Chapter 2139 The Imperial Examination Begins
Zhao Xi glanced at the sky and wondered, "How late is it?"
Seeing that Shu Yu looked like she was about to start packing her things, I quickly picked up my bowl and slurped down a couple of bites.
Afterwards, the group escorted Meng Yunzheng to the examination hall. Little Huo Huo was still asleep, so Shu You didn't go.
I thought it was still early, but before I even got to the examination hall, the street was already packed with people.
Shu Yu was somewhat shocked, "Did they arrive before dawn?"
Zhao Xi felt a little guilty at this moment, as he thought it was still quite early.
The carriage was stopped outside, so the group had to walk inside.
As they approached the entrance to the examination hall, Xun Sheng, who had arrived early in the morning, raised his hand and waved, "Meng Yunzheng, this way."
As soon as the voice fell, Shu Yu suddenly felt an undeniable gaze from her left side.
She subconsciously turned her head to look, and met a pair of probing eyes.
The other person was a young woman who looked to be of high status. When she saw Shu Yu looking over, she immediately turned her head away, pretending to be nonchalant, as if she had just glanced at him casually.
Shu Yu wanted to take another look at her, but Meng Yunzheng was pulled aside by Xun Sheng, so she could only follow.
The group walked to a slightly more spacious corner, and Ying Xi let out a long sigh of relief, "There are just too many people."
After all, it was a metropolitan examination held only once every three years. Not to mention the number of candidates themselves, there were also many of their relatives and family members, as well as onlookers and soldiers maintaining order.
Fortunately, they arrived early; otherwise, they probably wouldn't have been able to squeeze in.
Shu Yu checked Meng Yunzheng's exam basket again to make sure he had everything before saying, "The weather is still very cold, so be careful to keep warm. This exam lasts for three days, three exams for nine days in total. It must be so tough for you to be crammed into such a small exam room."
Meng Yunzheng laughed at her words, "Don't worry, I can handle this little bit of hardship."
Compared to other frail scholars, Meng Yunzheng, who practices martial arts every day, has a strong yang energy and a high body temperature, so he is not really afraid of the cold.
Because of his long arms and legs, he did have some difficulty moving around in the examination hall.
Xun Sheng, who was standing to the side, originally wanted to talk to Meng Yunzheng, but seeing that he had no desire to pay attention to him and was only concerned with being affectionate with his fiancée, he immediately became speechless.
It's like everyone has a fiancée.
Xun Sheng is also engaged. He is not young to begin with, and is even a little older than Meng Yunzheng.
If he hadn't been initially indifferent, and if his family hadn't wanted him to achieve some success before starting a family, he probably would already have several children by now.
When he passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, many people came to propose marriage to him, especially since he ranked third. Who knew that after staying at the Changjin Mansion for a while, he would be targeted by Chen Qiu.
Xun Sheng did consider marrying Chen Qiu at the time; he didn't care much about family background.
Unexpectedly, Chen Qiu turned out to be a bad person. After Xun Sheng returned home, the Xun family learned about what had happened to him and felt that dragging things out like this was not a solution. Not long after, they arranged a marriage for him.
Last year, he and Meng Yunzheng took the provincial examination together and both passed and became Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial examination).
However, Meng Yunzheng was the top scholar in the provincial examination, while Xun Sheng ranked in the thirties.
Xun Sheng was quite satisfied with this. The provincial examination was difficult to begin with, not to mention the fierce competition. With so many scholars who had failed the exam in the past participating together, the pressure was unimaginable.
Xun Sheng had considered participating in the imperial examination three years later, but seeing that Meng Yunzheng had come, he decided to give it a try.
(End of this chapter)
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