To the First Emperor of Qin: The state has decreed this!

Chapter 305 The Imperial Examination Questions of the Great Qin Dynasty!

"Brother! Say something!"

Ying Yinman felt a surge of panic. She grabbed Fusu's sleeve and shook him violently, demanding, "Who is that woman? Is she pretty? Is she prettier than me? What is her relationship with Young Master Zhang? Where is he hiding her now? Tell me quickly!"

Faced with his sister's barrage of deadly questions, Fusu was left embarrassed and sweating profusely.

"Yin Man, let go first! What kind of behavior is this!"

While frantically pulling his sleeve back, Fusu anxiously replied, "That's my teacher's private matter. How could I dare to ask?"

Besides, Father Emperor just issued an imperial edict, ordering the teacher to be fully responsible for drafting the exam questions for the three levels of the imperial examination! This is a matter of paramount importance concerning the eternal foundation of the Qin Dynasty, and I need to hurry to the Academy of Natural Sciences to find the teacher! Stop fooling around!

But Ying Yinman refused to listen, clenching her fists tightly. "I won't listen! You won't leave the East Palace today unless you tell me where that woman is!"

The two struggled inside the hall for a long time.

Seeing his sister's determined attitude of not giving up until she got to the bottom of things, and realizing that the time was being wasted, Fusu could only helplessly give in.

I'm so sorry, teacher!

"Fine, fine! I give up!"

Fusu lowered his voice, speaking with a guilty conscience, "All I know is that the woman our teacher brought back was named something like... Mi Yueyao! As for anything else, I really know nothing!"

"Mi Yueyao?"

Upon hearing the name, Ying Yinman was slightly taken aback, and unconsciously began to wonder where such a person was.

In that brief moment when Ying Yinman was stunned!

Fusu suddenly pulled out his sleeve with a burst of strength, turned around and ran wildly out of the palace!

"I must go and convey Father's decree; I must take my leave now!"

Before the words had even faded, Fusu's figure had already disappeared outside the gates of the East Palace, running away with remarkable speed and efficiency.

When Ying Yinman came to her senses, she looked at the empty door and saw only air in her hand, and immediately stomped her feet in anger.

"elder brother!"

Ying Yinman puffed out her cheeks angrily, her face turning bright red, and muttered, feeling wronged and indignant, "Fine! You even kept it from me! You clearly knew where you hid them, but you just wouldn't take me with you!"

"Fine! If you won't tell me, I'll find it myself!"

Ying Yinman gritted her teeth, lifted her skirt with both hands, turned around angrily, and strode out. "I want to see just who this Mi Yueyao is!"

……

Inside the Gewu Institute.

The sun is just right, the breeze is not dry.

Zhang Fan was comfortably lying on a homemade bamboo rattan recliner, humming a little tune with his eyes closed.

On the table beside him was a steaming cup of premium West Lake Longjing tea.

These are modern stockpiles that were smuggled in during a long-ago delivery of supplies.

After taking a sip of tea, Zhang Fan felt completely refreshed, and the fatigue from his days of traveling in Shangdang County was swept away.

"Ah, this feels so good... This is the kind of retirement life a working person should have!"

Just as Zhang Fan was immersed in happiness, a series of footsteps broke the silence.

"Teacher... teacher..."

Fusu rushed over and stood panting in front of Zhang Fan.

He was fidgeting with his hands, his eyes darting around, but he didn't dare look Zhang Fan in the eye.

Zhang Fan paused slightly as he picked up the teacup, raising an eyebrow.

Fusu usually has the demeanor of a gentle and refined gentleman, so why is he behaving like a thief today?

What kind of expression is that?

Their eyes were practically popping out of their sockets.

Zhang Fan sat up straight, a sense of foreboding washing over him. He asked urgently, "What serious problem has arisen? Could it be that Brother Zheng has changed his mind about the matter in Shangdang County?"

Fusu swallowed hard, too afraid to tell his sister the shocking revelation that their teacher was keeping a mistress.

He quickly shook his head, coughed twice to cover his embarrassment, and then said seriously:

"No...it's not about Shangdang County. It's an imperial edict that Father Emperor just issued!"

"Father said that now that the teacher has returned to the capital, the task of drafting the examination questions for the first Qin Dynasty's imperial examinations—the county-level, prefectural-level, and palace-level examinations—will be entirely entrusted to the teacher!"

Fusu paused, then cautiously added, "Father also said... if there are any oversights, all the old and new grievances will be settled with you..."

"puff!"

The first sip of premium Longjing tea that Zhang Fan had just taken a sip of sprayed all over Fusu's head and face.

"Holy crap?"

Zhang Fan's eyes widened. "You want me to be in charge of drafting the imperial examination questions? Isn't this kind of national education plan handled by Prime Minister Li Si? What is old Li doing, having to trouble me like this!"

No wonder Zheng Ge smiled so strangely when he let me go at Zhangtai Palace!

After all that, it turns out they dug a huge pit for themselves!

He's good at papermaking and steelmaking, but when it comes to writing essays on the Four Books and Five Classics or on governing the country, where would he possibly come up with a Level 3 exam question that meets the standards of ancient Confucian scholars? This is going to be the death of him!

Seeing Zhang Fan's frantic state, Fusu wiped the tea off his face with his sleeve and said with a wry smile, "Prime Minister Li said he didn't know how to gauge the situation, so Father Emperor felt that only someone as talented as you, Teacher, could shoulder this important task."

"Great talent my foot! This is blatant exploitation of labor!"

Zhang Fan rolled his eyes in annoyance.

However, despite the complaints, there was no way to back down from the imperial decree once it was issued.

Zhang Fan's eyes darted around, and suddenly a brilliant idea flashed in his mind.

Although I can't come up with the questions myself, I have a great nation with 1.4 billion people standing behind me!

Thinking of this.

Zhang Fan immediately took out his phone from his pocket and dialed Zhu Feng's hotline.

"Beep...beep..."

The call was quickly connected, and Zhu Feng's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone:

"Haha! Comrade Zhang Fan, what brings you to call me? How was your National Day holiday? Did you relax well over there?"

Upon hearing the words "National Day holiday," Zhang Fan's lips twitched with anger, and he muttered helplessly:

"Commander, please stop teasing me! What the hell is this National Day holiday? I've been working overtime like crazy for the entire seven-day break! I just finished outsmarting the remnants of the Chu Kingdom, and now I've been conscripted by Qin Shi Huang!"

"Oh? What happened again?" Zhu Feng suppressed his smile and asked with concern.

Zhang Fan hurriedly recounted how the Qin Dynasty was about to hold its first imperial examination, and how Qin Shi Huang had forcibly assigned him the task of preparing the county, prefecture, and palace examinations.

"Sir, this is the first imperial examination in history! How could I, a modern person, possibly know how to set questions for the students of the Great Qin? If I set something inappropriate, wouldn't I ruin the reputation of the imperial examination? You must help me!"