Emperor Zhaofeng casually flipped through the exam papers that were ranked at the top.

Sure enough, the first one was an article written by Zhang Qiuchi.

Well...... is worthy of the reincarnation of Wenqu Xing that he identified, and look, this is simply what everyone expected.

However, in order to show that he was serious about this palace examination, he still asked people to remove the screen, and successively ordered about 20 Gongsheng, who were ranked in front of the examination papers by the judges, to answer questions in front of the imperial court.

Zhang Qiuchi is naturally among them.

At the moment when he saw the young man's appearance, Emperor Zhaofeng's mood suddenly became a little complicated.

Although I have expected and heard about it, this is too good-looking, right?

It's good to see that it makes him a little difficult.

looks so handsome, and deserves to be a champion?

If he becomes the champion, how can he be embarrassed to explore Hualang's love?

After all, just by looking like this...... It was originally the most suitable to be a tanhualang.

However, after only hesitating for a moment, Emperor Zhaofeng shook his head decisively in his heart.

Not.

People have come to this point by relying on real talent and strength, if they miss the opportunity to win three yuan just because they are too handsome, wouldn't it be too unfair to young people?

After all, the Xie Zhuangyuan in front of him is also quite good-looking, so he shouldn't be too maverick to do this, right?

Ahem, as for what he secretly bet on, that's not the point.

The sound of the students in the Baohe Hall continued, and the sun outside the hall gradually turned westward, and the golden crow plated the entire Baohe Hall with a layer of vermilion golden light.

……

Two days later, it was the day of Zhang Luan's rest.

Because he was invited by Liu Jian a few days ago, he boarded the gate of Liu's mansion early in the morning as a guest.

Zhang Luan sat in the hall, listening to the other party not talking about anything important at all, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Knowing that today is the day of the ranking of Jinshi after the palace examination, his heart can't settle down at all, Lord Liu obviously just wants to chat about idle time, but he chose this day to invite him to the door...... He seriously suspected that the other party was deliberately trying to see him in a hurry.

But he soon disproved that speculation.

"I wonder if Lord Liu's spleen deficiency has been getting better these days?" Lord Liu asked as if he was speechless.

Zhang Luan, who was looking at the sun outside the hall, heard these words in his ears, and it took a while to come back to his senses, think about it, and replied, "It seems to be much better." ”

By the time he answered, Lord Liu had already eaten half a cup of tea.

At this time, he heard Zhang Luan's answer, but he was stunned, and subconsciously asked, "What?"

Seeing that the other party obviously couldn't remember what question he asked, Zhang Luan was silent for a moment.

"Nothing."

Spreading out this kind of topic in detail will only make the atmosphere awkward.

And in this situation, what does he not understand - Lord Liu pulled him over today purely to find a partner in the tense area.

Master Liu obviously didn't have the heart to investigate what to ask, and after nodding "oh", he looked at the servant on the side and asked, "What time is it?"

The servant who witnessed the strange dialogue between his master and Master Zhang was still in a mess, and at this time he seemed to be led astray, and he was also stunned, staring at the drip for a while, before he was able to reply: "Back to the master, it should be the beginning of the first time." ”

Liu Jianqiang suppressed the excitement and tension in his heart.

It's time.

Judging from the experience of previous years, there should have been a message of the letter.

If you are a candidate who lives in the capital or settles in Beijing, the official who reported the news may already be on the way.

As time passed, Zhang Luan began to look out of the hall frequently.

If the family is "happy", they will definitely send someone to look for him here.

He couldn't sit still in this room, and the tea in his hand couldn't taste the slightest taste, but Lord Liu was also nervous in his heart as if the bride had been on the sedan chair for the first time, insisting on pulling him as a companion, and had no intention of letting people go.

"It's a nice day, why don't you go for a walk in the garden?"

Lord Liu couldn't sit still at all, and simply proposed randomly.

Zhang Luan, who was sitting on pins and needles, also nodded indiscriminately.

The two stood up and stepped out of the hall side by side.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps.

Zhang Luan and Liu Jian stopped almost in unison, raising their eyes and looking ahead.

An old servant from the Liu Mansion walked over with a young servant.

"Ah Xiang—"

Zhang Luan recognized the young servant at a glance as from his own house.

He took a step forward, and hurriedly pretended to be calm, and his eyes were glued to Ah Xiang.

Chi'er already has the name of Huiyuan, the palace test is normal play, and there is no errand Chi, to get a Jinshi background is already nine out of ten, and someone in the family comes to pass the good news that is inevitable - the important thing is what is the ranking!

Ah Xiang was full of joy, and immediately made a big gift to his master.

"Sir, a great event! The eldest prince won the first place this time, and he is the champion and the first! Good news has been sent to our house! The old lady and the second old man sent the villain to ask the master to return home as soon as possible! ”

“……”

When Zhang Luan heard this, he only felt that the blood around his body was pouring into the top of his head, making him dizzy for a moment, and his feet seemed to be stepping on cotton, which was quite unsteady.

And in the next moment, he suddenly felt that his arm sank, and when he turned his head, it was Lord Liu who was so excited that he staggered, and he was able to stabilize his body by holding his arm.

Zhang Luan hurriedly stretched out his other hand to support the person, but saw that two lines of tears of relief had fallen in Lord Liu's eyes.

"Hit, hit......"

Lord Liu looked at Zhang Luan, and said in a trembling tone.

The servants of the Liu Mansion also hurriedly stepped forward to help.

…… The one who won the champion is obviously the son of the Zhang family, but their master is even more excited than Master Zhang, what's the matter!

"Brother Liu......" Zhang Luan sighed with a smile, and then raised his hand to Liu Jian and bowed deeply: "The dog can have today, thanks to Brother Liu's cultivation and help over the years." ”

"It's just the child's anger." Liu Jian wiped his tears with his sleeve, returned the salute to Zhang Luan, and said, "As an elder brother, I will first say a word of congratulations to my virtuous brother." ”

Then he urged: "For such a happy thing, Brother Zhang Xian should go back to the house quickly, and it is not too late to talk about the rest in detail later!" ”

Zhang Luan nodded in response, bowed to Liu Jian again, and left with Ah Xiang.

hurried all the way home, and before I could enter the door, I had already noticed the joy of all around.

Well-informed people have come to congratulate them.

Zhang Luan got out of the carriage and began to salute with others, and the congratulatory sound that seemed to be mixed with envy in his ears never stopped.

Zhang Luan strode to the front hall, greeted a few visitors, and said, "Everyone, sit down and eat tea, please allow Zhang to be with him for a while——"

Everyone who came got up and saluted, expressing their understanding.

Whoever has such a happy event in the family has to ask their family members to get together first to talk, and it stands to reason that these outsiders should not have come to the door so early to disturb them.

But I'm afraid I won't be able to squeeze in later.

After Zhang Luan left, everyone ate tea and talked, all of which were praises for Zhang Qiuchi.

In addition, there are still school-age girls in the family who have not yet decided to marry, and they secretly have the idea of getting married.

Zhang Luan went directly to Songhe Hall.