Han Yu and Tang Xie successively became Gongshi, and among the five friends, it was equivalent to two more quasi-Jinshi, even if Xie Tai and Song Rui were not successful, they were also happy for their old friends.

Several people hugged and went upstairs, talking and laughing, because Tang Xie also won the tribute, so Han Yu didn't have to be too restrained, originally Han Yu was worried that he was too abrupt but would destroy the friendship between several people.

After Ji Ning accompanied a few people to talk and laugh upstairs, several old scholars in the distance did not look very good, and they were still saying that the posterity was too arrogant, and as a result, the "offspring" they despised jumped out of two tributes, and there were more than a dozen people on their side, and there was no one in the tribute.

"The shaft is not enough and strategic, the more high-ranking tributes are coming, the more good news is reported in the back, we just have to wait!"

Vaguely, two forces have formed on the second floor of the teahouse, one is the old pedantry, and the other is the young one such as Ji Ning and Tang Jie, those old pedants are trying their best to compare Tang Xie and others, but the young side has already won two tributes, and none of those old scholars have been selected.

Tang Xie and the others sat down again in congratulations and being congratulated, and Tang Xie and Han Yu had already ordered people to go back to prepare to celebrate, also to let the family members who accompanied them to the capital know the good news of Zhonggongshi.

Because Ji Ning, Xie Tai, and Song Rui were all participating in the examination for the first time, the three of them were also very good in terms of mentality, and they did not force themselves too much to be selected like Tang Xie and Han Yu.

Song Rui said with a smile: "Yongning, now among the three of us, your chance of being a tribute should be the greatest, seeing that this ranking is about to report to the top 100, we are afraid that we have no chance!" ”

Ji Ning didn't speak here, but the old pedant over there said arrogantly: "Some juniors know that they don't have a chance to become a tribute, this is self-knowledge!" ”

Maybe it was said by the crow's mouth of those old pedants, and then more than a hundred people were reported, but still no one was among the tributes.

There was no one on the younger side, and none of the old pedants were selected.

The selected candidates come from all over the world, among them are unknown, and there are also those who have been famous for a long time before, but none of them are present at these old scholars, although these old scholars also have a certain literary name on weekdays, but their literary style is limited to writing some stereotypical articles, in Ji Ning's view, let these old scholars write imperial examination articles, it must also be the kind of jerky and blindly pay attention to rhetoric and ornateness, and the quotation of scriptures is also for the sake of profundity and obscure content.

Let these old scholars participate in the examination, it is not like the chief examiner is testing them, but they are examining the chief examiner, maybe the allusions they quote, even some of the chief examiners do not know, such a group of people, the literary talent is enough, but there is no chance that the tributes will get the opportunity to participate in the palace examination.

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Just when Ji Ning and the others were anxiously waiting for the release of the list, Zhao Yuanxuan also took the maid Xiaoli to the street, and after she approached the Gongyuan, she knew that there were countless people who came out to see the release of the list that day, and she was such a weak daughter that she couldn't squeeze in at all.

And Zhao Yuanxuan didn't want to squeeze either.

"What should I do? With so many people, how do I know if Ji Ning has a Zhonggongshi? Hmph, this will not be known to others, didn't you send someone to find it? Where are the people? Zhao Yuanxuan asked Xiao Yuandao.

Xiao Li looked at Zhao Yuanxuan aggrievedly, her little face was at a loss, and her whole head was dizzy after she came to the area around the Gongyuan, and she couldn't even distinguish the direction.

"Childe, the slave doesn't know!" Xiao Qi pouted.

Zhao Yuanxuan nodded Xiao Li's head angrily, and said angrily: "You little stupid girl, let you ask, why hasn't it worked?" Go and command again...... Forget it, I'd better go by myself, that damn Ji Ning, I don't know where to hide and steal my leisure! ”

Zhao Yuanxuan arrived at the teahouse on the three streets of the Gongyuan, and finally found a place to rest, still on the first floor near the door, she was already tired and out of breath after sitting down.

A guard came over, and Zhao Yuanxuan ordered: "Send someone to the tribute courtyard immediately, just find someone named Ji Ning, and see if he has won the tribute!" Oh, if you can find him, tell him too, and say that Ben Gongzi is looking for him here, Ben Gongzi is tired, and he really doesn't have the energy to go to him! ”

Zhao Yuanxuan was originally going to come to the door to taunt Ji Ning, but now that she can't find Ji Ning, she can only wait in the teahouse and let Ji Ning come to the door, and then she sarcastically mocks Ji Ning.

It's a pity that Ji Ning won't give her such an opportunity, even if Zhao Yuanxuan goes out to find it, he won't think that Ji Ning is not outside the Gongyuan and the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites now, but in Jingzhao Mansion.

Xiao Qian also sat down and said tentatively: "Childe, since you think that Ji Gongzi can't win the Gongshi, why do you have to find someone to see it?" ”

"If you don't speak, no one will sell you as a dumb person, you little guy, you dare to ask about your son-in-law!" Zhao Yuanxuan didn't have a good breath, "I'm just waiting to see a good show, I want to gloat, can't I?" ”

Xiao Qian lowered her head and drank tea, and no longer said anything to Zhao Yuanxuan.

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At this time, in a wine shop on the side of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, Li Xiuer was also taking Yuzhen out to inquire about the situation.

"Miss, I've already sent a servant to look at it, and there are a lot of candidates waiting for the release of the list this year from the Ministry of Rites, and there is no news yet!" Yuzhen said a little anxiously, "I heard that those candidates who were guarding the front had already come to the queue yesterday!" Those who came again today, even if they came early, couldn't squeeze forward! ”

Li Xiu'er said anxiously: "What can I do then?" I'm waiting for news here, and I don't know when I'm going to wait! ”

Just as he was talking, someone suddenly ran anxiously to the wine shop and said happily: "Master, you have become a tribute, and the person who announces the good news has arrived outside the inn, so go back quickly!" ”

A man surnamed Hu was surrounded by people and went out in a hurry.

Many people got up to check, and Li Xiu'er also looked out the window curiously, and waited until the people left, only to hear someone say: "It is estimated that Jingzhao Mansion has begun to report the good news in advance, which is faster than staying outside the yamen of the Ministry of Rites and waiting for the list to be released!" ”

Someone proposed: "Since so many people came to see the release of the list this year, we might as well go back and wait for the good news to come!" ”

"Good!" Maybe some people were tired of waiting outside the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and when they heard someone propose, these people got up and said goodbye, and went to their residences, but many people couldn't walk out of the street and turned back, because they thought that waiting for the good news might have to wait for two or three hundred people to report in a row before it was their turn, and it was better to wait for the Ministry of Rites to release the list, after all, they had been waiting for a long time, and it was not bad for this meeting.

Li Xiuer kept looking out the window, and when she noticed this situation, she sighed with emotion: "Even these people who take the exam are mostly philistines and hypocrites!" ”