After I traveled through the book, my sister kidnapped my mother

The prince invited the new top scholar on the first day. Not only did he invite Jin into the palace, he also gave him many rewards.

If the new number one scholar came from a good family background, there would be suspicion of bribery, but this number one scholar was not even from a poor family, and his ancestors for generations were all ordinary people from the lower class.

Some people don't understand, but those in high positions can understand that such talents are the easiest to cultivate. For the emperor, those with a clean background are the best subjects. For example, Shi Guanchao was able to become a knife because of her cleanness.

But such people are really rare. It is rare for a master to watch the tide, and stone springs are naturally rare as well.

Some people also felt that the prince's behavior of giving various rewards to the new number one scholar before the emperor might cause dissatisfaction with the emperor.

But those in power are well aware that the emperor will not be dissatisfied, and may even wish the prince would train his own people earlier.

As I said, when the prince put on the dragon robe in front of the emperor that day, the emperor could only smile and say, "Not bad," and then happily took the queen away.

Facts proved that the emperor really didn't say anything. Su Qingluo learned about this matter from the old man Zhongshu Ling. After hearing this, Su Qingluo just nodded with satisfaction: "You have grown up and know how to win people's hearts."

Hearing this, the Minister of the Central Secretariat shut up tactfully.

As for this old man, he has good vision. For example, looking at the smile on the emperor's face, he knows that the emperor is very happy with the prince's behavior, but he always wants to test it from time to time.

Su Qingluo also knew that in his heart he still hoped that she would pass the throne to the descendants of the Su family, but this old man still had some connections in the court, and he was the type of person who would sit on the fence.

He had quite a few disciples, so they kept him.

After all, although he is a fence-sitter, he is also a somewhat stubborn royalist, the kind of person who will firmly defend the emperor. He will only secretly test or persuade the emperor from time to time, but will never openly disobey him.

Such a person is actually quite easy to control, especially since he has a good influence.

On the first day when the results are announced, government officials will issue documents and rewards to those who have made the list.

The emperor would meet with the successful candidates the next day.

The top three will have someone come to take measurements and make suitable clothes for them within one day.

This is a special treatment for the top three.

At noon, someone came to measure Shiquan for clothes, and in the evening she received the top scholar's uniform. The clothes were similar in style to official robes, but different from all other official uniforms.

Shi Quan tried it and looked at himself in the mirror and felt that he was extremely unfamiliar.

As the night progressed, several people came up to her and invited her to various dinners she had never heard of.

As a result, Shi Quan went to her previous residence to pack up her things, and she had also found a job before, so she had to tell her boss that she could not go. In addition, she was not very familiar with the roads in Yunjing City and took the wrong way several times. After she explained everything, it was already very late when she returned to the yard.

After a busy day, she was tired, and she had to go to see the emperor tomorrow, so she went to take a shower and go to bed.

Some people who were watching at the door saw that she never came out after she went back, so they didn't dare to knock on the door again.

The next day, Shiquan got up early in the morning, changed into the clothes sent by the government yesterday, and dressed himself up carefully.

It's a pity that she doesn't know how to have a very exquisite hairstyle, so she can only tie her hair up, which makes her look energetic.

Yesterday, Chu An left her a coachman and a simple carriage, so she didn't have to worry about not knowing the way to the palace.

It was her first time sitting in a carriage, and she was nervous all the way to the palace gate. The coachman took her to the designated place and was picked up by a eunuch.

Shi Quan followed the other party to the waiting place and saw from afar other officials waiting in front for the palace gate to open.

There were already a few people where she was, both men and women. Shi Quan looked at those people and thought they should be the students who had passed the exam this time.

As soon as she passed by, she stood quietly in the corner, looking like she was not good at speaking.

Not long after, a man came over and started talking to her. After chatting for a while, he realized that Shi Quan was a stutterer and unconsciously showed a bit of disgust.

Feeling the arrogance and disgust displayed by the other party, Shi Quan became more and more nervous, as if she had accidentally entered a world that did not belong to her.

A pretty and elegant-looking woman glanced over here. Shi Quan could see the disdain and arrogance in the man's eyes, and naturally the others could too.

Many of them were just students who had just made it to the list, and they looked at Shi Quan with a bit of mockery and arrogance. Shi Quan's background would indeed not pose much of a threat to them.

After all, for a peasant who comes from a farming family, compared with people like them who have family support, even if he becomes the top scholar, it will be of no use, and his future promotion will still not be as good as theirs.

The imperial examination system gave some people who previously had no chance to become officials a slightly fairer opportunity, but it was never absolutely fair.

Although there are fewer children from aristocratic families, the number of second-generation officials cannot be completely eliminated.

After all, they will always have better learning resources.

Su Qingluo and Wen Zhimiao are still trying to maintain maximum fairness, so at least people like Shi Quan still have a chance to succeed.

The pretty woman walked up to Shiquan and pushed away some people who were trying to talk to her and then making fun of her.

The woman introduced herself and said that she was from Luxi. Her family had been teaching for three generations, so they were not a wealthy family. Her only ancestor was an old man who had been a county magistrate, and there had been no officials since then.

Her grandfather and father are both teachers.

But her demeanor made Shi Quan almost think that she was also a young lady from a wealthy family.

Although she did not have an extraordinary background, she had a remarkable temperament and excellent conversation skills, and all the students present knew her.

This man's name is Duan Ran. He is 33 years old this year, a few years younger than Shi Quan.

She had already become famous a few years ago. I heard that she could write poems at the age of ten. Most of the poems she wrote so far have been widely circulated. Many people don't know her, but they know her poems.

She had also been traveling around in the past few years. When she was young, some people admired her talent and wanted to recommend her to serve as an official in the court. Unfortunately, Duan Ran was always arrogant and disdained the recommendation.

She only wished to gain a career in officialdom by passing the imperial examinations, but although her literary talent was excellent, she often failed the examinations.

Later, for some reason, he suddenly stopped taking the exam. I heard that he went out traveling. I don’t know what happened to him. Five years ago, he returned to his hometown and continued to take the exam. He actually passed.

These days, she has also participated in many banquets and debates among scholars in Yunjing, and has often left other students speechless.

Shiquan didn't participate in those events so he didn't know her.