March 11th, soon dawn.

Several servants in charge of cleaning in the house just picked up the broom and other tools before moving a few times, they saw the little man running out of the backyard again, which made them all smiles with warm and joyful smiles on their faces, and they greeted the little girl: "Miss, are you coming out to wait for news again?"

"Uncle Fu, Uncle Shou, it's early." Li Yue'er stopped to see them one by one with a smile, and then looked at the gate of the house that was still closed, "Has no one come to the door today?"

"Not yet. Miss, don't be too anxious. You can stay behind. Once the court really spreads the news, we will report it." These people like Li Yue'er from the bottom of their hearts, because as the master, she has never regarded them as servants. Not only do she speak in a gentle manner on weekdays, she also has a very polite name, which makes them feel that Yue'er really treats herself as a friend. Who wouldn't like such a beautiful and sensible girl?

Li Yue'er smiled and shook her head: "That's true. I must know this good news earlier than my brother, so that I can congratulate him." As she said that, she walked forward again and struggled to pick up the door bar. Seeing this, a servant next to her rushed forward and helped her open the door.

As the gate of the house opened, a slightly quiet alley appeared in front of everyone. At least for a short time, the good news that Yue'er had been looking forward to was impossible to be sent here.

The reason why Yue'er was so thoughtful that she had been staying at the gate for several days was looking forward to it. Often, it was good news for a whole day, and naturally it was the result of Li Ling's high school entrance examination.

After all, the palace examination is very different from the previous imperial examinations. This is not only reflected in the scale and examination location, but also in the announcement of the rankings after the examination. It does not set the exact time for the announcement of the rankings before the examination, but will set the results to be announced within ten days after the examination.

After all, the chief examiner of the palace examination is today, and he is busy with all kinds of things, so he naturally cannot review the papers on the spot like the examiners before, and determine the pros and cons. Fortunately, there are only more than 100 people in the palace examination, and there are senior officials such as the Political Affairs Hall and the Ministry of Rites to assist in reviewing, so it will not be too long.

But even though Li Ling had told Yue'er that the result might be delayed for a few days, the little girl was so excited that she couldn't take care of anything after knowing that her brother had participated in the palace examination. After he came back from the exam, she kept asking about the details of the exam, and then from the next day, she always ran to the gate to wait for the result to appear. She was so proud of her brother, and she just wanted to get the result as soon as possible, and for this reason she had just thrown her away her favorite outings behind her.

In fact, it was not just Yue'er, but Li Ling and Xu Cang, who were all nervously waiting for the final result to appear after the exam. Although the candidates were no longer dismissed from the palace examination and only ranked, they were unable to feel at ease until the exact result came out.

In the backyard, Xu Cang, who was also already getting up, looked at Li Ling and gnawed the pancakes with soy milk, and said unconsciously again: "I don't know what ranking we can get this time. I have no other extravagant hopes, as long as I can be a Jinshi."

The results of the palace examination are divided into three levels: first, second and third grades.

The first academy is also called the Sanding Jia, which is commonly known as the top scholar, the second academy and the Tanhua; then from the fourth place to the fifth place, it is the second academy. This academy and the second academy are combined, also known as the Jinshi. When placed in the imperial examination and in the officialdom, they are all extremely noble and the result that many scholars dream of. With this origin, they generally go smoothly after entering the officialdom. It is no longer too difficult to enter the central government and be bound by the border.

As for the remaining hundreds of candidates, they are the three-level students, the so-called gifts to be given to the Jinshi. This "gift" and the "common" widen the gap between them and the first two levels.

Although candidates who are from the same Jinshi still become officials after entering the officialdom, with this experience, it is much more difficult to get promotion than the former. Sometimes they make mistakes and count them as you, but the credit is given by officials from the Jinshi and the first-generation family. It is really the same treatment as the stepmother.

Li Ling smiled when he saw his worried look: "Zhuo Wu, don't be too arrogant. Even though the test questions during the palace examination were not your strengths, the suggestions you wrote about benevolent government and the people are still quite reasonable, and they will be valued by Your Majesty and the officials in the court! Besides, you are still the leader of the Five Classics in the previous examination. I think the court will not let talents like you fall into the Three Ages."

After pausing, he smiled bitterly again: "It is me, a candidate who has been lucky enough to enter the palace examination, who can become a wife-like existence, and this is still a profit."

"Little wife?" Xu Cang looked at his friend in confusion, and he really couldn't connect this statement with the third-class Jinshi.

"Why, have you never heard anyone tell a joke?" Li Ling drank the last bite of soy milk, and then said with a smile, "It is said that an official joked with someone a few years ago and wrote a couplet, which is to be a Jinshi."

"Together with Jinshi... how should this first couplet be corrected..." Xu Cang frowned and thought, but Li Ling quickly gave the answer: "Then a slutty man followed and said three words - Madam!"

"Same as a Jinshi - like a lady..." After carefully judging the parallelism, Xu Cang had to admit that the two sentences were really neat, but then he smiled bitterly and shook his head, "This is too cramped, but it offended all scholars from the same Jinshi. It is not a gentleman to do!"

"Who said no? But it is also clever and true. The virtual is against the virtual, the real is against the real, and the sadness is also pointed out. Those who are with Jinshi are not real Jinshi after all, and those who are like wife are not real wives. Both seem to be glorious, but they are really on the table, but they seem a bit petty. So I said that even the same Jinshi is a little wife, and there is no problem."

After looking at Li Ling who was laughing, Xu Cang opened his mouth but couldn't say anything. Even himself, he felt that Li Ling could only be in the third place this time. After all, the results in the imperial examination were here. He was the last of all the tribute scholars, the veritable Sun Shan.

Having said that, both of them didn't know how to continue the topic. Fortunately, at this moment, a sound of footsteps sounded from outside, and then they saw Yue'er rushing towards him like a butterfly, blushing. As soon as they saw Li Ling, they shouted happily: "Brother, brother... are here, there are people from the government coming to spread the results. Now we are waiting for you outside the door!"

When Li Ling and the other two heard this, they stood up at the same time, with excitement and nervous expressions on their faces. After looking at each other, they nodded and walked forward side by side. Li Ling even asked his sister: "Do they say which one we have all passed the exam?"

"No, they refused to tell me." The little girl said aggrievedly, her mouth slightly raised. She had worked so hard in front of the gate to pay for those people. As a result, when they arrived, they refused to tell her the exact result. It was so annoying.

Li Ling smiled and touched his sister's hair: "Let's go and listen together, so you won't know the result even if I get it." He still knew the sister's thoughts very well.

Yue'er was a little happy: "Well, I'll go with my brother."

The three of them soon arrived at the front yard. At this time, almost all the slaves in the house had gathered in front of them, and a large number of neighbors surrounded outside the door. Everyone looked at the three green-robed officials who came to convey the message with curiosity. The leader was holding two scrolls in his hand, which was the final result of the palace examination.

It was not until Li Ling and the others came to the front and confirmed their identity that the official robe was put on his official robe and stepped forward and smiled: "Congratulations to the two young masters for becoming the top spot in this palace examination. Mr. Xu, congratulations to you for being the fourth place in the high school palace examination, and you won the pass, passed the Jinshi, and shining the lintel..."

When these words were expressed and reached Xu Cang's ears, he suddenly froze like a god who had used his body to a certain body, and even his eyes could not move up and down. After years of hard work, many times of failure, he finally had a dream result. This shock of joy directly shocked him.

It was not until Li Ling patted his shoulder hard that Xu Cang slowly came to his senses, but he could not speak for a while. Even the constant trembling of his eyes were even more intense. Only when he fought repeatedly and suffered, could he understand this excitement.

"Xu Chuanlu, three days later, early on the 15th, you will wait for the new Jinshi to enter the palace to meet the emperor, and I hope you will not miss it." The official said loudly after waiting for a while. This made Xu Cang, who was excited, react and hurriedly bow to agree, but he was still a little stunned.

"Mr. Li..." After handing over a scroll in his hand to Xu Cang, the official looked at Li Ling again, smiling meaningfully: "Congratulations to Mr. Li, you are third in the palace examination in high school, Tanhua..."

"What?" Li Ling, who thought he had prepared everything mentally, still felt a buzzing sound in his head after hearing the other party's ranking. He thought he was having auditory hallucinations, "Tell me again..."

"Young Master Li, you are in high school for this palace test, congratulations." The official said mechanically, "You two are friends and three or four high school palace tests at the same time. This is really a rare beautiful conversation in the world."

Yue'er beside her was already screaming: "Brother... you've won, it's Tanhua!!"

The other servants in the family felt honored and came forward to bow down, congratulations to Li Ling and Xu Cang for achieving good results in the imperial examination.
Chapter completed!