The candidates left the examination room in a row. Chang Zhong was in the middle. When Chang Zhong could leave, Yang Xiu was shaking. In the end, he couldn't help but stretched out his hand to help. The two of them were close, and once he helped, Yang Xiu will make people think too much. When the time comes, his kindness will be fine, and it may destroy Yang Xiu.
Fortunately, the examiner found that Yang Xiu couldn't hold on anymore and sent someone to help Yang Xiu go out.
People were coming and going outside the examination room. Chang Zhong felt relaxed when he stepped out of the examination room. He smiled when he heard his elder brother's voice, "Brother."
Boss Zhou came over with his servants, and smiled when he saw that his younger brother was in good spirits, "Let's go home, my mother is waiting at home!"
Chang Zhong raised his feet and paused. He looked at Yang Xiu who was being sent out from the corner of his eye. He asked the boy brought by his elder brother to explain to him, and then left with his elder brother.
When Yang Xiu was about to fall down, he was supported by someone. He turned around and saw that he was dressed as a servant, "Thank you."
Li Er lowered his voice and said: "My young master saw that the young master was in pain, and the young master was kind enough to leave the younger one to take the young master to the hospital."
Yang Xiu's heart moved, "But Mr. Zhou."
Li Er nodded, "Yes."
Yang Xiu couldn't bear it anymore. He owed Mr. Zhou another favor, "It's troublesome."
Chang Zhong was already sitting on the carriage drinking soup, "The soup at home is still delicious."
The food prepared in the examination room this year was good, with two dishes and one soup. You could want the soup or not. Some people were afraid of spilling the soup and did not ask for it. Some people were afraid of going to the toilet. Only a small number of people asked for the soup.
Boss Zhou took over the younger brother's empty bowl and said, "The exam room is an egg soup, but what you drink is an old hen's stew. Is it the same?"
"It would be nice to have a bowl of egg soup in the examination room."
At least there are fewer candidates who are sick this year than in the past.
When Boss Zhou saw that his younger brother didn't want to drink anymore, he said, "It's free this year. Next year, the etiquette department won't take any money."
Chang Zhong smiled and said, "It's nothing to pay just to be able to participate in the Spring Festival."
Boss Zhou motioned to his younger brother to take a rest and wait a while before arriving home.
It wasn't the boss Zhou's turn to pick him up today, but Zhou Shuren had to be busy with errands and couldn't bear his wife waiting outside, so he finally asked the boss to pick him up.
Chang Zhong felt sleepy after drinking the soup. During the spring period, he had to concentrate very hard to avoid problems such as typos in the rolls. Now that everything was over, he fell asleep listening to the sound of horse hooves and wheels rolling. When Chang Zhong woke up, he had already changed his clothes. Later, my father also came back from the Yamen.
Changzhong woke up and signaled that he wanted to take a shower. After washing and feeling refreshed, his parents were waiting for him to eat when he arrived at the main courtyard. Half of the dishes on the table were for him to replenish his health.
Zhou Shuren motioned to his son to sit down, "Eat first."
Chang Zhong was indeed hungry, so he also picked up his rice bowl while his father took the chopsticks.
Seeing her son munching on his meal, Zhulan hurriedly said, "Slow down, no one will compete with you."
Changzhong slowed down as he felt more confident, "I feel comfortable at home and can eat openly."
In the examination room, he only ate five minutes to full. Eating too much would make him sleepy and affect his thinking. He would also go to the toilet. He was hungry when he was growing.
After dinner, Zhou Shuren didn't ask the test questions. He was already very dissatisfied with the test of only eight-part essay. "How sure are you?"
Chang Zhong straightened his back, "My son is 80% sure."
He is familiar with this year's Chunwei test questions. If he is not 80% sure about it, he can go back and remake it.
Zhou Shuren thought that this year's examiner's preferences could be increased by 10%, and the corners of his mouth turned up, "Good son."
Therefore, it is said that the heirs of officials in ancient times had advantages, and Chang Zhong trained them according to the examiner's preferences.
The Spring Palace is over, and the servants of the Zhouhou Mansion have finally given up on the catwalk. Now they just have to wait for the results of the Spring Palace.
The outside bets have changed again, and the odds of betting on Zhou Changzhong becoming the number one winner have become one to fourteen. This means that the bets on Zhou Changzhong as the number one winner are not good.
Changzhi was worried about Yang Xiu. In his heart, Yang Xiu was his younger brother's rival, so he sent people to pay attention to Yang Xiu.
Then Changzhi discovered that someone had contacted Yang Xiu, not because he wanted to be his son-in-law, but because he wanted to win over him.
After Chang Zhi found out, he stopped paying attention to Yang Xiu. Liu Mingsheng's precedent was that it was better not to have anything to do with Zhou Houfu. He even took Yang Xiu's jade pendant back from his younger brother and gave it back.
In Changzhong's yard that day, the fourth prince lay facelessly on a rocking chair. Originally, they were young and should not like the rocking chair, but they fell in love with it after trying it once. The fourth prince said: "I have invested all my wealth in you. You have to be brave."
Chang Zhong paused while eating walnuts, "All your net worth?"
The fourth prince coughed and said, "Not counting the inheritance my mother gave me, I have saved five thousand taels of silver myself."
The property given to him by his mother will be given to him after the wedding. Now it is all managed by the prince's brother, and the annual income is also collected for him. It is sad to think that the fourth prince only has five thousand silver taels.
Chang Zhong asked, "What did you pledge?"
The fourth prince said: "I bet on you to win the first prize, and I bet on you to win the third prize."
These two have the highest odds. If he bets half the money and half the money, he will get rich.
Chang Zhong found that those who were taking him prisoner seemed to have high status, "Wu Shangheng also took me under custody."
The fourth prince curled his lips, "He is very rich."
Wu Shangheng's first move is worth ten thousand taels!
Chang Zhong wanted to help his forehead. He felt a lot of pressure this time. This was the trust of his relatives and friends in him!
The fourth prince secretly said: "The third child will also take care of you."
Changzhong, "??"
The fourth prince laughed and said, "Yes, he is the third child in my family. He is much poorer than me. The Du family has been supporting him all these years. His mother was not favored in the harem, so there was no reward. The Du family does not have much wealth. I found out The third child will put all his money on you."
Chang Zhong, "Your Highness, you can shut up."
He no longer wanted to hear it, he was really afraid of finding out who had detained him.
In the Hanlin Academy, Chang Zhi came to see Gu Sheng. When he saw Gu Sheng settling accounts, he really didn't want to take a peek but read the whole thing. This was attributed to his habit of reading and remembering the key points at a glance.
Gu Sheng raised his head when he heard the cough. He wanted to cover the paper but froze, "Sir."
Changzhi thought for a moment and said, "That's enough."
Gu Sheng felt that it was not enough, so after Wu Shangheng's deception, he also took out a thousand taels to pledge to Prince Chang Zhong.
Fortunately, Changzhi didn't know that Gu Sheng had taken Changzhong into custody, otherwise he would have been speechless. People outside were talking bad about Changzhong, but the people around him could have caught Changzhong and made a fortune!
In the blink of an eye, it was the day before the results were released in Spring, and Chang Zhong found that people were secretly watching him wherever he went!
When she came to the main courtyard for dinner in the evening, Zhulan was a little confused. If her son was not nervous, she was so nervous that she had no appetite.
Zhou Shuren was very stable, and he had the feeling that he was awake alone. When he saw his wife just drinking soup, he said: "My son must have won the Huiyuan."
Zhulan's eyes lit up, "Did the Emperor give you a hint?"
Zhou Shuren stroked his beard, "According to my understanding of the emperor, the emperor has not summoned me to the palace in the past few days, obviously because he is afraid that I will find something."
Zhulan thought about it in her heart, agreed with Shuren's words, and suddenly smiled, "I don't need to be nervous anymore."
Changzhong, "..."
Dad really knows the emperor, so it doesn’t make any difference whether the emperor summons him or not!