Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Misunderstanding in front of Tanhua Street

Wearing a big red robe and crown, the No. [-] scholar sits astride a tall horse drawn by a special person, holds the reins in both hands, slightly lifts his chin, and enjoys the praise and envy of his surroundings without squinting.

"It's the eldest brother! My eldest brother has won the first prize!" Lu Zhongxing was very happy and couldn't help crying out.

The second place is a young man who has not reached the weak crown. He casually clasped his hands between his horse's belly and greeted the people on the street with a relaxed posture and a bright smile.

Nangong Jingnv felt that the cold hand holding her was suddenly clenched, so she followed Nangong Shunv's gaze...

However, there is a difference in height between the two sisters, and because the second place and Tanhua are closer, Nangong Jingnv accidentally misjudged the person.

In the palace examination, Qi Yan was hand-picked as Tanhua Lang. At this time, she was neither as elegant as Lu Boyan, nor as free and easy as Gong Yanghuai.

Her body was tense, her hands tightly held the rein, and her legs clamped the horse's belly tightly.Even the well-trained imperial horse was disturbed by Qi Yan and snorted.

Qi Yan was terrified when he heard it, and hugged the horse's neck with a low cry.

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd, a trace of shyness flashed across Qi Yan's frightened pale face, and he helped the crooked crown with a wry smile.But as if frightened out of his wits, he crouched on the horse and refused to get up again.

This scene was watched by Nangong Jingnu, she couldn't help frowning: Is this the person my sister has been thinking about?I wanted to see what this person looked like, but I saw such an unbearable scene...

She turned her head to look at the second sister beside her, only to see that Nangong Shunv's cheeks were white and pink, and her eyes followed that person obsessively.

Nangong Jingnv suddenly felt that her second sister must have a very close relationship with this shepherd layman, if not so, how could she never frown?

The team quickly passed the teahouse and walked towards the south of the city. Qi Yan could be said to be "full of ugly faces" along the way, or simply put his arms around the horse's neck and crouched on the horse's back, and finally sat up but kept shaking.

Gong Yanghuai turned his head frequently, looking at his friend worriedly.

The imperial horseman has led horses for several times of Jinshi, but he has never seen such a person who has lost his manners.It made him extremely nervous: he was afraid that this Tanhua Lang would fall off his horse and implicate himself.

Fortunately, the Dengke Building is close at hand, and this Tanhua Lang is lucky not to fall off his horse.

The onlookers opened their eyes, they followed Qi Yan all the way and laughed from time to time, even the guards scolded him a few times to no avail.

Qi Yan looked at everything around him coldly, making exaggerated movements from time to time, but his heart was cold.

How could the prairie prince not know how to ride a horse?It's just that Tanhualang's ranking made her have to do this!

The masked man once said to Qi Yan: Nangong Rang is good at tricking ghosts and playing tricks on people's hearts. There must be a poor student among the top three in the palace examination.

But the No. [-] scholar will definitely go to the children of the aristocratic family. She told Qi Yan: If you get the second place, you will be fine.

There has been such an unwritten rule since the previous dynasty: it is actually difficult to distinguish the top three in the palace examination in terms of talent and learning, but Tan Hualang will definitely choose the one with the most outstanding appearance in the palace examination.

And if there is a girl of the right age waiting to be married in the family of a minister in the DPRK, Tan Hwa Lang will definitely be recruited as his son-in-law.

To put it bluntly, it is a disguised reward from the emperor to the ministers.Choose a handsome man to be the husband-in-law of the minister's daughter.

Qi Yan is a daughter, once recruited as a son-in-law, not only is there no hope of revenge, but she will also face a catastrophe!

The horse and Qi Yan are in the same mind, it doesn't understand why Qi Yan is like this, but it can appreciate the endless desolation hidden in Qi Yan's heart, so it cooperates with Qi Yan to act irritable.

The team stopped in front of the Dengke Building, and Gong Yanghuai was the first to jump off his horse and walked quickly to Qi Yan's side, and stretched out his hand: "Tie Zhu, are you okay? I'll help you..."

Qi Yan's face was ugly, and he staggered off the horse and said with lingering fear: "I made Baishi laugh, this is the first time I have ridden a horse in my life."

Gong Yanghuai patted Qi Yan on the shoulder to express comfort, and the two entered the Dengke building side by side.

The number one scholar, Lu Boyan, proudly took the brush from the servant's hand, chose a conspicuous place, and inscribed a poem in full swing.

Gong Yanghuai also took the brush and wrote a poem.When it was Qi Yan's turn, she didn't know if she was frightened, but her hands trembled, and she wrote a small order crookedly.

Gong Yanghuai leaned into Qi Yan's ear and whispered: "Tie Zhu, it's not appropriate to make a small order on this occasion, why don't you erase it and write it again."

In Wei State, poetry is orthodox, followed by words; although Xiaoling is elegant, it is only used for entertainment, and will even be used by Fengyue places to match scores and change it into ballads.

Qi Yan suddenly realized, and looked at the servant uneasily. Although the latter didn't show it, he snorted coldly in his heart, and wiped off Qi Yan's order with a damp cloth.

After coming out of Dengke Building, they can go back to their homes to take a bath and change clothes, and then enter the palace to participate in the Qionglin Banquet in the evening.The performances and poems mentioned by the top three during the parade will be sorted out by the accompanying officials and submitted to Tianting, which will be used as auxiliary considerations for the officials sent after the Qionglin banquet.

Gong Yanghuai sighed deeply, feeling sorry for Qi Yan: I am afraid that it will be difficult for Tie Zhu to stay in the capital if he behaves like this, and maybe he will be sent somewhere to be a small official... With his heart and talent, Pity.

Nangong Rang held the record book presented by the servant, and saw the official record the words and deeds of the top three in detail, first frowned, and then laughed.

A total of [-] Jinshi and ranks were selected for this palace examination, and all of these people will participate in the Qionglin Banquet that night.

In the afternoon, Qi Yan went into the palace to wait in the side hall, but heard an abrupt voice from the side: "Hey, isn't this the Tanhua Lang who is 'Stealing the Show'?"

Qi Yan turned her head and saw an acquaintance - Chazhou Jieyuan: Liu Yimei.

They met at Xie An's banquet before, and they had a quarrel over the drinking order.Standing next to Liu Yimei was the champion of the imperial examination, the eldest son of the Taiwei Mansion: Lu Boyan.

Liu Yi Mei Dian has 68 pilots, which is relatively bottom.Due to limited official vacancies, not every Jinshi can be appointed immediately.

Generally speaking: No. [-] pick, No. [-] pick and No. [-] pick will stay in Beijing.Second-class students depend on the situation, but most of them will have officials.

For example, Liu Yimei, who is relatively low in the ranking, is not so lucky.This group of people will stay in the capital as Jinshi to be "Shi Brown".

Moreover, the "lifespan" of Shihong is usually only three years. If you have not been assigned an official by the next big exam, you can only go home. If you are unlucky to open Enke during this period, your lifespan will be even shorter.

These Shi Browns had to race against time to travel around the various prefectures in the capital, to show their knowledge and talents to the high officials who were qualified to recommend them, and strive to get an official position before the next Enke.

In the past dynasties, many talented Jinshi had to return to their hometowns to become teachers due to many reasons such as shyness in their pockets and poor communication skills.

Liu Yimei also understood the predicament she was facing, and she did not know what method she used to get on board with Lu Boyan, the eldest son of the Taiwei Mansion.

There has been a book circulating since the previous dynasty, which was compiled by the imperial court and is called "Sanyuanlu", which records the lives of talented scholars who have won the first place in the imperial examinations, township examinations, general examinations, and palace examinations.

Lu Boyan got the first place in both the provincial examination and the palace examination, but he was beaten by Qi Yan in the general examination and came in second.Lost the opportunity to be famous through the ages...

Hearing the voice, many people cast their gazes at Qi Yan.

Seeing Lu Boyan's acquiescence, Liu Yimei became more presumptuous: "I heard that Tanhualang lost his manners while parading in the street today? It really embarrasses the humble students."

Qi Yan's eyes became more and more silent, she glanced at Lu Boyan, who was looking at her with disdain.

It was this man's father who led the invasion of the grassland!

Qi Yan forcibly suppressed this hatred, cupped his hands and said to Liu Yimei: "I've never ridden a horse in Xia's family, I hope you can forgive me."

Liu Yimei saw that Qi Yan's soft-spoken "subduing softness" was about to be proud, but she heard the other party continue to say unhurriedly: "However, your Excellency is in the palace confinement, and loud noises in the hall seem not to be very elegant. .I don’t know if I violated the palace rules or not?”

Liu Yimei's breathing stagnated, and then her chest rose and fell violently.He pointed at Qi Yan's fingertips several times but couldn't say a word.

Lu Boyan saw Gong Yanghuai coming from behind Qi Yan and said at the right time: "Brother Liu, let's go over there."

Liu Yimei flatteringly agreed: "Yes, brother Lu please."

Lu Boyan walked away with an "elegant posture", and raised his chin slightly when passing by Qi Yan, showing the arrogance of a school of nobles.

Liu Yimei deliberately bumped into Qi Yan, gritted her teeth and growled, "Yimuzi, let's wait and see."

Hearing the word "Different Muzi", Gong Yanghuai was furious: "What did you say?"

Liu Yimei was slightly taken aback. He had inquired about the identity of the second place, so he hesitated twice and followed Lu Boyan.

Qi Yan grabbed Gong Yanghuai's arm: "Baishi, forget it."

"Who is this person? How can he openly expose people's pain points? What a waste of reading sage books!"

"Chazhou Jieyuan once met me once, forget it."

"Huh, so what about Chazhou Jieyuan? Did you enter the top three?"

Qi Yan said with a smile: "Baishi just said that you should not expose the weaknesses of others. Are you going to smash your own brand?"

Gong Yanghuai smiled heartily: "What Tie Zhu taught me is that we have good news to tell you over there."

When the two came to the corner, Gong Yanghuai looked around and said in a low voice, "Tie Zhu this time is 'a blessing in disguise'."

"how do I say this?"

"Hey, you made a mistake while parading around the street today. I was worried that you would be sent to another place because of it. So I decided to go back and ask my father to see if he could say a few words for you, or find a way to get you away. I went to Zongzheng Temple to work as an errand. After hearing your performance today, my father said: You are a blessing in disguise."

Seeing that Qi Yan was still puzzled, Gongyang Huai happily explained: "Did you know? The high-ranking officials in the capital like to recruit Tan Hualang as their son-in-law, and some even marry him."

Qi Yan's heart skipped a beat and she shook her head.

"My father said: According to the old system, the top three would stay in the capital, but you might be able to avoid being recruited because of your disrespect in parading around the streets. Those high-ranking officials are all good-looking. Do you think it was a blessing in disguise?"

Qi Yan laughed, but her heart sank.

Even Gong Yanghuai's father saw the clues of his own actions, so suspicious Nan Gongrang would think that this is trying to cover up?