Chapter 82(1/2)
The end of the nervous imperial examination is the Mid-Autumn Festival. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, many candidates relax through the festival.
They are all in the boats and wine shops and Chu Towers. Many of them are self-deprecating. They are just waiting for one result and will be willing to give up for three years before fighting.
For this reason, the five cities' military commanders have also sent a lot of manpower to maintain order in the capital, so as to save any chaos, making the emperor who fell ill by the cold before the Mid-Autumn Festival even more upset.
Because the emperor was cold, there was only a simple family banquet in the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace this year. Princess Jiaxi went to the palace and the Lin family was even more lively without this big Buddha.
Both the young masters of the second house thought they were doing well in the exam, and they never left their smiles at the banquet.
Lin Hengli was on duty today. Half of the family banquet was underway when he returned home. He didn't even change his clothes, so he took off his sword and went to the table.
The maids brought hot water to clean his hands. The hall was much quieter just now. Lin Yizong sat next to him and looked at his eldest son who was more majestic and arrogant, and he felt proud.
I just heard the couple in the second house praise my nephew and felt unhappy. Now, when I see him showing off his talent, my son has no depression at all.
"What's wrong with the Holy Body of the Supreme Lord?" Lin Yizong asked someone to bring him wine and asked about the matter in the palace.
Lin Hengli threw the handkerchief back to the maid and smiled faintly: "It looks much more energetic than the previous one, and it should be better soon. Before I returned home, I saw my grandmother talking to the emperor."
After nearly a year of relief, the Lin family has forgotten almost the chaos brought by Su Mei, especially the couple who were long-term husband and wife who completely forgot the shadows that were shrouded at that time.
"Everyone is dim sum when you work in front of the emperor. In the future, you will be in front of the emperor and your two younger brothers in the court. The foundation of our Lin family will only become stronger and stronger."
Lin Yizong touched his beard and painted a glorious picture for his younger generation.
Lin Hengli agreed and said yes, and took the lead in raising his glass to the elders present, glanced at a seat that appeared, and asked, "Where is grandfather."
When it comes to Duke Wei, everyone's expressions are uncomfortable.
Lin Hengli stopped talking after leaving, and understood that it was probably because he went to the third room to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival alone.
He pinched the wine glass with his hands and soon raised his glass to toast as if nothing had happened.
The fishy liquid entered his throat, and no one knew that his mind was thinking of a girl far away from the border.
Su Mei hid in the border for a year. She is really not going to return to Beijing?
What are the plans for the third room?
He was full of thoughts, but Lin Yian had sent Duke Wei away, bathing, soaking hot water to dispel the smell of alcohol that had just been touched.
The heat steamed the clean room hazy. He leaned against the edge of the bucket, and his phoenix eyes seemed to be covered by mist, and his eyes were slightly blurred.
Shi Tou added some hot water to him and said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you so much yellow soup for? That thing is only harmful to your body."
The third master never took the initiative to drink wine, and he looked a little drunk now.
Lin Yian smiled softly: "If I don't want to drink, I won't drink it."
It’s hard to buy happiness if you’re in a good mood, it doesn’t matter if you indulge it for a while.
Shi Tou looked at him in confusion, his confused eyes were filled with smiles, and he said to himself: "There is still half a year."
What half a year?
"Tomorrow is your birthday, how will the third master celebrate?" Shi Tou couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it, but remembered the lively momentum of his and his crown last year.
Lin Yian slowly closed his eyes, "Tomorrow is also the day when the results will be released, so I will thank the guests in close proximity."
He was too lazy to socialize others, and he was so noisy that he was upset.
He had never had any expectations for his birthday, but the only thing he was looking forward to this year was the birthday gift given by his little girl.
The little girl wrote a letter a while ago, complaining that her skirt was shorter and that all her autumn clothes had to be re-cut. He estimated her magnitude and sent someone a few boxes of ready-made clothes over, but he didn't know if she liked them or not.
Thinking of Su Mei, Lin Yi'an's heart was soft and washed away the smell of alcohol. The corners of his lips were still raised before he fell asleep.
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After ten years of hard work, the sky is rising.
On the next day, the announcement of the announcement was held at dawn the day before yesterday.
The young master of the second wife of the Lin family naturally doesn’t have to squeeze in with the rest, just send a servant to guard it.
After waiting, the sun was high, there was no one waiting for him.
The couple in the second wife couldn't help but feel restless. They kept paced back and forth in the hall, and the two young masters also sweated on their foreheads.
It was just when I was anxious and there was no news that I suddenly remembered the sound of firecrackers outside. The couple looked outside together, and Li's heart was thrilled.
Could it be that the two brothers in the second house really got a good ranking?!
She also looked out, and Princess Jiaxi asked her to go to the door to take a look. As soon as she ordered, she saw the servant who was sent out to see the list running and gasping for breath.
"Three...three, I won!"
The servant was panting and talking intermittently, making people unable to hear clearly, and only heard the word "hit".
But Xu jumped with joy: "The Third Young Master is captured?!"
That was her legitimate son. Although the son of the concubine was raised in front of her, it was definitely the best for her to be her own son.
The servant seemed very anxious when he heard this. He shook his head and opened his mouth to say something. There was already a big battle outside. Someone shouted to congratulate Master Jie Yuan.
Princess Jiaxi stood up from her position, held the maid's hand and walked away, and everyone else followed in surprise.
The child in the second room actually understood Yuan!!
But before I could reach the screen wall, I saw the official who came to report the good news.
The visitor was wearing a green official uniform. When he saw Princess Jiaxi coming out in person, he quickly greeted him and smiled brightly and said congratulations: "The princess is overjoyed."
"reward!"
Princess Jiaxi was even more convinced when she heard this, and she was filled with joy between her eyebrows and eyes. She wanted to give her a reward without saying a word.
The official naturally would not refuse, just pretended to be happy. After receiving the reward, Xu had already pushed his son out of the crowd.
"Go quickly, are you so happy?!"
Young Master Lin San was pushed out, and then he seemed to come back from his dream and looked at the person who came excitedly.
The Qingyi official bowed to him and said, "Congratulations to the third master."
The Lin family, who were originally happy, were stunned, and their smiles were half stiff on the corners of their mouths.
Third, master?
The young man in the green official was stunned when he met the young man in front of him. His hands were still paused in the air, and he was also stunned.
He was so quiet in confusion that he shouted to Master Lin San in confusion: "Master Three, this is..."
Princess Jiaxi pursed her lips, then took a deep breath and said, "Is Jie Yuan's name Lin Hengshu?"
Lin Hengshu?
The Qingyi official was a little dumbfounded: "Well? Isn't the third master named Yi'an?"
As soon as these words were said, the Lin family took a breath, and Princess Jiaxi's face turned pale: "How is it possible? The third brother was already a juren in his early years, how can he become Jie Yuan again!"
The Qingyi official finally understood that the Lin family still knew nothing about it.
He smiled again on his face, "When your highness comes back, the same thing happened to the cabinet masters. It was the prime minister who came out to say that he allowed the third master to participate in the autumn examination again, because the third master had injured his leg before. Although he had a ranking, how could he play for the emperor if he didn't have a good body? Let him take the exam again. If he can survive the autumn examination and get a higher ranking than before, he can participate in the examination... For fairness, if he does not get a ranking, the previous ranking of the juren will be taken back and return to his white body."
Every time the officials said something, the Lin family's face changed.
Mr. Lin suddenly remembered the back that morning when he saw him taking the exam.
——Well, that's the third brother?!
"Absurd! Is the imperial examination arbitrarily changing the rules?! I want to go to the palace to find the emperor. Isn't this going to make the Lin family drowned by the majority of candidates!"
What is the difference between people who have passed the ranking and cheating?
When the official heard this, his face changed and he hurriedly advised: "Your Highness stayed. Your Majesty later agreed to this matter, so he asked the official to come and spread the good news! Moreover, the questions are different every year. The third master is actually the same as the candidates who fail the exam every year, and it is very fair!"
Just think as the saying goes, gold will shine. Isn’t this the reason why Master Lin San is the one who is right?
"That's a cripple!" Princess Jiaxi actually agreed when she heard the emperor agree. She had completely lost her manners and her voice was sharp.
The official's neck was so stabbed that his neck shrank, and he said, "Why did you hear that the third master walked into the examination room?"
Otherwise, the prime minister would not say that he would have to see if he had the body to play for the court.
I guess I am afraid that my leg injury will leave sequelae.
Princess Jiaxi opened her eyes wide and was so shocked that she was unwilling to believe it.
It was at this moment that a carriage came to the gate, and at the same time, footsteps came from behind everyone.
The footsteps came in a hurry, as if they saw many people in front of the screen wall, paused for a moment and then picked up their steps, but they were still in a hurry.
Princess Jiaxi slowly turned her head as she heard the footsteps, and saw the nanny wearing a light green brocade dress walking gracefully in the sun like a handsome tree.
His legs!
Princess Jiaxi's eyes were a little black and her hands were trembling.
When did this concubine's son climb up to Liu Shoufu, and when did he cure his legs?
Lin Yian walked past everyone while watching, without squinting, and headed straight to the gate.
The carriage was parked at the gate, and everyone saw a girl being helped out by a maid who was born in a face.
To be continued...