Chapter 345 Brother can only help you so far

year-old March Wangri, that is, March 15th, the palace examination was held as scheduled.

At this time, just after the fifth watch, the sky outside is still dark, and the moon is still hazy in the sky and reluctant to leave. Zhu Pingan rushed to Xiyuan, the place where the palace examination was held under the moonlight.

In fact, theoretically speaking, the place where the palace examination should be held is the Jingshen Palace in the Forbidden City. The exam room is also in this hall.

However, we were an exception during the period of Emperor Jiajing. In the 21st year of Jiajing's "Renyin Palace Change", the scene of the court lady trying to kill the king left a very strong psychological shadow in Emperor Jiajing's heart, which caused Emperor Jiajing to hate the Forbidden City. After that, Emperor Jiajing did not live in the Forbidden City, but moved to live in Xiyuan. Center, the palace examination was transferred to Xiyuan.

When Zhu Ping'an arrived at Xiyuan, there were already crowds of people in front of the gate of Xiyuan Palace. They were all dressed in clean and tidy imperial examination clothes in front of the palace gate, waiting excitedly to step into the political center of Ming Dynasty.

This is one small step in their life, but it is also one giant leap in their life.

The Palace Examination only ranks and does not count people. These people can pass the Palace Examination no matter how they take it. At least they are from the same Jinshi background. No matter what the situation is, if they take this step, their lives will be the pinnacle that ordinary people look up to, and the ups and downs of Ming Dynasty will accompany them closely in the future, how can they not be excited.

"Zihou, come here." Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen waved to Zhu Ping'an in the crowd.

"Ziwei, Wen Sheng."

Zhu Ping'an couldn't help laughing when he saw the two, walked over quickly in two steps, bowed his hands to the two in response, and then merged into a group of tributes waiting for the palace examination.

"Hey, Zihou, what's wrong with you? Why are you so haggard? The dark circles under your eyes are too obvious. You shouldn't be so excited that you didn't sleep all night, right?" Zhang Siwei just looked at Zhu Ping'an after Zhu Ping'an arrived. At a glance, he was stunned by Zhu Pingan's panda eyes.

"Zi Hou is a calm person, shouldn't he be like this?" Wang Shizhen also looked Zhu Pingan up and down, full of doubts.

Under the questions of Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen, the people who hadn't paid much attention to Zhu Ping'an's arrival at the moment also cast their attention on Zhu Ping'an, and then the image of Zhu Ping'an in their sight is like this:

Look haggard, listless, dull complexion, exhausted, dark and swollen eyes, eyes dull.

If they are full-grained rice, Zhu Ping'an is the shriveled dry seed, or the kind with dust and black stains!

Therefore, everyone can't help but look down on Zhu Ping'an. They don't know Zhu Ping'an, and they don't know that Zhu Ping'an is Huiyuan. middle! It's just a palace test, and I haven't selected people yet, so I'm so scared that I can't sleep like this, and I will be embarrassed in the future!

However, in addition to Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen, there were two other people in the crowd who were neither surprised nor contemptuous of Zhu Ping'an's image, but just smiled at the corners of their mouths.

The two stood together, one of them was Ouyang Zishi who was complimented by dozens of tribute students, he came together in the sedan chair of Yan Songyan, and many gong students saw it; One of them was one of the tribute students surrounding Ouyang Zishi, Xu Penghui, the third son of Wei Guogong's mansion.

Both of them are full of energy, refreshed, and imposing, which is in stark contrast to Zhu Ping's haggard appearance. The two of them glanced at Zhu Pingan, and smiled at the corners of their mouths. The reason for Zhu Ping's appearance is that It couldn't be more clear.

In the imperial examination room, there is a lot of competition, only success or failure, who cares about the process, will talk about fairness with you when your brain is flooded!

"Congratulations to brother Ouyang in advance." Xu Laosan's eyes were bright, with a smile on his mouth, and he bowed his hands to Ouyang Zishi.

"Brother Xu was joking, the imperial examination has not yet started." Ouyang Zishi shook his hand slightly and smiled, but his face was full of confidence.

At this moment, in their hearts, the overall situation of this palace examination has been decided, and the champion must belong to Ouyang Zishi! The ranking of the palace examination is almost just a fine-tuning of the ranking of the examination. At that time, Zhu Pingan was the first and Ouyang Zishi was the second. Tall, the person who grows is also a jade tree facing the wind, with a radiant look; look at Zhu Ping'an at this time, he has not rested for a day and a night, his expression is haggard and listless, he is not handsome at all, and his image is greatly reduced at this time. It's good to play at half the usual level.

Why do you, Zhu Pingan, fight with me!

With such a comparison, the champion must belong to Ouyang Zishi!

When I came here today, Yan Shifan once said when he saw off Ouyang Zishi, "There is no third person who dares to fight for the number one prize in this period. It must be you and Zhu Ping'an. I can only help you here as a brother. Let's see Yours."

Originally, Ouyang Zishi was a little worried, but seeing Zhu Ping'an's appearance now, he has put his whole heart into his stomach.

There is no one who can compete for the No. 1 prize in this issue, and it is none other than me, Ouyang!

Ouyang Zishi, who was waiting outside the gate of Xiyuan Palace, looked at the majestic palace wall, and his gaze was firm. The moonlight fell on him and sprinkled a layer of silver light. In the eyes of all the tributes, Ouyang Zishi is so Great!

At this time, there are too many people talking, and it is not suitable to tell Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen the reason, so after Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen asked, Zhu Pingan just shook his head slightly, and explained with a wry smile, "It's a long story, wait for this time I'll tell you more about it after the palace test."

Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen also guessed a little bit, they nodded, and then whispered to Zhu Pingan about the relevant precautions for this palace examination. In their eyes, Zhu Ping'an is still young and usually pays more attention to knowledge , It is still relatively lacking in common sense.

All the tributes waiting outside the palace gate also knew each other in groups of three or four, with a smile on their faces. They are all scholars of the same discipline this time, and belong to the friendship of the same year. When they enter the political wave in the future, they can take care of each other. There are three gangs for one hero, and three stakes for one fence. Everyone understands this truth.

Thus, the tributes who were competing with each other outside the palace gate warmed up their feelings while waiting. Zhang Siwei has long sleeves and is good at dancing, and he chats enthusiastically with many tributes. Zhu Ping'an and Wang Shizhen are relatively lacking.

Just when the feelings of everyone in the same year were like frogs boiled in warm water, and they were about to be cooked, the palace gate of Xiyuan creaked and slowly opened.

The gate of the palace is open, and the palace test is here!

Enke Palace Examination officially kicked off!

(end of this chapter)