Slacking Off and Gossiping: The Court Officials Are Not Amused

Jiang Yueyang, a 21st-century office worker, died from a cerebral infarction after working overtime and staying up late. In her dying moments, she bound to a 'Gossip System'.

She then...

Chapter 242 Palace Examination

"Sir, you have slept for almost two days and one night."

Lu Yunting suddenly thought of something and asked hurriedly, "Where's the Edelweiss?"

"What about that?" Xu An pointed to a basin in the distance. "The ancient divine doctor said that Edelweiss needs to be grown in the water of an ice pond, and the water in that pond will emit cold air. You can't get cold now, so I put it a little further away."

Lu Yunting lifted the quilt and was about to get up, and Xu An quickly reached out to help him.

The two walked over to the Edelweiss flowers, where seven edelweiss plants were lying quietly in the pot, their flowers still as beautiful as before.

He picked ten plants, but three were missing.

Xu Anfu explained sincerely: "The ancient divine doctor took away three."

Lu Yunting hummed softly, "Go and ask the ancient divine doctor to come over."

Just as Xu An was about to agree, a powerful voice came from behind him.

"No need to invite me, I'm already here."

When Lu Yunting just woke up, the people from Yaoling Valley who had been guarding outside the door went to inform him.

The ancient doctor handed him the box in his hand and said, "This contains the Lingxi Pills you asked for."

Lu Yunting took the box and opened it, and saw three "Lingxi Pills" inside. He couldn't help but look at the ancient doctor in confusion.

"The extra one is my thank you gift for taking in that bastard Gu Lan."

"Then I won't be polite." Lu Yunting closed the box, "Xu An, pack your things, immediately..."

"Given your current physical condition, if you venture into the Silent Valley, you will be in danger of death." Doctor Gu interrupted him with a serious expression.

Hearing this, Xu An also hurriedly advised: "Sir, let's wait for two days?"

"I mean to return to Beijing immediately." Lu Yunting looked at the ancient divine doctor and explained, "There are poisonous creatures everywhere in Jiyuan Valley, and I need to make some preparations.

If the ancient divine doctor can provide me with antidote, I would like to go and pick the "Illusion Heart Grass" right now, but the ancient divine doctor will not provide it."

The ancient divine doctor chuckled, "How do you know?"

"That……"

"This Yaoling Valley is not your pharmacy. If you need anti-poison drugs, go back home and get them."

After saying this, the ancient doctor looked at the Edelweiss in the pot with envy.

"Boy, you don't know any medical skills, can you give me the Edelweiss? Just tell me how much silver you want."

Lu Yunting shook his head slightly. "This Edelweiss is rare in the world and extremely beautiful. She likes rare and beautiful things. I want to take it back and give it to her."

Divine Doctor Gu curled his lips and said, "I am now really curious about what that girl looks like. Why does someone like you keep thinking about her all the time?"

Lu Yunting smiled faintly and said nothing.

Xu An took the opportunity to say, "Since the Divine Doctor Gu is so curious about Miss Jiang, why don't you come back to Beijing with us?"

The ancient divine doctor's eyes moved, and he began to think in his heart.

Seeing that he was moved, Xu An continued, "Miss Jiang is the only female official in Daxia! Moreover, she has a big secret. I promise that the ancient doctor will not be in vain."

"Oh?" Divine Doctor Gu looked at the two of them with interest, "I will consider it."

"Ah~~" Xu An's face fell, "Just considering it?"

"Boy, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking." He turned around and walked out with his hands behind his back, "Please tell that brat a message. Come back to me when you've had enough of playing around. Otherwise, I'll think you've betrayed my sect."

***

In the capital, in Suzaku Palace, 200 candidates who passed the imperial examination gathered together.

Emperor Yuan sat on the throne, while Jiang Yueyang, Kong Jijiu and the Minister of Personnel stood in front of the group of examinees.

After Emperor Yuan took a quick look, he said calmly, "Everyone who can come here is a person of profound knowledge.

For this reason, I will only ask two questions for today's palace examination, and I'll see if you can satisfy me."

"I will do my best not to disappoint Your Majesty."

Emperor Yuan said: "Listen carefully, everyone. The first question is to make officials clean, the people forget greed, families have enough food, rituals are well prepared, music is harmonious, schools are prosperous, and farming and sericulture are encouraged.

A good army plans before it is in battle, a good general plans before it is in battle; before the battle begins, the floods in the golden court are cleared;

No need to bother with transportation, the dust of the Jade Pass will be eliminated, which will benefit the country and the border. I am waiting to hear your good plan. If you speak clearly about the political issues, I will personally read them. (This question comes from the palace examination question in the first year of Chuigong in the Tang Dynasty, and the person who set it was Wu Zetian.)

After that, the candidates thought for a moment and then picked up their pens to answer the questions. For a moment, the only sound in the hall was the rustling of writing.

Jiang Yueyang looked at a few people she was familiar with, wondering if her brother and Fang Yu'an could answer questions that would satisfy His Majesty.

Emperor Yuan couldn't help but look at Fang Yu'an. This child's knowledge was second only to the Crown Prince. I wonder how he would answer?

Then, he looked at Jiang Xun, who was favored by Kong Jijiu and the Minister of Personnel.

How come old man Jiang Chengrui is so lucky? Both of his children are extraordinary.

Not to mention that Jiang Yueyang has a face that is prone to disaster, no one knew that Jiang Xun also had a beautiful appearance.

Hmm...it seems that my seventh princess is about to reach marriage age.

Finally, the emperor's eyes fell on Li Qinghuan.

Whether the reform of allowing women to serve as officials can be officially implemented depends on how well she performs in this palace examination.

After two quarters of an hour, the time for answering this question was up. Regardless of whether they had answered it correctly or not, they had to stop writing.

Jiang Yueyang and the other two went down to collect the answers, and soon, two hundred answers were presented to Emperor Yuan.

When collecting the answers, Jiang Yueyang saw that every candidate had written down his or her answers, and some even wrote on several pages.

Although there are many words, Jiang Yueyang feels that they are a bit nonsense.

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