The Heart of the Red Chamber

Perhaps, things like plots always come when you don’t expect them. When Chen Jingrong thought that Wang Ren could start preparing for the hospital exam, there was news from Rongguo’s mansion that after a concubine of Jia Amnesty gave birth to a daughter, Then she passed away, and the daughter was named Yingchun after Yuanchun, and she was still raised by the old lady's side, who made the big house not have a decent mistress!Of course, from this, Jia Amnesty also had the idea of ​​continuing to marry.

And when Wang Ren knew that Mrs. Wang was pregnant again when her eldest son was almost 15 years old, she was already very calm. In any case, as the protagonist, it is not so easy to be dropped by the clouds.

No matter what era you are in, the exam is always a difficult thing, especially in this age when the exam time is very long and you have to bring your own dry food and toilet. The county exam is okay, although there are five exams, but because the exam time is in February , although it was a bit colder, but at least there would be no mosquitoes and flies, but when we arrived at the test site, it was already April. At this time, the weather had already warmed up, and the test room was full of weird and unpleasant smells. There were flies flying around from time to time, and the sun was a little more enthusiastic. In the afternoon, the location of the examination room was not very good, and it was almost sunburned.

This is already relatively simple in the imperial examination. At least you can go back to sleep after the exam every day, and you don’t need to live in the exam room to torture your nerves. However, there are still many people who fell down in the exam room.

Wang Ren looked at the old Tongsheng who had passed the exam for who knows how many years and was dragged out because of being sunburned, crying and sighing in his heart.This is actually unavoidable. These years, the entrance examination for higher education is more stringent than the college entrance examination. It is just the government examination. Thousands of children from more than a dozen counties in Chang'an area have to take reference. However, each time only Fifty students will be admitted, unless you have a good reincarnation, someone in your family will let you directly become a student supervisor, or you are very rich and well-connected, so you are eligible to donate a student supervisor, otherwise, you can only fight for this few percent of admissions Rate up.

It was already the fourth day after the third round of the policy theory test. In the afternoon, someone had already rang the bell to hand in the test papers one after another. Wang Ren carefully checked the test papers again to see if there were any words or typos that needed to be avoided, and then he was very nervous. He simply pulled the brass bell on the wall, and soon an officer came over. Seeing that although Wang Ren was young, the clothes on his body were not old, but the material was very good, so he knew that Wang Ren was of extraordinary background, so , the attitude could not help being a little more cautious, and carefully came over to blur the name, and took the test paper away.

Wang Ren stood up, picked up the basket he had brought in, and Shi Shiran walked out of the examination room.

Chi Yan was walking back and forth outside the line of martial law, and when he saw Wang Ren coming out, he hurried up to meet him, took the basket in Wang Ren's hand, and said, "Master, do you want some water?"

Wang Ren's spirit was not bad, and he said, "Let's talk after we get in the carriage!"

Holding the inkstone followed step by step. Seeing that Wang Ren was in a good mood, he knew that Wang Ren was quite sure, and he was quite happy in his heart. The master is promising, and he is also a servant. However, there is a big difference between a patriarch who is a high official and a patriarch who can only play his temper at home.

The Wang family's carriage was waiting at the corner of the intersection. The driver was an old man from the Wang family named Zhou Ping. When he saw Wang Ren coming, he quickly put the low stool on the ground, helped Wang Ren get into the carriage, and said, "Mr. Let's go, even though it's only April, the sun on the west mountain is poisonous!"

Chi Yan followed Wang Ren into the carriage, took the water bag from the carriage wall, soaked a veil, and handed it to Wang Ren, Wang Ren took it with his hand, wiped his face, Chi Yan took the veil, put it aside, He took out a purple sand tea set from the hidden compartment of the carriage, poured Wang Ren a cup of tea, and said, "Drink first, sir, it's freshly brewed honeysuckle tea, it's still warm!"

Wang Ren took the cup, drank a couple of sips, and put it aside. The taste in the tribute courtyard was rather bad, and Wang Ren didn't like to eat, so he could only drink more water. Yes, therefore, it is inevitable to get a little angry, just drink some honeysuckle tea to defeat the anger.

When I got home, Wang Ziteng and Mrs. Sun were there, and Mrs. Sun was not in a hurry to ask how the exam was, but just said: "Ren'er, someone has prepared hot water, you go back to your room to take a shower and change your clothes." Bar!"

Wang Ziteng was not in a hurry, he still knew a little about his son's level. According to Chen Jingrong, as long as Wang Ren was not kicked in the head by a donkey, it would be more than enough to be a scholar, but it was just a matter of ranking.

Wang Ren responded and went back to his room to take a shower.

After taking a good hot bath and changing out of the clothes that seemed to smell a little bit bad, it was already half an hour later, Wang Ren went to the main room with his damp hair on his head.

Mrs. Sun couldn't hold back in the end: "Ren'er, how do you feel?"

Wang Ren nodded: "My son thinks it's okay, he should be able to pass!"

Mrs. Sun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good!" She gave Wang Ziteng a look and said, "Actually, according to my opinion, your father is also a third-rank official at any rate, and he also has a place for shelter, so you can go directly to the Imperial Academy to study." That's it, why bother working so hard!"

Wang Ziteng snorted softly: "A woman's opinion, Jiansheng and Gongsheng, can it be the same? If you don't try your hand before, you take the provincial examination at the beginning, and you can't get used to it for a while. If something goes wrong, you won't have time to cry." Woolen cloth!"

It's not that Mrs. Sun doesn't understand this truth, it's just that although Wang Ren is in good spirits, after the exam, he inevitably looks haggard and feels a little distressed.

Wang Ziteng didn't say any more: "It's getting late, let's eat first! When you're done, write down the strategies and theories you made, and let me have a look!"

"Well, my son knows!" Wang Ren was used to the idea of ​​being a father these days. In front of his son, he never said anything to express his feelings directly.

The dinner was very sumptuous, Mrs. Sun felt sorry for her son, so most of the dishes on the table were Wang Ren's favorite dishes, a plate of green leek and fresh shrimp, a bowl of assorted tofu, a bowl of cherry meat, a plate of steamed mandarin fish, and a bowl of stewed mandarin fish in oil. Spring bamboo shoots, a bowl of pheasant soup.

Although the dishes on the table can be said to be delicious, it is a pity that Wang Ren's appetite is not very good after he just came back from the Gongyuan, so he didn't eat much. Although Mrs. Sun was a little worried, Wang Ziteng also asked about it. It's normal, and it's not bad. After leaving the examination room, some people sleep for a few days without water or rice.

After dinner, Wang Ziteng asked someone to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, watched Wang Ren write the content of the exam silently, read it for himself, and put down most of his thoughts. Lai could still see that Wang Ren was a relatively safe person, so the essays he wrote were relatively well-regulated, and there was nothing unusual about them. In this way, no matter what kind of examiner he met, at least it would not cause any controversy.

Wang Ziteng nodded slightly, and said: "You can show it to Mr. Chen later, and just listen to what he means!"

Mrs. Sun was a little nervous. Is this good or bad?

Soon Wang Ziteng said there again: "If there are no accidents, there will be no problems in the government examination. In two months, it will be the hospital examination. You should study hard these days, don't relax! "

"Son respectfully obeys father's instruction!" Wang Ren nodded and agreed.

Wang Ren had a good night's sleep, and the next day he was refreshed. He greeted Wang Ziteng and Mrs. Sun, and went to the Chen Mansion to find Mr. Chen after breakfast.

Unexpectedly, just as he was leaving the house, he saw a horse stop in front of his house, and the person riding the horse was Lai Da, the chief steward of Rongguo Mansion.

When Wang Fu saw Lai Da, he hurriedly asked, "It turns out to be Housekeeper Lai, but what's the matter with your residence?"

Lai Da's face was full of joy: "Isn't it? Last night, the second wife gave birth to a brother, and the old lady asked me to announce the good news to my uncle and wife!"