Lin Xuan of the Red Chamber

Ten years of studying hard in the cold window, and once he was named on the gold list, the most dazzling moment among them is the Qionglin Banquet in the street.After passing the palace examination, only the top three have the opportunity to enjoy this kind of glory.That is to say, the so-called No. [-] Scholar, No. [-] and Tanhua, only these three people can ride horses and parade through the streets, and are eligible to pass through the middle of the Meridian Gate.

Passing through the Meridian Gate, this is the honor that only the top three in the palace examination can have. On weekdays, this is the gate that only the emperor can pass through.

The rising sun has been rising for a long time, shining on the entire Forbidden City, also shining on the majestic and deep palace, and even more shining on the three people walking out of the Meridian Gate step by step, dazzling.

Throughout Chang'an, this day is full of cars and horses, and countless people are looking forward to it on Chang'an Street, waiting for the top three horses to parade through the street.

Lin Xuan rode a tall horse, took a step back and followed Huang Chang and Zhao Cheng, listening to the applause along the way, with a smile on his face, with a gentle and jade-like appearance, but there was an indescribable feeling in his heart taste.

Generally speaking, the top three in the first class, the champion and Tanhua are the most eye-catching, and the champion is needless to say.And because of some default rules, Tanhua is generally a handsome young man.

But this year's top three are all handsome and personable young masters, and the repercussions aroused are naturally better than in the past.Countless girls along the way dropped flower petals down the street, hoping that one of the three would see her.

Huang Chang shook the petals on her body, and said dumbfoundedly: "Can't these girls throw away another flower? It's either a lily or a rose, nothing new at all."

Zhao Cheng laughed at the side, and said disdainfully: "It's already this season, what kind of flowers do you want them to throw? It would be nice if there are flowers for you to throw."

Parading through the street, listening to the cheers of countless people, Lin Xuan was in a good mood, and at this moment he was also in the mood to tease: "In my opinion, there is no need for those girls to throw any petals, just throw down a piece of silver per person, come to think of it. Zishu will be happy."

Zhao Cheng immediately clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Extremely, extremely, the words of the training seem to be quite in line with Zishu's intentions."

Huang Chang looked at the two bad friends dumbfounded, and shook his head helplessly: "You two, I really feel unhappy if you don't make fun of me for a day, and a good cross-horse parade can also make you two whole Something happened."

At this point, Huang Chang deliberately paused, looked at the two with a smile on his face, and there seemed to be a hint of gloating in his voice: "However, the two of you are probably not too proud, I can listen to you." It is said that the two headed wives of the Lin family and the Zhao family started to attend banquets everywhere a few days ago, and they went to visit their wives for you two."

Zhao Cheng and Lin Xuan glanced at each other, and Lin Xuan first smiled and said: "Before that, we both have to congratulate you, Zi Shu, now that you are the number one scholar, I'm afraid that matter is really inseparable." Already."

Not to be outdone, Huang Chang raised his eyebrows: "Why, you two are envious and jealous. Let me tell you, there must be no less red envelope gifts at that time."

"That's natural, don't worry, the two of us will definitely wrap a big red envelope with you." Lin Xuan smiled and watched Zhao Cheng and Huang Chang's play, and suddenly frowned, turned around and looked, I saw the dense crowd all looking at me.He couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, lamenting that he was too sensitive. In this occasion, everyone was staring at him, so there was nothing strange about it.

It's just that Lin Xuan didn't know that the moment he turned his head, Li Hong looked away.He sat quietly on the chair by the window of the restaurant, recalling the red figure who passed by the restaurant, and kept stroking the jade pendant hanging on his body with his hands. His pupils were dark, and he didn't know what to think about.

After the horse parade, it was the Qionglin Banquet, and the three adjusted their clothes a little, mainly to shake off the petals.They were led to the banquet by a special person. Naturally, those top three students arrived early, and some ministers in the court were almost there. Now that Lin Xuan and others came, the Qionglin Banquet was about to begin .

Lin Xuan was dressed in red, and his face was like a crown of jade, his eyes were like stars, and he was very handsome. He stood out from the crowd of scholars.After meeting with an official of the same age as Lin Ruhai, he said that Lin Xuan was born out of blue and better than blue, and he was three points more handsome than Lin Ruhai back then.

Seeing Lin Xuan behaved decently and chatted with all the judges with ease, many officials present were moved in their hearts, and began to recall the women of the right age at home.

Among the top three, there is no need to think about Huang Chang. Which of the officials present is not clear about Huang Ge's thoughts.And Zhao Cheng is a suitable candidate, but the daughter of any family is not pampered, as far as Zhao Cheng's mother is concerned, even her mother-in-law is not looked down upon, so it would be okay if his daughter married in.

So after all the calculations, many people's eyes were fixed on Lin Xuan, this Lin Xuan is good.First of all, if he has a good family background and has a father who is an old man, he will definitely have a good future in the future. Secondly, he has a good appearance and a good literary talent.Although it's a bit more romantic, it's not a big problem if any young master is not like this.

The more they thought about it, the more they felt it was appropriate. Many people had already decided in their hearts that they would let their wives contact the Lin family after going back.

Naturally, Lin Xuan didn't know that he had become a wealthy son-in-law in the eyes of many people. At this time, he was busy exchanging feelings with everyone in the same year. These people will be his political capital in the future.

In the officialdom, old disciples and fellow villagers of the same year are all natural parties. How did the famous Donglin Party come about in the Ming Dynasty? Isn't that how it came about?

Huang Chang and Lin Xuan were enlisted on the gold list at a young age, and it is not that there are no one among these scholars who is jealous.It's just that everyone is smart. Facing a few people who are obviously going to make a fortune, no one will be so stupid as to put this jealousy on the bright side, so that everyone can't get down.So for a while, everyone looked happy.

When it was getting dark and all the high officials had arrived, they heard the eunuch's unique shrill voice: "The emperor is here."

Everyone immediately shouted Long Live and knelt on the ground. After the eunuch's sharp voice yelled, Lin Xuan and the others got up without looking sideways.

The current Emperor Longqing has always been vigorous and resolute, and he is used to willfulness. He sat at the top, looked at the people who got up from the bottom, and asked directly, "What are the top three in the first class?"

When the emperor inquired, Lin Xuan and others naturally did not dare to be negligent and stepped out immediately. After standing in the center, they saluted and greeted them again.

The emperor waved his hand, signaling Lin Xuan and the others not to be restrained, then looked at Huang Chang and said, "Huang Aiqing has just reached the crown, and she is the number one scholar in high school. She has a brilliant literary talent. I don't know if she was married before."

Lin Xuan felt a little speechless, since he came up to ask people whether they are married or not, although everyone knows your plan, but isn't this a little too fast, shouldn't you ask about the basic situation first.I think so, but the matter has nothing to do with him, and it has nothing to do with him. At this time, it might be a good thing to be a foil honestly.

Lin Xuan is very leisurely here, but Huang Chang is suffering in his heart. He understands better than anyone why the emperor asked him this question. It is just that the imperial power is supreme, and it is not something he can compete with, or he doesn't like the rules of the princess consort. , can only answer: "Go back to the emperor, never."

"It just so happens that I have a beloved daughter, who matches Aiqing's age. Aiqing has a brilliant literary talent and outstanding talent, and she is worthy of marrying my princess." The emperor was unwilling to talk too much nonsense, and after asking a few words, Then he gave a metaphor directly.

Lin Xuan felt so happy that the imperial decree was issued so easily, and at this time, he also looked at Huang Chang with great interest, but he still pretended to be happy and kowtowed to thank him despite his reluctance.

When Lin Xuan was watching leisurely from the side, he didn't know that the emperor, who had just finished issuing the imperial edict, turned his gaze to him again. For some reason, a bad premonition suddenly rose in Lin Xuan's heart.

Sure enough, after asking himself a few questions, the emperor seemed to be addicted to being a matchmaker today, and directly issued an imperial decree, marrying Princess Fuya, the fourth daughter of King Qin, to Lin Xuan as his wife.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked. It was not because Lin Xuan was not worthy of Princess Fuya. With Lin Xuan's family background, even a princess could be married, let alone a princess, which really surprised everyone. What is surprising is that the princess turned out to be the daughter of King Qin.

Who is King Qin? He is the current Second Prince, a popular candidate to seize the heir apparent, although Lin Xuan himself is just a small prospect.But as the eldest son of the Lin family, he represents the entire Lin family, and the strength of the network represented by the Lin family is not mentioned for the time being, but only Lin Ruhai is mentioned, which is not light.

Not to mention that the officials of the court were confused by the emperor's inexplicable decree this time, but the other protagonist of the matter, His Royal Highness King Qin, also didn't know why, and various thoughts popped up in his mind from time to time.

It is naturally impossible for a small girl to tie the entire Lin family to the second prince's carriage, but the problem is that this is the emperor's order.At this critical moment of seizing the throne, the emperor made such a decree, does it mean that the emperor has already favored the second prince?Does his current behavior imply something?

These senior officials who have been in the officialdom for a long time are used to trying to figure out the holy will from every move of the emperor, let alone such a big move now.

Lin Xuan was taken aback for a moment, but soon came back to his senses, forced himself to suppress all kinds of thoughts in his heart, and thanked him.

After these two matters were resolved, the emperor was obviously in a great mood, and he directly ordered the banquet regardless of the speculation and doubts of the people below.

A Qionglin Banquet, when it was supposed to be the No. [-] pick, No. [-] and Tanhua were the most elegant, but the two protagonists at the moment have no such intentions, and the officials present are also confused by the unexpected behavior of the emperor. , so this year's Qionglin Banquet unexpectedly ended without leaving any famous poems.

When saying goodbye to everyone, looking at Zhao Cheng and Huang Chang looking at him with some sympathy, Lin Xuan couldn't help touching his nose depressedly.He didn't have the mind to ride a horse anymore, and he wanted to discuss what happened today with Lin Ruhai, so he simply got into Lin Ruhai's carriage.

The carriage moved forward slowly, but Lin Xuan's heart was not peaceful at all. He couldn't help but wonder what the emperor's intentions were, but he couldn't figure it out anyway.It's not that I can't think of anything, but on the contrary, there are too many things in my head, but I don't know which one is real.

Originally, Lin Xuan was still gloating over Huang Chang's marriage to the princess, but he never expected that he is not as good as him now. At least, although there are many rules for the princess consort, Princess Qing'an is the emperor's favorite daughter. Princess Qing'an has nothing to do with the other princes.

But the Princess Fuya he is going to marry now is different, she is the daughter of the second prince, isn't this throwing herself into the chaotic waters of seizing the heir apparent?

Frowning, seeing that Lin Ruhai still looked like an old god, Lin Xuan pursed his lips, but couldn't help it: "Father, what do you mean by saying that the emperor suddenly gave me a marriage?"