After I traveled through the book, my sister kidnapped my mother

Chapter 378: No. Scholar

Wen Zhimiao looked at the man. She didn't have any impression of him. Her people had investigated many students, even those who were not very sociable. However, she had basically checked all of them, only those with good grades in previous years.

She tried hard to think about whether she had seen any information about a person named Shi Quan, and finally she had a vague impression of him.

It seemed that there was such a person, but Wen Zhimiao did not have any particularly deep impression of her.

After all, she didn't read those people's articles one by one. If she did, she would be exhausted.

"Send the essays of the top three candidates for everyone to have a look." Su Qingluo said coldly. This was the tradition of every imperial examination and the ministers were used to it.

Wen Zhimiao first took a look at the top scorer's essay and became more and more delighted the more he read.

So much so that when I read the articles of the last two authors afterwards, I felt that they were a bit clichéd. It’s not that they are bad, but they are just not that outstanding.

Problems are raised and solved, and the solutions proposed are all practical and feasible, and are analyzed from all aspects.

The writing is not excellent, and the words are not fancy enough, but there is a sense of power in the text.

"Good article, well-deserved." Wen Zhimiao praised it on the spot after reading it.

The court officials also began to discuss the matter among themselves.

The list approved by the emperor will be posted in Yunjing City, commonly known as the announcement of the list. Today is actually the time for the announcement.

In a short while, the yamen runners will go to various bulletin boards to post the list of those who have passed the imperial examination.

This year's top scholar in literature is the only female top scholar in the last three imperial examinations.

The other two are still men, but there are quite a few women outside the top three this year, more than in previous years.

However, surprisingly, this year's top martial arts champion is also a woman.

She was the exceptionally tall woman. Not only was she extremely strong, she was also good at riding and archery. She was only inferior to He Yuanyao in arranging troops, and she was the top scorer in all other events.

I heard that her ancestor was a general, and she was tall since she was a child. She came from a hunter family and was familiar with bows and arrows since she was a child.

As for using the spear, she has never learned it, but her great strength is enough to crush many people. In the face of absolute power, skills are useless.

This year's top scorers in both civil and military examinations are women, which is the first time in history.

That martial arts champion had become famous in Yunjing City very early on. After all, his tall figure would attract people's attention wherever he went.

But few people still know about that top scholar.

Today, the results were announced, and the places where the results were announced were already crowded with people.

Shi Quan didn't have much hope at first. She came from a humble background, was a stutterer, and didn't like interacting with people.

Because she didn't have any decent clothes, she had been in Yunjing for so long and had not even had any contact with other candidates or students except during exams.

She did not sit idle while waiting for the exam, but found a job in Yunjing City. She even thought about not going back, but working here and sending the money she earned back to her family.

Her elder sister's daughter was also old enough to go to school, so it didn't matter if she couldn't pass the exam in this lifetime. She could just give up after trying a few more times and failing.

If you support your sister's daughter's education well, maybe she will do better than her.

I heard that if you are mute or stuttering, they will not accept you even if you pass the exam.

She came here today just to join in the fun, but she didn't expect to hear her own name in the crowd.

"Shiquan?"

"Who is this? I've never heard of him before."

People around were talking about this name, saying they had never heard of it before.

Shiquan wanted to squeeze in to see, but there were too many people.

"I have never heard of the new champion of this year's exam, but I have heard of the runner-up and third place winners."

"I think his name is Shiquan, right? I'll go ask around."

Shi Quan was a little surprised when he heard his own name.

The new top scholar, her?

That shouldn’t be the case, maybe they have the same name.

Shiquan was still trying hard to squeeze in.

Outside the crowd, several guards riding tall horses suddenly came over.

"Is Shiquan here?" the leader of the imperial guards asked loudly.

Shi Quan stood in the crowd, looking at the guards. She didn't think that they were calling her.

The leader of the Imperial Guards spoke again, "Is Yinchuan Shiquan here?"

"Female, 35 years old, new champion, available?"

The other party added a lot of qualifiers, and Shi Quan believed it belatedly. It was really him that was being called.

She weakly raised her hand among the crowd: "Yes...Yes."

Her voice was not loud, and even sounded a little frightened.

The leader of the Imperial Guards walked up to her and bowed slightly to her respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invites you. Please follow us to the East Palace. His Royal Highness will be waiting in the East Palace."

As soon as Wen Zhimiao learned about the new top scholar, he immediately sent someone to find her.

With her background, she certainly doesn't understand the twists and turns of Yunjing City. If someone else with ulterior motives gets there first and says something to her, she might be easily deceived.

Although the new top scholar can get an official position no matter what, some people who don't know the tricks can still be easily cheated.

If you trick these people, then your own younger generations will naturally have a chance.

That's why Wen Zhimiao sent people to look for Shiquan as soon as possible. After all, she was different from the top scorers in previous years. She was really too naive.

Everyone looked at the woman in tattered clothes standing in front of the guard who was much taller than her, with an unconcealable nervousness on her face.

"Please." The guard's voice was low, with an unconscious sense of oppression. Shi Quan had never seen such a scene before.

Even though the other person was a woman like her, she was still nervous.

The guards invited her to get on the carriage, and after getting on, she nervously asked, "Is it really me?"

The leader of the Royal Guard thought that the description of the new top scholar she had received before she came should be correct, but out of caution she checked the information again.

Finally it was confirmed that it was her.

Shi Quan entered the Eastern Palace in a daze and with full of fear. Now the Eastern Palace has been decorated, and Shi Wanyue happened to have nothing to do today, so she stayed in the Eastern Palace to accompany Wen Zhimiao.

The carriage stopped in front of the palace gate and the rest of the way had to be walked.

Shi Quan followed the guards for a long distance before she noticed that her shoe had a hole in it. She couldn't help but wonder if the prince would find her too offensive.

But even if she thought about it, she didn't dare to ask the guards to let her go back and change her clothes.

The palace was majestic. She had never been to such a place before. Her body tensed unconsciously and she even felt like she didn't know how she got in front of the prince.

"Your Highness, the number one scholar's wife has been brought here." When she heard the voice of the royal guards, she felt her head buzzing and she could only kneel down instinctively.

"Long live His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Wen Zhimiao listened to her trembling voice and felt helpless. It seemed that she had scared people.