Chapter 111 Provincial Examination

Yan Shi suddenly grinned: "No." I love watching those people make a fool of themselves. ”

After speaking, he turned around and jumped out of the carriage, and Zhu's slightly hoarse voice came from behind him, but it was unusually clear: "No wonder you don't laugh, your teeth are really ugly, just eat less sugar in the future." ”

Yan Shiyi staggered, waited for the bamboo line to go far away, took out the bag of halva from his arms, and was about to throw it away, but he was reluctant, and finally took out a piece and chewed it carefully in his mouth, so sweet.

On the morning of February 15, as soon as there was a glimmer of light, Xiaomei opened her eyes and carefully removed Sun Mubai's arm from her body.

Xiaomei picked up her pillow and put it in Sun Mubai's arms, he immediately tightened his arms and smashed his mouth in satisfaction. Xiaomei pursed her lips and smiled, got off the ground, put down the bed tent, and quietly put on her clothes.

Xiaomei got dressed and went out of the inner room, there were already maids waiting for her outside, she cleaned her face, pulled a morning cloud bun, painted some rouge, and when she was cleaned up, she went to the flower hall surrounded by several maids.

The stewards of each room and courtyard in the flower hall have arrived, in groups of three or five, familiar with each other in a pile, with a smile on their faces, and they can hear the little maid shouting: "The young lady has arrived." Immediately turned around and congratulated in unison: "Young lady Wanfu." ”

Xiaomei smiled at the corner of her mouth, swept it, and nodded from time to time, the stewards were extremely useful, their faces were relieved, and they began to reply one by one, but there was nothing to do, but it was customary to report the physical condition of each lady and where she planned to play.

What is the daily use, the standard of courtesy, Xiaomei has been announced in the second week since she got married, after this period of observation, all the ladies are satisfied with her arrangement, and go to these two trivialities, and the stewards are much lighter on weekdays.

In order to let Sun Mubai study with peace of mind, Xiaomei sent those mothers and relatives to go to the mountains and rivers. The nearby famous temples and even the boats on the West Lake have also been visited.

Out of the house, these ladies and wives rarely quarrel again, for a while, the Sun Mansion is very harmonious, even the Sun master is very comfortable, the money used to coax the twelve wives in the past has been used as travel funds, but after careful calculation, it is much more saving than the original.

After listening to the replies of the stewards, the sky was also bright, Xiaomei returned to the room, saw that Sun Mubai was still sleeping, and pulled the pillow out of his hand, he was empty-handed, groping on his side for a long time to no avail, turning over, repeating, and finally sitting up.

Sun Mubai rubbed his eyes, saw Xiaomei standing in front of the bed, looked at him funny, and immediately reached out to hug Xiaomei. Her head arched in her arms, and she said in a hoarse voice: "Why did my mother get up so early?" ”

Xiaomei reluctantly broke his hands, picked up new clothes from the bedside, and said while serving him to dress: "Xianggong forgot?" Today's first day of the provincial exam! ”

Sun Mubai blinked his eyes and shouted violently: "Ah, I forgot, oh my God, what time is it?!" ”

He stepped barefoot on the ground, scurrying like a headless fly, "My shoes, where are my shoes?" Ask someone to prepare a sedan chair, I'm afraid it's too late for breakfast, so I won't eat......"

Xiaomei looked angry and funny, and grabbed his forearm: "It's still early, come over and get dressed first." ”

"Oh." Sun Mubai obediently returned to the bed, let Xiaomei dress him, and seeing her seriousness, he couldn't help but kiss her the forehead.

Xiaomei didn't look up, pursed her lips and smiled, and her subordinates dressed Sun Mubai in an orderly manner. He brought his shoes again, put them on for him personally, straightened his shirt again, and said softly: "I'll go and tell the maid to pass the food, you eat slowly, don't worry." ”

Sun Mubai nodded obediently, stretched out his hand to hold Xiaomei's hands, and said firmly: "Don't worry, my husband will come back." ”

Three provincial examinations, by. Discussion, strategy, each takes one day, a total of three days, candidates will be searched before entering, in addition to the clothes, pen, ink, paper, inkstone and food, are uniformly arranged.

Since Sun Mubai entered the examination room, Xiaomei came to guard outside the examination room every day, and her personal maid persuaded her: "Madame, let's go back, I can't see anything here." ”

Xiaomei stared intently at the door of the examination room, as if looking at Sun Mubai, and replied softly: "I'm still at ease here, don't worry about me." ”

On the third day, Xiaomei was waiting outside the door of the examination room early, and in the evening, the bell announcing the end of the exam rang, but she saw Sun Mubai taking the lead, the first to rush out of the examination room, Xiaomei was overjoyed, and immediately greeted her, Sun Mubai took her hand and said confidently: "Mother." The champion is already in my pocket. ”

The clerk sealed the names on the examination papers, and a special book was copied again, and finally handed over to the examiner.

In the Northern Chu Examination Institute, a certain book looked around and saw that his colleagues were concentrating on copying, so he quietly took out a copy of the paper from his sleeve and put it in his hand, and copied it without changing his face.

On February 25, the day the list was released, the Sun family and the furniture sent people to wait early, and the list came out. He hurried back home to report the good news.

"Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master, the young master is the first on the top list of the high jinshi department."

"Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master, the fifth aunt is the first on the top list of Gao Jinshike."

Sun Mubai was not shocked by the humiliation, and such an achievement was just what he expected. The temple test was set for March 15, and these days, there was a steady stream of relatives and friends coming to congratulate him, and he was so busy that he just wanted to close the door to thank the guests.

At the same time, the number one Jinshi branch in Northern Chu was taken away by a nobody named Chen Luo.

Daning's provincial examination was invigilated by the left and right phases together, and finally nothing went wrong, and the two only waited to mention the candidate papers on the list, and handed them over to the palace for the emperor to see, which was considered to have completed the task.

Above the lobby, Xiao Dongliu and Mo Zhong sat side by side, one with his eyes facing the sky and the other staring at the ground, but no one cared about anyone.

There was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the door, as if dozens of people were swarming together, the left and right sides were as immobile as mountains, and they all thought in their hearts, if it was his people, they would see the jokes, and if they were their own people, they had to be trained, no matter what, they couldn't fall in front of this old horseman.

There was a muttering sound outside the door, and the sound of the dispute gradually increased, and it was actually arguing about who would knock on the door, Mo Zhong glanced at Xiao Dongliu, and saw that his eyes were half-closed, and he seemed to have fallen asleep, so he coughed helplessly, and called: "What's the noise outside?!" ”

There was silence outside the door, and then the door was gently pushed open, Mo Zhong squinted his eyes and looked against the light, and saw a group of people standing outside the door, the examiner of this provincial examination. books, the little officials actually gathered together, and none of them fell.

First of all, the deputy chief examiner this time, Chen Zhuoxian, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, came over tremblingly and knelt down: "My lord, the big thing is not good, Sun Mubai, who is the first on the top list of the Jinshi Branch, is gone." As soon as he spoke, his colleagues all knelt down.

Xiao Dongliu's eyes opened suddenly, shining brightly, looking at Mo Zhong, seeing that he was also looking at him in surprise, the two of them immediately knew that it was not the other party's doing.

Xiao Dongliu was worthy of his background as a military general, and immediately reacted, he asked calmly: "Have you checked all the test papers?" ”

Chen Zhuoxian knelt down and replied: "I have already searched through everything, and even the straw paper discarded by the candidates has been checked." ”

Mo Zhong on the side quickly checked for suspicious candidates in his brain, but this Xiao Laogou stayed out of the matter, who else had the courage to offend the left and right sides at the same time?! The only way to do this is to say that it was an accident.

He put the teacup in his hand to the table, and said gloomily: "From the bottom to the top, the rolls, copying, reviewing, and keeping the cadres are all taken into prison and waiting for the holy judgment." ”

Xiao Dongliu on the side praised it, and almost couldn't help but give it a thumbs up, this old dog Mo is worthy of playing conspiracy, and he lost his trouble by dividing five by two.

But Mo Zhong added: "Don't go home these days, please make a personal witness, if there is anything to do with it, don't blame the old man for being ruthless." ”

As soon as the words fell, someone fell to the ground softly, but it was the officials who were directly related to Sun Mubai's test papers, and the others were also nervous.

The matter was quickly reported to Zhao Zhi'er, who was bored tearing the steamed buns to feed the goldfish, seeing that the goldfish were still eating bulging bellies and still grabbing them, he couldn't help but become interested, and accelerated the movements in his hand, and the buns in his hand disappeared in a blink of an eye, and shouted without looking back: "Gonggong Feng, go and get some more ingredients, I'll see how they died." ”

How did you die...... Chen Zhuoxian, who was sent to deliver the message, couldn't help but shrink his neck, remembering that the two adults were still waiting for him to reply, so he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." ”

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Chen Zhuo finished the salute first, bowed down and waited for a long time, and said in his heart, ancestor, if you want to die or live, you can give me a word. He was nervous, his breathing gradually became rapid, and he seemed to become a goldfish in the lotus pond in a trance.

Zhao Zhi was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Is Sun Mubai really better than a Confucian?" ”

The emperor's decree soon came down: during the palace test, please ask all the great Confucians to test whether Sun Mubai is the top talent.

Xiao Dongliu and Mo Zhong looked at each other, is this the disaster moving eastward? Thinking about that person's name, perhaps, isn't it necessarily a bad thing?

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and for the time being, they were all happy. The two who let go of their worries dismissed all the ministers, worked tirelessly to send the papers of other candidates to the palace, and each went home to suppress the shock, but they forgot to send someone to talk to Sun Mubai.

On March 15, when the palace test, Daning and the Confucian gathered in the court, and Zhao Zhi greeted him personally and gave him the throne, which can be described as extremely tolerant.

The people who participated in the palace examination were already sincerely frightened when they saw the emperor, but they were speechless with excitement when they saw the great Confucians.

All the great Confucians are old, rarely show up, only when the deceased invited, talk about the last time, only once or twice a year, this time I actually saw all the great Confucians in the Taihe Palace, the readers present are all excited, no regrets in this life.