The whole family travels through the book, the plot is broken but the characters are not

Emperor Zhaowen, feeling better, couldn't help but look through the gauze curtain for a while.

I specifically looked for Liu Minghe, Guan Xueqin and Ruan Xinzhao whom Feng Jia mentioned just now.

Among the three men, Liu Ming and Qing are thin and vigorous. Although they are the oldest, they have straight backs and look quite like immortals.

Guan Xueqin is a few years younger than Liu Minghe, but his spirit and energy are far inferior to Liu Minghe, and he does not look like someone who comes from a military family at all.

Ruan Xinzhao was much younger than the other two. He looked a bit like the Queen and was a very handsome man.

Emperor Zhaowen thought that Ruan Xinzhao could be awarded the title of Tanhua Lang.

Even though he has little knowledge, his age and appearance are quite acceptable among this group of old men. I think Minister Yang will not object.

Emperor Zhaowen continued to scan the candidates in the hall, when suddenly a bamboo-green figure came into his sight.

That was a man sitting in the corner of the second-to-last row. Emperor Zhaowen didn't notice him at first. He only saw a man sitting as straight as Liu Minghe, writing with his head down.

At this moment, the man just raised his head, and what caught Emperor Zhaowen's eyes was a very young and handsome face.

Emperor Zhaowen immediately thought of the poor students that Feng Jia had just mentioned.

Emperor Zhaowen only knew that this poor boy was younger than Ruan Xinzhao, but he didn't know that he was actually so young. He looked only about twenty years old, and his appearance was indeed much more outstanding than Ruan Xinzhao.

Emperor Zhaowen was not a person who judged people by their appearance. In the royal family, his own appearance was not considered outstanding.

The late emperor's harem was dwindling, and there were only five women left, including the empress.

Concubine Qi is both talented and beautiful, and her father is also handsome.

The eldest prince inherited the good looks of Concubine Qi and his father. When he was young, countless noble ladies from aristocratic families were fascinated by his outstanding looks.

His own mother, Concubine Chen, was also a woman of extraordinary beauty, but he could only be considered handsome.

If she were in an ordinary family, she would naturally have a good appearance, but in the royal family, it would not be good enough.

Even the second brother looks much better than me.

But the second prince's mother, Concubine Xue, was far inferior to his own mother in appearance.

Genetics is such an unfair thing.

People always say that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but how many people can really do that?

Back then in the Shangshufang, the eldest prince was so handsome that the several tutors were partial to him.

……

Whenever Emperor Zhaowen thought of his youth, he felt depressed.

However, he also knew that the past events had nothing to do with today's palace examination.

Emperor Zhaowen looked at the young man carefully for a while, and the more he looked, the more he thought he was handsome.

Although this young man's appearance is slightly inferior to that of his elder brother, he still has an extremely rare appearance.

Moreover, his appearance is rather delicate and elegant, which is very different from the overwhelming handsomeness of his elder brother.

If the eldest emperor's appearance is like the blazing morning sun, then this young man is like the cool and bright moon. Although not as dazzling as the morning sun, it is not as dazzling as the morning sun either.

Emperor Zhaowen sighed secretly, it was a pity that this young man came from a poor family and could not be of much help to him, otherwise, the third place in the imperial examination would definitely have been this young man.

The young man that Emperor Zhaowen saw was naturally Han Qingyun.

At this moment, Han Qingyun was not as calm and composed as outsiders saw.

He was hungry and thirsty.

Not only Han Qingyun, but also the two hundred examinees in the hall and several invigilators were hungry and thirsty.

The palace examination was a very solemn event, and the candidates were all in an unfamiliar palace. No one dared to walk around at will, let alone go to the toilet during the exam.

Therefore, the candidates did not dare to eat or drink before entering the venue.

The invigilators could move around, but the emperor was sitting in the back hall. No one dared to leave the examination room to go to the toilet, and naturally no one dared to eat or drink.

It was already around three in the afternoon, and there was still half an hour before the end of the exam.

Han Qingyun had finished answering the test paper. He held the paper in his right hand and rubbed his stomach gently with his left hand where no one could see.

He now envied Han Huaixi so much for having the space where he could go in and eat something at any time without anyone noticing.

He had only eaten two pieces of candy and drank two sips of water in the morning, and now he felt his intestines were spinning.

This palace examination is really not something that humans should do. Why do they have to collect the papers at the same time? Can't they just hand in their papers and leave early?

The invigilator listened to the "gurgling" sounds coming from the hall and felt even hungrier.

Fortunately, the emperor had already left. Several invigilators looked at each other, raised their wide sleeves to cover their mouths, and with their other hands took out a pastry from their sleeve pockets and stuffed a piece into their mouths.

Normally, this kind of light-flavored glutinous rice cake would be hard to smell.

But at this moment, almost all the candidates in the hall could smell it, but they didn't dare to ask or say anything, and could only continue to fight hunger.

The saddest one was Guan Xueqin. He was not in good health to begin with, and now he was hungry, thirsty and tired. He really wanted to collapse.

But looking at Liu Ming, who was a few years older than him and had a straight back not far away, Guan Xueqin tried hard to ignore the feeling of hunger, relaxed his body and quickly straightened his back.

Ruan Xinzhao was much better than other candidates. He also brought some pastries, which were secretly given to him by a young eunuch when he entered the examination room. He knew that they belonged to his sister.

Ruan Xinzhao also imitated the invigilator and ate some snacks with his sleeves covering his mouth. Anyway, the emperor's brother-in-law had already left, so he was not afraid of being discovered.

Minister of Rites Yang Ziliang stood behind the gauze curtain and looked at Ruan Xinzhao, who thought he had concealed his behavior well, and couldn't help but sigh.

The emperor just asked him, Ruan Xinzhao should be able to make it into the top ten list.

He really wants to fight back. Don't you know whether he can make it into the top ten?

But Yang Ziliang thought about it and felt that with the emperor's knowledge, he might not be able to tell the difference.

He could only answer respectfully that all candidates' test papers needed to be covered, and as for their rankings, they would have to wait until the covers were removed to know.

Yang Ziliang walked out of the back hall and into the examination room through the main hall door. Several invigilators quickly wiped their mouths and walked forward to salute.

Yang Ziliang waved his hand, indicating that they should do what they should do, and he continued walking along the aisle.

Seeing Minister Yang come in, all the candidates, including Ruan Xinzhao, sat up straight.

Yang Ziliang was just walking around and taking a look. There were a few candidates who had excellent results in the imperial examination, and they were the ones Yang Ziliang focused on observing at this time.

Fortunately, the knowledge of this year's candidates is still very solid, and most of the answers to the policy questions are meaningful. Yang Ziliang nodded with satisfaction and left.

Finally, the exam is over. The examiner collects all the exam papers and the sealing officer covers the names on them. Then the examinees can finally leave the exam room.

Guan Xueqin staggered to his feet and looked at Han Qingyun.

Han Qingyun helped a candidate next to him, and after the candidate stood up straight, he walked to Guan Xueqin and helped him walk out of the hall.

Liu Minghe glanced at Han Qingyun with his deep eyes, and then left the examination room.

There was a large group of people gathered outside the South Gate. Han Qingyun saw Lu Changping jumping up and down at a glance, and he waved to Lu Changping.

Lu Changping tiptoed and flew to Han Qingyun, took out a big bag of hot buns and a water bag and handed it to him.

After handing it over, Lu Changping discovered that there was an old man next to Han Qingyun.

Han Qingyun handed the water bag to Guan Xueqian and took out a bun for him: "Eat something first."

Guan Xueqin did not refuse. He first picked up the water bag and drank a few sips of water, then ate two buns. Only then did he feel alive again.

Han Qingyun also ate a bun. When he was about to eat the second one, a mellow voice came from beside him.

"Little brother, the buns are good, can you give me one?"