The Heart of the Red Chamber

Unsurprisingly, Wang Ren's results in the rural examination were very good, and his ranking was quite high. Wang Zhong, who went to see the list, grinned to the ears when he came back: "Madam, second wife, uncle is No. 7 in the rural examination!"

Mrs. Sun also smiled happily: "Okay, Wang Zhong, you go to the cashier to get a reward of ten taels of silver, and the servants in the mansion will double their monthly money this month!"

Mrs. Shi pinched the veil at the side, covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Sister-in-law, you must not forget the Lord, brother Ren doesn't know yet!"

Mrs. Sun also laughed: "That's right, I'm so confused, if my siblings hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten it! Jinse, hurry up and report the good news to the uncle!"

A very beautiful maid responded crisply, and quickly retreated to Wang Ren's yard.

Wang Ren is also pretending to be calm at the moment. No matter what, even when the gold content of the Jinshi Juren has dropped a bit, Juren can be regarded as a member of the bureaucratic class. directly awarded the official position.Therefore, although Mrs. Sun asked him to wait for the news in the main room after paying his respects to Madam Sun in the morning, Wang Ren seemed to refuse indifferently, but in fact he regretted it a little when he returned to his yard. Copying the "Heart Sutra", but because of restlessness, the handwriting is a little scattered.

Jinse came in now and saluted Wang Ren: "Master, Madam asked the servants to congratulate the uncle. The uncle won the exam, No. 7 in the provincial examination!"

Wang Ren heaved a sigh of relief, and put the pen in his hand on the pen stand beside him, and said with a smile, "Well, thank you, sister Jinse!" As he said this, he gestured with his eyes, and Xue He, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly brought a silver pen The bag was stuffed into Jinse's hand: "I'm sorry to bother my sister to make this trip! This is the uncle who invited my sister to have tea!"

Wang Ren has always been generous, Jinse took the purse, squeezed it slightly, and was overjoyed, there were a few pouches in it, even if it was silver, it was almost a tael, which was worth a month's money for her.

After Jinse left, several maidservants in Wang Ren's yard started chattering and ran over to congratulate Wang Ren. Wang Ren was in a good mood and said directly, "Okay, everyone in our yard will pay another month's money. Get out of my private room!"

As soon as this sentence came out, the little maids became more happy one by one.

Wang Ren chatted and laughed with a few maidservants for a while, then went to the main room to look for Mrs. Sun: "Mother, my son was able to win the election, thanks to the merits of Mr. My son wants to go to Mr.'s house to say good news and thank you!"

Mrs. Sun nodded with satisfaction: "This is as it should be. I heard that Mr. Chen likes Dong Qichang's handwriting. I happen to have a pair of "Arhat Praise" written by Dong Qichang here. You can take it to Mr. Chen for appreciation!"

Wang Ren nodded, took the gift prepared by Mrs. Sun, and went directly to the Chen Mansion.

Chen Zhong happened to see Wang Ren coming over with a gift, and greeted him with a smile: "It turns out that Master Ren is here, why is he still carrying something, please come in!"

Wang Ren said with a smile: "Uncle Zhong, isn't this the announcement today? I was lucky enough to be selected. Isn't this here to thank the teacher for his teaching! Is the teacher at home?"

"It turns out that Young Master Ren is now Master Juren, and this old slave congratulates Young Master Ren!" Chen Zhong smiled like a flower blooming on his face, "The second master is in the room right now, this old slave will bring Young Master Ren there! "

"Then trouble Uncle Zhong!" Wang Ren said with a smile.

Although Chen Jingrong said that his nephew became the emperor, unlike Chen Jingyi who was getting more and more busy, he seemed to be more leisurely. Apart from going to the Imperial Academy, he spent most of his time in the mansion. Now seeing Wang Ren coming over happily, he couldn't help laughing and said: " Ren'er is so happy, it must be on the list!"

Wang Ren smiled and put the gift on the table beside him: "Thanks to Mr., I got No.7 by luck!"

Chen Jingrong nodded: "Well, it's not bad!" Then his eyes fell on the gift box on the table, and he said with a smile: "Why are you so angry today, you still come to give me a gift, sir!"

Wang Ren said with a smile: "Sir, the students have never regarded Mr. as an outsider? This is Dong Qichang's "Arhat Praise". Mr. has always liked Dong characters. Isn't this here for Mr. to taste?"

Chen Jingrong burst out laughing: "Could it be the "Han Palace Spring Dawn Picture" like last time again! You boy, last time the Wu family was taken seriously!"

Wang Ren thought that not many people knew about it, so he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassing: "Who would have thought that there is no one in the Wu family who knows the goods, and they just stuffed that thing into the Wanshou ceremony as an authentic work!"

Speaking of this, Wang Ren was a little nervous: "Sir, you know everything, and His Majesty knows it too? You don't have any opinion of me, do you?"

"You're only worried about this now, it's too late!" Chen Jingrong patted Wang Ren's head, and said seriously, "The Holy Majesty is not happy with the Wu family being so domineering. Most of the people who participated in this matter were heroes, so I don’t blame you. However, this kind of cleverness is not on the stage, so it’s okay! The first time you can say that you have a flexible mind and know how to change. If you do it again, others will It would be useless to say that you are stuck in a secret path!"

Wang Ren was also a little scared, so he quickly stood up and said seriously: "Student understands, there will never be a next time!"

"That's good!" Chen Jingrong nodded, and said, "You are now a Juren, even if your father is not a big man, he is not far behind, you must be more cautious in your words and deeds in the future, don't be caught by others! "

Wang Ren nodded: "Student, thank Mr. Guo for your suggestion!"

"Okay, I won't mention those things today! Let's take a look at the "Arhat Chan" you brought first!" Chen Jingrong quickly changed the topic and said with a smile.

Wang Ren cleverly opened the gift box, took out a scroll inside, unfolded it slowly, and said: "Sir, this is definitely an authentic work. Look, how exquisite the writing is, how elegant and ethereal it is. It is called peerless elegance! Who can imitate such elegance and mellowness!"

Chen Jingrong carefully looked at the words in the scroll, and finally sighed: "It really is an authentic work! Dong Qichang, although his character is not good, but no matter how he paints, no one can match it! Hey, Ren'er, you will be an official in the future. How, there should be no problems with character, like Dong Qichang and Cai Jing, even if they are talented, so what!"

"Students would like to be taught!" Wang Ren stood up again and bowed deeply to Chen Jingrong.

"Okay, get up! It's just a casual talk! Ren'er, even if you're not a good person, you're not a villain! It's useless to worry about being a teacher!" Chen Jingrong helped Wang Ren up, and said with a light smile, " Let’s not talk about these disappointing words today. It happened that someone sent a few big carps from the Yellow River. I also have a cook who is very good at cooking fish. You can stay and try it! I will tell you about your master. matter!"

"Mr. really understands me. I'm here just to wait for a meal?" Wang Ren said with a playful smile.

"It's really thick-skinned!" Chen Jingrong laughed heartily.