Chapter 224: The World (9)
Upper capital, the gate of Lufu.
Nie Fan glanced at Lu Song beside him, and said helplessly: "Xiao Song, you don't need to go in with me, really!
Lu Zon on the side didn't seem to see the helplessness between his cousin's eyebrows, and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, cousin, let me tell you, I went in just to feel the atmosphere and see what the triennial examination is like, and I probably don't have any hope of stepping in in this life." β
When it came to the test, a trace of excitement, admiration and longing flashed in Luzon's eyes, and then his face turned disgraced.
"Alas!" Nie Fan sighed, reached out and rubbed Luzon's hair, stepped forward, and ignored him.
Today is the day of the test, all the talented people of the entire empire will come to Shangjing on this day, ten years of cold window, for the title of today's gold list, for this, I don't know how many people have wasted their lives because of this.
The shock caused by their family's return to the Lu Mansion was not much, after all, it was not a good thing for the Nie father and Nie mother to elope back then, and the Lu Mansion naturally did not make a big fuss and was known to everyone in a swaggering manner, but it was just to let the children of the Lu family in Beijing go back to the mansion to gather once, which could be regarded as introducing the four members of the Nie family to everyone to know.
Therefore, except for a small number of upper-class people and well-intentioned people, the people in Shangjing did not know that the talented and beautiful women who were famous in Shangjing had returned to Shangjing, and their family had only lived a few days of comfort.
Otherwise, with Nie's father's reputation and his love for the current saint, their family will not be at peace.
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Time passed in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, three days passed. Today is the day when the exam will be completed.
"Xianggong, what do you think Fan'er will do in this exam? Can you get a title on the gold list?" Outside the gate of the Lu Mansion, Nie's mother said worriedly to Nie's father beside her, her eyebrows were full of worry about her son.
Father Nie patted his wife's hand and said with relief: "Don't worry, Yue'e, you have to believe in Fan'er's strength, that kid is not an ordinary person, I believe in him, this time he will definitely be able to get a good ranking." β
"Hmm!" Nie Mu agreed. The worry between the eyebrows and eyes still did not disappear. His eyes were firmly fixed on the end of the street in the distance, wanting to see his son's figure for the first moment, a calm and calm figure.
"Treading ......"
A carriage slowly drove towards the Lu Mansion, and the golden edge of the carriage showed the majesty of the owner of the carriage in Shangjing.
The moment I saw the carriage. Nie's father and Nie's mother all showed surprise on their faces. Because in Shangjing, the carriage also has hierarchical etiquette rules. Those who can be inlaid with gold edges on the edge of the car, except for the emperor and queen, only the crown prince and the favored princes can do so. The rest of the people can only be inlaid with silver at most, otherwise it is a major sin to exceed the system.
On the day of the end of the exam, a powerful man suddenly came here, and I don't know if it was good or bad.
However, it doesn't matter what happened to the two of them, because judging from the size of the carriage, it could not be the emperor and queen in person, so no matter who came, they didn't need to worry about it, and after a slight glance, the eyes of the two continued to lock on the street, waiting for the return of their children.
The two of them can do this, it doesn't mean that others can do the same, at the first moment when the carriage appeared, there was a steward who went inside, anxiously informing the head of the family and others to go, although it was not the emperor and queen in person, but the arrival of a favored prince was enough to attract the attention of the Lu Mansion.
"The fourth prince of Lao personally returned it, Nie was grateful, but his parents at home were waiting for Nie to return home, and he couldn't say thank you, if he had the opportunity next time, Nie would definitely make up for it. β
A familiar voice suddenly came from above the carriage, and the eyes of Nie's father and mother shifted to the curtain of the carriage, how could this sound so much like the voice of their children.
"That being the case, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, speaking of which, this prince has not seen Lingzun Lingtang, so it is better to take this opportunity to go and meet him, and also see what kind of character can create a person like Brother Nie. β
The curtain of the car was opened, revealing a face that was extremely familiar to the two of them, Deng Jiayu on the side had already covered his mouth and nose with his hands in surprise, because this person was his husband - Nie Fan, who was surprised when he got in touch with a favored prince, and for a while, there was no reaction.
"Huh?" Nie Fan was also stunned, he didn't expect his parents and wife to wait for him together at the gate, he couldn't help but show a smile on his face, and his heart was warm: "Since the fourth prince has this will, then Nie is disrespectful, it's too troublesome to visit, my parents and wife are outside, and the prince can come out and see him." β
After speaking, he pulled Luzon and got out of the carriage, and greeted his excited parents and his wife, who was still a little sluggish, after all, she was just a woman in a small country place, and she was already virtuous and virtuous if she was not frightened.
"Oh, that's a coincidence!" The curtain rolled again, but a man who was as rich as jade came out, who was the fiancΓ© of Luzon's sister Lu Miaomiao, and the fourth prince who was expected to ascend to the throne: "Tianyi has seen his uncle and aunt, no wonder Brother Nie is so good, it turns out that his uncle and aunt teach him well." β
"Where, where!" A salute to the favored prince of the dynasty, how dare the father and mother of Nie accept it, they hurriedly turned sideways and got out of the way, and at the same time they were even more proud of their son, didn't they see that even one of the most powerful people in the empire had to hand over to their son, doesn't this mean that their son is excellent?
"The four princes arrived, the old man was disrespectful, rude, rude!" In the footsteps of Xi Suo, the people in charge of the Lu family came one after another, and the leader was Nie Fan's grandfather, and now the head of the Lu family - Lu Yuanshan, I saw him greet with a smile and said: "I don't know if the four princes are coming to the mansion this time, do you have any advice?"
"The boss is serious, he doesn't dare to teach this prince, this time he just sent Brother Nie back to his house by the way, but he didn't expect to alarm the boss, but it was Tianyi's fault. The fourth prince waved his hand, although Lu Yuanshan is no longer in the court, but the name of the military god has a strong appeal in the army, who dares to underestimate this old guy who has half a foot in the coffin.
"Oh, is it?" Lu Yuanshan glanced at Nie Fan on the side unexpectedly, but he didn't expect the other party to be able to get such attention from the Fourth Prince, but it was a little intriguing: "I didn't expect that there would be someone in my Lu family who could get so much attention from His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, but he was lucky." β
"Brother Nie is talented, both civil and military, don't miss it, my lord!" the fourth prince said with a little meaning, and then beat the horse and left.
He left a group of people with different meanings to look at the four members of the Nie family on the side, with intriguing expressions. (To be continued......)