When the apricot list was released, Man Bao and the others skipped work to watch the excitement.
The county magistrate of Tang, who was supposed to maintain order but was actually absent from work, saw them outside the tribute courtyard and couldn't help staring.
When Man Bao saw him, he immediately raised his hands guiltily, and covered his face with his sleeves, and only then remembered that Tang county magistrate was not a censor, what was she afraid of him doing
So he put down his hands and raised his head to look at him with piercing eyes, "Brother Tang, are you coming to see the list too?"
"No," County Magistrate Tang shifted his gaze from her to Bai Shan, and said, "I'm here to maintain law and order, so you don't have to be on duty?"
The two nodded together, Bai Shan was lucky today, it wasn't his turn to enter the palace, the Hanlin Academy was compiling agricultural books, and the seniors didn't let him interfere, so he just sneaked out, and sneaked out today There are still quite a few colleagues in the Imperial Academy, and everyone can smile when they meet each other, and they can't see clearly.
Zhou Man wanted to be more frank, and she directly said to Xiao Yuan: "Tomorrow the apricot list will be released, my junior brother will refer to it, my niece and son-in-law will refer to it, and I have a senior brother..."
Xiao Yuanzheng waved without waiting for her to finish speaking, "Okay, okay, you'll be allowed a half-day off tomorrow, come back in the afternoon."
Anyway, the princes and children are all vaccinated. The Tai Hospital and the Zhou family purchased a batch of light-printed ointment to distribute to the royal family members who had the pox. The crying stopped. The Tai Hospital has been very quiet recently, and everyone is not busy.
So Zhou Man came over early in the morning without even entering the palace.
County Magistrate Tang looked at the two of them silently, and finally decided not to see them. On such a happy day, usually even Yushi would turn a blind eye and close one eye to pretend that he couldn't see them. He didn't need to be serious with them. He just said: "Just don't make trouble."
Man Bao and Bai Shan nodded in agreement, they would not cause trouble, they are so obedient.
"The list is open—"
Man Bao and Bai Shan cheered up, and immediately stood on tiptoe to look forward, and reached out to grab Bai Erlang who was yearning to rush inside, "Don't go, there are too many people, let's just listen to the sound."
The gate of the tribute courtyard was opened, and the officials from the Ministry of Rites came out with the imperial list. Everyone was silent, and all looked at them with piercing eyes.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites have gotten used to it, unfolding the imperial list and saying: "This time, 28 people were selected for the Jinshi imperial examination, and now I am reading the list of those who passed the exam..."
"The twenty-eighth place, Suzhou Liao Jiahuan..."
Everyone swallowed nervously, and when Bai Erlang's name was not included in the twenty-five names, Bai Erlang became a little frustrated.
Man Bao and the others felt a little sorry, and thought for a while how to comfort him so that he would not be so sad.
"The twenty-third place, Mianzhou Baicheng..."
Man Bao blinked, Bai Shan froze for a moment, then slapped the dazed Bai Erlang on the shoulder, "You've hit it!"
Bai Erlang opened his mouth, and looked at Bai Dalang beside him with tears in his eyes, "Brother, brother, I hit it, I hit it!"
"Yes, you won!" Bai Dalang was also dazzled with joy, and excitedly patted him on the shoulder several times. Feng Zongping on the side wanted to express his envy. Next, the above said: "The twentieth place, Chang'an Feng Zongping..."
Bai Shan and the others looked over immediately, congratulated him instead, then reached out and patted his shoulder, coaxing him to treat him.
Feng Zongping was also surprised and dumbfounded, and nodded again and again, "Please, please, whether you want to go to Zhuangyuan Building or Chunfeng Building, you can choose."
Bai Dalang said: "What do you choose, go to both buildings!"
Man Bao also wants to go to Chunfenglou. She always heard people say that the singing and dancing in Chunfenglou is good-looking, not worse than the ones in the palace. Zhao Liulang took his wife to watch it before, so she also squeezed up to take pictures of him. Shoulders, "Yes, yes, we both go."
Feng Zongping's IQ was not online at this time, he smiled silly at Zhou Man, and nodded again and again, "Go, go, I will pay the bill when the time comes, you can order whichever girl you like."
Man Bao's eyes brightened, and he said reservedly: "I heard that there are twelve oirans in Chunfeng Building, which directly correspond to the twelve oirans in Jiaofang Division. Among them, Oiran Chunmei's piano skills are superb, can I order it too?"
Bai Shan quickly pulled her away, stretched out his hand and patted Feng Zongping heavily, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Be sober, do you have money?"
This is a very serious problem. Feng Zongping, who was distracted, woke up immediately, and quickly waved his hands and said to them: "Go to the Zhuangyuan Building first, and go to the Zhuangyuan Building first."
He saw Pei Shouyue standing aside, and immediately smiled and said, "Brother Pei is going too."
Pei Shouyue knew that he had failed the exam when he heard that the thirteenth place had been read, so he nodded, thinking that it would be okay to have a drink.
The above minded: "The twelfth place, Mianzhou Baizhi..."
As soon as the name came out, the scene became a little noisy, "Why is it Mianzhou again, there are actually two Jinshi in Mianzhou this year?"
"That's right, there are only two Jinshi in Ludi. Why does Mianzhou have two Scholars? And they are all surnamed Bai. This name..."
It's okay if no one says it, but as soon as someone mentions it, someone immediately responds, "One is straight, one is sincere, isn't it from the same family?"
"It's a family. Are you candidates from other places? It's normal if you don't know. Bai Zhi and Bai Cheng are brothers."
Those who didn't know were surprised, "Hey, so powerful?"
"The two brothers are very talented? This name is a bit familiar, I seem to have heard it before."
"Do you know Zhou Man, do you know Bai Shan? Bai Cheng is their junior brother, the kind who kowtow and offer tea together."
Everyone suddenly realized, "But that's also the reputation of Zhou Man and Bai Shan. What achievements has he made?"
"He's going to marry Princess Mingda, right? But I heard from my uncle that Zhou Man and Bai Shan have discussed several times with Bai Cheng, and Bai Cheng has participated in all the papers. He is responsible for all the papers, but he kept a low profile. So only the princes in the court know about him, and the outsiders know little about him."
"What about Bai Zhi?"
"Baizhi, I know. He is a student of our Imperial College. He took part in the Jinshi examination the year before last and last year. Last year, he only got 12 scholars. Our gentleman from the Imperial College inquired about him, and he ranked fourteenth. It's only two short, so it's not surprising that he passed the exam this time."
"That's right, Bai Zhi's essays are very good. Last time he competed with others in the essay meeting in the Zhuangyuan Building..."
Bai Dalang has always known that Jinshi and Scholars have impression points, which is more famous, so he has been working hard to build his reputation outside the past two or three years.
Participate in the Wenhui if he can, and the poetry meeting too, so his literary spirit in the capital is very good.
You can tell by looking at Pei Shouyue. In fact, they have exchanged their own articles these days. In Bai Dalang's opinion, Pei Shouyue's articles are not weaker than his, but he just failed the exam.
He felt that either he was out of order, or it was because of his fame.
Bai Shan had also read Pei Shouyue's article and knew that he had rough chest, so he was very sorry when his name was missing after the list was finished. He reached out and patted Pei Shouyue's shoulder and said, "Let's go, let's go." The Zhuangyuan building should eat big players."