The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

The sound of beating gongs and drums outside has already been heard, Shen Jia got up and walked out, the entrance of the inn was full of people, some were guards, some were common people who came to see Zhuangyuanlang, Shen Jia was hung on his chest before she could say a word. He picked up a big red flower, then pushed on the horse, and walked forward with the guard of honor beating gongs and drums.

Both sides of the road were soon filled with onlookers. Shen Jia was sitting on the horseback with a smile on her face. It looked beautiful, but no one would know. It was like a gorilla being watched in a zoo. , so embarrassing.

Soon, the No. [-] and Tanhua also came. I don’t know what happened this year. The three of the top three are all young handsome guys. Needless to say, the appearance of Shen Zhuangyuan. The son of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, the emperor's companion when he was young, his family background and talent are impeccable.

Such three young talents rode through the street together, with big red flowers hanging in front of them, causing passers-by to scream, many boudoir women threw sachets and handkerchiefs at them, and Shen Jia had already been hit several times.

Walking around the city bustlingly, when passing by a restaurant, there was a row of people crowded by the window facing the street on the second floor. A charming woman held a round fan, half-covered her face, and shyly looked at the person who was walking at the very end. Shen Jia at the front.

The maid at the side joked: "Miss San, you see that the number one scholar is so young and handsome, I think he is much better than the eldest uncle and the second uncle."

"Don't talk nonsense, the eldest brother-in-law is the son of the Duke's mansion, and the second brother-in-law is a general. How can a small number one scholar compare? What's more, he was born in a small family."

This woman is the concubine of Mr. Shoufu's family, and she is also the one that Xu Shoufu wants to marry Shen Jia. I heard that she is from a small place in Shuzhou. The third lady was so angry that she couldn't eat for three days, but she was a concubine. Miss, how dare you go against the old man's decision.

Fortunately, Shen Jia was the number one scholar in high school. Looking at him today, he turned out to be such a handsome young man. The third lady's heart was a little more balanced. Although she was not as noble as the two brothers-in-law, with the help of the Xu family, she might not be able to compare in the future. The two brothers-in-law in front.

In the next room, a woman in red was also looking at Shen Jia with a delicate expression, "That's him?"

"Yes, miss, I only found out when I overheard the conversation of Mrs. Master and Mrs. You... Since no one knows, let's just pretend not to know."

"Hmph, why don't you know? Do you think he doesn't know? Since he dared to reject our Chen family's marriage proposal, he must be trying to climb a higher branch. Such a man is just a softie, who wants to marry him! "

"But I heard that he rejected all the family proposals, including Xu Shoufu's matchmaker."

"Aren't the two concubine daughters of Mr. Shoufu's family already married?"

"You're confused, the Xu family still has a concubine's third young lady who is just in her prime, no matter how impossible it is to marry a concubine's young lady and marry a poor family?"

"Don't come from a poor family, look at his style and the clothes on his body, how does he look like he came from a poor family? It's nothing more than that of a high-ranking official in Chang'an."

"Young lady is wise." The servant girl couldn't understand her young lady's mind, she said she was soft-headed at one moment, and at the same time thought he had a good family background, whether she was satisfied or not.

Miss Chen Jia stared at Shen Jia's overly delicate face and said: "Looking like this, if you marry him, won't you wake up laughing every day?" She touched her face and laughed, "If you give birth to a girl like He, that is really a jade girl descending to earth, no, I have to convince my parents to propose marriage again."

The servant girl was shocked when she heard this, why is she going to propose marriage?Mingming agreed to just take a look at what the person who dared to reject her looked like.

The servant girl hurriedly stopped her and said: "Miss, you can't go and say, if Mrs. Madam knows that you sneaked out to see men, why don't you break your legs?"

"Tch, what are you afraid of? They have to catch me first." Seeing that the team had gone far away, Ms. Chen beckoned the maids to leave. When she went out, she happened to meet Miss Xu San who came out next door.

The two looked at each other, quickly put on a friendly smile, you said: "I didn't expect to meet Xu Sanjie here..." I said: "Sister Chen also came here to drink tea? What a coincidence."

The maids looked at the two masters and relatives holding hands, went down the stairs together, and then said goodbye at the door, like girlfriends, but after they got into the car, one wiped his hands with a handkerchief, the other even changed his clothes, and his face was not pale. nice.

Miss Chen threw away the veil, and snorted coldly, "Xu Jiao is really hypocritical. At the banquet a few days ago, I personally heard her speak ill of Shen Jia, and today she came to see her again."

Xu Jiao also had a pale face at this time, and asked the servant girl: "I remember you mentioned before that several families have proposed marriage to Shen Jia, but is there Chen Yurong's name?"

"This servant has never noticed. Those matchmakers have a very tight mouth, and they won't reveal it even if they ask." They are all rich and powerful families, and it is always embarrassing to be rejected. How dare the matchmaker reveal it.

"Hmph, Chen Yurong, that savage, illiterate woman, is arrogant and domineering. Who would want to marry such a woman?"

The servant girl naturally followed her will and said: "That's natural. Miss, you are much higher than Miss Chen in terms of family background, appearance, talent, learning and conduct. She is not worthy to compare with you."

Shen Jia didn't know that he had attracted a lot of rotten peach blossoms after swimming in the street once. He seldom rode a horse. Although he only walked slowly, when he reached the palace gate, his legs were already worn out, and he could hardly walk. just do.

Enke was added this year. After Emperor Qingjia came to power, the situation was turbulent for two years, and many officials were killed. Talents were not enough, so Enke was added again, so this time only 180A and [-]A were admitted. [-] people.

For this Qionglin Banquet, the palace still made a lot of arrangements. From the moment she entered the palace, Shen Jia saw rows of red lanterns and a very long red carpet. Those who didn't know it thought it was the emperor's wedding.

"Do you want to make it so festive?" Shen Jia said to herself, thinking of his ex-boyfriend's big wedding, his sour tears almost fell down.

"My lords, Your Majesty is already waiting in Qionglin Garden, please come with us." The eunuch who came to deliver the message today changed to another one, and Shen Jia couldn't recognize him, only Tan Hualang greeted the other party with a smile, looking very familiar. look.

"This is the father-in-law in charge of the Supervisor of Rituals, surnamed Sun." Tanhua Lang kindly introduced to everyone.

Everyone greeted Eunuch Sun one after another. Don't think that the other party is just an eunuch in the palace, but he is already a third-rank official if he can be in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies. They cannot be easily offended.

Naturally, Shen Jia followed Daliu and Eunuch Sun for a few homely conversations, and unexpectedly found out that the two were fellow villagers, which is quite interesting.

Eunuch Sun said with emotion: "Our family has entered the palace since childhood, and we haven't been back for decades, and we don't know what has become of our hometown."

"If you say the surname is Sun, there is indeed a family with the surname Sun in Baoning Mansion, but I don't know if he is related to Mr. Sun."

"I'm afraid there isn't any. All the young and old in the family died during the famine."

Shen Jia knew that he didn't want her to know, so she apologized and bypassed the topic.

While speaking, Qionglin Garden had already arrived, a group of people hurriedly sorted out their descriptions, and then went forward to bow down.

Zhao Zhang's eyes fell on Shen Jia, he was the one who was impulsive last night, but he still regretted waking up this morning, and he wondered if Shen Jia would mistakenly think that he would never forget him.

He sat high, and all he could see were black heads. Shen Jia knelt at the front, and a crescent-white gauze was spread out at his feet. His head hung lower than anyone else, but Zhao Zhang knew that , he didn't really submit to the majesty of the emperor, he just had no face to see himself.

Thinking of what happened last night, Zhao Zhang wished he could take off his disguise and let the civil and military courts see how dirty this handsome young man was, actually recruiting young men on the day he was selected!

Maybe it was because he was silent for too long, but Manager Du reminded him quietly, Zhao Zhang looked away and said flatly, "Let's get down and take a seat."

Shen Jia glanced up when she got up, and saw that only the emperor was sitting on the main seat, and there were no queens and concubines. She felt a little better, and then sat at the designated position, because today's Luming Banquet is It was specially prepared for the students who were nominated for the gold list, so Shen Jia and the others could sit in the most conspicuous seats. If they wanted to sit so close to the emperor in the future, they would have to be a first-rank official residence.

Du Fucheng is the seal of the Supervisor of Rites, the No. 1 eunuch, and the emperor's confidant. I heard that Zhao Zhang's success in ascending the throne is thanks to him.

He spoke auspicious words in cadence, expressing the emperor's admiration for the newly promoted Jinshi and his expectations for their future, inflating the self-confidence stimulated by the students who had just entered the officialdom, thinking that he would be able to call the wind and rain in the future, Kuang Fu Sheji.

But in fact, their No. 180 people are just reserve cadres of the imperial court. Whether they can become full-time employees depends on their ability. There are only a handful of temples above the temple.

The Qionglin Banquet was nothing more than to let the emperor and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty get to know the newly promoted reserve officials, chat about romance, family affairs, and compare poems and songs. It was very leisurely.

Because Shen Jia was sitting too close to Zhao Zhang, she was restless all the time. She always felt the emperor's eyes sweeping over him, but when she secretly looked at him, she realized that it was her own illusion.

When he was in a daze, the second place next to him gave him a push, Shen Jia came back to his senses, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, he blinked and looked confused.

Among the same batch of Jinshi, there were a few who had a good relationship with Shen Jia and helped to smooth things over, "Zhuangyuan Lang is fascinated by the graceful figure of the dancer. Just now, Shangshu Chu asked you if you want to compose a poem?"

Shen Jia could obviously feel a gust of cold wind blowing from above, and answered the words awkwardly: "No, just now I was thinking about the residence, I'm sorry for being distracted for a while, and I don't know what Chu Shangshu wants to do when he writes poems. question?"

Chu Rongwei is the minister of the Ministry of Rites. He looks fierce when he has a Chinese character face and is not smiling. He usually pays the most attention to etiquette and is a well-known old-fashioned figure in the court.

"Today is a day of great joy, why not write poems with the mood of the gold list winners to add a little joy."

Everyone looked at the emperor above, waiting for him to speak. Zhao Zhang knew that Shen Jia was not good at composing poetry. When they were studying together, he often commented that Shen Jia was too utilitarian and lacked the casualness of a literati. Shukuo, only focusing on stereotyped essays, learning what to test, the rest is just a little learning.

He suddenly wanted to see Shen Jia's deflated look, and said with a smile, "That's right, today's gifted scholars gather together, and if you don't compose a poem, you won't be able to live up to the great spring. How about using "Spring" and "Happiness" as the theme, and everyone will be together. Write down the poems in the fragrant time, and finally they will be judged by Xu Shoufu, Qin Zhangyuan, Guozi Jijiu Kang, and the winner will be rewarded with a three-in-one house in Yujingfang."

As soon as the emperor said this, not only the newly promoted Jinshi were tempted, but even the Chinese officials and military generals were envious. Wu Haiqing, a college student at Wenyuan Pavilion, got up and asked, "Your Majesty, I wonder if we can participate in the competition together. Such a generous reward. The old minister is also very moved."

The salaries of officials in the Jin Dynasty were not low, but which one of the officials in the imperial court did not have a large number of servants at home, and there were four seasons of etiquette and entertainment, which cost a lot of money. Many officials are still renting houses to live.

Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy a house with three entrances in Yujingfang, because all the people living in Yujingfang are high-ranking officials, the value of this prize even exceeds the sum of the lifetime salaries of many officials.

Seeing that most of the civil servants were starting to move, Zhao Zhang reminded: "Master Wu is the well-deserved number one painter and calligrapher. If you use your old talents to compete with these new scholars, it is a little bit like you are bullying the younger."

Master Wu blushed, made a bow and retreated, but Zhao Zhang is not an unfair person, he thought of a way and said: "How about this, anyone can participate in the competition, but the competition is divided, and the new division Jinshi will get a prize No change, I will reward you with a house with four corners on Corning Street, how about that?"

The veterans were moved to tears. Although Emperor Qingjia was a bit cruel in the early stage, he was still kind to them on weekdays, with clear rewards and punishments. Why would they not be happy?

"Thank you, Lord, for your kindness, Your Majesty is wise!"