Before the Chinese New Year, it was not obvious that Mrs. Xie was raising Xie Xuan, but in the New Year, they were going to go out to visit relatives and friends, and they would be visited by others.

In this way, Mrs. Xie's raising Xie Xuan was seen by many people.

Most people think that Mrs. Xie wants to give Xie Erlang a stepchild, but only a few people think it's incredible.

No matter how much she thinks about her stepchild, she can't choose from Xie Dalang, doesn't that make Xie Erlang die?

I was killed by Xie Dalang, and in the end I had to inherit a cheap child from Xie Dalang?

Just thinking about it makes me feel like it's going to be a diaphragm.

Because this matter is a bit strange, and the Xie family has been making jokes recently, everyone is highly concerned, and slowly some information flows out of the capital.

Shi Hui will know that it is because she has friends in the capital, and when she corresponds with her, the other party uses it as gossip and laughs with her.

But Shi Hui couldn't laugh, because the rumored child's mother was Lin Qingwan, and if she wanted to succeed, she would have to succeed under Lin Qingwan's knees.

Does this count as a person sitting at home and a child descending from heaven?

Shi Hui proposed at this time, it also meant to let Lin Qingwan be careful, don't have an extra son for some reason, even if the Xie family wants to succeed, then Lin Qingwan has to choose it herself, right?

Lin Qingwan just smiled, Mrs. Xie would not step her child without asking her opinion, let alone succeed Xie Dalang's son.

Instead of worrying about this, she was more worried about Mrs. Xie's condition.

However, today is to accompany Lin Yubin to pay New Year's greetings to her husband, and Lin Qingwan didn't want to talk about this too much, so she quickly opened the topic and asked with a smile, "Will it be held this year?" ”

Shi Xian also changed the topic along with her, and said with a smile: "I was about to tell you, I just made up my mind before the imperial court sealed, and I haven't had time to write an official document yet." But a few of your nephews can prepare. ”

Shi Xian paused and asked, "How many nephews in your family take the Jinshi exam?" ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "It's just three, it's not as talented as the Shilu family." ”

However, among the three, Lin You, the most promising, has little hope.

It's still too tender, and its reputation is not obvious.

Shi Xian winked at her and said, "There are still eight months to go, and they have to go to the capital at least two months in advance to build momentum, so this worship poem can start to prepare." ”

Lin Qingwan couldn't help but have a headache when she thought of the imperial examination customs, what Lin You was not good at was poetry.

After getting the exact news, after Lin Qingwan returned to the Lin family, she recruited Lin You's children who were going to participate in the Jinshi Branch, told them the news, and said: "From today onwards, you will have to make a poem every ten years, and there will be eighteen poems accumulated in June, and then select a few better ones to post." ”

Lin You glanced at each other and bowed his head.

"I will tell the patriarch that the library of the clan will be open to you, and you can read whatever books you want, but don't close the door, go out for a walk from time to time, listen to what other students have gained, explore each other, and maybe have gains." Lin Qingwan sighed and said, "Although I can introduce you to a few adults, it depends on your own ability to really get to the capital." ”

Lin You and the three responded in unison, studying more diligently, and they were busy visiting relatives and friends during the New Year's Festival, although they were big fish and big meat every day, they were still not fat at all.

Lin Qingwan was very satisfied with this, and pointed out to them: "Good-looking people always have natural advantages, so you have to keep this beauty." ”

What's more, the Liang court inherited the face control of the Tang Dynasty, and the requirements for the appearance of officials are still very strict.

Lin You's two clan brothers turned their heads to look at him.

Lin You was embarrassed, lowered his head and stared at his toes.

Lin Qingwan comforted the two nephews again, "Although you don't look as good as Lin You, you can still work hard, people rely on clothes, and when the time comes, I will ask the embroidery lady at home to make you a few sets of clothes." ”

This time, the two clan brothers were heartbroken, and they stared at Lin You.

Lin You continued to bow his head silently.

This year's New Year passed very quickly, and Lin Qingwan took Lin Yubin back to the other courtyard on the fifth day of the new year, and then began to release Lin Yubin out to prepare for the eighth year of the junior high school.

Lin You took his cousins to prepare for the other side, and this time the literary meeting mainly invited literati and scholars, so they had a heavier task, but my aunt was so partial that she sent someone to help Yubin's cousin, but she turned a blind eye to their pleas for help.

The Lin family also invited several scribes who lived in seclusion in the south of the Yangtze River, so the literati in the surrounding towns also rushed to hear the news.

This can be regarded as the biggest event of the Lin family in recent years, and even the Zhou family and the Zhao family in Jiangdu have sent their children to participate, but they have not spent the New Year at home.

Zhao Sheng didn't want to see the Lin family so prosperous, so he sent a cousin to lead a few nephews to come, and he stayed in Jiangdu, and didn't run to Suzhou like before.

Lin Qingwan was also happy not to see him, so she asked a few children to let go of their hands to do it.

It's just that she didn't expect Zhao Sheng to come, but Shang Ping did.

She was sitting with Shi Hui and them chatting and drinking tea in an open pavilion in Wenyuan, watching a group of little girls chirping around in the plum blossom forest in fresh clothes, so beautiful that they didn't want it, a **-year-old girl dressed in Wenyuan servant service quietly walked to Lin Qingwan's side, and whispered: "Grandma, Young Master You let me tell you that the second uncle of the Shang family is here." ”

Lin Qingwan was stunned for a while before remembering who the second uncle of the Shang family was.

She put down the teacup with a smile, bowed her head slightly, and said: "I know, the person who came is a guest, and the second uncle is also an elegant person, since he came to participate in the cultural meeting, let Young Master You entertain him." ”

The little girl bowed and retreated, and just out of their sight, she jumped to the north.

There is a place where the male guests gather, the Wenyuan is very large, the trees are stacked, and it is difficult to see clearly from twenty steps away, but Lin You still asked people to put a fence in the middle of the garden, and many servants were arranged to patrol nearby.

Female guests can come through the fence door, but male guests are not allowed to pass.

However, Wenyuan is so big, although it comes out together, it is still enough for everyone to play.

The little girl is a girl from the Zhuang family, her father was blind in one eye on the battlefield, but her ears and skills are very powerful, so she was transferred here to guard the yard, and she also came to serve.

She likes this job very much, she is relaxed and paid, so she is very concerned about the affairs of her masters, and she was instructed by Lin Youyi to be okay in front of people, walk slowly with light hands and feet, and run away from people's sight.

Therefore, she delivered the news very quickly, and naturally quickly passed Lin Qingwan's words to Lin You.

Shang Ping came uninvited, and he was still an elder, so Lin You was not sure how to treat him for a while.

After all, it is Yubin's cousin's uncle, and it is not good to be light, but it is heavy, based on the relationship between my aunt and the Shang family......

Lin Youzheng greeted Shang Ping with a smile, but it was not a way to always greet him like this, people had to sit down.

He was hesitating about how to arrange this position, and the little girl quietly appeared behind Shang Ping, bent her knees slightly at him, and winked at him.

Lin You immediately turned his head and smiled with Lin Ling: "Cousin Ling, you greet Uncle Shi first, and I'll arrange the banquet." ”

Lin Ling immediately stepped on the top smartly, and pulled Shang Ping to continue to greet him, there are many people who came today, and there are more important people, the lords of major families, celebrities who live in seclusion in the mountains, and officials of the imperial court, the positions were all lined up before.

Shang Ping came in a hurry, how should they insert this position?

It's really embarrassing that his official position is not up or down.

is the same as the four-rank official rank of Zhou Tingshi, so is he sitting below or above Zhou Tingshi?

Zhou Tingshi is the official son of Suzhou's parents, but Shangping is also a relative of the Lin family.

On the side of the major families in Jiangnan?

But at that time, in order to be chic, the number of major families who happened to come was exactly five, so the Lin family arranged them separately in the pentagonal pavilion, and Lin Zhou and Zhao Xie Lu happened to be in one position for each family, and if Shang Ping was inserted, then the family had to be lifted out.

Originally, the Lu family could be arranged on the side of celebrities and confucians, but because when they asked the Shang family before, the Shang family said that no elders would come to participate, so they arranged the Lu family in.

You can't bring the people of the Lu family up now, right?

Then will their Lin family have dealings with the Lu family in the future?

Therefore, the children of the Lin family hate this kind of person who is not invited, but who comes uninvited.

The little girl relayed Lin Qingwan's words, and Lin You immediately knew it, and turned around and asked the steward to add a position in the column of celebrities, which happened to be opposite Lu Su.

The position in the pentagonal pavilion has not changed.

Lu Su's brother in the lobby was still sitting inside, but the representatives of the five families were stunned when they saw Shang Shang, and they all came down to greet him.

Shang Ping glanced at the Pentagon Pavilion, and then he knew that he seemed to be causing trouble for people by coming rashly, although he was unhappy with the position arranged by the Lin family, he still had a smile on his face.

Lin You smiled and led Shang Ping to the position, and said with admiration on his face: "I have heard that Uncle Shi is brilliantly written, especially the most brilliant strategy, and I hope that Uncle Shi will give more guidance in a while." ”

Shang Ping knew that the people who were sitting here were the referees of the Wenhui for a while, Shang Ping had always been talented, and he felt a lot more comfortable when he heard this, nodded and sat down and said: "I haven't returned to Jiangnan for a few years, I didn't expect that there will be many talented people, and I don't know a few outstanding children today." ”

"This is fate, in addition to the scribes from Suzhou, there are many scholars from other places."

Shang Ping said with a smile: "You guys are getting more and more powerful, such a big event, even when your second uncle is here, it is rare to hold a few of them." ”

Lin You was humble, "It's just the support of the elders in the family, where do our children have such ability?" ”

Shang Ping nodded slightly, this Wenyuan is Lin Qingwan's, if it weren't for Lin Qingwan's support, how could they afford such a literary meeting?

It seems that the rumors are not true, doesn't it mean that Lin Qingwan has a bad relationship with the clan, and would rather live in another courtyard than live in the clan?

Shang Ping's eyes swept over the garden, many literati and students shuttled in and greeted people they knew, today's weather is particularly good, there are a lot of mats on both sides of the stream, the scribes sit cross-legged, a low table on a table, on which there are tea and fruit snacks.

The older of them sat in two rows, right under the plum tree, and beside each seat there was a stove with hot tea.

The petals on the tree occasionally fall, and some people simply reach out to pick them up when they see them, and throw them into the teacup to brew very casually.