When he got home, Yuan Rui slept steadily for a day and didn't even eat.

When it was dark, he woke up and finally came back to his senses. Xiaohe had already prepared a few of his favorite side dishes, and chatted with him about the exam while watching him eat.

"Xiaohe, what have you heard, come and listen!" Listening to Xiaohe talk about the rumors, Yuan Rui was also a little curious.

"Young master, you don't know, the first day was okay, it was relatively normal, and on the second day, more than twenty were directly carried out. To say that this is normal, I heard that it was not much worse before, but on the third day, I heard that there were hundreds of faints inside, and there were too many people, so I was not allowed to lift it out. ”

The reference of the students of the Gongyuan is generally not allowed to come out until the end, of course, there are exceptions, such as what to do if you suddenly get sick, it is okay to come out, but it is not okay to go home and go to the hospital.

They can only be treated and recuperated in the place designated by the household department, and when the trial is over, these people can be taken home.

"Young master, there are even more terrible, I heard that the Gongyuan opened the door, there was a cry, there were hundreds of faints out of the Gongyuan Gate, crying and wiping tears, more in the dark, you didn't see that miserable!"

"Nonsense, why didn't I see it, where did you hear this?"

Yuan Rui scolded with a smile, there were people who fainted, and there were indeed a lot of people who cried, but it must be an exaggeration to say that there were hundreds of people who fainted at the Gongyuan Gate, and there were only more than 3,000 people in the exam.

"Young master, you don't know, I also heard that the test questions this time were personally issued by the Holy Lord!"

"Hey, Xiaohe, where did I hear about this, why are you so evil, you know everything."

"Young master, these days you are taking exams in the Gongyuan, I am helping in the store, you don't know, the people who come are talking about it, and today is even more, there are many people, and the news that comes out is also various."

"It's all some hearsay, okay, it's okay, I'll take you to play tomorrow, young master."

Xiaohe happily agreed, packed up the dishes and chopsticks and went out.

It's a pity that the next day, Xiaohe was still happy in vain, and the county lord killed him directly.

Now the county lord goes to Yuan Rui's house as if he is at his own home, no matter when he wants, whenever he wants.

"I said Young Master Yuan, have you forgotten one thing?"

Seeing that Yuan Rui was about to go out with Xiaohe, the county lord said angrily, looking at it, where was he going to wander.

"Oh, you see my memory, I was tested in the exam, and I fell asleep yesterday, I fell asleep."

Hearing what the county lord said, Yuan Rui remembered that he had indeed forgotten it, and promised the county lord to go to her after the exam before the exam.

Looking at the county lord, Yuan Rui always felt that the current county lord was indeed different from before, and always felt that the county lord was slowly getting a little bit of a little woman's temper, a little pretentious, a little willful, and a little inexplicable.

"Don't you really remember, didn't you make an appointment with the Xia Guogong Mansion to sweep your mother's grave this Qingming."

The county lord is really speechless, this guy probably really forgot, this is all said in advance, and he will go back to Jijiazhuang to go to his mother's grave as soon as possible after trying.

At the beginning of the month, Yuan Rui went to Xia Guogong's mansion to recognize his relatives, and he was very moved at that time, because Xia Guogong's family did regard themselves as relatives.

Xia Guogong is over seventy years old, and he personally stood at the gate to greet him, as an elder, a respected prince of the country, probably only the saint and the prince can let him go out to greet him.

Needless to say, the relatives of the Guogong Mansion came and introduced them all.

Xia Guogong took Yuan Rui's hand and didn't let go, he didn't have any doubts, whether it was the county lord or the saint, how could he deceive him.

Besides, Yuan Rui is very similar to his mother, so there is such a saying that he will never leave his uncle's door for three lifetimes.

At the beginning, they really didn't know that the Hu family had a daughter who married and had children, and they didn't expect Hu Qingwei to escape death.

Hu Honghai came back in a hurry that day, he didn't go to his father, he went to his grandfather first, after so many years, maybe his grandfather knows best.

After he briefly explained the situation, Xia Guogong, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, suddenly became energetic, sat up and held his grandson's hand, very excited, and asked again and again if it was true.

The younger brother died on the battlefield, and the only daughter he left behind died at the hands of bandits a few years later, when he got the news, he was sad for a long time, and I don't know how many times he regretted it in front of his brother's spirit card.

Now that he finally saw that his younger brother actually had a queen, how unhappy was he!

If you want to say that it is good to be close, taking advantage of the gap, Yuan Rui and Hu Honghai hurried back to Jijiazhuang once.

Traveling day and night along the waterway, it took only two days, and the day before Qingming, on the third day of April, they rushed to Jijiazhuang.

Yuan Rui has been delayed once or twice because of the exam for so many years, and he will be at home every other year, although his impression of his mother is still a little vague, but this time it is different, he has completely remembered what happened at the beginning.

Hu Honghai kowtowed very solemnly in front of his aunt and uncle's grave, and brought his aunt's favorite pastries at home, which the old man specially asked him to bring.

Originally, the old man wanted to come in person, but he was too old to spare people, and the distance was still a little farther, considering the old man's body, he didn't agree to come.

But before coming, Hu Qinghua also specially instructed him to kowtow to his aunt a few more times, and after a while, he was busy with the affairs of the court, and then went to Jijiazhuang alone to visit.

The time is relatively tight, and there are only a few days in the middle of the try, so it is said that Yuan Rui doesn't care, and it's just like that if he doesn't go back.

But before coming, not only did Xia Guogong ask him to go back early, but even Wei Guogong told him to go back quickly, saying that there was something going on in the capital.

On the eighth day of the fourth month, Yuan Rui and Hu Honghai returned to the capital, and Hu Honghai took him directly back to the Xia State Mansion despite Yuan Rui's opposition.

Seeing Yuan Rui come back, the happiest was Xia Guogong, the old man grabbed Yuan Rui's hand since he entered the house.

"Your mother has been a strong person since she was a child, and our two brothers often talk about it, if only he were a boy...... Look at the girls in my family...... Alas, if I had written to us earlier, I would have been able to help a little......"

The old man chattered in and out, one time in the east, one time in the west, talking about the past, sometimes getting excited, and shedding tears.

"Grandfather, we have been very good for so many years, and my father is also very good to my mother, so my mother may have her thoughts."

Since the last time he came to recognize his relatives, the old man asked Yuan Rui to call him his grandfather, and he regarded him as his own grandson.

Yuan Rui knew that the old man was a man of temperament, and he also came out of the battlefield when he was young, and he didn't bother with it anymore.

"If your grandfather hadn't died in battle, your mother wouldn't have entered the palace, her mother died since she was a child, and she wanted to be Mulan, and the saint was a tough northward faction, and your mother thought that one day in the future, she would be able to lead the army to kill the thorn to avenge her father. But who knows...... How did you hear Tsinghua say that the girl of the Xu family is very close to you, and she said that it was interesting to give marriage! ”

"This matter, that is, I know her in business," is undecided now, and Yuan Rui does not dare to guarantee it.

"What's so difficult to do, I'll enter the palace tomorrow, I'll go and ask the saint, isn't my grandson worthy of his Wei State Mansion!"

The old man is old, and his anger is not small, how can he not make decisions for his grandson at this time.

The saint, who was sitting in the palace and was reviewing the recitals, sneezed a few times, making the eunuch waiting on the side so nervous that he hurriedly came over with his clothes, and immediately ordered people to close the window.

"Okay, okay, what are you nervous about, you have to be locked up to death, you are suffocated if you don't die of illness, it's okay. These people can't see me idle, so I guess who is scolding me behind my back. Sheng Shang said with a smile, these eunuchs are too sensitive.

"Whoever is outside, let him in."

Looking at the Book of Rites who walked in, the saint knew that the results should be out, "Is it possible that the exam papers have been completed?" ”

The new secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Huang Yanmin, came from the Huang family in Jingzhou, Shaoning was a jinshi for fifteen years, and he was a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, a Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, and a waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

"Your Majesty, the three thousand and twenty-seven examination papers that passed this examination have all been read, and this is the list of 273 people selected this year." Huang Yanmin raised the piece he was holding above his head.

"How is this imperial examination?" The saint didn't go to see the recital first, and asked Huang Shangshu directly.

"Your Majesty, although the test questions are very difficult, the students are very good, many students have put forward very good suggestions in the strategy, and the ideas are also very good, and the ministers and the owners of the house are very surprised."

"Among the top ten candidates, which ones do you think are the pillars of talent?"

"Your Majesty, the minister and the main and deputy examiners and the main house exams have been discussed many times before the ten people were launched, among them, the minister is more optimistic about Du Liangcai and Li Bozhao in Yangzhou, these two people are very insightful about business and trade, and their knowledge is also very solid, and they have done an excellent job in poetry. There are also Jiangxi Ming in Jingzhou and Yue Xianglin in Tanzhou, who performed very well in these examinations. ”

"Yangzhou has taken a lot of people this time, isn't it too much?" Listening to what Huang Shangshu said, the saint looked at the list in his hand.

"Your Majesty, there are a total of 385 Yangzhou students participating in the examination this time, and 32 people have been selected, which is more appropriate, the reason is that Yangzhou students are too good."

Huang Shangshu can only explain according to the rules, there is an unwritten rule within Great Xia, a state student, the proportion can not exceed one-tenth of the total amount of Great Xia, this is also to prevent regional differences.

"Well, I remember that there was a student in Yangzhou, Yuan Rui, who participated in this subject, and there was no name on the list."

The saint saw it quickly, he quickly looked at the people in Yangzhou with household registration twice, but he didn't find Yuan Rui's name.

"Yuan Rui, Your Majesty, I can't remember exactly, I shouldn't have been selected."

Huang Shangshu had heard of Yuan Rui, but there were indeed too many people in the meeting, and it was impossible for him to stare at one person, otherwise, it would become favoritism.

"Come on, go to the Ministry of Rites to bring Yuan Rui's exam papers, and by the way, let Lord Wu and Master Jiang also come."

The saint commanded, then turned his head and said to Huang Shangshu, "It's okay, you go on, I just want to take a look." ”

Huang Shangshu didn't think much about it, and continued to tell the saint the details.