Qi Bokun couldn't help sighing, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I'm not looking for him." But consider my words. You can't just have him and ignore me and your parents, right? If you really want to be so rebellious, it's not my grandson. ”

Qi Muyuan was silent and didn't agree, but said, "Grandfather, you have a good rest." He tucked the quilt for Qi Bokun and walked out.

……

In Du's house, as soon as Du Jinning came home, Chen asked his subordinates to put the meal in Du Jinning's yard, and sent them away, and he couldn't wait to eat, so he told Du Jinning about the princess today, and said worriedly: "What if the princess really takes a fancy to you?" ”

Du Jinning was not worried at all, scooped a bowl of soup for himself, drank it slowly, and said with a smile: "Mother, what do you have to worry about?" When the news was released, no matter who it was, it stopped. I'm just a country boy, and I won't let people marry me without regard for their lives. ”

"But the princess wants to find a monk to tell you your fortune, what should you do?" Chan asked.

"That's it." Du Jinning put down the soup bowl, added a bowl of rice to himself, and said nonchalantly, "No matter which one you find, you can calculate my wife's life." ”

Chen asked suspiciously, "What are you going to do?" ”

Du Jinning put down his chopsticks and took them out in his arms: "Send someone to ask a monk and Taoist priest who has some ability, give some money, and you can get a pair of wife's birthday." ”

She took out a note and handed it to Chen: "Mother, you can keep in mind that this is my birthday, don't be mistaken." ”

Chen took the note and glanced at it, and saw that there was indeed a pair of birthday characters written on it. The age and date of birth are consistent with Du Jinning's, but the specific time has changed.

The ancients were superstitious, because it involves curses such as piercing villains, so people's birthdays will not be known if they are not their parents and relatives. Until the marriage wants to write the eight-character Geng post, it will be taken out and used.

Du Jinning's birthday has changed so much, no one knows at all.

"Then the monk and Taoist priest don't know it's you, right?" Chen asked uneasily.

Du Jinning smiled: "I'm doing things, do you have anything else to worry about?" ”

Nothing was said all night.

According to common sense, after the morning court on the second day, the emperor wanted to summon the top ten people in the palace to enter the palace to face the saints. Du Jinning did not go out again, but honestly waited at home for the summons in the palace.

When he arrived, sure enough, a eunuch from the palace came to deliver a decree and summoned Du Jinning.

Du Jinning had already packed up and waited, accepted the order, immediately got into the carriage, and followed the eunuch into the palace.

Some of the ten new scholars live close to each other, some live far away, and they need to be gathered before they go to meet the saint. After Du Jinning entered the palace, the eunuch took her to a side hall and left on her own.

Qi Mansion is relatively close to the palace, and Qi Muyuan arrived early. In addition to him, there are two other Jinshi.

When the palace is there, everything needs to be done carefully. When everyone greeted each other, they didn't dare to say much, for fear that they would lose if they said too much, or they would annoy the masters and servants in the palace, so they sat down to drink tea and eat snacks.

The emperor was still very polite to the new science and technology scholars, and the eunuchs served tea and snacks. But in order to avoid going to the toilet, everyone didn't dare to eat and drink more, so they just picked up the tea bowl and moistened their lips and put it down.

So he just sat down.

Du Jinning saw Qi Muyuan's gaze looking at him, so he also looked back and asked him what was the matter with his eyes. Qi Muyuan didn't speak, only smiled at her, and then withdrew his gaze.

Du Jinning didn't care.

The two of them are in their prime, and they both have red lips and white teeth, handsome eyebrows and eyes, sitting together, smiling and winking, and they are very familiar with each other, which suddenly became a beautiful scenery.

A jinshi next to him saw it and asked with a smile: "Du Xianggong and Qi Xianggong know each other?" ”

This Jinshi is in his forties, his face is kind, but his eyes are shrewd. As soon as I heard the names of Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan just now, my attitude became very warm.

The ranking of the palace examination was not out, but on the list of those who will take the examination, Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan are in front. The two of them are so young, their looks are very outstanding, and they both sit in the first row during the palace examination, which is very eye-catching, and the tribute students who sit in the main hall with them to take the exam can all recognize them - there are a total of thirty-nine and eight tribute students, no matter how big the hall is, it can accommodate a maximum of one hundred, and the rest of the tribute students are arranged to write articles in the side hall or corridor. Those who can take the exam in the same hall with Du Jinning and them are all ranked relatively high.

So when they heard this, everyone looked at Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan.

Du Jinning nodded: "Yes." "Just these two words, obviously I don't want to say more.

Qi Muyuan had already recovered his cold state.

Seeing this, the man had to swallow back the question in his stomach, and just smiled: "Since ancient times, heroes have been teenagers. These two are really young talents. ”

"Zhong Xianggong has won the award." Although Du Jinning is polite, he is not very enthusiastic in his attitude.

The Zhong Xianggong had to shut up.

Silence returned to the room.

However, there are always eyes that always revolve on Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan, intentionally or unintentionally.

Finally ten people came, a big eunuch came in, glanced at everyone, and said to everyone: "Everyone line up in the order I read, I read in front, and I will walk in front in a while." ”

Everyone suddenly became nervous.

The order that the great eunuch read out should be the order of the results in the palace examination. Although the emperor has to make the final decision on the top of the list, if you are ranked in the bottom five among the ten people, no matter how you are, it is impossible to win the champion, the list eye, and the flower, unless you ......

Everyone glanced at Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan intentionally or unintentionally.

Since ancient times, Tanhua has been young and good-grown. If Du Jinning or Qi Muyuan were in the bottom five, maybe the emperor would see that they were good-looking, so he would bring one of them up and make a flower exploration. As a result, the rankings they have worked so hard to obtain with their real skills will be pushed back, which is really unwilling.

You must know that the first three people of the Imperial Approval are called "Jinshi and the first", also known as "Sanding Jia". These three people were immediately conferred, the champion was awarded the Hanlin Academy for revision, and the Bangyan and Tanhua were awarded the Hanlin Academy for editing. Second, if the third-class jinshi wants to be appointed to the official, they must go through the court examination in the Baohe Palace, commonly known as the "court examination". Finally, the second-class and third-class jinshi should be awarded the positions of Shu Jishi, chief officer, middle book, pedestrian, evaluator, doctor, magistrate, and county respectively in the ranking of the palace examination and the court examination.

In other words, there is a big difference between the top three first-class and the second-class and third-class behind.

If Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan, with their youth and appearance, would have moved from the bottom to the front and made tanhua, these new scholars who have dedicated their lives to the imperial examination and are only one foot away from glorifying their ancestors will definitely be very unconvinced.

But in ancient times when imperial power was supreme, you had to hold back if you were not convinced, which made everyone very unfavorable to these two young people.