The Red Mansion Is Like a Jade Gentleman

Half a month passed quickly, and the day of the palace examination came as scheduled. On April 21, the dragon gate opened and the palace examination began.

The palace examination is no more than the general examination, which takes three days. Everyone came back in the afternoon of that day.The palace exam is relatively simple, just an essay, Lin Hai saw everyone's faces were very relaxed when they came back, he should have done well in the exam.

The palace test is no better than the general test, and the results will come out on the fourth day!As for the time for the emperor's banquet, it will be the third day after the results are determined.

This time, Master Lin was much calmer, but no matter how bad his ranking was, a fellow Jinshi would definitely not be able to escape, so except for a few parties, everyone behaved much better than before!

The guard of honor who sang joy passed by the Lin Mansion, and the sound of beating gongs and drums came into the Lin Mansion, and then the sound became farther and farther away until it could not be heard.Everyone is not in a hurry, because the announcement of the palace examination is different from that of the general examination.In the General Examination, the best candidates are awarded first, but in the Palace Examination, the candidates are awarded from the worst.The better the final ranking, I don't know how many people prayed to God and Buddha on this day, hoping to receive good news later.

However, after a while, a man in red came beating gongs and drums. It was Lin Bing, the last of the second class.

Sitting on the chair, Lin Bing breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. The hard work of half a month was finally not in vain.

Master Lin was very happy to reward the person who announced the good news. Lin Bing was the last of the second class, which meant that the status of Jinshi of the other nine people present was stable. The only thing to see was whether Lin Can and Lin Zheng could pass the test Last one.

Sure enough, not long after, another person came to announce the good news, but at this time everyone knew it in their hearts. Although they were all very happy, they couldn't go there. Everyone was waiting for Lin Can and Lin Zheng's results.

Lin Hai looked at the two sitting like needles in amused manner, and looked at their jokes very unkindly, the teacup in Lin Can's hand was only left with tea dregs, and the hand of the fan held by Lin Zheng was already bruised. get up!

"Dong dong dong... dong dong dong..." Several louder gongs and drums sounded. This was the guard of honor dedicated to the officials of the Ministry of Rites to announce the good news to the top ten candidates in the palace examination.

Everyone's hearts were lifted up at once, and then the singing guard of honor walked past the Lin residence, and everyone's hearts suddenly fell back to their original place.

Several dials in a row were not for the Lin family to announce the good news, everyone became more and more nervous, and the servants present wished that they were the gourds that had been slapped on their mouths, and they all acted lightly.

Boom, boom, boom!Everyone's eyes were once again attracted by the sound of gongs and drums.Soon, eight red-clothed juniors snatched in from outside the door, and the first one with red lips and white teeth shouted loudly after entering the door: "Congratulations to Master Lin, No. 3 in the second best in high school!"

"Huh..." Lin Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was a little disappointed that he didn't make it to the first class, this result was one place higher than when he was in the exam, which is not bad.

Master Lin asked his servants to reward the person who announced the good news. After congratulating Lin Zheng, he sat down again. Lin Can's results have not yet come out!

Second Armor No.2, no!Erjia No.1 biography, no!Yijia No.3 Tanhua, not yet!There were only the last two places left, and Lin Can could only feel his little heart beating violently.

Suddenly there was a thunderous sound of gongs and drums from the street, which was much louder than the previous few times.Everyone couldn't help but looked at each other, and then all looked towards the street.I saw [-] or [-] newspapers running towards this side at high speed on the street, and these newspapers were different from the previous ones.These newspapers are more well-dressed, and the gongs and drums are more complete, making them look more professional.

Everyone is tense...

"Congratulations to Mr. Lin, you are the second in high school."

Lin Can slumped down on the chair with a thud, saying that there must be some disappointment, after all, he was only one step away from being the No. [-] scholar.But then he became happy again, taking back the second place result, he was worthy of his ancestors!

It was an official from the Ministry of Rites who came to announce the good news, so Master Lin naturally wanted to go up and say a few words of courtesy!

After all the people who were waiting to announce the good news left, Mr. Lin burst into tears for no reason, which shocked everyone. It took a long time to figure out that he was crying from joy.

Then Master Lin waved everyone into the small ancestral hall.Because their branch was in the capital, their ancestors built a small ancestral hall in the Lin Mansion, enshrining ancestral tablets, and worshiped in the small ancestral hall if they couldn't return to the clan during the festivals.

Now that the entire family of the Lin family was born, it was a great joy, and it should be offered incense to the ancestors.

Even if Lin Can, Lin Zheng and the others were not from Master Lin's branch, but they were still the Lin family's children, there was no need to kowtow or something, but a stick of incense should still be offered.What's more, there are their common ancestors here.

After offering incense, Mr. Lin gathered everyone together and told everyone some basic common sense.Although Master Lin is only a fourth-rank official, but because of the Yang family and the Jiang family, he is still very well informed about the news from the court.

It can be considered that Lin Can and the others have caught up with the good times. The emperor is already a little old, and the princes are about to grow up. If it is a few years later, it will be time to seize the heirloom nervously!People like Lin Can and the others must be the targets of these princes.

Now, the influence of the princes has not yet formed, it is just the opportunity for Lin Can and the others to flex their muscles in front of the emperor, and they are not afraid of being drawn over by others.

Then, Master Lin said again, three days later, the things that should be paid attention to when the Qionglin Banquet is given by the emperor, especially Lin Can, who is second in the list, is easy to be picked up by the emperor to ask questions.

At this point, everyone became active, and then looked at Lin Can and burst into laughter.

Lin Hai was even more interesting, relying on his age and high seniority, he circled around Lin Can.

Lin Can was horrified, "Uncle Hai, what are you looking at?"

Lin Hai stood still in front of Lin Can, pretending to be in deep thought, and said, "I was thinking that when you parade through the streets in three days, such a romantic and suave manner will not spoil everyone's eyes, and when that day comes, you Will it save face for my Lin family?"

After saying a word, everyone burst into laughter again, and Master Lin couldn't help but give Lin Hai a stir, "You're the only one who thinks too much." But he still looked at Lin Can a few times, and then nodded in satisfaction.

After the group of people laughed and laughed, Master Lin asked his servants to lead the twelve Jinshi who had just been baked to pay homage to their mentor, but just after they left the mansion, they were blocked by people. The person who came was Lin Hai's former teacher Yan Fuzi, Listen, oh, he has also passed this subject and is still in the top two. This is the same year he came to visit.

Alright, since you're here, let's go to thank our teacher together!

Lin Hai, who got the news from the front yard, could only see the backs of a group of carriages!

It is difficult for Lin Hai to understand the relationship in the same year.

It seems that the relationship of the same year is the closest one in the officialdom, and it is still very strong.Regarding this, Lin Hai really didn't understand.Isn't it the same year that he won the Jinshi or Juren?From the perspective of modern people, it is really difficult to understand the relationship between classmates who study hard, but the relationship of the same year in the same subject.

(ps: In the modern college entrance examination, you may not know anyone sitting in the same examination room, let alone any relationship!)