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In order to avoid suspicion, they worked in groups of three to mark the test papers together, and only the scores would be counted if there were no problems.

This method was taught to them by His Majesty before, and it makes it easier to sort out the top 50 test papers.

If they have disagreements while marking, they can ask the other two groups to participate in reviewing the questions.

The most important thing is that the combination must be changed every hour, so that there will be no suspicion of bribery or letting the water go.

When the officials heard Xiao Lengyue's way of marking the papers, they felt that what the emperor said about his heart being as unfathomable as the sea was very true.

Although his Majesty is still young, he is very smart in handling political affairs.

Xiao Lengyue had no idea what the officials were thinking. If she wanted to know, she would tell them that these were all child's play.

Old Tutor Murong and his companions were reviewing the papers in the palace, and it was three days later when they finished. During these three days, they had not left the courtyard. The food was brought to the gate of the courtyard by the palace servants and then brought in by the guards.

After everything was done, Old Tutor Murong asked the leader of the Imperial Guard to deliver the test papers to Xiao Lengyue. After getting her consent, he copied down the list and posted it outside the palace.

The capital was very lively that day. Some were happy and some were sad on the streets. Those who passed the imperial examinations returned to their homes to review after their joy.

Those who failed to be selected went to restaurants and got drunk.

When the day of the palace examination arrived, Xiao Lengyue put on the dragon robe and after everything was ready, she asked Long Er to hold the examination paper and went to Baohe Hall.

As soon as Xiao Lengyue arrived, everyone knelt down, saluted, and waited for Xiao Lengyue's words.

After Xiao Lengyue sat down, he said, "Get up."

When the candidates heard the emperor's voice, some of the braver ones wanted to see what the emperor looked like, while others, who were timid, lowered their heads even more.

Xiao Lengyue looked at the people who were already seated below, and with a wave of his hand, Long Er handed the test paper to the Minister of Personnel.

After the Minister of Personnel distributed the test papers, he began to count down.

When the students saw the handwriting on the test paper, they were all shocked for a moment. After they finally reacted, they were shocked again by the questions on the test paper.

They have been reviewing for the past two days, but unexpectedly, the questions on the test paper confused them.

The above question is very strange. If your mother and wife have a conflict and accidentally fall into the water, who should you save first?

What else, if you meet a beggar on the street, should you give him money or just walk away?

There are many strange questions like this, and the students are confused at this moment.

They can only answer the questions according to their own ideas. Fortunately, apart from these, there are some relatively normal questions.

While the students were answering the questions, Old Tutor Murong and others also saw the questions Xiao Lengyue had asked, and they were all shocked.

Xiao Lengyue looked at their expressions, curled the corners of his mouth, and said, "If you are interested, can you give it a try?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials had a test paper in their hands. Then, in the entire Baohe Hall, the students sat on the tables to answer the questions, while the officials squatted on both sides of the hall to answer the questions.

The students noticed this scene out of the corner of their eyes, but they didn't dare to move. They could only finish the test paper silently and leave that depressing place.

They were originally thinking that they could get a glimpse of His Majesty's appearance when they handed in their papers, but when the time came, they didn't even dare to look up at Xiao Lengyue.

After all the students had finished answering, Xiao Lengyue asked them to go back and rest first. Once they had completed the review, the announcement would be posted.

Seeing that all the officials had handed in their papers, Xiao Lengyue said with a smile, "My dear ministers, have you finished your papers?"

When all the officials heard this, they handed in their test papers tremblingly. Then, Xiao Lengyue asked Long Er to take the test papers, the cabinet and the prime minister to the back hall for approval.

As soon as he arrived at the back hall, the Minister of Rites could not help himself. He looked at Xiao Lengyue and said hesitantly, "Your Majesty, the answers to these questions are all different. I don't know how to mark the papers."

When Xiao Lengyue heard this, he picked up a test paper, looked at the answers on it, and laughed.

With a wave of her hand, Long Er handed the test paper with the correct answers to Old Tutor Murong and the others.

"The answers to the questions I asked are all here. As for your questions, I believe you have the answers in your hearts."

When he saw the answer, the Minister of Industry was instantly shocked. He said in shock: "So, the answer could be like this?"

Seeing that he was looking at the question of whether to save his wife or his mother first, Xiao Lengyue said with a smile: "When many people hear this, their first thought must be to seriously consider who to save first.

However, as a local official, if you can’t even manage your own backyard, what’s the point of being a local official?”

As soon as Xiao Lengyue said this, all the officials nodded in agreement. It seemed that what he said made a lot of sense.

Once this idea came out, the officials thought more and more that it made sense.

When Old Tutor Murong saw the answers to those questions, he was also a little shocked, but considering his age, he calmed down and asked everyone to start marking the papers.

This time, Xiao Lengyue's task was not easy. The cabinet was only responsible for finding twenty people among them, and among these twenty people, Xiao Lengyue had to select the top three, namely the top three, which were commonly referred to as the first class by the people.

The remaining seventeen people are in the second class, and the remaining thirty people are in the third class.

After they finished the students' test papers, they turned their attention to the test papers of the officials. Xiao Lengyue selected three people from the twenty people and wrote down the titles of No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 respectively.

After finishing, he looked up and saw that all the officials looked unhappy.

When Xiao Lengyue saw them holding the test papers in their hands, she immediately guessed the answer. She did not ask them for their answers, but said, "Go down and announce it." After that, she left first.

When the officials saw the words and test papers on the table, a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes.

These three people were the top three in the previous autumn examination. They didn’t expect that they would still be ranked the same this time.

Old Master Murong coughed lightly and looked at the Minister of Personnel, "Okay, hurry up and tell them the good news, they are still waiting."

When the Minister of Personnel heard this, he quickly came to his senses and went back to work.

Seeing that all the officials were looking at the students' answers, Old Master Murong said with a smile, "Okay, everyone get busy."

When the officials heard this, they nodded quickly and left.

After the Minister of Personnel returned to the Ministry of Personnel with the list, he sent someone to report the good news.

This time, Jiang Wu and Wang Li also took part in the imperial examination. Jiang Wu's family's case had been cleared by Bai Feng. At this moment, they were in the store, anxiously waiting for the result.

Jiang Wu watched them wandering around in the yard and said helplessly, "Dad, Mom, Sister, please sit down for a while.

I am already very satisfied that I can take part in the palace examination. Before, I didn’t even have the qualifications to enter the examination room.”