Led by palace servants, Su Yu and his group of tribute scholars entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony and dispersed behind the desks prepared on both sides of the hall.

In a moment, with a loud announcement of "The Emperor has arrived", the Queen, surrounded by the royal guard of honor, walked towards the dragon throne in the hall, followed by a group of princes and ministers.

After the empress took her seat, everyone in the hall knelt, including the tribute scholars behind the desks on both sides of the hall, who knelt together and shouted, "Long live the emperor."

This was the first time Su Yu knelt in another world. Although she was not used to it, she had to follow the local customs. Moreover, she had been taught the etiquette in advance. She was now in a relatively forward position, so she had to kneel gracefully and appropriately.

After the Queen said "No need for formalities", the deacon presiding over the palace examination began to arrange the procedures and distribute the examination papers.

While the tribute students were writing furiously, an urgent message came from outside the hall, and the hall suddenly became boiling with excitement.

This affected the candidates who were answering the questions with ease. In such a noisy atmosphere, many candidates with unstable mentality became nervous and could not immerse themselves in the questions.

Su Yu was fine, not much affected, and continued to write smoothly.

When the emperor summoned the messenger into the palace, Su Yu was trying his best to multitask. He continued to answer questions while silently paying attention to the developments in the hall.

A messenger, looking disheveled but apparently dressed as best he could, strode into the hall, knelt down with a thud, and raised a letter above his head with both hands.

"Your Majesty! There has been a change at the border. The Yaoguang Kingdom has already captured two border cities!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole hall was in an uproar. The tribute students on both sides of the hall also stopped writing, looking confused, not knowing what to do.

The palace maid beside the Queen hurried over to take the letter and turned to walk towards the Queen. There was a lot of discussion in the palace.

"what happened?"

"Her Highness the Third Princess is a brave warrior, how could she possibly lose the city?"

"How could the eldest princess of Yaoguang Kingdom possibly defeat the Third Prince?"

……

The ministers in the hall were frightened by the news and were buzzing around like headless flies. Until the queen finished reading the letter in her hand, she stopped the noise in the hall.

"The newly forged swords of the Yaoguang Nation have already fallen into the hands of their eldest princess, Dongfang Jibai. They are incredibly sharp, but what about our weapons? They are so fragile that they can withstand even a single blow!"

The only Minister of Works in the hall knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. The Fifth Prince has already developed a magical weapon that rivals the Yaoguang Kingdom, but it's still being mass-produced!"

The eldest princess at the front of the queue on the left side of the hall took a step to the right upon hearing this, turned around and said coldly to the kneeling person,

"Your Ministry of Industry is truly disappointing! The Fifth Princess is truly slack! It's been a while since the Yaoguang Kingdom developed those sharp weapons, and she's only just now figured it out. As a result, my Western Dynasty has lost two cities!"

"That's right! His Highness the Fifth Prince must bear half the responsibility for the loss of the border this time!" A newly promoted Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue said anxiously, as if someone else would snatch the words away if he spoke slower.

The eldest princess looked at the Minister of Revenue who stood up and cursed in her heart, "Idiot! How dare you talk about the princess!"

The second princess, who was at the head of the right queue, sneered. The Minister of Personnel, Guo Shangshu (Guo Ruilin's mother), who was standing behind her, immediately understood and winked at one of his men.

A civil servant immediately stepped out of the queue and bowed to the emperor, then turned to the revenue minister and said sternly,

"How dare you, a mere Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, criticize the princess!

Ever since the Third Prince from the border sent back a message about the weapons of Yaoguang Kingdom, the Fifth Prince has devoted himself to the manufacture of weapons. He forged them day and night for several months and finally made weapons that rivaled those of Yaoguang Kingdom.

You guys are so good, you can't help at all and yet you dare to criticize the princess!"

At this moment, the anxious new Minister of Revenue finally realized what he had said in excitement! He immediately knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I was anxious and said something wrong. I never meant to criticize the princess! I was just anxious about the border cities of the Western Dynasty, so I spoke without thinking. Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

The Queen was already upset, and now she was even more furious when she heard someone dare to criticize her daughter. She waved her hand and

"Drag it!"

The newly promoted Minister of Revenue burst into tears and wailed.

"Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me! I know I was wrong! Your Majesty, please spare me!"

The eldest princess looked at the Minister of Revenue being dragged away by the imperial guards with a sinister look in her eyes, cursing in her heart, "Idiot! Who on earth would have hired such an idiot!"

The Second Princess looked at the irritated Queen and said to her comfort,

"Queen Mother, calm down. Although the border lost two cities in a short period of time due to the powerful weapons of the Yaoguang Kingdom, judging from the time, the loss of cities has not continued. It is not difficult to see that the Third Princess has already come up with a plan to deal with it.

Now that the Fifth Princess is able to make magical weapons, the most important thing now is to help her create weapons for use at the border!

I believe that once the Fifth Princess's weapons are manufactured and delivered to the Third Princess, they will surely defeat the Yaoguang Nation!"

The Queen's mood improved a little after hearing this. She kept tapping the armrests of the throne with her fingers. After a long time,

"Lord Guo."

Minister of Personnel Guo Xuan stepped out and bowed, saying, "Your humble servant is here."

"You are familiar with the capital. I want you to immediately help Xiaowu find all the blacksmiths in the capital and do your best to help her make weapons!"

"Your humble servant obeys your order!" Guo Xuan replied and turned to leave the hall.

After the matter came to an end, the hall gradually became quiet, and the emperor finally had time to watch the candidates answering questions on both sides of the hall.

However, after the emperor's outburst of anger, these scholars were obviously still frightened. Especially after feeling the emperor's gaze, some of the unstable scholars trembled and even couldn't hold their pens steadily, which made the emperor shake his head repeatedly.

However, a few children from aristocratic families seemed to be much calmer because they had seen the emperor and had some knowledge and experience.

As for Su Yu, his pen was moving like a dragon at this moment. When the emperor's gaze swept over him, he just put down the last stroke and ended his writing in a graceful manner.

The empress found it very interesting. Seeing that Su Yu seemed to have really completed the test paper, she stretched out her hand to call a palace maid and asked her to collect Su Yu's test paper.

When the Queen received the examination papers, Su Yu was standing in the center of the hall, being scrutinized by the princes and ministers.

To be honest, Su Yu felt a bit pressured by the gazes of these people! Unlike the enthusiastic and adoring looks she received from the crowds when she cosplayed before, the gazes of these powerful people were more aggressive!

The Queen looked at Su Yu's answer sheet in her hand. The handwriting was neat, the paper was clean and tidy, the writing was fluent, and the ideas were novel. It could be said that the answer sheet received full marks!

After looking at the answer sheet in her hand, the Queen glanced at Tutor Guo in the queue on the left side of the hall. She looked at Tutor Guo with her head held high and chest puffed out, looking straight at the Queen, as if full of pride.

A smile flashed in the queen's eyes, and then she turned her gaze to Su Yu, who was standing in the hall with a graceful posture. She felt in her heart that what a wonderful person he was!

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