In the middle of the Crane Garden, there is a large mansion, named Yaxuan Ju, with dozens of side rooms before and after, which is the place where the main family rests and receives guests.

In the hall of Yaxuanju, hundreds of candidates came to take the test, but the treatment was different.

There are about eighty or ninety people in the front hall, all of whom are selected from hundreds of test takers of the rich and handsome level, accompanied by several stewards of the Wang family's mansion and several private gentlemen of the Wang family.

The back hall is different, the tables, chairs and decorations are much more luxurious than the front hall, and the most important thing is that it is personally accompanied by Wang Xuan, the eldest prince of the palace, and Wang Jue, the second son, and there are about 20 people in the hall, all of whom are from prominent families, including Xie Yu and Zheng Yu.

The young men in the front hall, some people looked at the back hall, a little uneasy in their hearts, and some people were full of ambition, fantasizing in their hearts that the young lady of the Wang family regarded wealth and wealth as floating clouds, and at a glance she was able to admire herself with grace and jade trees, so she was able to counterattack and become the fast son-in-law of the Wang family, which became a great story in Jiangning.

The sons in the back hall, although they have different looks, but without exception look down on the test takers in the front hall, occasionally turn their eyes to look at the front hall, the meaning in that look is probably that the group of aspirants in the front hall are either turtles or toads.

However, even these sons with prominent families in the back hall, except for a few who expect a miracle, most of them know very well in their hearts that they just came to take a scene and finally return with a beauty, except Xie Yu and Zheng Yu - one with a prominent family background and talent; One is quite talented and has a strong background.

Xie Yu and Zheng Yu each sat at a table, which was quite a bit of a court, and Wang Xuan and Wang Jue had to accompany the two separately.

Zheng Feng also sat at Zheng Yu's table, although he knew that there was no hope of passing. What kind of gentleman's six arts, he was not a gentleman in the first place, so he naturally didn't know any art, but the ancestor had an order, so he had to come to be Zheng Yu's light bulb. And Zheng Yu usually has to call him a second brother, but at the moment he seems to not know him, which makes him very unhappy, but he is helpless.

And what made him most unhappy was that the second son of the Zheng family came to be Zheng Yu's foil, but one person failed to be Xie Yu's foil, and the person who made him unhappy was naturally Zhao Hao.

Although Zhao Hao wrote a good handwriting and recited a good poem, he still couldn't get rid of his image of being unlearned and unskilled—even his parents thought so, let alone Zheng Feng.

However, Zheng Yu on the side knew his intentions, and took the lead in sending a message to Xie Yu: "Brother Zhao, my cousin, was brilliant at the Peony Flower Meeting that day, but it's a pity that he didn't have the courage to come today." ”

Compared with Zheng Feng, Zheng Yu was even more unhappy with Zhao Hao's absence, the hatred of the peony flower meeting that day made him linger, he originally thought that Zhao Hao would participate in this recruitment without knowing whether he was alive or dead, and he would inevitably crush Zhao Hao in an all-round way, and vent the hatred of the goddess in his mind that Zhao Hao teased in public that day, who knew that Zhao Hao did not come, so that he only felt a feeling of raising his fist and hitting the air.

Xie Yu just smiled indifferently, but didn't answer, with a disdainful look.

Wang Xuan on the side looked at it in his eyes, and felt that Xie Yu far surpassed Zheng Yu in terms of talent and bearing, if it weren't for the big tree of the current queen behind the Zheng family, Gongzi Xie would be the best candidate for the third sister's wishful husband.

Wang Jue, who accompanied the Zheng brothers at the other table, seemed a little distracted, looking at the door of the front hall from time to time, as if waiting for someone.

No one knows who he is waiting for.

It's just that Zhao Hao knows that if he doesn't appear in Yaxuanju that day, there is a chance that he will no longer be Wang Jue's good brother.

So, here he came, albeit almost the last.

At the door of the hall, a person dressed in purple was like a red, and under the leadership of the palace housekeeper, he came and went straight to the back hall.

At that moment, everyone was stunned, including the Zheng brothers and Xie Yu, only Wang Jue laughed and walked quickly to meet him.

Zheng Yu also smiled, smiling as brightly as a spring flower: "Brother Zhao is actually here, it's very good!" ”

Zheng Feng's eyes showed a look of excitement - if he was embarrassed today, he would not be alone.

Xie Yu shook his head imperceptibly, and the look in his eyes condensed a few words: "Cousin, why are you ...... doing this?"

Even Wang Xuan shook his head secretly: "Why ......"

It's nothing if you can't marry a beautiful woman, but if all the results of the Six Arts Exam fall behind, I'm afraid it will be a little embarrassing.

The image of the Zhao family, who is unlearned and unskilled in the minds of everyone, will not change because of the last amazing work at the peony flower meeting.

……

Yaxuan lived in the back hall, behind the bead curtain, a slender figure was sitting behind the piano case, and the sound of the piano was rippling in the huge back hall like flowing water.

A petite figure hurried over.

"Miss, Zhao Gongzi is here."

Bite~

A string suddenly snapped.

"Oh...... Cicada. ”

……

At noon, in the hall of Yaxuanju, the Wang family prepared a sumptuous banquet for those who came to participate in the recruitment of relatives.

The wine is ten years of Chen's daughter Hong, the dish is ordered by the Zhao family's Chunfeng Building, and the top girls in the major green buildings in Jiangning are invited to come to sing and dance, which is no less than a poetry event.

During the banquet, many people took the opportunity to toast each other and make friends. For the dream of becoming the fast son-in-law of the Wang family, most people are not hopeful, and taking the opportunity to expand their social circle and get to know more prominent sons and grandsons is their biggest purpose here.

After the banquet, the examination of the six arts officially began.

Although Zhao Hao's way of arriving was a little special, and the identity of the only son of Zhao Mansion also made many people want to make friends, but after entering the formal assessment, he was gradually forgotten by everyone, and Zheng Feng was the only one who really cared about him.

That's the same kind of care as a difficult brother, even if you are ugly, you will have someone to accompany you, so you won't feel too lonely and embarrassed.

It's a pity that Zheng Feng was disappointed.

There are two exams in the afternoon, both of which are literary exams, and each exam takes about half an hour.

In the first game, Li Kao, Xie Yu was first, Zheng Yu was third, and Zheng Feng was fifth from the bottom.

However, Zheng Feng searched the entire list and did not find Zhao Hao's name.

Zheng Feng was unwilling, and looked for someone to find out the bottom of it, but the news he got made him extremely depressed: Zhao Hao did not participate in this scene at all, but accompanied by Wang Jue, he took advantage of this time to visit the entire Ruihe Garden.

When he was sad and embarrassed in the examination room, Zhao Hao was playing with the cranes.

Although he hated it so much, he couldn't help it, the ancestor ordered that he must accompany Zheng Yu in every exam throughout the whole process, and he had no choice.

In the second game, in the book test, Xie Yu was second, Zheng Yu was fifth, and Zheng Feng was still fifth from the bottom.

No one knows that the reason why Zheng Feng was able to achieve two excellent results from the bottom is because the Zheng family has already arranged four test takers for the bottom for the sake of face.

No. 1 in the book exam, Zhao Hao!

A post of "Orchid Pavilion Preface" cursive, dragon flying and phoenix dancing, magnificent, although not as good as Wang Youjun's "floating clouds, like a frightened dragon", but it is enough to crush all the rich second generation and official second generation present.

The examiner is also a great Confucian, especially specializing in calligraphy, seeing Zhao Hao's calligraphy, he said three times in a row, without saying a word, and directly circled the first.

Although Zhao Hao's calligraphy has been displayed at the Peony Flower Fair, Zheng Feng has long been mentally prepared, but he can't avoid the depression of the whole afternoon.

Zhao Hao, who was regarded by him as a difficult brother, either gave up the exam and played around Ruihe Garden, or took the lead and overwhelmed the crowd, but he was crushed twice in succession, how can he be bitter.

Also depressed is Zheng Yu, who originally thought that he could watch Zhao Haoli's jokes, but who knew that the opponent either didn't accept the move, or rode directly on his head. The full sense of superiority can't be shown, and it was ravaged a little, and there is a feeling that the skin has been scratched and has not scratched the itch.