The Gu Mansion was filled with joy. Gu's mother originally wanted to hold a banquet, but Gu Jing stopped her.
"It's not too late to wait until after the palace examination."
"Yes, yes, yes, I'll invite you when the time comes, I'll invite you again when the time comes!" Gu's mother walked towards the ancestral hall. She wanted to tell her ancestors the good news, and Gu's father followed behind.
royal palace.
"Princess! Princess!" Xichun lost her composure for the first time and ran into the palace with a face full of joy.
"How? Tell me quickly!" Lin Sui looked at Xichun nervously.
"Reporting to the princess, Second Young Master Gu is on the list, and he is still third!"
"Really!" Lin Sui said excitedly.
"Really, I have asked the Chang Qing guards beside His Highness the Crown Prince."
"That's true, great!"
"By the way, I want to go to the Buddhist hall to fulfill my wish." Lin Sui hurriedly walked towards the queen's palace again.
The news that Gu Jing was on the list reached the emperor early in the morning.
The emperor looked at Gu Jing's answer sheet and nodded with satisfaction.
"Gu Er is indeed talented. It would be a pity not to join the court."
"Then if the emperor says so, do you still want him to be your consort?" Eunuch Su asked doubtfully.
"My Mingzhu likes me. As long as he is sincere, I will naturally fulfill his wish. But I am from the Gu family, so it is better not to join the court."
After all, Eunuch Su had served the emperor for more than twenty years, so he naturally understood what the emperor meant.
Of this power and money, it would be okay if only one of them was strong, but it would not be a good thing if both were strong. It would easily arouse the emperor's speculation, which would damage the harmony between the monarch and his ministers.
"Does the queen know?"
"Back to the emperor, I have already sent a message to the queen."
The emperor nodded and put down Gu Jing's answer sheet.
After receiving the news, the queen nodded with satisfaction.
"It seems that Gu Er still has a chance to compete with the Tanhualang, so that he can match the pearl of this palace."
"By the way, let's keep an eye on Dian Mingzhu and don't let her slip out of the palace. We'll talk about it after Gu Erdian's trial."
"Yes, I will order you to go down now." Aunt Hua responded.
There was still one month left before the palace examination. Gu Jing felt that he was a little struggling during the examination, so this month, he was studying the history and current affairs of the Southern Kingdom.
Lin Sui originally wanted to sneak out of the palace to see him, but the queen kept a close eye on her, and Xichun and the others advised her to wait until the palace examination was over.
She had no choice but to give up and embroider purses or handkerchiefs in the palace every day. Sometimes she would go to the East Palace to talk to the princess.
One month later, the palace examination came as scheduled.
Three hundred tributes entered the palace and answered the examination papers issued by the emperor. There were not many questions, but they were all related to people's livelihood and government affairs.
After Gu Jing got the paper, she knew that her month had not been in vain.
The candidates were busy writing. The emperor looked at them one by one. When he saw someone, he paused, waved and asked.
"Is that Gu Er?"
"Back to the emperor, it is Mr. Gu." Eunuch Su took a closer look and replied.
The emperor stared at Gu Jing carefully. Well, she has a good appearance. No wonder she is liked by my pearl. Her temperament is also outstanding. Among so many people, I noticed at a glance that she is quite tall. Okay.
Gu Jing naturally noticed the gaze coming from above, but he still answered the question calmly.
"The time is up~" Eunuch Su shouted.
The candidates stopped writing one after another, and the invigilator stepped forward to collect their answer sheets.
The invigilators were checking the test papers and drawing circles with the pens in their hands.
An hour later, the examiner handed three test papers to the emperor.
The emperor took it and looked at it carefully.
"Whose is this?"
"Back to the emperor, this is the paper of Gu Er and Gu Jing of the Gu family of the royal merchant."
"The article is good, and he is handsome, so I will call him Tan Hua Lang." The emperor nodded and said.
"Yes." The examiner took notes and wrote them down.
"Where are these two?"
"Back to the emperor, this is the paper of Xu Tingyu, the eldest son of Xu Guogong, and the other is the paper of Jiangzhou Jieyuan Lufa."
"I remember that Xu Tingyu is Huiyuan?"
"Exactly."
"Xu Tingyu is number one, Lu is number two, that's it." The emperor waved his hand and said.
After the examiner wrote it down, he took the paper and left.
"Xuan Gongshi enters the palace~" Eunuch Su shouted.
The tributes entered the hall one after another and stood in two rows.
Eunuch Su shouted loudly while holding the list.
"Chen Fugui, Li Peng, Xu Chengcai... are awarded the top three titles and the same Jinshi."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my Emperor!"
"Wang Weijie, Su Xinhao, Li Qing... are awarded the second grade Jinshi."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my Emperor!"
"Gu Jing, give me a gift~"
Gu Jing stood up and knelt down to the emperor.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my Emperor!"
"Lu Fa, give me the second place~"
Lu Fa stood up and saw that he was dressed as a boy from a poor family, and the emperor loved to support children from a poor family.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my Emperor!"
"Xu Tingyu, bestow upon the number one scholar~"
Xu Tingyu was not surprised by this result. He felt that his biggest competitor was Gu Jing. After Gu Jing was awarded the third overall pick, he knew that he was the number one pick.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my Emperor!"
After the results were announced, all the Jinshi bowed to the emperor again and then exited the palace.
The three people in the first class also went to parade. The three of them put on red shirts, with red embroidery on their chests, rode horses, and paraded through the streets.
People were standing on both sides, and they congratulated each other. The girls threw handkerchiefs and purses at the three of them.
Among them, the most handkerchiefs and purses were thrown at Gu Jing.
"Oh my God, this Tanhualang looks so good!"
"Yes, yes, it would be great if you could take over my purse."
"You think so well, it's not hard to take over from me."
"Second Young Master Gu is so handsome. He is indeed the most handsome man in the capital. I don't know which girl he belongs to in the future."
The girls shyly discussed Tanhualang.
While Gu Jing calmly dodged the things thrown by the girls, she looked up at the open window upstairs in the restaurant, trying to find the beautiful figure.
Lin Sui had already sent someone to wait outside the palace gate. As soon as he received the news that Gu Jing was a prostitute, he immediately asked the prince to take her out of the palace.
The emperor and queen had already acquiesced, so the prince readily agreed.
After leaving the palace, the two went straight to Zuixianju. The prince had sent someone to book the best location five days ago.
As soon as the parade team came over, Lin Sui looked for Gu Jing and saw him at a glance.
It was the first time that Lin Sui saw Gu Jing wearing red clothes, which made him look particularly handsome. She was stunned for a moment.
Gu Jing glanced around the restaurant, and the next second he saw the girl he had longed for.
Gu Jing looked at Lin Sui and smiled, and Lin Sui immediately blushed.
"Oh my god! Mr. Gu is smiling, Mr. Gu is smiling!"
"Master Gu looks so pretty when he smiles!"
"Master Gu is looking at me, right?"
"What? Mr. Gu is obviously looking at me."
"it's me!"
"it's me!"
Lin Sui listened to the quarrel coming from the side and thought to herself, Brother Gu is looking at her!
