Lao Wu bent slightly and said: "Your Highness, you sent your subordinates to lead people to monitor the examination/The hospital has made a new discovery. Today, my subordinates discovered that there is a suspicion of fraud among the candidates."

Wei Chenxin raised his eyebrows: "Have you found out who it is?"

Lao Wu lowered his head and said, "He is the second son of the Minister of Industry's family."

Wei Chenxin: "He's the only one?"

Lao Wu nodded: "Back to Your Highness, yes."

Wei Chenxin smiled when he heard this: "Isn't this minister of the Ministry of Industry a member of my younger brother's gang?"

Wei Chenxin's eyes were filled with frost: "You can't stop someone who wants to resign. That's all. Just send him away."

Wei Chenxin ordered: "Catch the food as soon as it is served, and announce it loudly."

Lao Wu nodded: "Yes!"

After the secret guard Lao Wu left, Wei Chenxin was the only one left in the study. Wei Chenxin leaned back on the chair, the smile on his lips never falling.

She knew what official position would be assigned to Ji Mian after she passed the Jinshi exam.

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At dawn on the ninth day of February, all candidates for the National Juren Examination were already waiting outside the Royal City Examination/House. In addition to being allowed to bring their own identity badges and admission orders, they also had pens, ink, inkstones, and cursive scrolls, and twelve pieces of paper each.

Other than that, no other items are allowed.

Patrol inspectors led people to divide these candidates into two rows, male and female, and searched them one by one, from their hair, clothes to shoes, etc. If any inclusions were found, they would be immediately expelled from the examination room and their qualifications for the examination would be cancelled.

No imperial examinations are allowed during the year; if a candidate is found to have cheated during the exam, not only will his or her results be invalidated, but he will also be recorded on the paper, he will not be allowed to take the imperial examinations for the rest of his life, and he will also have to go to jail for three years. The punishment for cheating is very strong, and there are almost no

Candidates dare to cheat.

The examination in the Wei Dynasty lasted for three consecutive days, starting with the bell ringing on the ninth day of February and ending on the afternoon of February 11th. During these three days, the candidates had to spend time in a small room.

, you can’t hand in your papers in advance, you have to wait until the bell rings to end the exam before you can leave.

When the people at Zhou Zhai urged her to queue up early, Ji Mian refused to leave. She was waiting for that small glimmer of hope.

She hoped that Wei Chenxin could come to see her off.

"Deng, Deng, Deng..." the sound of uniform footsteps sounded.

"Gulu gulu..." The sound of wheels followed closely.

Candidates outside the college, examiners, and family members who came to see off the candidates all turned to look at the place where the sound came from.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess is traveling, please give way to pedestrians!" Guards with swords opened the way.

"Hurry up and bow your head!"

The folk rumors were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone outside the examination/hospital immediately lowered their heads and looked at the ground, except for Ji Mian and Zhou Chuci, who was secretly peeping at Ji Mian.

As the carriage passed by, the eldest princess lifted the curtains. Even with her veil on, her bright and moving eyes were shouting to Ji Mian, "Come on."

Zhou Chuci, who was peeping at Ji Mian from the side, raised his lips slightly: I didn't expect that this cousin was so powerful that he would follow the eldest princess so early.

It seems that as long as we treat the human world well in this season, the Zhou family will not have to worry about bad times in the future.

The carriage gradually went away, the curtains were lowered, and everyone looked up.

Zhou Chuchu clenched her hands into fists, took small steps, and looked at the eldest princess's leaving carriage and bodyguards with bright eyes.

"Father, mother, I want to marry the eldest princess!"

Zhou Beilou and Mrs. Zhou: "...You silly boy, what nonsense are you talking about? How could Her Highness the Princess fall in love with you?"

Zhou Chuci chuckled: "Fool, the princess has someone in mind, so stop daydreaming."

The people around him were stunned and looked at Zhou Chuci in surprise. Ji Mian narrowed his eyes slightly.

Zhou Chuchu grabbed Zhou Chuci's hand and kept shaking it: "Sister, good sister, how do you know that the eldest princess has a sweetheart? Just tell me who it is, and I will never tell anyone, I swear!"

Zhou Chuci's eyes pretended to pass by Ji Mian inadvertently, who was looking at her silently. With a smile on his lips, he tapped Zhou Chuchu's head with his finger: "It's not you anyway, you will know later."

After Zhou Chuci finished speaking, he smiled at Ji Mian and said, "Cousin, are you going in?"

Don't you just want to meet the eldest princess if you keep dawdling like this?

Ji Mian smiled and nodded, bowed to the Zhou family and said goodbye, then took the exam basket and went to the queue of female candidates to wait in line for a body search.

While waiting in line, Ji Mian lowered his eyes and smiled. Zhou Chuci, who had passed the second-level Jinshi at the age of twenty-two and gave up his official position to teach, had quite good eyesight.

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The numbered rooms are arranged in rows, and each row is patrolled by ten soldiers. There are thousands of candidates, but only the first 600 can be listed as tributes and are qualified to participate in the palace examination.

Ji Mian failed to meet Han Xi in the examination/hospital. She followed the usher to her room. The room was very small, about one and a half meters wide, with only a wooden bed, a wooden table, quilts, pillows and other items.

None, but there is a bucket with a lid. All the physiological conveniences for the past three days were solved in that bucket.

Ji Mian: "..."

Ji Mian took out the things she had brought with her and stood in a daze, waiting for the test papers to be distributed.

I don’t know if this will be difficult or not...

"Dong-dong-dong-"

The exam bell rang and exam papers were handed out.

A stack of examination papers was quickly handed out to Ji Mian's desk, and was several meters long when unfolded.

Ji Mian first scanned the examination paper quickly and carefully.

Ji Mian:...smile.

There are 100 scriptures, 50 meanings, 10 strategies, and 50 laws... It can't be completed in three days!

No wonder there are no pillows and quilts. I think the candidates didn’t sleep!

Ji Mian cursed in her heart, and finally had to pick up a brush and start writing carefully with ink.

When lunch was served on the first day, Ji Mian managed to finish the simplest of the scriptures, but she was still very proficient.

Lunch consisted of a bowl of shredded pork noodles and a cup of tea. The soldier gave each candidate a bell. When a candidate finished eating, he would ring the bell and the soldier would collect the bowl.

Ji Mian's wrists were sore after working hard all morning. She rubbed her wrists and was about to pick up her chopsticks to eat the noodles when she heard a cry for father and mother coming from outside. Soon, she saw two soldiers.

Dragging a handsome rich man past her.

Immediately afterwards, a burst of urgent bells sounded.

"Certificate of cheating in Platoon 20, hidden answers, invalid results, banned from the scientific examination for life, jailed for three years..."

There were informants everywhere, and every candidate became nervous. Even some people with careful thoughts did not dare to cheat at this time. Once caught, not only would one's life and future be ruined, but the family would also be humiliated.

So next, the candidates answered the questions seriously and based on their true abilities.

On the first night, some people were so nervous that their bodies twitched and the exam was terminated and they were carried out.

The next morning, because some candidates caught a cold at night and had a cold, fever and runny nose, they were also carried out.

…

Those who could persist until the third day were less than half of those who entered. The other half were eliminated early due to poor physical and mental quality.

For the next examination, three years later, they will have to spend another three years studying diligently to pay for themselves this time.

In the early morning of the third day, Ji Mian woke up from the cold. Although it was no longer snowing in February, it was still very cold, and the cold wind whizzed into his collar.

Ji Mian doesn't make fun of her body. Even when time is tight, she also ensures that she gets at least two hours of sleep every night.

The third day is the last day. Ji Mian has finished all the scriptures and Mo Yi in the exam paper, leaving only policy theory and laws and regulations.

Ji Mian has estimated the time limit, and it is impossible to finish the test paper. After all, there are too many questions, and some questions are asked from very tricky angles, and are even unclear. You need to guess what its deep meaning is.

Faced with these difficult and time-consuming questions, Ji Mian simply skipped them.

When the time gate is not enough, try to get more points instead of doing more questions.

Ji Mian's writing hasn't stopped since she woke up. She didn't even have time to eat lunch on the third day.

"Ring, ring, ring—" the rapid bell rang,

"There's still one hour left to wind up!" the time teller announced loudly in each row of rooms.

At this time, Ji Mian's wrist was already twitching violently. She gritted her teeth and held down her wrist, forcing herself to continue writing.

There's only one hour left, only two hours left!

Hold on!!

When you concentrate on doing the questions, time will always pass the fastest.

"Dong-dong-dong-"

The big bell that ended the examination was rung, and the sound echoed throughout the examination hall.

"Stop!" the announcer shouted.

Ji Mian made the last stroke and then put down the pen. Soon soldiers came to take away the test paper.

The test is over.
To be continued...