After passing a three-arched glazed archway, you will see a temple facing north and south.

This square palace with double eaves and a pointed roof is covered with yellow glazed tiles. The floor of the palace is paved with golden bricks, and the ceiling is in the shape of a wellhead with a golden dragon and seal. In the middle, there are five pillars with rounded corners and beams, which makes it spacious and luxurious.

There are corridors around the temple, and there are pools outside the corridors.

[Is this the Imperial College? ]

[Wow, this is so grand! It's not inferior to the palace in Heaven at all.]

"Is this the Imperial Academy, the highest institution of learning in ancient times?"

"It looks just as good as Tsinghua and Peking University, with an ancient charm!"

Xia Xiaoxian and Xu Yunxuan sighed together, which made Shen Yuyao straighten her back.

Yes, this is the Imperial College in her world!

The highest institution of learning in the Great Xia Dynasty is home to the most knowledgeable and promising young people of the Great Xia Dynasty!

The three of them walked through the glazed archway and came to the magnificent palace.

At this time, there was a temporary platform in the middle of the front of the hall. On the platform, there was a carved soft chair. On the table in front of the chair were a lot of gold-flowered and colorful paper.

Young students came one after another to the stage with colorful paper with golden flowers and poems written on it. There was a man who looked like an old scholar sitting at the desk, reviewing each paper one by one.

Those that the old scholar read with a smile would be placed separately in an open brocade box, and some curious students would take them out and circulate them.

"Being unworldly is the bones of an immortal, being affectionate is the heart of a Buddha."

“The flowers are not fully bloomed, and the moon is not full.”

......

Shen Yuyao also picked up a few at random and read them.

Now that the palace examination is approaching, it seems there are quite a few talented people in the capital!

Xu Yunxuan also came over to take a look and couldn't help laughing out loud.

These are all too childish. If the Queen came, what she would be able to write would be truly outstanding works that would stand out from the crowd.

But the only problem is that she can recite a lot of poems and songs, but she can't really understand the meaning of many of them. Which one is the most suitable for this occasion?

Xu Yunxuan was overwhelmed and tugged at Shen Yuyao's sleeve.

"Although I can recite them, I don't understand their meaning. If the Queen asked me to analyze them, I might lose my head!"

[Why are all of them sour? ]

[Fortunately, I only have one front tooth...]

Shen Yuyao couldn't help but smile.

Xia Xiaoxian's big round eyes darted around.

[This Imperial College is too boring. It's not as fun as the market...]

[When will mother take me to the market...]

As the pile of golden and colorful paper grew larger and larger, a shrill voice suddenly rang out from the crowd: "The Queen has arrived!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked towards the place where the sound came from.

The person coming in front of me is the current Queen!

All the students knelt down and said, "Welcome to the Queen!"

Shen Yuyao and Xu Yunxuan also knelt down with the crowd.

"Everyone, please stand up. Today we are only discussing teachers and students, not the emperor and his subjects!" The Queen's gentle voice made Shen Yuyao feel inexplicably at ease.

[The Queen seems to be a kind and benevolent person]

Is this the commoner queen in the book who is very popular among the people?

The Queen was wearing a very simple palace dress today, and there was only a golden phoenix hairpin on her peony bun.

The queen's face was a little pale. She slowly walked to the soft chair in the middle of the platform and sat down. Several plain-looking palace ladies stood on both sides of the chair.

"Are there any good works at today's poetry gathering?"

The Queen Mother asked the female official behind her softly.

"Your Majesty, I have heard that there are several talented students in the Imperial College. I am just about to present them to you and have them read to you." A female official in a pink dress on the left bowed and said.

At this time, the eunuch was holding a wooden box filled with colorful paper with gold flowers.

The pink-skirted lady picked up one of the notes and read:

"My love for my son is endless, and I am so happy to see him home. My winter clothes are covered with stitches, and the letters from home are freshly written. When we meet, I feel sorry for his thin figure, and I call him to ask about his hardships. I humbly sigh as if I am a son, and dare not sigh about the world."

"Well, well said. When I see you, I pity your thinness. When I call my son, I ask about his hardships. Who did this?"

"To the Empress, the person who wrote this poem is Xiao Jingren."

[Xiao Jingren? This is a man whose name will go down in history. Even though he's just a humble student, he's both intelligent and brave, and extremely talented!]

[The Three Lives Book records that this person won the imperial examination and, by some strange coincidence, became the advisor to the King of Qi! This King of Qi is not a good man! What a pity.]

The female official continued to read aloud.

The subsequent poems and songs were written by dozens of authors, but because of the success of the previous one, the subsequent ones did not attract much praise.

The voice of the female official who read the poem became a little deeper.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Shen Yuyao whispered a few words in Xu Yunxuan's ear, took out a piece of five-color paper with golden flowers, and walked out of the crowd with Xu Yunxuan.

......

"It seems that Xiao Jingren is at the top of today's list."

"Brother Xiao is so talented!"

Many people in the crowd gathered around Xiao Jingren, as if standing next to a great talent would naturally give them a taste of his literary talent.

The voice of the female official reading poetry suddenly became louder.

"A loving mother sews the clothes for her son. She sews them tightly before he leaves, fearing he will be late. Who says that the love of a child can ever repay the kindness of his parents?"

As soon as the female official finished speaking, there was silence in the venue, and the next second, the crowd was almost boiling!

"This is the best poem in the history of praising maternal love!"

“Compared to the previous song, it’s even better!”

"I wonder who wrote this poem? This year's top scholar must be this person."

"This person is truly ingenious. Not only is his writing brilliant, but he also understands the Queen's gift of clothes today."

"The Empress is the mother of the country, and we, the people, are the wanderers. How fitting."

"Long live the Queen!"

"Who wrote this poem?" The Queen also stood up and asked in surprise, "Quickly bring the poet to the stage."

"Your Majesty, the author of this poem left a small line of words: 'The Secretary of Jingyi Pavilion is waiting for you in the wing!'" the female official whispered in the Empress's ear. "Is your Majesty trying to deceive me?"

"Don't be afraid, let's go meet this mysterious poet!"

The queen smiled slightly. She came from the common people and often went on secret visits. Now she was even more curious about what kind of talent could write such a good poem.

......

The wing room of the Jingyi Pavilion.

"Princess, do you think the Queen will come here?" Xu Yunxuan was still a little nervous. What if the Queen didn't come? Or if she came and blamed them? What would they do?

Just now, Shen Yuyao asked her to recite some good poems from their world, and they had to sing praises of maternal love.

Fortunately, she had a super memory and recited a few poems at random, but Shen Yuyao chose the simplest "Song of the Wandering Son". I wonder if the Queen of this world would like it?

"The Queen is known for her love of talent, so she will definitely come!" Shen Yuyao smiled lightly.

"You just need to tell us about the injustice your Xu family suffered. As for whether your father can be rescued, you really can only leave it to fate."

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door: "The Queen has arrived!"