The bright moon sprinkled all over the ground, and where the left hand side of the backyard leaned against the courtyard wall, five or six pepper trees were hung with red and green peppers, and a nearby sweet potato vine had already invaded the territory of the pepper tree with great ambition, and one even secretly hugged the waist of the pepper tree.

The moon shadow moved westward, and the moonlight leaked in through the screen window, shining on the kang with a mat, and two "little cabbages" were sleeping peacefully on the kang.

It was already very hot in the capital in mid-May, and in early spring and early summer, they were wearing thin close-fitting clothes, revealing two white and tender arms like pink lotus, and the four peaks and mountains that rose under the clothes were neatly lowered together with their breathing. And the thin quilt that was originally covering the body has been kicked to the kang in the early summer when the sleeping products are not good.

"Sir!" Chu Xia suddenly dreamed of a sentence, turned over and hugged her sister Chu Chun next to her, a white girl's long legs put on the latter's waist, and her head subconsciously arched into her arms.

Chu Chun was suddenly woken up, sat up sleepy-eyed, his hair was slanted to the side of the shawl, his waist was slumped and his buttocks were pouted, there was an indescribable coquettish style.

At this time, there was a drum sound of the fifth watch (half past four) on the street, and Chu Chun suddenly fell asleep, and stretched out his hand to push Chu Xia: "Sister, get up!" ”

"Master, ...... hard!" Early Summer Dream rolled over.

Chu Chun's face couldn't help but blush, both angry and funny, this little hoof is so ashamed, even dreaming about the master, so he slapped Chu Xia's buttocks hard, the latter suddenly woke up, rubbed his eyes and said dissatisfiedly: "Sister, why are you beating people!" ”

"Just now people called you to get up, but you turned over and said hard, and people thought you were going to beat hard!" Early spring promotes narrow tunnels.

Chu Xia had a fever on his face, covered his face and fell back on the kang, and said angrily: "Sister, you hate it to death, disturbing people's dreams, so sleepy, people want to sleep for a while." ”

"Don't dream about spring anymore, my lord is going to take the palace exam today, hurry up and make breakfast." In the early spring, he pouted his buttocks like a puppy and crawled to the edge of the kang and got up on the clogs.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Early summer hurriedly got up too.

In the inner room of the main room, Xie Xiaowan heard movement in the courtyard, took out the pocket watch under the pillow, opened it through the hazy moonlight outside the window and took a look, hurriedly got up lightly, put on her clothes, and gently woke up Xu Jin, who was sleeping next to her, and said softly: "Xianggong, it's time to get up!" ”

Xu Jin sat up with sleepy eyes, grabbed Xie Xiaowan's waist, buried his face in the softness of the latter's chest, and continued to sleep with his eyes closed. Xie Xiaowan was angry and funny, and said angrily: "Don't sleep, Xianggong, I'm going to take the palace exam today!" ”

At this time, Yue'er, the girl who slept in the outer room, walked in with a basin of water, and couldn't help laughing out loud when she saw this, the old man was "coquettish" again!

Xu Baobao rubbed for a while before getting up slowly, freshened up under the service of his wife and maid, changed his clothes, and then ate breakfast.

Before going out, Xie Xiaowan tidied up Xu Jin's collar and said with a sweet smile: "I wish Xianggong the title of the gold list!" ”

Mei Wan Yue'er said with a smile: "Madam, the title of the old man's gold list is certain, and I should wish the old man the champion and the first talent!" ”

Xu Jin smiled, and led the way to the front yard with the palm lamp of Dabao and Erniu, who had already been in the courtyard in the early spring and early summer, and said with a sweet smile: "The maid wishes the master six yuan in a row, the champion and the first!" ”

Xu Jin smiled helplessly and nodded, the champion is afraid that he doesn't have to think about it, but I hope Yang Tinghe will also take care of some face and leave a place for himself in the top ten, because according to the convention, Huiyuan's ranking in the palace test will never fall out of the top ten.

When Xu Jin arrived at the assembly point of Zuo'anmen in the imperial city, most of the tributes who participated in the palace examination had arrived, and they had already lined up according to the ranking of the examination.

"Xu Huiyuan is coming!"

"Good morning Xu Huiyuan!"

The acquaintances he met along the way all greeted each other, and Xu Jin smiled and nodded in response. Although most people are now alienating Xu Jin, this does not mean that they will not greet each other, and those who will not even greet each other will have to recharge their IQ and EQ.

"Ziqian, I've been waiting for you for a long time, Zhang Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites is arranging the whole team, you will try the number one, hurry up to the front!" When Huang Dacan saw Xu Jin, he reminded that his ranking in the examination was 236, so he was at the end of the line.

Xu Jin nodded, quickened his pace and walked towards the front of the line, and when he passed next to Senior Brother Wei Yang, who was ranked twenty-fifth, he stopped and said hello, and the latter nodded gently in response: "Senior Brother Xu, good morning!" ”

Xu Jin frowned imperceptibly, the senior brother's mental state didn't seem to be very good, but he didn't have time to ask more questions at this time, and hurriedly walked forward after saying hello, Zhang Langzhong from the Ministry of Rites was waving to him.

Zhang Lang was about forty years old, and when Xu Jinxing arrived, he said a little unhappily: "Xu Ziqian, why did you come so late?" Hurry up and stand up, there is still a cup of tea to enter the palace, and it will not wait! ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but sweat secretly, and stood at the front of the team with a confession, the leader of the group, this is the treatment that Huiyuan deserves. Standing behind Xu Jin was Yang Weicong, who was the second in the examination, followed by Lu Jun in the third place, Wang Ji in the fourth place, and Fei Maozhong in the fifth place.

"Good morning, Brother Xu!" Yang Weicong greeted Xu Jin with a smile.

"Good morning, Brother Yang!" Xu Jin politely replied, and then crossed over to Lu Madsheng, who had a stinky face, and greeted Wang Ji and Fei Mao in the back.

Although the palace examination is the last pass of the imperial examination, it is relatively the easiest, because only one subject is examined, and there is only one question, the test is completed on the same day, and the results will be released the next day, and the third day will be ranked by the emperor himself (top ten).

Since there will be no more failures in the palace examination, but compared with the general examination, there have been changes in the rankings, and usually the changes are not much, so the mood of the more than 300 candidates present is quite relaxed, chatting and laughing in a low voice with the same year around them.

Xu Jin was chatting with Yang Weicong behind him, and Lu Yansheng, who was ranked third, suddenly interjected coldly: "I will win the three tripod armor in the palace test!" ”

Yang Weicong was secretly amused in his heart, Lu Madsheng didn't say that he would win the champion, he was already very modest, it is estimated that after being slapped in the face by Xu Jin in the last meeting, he has now reined in.

Xu Jin didn't pay attention to Lu Yansheng, and at this time, Zhang Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites had already moved, and beckoned him to follow.

Under the guidance of Zhang Langzhong, the long queue of candidates went forward along the Royal Street, which is Chang'an Street, and a short distance forward is the Chengtian Gate, and the Chengtian Gate is the Imperial City.

At the front of the team of candidates at Xu Jin Station, the first to step on the Jinshui Bridge, at this time the sun just jumped out from the horizon, radiating ten thousand rays of light, and the morning light shone on the bodies of the tributes, one by one.

The Son of Heaven is heroic, and the article teaches Ercao. All kinds of good products, only reading is high. After today's palace examination, more than 300 people present jumped the carp into the dragon gate and officially stepped into the officialdom. Chao is Tian Shelang, and the twilight is in Tianzi Hall, how fast!

Standing on the Jinshui Bridge, facing the light of the rising sun, Xu Jin couldn't help but feel a sense of pride, a kind of heroic anger.

Get off the Jinshui Bridge, go straight into the Chengtian Gate is the Imperial City, continue to the north, continue to pass through the Duanmen and the Wumen, and then arrive at the Imperial Palace, which is the so-called Forbidden City.

Facing the noon gate is the Fengtian Gate, which is the place where the Ming Dynasty Emperor often listens to the imperial gate, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are here to go to court.

Zhang Langzhong led more than 300 candidates across the Inner Wulong Bridge, through the Zhaode Gate to the square outside the Fengtian Temple, where today's palace examination was held.

At this moment, the new Emperor Jiajing has been promoted in the palace, and the civil and military officials are lined up left and right, and they all pay "attention to the salute" to the new Kegong scholars in the field.