Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 653
Qi Bokun couldn't help sighing, waved his hands and said, "All right, all right, I won't look for him. But you should consider my words carefully. You can't just leave me and your parents alone, can you? If you really want to be so rebellious, you're not my grandson."

Qi Muyuan remained silent and didn't agree, he just said: "Grandfather, take a good rest." He tucked the quilt for Qi Bokun and walked out.

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In Du's house, as soon as Du Jinning came home, Mrs. Chen asked his servants to put the food in Du Jinning's yard, and dismissed all the servants. He couldn't wait to eat, so he told Du Jinning about Mrs. Ji's story about the princess today, worried and authentic : "What if the princess really takes a fancy to you?"

Du Jinning was not worried at all. He scooped himself a bowl of soup, drank it slowly, and said with a smile, "Mother, what are you worried about? After the news is released, no matter who it is, everyone will stop. I'm just a country boy , it’s not enough for people to marry me regardless of their lives.”

"But the princess wants to find an eminent monk to tell your fortune, what should you do?" Chen asked.

"Then forget it." Du Jinning put down the soup bowl, added a bowl of rice for himself, and said nonchalantly, "No matter who I look for, I can count my wife's life."

Chen asked suspiciously: "What are you going to do?"

Du Jinning put down his chopsticks, and dug in his bosom: "Send someone to ask some capable monks and priests, and if you give them some money, you can get a pair of birthday horoscopes that restrain your wife."

She took out a note and handed it to Mrs. Chen: "Mother, please remember it firmly. This is my birth date. Don't make a mistake."

Mrs. Chen took a look at the note, and saw that there was indeed a birth date written on it.The age and date of birth are consistent with Du Jinning's, but the specific time has changed.

The ancients were superstitious, because it involved cursing issues such as tying villains, so people's birth dates, unless it was their parents' close relatives, would not be known.It wasn't until they got married that they had to write Geng posts together with the eight characters, that they would take it out and use it.

No one knew that Du Jinning's birthday was changed like this.

"The monk and Taoist don't know it's you?" Chen asked worriedly.

Du Jinning smiled: "I'm doing business, do you have any worries?"

Silent all night.

According to common sense, after the morning court on the second day, the emperor would summon the top ten in the palace examination to enter the palace to face the saint.Du Jinning did not go out again, but obediently waited at home for the summons from the palace.

At Sishi, as expected, a eunuch from the palace came to deliver an order to summon Du Jinning.

Du Jinning had already packed up and waited. After receiving the order, he immediately got into the carriage and followed the eunuch into the palace.

Some of the ten new subjects live near each other, and some live far away. It is necessary for everyone to come together before going to meet the Holy Majesty.After Du Jinning entered the palace, the eunuch took her to a side hall and left by herself.

Qi Mansion is relatively close to the imperial palace, and Qi Muyuan arrived early.In addition to him, there are two other Jinshi.

When the palace is here, everything needs to be cautious in words and deeds.After seeing each other's greetings, everyone dared not speak too much, fearing that if they said too much, they would fail, or offend the masters and servants in the palace, so they sat down to drink tea and eat snacks.

The emperor was still very polite to the new scholars, and the eunuchs served tea and snacks.But in order to avoid going to the toilet, everyone dared not eat and drink too much. They just picked up the tea bowl to moisten their lips and then put it down.

So just sit and do it.

Du Jinning saw Qi Muyuan's eyes looking towards him, so he also looked back and asked him what's the matter with his eyes.Qi Muyuan didn't speak, he just smiled at her and looked away.

Du Jinning didn't care either.

The two were in their prime, with red lips and white teeth, and handsome eyebrows and eyes. Sitting together like this, smiling and blinking, they looked very familiar with each other, and suddenly became a beautiful scenery.

A Jinshi next to him saw him and asked with a smile, "Du Xianggong and Qi Xianggong know each other?"

This Jinshi was in his forties, with a kind face, but shrewdness in his eyes.As soon as I heard the names of Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan, my attitude became very warm.

The ranking of the palace examination has not been released, but Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan are at the top of the list for the examination.The two of them are so young, and their appearance is very outstanding. They both sat in the first row during the palace examination, and they were very eye-catching. All the Gongsheng students who sat with them in the hall and took the exam recognized them—there were 39 and [-] Gongsheng students in the hall. No matter how big it is, it can hold up to a hundred students, and the rest of the Gongsheng students are arranged to write articles in the side hall or corridor.Those who can take the exam with Du Jinning and the others in the same hall will rank higher.

So after hearing this, everyone looked towards Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan.

Du Jinning nodded: "I know." It's just these two words, obviously he doesn't want to say more.

Qi Muyuan had already returned to his cold state.

Seeing this, the man had no choice but to swallow back the doubts in his stomach, and just said with a smile: "Since ancient times, heroes are born in youth. You two are really young talents."

"Mr. Zhong has won the award." Although Du Jinning was polite, his attitude was not so warm.

That Mr. Zhong had no choice but to shut up.

Silence returned to the house.

However, there are always eyes on Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan intentionally or unintentionally.

After all ten people came together, a big eunuch came in, scanned the crowd, and said to everyone: "Everyone line up in the order I read, and the one I read first will walk ahead in a while."

Everyone suddenly became tense.

The order that the eunuch read out should be the order of high and low scores in the palace examination.Although the emperor will decide the final number one, but if you are ranked in the bottom five out of ten people, no matter what, it is impossible to win the number one, second place, or third place, unless...

Everyone glanced at Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan consciously or unconsciously.

Tanhua has been young and good-looking since ancient times.If Du Jinning or Qi Muyuan were ranked in the bottom five, maybe the emperor would pick one of them up and be a protégé when he saw their good looks.As a result, the rankings they have worked so hard to get in the exam will be pushed back, which really makes them unwilling.

It should be known that the three members of the first imperial examination were called "Jinshi Jidi", also known as "Sanding Jia".These three people were appointed immediately, the number one scholar was awarded the editor of the Imperial Academy, and the second place and Tanhua were awarded the editor of the Imperial Academy.Second, if the top three Jinshi want to be appointed as an official, they have to pass the imperial examination in the Hall of Baohe, commonly known as the "challenge examination".In the end, the second-class and third-class Jinshi will be awarded the ranks of Shujishi, Master, Zhongshu, Pedestrian, Judge, Doctor, Tuiguan, Zhizhou, and County magistrate based on their rankings in the imperial examination and imperial examination.

That is to say, there is a big difference between the first three in the top three and the second and third in the back.

If Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan, relying on their youth and good looks, would come from the bottom to the front and become candidates, these new scholars who have dedicated their entire lives to the imperial examinations and are only one foot away from being able to make their ancestors shine must be very good. Convinced.

But in the ancient times when imperial power was supreme, one had to hold back even if one was not convinced, which made everyone dislike these two young men very much.

(End of this chapter)