Crossing Prince Yinren

The Palace Examination was held on April 21st, and the venue was still the Hall of Preservation where the reexamination was held. The emperor personally presided over it. On this day in the examination room, Li Qufei really saw the young emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

All the scholars who passed the examination on this day waited outside the Forbidden City before dawn, and no one dared to speak quietly.In the night, the majestic Meridian Gate stands in the sky.

The door of the Liming Palace opened, and everyone entered through the side door, passing through the Inner Jinshui Bridge, the Gate of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the Hall of Zhonghe, and entering the Hall of Preserving Harmony. No one dared to look up along the way.After the etiquette of roll call, unraveling papers, praise, salute, etc., the policy questions were issued to the scholars.

While saluting, Li Qufei secretly raised his eyes to look at the emperor, and it was indeed the man who had rescued him in the twelfth lunar month.The emperor seemed to be aware of his gaze, and glanced over, he hurriedly leaned down, his heart beating wildly, and he was almost out of breath for a moment.

The emperor was dressed in a bright yellow emperor's crown with gold embroidered splendor, and his aura was even more compelling than what he saw in winter, but such an aura could not suppress his handsome appearance that was so unreal.

Li Qufei's knowledge has increased a lot since his fame gradually spread, but he has never seen a man with a better appearance than today.The moment he bowed his head, his eyes slanted, and Xie Zizhou, who had always had eyes on the top of his head, raised his eyes slightly by kowtowing, and then bent down suddenly, with a look of despair.

The palace examination is only the final decision on the ranking of scholars, and no longer dismisses talents, but because the emperor personally invigilates the examination, all the scholars are more trembling than the provincial examination.Li Qufei didn't dare to look up again. He finished writing his policy in a neat and tidy way, and ate a breakfast of four steamed buns and a bowl of soup in Baohe Hall; a meal of four cakes, two pears, During a round of tea lunch, Ri Mu most safely and unobtrusively handed in the papers with the crowd, and exited the Forbidden City.

After returning to the hall, they waited again.Fortunately, I don't have to wait long this time. Three days later, that is, April 25th is the day when the palace examination releases the gold list.

In the early morning of this day, Luanyiwei set up Lubofa to drive in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the Department of Harmony of the Music Department set up Zhonghe Shaoyue on both sides of the eaves of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and set up Danbi Dale on both sides of the Gate of Supreme Harmony.Below the king, those who enter the rank of eight cents and above are on Danbi, civil and military officials in Danchi, all wear court clothes, ranked according to rank, Li Qufei's cadres of scholars wear official uniforms and stand in the east and west shifts of civil and military officials after.

The officials of the Honglu temple in the Ministry of Rites set up a yellow case in the east side of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The cabinet scholars held the yellow list and put it on top of the yellow case.

When the young and handsome emperor appeared in front of everyone, Li Qufei obviously saw Xie Zizhou who was standing in front of him startled.

After three kneeling and nine kowtowing ceremonies, the Honglu Temple official with a loud and clear voice began to proclaim the "Zhi": "On April 25th in the fifth year of Changping, a test of tribute scholars from all over the world will be given. , The third class bestows the same Jinshi background!" After the announcement was completed, he paused for a while, and called out: "No.1 in the first class, Xie Zizhou in Luoyang, Henan Province!"

Li Qufei immediately looked at Xie Zizhou with envy and envy, and the champion turned out to be him!

The official of Honglu Temple led Xie Zizhou out of the class to kneel on the left side of the imperial road. Li Qufei couldn't see his expression behind him, but under the envious eyes of everyone, he didn't lose his appearance again.

After that, he sang the second place. It was a Shandong scholar whom Li Qufei didn't know. He was about forty years old. He was also led by the Honglu Temple official to kneel at the right side of the road. Then there was No.3 Tanhua, who was a handsome man. After that, he sang the second and third best, but he would no longer lead the class.

Li Qufei did not enter the first class, and ranked No. 30 in the second class.There are 300 Jinshi, which is considered very high.

After the name was sung, Danbi played "The Chapter of Qingping" with great music, all the Jinshi kneeled three times and kowtowed nine times, and the emperor returned to the palace by public opinion.

Then the officials of the Ministry of Rites held the list, carried the list with a cloud plate, and led it out of the Taihe Gate and Meridian Gate with yellow umbrellas. All Jinshi, princes and officials followed the list, and hung it on the east side of the central part.The number one scholar leads all Jinshi and others to watch the list. This is the so-called gold list.

After the announcement of the rankings, there will be the No. [-] Scholar, Tan Hua, and No. [-] riding hairpin flowers through the streets, so Li Qufei has nothing to do with it.Li Qufei and a group of Xinke Scholars stood and watched Xie Zizhou and the three of them drink a glass of wine personally toasted by Shuntian Fuyin, and then rode away. Suddenly, they found Zhou Wanggu, who hadn't seen him for a while, standing next to him. He was pleasantly surprised He cupped his hands and said: "Brother Zhou, congratulations for being named on the gold list~!" He had heard Zhou Wanggu's name when the top three were called just now, but he had drank wine at Duanmulin's house together, and his talent was higher than Zhou Wanggu's. Qian and Zhang are not on the list.

Zhou Wanggu had a smile on his face and bowed his bow to return the salute: "It's just a respectful accompaniment to the last seat, how can he be ranked second-class compared to brother Li. The number one scholar in this division is also from Henan, Guibaodi is really full of talents!"

Even though the champion was not himself, Li Qufei was very happy to be told by these two sentences, and kept humming in a hurry.The two praised each other a few words and talked about the situation of Qian, Zhang and Duan Mulin.Zhou Wang Gudao failed the Qian Zhang Examination and was about to return home. Since Duan Mulin hurried back to his hometown after the party that day, there has been no news since then.

Li Qufei was very curious about what happened to Duanmulin's family, but even though Zhou Wanggu and Duanmulin were from the same village, he didn't know very well.

The two were discussing in the capital, and no one expected that in Fuzhou, Fujian Province at this moment, Duan Mulin, who has always been a bmw with light fur, spends money like water, and always gives people the impression of being a fool, is dressed in an ordinary, even slightly shabby Tsing Yi, and is being tightly covered by a black cloth. Blindfolded and led by strangers, the chariot and horse made countless twists and turns and came to a magnificent and mysterious ship that only exists in the rumors of a few sea merchants.

The blindfolded black cloth was finally taken off, Duan Mulin opened his eyes in the elegantly furnished cabin, and finally saw the mysterious person who had gone through thousands of troubles and paid a huge price to see him. Kneeling down on the Persian long-haired carpet, he bent down deeply: "Please save my father, the villain is willing to repay you with all his heart!"

The mysterious person is actually just a young man who has not yet become weak. He is leaning in front of the large glass window of the cabin, which costs more than ten thousand gold, and is wiping a cold dagger. Hearing this, he turns around and smiles slightly. The murderous aura surrounding him did not dare to be underestimated at all: "Is Duan Mulin right? Your father has a good son."

At the same time, on the large ship of the newly-built navy of the Fujian court, a young officer was complaining to his companion: "How could you imply that he went to find Fade Chen, he is also a pirate!"

The companions distinguished: "Then what should we do? Our fleet has been built for a short time and our foundation is shallow. We can't reach Luo Song Island. We can't just watch those businessmen die there, right? Besides, Fade Chen only robs pirates, never Move the Chinese!"

The ordinary people who watched the excitement left in groups of champions, second places, and Tanhua on their horses, and the court officials were about to disperse, but the eunuch suddenly ran out of the palace gate, and came to Nalan Rongruo panting, "Nalan Rongruo!" Master Lan, the emperor announces your audience!"

Nalan Rongruo went back to the palace with the little eunuch, and the little eunuch led him all the way to the imperial garden, where Yinreng had already changed into white clothes, and was sitting in the Fubiting Pavilion making tea with his own hands.Xiao Ning'an, who was dressed in water-red clothes, squatted beside her and watched intently.

Seeing Rong Ruo coming, Yinfeng raised his head and smiled and said, "Master is here, sit down." He put on a light spring suit, and his outline softened all of a sudden. This smile seemed like a youthful bright and pure, only at this time It makes people think that he is only 25 years old.

He was pouring water with one hand, and said to his daughter: "Lingling, please sit down, Master."

Ning An ran out of the pavilion smartly, tilted his head and pushed Rong Ruo into the pavilion cutely, and said crisply, "Master Nalan, sit~~"

Rong Ruo saluted with a smile, picked her up, went to sit in the pavilion, and put her on his lap.

Yinreng brewed a cup of tea, pushed it to Rong Ruo, and said with a smile: "Master, is it lively outside now?"

Rong Ruo also smiled, and said: "The young champion is wearing red and hanging colors, parading around the street with hairpin flowers, it is naturally lively."

Yinfeng smiled slightly and said: "Qixiu Xiangmo, Zhilan is young, and the number one scholar is a talented scholar from Luoyang, which is really enviable." In the early summer breeze, the tea smoke curled up, and the aggressive aura faded, and the young man in white was so handsome. exquisite.

Rong Ruo's voice could not help but be gentle: "The emperor is not much older than him."

Yinfeng shook his head with a smile, and made a cup of tea for himself.

Rong Ruo lifted the lid of the cup to look at it, and said, "Is it Lian Xin from Mingqian?"

Yinfeng praised: "Master is really Fang's family."

Rong Ruo swiped the apricot green tea soup with the rim of the cup, took a sip, looked at the clear water under the pavilion, and said with a smile: "But you can see the clearness in the ladle, and the green shadows fall into the green hills."

Yinfeng also took a sip, and said: "Cooking golden buds, don't take the queen of the rain." After singing, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Lingling looked at Ama eagerly, and Rong Ruo teased her: "Does the princess want to try it too?"

The little girl glanced at the tea cup with longing eyes, and said in a very aggrieved tone: "Huang Ama said that children who drink more tea will not grow taller."

Rong Ruo couldn't help laughing, Yinreng said helplessly: "The ghost girl will sue as soon as she finds an opportunity." He took another teacup, poured half a cup of his own tea, and passed it to her across the table after letting it cool down, saying : "Just taste it, don't drink too much." The white and slender fingers are pinching the elegant blue and white porcelain cup, and the fingertips seem to be translucent.

The little girl held it in both hands with a smile, took a small sip, took a small pink flat peach, jumped off Rong Ruo's knee, and ran out of the pavilion to catch the butterfly contentedly.

The two people in the pavilion watched her run to the peony garden to climb the flower branches, and then they talked about other topics.Yinfeng said sincerely: "Chunwei passed safely this time, thanks to Master."

Rong Ruowen said: "Why did the emperor say that, the emperor ordered the minister to take the exam, and the minister was just doing his duty as a minister."

Yinfeng said: "It's a pity that most people have forgotten what their own job is."

Rong Ruo glanced at him, seeing that he just said it casually and had no other meaning, so he replied: "There are so many things in the world, it's easy to confuse people's minds."

Yinfeng smiled and said: "Master said so." After a pause, he continued, "I have read the papers written by Master a few years ago. If Master doesn't want to stay in Khalkha, then go back to the Ministry of War, or... the Ministry of Households, How is it? The master has been in Khalkha for many years, and he just came back to join the cabinet and serve as a military counselor. The master is only in his forties, so what are you saying to resign?" When talking about the household department, he hesitated at a very inconspicuous speed, and his eyes were dark. Showing a look of hesitation.

Hearing him talking about business, Rong Ruo put down the tea bowl and sat up straight.After he finished speaking, his expression was gentle, but his tone was very firm: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to stay in Khalkha, but I really want to take a rest after years of ups and downs in the officialdom. The minister's deputy capital, Dachun, is resolute and keen, and has made great military exploits." , and loyal to the court and the emperor, it is safe to take over the affairs of the grassland. As for the Ministry of War and household affairs, our Qing Dynasty has a wealth of talents, so it is not necessary for ministers. Ministers are not people who can stay in the officialdom for a long time. Why do you have to force your temperament on your subjects?"

Yinfeng stood up and took two steps with his hands behind his back, his eyes struggling with conflict, and finally said: "Master, can you let me think about it again?"