The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

The servants Ji Heng sent to the Xu family failed to bring back any news. The Xu family said that Xu Qilang was suffering from chickenpox, and they had two old mothers who had chickenpox take care of them. The Qin family also stayed with Xu Qilang most of the time. In the house, very little time is spent dealing with things.

Because of the strict management of the Xu family, the other servants, even the servant girls around Xu Qilang, were not able to visit him, so the people sent by Ji Heng couldn't find any news.

But the more this happened, the more suspicious Ji Heng became.

But in the end, it was just suspicion, and no evidence was obtained.

The palace examination was held on April 21st, and after checking the papers overnight, the results came out in the morning of the second day.

Because there was Ji Heng's paper in the palace examination, the emperor asked him to seal the candidate's birthplace, name and other information before showing him the palace examination paper. It was the emperor himself who admitted that the relationship between him and Ji Heng was indeed unusual.

On the morning of the 22nd, Lord Ouyang, the chief examiner, took the two deputy chief examiners and took the test papers of the top ten to the emperor, asking the emperor to pick the top three from the top ten, and the examiners sorted the latter ones.

Speaking of before, when Mr. Li Ge was in power, the cabinet drafted the top ten papers for the tributes, and finally told the emperor. I went to show the list to the emperor, but I didn't expect the emperor to lose his temper directly, which meant that he was also coerced in the palace examination results. The current cabinet minister Wen Ge is always a person with a weak personality and wants to be stable in everything, afraid of the emperor Get angry again, so the result of this palace test is that the emperor can directly decide by himself, and the cabinet doesn't care.

The emperor flipped through all the ten examination papers, and the three adults stood in front of them and waited for more than half an hour. Then the emperor selected the number one, second place and Tanhua from inside.

After ordering, he handed it directly to Lord Ouyang, who bowed to pick it up, and the emperor said, "Show me the list later."

He had a lot of expectations. In his heart, Ji Heng was the best existence. He felt that Ji Heng's must be among the ten papers. However, Ji Heng's words this time did not use his usual expressions at all. , so the emperor couldn't see which one, he chose according to what he thought was good or bad, and then, like a scholar who was looking forward to the result, he looked forward to the final list.

Lord Ouyang took two assistants, and after setting the final ranking, he and several examiners unwrapped the envelopes on the paper. Out of a kind of expectation, it was the top three at the beginning. When No.1 was Ji Heng in Xinghua, Jiangsu, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay at first, and then Mr. Ouyang stroked his beard and said, "Don't look straight, the emperor is waiting for the list, so hurry up and get it all settled." .”

No one said that there was something strange about Ji Hengzhong's number one scholar, because before showing the paper to the emperor, Mr. Ouyang and all the examiners present had already ranked several places. There is no controversy, so it can be seen that everyone has recognized the leader's paper, and the emperor has also chosen it, so naturally there is nothing tricky about it.

However, the imperial examination questions were determined by the emperor. If the emperor had given the questions to Ji Heng in advance, and there were so many Qing guests in Ji's mansion, it would not be too difficult for everyone to come up with a number one scholar paper. However, guessing like this is inevitable. It's too immeasurable, besides, Ji Heng was able to pass Jieyuan in the township examination, and his answers to the test papers are very standard in every aspect, which shows that this person is indeed a bit dark.

The most admirable thing is that he was able to write every character in the most standardized pavilion style, and when he found two identical characters, they were almost exactly the same, without any difference. It can be seen that Ji Heng's rigor was unbelievable. This is really speechless.

At noon on the 22nd, the emperor got the list. He only looked at the top ten names. Seeing that Ji Heng was at the top of the list, he just looked at it blankly. Master Ouyang stood in front of him and secretly glanced at him. What is the mood of the emperor, is he happy or unhappy, or did he miss any questions for Ji Heng, or not.

Although the emperor's face is deep and unpredictable, his heart is actually full of joy. There is a villain dancing on his heart, which makes him itch. At this time, what he misses the most is that Ji Heng is right next to him. In front of him, he pulled him into his arms, rubbed him hard, kissed him as much as he wanted, gnawed him as much as he wanted, and pulled him into his arms not to let go.

Lord Ouyang saw that the emperor did not move, and looked at the list as if he was thinking deeply, so he was a little uneasy again, wondering if the emperor was questioning the list, so he tried his best to calm himself and said, "Your Majesty, if you can , please put the jade seal on it, and this list will be copied and posted tomorrow morning."

In fact, the emperor wasn't thinking deeply at all, but was scratching his head and lusting after Ji Heng's name. He was a little dissatisfied when Lord Ouyang interrupted him, but he was happy to be able to suppress everything. He took After picking up the big jade seal, he got up and dipped the inkpad himself, and stamped the jade seal seal on it.

Master Ouyang was relieved in his heart, the emperor asked him to take the list away and transcribe it, and then send the list back, along with the original examination paper of Yijia.

After Mr. Ouyang agreed, he took the list respectfully, then stepped back to the door, and then turned and left.

As a cabinet minister, Mr. Ji got the news of this Jinshi list very quickly. He was still on duty in Wenyuan Pavilion and did not go back. A subordinate official who wanted to curry favor with him ran in and said with a smile, "Congratulations Ji My lord, Young Master Ling has won the top prize this time, and won the first prize."

Mr. Ji knew that his son was extraordinary, but he never thought that he could win the first prize, so he was stunned. At this time, the other ministers in the room and the ministers in other rooms also got the news and came over to confront him. He is constantly complimented and congratulated.

After Mrs. Ji thanked everyone, he didn't go home until his duty time was over. Although he tried his best to be calm and indifferent, he almost tripped over the threshold when he went out, and almost slipped when he got into the carriage. A fall is enough to show that he was not as calm and indifferent as he appeared on the surface. Regarding his son winning the first prize, he didn't think it was the ancestral grave that was smoking, but felt that the Ji clan had two children in the current dynasty. Being the number one scholar can be said to be the honor of the Ji family for a hundred years, and now he is the second assistant, which can be said to be extremely honorable. What is needed now is not to forge ahead, but to be stable. .

The Ji family's limelight may have overwhelmed all the nobles in Beijing, and this is already at its peak.And Mr. Ji asked that his family would not fall to the bottom immediately after rising to the top.

Ji Heng was at Xu's house again at this time, and wanted to find out how Xu Qilang was doing.

If Xu Qilang really had chickenpox, he was also very afraid that something would happen to him, and even worried that he would scratch the pimple and leave a scar, let alone something more serious; if Xu Qilang didn't really have chickenpox , but was controlled by his parents and was not allowed to participate in the palace examination. Then, he also wanted to know what happened, and whether Xu Qilang was good or bad.

But this time, he was stopped in the courtyard outside, and Ji Heng was not allowed to enter the garden inside.

Mrs. Qin asked Ji Heng to sit in the living room, and said, "I still have a faint fever, but it finally subsided a little compared to the previous few days, which is much better. I have to let a strong woman watch over me these days." He can do it, otherwise he will stretch out his hands to scratch the itch, which is not something that can be scratched, and it will leave scars. After a few days when he recovers, someone will invite you to come here, and you will be spared The sky has been running this way."

Qin's words were impeccable, Ji Heng had no choice but to leave again.

I think it will be better to see the situation in a few days.

Just as Ji Heng returned home, he was grabbed by the Xu family who ran out happily. Everyone was smiling. Ji Heng was stunned for a moment, knowing what was going on in his heart, and said, "Could it be that you have already been off the list?"

Mrs. Xu dragged him into the inner courtyard, and said as he walked, "The list hasn't been posted yet, which means it will be posted early tomorrow morning, but news has already spread that you won the first prize."

Xu's eyebrows were beaming, wishing he could hug his son into his arms and kiss him desperately for a while.

Ji Heng was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "Ah, the leader. I haven't thought about it."

When he usually writes to the emperor, he always has some language addiction in it. He is afraid that the emperor will recognize his paper. He used the most regular way of answering the questions, absolutely without any language addiction. Unexpectedly, he was selected as the number one scholar. He felt a little unbelievable, so he asked Xu, "Who sent this news back, can it be untrue?"

Xu Shi said, "How could it be untrue? It was someone sent by your teacher, Master Ouyang, the examiner."

Ji Heng didn't expect that such an upright person as Mr. Ouyang would come to do such a thing that was obviously to please his family, but he didn't think too much about it, just smiled and said, "Father doesn't know when he will come back, we will be together at home at night Let's eat."

Xu said, "Naturally, we should celebrate well. After the list is released tomorrow, there must be many congratulators. Then please go to the restaurant. We can't entertain at home."

Ji Heng put away his smile again, sighed softly, and said, "With Qilang's literary talents, I think it's safe to enter the second class, but he picked up chickenpox at this time."

Xu's expression also darkened, and said, "This is fate."

If Xu Qilang can be on the list, Xu will definitely be happier. After all, Xu Qilang was also brought up by her. She brought up two Jinshi at once, and one of them was the number one scholar. This must be a great skill.

Ji Heng was not at all ecstatic about winning the No. [-] prize. After Mr. Ji returned home, he just talked about it with him in a flat manner. When you become a Jinshi and enter the officialdom, you always have to be justified."

Mr. Ji could hear the faint sarcasm in Ji Heng's words, and it was only because Mr. Ji sent his son to the palace to be a companion to read that Ji Heng was suspected of being dishonest.

That night, Ji's family celebrated happily at home. Ji Heng's excellence put a lot of pressure on Aunt Liu. After seeing Brother Ying, Brother Ying was indeed incomparably smarter than ordinary people. He was only seven years old and already familiar with it. She has read the Analects of Confucius and Mencius, and can compose poems, but compared with Ji Heng, Liu Yiniang still feels inferior.

So she was not very happy this day.

The fifth sister has already made a kiss, and it was said during the Spring Festival that she was with the third son of a noble Hanlin family. There are people who are famous and famous, and they also refer to this year's Chun Wei, but they didn't win, but he is only 20 years old, still young, and there are still many opportunities in the future, so he is not too sad.

The fifth sister saw Ji Heng so proud, but her fiancé failed the rankings, she didn't feel jealous, but felt that she had never seen Ji Heng live a day of easy life, and couldn't help but think that his husband might be the same, and he would marry him in the future , it doesn't mean that he must be an official, it would be nice if he could live a little life.

Accustomed to seeing the hard work of her father and brother at home, and her elder sister's careful and deliberate steps in the palace, she has no pursuit of power.