Survive in the world of Red Mansions

There were only [-] Gongshi who participated in the palace examination, so relatively, the results came out quickly, usually within two or three days, the final results would be out.

The test papers of the palace test are only ambiguous and not copied. In this way, if you encounter familiar fonts when marking the papers, you will definitely have a little advantage. However, each test paper in the palace test is not only marked by one examiner, or you encounter familiar fonts. It can be a little bit biased, but it can only be a little bit biased if it does not cause objections from other reviewing officials, but maybe sometimes this little bit of bias can cause a big difference. Up.

The results of this palace examination came out quickly, and on the third day, the test papers for the top ten scores of this palace examination were presented to today's imperial case by Master Xu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites.Looking through the test papers submitted today, the rankings from No.5 to No.10 came out, but the top three of Yijia and Chuanlu did not make a final decision.

"Xu Aiqing, why are there still no rankings for these four test papers? Could it be that there are so many of you, or should I do it myself?"

Xu Shangshu took a step forward and bowed his hands to salute, "Your Majesty, there are a lot of talents in this imperial examination, especially the four test papers are extremely excellent. The ministers and others have slightly different opinions. I am afraid that the talents will be buried, and I will not dare to make a decision without authorization. I beg you His Majesty makes the final decision!"

The emperor looked at Xu Shangshu and the other examiners, and didn't say anything. He just picked up the four test papers and read them. After finishing, the emperor didn't say much, but said to Dai Quan who was standing by and waiting, "Remove the name!"

After unraveling the names, I picked up the four unranked test papers, namely Fang Helin from Yangzhou, Lin Rui from Suzhou, Li Bo from Shuntianfu, and Xiao Zongbo from Huguang.

"Suzhou Lin Rui, the son of Lin Aiqing from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Lin Ruhai was also a candidate at a young age, and now his son has achieved such a good result. The father and son are both candidates, and it is a good thing to complete this good story. "

In the end, the emperor personally selected Fang Helin from Yangzhou as the champion, Huguang v. Xiao Zong as second place, Lin Rui from Suzhou as Tanhua, and Li Bo from Shuntianfu as the final candidate.

In the past few days, the officials grading the papers have been busy grading the papers, and the candidates taking part in the palace examination are not idle either. After the results of the palace examination come out, these newly released Jinshi will participate in the Qionglin Banquet and will be summoned by His Majesty. They cannot be allowed to salute They all made mistakes, so these candidates who have been confirmed as Jinshi have been trained in various etiquette by officials of the Ministry of Rites and palace servants these days.

These etiquette trainings are also very tossing. Children like Lin Rui who come from a family of officials have received etiquette education in this area since they were young. They are already familiar with this area of ​​etiquette. So there is no difficulty in these trainings.

Those who came from humble backgrounds, or those from ordinary families, were already nervous when they first entered the Forbidden City, and worried about their future. At this time, they were taught the etiquette over and over again by the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the palace servants, which was really tormenting.

However, no matter what, these few days are enough for these new scholars to learn the etiquette that will be used at that time, so as to ensure that there will be no mistakes when they meet His Majesty.

It may still be a secret for other candidates, but for Lin Hai, after the results of the palace examination were confirmed by the emperor, he soon knew Lin Rui's ranking. He was also happy to sell it to Lin Hai, so Lin Hai soon found out about the happy event of his son being selected as a Tanhua.After returning to the mansion, Lin Hai mentioned this matter to Lin Rui in order to reassure his son one day earlier, but did not tell other people in the Lin mansion.

Because of this, after Lin Rui entered the palace the next day, the rest of the Lin family were anxiously waiting for the latest imperial list to come out.

Li Jingya was restless all morning, looking at Pearl who came in, "Is there still no news?"

"Grandma, don't be so anxious. The later the announcement, the higher the ranking. The uncle will definitely win,..."

Li Jingya stood and walked around the room a few times, then sat down again, looked outside from time to time, unconsciously tugging at the handkerchief with both hands.

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside, and before the people came in, they heard a burst of excited shouting, "Grandma, great joy, great joy, you won, grandpa won!"

Li Jingya stood up abruptly, and asked nervously, "Did you say what the ranking is?"

"Yijia No.3, Tanhua! Just like the master!"

"Father and son are both in love, congratulations to grandma, congratulations to grandma~!"

When Li Jingya heard that her husband had won Tanhua, she couldn't help being overjoyed. She was very happy to hear the congratulations and compliments from the maids, and told Pearl beside her, "Pearl, prepare the reward we prepared earlier, and come with me to the front." Go, I'm afraid someone from Hexi will come to the door soon!"

"Yes, grandma!"

"By the way, Ruyi, inform the accountant that this month, the whole government will pay an extra two months' monthly money, and the servants who serve with the uncle will pay an extra three months."

"Yes, grandma, I'll have someone notify the accountant right now."

When Lin Rui returned to the mansion, he could still smell the smell of gunpowder wafting in the air, and the place in front of the mansion was full of paper lanterns left after the firecrackers were burned.

Since Lin Rui entered the door, he has been receiving congratulations from the servants in the mansion. When he returned to Runzeyuan, the maids and maids also congratulated him with smiles on their faces. When Li Jingya saw him, she also smiled and said, "Congratulations, sir!" , looking for flowers in joy~!"

"Grandma, congratulations, congratulations!" Lin Rui replied with a smile, "Have you reported to your father-in-law and husband? Forget it, I'll go to my husband's side later in person!"

"Such a big happy event, how can I wait until you remind me, I have already sent people away, but my father should have known about it long ago. This time you have to be a candidate, so you should celebrate it no matter what, and decide who you need to invite ?"

Lin Rui shook his head after hearing this, "Let's just celebrate big, just invite some close relatives and friends. There are also champions and second places on the list. If you make a big splash, it's not good to attract people's eyes. You have to trouble Jingya with the banquet. bother."

Li Jingya was a little disappointed, but after listening to Lin Rui's words, think about it. There are three people in the first class, Tanhua is only ranked third, and there are champions and second places in front. It makes people feel that the Lin family is too rampant, just a probing, which is not good.

"Jingya, prepare a gift for my brother-in-law. My brother-in-law also won the top two this time, and his ranking is not bad."

"This is a happy event. I'm going to prepare it now, and I'll have someone send it over later."