Once you pass the exam, your ranking is determined and you cannot take the exam again.
Regardless of his result this time, he will never be able to take the imperial examination again in his life.
So, he can really relax.
I rode the bullock cart and wandered back to the rented yard, had dinner, washed and slept.
When I woke up, the room was bright.
It's already summer.
"Are you awake?"
Tao Zhu noticed Li Qiao moving and spoke in a low voice.
He had woken up a long time ago, but he lay in Li Qiao's arms and did not move for fear of waking Li Qiao.
"Wake up." Li Qiao said and let him go.
Li Qiao stretched, then turned over, with most of his body pressed against Tao Zhu.
Tao Zhu smiled when he saw this. He grabbed Li Qiao's hand on his heart and asked, "What are we doing today?"
Li Qiao stopped studying. He didn't know what to do for a while. He had been thinking about it just now.
"We won't do anything today, let's just mess around." Li Qiao interlocked with him, and his voice was hoarse like when he just woke up: "Let's just eat and drink today."
"Okay." Tao Zhu also smiled: "Whatever you want to eat, I will do it."
"Um……"
Li Qiao really wanted to say, "I don't need you to do it, let's order takeout," but obviously, we can't order takeout in this time and space.
But he didn't want to go out.
So the word "um" stayed in his mouth for several seconds, and finally he said: "Let Ershan and Brother Xia do it, and we will wait to eat."
"Okay." Tao Zhu saw that he didn't want to get up, so he followed his words and got down.
Li Ershan and Li Xia were both very capable. After a while, they came over to call them to eat. After breakfast, the two of them did not go back to the room, but brought the rocking chair out and placed it in the yard.
The sun is shining just right now, but if a few more days pass, the weather will be hot and we won’t be able to get any sun.
There is a small tea table in the middle of the rocking chair. Tao Zhu is peeling walnuts with a small hammer. He is making walnut black sesame paste and amber walnuts.
He glanced at Li Qiao and said, "I don't know what's going on at home. I miss our big house."
"Don't worry, we'll go back soon." Li Qiao crossed his legs and rocked the recliner underneath him while getting the walnuts peeled by Tao Zhu: "Is there anything else you want to buy? Let's buy it all in the next few days."
If a new Jinshi is awarded an official position, regardless of whether he is a Beijing official or is sent abroad, he will have a holiday so that he can return to his hometown to settle things at home.
This holiday can last up to half a year. This is to take care of those Jinshi who are far away. However, after half a year, the day lilies will be cold. Who knows what will happen in the meantime, so many people choose not to return to their hometowns.
But Li Qiao wanted to go back.
There are a lot of things going on at home.
Of course, if he was not awarded an official position - although this possibility was almost non-existent, then he would also want to go back.
Tao Zhu also wanted to go back, so he said, "Then I'll think about it carefully and see what else I need to buy."
So, in the next two days, the two of them went shopping together with Zhuang Wen and Meng Yue.
As for Shen Hua and Xu Ying, they were not in the mood to hang around. They had to complete the fifty sets of clothes assigned by the Holy Father.
The more prosperous the business of the Royal Confectionery Shop became, the greater the pressure on the couple. Even though Li Qiao drew the ancient costumes he saw in his previous life, they still did not dare to relax for fear of disappointing the Holy Emperor.
The Xu family had only one reaction: they were furious.
On the second day after arriving in Beijing, the Xu family started looking around to find a good marriage for Xu Ying, but reality taught them how to behave.
Only the truly high-ranking ladies and noble brothers will look down upon small feats, and at least they must be Jinshi.
After all, even if you are the first among the Jinshi, you can only be a sixth-grade official at the beginning.
What's more, Xu Ying is already married. Who in a wealthy family would blatantly force a new scholar to divorce her husband? It’s all about face!
So even if Xu Ying has a good face, her net worth cannot be raised.
The Xu family understood this and were extremely upset. If they had known that face would not be the only factor for Xu Ying's promotion, then they would not have allowed Xu Ying and Shen Hua to get married no matter what!
They always thought that Xu Ying was good-looking and could charm the noble ladies and noble men with just her face. But who knew that those rich families didn't care about their faces!
But it's too late to say anything now. Not only did Xu Ying marry Shen Hua, Xu Ying also wrote down Shen Hua's clothes on the exam paper.
At this moment, they could only hope that Shen Hua would quickly come up with fifty sets of clothes so as not to implicate Xu Ying.
well.
Three days passed by in a hurry, and soon it was the day when the results of the palace examination were released.
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Chapter 110 The imperial examination is over
The announcement of the results of the palace examination was more grand, not only accompanied by vocal music, but also accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials.
Early in the morning, one hundred and eighty Jinshi, wearing brand new Jinshi uniforms, lined up in a long queue at the gate of the palace in the summer morning light and against the cool breeze.
As Huiyuan, Li Qiao ranked first.
Soon, officials from the Ministry of Rites came over. Under the leadership of the officials from the Ministry of Rites, and under the watchful eyes of the imperial army, one hundred and eighty new scholars went from the palace gate to Tai Chi Hall.
Outside the Taiji Hall, the Taichang Temple musicians responsible for the palace rituals and music were already in place.
In Taiji Hall, all civil and military officials have arrived.
After Li Qiao and his group arrived at the square in front of the Tai Chi Hall, they first bowed to the Tai Chi Hall, then stood up and lowered their eyes to wait for the movement in the hall.
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the majestic music sounded. This was the special music used by the royal family for banquets and sacrifices.
Li Qiao knew nothing about vocal music, but at this time he only had one feeling:
Nice to hear.
Li Qiao looked calm and collected, but the group of new scholars behind him had no intention of listening to the royal music.
Some are worried about their grades and where they will go in the future.
Some are nervous.
After all, this is the palace, where lives the emperor who has the power of life and death in the world. They are about to see the emperor. What an honor it is!
Even though you are excited, you are also nervous, but you must not make a fool of yourself.
Soon, the music was played.
Li Qiao has a good ear and soon heard a eunuch in the palace shouting: "Xuan Xinke Jinshi enters the palace!"
Although this sound was high-pitched, it was also loud and long. The two eunuchs standing at the entrance of the palace listened and immediately shouted: "Xuan Xinke Jinshi enters the palace!"
With this shout, officials from the Ministry of Rites immediately led Li Qiao and others into the palace.
After entering the hall, he first bowed and bowed, and when he stood up, he lowered his eyes and waited as before.
One hundred and eighty Jinshi, plus hundreds of civil and military officials, filled the Tai Chi Hall to the brim in an instant.
Li Qiao inadvertently looked at the layout of the Tai Chi Hall. He lowered his eyes and listened to the slight breathing around him. Inexplicably, he became a little nervous, and his hands hanging by his sides clenched into fists slightly.
Although he had experienced big events, the imperial examination was different from those he had experienced before.
After time travel, it spanned five years... No, if you think about it seriously, it was less than four years.
In less than four years, he worked as hard as he could in cultivating supernatural powers. He memorized books until his head felt swollen and dizzy on many days. He had put in so much effort, and the previous Xiao San Yuan Xie Yuan Hui Yuan Jun It's in his pocket.
His perfect road to the imperial examination was only missing the last tremor.
If something goes wrong, he will definitely be upset for the rest of his life!
Thinking of this possibility, he suddenly regretted. Shouldn't he hide his clumsiness...
Sheng Hong sat on the dragon chair. Starting from Li Qiao, his gaze swept over the heads of the 180 new scholars in the hall one by one.
Of course, he couldn't see the people behind him clearly because they were far away.
But there is no big difference between looking at it and not looking at it. Anyway, it is mediocre.
In this palace examination, except for Li Qiao's paper, which was a bit interesting, everything else was pretty much the same. They were all clichés.
After all, it was not a martial arts test, and his questions this time were a bit difficult for these scholars.
It’s hard to find talented people who can be both literary and military!
With a slight sigh in his heart, he looked at Yan Anbang, who was standing in the row of civil servants. Yan Anbang was not only a bachelor, but also the Minister of Etiquette. He was holding a tray in his hand, and on the tray were the results of the palace examination.
Because the yellow list was too big, what was placed on the tray was not the yellow list that would be posted later, but a few thin pieces of paper.
If we follow the previous rules, the examiners of the palace examination will select ten papers, and let the emperor pick out the number one, second place, and top pick from these ten papers on the spot.
However, the examiners of this palace examination are Sheng Hong and Sheng Jun, father and son, so there will be no on-the-spot ranking today.
Receiving Sheng Hong's gaze, Yan Anbang stepped forward and began to read out the results of the palace examination.
Dasheng's palace examination results were divided into top three.
There are only three people in the first class, the number one scholar, the second person, the third flower, and the Jinshi.
Erjia is not customized. How many people gave it to Jinshi based on the emperor's mood at that time.
There is no customization for the top three. The specific number of people depends on the mood of the emperor at that time, and they are given the same background as Jinshi.
Yan Anbang said loudly: "In ten years of prosperity, the number one scholar in a new subject is Li Qiao from Yuanhe Province!"
Li Qiao: "!"
His clenched fists suddenly unclenched, it was him, it was him, the champion fell into his hands.
It was complete, and his road to the imperial examination was complete.
The hard work is not in vain!
