[Red Chamber] Daiyu Reborn

Unable to rest assured of Lin Jifeng, Lin Rui hurried back after a few days; but it was not until New Year's Eve that Lin Ruhai rushed back to the capital in the dark. Setting off firecrackers, including receiving the God of Wealth in the morning on the first day of the new year... Nothing can be separated from the participation of the head of the family. "Sticks" are all ready, but after all Lin Ruhai is the man who is in charge of the house.

It was rare for Lin Ruhai to take a breath, and the maids who could see each other hurriedly handed over hot tea, which was Lin Ruhai's favorite drink, Tieguanyin. Although the tea making skills were young, but the temperature was moderate and the tea had a long-lasting aroma, Lin Ruhai savored it carefully With a sip, a gratified smile appeared on his face.

The servant girls hurriedly laughed and said: "Master, this is the tea made by the lady herself. The lady is still busy with the rewards in the outer court, so she can't serve the master herself, so she specially ordered the servants to bring it."

Although he has no children in his life, having a daughter like this is really a happy event for me when I grow old... Lin Ruhai held the elegant and warm tea bowl in his hand, feeling both emotional and sad. The joy is that his daughter has grown up, not only talented, but also with a strong personality. Gradually, he became cheerful, experienced in the palace, and improved a lot in dealing with people, speaking and manners; the sad thing is that his wife died early, and he was also suffering from chronic illness...

But Daiyu didn't have time to think so much. Lin Jifeng drove the ducks to the shelves. For the first time in two lives, she took on the responsibility of "home". Little pride.

The royal family's annual festivals are much more complicated than those of the official family. It was not until almost March that the palace sent someone to pick Daiyu into the palace, saying that the princess had passed her age and she wanted to continue her studies.On Daiyu's birthday in February, Nongyue sent a big gift, and Yunya, Yunnuo, and Lan Yiqian also expressed their opinions, but Zhen Hualian didn't seem to know this person at all——Daiyu returned to the palace with a big gift , I was really grateful to the little princess in my heart, but I also had a headache that Nongyue had caused her a lot of trouble.

In March of Yangchun, the green willows are full of vitality.In March, the capital, which is full of flowers, ushered in two happy events. First, the imperial examination, which has won all the candidates in the world, is finally about to begin; There are only two high-ranking concubines, and the rest are all inconspicuous people. The positions from the second rank to the fifth rank are full of potholes, tempting smooth radishes to sneak into the dark palace to fill the pits.

Since Lin Jifeng recovered from his injuries, Lin Rui detained him at home to read books. Whether it was visiting relatives during the New Year or doing business, Lin Rui accepted them all with a blank face, and he almost took a lock to lock his house. The disobedient nephew was locked in the study.It is not that Lin Jifeng has never resisted this kind of inhuman treatment. After he resisted by force and was captured alive, he pulled Lin Rui's armor regardless of his face. , but my shop, half of my business in the capital... Can you really guarantee that after the exam, your only nephew will not be so poor that he will sell himself to pay off the debt?"

Lin Rui is a martial artist, and the principle he pursues is to move his hands without saying anything, and he directly called a team of soldiers to surround Lin Jifeng's house, and then said with a stiff face: "If you come from the same Jinshi, you are going to be part-time." Make two cases!"

Lin Jifeng's stomach full of complaints swallowed immediately with a "gulp", and he went back into the room with a spineless awl and pierced his buttocks - being a wife is equal to marrying two daughters-in-law regardless of size, and it is also equal to being dark and weeping Later in life.

From the imperial examination to the current dynasty, only Jinshi and Mingjing are the two subjects worthy of attention. Among them, Mingjing is also called the academic department, and generally selects old scholars who have nothing to do and can only write essays; and Jinshi is also called the prime minister. Section, anyone who wants to be named a marquis and worships a prime minister must join the Jinshi section.

Lin Jifeng's test was naturally Jinshi.Candidates for imperial examinations generally come from two sources, one is students, and the other is rural tributes. The former is recommended by colleges and universities in various places, and the latter is encircled by numerous examinations from the local to the central.

Lin Jifeng was wandering at a young age, and had never experienced many exams from being a child to a tribute. The reason why he was able to participate in the imperial examination was only because he was a candidate under the name of an official school in Yunnan, although he had never attended a class—the qualification of a "student" , It was the government and academic officials who "sold" Lin Rui to him for his face and money.

The Jinshi Section is selected for the examination, divided into three classes, the first class is Jinshi and the second, the second class is Jinshi, and the third class is the same Jinshi.The first class is the champion, the second place, and the third class; the second class is collectively called Jinshi, and the number is uncertain; as for the third class, the word "tong" summarizes its true meaning: the existence of self-deception like "like a wife" is just for candidates who have landed Pull a fig leaf, or in other words, give a little face to the family background represented by them.

According to Lin Jifeng's family background, as long as he is not a fool and is not called Adou, he will at least be from a fellow Jinshi—this is why Lin Rui threatened him with this.

Daiyu in the palace was also worried about her brother's exam, but Lin Rui's relatives refused to recognize her, and even Daiyu couldn't see the face of her brother who was working hard in confinement, so she could only stay in the palace anxious; It was because the Poetry Society solved her urgent need to leave the palace, and did not force Daiyu to help her cheat, even after seeing that Daiyu was out of her mind, he pouted and patted her on the shoulder: "Don't worry, your The annoying brother will definitely not embarrass you."

Daiyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, what do you mean "brother won't embarrass her"?

Nongyue put her hands on her hips, and "educated" Daiyu triumphantly: "You should know that Jinshi's scientific examinations are poetry, articles, and political policy theory. Poetry and prose are vulgar and elegant, rough and refined. It's just a mouthful of spiritual energy. Although I haven't read the poems written by your brother, the surname Xiao said that your brother is much better than him in terms of poetry and poetry; For big things, your brother is taught by his uncle, so he must be very clear about the context of being an official; as for articles, even if he is really weaker here, the advantages of the first two are enough to even out."

Seeing that Daiyu was still frowning, Nongyue gave a "haha" smile, and smiled mysteriously: "According to reliable sources, your brother has at least [-]% chance of getting a Jinshi and the rank. Of course, the [-]% chance of losing the rank is him." Bad luck."

Daiyu made the calculations and felt strange: "Then there is still [-]%?"

Nongyue shrugged, as if thinking of something, she clenched her fists and gritted her teeth: "The other thing is that he suddenly went crazy in the examination room, disrupting the examination, beating the examiner, insulting the father, etc... Then we can only delay it." Go out and chop!"

Daiyu was stunned when she heard it, and it took her a long time to react, but she didn't know that his brother had "molested" the young lady of the Qin family, who ran out of the door like blood, and was not sure whether Nongyue was joking or intentional. Vigilant, he had to be careful and said: "My brother... Even if he has a weaker temper, he can't be... so absurd, right?"

Nongyue gave a soft and clever "hum", and the well-behaved white cat jumped into the embrace of its owner. While combing its snow-white fur, Nongyue looked at Daiyu quietly, until Daiyu felt hairy all over her body. The little princess hugged the little pet tightly, and sighed bitterly: "Hey, although they are cousins...but the difference is too big! Hey, tell me, could he be brought here?"

Daiyu: "..."

The imprisoned exam was over, and the results were announced a few days later, and the dust settled—Lin Jifeng, 19nd in the second class, Jinshi and the first.Although it is hard to compare with the 17-year-old No. [-] scholar, but for a [-]-year-old boy, such a result is already good.

Lin Rui didn't show his happiness or anger, but he finally withdrew a bunch of vicious soldiers; but Lin Jifeng was depressed at the "22" next to his name: "[-] people in the second class, all of them are two, this number... What?"

The 22nd place in the second class is a delicate position that is neither high nor low.Because Lin Jifeng was still young, the emperor planned to send him to the Economic and Economic Bureau of Zhan Shifu as an idle official. Officials only prepare for the promotion of Hanlin officials, and have no real positions.

The emperor originally wanted to help Lin Jifeng pave a path that was not too eye-catching but could lead to success, but Lin Jifeng asked Lin Rui to say: he doesn't want to go to Zhan Shifu, but wants to enter Honglu Temple and start from the bottom.

When it comes to conferring marquises and worshiping ministers, the Imperial Academy is the right way; Honglu Temple is in charge of diplomatic affairs. Although it is not very busy, there are many trivial matters.The most important thing is that there is no precedent for Honglu Temple officials to re-enter the Imperial Academy.

The original plan was disrupted, so Yun Shuo was inevitably a little annoyed, but looking at Lin Rui who was standing quietly on the steps, Yun Shuo couldn't help but think of the Zhou family. Only in this way can the imperial examination and the draft be held at the same time according to one's own arrangement, the former balances the court, and the latter balances the harem.Now that Lin Rui's prestige in the army is getting stronger, according to Taifu Zhen, Xiao Ruofan and even the Empress Dowager, Lin Jifeng is extremely talented, not inferior to the Taifu Lin Suzhe back then. Eat hard and suffer, you can be a master.Perhaps, 20 years later, the Lin family will become another Zhou family?

Thinking of this, Yun Shuo's face softened slightly. Honglu Temple is also good. Lin Jifeng is better at mediating with words than articles and poems. It is indeed more suitable for him there--the matter of foreign races is indeed a bit difficult to solve. Lin Jifeng is Lin Jifeng. Rui's nephew, with Lin Rui's military protection, must be able to deter those "friends".

Therefore, Lin Jifeng entered Honglu Temple in this way, and served as the deputy emcee of the seventh-rank ceremony, and followed the fifth-rank emcee in charge of foreign tribute matters.

The news of Lin Jifeng's entry into Honglu Temple spread quickly in the capital. He was one of the few people among the top [-] and [-] who had not entered the Imperial Academy. In the study of the palace, Shui Rong smiled lightly at Qin Keqing: "It seems that he is really for you."

Qin Keqing sat quietly on the soft couch beside her with watery eyes, silent.Back then when the foreign tribes came together to invade, they indeed named the crown prince Yunhua, but when the imperial conquest army arrived in the southwest, both Yunhua and the crown princess had been killed. Some of his students confirmed that the crown prince and the foreign tribes cooperated internally and externally, which made the entire frontier defenders Destroyed, the defenders who survived by chance said the same.However, until the end of the "counter-insurgency", the evidence of the prince's betrayal was only a few letters written by Yunhua, and even the captured enemy soldiers confessed that they only received secret letters and never met Yunhua.

No one knows exactly what happened that year... Maybe even Yunhua himself can't explain clearly.

Perhaps the foreign race concealed some facts, and Lin Jifeng entered Honglu Temple, so he could communicate with the foreign race in good faith.

Seeing Qin Keqing's silence, Shui Rong didn't say much, but returned to his seat, stroking the fragrant wooden long piano in front of him.

Shui Rong was enjoying himself, Qin Keqing quietly listened to it, and when the song was over, Shui Rong asked with a smile, "Miss Qin, how about the song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix"?"

"Live up to the reputation of being elegant and elegant as the king of Beijing." Qin Keqing tried to avoid this topic again without any trace.

Shui Rong sighed, but it was rare that he didn't have sense of humor: "Miss Qin, don't forget what I told you before, the position of Princess Beijing is open."

Qin Keqing frowned slightly. She knew that Shui Rong didn't have any charming feelings for her. When he said he wanted to marry, what he married back was only the kindness his father had shown to King Beijing back then, and his own unrestrained and unrestrained self-control heart of.

"My lord is as beautiful as a dragon and a phoenix, like a flawless pearl, how can a girl be worthy of it?" Qin Keqing stood up, smiled softly, and gave a little blessing. On the surface, she was courteous, but she was reserved and noble. "A girl doesn't want to wear an ugly face, the hatred in my heart for doing half of the red makeup of the boudoir in the capital without knowing what I can do."

Seeing her insistence, Shui Rong didn't force her, and raised her hand to imply that her family would send her away.

After returning to Qin's house, Qin Keqing sent away the people in the yard, leaving only the shopkeeper Qin Mao and the maid Mingzhu, and whispered to them: "You go to the Lin's residence for me to congratulate tomorrow, and tell him by the way that today, Wang Chong of Beijing Jing mentioned my marriage."

Qin Mao frowned, Mingzhu couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing: "Miss, you clearly know that the flirtatious boy of the Lin family has bad intentions for you, are you trying to test him, or provoking him?"

Qin Keqing glanced at her lightly, without showing any signs of expression, and continued to order softly: "This time the palace is not only for selecting concubines, but also many palace people coming in and out. The old nuns and eunuchs we want are all Keep an eye on them; but, for so many years, with such a great power, they will have many enemies, if they find someone else is watching them, don't conflict, our first priority is to protect ourselves, understand?"

"Understood, don't worry, girl." Qin Mao responded to Ming Zhu seriously.

"One more thing—whether it's Shui Rong or Lin Jifeng, don't let Yue'er have too much contact with them." Qin Keqing slightly brushed her hair from the sideburns, her eyes were light, like clear water, touching but cold-hearted, "Whether How, as a sister, I hope that my sister can live a healthy life."