A Timely Wife

Back in the small house, Li Ruosong and Chengdong relaxed at the same time. No matter how good the small house in the backyard of Huichun Hall is, it is not as good as the dilapidated house at home.

Chengdong's body is useless even if he lives in the Huichuntang. He needs to take good care of him. He regularly invites doctors to give injections on weekdays and drinks Chinese medicine every day. For the fifth day, you just need to cook and drink at home. Miss Qingfeng has already said that she knows some medicine and can take over this matter.

On the day when the two arrived home, neither of them went out, nor did they entertain guests. They just huddled in the room to discuss the matter of receiving the order tomorrow. The sick one was lying in bed and couldn't get up, and was carried to the front yard to receive the order.Fortunately, Guanshi Liu is at home, and the incense table and rewards have been prepared, otherwise there will be big troubles just by the two of them.

The two discussed the clothes they were going to wear tomorrow, went through the process of receiving the decree again, discussed it twice, and rested at ease when they felt that there was no problem. The decree usually came earlier, so the two naturally went to bed early to rest Only by recharging your energy can you look vigorous in the hall.

Li Ruosong encountered Cheng Dong after the palace examination, so until now he doesn't know the ranks of the other Jinshi except himself. However, to Li Ruosong, it doesn't matter if he knows it or not. Well, he doesn't care if he doesn't make friends with others of the same kind. He already has a relatively clear idea of ​​his future career, and it doesn't matter whether he is helped or not.

Early this morning, Li Ruosong put on festive clothes. The dark red base had some black patterns on it. The style was simple and generous, which made Li Ruosong look handsome and handsome. Changed into bright red clothes, matched with Chengdong's exquisite face, he looked bright and bright, even though his face was a little pale due to illness, it is strange that these paleness did not reduce Chengdong's beauty, Instead, it added a touch of softness.

Li Ruosong suddenly didn't seem to want Chengdong to appear in front of other people in this outfit. Chengdong was already attractive enough, and if he put on such a suit again, he was afraid that more and more people would rob him of his husband in the future. , especially that Eunuch Cao, who knows if Eunuch Cao will come out this time to deliver the decree? None at all.

But this is the only clothes that Chengdong can afford and fit this situation, and he can only grind his back molars, thinking in his heart that he will definitely, absolutely not let Chengdong wear this kind of clothes in the future. It's coveted, such a good-looking husband, he can just watch it alone.

After the two changed their clothes, Li Ruosong still carried Chengdong to the main hall of the outer courtyard. He put Chengdong on the stool first. A charcoal basin had been burned in the main hall the night before, so when Chengdong and Li Ruosong entered the house, There was no sense of coldness at all, Chengdong was also padded with thick cushions on the stool, and the backrest was the best, Chengdong sat very comfortably on it.

After Chengdong was settled, Li Ruosong went to the stool next to him and sat down. Guanshi Liu stood at Li Ruosong's right hand, with his arms folded and his waist bowed. Apart from the three of them in the small house, there were only people who lived in the firewood room at the back. Miss Qingfeng and the two temporary servants who were in charge of sweeping in the front yard.

A table and an incense burner have been placed in the middle of the front yard. In front of the incense burner, there are six offerings, including fish, meat, fruit, and sugar. Li Ruosong and Cheng Dong put a lot of silver in their arms, wrapped in red cloth. The package reported that the largest one contained twelve taels, the smallest also had one or two, and the other two baskets of copper coins were placed in the ear room. After the person who announced the good news left, they would be distributed to the neighbors outside the door. There was also a piece of jade pendant, which was Prepared for the officials who announced the good news.

Knowing that the person who announced the good news came back, the gate of the Li family's house was opened early in the morning, and the few people didn't wait long before they heard the sound of knocking gongs coming from far and near.

"Li Ruosong of Qingjiang Mansion accepts the order." The one who came to announce the good news was not the herald from last time, but Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, or Lin Zhi, the father of the person Li Ruosong wanted revenge on.

Seeing that the person who came to announce the good news was actually the father of the enemy, Li Ruosong felt very complicated. When he thought that later, even if it was the imperial decree to kneel instead of Lin Zhi, Li Ruosong also felt very unhappy, even with that excitement. It has faded a lot.

Chengdong keenly sensed that Li Ruosong's mood was not right, so he stretched out his hand and pulled Li Ruosong's sleeve. Li Ruosong's hand hidden under the sleeve squeezed Chengdong's hand tightly, and then let it go again. Chengdong understood that Li Ruosong had calmed down, so he calmed down his expression, followed Li Ruosong, and walked slowly into the yard.

Li Ruosong led Chengdong to kneel on the ground, touched his head to the ground, and said loudly: "Li Ruosong, a grassroots man, and his husband, Li Chengshi, welcome the imperial decree.

Lin Zhi unfolded the bright yellow imperial decree expressionlessly, and read: "Following the heavens, the emperor made a statement, Li Ruosong, a student from the Qingjiang Prefecture, is an outstanding student, the best in writing in the country, unparalleled in the court, and only when he touches ink, he mentions plum blossoms like snow." , Swipe a pen and write Liu Ruyan, deeply won my heart, especially for the number one scholar in the palace examination, rewarded with a hundred taels of gold, after receiving the order, quickly enter the palace to thank you, this is my honor."

Li Ruosong and Cheng Dong kowtowed three times before Li Ruosong said: "The grass people thank the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

Lin Zhi rolled up the imperial decree, handed it to Li Ruosong, and said, "Follow me into the palace."

Li Ruosong knelt on the ground and received the imperial edict with both hands, and said: "The grassroots obey."

Standing up, he handed the imperial decree to Chengdong. In front of everyone, Li Ruosong said to Chengdong, "My husband, please stay at home for a while, I will be back soon."

Chengdong accepted the imperial decree and said with a smile: "Husband, go at ease, I will wait for your return at home."

Back and forth, simple words, deep affection, the depth of love between the two makes people envious from the outside.

Lin Zhi had no expression from the beginning to the end, and he didn't say anything superfluous, as if he was here to proclaim the decree, and he didn't care about other things. Seeing Lin Zhi's appearance, Li Ruosong hesitated for a moment, and put the jade pendant he had prepared in his arms He took it out, put the jade pendant into Lin Zhi's hand under the cover of his sleeve, and said, "Master Lin, please go through this journey. If Master Lin is free in the future, you might as well come home for a glass of water and wine."

Lin Zhi didn't refuse the jade pendant that Li Ruosong gave him, he knew it was a good thing as soon as he touched it, it's no wonder that this man can walk so smoothly, the gift-giving ability is rare alone.

Li Ruosong followed Lin Zhi and walked towards the imperial palace. When Li Ruosong arrived, he was the only one in the big venue, and he didn't panic, standing there quietly waiting for the others to arrive.

After everyone had arrived, a group of people, under the leadership of wailang Lin Zhi, a member of the Ministry of Rituals, walked towards the Hall of Zhonghe. Under the eaves of the Hall of Harmony, Zhonghe Shaoyue was set up, and Danbi Dale was set up inside the Gate of Zhonghe. As soon as Li Ruosong and other Jinshi entered the gate of the Hall of Zhonghe, they heard bursts of ritual and music, no matter how peaceful they were before. At the moment when he heard the music, Li Ruosong was unavoidably excited, and his heart that had been floating in the air before finally settled down. It turned out that he was not dreaming, but the fact that he really passed the exam. champion.

Apart from the imperial guards, the Ministry of Rites has also been busy for several days. Early in the morning, Wan Heqing, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, began to lead people to set up a yellow case in the Zhonghe Hall and in the middle of the Dan Majesty, and the Dan Majesty set up a cloud disk. There is a colorful pavilion outside the Meridian Gate, and there is an imperial battle and drum music. Because it is a palace test, all the princes, ministers, civil and military officials of the Great Chu Dynasty are dressed in their own clothes and stand in order under Majesty Dan, waiting for the new scholars to enter the palace to express their gratitude.

Li Ruosong and other Jinshi were not directly brought into the Zhonghe Hall by Lin Zhi, but went to the side hall first to change clothes. Li Ruosong's court clothes were bright red. Wearing a crown with three branches and nine leaves, Lin Zhi caught him at the end of the Danji, and stood in turn, with Li Ruosong standing first on the right.

Emperor Cheng of Chu was sitting in the main hall, wearing a complicated and gorgeous dress. When the ceremony came, music was played outside the Hall of Harmony, and the chief eunuch blew his whip three times.The whip was all made of leather, and it was more than a zhang long. The chief eunuch held the whip and flew from the bottom to the top, and the sound of the whip was clear and sweet, resounding through the sky.

After the three whips were blown, the eight reading ministers bowed three times and nine times to the emperor. The reading ministers were officials who were responsible for reading the papers to Emperor Chu Cheng after the palace examination. Their official positions were not too high, but they were all from the top two ranks. , after the eight reading ministers saluted, the university scholar entered the hall and took out the gold list from the yellow case in Dongying, and awarded it to Wan Heqing, the Minister of Rites. On top of the yellow case in the middle of Danbi.

The moment the big gold list was placed, the music started loudly, and an official of Honglu Temple took the head armor and the second armor Jinshi to stand in place, and read out the edict: "Xuanhe 40 years to test the world's Jinshi, the first The first class is given to Jinshi and rank, the second class is awarded to Jinshi's background, the third class is awarded to Tong Jinshi's background, and the first class is No.1 Li Ruosong of Qingjiang Prefecture."

Li Ruosong was led by someone, walked out, and knelt on the left side of the imperial road. The officials of Honglu Temple continued to read: "First Class No. 2 King Ji of Kyoto." back.

"No. 3 Timu Mansion Qin Hao." Following the roll call by the officials of Honglu Temple, Qin Hao also stood up and knelt on the left side of the imperial road and later, the top three names of the first class reached That's it.

Afterwards, the Honglu Temple chanted the number [-] person waiting for someone, and the number [-] person waiting for a number of people. These people don't need to come out, they just need to kneel in the direction of Emperor Chu Cheng when calling them. That is.After the roll call ended, the sound of drum music suddenly sounded, and all the courtiers and new scholars from the university to the third rank and above knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to Emperor Chu Cheng to the sound of music.