The scientific research rooms are narrow and thin, like cramped cages.
The candidates have to stay in this small place for several days, and their eating, drinking, defecating and urinating are all confined to this small space.
If you think about it for a moment, you will know that it must be unpleasant.
The worst-rated rooms in the examination hall were those near the toilets, and all candidates wanted to avoid them, Yan Zhuo being one of them.
Perhaps it was the lucky charm that the family sincerely sought at Kaiyuan Temple that worked.
Yan Zhuo had a series of bad luck before the exam, even accidentally injuring his right hand and unable to use it. However, he was lucky enough to be assigned to a room far away from the toilet during the exam.
Moreover, that room is not only windproof but also rainproof. It is one of the rare good rooms in the entire examination hall.
On the fourth day of the imperial examination, heavy dark clouds rolled in, bringing with them a drizzle of spring rain.
Others were busy protecting their answer sheets in panic, but Yan Zhuo, who was extremely lucky, seemed relaxed.
After all, the room he was in had neither drafts nor rain leaks.
Unable to use strength with his right hand, he could only rely on his left hand to write. Fortunately, Yan Zhuo had practiced writing with his left hand for two months, and was able to finish the answer sheet smoothly within the specified time every time.
Even if the examination process went smoothly, staying in the examination room for several days in a row would inevitably make even someone as lucky as Yan Zhuo look embarrassed.
After the exam, Yan Zhuo let out a long breath as he watched his answer sheet being sealed and taken away. He felt uncomfortable all over his body.
Walking out of the examination room along the bustling crowd, it seemed that everyone was emitting an unpleasant smell. Yan Zhuo even felt that his nose was about to stop working.
"Brother, we are here!"
Shortly after I walked out of the examination room, I heard a slightly hoarse but very familiar boy's voice coming from a distance.
Yan Zhuo was tall, and after looking around carefully for a while, he easily found his second brother who was jumping and waving happily on the side of the road.
It looked like a cute little kitten, afraid of being ignored, so it deliberately made small movements that people could notice at a glance.
As soon as Yan Zhuo squeezed over with great effort, Yan Cheng smelled a strange smell, but he remained calm and quickly stuffed some dried meat into Yan Zhuo's hand.
"Brother, you must have worked hard on the exam. Eat some dried meat first. We're busy preparing meals at home. You can enjoy them once you get home and clean up."
Yan Zhuo did not refuse the dried meat that was handed to him. Although the dry food he brought into the examination room was enough to fill his stomach, the taste was really bad.
His appetite had long been spoiled by the group of skilled chefs hired by Yan Cheng, and he really didn't like eating the tasteless dry food.
Knowing that he would be able to leave the examination room today, he hadn't eaten much inside. At this moment, he was starving.
"Cheng'er, don't get too close to me. I smell."
Yan Zhuo accepted the dried meat, but firmly refused Yan Cheng to get close to him, for fear that the strange smell on his body would offend Yan Cheng.
Knowing that his elder brother was a man who attached great importance to respectability, Yan Cheng did not say much. He just asked Yan Zhuo to get on the carriage and go home first. Everyone in the family was looking forward to his return.
Yan Zhuo left in a carriage, but Yan Cheng still did not leave. He moved to another place and waited for Xie Guangling with the servants of the Xie Mansion.
But as time went by, fewer and fewer people came out of the examination room, but there was still no sign of Xie Guangling.
Yan Cheng and the servants of the Xie Mansion couldn't help but worry whether something unexpected had happened to Xie Guangling.
Something really happened to Xie Guangling.
In short, in the end, it was the guards in the examination room who carried Xie Guangling out.
When the servants of the Xie Mansion saw Xie Guangling fainted with a pale face, they immediately panicked and were at a loss.
Although Yan Cheng was also full of worries, his emotions were relatively calm.
The road to imperial examinations was difficult and dangerous. Every time there were people who failed the examination due to physical reasons, there were two other candidates beside Xie Guangling.
Yan Cheng had foresight. Before leaving, he forced Doctor Dong, who had been staying at home studying the secret medicine of the previous dynasty, to come out and meet Feng.
Look, Doctor Dong is about to come in handy.
The servants of the Xie Mansion watched the complexion and expression of Doctor Dong, who was taking Xie Guangling's pulse, change over and over again. Their hearts were in their throats, fearing that an imperial examination would cost their young master's life.
As soon as Doctor Dong withdrew his hand, they asked anxiously, "How is it?"
"It's nothing serious. He's a little weak and he's been too tired from the exams these days. He just needs to catch up when he gets home."
Doctor Dong glanced meaningfully at the area below Xie Guangling's waist and whispered a few words about kidney deficiency in Yan Cheng's ear.
Yan Cheng followed his gaze and couldn't help but hiss, then touched his nose and quickly looked away.
Didn’t Brother Guangling say that he and the girl from the Ying family had a marriage agreement?
Xie Guangling was still unconscious. Yan Cheng was worried, so he took a carriage to send him back. When they arrived at the gate of Xie's house, Xie Guangling slowly woke up.
Xie Guangling, whose brain was still groggy, was carefully helped down from the carriage by the servants of the Xie Mansion. When he looked up and saw Yan Cheng smiling at him with curved lips, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Brother Cheng, why are you here? I thought you went to the Yan Mansion with Brother Yan."
"I was planning to go to Yan Mansion after seeing you, but I didn't expect you to be carried out."
Xie Guangling's face suddenly turned red. Yan Zhuo, who also took part in the imperial examination, was safe and sound, but he was carried out. Doesn't this clearly show that he is very weak?
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