Chapter 1,169: Jealousy changes people beyond recognition, and they must rebel
"Congratulations to Mr. Jia Ying of Rongguo Prefecture, who won first place in the high school provincial examination and won the first place in this provincial examination of Gyeonggi Province!"
On August 18, just after Chen time, one after another, the people who announced the good news came to Rongguo Mansion to announce the good news, beating gongs and drums.
The steward of Rongguo Mansion, however, went to great lengths to reward anyone who came to announce the good news or congratulate them with silver or cash!
As a result, the people who announced the good news and congratulated the people started to disperse from the hour of Chen until the hour of noon.
Inside Rongguo Mansion.
Su Mingzhe, served by several maids, changed into new clothes and went out to accept congratulations from everyone.
As mentioned before, if you pass the county examination and become a scholar, you can wear a square scarf to distinguish yourself from Bai Ding.
After passing the academy examination and becoming a scholar, you can not only wear a Confucian scarf (square scarf), but also a robe (commonly known as a blue gown).
Now, Su Mingzhe has passed the provincial examination and won the imperial examination, and his clothes have changed again.
The color of the originally cyan t-shirt has now become a bit darker, turning into a dark blue round-neck, long-sleeved t-shirt.
In addition to the different costumes, there are also changes in titles.
Previously, when Su Mingzhe passed the examination to become a scholar, when several maids were having fun, they all called him "Ms."
Now that Su Mingzhe has won the election, these maids will be called "Master" at night.
When Su Mingzhe came to the courtyard, all the maids and several young boys were in the courtyard, smiling and bowing, saying congratulations:
"Congratulations, sir, on your high school provincial examination!"
"Reward! Twelve taels of silver per person!"
Su Mingzhe responded with a smile and walked towards Jia Mu's place in the backyard.
On the way, the maids and servants of my friends congratulated me one after another.
Su Mingzhe directly shouted reward.
For attackers, each person is given a piece of broken silver.
This is called everyone's happiness.
By the time Su Mingzhe arrived at Jia Mu's place, the female relatives of Rong Ning's second house had already arrived.
You and Qin Keqing were considered guests. They immediately stood up and congratulated Jia Mu, and then asked Su Mingzhe for wedding money.
Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang were sitting together, with expressions of similar joy on their faces, and kept congratulating their sister.
Xue Baochai looked at Su Mingzhe and began to exude a strange look.
In the flower hall, only sisters Sanchun and sister-in-law Li Wan sat down quietly after congratulating each other.
Su Mingzhe looked for a while, but he didn't find his sister Lin. The joy on his face suddenly dimmed, and he waited for him to look at Tanchun.
I saw several sisters pursed their lips and laughed softly.
Finally, Xichun chuckled and said:
"Second brother, are you looking for Sister Lin?"
As soon as Su Mingzhe showed his consciousness, he discovered that Lin Daiyu was changing clothes in the blue silk closet. Therefore, he was not fooled and directly changed the subject and asked with a smile:
"Today I held a ceremony, have you prepared any gifts for me?"
"How can I ask for a gift for my sister?"
Xichun is a little money-lover, but she still took out a jade pendant from her sleeve and handed it over:
"This is the jade pendant I bought for several taels of silver, specifically as a gift for my second brother."
Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. You, Aunt Xue, Li Wan, Qin Keqing, Xue Baochai, Yingchun and Tanchun also prepared gifts.
At this moment, a girl in a pink skirt quietly entered the flower hall with lotus steps.
When Su Mingzhe turned around, his eyes immediately widened.
Sister Lin is naturally beautiful, with a tall figure and graceful curves. However, she usually likes to wear plain clothes and skirts, and her hair style, makeup, etc. are also extremely simple, so she does not look overpowering.
"The sense of oppression.
But today, Sister Lin walked in gracefully, and everyone immediately noticed that she had put on a little light makeup today.
Her lightly powdered face was as white as fresh snow, and her delicate and fair skin now looked like jade porcelain, exuding an intoxicating luster.
The already slender waist is even more graceful because of a jade belt tied around it. When walking, it looks like
Willow branches are as light as swinging.
At this moment, Qin Keqing and Xue Baochai, who were somewhat confident in their appearance, also felt a sense of "ashamed" of themselves.
"So Sister Lin is so beautiful!"
"Fairy Chang'e in the sky is nothing more than this!"
Su Mingzhe stared at him with big eyes and wanted to take another look, but several sisters kicked him out of the flower hall!
The girl Xichun drove her away and shouted again and again:
"Second brother, there are many guests coming to the front yard, please go to the front to entertain them!"
"You girl, my second brother's love for you before was really in vain!"
Su Mingzhe was unwilling to give in, but the girls in the flower hall had already surrounded Sister Lin. Even if he wanted to squeeze in, he couldn't squeeze in.
"Sure enough, jealousy changes people beyond recognition!"
Su Mingzhe left ruthlessly, planning to wait until later to go to the Bi Sha Cupboard and ask Sister Lin to do makeup for him alone.
Inside the Hall of Rongxi.
Jia Lian, four Qing guests, and Lin Jing were all there, and Jia Cong, Jia Rong, Jia Qiang and others also arrived.
Those who pass the provincial examination and those who pass the examination are completely different treatments.
When Su Mingzhe passed the examination to be a scholar, although the Rongguo Mansion was bustling, all his former partners and friends came to congratulate him.
Now that the news of his winning the election has spread, four princes, eight princes, many nobles, and all kinds of old relatives, regardless of family status, all came to congratulate him.
In order to receive many distinguished guests, Jia Zheng, Jia She, and Jia Zhen gathered directly.
Su Mingzhe went in and walked around, declined everyone's invitation to sit down, turned around and returned to Baoxia Hall, where he and Jia Lian and others entertained relatives and friends of the same age and generation.
"Congratulations, junior brother!"
Lin Jing's mood at the moment was really complicated.
At first, he just wanted to make a little money, and after hearing about Su Mingzhe's "Yong Mei", he felt inspired, so he agreed to come to Rongguo Mansion to teach Su Mingzhe some ways to prepare for the imperial examination.
Who would have thought that in less than two months, Su Mingzhe would really be able to pass the provincial examination and be at the same level as himself.
"I would also like to thank my senior brother for his tireless teachings!"
Su Mingzhe saluted respectfully and expressed his gratitude.
Although he already has the ability to win the championship, Su Mingzhe is still grateful to Lin Jing for his tireless efforts, diligent teaching every day, and his unselfish style.
Not long after.
All the important guests have arrived.
The banquet begins.
As the Jie Yuan of the Imperial Examination and Rural Examination, Su Mingzhe's official identity and status actually surpassed that of Jia Lian, a sixth-grade scholar who had donated.
However, according to etiquette, he still let his cousin Jia Lian sit in front of him.
As Su Mingzhe's January mentor, Lin Jing was also invited to the table.
Su Mingzhe then asked others to sit down.
After three rounds of drinking, when everyone was toasting to Su Mingzhe, the newly promoted master, the concierge suddenly ran in with a pale face and shouted:
"Second Master, the angel is here again! The angel is here again!"
When everyone heard that an official was coming, they immediately went out to greet him in a panic.
Not long after.
That day Xia Shouzhong, the emperor's confidant, was welcomed into the Hall of Rongxi.
Jia Zheng had no time to arrange the incense table, so he was hurriedly summoned to the Daming Palace to face the saint.
When the angels took Jia Zheng away, the guests did not know why the emperor had summoned Jia Zheng, but they remembered that the relationship between Emperor Longqing and the second house of Rongning was not harmonious.
Everyone thought wildly for a while and did not dare to stay any longer, so they all said goodbye and left.
Even Lin Jing said goodbye to Su Mingzhe.
Su Mingzhe couldn't hold him back, so he could only order someone to take one hundred taels of silver and send him away.
At this moment, when everyone in the backyard heard the news that Jia Zheng had been called away, they all looked sad.
I don’t blame everyone for their poor psychological endurance. It’s really because the Rongning Palace offended Emperor Longqing in the early years, and the relationship between the two parties was so bad.
Moreover, the last time Xia Shouzhong passed
Soon after arriving, the Yin of Chang'an Prefecture took over thirty housekeepers and stewards of Rongning Second Prefecture and beheaded them, and two to three hundred of them were sent to the border as slaves.
This time, Xia Shouzhong came over again, and everyone had a premonition that a disaster was coming.
Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai were even more frightened. When they returned to Lixiang Garden, they had to pack up their gifts and leave this place of right and wrong.
Su Mingzhe couldn't help but feel upset when he saw a good banquet being turned into such a scene by Emperor Longqing:
"Sure enough, in ancient times, if you were not the emperor, you really had no control over your life or death!"