While waiting for the Gongyuan located in the south courtyard of the Ministry of Rites to open, in just half an hour, Yan Bing couldn't help but make frequent mistakes, accidentally knocked over the tea cup, got up and stepped on the skirt, choked on cherries and swallowed the core......

"I mean, you're not going to be nervous like that, are you? Put down the tea cup quickly, beware of choking on tea. The cousin Li Yan who sat with him endured it for a long time, and finally shook his head and joked after Yan Bing choked: "Look at how calm your sister-in-law is, isn't her eldest brother Zixu Wen Yuan's classmate and friend?" This time, we didn't see her wait like you. ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at his beloved wife Liu Qingqing, who was sitting beside him, and the two looked at each other and smiled, and shook hands under the table.

I saw that the man was wearing a round collar jacket with green onions and flowers, and a jasper waist, looking fresh and handsome; The woman is dignified and beautiful, with a willow yellow skirt and a light beaded butterfly dotted with a cui gilt hairpin that perfectly matches her husband's dress.

"......" Phew, show affection, want to abuse a single dog! Yan Bing silently pursed her mouth and gave her cousin a hateful look.

In fact, she couldn't figure out what she was panicking about, not because she was worried about Rong Wenyuan, but because she was inexplicably worried. Therefore, in response to her cousin's inquiry, Yan Bing had to look left and say, "Today shouldn't be the time to take a bath, right?" Why don't you go to the ministry on an errand? ”

Li Yan was a scholar for three years and the first to serve as the school secretary of Jixian Palace, and now he has been promoted to the chief of the official department.

"I took a leave of absence yesterday and said that I wanted to accompany my wife to pick up my eldest brother, and my boss sympathized with my hard work in sorting out the file for days and days, and readily agreed." Li Yan replied that it was a serious and strict sù serious.

Xingyi and Yanbing couldn't laugh or cry when they heard it, isn't Li Yan's boss Liu Shilang the father of his eldest brother and beloved wife, his father-in-law?

"Fake public and private? Beware of being impeached! Xingyi couldn't help but remind, and wondered, "Why haven't you gone elsewhere to avoid suspicion?" Besides, the position of the chief has always been a foreign official, so why bother to be buried in the scroll if you are a serious scholar. ”

"There is no shortage elsewhere in Beijing, and the Ministry of Officials is also a good place, and you also know that there are old and young people in the family, how can I be a foreign official? Let's wait until after the exam or at the end of the year. When I was transferred to the ministry, I didn't say goodbye, and it wasn't a violation. Li Yan said that, he looked at his newlywed wife and smiled--it was because he went to the Ministry of Officials to do an errand that he got Liu Shilang's blue eyes and became a fast son-in-law.

As one of the members of the "old and young", the underage Xingyi had to shut up even though he was also flashed by the loving couple.

Laughing like this, Yan Bing suddenly felt that the previous feeling of panic and shortness of breath had disappeared, and it happened that the hour had arrived at this moment, and the Tribute Courtyard was about to open, and everyone walked out of the tea shop and moved to the Imperial City.

When the city gate opened, Rong Wenyuan was really the first to come out, wearing a narrow-sleeved round-necked robe specially ordered by Mrs. Yejun to make a needlework lady, and a maroon brocade with a pattern of beads on the horse, which means "horse to success".

As if it was in response to the situation, he was calm and undiminished at the moment, his face was tired and not depressed, and he even had a look of victory, and even Liu Zixu and the others behind him seemed to look good.

Rong Wenyuan, who was tired to the extreme, walked quickly towards everyone, at this moment, his eyes could only accommodate the girl in the butterfly love flower tender yellow satin embroidered skirt, looking at the other party's delicate face, he couldn't help but think of his original intention of studying hard in the cold window - to get ahead and be angry again, and to shine on the lintel to seal his wife's shadow.

He couldn't help but squeeze the basket in his hand, walked straight to Yan Bing past everyone, and said with a smile: "In the past, I promised you to study hard in Xiaorongshu Village. Now it's time to fulfill your promise. ”

"There is no end to learning, keep working hard!" Yan Bing sneered, is it really appropriate to say this just after the exam?

She suddenly had the intention of motivating Wen Yuan again, raised her arm and pointed forward at the towering city tower and said loudly: "Young man, your journey should be the sea of stars ahead!" ”

Yan Bing just pointed with her hand and said it casually, but Rong Wenyuan, who was standing outside the gate of the Imperial City, looked in the direction of her finger with a serious face, and just happened to follow the spacious Anshang Street and the endless flow of people, and saw a corner of the Shangshu Provincial Office flying into the blue sky in the sun.

"Okay, as you wish." He smiled, "Bow to the prime minister, that's my goal."

Liu Zixu, who was standing beside Wen Yuan, also said the same thing to himself, and smiled faintly. His thin eyebrows and fine eyes are similar to Liu Qingqing's appearance, and his smile is quite graceful.

Yan Bing didn't pay attention to it at all after a glance, her eyes were full of Rong Jialang's radiant spirit, and her eyes were shining like stars, and she couldn't help but look up at him and purse her lips and smile.

As everyone knows, some people in the exam saw Yan Bing scolding Fang Xuan and smiling at her, and her heart suddenly moved, and she immediately pulled her classmates next to her to inquire about her identity and origin.

The Shu brothers and sisters didn't know anything about this, and they still laughed heartily......

At this moment, after receiving someone, everyone simply went back to Li's house together, bathed and dined in the guest room and took a nap for a little rest, Wen Yuan and Liu Zixu waited for Li Mao, who was the priest of the country at the time, to go home.

The two of them quickly showed him the articles and poems during the exam, and they both received "excellent" comments, and they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while of laughing, Wen Yuan suddenly remembered his other friend, and couldn't help but look at Li Mao and pleaded: "Sir, can you help Lin Kai read the article later?" He went home today, and he didn't come with him. ”

"He, maybe he has to grind it." Li Mao shook his head, unwilling to deal with this matter. even talked about tomorrow's thank-you banquet, and the topic was diverted.

After the outsiders said goodbye and left, when the Li family chatted after dinner, Xingyi couldn't help but ask bluntly: "Uncle, why don't you want to read Brother Lin's article?" The three of them are used to talking about poetry and painting together, so there should be not much difference in their studies, right? ”

"It's because the gap isn't big that I can't look at it." Li Mao smiled bitterly and shook his head. He doesn't want to lie, if Lin Kai's article is okay but he can't get into Jinshi, whose fault should he blame?

Yan Bing suddenly woke up, holding the roasted orange and said in surprise: "The exam paper of this dynasty is not vague? ”

"That's right. The name of the Ministry of Rites test is not blurred, and the name of the person who passes the test will be blurred in the Ministry of Officials test that he or she will take later. Li Mao saw that his niece didn't know herself, so he immediately nodded with relief, and then turned to Xingyi and said bluntly, "Lin Kai was born in a poor family, and the reason why he was able to enter the country was only because of the recommendation of his parents, unlike Rong Wenyuan, who has an uncle who is an auxiliary general, and Liu Zixu who has a grandfather. ”

"In other words, the Jinshi examination not only tests the ability of the son, but also the ability of the father and ancestors? Whether Brother Lin can reach the first place depends on whether the previous investment papers are in favor of the powerful and powerful? Xingyi looks like he is entangled in his heart and is indescribable, and his three views are being reshaped.

Grandfather Li Si couldn't help but shake his head and sigh in his heart when he looked at him, this kid is okay to study, but Yu Shu doesn't know anything about it, it seems that he can't give it a try after three years, the young jinshi sounds good, but who in the officialdom will pity people and be soft on their young?

Before he could open his mouth to instruct, he heard his granddaughter roasting oranges on the smoker cage while muttering to herself: "I'm afraid I won't be able to vote, although Lin Kai is young, he has already married a wife, and he is said to be a childhood sweetheart." He seems to be a bit old-fashioned, and probably disdains to go around flattering. ”

After speaking, Yan Bing sighed and shook her head slightly, turned her head to her uncle and asked: "You can't be a wife or a good dog, it's basically hopeless, right?" ”

"Ahem, Ah Bing, don't talk nonsense." Li Si coughed lightly to stop his granddaughter's outspokenness, but was glared at by his old wife.

"What's the matter with a child talking casually at home?" The grandmother, who was usually very strict, spoiled Yan Bing without principle, and when she saw that Li Si wanted to preach, she immediately helped divert the topic, looked at her eldest daughter-in-law and asked, "Is your nephew Lu Qilang also taking the exam this year?" And his brother-in-law, the uncle of the Dingyue County Wang family, right? ”

"Eh, Seventeen Lang, he went this year, but it's hard to say how he did in the exam." Lu Shi smiled awkwardly, and almost wanted to find a crack drill.

Her nephew didn't like to study in the first place, and he became a prodigal son after mixing with Zheng Gongxu of the Dingyue County Wang family.

Thinking of this, Lu immediately secretly complained in his heart about his mother-in-law who deliberately poked his sore spot for his granddaughter.

Yan Bing was vaguely aware of this, and hurriedly smiled and handed out roasted oranges to everyone, talking about eating and drinking and changing the topic of laxity.

…… In a blink of an eye, when the list was released, Rong Wenyuan and Liu Zixu were both on the list, but Lin Kai really unfortunately landed, and he got a few sighs from everyone, but Lu Shishilang and Zheng Gongxu in the same period landed as a matter of course, and they didn't even take it to heart, and they still ate, drank, and slept on the same day.

When everyone in the Li family got the good news and wanted to help Rong Wenyuan set off some firecrackers, suddenly an angel in the palace came to the door to deliver the message.

The holy decree said that Shu Hongyang had made meritorious contributions to suppressing bandits, and he was specially promoted to the title of Marquis of the founding county, and gave a mansion, 100 taels of gold, and 100 horses of silk!

Yan Bing only heard half of the holy decree, and the whole person was already dizzy with joy - Marquis! Three products! Hereditary! Even if Ah Yi doesn't do anything in the future, he will be able to attack the lord and get the official position, and he will become the little lady of the Marquis's Mansion, and he will have face!

After sending the angel of the decree, Yan Bing realized that Grandpa was not only promoted, but also had a new errand and would immediately return to Beijing to reunite with the family, which was really good.

After the two siblings cheered, they immediately hid in their uncle's house, making up their minds not to go out of the door, lest the eldest aunt Qian would fight the autumn wind after learning the news.

The next day, the saint ordered a banquet for the new science and technology scholars in Qujiang Xingyuan. Rong Wenyuan and Liu Zixu were the youngest and most handsome, and were elected as "Tanhualang" by the Jinshi, and rode horses to various famous gardens in Chang'an City early in the morning, looking for the most precious and beautiful flowers in order to decorate the banquet table.

The rest of the Jinshi followed closely behind, intending to preemptively select the most beautiful flowers and cut off their beards, so that the two Tanhualang could punish the wine.

Suddenly, someone noticed that the tall horse in front of him who was heading to the Great Compassion Temple turned a corner, and the Rong family man, dressed in gorgeous and festive clothes, knocked on the door of the Li Sacrifice Restaurant with a red face as if he was drunk.

After being reported, he stood under the lush banyan tree in the front yard, and pestle in front of Yan Bing, unable to open his mouth for a long time.

Seeing this, Yan Bing smiled and quipped: "I don't have any famous flowers in my family, what are you doing here?" Don't be delayed. ”

Wen Yuan replied in a low voice: "There is a beautiful woman in the south, and Rong Hua is like a peach and a plum......

He said too lightly, Yan Bing didn't hear it clearly, but when he asked again, he changed his tone and said simply: "I just got a news and rushed to tell sù that you came uninvited, and you can give me a branch of flowers later." ”

"What's the news?" In such a hurry, it must not be a trivial matter.

"Then I'll make a long story short," Wen Yuan paused again after speaking, his face was embarrassed, and he continued after Yan Bing urged again, "Your grandfather was injured while suppressing bandits, I'm afraid it's a little bad." Let's discuss with Mr. later, whether it is necessary to participate in this series of Qujiang banquets a few more times this year. ”

Yan Bing suddenly felt that her eyes were dark, and her brain roared continuously.

Rong Wenyuan's implication was that he wanted to go on a blind date before his father died? Grandpa......