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Gu Yun ordered one serving each of the ingredients that could be roasted in the Spring Pavilion, and added another one on the table. Xie Jingxi was dazzled by the scene, and thought to himself: Is he prepared to feed the pigs?

"What kind of expression is that?" Gu Yun looked at her, and helped her cut a piece of roasted lamb leg, and brought it over, "Are you worried that you won't be able to finish it? It's alright, someone will help us eat it later, come and try how the lamb leg is, his family is the most famous."

Xie Jingxi stared at the mutton in front of her and frowned. She usually ate some white meat and the only thing that she could not eat was mutton. Although the smell was good, she did not have the courage to put it into her mouth.

"Do you really not want to taste it? I'm sure you won't be able to taste even the tiniest bit of it. " Gu Yun said in an alluring tone, "This is the most delicious dish, when they come, you won't have a share of it."

Xie Jingxi reluctantly believed him once, and picked up a small piece to put in her mouth. After chewing for a long time, she still could not tell what it tasted like, in any case, it could still be eaten, and really speaking, it was not tasty.

Seeing that she really did not like to eat, and did not force it, Gu Yun cut her some rabbit meat and chicken, and ate a few bites happily: "Who did you say you want to come, with so many calls, there should be enough people for a dozen."

Gu Yun wiped his hands and raised his eyebrows at her, "You are underestimating those guys who are eating meat. You can eat it all with just three or five people.

"Aiyo, I'm so hungry now, I can't even eat the food after smelling it. I thought that Scholar Feng might be able to write some amazing essay, and it's really a waste of time. If he can get three out in a row like that, I really need to go and take a look at the flower rankings first."

"You're really not modest at all." Xie Jingxi glanced at her with a smile, "Don't shout, it's not good to turn around and tell others to listen."

"Pah! Why would I be afraid that he would hear me? There's no need for me to yell at him. If I'm not blind, who wouldn't see that?"

Xie Jingxi just looked at them a few times, "I feel that it's quite normal, maybe they will just casually write about it to fool you guys, after all, no one has seen the actual scrolls, who can say for sure."

Gu Yun looked at her meaningfully for a moment, and just as he was about to say something, he heard a burst of laughter from outside. "Sister-in-law is really an interesting person, it's strange that even Brother Gu is unwilling to go out."

Xie Jingxi curiously looked at the person who came over, his voice was clear and beautiful, it was not as low and deep as normal men, she was dressed in a clean and gentle manner, her delicate face looked even more beautiful than many women, it was none other than Mr. Feng Li.

Gu Yun really knew how to make friends, these two were all strange people.

"Mr. Feng Li is the truly interesting one. Just a moment ago, you were completely relaxed after hearing Mister's tail singing. I was regretting that I did not tail you earlier, but now that I see you so gracefully, it's actually worth it to not listen to me."

Feng Li raised his eyebrow, his narrow almond-shaped eyes revealed an enchanting look, "Why does sister-in-law know how to speak? It would be a shame if we didn't get to know each other earlier! I'll definitely sing a song for my sister-in-law one day. "

"Can you at least show some face? She's called Sister-in-law at such a young age!" Gu Yun looked at him, and did not give him any face.

"Ah?" "No way!" Gu Wan chewed, "Is Mr. Feng 50 years old? I think it's at most thirty. "

Feng Li, "..."

Not to mention thirty, even eighteen nine people believed that Feng Li's tender face, and even saying thirty seemed to be scolding him, even though he was already more than thirty.

Feng Li did not argue with the young man, he only asked for a few jars of good wine to be served. In any case, there was someone who paid for it, and if he did not drink, it would be meaningless. He had to maintain his composure. When Gu Wan saw it, he felt mixed emotions. He, an old man, was even more particular about eating than her, why was she eating so much?

"Tsk tsk, someone's way of eating is still so inconspicuous." Sheng Luan leaned on the doorframe, crossing his arms and looking at Gu Wan, Gu Wan's face immediately flushed red, when he realised that it was Sheng Luan who said that, he angrily threw the chicken leg in his hand over.

Sheng Luan was not one to use his hands to catch it. His body flashed and the chicken leg flew out and coincidentally smashed onto Feng Chen's ink stone.

The entire Spring Pavilion went silent in an instant. No one knew where this unforeseen event had come from. Mo Bao, who was hanging in the most conspicuous spot, had his face covered with oil from a chicken leg, making him look extremely ridiculous and ironic.

"This is incredible, he's gotten into trouble, right?" Sheng Luan unrighteously mocked Gu Wan, "The top scholar's Mo Bao, his face was covered by yours, he's not worth much."

"Humph!" I'll bet if he wins, I'll eat a whole roasted lamb. "

"Then give it to me — it's good. It's so boring to eat alone." Sheng Luan sat beside Gu Wan, and also broke a chicken leg and gnawed on it. Ever since the previous misunderstanding in the manor, the two of them had always been at loggerheads, it was so serious that they did not even meet head to head.

"You scholars." Feng Li drank a mouthful of wine, "What's wrong with the great scholar Feng? I can see that he wrote it pretty well, maybe he really became the top scholar, and it would be worth it even if he anointed himself."

Gu Yun sat down next to Xie Jingxi, and helped her pick up the fish: "I'll also add an entire roast lamb. If we're right, Mr. Feng, how about we have one?"

"That's a good idea!" Gu Wan raised both her hands in agreement, "At your age and your figure, Mr. Feng, if I see him with jealousy, I'll make him eat one."

"Ai ai, let me tell you, you youngsters do not know that respect is given to your elders and your children? Gu Wan, my waist is as thick as a sheep's, if I knew earlier that you guys would be so shameless, I would have added another lamb in and cursed him that she would not be able to get up tomorrow with diarrhea.

Feng Li had cast a spell for his small waist, so Feng Chen wouldn't be unable to get up on the second day, but the article he left behind in the Spring Pavilion was spread out. Everyone saw, the article this rumored scholar wrote, and some examinees who thought highly of themselves thought that they had written better than him, so how could he not get up first?

In less than a day or two, Feng Chen's essay had already spread across the streets and alleys, and the rumors of Feng Chen's false reputation had spread further and further. Everyone had heard that this time around, there was definitely something fishy about the Imperial Examinations, and they requested for the imperial government to give them a strong explanation, for some of the examinees to gather up and cause trouble outside the palace.

At the same time, another answer scroll also spread out, and when everyone looked again, not only did this essay match it neatly, it even gave a vivid impression of the eight lines of emotional writing written on it. With Feng Chen's essay compared to before, this paper felt even harder to come by, and this meant that Feng Chen had taken first place.

As the main examiner, Xie Cen could not sit still anymore. Originally, he did not take the rumors to heart, but after a while, the ruckus grew more and more intense, and in the early morning, the His Majesty had gotten angry, and asked him to keep the rumors to himself. Xie Cen himself was part of the participants in the examination, and he did not feel that there was any problem, but the rumors outside made him suspicious, so he got people to take some copies of the books and came back to personally take a look.

He had read Feng Chen's essay before, and it was written pretty well. Otherwise, he would not have raised him to first place, so he read the article written by someone else three times and felt that it was extremely rare, but why didn't such a good article appear in front of him?

The examination procedures were as follows. In addition to him, the head examiner was responsible for the overview, as well as many other assistant examiners were responsible for the preliminary screening, and in the end, what was presented before him were usually excellent answers that had already passed through layers and layers of screening. If he had not seen this exam paper before, then there was only one possibility, and that was that this answer could have already been filtered out at any point, and had not been submitted to him at all.

Xie Cen thought for a while, then called Xie Jingyu over and passed the exam paper to him, "How about you take a look at this exam paper?"

Xie Jingyu respectfully received it, and looked at it carefully: "Your son feels that it's not bad to be able to write so well."

"If I were to ask you to write, I wonder what percentage you would be able to do so."

Xie Jingyu hesitated for a while and said: "Probably only about 40-50%."

Xie Cen frowned, "Then what about when you see the other one?"

Xie Jingyu picked up Feng Chen's answer scroll and looked at it once again, then replied without hesitation: "Your son thought he's on par with it, or even thought that it's slightly better than him."

Xie Cen disliked people who didn't understand modesty the most. Upon hearing his words, he first frowned unhappily, then immediately became suspicious, he remembered that although Feng Chen's essay was not as melodious as the one written by that unknown person, it could still be considered superior, how could Xie Cen feel that it was worth it even if he looked at it? Thus, Xie Cen suspiciously took the exam paper and looked at it, then suddenly stood up and slammed the exam paper on the table.

entered the Ministry of Rites with an unfriendly expression. The Ministry of Rites' Minister, Li Yinian, asked in fear: "Elder, you are..."

Xie Cen coldly swept a glance at him, and laid Feng Chen's answer scrolls on the table, "Do you still remember the contents of the first place name Feng Chen's answer scrolls as well as his handwriting?"

Li Yannan was stunned. "Remember, remember. What? Is there something wrong with it?"

"Then may I trouble Sir Li to take a look, but I remember wrongly."

Li Yannan didn't know what was going on, but he took a glance at it and muttered, "It should be his. This official really can't remember. I've read too many exam papers, so how could I remember someone's handwriting?"

Xie Cen snorted, "Since that's the case, then let's compare the papers with his and find out."

"This... Although you are the main examiner, you have to follow orders and seal the answer scrolls after you finish reading them. Normal people would need the permission of the His Majesty to restart them, so this official truly does not dare. "

"You don't dare?" Xie Cen looked at the hat on Li Yinian's head, "Master Li, you should remember why His Majesty is so angry this morning, right? You and I are examiners together, it is true that we were incompetent to do such a thing, but if we were to let this go, how disappointed would His Majesty be towards us?