After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

In the blink of an eye, May is approaching the turn of spring and summer. The garden is full of flowers and the warm wind is warm. Sitting in the garden in the afternoon and basking in the sun is extraordinarily comfortable and comfortable.

Xiao Heng is considered an official now, although with his current status, it is far from enough to attend the court meeting with his father Xiao Hua, grandfather Xiao Song and others, but he still has to go to the library every day to do some work.

Xiao Nianru came here on purpose, and sat in her yard with Xiao Yansui. The distance between the two of them was not too close. Xiao Nianru was holding a paintbrush in his hand, just watching the two little dogs sitting and squatting on Xiao Yansui's side. In front of Yan Sui.

After a while, Xiao Nianru, who was drawing the fan pattern, saw that Xiao Yansui was still flipping through the book just now. After he finished writing, he couldn't help asking curiously: "Liu Niang, what are you looking at? I saw you flipping through this book since early in the morning. gone."

Xiao Yansui raised her hand and gestured to Xiao Nianru, "About the legal calendar of the imperial examination."

It was also after seeing his elder brother Xiao Heng's admission to Jinshi that Xiao Yansui found out whether to laugh or cry. At this moment in the Tang Dynasty, Jinshi and various banquets afterwards were not lively, but Xinke Jinshi was still far away from being an official. There is a long way to go.

Having nothing to do, Xiao Yansui would occasionally put down the books on herbal medicine, alchemy, and all kinds of strange skills that he was interested in. Recently, Xiao Heng started to go out to work every day, and Xiao Yansui occasionally sat with Xiao Nianru When I was talking, I just casually flipped through the laws and calendars about Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty, which can be regarded as a lot of knowledge.

Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty, after going through the well-known palace examination, there were re-examinations of "Hongci" and "Diancui" presided over by the Ministry of Officials. These two subjects were divided into four items in total, namely body, speech, Book, sentence.As the name suggests, to put it bluntly, it is actually a physical examination, an oral test, calligraphy, and finally, official document writing...

Originally, Xiao Yansui had already been shocked by the fact that the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty were still half-open. When she found out that there were still these operations after the imperial examinations, she was naturally even more impressed.

The most important thing is that after passing all four re-examinations of "Hongci" and "Diaocui", these Jinshi of the new subjects who were still the favored ones at the time of their titles on the gold list can at most be awarded a ninth-rank junior official. To be more precise, it is either to stay in the Royal Library of the Tang Dynasty to sort out ancient books, do some transcription work, and continue to study on the job; Work as a deputy, learn deeply in practice...

This is not the end, whether they are copying books in the library or working with the magistrate in the county, these new scholars are still in the probationary period, and the probationary period ranges from one to eight years.Only after the probationary period expires and the Ministry of Officials passed the evaluation can these new subjects be officially ordered by the imperial court.

However, Xiao Yansui looked at the entire process of selecting talents for the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, and felt that the court was the most tolerant of these Jinshi, and the only advantage was that the probationary period could be extended forever. You can continue to fight again after the next year, and if you fail, there will be a third or fourth evaluation. When will you finally pass the evaluation? fired...

Of course, although the recommendation system in the Tang Dynasty is far less prevalent than in the previous dynasties, those children from famous families still enjoy some privileges more or less. It is not uncommon to be awarded an official position...

As for his elder brother Xiao Heng, although Xiao Yansui had never questioned Xiao Song's plans before, since he is still copying books, it is obvious that Xiao Song must hope that Xiao Heng will follow the normal process of Jinshi first. Zhengfang can speak well, of course, according to Xiao Yansui's thinking, after about a year of adaptation, Xiao Song must have some ideas about Xiao Heng's position.

Putting down the scroll in his hand for the time being, Xiao Yansui raised his head, stroked the smooth fur of the three dogs he raised, then looked at Xiao Nianru, and said with a slightly joking smile: "Why haven't I received any in the past few days?" The message from Du Wulang."

When Xiao Nianru heard this, her face flushed slightly.Since she came to Chang'an City to stay at Xu Guogong's mansion, although she often accompanied Xu Guogong's wife, Mrs. He, but more often, Xiao Nianru was used to being in the same room as Xiao Song, Xiao Yansui, the only little girl. The lady stays together.

Moreover, probably because she has been with Xiao Yansui for a long time, and she did go out frequently before that, the expression on Xiao Nianru's face looks much more relaxed than when she just came to Xu Guogong's mansion.

"We're going to get married in a few days..." Xiao Nianru said, she lowered her head, her shy cheeks seemed to be painted with rouge, she put down the unfinished round fan in her hand a little cautiously, and then continued to whisper: "Welcome the bride He has been busy with many matters, so there is no rush to meet at this moment."

Xiao Yansui nodded seriously, and agreed: "That's right, after the two of you get married, you will naturally see each other every day."

"..." Xiao Nianru was stunned for a moment, with a shy and timid look, she couldn't answer these words at all.

According to the customs of the Tang Dynasty, the solar terms at the turn of spring and summer in May are suitable for marriage.

The horoscopes of Du Erlang and Xiao Nianru have been compatible for a long time, and May 25 happens to be a good day for weddings and funerals. The day of marriage was booked early.

"I, I'm a little worried..." After a while, Xiao Nianru suddenly murmured while holding the round fan.

Xiao Yansui replied casually: "It's a premarital phobia, long-term love, it's okay."

"Huh...?" Xiao Nianru froze for a moment, a little puzzled.

Xiao Yansui blinked her eyes, turned her head, and explained in a rough and simple way: "That is, this marriage is very important to you, so you paid special attention to it. As a result, as the wedding date approached, the more you cared, The more I worry about and fear the things after marriage, the more I feel that I am not used to it, and I even want to run away!"

After a pause, Xiao Yansui continued: "But I don't think you and Du Erlang have much to do with each other. You two seem to get along pretty well?"

Xiao Nianru nodded, and replied a little shyly: "Mmm..."

"So just relax, San Niang." Xiao Yansui was still holding her scroll in her hand, "It's not a big deal if you get divorced, don't worry too much about it, it's not a big deal..."

"Huh... huh?" Xiao Nianru couldn't help being slightly taken aback, she felt that Xiao Yansui's upright expression seemed to make sense, even though her words were thoughtful and frightening, but she was stunned for a moment. Xiao Nianru couldn't refute at all.

Moreover, once she followed Xiao Yansui's thoughts all at once, it was easy to fall into a kind of confusion of thinking about "who am I, where am I, and what am I going to do?" After a long while, she finally came to her senses. , although what Xiao Yansui said seems to be right everywhere, but who is thinking about getting a divorce before they get married!

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The Du family and the Xiao family are still paying attention to the marriage between Xiao Nianru and Du Wulang consciously or unconsciously.

However, at this time, in the East Palace, in the tranquility of a pool of stagnant water on the surface, with the personal visit of the elder brother and younger brother of the Crown Princess Wei's family, new waves were set off again...

Just because of a secret meeting at the Shangyuan Festival, Li Linfu successfully suppressed Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming and drove them out of Chang'an City.

Huangfu Weiming didn't say a word, and had already drooped his head and went to work quietly. As for Wei Jian, although he also left with Huangfu Weiming, but among Jingzhao Weiming, he was a compatriot with a mother and a mother. The brothers, however, all became active because of this, trying to wash away the "grievance" on Wei Jian.

Wei Jian's two younger brothers, Wei Lan and Wei Zhi have been complaining for their elder brother's grievances in Shangshu. Trying to persuade Prince Li Heng to testify for them.

This matter has only stopped for a few months. Originally, the crown prince Li Heng did not care about anything during this period of self-cultivation, and he was by Xuanzong's side every day, trying to deepen the father-son relationship a little bit...

It's a pity that Xuanzong actually didn't follow this pattern, and even Xuanzong's pickiness of the prince Li Heng who often appeared by his side was on the bright side. However, in order to maintain the status of the prince, Xuanzong would While disgusting and suppressing other things for the time being, it is not too much to blame Prince Li Heng.

——It is true that the lessons learned from the "three disasters" are still there. Although Xuanzong now has suspicions about Prince Li Heng, he has no plans to abolish him again.What's more, the arrogance of the Eastern Palace was suppressed by him, and when facing the loyal courtiers, he was in a dire situation...

Just out of face, Wei Lan and Wei Zhi begged to come to the door in person, but Prince Li Heng couldn't bear it, so he agreed slowly, willing to go to see Xuanzong with Wei Lan and Wei Zhi.

The only unexpected thing is that Li Heng, Wei Lan and Wei Zhi went to see the saint together, and explained many reasons why Wei Jian was wronged, but they all ignored the most important point: Leaving aside the issue of the secret meeting, Wei Jian The most direct reason why Jian was relegated was actually because Xuanzong didn't trust the prince, and Wei Jian just happened to be in trouble.

Of course, after doing this, the two brothers Wei Lan and Wei Zhi not only failed to clear up Wei Jian's grievances, but even because they had a good relationship with the prince Li Heng, they faced the holy together again this time, and almost lost their official positions. lost.

Prince Li Heng was scared out of his wits a long time ago, and Xuanzong's angry eyes could make him tremble for a long time. This time, after Wei Lan and Wei Zhi failed, Prince Li Heng was even more terrified and hurriedly put Wei Lan aside. People like Brother Wei Zhi even wrote a form overnight, expressing their attitude clearly: reconciling with the Crown Princess Wei Shi.

For a while, the attitude of outsiders was unknown, even inside the East Palace, everyone was shocked.