"Why didn't you tell this king that Miss Gu looks like Eunuch Guangzhong?" As soon as he left the palace, King Su questioned Mammy Yan angrily.

"My lord, what the servant wanted to say, but you interrupted what the servant wanted to say." Yan Yan lowered her eyes and thought, how could this matter be told to King Su in advance.

King Su then remembered that he seemed to be in a hurry to bring Yan Yan into the palace, which interrupted Yan Yan's words, but he didn't know what Yan Yan was going to say.

King Su took a deep breath and said, "Go back first. If there is a problem, this king will ask someone to look for you. I will hide this from Gu Jinyan in advance." After speaking, he walked away.

If it wasn't for Miss Gu who looked like the traitor Guangzhong, and the emperor's trust in him, this must have been done by the traitor Guangzhong. No matter what the final result is, he has no responsibility. It is up to him to verify this matter, and his responsibility will be greater.

Yan Yan went back and pretended that nothing happened, and Gu Jinyan also tacitly assumed that nothing happened. Lin Dalin Er, who was beside him, also left. To be cautious, Eunuch Guangzhong won't come over or spread news during this time.

Gu Jinyan is calm here.

But the emperor was very anxious.

The next day, when Sanchao walked out of the Golden Palace, the emperor ordered: "Guangzhong, go and ask Chunqi when he will finish reading the answer sheet?" , and soon he restrained his expression, and walked quickly to the examination paper of the Ministry of Rites.

"Eunuch Guangzhong, why are you here?" Although he despised the traitor Guangzhong, the Minister of Rites did not dare to offend him. Seeing Eunuch Guangzhong coming in, he hurriedly greeted him and asked politely.

"Have you finished reading Chunwei's papers?" Eunuch Guangzhong looked at the officials in the room, and his eyes finally fell on Master Liu, the chief examiner of Kenke.

"It's all over." Master Liu said.

"Is the ranking ready?"

"Not yet."

"Then make up the rankings quickly, and our family is waiting here." Eunuch Guangzhong said, rushing an official to get up, and sat down by himself.

Mr. Liu was lucky, and told himself not to care about this traitor, so he said: "Eunuch Guangzhong, there are still three days before the release of the list on April 15th, don't be in such a hurry, the ranking needs to be carefully considered." But still angry, He was dignifiedly ordered to do things by a eunuch.

"Your Majesty, wait and see. You don't want your life, you dare to delay the Emperor's affairs." Eunuch Guangzhong snorted coldly, he was anxious for the Emperor's urgency.

Hearing that it was the emperor's order, Mr. Liu and several officials had to quickly set the other rankings.

An hour later, Eunuch Guangzhong led Master Liu and the Minister of Rites to Qianming Palace.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, this is the top ten answer sheet in this subject." Mr. Liu respectfully presented the answer sheet. The imperial examination system of this dynasty is to select the best ten answer papers, and submit them to the emperor to review and determine the ranking, and the rest are ranked by several examiners. However, the current emperor ignores the affairs of the court, and it is left to Eunuch Guangzhong to decide.

Eunuch Guangzhong took the answer sheet and looked at the emperor. Seeing the emperor nodded, he opened the answer sheet and read it.

"What about the list of other rankings?" the emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, please take a look." The Minister of Rites handed the prepared list to Eunuch Qi Fu, and then passed it on to the Emperor.

The emperor didn't see the name he wanted to see in the list, so he looked at Eunuch Guangzhong.

Grandpa Guangzhong immediately said, "The slave thinks that the ranking given by Master Liu is very good."

"Then remove the fake name!" The emperor said.

"Nuo!" Eunuch Guangzhong removed the name from the answer sheet in a couple of times. "Going back to the emperor, the first name is Jiangnan student Ma Zijun, the second is... the eighth Jiangnan student Gu Jinyan... The tenth is the capital student Ye Xiansi."

"Bring the answer sheet." The emperor said.

"No!" Eunuch Guangzhong respectfully placed it on the emperor's desk.

Seeing the emperor open it, Master Liu and the Minister of Rites looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes. In previous years, whether it was the list or the answer sheet, the emperor would not pass the purpose.

The emperor turned over several answer sheets and said: "This answer sheet named Gu Jinyan is very agreeable to me, so let's mention the third place."

"No!" Master Liu and the Minister of Rites replied.

"Let's make the list today, the day after tomorrow," the emperor said.

"Your Majesty, in previous years, only fifteen people made the list. Isn't it a little early today?" Master Liu reminded, and there was one more thing Master Liu didn't say, that is, the palace exam was too rushed.

"It's getting late, let's do it today!" The emperor made a final decision.

Gu Jinyan only knew that the announcement was made today when the announcer arrived home.

"Brother, you passed the exam." Gu Pan smiled very happily.

"How come the rankings are released earlier this year? The palace exams are still arranged in such a hurry?" Xianlu, who was still in confinement, also came out.

Gu Jinyan had already guessed the reason, smiled and said, "I just need to prepare for the palace test."

"Young master, just prepare for the palace test, and we don't care about the rest." Yan Yan said seriously.

...

The emperor sat on the dragon chair and looked at this young man who might be his emperor.

The emperor looked at it for too long, and the officials next to him also looked at Gu Jinyan who was answering the paper.

Gu Jinyan pretended to be nervous and moved uncomfortably.

Eunuch Guangzhong also looked at Gu Jinyan, and whispered in the emperor's ear after a while! : "Did the emperor notice how similar this student's demeanor is to you, so he kept looking at him? If the emperor is uncomfortable, the servant will drag him out."

"Like me?" The emperor suddenly opened his eyes wide. .

"Actually it doesn't look like it. The emperor is the son of the emperor, how could someone look like the emperor. The servants are dizzy, and I hope the emperor forgives their sins." Eunuch Guangzhong seemed to be flattering, and hurriedly changed his words.

Seeing that Eunuch Guangzhong changed his mouth, the emperor frowned. He looked at Gu Jinyan again, and after a while, he felt more and more familiar.

Eunuch Qi Fu knew who the emperor said he was, and although he didn't understand, he still nodded. After careful observation, Eunuch Qi Fu was shocked, his demeanor was somewhat similar to that of the emperor. A little bit less, mainly because this person looks completely different from the emperor. Otherwise, it is eight-pointed.

"Go back to the emperor, this student looks a bit like you..." Eunuch Qi Fu whispered to the emperor.

The emperor nodded and said nothing, but looked at Gu Jinyan more eagerly. After a while, he stood up, walked to Gu Jinyan, and looked at Gu Jinyan's answer sheet.

Gu Jinyan didn't look up and continued to answer.

...

The same is true for the palace exam. The top ten answer sheets are reviewed by the emperor to determine the ranking, and the rest are ranked by several examiners.

The emperor designated Gu Jinyan as the champion, and the rest were decided by Eunuch Guangzhong as in previous years.

The officials were not surprised that the emperor designated Gu Jinyan as the champion. After all, the emperor had been watching him during the palace exam, and some of them also noticed that this Gu Jinyan looked a bit like the emperor.

On the day the list was released, Mo Ping went to watch the list early. Gu Jinyan was waiting at home.

Before Mo Ping came back, Uncle Gu rushed in, "Master, the good news is here!"

Gu Jinyan hurriedly stood up and greeted the person who came.

"Congratulations, Mr. Gu, for winning the first prize. It's really gratifying." It was a member of the Ministry of Rites who came to announce the good news.

"I'd like to invite you to come." Gu Jinyan asked Mo An to serve tea and purses for everyone. The person who announced the good news drank the tea, took the purse, and said a few happy words before leaving. When the people around heard the news, they also came to congratulate him. Gu Jinyan finally sent the people who came to congratulate.

The next day, officials from the Ministry of Rites came to teach the rules. Gu Jinyan had studied with Father-in-law Guangzhong before, but this time he had to learn it again. Walking, salute, and kneeling all needed to be practiced over and over again.

On the day of the horse parade, Gu Jinyan can be described as! It is said to be out of the limelight. The nineteen-year-old champion, sitting on a horse in a red champion robe, looked even more handsome. As he passed, the flowers, handkerchiefs, and sachets were smashed all over.

Li Yan stood at the window of the box on the second floor of Juxianju, looking at Gu Jinyan below, with a bit of disgust in his eyes.

"Brother! Brother! Look here!" Gu Pan shouted excitedly waving his hands. However, until Gu Jinyan walked away, he did not look up.

"Master Shizi, my brother didn't even look at me." Gu Pan retracted his gaze and pouted a small complaint.

Some time ago in the poetry meeting, he deliberately showed his talent, and wanted Gu Jinyan to impress him, and he put down his identity to befriend Gu Jinyan, but Gu Jinyan didn't know the good or the bad. In order to avoid him, he did not even know the poetry meeting went. Really pissed him off.

"The day after tomorrow, this prince will let the matchmaker go to your house." I hope that this silly girl can't see that Gu Jinyan is using the trick.

"Hmm!" Gu Pan lowered his head shyly, his cheeks flushed. The prince was really kind to her, and he specially packed a wing with the best view to accompany her to watch her brother ride horses and parade through the streets.

...

The emperor walked to the dragon cavalry and said, "All the ministers are flat. Today is a good day for all of you to enter the university. You don't have to be restrained, you can drink as much as you like." The emperor's eyes stopped on Gu Jinyan's body unconsciously. This should be his prince. But King Su and Ying Yi were still in Suzhou and didn't come back, so he had no choice but to hold back.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Gu Jinyan stood up with the crowd, raising his head just to meet the sight of the Emperor. Gu Jinyan was stunned for a moment, then smiled at the emperor.

"Zhuang Yuan Lang's answer sheet I have carefully read, at such a young age, he has such talent, which is rare!" The emperor boasted. Gu Jinyan's answer is really good, even if he doesn't intervene, he is still in the top few.

"Thanks to the emperor's love, I am ashamed." Gu Jinyan said modestly.

"Give this plate of steamed bear's paws to Zhuangyuan Lang." The emperor said.

"No!" Eunuch Guangzhong who was standing beside him smiled and walked towards Gu Jinyan with his steamed bear paw.

As Father-in-law Guangzhong approached, Gu Jinyan's pupils shrank slightly, and consternation flashed on his face.

The emperor's shop, who had been paying attention to Gu Jinyan, caught Gu Jinyan's expression. Are Miss Gu and Guang Zhong so similar? The emperor looked at Gu Jinyan and Guangzhong back and forth, and was more certain that Yan Yan's guess should be right.