"He will definitely fail the provincial examination. The examiners of the provincial examination are important officials. The Ning family can at most bribe a provincial official, but the Ning family still has absolute control over the court."
The imperial examination was conducted anonymously, so the examiners would not know which test paper belonged to the candidate.
However, every policy has its own countermeasure.
In the past, some candidates would write certain words in their exam essays as secret codes.
Therefore, many people believed that the Ning family had secretly contributed to the fact that Ning Wanyin's brother was able to pass the imperial examination and be selected as the first in the child examination.
If he really had this ability, why didn't he take part in the imperial examination during the time of the previous emperor?
Now that his sister is in power, he has popped up.
Dong Wei suddenly realized, and a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes: "It's better to go to the battlefield than to do these unorthodox methods. It's shameful for a son of a noble family to be a scholar."
"He is a sickly man. I heard that he almost drowned. If he goes to the battlefield, he will probably fall off his horse. How can he fight?"
"Queen Dowager Ning can't count on her own brothers, otherwise why would she try to win over generals everywhere? She tried to win over the Tang family before, and now she's trying to show goodwill to Brother Dong and the Marquis."
"Brother Dong is a victorious general. He is not good at either literature or martial arts. How can he be as capable as Brother Dong to go to the battlefield?"
Several brothers were talking at once, praising and criticizing each other in their own private room, but they didn't expect that their words would get out and be heard by outsiders.
Dong Wei was flattered by the praise. He glanced at the incompetent eldest son of the Ning family and felt that compared with him, he actually had the potential to be a great general.
The group of people downstairs did not go up to the box on the second floor.
Just sat down in the lobby.
These are all younger generations of the Ning family who are of the same age. Because of the emergence of Empress Dowager Ning, they all hang around Ning Heng.
Ning Heng usually stays at home reading and seldom goes out.
Today he went to the city gate specially to watch the soldiers from the southwest return to the capital, and everyone had the opportunity to see him.
When Ning Heng saw his brothers, he generously invited them to have a drink at the No. 1 Restaurant, and everyone was very happy.
"It's rare to see my cousin go out on weekdays. Is he going to see the Marquis of Dongchuan and his son?" asked a cousin.
Now many people are speculating that Ning Wanyin wanted to win over the Dong family, so she deliberately gave the honor of the reward to the Marquis of Dongchuan and his son.
Especially since Ning Heng went to the city gate to watch the excitement, it seemed to further verify this point.
Ning Heng had a cold and arrogant look on his face, with a hint of disdain in his eyes, "Of course not. I went to see those soldiers who fought bloody battles for the southwest. They are the heroes of Da Yan! As for the Dong family father and son... such useless generals, what's there to see?"
He did not deliberately speak loudly, but because of his presence, the other guests present lowered their voices and whispered.
As soon as he finished speaking with such vigor, the entire hall fell silent.
The diners looked at Ning Heng, and then looked towards a private room on the second floor.
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