The eldest son of the concubine who crossed the red mansion

The results of the scientific expedition team came out soon.Lin Ruhai sent people to wait for the news early on, but Lin Yuxuan was very calm. Compared with the sensation of the college entrance examination results, this can only be regarded as a trivial matter, not to mention that he is confident that he can be on the list.

Not long after, a young man ran in, and before he had recovered his breath, he shouted loudly: "Congratulations, master, congratulations, master. It's No.3!"

Lin Ruhai stroked the beard on his chin, took a deep breath and said, "That's right. Tell the people below that everyone will be rewarded with half a month's monthly money."

"Congratulations, brother." Lin Daiyu was very happy from the bottom of her heart, saluted Lin Ruhai upright, and then said to Lin Yuxuan with a smile, "I wish you great success in the future, and become famous all over the world."

"Thank you, sister." Lin Yuxuan actually breathed a sigh of relief.Although he was confident, he would still be a little disappointed if his grades were not high enough. Fortunately, he performed well this time and successfully entered the palace examination.

"Now the results are out, you have to study your homework more carefully before the palace examination." Lin Ruhai turned his head and said to Lin Yuxuan, "The palace examination is divided into three tops. There are only three tops in the top one, namely the number one scholar, the second place and the third prize. It's just that you are young. You are not very old, so you may not be able to enter the first class, but you must work hard during the palace examination, so as to be worthy of our Lin family's family status."

"My son understands." Lin Yuxuan said, after thinking for a while, he turned to the boy and asked, "Have you met Senior Brother Li?"

"When the servant came back, he saw Mr. Li's long follower. After asking, he learned that Mr. Li is the second, and No.1 is the eldest son of Zhang Yushi's family." The servant bowed his head and thought for a while before replying.

Lin Yuxuan nodded, then turned to Lin Ruhai and said, "Senior Brother Li is Master Qin's first disciple. He is also in the capital, but he is currently living in an inn. Why don't we invite Senior Brother Li to come to the house so that I can be with you?" Let him review his homework together, and it also saves him from being troubled by the noise of the inn."

Lin Ruhai thought about it carefully.The youngest son of the Li family abandoned martial arts and went to literature, although it was because his body was not as strong as his elder brother's, but in order to avoid it, he did not intend to let the whole family give up military power.The Holy Majesty is no less suspicious than the Supreme Emperor. The Li family has been the general of the Hangzhou army since the beginning of the dynasty. After several emperors, it is time to hand over the military power.

He had a very good friendship with General Li in Hangzhou, and he knew that General Li was not a person greedy for power; what's more, his son and his son were also friends of the same family, and it was okay to help him, so he just nodded in agreement.

The day of the palace examination is set in half a month.Li Shen moved here the second day after receiving Lin Yuxuan's invitation. Lin Yuxuan specially asked someone to tidy up a relatively clean yard that was quite close to his yard for Li Shen and his entourage to live together.Taking advantage of Lin Ruhai's residence, the two also took the opportunity to ask Lin Ruhai many questions.

Even though Lin Ruhai is no longer an official, he has a much better view of politics than the two of them.Nowadays, there are so many old courtiers in the court of the Supreme Emperor, the emperor can only slowly insert his confidants into it; moreover, the family in the court is complicated, so it is absolutely necessary to be careful in everything, and not to make mistakes.After getting along with each other for the past few days, Lin Ruhai clearly felt that Li Shen's temper was more cautious and restrained than his son's, and he was more experienced in dealing with people, much better than his son with a bit of a temper.

"Is my brother still discussing homework with Mr. Li recently?" Lin Daiyu asked Xuejuan who was standing beside her while fiddling with various spices on the table.

"Yes. I heard from Elder Sister Baozhu who is next to Grandpa that Master recently assigned a lot of homework to Grandpa and Mr. Li, and now both of them are studying in the study." Xuejuan said, "Why do you ask me that?"

"I just think that the weather is getting colder now, and the wind is high and the air is dry. It would be good to ask someone to bring some chrysanthemums to drink." Lin Daiyu sniffed the box of sandalwood and her breath, put a spoonful of it in the incense burner, "I saw a few red bumps on my brother's face. I'm afraid it's because I've been busy lately and haven't had enough rest."

"My uncle is already hardworking, and the day of the palace examination is not far away, so I must study hard." Xue Juan said, "It's the girl who is considerate and thinks about this problem. But I think sister Baozhu is as careful as dust, and she will also consider it." It’s about this problem. If the girl is worried, why don’t I go and help the girl walk through it.”

Lin Daiyu lit the censer, closed the lid again, smelled the faint fragrance and said, "You can tell the people around my brother quietly." After thinking for a while, "Mr. Li is both my brother's classmate and my brother's same subject. , you also asked someone to send him a copy, which also shows that we are thoughtful."

"Yes."

When Li Shen came back from the study, he saw a cup of chrysanthemum tea, two dishes of side dishes and a bowl of Qicui soup, all steaming hot, on the table in the room.Li Shen was a little surprised, and asked the people around him, "Who sent this?"

"It was Miss Lin from the Lin Mansion who asked someone to bring it over. She said that she must be hungry after watching the uncle and the young masters of the Lin family study so late every night, so she made some late-night snacks and had some drinks. The chrysanthemum drink is also good for lowering the fire." The person who answered was the maid Sui Ping who had been serving Li Shen for a long time, "Because I don't know when the uncle will come back, so I have been warming it all the time. It is just right for the uncle to eat now."

Li Shen couldn't express some emotions in his heart.After he moved from the inn in the capital to Lin's mansion, he was taken care of in terms of food. Every meal must have a few Huaiyang dishes, and the tea he drank was from the south. The servants in the mansion also respected him very much. It really made him feel very sweet.

And that girl from the Lin family who had never met before... Li Shen was distracted for a moment, and lowered his head to take a sip of chrysanthemum tea.

The Palace Examination is held in the Taizheng Hall, and the time is three hours.Lin Yuxuan has already practiced block letters, even if he is in a hurry, he can write beautiful characters.

Four hours later, all the papers were sent to Tu Qingze.Tu Qingze casually flipped through the papers in front of him that had been reviewed by academicians of the Imperial Academy, took out the first three papers and read them carefully before asking, "Which Gongshi's papers do you think are the best?"

"Returning to the emperor, the old minister and several scholars have read it carefully, and think that the articles by Li Shen, Zhang Ran and Yan Sui are the best. I also ask the emperor Zhu to criticize."

Tu Qingze raised his eyebrows.Li Shen is the youngest son of General Hangzhou, Zhang Ran is the only son of Yushi Zhang Lin, and Yan Sui is indeed the eldest grandson of the old cabinet minister Yan Xiu. people.Tu Qingze continued calmly: "Where is the son of Lin Ruhai, the former senior official of Lantai Temple?"

"...The old minister feels that although this article is good, it is full of arrogance, and it is really not appropriate to give it a high position."

Tu Qingze took out Lin Yuxuan's paper and read a few lines, and couldn't help laughing.Lin Yuxuan's words were indeed somewhat arrogant, but what he said was not without reason.The title he gave to this session of tributes was different from the previous ones that were limited to the Four Books and Five Classics, and was more practical.

"It's not very arrogant. He's still young, so he should be proud and arrogant." Tu Qingze picked up the pen and wrote down the names of the top three, and then wrote Lin Yuxuan's name as the number one in the second.The academicians of the Hanlin Academy on one side saw it, and knew that this Lin Yuxuan might be someone the emperor would need in the future, so they lowered their heads and stopped talking.Although the courtier who kept talking wanted to say something, he shut up after receiving a sideways glance from Tu Qingze.

After writing down the names of the top ten, Tu Qingze ordered: "The rest will be passed on according to your list."

"The minister obeys the order."

After Lin Yuxuan learned that he was number one in the second class, he was still a little unhappy.Although he didn't say that he must be in the top three, Lin Yuxuan always felt that if he wanted to do it, he had to be the best, and his grades should be top-notch.He knew that he was a bit young and frivolous in answering the question this time, but he was not born and bred in the ancients. He had more than [-] years of memory in his previous life, so his views on the question were naturally inferior to those of his classmates who had been nurtured since childhood.

"Brother, do you think it's a pity?" Lin Daiyu observed her words and asked softly, "Actually, Daddy also said that according to my age, it's understandable that I can't get into the first class, and my brother doesn't have to feel depressed."

"I'm not very disappointed, but I feel that my talents still need to be improved." Lin Yuxuan quickly put these petty emotions behind him, "I'm going to congratulate Brother Li now."

"Okay. I asked Xuejuan to pack up a congratulatory gift. My brother asked Lin Hui to bring it over. It is also our house's congratulations to Mr. Li." Lin Daiyu said, and motioned Xuejuan to bring the things up.In fact, they are all things commonly used by literati: brush washers, fine brushes, and a few ancient books.

Lin Yuxuan asked Lin Hui to accept it, and Lin Daiyu told the kitchen to make some food and wine to send to Li Shen's yard, and then took Lin Hui to Li Shen's side.

After everything calmed down, Lin Yuxuan breathed a sigh of relief.The emperor gave banquets, exchanges of favors, congratulations and drinking... By the time Lin Yuxuan was freed from all kinds of banquets, it was almost late autumn.Lin Ruhai had already left to go back to the academy, and he had explained to Lin Yuxuan before going that he would make a small appointment for him after the beginning of spring.

Lin Yuxuan is now in the Hanlin Academy and is a seventh-rank attendant. Every day, he helps the Hanlin bachelors deal with various memorials and copy the records of the memorials. Although it is very boring, he can learn a lot from it.Li Shen is also in the Hanlin Academy, but his official position is higher than Lin Yuxuan, so he is qualified to follow the bachelor to court.

When Lin Yuxuan was looking through the records of the past, a man in black clothes strode in. Before the other Hanlin scholars knelt down and saluted, the man said loudly: "I am here to find a man named Lin Yu for the emperor's brother." The person who made peace, where is he?"

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Lin Yuxuan. Lin Yuxuan stroked his crumpled clothes after sitting for a long time, got up and said, "That's my humble minister, may I ask your honor?"

"This is Prince Gong." Yang Hanlin on the side hurriedly whispered in his ear.

"It turned out to be Prince Gong, I have poor eyesight, please forgive me." Lin Yuxuan just wanted to salute when Prince Gong grabbed Lin Yuxuan, his eyes widened slightly in fright.

"What are you talking about, come with me." Prince Gong dragged Lin Yuxuan away, "Emperor brother is waiting for us."