In the early morning, the red sun rises slowly, slowly revealing the horizon, like a bride wearing a red hijab at night in the wedding room. She slowly lifts the hijab, revealing her pretty blushing face, shyly looking down at the earth.
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"Damn sun, why are you getting up so early? This makes me have to get up early too!"
In the courtyard of Zhu Ping'an's guest room in the Marquis of Linhuai Mansion, the naughty child looked at the eastern sky with a look of bitterness and hatred. He stretched out his chubby hand and pulled it in the air. It seemed that he was eager to take in the rising red sky in the east.
The day is like a pancake and is cut off!
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but smile as he looked at the bitter and resentful child holding a book.
Since the palace examination was over, Marquis Linhuai has been urging people to send the naughty child to him as early as possible.
Zhu Ping'an likes to get up early to practice calligraphy. Although he is now fully qualified to practice calligraphy with pen, ink, paper and inkstone, he is used to using a brush dipped in water to practice calligraphy on a wooden board, so he still practices calligraphy with his old habit of dipping it in water early in the morning.
While Zhu Pingan was practicing calligraphy, he also fulfilled his duties as a teacher and urged the naughty child to read in the morning. No matter how naughty the child was, he would give up a thousand reasons and come back defeated. He had to hold the book in his hand in the bitter morning.
read.
In addition to the naughty child, there is also a little lolita in the yard, the little lolita who calls herself Niuer. These days, this little lolita also likes to go to Zhu Pingan, because Zhu Pingan is always tired from reading and practicing calligraphy.
When she was young, she would tell stories. Whether it was fairy tales or the story about the little monkey that jumped out of the stone, the little loli couldn't move her feet. So every time the little loli used the excuse of reading with Brother Rui.
Reluctant to leave.
Of course, the same is true for a certain naughty child. Although he is unhappy with Zhu Pingan, every time Zhu Pingan tells a story, the naughty child always looks like "my brother-in-law has tortured me thousands of times, and I treat my brother-in-law like my first love."
With a fat face, he listened with great interest.
After practicing calligraphy in the morning, the servants from the Linhuai Marquis Mansion also brought breakfast for the three of them. There were lean meat porridge, appetizers, three plates of hot dishes, meat and vegetables, and some steamed buns and eggs.
It looks very appetizing.
The naughty kid felt very unhappy because Zhu Pingan was supervising his studies. When he had breakfast, his fat face was full of provocations. No matter what Zhu Pingan said, he would say something back.
Looking at the provocative fat face of the naughty boy, Zhu Pingan couldn't help but smile, and then he picked up an egg from the table in a mysterious way. He held it in his hand, looked at the sun, and then touched it with his fingers left and right.
He put it under his nose and sniffed it, and finally pinched his fingers to calculate, and said seriously:
"These are eggs laid by the hen."
When the naughty kid heard this, his face was full of doubts, and he immediately retorted provocatively with a fat face, "How do you know? I don't believe it!"
The little Lolita, who was sipping her porridge at the table, couldn't help but roll her eyes after hearing what the naughty child said. "Idiot Brother Rui, the eggs must be laid by hens, because roosters don't lay eggs!"
Damn it, I've been fooled again!
The naughty boy choked on a mouthful of porridge and his face turned black.
Zhu Ping'an had just finished his breakfast, and before he had time to clear the table, he heard a sound of chickens and dogs jumping outside the yard, and the sound of footsteps rushing over.
"Master Zhu, Master Zhu, hurry. Hurry, an imperial edict has arrived."
Just when Zhu Pingan raised his head, he saw a steward leading a few boys running into the yard as if they were being chased by dogs, speaking hurriedly out of breath.
Imperial decree?
Are you kidding? This is only the second day. Didn’t the results of the palace examination only come out three days ago? By the way, there is no need for an imperial edict to be sent home to release the results, right?
Although Zhu Ping'an felt strange, he still followed the steward and walked out. In the feudal era, the word "imperial edict" was worth more than a thousand pieces of gold. I would not dare to disrespect anyone with the word "holy".
When he arrived at the front hall, Zhu Pingan realized what was going on. What was the imperial edict? It was just a young eunuch from the palace who came to tell Zhu Pingan to enter the palace to meet the emperor.
According to what the young eunuch said and his explanation, the thing is probably like this. It is based on the usual practice. After the examination minister has finished reviewing the examination papers, he will submit the ten best examination papers among the palace examination papers to the imperial examination in front of the emperor.
, the ten test papers were opened and sealed, and the personal information of the candidates was revealed. The emperor ranked the ten test papers and selected the top seven, the top two, the top seven, and the top seven.
In addition, the emperor will summon the owners of these ten test papers into the palace and summon them alone. This is what is known as "Xiao Chuan Lu" in history.
The final palace examination rankings, including number one, second place, third flower, top seven in the second class, etc., are all officially determined after the emperor summons them, and then the big and small gold lists are filled in. The list is officially released three days after the palace examination. The release of the palace examination list is called "Da Chuan Lu"
Or "The Grand Ceremony of Chuanlu".
The emperor's summons this time was "Xiao Chuan Lu", but according to the little eunuch, the emperor personally read twenty test papers for this palace examination.
Why does it feel like the modern civil service examination? The palace examination is a written examination. If you are in the top ten in the written examination, no, this time it is in the top twenty, you will be considered to have passed the written examination, and you will be qualified for the interview, that is, "Xiao Chuanlu". The Emperor is
The interviewer will finalize the position after the interview. Three out of twenty will be selected, the first place will be the top pick, the second place will be the second place, and the third place will be the top pick.
Zhu Pingan followed the little eunuch and rushed to Xiyuan in the Marquis's carriage. On the way, Zhu Pingan gave the little eunuch a red envelope without leaving any trace. The little eunuch touched the red envelope and smiled happily. He talked a lot and said to Zhu Pingan on the carriage.
There are a lot of things to pay attention to during the face-to-face interview, which are very detailed.
After entering Xiyuan, Zhu Pingan was led by a young eunuch to praise him in a palace in Xiyuan. About an hour later, another young eunuch came in and looked at Zhu Pingan and said:
"Master Zhu Ping'an, right? Your Majesty declares your presence."
"Thank you, father-in-law." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and thanked the visitor.
"You're welcome, Mr. Xiao Zhu. Please come this way." The little eunuch had a smile on his face and stretched out his hand to lead the way.
Zhu Ping'an followed the young eunuch and walked step by step towards the palace where Emperor Jiajing was staying, rushing to meet Emperor Jiajing for an appointment. Speaking of which, this was a meeting with Jiajing alone, so he felt a little excited. Of course, nervousness was inevitable.
Zhu Ping'an followed the little eunuch for about ten minutes, and then came to a magnificent palace. The palace was covered with golden glazed tiles, brackets and cornices. There were twelve zodiac animal heads and jade pillars placed everywhere on the eaves.
The stone carvings are also exquisite and gorgeous. The main colors of the entire palace are gold and red. There are two rows of stone steps outside the palace that lead directly into the palace. In the middle of the two rows of stone steps, there is what looks like a whole piece of jade carving, which is very huge and stretches for several meters.
, the jade is carved with a dragon rolling among the clouds. Under the early morning sun, the dragon carving seems to come alive, shaking its head and tail, and it is impressive.
The royal demeanor made Zhu Ping'an speechless.
"Master Xiao Zhu, please wait a moment, I will go and report." The young eunuch led Zhu Ping'an to the door and said.
"Thank you." Zhu Pingan slightly arched his hands. (To be continued.)