Family Has a Concubine

More than half an hour has passed for the palace test.

In the Jinyu Tower, the guests were drinking and chatting lively, most of the chats were about the imperial examination.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a purple silk tunic robe, about forty years old, and with a big belly walked into the lobby on the second floor from the stairs.

Guest officer, please. Xiao Er hastily greeted him respectfully and led him inside.

Another waiter came to Ye Tangcai's table with a tray, and put down a plate of dim sum.

There are sugar steamed short cheese, osmanthus sugar and chestnut powder cake, wishful cake, auspicious fruit.

Ye Tangcai looked away from the window, smiled and said, Thank you shopkeeper. We can't finish eating, so we don't need to send so much.

Xiao Er smiled and said: The shopkeeper said that his son will be gone in three years. It is his blessing to entertain you, and let our building enjoy your glory. After three years, he will also let the shopkeeper's son have a good grade. .”

Hahaha! Uncle Chu laughed cheerfully.

Wen's brows and eyes were stained with a smile with joy.

Ye Chengde felt uncomfortable at that table, and Zhang Boyuan was so suppressed that his face turned pale.

He shouldn't have come! Why did he come here to make himself uncomfortable? But if he leaves now, Ye Tangcai and the others will definitely ridicule him for being worthless.

At this time, there was a laughing voice not far away: Let your shopkeepers save it, don't get involved in this kind of bad luck, and if you don't get it, you will end up anticlimactic.

His voice was loud, and his laughter was so loud that the lobby on the second floor was quiet for a moment, and they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at him.

Ye Tangcai, Wen Shi, Uncle Chu and others also looked back at him. It was the man who had just come in, dressed expensively and had a big belly.

Hey, isn't this Master Wu? Some of the guests in the lobby recognized him.

That's right, Master Wu, did you come out of the palace just now? Is there any gossip?

Ye Chengde, Zhang Boyuan and Xu Rui's mother and son were shocked when they heard that Master Wu's words were derogatory to Chu Yunpan.

Ye Tangcai narrowed her eyes. Uncle Chu and Wen's heart skipped a beat, and they frowned.

Who is this Master Wu? Ye Weicai pulled Ye Tangcai's sleeve and asked in a low voice.

I don't know either. Ye Tangcai shook her head.

Mrs. Miao said in a low voice: This is Concubine Wu's direct elder brother. In the past, your grandfather gave gifts to the Wu family several times, and I also went to the Wu family's mistress's birthday banquet, but he was indifferent to us and stopped contacting us. .”

The guests in the lobby came here to watch a first-class Jinshi parade through the streets, so they were naturally concerned about the situation of the palace examination inside, and they booed after hearing what Master Wu said.

Seeing everyone booing him, Master Wu felt very proud, laughed and said: Today's palace examination is a grand event for our Daqi. Not only the emperor personally invigilates the examination, but all the officials accompany him, even the harem also participates in such a grand event.

Naturally, some people participated in the harem, but there was a screen and the location was very ingenious. People in the hall could not see what was behind the screen, but those behind the screen could see what was going on in the hall.

I'm such a vulgar person, I can't see the fun of palace examinations. But my sister said that my little girl is about to reach her age, and she should choose a good husband. It just so happens that this spring, there are many talents in the palace examination, and there are quite a few young ones. Talented. She asked me to see if there is any suitable one. If there is, I will be arty and learn from others to come to the list to catch my son-in-law.

As Master Wu said, there was a burst of laughter in the lobby: Who does Master Wu fancy?

I watched halfway, and my eyes were dazzled. Isn't it a woman's business to find a son-in-law? It's really boring, so I came out! Master Wu said.

Zhang Boyuan saw that everyone was focusing on the funny matter of Mr. Wu looking for a son-in-law, so he hurriedly said: Master Wu, you just mentioned the palace examination... some people are anticlimactic, what's going on?

Master Wu said loudly: That young man with the best looks is a member, right? I saw the maid who reported to my sister said that his surname was Chu. My sister was sitting behind the screen and immediately caught his eye. Now, if you grow up like this, if you get better grades in a while, it would be good to be my son-in-law.

Ye Tangcai choked upon hearing this.

Wen's face turned ashen, and he let out a piss in anger, and said in a low voice: Who will be his son-in-law! That's my son-in-law!

Master Wu continued: After listening to the report from the palace maid, I realized that he is a young man, but he is married. He shook his head as he spoke, Since we started talking, let's pay attention to him. After the palace examination begins, All of the Gong students are talented, writing vigorously, writing like a god, but the young Huiyuan is grinding ink, and after half an hour, he is still grinding ink! Is our palace examination a test for grinding ink?

As soon as this remark came out, everyone burst into laughter.

What nonsense are you talking about? My family's Saburo wouldn't be like this. Uncle Chu was so angry that his face turned blue, and he wanted to fight the case, but seeing that Master Wu had a sloppy face, and he was the elder brother of Concubine Wu, he refused. Dare to make a mistake, just sit there.

Why am I being so nonchalant? Master Wu snorted with some displeasure. This year's topic is still long, multi-faceted policy discussion, thinking about the topic, and writing, one hour is not enough.

He considers himself a rough man, but he has some knowledge.

Then what happened next? Zhang Boyuan asked anxiously.

What's the matter? Anyway, I'm really bored, so I came out! Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to gossip with you. Master Wu poured himself a glass of wine and drank it happily.

The people in the lobby began to discuss in low voices when he raised the topic.

Zhang Boyuan sneered: I really don't know what to say. If I really complied with Master Wu's words, I'm anticlimactic, and I don't know how to win the prize. Nine days and eight nights, I can get a good ranking when answering the questions alone. Now in front of the emperor and In front of the ministers, they couldn't answer a single word.

Insinuating that Chu Yunpan is suspected of cheating.

Uncle Chu was trembling with anger, and Wen said angrily, What do you mean? You can't pass the exam, so you blame others? If you don't accept it, if you feel tricky and have evidence, you can report it! Why did you go so early? It’s been a month since I’ve failed the rankings, only to say this or that. I don’t even have the magnanimity for this.”

Zhang Boyuan saw that she had failed the exam when she opened her mouth and shut her mouth, and said that he had no tolerance for others, so angry that his face turned green and pale at times.

No matter what, Mr. Huiyuan can't answer the question now! Xu Rui chuckled, holding a white porcelain cup in his hand, and laughed sarcastically. Tsk tsk, I don't know if I can enter the second class?

The people in the lobby also started talking.

One said: How can you get into the second class after handing in a blank paper? Giving a third class and a Jinshi is already counted as face.

This is Huiyuan, how could it be a fellow Jinshi?

A well-dressed old man said: It's not like I haven't. More than ten years ago, in the first meeting, it seemed that the surname was Liu or Liu, but in the palace examination, a fellow Jinshi was mixed up and became the last one. He was sent to the local Ninth rank official.

Hey, I remembered it too, there really is such a thing. Another old man who was at the same table with him shook his head. He was wearing a teacher's uniform, holding a feather fan in his hand, and he could tell at a glance that he was the teacher of a certain school. Such a result came out back then, so that the examiners of the examination papers were criticized by today, saying how they judged the Huiyuan!

Everyone asked about the situation of the two old men, and then they talked about the palace examination before them: Wouldn't this session be so unlucky?

He laughed out loud as he spoke, as if it had really happened.

Zhang Boyuan's brows fluttered and his heart pounded, he was really indescribably happy: We are able to see Yuan being ranked last in this session, but it happens once in ten years, three lives are lucky!

Xu Rui also let out a heck, raised his eyebrows and almost laughed out loud, and drank the wine in his hand.

He had already forced himself to accept the fact that Chu Yun climbed to high school, but now after a series of things, his heart became active again, and he was very excited!

It used to be beautiful, but now it has become a joke. If so, it would be better not to win! Zhang Boyuan laughed out loud.

How resentful he was before, how carefree he is now. Miss! Miss! Really missed! Hehehe, shameless scum, you deserve it! Call you crazy! Now let's lose face and lose our hair!

Ye Chengde and Yin Tingniang flashed ridicule in their eyes.

Uncle Chu's face turned pale, and his whole body was listless as he sat there. Saburo, actually want to hand in a blank paper? God! Why is this happening!

Wen's and Miao's were so angry that they couldn't make a sound.

Those bastards... Wen said angrily, but he couldn't make a sound. His face was full of worry.

Mother, don't worry. Ye Tangcai smiled and said, This is one of my third master's strange problems.

Wen Shi choked, and the corner of his mouth twitched: One of the strange problems? What are the other problems? Oh, I see, I can't sleep in the same bed as someone else.

Ye Tangcai poked her finger and smiled awkwardly.

Anyway, it's useless to be anxious now. Miao sighed slightly.

Wen shi gritted his teeth and nodded. My daughter finally made it through, but now... the son-in-law is too nervous! After all, he is only eighteen years old!

If I had known this earlier, it would be better to wait a few years before taking the exam. Even if you miss the opportunity and fail to get the award, as long as you are calm and perform well in the palace examination, it will be good to get a second or top three at that time.

Now, Huiyuan is praised too high, but he can't answer the questions in the imperial examination, and handed in a blank paper... As the saying goes, the higher the praise, the more painful the fall! The uglier the fall!

The more she thought about it, the more frustrated Wen's heart became. She also didn't want to believe Zhang Boyuan's words, but Master Wu saw Chu Yunpan's inability to answer the questions with his own eyes. This is really not to be deceived.

It seems that the time has passed! Ye Weicai said in a low voice.

Wen's and Uncle Chu were taken aback, Wen's expression was not good: It's just... after a while, the time has passed?

When the chat is focused, the time passes quickly. Wen felt that the time was too fast. Just now, he heard that his son-in-law didn't say a word, and now there was a whoosh of time, and it was really time to hand in a blank paper!

Wen and the others became more and more uneasy, and more than half an hour passed like this, when suddenly there was a burst of commotion and shouts from the people below: The number one scholar has come out!

Ye Tang was overjoyed, and quickly lay down by the window.

Zhang Boyuan, Xu Rui, Ye Chengde and Yin Tingniang came to the window immediately and looked down excitedly. The people in the lobby booed and pushed towards the window: Look, look!

Everyone looked down, and saw a big yellow flag opening the way below, and the drums and music shook the sky. A group of three people came out surrounded by shouts.

The person headed by him was wearing a black gauze hat with golden flowers, a big red robe, and a red-maned horse with a golden saddle on his feet. He was the number one scholar. After coming out, he immediately turned his head and looked towards this side. From a distance, he saw that he had a gorgeous appearance and clear eyebrows.

Ye Tangcai was overjoyed when he saw it: Master!

Knowing that they had booked a seat here, Chu Yunpan looked over as soon as he came out, and saw a bright little face smiling at him in a row of windows crowded with people.

He was overjoyed and waved at her.

Then Luogu opened the way below, the champion, the second place and Tanhua were guarded, and they moved forward slowly. Crowded.

Ah! San Lang has won! San Lang has won the first prize! Uncle Chu flushed with excitement, his old face was hot, and he wished he could pass out.

This... really hit it! Wen smiled, and when she turned her head and saw her daughter's bright little face, she burst into tears for some reason. Finally...it's over!

Oh, this is the Junior Club! You actually won the first prize! Everyone in the lobby exclaimed.

The expressions of Ye Chengde and Yin Tingniang changed drastically.

Xu Rui and Zhang Boyuan stayed there, feeling their minds buzzing.

How did you hit it? How did you hit it? Didn't we agree? How did you hit it?

Just now they were still vigorously burying him, saying that he would be as unlucky as a certain Huiyuan ten years ago, and he would end up as a fellow Jinshi. !

Now they feel like, bang bang bang, their faces seem to be slapped! hit! There were bursts of pain and fever, and I felt ashamed and angry.

How could this be... Master Wu's face was also embarrassing, turning blue and white at times.

Master. At this time, a servant came running in from the stairs, I found you! Watch the palace exam carefully, why did you slip away? This is Master Wu's servant.

Master Wu couldn't care less about explaining, he just frowned and said: That young man who won the prize, hasn't been grinding ink all the time, how could he be number one?

Everyone listened with their ears pricked up.

The boy was in high spirits as he spoke: Originally, everyone thought he was going to hand in a blank paper.

After all, he was a member of the Youth Club, and all the officials present knew him and recognized him. They were very surprised to see him rubbing his ink for a long time.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Emperor Zhengxuan was rather disappointed, so he stopped paying attention to him and turned his attention to other candidates.

Who knows, in the last two quarters of an hour, he put down the pine smoke and ink, picked up the pen and wrote vigorously

Emperor Zhengxuan and all the officials saw that the young Huiyuan, who had been grinding for more than half an hour, finally moved, thought that he couldn't think of it when the time came, so they wrote something casually to deal with it.

Looking up, I saw that he was sitting upright, his face as bright as the bright moon was as cold as Qinghui, and there was no trace of panic and anxiety, as if it should be like this in the first place.

Everyone couldn't help being surprised.

I saw him writing quickly with a pen, without stopping or thinking.

When everyone saw him like this, they knew that he had been beating his belly for most of the hour!

But the belly-beating draft is not like this. Most of the people here are civil servants, and they are all people who are full of knowledge and ethics. Most of them are scientifically educated, and they usually make fuss about current affairs.

There are so many opinions and arguments in these exam questions. If you don’t write them down, you will not be able to straighten out your thinking.

But the young man in front of him wrote down two pages in one breath.

It's faster to write.

This is an examination paper, and there are only two sheets of paper. If you are not careful, it may be stained with ink.

But he didn't, and his movements were as smooth as clouds and flowing water.

He was handsome and handsome, and when he sat there, he was as solemn as a green pine, as bright as a bright moon, with a unique demeanor, as if everyone present had become his background.

Just watching him write with a pen is a kind of visual enjoyment, which makes people look sideways.

After he finished writing, he sighed softly, and just as he put down his pen, there was a dang sound of gongs and drums outside.

Cai Jie, who was standing beside the dragon chair on the steps, took a step forward and shouted, The imperial examination is over!

The little eunuch went down, collected the examination papers of all the candidates one by one, and then presented them to the dragon case.

Emperor Zhengxuan picked up the examination papers and flipped through them one by one, nodding and shaking his head for a while. When I saw Chu Yunpan in the middle, my eyes lit up, and I felt that from solving the problem to countermeasures, he pointed out the current problems and hit the nail on the head.

The most surprising thing is that he completed the paper in one go, without any jerky block between words, just like flowing water. It cannot be said how gorgeous his sentences or rhetoric are. On the contrary, his writing is concise, but it gives people a sense of fluency. It seems to be a kind of enjoyment.

This kind of smoothness and succession is difficult to achieve, not to mention writing two pages without a pause, even serious thinking and careful consideration are difficult to achieve.

Emperor Zhengxuan was amazed by his talent in governing the world, and even more amazed by his extraordinary talent.

Immediately circled him.

Finally, the top three were selected. Chu Yunpan, Chen Zhiheng and Zhao Fanxu.

Emperor Zhengxuan looked at the people below, and said with a smile: This year's Yijia is really young!

In the past, it was difficult for a young Yijia to appear, but this time there are two at a time! Chu Yunpan was eighteen, Chen Zhiheng was twenty-three, and Zhao Fanxu was forty-six. They are so talented!

Then Emperor Zhengxuan hesitated between No. 1, No. 2 and Tanhua. Generally, the top ones in the palace examination are all outstanding talents, and it is difficult to distinguish them from each other, making it difficult to choose. The emperor will choose the youngest and most handsome one as Tanhualang.

But Chu Yunpan is outstanding compared to both of them, his talent is too obvious, and Chen Zhiheng is also a handsome guy in his twenties, if you look at it based on his appearance and age, then Chu Yunpan is too wronged.

So according to their strength, Chu Yunpan was selected as the number one scholar, Zhao Fanxu was ranked second, and Chen Zhiheng was selected as Tanhualang.

Then they ordered the second and third grades, decided on the rankings, and let the first one go to change clothes and parade through the streets.

In the Jinyu Building, Master Wu's servant told the story of the process of the palace examination, which shocked everyone.

Master Wu was startled, then he laughed out loud, stroked his beard and said, At first I thought it was someone who handed in a blank paper, but I didn't think so, but he was brilliant and amazing, but I was short-sighted and talked nonsense.

Master, you need to change your impatience. The boy said with a smile.

Yes! Master Wu laughed. He was quite generous, so he bowed towards Ye Tangcai as he said that, as an apology.

But Ye Tangcai and the others didn't have time to pay attention to him at this moment, they just waved to Chu Yunpan below.

Zhang Boyuan: We agreed to jump into dogs together!

Xu Rui: But you secretly got ahead!

Chu San: Get out!