The Concubine of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

In the palace examination, except Lin Jue, who was hand-picked by Emperor Hongzheng, the other two in the top three were all people with extraordinary literary talent, and the No. [-] winners were both from direct descendants of aristocratic families.I also know that it is a poor student, and it is difficult to spend money to study, so how can there be many books to read?In this way, a lot of accumulation is lost, how can it be compared with the students from the gentry.

Historically, the top three have rarely had sons from poor families, and this is also a helpless thing.

After the palace examination, Emperor Hongzheng passed the roll call in the Jinluan Palace. In addition to Lin Jue, the candidate, Su Jie'an from the Su family in Shandong was selected as the number one scholar, and Qi Wenzhao from the Qi family in Luoyang was selected as the second place.Lin Tanhua, the newly-baked No. [-] champion in the Qi list, led the Jinshi to thank him, and was led out of the Jinluan Hall by the leading eunuch.

Holding the yellow list with his name written all the way, he went out of the Meridian Gate, passed through a field, and hung the yellow list in a temporary shed.

Lin Jue and the other two got on the horse together, Su Zhuangyuan hit the horse in front, Qi Bangyan and Lin Jue both retreated, and were humble to each other, Qi Bangyan was older and walked in front, and Lin Jue was a little later.

Lin Jue had heard of the number one scholar parading through the streets, "holding the hand-picked emperor's edict in his hand, straddling a horse with a golden saddle and a red mane, cheering in front and embracing behind him, the flags and drums opened the way, the cheers were thunderous, the cannons shook the sky, and the streets were decorated with lights and festoons." Now that I really participated in it, I realized that it was not the case at all.

Unexpectedly, even to receive an imperial decree, an incense table must be prepared at home, and the decree can only be received after three knocks and nine worships.After receiving the imperial decree, it is also necessary to directly offer it in the ancestral hall, how can it be held in the hand like this and flipped through at will.It's not that there are a bunch of people shouting and shouting, but all the Jinshi except the top three are following behind the horse, not to mention "the flags and drums open the way, the cheers are thunderous, the cannons are shaking the sky, and the streets are decorated with lights and festoons".On the left and right sides of the road, there were quite a few people watching. They just looked at the Jingwei officers and soldiers with guns and knives who opened the way. Even if they wanted to say "Yes", they had to think about whether they could see tomorrow. The sun is up.

The few people paraded through the streets on horseback, not to show off to others, but to participate in the Luming Banquet arranged by the Royal Courtyard.

After arriving at the Royal Courtyard, Lin Jue first saw Prince Li Yiyang, who nodded and smiled at him, and Li Yibai, King of Yonghe County, beside him.The emperor will not come to the Luming Banquet in person, and usually sends a prince or some heavyweight prince to host it, to show the mighty grace of the emperor.

Li Yiyang's concubine was pregnant last year, and Lin'er was born near the end of the new year, breaking the rumors in Beijing that her heirs were difficult.

He was originally the son of the empress of the Yuan Dynasty, and the ministers of the court have been asking him to be the crown prince. It was only because he was poisoned by others in the first few years that affected the heirs, which caused Emperor Hongzheng to waver.Now that he has a son-in-law, the rumors are self-defeating, and Emperor Hongzheng made him the crown prince in order to stabilize the hearts of his courtiers.

Because of this, Li Yiyang has a lot of gratitude for Luo Song, and he also loves Lin Jue, the young disciple of Luo's genius doctor.And because Lin Jue and Li Yibai had a good relationship, and Li Yibai was his man, Li Yiyang felt more favorable towards Lin Jue.

No one who can pass the Jinshi examination and rank among the top three is stupid.At first, Lin Jue was favored by His Majesty, but now the Crown Prince is also kind and kind to him, and the Yonghe County King even pulled him aside and whispered, because everyone knows that Lin Jue's future is boundless in the future.

Although they are not from the same hometown, they are from the same subject. This is also a great connection and help in the court. For a while, Su Zhuangyuan and Qi Bangyuan treated Lin Jue with seven points of intimacy.The three of them were not much different in age, and Lin Jue was an old man inside, but the more they chatted, the more speculative they became. When the banquet started, they already called each other's words to show their intimacy.

The Luming Banquet is also called the Luming Poetry Banquet. As the name suggests, the most talented and learned people in the world gather together, so how can there be no poetry and wine to add to the fun.Lin Jue has never been able to do poetry, and the most annoying thing is such arty things. If she doesn't do it, she will appear to be out of the group, which is really embarrassing.However, he was already prepared. He had already communicated with Li Yibai, deliberated on the topic that the prince might ask today, and begged his younger sister Daiyu to do it in advance. He memorized it over and over again. It came in handy today.

Sure enough, not long after the banquet started, Prince Li Yiyang said: "Today, the best students in the world are gathered together, how can there be no poems and wine to cheer up? If we come up with a topic in response to this situation, we will write poems, and we will live up to it." It's a great spring."

Since they would not refute the crown prince, everyone nodded in agreement.

Li Yiyang smiled and said: "Since that's the case, let Su Zhuangyuan come up with a question."

Su Jie'an hurriedly got up and resigned modestly, Li Yiyang let it go again, and Su Jie'an resigned modestly again, Li Yiyang said with a smile: "In that case, I will make a question over there. Now is the time when the spring is beautiful, and the apricot blossoms in the courtyard of the palace are in full bloom. With this as the theme, please give full play to it.”

Lin Jue secretly smiled, and just as he closed his guess, he met Li Yibai with narrowed eyes, then pretended to pick up the pen, and slowly copied the poems he had memorized in advance on the paper stroke by stroke.

All of you here are people with real talents and learning, and there are one or two who are not good at poetry, and they are much better than Lin Jue, an outsider.After everyone started writing, those who wanted to gain a good name in front of the prince made poems early and said "OK" with a smile, and then someone presented the poems to Li Yiyang.

Li Yibai was the only one seated, and Li Yiyang followed suit.After reading a few articles, she secretly gave Lin Jue a wink. Lin Jue understood, and said that she was "already".

After a while, a servant presented his poems.Li Yibai took a look, and said something to Li Yiyang quietly, and Li Yiyang's gaze became a little narrower when he looked over.Lin Jue gritted her teeth secretly, knowing that Li Yibai must have leaked the secret, but he deliberately pretended to be racking his brains, but he had no choice but to secretly scold Li Yibai for being troublesome.

After everyone had finished their poems, Li Yiyang pondered for a while, and then said: "You are all well-learned people, but now I can't tell which is better, so I picked the better one and judged it with you all. Evaluation."

Since no one had anything bad to say, Li Yiyang took out a few articles, and his inner servant read them, and everyone praised them.Among these excellent works, the top two are among the top three, but Lin Jue's poems were not commented on, and some people inevitably made some bitter remarks.

After all, the No. 20 picks are all people with real talents and learning. They were originally among the best among the tribute scholars.Only Lin Jue, No. [-] tribute, won His Majesty's favor, and was hand-picked as Tanhua. There are those who are not convinced, who dare not question the emperor's imperial decree. talk.

Lin Jue didn't take it seriously, but Li Yibai was somewhat dissatisfied, looking at the eyes of those people, he had already brought a knife.Those people still don't realize it, they are still talking nonsense there.

Li Yiyang looked at Lin Jue with a smile, and said, "It seems that some people have doubts about Lin Xiaotanhua's knowledge?"

Lin Jue pursed her lips tightly, her eye circles were reddish, she stood up and cupped her hands and said, "Lin Jue may not be as far behind everyone here in terms of knowledge, but he doesn't think he is that kind of mediocre person. Jue is not proficient in these poems and songs. The article is somewhat insightful, so I dare not agree with the words of the brothers."

Lin Jue was already young, and her stature hadn't grown yet, so she talked to Su Qi and Su Qi first, because of her steady demeanor and proper speech, people ignored her real age for a while.Now that he is acting like this, he vividly expresses the image of a stubborn child who has been wronged but can't bear it, and immediately won the favor of many people present.

"Thirty Lao Ming Jing, fifty young Scholars" Although Su Zhuangyuan, the biggest among the top three, is only a young scholar, some of the other candidates who passed the Jinshi exam are already old.Seeing that Lin Jue was about the same age as his nephew, he couldn't help feeling a little pity in his heart, and he looked at those people with a bit of dissatisfaction.

Those few people were just complaining, and now they sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and they also felt a little bit stuck.

Before he could say anything, Li Yiyang pulled out another scroll and said, "I saw that Lin Xiaotanhua was already a Tanhua at a young age, and I didn't want to increase his reputation. It's a pity. Now that some people are questioning Lin Xiaotanhua's knowledge, it is necessary to take out this poem and appreciate it together, so as to justify his name."

The servant took the scroll and read out Lin Jue's poems in a shrill voice. The people who had been talking sourly were suddenly a little dumbfounded.

Su Jie'an said with a smile: "Although this poem is a little plain, it is full of the mood of apricot blossoms. It has the sentiment of "wetting the clothes and raining apricot blossoms" by the poet monk."

Qi Wenzhao immediately nodded in agreement.

Even the No. [-] and No. [-] picks said so, and the others had nothing to say, and they all praised Lin Jue for a while.

Lin Jue pulled the corner of his mouth slightly, his grievances were pretended.Indeed, his knowledge may not be worthy of the title of "Tanhua", but this "Tanhua" was conferred by the emperor himself, should he still be modest and modest with the emperor, saying that he is not worthy of this position?

He is not stupid, and the difference between Sanding Jia and other Jinshi can be understood by a fool. Could it be that he has a shortcut and does not take it, but just starts from the bottom?

Looking at the three people sitting awkwardly in the bottom seat, I don't know whether these three people are just being regarded as the rafters in the early stage, or whether they are instigated by someone behind their backs.If it's the former, it doesn't matter, it's a mediocrity not to be envied by others, but he still doesn't take a few bitter words to heart.However, if it was the latter, then he had to investigate carefully, who really thought Lin Jue was displeased and wanted to discredit him in front of the prince.

Li Yibai also thought of this, exchanged glances with Lin Jue, secretly told the hidden guards around him, and checked the details of those three people.