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Originally, when the Nan clan set off this morning, she had also considered whether to invite the Sheng family brothers and sisters to Ningweihou Mansion again - although she knew that ten out of ten would be rejected by Sheng Shenghe, she still wanted to try. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But after listening to the explanation of the brother and sister, she felt like a storm in her heart, and she was too late to go back to discuss with Xu Zijing, and she had no intention of staying, nodding, ordered the coachman to stop the carriage, and watched the brother and sister leave.

Sheng Sleeping Crane and Sheng Weiqiao returned to their carriage, because it was indeed not a few steps away from the house where they lived at this time, so they didn't say anything.

It's just that when he arrived at the gate of the house, Sheng Sleeping Crane went down first, and when he turned around to help Sheng Weiqiao land from the wheel, in the wind and snow behind him, a carriage also came, and when he got closer, the people in the car raised the curtain and greeted with a smile: "Miss Sheng?"

When Sheng Weiqiao heard this voice, he looked up in confusion, and saw a beautiful and dignified face behind the curtain, and his eyebrows were full of bookish breath, which was Huan Yehe.

She was surprised, she didn't know if Huan Yehe happened to be passing by, or if she followed her all the way?

However, as Huan Yehe, he took the initiative to greet her, Sheng Weiqiao didn't ignore her reason, and hurriedly took two steps forward to bless, and said, "County Lord, such a coincidence, did you pass by here?"

Huan Yehe smiled: "It's a coincidence, my mansion is in front." As he spoke, he pointed to a short distance ahead, although he could not see very clearly under the wind and snow, but he could also tell that it was a Zhu Gate, with stone lions set up on the left and right under the steps, and the silhouette of pavilions and pavilions behind the high walls.

Sheng Weiqiao was surprised, although he knew that because the imperial city was in the south, the nobles and wealthy families all lived in the south, but he didn't expect that Yongyi Bofu was in the place where he could see it as soon as he went out, and he could be said to be a neighbor.

"I didn't expect Miss Tongsheng to be so fateful. Huan Yehe probably thought the same way, she smiled lightly, and said, "If you want to find Miss Sheng in the future, it will be very convenient! I just don't know if Miss Sheng is willing to associate with me?"

Although Sheng Weiqiao believed in the reminder of the eldest princess of Wuyang and thought that she was inexplicably hostile to herself, it was always difficult to say it so loudly on the scene, so she smiled: "It's good if the county lord doesn't dislike me, how can I not want to associate with the county lord?"

Huan Yehe was very satisfied with her answer, the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened, and his eyes swept over Sheng Sleeping Crane behind her, and asked softly: "This is Brother Ling?

When Sheng Weiqiao heard this, he was about to introduce them, but he didn't want Sheng Sleeping Crane to take a step forward, blocked her behind him, looked at Huan Yehe with a smile, and said: "In Xia Sheng Sleeping Crane, I don't dare to be a compliment to the county lord of Jingshu, now that the wind and snow are strong, our brothers and sisters have arrived at the door of the house, but it is not good to disturb the return of the county lord - the county lord please!"

When he said this, he was smiling on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes, but there was some coldness and warning, but at this time, Sheng Weiqiao, who was blocked by him, didn't notice anything.

Huan Yehe saw it clearly, looked at him with a smile for a moment, his eyes flashed, Fang turned his gaze, raised his sleeves to cover his lips, laughed out loud, and said, "Thank you Sheng Gongzi for your care...... Forget your worries, put the curtain down, let's go!"

After Huan Yehe's carriage left, Sheng Sleeping Crane and Sheng Weiqiao turned around and entered the door.

After entering the Hanging Flower Gate, Sheng Weiqiao asked with some concern: "This county lord, I don't know why, when I was in the palace, she inexplicably wanted to put me together, although she later deliberately caught up with me to explain, but I always feel that the reminder of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Wuyang is not unreasonable! Brother Fangcai, you almost drove her away in person, and I don't know if she will hate us even more?"

Sheng Sleeping Crane's eyes flickered, and he smiled: "Good girl, do you think I shouldn't do that?"

“…… It's not!" Sheng Weiqiao heard this, thought about it carefully, shook her head and said, "After all, she took the initiative to cheat me in the palace, so it can be seen that she didn't have any good intentions for us in the first place." In this case, it doesn't matter if you offend her a little more, there are enemies left and right. I just can't figure it out, we obviously don't know her!"

"Maybe it's a trust. Sheng Sleeping Crane calmly reminded, "Have you forgotten the Meng family's Meng Shiyi? and Miss Zhao Er, these two are the people who accompanied the county lord of Jingshu to Bishui County in the first place." Although the aunt specially took you to compensate them in person, their elders also made it clear that this matter was revealed. However, it is difficult to say whether they themselves have this open-mindedness - especially their brothers all had an accident in the Huan family's old mansion, although the Huan family was not questioned for this, but at this time, if these two people ask the county lord of Jingshu to make things difficult for you, presumably the county lord will not refuse. ”

Sheng Weiqiao felt that what he said made sense, so he frowned: "No wonder she caught up with me with her front foot and explained to me with her back foot, and she just stopped at the door and asked me if I would like to associate with her - she must be trying to coax me to lose my guard against her, and then trick me!"

Sheng Sleeping Crane was very satisfied with her vigilance and suspicion of Huan Yehe, and nodded: "It's good that you know it in your heart! Anyway, her reputation is so good, and she has always shown her tolerance and generosity." In this case, in the future, you will take Ying Jiang with you when you go in and out, as long as there are no big mistakes on the scene, with Ying Jiang here, she knows more or less about those ghost methods, and the county lord of Jingshu wants to trap you, but it is not so easy!"

"So I said, Chunyu hurry up!" Sheng Weiqiao snorted coldly and said, "It's over, see that you have a foothold in Chang'an, I will hurry up and take my eighth sister and Ying Jiang back to Nanfeng County!"

Speaking of what the Queen Mother and the eldest princess of Wuyang said when she entered the side hall today, she couldn't help but feel a little sad, "Today, the Queen Mother also said that I haven't seen me for a few days, not only is it not haggard because of anxiety, but it is becoming more and more white and tender! I didn't dare to say it at the time, but in the days since Chang'an, I was worried all day long, either worried about offending this, or worried about colliding with that -- how could I raise people! If I continue like this, when I return to the county next year, I will lose at least two or three laps!" When the time comes, my father and mother don't know how much they will feel sorry for me!"

After she said last time that she would leave after Sheng Sleeping Crane finished the exam, she still regretted it a little, feeling that she had lost her mouth too early, and was worried that Sheng Sleeping Crane would design a block in advance because she had thoughts about herself, and she would not let herself go when the time came.

But in the past two days, she thought that she had seen through Sheng Sleeping Crane's plan - since the cheap brother had tactfully told her that he was going to marry Chang'an Gaomen, which seemed to her to be tantamount to implying that the two would keep their distance from now on, what else was she worried about?

So if you wish you could leave early, you naturally want to say it.

Anyway, at this time, Sheng Sleeping Crane must be very happy to hear himself say this, right?

However, when Sheng Sleeping Crane heard this, he did not have the slightest happy expression on his face, and was silent for a while before he said gently: "Good girl, when you were in Nanfeng County, you have been shouting that you want to be the sister of the champion;

"Who said you can't enjoy it?" Sheng Weiqiao said disapprerovingly, "Although Nanfeng County is a remote place in the eyes of the people of Chang'an, it is also the land of Damu, and it is not a wild place where the music book has been cut off from the Central Plains! Since the imperial examination came out, I have never heard of anyone even winning six yuan! Such a glorious thing, as long as the result comes, you look at it, it is strange that the family does not put up a seven-day and seven-night flowing water banquet to celebrate! At that time, the whole county will be alarmed-I am afraid that too many people will be dragged to talk about you over and over again, and I will not be able to get rid of it if my mouth is dry!" ”

She said this, frowning slightly, a little apprehensive in her heart: two days ago, she felt that this Sheng Sleeping Crane was only afraid that her own father had looked away, and did not see through the essence of his unscrupulous climbing, but I don't know why, today in the side hall of Xinshou Palace, after sensing Empress Dowager Meng's suspicion of the Shu sisters in the Empress Dowager's slightly revealed expression, she almost quickly thought of the later practice, and took advantage of the matter of Bishui County to push Sheng Sleeping Crane to a starting point that was impossible to achieve!

- Even if there is no Huan Yehe, Sheng Weiqiao will mention the seven-day appointment by himself, and book the first class treatment for Sheng Sleeping Crane in the spring and palace test next year!

This is not because Sheng Weiqiao has no confidence in Sheng Shenghe's talent and learning, thinking that it is impossible for him to do so well in the exam by relying on his own ability, but because she knows that the current court Meng clan and Gaomi King each occupy half of the wall, and the head armor is such an important rank, it is impossible to get it without taking refuge in these two parties.

The problem is that they have been in Nanfeng County before, and they have not been involved in the fight between the two sides at all, and they have nothing to do with these two sides.

Even if you go to take refuge temporarily now, not to mention whether you can choose the right camp, even if you choose the right one, the newcomers have not made an inch, so why should they share such benefits?

After all, whether it is the Meng family or the Gaomi King, they are already powerful and deep-rooted, and they are not just starting out in the entrepreneurial stage.

That is to say, even if the strength of Sheng Sleeping Crane's article overwhelms all scholars, at most, it ranks second.

Even the top few positions in the top two may not be available.

This unspoken rule, as the pearl of Sheng Lanci's palm, Sheng Weiqiao doesn't need to be taught, she knows it - after all, in the past fourteen years, she has been "set the first", not that no one wants to fight with her, but without exception, she has been unanimously suppressed and reprimanded by the elders.

Even if Chun Yu is a national talent ceremony, the relationship between the society and the stability of the society should not be ignored, but this does not mean that there is no room for manipulation, otherwise why would King Gaomi spend a lot of effort to promote his brother-in-law Zhao Hao as the chief examiner of Mingke?

Is it just to gain a group of protégés?

It must be known that many people would rather wait for three years to take the exam after failing the list, rather than be taken as the top three;

Only the top of the first class and the top few of the second class can have the opportunity to be cultivated by the imperial court - enter the Hanlin Academy!

Although not all Hanlin will be extremely ministers, not counting Sheng Lanci's special case of doing filial piety, many Hanlin finally stopped at the official position is actually not high, which is related to the individual's life, ability, background, luck, etc., but the dynasty has an unwritten rule: non-Hanlin can not be a phase.

The reason is very simple and rude: the prime minister is the head of the ministers, and he has never entered the Hanlin Academy, which shows that if you don't talk about anything else, at least the knowledge is not enough to convince the public, so why should you be polite to a hundred bureaucrats?

For those who are satisfied as long as they can enter the Jinshi, whether they can enter the Hanlin Academy or not has little impact, but for those who are ambitious in their careers, whether they can become prime ministers in this life will be said later, and the qualification to enter the Hanlin must be obtained!

You can see the importance of ranking.

This is the meaning of Zhao Xuan as the main exam-as long as he doesn't lose his particularly outstanding papers, he and the Zhao family's reputation will not be damaged, after all, the so-called literature has no first, martial arts has no second, and the gap in the level of the article has not reached the point of world difference.

After all, the Son of Heaven has been ignoring things for many years, and it is rumored that even the palace test that should have been presided over in person could not make the Son of Heaven come out of Ershu's palace for a day and a half. In this case, the results of the palace test are basically Zhao Xuan's decision.

I think that the Nan family specially suggested that Sheng Shenghe and Xu Baomo go to Zhao Mansion to visit, also in order to leave a good impression on Zhao Mansion, and after telling Zhao Xuan, they can get some care in terms of ranking.

But not to mention that Zhao Xuan didn't see Sheng Sleeping Crane in person that day, even if he did, he had a good impression of Sheng Sleeping Crane, but it was impossible to ignore the scholars who needed to be taken care of by King Gaomi.

Therefore, when Sheng Weiqiao realized that the matter of Bishui County was a rare and fleeting opportunity for Sheng Sleeping Crane to win the championship in one fell swoop, he did not hesitate to seize it.

But when she returned to the study of the house, watching Sheng Sleeping Crane swing back left and right, and only two people were left in the room, she suddenly felt a little heavy again: If Sheng Sleeping Crane was really unreliable, would she do it herself, would she give someone a handle and take the initiative to break free from the Sheng family's domination, or even calculate the Sheng family's capital in turn?

In that case, you'll be shooting yourself in the foot!

And Sheng Sleeping Crane, who didn't know what she was thinking, was thinking with all her might, how to dispel her idea of returning to Nanfeng County immediately after the Spring Festival?