Finally, on the day of the imperial examination, I saw Xiaoman stepping on the carriage at the door of the Lu Mansion in the morning, to say that the carriage could be filled with pearls and pandans.

Xianglan and Pearl went to the street to inquire about the situation in this tribute courtyard, and those who had taken the test said that it was extremely cold in the tribute courtyard, and when Xianglan and Pearl heard it, they were so frightened that their faces changed, as if there was some kind of monster cave in the tribute courtyard.

So they filled Xiaoman with a lot of quilts, cotton jackets, and some handmade pastries made by themselves.

Seeing that the two of them were so worried, Xiao Man felt a little funny, and said to the two of them: "You two have brought me too many things, I just went to take a test, how can I use so much." ”

When Pearl heard Xiao Man say this, she immediately frowned and retorted: "Madam, this is too much, you want you to be in the Gongyuan, deserted, alone in the room to write articles, in case something happens, others can't help, it's better to bring more things yourself, if there is a shortage of items, it affects your mood for the exam, it is not good." ”

Su Xiaoman thought about it, but he also felt that this was indeed the truth, if it was because of some detailed rules in life that delayed his exam, it was indeed not very cost-effective.

So Su Xiaoman took a cart of things, pulled Du Yue together, and set foot on the road to the Tribute Academy, to say that Xiaoman arrived at the gate of the Tribute Academy, and the candidates next to her all cast curious glances at her.

Although they had long heard that Donglanguo had heard that women would participate in the imperial examination on time this time, they didn't think that any woman would really dare to participate in the imperial examination.

Du Yue stood in front of Su Xiaoman, her small body wanted to resist these malicious eyes for Su Xiaoman, but how could he protect Su Xiaoman when he was still young.

So he could only comfort Su Xiaoman: "Xiaoman is fine." You don't have a bad mood for these people. ”

Xiao Man pursed the corners of her mouth and touched Du Yue's head, she naturally knew that these people didn't believe that women could be admitted to Jinshi, but today she wanted to do this, so that these people were impressed by women.

So the candidates stayed in the tribute courtyard for three days and three nights, until the end of the examination, to say that after the paper was answered, it was naturally sent to the minister in charge of review, and the results could not be obtained in the first half of the month.

On the day of the release of the list, the Lu Mansion was very busy, and when he saw the pearl early in the morning, he lectured in the courtyard and said to these subordinates: "Listen, today is the day when Mrs. releases the list, I tell you, everything is down, down, this kind of word is not allowed to tell me, if anyone says it, I will deduct her monthly money!" ”

These subordinates looked at each other, you must know that these are commonly used words, if they are not allowed to be used, then everyone will simply stop talking today.

But they looked at the anxious look on Pearl's face, and knew that Pearl was serious when he said this, so they could only helplessly obey Pearl's orders.

Xianglan heard that Pearl was so superstitious, so she felt a little ridiculous, and said to Pearl, "Sister Pearl." As for you. Aren't these falling, lowering all common words? Why should you make it difficult for them? ”

Pearl frowned, and looked at pandan with disgust.

"You don't understand this, these words are unlucky, what if you say too much, what should I do if my wife is not on the list?"

Xianglan couldn't help laughing out loud when she saw Pearl's anxious appearance, and in the joke between the two people, the tense atmosphere in Lu Mansion was a lot less.

"Okay, okay, let's not toss around here, let's hurry up and accompany my wife out to see the results."

So the three of them got into the carriage and came to the door of the Tribute Courtyard, but Xiao Man didn't get out of the carriage for a long time, his body was still a little trembling, he closed his eyes tightly, and breathed deeply.

Seeing Xiaoman's expression, Pearl was naturally a little worried, so she asked: "Little lady, are you a little scared, if you are afraid, Xianglan and I will go to see if there is your name for you." ”

Xiao Man shook his head, if he wants to say that this imperial examination is his own business, if he looks at the results of the list and lets others do it for him, and he doesn't have the courage to face it, how will he face the turbulence in the officialdom in the future.

So Xiaoman took a deep breath and slowly stepped out of the carriage.

As soon as Xiao Man appeared in the crowd, the people next to him began to talk about it, and said in Xiao Man's ear: "You see, she is Su Xiaoman, she is the wife of the emperor today, but she doesn't know what medicine she took wrong, so she has to come to participate in the imperial examination, and the queen won't do it." ”

"yes, it's so stupid, how can a woman like her be hit."

When Xiao Man heard these words, he felt that it was painful to use 10,000 silver needles to stab the heart in turn, and he didn't know why these people were so vicious.

But the closer Xiao Man got to this list, the fewer people were talking about it, which made Xiao Man feel a little strange, and when she walked to this list, there were even a few people next to her who cast admiring glances at her.

Xiao Man first looked at the end of this list, and found that there was no her name on it, Xiao Man felt a little lost, according to his own level, if he had just been admitted to the Jinshi, he would already be very happy, how dare he ask for the previous ranking.

But there is no name of its own in the back, so it can only hope for the front.

So Xiang Xiaoman walked to the top of the list, but when Xiaoman hadn't seen it yet, Pearl was very sharp-eyed, and saw that Xiaoman's name was actually at the top of this list.

"Madame, ma'am! I saw your name, you actually are Tanhua! ”

To say that this Tanhua is the first and third place in Jinshi, Xiao Man never thought that he would do so well in the exam, and directly got a good ranking in Tanhua.

Some of the men next to him heard Pearl's words, and they all lowered their heads without embarrassment, knowing that they looked down on Su Xiaoman very much before, thinking that she was a woman who came to participate in the imperial examination, which was obviously insulting them candidates.

Unexpectedly, this Su Xiaoman actually took the imperial examination for the first time, and took Tanhua, compared to them after a few years of confusion, but they were still tepid, and they were really ashamed.

Xiao Man patted his face, and even didn't believe what was happening now.

Pearl hurriedly said: "Madam, you see that you have received so much education from Liniang's predecessors and Master Wei. It would be strange if there was no name on the list. ”

Xiao Man listened to Pearl's words, but he also felt that it made sense, after all, this Wei Xiuyuan was the youngest champion of Donglan Kingdom, and what he taught himself was the most essence of the current policy theory, which really helped him a lot.

Just when Xiaoman was still happy, Xianglan pointed to the list and shouted again: "God, madam, look who the champion is!" ”

Xiaoman walked towards the front of the list, only to see that the list clearly wrote the big word Du Yue, and it was accompanied by the first grade, the champion.

Xiao Man was so frightened that she couldn't close her mouth, she thought that Du Yue was just a child who was very good at reading, but to surpass Wei Xiuyuan, it was just talking, but she didn't expect Du Yue to really take the title of champion.

This time, Du Yue really became the youngest champion of Donglan Kingdom.

"Brother Du Yue is really amazing, he only got the champion rank at the age of thirteen, and now he is the youngest champion in Donglan Kingdom."

When Xianglan said this, her face was still slightly ruddy, and her eyes were shining.

When others heard Xianglan's words, they were all a little surprised, at this moment, the scene became like a vegetable market, noisy, everyone was expressing their opinions, after all, this imperial examination was too bizarre.

Not only did a woman win the ranking of Tanhua, this champion was only thirteen years old, and they clearly didn't give face to thousands of candidates!

After looking at the rankings, this Su Xiaoman naturally took a carriage to Lu Mansion, and as soon as he returned to Lu Mansion, Du Yue rushed out, to say that Du Yue's courage was a few points smaller than Su Xiaoman, and he didn't even dare to check his own ranking.

Seeing that Xiao Man was back, Du Yue cautiously asked, "Xiao Man, did I have a junior high this time?" ”

Seeing Du Yue's weak heart, he told him loudly: "Of course you have won the Jinshi, and you are still the champion." ”

When Du Yue heard that she was the champion, she jumped up happily and hurriedly hugged Su Xiaoman.

"Oh my God, I'm actually the champion, I'm now the youngest champion in Donglan Kingdom, I must tell the good news to Lord Wei!"

Xiao Man smiled helplessly, although Wei Xiuyuan was Du Yue's idol, but he didn't necessarily want to hear the news, thinking that he was actually surpassed by this thirteen-year-old boy, he didn't know what Wei Xiuyuan would think in his heart.

Since the two candidates in this Lu Mansion have won the Jinshi, and their rankings are very beautiful, it is natural to make a good banquet in the Lu Mansion to reward everyone.

So Su Xiaoman immediately asked his subordinates to go to Wei Xiuyuan's house to send a message, inviting Wei Xiuyuan to come over for a gathering, and just when Xiaoman was about to go to the banquet, a eunuch came to the palace.

I saw the eunuch walking slowly in front of Su Xiaoman, and said to Su Xiaoman: "Xinke Jinshi, please kneel down and accept the order." ”

When Su Xiaoman heard the eunuch call her a new branch jinshi, he felt a little happy in his heart, thinking that he had never been called like this, and he was half a court official.

The eunuch first gave Su Xiaoman and Du Yue both the silver rewarded by the imperial court. Du Yue is one hundred taels of silver for the champion, and Xiao Man is sixty taels of silver for Tanhua.

It's useless for Xiao Man to take the money, after all, Lu Zhai is not short of these sixty taels of silver.

However, Du Yue regarded this hundred taels of silver as a treasure, his family was very poor, and his parents were willing to provide him with a school, which was already very enlightened, Du Yue naturally wanted to send all this money home, so that his parents could live a good life.