C53 Court Question and Answer

The release of the top scorer for the National University Entrance Examination at the end of the year was a celebration for all countries, especially for King Zhuge Ming's wife, Liu Yuehua. She was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.

Why? It was because Liu Yong was his own little brother. Although Liu Yong didn't know anything, he had managed to get himself a good husband, the commander of the three armies, Zhuge Ming.

Perhaps Liu Yong had never thought that he would one day be able to personally enter the Hidden Dragon Palace to see His Majesty. That was why he was feeling quite nervous at the moment.

However, thinking of how he had a good elder sister and a good brother-in-law as a backer, what was there to be nervous about? After today, he would become an official of the imperial government.

In order to prevent himself from exposing his incompetence, Liu Yuehua had designed everything for him to apply to become a Prefecture Overseer, so that he wouldn't have to worry about anything else for the rest of his life.

Dongfang Jianxiong was currently looking at the exam questions in his hands. Although his gaze did not reach Liu Yong who was kneeling on the ground, Liu Yong could still feel the might of a powerful Emperor.

"Liu Yong, right? His performance was not bad. All the questions answered correctly should be rewarded with a high reward." Dongfang Jianxiong's indifferent voice was heard. Liu Yong's excited expression turned red.

He was practically prostrating himself on the ground as he said with a trembling voice, "Thank you for your grace, master. This subject will not let you down."

He had rehearsed these lines countless times in advance. Therefore, at this moment, he did not hesitate to say them. Moreover, his neither humble nor arrogant tone made quite a number of ministers nod their heads.

"Yes, according to the requirements, I will personally test you in the end. Are you ready?" Dongfang Jianxiong's voice faintly traveled over.

This was the final test of every year's National Education Examination. The emperor himself had asked for it, but this examination had been prepared beforehand. There were many questions written on a piece of paper, and as long as the person who had obtained first place could pass the examination, this matter would be completely settled.

Of course, Liu Yong was not afraid, because he had already memorized the questions in Dongfang Jianxiong's hands. No matter what questions Dongfang Jianxiong asked, he would always answer them with the most fluent tone.

He had experienced this kind of thing several times. With his position in the imperial court, as long as Liu Yong didn't make any mistakes, nothing could go wrong. Thinking about how many officials and officials in the imperial court were trusted and trusted by him, Zhuge Ming was secretly delighted.

However, the next scene caused King Ming's expression to drastically change. The eunuch next to Dongfang Jianxiong handed over the exam questions to him.

He threw the piece of paper to the side and suddenly said, "I will ask you the first question. Because of the famine that has occurred in Bai Yang County during the drought, the livelihood of the people there is now a major problem. Countless people can't even eat a mouthful of food. I ask you, if you are a local magistrate, how will you respond to this problem?"

"Ugh …" Many ministers raised their heads. Of course, that included King Zhuge Ming. On that piece of paper … There was clearly no such problem!

However, right now, everyone was looking at him with their eyes, and there was really no way for him to solve this problem. He could only hope that Liu Yong would work hard to answer this question, and even if he didn't memorize it, as long as your answers were reasonable, he would still be able to accept it.

However, Liu Yong's reaction right now was completely different from what Zhuge Ming thought. His body trembled subconsciously.

Sweat unceasingly poured out of his face like beans. He couldn't even utter a single word while he was kneeling on the ground.

Perhaps in normal times, he might have been able to say one, two, three, four, but in the face of Dongfang Jianxiong, coupled with the fact that this question was too different from the one on his back, the instantaneous nervousness made him almost lose his ability to think.

"This commoner, I … "This …" Right now, he could not think of how to answer this question accurately at all. He could only keep thinking about why the emperor did not play the cards according to the rules, and why he did not ask the questions he memorized.

As long as you can do this, I can at least guarantee that you won't die. However, when King Zhuge Ming's wish fell through, Liu Yong raised his head and threw a pleading look at King Zhuge Ming.

"Liu Yong, what's wrong? Are you unable to answer my question?" There was already a bit of anger in Dongfang Jianxiong's tone.

"No no, it's just that... Only a commoner, usually full of poetry books, for this kind of... "This is a practical problem, and I don't have the ability to deal with it yet, so …" Liu Yong stammered for a while, but King Zhuge Ming's expression became even uglier. 'Aren't you pushing yourself onto the road of death?'

As expected, an expression of realization appeared on Dongfang Jianxiong's face as he said, "Okay, then I won't test you for questions like this. I will ask you again, when the Hidden Dragon Empire was first founded, the late emperor's Mr. Mo Feizi proposed three strategies to swiftly stabilize the people and to end the traitors. What are these three strategies?"

How would Liu Yong know what the three countermeasures were? He only knew that there was no such problem on the piece of paper, and neither Liu Yuehua nor Zhuge Ming gave him any instructions on how to deal with it.

However, Dongfang Jianxiong didn't play according to common sense. How was he supposed to answer? This was his hard answer. He had just said that he had read too many books and couldn't even answer a question like this. Wasn't this slapping his own face?

"You've read so many poetry books, yet you can't even answer this question?" Dongfang Jianxiong's beauty stood up as the great might of a dragon burst out from the True Dragon Palace.

"I... "I …" Liu Yong already could not think of anything to give him, so of course he could not reply because he had never actually studied. If he wanted to read so much poetry, would Liu Yuehua help him with this method to the best of her ability?

"I ask you again, how did Mo Feizi pacify the border riots in the twenty years since the founding of the country?" Dongfang Jianxiong asked.

"I know, I know …" Liu Yong screamed out subconsciously. You finally asked me a question I know because I've recited it before. He is the one on the piece of paper in your hand.

"Mo Feizi used the power of pacification as a support to resolve the problem of food and clothing in the area. The rebellion has quickly been pacified." In one breath, Liu Yong recited the answer in his heart word for word.

He then asked a few more questions, one half of which had been chosen from the original question, the other was a random question he had compiled. As expected, the questions on the paper were answered verbatim by Liu Yong, and he did not know anything else about the questions he had raised.

Dongfang Jianxiong had basically lost his patience as he stood up from the Dragon Throne. His furious voice resounded throughout the hall like thunder, "You've never read a book, you don't know anything, and you didn't even write the exam itself. I'm asking you, am I right?"

If he didn't have that information, if he didn't have the reminder from the mysterious person, he would have followed the usual pattern reading all the questions on his hand today. Then, Liu Yong would have been reused without any problems.

Even Dongfang Jianxiong was unable to imagine how many people had muddled through the National Education Entrance Examination like this in the past, and how many ministers within the Imperial Court had helped these ignorant people to put on that official's hat on their heads.

"Huang …" Your Majesty, spare me, this commoner … I... "I can still answer quite a lot of questions, I …" As a matter of fact, he did not have any confidence now. As long as he was not a fool, he would be able to understand what was going on. He would be able to answer the questions on the white paper.

"That's because you already know the question in advance. The answer has already made you completely familiar with it. Say, do you think you'll be able to answer it?" Dong Fang Jian Xiong said angrily.

Dong Fang Jian Xiong was able to hit the source of the problem instantly. Liu Yong's body stiffened and his mind went blank. His nerves instantly tensed up as a stream of heat suddenly flowed out from his lower body. He actually peed his pants in fright.

"Tell me, who has given you all the information, including this question in my hands?" Dongfang Jianxiong asked coldly.

"This commoner, I … "I …" Liu Yong didn't know how to answer. Compared to the previous question, this was probably the most difficult question.

Was he going to call out his sister, but if he didn't, how would he know the answer to these questions?

"Don't you want to say it? Seriously serve me!" Dongfang Jianxiong roared angrily. At this moment, he was truly angered. None of the officials dared to make a sound. It seemed that it had been a long time since Dongfang Jianxiong had been this angry.

"I said, I said, it's my sister, my sister …" Liu Yong could not help but scream out his last words. He really could not stand the intimidating tone of Dongfang Jianxiong. Serving him with the word 'severely' was equivalent to 'severely punishing him'.

"Who's your sister?" Dongfang Jianxiong pressed him.

"Yes …" "It's Liu Yuehua …" Liu Yong said weakly.

In actuality, even if he randomly mentioned a name, he wouldn't be able to get away with it. Dongfang Jianxiong would definitely investigate this matter to the end.

This was not a small matter; this was the greatest event that concerned the future of the empire. Wen Renhe's matter had only just arisen, and now that it was happening again, how could Dongfang Jianxiong not be enraged?

When Liu Yong said this word, almost everyone, including Dongfang Jianxiong, looked towards Zhuge Ming at the same time.

Liu Yuehua, wasn't that the wife of King Zhuge Ming? If that was the case, then it would be reasonable for Liu Yong to get first place in the National Academy's entrance exams in advance.

"King Zhuge, tell me, what happened?" Dongfang Jianxiong returned to the Dragon Throne. His previous anger had suddenly turned back to a dull tone.