Last night, Helian Jing went to the palace specially to meet his father and talk to him about the palace examination the next day.
His Majesty is very satisfied with his third son's recent performance. He is now the most capable one among his four sons.
He told Helian Jing the test questions he would give tomorrow. The moment he said it, Helian Jing's heart skipped a beat.
It was exactly as Xiao Hechuan said, not a single word was wrong.
Originally, he still had some doubts about Xiao Hechuan's ability to predict the future through dreams, but now that it has been confirmed again, he began to believe it without a doubt.
He could tell the details of other things, perhaps for other reasons, but it was impossible for him to tell the details of his father.
He was busy with all kinds of affairs and worked diligently on government affairs every day. It was impossible for Xiao Hechuan to have ever met his father, and it was impossible for his father to reveal to anyone what test questions he had prepared.
He asked today, and his father told him, which just proved that what Xiao Hechuan said was true.
He said that all of Guo Gan's test answers were not written by him, but by Mu Qing, a servant boy beside him.
For this purpose, he even secretly asked someone to investigate Mu Qing, but unfortunately he did not find any useful information. He only knew that he was a book boy, born into a slave family, and his ancestors had been slaves for three generations.
The Guo family kept the matter secret so well that nothing could be found out.
Therefore, in order to ensure the fairness of the exam, he deliberately guided his father to temporarily change the originally prepared exam questions.
He said frankly that there is no war in Daqing now, the surrounding countries and foreign nations are relatively honest, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and taxation is not the thing that the people are most worried about.
He mentioned that the natural disaster in Jeju two years ago was world-famous, killing so many people and destroying so many houses. He had personally been to Jeju and seen the disaster, and those tragic scenes were still vivid in his mind.
The Daqing Dynasty was good in everything, except for natural disasters, which were unpredictable. Since it was the first time he faced such a problem, it was very difficult for him to deal with it. He encountered many problems in reconstruction and comforting the victims.
He felt really ashamed that the victims stayed at the gate of Jeju City for several days, without any clothes to wear and no food to eat.
His Majesty felt that the issues he raised were more intuitive and realistic. He nodded in agreement subconsciously and fell into deep thought.
Helian Jing understood his father, and he knew very well that after saying this, the results of tomorrow's exam would definitely change.
He didn't need to make it too obvious, otherwise it would seem that he was being deliberate.
This is fair. Xiao Hechuan will not know in advance that the policy essay for tomorrow's exam has changed. Instead, he can test Guo Gan's true strength.
If it is proven that Guo Gan did cheat, then once verified, the Guo family will be ruined and Concubine Guo will also fall out of favor. Then Helian Heng will not have to be feared.
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In the hall, Guo Gan's face was pale as he sat there, the red bloodshot in his eyes about to burst out, as if he couldn't accept it. This sudden change disrupted all his preparations.
He has always lived contentedly in Kyoto, with fine clothes and delicious food every day. In order to maintain his image, his father rarely let him go out to play, but forced him to study at home, at least to let him show some real skills and not rely on Mu Qing for everything, for fear that if something unexpected happened one day, he would not be able to cope with it.
But he always agreed verbally but never took it seriously. He kept many wives and concubines in his house, and spent his days drinking and having fun, with women everywhere.
Now he regretted not listening to his grandfather and father. Now that the time had come, his mind went blank. When he thought about how he had spoken nonsense in front of Xiao Hechuan, saying that he must step on people under his feet, he felt a pain in his face.
The Minister of Rites also had a pale face. His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu told them uncertainly what the emperor had in mind.
In order to hand in a satisfactory answer sheet, he and his son personally took part in answering the questions, with the aim of helping their son to become famous in the palace examination.
But now the emperor suddenly changed his mind, and everyone was stunned. He knew too well the strength of his grandson, and he was considered useless.
How can a young man who has never experienced the sufferings of the world come up with a perfect solution to this problem?
On the contrary, this question seemed to be tailor-made for Xiao Hechuan. He had experienced two earthquakes and was there twice. No one understood the impact of this geological disaster better than him.
He is the most qualified and experienced person in the whole venue.
Moreover, in his previous life, he was dedicated to studying earthquakes, the causes of their occurrence, the signs of their arrival, how to save oneself, how to prevent them, and how to deal with them once they occur.
When the exam began, he picked up his pen and started answering questions on the snow-white rice paper, using the most standard official style.
Qi Xiuyuan was sitting in a relatively backward position, so when he first heard this question, he inevitably felt difficult.
However, fortunately, he also came from Jeju. Although he had not experienced it personally, he had also reaped the benefits. He had discussed it with Xiao Yixing before, so his mind was not completely blank. At least, after thinking about it calmly, he had some ideas in his mind.
There are many candidates who are similar to Guo Gan, and everyone has a feeling of defeat on their faces as they guessed the wrong questions.
But now that it has come to this, I have no choice but to go for it. It is better than handing in a blank paper.
Everyone had started picking up their pens one after another, but Guo Gan was the only one sitting there, still in a daze.
He glanced at Xiao Hechuan who was writing furiously, and his heart was finally at peace.
The Minister of Rites, who was supervising the exam, looked at his grandson, held his forehead helplessly and closed his eyes.
Heart:
"You can't prop up a wall with mud, you can't prop up a wall with mud!"
He believed that it was not that His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu's information was wrong, but that the emperor must have changed his mind at the last minute.
Last night, Helian Jing's entry into the palace was done in secret, and no one knew that he had been to the palace.
Seeing Xiao Hechuan handling the situation with ease, Helian Jing felt a sense of superiority for some reason.
Choosing to trust Xiao Hechuan and win him over was probably the best decision he had ever made in his life.
Although the emperor was sitting behind a pearl curtain and the outsiders could not see the specific situation inside, he could clearly see every move of the people outside.
Xiao Hechuan was in the front row. He was writing very seriously, without showing any sign of embarrassment on his face. So he asked the eunuch in charge beside him.
"What's his name?"
Following His Majesty's gaze, the eunuch in charge, Eunuch Fu, squinted his eyes and took a closer look, then replied:
"In reply to the emperor, this candidate is the champion of this spring's imperial examination, Xiao Hechuan. He ranked first in both the provincial and imperial examinations."
As soon as Eunuch Fu saw Xiao Hechuan's achievements, he knew that this boy had a bright future.
"So he is Xiao Hechuan, um..." Upon hearing this, the emperor stroked his beard, smiled, nodded with satisfaction, and was in a very happy mood.
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