After discussing with Chen Ji for half an afternoon, Chen Ao rushed to see Mrs. Zhou. Mrs. Zhou complained angrily that she had been back for so long, but she had not seen him come to the mansion to walk around.

Chen Ao Dahan hurriedly said, "Something needs to be done in recent days."

Mrs. Zhou turned anger and smiled, "You should not delay what you should be busy with. Just come and have more time to take a walk."

Shen Ao responded.

As the Spring Festival approaches, the selection has officially begun.

The test on the first day is naturally the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and even the classics. When the emperor recruits a son-in-law, of course, he cannot only test his IQ. After all, there is no standard for measuring IQ. If you choose an illiterate person, then you will not be laughed at?

Therefore, the first exam is exactly the same as the art exam. The first exam is the meaning of the classics. The title of the classics is called "A gentleman gets away from benevolence, and evil will become famous." This sentence comes from the Analects of Confucius. The full text is: Wealth and honor are what people want, and they do not get it by their way, and they will not get it by their way. Poverty and humble are what people hate, and they will not get it by their way. Do a gentleman gets away from benevolence? A gentleman has no end to benevolence, and he will be in trouble.

This sentence is easy to understand, that is, wealth and honor are what people want. If they do not follow the accepted principles, do not obtain them; if they are poor and inferior, do not abandon them. If they do not follow the recognized principles.

The full text only lists one essence: "A gentleman loves money and gets it in a good way."

In fact, the title of this sutra is not difficult. It can be said to be a fool's version of the imperial examination. Chen Ao only used the most common method to solve the topic, and wrote: Therefore, a gentleman likes money, but he has the right to obtain it. Therefore, a gentleman must be cautious about virtue. Some people have virtue, some people have earth, some people have earth, and some people have wealth, and some people have money. Virtue is the root, and money is the end.

When writing an article, you are just building a archway. Anyway, you should talk about it well. No matter how good your character is, you should sing a high-profile. Although you are a gentleman who loves money, you have to write a nonsense about it, saying that you should take it with a good reputation, but it is not enough to take it with a good attitude. You should also say that the most important thing for a gentleman is virtue. Only with virtue can you have land, and only with land can you have wealth. Finally, you will come to a conclusion that virtue is the foundation of a gentleman, and wealth is just a branch.

With just one sentence, a slight polishing of Confucius' words, a magnificent archway stood up with golden light. The next thing was to repair and trim the archway and apply makeup.

After submitting the classics, even if you pass the painting theory and book examination, you will be qualified for real selection.

It is not difficult for Chen Ao to pass the exam all the way.

On the second day, the official wisdom exam was held. After last night's selection, only a few dozen people were left. It can be seen that the scriptures, calligraphy and painting, which are easy to use, are not easy for others.

The Zhicai Examination Hall is in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and the candidates are waiting in the corridor outside the yamen. They go in one by one. The examiner asks, but Chen Ao doesn't know what the exam is.

When Chen Ao arrived at the examination room, he saw Cai Lun waving a fan and waiting. When he saw Chen Ao, Cai Lun also greeted him voluntarily. Chen Ao went over and greeted him, but they all had their own ulterior motives and refused to mention the exam.

The candidates began to enter one after another. Many candidates came in, but most of them came out with annoyance. When it was Cai Lun's turn to enter, they only entered for a moment. When they came back, they seemed energetic. They walked to Chen Ao and said with a smile: "Brother Chen, see you again during the palace examination." After that, they left.

Chen Ao began to enter the venue. He was not the first to be accused of the yamen hall of the Ministry of Rites, so he was not unfamiliar at all. Several examiners stood high on both sides. Chen Ao sat down without waiting for their orders and hugged everyone: "Please give the questions, sirs."

Chen Ao is also a well-known figure after all. When the examiners saw Chen Ao, they mostly knew him, but they just muttered in their hearts, isn’t this person already married? Why is he the only one who has a lot of fun!

The examiners complained in their hearts, but they did not dare to underestimate the Chen Siqing. They all corrected their attitudes and coughed for a while. The examiner in the head said, "There was a man named Tao Yuanming in ancient times. Have you ever heard of Chen Siqing?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Mr. Wuliu's name is known to everyone in the world, how could I not know it?"

The chief examiner nodded and continued laughing: "But does Chen Siqing know that Mr. Tao has a squinting eye?"

Squinted eyes? Chen Ao was stunned for a moment. He had read countless ancient books. He had never heard of Tao Yuanming having eye disease. Looking at the examiner's appearance, he understood in his heart that this was a trap. If he said he didn't know, then there was no need to continue this exam. He would say that you were ignorant, but if you said you knew, he would ask, why did you see Tao Yuanming having squint eyes?

This is not an intelligence test. It’s like digging a hole and waiting for someone to jump in. Chen Ao believed that when he jumped, they didn’t mind helping to shovel the soil and buried themselves.

Chen Ao smiled and said, "I know."

I can only answer this way. I don’t know if it’s just an elimination. I know there is still a glimmer of hope. I don’t know if he knows it, let’s fool you first.

The examiner immediately became interested and said, "Shishen is indeed very knowledgeable. No wonder he is famous all over the world. So I want to ask, why did Tao Yuanming squint his eyes?"

The picture shows the real killing move. Since I have answered it just now, if I can’t tell the reason at this time, I will be unreasonable.

Chen Ao's face still maintained a calm smile, his mind was running quickly, constantly recalling Tao Yuanming's life and works.

"Chen Siqing, there is only one stick of incense, please answer quickly. If you can't answer, I can only ask you to show up."

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"There is not much time, does Chen Siqing have no answer yet? Since that's the case..."

"Let's go!" Chen Ao suddenly opened his eyes and said loudly: "I already have the answer."

The examiner looked at Chen Ao with interest: "Please tell me if you are Chen Temple."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Picking chrysanthemums to the southeast, leisurely seeing the Nanshan Mountain. This is a line from Mr. Wuliu's poem "Drinking": It is obvious that he is picking chrysanthemums from the southeast, but he can leisurely see the Nanshan Mountain. This is how it can be seen that Mr. Wuliu naturally squinted his eyes, otherwise he could clearly face the southeast, but why could he see the Nanshan Mountain?"

The examiners laughed one after another, and the examiner couldn't help but smile and stroked his beard and said, "The Chen Siqing really deserves his reputation, I admire him!" After saying that, he hugged Chen Ao and continued, "So far, only two of the dozens of candidates have found the answer. Chen Siqing can leave. At this time tomorrow, I can go to the imperial palace examination."

Chen Ao returned the favor, stood up calmly, and walked out. He felt a little lucky in his heart. This topic was quite difficult. Not only should he be quick and wise, but he also needed to know Tao Yuanming as if he was right. If he didn't know Tao Yuanming's poems, no matter how smart he was, he would be useless.

After leaving the Ministry of Rites, Chen Ao returned home. Zhou Ruo first saw him. The two confronted each other on the corridor. Zhou Ruo looked up and down and said, "Where is your husband coming back?"

Chen Ao thought for a while and said, "Exam."

"I knew you were going to select, hum!" Zhou Ruo stomped his feet and turned around and was about to leave.

Chen Ao quickly stopped her and smiled bitterly: "If you have something to say, ma'am, can you listen to my explanation?"

"Explanation, what to explain?" Zhou Ruo turned his face away with anger, but did not leave immediately, so he was willing to listen to Chen Ao's explanation.

Chen Ao then said the cause and effect, and finally said with a bitter face: "I am the real injustice. This time I am not attracting bees and butterflies. I am really forced to do so. Besides, if your husband is a kind of kind who is kind and has no moral character and self-protection, Ruoer will look down on him, right?"

Zhou Ruo said angrily: "In this way, do you have any achievements?"

Chen Ao said modestly: "It's not a big deal. The main reason is that Ruoer is properly trained. It's not that his husband has a good character, but that Ruoer has a high leadership level."

Zhou Ruo couldn't help but laugh, laughed and cried, and said resentfully: "You are such a careless person. You have been here for three or two days. Today is the Emperor's Princess, and tomorrow will know who it is. You have a wife, and you ran to participate in the selection, which made Long Yan angry. It depends on how you end up. If you don't think about yourself, you should think about us, as a family."

Chen Ao hugged her and said, "Don't worry, I already have a perfect solution. Do you see when your husband has suffered a loss? Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! But there is something I want to tell you first. No matter what happens to me tomorrow, don't panic. Tell your father and tell him not to interfere, just pretend that nothing has happened, tell him that I will be fine soon."

Zhou Ruo was still worried after hearing his instructions. Chen Ao comforted her again, and then asked Zhenzhen and Tang Moer to gather together, talk about tomorrow's finals, and then told them to eat together.

The next morning, Chen Ao was dressed in a new dress and entered the palace in a carriage at dawn. When he arrived at the palace gate, he saw Cai Lun again. He knew in his heart that the examiner yesterday said that the two people had answered the answer, and the other person was most likely Cai Lun, but it was not uncommon. This question was difficult and it would be fine. It was only a stick of incense time to come up with the answer. There were only two types of people participating in the selection. One was a nerd, and the other was a nerd, and although his mind was flexible, most of them could not even enter the first final exam, and the nerd could not pass the second exam. Therefore, although there were as many as a thousand people, the only ones who were truly qualified to enter the palace were Chen Ao and Cai Lun.

Chen Ao disagreed with Cai Lun's shortlist. Cai Jing was the host of the selection. The answer was already known, and it was not difficult to tell Cai Lun in advance to let Cai Lun join the competition.

Although the Cai family has a high position and a powerful position, it has never been married to the royal family. This is really a matter of being stuck in the throat for Cai Jing. Now that Cai Lun is allowed to come out to pursue Princess Anning, the position of Princess Anning in the emperor's heart can be truly stable.

Therefore, the Cai family is determined to win Princess Anning, but...
Chapter completed!