It didn't take long for the little eunuch to take Yuan Rui's exam paper back from the Ministry of Rites.

The two people who followed behind him also knelt down to salute at this time, it was the undergraduate chief examination Donglin Pavilion University Scholar, the prince and young master Wu Shanhe and the Ministry of Rites Lang Jiang Linlin.

"Your Majesty, the two examiners in the room said that Yuan Rui's Five Scriptures were written incorrectly in three and supplemented by four wrong, and two deviations from the understanding of the holy language, so one was given. The two poems were well written and given to You, but that one was average and only got it. Five policy papers, two excellent, one in and two below. ”

Wu Shanhe first reported that when the little eunuch took the exam paper, he said that it was asked for by the saint, so he hurriedly asked Yuan Rui about the situation.

The deputy examiner of the landlord said about his own review, and Jiang Fangcheng, the deputy examiner, was the verifier, and he also looked at it carefully at that time, and there was no deviation.

Shengshang nodded, the current test papers are all vague, and the mystery will only be revealed after the review is completed, so after the deputy examination of the homeowner, the deputy chief examiner will do the final review, and if there is no deviation, he will know who it is.

The saint glanced at the first scripture history, there should be nothing wrong with this, but he didn't do well in the exam, so he didn't need to look at it again.

Look at the second copy again, he read the two poems carefully, it is really good, and then look at the fu, the words and formats are decent, there is no feature, the house official gave it, and it is also appropriate.

He read the last five policy articles for a long time, thinking about them as he read them.

"Yanmin, take a look at these two articles," the saint handed the two copies of the strategy in his hand to Huang Shangshu, who was still waiting on the side at this time.

Huang Shangshu hurriedly got the result from the eunuch's hand and looked at it carefully.

The two of them watched the strategy quietly and didn't speak for a long time, and the main and deputy examiners also stood quietly on the side at this time.

Huang Shangshu looked at two excellent articles by the housing officials, one was taxation and the other was business. Huang Shangshu nodded while reading, these two strategies are really good, they are very detailed, the ideas are also clear, and there are deep personal thoughts about these two.

"How about this Yuan Rui," the saint put down the strategy in his hand, but did not mean to show Huang Shangshu.

"Your Majesty, as far as the strategy is concerned, it is really good, very insightful, the writing is also good, the problem is clear, you can have your own thinking, the solution is also very innovative, you are a talent."

"Then you say, can he take it this time."

"Your Majesty, based on these two strategies alone, the minister does not dare to speak presumptuously, I believe that the owner of the house has his own decision."

Seeing the two judgments on the strategy, Huang Shangshu understood that Yuan Rui's first two subjects should not be too good.

If you want to be an official, Yuan Rui has no problem relying on these two strategies alone, but as far as the exam is concerned, it is indeed a little reluctant.

"You two have read so many exam papers, how is Yuan Rui," the saint turned his head and asked the two main and deputy examiners.

"Your Majesty, judging from the exam papers alone, Yuan Rui will try to be in the upper middle this time, but there is still a gap when it comes to winning the middle."

The two also heard that the saint favored Yuan Rui very much, but now that the exam papers are like this, they can't open their eyes and talk nonsense.

Shengshang nodded, these people are fair, and the other test papers dare not say it, but Yuan Rui said this in the past.

"Alas, I won't tell you the truth, my father told me last year that he values Yuan Rui very much, and he also wants to give him the Chiayi County Lord to marry, and some time ago Wei Guogong also played, and asked the Chiayi County Lord to marry Yuan Rui."

Shengshang paused, "Yuan Rui, I believe you are all familiar with him, he has been used by the court for a few years, he has done a little thing, he is usually very diligent, and his reputation has always been good, it doesn't matter if he participates in the examination or not, but I think if he marries the county lord, he still has to give him a little decency, what do you say." ”

The saint almost held back to say this, where does this kid look a little diligent, lazy and lazy, for fear of tiring himself.

Of course, some important ministers in the court don't care about this, what they want is the result, as long as they really do something, the others are no longer harsh.

As soon as a few people heard the saint say this, they immediately understood, it turned out that this was the case, the rumors in the market were really true, the lord of the county was married, Yuan Rui, this kid was really lucky, it seems that the grace of the saint is going to try here.

On April 12, the list of candidates for the examination was announced, and a total of 286 students were admitted, and Yuan Rui High School ranked seventh in the second grade.

On April 18, the palace examination, under the attention of the saint and several ministers, Yuan Rui behaved in a proper manner, did not go out of line, did not hide clumsy, and completed the writing of a policy discussion normally.

On April 20, Xin Sienke will try to make a list, and Yuan Rui is still seventh in the second class. It was also on this day that the holy decree was transmitted to the Duke of Wei and the Yuan family mansion at the same time, and he married the lord of Chiayi and married Yuan Rui, the secretary of the cabinet.

Yuan Rui was also surprised when he saw the errand official who came to report the good news, how could this be possible, it didn't make sense.

The exam papers he did could be estimated almost at most, at most they were average, and needless to say the first exam paper, he knew very well that he could get a passing score at most.

The second part, the two poems were copied, although the second one is a classic, but the first one and that fu are just a number, and there is no level at all.

Of course, the most difficult thing to say is that two of the five policy essays are really written casually by himself, combined with his own thinking, and write wherever he thinks.

Besides, the current Jinshi admission is not simple, no matter what the proportion is, he has no chance to get in. It's almost one out of ten just to try, and sometimes it's one out of twenty, and I'm at this intermediate level, so I can't squeeze in at all.

Of course, there was a little eunuch and a few guards who followed, and another verbal message, "Boy, don't want to run, don't want to work, that's a dream!" Don't be dissatisfied, marry a daughter-in-law first and then do things well! ”

Yuan Rui smiled bitterly, not necessarily the one who thought that he was deliberately not doing a good job!

Not long after the good news left, the congratulatory people came one after another, not only the Wei State Mansion, the Xia State Mansion, the British Mansion and other first-class princes, but also the Xiangcheng County King, Luling County King all sent gifts, not to mention the Chen State Mansion and some Hou Mansions.

The small courtyard was instantly lively. But those who are interested will also find that it is these military generals who come to celebrate, the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and only Lu Ming, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, that is, Yuan Rui's brother-in-law came in person.

So when it came to the palace test, he was really honest, well-behaved, and completed the policy very normally.

He didn't expect that it was precisely because of the performance of the temple test that the saint was even more sure that this kid was lazy and didn't want to work, but he strengthened his idea to polish this kid and make this kid motivated.

It was not until the marriage decree came down that the other people who were closed to the news understood that this kid was about to become the son-in-law of Wei Guogong, no wonder there were so many people giving gifts in the early stage, and the feelings were already getting the news in advance.

On April 23 of the first year of Taining, the palace issued two more decrees in the form of a decree.

Married Meng Ruohan, the daughter of Bachelor Meng, married to Xinke Jinshi, and Yuan Rui, the secretary of the cabinet, was his wife.

And just the day before, Hu Qinghua, as Yuan Rui's uncle and elder, took Yuan Rui into the door of Mr. Meng's house.

These things went very smoothly, but Yuan Rui always felt that something was wrong, something was missing, and he didn't remember until he was busy that during this time, not only did the county lord not appear, but there was not even any news.

Back at home, Yuan Rui hurriedly pulled Xiaohe aside.

"You know why the county lord went during this time, why didn't she hear any movement, these things are all her hands, why don't you care about it."

Xiaohe snickered on the side, "Sister Xu has never let you tell you, saying that if you ask, you will say that you don't know." ”

Yuan Rui glanced at Xiaohe, "What are you doing, you still hide something from me!" ”

"Okay, look at your pitiful appearance, let me tell you, I made an appointment with Sister Xu, and I will go to Sister Meng's house tomorrow, now Aunt Meng is not in good health, we want to accompany her for a few days."

"Why are you hiding this from me, I can join you," Yuan Rui wondered, such a trivial matter.

"I really guessed it by Sister Xu, and I knew that you wanted to go together, but Sister Xu didn't let me, so I hid it from you."

"Sister Xu said, now we can't see each other as often as before!"

When Yuan Rui heard this, he reacted.

The next day, before Yuan Rui went out, Xiaohe, who rushed to the county lord's mansion, hurriedly ran back and told him a bad news, Mrs. Xu fell ill, the county lord was very anxious, Xiaohe hurried back and wanted Yuan Rui to take a look.

Mrs. Xu's maiden surname is Han, General Han's Han, however, she was not born in General Han's mansion, but she belongs to the same line as General Han, Shandong Linchuan Han.

After the founding of the Great Xia, the ancestor of the Han family was given the title of Marquis of Linchuan, and he was also a very noble person.

Wei Guogong's father and son were seriously injured, and they hid it from her at first, but after a long time, they couldn't hide it at all.

When the injuries of the two gradually healed, she finally knew, although she was very worried, but it was okay. She is not needed to take care of patients, but she is also very worried, especially Wei Guogong, who often accompanies her for half a day.

When Wei Guogong's father and son were in good health, she was very happy when she looked out, and she often smiled.

On the day when the holy decree was issued, she was even happier when she heard that the county lord was married to Yuan Rui, that scholar was a good match and a very good person.

Maybe I was too happy, I talked a little more that day, although I was a little tired, but I had a little insomnia at night, and I chatted with the county lord for a while.

The county lord couldn't bear to spoil her interest, so he stayed with her for a while, and only then did he rest under the persuasion of the county lord.

But in the early hours of the morning, when the county lord rushed to his mother's room with anxiety, he found that his mother had a high fever, and even asked the imperial doctor to grab medicine again, and worked in the middle of the night, but the high fever never subsided, and the people in the entire Guogong Mansion were in a hurry.