The life of a peasant girl reborn

Chapter 307 Palace Examination High School (3)
In order not to increase the pressure on Brother Qiu and Brother Dong, the Shen family did not send off the whole family this time, but let Shen Xuan accompany them. Subconsciously, the Shen family believed that as long as Shen Xuan existed, they would feel at ease and everything could be resolved.

Just after the hour of the morning, the morning court had already set, the tightly closed palace gates opened wide, and the second row was full of momentum.The guards with weapons in their hands came into view, and the atmosphere created by that alone shocked the students a lot.

Under the leadership of relevant officials, a hundred students entered the palace, and then the palace door was closed again, and Shen Xuan had to wait in the carriage.A hundred students were arranged to enter the examination room, and the paper, ink, pens and inkstones on the table had already been placed, just waiting for the answerers.There is only one question on the paper: If you become an official, how will you benefit the common people?
Some students who saw this question frowned in thought.Some write with a pen.Sometimes time passed unconsciously, and an hour passed quickly. No matter how the students answered, the test papers in their hands were taken back by the invigilator.

Before noon, the gate of the palace was opened again, and the students came out one after another, feeling as uneasy as when they entered.Compared with the excitement, they now had depressed emotions on their faces, and their state was not satisfactory.

"Miss, the third young master and the fourth young master have come out." The maid Ding Xiang reported through the curtain of the car.

"Mm." Sitting in the car, Shen Xuan casually closed the book on her hands after hearing Ding Xiang's report, waiting for the two to arrive.

The two quickly walked to the front of the carriage, and after getting into the carriage, they sat there meditating. Shen Xuan didn't bother, and the carriage started slowly.

Not far from the palace gate was a carriage marked He Mansion, in which sat a woman dressed as a rich lady, who was none other than Fifth Miss He Yuyao.Miss He Wu, the reason why I came here today is because of Brother Qiu.When passing by this carriage, Shen Xuan met Miss He Wu's eyes through the gap of the car window. Shen Xuan gave the other party a gentle smile and nodded her acquaintance.

After Shen's carriage passed by, Fifth Miss He in the carriage came back to her senses. She was a little stunned by Shen Xuan's gaze just now.

"Qiu Tong, who was the woman sitting in the carriage in the Shen residence just now?" Fifth Miss He asked the maid in the carriage.

"Miss Hui, she should be the only young lady in the Shen family." The servant girl Qiu Tong answered after thinking.As a personal servant girl, she naturally learned about Miss He Wu's whereabouts from her master, and she naturally inquired about the Shen residence in private.

"That Miss Shen is so beautiful, she doesn't look like she came from a farming family at all." Miss He Wu said in a low voice, she was still immersed in Shen Xuan's smile at this time, making people feel like a spring breeze.

"Miss, this Shen family is not an ordinary farm family. In fact, as early as a few years ago, they had left the scope of the farm family. Now the Shen family is not ordinary. In the past two years, the famous hot pot restaurant and greenhouse vegetables They all belong to the Shen family's property, and I heard that there is the current crown prince as a backer behind him, who earns hundreds of thousands of silver every year, and now the Shen family has two more candidates, so it will definitely not be bad in the future." Maid girl Qiu Tong replied.

Hearing Qiu Tong's answer, Miss He Wu was secretly happy.If she was still reluctant to this marriage before, mainly because of the status of the Shen family as a farmer, then she is very happy now.Except for their poor family background, the Shen brothers are no worse than others.

Seeing the shyness on Miss He Wu's face, the servant girl Qiutong continued to speak hard, "I have specifically asked about the third young master of the Shen family. The third young master Shen does not have any concubines around him. They are housekeepers and the like."

Hearing the answer from the maid Qiutong, Miss He Wu had an unbearable shyness on her face, and the master and servant continued to talk in a low voice.

The atmosphere here was just right, but the atmosphere inside the Shen residence's carriage over there was rather oppressive. After walking for so long, no one made a sound.The carriage rolled forward and returned to Shen's residence after two hours.

"Brother, fourth brother, since the test papers have already been handed in, why do you have to think about it? Wouldn't it be better to see the result the day after tomorrow? Thinking about it now can't change the result." The two said something.

When the two returned to Shen's residence, no one asked them "how are you doing, how did you do in the exam". "Are you sure you will be the champion?" These voices never appeared.

For the two days, every moment was a torment for those one hundred students, but it passed quickly for the others.On the morning of the third day, a hundred students gathered outside the palace gate again.

As soon as the time came, the palace gate was opened, and the emperor's list was posted, and the top ten were named, followed by the two eunuchs, and went to the emperor.Shen Chaoqiu is also on the list of the Golden Luan Hall where the government is discussed.

The ten students, after being reminded by the head eunuch about the sacred rules, walked into the Golden Luan Hall one by one, lined up in two rows according to their ranks, and knelt down.Properly saluted the emperor on the Dragon Throne.

"See the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live." The voices of ten people sounded in unison in the hall.

"Get up." After a few breaths, everyone heard the emperor's voice, and there was an indescribable majesty in his tone.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live." The ten people shouted again to answer, and then they stood up rustlingly.

On the top of the main hall sits the current holy majesty, and on both sides of the main hall are officials of the imperial court.Ranked from high to low, with the ten students in the middle.In such an atmosphere, the ten people's courage was tested, their hearts beating, their heads were lowered tightly, and they did not dare to make the slightest small move.

Eunuch Cao, the first chief eunuch who stood beside the emperor and served him personally, sang loudly after receiving the emperor's signal, "No. 10, Quzhou Renshi, Yang Ning comes out."

Yang Ning, whose name was called, took a step forward and stepped out of the queue.Seeing this person, the emperor just glanced at him casually, and then Eunuch Cao began to read out Yang Ning's life experience and his deeds step by step through the imperial examination.

One by one was named, one by one was exposed the deeds of the imperial examination, and the emperor would occasionally ask a few words.The time was spent in such an unhurried manner. After half an hour, ten people rolled their names.The inquiry is over.

Everyone held their breaths and waited for the next big event: the emperor's hand-picked top three.

"Hu Kai, for Tanhua; Shen Chaoqiu, for No. [-]; Guo Jingyan, for No. [-]." In the hall, the majestic voice of the emperor sounded.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations to Your Majesty, our dynasty has produced a large number of talents." Seeing that the top three selected by the emperor were all young talents, the officials on the other side flattered them.

When the top three came out, the curtain came to an end, and the morning court finally came down, and it was already the four quarters of the day.The next thing is to parade through the streets. This matter has to be handled by relevant officials.

The three were taken out of the Golden Luan Hall and brought into a room with big red flowers tied on their chests. After someone came to report, the three were taken to the gate of the palace.At this time, outside the palace gate, two teams of guards lined up side by side, with gongs and drums in front of the team, followed by three docile horses, waiting for the arrival of the master.

(End of this chapter)