Mrs. Xie Ergu went to the princess's mansion and wanted to ask about the Liao family.

Princess Changning thought for a while and said: "Liao Jingzhang's father was the former prince's crown prince, Liao Jingzhang's eldest brother is also very knowledgeable, I heard that he is also a top talent, your father-in-law attaches great importance to this eldest son, but unfortunately, after the lift, he fell into the water without waiting for the test, and then the Liao family returned to Jiangnan." ”

Although Mrs. Xie Ergu knew that after the uncle died, the sister-in-law was pregnant and miscarried, and it was soon gone. I heard that my father-in-law was hit hard because of this, which was a taboo in the Liao family, so no one mentioned it for many years. Liao Jingzhang is the third son, his second brother is a concubine, and there is only Liao Jingzhang in the heirs.

"I don't know much about those courts, my temperament, focus on children, so I don't know much about it, I ask the horse, and then tell you, why did you remember to ask this?"

The second aunt's wife frowned and said: "I just think it's strange, the Liao family has been in Beijing for many years, and it is impossible not to have a close friend, but Hua'er will try to be a high school, and everyone who can come is here, but I haven't seen the intersection of the Liao family, that is, the head of the Liao family asked Hua'er to visit a few in-laws, and there are no people in the court, which is abnormal." ”

Chang Ning didn't know who Liao Anhua and their relatives visited, and he couldn't say, but he also felt strange about this situation, and promised the second aunt and wife to take the time to return to the mansion to ask the old man.

Mrs. Xie Ergu hid this matter in her heart, and didn't dare to tell her eldest son, for fear of affecting him, in the upcoming palace exam, the two sons were not reading, but discussed various issues every day.

In the palace, Princess Anyang was restless in her palace, and she secretly went out a few times, but she didn't meet the person again, and then she saw a lot of students on the street who came to take the exam.

An Yang suddenly thought, maybe it was a student from other places, seeing that the person was personable, walking smoothly, looking down at the gift in his hand and smiling, so that An Yang's heart was beating and stunned, and Lingxiang, the palace person next to him, did not dare to urge, it was the carriage that moved, and An Yang hurriedly went down, but when he came down, the person was gone, she hurriedly looked around, but she didn't see a figure.

For a while, she was uneasy, and told her mother, who reprimanded her, and told the starling, who said that she had read too much of the book, but she wanted to marry such a person.

Maybe the person is inside, even if he is not the champion, even if he is not in it, as long as he can find him, he will recruit him as a colt, and from then on wash his hands and make soup for him.

Her father promised her the Qionglin banquet and let her go to see it secretly, she couldn't sleep peacefully for a few days, and when she closed her eyes, she was smiling, and her heart was tender and sweet.

In the palace test, Taihe Hall, the candidates enter from dawn, go through the roll call, scatter the papers, praise and worship, salute and other etiquette, and then issue the questions. The students sat upright and prepared to answer the questionnaire, and their hearts were excited.

Mei Shangshu looked at Liao Anhua and pondered in his heart, Liao Taibao hurriedly returned to his hometown, but it was a pity that he had his eldest son, but his grandchildren came out again, and he regretted his own family, the Mei family did not have students to enter the exam this year, and several examiners also thought about it.

The seats are arranged according to the ranking, Hao Zhixue leans last, he takes a deep breath, closes his eyes, and then opens his eyes, his eyes are blazing, slowly grinding the ink, and the students around him are immersed in brushing and writing.

Liao Anhua played calmly as before, and after writing it, read it again.

The palace examination is only one day, and the papers are handed in at dusk, and they are accepted by the officials, such as the rolls, the palm scrolls, and the seals. On the day of reading, eight officials were handed over to read the papers, each with a table, and they were circulated in turn, and then ten of the volumes were selected to be submitted to the emperor.

Looking at the ten exam papers on the case, the emperor frowned, there are several outstanding people, Liao Anhua is the head, and if he wants to postpone him, he can't convince the public, the son of the Liang family is not bad, and there is a Hao Zhixue.

The emperor looked at Hao Zhixue's ranking before, and felt strange, the difference between two hundred and seventy-three and the top ten was too big, and the emperor asked, an examiner came out to reply, and he had already checked the reason, and the candidate was unwell because of eating fish, and the invigilator looked at him and insisted on finishing the exam.

The emperor nodded, this person is commendable and rare.

An official took a step forward happily, bowed down and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, this year's two families are a double jinshi, this dynasty can double the talent, congratulations!"

When the servant heard such a happy event, he couldn't help but smile and stepped forward, and said, "My emperor is really blessed with heaven." This direction is to re-educate and benefit all people. How rare is it to have a double jinshi? There are two bachelor's degrees alone. It can be seen that Your Majesty's civil rule has been perfected! How can the ministers and other virtues be able to meet in such a prosperous era!

The ministers roared: "Congratulations for Your Majesty!"

The emperor sighed, and the official continued: "Liao Anhua, Liao Anzhi's brothers, Hao Zhixue, Hao Zimao's uncles and nephews all participated in the palace examination. ”

Looking at the test paper, the emperor knocked lightly on the table, and the officials below didn't know what the emperor meant, so they smiled and looked at each other. This year's students' examination papers are clearly distinguished, and there is no situation where they are almost undecided.

Looking at Liao Anhua's test papers, the emperor was finally set as the champion, and the list was set as a student from Xichang Mansion, and the flower was given to Hao Zhixue of Jinyang, so he had to grieve the son of the Liang family to pass it on, and all the top three regions had it.

After reading the noun set by the emperor, the ministers were relieved, and they didn't make any tricks to rank them like in previous years, this time it was quite formal.

The next day, the emperor list was posted, it was even more crowded, the third master and Song Ba couldn't squeeze in at all, fortunately Zhou Yuekang, Song Pengfei and Cao Tian came, and Song Ba let these three people squeeze in.

I saw that some were crying, some were squeezing their shoes, some were shouting loudly, and a few officials were maintaining order, but they still couldn't stop these excited students.

When Zhou Yuekang squeezed out, all of them were disheveled, Zhou Yue's hair was messy, and he stammered: "Uncle Champion, Champion!"

didn't look like he usually looked up at Hahale, Song Pengfei shouted instead: "Dad, Dad, champion!"

The third old man asked anxiously, "Where is An Zhi?"

Zhou Yuekang straightened his tongue and said, "Erjia twenty-five, haha!"

The third old man waved his hand, "Let's go, go back and report the good news! Let your mother-in-law watch the champion parade on the street!"

Zhou Yuekang jumped on the side and spoke: "Third uncle, my father said that the granite building is not open today, and my mother invited Song Grandzu and my mother-in-law to go to the granite building early in the morning. ”

The new jinshi are all in the Taihe Hall to participate in the imperial examination, a while is to ride a horse to the street, Liao Anhua wearing a red robe, a hat with palace flowers, riding a high-headed horse, Bangyan and Tanhua followed, to accept the people of the court.

Mrs. Xie Ergu was on the second floor of the granite building, and when she saw her son riding by, she looked up, and the second aunt cried with joy, Concubine Jiang also pulled her to rejoice, and Mrs. Baigu's eyes were full of tears.

Mrs. Tai leaned on the window and watched it, and cried with a whin, because it was a happy event, no one persuaded her, so Mrs. Tai cried happily, causing Concubine Jiang to cry non-stop. Mrs. Tai cried and said to her daughter: "Er Nizi, you can be regarded as having survived, and you will enjoy the blessings of your children and grandchildren in the future." ”

Mrs. Xie Ergu wiped her mother's tears and said gently: "Mother, don't worry, my three children are married, and there is nothing to worry about." ”

"Oh! If Liao's son-in-law is also in Beijing, then don't mention how happy he is! Go back and hurry up to bring a letter to your son-in-law, and come to Beijing when you are in better health, how can you miss this scenery?"

As soon as Mrs. Tai said this, Mrs. Xie Ergu's hand holding the handkerchief froze, and instead just smiled and nodded, Mrs. Baigu's face also changed, and Su Shi looked at it from the side and felt strange, did this Brother-in-law Liao have something unspeakable?