Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

The days of waiting for the results to be announced were truly excruciating.

No matter how confident you are in your heart, you will always be thinking about it until the result is out.

While continuing to prepare for the subsequent scientific examination, I anxiously counted the days waiting for the case to be released, and finally the eighth day of September arrived.

On the day of the announcement, the brothers drove a ox cart to the county town together. Since they lived far away from Xu Ning Mansion, they chose to go to the county to check the results.

The brothers deliberately did not go out too early, so when they arrived, many students were already standing under the list.

Qin Chong and others were used to it and didn't care much about it. Only Qin Yunhe was very nervous and felt a little homesick.

Although he felt that he had done very well in the exam, he still skipped the first class and went to look at the second class first. Qin Chong and others went directly to look at the third class.

Qin Yunhe was so nervous that his hands were shaking. He first saw "Qin Ruyuan" at the front of the second class.

"Fourth brother, your name is here, and you got second place."

Qin Li also came to see, and then nudged Qin Si with his arm: "I told you, it has to be you, Lao Si. I see you are so busy every day, and you can still be second-class."

The brothers continued to look at the list.

Qin Li suddenly pointed at a name and said, "Hey, Lao San, your name is here, you are also second class."

Qin Yi was a little surprised himself, and hurried over to take a look: "It's true, I thought it was at most third grade."

"You must have studied hard, you got third place like me last time."

Qin Chong said, "Okay, you don't work hard yourself, so you don't allow others to work hard? You and I are both in the third class, come and see for yourself."

Qin Li was quite happy to hear that he was ranked third: "Not bad, not bad, no regression."

Soon the brothers looked at the second and third grades, but did not see Qin Yunhe.

Although Qin Yunhe was nervous, he still felt that he would not fall behind, so he looked back nervously.

Looking at the names one by one, several familiar names such as "He Wenshuang" and "Lin Zhaotang" appeared in the first class.

Qin Yunhe became even more nervous and looked to the front anxiously.

"Awen, here!"

Qin Li suddenly pointed at the name at the front and shouted excitedly.

Qin Yunhe was startled by his shout and hurried to look at the place Qin Li pointed. That was the place where the first name of the case was located, with "Qin Yunhe" written on it.

"You're great, you got the first place in the case." Qin Li was so happy that he shook Qin Yunhe's head.

Qin Yunhe knew that he should do well in the exam, but he didn't expect to get first place.

After all, there was He Wenshuang in the past, and he thought that He Wenshuang would most likely be the first in the case.

Qin Chong patted Qin Yunhe's shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Not bad, it seems you really worked hard."

Qin Yunhe was naturally the most excited, and for a moment he was in a daze and didn't know what to say.

Those who won the first and second prizes would be rewarded. Brothers Qin Yunhe, Qin Si and Qin Yi went to receive the rewards together and received encouragement from the instructor.

After completing the process, Qin Yunhe calmed down a little and then remembered to report his grades to the teacher.

When they arrived at Mr. Gu's house, Bisong was looking around the door. When he saw Qin Yunhe coming, he greeted him with surprise: "Qin Xiucai, you are finally here. Congratulations."

As soon as Qin Yunhe heard it, he knew that the teacher must have already known the result.

"Thank you, Brother Bisong. Teacher, do you know the result?"

Bisong was so happy that he lowered his voice and said, "How could I not know? The master is more anxious than you. He asked me to guard it early this morning. As soon as the case was announced, I hurried back to report to the master."

Qin Yunhe felt a little embarrassed. In fact, it was just an annual test. There would be examinations of the imperial examination, provincial examination, metropolitan examination and palace examination later. For the imperial examination, this was just the beginning.

It’s just that Qin Yunhe had caused so much trouble before that when the imperial examination results were announced, everyone was so nervous that it was as if they were waiting for the emperor to select the top scorer.

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Bisong."

"Hey, it's not that hard, it's not far away, as long as the master is happy. You don't know how happy the master is to hear that you won the first place. I think he is happier than my uncle when he passed the imperial examination."

The two people entered the inner house whispering to each other.

Mr. Gu was overjoyed when he heard that Qin Yunhe won the first prize. He urged Bisong to wait for Qin Yunhe at the gate early. He was a little absent-minded when reading and playing with birds.

When the two entered the yard, Mr. Gu was feeding the birds. When he heard their voices and looked up and saw Qin Yunhe, he immediately smiled and waved, "Yunhe is here."

Qin Yunhe quickly took two steps forward and saluted: "Sir, I am here to report."

Mr. Gu patted his shoulder and said, "Well, that's good. I'm very happy."

As he spoke, Mr. Gu grabbed Qin Yunhe's wrist and said, "Come on, go into the house. The teacher has prepared something good for you."

The teacher and the student entered the study, and Mr. Gu picked up a square object wrapped in paper from the desk and handed it to Qin Yunhe.

"open to take a look."

Qin Yunhe roughly guessed that it should be ink by looking at the packaging.

When I opened it, it turned out to be a piece of ink, emitting a faint fragrance.

Although Qin Yunhe had never used any expensive ink, he could tell as soon as he got his hands on this ink that it was a good piece of ink, and it must be expensive.

"This is a piece of Hui ink that I have collected for many years. It was made by the master of ink making Mei Zekai. I am very happy that you won the first place this time. I hope you will keep up the good work and get better results in the next exam."

Although Qin Yunhe thought it was good ink, he didn't expect it to be from a famous artist.

This kind of ink is priceless and extremely valuable. He was shocked that his teacher gave him such a precious reward just because he got first place.

"Teacher, this ink is too valuable. I cannot accept it. I am just a scholar. How can I accept such a valuable reward?"

Mr. Gu pressed his hand and said, "Hey - just take it. Don't you know that you cannot refuse a gift from an elder? Although you only passed the imperial examination as a scholar, this is a good start. I believe that your future path to the imperial examination will be smooth."

Then he changed his tone, tapped the student's head and said, "This is also a reminder to you. Since you have received such a precious reward from your teacher, you must be cautious and attentive when taking the exam this time. If you dare to make a mistake again, I will punish you."

Qin Yunhe was dismissed from his position as a scholar last time because he used inappropriate words during the imperial examination. This was a thorn in the side of both teacher and student.

"I'm sorry for making you worry. I will be more careful this time and will never make such a mistake again. I won't make you worry anymore."

Mr. Gu knew that Qin Yunhe must have felt bad in the past few years. After learning that lesson, he would be very cautious and careful, probably to the point of trembling with fear.

I said this directly this time because I also hope to get this matter out there so that my disciples won’t keep it in their hearts.

He patted Qin Yunhe's shoulder again and said, "Teacher knows that Ah Wen is very attentive."