After the general examination, there is the palace examination.
For Shen Jiao, this was not difficult at all. In the entire palace examination room, she was the only one who was dignified and calm, with the air of a general who could not change the wind.
The Queen was very interested in her, and even walked to her and stood looking at her for a long time, but she could not change her expression.
"Shen Jiao."
The queen read her name softly, and suddenly remembered, isn't this Jinke Huiyuan?
so small?
The Queen rarely showed any surprise. She looked at the birthday on the scroll and calculated in her mind that she was only sixteen years old.
Sixteen-year-old Huiyuan~
This Shen Jiao has something in her stomach~
The courtiers looked at the look of approval shown by the empress to Shen Jiao, and they knew in their hearts that perhaps the top scholar in Jinke had already come out.
"This Shen Jiao~"
After the palace examination was over, the queen gave a light "tsk" and looked at the female officer next to her with some doubts.
The female officer bent down, took out a piece of paper and handed it to the Queen.
The queen glanced twice and said, "You have actually observed your mourning for three years."
If not, I'm afraid it would be the thirteen-year-old Juren.
It seems that she has good taste, she is really a talent.
Not long after, the examiners sent the list of the top ten selected candidates to the Queen. Shen Jiao was on the list, but she was ranked fourth.
The Queen said "Yes" rather displeasedly.
"Where are the exam papers for the top three? Take them out and let me take a look."
She wanted to see if their answers were better than Shen Jiao's?
The examiners handed over the examination papers. The Queen turned over them twice and snorted, "That's it? Find Shen Jiao's examination papers again."
It's a good thing she didn't mention Shen Jiao. If she did, no one would know what her trouble-seeking behavior meant.
Then the examiner stood up and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, in terms of answering the questions, Shen Jiao did answer the best. It's just that she is too young. After deliberation, I still want to lower her ranking."
As soon as she finished speaking, the Queen laughed angrily.
She picked up the book and tapped it on the table, "You are so young that you suppress nouns? What kind of rule is this? In the future, do I have to promote you according to your age?"
"You will be promoted to the third rank after twenty years as an official, and to the second rank after thirty years. Are you happy?"
Her tone sounded very calm, but the anger hidden in it could not be ignored.
"Or are these top three determined by you?"
What does default mean?
Doesn’t that mean that these examiners are taking the lead in cheating?
Who dares to admit this?
If you admit it, it will be a serious crime for everyone to be executed!
"Your Majesty, calm down, I don't dare."
Regardless of anything else, admit your mistake first and then talk about it.
"I don't care when this rule came into existence. In the past, I can ignore it, but from now on, I will only read the test papers, regardless of age. Even if she is nine years old, as long as she has the ability, I will mention her .”
The Queen's voice sounded sinister.
At this moment, even if the courtiers feel something is wrong, they will not refute out loud, lest they become a punching bag.
But everyone really remembered Shen Jiao.
Good guy, this new number one scholar is a wolf killer. Before she even entered the court, she had harmed many ministers and was criticized by the emperor. This shows how much the emperor likes her.
For now, I can't mess with him.
Naturally, Shen Jiao didn't know about the changes in the courtiers' thoughts.
She didn't even know about the quarrel, she just looked forward to the good news that she was the top pick in high school with a normal expression.
Follow the procedure, ride a horse to view flowers, and enter the palace for a banquet.
When attending the banquet, the Queen came in person and showed her preference for Shen Jiao to everyone without hesitation.
Both the courtier, the princess, and the Jinke Jinshi found this very strange.
No matter how you look at Shen Jiao, she is just a relatively talented woman. Why is she the only one who has caught the Queen's eye?
Shen Jiao herself felt a little strange.
She glanced at the Queen and felt that she was deliberately putting on a show for someone.
As for who someone is?
Shen Jiao's eyes wandered back and forth among the smiling princesses around her, and finally settled on the crown princess who was sulking in a drink.
Looking at the depressed look on the Crown Princess's face...
The Queen is lending her hand to beat the Crown Princess~
"Sister Sanhuang, tell me, what kind of play is the Queen Mother singing in?"
The seventh princess, who has the same father as the third princess and is still young, approached the third princess and asked in a low voice.
The corners of the third princess' lips curled up slightly, and she swung her wine glass, "What kind of drama? Haha~ It's not our crown princess who claims to be smart. The mother queen is still alive and well, so she can't wait to win over the courtiers and make friends with the party members. Already."
"Do you think our Queen Mother can tolerate her?"
The Seventh Princess was stunned for a moment, "But it's not just a day or two for the Crown Princess to make friends with the gang members?"
"This time she reached out to the Imperial Guards."
The eyes of the Seventh Princess suddenly widened in fear, "Who doesn't know that the Royal Guards are the lifeblood of the Mother Queen, how dare she touch them?"
For the first time in their lives, the Seventh Princess had some admiration for the Crown Princess.
The third princess smiled sarcastically and said, "It just so happens that our champion, the king, his subjects, his mother and his son, has written it into the heart of the queen mother. Do you think the queen mother can't support her?"
The seventh princess swallowed her throat, still muttering in her heart, "No wonder~"
She asked why the Queen Mother praised Shen Jiao so much, and also sent each of them a copy of the article written by Shen Jiao.
The co-author is warning them to be content and keep to themselves!
She's so stupid that she really can't react at all.
The Third Princess rubbed the side of the cup, "Look, Shen Jiao, the top scholar, is probably going to have a hard time."
The Crown Princess is a jerk. She can't do anything to her mother, the Queen, and she can't do anything to this champion who has embarrassed her?
The third princess was thinking, when she raised her eyes, she met Shen Jiao's eyes in mid-air.
The leisurely gaze that seemed to have everything under control made the third princess' heart tremble slightly.
After a while, she stood up and walked towards Shen Jiao, "I heard earlier that the number one scholar in Jinke is good-looking. When I saw him today, he really lived up to his reputation."
"Thank you for the praise from the Third Princess."
Shen Jiao responded with a slight smile.
The third princess's eyes flashed slightly, "If you encounter any difficulties in the future, I welcome you to come to me."
"I should be a lowly official and won't let the Third Princess bother."
Shen Jiao glanced at the princess over there leisurely, "But I am very grateful for the reminder from the third princess, so I also remind the third princess that although beauty is good, don't indulge in it~"
The third princess's eyes narrowed.
It seems that Shen Jiao knows about the Crown Princess, but she doesn't know which of her sisters she has taken refuge in, or she guessed it herself?
If you guessed it, you would be too smart...
What does she mean by "beauty"?
Is there someone else's spy in your own backyard?
She glanced at Shen Jiao with some scrutiny, and the smile on her face instantly became distant and cold, "Then, my princess, thank you for the reminder."
It seems that I need to check the people in the backyard when I get back.
Hope it’s all just her thinking too much!
After the third princess said a few polite words to Shen Jiao, she quickly left.
Shen Jiao is now the person proposed by the Queen Mother openly. If she has too much contact with her, the Queen Mother may come to beat her!