The eldest grandson of the Red Chamber

Capital, Jia Mansion.

After a few days of cold spring, the warmer weather finally brought a bit of spring sunshine. The flowers in the Grand View Garden are full of splendor, rich and evergreen, and even people look more lively.

"The Poetry Society's topic today is not as good as Xinghua. Miss Lin can be said to be able to relax. She was tight a few days ago, but today she has worked hard to deal with us." Baochai said with a smile: " Look at my memory, my sister can speak her name now, so I can't call her like a girl, Wanqing is an excellent name, and our uncle Lin is really a lover of personality."

There are still three days before Daiyu leaves the pavilion, and the nuns in the palace have retired and left.So the girls in the garden once again joined the poetry club, which was regarded as a farewell to Daiyu, and all the girls came. As for Mr. Yihong, the master has been busy with his homework for some reason recently, so because of Didn't make it to school.

"Speaking of Mrs. Lin, it's just a coincidence. Sister Lin is the most blessed. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Lin is riding a horse in Yujie today. It's a grand event that happens every three years. It's a pity that we won't see each other." Xiang Xiang Yun smiled and went to take Daiyu's arm. She is dexterous and knows that today is the day when the palace examination will be announced.

"It's really a pity. If on weekdays, I told the old lady, she would have allowed us to go. Fortunately, sister Lin can't go, and we have no interest." Tanchun continued, "It's the second sister who has done it now. Grandma, you can come and go more freely, why don't you let her go to see it, and tell us about it when you come to the house?"

"You are stupid, today is the day to unveil the list, isn't it too late to say it now?" Baochai pointed at her and smiled.

Tanchun also knew that what she said was empty, and it was not certain whether she would be on the list, but she rolled her eyes and smiled narrowly: "But Sister Bao said that she is making things difficult for Sister Lin, you Is it better to ask her to read "Heating is latently reminding the next spring, the plum blossoms have faded and the apricot blossoms are new." Or is it better to read "Spring tour, apricot blossoms are all over the head, who is the young man on the street?"

Daiyu's wedding date is just around the corner, and according to Daqi's rules and customs, it is inauspicious to go out.

"Naturally, you can read it well. As the saying goes, there are four great happy events. Uncle Lin's title on the gold list. You and his husband and wife are one body, so it can be counted as yours. The wedding ceremony is even more a happy event for two people. Sister Lin is together. It took two." Baochai covered her lips and smiled, Qionglin served the hairpin apricot blossoms at the banquet, which is why she suggested apricot blossoms, which is a good sign.

Daiyu was blushed by their laughter, but this was not the first time in these years, and she gradually got used to it, and said with a smile: "It's nothing more than Qionglin's hairpins. Scholars in the new department can wear hairpins regardless of their rankings, regardless of their beauty or ugliness. The cross-horse parade that Xiangyun talked about is something that only Yijia can do, and we are talking about it here, and others have heard the joke."

It is self-evident how difficult Yijia is. People who don't know it will only think that they don't know what it means.

"Master Lin was the No.3 candidate back then? You are from a scholarly family, why don't you find one for you too?" Seeing Daiyu's rebuttal, Xiangyun intentionally shamed her.

"Ms. Smith doesn't understand these things. Just touching her mouth is like a slap in the face, but this scholar has been in poverty for ten years, as many as a cow's hair, so it's not so easy." Li Wan put the embroidered buns in his hand on the table, The corner of the mouth slightly raised: "Everyone has good intentions, but just like what Sister Lin said, we laymen only make jokes when we talk about it."

"Sister-in-law, won't it be so easy for Brother Lan in the future?" Xiang Yun asked with a smile.

Li Wan was choked by her, and realized that he was about to say something, when Daiyu said: "Well, he is still so young, if he picks it off, there is nothing left to say. Isn't it a poem? Sister Bao's question, if I say it, she should also write the preface."

"Well, you Lin Wanqing, who am I for? You pushed me back. Besides, there is no one who wrote the preface. Let's follow the rules and pass the flowers by beating the drum." Baochai refused.

"Today's Poetry Club is Sister Lin from the beginning, only this time is left, and there will be no more in the future. Naturally, let her have the final say. Sister Bao, don't refuse." Tanchun said with a smile.

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Although there was a hint from the emperor on the day of the palace examination, Mingxu was still in a daze when he heard his name shouted from the officials of the Ministry of Rites during the Chuanlu Ceremony.Afterwards, the voice of Erjia No. 1 Chuanlu resounded through the hall word by word, and Ming Xu gradually came back to his senses, noticing that no one around him realized his slight gaffe. No matter how young the face is, it is full of vigorous youthful spirit.Above the golden hall, standing facing the wind, the soul seems to be floating with the wind, and the turbid air in the world is empty.

After the Ceremony of Chuanlu, there is a parade of horses across the street. On the Royal Street, where the road was cleared in advance, the imperial guards personally guarded the road, accompanied by enthusiastic girls at the windows on the second floor of the teahouse and tavern on both sides of the road, and flowers and champagne thrown by the wives. Officials from the Ministry of Rituals followed Shout the names of No. [-] Scholar, No. [-] and Tanhua from behind.

Ming Xu patted the horse to avoid a peach thrown from the upstairs, he let out a sigh, it was okay to throw some light objects, Gu You watched to kill Wei Jie, in the past, the cart was full of melons and fruits, so throw a papaya down, It can really kill people.

Seeing Ming Xu dodging left and right, the champion Lang Wen Qi beside him smiled and said: "Brother Ming is so lucky, I think all the flowers and fruits are heading towards you, brother Sun and I are much more lonely."

The second place Sun Bing waved his hands quickly after hearing this: "Brother Wen and little brother Ming are still young, and they are good-looking. I will forget it. I am over forty years old. I will be my grandfather this year. It is time to obey the old and call it old, but don't you?" Compare this with you young people."

"Brother Sun, that's a bad word. Just say I'm young. My face really doesn't look good. It's only when you scold me. When I was young, my school teacher said: There are three places for Yijia. For you, there are only two. If you don’t have a champion, it’s good to earn a No. [-] prize, so you can only work hard to get the No. [-] prize. I didn’t expect that his old man’s words are so good, but he really won.” Wen Qi said and sighed He breathed a sigh of relief: "Besides, there is a rouge tiger at home, so let's calm down, but brother Ming, you might as well pay attention."

Wen Qi said that these are really not modest. His face is really not good, even ugly.Since ancient times, not only Tanhua has been the most elegant in the first class, but even the number one scholar should be a gentleman, but Emperor He obviously didn't care about this, and chose Huiyuan Wenqi as the number one scholar, and became the name of Sanyuan Jidi.But if you want to say that he is not a Yan control, he picked No. 7 Ming Xu as the candidate.

Mingxu couldn't figure out Hedi's thoughts for the time being, but at least he knew that His Majesty didn't give Yan Shenggong a lot of face. Kong Ying, who was second in the exam, fell directly to Chuanlu, not only didn't think about giving him the first prize, but also gave him a more handsome face. Even the second place in the ranking is No.4 who was originally going to try.

"I didn't say that? I'm getting married in three days. At that time, the two brothers don't forget to come and have a glass of wedding wine for my younger brother." Mingxu once again avoided the small gifts thrown by the girls and said with a smile.

The young man is dressed in red and has a white horse, his eyebrows are like jade, and his smile is unparalleled, which made the rain of flowers even denser for a while.

"I'm going to go. I heard His Majesty mention your father-in-law in front of the palace that day. Is the beautiful woman the Lord of Ning'an County specially appointed by His Majesty?" Wen Qi asked with a smile.

"Brother Wen is very well informed." Mingxu nodded, not wanting to say more.

Mingxu saw the bright and pretty girls on both sides of the street, and felt a little regretful in his heart, that my little girl couldn't come.

Daiyu didn't come to see, and Ming Lai wasn't there, but Mingxi came with Mingzhao and Song Shi, and Mingxu raised his hand to say hello when passing by, but the street was too lively, Mingxu didn't hear it, so he didn't notice .Mingzhao felt a little wronged, but Song didn't care, thinking in her heart: This Tanhua gown looks good, although it's a bit late, but there's still time, should I change the gown?

Mingxu didn't know what his family was thinking, and returned to the palace after wandering around the street three times.This time, we came to the palace specially named Qionglin Garden. Qionglin Garden is located behind Wenzhang Hall and Linjing Hall in the front hall.

Scholars of the new science came here directly after the ceremony of passing on the coffins to participate in the Qionglin Banquet. The banquet was held at dusk, and it was still early. Neither the emperor nor the civil and military officials had arrived, so the friendly scholars sat down and talked in twos and threes. .

Ming Xu took the wine that Hua Zhang handed over and put it on the table, he said helplessly: "Your Majesty and the adults have not arrived yet, why don't you get drunk first?"

"Brother Xu" met Mingxu's eyes, Huazhang changed his words wisely: "Chengjing, I didn't expect that I would become Sun Shan one day, this luck, can you not be happy? That's just a little bit, and I will be a grandson in this life." Stop at the fifth rank." At the end of the speech, Huazhang looked around and lowered his voice.

This time, a total of 27 people were selected for the top two. As he said, Hua Zhang was very lucky to be the last one.

"I see, it's such a blessing, you really should drink it, you should bear it anyway, and it won't be too late until the banquet begins."

"I won't drink it, I respect you, you are the same guy as Qing Rong, and you are overjoyed, you should drink twice as much."

"...Speaking of great joy, have you caught your son-in-law under the list?"

"This is not a matter of a day or two. The bosses should not take a closer look and focus on investigation and investigation."

"…I see."

After chatting with Qing Rong for a while, Wen Qi brought a few people over to talk, and a group of people set up a chessboard and talked for a long time.The civil and military officials gradually came to Qionglin Garden and sat down according to their respective seats. Mingxu saw his father in sequence and nodded slightly.Ming Su obviously knew that he had been hit by Tanhua, and there was a bit of tenderness on his usually dull face.

Gradually hearing the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras, following a notification, the emperor and the empress arrived in person, and the Qionglin Banquet officially began.Compared with discussing affairs in court, a banquet of the nature of Qionglin Banquet is obviously much more relaxing, and the emperor also bluntly said that you do not need to be formal.

According to the custom, after Zhuangyuan Lang folded apricot blossoms, the emperor waved his hand, and dancers came in with music, singing and dancing, and drinking wine.

Although it was said that the banquet was specially set for the new scholars, the emperor was not familiar with the new officials. After asking the few scholars in the front seats, he still communicated with the old officials.Ming Xu drank in silence, trying to match the ministers and their names in his heart.

The moon and stars are sparse, and the breeze is gentle, gradually blowing away the slight dryness in my heart, Mingxu walks along the apricot blossom forest, when the banquet reaches halftime, the emperor has already left, the banquet is getting more and more lively, Mingxu follows the communication of the crowd After drawing a picture, I went out for a walk.

Along the way, the apricot blossoms rained lightly by his side, Mingxu rarely thought about admiring the flowers, sat down on a stone bench in a pavilion, propped his cheeks with his hands, and immersed himself in the twilight of spring for a while.

It was quiet all around, only the slight sound of the piano and laughter could be heard from a distance, Ming Xu's eyes gradually closed, but he heard movement from his side, so he opened his eyes and got up, looked sideways but froze in place.

The visitor was dressed in turquoise clothes, and looked at him with his hands behind his back. There was a gentle and delicate light in his eyes, as if the lights in the distance were folded in his eyes, reflecting each other with the stars in the sky.

"Are you safe?" Seeing him stunned, the man slightly bent his eyes to cover the shimmering light, and greeted him like this.

"Miss Gu." Ming Xu said slowly.