My Entire Family’s Gone Haywire!

On September 18th, the third day after the results of the general examination came out, the palace examination was held.

The imperial examination was held in the palace, and the emperor himself set the questions.

Gu Shouxin was the first in the test. He was sitting in the first row and could see the emperor clearly.

In order to satisfy the emperor, Gu Shouxin naturally had to pretend to be surprised and disbelieving.

The emperor glanced at Gu Shouxin and nodded with satisfaction.

Hehe, Gu Lao Er, are you surprised to see me? Hahaha, I've been waiting to see your expression for many days!

The test papers were distributed and the candidates began to review the questions.

The emperor walked down directly from above with his hands behind his back.

Some of those with poor mental quality had their ink stained on the exam papers. The emperor shook his head, feeling bored.

He walked around again with his hands behind his back.

The other examiners wanted to stop him. You are putting pressure on people. Do you still want to recruit talents this year?

Unfortunately, they did not dare to shout.

Since this emperor ascended the throne, he has been able to scare many people during the imperial examinations held every three years, for no other reason than that he likes to stand with his hands behind his back for a quarter of an hour, making the candidates' hands tremble.

In the last palace examination, an official suggested that the emperor should not stand for so long. The emperor said, "I stand next to him, will it affect him?" Then how can he serve me as a minister and go to court every day, not only because he is afraid? How can you share my worries?

No one knows that he really wants to find someone to share his worries with! He wants to go out and play.

Usually there is only one question in the palace examination, but this time there are two questions, which takes a little longer than usual.

Everyone thought it was the emperor's whim, but in fact one of these was the work of the Empress Dowager.

The palace examination was over at sunset. After the examination, all the candidates left the palace to wait for news.

That night, the emperor took some of the answer sheets he was interested in to the Renshou Palace of the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager was about to take a rest. Seeing the Emperor coming over with answer sheets just like the previous ones, she couldn't tell whether she was happy or unhappy.

In fact, she had delegated power to the emperor a long time ago, but this child still liked to bother her.

She is over 70 years old. Doesn’t this kid know that the elderly are tired?

"Royal grandmother, please take a look at these answer sheets. My grandson is telling you that one of these people, my grandson plans to let him stay in the Hanlin Academy for two or three years and send him to a good place!" the emperor said excitedly.

The question raised by the Empress Dowager was about how to deal with the territories owned by the previous dynasties that were not conquered by the founding emperor of the Zhou Dynasty.

The Queen Mother took it and looked at them one by one.

The top one belongs to Huo Junhao. After reading it, she said: "This boy should be young. He should be born into a scholarly family, but that little kid from the Huo family?"

The emperor nodded: "Yes, that's right. My grandson plans to appoint him as the most beautiful man! With his looks, he is worthy of the title of most beautiful man. Throughout the ages, haven't our most beautiful men always been handsome?"

The Empress Dowager didn't say anything and continued reading: "From this policy review, it can be seen that this person has a good understanding of the sufferings of the people, and the views he puts forward are pertinent and not biased. He is smooth, but he has his own ambitions."

The emperor nodded: "This candidate is from Jiangnan. However, he did not get a good ranking in the provincial examination, but he ranked third in the general examination. Two days ago, Jing and that girl forced him to draw pictures for her! The grandson wanted to select him for the exam. Second place."

The Queen Mother took another copy and read it.

She commented on every one, and her comments were very accurate. The emperor's admiration for her continued to grow.

The last one belonged to Gu Shouxin. She picked it up and frowned instead of commenting immediately after reading it.