Today is the day for His Majesty to meet the Crown Prince, and everyone should be beaming with joy. Unexpectedly, at this time, someone was cursing angrily while waiting to enter the palace, which made everyone who had arrived look at him in unison.
The two people talking were both under the age of thirty, one was tall and burly, the other was more frail and delicate, but they looked like a military general and a scholar together.
Many people also recognized that these two people, one was He Zhenting from Yingzhou who ranked ninth in the imperial examination, and the other was Luo Yi from Panzhou who ranked second this time.
This Luo Yi became famous more than ten years ago, but he has not been admitted for many years. Finally, he has soared into the sky. Unexpectedly, he ended up having a conflict with someone, and it was He Zhenting, the prince of Yingzhou who was rumored to abandon martial arts and study literature. .
Facing the crowd of people watching, Luo Yi's face turned slightly red. As more and more people watched, he couldn't show weakness and said: "He Zhenting, I'm just telling the truth. This is not the first time we have met. How much do you weigh me?" It is clear that in the several gatherings before the palace examination, whether it was reciting poems and writing poems or playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, you were not able to excel in any of them. Even during the drinking ceremony, you were often the one who drank the most. In this case, let me guess what you are this time. It just happened, is there something wrong?"
"Haha..." What he said immediately attracted a lot of laughter. It was obvious that many people were not convinced when they saw that a martial artist could reach high school and be ranked in front of them.
He Zhenting was also blushing at this moment. After all, what the other party said was true. He gave up martial arts and became civilized, but he was indeed inferior in many places. As a result, he was caught and chased and beaten by the other party.
"Brother Luo, luck is destined by God. Brother He is blessed by God, and there is nothing you can do about it." Soon someone else agreed.
Some people echoed, and people immediately answered one after another, saying everything, but most of them said that He Zhenting was just lucky.
If it were somewhere else, He Zhenting would have left in anger at most, but now that he was waiting to see His Majesty, he couldn't just leave. This made his whole face turn red, as if he had really been told, and he was ashamed. generally.
"Brother Luo thinks that he admires Marquis Changle very much. He shouldn't admire him very much!" At this moment, a different voice sounded.
"Who is talking nonsense? You are slandering me!" When Luo Yi heard this, he immediately frowned. You must know that this so-called Changle Marquis was clearly the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty. After being captured alive, he was sent here and became the Changle Marquis.
"The poems of Marquis Changle are really gorgeous. I think they are far inferior to me. I heard that he is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. He should definitely be an eternal sage." At this time, Che Mingde was talking as he walked out. Already.
"Huangzhou Che Mingde?" Many people recognized the person who came out.
Che Mingde looked at the red-faced He Zhenting, then looked at Luo Yi, and said rudely: "Your Majesty has chosen people who are capable of governing the world, not arty people. His Majesty has appointed him as the ninth one. Of course, your Majesty has your reasons. Do you think your Majesty Not as good as the Marquis of Changle?"
"δΌ±..." After hearing this, it was Luo Yi's turn to turn red.
Seeing that the second-placed candidate was speechless, everyone became happy. They had already become friends before they became officials in the same dynasty, and they didn't know what would happen in the future.
"My princes, please don't make any noise at the gate of the palace, tidy up your clothes, and follow me into the palace in a quarter of an hour." At this moment, a father-in-law came out and shouted in a slightly sharp voice.
With his shout, everyone seemed to get off the ground and dispersed one after another.
"Thank you, Brother Che, for speaking up for me." He Zhenting also went to Che Mingde's side to thank him for speaking up.
After hearing this, Che Mingde felt a little embarrassed and said, "Why...that..."
"What's wrong with Brother Che?" He Zhenting saw that Che Mingde suddenly became embarrassed, and felt a little strange, maybe there was something wrong with him.
Che Mingde looked at him and said, "My mother, Mrs. Lin, Wanniu is my uncle!"
"Ah!" Hearing this, He Zhenting was immediately embarrassed. He also immediately understood why Che Mingde actually came out to speak for him. His sister was still his aunt, and he was considered his elder. According to Jing Guo According to the rules, he still calls himself uncle.
After a quarter of an hour, everyone followed the father-in-law into the palace. At this moment, it seemed as if the wave just now had not stirred up at all.
The group of people quickly followed the father-in-law to a side hall, and then listened to him continue to shout: "My dear princes, please change here, and then wait for your Majesty's summons."
At this time, many young eunuchs were already waiting here with Guozi's clothes. These clothes were in the sizes they requested early in the morning. After everyone took them, they immediately entered the room and started changing.
Not long after, all sixty people put on neat clothes, and each of them looked a bit like a general. A few of them even touched their clothes and were very excited.
After everything was sorted, the father-in-law who brought everyone over began to arrange everyone according to their ranking.
Naturally, the number one scholar at the top of the list is the new science champion, and this time the champion is Yu Youzhi, a prince from Tangzhou. The topic of the scientific examination is related to the bursting of Tangzhou's embankments. As a result, the prince from Tangzhou won the top prize. It also makes many people think that he is somewhat lucky.
Of course, no one will say anything about the number one pick chosen by His Majesty. Even Luo Yi, the second pick, would not dare to do so. After all, saying that He Zhenting can do it would really offend His Majesty.
After arranging them, the father-in-law began to explain some etiquette that needed to be paid attention to when meeting the saints, and asked everyone to demonstrate several times.
After all this work, it was almost noon, and at this time, everyone followed him outside the main hall, and they still lined up and stood waiting outside the main hall.
Fortunately, this time, after waiting for just over a quarter of an hour, I heard the call from inside, and then everyone walked in one by one as they had rehearsed before.
At this moment, in the main hall, Emperor Jingguo Li Jun was sitting on the dragon chair, with hundreds of civil and military officials standing on the left and right sides. Many of them were descendants of these high-ranking officials' families, and many people silently cast approving glances.
Che Mingde also saw Liang Changmao, who was at the top on one side, but the Taiwei didn't look at him and just stood there silently, as if the people here had nothing to do with him.
Next, according to the procedure, Li Ren, the imperial order of Guozi Mansion, came out, took out an imperial book, and began to read out the specific matters of this scientific examination. Including everyone's name, they were reported one by one, which can be regarded as an important part of the scientific examination. of attention.
After he finished reading according to the procedure, he put away one imperial book and took out another one. Many of the princes present also began to get a little nervous, because it was their turn to decide where they would go next. It's time.