The Heart of the Red Chamber

On the day of the palace examination, Wang Ziteng asked Wang Ren to sit in the same car with him, and they went to Miyagi together.

At this time, the sky was still dark, and an oil lamp was lit in the carriage, reflecting the father and son's complexion. Wang Ziteng looked at his son's childish face, and said softly, "Ren'er, don't be nervous in the imperial examination today. Although my father can't invigilate the examination in the Tai Chi Hall, but the emperor and the holy majesty will be there today, and being a father will always have some face in the hearts of the two Long Lives, as long as the benevolent children don't make mistakes, a Jinshi will never be able to escape!"

Wang Ren nodded: "My son understands, he must do his best!"

Wang Ziteng looked at Wang Ren with satisfaction, and his heart was full of pride. Although he said that because he was not born in the orthodox imperial examinations, he might not be able to achieve the ultimate level of being a courtier in this life, but although his son is still young now, he is still very young among the people he knows. , whose son is better than his son, the more he thinks about it, the more proud he becomes.

At the gate of the palace, the father and son got out of the car, Wang Ziteng went to the cabinet, and Wang Ren was also led to the Tai Chi Hall.

At this moment, there are already many people in front of the Tai Chi Hall. In order to make a good impression on the emperor, these future disciples of the emperor, even if they are not dressed luxuriously, they still try their best to tidy themselves up as smooth as possible. Wang Ren even Smelling the scent of incense powder from the person next to him, he couldn't help but feel a little dumbfounded.

Fortunately, these days, the emperor had to get up early even if he went to bed late, so, not long after, a big eunuch came out of the hall and let the candidates enter.

Throughout the dynasties, it has been regarded as excellent for scholars. Therefore, it is rare to have a lot of tables and stools in the Tai Chi Hall. Although they are relatively low, they can still allow candidates to sit down and answer questions.

Sure enough, in addition to the emperor who was supposed to appear on the stage, the Supreme Emperor also showed up, and the emperor complimented him over there: "Thanks to the great blessing of the father, a total of [-] tributes have stood out this time. This is a great honor for the country!"

The Supreme Emperor is also in a good mood. The main reason for passing on the throne at the beginning was that those sons were too restless. He was physically and mentally exhausted and felt that his life would not be long. Most of them would consult the Supreme Emperor, so the Supreme Emperor did not feel much sense of loss at the hands of power.This time, the emperor took advantage of the East Wind of the Longevity Festival for the Supreme Emperor, and made an Enke, which made the Supreme Emperor feel more at ease, and was even more satisfied with the emperor.

Of course, when a person gets old, his heart softens, and he feels that he has left the most important thing to the emperor, so it is only natural to be extra tolerant to other children and grandchildren, and naturally he will not consider his wife who is the emperor's son. More mood.But at this moment, he still gave the emperor a lot of face: "This is also your blessing, the emperor!"

The emperor smiled and said, "Father, let them take the exam now!"

The Supreme Emperor waved his hand: "Well, let's start the exam!" It means that the previous lectures and other work should be done by the emperor.

The emperor nodded, and then started the routine speech work. It was nothing more than saying that you are the heroes of the country. You should serve the country and live up to what you have learned. I swear to God that I will live up to expectations.

After a series of procedures were completed, the Minister of Rites ordered people to distribute the test papers.

Wang Ren sat in his seat, looked at the exam questions, typed the draft quickly in his heart, and then took out a piece of paper to start drafting. Anyway, the palace exam was still very long, and a stereotyped essay of eight or nine hundred characters would be no more than a few minutes at most. It only takes half an hour to finish the draft, and then just transcribe it again in the pavilion style.

The Supreme Emperor above was in a very good spirit. He looked at the heads of a group of candidates, and then his eyes fell on the area where Wang Ren was, and asked, "Emperor, is that still a child?"

The emperor also looked over. I don't know who arranged Wang Ren's position. He was in a relatively front position. Naturally, the emperor looked straight at him. He nodded: "You really don't look very old!" He said, Then he tilted his head and asked in a low voice the eunuch beside him, who was that.

To be able to work by the emperor's side, which one is not capable, the eunuch named Wei Ping hurriedly said: "If you go back to the emperor and the emperor, that is the son of Wang Shangshu's family, named Wang Ren, and I heard that he is Chen Xueshi's closed disciple. !"

The Supreme Emperor showed a smile on his face: "So it is Zi Teng's son, well, Zi Teng is lucky!"

The emperor also said: "My son remembered it. I heard it before. Uncle took good care of this disciple. My son thought that if uncle had a son, it would probably be like that!"

The Supreme Emperor listened and nodded: "Since he is Zi'an's disciple, it's good to learn more! It's a pity that he is a little younger!"

The emperor smiled and said: "Young age has its advantages. After a few years of experience in the Imperial Academy, you will be able to come out and contribute to the court!"

The eunuch serving next to him looked at his nose and his heart, and he knew in his heart that Wang Ren had fallen into the eyes of the two masters, and his future future was boundless, and Wang Ziteng had such a son, it seemed that he had to be more polite in the future a little.

Wang Ren didn't know at all that his future was decided at will during his speech. He had already made a draft and started to transcribe. It didn't take long before he finished it in one go. He began to check whether there were any words that needed to be avoided. I didn't notice that if there is such a problem, it is estimated that the ranking will be downgraded by then.

"It looks quite talented!" The two bosses at the top paid attention to Wang Ren for a while, and the emperor was a little surprised to see that Wang Ren had put down his pen, while some of the other candidates present were still thinking.

The Supreme Emperor smiled slightly: "The Emperor admires this son quite a lot!"

The emperor also smiled and said: "Isn't the father the same? He is a young man, but his future achievements are unknown!"

The Supreme Emperor was in high spirits. It seemed that if it wasn't for the fact that he was not too young, he probably wanted to come down and take a walk. The most honorable father and son in the world were pointing and enjoying themselves.Some of the candidates below occasionally saw the two supreme beings on the nine-fold throne, and some of them were trembling and sweating profusely.

The palace examination was finally over. Several officials from the Ministry of Rites collected the test papers and began to screen them first. Don't expect the emperor to actually check the papers himself.

Wang Ziteng's popularity is very good. Although the officials of the Ministry of Rites did not know how much the two bigwigs admired Wang Ren, they still tacitly put Wang Ren's test paper into the top ten and finally presented it together.When I heard the emperor said casually there: "There should be Wang Shangshu's son among the tributes this time, bring his examination paper, I will take a look!"

The Minister of Rites and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites looked at each other, and the Minister of Rites stepped forward, picked out Wang Ren's test paper, and said, "Your Majesty is really insightful. Although Wang Ren is still young, his writing style is fluent and his conception is quite original. Although there are not many, but the words are quite old-fashioned, I think it should be at the top of the top two!"

The emperor opened it for a while. Speaking of which, when it comes to talent and learning, Wang Ren reckoned that although he was in the front, he would not be so far ahead. However, since he had left a good impression on others and people were biased, the emperor was willing to give the prince Putting on a face, he smiled and said: "Wang Ren's article is a good read. He is indeed a young talent. What do you think, Father?"

The Supreme Emperor also looked through it, and said with a smile: "What the emperor said is that the young master of the Wang family has learned a lot from others, and he is not a bad boy. According to my opinion, you might as well order a flower, it is also a good story!"

"Father is very right!" The emperor smiled and raised the ink pen, and circled Wang Ren's paper.

The members of the Ministry of Rituals would naturally not object, since they have already saved face for the prince, they might as well give it a little more, not to mention it seems that Wang Ren has won the sacred heart too!So he said repeatedly: "The emperor is wise, the emperor is wise!"

There are already candidates, and the No. [-] pick is soon decided. The No. [-] pick is Zhuang Chi, a talented scholar from Shanyin, and the No. [-] is from Hebei, named Lu Xiuwen. In comparison, it is not as good as Wang Ren.

After the exam, the three people who were still waiting for the order were called in. Wei Ping, who announced the order, was all smiles. Although he refused to explain in detail, his appearance and the previous sentence "Congratulations!" The people below envy and hate.

Wang Ren was quite surprised. He knew his own standard. The second class was sure, and the first class had never even thought about it. This age is here.But this is not the time to think too much, so I quickly followed in.

Fortunately, the current emperor does not have the habit of playing tricks. Wang Ren soon knew that the big pie of Tanhua had just fallen on his head. Fortunately, he was mentally prepared, so he knelt down and kowtowed calmly. thank you.

Seeing that Wang Ren was not surprised, the people above all nodded secretly, and the emperor smiled and said, "How old is Tan Hualang this year?"

"Responding to His Majesty, I just turned fourteen this year!" Wang Rengui replied politely.

"A 14-year-old Tanhua is unprecedented!" the emperor said with a smile.

"Your Majesty loves you wrongly, I am ashamed!" Wang Ren said hastily.

"Okay, your temperament is somewhat similar to your father, young man, thank you for your vigor is not a bad thing!" The emperor laughed.

"I'm terrified!" Wang Ren was a little depressed. This can be said to be natural, and it's too late to change it now!

The emperor did not ignore the champion and the second place, he gave them a few words of encouragement, and then let them retire together, and then asked the top ten in the second class to enter.

The news in the palace spread quickly, the list has not been released outside, the cabinet has already known the approximate list, Wang Ziteng naturally knew that his son had actually won the prize, Rao was always mature and prudent, his emotions and anger were not visible, At this moment, I couldn't hide my smile. While being polite to those congratulatory colleagues, I kept calling my ancestors to bless me. After I decided to go back, I immediately opened the ancestral hall, thanked my ancestors, and told them that our old Wang's family also produced Tanhualang up!From then on, I am no longer a big boss, and I can be regarded as a scholarly family in the future.