The Palace of Peach and Plum

Chapter 41:

The willful behavior of His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Prince obviously had a serious impact on the candidates below.

Although everyone is answering the papers seriously, but under the nose of the emperor and many ministers, the candidates will unconsciously pay attention to their surroundings.

Ling Wei handing in the papers in advance has already put a lot of pressure on people, and the actions of His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness’s ‘satisfying talents” made those who aspiring to take a fight in the palace test instantly frustrated.

Most of the Huiyuan of the past years will not become the champion in the palace exam.

After all, the emperor’s preferences are different from the examiner’s preferences.

Ling Wei knew that he would become the champion because the three yuan and the number one were mentioned by His Majesty the Emperor himself. The act of making a name for yourself is also led by His Majesty the Emperor.

But most of the others don’t know. Even if someone knows that Ling Wei is close to Gongli–for example, Xie Lin’an, who was second in this meeting, feels that he himself is very close to Gongli. Ling Wei enters the palace mostly to play with the little princes, while he enters the palace to meet the eldest prince. The emperor sees the important prince, and he has entered the palace ten times, and two or three times he can see the emperor. Occasionally, the emperor will ask himself for advice and test his knowledge.

Xie Linan felt that Ling Wei, who was just playing with children, was too low-end and could not show his knowledge at all. This showed that His Majesty the Emperor was just showing his face and not really valued him.

So in the palace exam, Xie Linan thought he would not be worse than Ling Wei. He is a person who has spoken to His Majesty the Emperor, and he is good at policy and argumentation. The possibility of winning the palace exam is very high.

In the end, he didn’t know that His Majesty the Emperor would come to such a test in the palace. So Xie Linan hated His Royal Highness, thinking that His Royal Highness had a good relationship with Ling Wei and wanted to support Ling Wei, so he did so. As for what others said, His Royal Highness is young and ignorant, fart, there are no children in the palace, His Royal Highness is clearly deep-minded, seeing that the prince is too good, has a sense of crisis in his heart, and began to exclude dissidents.

Xie Linan thought that he was the dissident who was ruled out, as if the crown prince did not give Ling Wei’s test paper to the emperor, he could get it.

Like the champion.

After reading Ling Wei’s test paper, the emperor here passed it to other ministers. Candidates over there have just finished writing one after another.

Ling Wei kept his facial paralysis head empty, watching His Majesty the Emperor “play”. The scene seemed to have become his one-man show, and all the ministers were praising him. Some say poems are good, some are good at writing, some are good at writing, and the other candidates seem to have all become foils.

Some people said that Ling Wei was too young, but he was immediately rebutted because it was because of his young age. You can’t be unfair because of people’s age.

It’s all about this, unless there really is a wonderful character, otherwise the top pick will be in Ling Wei’s pocket.

But then again, you have to be really amazing, and it will be revealed in the previous exams. It should be said that this will happen unless one of the examinees present has been traversed.

In this situation, the candidates’ performances were different, and their reactions were also seen by the emperor.

Just like a student who thinks he is hiding well, the teacher sitting on a high place can actually have a panoramic view of the movements of the students in the entire classroom. It’s not because I didn’t see it, but because I was too lazy to say it.

The emperor sat so high, with good eyesight, he could bend the bow and shoot the geese, and the examinees present were sitting sparsely. Which one could not see? There was something wrong with this expression, and I saw it at a glance.

Other people don’t know, Xie Linan still knows him. This person has the impression that he is considered a commendation if he is young and vigorous, and he is completely narrow-minded and self-esteem. I heard that he provokes this and provokes that, the queen’s nephew Liu Qi has been “fighted” by him several times, almost like a big **** in the arena. His Majesty the emperor went to the eldest prince to ask him on a routine basis several times, and he looked like he looked like the emperor was seeking talents, and he was the one.

His Majesty the emperor had to sigh, it’s really a matter of gathering people into groups by class. Concubine Xie, the eldest prince, and the Xie family are all the same headaches. Only the second prince wants to be low-key, like him.

Um? You ask why the emperor could not understand the character of Concubine Xie, and let her give birth to two sons and become a noble concubine?

Oh, it goes without saying that the first is a good background, and the second and most importantly, a beautiful body. It’s not a queen, do you?

What does the brain matter?

However, the expression of Xie Lin’an was remembered in His Majesty’s heart, and his impression was even worse.

When the time is up, candidates have to hand in papers before they finish writing.

Not to mention, there are some candidates whose psychological quality is so bad that they hand in a blank paper.

This palace test was a roll-out on the spot, and Ling Wei was naturally the number one winner, and the second place was won by Jiao Cheng, who had a close relationship with him.

Jiao Cheng is not too old, just standing there. Now that he can get the second place in the ranking, he can be regarded as a young man who has achieved ambition, which is enviable.

And Tanhua is run by a forty or fifty-year-old scholar.

Ling Wei thought that he would choose someone who was younger and good-looking to take the post. Isn’t that true? But those scholars in their 40s and 50s are just as good-looking.

The emperor’s election as a Jinshi depends on his face. Long crooked melons and jujubes, not to mention the top three, even Jinshi will not give it.

What is surprising is that Xie Lin’an, a dark horse, actually fell to the second in the top two. Although this ranking is not bad, it is too unacceptable for him.

Some people say that Xie Lin’an is talented, handsome, and worthy of being a flower hunter. But His Majesty the Emperor said lightly, “This child has an impetuous heart and should be tempered”, and he knocked two people down from Tanhua, and became the second in the top two.

You can’t say that your Majesty the Emperor is partial. But for scholars, there are two different things for scholars. The most people inquire about who Chuanshi is, who inquire about you second in the top two?

The jinshi thanked them one after another. Among the first few, Xie Linan’s face was the most abrupt, and his smile was obviously reluctant. The person who first helped him sighed.

In fact, the ranking of the Jinshi ranks has something to do with how far you can go in the official career, but it does not have much to do with it. Xie Lin’an is young and has a good family status. There are also imperial concubines and princes in the palace. In any case, it is better than the current rankings, Tanhua, and Chuanxu in officialdom.

The second place in the rankings is the uncle, and Tanhua is just a local noble family, not ranking in the capital. And Chuanxu is just a collateral child of a noble priest in the capital. Its resources are not as good as Xie Lin’an.

But Xie Linan estimated that she was indeed young and energetic, and even her failure to participate in the test last time was only due to physical reasons. It is estimated that from small to large,

They are all the proud sons of the family held in the palm of their hands, who have never been wronged. There was resentment in this heart, and his face couldn’t be suppressed. It is estimated that he himself thought he was wearing a perfect smile, but in the eyes of others, that smile was as fake as fake.

Xie Lin’an was indeed filled with resentment.

Ling Wei refused to accept him, and he refused to accept the first few. He did not hear the emperor’s impetuous evaluation, but even if he heard it, he must have thought that the prince had entered the slander.

This must be the prince’s means to exclude dissidents.

After returning, you must talk to your father about the insidiousness of the prince, and also talk to Concubine Xie and the eldest prince about your grievances. Since the prince had begun to guard against Xie’s family, it was time for them to respond.

At present, he hasn’t come into contact with conspiracy and trickery. Under His Majesty’s blessing, even if it is not stupid and sweet, the prince who is growing up happily at any rate does not know that he has been made up by others’ brains.

After that, he will continue to be slapped with a high hat that is profound and unpredictable. It is clear that he has nothing to do with nothing, and he will be regarded as a master of tricks.

At this point, in the future, he can complain to his teacher, Ling Wei, who is thought to have a high profile in his chest.

But so far, the prince is still heartless. He is simply happy with his little friend Sanyuan and Dai, and he can see him often in the future.

If it weren’t for a lot of people present, His Royal Highness would probably flop on Ling Wei.

Well, in front of outsiders, His Royal Highness still pays attention to the image.

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After singing the ranking and the emperor said a few words of encouragement, the scholars filed out and left the palace.

The En Rong Banquet was held three days later in a Yulin Garden. Before the En Rong Banquet, there will be champions, runners-ups, and horseback riders.

Ling Wei thought, wearing that red dress and tied a big red flower on his chest, it really felt like a bridegroom official.

When leaving the palace, Ling Wei was stopped by an eunuch.

“Master Ling, please stay.”

“What’s the matter with Grandpa Li?” Ling Wei asked.

Li Gonggong was stunned for a moment. He obviously didn’t expect that he had never spoken to Ling Wei. Ling Wei still knew his surname.

“Master Ling, Empress Empress is calling you, Qin|The Prince is also here.” When people are called out, they will always feel better when they know that others recognize themselves. He feels that he is respected, so Li Gonggong said a few more words, “Wei His Royal Highness and the others are there too.”

“Thank Grandpa Li.” Ling Wei said.

Where is Li Ying? The little princes are there too? What’s the matter?

He followed Grandpa Li in confusion. As soon as he entered the door, Jin Que rushed out, bumping Ling Wei into a stagger and almost fell.

“Oh, my little prince.” Ling Wei’s eyes were quick, and he caught Jin Que, who had almost fallen, into his arms.

“Cousin is okay?” Ankang asked with concern, a little slower.

“It’s okay.” Ling Wei held Ankang in one hand and Jin Que in the other, saluting Empress Liu with difficulty.

“It’s done, don’t kneel down, sit down.” Empress Liu hurriedly asked someone to hold Ling Wei, “This day you won the champion, Jin Que and Ankang yelled to congratulate you. The palace called you here. .”

“Congratulations to cousin.” The two children smiled.

“Thank you, little prince, little princess.” Ling Wei also smiled.

“Jintang, congratulations.” Li Ying also congratulated him.

“Thank you, Lord.” Ling Wei said.

“Well, Daoxi has already said, you should let Jintang go back.” Empress Liu summoned the two children to her side, “Jintang will also go to celebrate.”

“The courtier also resigned.” Li Yin said hurriedly.

“Chengcheng, you can go back too. The emperor and Qichen are expected to come back later. I won’t leave you to speak.” Empress Liu waved, and several court ladies came out with their plates, “These are even more of them. The gifts from the palace, Jinque and Ankang are here. The emperor and Qichen, let them prepare by themselves.”

“Queen Xie, His Royal Highness Xie Wei, Your Royal Highness.” Ling Wei glanced at him. Well, he has his favorite gold and silver, and his income has increased again. Okay, very good.

After receiving a bunch of rewards, the contented Ling Wei and Li Ying went back to celebrate together.

In Fuzhong, a sumptuous celebration dinner had already been prepared, and the chefs of the two provinces were gearing up. Ling Wei was so satisfied that he almost couldn’t sleep.

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In the next few days, Ling Wei went to his teacher’s house and elder brother’s house in turn to announce the joy, and declined many gifts. Finally, it was the day of the Enrong Banquet, where he rode a horse.

Ling Wei fiddled with the big red flower on his chest, looking very embarrassed.

“In the future, we will be officials in the same dynasty, please take care of Ling Zhuangyuan.” Jiao Cheng smiled and arched his hands.

“Just call me Jintang.” Ling Wei smiled, “Is Xi Tanhua okay?”

Xilin smiled bitterly: “I’m not used to riding a horse, and I’m a little nervous, making both of you laugh.”

Looking at the clothes on Xilin, he knew that he belonged to the noble family, but his family background was probably not good. Although Qiyu is a gentleman’s six arts, but without money, he can’t practice well.

However, the horses parading the streets are docile, so it is not a big problem to come.

After the three talked for a while, they were urged to mount by the eunuch.

Ling Wei’s riding skills were well trained, but being watched by so many people, his face was involuntarily embarrassed.

I feel like a monkey parading the street… and there is still applause…

And the sachet handkerchief flowers thrown down from the attic on both sides of the road made Ling Wei even more bitter. Although it doesn’t hurt to hit the head with these things, it’s embarrassing. Ling Wei pulled down another handkerchief from his head and sighed.

“Jintang is so popular.” Jiao Cheng said happily. “Of the three of us, Jintang received the most.”

Ling Wei’s face was paralyzed: “Well, the most were smashed.”

Xi Lin pulled the reins nervously, and said worriedly: “There are so many people, will the horse be frightened?”

“This… shouldn’t it?”

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Obviously, the horse had been selected by hundreds of thousands of choices, and did not go wrong while parading, and Ling Wei did not have a **** encounter with the horse being manipulated by someone, and then almost fell off.

After the parade, took off the big red flowers and tidied up his clothes, Ling Wei and the two of them walked to the Enrong Banquet.

This grace feast was the only opportunity for many Jinshi to have close contact with the emperor, and even to be able to talk. Many Jinshi present seemed very excited.

There will be poems at the Enrong Banquet. For some scholars who have no access to their families, this may be the only opportunity to show their talents in front of the emperor.

Although the Palace Examination was considered to have shown the emperor’s talents, there were a lot of people at that time. Except for those who played particularly well and poorly, other people, the emperor would not deliberately look at whose test papers it was.

When the three people on the street arrived at the Enrong Banquet, the other Jinshi, regardless of whether they knew each other or not, all came to say hello. Not surprisingly, these three people will stay in the capital. Now I have a face-to-face meeting and I am familiar with it, and maybe I can take care of it in the future.

Soon other nobles also attended the table. When the emperor came with the prince and prince, the enron feast was just beginning.

Ling Wei looked at it quietly. Apart from the prince, the emperor only brought a few princes who were or were close to adulthood. That is, the age rankings of those princes are all before the princes.

Before the prince, the emperor had four princes. The eldest prince Han Wang Li Shi was 19 years old, and his mother Xie Guifei was married and went out of the palace to build a mansion; the second prince Zhao Wang Lihu was fifteen years old, and his mother Xie Gui concubine was married, and the palace was under construction. Chinese, married this year; the third prince Chu Wang was fifteen years old, and his mother Yu Jieyu was under construction, but because Yu Jieyu passed away, he had not yet met the princess; the fourth prince Yue Wang Li Chun was thirteen years old and his mother Lin Cai People are still studying in the palace.

Concubine Xie has been his concubine since the emperor was a prince, and the rest of the princes were all born of inferior concubines. Even the mother and concubine of the three princes passed away, and they were only named Jieyu.

Ling Wei remembered that there were two imperial concubines in the harem with the first grade, and the fourth wife Shude was the second grade. The other concubines Ling Wei did not pay attention. Now the seats of the two noble concubines are full, and the fourth wife seems to have only one concubine, who is also the old man who followed the emperor’s prince. The palace is mostly low-level concubines.

Of course, this does not mean that His Majesty the Emperor is indifferent. There are only four princes who are older than the prince, but the princess is more than that. Under the prince, in addition to Jinque, there are three little princes and several little princesses. His Majesty the emperor has only begun to cultivate oneself in recent years.

Ling Wei picked up the teacup and covered the gossip smile on his lips.

The prince is now thin and white, and he probably pays attention to sun protection. Even if the riding class continues, he still doesn’t get the original little black charcoal. It now appears that he is also a beautiful young man, with two points of Li Yin’s shadow (from here, it can be seen that Li Yin and Li Li are really brothers of the same father and the same mother), four points of Queen Liu’s shadow, and four points Followed by His Majesty the Emperor, but those four points are the best parts to inherit, so the length is much more handsome than His Majesty the Emperor.

Of course, the emperor praised the prince’s appearance, saying that nine points followed him and one point followed Empress Liu.

The beautiful young prince stood beside His Majesty with a smile on his back. He really had such a graceful frame. He didn’t look like an ordinary bear child at all, but he was bluffing.

For the remaining four princes, Han Wang looked very elegant and magnificent; Zhao Wang looked rather taciturn and very stable; Chu Wang estimated that he had just lost his mother and was thin. Although he was smiling, he always had one. The indelible sadness felt a bit of a melancholy and beautiful young man; Yue Wang didn’t know if it was because of his lower birth, and he was more silent than the other brothers.

Regardless of their personalities, they looked very humble and valued to the Jinshi present, and respected His Majesty the Emperor.

Because of the presence of outsiders, the prince did not come to say hello stupidly. When the others saw him, they were a little suspicious. In the palace exam, the prince really only valued Ling Wei’s talent to do that, not because he was familiar with Ling Weiduo.

En Rong Banquet has delicacies and silk bamboo, but looking at the appearance of many jinshi, it is not like focusing on food, wine and merlot.

The emperor brought the prince and the prince to a toast to the Jinshi. Many Jinshi hadn’t gone down with this glass of wine. They just held it, and there was a red color on their faces. It seemed that if the wine was not intoxicating, people would get drunk first.

It can be seen that the emperor’s wine is such a great honor for these scholars.

Drinking for three rounds is the highlight of showing your talents, chanting poetry against each other.

I don’t know if the others are intentional or unintentional. There are a lot of people who come to Ling Wei with wine glasses. Although Ling Wei had said that he was not good at pro

He wrote poems in the field, but did not say that he would not be able to make a pair. So after three rounds of wine, Ling Wei had already made seven or eight pairs.

Fortunately, this pair’s confrontation also tested the richness of knowledge and the sensitivity of reaction. With the help of his memory, Ling Wei could find the corresponding matchup quickly, otherwise, Ling Wei would have a poor word if he did so intensively.

Originally it was a pleasure to be a pair. If you can’t do it, you will punish yourself with a glass of wine, and there will be no jokes. After all, this pair can’t be thought of right away.

How could I know that so many people were in the battle together, and they didn’t bother Ling Wei. The vigor of the scholar came up, and Ling Wei soon faced the embarrassment of the wheel war.

The prince hit his elbow with his elbow: “Father, Jintang seems to be under siege.”

“Even though Jintang is talented, she is too arrogant.” Li Shi regretted not knowing whether it was true or not.

Li Hu turned his head and glanced at his elder brother, and said slowly: “I haven’t seen Jintang’s arrogance anymore. Isn’t his attitude always very friendly? Others are embarrassing him, but whether they know him or not, find him Those who are against each other and those who want to drink with him, he will always come. With Jintang’s identity, even if he is a scholar of the same discipline, he can also decline these unnecessary troubles. I think Jintang is too much. Only modest will make people embarrassed.”

Li Shi was choked by his mother and brother, and looked a little embarrassed. And Li Hu still didn’t seem to see the embarrassment of his elder brother, and continued: “But Jintang is all right, but it makes those who are embarrassed become angry. The eldest brother said Jintang is arrogant, shouldn’t it be Jin? Tang didn’t let those embarrassed people succeed, right? That’s wrong. Since it’s right, why pretend to be right? Jintang doesn’t need to please these people. I think Jintang did a good job. I’m quite right. Admire him, and I will go to him for a drink later.”

Li Shi’s expression, not to mention the emperor and the prince, even the remaining two younger brothers, who were not very tall, couldn’t bear to look directly at him.

I have long known that my second brother is a rectal son, and he doesn’t look at people’s winks, and often unconsciously dismantles his elder brother. But every time I saw it, I still felt…so embarrassing for my eldest brother.