Chapter 281 goes without saying
"Congratulations to Song the top scholar, and congratulations to Chen the second place." Tang Zhichuan said with a smile.
"Sir, please forgive me for making fun of you." Song Jingyun bowed and replied, "The emperor behaves differently from ordinary people. If you want to serve the emperor, you must be very alert. In the future, you will have to rely on Sir Tang and the others."
"Mr. Song, you are too kind." Tang Zhichuan said, "Mr. Song, you only need to do your duty, serve the emperor, and be loyal to the court."
"Lord Tang is right." Song Jingyun said with a smile, "But this is also serving loyally and doing one's duty, and there are ways and methods to do it. I am not very knowledgeable and I am new here, so how to do things needs to be discussed with Lord Tang and other lords."
The meaning of the words is self-evident.
Tang Zhichuan nodded in approval, "I was right. The emperor has already issued an oral order. I and the others must act according to his order. You two don't have to panic. Just follow the procedures. I and the others will take care of the rest in private and keep you informed."
"Remember, don't disobey the emperor's words or take an extreme approach." Tang Zhichuan reminded again.
"The word 'heartless' is not a derogatory term. A smart person does not have evil intentions." Song Jingyun replied, "Please rest assured, sir."
Chen Shuming was not as quick-witted as Song Jingyun, but after listening for a while, he understood the key points and said, "I will also be careful and cautious."
Seeing that Song Jingyun and Chen Shuming were both so insightful, Tang Zhichuan felt more relieved and nodded again, "You should go back and finish writing your respective articles first."
"Yes." Song Jingyun and Chen Shuming bowed and followed Tang Zhichuan back to the side hall.
Meanwhile, the candidates in the side hall were still furiously writing their essays. Most of them were concentrating on their studies, but some were absent-minded, glancing towards the main hall from time to time.
Logically speaking, today is the palace examination, which is supported by the emperor, who personally selects the top three to confirm whether each candidate can become a Jinshi and his or her ranking.
But after the emperor arrived at the Zhongyuan Palace, he did not make any move and did not summon all the tribute scholars to the main hall.
It would have been fine if he hadn't announced it to anyone, but he had also called out Song Jingyun and Chen Shuming...
Could it be that these two people have already been ranked and given official positions by the emperor?
So can they still advance to the first division?
Just as some people were having wild thoughts, Song Jingyun and Chen Shuming slowly returned to the side hall and returned to their seats.
The two of them still sat upright and continued writing the article they had not finished just now.
Seeing this, many people stretched their necks to look.
When he saw that Song Jingyun and Chen Shuming both had the same expressions as before and there was nothing unusual, he withdrew his inquiring gaze and couldn't help muttering to himself again.
Seeing him so calm, it seemed that the thing they were worried about did not happen.
As for the two of them going out just now...
Maybe it's because of some other reason.
Everyone had different expressions at this time, but they did not forget the most important thing at the moment. They dipped the pen into ink very fully and continued to write the article seriously.
Soon the designated end time arrived and the test papers were collected one by one.
The emperor ignored the matter, and Tang Zhichuan and others began to read the articles submitted by each candidate and made corresponding comments one by one.
(End of this chapter)
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