Lost in appearance in front of Tanhua Street
The champion, wearing a red robe and a crown, straddles the high-headed horse led by a special person, holding the reins in both hands, raising his chin slightly, and enjoying the praise and envy of his surroundings without looking sideways.
"It's eldest brother! My eldest brother is the champion!" Lu Zhongxing was very happy and couldn't help crying out.
The second place is a young man who has not reached the weak crown. He casually greeted the people on the street with his horse's belly and his hands clasped in his fists, with a relaxed posture and a bright smile.
Nangong Jingnu felt the cold hand that was holding her suddenly clenched tightly, so she followed Nangong Shunv's gaze...
However, there is a difference in the heights of the two sisters, and the second place and the third flower are closer, so Nangong Jingnu accidentally saw the wrong person.
In the palace exam, Qi Yan was appointed as Tanhua Lang. At this time, she was neither as elegant as Lu Boyan, nor as free and easy as Gongyanghuai.
I saw that her body was tense, her hands were tightly on the reins, and her legs were holding the horse's belly. Rao, a well-trained royal horse, was also disturbed by Qi Yan and snorted.
Qi Yan was extremely frightened after hearing this, and hugged the horse's neck with a low cry.
There was a burst of laughter from the crowd, and Qi Yan's frightened pale face flashed a hint of shame, and with a wry smile, she helped her crooked hat. But as if scared out of his mind, he fell on the horse's back and refused to get up again.
This scene was watched by Nangong Jingnu, she couldn't help frowning: Is this the person my sister has been thinking about? I wanted to see what this person looked like, but I saw such an unbearable scene...
She turned her head to look at the second sister beside her, and saw that Nangong Shu's cheeks were white and pink, and her eyes were following that person.
Nangong Jingnu suddenly felt that her second sister must have a close relationship with this shepherd layman. If not, how could she not frown once
The team quickly passed the teahouse and walked to the south of the city. Along the way, Qi Yan could be said to be "ugly", or she would simply put her arms around the horse's neck and lean on the horse's back, and finally sat up but kept shaking.
Gongyanghuai turned around frequently and looked at his friend worriedly.
The royal horse people have led horses for several jinshi accolades, and they have never seen such a person with such a loss of manners. It made him extremely nervous: for fear that the tanhualang fell off the horse and implicated him.
Fortunately, the Dengke Building was close at hand, and the Tanhua Lang was lucky not to fall off the horse's back.
The people onlookers opened their eyes, they followed Qi Yan and laughed from time to time, and the guards scolded it a few times to no avail.
Qi Yan looked at everything around her coldly and made exaggerated movements from time to time, but her heart was cold.
How could the prairie prince not be able to ride a horse? It's just that the rank of Tanhualang made her have to do this!
The masked man once said to Qiyan: Nangong let the ghosts conspire and win the hearts of the people. There must be a poor student among the top three in the palace exam.
But the champion will definitely give it to the children of the aristocratic family. She instructed Qi Yan: If you get the second place, you will be fine.
There has been such an unwritten rule since the previous dynasty: it is difficult to distinguish the top three talents in the palace test, but Tanhua Lang will definitely give the person with the most outstanding appearance in the palace test.
And if there is a girl of the right age to be married in the family of the minister in the DPRK, he will definitely recruit Tanhualang as his son-in-law.
To put it bluntly, it is a disguised reward given by the emperor to the ministers. Pick a beautiful man to be the husband of the daughter of the minister's family.
Qi Yan is a daughter, and once she is recruited as a son-in-law, she will not only have no hope of revenge, but will also face extinction!
The horse and Qi Yan are in the same mind. It doesn't understand why Qi Yan is like this, but it can understand the endless desolation hidden in Qi Yan's heart, so it cooperates with Qi Yan to make a irritable appearance.
The team stopped in front of the Dengke Building. Gongyanghuai was the first to jump off his horse and trot to Qi Yan's side. He stretched out his hand: "Tie Zhu, are you okay
Qi Yan's face was ugly, he staggered and fell off the horse, and said with lingering fear: "I made Baishi laugh, this is the first time I have been riding a horse in my life."
Gongyanghuai patted Qi Yan on the shoulder to show comfort, and the two entered the Dengke Building side by side.
The champion, Lu Boyan, took the brush from the hand of the waiter proudly, and chose a conspicuous place to inscribe a poem.
Gongyanghuai also took over the brush to write a poem. When it was Qi Yan's turn, she wondered if she was frightened. Her hands trembled and she wrote a small order crookedly.
Gongyang Huaifu whispered in Qi Yan's ear: "Tie Zhu, this kind of occasion is not appropriate for a small order, why don't you erase it and rewrite it."
In the Wei Kingdom, poetry is orthodox, followed by words; Xiaoling, although elegant, is only used for entertainment, and even taken by Fengyuechang and accompanied by scores and changed into ballads.
Qi Yan suddenly realized, and looked at the servant nervously. Although the latter did not show it, he snorted coldly in his heart, and wiped Qi Yan's small order with a damp cloth.
After coming out of the Dengke Building, you can go back to the palace to bathe and change your clothes, and then enter the palace in the evening to participate in the Qionglin Banquet. The performances and poems mentioned by Sanjia during the street parade were sorted out by the accompanying speech officials and submitted to Tian Ting, which was used as an auxiliary consideration for the dispatch of officials after the Qionglin banquet.
Gongyanghuai sighed deeply and felt sorry for Qi Yan: Tie Zhu would be difficult to stay in the capital if he behaved like this, and he might be sent to a place to be a small official... With his personality and talent, it is a pity .
Nangong Rang took the record book presented by the servant, and saw Yan Guan recorded the words and deeds of the top three in detail, he frowned at first, and then laughed.
A total of 80 jinshi were selected for this palace test, and all of them had to participate in the Qionglin Banquet that night.
In the afternoon, Qi Yan entered the palace and waited in the side hall, but heard an abrupt voice from the side: "Oh, isn't this the 'out of the limelight' Tanhua Lang?"
Qi Yan turned her head and saw an acquaintance - Chazhou Jieyuan: Liu Yimei.
They had met at Xie An's banquet, and they had a disagreement over the wine order. Standing next to Liu Yimei, the champion of the palace exam, the eldest son of the Taiwei's Mansion: Lu Boyan.
Liu Yimeidian tried out sixty-eight, which was the bottom of the list. Due to limited office vacancies, not every jinshi can be dispatched immediately.
Generally speaking: the champion, second place and third flower will stay in Beijing. Second-class students depend on the situation, but most of them will have officials.
Those who ranked lower, such as Liu Yimei, were not so lucky. This group of people will stay in the capital as jinshi to be "shi brown", the so-called "shi brown": those who were not selected at the Qionglin banquet and stayed in the capital waiting to be assigned officials.
Moreover, the "lifespan" of Shi Brown is usually only three years. By the next big exam, if he has not been assigned an official, he can only go home.
These Shi browns have to race against time to go to the various prefectures in the capital, show their knowledge and talents to the high-ranking officials who are qualified to recommend, and strive to get a half-official position before the next Enke.
In the past dynasties, there were many talented scholars who had to go back to their hometown to become teachers because of their lack of money, poor communication and many other reasons.
Liu Yimei also understood the predicament she was facing, and she didn't know what means she used to catch up with Lu Boyan, the eldest son of the Grand Commander's Mansion.
Since the previous dynasty, there has been a book called "Sanyuanlu" compiled by the imperial court, which records the life of the talented person who has won the first place in the imperial examinations, the township examinations, the general examinations, and the palace examinations.
Lu Boyan won the first place in the palace test in the hometown test, but he was beaten by Qi Yan in the general test and placed second. Missed the chance to live forever...
Hearing the voice, many people cast their eyes on Qi Yan.
Seeing Lu Boyan's acquiescence, Liu Yimei became more and more presumptuous: "I heard that Tanhua Lang lost all his manners in parading the streets today? It's really a shame for the poor students."
Qi Yan's eyes became more and more silent. She glanced at Lu Boyan, who was looking at her with contempt.
It was this man's father who took command to invade the grasslands!
Qi Yan suppressed this hatred abruptly, cupped her hands, and said to Liu Yimei, "I have never ridden a horse in a poor family, and I hope Xiongtai will forgive me."
Seeing Qi Yan's soft-spoken "Fu Ruan", Liu Yimei was about to be complacent, but she heard the other party continue to say slowly: "But Your Excellency is in the palace, and it seems that there is no place for you to be elegant and noisy in the main hall. I don't know if I violated the rules of the palace?"
Liu Yimei's breathing stagnated, and then her chest rose and fell violently. He raised his finger and pointed at Qi Yan's fingertips several times, but he couldn't say a word.
Lu Boyan saw Gong Yanghuai coming from behind Qi Yan and said at the right time, "Brother Liu, let's go over there."
Liu Yimei agreed flatteringly, "Yes, Brother Lu, please."
Lu Boyan left with an "elegant posture", and raised his chin slightly when passing by Qi Yan, showing the arrogance of a clan.
Liu Yimei deliberately bumped into Qi Yan, gritted her teeth and roared, "Yi Muzi, let's wait and see."
Hearing the three words "Yimuzi" Gongyanghuai was furious: "What did you say?"
Liu Yimei was slightly startled, he had inquired about the identity of the second place, and he followed Lu Boyan after hesitating.
Qi Yan took Gongyanghuai's arm: "Baishi, forget it."
"Who is this person? How can he openly expose people's pain? What a waste of reading the book of sages!"
"Chazhou Jieyuan, once had a relationship with me, forget it."
"Hmph, what about Chazhou Jieyuan? Have you entered the top three?"
Qi Yan smiled and said, "Baishi said that you shouldn't expose the shortcomings of others, do you want to smash your own brand?"
Gongyanghuai smiled heartily: "What Tie Zhu taught is that we have good news to tell you when we go there."
When the two came to the corner, Gongyanghuai looked around and lowered his voice and said, "Tie Zhu this time is 'how can you know it's not a blessing if you lose your horse'."
"how do I say this?"
"Hey, you made a mistake while parading the streets today, and I was worried that you would be sent to a place because of this. So I went back and asked my father on my own initiative to see if he could say something nice for you, or find a way to get you I went to Zongzheng Temple on a business trip. As a result, after hearing your performance today, my father said: You are a blessing in disguise."
Seeing that Qi Yan was still puzzled, Gongyang Huai happily explained, "You know what? High officials in the capital like to recruit Tan Hua Lang as their son-in-law, and even some of them are married."
Qi Yan's heart skipped a beat and shook his head.
"My father said: According to the old system, the top three will stay in the capital, but you may be able to avoid being recruited because of your misbehavior in the streets. Those high-ranking officials are good-natured. Do you think it's a blessing in disguise?"
Qi Yan laughed, but her heart sank.
Even Gongyanghuai's father saw the clue of his own hand, so would the doubtful Nangong Rang think that this is trying to hide the truth