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Chapter 266 Take the test again

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the day for the official examination of the royal clan school.

On this day, the sky was clear and the breeze was gentle. The Zongxue examination hall had already been properly decorated, the atmosphere was solemn, and the air was filled with the faint scent of ink.

Princess Jiang Miaoyan sat in her seat with full confidence, with a determined smile on her face. Although Chu Lu had used some unspeakable means to torture her these days, she was not afraid at all. In her opinion, with her intelligence and talent, no matter what the test was, the first place would definitely be hers.

As long as she gets the first place and obtains the right to marry independently, she can then force Chu Lu to marry Liu Jiajia and officially start her revenge plan!
When the bells and chimes sounded, the examination papers were distributed one by one by the academic officials.

Jiang Miaoyan casually picked up the test paper made of fine rice paper, glanced at it, and the smile on her face froze slightly, and her brows frowned almost imperceptibly.

——This test paper...seems different from the previous ones?
The questions above were no longer simple questions that could be understood at a glance, but involved many aspects such as classics, policy essays, historical allusions, mathematics, geometry, etc. The text was long and looked quite complicated, and she had never even heard of many of the contents.

"Hmph, just trying to be mysterious." A trace of hesitation flashed across her mind, but Jiang Miaoyan immediately put it behind her and raised the corner of her mouth with a hint of disdain.

Anyway, in her opinion, there was no difficult problem that she could not answer, so she didn't care.

She picked up the pen and didn't think about it anymore. She just followed her feelings and wrote on the test paper. In less than half an hour, she had filled the test paper. Then, without even looking at it, she stood up and handed in the test paper first in front of the surprised eyes of the other candidates and left.

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A few days later, it was the day when the results of the clan school were announced.

In the courtyard outside the Chongwen Hall, a high platform was set up, presided over by the Grand Tutor himself. When the auspicious time arrived, a senior eunuch unfolded a bright yellow silk notice, cleared his throat, and began to read out the names in a high and rhythmic voice.

The courtyard was filled with princes and princesses, sons of nobles, and their families and attendants who had come to listen to the announcement. It was so silent that you could hear a pin drop.

"…Fifth place, Third Prince Jiang…"

"…The third place is the son of the Marquis Chengyong…"

"…Second place…"

Soon, it was time to announce the top winner.

Below, Jiang Miaoyan folded her hands over her chest, unable to suppress a smug smile on her lips, her chin slightly raised, her eyes looking up, waiting for the eunuch to call out her name, and then to meet the envious and admiring eyes of the crowd. Just like every time before!
At this moment, the eunuch paused, raised his voice, and said with a hint of appreciation: "The first place - Princess Anle, Liu Jiajia!"

Jiang Miaoyan was stunned when these words came out. Liu Jiajia opened her almond-shaped eyes wide and covered her mouth with her hands, not daring to believe her ears.

After a while, she finally reacted. Her fair cheeks flushed with excitement, and her eyes instantly became wet. She hurriedly stepped forward and bowed deeply to the master on the high platform. She said with a choked voice, "Jia Jia... Jia Jia is so worthy... Thank you master for your teachings! Thank you all for your hard work!"

Seeing this, the Grand Tutor stroked his beard and smiled slightly, with relief in his eyes, and said gently: "Haha, good boy, get up quickly. This is not a fluke, but the result of your hard work and study. I hope you will continue to work hard in the future and don't let this talent down."

The people around also burst into some kind congratulations, and the scene seemed particularly warm and touching for a moment.

At this moment, a sharp and angry voice suddenly sounded, breaking the atmosphere: "Did you make a mistake?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Jiang Miaoyan's face livid. She pushed away the people in front of her with fierce eyes, rushed to the front of the platform, and questioned in a bad tone: "Just relying on this stupid idiot? How can she be the first?!"

Her eyes were fixed on Liu Jiajia, then turned to the tutor and the eunuchs on the high platform.

Facing the princess's inappropriate accusation, the Grand Tutor frowned, his face darkened, and his tone was obviously unhappy: "Princess, please be careful with your words! The list was reviewed and checked by several academic officials, and I personally reviewed it. There are absolutely no mistakes! Princess Anle is an excellent student. She performed outstandingly in this assessment and ranked first. She deserves it!"

"Bullshit!" Jiang Miaoyan cursed, "If she's number one, then where should I be ranked?"

As she spoke, she turned around and asked the eunuch who was reading the list, "Tell me! What's my ranking? Tell me now!"

The eunuch who was reading the notice was so frightened by her that he took a step back. He didn't dare to look her in the eyes. He hurriedly lowered his head to look at the notice, but after a quick glance, he didn't see anything.

Jiang Miaoyan's eyes became more and more hostile, and cold sweat broke out on the inner official's forehead. At this moment, he finally saw Jiang Miaoyan's name, and suddenly he seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and subconsciously shouted loudly: "Found it! The last name is Jiang Miaoyan."

Jiang Miaoyan was stunned.

——Last name?
The next moment, the others also reacted, and the entire sect was in an uproar.

The arrogant and domineering princess Jiang Miaoyan who had always been at the top of the list actually ranked last in the exam! ?
Everyone immediately started talking.

"Oh my god! Did I hear it right? The eldest princess is the last name?"

"How is it possible?! Wasn't she always number one in the past? What happened this time?"

"The last one... This, this is too..."

"Humph, she looks so arrogant on weekdays, but it turns out that she is so poorly educated! This is really gratifying!"

"Shh...be quiet, don't let her hear you. But this is really a strange story!"

"He must have relied on something to get the first place on other days, but this time it's probably..."

"Yes, I found it strange before. She didn't study hard, and she didn't perform well in class, so how come she always ranked first? There must be something fishy going on!"

Various voices of exclamation, questioning, and gloating intertwined together, sounding extremely harsh.

Listening to the undisguised discussions and various strange looks around her, Jiang Miaoyan suddenly came to her senses. Her face, which had been pale with shock, instantly turned red, and then turned blue!

She didn't believe the result at all. She immediately pointed at the eunuch who read out the list and screamed, "You are talking nonsense! You must have read it wrong! How could I be the last one?! Show me clearly again!"

The eunuch was so frightened that he waved his hands again and again: "I dare not! I dare not speak nonsense! That's exactly what it says on the list!"

"Show it to me!" Jiang Miaoyan roared, and tried to step forward to snatch the list.

"How dare you!" The Grand Tutor on the high platform saw this and shouted sternly, "How can you behave in public! The list was reviewed by His Majesty and approved by the Imperial Academy. How can you be so wild and question it here?!"

Jiang Miaoyan, who was furious, sneered and completely ignored the threat from the tutor.

She rushed up to the platform in a few steps, snatched the notice from the eunuch's hand, and fixed her eyes on the end of the notice.

In black words on white paper and with a cinnabar imperial seal, it was clearly written - Last name: Jiang Miaoyan.

Next to it, there was a striking and glaring word "bad" written in red ink!

Jiang Miaoyan looked at the poor results and became more and more furious. She simply could not accept it. She widened her eyes and shouted, "Poor? How could my talent be poor? This is absolutely fake! You must have tampered with it!"

She raised her head suddenly, her eyes swept over the Grand Tutor and the eunuchs like a venomous snake, and she said sternly: "Bring out my test paper! In front of everyone! I want to see for myself how you tampered with and slandered me!"

The Grand Tutor was so angry at her remarks that his beard exploded. He slammed the table beside him and shouted, "What nonsense! The rules of the clan school are strict. Once the examination papers are reviewed, they are sealed. How can you just look at them?! Princess, you have repeatedly disrespected your teachers and slandered the school officials. Today, I will not allow you to make trouble anymore!"

"Ha! You don't dare to take it out?" When Jiang Miaoyan saw the tutor refused, a gleam of as expected flashed in her eyes. She showed a sarcastic smile, as if she had seen through the truth.

Then she burst into laughter: "I understand! It's that old guy! Right?!"

Her eyes were filled with hatred: "That old bastard! He ordered you dogs to team up and frame me! He slapped me in the face! He forced the first place that should have belonged to me to that bitch Liu Jiajia, right!"

When the Grand Tutor heard this, he was struck by thunder, his cloudy eyes widened in disbelief, and then a wave of extreme anger and humiliation surged into his heart, making this usually prudent old minister tremble violently and almost unable to stand. He pointed at Jiang Miaoyan, his voice hoarse with excitement, and with uncontrollable anger, he shouted out of control: "Shut up! You lawless, outrageous evildoer!"

"As the Imperial Preceptor, I have worked hard with my colleagues to conduct the assessment impartially. How dare you slander me here, defame the reputation of the Emperor, and frame us loyal people?!"

"I have been teaching for decades, and I have never seen anyone like you who confuses right and wrong and is so unreasonable!"

As the tutor kept scolding, his face turned red and he looked like he was about to die of anger.

However, when Jiang Miaoyan saw the tutor so excited, she felt even more proud, as if her guess had been confirmed.

"Humph! What a good trick! What a calculation!" She sneered and looked around at everyone, especially when she looked at Liu Jiajia, her eyes were poisonous, "What a pity, this trick doesn't work on me! I am not that easy to bully!"

She swung her sleeves violently, no longer looking at anyone, her face showing a stern look of seeking justice.

"You old thing! Just wait for me! I will come and settle the score with you!"

After saying this, she pushed aside the palace maid beside her, and rushed towards the direction of the imperial study with great momentum amidst the gazes of astonishment, contempt, or watching the show!

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In the imperial study, Chu Lu had just finished listening to the young eunuch's report on the clan school's achievements and smiled happily.

"As expected." He said to Qin Su in his heart, "Once the difficulty increases, the halo's trick of making others make mistakes will not work. Without the halo's blessing, her true level will be immediately exposed."

Raising the difficulty of the test questions to a normal level, or even slightly more difficult, was the only way Chu Lu could think of to effectively restrain Jiang Miaoyan's aura within the rules. As it turned out, his plan was successful.

However, Chu Lu's joy did not last long. He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and his expression became serious again.

He knew very well that things would never end so simply. With Jiang Miaoyan's crazy personality, she would never let it go after suffering such a huge loss.

Sure enough, just as the thought came to his mind, familiar screams and chaotic footsteps were heard outside the hall.

"boom!"

The door of the imperial study was violently slammed open again.

Jiang Miaoyan rushed in like a demon crawling out of hell, with red eyes, disheveled hair, and a ferocious face.

"Old man! You cheated! You cheated again!" As soon as she came in, she didn't even look at Chu Lu, and began to smash the furnishings in the hall crazily. Vases, pen holders, paperweights... all broke into pieces on the floor.

"You are such a despicable villain! You can't stand seeing me doing well! You just favor that bitch Liu Jiajia!" She smashed things and cried hysterically, "You stole my first place! It's mine! It's mine!"

Chu Lu sat behind the imperial desk, watching her go crazy with an expressionless face, as if he was watching a clumsy monkey show.

When she had almost smashed everything and her cries had quietened down, Chu Lu said calmly, "Are you done venting?"

Jiang Miaoyan suddenly stopped what she was doing and stared at Chu Lu with a vicious look in her eyes: "How dare you say that! Is this you who did this?!"

"It was indeed me who temporarily changed the test questions." Chu Lu's tone was calm, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry. "But that was only because the original test questions were too simple and difficult to test your true level. Apart from that, I did nothing. Your poor grades are due to your own lack of knowledge. What does it have to do with me?"

"Nonsense!" Jiang Miaoyan didn't believe it at all. She sneered harshly, "Do you think I will believe your nonsense? Stop pretending here!"

Chu Lu looked at her unreasonable appearance, but he was not surprised. He just calmly prepared to launch the countermeasures he had thought of earlier.

"Since you don't believe me," Chu Lu said slowly, "I will ask the Grand Tutor and Li Xueshi who are in charge of this assessment to come here and explain the whole story to you in person, so that you can give up."

Hearing this, Jiang Miaoyan looked at Chu Lu with a clown-like look and said, "Okay, let them come."

Chu Lu then raised his voice and ordered the eunuch outside the palace: "Go and tell the Grand Tutor and the President of the Hanlin Academy, Li Wenyuan, to come to the Imperial Study immediately."

Soon, the two old ministers arrived at the imperial study. Seeing the mess in the palace and the mad princess, Li Wenyuan frowned, while the face of the Grand Tutor was still ashen, and the look he gave Jiang Miaoyan was full of undisguised disgust and anger, and it was obvious that he was still angry.

After the two of them finished their greetings, Chu Lu did not say much. He just pointed at Jiang Miaoyan who was still furious and said to the two old ministers, "Grand Tutor, Li Xueshi, the eldest princess doubts that this clan school assessment is unfair. She thinks that I am behind the scenes and deliberately targeting her. You two are the ones in charge of this assessment, so please tell the eldest princess the truth."

Upon hearing this, the Grand Tutor suppressed his anger, took a step forward, and said in a bone-chilling voice, filled with extreme impatience and contempt: "Grand Princess! Have you had enough of making a scene?! It's not enough to make a scene in public outside the Chongwen Hall, but you have to make a scene in the Imperial Study Room?! I tell you, this examination, from setting questions to marking, was strictly supervised by me, Li Xueshi, and other academic officials. What does your Majesty have to do with it?!"

He almost said in a reprimanding tone: "As for the difficulty of the test questions being higher than before, it is because Your Majesty believes that the clan examination should test the true level, rather than just a formality. And the old ministers and others think that what you said is very true, so the test questions were temporarily modified. This move is not aimed at anyone, but to urge all students to study hard and strive for progress. How can it be deliberately targeted?! If you have real talent and knowledge, why are you afraid of the change in the test questions?!"

Seeing that the Grand Tutor was very emotional, Li Wenyuan hurriedly stepped forward and tried to ease the atmosphere, but his tone was still serious: "Grand Tutor is right. Princess, the clan school is a place to store talents for the country, and the assessment should be rigorous. The rating was fair this time, and Your Majesty did not interfere. The Grand Princess ranked last, which is really... not good at studying, and she needs to work harder."

"Bullshit!" Li Wenyuan, who usually speaks bluntly, tried to be tactful today. However, Jiang Miaoyan could not hear Li Wenyuan's tactfulness. She only heard that the two old guys were speaking for Chu Lu and putting all the responsibility on her! She immediately flew into a rage and cursed at the two men.

"You two old fools! You must have been bribed by this old thing! Birds of a feather flock together! You are in cahoots with each other!" She spitted, "One of you is so pedantic, holding a few old books and thinking he is a saint, but you are just an old dog wagging his tail and begging for mercy! The other one is even more of a hypocrite who curries favor with the powerful! You look like human beings, but you are full of thieves and whores! What qualifications do you have to teach me a lesson? You are not even worthy of carrying my shoes!"

This extremely vicious insult directly made the master tremble with anger, his face turned blue, and he pointed at Jiang Miaoyan and said "you, you..." for a long time, unable to say a word. Li Wenyuan's face was also gloomy and his eyes were cold.

Chu Lu watched this scene and spoke at the right time.

"Since the eldest princess doesn't believe the words of the Grand Tutor and Li Xueshi, and thinks there is something wrong with the test paper, and that I secretly tampered with it," he said slowly, "then how about this, in order to be fair, I suggest that the Grand Tutor and Li Shangshu re-write a test paper, and the eldest princess answer it on the spot, and I correct it on the spot. In this way, right and wrong will be clear at a glance, right?"

"Okay!" Jiang Miaoyan was ecstatic when she heard this, and she agreed immediately without thinking. In her opinion, this was a great opportunity to prove her comeback! She didn't believe that Chu Lu could come up with any tricks in front of so many people!
As long as Chu Lu doesn't use these tricks, he will definitely be able to give a perfect answer with his extraordinary wisdom!

Taifu and Li Wenyuan suppressed their anger and agreed to the proposal.

Soon, the two of them discussed and temporarily prepared a new test paper of moderate difficulty.

Jiang Miaoyan got the test paper and started writing again without even looking at the questions. She still looked confident and casual.

After a moment, she handed in the answer sheet.

The Taifu and Li Wenyuan took the papers and started marking them on the spot.

However, the more they looked, the uglier their faces became, and their brows furrowed more and more. The Taifu was still angry and felt even worse, while Li Wenyuan shook his head repeatedly, his eyes full of disappointment.

Finally, the two looked at each other, and saw deep helplessness and... As expected. They were mentally prepared for what the princess could write, but they couldn't help but sigh when they saw it with their own eyes.

The Grand Tutor put down his red brush, and with a look of grief and annoyance as if he was announcing a crime, he looked at Jiang Miaoyan and announced in a dry voice: "After checking this paper of the Grand Princess, it is full of errors and there is nothing worth taking. It is rated... inferior!"

"What?!" Jiang Miaoyan screamed as if struck by lightning, "All wrong?! Impossible! Absolutely impossible! You must have marked it wrong on purpose! Even if I am not very good, I won't get any of the questions wrong! Explain it to me clearly! What went wrong?!"

"Well, since the princess is stubborn, I will explain it to you so that you will be convinced!" The tutor suppressed his anger and almost squeezed out a voice from between his teeth. He picked up the paper and pointed to the first question, "This question asks: 'The Book of Shang says: 'Pride brings harm, humility brings benefit.' Please combine the historical facts of Emperor Gaozu's founding of the dynasty and Emperor Taizong's preservation of the dynasty, and discuss the warning significance of this saying to the king in governing the country.'

This question tests the combination of understanding of the classics and historical theories. The eldest princess replied: "Gaozu and Taizong were chosen by heaven, and they were protected by dragon energy. How can there be gains and losses? This is nonsense!"

Princess! The classics of the saints are the eternal truth! Emperor Gaozu overcame difficulties and Emperor Taizong worked hard to govern the country, all of which relied on guarding against arrogance and impatience and accepting advice! You actually ignored these warnings on governing the country and instead advocated arrogance and complacency. What have you learned from such knowledge? ! "

He then pointed to the second question: "This question asks: 'Our dynasty has established nine important border towns on the northern border to support each other and defend against foreign enemies. However, in recent years, border troubles have occurred frequently and the transportation of food and salaries has been blocked. Please propose two or three feasible strategies for 'strengthening border defense and stabilizing food transportation.' This is a policy essay question that tests the understanding of military and political practices.

The princess replied, "The barbarians at the border are nothing but a minor problem! Send a general to lead the troops and crush them! As for food and wages? There is plenty of money in the treasury, so we will give you as much as you want! If the transportation is not smooth, it means the people below are incompetent, kill them and replace them!"

Princess! Border defense is a national issue, how can it be easily dealt with by the word "flatten"? The transportation of food and wages involves dispatch, manpower, and consumption, and the national treasury is not inexhaustible! You have no knowledge of these military and national affairs, and you only know how to shout for war and kill, shirk responsibility, and even talk about killing officials! Such outrageous words, if used as a policy, will surely bring disaster to the country and the people! "

The Grand Tutor felt exhausted after only explaining two questions, so Li Wenyuan took over.

He picked up the paper with a stern face, pointed to a math problem, and said, "This question asks: 'There is a river bank that needs to be reinforced. According to the Ministry of Works, a total of 300 meters of earth and stone and 500 laborers are needed, and the estimated construction period is 20 days. If you want to shorten the construction period to 15 days, how many additional laborers are needed?' This question tests the basics of calculation and engineering proportion. The eldest princess did write the calculation process on the paper, but..."

Li Wenyuan took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and continued to read: "The princess first added the original number of laborers, 500, and the shortened construction period of 15. For some reason, she added them and wrote down '500 plus 15 equals 515'. Then, she probably felt that this number was not right, so she crossed it out. Then, she tried to multiply the number of laborers, 500, by the original construction period of 20, but her calculation was so sloppy and ink-stained that she ended up with a result of '1,000'!"

Li Wenyuan pointed at the glaring number "one thousand" and suddenly raised his voice, filled with incredible anger and absurdity: "Princess! Five hundred times twenty is a whole ten thousand! How did you come up with the result of "one thousand"? Even if you let a three-year-old child count with his fingers, I'm afraid it would be more accurate than your calculation!"

He suppressed the urge to throw the file to the ground and continued, "What's even more ridiculous is that after you came up with this number, you directly annotated it as 'the number of additional civilians required'! You completely ignored the question and the proportional relationship! This, this is no longer a simple miscalculation. I simply cannot understand your thinking!"

The Imperial Tutor and Li Wenyuan pointed out several typical mistakes on Jiang Miaoyan's paper one by one. Each of them was ridiculous and absurd, fully exposing her lack of knowledge and confusion of thinking. Some of those answers were upside down, and some were nonsense, which did not seem like something a normal educated person could write.

Jiang Miaoyan was dumbfounded as she listened to the refuted answers one by one. She wanted to refute, but found that she was powerless to do so because she couldn't even understand what the two people in front of her were saying.

"Liar! Liar! It's all a lie! How could I be wrong!" Jiang Miaoyan suddenly screamed hysterically. She took a few steps back and glanced at everyone present with resentment - Chu Lu, the tutor, Li Wenyuan, and even the eunuch next to her.

"You've all colluded! You're all in the same group! Just because Liu Jiajia is an idiot and can't get the top spot, you gang up on me! Targeting me!" She screamed loudly, her eyes filled with deep hatred, "You old thing! Just wait! This isn't over! I will never let this go! I will make you pay the price! Definitely!"

After saying this, she stopped looking at everyone, turned around and stumbled out of the imperial study.

The Taifu and Li Wenyuan looked at each other, and then looked at Chu Lu.

Chu Lu looked relaxed.

He had never expected Jiang Miaoyan to honestly admit her mistake from the beginning. Being able to force her to retreat meant that he had achieved his goal.

Naturally happy mood.

He said to the two men, "Okay, there's nothing for you to do now, go down."

The two of them felt relieved and quickly bowed and said, "I'll take my leave!"

After saying that, the two of them left the imperial study.

(End of this chapter)