Chapter 144

The teacher said, after the exam, you should relax and relax......

The wife also said that the newlywed Yan'er's young couple ......

Therefore, Yuan Changqing took it for granted that it was reasonable for him to be ridiculous. In addition, when Shanniang was afraid that he would be distracted, she always restrained him and made him unhappy, but now she has no reason, and he has more excuses. So, before he made the title of the gold list, this candidate first picked up his gun and got on the horse, and became the leader of the brave martial arts.

It's ridiculous for most of the night, and the two of them lean together to keep warm, and their fingers holding each other play with each other's fingertips.

What makes Shanniang a little jealous is that although her hands are born well, Yuan Changqing's hands of a big man are even more beautiful than her hands. Yuan Changqing's hands were thin and slender, his fingertips were not like a small shovel like Shanniang's fingertips, and his nails were round and full. And it is extremely hard to the touch, unlike Shanniang's nails, which are soft and easy to break. So Shanniang never has long nails.

"People say that those with soft nails have soft hearts, and those with hard nails have hard hearts." Shanniang touched his fingertips and muttered, "You must be extremely hard-hearted when you are ruthless." ”

Somehow, her words suddenly reminded him of her "dream". In her "dream", he was such a person......

Although he had long been accustomed to his indifferent nature, Yuan Changqing was unwilling to ask Shan Niang to really think that he was such a person. But it's a fact that his nails are hard, and it's a fact that he has a hard heart...... After a moment of discomfort, he quickly changed the topic and asked Shanniang, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally came to send me the exam, don't you think it's a little strange?" ”

"I think so." Shanniang was lazy.

"Then why don't you ask me?" Yuan Changqing said.

"Why should I ask you?" Shan Niangqi said, "It's none of my business...... Xu felt that this sound a little indifferent, and she added, "You will sue me if I should know." Besides, I don't want to be an official in the court, so I have to know so much?! ”

Yuan Changqing: "......"

Although even if she asked, he would only pick and choose those who could sue her, but ......

Why is it that the more sensible and generous she is, the more uncomfortable he becomes?!

Yuan Changqing lowered his eyes silently, looking at her with silent dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Shanniang raised her eyes to look at him and sighed secretly, okay. "So, what did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tell you?" She asked.

Yuan Changqing opened his mouth. Shanniang is like a perfunctory child, how can he not understand? So suddenly, he realized that it seemed that only in front of her would his love be much more and more special...... Immature.

"That," he touched the tip of his nose uncomfortably, "it's nothing, Your Highness has other things to do, but it's just to hide it from me." He added, "The things I did for His Highness in private before seem to have been stabbed out." Now he is very jealous of His Highness, so he is worried that I may be dragged down by him. The teacher probably thinks that I have a good hope for the Golden Palace, but I don't expect it. It's also a shame that this year is Lord Hong as the main exam, even if I really enter the top ten, even if the emperor really wants to win me, with Lord Hong's temperament, I will probably compete. However, in order to take care of the emperor's face, my ranking should not be very high. But in any case, there is still a future. ”

As for those things that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince quietly discussed with him about his future and hoped that he could enter the East Palace to take charge of him, there was no need to sue Sù Shanniang.

However, he overestimated how much Shanniang cared about his future. Shanniang only let out an unsalty "oh", and then played with his fingers again, and his mind didn't know where he had deserted.

Yuan Changqing couldn't help frowning slightly, turned her face, looked at her and said, "Aren't you even worried?" If I really have no future. ”

Shanniang couldn't help but glance at him. In her previous life, she had been worried for a long time, and now she was not happy to give him that job for nothing! Don't talk about being tired, you may not be able to get a good voice from him!

"What if you don't get in? Not everyone is an official. And I'm also reading the account books at home, even if you don't do anything, can you still starve you and me? After a pause, she added, "No matter how bad it is, I am now learning jade embroidery with my wife, and when I finish learning, I can always support you." ”

Yuan Changqing looked at her, suddenly gritted his teeth, turned over and pressed her under him, and said hatefully: "In your eyes, I am so useless, I want you to raise it?" And said, "Don't worry, I can still do it to raise you." ”

Shanniang smiled and said, "Even if you can raise me, I won't ask you to raise it." The so-called backing on the mountains and mountains, relying on everyone to run, and relying on oneself for everything is the most reliable. ”

It is common sense in the world for a wife to rely on her husband, but she said so......

Yuan Changqing was silent, looked at her and said, "Have you never believed me in your heart?" ”

Shanniang blinked. If before, she really didn't believe him, but now...... She carefully examined her heart and found that she should still trust Yuan Changqing. It's just that no matter how much she trusts him, she can't pin all her own qi on others like she did in her previous life.

So she looked at him and shook her head, "It's not that I don't believe you, I just think that relying on others is better than relying on yourself after all." Your ability to support me is your business, but I will not and do not want to be attached to you. In addition to being your wife, I should be myself first. ”

In her previous life, she was full of desire to be excellent in the eyes of others, but not because she wanted to be the best, but because she was taught to be the best she received since she was a child, so that if she was not good enough, no one would love her and no one would care about her. She worked so hard, figuring out the needs of others with her own ideas, and even without the other party opening her mouth, she took the initiative to give the other party what she thought the other party needed, she thought that in this way she could get what she wanted, but it only turned out to push the one she wanted further away from her...... After living a lifetime, she realized that although she had lived so hard in her previous life, she had never really been herself.

People always want others to love themselves. But how can a person who doesn't even love herself let others love her? If you don't even know how to love yourself, how can you know how to love others right?

Therefore, in this life, instead of fighting for the love of others, she would rather learn how to love herself and how to be herself first.

*·*·*

On the day of the release of the list, as soon as the genius was bright, the fifth master took his wife and children to kill him.

The fifth master was originally an uninhibited temperament, and he often came and went in this house, seeing that Mao Da's prosthetic leg was not good, he waved his hand at Mao Da casually, and he didn't wait for the fifth wife to take the whole brother to follow, so he broke in first.

When entering the main courtyard, as soon as the fifth master looked up, he saw that under the newly erected flower shelf in the center of the courtyard, Yuan Changqing was standing next to the stone table, holding a small teacup in his left hand, holding a brush in his right hand, and was holding a brush with the water in the teacup, brushing the leaves of a pot of moonflowers on the stone table very seriously.

The old man was surprised for a while, and leaned over and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Yuan Changqing saw the fifth master who broke in, hurriedly put down the teacup brush in his hand, and saluted the master. Before he could finish it, he asked the fifth master to pull it up, and then pointed to the pot and asked Yuan Changqing, "What are you doing here?" ”

Yuan Changqing said with a smile: "The moon season raised by Shan'er gave birth to aphids. She was afraid of this thing and didn't dare to touch it, so I had to help her. ”

At this time, the fifth wife also came in, and asked Yuan Changqing, "Where is Shan'er?" ”

As she spoke, Shanniang came from the corner gate on the side. Wufu followed behind her with a tray.

Seeing the fifth old man, Shanniang couldn't help but look up at the sun that had just risen in the sky, and smiled at the old lady: "Why did the old lady come so early?" ”

As soon as the whole brother saw his favorite sister, he immediately broke free from the nurse's hand and pounced on Shanniang's body at once.

Shanniang took his hand, asked him something, took him under the flower shelf, and smiled at Yuan Changqing: "Let's get it later, I cooked the rice balls." This is the custom of the south, to seek a round and full auspiciousness.

The fifth master's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "This is good." With that, he sat down at the table and asked Shanniang to bring him a bowl too.

The fifth wife couldn't help but look at the fifth master and said, "Didn't you have breakfast at home?" ”

"That's a good idea." The fifth old man smiled, turned his head to Yuan Changqing and said, "You northerners don't like to eat this sweet, but today is different, you have to eat a bite no matter what." ”

In fact, the fifth master's words were instructed in vain, that is, Yuan Changqing didn't like sweets, and only because these rice balls were made by Shanniang herself, so he had no reason not to eat them.

The whole brother is a pure southerner taste, and he is the most addicted to sweets, and when he heard that there were rice balls, he immediately shouted that he wanted to eat them. Hou Jue was originally a foodie, otherwise he wouldn't have grown so fat, but now because he has lost weight because of the strips, he heard that there are rice balls, so he couldn't help but swallow it, and looked up at Shanniang.

Recently, Hou Jue has not had a good time. His aunt almost ruined Shanniang's reputation because she almost ruined that year, so she made the fifth old man angry and sent her to a nunnery on the mountain. I thought that for Hou Jue's sake, she would be locked up for a year or two and then put back on the Zhuangzi to raise, but Aunt Ma somehow got along with a merchant who often went into the mountains to receive goods, and finally the scandal was revealed, and the owner of the nunnery caught it right, and the mother Ma was so angry that she had a stroke at that time, and she couldn't survive until the fifth master went up the mountain, and the mother Ma was gone. Seeing the fifth master coming, Aunt Ma thought that her life was at stake, but she didn't want the fifth master to ask the businessman, and saw that he really liked Aunt Ma, so he actually took the initiative to let Aunt Ma go......

Although the fifth master was cuckolded, he was actually somewhat relieved in his heart. At first, he thought that it would be impossible for him to get closer to Mrs. Five, so he accepted the maids stuffed by Mrs. Five. Now that he is good with his wife, he can't tolerate others in the middle, and he is not really ruthless, so he will inevitably feel guilty about Aunt Ma. Now Aunt Ma has found a way out by herself, although she is angry with Ma's mother, for the fifth master, it is a solution...... I only pity Xiao Hou Jue, who is very uncomfortable for a while because of this biological mother.

It's also a shame that my wife is a kind-hearted person. When she gave Aunt Ma to the fifth master, the fifth wife was one idea, and now that she is good with the fifth master, it is naturally another idea, so not only the fifth master, but in fact, the fifth wife also feels ashamed of Aunt Ma in her heart. Now that Aunt Ma has settled, while Mrs. Ma is relieved, she can't help but feel a debt to Hou Jue again, so Mrs. treats him more attentively than before.

Hou Jue is a reasonable person, seeing the old lady like this, he can't let out the uncomfortable expressions in his heart. Fortunately, Shanniang understood him better, and after knowing about it, she pulled him to avoid people and made him cry happily. Therefore, although he is now eleven years old, he still loves to cling to her as Shan Niang did when she just came back from the West Garden.

When Shanniang saw these two brothers looking at her like two gluttonous cats, she smiled and said, "Both." He also instructed Hou Jue, "Go and talk to Sanhe, and bring a few more bowls." ”

How did Mrs. know Hou Jue's subtle psychology at this time, and immediately protested for him: "Isn't there someone else, why do you specifically instruct your brother." ”

Shanniang squinted at Hou Jue and smiled: "Mrs. ask him, but you like to be instructed by me the most?" ”

Hou Jue nodded vigorously, said "I'll go, I'll go", and ran from the corner door to the kitchen.

Seeing him like this, the wife was stunned, and then suddenly seemed to have an understanding.

Shanniang looked at the old lady and said with a smile: "Why is there one missing?" What about the big brother? ”

The old man was talking to Yuan Changqing about the insect infestation problem of Yuejihua, so he didn't hear Shanniang's question, so his wife replied, "Go and see the list." ”

"At this time?" Shanniang looked up at the sky, "Then the eldest brother can't wait for an hour at the Gongyuan?" ”

"Early in the morning, the master sent someone to see the list, and your brother said that he would go, so he robbed the errand." The wife glanced at the old man and said with a smile: "It's not the middle of the night, otherwise the master should have sent someone to stay there overnight." Shanniang laughed as she spoke.

Shanniang said: "Don't worry, Changsheng said, there are special idle gangs in the capital who make a fortune by reporting the list, even if the family doesn't send people, there are people who can report the news early." ”

This is the custom in Beijing, before each replay list, there are those idle gangs who have been optimistic about the residences of those popular lifters this year, and the picture is the first one to report the good news, so as to win a big reward from the owner's family.

Mrs. Lin also heard what Second Lady Lin had mentioned, so she asked, "I was about to ask you, is the red envelope ready?" I heard that Changsheng is at the top of the list of gambling in Beijing this year, and there must be many people who come to report the good news. ”

Shanniang smiled: "It's okay to have more, it's a festive picture." ”

The wife said: "I know that you two are not bad for money, but you can't be so ignorant of being in charge." I specially inquired with your wife, and said that the first three good news need to be given a big red envelope, and those who come later only need to send a foot money. The so-called male protagonist and female protagonist, Changsheng can't manage these little things, you have to support him, but you can't be as lazy as when you were at home. ”

Shanniang: "......"

- Are you embarrassed to say people?! The person who doesn't care about things is the wife, you can do it yourself......

Shanniang and Mrs. were chatting here, but Yuan Changqing was talking to the master about the aphids on the flowers, while listening to Shanniang and Mrs. with half an ear. Hearing that his wife was teaching Shanniang there, Yuan Changqing turned around and smiled: "Don't worry, Mrs., Shan'er is doing well." Besides, she is married to me, and she is not here to take care of the house for me, and Uncle Hua's mother will take care of these little things, so she doesn't have to worry about it. ”

The mother of the flower who was named on the side couldn't help but swallow tears when she heard it - it's just a lazy housewife, but her own uncle is still spoiled, it seems that she doesn't want anything to retire......

Not to mention, Yuan Changqing and Shanniang are really big-hearted, and they have never arranged anyone to see the list from beginning to end, or Uncle Hua sent the best of the four small men to guard the wall outside the Gongyuan early on. It's just that although Jufeng Kung Fu is good, it is not professional enough, when he looked at the list and hurried back, someone who was a professional on the list had already reported the good news to Yuan Changqing's house.

Of course, Yuan Changqing was hit without surprise.

After being vaccinated by Yuan Changqing so much, Shanniang thought that Yuan Changqing's ranking would not be very high, but she didn't want to, so the annunciator came over with firecrackers from afar, shouting "the first name will be yuan". Surprised, the overjoyed Shanniang actually forgot the rules that the fifth wife had explained, and stuffed the high-quality red envelopes for all the seven or eight who reported the good news, until Yuan Changqing pulled her in the door with a smile, she was still a little confused.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't be in a good position?" She asked Yuan Changqing.

Yuan Changqing smiled and said, "I'm talking about the palace test." ”

Shanniang then remembered that there would be a palace test in three days.

The two of them went in, and the fifth master was still standing at the gate, squeaking happily and waiting for the annunciation to come. The fifth wife was worried that Yuan Changqing and his wife were young and didn't know how to manage money, but the fifth master relied on his own money quickly, and a few strokes were money, he was not afraid of spending money, so he came to one, he gave a big red envelope, came one, he gave a big red envelope, and the mouth was so happy that he couldn't come back behind the root of his ear. In the end, Shanniang couldn't stand it anymore, and called Hou Rui, who rushed back, to pull the fifth master in, and the master stopped, turned around and patted Yuan Changqing's shoulder and said, "Strive to come back with a top prize!" ”

This is the old man's statement, that night, the newly baked Yuan Huiyuan took advantage of the joy and hugged the bride who was not very old and begged for a joy, the bride rubbed Huiyuan's ears and said: "A Huiyuan is enough to prove your strength, you can do your best in the palace test, it doesn't matter if the champion is not the champion." ”

Moved, Hui Yuanlang proved his strength to the bride again......

*·*·*

Although the Great Zhou changed the imperial examination system, the date of the palace examination still followed the practice of the previous dynasty.

April 21 is the brightest time of spring. At dawn, the palace gate opened one after another, and a column of newly promoted tributes, with their long-cherished wishes, slowly entered the palace gate under the leadership of Lord Hong, the main director of the current department.

Outside the palace gate, the people who sent the exam watched from afar as the backs of the future jinshi disappeared into the majestic palace wall, and a new round of gambling was opened.

This time, there are many people who bet on Yuan Changqing's champion. Lin Ruzhi jokingly said to Shanniang: "We should also go to the next bet." Shanniang shook her head and refused. In this regard, she is still very convinced of Yuan Changqing's judgment. Therefore, just like when she tried it, she didn't have any high expectations for this matter - of course, she was shocked by the unexpected "Huiyuan", in fact, she still had a little bit of hope in her heart......

The temple examination was over in just one day. Three days later, the results of the palace examination were filled in, and the emperor announced the results of the palace examination in the Taihe Palace.

The result is......

Yuan Changqing got a third, Tanhua!

This time, Shanniang was surprised again......

Later, she learned that Yuan Changqing's exploration of flowers was extremely difficult to come by.

According to the custom, the examiner presented the top 10 of the present Kogong scholars for the imperial review, and the old emperor decided the top three.

The so-called point champion has always been just a procedure from the hands of the emperor, and the old emperor unfolded the twists and turns, and saw the name of Yuan Changqing in front at a glance. The old emperor was suddenly angry, and without thinking about it, he threw the fold to the ground, only saying that Yuan Changqing and other unfilial people were also on the list, and as Yuan Changqing expected, he was ready to beat him to the end, and even remove his fame - but it turned out that after the old lady of the Yuan family suffered so much money from Yuan Changqing and his wife, she went into the palace to find the concubine in the palace and cried. The concubine Niangniang happened to have just learned that almost all of her people in Jiangyin were folded in the hands of the silent Yuan Da. So the two hated and hated one, and the concubine Niangniang blew a soft breeze next to the old emperor's ear.

If it is replaced by another examiner, maybe Yuan Changqing's reputation will not be guaranteed, but this examiner is a famous "strong order", straightening his neck and arguing with the old emperor for a while, from Yuan Changqing's "crime of unfilial piety" to the recent rumors, and from the rumors to the Yuan family's Meng's unkindness, and then from Meng's unkindness to the Meng family's goddaughter, it almost pointed out that the concubine Niangniang in the harem is also a bad character...... If it were someone else, maybe the old emperor would order to cut people, in addition to being a veteran of the two dynasties, Lord Bihong had also been the emperor of the old emperor. The old emperor was afraid of this teacher when he was a child, and he was not a bold person, so he ran away with his sleeves when he was short of words.

The emperor's willfulness immediately alarmed the old queen mother in the palace. After the queen mother escorted the wayward emperor back to the palace with a calm face, she sat down on the side.

The emperor had no choice, he only said that he would erase Yuan Changqing's name from the previous ten miles, but he didn't mention anything about removing his fame.

When Lord Hong heard this, he immediately reasoned with the emperor again - how can I say that Yuan Changqing is the Huiyuan of Jinke, and a dignified Huiyuan failed to be ranked in the top ten, not to mention that his palace examination article is still written with flowers, and when he says it, he is afraid that he will be said that their examiners are not good-looking!

The two sides were arguing, and the Queen Mother spoke.

Generally speaking, the Queen Mother cares about the face of her unpromising son, but now that he is becoming more and more disagreeable, the Queen Mother is afraid that he will toss the country of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so she said with a smile: "Are you talking about the child of Yuan Laoling's family?" The child was born really handsome, and he looked like the embryo of a tanhualang. ”

It was precisely because of the Queen Mother's words that Yuan Changqing's ranking was able to surprise Shanniang.

It's just that you can learn it by relying on your talents, but because of her appearance, she got a Tanhualang, and Shanniang panicked for Yuan Changqing when she thought about it.