu Chengyu, you are half a head shorter than him, and now you are like me!" It’s almost high, how time flies.”

After saying that, Emperor Jingfeng paused, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "I heard that you just passed the Jieyuan Examination in Songjiang Prefecture? In just three years, you can grow at such a speed. It seems that Xu Chengyu taught you very well. "

Gu Yunji said neither humble nor overbearing: "Three years ago, His Majesty told the students that he hoped to see me in the next palace examination. This is His Majesty's expectation. Since then, the students have worked hard day and night, and never dared to relax at all, lest they violate the sacred order."

Emperor Jingfeng laughed loudly when he heard the words, and his voice sounded very pleasant: "Three years have passed, not only have you improved in knowledge, but you have also become more eloquent! When I asked you about the strategy of harnessing the river, you always said what you said , you are not afraid of offending me, and now you can make me happy!"

Gu Yunji smiled slightly, but didn't answer any more.

After chatting casually for a few more words, Emperor Jingfeng waved his hand: "It's not early, you have an exam tomorrow, go back early and rest."

"Yes, the student will leave." After bowing to Emperor Jing Feng, Gu Yunji turned and left.

After all the papers were collected and all the examinees were dismissed, Emperor Jing Feng picked up Gu Yunji's answer sheet and browsed through it, handed it to Fang Shu next to him, and asked, "What do you think?"

After reading the paper, Fang Shu carefully observed Emperor Jingfeng's face, and carefully worded his words: "... I feel that, after a rough look, the paper is neat and the article is very organized. Just looking at this paper alone is enough to answer the question. It's really good, but I don't know how good it is among all the candidates..."

"Yeah." Emperor Jingfeng hummed casually, as if it was really just doing it casually, "Anyway, you are the chief examiner, so you just know what you know. I'll go back first."

Fang Shu respectfully said: "I respectfully send you off to Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)