Tangning had only seen imperial edicts in novels and TV series before, and never thought that one day such a thing would happen to him.
After the eunuch read out the imperial edict, he looked at him and said with a smile: "Tang Jieyuan, please hurry up and accept the edict and thank you for your kindness."
Zhong Mingli touched him at the side, and Tang Ning came to her senses, stood up, took the imperial edict, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty..."
The eunuch glanced at him and didn't care about whether he kowtowed or not. There were so many people in the state examination, but His Majesty chose this one. This shows that he attaches great importance to Tang Jieyuan, even if it is his etiquette in receiving orders.
If not, they just turn a blind eye and let it pass.
After Tang Ning received the order, everyone who was kneeling on the ground stood up.
At this moment, the way everyone looked at him was very different from just now.
The State Examination Jieyuan is nothing. Every imperial examination will produce dozens of people. However, the emperor personally issued a decree to reward the State Examination Jieyuan. Over the years, he is the only one.
What kind of grace is this?
Even the governor of Chu looked at him with eyes full of envy.
He has been an official in the capital for more than ten years and has never received any reward from His Majesty, let alone a jade belt that only the emperor's favorites can get?
This jade belt is different from ordinary rewards of money and silk. It is a symbol of identity and status. Even if he has no official position in the future, with this jade belt, he can be disrespectful to officials and be given a seat in the court...
No amount of money can buy it.
Cui Qing, who was standing next to him, licked her lips and her face turned red.
Just now, he said in front of the local officials of Lingzhou that there were no people in Lingzhou, that the students in Lingzhou were not as good as those in the capital, and that they could not even get on the top list when taking the capital state examination. In the blink of an eye, he was slapped in the face by His Majesty's imperial edict.
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This is a jade belt. There are outstanding people in the capital, but there has never been a precedent for a student to be awarded a jade belt by His Majesty. He only knew that Lingzhou Jieyuan had caused quite a stir in the court, but he did not know that His Majesty valued and loved him so much...
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This is a treatment that no talent in the capital has received, let alone his son who is ranked 19th on the list.
Cui Qing lowered his head in shame. The governor of Chu looked at the two eunuchs and said with a smile: "My two father-in-laws have come from afar, please take a seat."
The two eunuchs who passed the order did not refuse despite their long journeys. They nodded. One of them looked at Tang Ning and said, "Your Majesty has high hopes for Tang Jieyuan. He hopes that Tang Jieyuan will prepare well for the provincial examination, but you must not let your Majesty down."
Tangning slightly cupped her hands and said, "You should do your best."
Tonight was the Chu Governor's cleansing banquet. After the two eunuchs read the imperial edict, the atmosphere of the banquet returned to normal.
Several people from the Chu Governor's Office followed the two of them away, and more people gathered around them.
"Congratulations, Brother Tang!"
"Congratulations to Tang Jieyuan!"
"Master Zhong has a virtuous son-in-law. I am really envious of my subordinates..."
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Everyone raised their hands in congratulations. Zhong Mingli stroked the short beard on his chin and looked at everyone with a smile.
He glanced at Tang Ning, his eyes full of satisfaction.
His virtuous son-in-law never let him down no matter what the occasion or what he did.
The Governor of Chu invited Tang Ning to sit with them, but he declined politely. Firstly, he had nothing to say to them and it would be awkward to sit there. Secondly, the imperial edict came unexpectedly and was beyond his expectation. Could it be that Zhang Hao and the others had changed the imperial examination system?
Was the suggestion actually adopted?
He was not overjoyed to be remembered by the emperor, but instead felt a sense of vigilance in his heart.
As the saying goes: "Being with a king is like being with a tiger."
As the saying goes: "The tiger's butt cannot be touched."
In short, the emperor is ruthless. If you encounter the emperor and the tiger, hide as far as you can.
Fifty bolts of silk were of no use to him, so he just gave them to Xiao Ru. She would need them in her shop. This was a gift from the emperor. If you sell them, the price would double or triple. Isn't it too much?
As for this white jade belt, although it is a bit heavy and impractical, it was rewarded by the emperor after all. It is of extraordinary significance. It should be able to scare many young people and make some people dare not act rashly. It is not useless at all and cannot be sold.
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My father-in-law drank a lot at night and was drunk when he was helped back home by two policemen. Naturally, he was severely scolded. After the scolding, his mother-in-law helped him back to his room and prepared a sobering soup for him.
She also plans to clear out a room in the Zhong Mansion specifically for placing imperial edicts. This thing is a rare item. Back then, when her father-in-law was appointed, it was only for the Ministry of Personnel, and even he had never seen the imperial edicts awarded by the emperor.
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Naturally, such a big thing had to be publicized. When Tang Ning got up the next morning, she opened the courtyard door and saw the maids of the residence gathered outside the door, looking at him with curious eyes.
Qing'er knew him best, so she bravely stepped forward and asked, "Sister-in-law, what does the imperial edict look like?"
Tangning walked back into the house, took out the imperial edict, handed it to her, and said, "Take it and read it."
Qing'er didn't have the guts to answer it. She turned her head and took a look, and then immediately said: "Brother, please put it away quickly!"
Not only Qing'er and the others, Tang Yaoyao was also very interested in the imperial edict. However, when she took the imperial edict from Tang Ning's hand and read it over and over again, she curled her lips and said, "It's just a piece of cloth.
The handwriting looks better..."
Ordinary people are always very curious about royal things, but in fact the imperial edict is just a piece of cloth used by the emperor. The emperor is also a human being, and he also has to eat and sleep. This is no different from ordinary people, and so do the imperial concubines and queens.
It’s not that I don’t want to live in the world, I still have to fart when my stomach is bloated.
However, in the short term, what Tangning should worry about is not whether the emperor's concubine farts or not, but himself.
He could not avoid this trip to the capital no matter what. Whether it was subjective or objective, he had reasons why he had to go.
But the capital is not as good as Lingzhou. Tang Yaoyao and Peng Chen can't stay with him all the time. Peng Chen can. After all, the police are only temporary workers and are not part of the establishment. But this time when he goes to the capital, he doesn't know what he will encounter.
What, just one Peng Chen is not enough.
What he needs is a strong backing that can relieve him of most of his worries.
Now it has entered late November, and the provincial examination is scheduled for the ninth day of March. He will leave for the capital as soon as the Lantern Festival is over at the latest, and there is not much time left for him.
When passing by Third Uncle's shop, he saw the old beggar again.
There was a wine gourd hanging on the old beggar's waist. It was dangling here and there as he walked around. It should be empty.
He grabbed a man in gorgeous clothes on the street, stared at him, and said in a deep voice: "I see that your hall is black and your blood is rushing to the top. This is a bad sign. There will be a bloody disaster in the near future. I have a refuge here."
The method of disaster only requires one tael of silver..."
"roll!"
The man kicked him and kicked him far away. The old beggar patted his chest, got up from the ground, and muttered: "If you don't believe it, you don't believe it. Why hit someone..."
In Lingzhou City, there are many fortune tellers on the streets, but they are either dressed in clean green clothes or Taoist robes, with fluttering white beards and fairy-like Taoist bones. They look like that, with clothes like his
The ragged beggar with a sour smell all over his body just stood up and the word "liar" was written on his face.
"Ouch!"
Tangning was thinking this when she suddenly heard a cry of pain coming from the front.
He raised his head and saw the man lying on the ground with a broken forehead. He pointed at a vendor pushing a cart on the street and said angrily: "You don't have eyesight when you walk!"
Not to be outdone, the hawker put one hand on his hip and cursed: "Who can't tell me that I don't have a good eye? I pushed the cart well and you bumped into me..."
"If there wasn't a hole in the ground..."
"I don't care, I fell down, you have to pay for it!"
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The two quarreled on the street. Tangning was stunned and looked at the old beggar, who also looked at him.
He swallowed his saliva and said, "Young man, I'll watch your Yintang..."
"Here, take it to buy some wine!"
Tang Ning casually threw a piece of silver. She didn't know whether the old beggar was a martial arts master, but Crow Mouth had already reached an extremely advanced level.
