Chapter 111: The Imperial Examination
Tian Wenhe had dinner and shouted to Xiao Er to remove the remaining leftovers. A person closes the door and opens the window. Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the moon is full. Tian Wenhe raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky. "The bright moon sends lovesickness", in the far south, his mother may be looking at the moon now, wishing his son the title of the gold list and glorifying his ancestors, but it is more likely that he is spinning and weaving cloth in this bright moonlight, and his gradually yellowing eyes are looking at the machine carefully. Tian Wenhe told himself, tell his mother, I will definitely be admitted to the Jinshi, the title of the gold list, no longer let you go to the field to farm during the day, spin and weave cloth in the night, let you live a worry-free life of food and clothing, let you sit on the petite son, proudly walk in front of those fathers and villagers who look down on you.
Tian Wenhe turned his head and looked at the capital to the east. In the east of the capital, there is Ling Yu who is suppressed in his subconscious. These days, Tian Wenhe only has a gossamer miss for Ling Yu on the surface. But that was only the surface, Tian Wenhe used his strong willpower to press his thoughts about Ling Yu to the corner of his subconscious mind for the title of the gold list, and the suppressed subconscious of missing Ling Yu came to the surface from time to time to catch his breath in order to survive. Tian Wenhe's day of playing, deliberately relaxing mental pressure, this suppressed subconscious bubbled up to the surface again. Ling Yu's appearance had been carved into the appearance of a fairy in the Heavenly Palace in Tian Wenhe's mind, and the nose, eyes, arms, hair, and smile were all clearly presented in front of Tian Wenhe's eyes. In addition to being meticulous to the eyebrows, Tian Wenhe admired Ling Yu's personality very much. A girl's family, a girl's family in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but she didn't wear gorgeous clothes, but dared to beg on the street in the clothes of a little beggar, and she didn't have the feeling of a noble lady who was cold and refused to be poor thousands of miles away as he had seen before. Ling Yu's body was weak, and he even went out of his way to rescue Tian Wenhe when he was in danger, this courage and affection were difficult to find in other noble ladies and commoner girls' homes, if he could get Ling Yu in this life, it would be the happiest thing in his life.
Although Tian Wenhe deliberately relaxed himself today and let his nervous and tired brain rest a little, after all, tomorrow was an important imperial examination related to his life, and his brain defensively suppressed Tian Wenhe's thoughts. Tian Wenhe said that you have told yourself countless times that Ling Yu is the only daughter of the Prime Minister, and you can't climb high, don't be stupid here. Tian Wenhe walked away from the window and sat down on a chair in the middle of the room. The sound of reading in other rooms was faintly heard in Tian Wenhe's ears, and he had struggled many of the same days and nights, just to wait for tomorrow to "become famous in one fell swoop". Tian Wenhe is half sad and half happy. Tomorrow is the imperial examination, and he has to eat early, go to the examination room early, prepare for his exam, and make himself famous in one fell swoop. Tian Wenhe walked to the bedside, took off his clothes, and slept into the comfortable and warm bed. In the dream, her lovely Lingyu white clothes fluttered, beckoning to him like a fairy. Ling Yu was wearing a girl's clothes, and she was really a fairy. Tian Wenhe was even more obsessed with Ling Yu, and subconsciously walked in the direction of Ling Yu's beckoning, and finally walked to the palace. The guards in front of the palace gate were tightly handled, and they were entangled with all kinds of people who entered the palace. Ling Yu actually entered the palace like a transparent person, and Tian Wenhe stood twenty meters outside the palace gate stupidly, looking at the shiny guard. Ling Yu was still smiling and beckoning to him, motioning for Tian Wenhe to continue walking towards the palace. For the sake of Ling Yu, it is worth sacrificing his life. Tian Wenhe walked through the guards, but the guards didn't realize that Tian Wenhe walked in front of Ling Yu, and the two of them strode towards the palace and continued to walk.
When he was sleeping, Tian Wenhe told himself that he must wake up early tomorrow, and now that it was dawning, Tian Wenhe's subconscious warning took effect and he got up early. He still vaguely remembered that dream, but now was the critical moment of the imperial examination, where did he still have the heart to think about these illusory things. Tian Wenhe opened the baggage, and there was something in it that was kept by a coarse cloth. Tian Wenhe gently and carefully untied the coarse cloth layer by layer, and a pair of brand-new cloth shoes appeared in front of his eyes. Before Tian Wenhe went out from home to Beijing to take the exam, Tian Wenhe's mother sewed this cloth shoe with needle and thread in the dead of night. When I went out, my mother wrapped the cloth shoes in coarse cloth, handed them to Tian Wenhe and said, Mother is ashamed of you, other people's children are sent to the imperial examinations, and my mother has no ability, so I can only give you a thousand layers of bottoms for you to wear on the road. Tian Wenhe didn't speak, he knew that the best reward for his mother was to be admitted to the Jinshi. When Tian Wenhe was on the road, no matter how tattered the old shoes on his feet were, he was reluctant to put on the new shoes that his mother made for him. Today is the imperial examination, he has to put on the new shoes made by his mother, walk to the examination room step by step, and step by step to the title of the gold list. The sound of people in other rooms getting up remembered one after another, Tian Wenhe was eating breakfast at the dining table. After the other students got up, Tian Wenhe had already walked out of the inn. He didn't want to leave the other students behind, he just wanted to be quiet before the big exam. He walked towards the imperial examination room step by step, and at this time he found that the route he took was the same as the route that Ling Yu had guided him in his dream, and when he walked to the imperial examination room, all this changed, and the palace in his dream became the imperial examination room. The examination room was still empty, and Tian Wenhe walked around in front of the examination room. Gradually, people hid. The examiner who took the exam arrived. Tian Wenhe walked into the examination room under strict inspection. When he stepped into the door of the examination room, Tian Wenhe felt that his cloth shoes transmitted countless energy to him from his feet to his brain, and his mother's love was his greatest strength. Tian Wenhe walked to his position with his chest held high, waiting for the examiner to send the test papers. The examiner looked at the incense in the incense burner, and when it was time for the exam, he entered the examination room with a serious expression, and told the examiners the rules of the examination room, saying that every examiner must strictly abide by them and must not violate them, otherwise they will be kicked out of the examination room and disqualified. Tian Wenhe closed his eyes and listened carefully to what the examiner said, allowing his turbulent heart to relax a little. After the paper was sent, Tian Wenhe couldn't wait to open the paper, picked up the brush and did his own exam paper. After an hour, Tian Wenhe walked out of the examination room. This time, Tian Wenhe felt that he had done well in the exam, and he was in a very happy mood, and when he walked out of the examination room, he felt relaxed and traveled to the land of China like Li Bai's poems.