Chapter 83: Literary and martial arts competition

When the two of them answered this, Liu Chong and Li Feng around them saw it, and their attitude towards Lin Nan was even more earnest and respectful.

Lin Nan received the gift, and several people continued to wander aimlessly along the palace wall. Mingde said, "You went to see the list that day, right? I heard that the day when I looked at the list, Gongyuan Street was very lively and there were crowds of people. I also said that many scholars were playing tricks on the street. Is it true?"

Lin Nan turned his head and saw Mingde's excited expression. His eyes were lit. He laughed in his heart and replied: "It's almost the same. Anyway, I got up early that day and squatted on the street until the end of Chenshi. The people on the street still didn't disperse. When I was reading the list, I was crying and laughing. Oh! Those who passed the exam were good, but those who failed the exam looked really miserable... Fortunately, it was not me who failed the exam..."

"Hehe!" Mingde slapped him and said, "Stop pretending to be garlic here. If you fail the exam, you will be in vain in the palace for the past few years!" As he said, he said, "I heard that if someone outside passes the exam, those who come to report the good news will be stolen! It was originally a commoner who is so poor that he can make a big deal. Once in high school, the matchmakers who propose marriage and congratulate him can make a breakthrough. Is it true?" After that, Mingde stared at Lin Nan's face, his eyes dripped around and said, "You have also passed the exam. The threshold in your mansion must have been trampled by those big-faced matchmakers in the past two days, right?" After Mingde said this, Liu Chong and Li Feng also made a fuss next to him, and several people looked at Lin Nan with malicious laughter.

Lin Nan smiled bitterly: "But there are really not. There are many people who congratulate you, but I really haven't seen anyone who proposed marriage. I don't know if everyone knows that I am ugly and don't want to move forward..."

"Haha! Stop talking nonsense!" Mingde and others looked disbelieving. "Oh-I remembered it. I said you had no news for so many days. After winning the imperial examination, you didn't come to the palace to see me. It turned out that you were busy looking for girls all day long! To be honest, is this the case?" No matter how Lin Nan explained, the few people didn't believe it at all, and in the end, Lin Nan let them say it.

After a while, Mingde looked disappointed and said with regret: "It's a pity that the Empress Dowager's passage made me too strict with her. Alas! I really want to see the scene with my own eyes. At that time, the streets must be more lively than the area of ​​Nan Thirteenth Street... Maybe I can be the first to report the good news to you and ask for some money! Hehe, I will be a matchmaker at that time, no, let these two guys pretend to be matchmakers!" As he said, he pointed to Liu Chong and Li Feng, he said with a smile: "Then the three of us come to propose marriage, hahahaha!"

Lin Nan looked at Mingde and his lips with his lips, and deliberately frowned: "Where is this unopposed woman from? She looks so ugly and dares to climb to the door of my Lin Mansion! She also looks at herself in a mirror. She still has to come to propose marriage in this way? Where is the person coming!" Lin Nan raised his hand and said, "Get me a stick and beat it out!"

"Wow! What a fierce scholar!" Mingde pretended to laugh while hiding back, and turned around and shouted at Liu Chong and the others: "Go quickly and leave quickly, and I will never come to the door to kiss you again. Let this guy beat him a bachelor for the rest of his life!" After that, Mingde couldn't help laughing. Several people were so happy that their stomachs hurt, so they had to bend down to support each other.

After resting for a while, Ming De suddenly asked, "Hey, Xiao Linzi, what's going on in the Gongyuan Room? Tell me about it." Since entering the palace, Ming De has been pestering Lin Nan to ask this and that, as if a child who is quite curious about the outside world, he feels fresh in everything. Lin Nan also knew in his heart that although His Sixteenth Highness was favored by his elders since childhood, he was also very depressed. He was not allowed to go there or go there, and he didn't even know what the Gongyuan looked like... He now explained the situation in the Gongyuan in detail.

Others think that taking the exam in the Gongyuan is very hard, but now Mingde sounds very interesting. So many people gathered together to take the exam, it feels spectacular! And they all have to go to the number room, haha! Mingde wishes he could go and see what the exam in the number room looked like...

During the conversation between the two, Mingde kept looking at Lin Nan's face, and suddenly a sentence came out: "I found that you are a blessed person."

"Oh? I didn't expect that Your Highness would still look at the photos."

"Hehe! I don't know, right? I have so many of you!"

"Then your Highness, let me tell you, how could I be blessed?"

"Ah... your heaven is full and the pavilion is circling, and the mountain is tall. This... Is this a blessing anyway! Otherwise, you can't win many times, and you will win once, wouldn't you be blessed?"

"Your Highness is joking. Whether you pass the provincial examination or not depends on how hard you work in your daily life. If you work hard on weekdays, you will naturally win."

"Take!" Mingde looked dissatisfied. "I haven't seen you work hard on weekdays. I feel that you are really easy to take the exam..." Mingde said, looking a little dissatisfied: "Actually, you said... we have been together every day in the palace for the past few years, and we have learned the same things. Hehe, everyone is half a dozen. You said... If I also entered the exam room this time, wouldn't I be able to win?"

"Ah?" Lin Nan laughed. After a long time, the Highness went around in a big circle. It was actually for this matter. "I can't answer your Highness's question. With your highness's knowledge, if you participate in the provincial examination, it is probably a success."

It is said that Lin Nan's answer is nothing wrong. Most people laughed and passed by, but Mingde seemed to be very serious today. "I'm afraid half of what you meant is that I can't win, right?"

Lin Nan grinned as soon as he heard this: "Your Highness, your talent, your knowledge is superior to others. Needless to say, why do you have to compete with others? Besides, this provincial examination is a place provided by the Tian family for scholars all over the world, and a way out for them to serve the court. However, since ancient times, there has been no precedent for princes to refer to..."

"Hmph! If you say that, you will still believe that I am not good!" Mingde was a little angry. "You said that the imperial examination is a way for scholars all over the world to become officials. Don't forget that scholars all over the world are also scholars. Of course, they are also considered here. Even if you really go to the exam once! Besides, since it is a royal examination room, you must have the ability to be the first in the world! If your own people can't even pass a single exam, what qualifications are there to dominate the world?" After pausing, Mingde said angrily: "Oh, in fact, I just want to see if the things I learned in the palace are really better than those outsiders. If they are not as good as people, it would be too shameful for the royal face. If it is really useless, it would be fine if they don't learn in the future!"

Lin Nan looked at Mingde as if he was serious, and he was amused and crying. Others worked hard to get fame and fortune for most of their lives, and most people just wanted to win a wife and a son and a wealthy sect. Otherwise, who would suffer so much? But this highness, who was in the richest and most noble family in the world, was born and fell into the blessings, so why did he even want to take the exam? Alas... What's this?

Fortunately, Lin Nan also knew that Mingde was just saying that if he really wanted to take the exam in reality, let alone the emperor and the empress dowager would not agree, even the civil and military officials in the court and scholars in the world would not agree. But think about Mingde's words, although some places are not right, the last sentence makes some sense. Then explain that De's original heart is like a scholar. After studying for a long time, he doesn't know what his knowledge is. He just wants to find a place to verify himself. If an ordinary person is naturally able to pass the big test, but Mingde is limited by his identity and background. He can't do this thing that all scholars in the world can do... Thinking of this, Lin Nan also sympathizes with His Highness.

At this moment, Lin Nan suddenly found that the look of the Your Highness in front of him looked at him was a little strange. It seemed that he had discovered something new and fun. His Highness's eyes suddenly shone brightly when he looked at him. Lin Nan subconsciously felt that the situation was a little bad, but before he could speak, Mingde spoke first: "Hehe, actually, I suddenly thought of a solution. I can know the result without taking the imperial examination..."

Lin Nan's heart sank unconsciously when he heard this. Sure enough, Mingde continued to say happily: "Don't you pass the exam? And it's third in the B list, I don't have to compete with the No. 1,800 people in person. I just need to compete with you. If I win you, I will naturally be able to go high school, and at least I will be third in the B list... Even if you win, as long as everyone is similar, at least I can also go high school, hehe! At that time, 80% of people will come to propose marriage, hehe!"

Lin Nan was so amused and cried, thinking that you always want this to verify your knowledge or to propose marriage... Not to mention whether there is a matchmaker who dares to propose marriage to the prince, even if he comes to propose marriage, he has to be able to cross the super threshold of the palace gate! Lin Nan bowed: "Your Highness, we have been in the palace for so many years, and you have also said that you have learned the same things. I don't think we need to compete. Your Highness is much smarter than me, and there is no need to say that you will definitely win."

"Don't flatter me there," Mingde said with a stern face: "It's okay to speak in front of outsiders. If we talk behind closed doors, we don't have that trick. This time you have no choice, you have to compete, and you have to compete without comparison. Your Highness tells you that you have to compete with me seriously and not give in on purpose, otherwise we will never meet again in the future!"

"..." Lin Nan was speechless. It seemed that Your Highness was serious, so let's compare!
Chapter completed!