Sign in: The female supporting character in the book disrupted the heroine's glory

Chapter 541: Someone will eventually stir up this stagnant water

"Hmph! The third prince has become smarter. He actually knows to ask Jiang Youzhen for advice." The second prince snorted coldly.

"But the fourth brother offended Jiang Youzhen last time. Although he gave her a gift to make amends afterwards, Jiang Youzhen is not an easy person to talk to. She holds a grudge!"

The Second Prince couldn't help but smile when he said this. Jiang Youzhen's temperament has always been like this, just like when he deposed the Crown Prince.

Zhou Hai looked at the second prince with a smile on his face and bright eyes, and couldn't help feeling a little strange.

He always felt that His Highness seemed to treat Jiang Youzhen a little differently, but he couldn't tell what was different.

Shaking his head, His Highness had no one to use, so perhaps he was particularly fond of Master Jiang, who had extraordinary strategy and courage? Wasn't the Fourth Prince also like this?

"After the palace examination, the court will no longer be stagnant. Someone will eventually come to stir up the situation." The second prince's eyes were full of anticipation. Currently they were in a stalemate, and a new force must be involved to stir up the situation in order to break through.

But he immediately thought of the person his father had arranged for him to marry, and he couldn't help but feel a headache. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately had an idea in his mind.

His thoughts returned to Jiang Youzhen. In fact, he really wanted to ask Jiang Youzhen how he had deceived the inspectors.

He remembered that the search required him to take off all his clothes, even his hair had to be loosened, so how did Jiang Youzhen pass the search? But he couldn't ask about this, and he swallowed the words back several times when they were on his lips.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Of course, he was definitely not worried that Jiang Youzhen would be convicted of deceiving the emperor after being discovered. He just felt that it was a pity to waste such a talent. He has always loved talents. That's it!

The three days arrived quickly, and Jiang Youzhen rang the bell in the afternoon of the third day, and the sealing officer quickly came forward to seal the files.

She was taken to a temporary resting room. In order to avoid searches, the room was locked during the examination and she was not allowed to leave the examination hall even during breaks between sessions.

There is also a place to restock supplies, but of course, it costs money.

He bought some steamed buns and rice here, but after taking a look at the unappetizing chicken nuggets, Jiang Youzhen didn't buy anything.

Anyway, there is still some marinated pork, so Jiang Youzhen plans to make do with it.

Soon Wen Ruyu and Tong Huaian were brought over one after another. When they saw Jiang Youzhen, they walked forward.

"Xiao Lang, do you have any food? I have some braised beef here." Tong Huaian came up with the exam basket and asked as soon as he saw Jiang Youzhen.

Jiang Youzhen's eyes lit up when she heard about braised beef, but it was a pity that the space could only store living things but not breed them. She hadn't eaten beef for a long time and the beef here was difficult to get.

When you sign in at the Tribute Hall on the first day, the system rewards you with an upgrade of the cargo space to 80m3, 20 drops of spiritual spring water, and the third chapter of "The Sword of Exorcism".

It wasn’t easy. After so long, her swordsmanship was finally upgraded. She hoped to unlock more weapon skills in the future.

"I wanted to save it for you on the first day, but you and Junior Brother Wen went in before I did." Tong Huaian said as he put a yellow paper package into Jiang Youzhen's exam basket, his tone sounding a little resentful.

Jiang Youzhen was a little embarrassed, "I was just waiting in line, and I saw Brother Huai'an coming, so I came in first?"

Because Tong Huaian was the one who killed the original owner in the book, Jiang Youzhen always felt a little uncomfortable when facing him.

Although this person is very nice to her now and has not done anything to her, she just feels that she cannot open up to him too deeply.

"Thank you, Brother Huai'an. Why don't you keep it for yourself? I also have some braised pork." Jiang Youzhen felt a little guilty. At least Tong Huai'an had never hurt her until now.

Tong Huaian smiled and shook his head, "Here you go! I've been eating this for the past two days and I'm tired of it."

"Then I'll give you this bag of braised pork!" Jiang Youzhen handed over the bag of braised pork from his basket. This time Tong Huaian did not refuse, but continued to smile.

Wen Ruyu on the side rolled his eyes. Did these two people treat him as if he didn't exist?

He still felt that Tong Huaian had bad intentions towards Jiang Youzhen. Only Jiang Youzhen, this fool, didn't notice it at all and was still laughing foolishly!

He coughed lightly a few times, but unexpectedly, the two of them didn't even glance at him, but started discussing today's test questions.

"Junior brother, you don't have to worry about your Four Books essay. The questions on the interpretation of the classics will be no problem either." Wen Ruyu pricked up his ears and heard the two people discussing the Four Books questions, and quickly interrupted.

Tong Huaian looked at Wen Ruyu and gave him a tearful smile.

Jiang Youzhen didn't notice the undercurrent between the two. She only saw the official coming to hand out numbers, so she urged the two to draw numbers quickly.

The second round of the imperial examination consists of one policy essay, one proclamation, and five judgments, which also contain a lot of content.

Jiang Youzhen spent half an hour copying all the questions and then started on the first question.

The first question was a policy essay, titled: "A sage is the highest level of human relations."

This sentence is also from Mencius. The whole sentence is: "Rules are the ultimate in squareness and roundness; sages are the ultimate in human relations."

It means that without rules there is no order, and a saint is the ultimate in being human. Combined with the context of the article, it is related to governing a country and implementing benevolent policies.

Jiang Youzhen pondered for a moment, then began to write, "The theory says: The squareness and roundness of the world are not just rules, but are all based on rules..."

This policy essay is no less than 500 words, and this time it contains more content than in previous exams.

Jiang Youzhen didn't dare to delay for a moment, and didn't even bother to observe the candidate opposite him. He just took a glance and found that it was a man in his early twenties.

The man smiled at Jiang Youzhen when she looked over. Jiang Youzhen smiled and nodded politely, then focused on the test questions.

In the past two days, Jiang Youzhen only cooked one meal, which he ate with some pickles and the braised beef in soy sauce. For the evening meal, he just heated it up to save time.

She didn't dare to eat too much, because she would easily feel sleepy and confused if she was full. If she drank porridge, she would easily go to the toilet, so Jiang Youzhen didn't dare to drink too much water.

Jiang Youzhen copied the answers in his hand onto the test paper and took a deep breath.

Today is the last day of the second session, and she only needs to copy one article before it ends.

Even though she is in good health and has a large brain capacity, she is still a little overwhelmed by the hard work of the past six days.

The most important thing is overusing the brain, which is very stressful.

After handing in the papers, Jiang Youzhen saw Tong Huaian and Wen Ruyu who were as tired as she was during her break.

The two of them were like eggplants hit by frost. They no longer talked or laughed with her. After greeting her, they leaned against the wall and closed their eyes to rest.

The third round began soon. This time the test consisted of five policy questions. The questions were very long and it took Jiang Youzhen more than half an hour to copy down the questions.

Each question must not be less than 500 words. Jiang Youzhen's writing speed has increased a lot in the past few days, which is the result of practice.