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Zhang Lie went back to his yard, and the servant who was serving him saw that he was soaked, so he quickly changed into clean clothes for him.

While changing clothes, a woman opened the door and entered, Zhang Lie was so frightened that he hurriedly hid behind the screen.

"Mom! My son is changing clothes!"

Mrs. Li snorted, and said, "You were all born to me, so how can you be wronged by looking at your eyes? Hurry up, there is good news today!"

Mrs. Li is Zhang Wenmo's housekeeper, and she would not have any contact with her after accompanying her first attendant.But Li grew up in a farming family, and was plump and attractive.After Zhang Wenmo got married with his first wife, he spent many days in her room.She also let her conceive a child, a son.

Zhang Wenmo was originally the concubine son of Prime Minister Zhang Kui, and the Zhang family looked down on him for being entangled with a peasant girl, especially Zhang Lie.

Mrs. Li didn't think so, she worked hard to raise Zhang Lie, even though she was treated coldly.But after all, he came from a farming family and had never seen the world.

Before hearing that the third prince was recruiting students, he impatiently posted Zhang Lie's greeting card, which forced Zhang Lie to stand in line and caused many troubles.

Originally, because of the downfall of the third prince, the Li family lived in peace for a long time, but for some reason, she became excited again today.

After changing clothes, Zhang Lie came out from behind the screen and looked at Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li was wearing a rose red robe and gold and silver jewelry on her head.This is the best dress she can come out in. If it is placed in their small village, it is afraid that many people will favor it.

But after all, it is Jinlin, and gold and silver are the most shameful heads.The better ones use jade for households, and those who go further up are thinking about Persian gems and coastal pearls.

Zhang Lie would not say these words to Li Shi.He knew that Mrs. Li just lived in this big mansion for the rest of her life. Like a person drinking water, she knows how warm and cold she is. It would be unrealistic to force Mrs. Li to act like that great lady.

It's like asking him to be the arrogance of that young master, but he can't do it.

His birth was doomed, with half the blood of a poor student.

"Guess who was talking to your father earlier?"

Zhang Lie poured a glass of water for her, and wrote: "Who?"

Covering her mouth and laughing prettily, Mrs. Li patted her son on the shoulder and said, "Master Prime Minister! Your Excellency Prime Minister has come to talk to your father!"

Zhang Lie paused and said, "What is he doing here?"

Regardless of her son's slightly cold face, Mrs. Li said to herself: "Where can I find out about this. You heard what mother said, I asked Xin'er to wait at the door, and I will leave soon, so I will take you there Salute, at least show your face in front of the Prime Minister, let him remember that there is a grandson like you!"

"I dont go."

"What did you say?" Li was trembling with anger, stretched out his hand and twisted Zhang Lie's arm, and said, "Mother has paved the way for you, you still don't go!"

Zhang Lie hissed in pain, and said: "Mother, don't think about it carefully. They never ask about father's affairs. It was around the time of Chunxi, why did they suddenly come here to visit? With the position of the prime minister and the elders, it should be him." Is it reasonable for the concubine to visit?"

Mrs. Li couldn't understand the twists and turns in her son's mouth. According to her thinking, it was a good thing that the Prime Minister came, and there was nothing wrong with showing his face!

The mother and son were arguing, and the boy came in knocking on the door and said, "Auntie, Second Young Master, please, Your Excellency."

Mrs. Li's eyes widened, and she said, "If you don't want to go, please come here!"

Zhang Lie's face was slightly tensed, and his fingers trembled a little.

Seeing his pale face, Li Shi suddenly couldn't bear it anymore. After all, it was the flesh that fell from his body. Is there any reason to think bad of him?

"Son, why don't you tell the master that you are not feeling well for your mother's sake?"

Zhang Lie waved his hands, stood up with support, and said, "Son, it's okay, just sit here for a while, and I'll come as soon as I go."

Sitting there, Mrs. Li always felt a little flustered.His son knows more than she does, and has read a lot of books. Zhang Lie can always figure out the reason she can't figure out.

Could it be that there are some problems?

Gritting her teeth, Li grabbed her fancy skirt and chased after Zhang Lie.

Zhang Lie seldom went to the main room, it was where Zhang Wenmo and his wife were, even if it was vacant, it was still the eldest son's place, there was no place for Zhang Lie.

After entering the main room, Prime Minister Zhang Kui sat on the main seat, and his father Zhang Wenmo stood beside him.

Zhang Kui looks very bookish, he is old and has a gray beard, but his eyes are still shining with shrewd light.After dozens of years of ups and downs in the officialdom, he has been judging the situation more and more.

"This is Lie Er, right? Come here and let Grandpa see."

bother you for something.

There is nothing to be courteous, and it is either a traitor or a thief.

Zhang Lie thought that he did not have the ability to let Zhang Kui rape him, most likely he wanted to steal.

"Grandson Zhang Lie, please greet grandpa."

Zhang Kui looked at Zhang Lie, his clothes were neat and clean, he looked like a scholar.He is obviously the prime minister's grandson, but the clothes that were popular in the past few years exposed his poverty.

"Come and sit in front of Grandpa."

Zhang Lie strode forward, already thinking about it in his heart.

"I have read the test papers of Chunwei that Lie'er participated in this year, he is a pillar of talent."

Zhang Wenmo was overjoyed.It is because of his poor literary talent that Zhang Kui doesn't like him.He never imagined that Zhang Lie, whom he usually neglected, could be so promising.

Zhang Lie bowed his hands, without revealing his face, he said: "Grandson is dull, relying on dead brains, it is my luck that the examiner favors me."

Seeing that he was neither humble nor overbearing, Zhang Kui felt comfortable, waved his hand and said, "I came here today to discuss something with you."

Zhang Wenmo said with a smile: "Father, how can you use the word "discussion", since you are from the same family, you should work for you."

Zhang Kui stroked his beard and said: "This year, Yao'er also participated in Chunwei... Unfortunately, he didn't make the list. Yao'er is the child of Wenmo's eldest brother. She was smart since she was a child, and she was also nervous this time. Head, I didn't write the paper well. I came here this time to let you think about it... Lie Er's paper has been submitted for the palace examination, but there are many people in the palace examination, the emperor will only take the top three palace examination, and the ranking of others will be postponed. Shun. According to my opinion, Yaoer will go for you this time, and I will plan for you in the next spring."

Zhang Lie's heart was terribly cold, and Zhang Wenmo beside him was also a little dazed.

Alternative?

Should Zhang Yao go for Zhang Lie?

Chunwei's examination papers were all with their names cut out for marking.The emperor only looked at the list submitted at the end. As the prime minister, Zhang Kui wanted to make a move, and it was as easy as pie.As long as the list is changed to Zhang Yao's name, Emperor Wen will only take the top three imperial examinations, and Zhang Yao's real talents will not be found in the school. Zhang Yao can easily become an official by entering the palace to attend a banquet of heroes.

Although the Southern Dynasties prohibited the buying and selling of officials, there was a talk about donating officials, which was nothing more than giving the name of buying and selling officials a nicer name.

As the prime minister, Zhang Kui has a wealth of wealth, with one man under ten thousand.It is safe to donate an official, but you don't want to lose face, you must push Zhang Yao to the official position in front of others, and take it for granted.

The clan is too big, he is sure about Zhang Lie.

"No!" A flamboyantly dressed woman broke away from the guard at the door and came in. After tripping over the threshold, the golden hairpin fell to the ground. She didn't have time to pick it up. She knelt in front of the prime minister, pulled his trousers, kowtowed and said, "Master Prime Minister, Lord Prime Minister, you can't do this. Lie'er has studied hard for ten years, but just for the day when Chun Wei is released. He is also your grandson, and he can also serve you and the Zhang family. Why do you bother to look far away? Let Zhang Yao replace Lie Er!"

Zhang Kui was furious, kicked Li's family away, and said: "Ignorant woman! Yao'er is my grandson, and there is a difference between the direct and concubine. Yao'er climbs higher and can serve our Zhang family better. What do you know? Come on! Drag it down!"

"No, no, Mr. Prime Minister! Please do me a favor, let Lie'er do it this time! Lie'er doesn't ask for anything, just for the day when Chun Wei is on the list, my lord! My lord!" Li cried so much that her make-up was all gone. , let Zhang Kui kick to the chest, out of breath, kept kowtow.

The guard at the door came, grabbed Li Shi's arm, and was about to drag him out.

"Stop." Zhang Lie said softly, seeing that the guards didn't hear him, he shouted suddenly, "I tell you to stop!"

The guard was startled by Zhang Lie's red eyes, and as soon as he loosened his hand, Mrs. Li fell to the ground like a fallen butterfly, looking at the prime minister on the high platform, and shouted hoarsely: "My lord... Please do me a favor...Master, master, please take care of Lie'er."

Zhang Lie closed his eyes and said, "Zhang Lie is willing."

Zhang Kui was overjoyed, he patted Zhang Wenmo on the shoulder, and said, "Okay! Good good! You gave birth to a good son! Hahaha!"

Zhang Wenmo's shoulder hurt from being slapped by him. It was obviously a compliment he had tried everything to get, but he felt it was extremely harsh.

There was a loud bang, and it began to rain again outside.

This is the case in the rainy season, and it also rains on the day when the list is released.

Sun Yu'er was lying down well, but she got up suddenly, startling the boy who was dozing outside.With his hair all over his face, he struggled to run out and said, "The ranking is released! The ranking is released!"

The servant quickly helped him up and said, "Master, it's noon!"

Sun Yu'er brushed her hair back, muttered "tsk" and said, "It turned out to be a dream."

Lying on the bed and unable to fall asleep, Sun Yu'er tossed and turned, and finally felt a little drowsy, and dreamed of the announcement of the rankings again, so she simply sat up with a bitter face.

The servant waited for him to wash, looked at his white and tender skin, and thought that this man was really annoying compared to other people.Sun Yu'er was a little fatter, but she had fair skin all over her body.

The little face is round and plump, and the flesh on the arms is particularly soft.Just like a little Fuwa, it makes people happy when they see it.

After tidying up all this, Sun Yu'er wandered around in her yard here and there.The servant came back from the outside and said: "My lord... for some reason, the gate of Zhang's mansion is tightly closed, and the servant asked the nursing home, saying that he had contracted a cold these few days and hadn't gone out yet. "

Sun Yu'er's eyes widened, and she said, "But today is the day when the rankings are announced, no matter how cold the weather is, you can't stop watching the rankings, right?"

How did the boy know this, he shook his head to indicate that he didn't understand.

Sun Yu'er frowned and said, "It's okay. I'll take care of Zhang Lie!"

There were many people in the place where the list was released, and Sun Yu'er looked at the crowd and wanted to squeeze in, but was stopped by the servant.

As soon as the person who released the list came, there were all kinds of voices around.

Sun Yu'er probed her head, moving here and there, hoping to see if Zhang Lie's name was in those gaps.

The boy was illiterate, so he squinted his eyes to look at the list, only recognizing the word "Zhang".

There were a lot of people around, squeezing Sun Yu'er to the outside, and almost squeezed out her shoes.He could only pick up his shoes and get out, and tightened his hair tie, blaming himself for not drinking milk normally, and hating his short legs when he was old enough to use them.

"As expected of the prime minister's grandson, he's on the list."

"That's still worse. I remember that Prime Minister Zhang was in the top tier!"

Hearing the discussion, the servant decided that "Zhang" was Zhang Lie. He squeezed his way out of the crowd, approached with a smile, and shouted, "Congratulations, young master, He Xi, young master! There is Mr. Zhang's name on it!"

Sun Yu'er narrowed her eyes with a smile and said, "Let's go! Let's go back!"

The bearer was very tired today, so he was called to wait at the gate of the Sun residence early in the morning.Sent to release the list, and sent back.The young master was so excited that he kicked the door of the sedan chair, causing the bearers to complain incessantly. They stabilized the sedan chair, for fear of throwing the people inside.

When they arrived at Zhang's mansion, Sun Yu'er knocked on the door without waiting for anyone to tell her, and said, "Zhang Lie! Zhang Lie! I'm Yu'er!"

The door was not opened, so Sun Yu'er jumped a few steps and was stopped by the guard.

"I want to find Zhang Lie. I'm Sun Yu'er from the Sun Mansion next door. You've met me before."

Naturally, the nurses had seen it before, but the second young master had given the news a long time ago that anyone could enter, except Sun Yu'er.Although they didn't want to offend the son of the Minister of the Household Department, they didn't dare to offend their boss.

"Young Master Sun, you should go back. The Second Young Master... he is really not in good health. The doctor said that it will take a long time for him to recover, lest he infect you."

"I don't mind!" Sun Yu'er said, and then pulled the person away to look inside.

"Master Sun! Master Sun! Don't embarrass the little ones."

Sun Yu'er pursed her lips, hummed softly, turned her face away and left.

"I read the list for him early in the morning. I didn't give him a sip of hot tea, and I closed the door to thank the guests."

After the person left, the nurse let out a sigh of relief and opened the door.

Panting heavily, Zhang Lie sat slumped on the stone bench with a pale face. The nurse was startled, and quickly stepped forward to help him up, shouting: "Come here! Come here! The second young master is fainted!"

The author says:

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