Because Gu Hengxue refused to help, Gu Zhen had no choice but to go back to Juxianju to study hard, temporarily cramming, and let Xu Kuan, who followed him, publicize his identity as Gu Zhaoyi's brother everywhere in Chang'an City, hoping that those examiners would automatically evaluate him because of his identity, just like the previous examiners. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The spring festival lasted for a total of nine days, divided into February 9th, 12th, and 15th, three sessions, each of three days, Gu Zhen was kindly assigned to the middle one by the examiner, so that he had time to read, and not to be too stressed in the last one, despite this, Gu Zhen still did a mess in the exam, when he left the examination room, the candidates in the same examination room saw his sad face, and said with a smile: "Brother Gu, why is it bitter, with Zhaoyi Niangniang, they dare to put you off the list?" ”

Gu Zhen laughed dryly, and said that he was suffering.

The marking time of Chunyu is ten days, and the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy are in charge, these ten days are just a short time for ordinary people, but every day is torture for candidates, and finally it is time to release the list, early in the morning, all the candidates gathered on the bulletin board of the list of Chang'an City, Gu Zhen looked at the dense names on the list, looking for himself one by one, he searched back and forth several times, but did not find his name, but the people around him cheered.

"Zhou Jin, I'm in, I'm a tribute, I can take the exam for the palace exam." Ma Liang said excitedly.

Zhou Jin nodded and said, "Congratulations!" ”

"I have nothing to congratulate, you deserve to be congratulated, don't you see? You're the first place! With Ma Liang's cheers, whether they were on the list or on the list, they all turned their eyes to Zhou Jin, surprised that Yu Huiyuan would be a young man dressed in shabby cloth.

A person from the same state and county who came to take the exam recognized him and shouted loudly: "Zhou Jin, I know that he is the Xie Yuan of our Yuezhou, and now he is Hui Yuan, which is too powerful." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone was even more impressed by Zhou Jin, and in the face of the eyes of all the people, Zhou Jin seemed very steady, smiled politely at the people around him, and pulled Ma Liang and said, "Let's go, I have to prepare for the next palace test." ”

Gu Zhen took advantage of the fact that they were paying attention to Zhou Jin, and they were about to leave, but they were still discovered by someone with a heart!

"Brother Gu, why didn't I find your name in the list of tributes, it can't be that they left you out."

A noble kid who had complimented Gu Zhen before stopped him and asked!

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at Gu Zhen, with a gloating smile on their faces, Gu Zhen was furious in his heart, and left quickly with a black face.

Soon, there were two more celebrities in the capital, one was Zhou Jin, who was both Xie Yuan and Huiyuan, and the other was Gu Zhen, who was not even admitted to the Gongshi although he had a favored sister of Zhaoyi.

Late at night, Gu Zhen borrowed wine to drown his sorrows in Guanghe Building, and was drunk like mud, and as soon as he drank too much, he scolded Gu Hengxue, saying that she was a white-eyed wolf.

Xu Kuan listened to his scolding becoming more and more unreasonable, and persuaded him bitterly beside him: "Childe, don't drink anymore, don't scold Miss, she is now the pillar of the Gu family, let's leave for Jiaozhou as soon as possible." ”

"I, what kind of pillar is she, it's not our family at all." Gu Zhen said hatefully.

"What nonsense is Childe, that's your own sister." Xu Kuan saw that it was late at night, and although there were no people in the restaurant, and they were also in the box, it would be terrible for him to talk nonsense like this, and it would be bad for someone to hear it.

Gu Zhen said angrily: "What kind of sister, it's just a wild girl of unknown origin, if it weren't for my father who kindly recognized her as a daughter and sent her into the palace, would she have today's scenery?" Gu Zhaoyi? Bah, I flew up to the branch and thought I was really a phoenix, and I didn't take my father and me in my eyes at all, she was nothing without us......"

As he spoke, he gradually got drunk and muttered, "Why am I so unlucky, how can I have the face to go back, I blame that white-eyed wolf." ”

Neither Gu Zhen nor Xu Kuan noticed that outside the wing room, a dark shadow left quickly.

The secret guard returned to the palace and went directly to see Xie Ronghua: "Your Majesty! ”

Xie Ronghua saw that he was asking to see him so late, and frowned: "What? Gu Zhen made trouble because he fell off the list? ”

"That's not true, he just bought and kept scolding Zhaoyi Niangniang after he got drunk." The Dark Guard lowered his eyes.

Xie Ronghua smiled coldly: "He himself has no real talent and real learning, he can't pass the Gongshi exam, and he still scolds his own sister with his face, I don't think he is embarrassed by Gu Zhaoyi!" ”

The dark guard remembered what Gu Zhen said when he was drunk, glanced at Xie Ronghua, who was not very good-looking, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Gu Zhen also said something after drinking, he said that Zhaoyi Niangniang is not his own sister. ”

Xie Ronghua was stunned and asked in a deep voice, "What did you say?" Gu Yuxue is not his own sister? ”

"Yes, he said that Gu Zhaoyi is a woman of unknown origin, who is recognized as a daughter by Lord Gu, and his subordinates don't know if he is drunk and talking nonsense because his mother didn't help him." The Dark Guard replied.

Xie Ronghua's eyes narrowed, waved him to retreat, he frowned, remembering what Shang Jing said, when he took Gu Zhen to see Gu Hengxue, she didn't have a happy look, and in the end she didn't want to help Gu Zhen in any way, and broke up unhappily, all kinds of actions showed that she and Gu Zhen were not close, could she really not be Gu Xinjin's daughter, thinking of this, Xie Ronghua's heart gradually sank.

The next day, after Xie Ronghua went down to the court, he went directly to the Palace of Forgotten Worries, Gu Hengxue was leading Xie Heng out of the palace gate, Xie Heng saw him, and asked An Dao in a proper manner: "Erchen participates in the emperor!" ”

Xie Ronghua looked at Xie Heng and said with a smile: "You are becoming more and more disciplined now!" ”

Xie Heng looked at him and replied: "The master said, the son and the father are not only father and son, but also the monarch and the minister, when the son is outside, he should have the courtesy of the father and the emperor, so as not to lose the number of courtesies and be caught by the official!" ”

Xie Ronghua took him and said, "It seems that Heng'er has really grown up, let's go, my father and Gu Zhaoyi will send you to Chongwen Hall to study!" ”

Xie Heng happily held him with one hand and Gu Hengxue with the other, and the three of them went to Chongwen Pavilion!

After Xie Ronghua sent Xie Heng into the Chongwen Pavilion, he didn't follow in, he looked at Gu Hengxue and said with a smile: "Let's go, accompany me to the Imperial Garden!" ”

Gu Hengxue nodded, and accompanied him to the Imperial Garden, February Spring was bright, and the flowers in the Imperial Garden were blooming, competing for beauty, and asking tentatively: "You should have also heard about your brother's failure, I heard from the secret guard that he was very depressed, and he was drunk in Guanghe Building every day, do you want to go and see him?" ”

"I see what he does, he doesn't have the ability to fall off the list, that's his own problem, and he will return to the state after being depressed in the past few days." Gu Hengxue smiled while admiring the scenery of the Imperial Garden.

"I didn't give him a chance to participate in the palace exam, don't you blame me? After all, it's just a tribute quota, and one more of him won't affect the overall situation. Xie Ronghua stared at her and asked.

"Your Majesty is the son of the Holy Heaven, since my eldest brother has no real talent and real learning, how can he make up for it indiscriminately, isn't this very unfair to other tributes?" Gu Hengxue replied understandingly.