Meng Ranxi went to Lan's house, no matter how much Mrs. Meng San tried to toss Ruhui, she was calm.
More than a month passed quickly.
Ruhui sent Meng Ranxi to the examination room. Before he got out of the carriage, he said, "Miangong, don't worry, I believe you will pass the exam." With her husband's talents, she will definitely be on the list as long as she plays properly.
Meng Ranxi smiled and said, "I won't let you down."
Back home, Ruhui heard that Mrs. Meng San had started fasting, and asked everyone in Sanfang to follow her fast.
Ruhui heard the words and said amused: "What is the use of eating vegetarian food and reciting the Buddha? The Buddha doesn't care about the imperial examination! If you want to worship, you should also worship Wenquxing." Before the exam, Mrs. Meng San began to take Meng Guangwu's wife to various temples. Xiang, I hope Buddha Zhu will bless her son to pass the exam.
Mai Sui said softly: "Grandma San, shall we go to the Wenquxing Temple to pay respects to Wenquxingjun, and beg his old man to bless Sanye to pass the exam."
"Shiyin can't be separated from me." The child is young, and it won't be beautiful if he takes it up the mountain and is scared.
In fact, the main reason is that Ruhui doesn't believe this. If you worship the gods and Buddhas, you can pass the exam. It takes more than a dozen years of hard work.
Will try for nine days, once every three days, this is the same as the previous dynasty. However, the exam time was changed to September, and Renjuzi suffered a lot less crime than before.
After each test, Meng Ranxi was picked up by his family. Ruhui served them deliciously and without asking how they did in the exam. In her words, all the exams have been completed, and there is no use to ask about it except to make Meng Ranxi nervous.
Nine days passed in a flash. After Meng Ranxi finished the exam, he relaxed and fell asleep when he arrived home. When I woke up, it was already the next night.
Ruhui took the water to wash him, and said, "Do you want to eat noodles or porridge?" It is better to eat noodles or porridge without eating for a day.
"Is my grandfather at home?" Meng Ranxi washed her face when she heard Meng Shangshu was at home, "I'm going to find grandfather."
Ruhui took his arm to prevent him from leaving, and said softly: "You don't have to be in a hurry if you want to answer the question. I will go after eating."
Meng Ranxi had no choice but to agree.
A quarter of an hour later, a bowl of mushroom and chicken noodle soup was served. inside
A bowl of noodles was eaten up by Meng Ranxi. After wiping her mouth, Meng Ranxi went to the front yard to find Meng Shangshu.
When I went outside the study of Meng Shangshu, I realized that Meng Guangwu had arrived an hour ago.
Meng Shangshu saw Meng Ranxi and asked him if he had eaten. After hearing the food, he asked him to write the answer silently.
It was midnight that Meng Ranxi returned to her yard. As soon as I entered the yard, I saw that the light in the master bedroom was still on.
When I entered the room and saw that Ruhui was not asleep, Meng Ranxi said without waiting for her to ask, "Grandfather read my answer and said that he should pass the exam."
"Can you enter the second-tier?" The previous dynasty will try to admit a total of 300 people, but this has changed. The test has now enrolled two hundred people. The first one is three people, the second one is sixty people, and the third one is 137 people. First class, Ruhui dare not think about it; as long as Meng Ranxi can enter the second class, she will be satisfied.
Meng Ranxi shook his head and said, "This is not true." The main thing depends on how well the other candidates do in the exam.
Ruhui smiled and said: "Anyway, the exam is over, you can accompany Shiyin in these two days!"
Meng Ranxi didn't care about his wife and children because he had to prepare for the test. In the previous part, I was living at Lan's house, and I haven't seen my girl for more than a month.
"Okay." Instead of going out and wandering around, it's better to stay at home with your children.
Early the next morning, Ruhui heard that Meng Guangwu was ill: "Msang Gong, my fifth brother had a high fever last night." After the scientific examination, many people could not stand up and would get sick. Therefore, it is not unusual for Meng Guangpeng to have a fever.
"Let's go and visit him later!"
When she arrived at the third room, Mrs. Meng San's eyes looked bad at Meng Ranxi. I don't know, I thought there was any hatred between the two!
Ruhui was not a person who swallowed his anger, so she sullen her face immediately: "My grandson and I came to visit my fifth brother, what do you mean, my third aunt? Is it possible that we have come wrong?"
Mrs. Meng San said coldly: "The imperial list hasn't come out yet, it's too early for you to come here to show off."
If Huiyou is not stupid, she knew right now that it was the old man who said that Meng Guangwu was hopeless. It is estimated that he could not bear the blow, and fell ill at night.
Meng Ranxi pulled Ruhui and said to Mrs. Meng San: "Auntie, you take good care of your fifth brother, and we will go back first."
Ruhui held back her anger and went back, and finally couldn't help but cursed in her own room: "I have never seen such a shameless elder." There is no elder like that, how can people be respected.
Although Meng Ranxi is uncomfortable, he has become accustomed to these bad words after so many years: "She's just such a person, and it's not worth it to be angry for her."
Ruhui was surprised: "Before the exam, didn't you tell them that Meng Guangwu didn't have much hope this time?"
"That said, my grandfather told my grandmother and my fifth brother. I think the third aunt should know it too!"
On the day when the test results came out, the Meng Mansion had already sent someone to guard it. Once the emperor list has been posted, they will be able to see the results for the first time.
Meng Ranxi was still very nervous even if he was calm. After all, this is about a lifetime event. He was holding Shiyin in his hands, but his eyes were always floating outside.
Ruhui also wanted to know the result, but she was steady, and deliberately joked when she saw it: "Or, you can go outside and wait! In this way, you will know the result as soon as it comes out."
Meng Ranxi shook her head and said, "No, it's the same for waiting here."
Half an hour later, Meng Ranxi's personal entourage ran from the outer yard into the inner yard, and yelled as he ran: "It's hit, the third master is hit..."
Hearing this, Meng Ranxi stood up immediately with joy. Shiyin thought she was teasing her and giggled.
Ruhui also followed out of the house and asked, "How many names did the third master win?"
Hearing that Meng Ranxi had twenty-nine students in the test, Ruhui was overjoyed: "Reward, each person will be rewarded with one month's money."
Meng Ranxi had twenty-three students in the rural examination, but at that time he was just comparing with the students in Beijing. The test is done with so many outstanding talents across the country, and it is really not easy to get this place in the test.
Hearing that he had passed the exam and his ranking was better than expected, Meng Ranxi's heart was also relieved. But soon, he asked again: "How many is Brother Hui?"
The entourage smiled openly and said, "Master Lan is the current meeting yuan."
Meng Ranxi was overjoyed: "I knew that Brother Hui would definitely be the first in the exam."
After finishing speaking, Meng Ranxi said to Ruhui: "This time I was able to get such a good name thanks to brother Hui, we have to thank him." Unlike the tense atmosphere of the Meng family, Lan Yanghui seemed to be different. I know I will try soon. Qianqian occasionally exchanged learning experiences with Meng Ranxi, but in his free time I like to chat with him about the delicious dishes of Fuyunlou and Deyuelou, and which shop has the best pastries. Affected by him, Meng Ranxi had a very good mentality before the exam.
Ruhui smiled and said, "This is natural."
After thinking about it, Ruhui said, "A Zhan sent a picture to Master Lan in order to get him to agree to your study at Lan's house."
"What word?"
This Ruhui didn't know: "I don't know what words are, and Uncle Zhong didn't tell me. But it should not be ordinary calligraphy and painting that can be seen by Master Lan." Ning Hai collected a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings and books. As the heir, Ning Zhan can use these things at any time.
Meng Ranxi inherited this love from his brother-in-law.
The trial is over, and the next step is the hall trial. But the palace exam is a top-tier or second-tier participant, and it’s nothing to do with top-tier exams.
Mrs. Meng San felt that Meng Ranxi's ability to pass the exam was entirely due to Lan Yanghui's guidance. So she felt that if Meng Ranxi agreed to take her son to Lan's home to study, Meng Guangwu would also pass the exam.
With this thought in mind, Mrs. Meng San's look at Meng Ranxi and Ruhui became even more displeasing.
Meng Ranxi didn't care about her, but Ruhui quit. After being ridiculed by Mrs. Meng San again, Ruhui directly sued Meng Shang before writing.
Meng Shangshu scolded Mrs. Meng San in front of the grandchildren such as Ruhui and Meng Guangwu's daughter-in-law: "Guangwu's foundation is not solid. This time he is only trying to get him off the court and is familiar with the atmosphere of the next examination room. You say that, he didn't pass the exam because Ran Xi didn't work hard. My grandfather was out of his mind?"
Mrs. Meng San knelt on the ground and did not dare to make a sound.
After Meng Shangshu set off a fire, he banned Mrs. Meng San for three months before letting everyone go.
Madam Meng looked at him with a tired look and rebuked herself: "Master, I didn't take care of this house." She also scolded Madam Meng San, but it was useless.
Meng Shangshu looked at Mrs. Meng and said, "It's not that you didn't manage this family well, but that we didn't marry a good daughter-in-law." Now because of his presence, the eldest daughter-in-law and the younger daughter-in-law don't dare to go too far. When he closes his eyes, this family must be gone. However, as long as Meng Guangpeng and Meng Ranxi's brothers are promising, he will be able to look down upon death.
Mrs. Meng San was banned, and the others were also frightened. The Meng family suddenly calmed down, and Meng Ranxi was able to prepare for the palace exam with peace of mind.
After the palace trial, Meng Ranxi returned home with a smile on his face.
Ruhui asked at first sight: "Did you do well in the exam?"
Meng Ranxi didn't answer this, but said: "Ruhui, this time is the palace exam hosted by His Royal Highness."
Ruhui asked a little strangely: "His Royal Highness is the prince, and he has begun to deal with some government affairs in the past two years. It is not a surprise that the emperor and the queen will let him preside over the palace exam!"
Meng Ranxi smiled and said: "The palace exam is presided over by the prince, then we are even the prince's disciples." As the first batch of disciples, we will definitely be valued extra in the future.
It turned out to be happy for this!
Ruhui asked with a smile: "How did you do this time?" I hope that the ranking will not lag behind.
Meng Ranxi felt pretty good, but he was cautious and didn't dare to speak big words: "It's all done." He answered the question this time, and he answered very smoothly.
The results of the palace examination came out very quickly. The number one scholar was Lan Yanghui, and the second place and Tanhua Lang were the two talents in the northwest and south of the Yangtze River.
Ruhui heard Meng Ranxi's 21st place in the Palace Examination, and asked: "Should this ranking be able to enter the Imperial Academy?"
Meng Ranxi said: "Grandfather said, let me enter the yamen for three years, and then release my qualifications."
Only after entering the Hanlin Academy will he be qualified to leave the cabinet. However, since ancient times, there have been only a few people who came out of the cabinet: "As grandfather said that, he has his own consideration."
Before long, Meng Ranxi joined the staff.
ps: Sorry, I was really tired today, so I fell asleep after coaxing the child to sleep. nt
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