Spring is warm and cold, and April is still a little bone-chilling.

The examination is over, and even the palace examination is over, Feng Juncheng has been away from home for three months, and he has not seen Qing'e since that night.

She was naturally always concerned about his grades, and on the day the list was posted, she mixed in with the crowd, and got the news of his promotion to Jinshi at the same time as the people of Feng's house.

Now that the day of the palace test list is approaching, the Feng family is as anxious as ants on a hot pot, for fear that Feng Juncheng will fail in the palace test and will not be selected for the top two.

Mrs. Dong walked around the hall vigorously, "Oh, Juncheng is really, don't send someone back to report a message, what is this a few top jinshi, just asked us to guess, it really hurts my head." ”

Master Feng took a sip of tea, it was hot without paying attention, put down the teacup and said anxiously: "What do you guess it's for, can you guess it?" ”

Mrs. Dong glanced at him and was silent.

It is strange to say that everyone has obvious knowledge of Feng Juncheng's intelligence, but they are still worried that he will not be able to play it well, and the reason for this is because of the suppression that Master Feng has been talking about for a long time.

It is said that jade cannot be cut without a tool, and a child does not know righteousness if he does not learn. 1 Feng Juncheng learned like this, and was carved by his father on the other hand, and he had to suffer both the hardships of being a person and the hardships of jade.

Aunt Bai's body is gradually getting heavier, and she is seven months pregnant, but today's release is also the day when Feng Juncheng goes home, and the whole Feng family has to go to the door to meet him, and even Feng Zhiyu has made a special trip back for this.

During this time, Wang Ban followed Feng Juncheng to Shuntian Mansion, so Qing'e was completely cut off from him for a while, but as long as she thought of him, she recalled the kiss under the fireworks that night.

The young master was not as warm as he was on the surface, causing her lips to be broken, lying that she had been on fire for more than a month, and she was more and more reluctant to him in her heart.

It's a pity that the young master is a good person, and he is also a man who has nothing to do with her, Qing'e never imagined being with him for a long time, and now he came back from Shuntianfu, and for him, it was the beginning of riding the wind, but Yu Qing'e was saying goodbye to the end of the farce.

She came at the corner of the street, with the people waiting for the bustle, and looked down the main street.

The official came to the notice with the yellow list, shouted for a let, and casually publicized the list.

Sanjia, Qing'e looked up and down, without him.

Erjia, Qing'e squeezed forward, and kept saying let him go, but there was no him.

When she waited until the first class and the first, Qing'e was overjoyed and saw that his name was the first class Tanhua!

The news of Feng Juncheng's exploration of flowers immediately spread all over the streets and alleys, and Dong stood by the door, holding on to the door frame, almost not coming up, and he rolled his eyes with joy.

"Master, master, Juncheng has won a flower tanhua, he is a flower tanlang in front of the palace! Our Feng family has a first-class exploration flower! ”

Mrs. Dong said, her tone became higher and higher, and she raised her neck, as if she was really out of breath, even if her eyes swept over Aunt Bai's high bulging lower abdomen, she was no longer frightened, she gave birth to a flower in front of the palace for the Feng family! What an honor that is, the first class in front of the palace, long live the hand-picked!

Master Feng's heart was also excited, and he would not show it completely on his face, and he didn't dare to say much, for fear of looking unstable, so he only jumped out with a sentence of "fuss" and told the Dong family not to lose his dignity in public.

was slapped by the old lady, "She is happy, I am happy, the whole family is happy, just you have a straight face, Juncheng owes you?" He is better than you. ”

"Old lady, I didn't mean that, everyone outside watched."

"You don't care what other people think! I'm going to see my eldest grandson! ”

There was a noise in front of the street, and it was Tanhualang who was dressed in a crimson official uniform, wearing a flat crown and black yarn with long wings, riding a tall horse outside the house.

That is a rare grace in the world, and now with such a dress, the Shen waist and pan temples are like a jade tree in the wind, and anyone who sees it is shocked by a word. Along the way, how many young girls fell in love with it when they first met.

Qing'e hid in it, and she couldn't help but be proud of her young master, and she was also secretly sad for what would happen in the future.

Feng Juncheng sat on horseback and walked slowly, looking for Qing'e's traces, but he didn't know that she intended to dodge in the crowd, and found nothing, so he had to turn into the Fengfu alley in disappointment.

"Juncheng!"

The old and young of the Feng family greeted him in front of the horse, and they wanted to pick him up and get off the horse, Feng Juncheng jumped off the horse with a smile, and the silk flowers on his chest were dazzling.

"Dad, mother, ancestor, my son is back, and I didn't disappoint you, but I hope I didn't disappoint my father."

"Not disappointed! My mother was so happy that she didn't know what to say, why did you always make me happy and surprised! Mrs. Dong was still stunned at the moment, as if she had never known anything about this son, "You are only twenty years old after your birthday, how can you be a new science detective in the court!" ”

The old lady smiled and slapped the back of her hand, "Talking nonsense again!" ”

Everyone was so happy that they welcomed Feng Juncheng all the way to the door, asking this and that, so that he was in the spotlight, and he couldn't get out of it at all. It was clear that the liquor shop was open behind the corner, but he could not escape the sight of his family, and it became so far away in a few steps.

He wanted to see Qing'e, tell her the good news in person, want to see her happy for himself, want to kiss her, and tell her that now he has the confidence to disobey his father's orders for her, he doesn't want to marry Liu Ruomei, he wants to take her out of Jiangning.

It's a pity that when he first returned home, he couldn't leave the family's field of vision at all. And the Liu family.

The Liu family learned that he was in high school to explore flowers, and they admired his marriage with Liu Ruomei in every way, saying that Ruomei was young before, so he didn't mention it much, and Ruomei was fifteen years old this year when he was engaged and married, and the two would be able to get married in the coming year.

Double happiness is coming, it is really double happiness.

And because Liu Ruomei had asked for a rune that had opened the light for him before, under the agreement of the two adults, the title of Tanhualang seemed to be obtained by the two of them.

"Where is my credit, it's all Juncheng's own earned fame." Liu Ruomei was not very embarrassed, but was pushed forward by Mrs. Xu and asked them to make an appointment to go to the mountain together to repay their wishes.

Mrs. Dong also winked at him and smiled happily, "Juncheng, now that you are busy with the imperial examination, you have the time to accompany Ruomei, right?" ”

Feng Juncheng couldn't find fault at this juncture, so he only smiled and said: "Mother, I'm a little tired, you can say it, my father also asked me to go to the study to talk to Master Liu." ”

"Okay, let's go! Go ahead! We're going to the theater too. ”

So the eldest ladies and dependents were all sitting outside, eating refreshments, and Master Liu was led by Feng Juncheng, and took the two sons of the Liu family to Master Feng's study for a small talk.

Master Liu asked: "Juncheng is going to move to Shuntian Mansion and serve as Hanlin?" ”

Feng Juncheng said yes, from now on he will leave Jiangning and go to Beizhili.

Although Nanjing Yingtianfu also has a set of teams of three provinces and six departments, it is left over from the old time when the capital has not been moved, and this team only manages one acre and three points of land in Nanjing, and only cares about local affairs.

Feng Juncheng is the first to explore the flowers, naturally to enter the Hanlin Academy in Beijing, first as a Shu Jishi as a repairer, after three years of study in the museum, and then the examination for the library selection, by the official department of the North Zhili according to the routine selection, officially transferred, into the court as an official.

Master Liu was overjoyed, and couldn't help but congratulate Master Feng, "Master Cheng really raised his eyebrows for our Jiang Ning, there has never been a second-class here in a hundred years." Look at you and me again, I want to take care of my life when I get an official position in Nanjing, he goes to Shuntian Mansion, and he will be a close minister of the Son of Heaven in the future, so that Lang is rich and talented, and he can show his talents. ”

Master Feng arched his hand and smiled, "The dog has only taken advantage of the small number of people in the imperial examination this year, and there are a total of fifty-six jinshi, and it is not difficult to stand out from them." ”

"Whoa! In previous years, there were no more than 100 people. There are not many people this year, but they are excellent, and as far as I know, nearly 100 people from several academies in Shandong and Zhejiang have been selected for the township examination. ”

Master Feng was originally for self-humility, so that others could lift him up, so he smiled and said no more.

Feng Juncheng was eating tea next to him without saying a word, Feng Zhiyu came to call him out to order a play, so he took this opportunity to leave and sat in a pile of female relatives to eat fruits and listen to the play.

Behind him, Master Feng also said, "Look at him, he looks like a first-class person in front of the palace." ”

After this day, Feng Juncheng was finally empty, and he was dragged by Jiang Zhiheng again, but it was okay, he could use Jiang Zhiheng as a cover to see Qing'e.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Qi was at home that day, and he didn't find a chance to enter the door, so he had to go to Qin Huai for an appointment.

Jiang Zhiheng criticized him, "Feng Shiqian, is this forgetfulness?" In vain, I will prepare this table of wine and food for you to explore the flowers and the first, and you will only think about your sister-in-law Zhao. ”

Feng Juncheng straightened his face, he didn't like to hear people call Qing'e "sister-in-law", "How did I ask you to do it?" ”

Before going to Shuntianfu, Feng Juncheng asked Jiang Zhiheng to pay attention to Zhao Qi's movements for him, afraid that he would be in debt outside and cause trouble for Qing'e, and he was also afraid that he would not gamble, so he changed his mind in three months and asked Qing'e to give him another chance.

Jiang Zhiheng took a bite of the dish and said casually: "What can I do, in the first two months, I worked as a dealer in the gambling house during the day, and I went to the river to be a groom official at night, and the money I earned was not worth gambling." However, in the next month, I saw an interesting thing, he seemed to have met someone in the gambling house, avoided like a snake and scorpion, and after a few days he said that he was sick and no longer went, and now he and the housekeeper resigned and did not do it there. ”

"Who?"

"I've inquired, it's the son of a foreigner in Shangyuan County."

Feng Juncheng frowned, thinking that Zhao Qi might owe that person money, and if he used it a little, he might be able to break off Qing'e and his marriage.

So on the one hand, he asked Wang Ban to go to the gambling house to investigate the man, and on the other hand, he asked Jiang Zhiheng, a playboy, to come forward on his behalf and find the owner of the painting boat to rent a small boat.

He really wanted to find a place for him to meet Qing'e, otherwise it would be easy to meet at the wine shop. That day, the flower parade was too grand, and he was worried that people would be recognized on the street and ruin his plans after that.

The boatlady of the boat is surnamed Wang, and she has been called Wang Lady since then.

This lady Wang roughly understood the intention of renting a boat, and those rich children rented painting boats mostly for the sake of wind and snow, and she was not surprised, and eagerly accepted the money and took over this errand.

She went to Qing'e's liquor shop to pretend to buy wine, and when she saw that there was no one around, she quietly told Qing'e that a son surnamed Feng was waiting for her on the boat tomorrow night.

Qing'e was slightly stunned, handed the wine jug out, and did not answer.

Aunt Wang smiled, looked at the beautiful woman for a moment, and then withdrew.

Qing'e pretended to be busy wiping the cabinet, and Zhao Qi came out slowly from behind the curtain and looked out of the door.

He snorted and said: "I also said that he didn't look for you when he came back, it turned out that he was planning to have a private meeting outside, this little young master is very bad, if I am really a green-headed king, I am still in the dark at this time." ”

Zhao Qi sat down scolding, "But this boat is really hot, float on the water, where can I find it." ”

Qing'e sat down on the other side of the table, "I'll go to the boat tomorrow night, and I'll prop the boat up to the dock at the east coast, and then I'll find a way to lure him into submission, the old rule, the teacup falls to the ground, and you break in." ”

Zhao Qi smiled, rubbed his face, and shook Qing'e's hand.

"Good Qing'e, the future glory and wealth of the two of us, but it depends on you this time. This is the first time I've blackmailed Xinke Tan Hualang, and I have to call a few green skins, so I can't stop him. Don't say that he is really capable, there is a first in the palace, and there are only three people in the world, so he will occupy a seat, and I want to be a woman. I was soft on him, too. ”

Qing'e glanced at him, "Are you telling me to be soft-hearted to him?" ”

Zhao Qi threw a peanut into his mouth, "Hey, what do you think, I can't influence it." ”

"This is the last time."

Qing'e took the words coldly and threw the rag on the table, "I will never deceive people again, whether you believe it or not, you will kill yourself if you do too much injustice." The person you saw in the gambling house a few days ago wasn't the son of a foreign family of Shangyuan Horseman? I also deceived fifty taels on him at the beginning, beware that he saw you and wanted to seek revenge on you! ”

"Phew!"

Zhao Qi hurriedly grabbed her hand and knocked the wood three times, "How can anyone curse themselves?" Why do those of us who work hard to survive deserve to be unlucky, deserve retribution, those princes and grandsons who were born with glory and wealth and inexhaustible enjoyment, even if they do a lot of evil, they don't see that the Buddha took them away! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Qi looked at Qing'e viciously, "You forgot how the master died!" ”

Qing'e was speechless and sat there silently. Speaking of the master, his eyes were red.

How could Zhao Qi endure it, picked up her tearful face in the rough palm, apologized and wiped her tears.

"Brother swears, I really swear to you, this is the last time, and I won't cheat or gamble in the future. Don't deliberately do anything against me, why should I be angry with you and run to the river to provoke those pink-headed prostitutes. Qing'e, I only have you in my heart, which is different from those rich children who marry wives and concubines. ”

Zhao Qi said, there were tears in his eyes, the two of them had suffered together, and there was no overnight hatred.

Qing'e nodded, and turned her face to the side, "Don't make me cry, my eyes are swollen, and I won't look good when I get on the boat tomorrow night." ”