Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Chapter 919: She was a little embarrassed by the praise
This man is the boss of the Imperial Academy and a close minister to the Empress. If he goes to the Empress and reports on the three of them, it will do them more harm than good.

Therefore, at this time, the right thing for them to do is to leave a good impression in front of the great academicians.

Seeing that the three of them looked a little nervous, Xu Zhenlin said softly, "Okay, you don't have to worry. According to convention, I should tell you in advance about some of the requirements for tomorrow's palace examination."

"Thank you, Academician." The three of them thanked in unison.

Xu Zhenlin said seriously, "Tomorrow morning when you go to the palace, you must wear red robes. You can't take them off after patrolling the streets like you did today."

As he said this, he looked at Wu Zhengyuan who had taken off his red robe.

Wu Zhengyuan said awkwardly, "Thank you for your advice, Academician. I will remember to wear the red robe when I go to the palace tomorrow."

"This is the first point. The second is that when you meet Her Majesty the Queen, you must be polite in your speech and not contradict her. Otherwise, Her Majesty the Queen will be embarrassed in front of all the civil and military officials in the court, and you will be in trouble." Xu Zhenlin said solemnly.

Gu Chan and the other two nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

Xu Zhenlin continued, "Third, you must go to court early tomorrow so that you can greet the civil and military officials first and leave a good impression on them. Otherwise, when you are in the same court, you will not be embarrassed because you will see each other every time you look up and down."

"I understand. Thank you for your advice, Academician." The three of them said gratefully.

Xu Zhenlin smiled and waved his hand, then said, "Okay, I have reminded you of what I should have reminded you of. If you have any questions you don't understand, you can ask me. I am happy to answer them for you."

"Academician, I have a question, but I don't know whether I should ask it or not," said Wu Zhengyuan.

"It's okay, just tell me." Xu Zhenlin said.

"I just want to know, at such a young age, did Brother Xu really pass the exam and become the third place in the imperial examination based on his essay, or did he pass it because of his relationship with Prince Leng?" Wu Zhengyuan said seriously.

Gu Chan and Feng Hao looked at each other, and they both felt like laughing or crying.

Gu Chan now understood that Wu Zhengyuan was a bit stubborn. He was the kind of person who would get to the bottom of anything he was confused about.

People with this kind of personality are often not bad people, they are just too straightforward and a little annoying.

After realizing this, Gu Chan changed her opinion of Wu Zhengyuan and no longer disliked him as much as before.

Xu Zhenlin laughed strangely and said, "So do you think he relies on his strength or his connections?"

"I think it depends on relationships. After all, you and all the officials of the six ministries have to give this face to Prince Leng." Wu Zhengyuan said frankly.

"I tell you, if it weren't for the fact that you are the third young master of the Wu family in the old capital, I would have to report you to Her Majesty the Queen just for asking this question today. You are too straightforward. If you don't restrain yourself, you will definitely suffer a great loss even if you become an official in the future." Xu Zhenlin scolded.

Wu Zhengyuan smiled faintly and said, "Great Academician, I have always been a person who values ​​fairness and justice and is not afraid of power, so I am not afraid of that much."

"Oh! Forget it. There is no point in saying more. I can only tell you now that Xu Xian's success in the imperial examination as the third place has nothing to do with Prince Leng. His essay is extremely brilliant and unrivaled in ancient and modern times. This is the first time we have seen such an extraordinary essay. If you don't believe it, you can take a look at his essay with your own eyes during the palace examination tomorrow." Xu Zhenlin sighed.

"Okay, then I'll wait and see Brother Xu's masterpiece tomorrow." Wu Zhengyuan said in a deep voice.

He has always believed that what you hear is not as good as what you see, so at this moment, he is really dissatisfied with Gu Chan. He must wait until tomorrow to go to the palace and see the article she wrote with his own eyes.

Gu Chan was too lazy to waste time talking to him. She just stared at Xu Zhenlin and said, "Academician, you are really exaggerating. The article I wrote is not that good!" "Look, how humble he is! He wrote such a good article, but he is still so humble and polite. You should learn from him." Xu Zhenlin immediately praised.

"Oh, Academician, I'm not being modest, I'm telling the truth." Gu Chan said with embarrassment.

She wrote it as a short story, but when it came to Xu Zhenlin's mouth, it became a brilliant masterpiece unrivaled in ancient and modern times. She was really praised so much that she felt embarrassed.

Wu Zhengyuan didn't take it seriously. He just felt that Gu Chan was pretending to be nice in front of the great academician and didn't give her a good look at all.

Xu Zhenlin smiled faintly and said, "Okay, let's stop here for today! You all should go back and have a good rest. Go to the south gate of the palace early tomorrow to wait for the opportunity to enter the palace."

"Wasn't it always the East Gate in the past? Why do we have to wait at the South Gate now?" Wu Zhengyuan asked.

"Didn't the gold-eating beast destroy the entire east gate last night? Now Prince Yi is leading people to repair it! So we can only enter the palace from the south," Xu Zhenlin explained.

Wu Zhengyuan nodded with relief.

The two sides did not talk any more after that. The three of them stood up, said goodbye to Xu Zhenlin and left.

After leaving the Imperial Academy, Wu Zhengyuan rolled his eyes at Gu Chan, turned around and left without saying a word.

Feng Hao looked at his departing back and said jokingly, "You're really annoying. Not to mention Brother Wu, even when I first met you, I didn't like you. I felt that you were more annoying than your sister Gu Pan'er."

"Bah! You are the annoying one! If the Queen makes things difficult for you when you go to the palace tomorrow, I won't help you. Just wait and see what you can do then." Gu Chan said unhappily.

"When the enemy comes, we will fight him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. Now I can only take one step at a time." Feng Hao said calmly.

Gu Chan rolled her eyes at him and walked away.

Feng Hao laughed and followed.

In the late afternoon, the two finally strolled back to the inn.

When the shopkeeper saw the two men coming back, he immediately stepped forward and said, "No. 1 and No. 2, I have prepared a good room upstairs and a sumptuous banquet for you to celebrate. Please follow me."

"The shopkeeper is very thoughtful." Gu Chan said happily.

"No, no, no. This is what I should do. I just ask that you two write a couple of words for me later. What do you think?" said the shopkeeper shrewdly.

Gu Chan and Feng Hao looked at each other and immediately nodded in agreement.

This kind of thing would happen after every imperial examination. The innkeeper would ask the successful candidates to write an inscription, which would then be hung in the inn to increase the inn's popularity and to attract customers and make more money.

So Gu Chan and the other two were generous and each wrote a couplet for him.

With this thought in mind, the two of them happily went upstairs with the shopkeeper and went to the private room he had prepared in advance.

After the shopkeeper asked the two to sit down, he quickly took his leave and went to tell Guo Yu and the other two that Gu Chan and Feng Hao had returned.