This was said with great cleverness.

But such words also made many people think.

Not only can you appear to be very well-behaved and not do anything beyond the rules, but you won't lose the opportunity to take the exam, killing two birds with one stone.

Moreover, if he said it at this time, as long as Su Wenxuan and others agreed, then if he knew about it but didn't tell them, he would be selfish, and he would be despised even if he won the competition.

As soon as this was said, someone agreed, "Why don't we act in batches? Some people wait here, and some people look around, so as to avoid delays if someone comes out to deliver the decree."

This statement was more high-sounding, but there was nothing wrong with it, and everyone nodded.

"Okay." Su Wenxuan responded and began to organize everyone to act separately.

Because everyone has their own little ideas, among the thirty-five people who came to Qionglin Garden today, sixteen were willing to wait where they were, while the remaining nineteen organized themselves in groups of three or two and began to walk around to see if they could find the so-called exam.

Everyone agreed that they would come back and reunite after half an hour, regardless of whether they could find the target or not.

After everything was settled, everyone set off separately.

Traveling with Su Wenxuan were the only son of Zeng Langzhong of the Ministry of War, who was currently studying at the Imperial College and was seventeen years old, and Lord Bai, who served as the Right Prime Minister of the Dali Temple.

Su Wenxuan was quite familiar with Qionglin Garden, so he walked all the way in. When he was about to reach the main building of Qionglin Garden, a servant came over hurriedly, "You three gentlemen are here to take part in the Qionglin Garden exam today, right?"

"That's right." Su Wenxuan and the other two responded.

"Please follow me, the examination place is just in front, and the examiners are waiting there." The attendant bowed and made a "please" gesture.

"Thank you for leading the way." Master Zeng bowed slightly.

Su Wenxuan and Bai Youcheng paused, looked at each other, and said, "There are still some people waiting at the door for the exam. I wonder when the exam will start. Do we have time to notify others?"

"Don't worry, my lords." The attendant smiled, "We were busy with other things earlier and didn't have time to lead you to the exam site. Now we have gone to invite you one by one. My lords don't have to worry about this."

"Thank you." Su Wenxuan and Bai Youcheng bowed again, then followed the attendants and continued to move forward.

Master Zeng also followed, but he gave Su Wenxuan and Bai Youcheng a cold look.

People all say that these scholars in the Imperial College only know how to study hard. Their heads are filled with nothing but pedantic nonsense and they have no idea about the ways of the world or the various aspects of the world.

Now it seems that the truly pedantic ones are those who have already entered officialdom.

Those people are clearly trying to be whores and virgins at the same time, and are playing tricks on each other. It's only right to ignore them now, but why do we have to send someone to pass the message, as if we're afraid of forgetting about those people?

Without those people, this competition might have a better chance of winning. But with those people with bad intentions, it is not so easy for me to stand out.

Tsk tsk, pretending to be magnanimous while damaging his own interests, I really don't know what he is thinking!

Master Zeng looked down upon Su Wenxuan and Bai Youcheng's behavior more and more, with disgust written all over his face, not disguising it at all.

The attendant leading the way looked back from time to time, and the expressions of the three people at this moment were all caught in his eyes. He did not say much, but just slightly curled the corners of his lips.

On this side, servants also arrived at the gate of Qionglin Garden and came to the sixteen people who were still waiting there.

"My lords and gentlemen," the leader said, bowing, "Please follow me and come here."

"Thank you." Seeing this, everyone bowed and followed the servants inside.

The attendant led everyone inside.

In the Qionglin Garden, there are pavilions, towers, bridges and flowing water. It has both the majestic style of royal gardens and the delicate elegance of Jiangnan gardens. Even though it is winter, it is still breathtakingly beautiful.

As they walked, they talked about the beautiful scenery in Qionglin Garden and the widely circulated stories that had happened here. Some people even said that they were inspired to write poetry and recited a poem in public.

Listening to people talking and laughing, the attendants who were accompanying them did not say a word, but just led the way with their heads lowered.

After walking for a long time, we crossed an arch bridge over the creek and arrived at a closed door.

There were guards on both sides of the door. When they saw people coming, they reached out and opened the door.

"Please come in, everyone." said the attendant.

Everyone nodded slightly and filed in.

It was not until everyone walked through the door and saw the scene in front of them that they were stunned.

At this moment, they were standing beside a wide road, with a busy street not far away.

In other words, they had already left Qionglin Garden.

"What's going on?"

"Don't you have to take an exam?"

"Excuse me, have you taken the wrong road?"

"Why are you leaving Qionglin Garden before you even take the exam..."

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Facing everyone's questions, the eunuch who was at the registration office yesterday came out and cleared his throat, "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment."

Upon seeing this, everyone immediately fell silent, but still looked at him with confusion.

The chief eunuch shook the whisk in his hand and said, "The first round of the Qionglin Garden exam has ended. All of you have failed the exam. Please leave on your own."

Exam over?

Leave on your own?

Does that mean they never passed the exam?

But why...

When did the first round of exams begin?

Everyone's faces were filled with even more confusion, but they didn't dare to shout loudly at this time. They just looked puzzled and wanted to find answers.

Some people walked up to him boldly, bowed and asked, "Excuse me, sir, we haven't done anything since we came to Qionglin Garden, why did we fail the exam?"

"In theory, we are only responsible for delivering messages, not for anything else. But when I came here just now, Grandpa Ming told me that if anyone asks, I can answer one sentence."

The chief eunuch smiled and said, "The heart is like a mirror, reflect on yourself three times."

Does this mean that they know it clearly in their hearts and can go back and think about it slowly on their own?

Everyone's faces became increasingly unhappy, but no one dared to argue in front of Qionglinyuan. They just bowed in agreement and left one after another.

Some people did not walk far, but just stopped nearby, waiting to see if there would be anyone else who would be taken away from Qionglin Garden like them.

About a meal's time later, the door was opened again and several more people came out.

Mr. Zeng is one of them.

Like the sixteen people who came out at the beginning, he was also confused at this time.

Even this time the chief eunuch did not say any words of explanation, but simply urged them to leave as soon as possible.

Several people felt increasingly ashamed and were too embarrassed to stay any longer.