[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

The summons did not come right away, Wang Yue spent a whole month recuperating at home, waiting until the wounds on his body healed, and returned to the Imperial College to go to school, and there was no news from the palace.

When he returned to the Imperial College, he was naturally congratulated by his classmates again, so they were greeted and sent away. After sending them away, Bai Yuan came to find him again.

Naturally, Bai Yuan didn't mention the previous incidents, and now he can see that there are several figures hidden behind those candidates' protests, and he, an ordinary Guozijian student, can't intervene. He wants to use this as a springboard for himself. The idea of ​​increasing capital is really simple, so when I came to see Wang Yue, I felt a little ashamed and comforted myself for a long time before coming here.

Fortunately, Wang Yue wasn't low on EQ, so he didn't mention that matter in front of Bai Yuan, which at least saved his face, and made Bai Yuan's impression of Wang Yue much better.

What Bai Yuan came to discuss was Professor Wang Yue's mathematics. Wang Yue knew that he had gained a lot of money in this matter and bought a lot of people's hearts, so he didn't fight with Bai Yuan to organize this matter. It's a name, just put this matter entirely on Bai Yuan, just say that I am young and ignorant, I really can't do anything about it, just teach, and don't care about other things.

With Wang Yue's refusal, most of this matter fell on Bai Yuan, and he was very busy for a while, but he himself enjoyed it.

After all, Wang Yue's energy is limited, it is impossible to tell everyone, and the arrangement is not too big, so in the end, although Wang Yue said that all comers are welcome, there must be restrictions after all.

And who can come and who can't come is naturally in the hands of Bai Yuan, Bai Yuan used this to make a big splash, and suddenly became a hot student in the whole capital, and everyone wanted to make friends.

Even Wang Yue heard Bai Yuan's name from his parents when he returned home.Wang Gou'er and his wife didn't know the details. They only heard that a scholar who was proficient in arithmetic wanted to give lectures to the students for free, but whether he could go or not depended on the face of a student named Bai Yuan.

Because the son is going to take the imperial examination, the couple are of course concerned about everything about the imperial examination. They have already heard that arithmetic is becoming more and more important in the imperial examination. Although they know that their son is good at arithmetic, like most parents, Hearing such a thing, I naturally want my son to go and listen.

Wang Yue returned home with great difficulty. After asking about his health, he wanted to discuss with his son whether he should give him a gift, but when he heard his son say that he was the scholar who gave the lecture, he felt proud and distressed at the same time. , so those gift givers, I don't know how much money will slip out of their hands.

Wang Yue hurriedly comforted the couple, Bai Yuan was interested in making connections and accumulating capital through this matter, he would not pay attention to a little money at all, and with his smooth way of handling things, he kept and doubled the gifts he sent before giving them away In Wang Yue's hands.

With such an explanation, the husband and wife will naturally not feel distressed anymore, so they went outside to show off again, and publicized it to their son again.

More than half a month later, news suddenly came from the palace, saying that the emperor wanted to summon the top three candidates of this year's rural examination to the palace on a whim.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of countless students. The names of Wang Yue and the other three were once again spread among the students. They must fight hard for the opportunity to meet the emperor.

It's a pity that it's useless to regret now, I can only be secretly jealous of those three people, but they have to greet them with smiles on their faces, congratulations!

When the news spread back to Wangjia Village, there was naturally another sensation. The villagers in Wangjia Village immediately praised and rejoiced. If it weren't for the patriarch's supervision, the villagers who have gradually become rich in the past few years might have to die immediately. Holding a running water banquet is a good way to show off and be happy.

Fortunately, the patriarch and the patriarchs have gained a lot of knowledge in the past few years. Even though they were about to explode with joy, they still restrained their excitement and did not dare to do too much. Suppressing the villagers, just like the other two clans, they only invited clansmen with the same surname and relatives of the Wang family over for a drink. present.

In the next two days, there was a young eunuch sent by the palace to teach them the etiquette when entering the palace. The Wang family specially invited a chef and selected several smart servants to entertain the little eunuch comfortably. Wrapped a big red envelope, so the little eunuch did his best to teach, not only taught the etiquette when meeting the king, but also told some secret stories in the palace, which finally made the Wang family feel relieved.

Two days later, the palace sent someone over and dragged the three of them into the palace.

The three of them first waited for a long time in a small hall, and after a short while, a daughter of the small palace came to send a message, saying that His Majesty had become restless today and would not summon them in the side hall, and asked them to meet you in the imperial garden.

The three of them were apprehensive for a while, but they still pretended to be calm. They followed the little maid into the imperial garden, went through one inspection after another, and finally came before the emperor.

When Wang Yue was saluting, he secretly raised his eyes to glance at the emperor who was sitting above him. The emperor slightly raised the corner of his mouth and smiled at him, making Wang Yue immediately lower his head.

Compared with the meeting a few years ago, he is even more majestic. The last time we met, he was just a serious elder, but now he is the emperor who can decide the life and death of thousands of Li people. It is no wonder that the change is so great His temperament is so flipped.

The emperor first said a few words on the scene, and then called them up one by one to ask them about their knowledge, and then asked them to compose poems.

Poetry writing was originally Wang Yue's shortcoming. He just randomly picked one that fit the title from some famous works of later generations, and then slightly modified it so that he could barely read it.

Fortunately, although the other two people made preparations in advance, they were probably unlucky and did not hit the topic. They were naturally very nervous in front of the emperor. It can only be regarded as barely able to read, and it is about the same level as Wang Yue, but it doesn't show Wang Yue's shortcomings.

The emperor probably knew that they were nervous, so even in the face of these substandard poems, he smiled and praised a few words, and rewarded the pen, ink, paper and inkstone to appease the three of them.

For a while, another lecturer who was serving in front of the emperor entered the topic and asked the three of them to write a policy theory.

Policy theory is one of Wang Yue's strengths, and he is the most stable of the three, so he has performed at his usual level, and finally made the scholars next to him look a lot better, and they praised him one after another.

These scholars talked about the hype, as if their outstanding performance was entirely due to the emperor's credit. Hearing that the emperor was very happy, he couldn't help but bestow a lot of good things.

Wang Yue's mentality was stable, and she had some free thoughts to secretly calculate the value of these things. She only felt that going to the palace would not only save face, but also make sense, and it was really a good deal.

The emperor was very happy today. He not only praised them many times, but also held a special banquet for them to eat in the palace. After the meal, the little eunuch led them to rest.

The three lived in different rooms, which separated them. As soon as Wang Yue entered the door, he took a deep breath and knew that a bigger challenge would come next.

Sure enough, not long after, someone from the palace came in. When they met, they didn't say anything else, just said "Come with me", and then took Wang Yue out, and walked out through a small secret door next to him. Hui was waiting at the door.

"You remember what I said last time, you must listen to me, don't make up your own mind, you know?"

While leading people, Tu Hui gave instructions in a low voice, his voice was very low, and the maids and eunuchs were a little far away. From a distance, it seemed that he was whispering in Wang Yue's ear, attracting Tu Hui to serve him The court ladies and eunuchs all looked sideways, and they all secretly raised this young man who was about the same age as his master in his heart, and his status was only a little lower than that of some princes and princesses in the palace.

They all served their master closely, so naturally they had to follow the master's preferences in everything, and they liked what the master liked.

Not long after, a group of people walked to the Daming Palace where the Supreme Emperor is now living. They met people along the way. Tu Hui only said that Wang Yue was his classmate who was studying abroad, and specially lured him to meet the Supreme Emperor.

Everyone in the palace knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince concealed his identity and studied outside. The information was concealed very tightly and he never revealed the slightest bit to the outside world. Now it was the first time he knew who was around him, so naturally everyone was watching Wang Yue closely. , wanting to remember his appearance.

This kind of upright situation is very different from the secret meeting that Wang Yue thought in his heart, so Wang Yue inevitably showed some surprise on his face. Tu Hui saw what he was thinking, and said with a low smile: "This palace There are at least thousands of eunuchs and maids in total. I am afraid that only the cold palace will be inaccessible. Like the place where my father and grandfather live, there are hundreds of people who are responsible for serving and protecting, and the rest are even more staring Thinking about it, if you want to do a secret thing here, it may be even more difficult, but it will be more eye-catching, and it might as well be upright, and it will be better to dispel their curiosity."

Wang Yue thought for a while, then nodded and said: "I was thinking wrong, what you said is the right thing, but when I leave the palace, I'm afraid I know everything I need to know, and I'm afraid I won't have a peaceful life in the future. "

Seeing his despondency, Tu Hui couldn't help reaching out to pat him on the back as comfort.This action was very intimate, allowing the court ladies and eunuchs who were watching secretly to know the relationship between the two of them.

The Supreme Emperor had already prepared it, so as soon as the person who went in to report said something, someone immediately brought the two of them in.

As Wang Yue walked, she rubbed the cipher box in her sleeve. It stands to reason that foreigners like them who entered the palace would have to be searched and checked layer by layer from the moment they entered the palace gate, and they were not allowed to bring in anything except their clothes and accessories.

However, the palace man who was in charge of searching for them probably received the news in advance that the cipher box was preserved intact, and then asked Wang Yue to bring it into the palace.

This cipher box is his biggest bargaining chip. He was confident at first, but when he stepped into the palace where the most powerful man in the entire empire lived, he still felt a little uneasy. Don't fall behind.

The author has something to say: the train was late again, it was really late eight out of ten times, and I don't know when I can get on the train.