Chapter Ninety-Six: The Spring Exam Begins
Tang Xuanlin nodded,
"Reasonable."
Bu Yiyang clapped his hands and looked at Bu Tong with a smile, "My little sister has grown, this head is faster than your brother." ”
Bu Tong didn't take it easy, he thought about it carefully, and frowned.
"I'm afraid that things are not as simple as we think, if the pressure is exerted from above, it is only said that the country selects and employs people, and wants the East Factory to release people and go out for the exam first? After all, Feng Yi didn't do anything to kill people and sell goods. ”
Tang Xuanlin also reacted now,
"Then I naturally have a way, if he can't fish in troubled waters."
Bu Yiyang nodded, "Exactly." ”
Bu Tong smiled and urged Tang Xuanlin to go back to business, Bu Yiyang approached the chair indiscriminately after he left, exhaled heavily, and comforted Bu Tong in turn,
"I'm worried about others, but now that Xuanlin is the home of Dongchang, there is no need to worry that he will bow his head in front of those people."
Bu Tong agreed,
"Today's Dongguo Gong is just a household and His Majesty's favor for many years."
Bu Yiyang shook his head again and again, "Don't underestimate him, even so, he is also the most important prince in the court today, and His Majesty's trust will not be diminished in a day or two." ”
Butong suddenly smiled,
"Brother's words are too cautious, now the six departments have more free, until the end of the spring exam, the students of Dengke have entered Hanlin, and then whose words in the court will be more weighty, can't my brother think clearly?"
Bu Yiyang sighed, "I'm afraid it's Lin Xiangguo." ”
Bu Tong suddenly spoke, and the topic changed sharply,
"My brother now completely accepts Xuanlin, and according to him, he is much closer to his name."
Bu Yiyang finally rolled his eyes again,
"Don't you look at my stupid sister, who seems to be determined to hit this wall, what can I do?"
Bu Tong looked at him with a look of "compromise" and smiled so hard that his belly hurt.
The two chatted a few words and were about to get up and leave, but when they walked to the door, they were stopped by a familiar little girl, "I've seen Master Bu, my young lady asks to see the adult, if the adult is not busy, please sit upstairs." ”
Bu Tong then remembered that the person in front of him was not the little girl who took Tang Xuanlin to Chu Yue before, and now he came to call Bu Yiyang again.
Bu Yiyang's face was puzzled, "Why are you looking for me?" Miss Chu, what else is going on? ”
Although the little girl is not very old, she has long been a human spirit in the Fengyue place with Chu Yue, and she is not embarrassed when she hears this, and she replies crisply, "My lord, my young lady was frightened just now, and she should have come to thank her in person, but now she only asks to see the adult." ”
Thinking of the delicate beauty, not to mention Bu Yiyang, Bu Tong couldn't help but be moved, and just wanted to hurry up to appease her, but Bu Yiyang replied without any appreciation,
"What's the use of seeing me? Your girl is sick, hurry up and call Langzhong, if you see me sick, you can get better, then the previous pox epidemic does not need my sister to go to Dongyi, and please respect herself. ”
After speaking, he left with Butong with his sleeves, and when he walked outside, Butong could be thrown away, thinking of the little girl's embarrassing appearance for a while,
"Brother's words were brought back by that girl, and Miss Chu Yue was afraid that she would be sad."
Bu Yiyang walked back with his head held high, "If this Chu Yue girl's posture of kicking her nose and face is known by your sister-in-law, then it will be sad." ”
Bu Tong nodded seriously, stretched out his hand and swore an oath,
"I promise, my sister-in-law will never know."
……
Nanguo Mansion has also been lively in the past two days, for Bu Yiyang's first spring test, but up and down was busy, Bu Tong nested in Mrs. Qi's yard, watching the family rummaging and packing all kinds of things, and found that Mrs. Qi was holding a thick jacket and telling her family to take it out to dry, and finally couldn't help pouting,
"Mother, it's April now, where will it be cold enough to wear cotton clothes? What's more, there is a sister-in-law, she is not ready to ......"
The complaint stopped abruptly, because Bu Tong saw Bai Peony coming in with a thick cotton coat, "Mother, come and see, can I bring this to Yi Yang?" ”
Bu Tong looked at the huge cotton coat and fell into deep thought, and for a while he didn't know if he was oversimplifying things, or if his mother and sister-in-law were too worried.
Mrs. Qi agreed, "Bring it, you can add clothes when it's cold, and it can be used as a bed quilt at night, this is just April, the weather is expected to be very steep, and it snowed in mid-April of the previous year." ”
Bai Peony nodded again and again, this is about to put the cotton clothes into Yi Yang's box, Bu Tong immediately stopped arguing, and thought of another thing here,
"Daddy hasn't been home for about half a month, and I don't know how the Hanlin Academy eats and stays, and I won't see him for three days when the exam starts tomorrow, and now my mother and sister-in-law come to arrange my brother's belongings, so the daughter will go to the kitchen to bring some soup and snacks, and go to the Hanlin Academy to see her father."
Bai Peony was a little hesitant, "Don't you delay your father-in-law's official business?" Now is the time when the officials are too busy to do anything. ”
Mrs. Qi waved her hand, "In the end, it is still Peony who is careful, but it doesn't matter, this little monkey has been by the side and delayed our work, and let her out for a while, it will be clean and clean." ”
Bai Peony covered her mouth and smiled softly, and Bu Tong hugged Mrs. Qi's arm in a coquettish manner, "Mother now has a caring daughter-in-law, so she dislikes Tong'er." ”
Mrs. Qi smiled heartily, "Don't go quickly, you won't be able to enter the palace gate later." ”
Bu Tong hurriedly got up with a smile and retreated, took his things and went straight to the palace wall.
Chun Tao was very excited to look at the scene and object on the road, Butong didn't have any other feelings, Hanlin Courtyard is located on the edge of the palace wall, there is really no magnificence of the emperor's living place, but the book and ink are very heavy, and there is a faint smell of wood.
"What is this?" Chun Tao looked at the corner of the courtyard where a small ear room was being built, and couldn't help but be shocked, "The exam is going to start tomorrow, and you are still building a house now?" ”
Bu Tong looked at the size of the ear room, which was very similar to the layout of the examination hall next to him, and he could probably guess what he was going to do.
A somewhat familiar person ran over, and when he got closer, he recognized it, Chun Tao covered his mouth in surprise,
"Chang'an, why are you wearing the clothes of the Hanlin Academy, you can't recognize it."
Chang'an was a little embarrassed, and tugged at the hem of his wide clothes, "It's easier to get in and out during the day, miss, the adults heard that you are coming, and they specially let the little one come to greet you, come on." ”
Bu Tong pointed to the wooden house next to him that was about to be completed, "How is this?" ”
Chang'an looked around the surrounding courtyard, "Miss, this is where tomorrow's exam will be used, and the east and west courtyards are separated and rebuilt into a room-sized room, which can only fit a bed and a table, but this year there is a special candidate, and the above explained that he is not allowed to contact anyone, and he must take a separate exam." ”
Wouldn't this be Tang Xuanlin's "method"? Butong is unbelievable,
"But the candidates can't get in touch with the people next to them, and I heard that the scientific examination is three days, and the doors are locked to avoid going out."
Chang'an took Butong to the inner courtyard, "That's what it conveys, you must take care of it alone, adults are worried about affecting others, so they simply set up another place in this courtyard." ”
Bu Tong nodded hurriedly, "In the end, my father is still decisive and smart." ”
Chang'an happily brought Bu Tong in, Bu Tong looked at the haggard Bu Tingyun, and couldn't help but feel distressed in his heart, so he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello,
"My father works hard all day long, but he can't take a break? I looked tired a lot. ”
Bu Tingyun was naturally happy to see Bu Tong, and her daughter, who had not seen her for a long time, was extremely generous and sensible, and she was even more cheerful, and her laughter was rare and hearty.
"My Tong'er is sensible, and everything is fine at home."
"Father, don't worry," Bu Tong motioned to Chun Tao to bring up the food box, opened it and took the soup and snacks outside,
"Everything is fine at home, and my brother is also studying hard day and night for this spring exam, for fear of losing his father's face."
The wrinkles on Bu Tingyun's face were soothed, "It's rare that that bastard is finally sensible, it's just that there are forty percent more people who are referred to in this spring exam than in previous years, Yi Yang doesn't have to work weekdays, and he won't have any ranking if he is temporarily clinging to Buddha's feet, but you don't have to tell him this, so as not to be hit by this rare hard work." ”
Bu Tong smiled brightly, where can he not get the ranking, I am afraid that Bu Yiyang will take the countdown, this Nanguo Gongda, who is the secretary of the ministry, has no face to face up, of course this can not be said directly, Bu Tong smiled and nodded,
"Tong'er understands, father try this Poria yam old chicken soup, it is the most nourishing and non-greasy to drink in spring, the food in this Hanlin Courtyard is not good, my father has reduced a lot, and my mother will be distressed if she sees it."
Bu Tingyun looked at Bu Tong with satisfaction and lowered his head to fill himself with chicken soup, and nodded again and again, "Tong'er is sensible, better than your brother, Dad knows, and he will replenish himself in the future." Don't stay in the palace for a long time, I'll go later. ”
After drinking the chicken soup, Bu Tingyun left other pastries, and urged Bu Tong to go home, although it was inappropriate to enter the palace with the female relatives in the evening, but he followed it step by step and sent it straight to the front yard.
The master carpenters in the courtyard have been completed, and only a few palace people are left to clean and tidy up inside and out.
"Which son's son is so face-saving that he actually uprooted the ancient trees in the courtyard to build an examination room for him?"
Bu Tong's words were a little joking and teasing, which provoked Bu Tingyun to purse his lips, but it was rare to explain patiently, "The person sent from the Dongchang said that there was a case that had not been tried and clarified, and that this person was quite dangerous, and asked the Hanlin Academy to arrange a separate exam, in order not to hinder others, not only did I build a new house, but even the invigilators and inspectors, I found two more." ”
Bu Tong was about to laugh in his heart, this Feng Yi can be regarded as a key guardian now, I am afraid that with his level, he will have to give Bu Yiyang the bottom.
Bu Tingyun urged Chang'an to send Bu Tong out of the palace gate, Bu Tong thought about it in his carriage, and then told Chun Tao, "Go to the Four Princes' Mansion." ”