Then the eunuch said something very important.

"Xinke Jinshi, although you are now a Jinshi, if you want to become a court official, you still need to pass the assessment for a period of time, and after tomorrow, you will go to the Jinshi Academy to report, and after passing the assessment of the Jinshi Academy, you will be assigned an official position."

Xiao Man didn't expect that there were such rules in the imperial court, and he had never known it before, so he took over the will with Du Yue, and saw that Xiao Man was admitted to the Jinshi, and this eunuch naturally wanted to congratulate one or two.

After all, Xiaoman's identity is special, and she is the first woman in Donglan Kingdom to be admitted to Jinshi, and she has a bright future in the future, if she can take care of herself, it will be a good thing.

So the eunuch bowed deeply to Xiao Man and said to Xiao Man: "Mrs. Lu is really talented, and it is really rare that she can be admitted to the Jinshi as a woman." ”

Xiao Man smiled embarrassedly, to say that he was able to be admitted to the imperial examination, it was also the result of everyone's help, not just because of his good talent.

"Where is my father-in-law talking about, Xiaoman was born stupid, and this time I will take care of my father-in-law in the palace in the future."

This eunuch saw that Su Xiaoman was so modest and amiable, so he naturally felt a little more good about Su Xiaoman in his heart.

"Okay, Mrs. Lu, there are too many things in the palace, I have to go back to be busy, you and Zhuangyuan should prepare well, and go to Jinshi Academy tomorrow."

Xiao Man found a few subordinates, sent the eunuch team out of the Lu Mansion, and turned around, Du Yue was taking his own one hundred taels of silver and putting it into a few cloth bags, preparing to immediately find an 800-mile expedited fast horse to transport home.

Seeing that Du Yue had no city government like this, Xiao Man hurriedly said to him: "Du Yue, you won't send this money back directly like this, right?" ”

Du Yue glanced at Xiao Man in a daze, unable to understand what Xiao Man meant, and hurriedly asked, "Isn't it?" If you don't send it back directly. So how do you do that? ”

Looking at Du Yue's immature face, although he was already the champion, he had experienced too little in the world, Xiao Man shook his head helplessly.

"You think, you let the post station send this money back, the post station is likely to be greedy for your silver, you go back to the house first, write a letter to your family, let the letter go first, so that your family can know how much money is, and tomorrow we will go to the Jinshi Academy, maybe there is still a place to use the silver, you still have to keep a little for yourself."

Hearing Xiao Man say this, Du Yue also felt that it made sense, after all, he was now unaccompanied in Shangjing, and it would be inconvenient if he didn't have some silver on his body.

So he took out five taels of silver from these hundred cars, and Xiao Man saw that Du Yue was so picky about himself, so he could only cover his mouth and smile.

I thought in my heart that anyway, Du Yue is now living in the Lu Mansion, and I will help Du Yue a little more in terms of money.

So that Du Yue can give a little more filial piety to the family,

In the afternoon, there were people in the palace who sent Jinshi's clothes to Xiaoman and Du Yue, and Pearl felt very dissatisfied when he saw this Jinshi's costume.

"Jinshi has been studying hard for many years before he comes to this point, why is this Jinshi's clothing so rough, and it is not as good as ordinary people's clothes."

Hearing Pearl's complaint, Xiao Man's mood was not affected, his eyes were full of joy, and he said to Pearl: "You don't want to think that after the annual list of Jinshi is drawn up, this Shangyi Bureau will immediately start to make according to the figure of the Jinshi, the construction period is so short, it is good to be able to get the clothes of this Jinshi, what else are you picky about." ”

Hearing what Xiao Man said, Pearl also felt that it made sense, so she pouted, picked up some needles and threads, and fixed the stitches of Xiao Man and Du Yue's Jinshi clothes tighter, which was barely like it

On the second day, Xiao Man and Du Yue came to the Jinshi Courtyard on time in Jinshi uniforms, and saw that there were many new Jinshi scholars here, all of whom had a strong scholarly atmosphere, and they were talking and laughing in the Jinshi Academy.

But I saw Su Xiaoman and Du Yue come in. They suddenly shut up. The air was like stagnant. Su Xiaoman and Du Yue felt very strange, and looked at them a few times, but they were still very puzzled.

These jinshi treated Su Xiaoman and Du Yue as monsters, and avoided them one after another, and now the next to Su Xiaoman and Du Yue suddenly became an open space.

"What are they doing, and why do they treat us like monsters?"

Du Yue glanced at them dissatisfied, Su Xiaoman touched Du Yue's head, and said to him: "You think, one of us is a woman, and the other is just a thirteen-year-old child, it is extremely unreasonable to be admitted to the Jinshi, but we also took the champion and Tanhua, these people are naturally unconvinced, maybe they think that we have gone through some back door and done something." ”

"I didn't cheat, they don't know how hard I put in my hometown, you know, when I was young, I herded cattle, and when I herded cattle, I wrote on the sand."

"They didn't see it with their own eyes, so they didn't know what we were doing, but it didn't matter, we just had to do our best."

After listening to Su Xiaoman's words, Du Yue also felt that it made sense, so she no longer paid attention to these jinshi.

After a while, I saw a court official walking over, this court official was about sixty years old, his expression was very serious, and there were traces of vicissitudes between his eyebrows and eyes.

As soon as he appeared, there was a majestic momentum, so that the candidates did not dare to speak anymore, and consciously lined up all the way, waiting for the adult's speech.

The official first took out the list, briefly named the name, and waited until all the new science and technology scholars arrived, he said with a gloomy face: "In the past few days, I am the examiner who will evaluate you, my surname is Lu, you can call me Lu examiner." ”

Looking at the appearance of this Lu examiner, Xiao Man felt a little scared in his heart, he had to know that he was in this Jinshi Academy, and he was enough to discriminate against him, this Lu examiner looked so fierce, and he was afraid that he would not have a good life in this Jinshi Academy.

Seeing this, the examiner glanced around at all the candidates and said to them: "After that, everyone in this Jinshi Academy will have their own work, and if you do your own work well, I will grade your work." ”

Su Xiaoman thought about it, if he was assigned some paperwork to deal with, he would definitely be able to do a good job, so he was a little eager to try it at this time, wondering what kind of work Examiner Lu would give him.

I only heard that the examiner Lu arranged all the candidates, some of these contents were to sort out the papers, and some were responsible for the six miscellaneous parts, but the names of Du Yueyue and Su Xiaoman never appeared, which made Su Xiaoman have some doubts in his heart.

I don't know what this Lu examiner thinks, so he actually put them aside and Tanhua.

I only heard that in the end, the examiner Lu said slowly: "Su Xiaoman, you will be responsible for cleaning the stables in the future, and Du Yue, you will be responsible for washing the shoes of the candidates at the gate of the Jinshi Academy in the future." ”

Hearing this Lu examiner say this, the jinshi next to him all made a hilarious sound, you must know that they are all born of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and they already look down on women like Su Xiaoman, and people from poor families like Du Yue, you must know that sweeping the stables and washing people's shoes are all done by the lowest people, but I didn't expect this Lu examiner's mind to be the same as them, so he gave them such a difficult job.

When this Xiaoman heard this, he was naturally very angry, if he wanted to say that anyone could do such a job, why did he want them to be the champion and explore the flowers.

So she looked at Examiner Lu angrily and asked, "Examiner, is it too unreasonable for you to distribute like this, we are the top three, is it a bit overkill for you to let us do this?" ”

The examiner raised his eyebrows, looking at Su Xiaoman's nails only embedded in the flesh, with resentment in his eyes.

But in the face of Su Xiaoman's dissatisfaction, there was no expression on Examiner Lu's face, and he still said to Su Xiaoman without being salty: "Do you think this is overkill." I think this work of sweeping the stables is very suitable for you, if you don't do it, I will declare you a failure in the examination now, why do you want to get out of this Jinshi Academy? ”

Xiao Man was stunned by Examiner Lu's words, you have to know how much effort you have put into becoming a Jinshi, if you are kicked out of the Jinshi Academy now and fail the assessment, then your previous efforts will not be in vain.

So Xiao Man could only clench his fists, gritted his teeth and said: "I know, you look down on me as a woman, and you also think that women can't enter the court as officials, but what does this have to do with Du Yue, he has been smart and studious since he was a child, and this has become the youngest champion of our Donglan Kingdom, you can let you clean the stables, but at least let Du Yue do some normal work!" ”

Du Yue tugged at the corners of Su Xiaoman's clothes, Su Xiaoman looked at the firm gaze in Du Yue's eyes, and understood what Du Yue meant.

I only heard Du Yue say in Su Xiaoman's ear: "Xiaoman, don't ask him, he is a person who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong, what's the difference between him and those pedantic jinshi, isn't it just washing other people's shoes, this is not a big deal, anyway, I used to be in the countryside, I haven't done any work, and I have also let go of cattle for the landlord,"

Hearing Du Yue say this, these candidates next to them naturally pointed at them and laughed at them.

"Oh my God, I also let the cow go to the landlord, and it is really rare that such a person can become the champion."

"I think the examiner who reviewed the papers this time is afraid that his brain is broken, and he actually let these two people be the top three, which is really too much."

Seeing that these two people had been treated so unfairly, they still decided to stay in Jinshi Academy, and his eyes showed a little admiration for them.

But soon, Examiner Lu used indifference to hide his inner thoughts.