The world of rebirth

Thanks to the grand ceremony to be held this time, Ning Yunjin finally found the feeling of visiting the Forbidden City.After his rebirth, he regretted a little. Back then, there were too many tourists in the Forbidden City, so he only visited it once.

Anyone who has been to the Forbidden City knows that it is usually entered from ***, and then toured along the central axis. The first waiting point is the well-known Meridian Gate - the ticket office of the Forbidden City is here.Tourists can naturally enter through the middle door opening openly, but in the imperial power society, only the emperor can usually enter and exit there.

If the queue time at the Meridian Gate is long enough, careful tourists will find that although the Meridian Gate has only three openings from the front, there are actually two Ye gates on the east and west platforms. will only open when.

Ning Yunjin followed the civil and military officials to walk through the left gate, through the deep doorway, you can see the Gate of Supreme Harmony, and then you can see the square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, which is full of white jade railings and carved dragon pillars. The magnificent palace at the end of the palace is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the most majestic building in Miyagi.

If there are tourists taking pictures everywhere in modern times, even the pair of bronze lions will not be let go. In such a noisy atmosphere, apart from feeling that the palace is magnificent and majestic, people will definitely not feel the slightest fear of imperial power.

However, at this time when all civil and military officials, public officials and nobles were all standing solemnly, Ning Yunjin followed the Honglu Temple officials singing and acting, prostrating three times and standing in shifts, watching the tribute students around him so excited that they threw themselves to the ground, even Some burst into tears, and the fear and worship of the supreme imperial power made him calm down even more.

Ning Yunjin understood the agitation of these people, because he also had a heart of disobedience in such an atmosphere.But now he is deeply afraid, just like what his grandfather and father taught, in this society where the imperial power is supreme but not in troubled times, losing the heart of fear will only make him irreparable, he once again secretly warned For myself, no matter how much Wenzhen treats me differently now, I can't forget that man is the emperor after all!

Gongsheng students like Ning Yunjin and the others were already standing at the end of the square, unable to see what was going on inside the hall at all, so they could only kneel outside and wait for the ceremony to end.Finally, the drums sounded again, and Ning Yunjin saw his great-grandfather tremblingly walk out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, unfolded a beautiful yellow book, and read out, "All Gong students, listen to the announcement!"

Even though the square was so quiet that only the sound of everyone's breathing was heard, Zuo Shiheng's tiny voice couldn't reach the square at all, but eunuchs had already stood up in different positions and passed on messages floor by floor, and soon Ning Yunjin and the others who were standing on the tail They also heard Zuo Shiheng's words, and immediately lifted their spirits.

"...Today the 19-year palace examination is over. His Majesty will test the tribute students from all over the world. He will bestow a first-class Jinshi and No.3..." He spoke very slowly, and he would stop for a while when he said a sentence, and waited for the voice to be layered. Sending it out, it is obvious that you have already mastered the way of proclaiming the decree.

"... Among them, No. 1 in the First Grade of Palace Examination..." He paused for a long time after reading this, and first proudly glanced in the direction of Gongsheng—even though he couldn't even see the sesame-sized dots clearly, he proudly Glancing at the silent colleagues around him, he cleared his throat and said loudly, "Ning Yunjin!"

Although Ning Yunjin had already made up his mind, there were too many variables in the exam, and it was only at this moment that his heart fell to the ground and he showed a satisfied smile.

"Ning Yunjin, the No.1 tribute student of Xuan Yijia, has an audience!"

During the chanting of the eunuchs, there was only one voice echoing in the entire square for a while, Xu Youyou and Sun Benshan patted Ning Yunjin excitedly, and whispered, "Congratulations Yunjin, don't be dazed anymore, hurry up! "

Ning Yunjin stood up and saw that it was Huang Jin who came to pick him up, he quickly cupped his hands, and said in a low voice, "I don't know the rules, I hope Mr. Huang will discipline me!"

"Even if you become the number one scholar, you don't have to be so polite with our family!" Huang Jin smiled and said, "Follow our family into the palace to thank you."

At this time, Zuo Shiheng's declaration had not yet ended, and everyone was still kneeling. When he walked behind Huang Jin to the steps in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Ning Yunjin looked at the dark head, and his heart There was a sense of strangeness and bewilderment.He knows that from the moment he takes the first step, it means that he will step into the officialdom, and his ambitions and ideals will be associated with Wenzhen's honor and trust. go.

When stepping on the stairs, Ning Yunjin's steps began to calm down, with a firm smile on his face, he calmly walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony under the watchful eyes of all the officials.

Huang Jin took him directly to the center of the hall, and told him loudly like a mosquito, "Kowtow and thank you."

Ning Yunjin hastily followed his instructions, and after he had bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to thank him during the ceremony, Huang Jin glanced in the direction of the third rank, and finally led him to the sixth rank of the left class.

It is not unreasonable to say that Huang Jin's entanglement is not unreasonable, it is really that Ning Yunjin, the new champion of the department, is too special.Generally speaking, Zhuangyuan Lang's rank is the sixth rank, but Ning Yunjin not only won the third rank in a row, but also has the title of first rank light car captain, so it is really difficult to arrange him.

Ning Yunjin knew that it would be too eye-catching for a child like him to be the third-rank leader at such a time when hundreds of officials gathered, so he bowed his hand to Huang Jin cryptically, thanking the other party for his protection.

The decree was facing the outside of the hall, so everyone in the hall was still standing. Ning Yunjin was not interested in the surrounding decorations at all, but just looked at his nose, nose, nose, and heart, showing an indifferent smile with the corners of his eyes downcast.

His lack of curiosity does not mean that others are not interested in him. In fact, everyone including Wen Zhen is looking at Ning Yunjin with the eyes of watching and protecting animals.

After all, he didn't mourn Ouhou in an open and honest manner, and it's really not good to wear plain clothes for occasions like palace examinations.The Ning family paid too much attention to him, and they all expected that he would really win the first prize. In order to make him look not shabby when he went to court, they began to dress up around him early in the morning.

Ning Yunjin was wearing a set of wide-sleeved gowns with dark blue borders on a white background, on which was embroidered a picture of green pines welcoming the sun in a snow scene, and the right half of the clothes was embroidered with vigorous green pines with silk threads. The green pine needles exposed from the snow can be seen, and on his left chest is a red sun rising from behind the snow-capped mountains. It shines with the green pine.

This dress was custom-made by the old lady from Jiangnan. Three or four top embroiderers have been taking turns to embroider since last year's provincial examination. It was only completed and transported to the capital a few days ago, which shows how rare this dress is.

On weekdays, most of Ning Yunjin's hair is tied up. This kind of the simplest cloth crown can barely tie the hair tightly. It is really not very easy to use in such a formal occasion!You must know that the ancients were very particular about headgear. Even men treasured their hair very much. They tied their hair and wore crowns and even had hairpins. If they were bald without any decoration or disheveled on big occasions, they would be despised by others. of.

However, Ning Yunjin's age is only fourteen even if calculated according to the false age. Not only is he far from the age of the weak crown, he can't even have fifteen locks of hair. According to normal customs, he can only choose to let his hair go, or He can only choose Nezha's hairstyle, which he naturally dislikes very much.

In the end, Ning Taoxu made the decision and asked him to wear a headband.It was a custom before the Shang and Zhou dynasties for men to wear hoops on their heads. Nowadays, only the priests of the ancestral temple would dress like this, but this is a relatively popular hairstyle, and it will not look obtrusive.

So Xi Yan gathered Ning Yunjin's hair in front of her forehead with skillful hands, braided a small braid on the left and right sides, then gathered it into a braid at the back of her head to the end of her hair, and then decorated it with jasper rings at the intersection of the braids. Another string of finely crushed green jade pendants was tied.On his forehead is a two-finger-wide bronze headband inlaid with red, blue and green gemstones - this is Ning Taoxu's collection, a genuine Xia Dynasty antique.

Ning Yunjin's figure is already taller than his peers, and this simple hairstyle makes him look elegant and agile, as if he is a beautiful boy who has stepped out of an ancient painting!

When he was walking or saluting, the ring on his body made a slight crisp sound, but the sound was extraordinarily clear and leisurely, as if it had been unintentionally composed into music.

Such an excellent attire complements Ning Yunjin's already unrivaled appearance in the capital. Naturally, it is extraordinarily eye-catching, and almost everyone can't take their eyes off him. If you don't admire him, this person is simply God's darling—the talent, appearance, and ability are all outstanding, such a person actually exists!

Although Ning Yunjin was originally very famous in the capital because of Wenxiangju, the newspaper office, etc., but it was like "the son of a colleague and friend" or "I know someone" who were so familiar. Even if they really came into the sight of civil and military officials, all the people sighed that being famous is not as good as meeting each other.

Ning Yunjin didn't feel that the sights falling on him were less until the No.2 Xu Yong's interview was read out, but there was still one of the most piercing sights falling on him, which made him ignore it even if he wanted to.He had no choice but to raise his head to meet that line of sight, but ended up meeting Wen Zhen's line of sight.

Noticing that Wen Zhen was looking at him with a smile, Ning Yunjin felt a chill, and when Xu didn't have to enter the hall to kowtow, he quickly looked away.

The next one who was announced was No.3, a man named Hu Rui. When that man's hands and feet were stiff, and he was brought into the hall with an excited expression like sleepwalking, Ning Yunjin was dumbfounded. He really didn't want to do anything. That boy turned out to be Tanhua Jinke!

Ning Yunjin's good mood of winning the first prize suddenly became a little gloomy, and now he can only hope that this person will not be a talkative one.

It was not easy to wait until the third list of Jinshi finished thanking him, and the grand ceremony was over, and Wen Zhen returned to the palace in his father's hand.All the officials in the hall came down quickly one after another, and surrounded the examinees to congratulate them.

Of course, the most beautiful person today is naturally Ning Yunjin, because he is not only the champion of the new division, but also won three consecutive prizes, breaking the record for the youngest champion in the two dynasties. It's the first one!

Well-informed people understand that the Second Young Master Ning holds a lot of weight in the emperor's heart. Now that he is on the official career, he must have a prosperous official career. Coupled with the background of the Ning family, no matter who he is, he will think highly of him. Therefore, Ning Yunjin was almost surrounded by the envious and jealous eyes of other Jinshi.

Some people who can't squeeze into that circle or those who hold their own identities even start to save the country and go to Ning Taoxu and Ning Jingxian to congratulate them. They can't praise the younger ones. Wouldn't it be better to get along with the old ones, and there are also quick-witted ones? Already starting to make small calculations, the second child of the Ning family doesn't seem to be engaged yet!