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

On the fifth day of October, the sky is high and the air is crisp. At this time, the weather in Beijing has gradually turned cold, and it has begun to snow a little further north. According to the situation in previous years, the first snow is coming soon.

The snow in Beijing is always heavy, which certainly satisfies the interest of literati and refined scholars to enjoy the snow, but it is a fatal threat to the poor people.

However, with the establishment of the Royal Charity Association, every winter, the queen empress in the palace always brings the princess and the ladies of various families to raise funds, prepare food and clothing, and subsidize the poor people for the winter. Therefore, it has been nearly a hundred years since the establishment of the Qi Dynasty , The number of people who died of hunger and cold in the area near the capital can be counted with a slap. This is no different from a myth for any dynasty before Daqi.

For this reason, regardless of other regions, just near the capital, the people's support for the royal family has almost reached a peak.

In other dynasties, when the capital like the capital was attacked, the common people would choose to flee everywhere. Only when their lives were threatened would they rise up to resist. In Daqi, the emperor could confidently say that if anyone dared to To attack the capital, without the use of the army, the people in the capital can drown them every time they spit.

The royal family realized early on that spending a little money and doing small favors could greatly win over the hearts of the common people, so the Royal Charity Association received strong support from the emperor.

The choice of the emperor is the weathervane for the bureaucrats and nobles. Now that the emperor has shown his attitude, the women in the palace and the bureaucrats who want to please the emperor are naturally willing to participate in the Royal Charity Association.

To this day, the various affairs of the Royal Charity Association have complete regulations, and the person in charge does not need to do too much, just follow the regulations.

As early as the first month, before winter began, the Royal Charity Society had already started raising winter clothes and food according to the usual practice, and by the beginning of October, everything was ready, and there was no need for these ladies to bother. , they can spare time to wander among the banquets of various families, gossip, listen to plays and eat wine.

Among the various families that held the banquet, the appearance of invitations from Princess Shuxian's Mansion was really surprising.

It must be known that Princess Shuxian and his wife are people who don't like to make noise, and they seldom participate in this kind of banquet, and it is even rarer to hold banquets.

However, although Princess Shuxian and his wife don't often appear in the banquet, they are better than other princess consorts.Of course, people still prefer to make friends with these two.

After all, Princess Shuxian has a kind personality, treats people very well, and is capable. She holds an extremely important position in the Royal Charity Association, and is deeply favored by the emperor and the Supreme Emperor. As for the son-in-law, she is also a famous scholar. They are very famous in the literary world, whichever one of these two is chosen will be more popular than those princesses who don't have much favor from the emperor and only know how to eat, drink and play.

However, because of their status, although everyone secretly complained about why these two hid in the mansion and did not come out, they did not dare to comment on their behavior on the surface.

But now I have received invitations from his family, and this season is not a New Year's Day, nor is it the birthday gift of the princess' son-in-law. Everyone really doesn't know why the princess sent the invitation!

After opening the invitation, everyone realized that it was the son-in-law who had accepted his apprentice.

Given the consort's age and his usual requirements for his apprentices, this apprentice should be a close apprentice. As a teacher, the most important thing is the first senior brother and the last junior apprentice. The concubine thinks highly of him. It is not incomprehensible to even hold a banquet specially for him and invite everyone to participate in his apprenticeship ceremony.

However, thinking of the son-in-law's attitude towards the previous disciples, everyone couldn't help being secretly surprised at this little apprentice who hadn't shown up yet.

It's just that the name of the little apprentice was not written on the invitation, and no one knew who it was, so they could only guess secretly.

On the fifth day of October, all those who received the invitations came to the Princess Mansion. For a while, there were robes and shoes, and the wine was intertwined, which was very lively.

However, there are some people who are incompatible with this atmosphere.

First of all, it was the Jia family. The Jia family suffered a series of catastrophes. Even Jia She, who was drunk and dreamed of dying in a gentle hometown, also knew that the situation of the Jia family was not good. This time almost all of the Jia family was dispatched, even Jia's mother, who used to only hang out with a few old concubines, also came.

However, even though people came, the emotions of the Jia family were still affected. They seemed to be forced to smile. Others couldn't help but wonder why they came since they were unhappy. The relationship between the family is so good?

In addition, there are the Wang couple, Wang Qing'er and the elders of the Wang family. Although these few people are supporting themselves, they still can't blend in with the people around them, but the people around them are finding out that these people are the young man The attitude of the apprentice's family members was much warmer. Even if there were some who looked down on these country folks, they still had a decent face.

Not long after, a senior in the literary world who had a good relationship with Lin Qing came out and announced the beginning of the apprenticeship ceremony. After several senior elders in the clan and honorable circles and seniors in the literary world who had a good relationship with Lin Qing sat down, the others They all stood behind and watched the ceremony.

The atmosphere was quiet and solemn for a while, and only then did someone lead the princess and the consort out.

The two sat up first, and then someone led Wang Yue from the side, and everyone saw a well-dressed young man appearing on the stage.

No matter how talented this person is, just judging by his appearance and demeanor, this young man is worthy of being Lin Qing's apprentice.

Needless to say, Lin Qing's appearance was able to be selected as Tanhua Lang and fell in love with the princess at first sight. The two stood together, one was mature and stable, the other was youthful and lively.

Wang Yue was led to kowtow to Lin Qing and the princess, served tea, was trained by Lin Qing, and encouraged by the older elders, and the apprentice ceremony was over.

The crowd rushed up immediately, and the words of praise spit out from their mouths as if they didn't need money. When they heard that he was the classmate and friend of His Highness Xie Yuan in this year's provincial examination, the eyes of the crowd changed again.

There were more people around Wang Yue, and the Wang family, who had been left out intentionally or unintentionally, also crowded around. As for Wang Qinger, she was praised more than once by those noble ladies who were originally high-spirited. During their marriage, their eyes became even more fiery.

Although her family background is not high, she can't stand to have a promising younger brother, and she is not as vulgar as a country girl, but she is a pretty good girl. Although she is not good enough for her own son, she probably will not look down on her unworthy ones. A bastard, but it is enough to be matched with an outstanding nephew.

Many people have moved their minds, but everyone is more concerned about Wang Yue's marriage. They talk about how good their daughter is, how virtuous and gentle their nieces are, and they only smile when they hear it. It wasn't that her son had told her not to respond casually, the Liu family had already arranged ten different marriages for her son.

The atmosphere of the banquet was just right. On the one hand, Lin Qing intended to meet each other, and on the other hand, Lin Qing also intended to expand his most lacking personal connections for the young apprentice.

All the people attending the banquet chatted happily and were talking, but suddenly they heard outside the door that the prince was coming. Immediately, everyone looked at Wang Yue differently.

The author has something to say: going to report tomorrow, I am so nervous! !