The hospital examination took three full days and three nights, and Cheng Wanwan did not go out again.
However, the prefect's wife learned that she was in Huzhou and came to visit her with gifts. Cheng Wanwan took the opportunity to inquire about King Qin's news.
"The reason King Qin came to Huzhou this time is because the emperor gave him the official position of Grand Sikong, who is responsible for inspecting water conservancy projects in various places, mainly supervising the completion of the Huzhou and Yangzhou Grand Canals." The prefect's wife lowered her voice and said, "Seven or eight years ago , the emperor named him King of Qin and gave him the land in the northwest, but it was so desolate that the King of Qin was unwilling to go there again after staying for a few years. If the Queen Mother hadn’t suppressed him, there would have been trouble long ago. The Queen Mother also wanted to go there this time Let the King of Qin improve a little, and then assign a less tiring practical job. It is said that if you do it well, you can stay in the capital."
The corners of Cheng Wanwan's lips twitched.
For the Grand Canal between Huzhou and Yangzhou, all preliminary preparations have been completed and only need to be implemented. This King of Qin is here to pick up the leaks.
However, she can also understand the Queen Mother's deliberate behavior in paving the way for her youngest son. If you want to make mistakes, just make mistakes.
She said: "With King Qin's supervision, everyone will work harder and the canal can be completed as soon as possible."
The prefect's wife shook her head: "It's been a while since King Qin came to Huzhou. He has never been to the canal project. Every day he is either having fun or causing trouble. Our master doesn't know how much mess he has dealt with for King Qin... These little troubles are okay, I just hope it doesn’t cause a big mess, otherwise our master won’t be able to deal with it.”
Cheng Wanwan didn't know what to say at all.
They are royal nobles, they really can't do anything to King Qin, they can't even file a complaint.
"The canal will be completed by the end of this year, so let the prefect be patient." She could only advise, "Try not to confront King Qin head-on. After the canal is completed, King Qin will naturally return to the capital."
The prefect's wife just complained, knowing exactly what to do.
In the early morning of the fourth day, Cheng Wanwan, Lu Yingxue and Mr. Zhou went to the entrance of the examination room to greet the students.
After three days and three nights of torture, most of the people who came out of the examination room looked disheveled. Some people were swaying when they walked, some were extremely pale, and some fainted as soon as they walked out... Of course, there were also some people. Maybe he performed well. Although he was in a bad state, he was in good spirits.
Zhao Sidan and Yu Zhan were in good spirits.
Lu Yingxue rushed over and hugged her son: "How is it? Is there any hope?"
Yu Zhan smiled: "Don't worry, Mom, it's not a big problem."
Zhao Sidan raised his head and said, "Mom, there is nothing wrong with me. I will become a scholar soon."
Cheng Wanwan couldn't help but pinch his face: "Why are you so cute?"
"Mom, I'm thirteen years old, how can you use the word cute with me?" Zhao Sidan took a step back pretending to be dissatisfied, "I'm so hungry, I'm so hungry, go back and eat quickly, I want to eat a lot. "
The other twenty or so students seemed to be doing well. One by one, they talked to Mr. Zhou about the questions on the exam paper. Mr. Zhou smiled and said: "Don't worry about it after the exam. Let's go back to Sui Gongren's courtyard to take a bath first, and then Have a meal and then have a good sleep.”
Mr. Zhou had exam aid funds given by Dahe Town. He used the money to order many special dishes at the Dahe Banquet in Huzhou and had them delivered to the yard. More than 20 people gathered around the table to eat and drink and talk about future plans. The scholar's enthusiasm was evident at this moment.
The results of the college examination were released in three days. On the early morning of the third day, many people gathered around the Huzhou City Wall.
Lu Yingxue was impatient, so she took Cheng Wanwan to look at the list early in the morning. The two of them were wearing ordinary clothes and did not stand out in the crowd. Naturally, no one would recognize this person who was squeezing around in the crowd. Sui Gong was born in the fourth rank of the current dynasty.
As soon as the auspicious time comes, the yamen officer comes out with the list, swipes some paste on the wall, and then carefully puts the list up.
The crowd watching around him was already excited.
"Oh my God, I am number 26. I am on the list. I have become a scholar. I have brought glory to the Liu family."
"Why is my name not there? I must have missed it. Yes, I'll look at it again. There's no way I'll fail the list. It's absolutely impossible!"
"This is my third time taking the college examination. Why can't I still get on the list? Why, why..."
There were laughter, painful cries, and all kinds of life in the crowd.
Lu Yingxue held her breath and started reading from the last name. It was not that she was not confident in her son, but that her son was assigned to the toilet number. The worst position, even if he could be on the list, he should be at the end...
"No...how come there is no Xiaozhan's name?" She looked all the way back and could not see Yu Zhan's son. She was so anxious that she kept sweating. "It's impossible, it's impossible. Xiaozhan is so good, it's impossible to take the exam. Not going to..."
Cheng Wanwan looked at her with a smile: "Why don't you start with the first name?"
Lu Yingxue shook her head: "Xiao Zhan has the ability to become number one, but he has bad luck...wait a minute!"
She shook her head violently and moved to the first list. Her eyes suddenly glowed with strange colors. She turned around and hugged Cheng Wanwan, "Xiao Zhan passed the exam. My son passed the exam. Second place, hahahaha, my son has become a scholar, and there is hope for Lao Yu to make a comeback, hahahaha!"
"Master's wife, you are too calm." Qian Hui came over waving a paper fan, "Sidan is the head of the case this time. Gongren is so calm as the mother of the head of the case in the hospital. Master should learn more. "
"You kid!" Lu Yingxue calmed down and glared at him, "Looking at you like this, did you pass the exam?"
Qian Hui smiled: "Yes, I passed the exam, ranked 78th, hehehe, I passed the exam, hahaha, I will bring glory to the Qian family, hahaha, my grandpa is almost overjoyed …”
Lu Yingxue: "..."
Just now I said she was not calm, look at this guy, he is even less calm than her.
She looked into the distance. There were many people who were less calm than her, such as Mr. Qian and Mr. Zhou from Dahe Academy.
Mr. Zhou looked at the list and burst into laughter. A group of students surrounded him and laughed.
This time, a total of twenty-three students from Dahe Academy came to Huzhou to take the exam. Among them, eighteen were on the list, and the other five came to test the waters. They did not necessarily say they had to pass the exam, so they were not discouraged after failing the exam. Because there are so many people admitted to Dahe Academy, they are inexplicably full of confidence in the future.
"Dahe Academy is about to become famous." Mr. Zhou said with a smile, "The collection of past college examination questions written by Master Yu himself is indeed useful. Those of you who have passed the exam, please give Master Yu a glass of wine when you go back, and always remember it. Master Yu’s kindness..."
There is no reason why those students should not do so.
Among the questions in this college examination, many of them were similar to those they had seen in Master Yu’s problem sets. They could easily pick them up when doing the questions. There was also the final arithmetic question, because they had systematically learned how to solve it, so it was also familiar to them. Nothing too difficult.
It can be said that they were able to pass the exam not because of their hard work, but because they studied in Dahe Academy and enjoyed the resources of Dahe Academy.
