After Li finished speaking, Luo Changqing's side had already packed up, and after carefully looking at it, there was nothing to make up, so he asked his subordinates to lead Luo Changqing out of the house and get into the sedan chair, and the time should not be delayed for too long.

Luo Changqing sat in the sedan chair, his heart was surprisingly calm, his extravagant hopes for the affection of father and son had been exhausted in the past ten years, although he was unwilling before, what could he do, he wanted to learn things, it was impossible for Li to find a gentleman to teach him, to avoid taking away Luo Changdong's demeanor, and using his ill body as an excuse to push away what should be his own, his father only had Luo Changdong in his eyes, he was like a stranger, it was really ridiculous and pathetic, the world said that his concubine was different, and he might as well be free in the house.

In the palace, Mu Jinming and Xi Dynasty had breakfast in one place, and the courtiers were left in the palace after the dispersal of the dynasty, and the courtiers' breakfast was prepared in the imperial dining room, and they were to participate in the later ceremony, so as to avoid tossing back and forth back and forth when returning to the house.

"There's a good show to watch this time." Mu Jinming smiled with extreme ill intentions, "Let the courtiers taste the taste of self-inflicted consequences." ”

"The courtiers guessed but didn't dare to believe it." Xi Chao saw that Mu Jinming was just to toss the courtiers before saying ambiguous words to arouse the courtiers' bad thoughts and achieve the purpose of watching the play.

"You don't want to choose a servant, how can twenty people be enough, even if you are selected among the Zigong students, it is not too much to be selected, anyway, you are not worthy of you." Mu Jinming didn't have anyone to look at, "There is a sentence that the courtiers probably haven't thought of, the king wants the ministers to die, the ministers can't die, and the heads will be killed if they violate the king's order. ”

"Most of the tribute students are the sons of officials in the DPRK and China." Xi Chao smiled and pointed to the core, "The courtier knows that he scared half his life. ”

"That's not better. Directly because of the physical illness, the old man returned to his hometown in the name of leaving a place for the young. Mu Jin didn't care and said, "Who let the courtiers make their own decisions." ”

"Your Majesty. The people are here. Li Desheng came in and replied.

"Let's go." Mu Jinming got up and went to the Qinzheng Hall with the Xi Dynasty.

All the candidates followed the ministers and knelt down together to salute, and their hearts were pounding with three shouts, and the results of the palace examination that determined their future were about to be announced.

"Flat." Mu Jinming's gaze swept over the candidates, and he saw the expression on his face in his eyes.

Some officials who couldn't hold their breath and were frightened by their hypothetical situation frequently gave their sons glances, and they wanted to do secrets so that the emperor and the winged king would not see the clues, and they wanted their sons to understand what they meant, and they couldn't speak. The eyelids are all pumped.

Noticing his father's small movements, the candidates were all stupid and couldn't see what their father meant, whether they were on the list or not. The misty water surface at one end unconsciously brought out a slight suspicion.

Mu Jin clearly signaled Xi Chao to step forward to announce the decree, everyone's eyes gathered on his side, and Qingyue's voice resounded through the hall.

The first place was won by Gu Sicong, who was born in a poor family, and the second place was won by Murong Xuan, the son of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. The third place was won by Xue Zijin of the Hanmen. These three people were given the Jinshi and the first, and the number of the second and third class was larger, and they began to roll call.

There are a total of 900 people who refer to it this time, and the rest of the 520 people who are on the list unfortunately fall off the list, although they are depressed, they have no shame for the rest of their lives, they can still enter the officialdom, it is enough.

"Two days later, the new jinshi will take the imperial examination in the Baohua Palace, and in addition to the existing regulations, tomorrow's examination is intended to assess the understanding of people's livelihood. After that, official positions are assigned according to their ranks. Xi Chao closed the decree and looked at the excited candidates below.

"The three errands that I had been instructed to go down before, and those who could not be completed continued to return to their original places. After the end, he will return to Beijing to accept the redeployment. "Xi Chao didn't want the errand he sent down to give up halfway.

The candidates and officials can understand the purpose of the Wing King, and there is no objection, and it will be more convenient to make practical experience in the local area and to stay in the position in the future.

Mu Jinming waved his hand and changed the time that was supposed to be a banquet in the evening to noon, the hour was almost over, and after saying it, let everyone disperse for a while to set up a banquet in Taihe Palace.

Everyone knelt down to send off the emperor and the winged king, and after the people left, they got up and looked for their son to ventilate, lest there be a joke at the banquet.

"Dad, what's going on?" Why did the officials of the DPRK and China look like they were facing a great enemy, Murong Xuan noticed the small movements of individual officials, but it was really unclear.

"Be less showy at the banquet." Murong Rui's face was worried, "The emperor probably thinks that the number of people who choose a husband for the Wing King is small, and he has the intention of choosing from among the tribute students, but this is only everyone's guess, and it is difficult to say whether he will do it or not." ”

Murong Xuan was surprised for a while, and laughed when he was distracted, and comforted his father, "Dad can rest assured, the Wing King is not a forced character, and a knowledgeable person must let him show his talents, how can he do things that destroy others and are not beneficial to himself." ”

"I hope." Murong Rui knew that his son had two deep contacts with the Wing King, and after thinking about it for a while, his heart returned to his stomach.

"Let's go over first." After greeting a few words with his colleagues, Murong Rui took his son to the Taihe Palace.

The courtiers took their sons into the Taihe Hall one after another, and after entering, they found that the seats were placed very differently, the ten seats on the left and right sides of the front were a kind of mahogany tables and chairs, and then the seats used in the formal banquet were furnished, so the distribution was clear at a glance, obviously for the twenty sons to be elected, but how could they sit together with the new scholars, this is not very in line with the rules.

The little eunuch stepped forward with great eyes to lead everyone into the table and explained the reason for setting up another seat, "The emperor specially instructed that the Wing King could see clearly. ”

The courtiers and jinshi nodded in understanding, and each took their seats, with the officials' seats in the front and the jinshi behind, arranged in two columns on the left and right in order of rank.

Mu Jinming and Xi Chao came to the scene together, sat on the main seat together, and once again showed the courtiers and scholars that the relationship between the two was extraordinary to break the old rules of drinking and feasting, and it was a supreme honor to sit on an equal footing.

Everyone present at the table was stunned when they saw this scene, but no one dared to step forward and point out that the Wing King should not sit side by side with the emperor, even the queen of a country is not qualified to do so, and the courtiers are not willing to find the bad luck of the Wing King because of more than one trip out of the cabinet, and the result must not be unsatisfactory. Now that you know the result, why do you need to do more.

The song and dance started, everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp and whispered, and got up from time to time to salute the emperor and the wing king. Good flattery should not be thrown out like money, and today's two happy events do not say auspicious words.

From time to time, everyone below saw that the emperor took special care of the Wing King, and the two behaved very intimately, which confirmed the extraordinary relationship between the two, and their eyes involuntarily looked at the twenty sons in front of them, and they didn't know what they would feel like when they saw this scene at this moment.

In the middle section, Mu Jinming waved off the dancing girl. Abruptly opened his mouth and threw out a sentence, "Is there any one among the twenty people who like it?" All of a sudden, the incident was brought to the candidate, and everyone below fell silent. The hall was unusually quiet.

Everyone's eyes focused on the most vocal Wing King, a major problem entangled in the hearts of the courtiers will be settled today, and the courtiers are even more convinced that they are fortunate not to give up their own sons to set the wolf of the Wing King, judging from the previous undisguised actions. Even if you are lucky enough to be favored by the Wing King, entering the Wing King's Mansion is afraid that it is also an ornament in the back house. I didn't see the emperor's greasy and crooked attitude towards the Wing King, who dared to rob a woman with the emperor, and was impatient.

Xi Chao raised the corners of his lips and a smile appeared, that is, he knew that this scene was started by Mu Jinming and sang, and he was acting according to the proposed play, his eyes first swept over the twenty sons of the family in front of him one by one, and then Yu Guang turned around and did not answer.

Everyone pricked up their ears to listen, but the Winged King now began to play reserved. Look inside and don't answer what's going on, and I'm in a hurry to die, etc.

"Didn't look at it?" Mu Jinming said to himself. "There are few people who don't have to choose, so are there any of these Jinshi who like it?" As soon as the words fell, everyone was shocked, and all of a sudden pushed all the jinshi to the cusp.

Everyone is sitting on pins and needles, and the original guess of the good and bad spirits was picked out by the emperor in public, and a heart rushed to his throat and he couldn't speak.

Some officials who didn't send their sons-in-law, as well as the officials who failed the list, were overjoyed, seeing that other colleagues were anxious to take care of themselves, and secretly rejoiced that their sons had fallen off the list before, and they went out of the palace with the big flow.

Most officials were worried and anxious, for fear that the Wing King would take a fancy to his son at a glance and ruin his good career. I secretly regret that I followed other colleagues to participate in the marriage of the Wing King, if there was no forced marriage at the beginning, how could there be such a thing, what is the use of regretting it now, I just hope that the Wing King does not have this meaning.

Xi Chao followed Mu Jinming's words and looked at the group of Jinshi at a distance, and his sharp eyes swept to some people who pretended to be calm and could not hide their fear.

"Others don't mention it, the first three are first-class young talents." Mu Jinming just wanted to see the jokes of the people sitting there, which made them uneasy and indestructible, how funny.

Xi Chao's gaze turned to the three people sitting on the right side, two of them were quite familiar, and a playful smile was hooked on their lips, and the expressions on everyone's faces were really wonderful.

After admiring everyone's expressions, he spoke: "These three people are people with both talent and virtue prepared for the emperor, and they will do their best for the country and the people in the future. ”

The voice of the whole seat was shocked, some ministers almost lost their temper, although the word servant sounds strange, it is really difficult not to think of another familiar word 'concubine', after a long time, the wing king originally planned to marry the concubine and the like instead of the concubine, which made the strong officials feel cold, lifting a stone to hit their own feet, this taste can only be full of people know the most bitterness, regret the original forced wing king to become a family is now a good fire to himself, want to extinguish it must have water.

The officials who are now in a dilemma do not dare to look at the sister-in-law who was sent to the front by themselves, that is, to choose the servant, what else is there to fight for.

Not only the officials who sent their sons-in-law were anxious, but the officials who did not send their sons-in-law were also anxious, because the emperor's words were aimed at the Jinshi who should not be implicated.

Sure enough, I heard the emperor speak: "If you like it, I will give marriage immediately, and whoever wants to resist the decree and disrespect will be repaid together." It was intended to warn the courtiers not to act rashly, ruining the heirs and destroying the whole clan.

When everyone heard this, their hearts were as cold as ice, how dare they disobey the holy order as a courtier, it was a great sin to punish the nine clans, and everyone's body and mind were like entering a fire pit and suffering from burning and suffering, this dumb person was destined to swallow it.

The eyes are too addicted to watching the play, and the body and mind are smooth. It's been a long time since I've seen my colleague deflated, and it's such a big one, and I laughed in my heart. You have to put on a worried face, so as not to form a grudge against your colleagues for this negligent act.

There is naturally no shortage of people who gloat among the Jinshi, if the first three are accepted by the Wing King as a servant, then the ranking must be filled in turn, and they will have the opportunity to win the favor of the emperor.

The tide dynasty looked at everyone's expressions. Wan Er smiled and did not make a conclusive conclusion, and the irony of some people's dirty thoughts was really revealed and difficult to hide.

The Winged King didn't say anything, and the emperor didn't continue the previous topic. The banquet returned to the original under an unimaginable strange atmosphere, and everyone no longer had the heart to pay attention to the food in front of them, even if they used chopsticks to drink, it tasted the same as chewing wax food.

After the banquet, Mu Jin mentions that he went to the Imperial Garden, and everyone happily went to dare not violate it. How many people want to leave the palace as much as possible. Avoiding the embarrassing and abnormal matter of the Winged King's selection of servants, they left the Winged King one by one for fear that they would be the most unfortunate person.

The twenty people to be elected are extremely uncomfortable among the crowd, originally thinking that after entering the Yiwang Mansion, they will be half a master, but they didn't expect that they are just a concubine, and the dignified man is committed to being a concubine and is not afraid of people laughing off his big teeth.

The courtiers couldn't help cursing the Wing King, so they married a servant and the condition was that they would not marry a non-concubine. This kind of deceptive behavior is really unacceptable, and the ministers are toyed with between applause. Singing with the emperor and beating the idea to the Jinshi who won the list, is it like words!

Some people are worried and some people are happy, but they look at the whole thing from a different angle, no matter how bad the servant is, he is also the person of the wing king, if he works hard and does not worry about not being able to climb up, the women in the house do not all survive like this, although this metaphor is not appropriate, but everything is common in a hundred ways, and the meaning is right.

Mu Jinming and Xi Chao entered the pavilion, letting the rest of the people wait at will, only by relaxing the tight strings, some details of the problem can be revealed in casual words and deeds, and the decision can be made only when the trade-offs come.

"I'm scared." Xi Chao threw out a sentence flatly, and raised his chin slightly to signal those who stayed away from him.

"Let them be clever and pick on things they shouldn't be in charge of." Mu Jinming was reluctant to be wronged by the Xi Dynasty, but it was just a scare, and it was not serious, it was already very kind and benevolent.

"If you really fancy the first three people, I can make an order, and forgive the courtiers for not daring to complain." Mu Jinming was not joking, and looked at Xi Chao very seriously.

"You are really willing, one of Gu Sicong is not the person you decided before." Xi Chao was amused by Mu Jinming's words, "The second place you and I had a relationship earlier, and then I had a life-saving grace for it, and the rest is a real nerd honest man at first glance, don't take talents seriously, there are times when you cry." ”

"You also know that I don't need too many messy people in my house, and I have to deliberately order people to keep an eye on it because of the lack of manpower, so I don't want to make trouble, I should raise an idler, on the contrary, I don't know how much to worry about." The Xi Dynasty is the most reluctant to increase his troubles.

"Whatever you want." Mu Jinming doesn't care, Xi Chao has his own ideas, and he doesn't want to make trouble.

After the autobiography banquet, Luo Changqing had a new preliminary understanding of the Wing King, although the Wing King was moody, he never made it difficult for others, this was a great goodness, and his tense heart slowed down a little.

Luo Changqing's status is the highest among the twenty people selected this time, and the cabinet is the son of the courtier, although the cabinet is not as beautiful as it was back then, the important thing is that the grade is so inevitable that he will be hated by the rest of the people.

If someone wants to attract the attention of the Wing King, they have to do something, and the best object to start with is Luo Changqing with a sick face, who makes him look so weak, the persimmon has to pick up the soft pinch, and Luo Changqing's family background and good competition is a strong opponent.

Luo Changqing didn't find that he was regarded as a thorn in the flesh, and stood alone on the edge of the flower pond, looking at the green lotus in the pool.

"If you don't go around, what can you do if you always hang like this?" Mu Jinming raised his eyes and asked Xi Chao's intentions.

Xi Chao didn't answer the question, leaning on the stone pillar and looking out of the pavilion, it happened that his eyes swept to the two people beside the lotus pond not far away, one seemed to be saying something, his expression was slightly excited, and the other person did not speak.

Zeng Ce had his own wishful thinking in his heart, and naturally approached Luo Changqing, who was standing in a favorable place, and there were not many people approaching him, after all, those who were in the Jinshi disdainfully disdained to be in the company of people like them who clinged to power, as for the fellow candidates, most of them didn't know each other and were in a competitive relationship, and they were rarely in one place, so they gave themselves the best chance of getting off.

"The Imperial Garden is a place of royal beauty." Zeng Ceping kept a certain distance from Luo Changqing when he opened his mouth, which inevitably made Luo Changqing suspicious.

Luo Changqing suddenly heard the voice of the person and turned to look, and saw that there was a person here, he didn't answer, he didn't know the person in front of him and didn't want to cause trouble, so it was better to keep a low profile.

Zeng Ce saw that Luo Changqing was not on the road, and secretly cursed in his heart, and continued to speak: "People like you and me who have been selected are quite ridiculous in this place now, you and I are originally sisters-in-law, but we have to give up our man's self-esteem for the benefit of the family to please the Wing King for protection, how sad." ”

Luo Changqing felt the same way, but he had no intention of speaking out about his misfortune, and the current situation reminded him that this is not a casual place, and a qiē words and deeds will inadvertently fall in the eyes of others and cause unnecessary worries.

Zeng Ce made persistent efforts and said: "If the Wing King chooses the young talents among the Jinshi, how will you and I explain after we go back?" ”

The more Zeng Ce spoke, the more involved he became, as if he had found someone to confide in and confide in his heart.

"You and I are sisters-in-law, but in fact, they are not valued by their families at all, otherwise how could they be forced to be pushed out and serve the Wing King like a woman." Zeng Ce felt a faint pain in his heart when he thought of this, and his expression on his face was undoubted.

Luo Changqing lives with himself, and he can fully understand the pain of men, and his eyes reveal shallow sorrow.

"I'm really worried when I hear that the Wing King is moody." Zeng Ce's eyes showed fear, his body trembled uncontrollably, and he inadvertently grabbed Luo Changqing's sleeve.

Luo Changqing was taken aback by Zeng Ce's sudden move, and was just about to pull back his cuffs, but he used a little force to never think that an accident would happen at this time.

Zeng Ce was to blame Luo Changqing, so he naturally used Luo Changqing's strength to pull back his sleeves, and his feet slipped and consciously planted backwards.

Zeng Ce, who had calculated a qiē, showed a frightened expression the moment he fell down, and plunged into the flower pond with a plop, splashing a big splash, and the sound alarmed the people around.

Luo Changqing was frightened by this unexpected scene, and out of instinct, he leaned out of surprise to catch the person who fell into the water.

An accident by the edge of the pool caused everyone to gather, and the eunuchs and guards who knew how to fish immediately stepped forward to catch people, and the people scattered automatically, although they didn't know what happened, they could guess a thing or two.

"Look, another man who thinks he's smart." Mu Jinming took a sip of tea and looked at the falling water with great sarcasm.

"People from small families are not as brainy as those cultivated in big families." The tide gave the most pertinent assessment.

"Let's go, let's see which one this is playing." Mu Jinming handed over a meaningful word with great interest.

At this time, the eunuch who went into the water had already rescued the person who was fluttering in the water, and he was wearing a blanket and handing hot tea, which seemed to be busy but orderly.

And Luo Changqing, who had a lot to do with Zeng Ce, stood stupidly in place, staring at the wolf bèi unbearable man with his eyes, his heart was like being struck by lightning, he was stupid and could see that this person did it on purpose, causing the illusion that he pushed him into the water, and such an inferior means were also used, and he was really speechless to refute. (To be continued......)