Chapter 285 of the text volume: The female family members slowly entered the palace.
After entering the palace gate, Li Taijun repeatedly told the Wu family to be careful. There were many rules in the palace. They were not allowed to whisper or look around. The Fan family, the Wu family, and the Seventeenth Mother all said so.
The people also taught performances in front of Donghua Gate, and were led by Xiaohuang Gate along the way.
Near the palace, there are birds soaring in the morning light, and the beasts sitting on the eaves of the palace seem to be swallowing the light of the sun and the moon.
When they arrived at a pavilion, they met Ouyang Xiu's wife, Mrs. Xue, who entered the palace with her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wu.
When the two sides meet, they each greet each other with courtesy.
At this moment, in front of Donghua Gate, people lined up in two groups and entered the palace with their heads bowed.
The two daughters-in-law of the Wu family greeted each other, and it was Seventeenth Mother's turn. Mrs.
The Seventeenth Mother bowed and saluted gracefully: "Your Majesty, you are so complimentary."
Li Taijun chatted with Mr. Xue for a few words.
Xue raised her head and saw that the sky in the palace was divided into seven parts bright and three parts dark. The morning sun was spitting out from the edge of the clouds. The morning light shone on the eaves of the palace. The long palace road was filled with interlaced shadows of light and dark.
"Today is a good day and a good weather day." Mrs. Xue said to Mrs. Li with a smile, and looked at Qi Niang again.
Li Taijun smiled and said, "Thanks to you."
There were many official family members on the way to Chongzheng Hall. When they met Li Taijun, they all greeted Li Taijun familiarly, a little more eagerly than before. After greeting him, they all looked at the female family members of the Wu family.
Qi Niang knew that officials and officials like Bianjing usually screen people with their eyes. In the past, the Wu family had status, but they were a little more affectionate than before. She could still tell that she looked at Qi Niang several times.
, they smile every time they look at each other.
The seventeenth mother on the high platform knew that the queen had invited twenty or thirty officials and family members, and wondered whether it was related to the imperial examination.
When she went upstairs, she saw Fu Bi's wife Yan Taijun and the rich lady.
The rich lady looked deeply at the Seventeenth Mother and said nothing, while the Seventeenth Mother bowed slightly.
On the high platform, Seventeenth Mother now realized that the palace was grand and far-reaching, and the palace people in the distance were like tiny little people, moving between the palace walls.
The Seventeenth Mother looked calm. The stage was surrounded by screens on all sides, and the officials and family members were all laughing and chatting happily. Any grudges or intrigues that usually occurred would not arise on such an occasion.
The Seventeenth Mother suddenly heard the sound of soft footsteps and rows of skirts fluttering under the screen. It was the Queen's phoenix arriving.
On the pavilion outside the gate of Bianjing City.
Chen Xiang's carriage and horses were parked on the ancient road. He was wearing official robes and composing poems in reply to his colleagues and disciples who came to bid farewell.
Chen Xiang looked at Bianjing City from time to time. Everyone said that he did not want to leave the prosperity of the capital and said with a smile: "Prefect Chen is a famous official in Confucianism. The officials must be thinking about him. He will return to Zhijun within three years."
Chen Xiang smiled lightly when he heard this.
A student said to Chen Xiang: "If you, sir, feel at ease, after the roll call for the palace examination, the students will ride their horses to the inn overnight to inform the gentleman of their ranking."
Chen Xiang thought for a moment and said, "There's no need to stay up all night. You'll know sooner or later anyway."
The student heard that Chen Xiang didn't mean what he said, so he turned around and snickered after Chen Xiang left.
The palace scholars lined up in two groups and walked to the palace road. When they arrived in front of the Ninghe Gate, the scholars held up the trumpets with both hands and showed them to the imperial guards. Then they entered the square in front of the Chongzheng Palace one after another.
Zhang Yue looked at the empty square, breathing slightly quickly, and walked step by step through the white marble steps to the square.
Standing in the huge square, looking at the majestic Chongzheng Hall, people feel a bit small.
Zhang Yue calmed down, straightened his back and walked towards his position.
In the Chongzheng Hall, the prime ministers Han Zhongyan, Zeng Gongliang, and Ouyang Xiu were dressed in purple robes. Their black official hats had one-foot-long wings on the left and right sides. They were very eye-catching when they stood in the hall. The other Hanlin bachelors and palace examiners stood in line, and the emperor
Zhao Zhen was sitting on the dragon chair, and the eunuch beside him was holding a case tray. On the bright yellow brocade covered with the case tray, there were three test papers.
Zhang Yue and others followed the previous teachings, with their hands folded in front of their chests, and stood facing the Chongzheng Hall. The sweat on their foreheads dripped from the lower edge of the Fu's head, but they could not wipe it with their hands.
From the top to the bottom of the steps of Chongzheng Palace, officials are on duty here. Zhizhi officials, inspection officials, and various subjects' outgoing examiners, etc., are standing outside the hall just like during the palace examination. Wang Anshi and Sima Guang are all there.
Stand under the eaves of Chongzheng Hall and confirm the identity of the person entering the hall.
Flags were flying in the left and right corridors of Chongzheng Hall, and the Imperial Guards Lords in bright armor stood beside them.
When Empress Cao and her phoenix arrived, everyone on the high platform held their breath. Headed by Yan Taijun, followed by Xue Taijun, Li Taijun and others all bowed and saluted. Seventeenth Niang also followed among the people.
Queen Cao is not a beauty in appearance, but she is a fierce general's daughter after all, with a graceful look on her brows and a heroic spirit.
Queen Cao smiled and motioned for everyone to take their seats. Yan Taijun sat next to Queen Cao, and the two talked. Everyone with official orders on the high platform had a seat.
Queen Cao looked at the judges on the field and said to Yan Taijun: "I wonder who can win the first prize in this subject."
A lady on the side smiled and said: "I heard that there is a person with the name "Ku" among the candidates. I wonder if he just responded to the situation."
Empress Cao smiled and said, "It's the one named Wang Kui, right?"
"Exactly." A row of beauties standing behind them responded.
The eunuch on the side pointed out: "Queen, look at the person standing in the third place is Wang Kui."
Hearing this, all the married women followed the eunuch's fingers and looked at him. After looking at it, Empress Cao said, "She looks elegant and kind."
Yan Taijun's face was somewhat bright, but then it dimmed again and he said, "The Queen is right."
The concubine beside her gradually began to speculate in her heart. There were rumors that Wang Kui won the first prize in this department. Is it true that the queen is like this?
The Seventeenth Mother heard the words of the woman next to her, but she didn't care at all, but she knew that Mrs. Fan and Mrs. Wang would definitely peek at her. She smiled and pretended not to care, just looking around.
Zhang Shi's home.
But I saw smoke lingering on the beams.
But they saw Zhang Shiyu and his wife kneeling on the futon, kowtowing repeatedly and murmuring something.
Zhang Qiu, who was studying in the study, was so disturbed by the noise that he had no thoughts. He left his chair and looked into the room, shook his head, raised his hands to cover his ears and said: "You can't say anything, but you are so powerful!"
"You don't have words to say, but you have strange power and chaos!"
"You don't have words to say, but you have strange power and chaos!"
As soon as Zhang Qiu thought about it, he heard Zhang Shi's words.
"Xier, keep your voice down!"
Zhang Qiu shook his head when he heard this, but found that he had no intention of reading. He smiled helplessly, clasped his hands together, and began to read seriously like his parents.
The clouds are passing by and the sun has risen.
Thousands of golden lights shone on the Chongzhengdian Square. Zhang Yue felt his face was burned by the sun and blinked a few times.
In the Chongzheng Hall, the incense in the bronze cauldron was lit.
The eunuch removed the cover of the ink scroll on the case tray, and then gave it to a eunuch on the steps with both hands, who in turn gave it to the superior. One eunuch followed another, and finally it was presented to Zhao Zhen.
Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang, who were at the bottom of the stairs, both looked up and opened the yellow envelope.
Zhao Zhen unfolded the folded ink scroll and glanced at the ministers at the foot of the steps and read: "The first person in the first class of Jinshi in the sixth year of Jiayou..."
After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, the forbidden troops in the palace came: "The first person in the first grade of Jinshi in the sixth year of Jiayou..."
The soldiers of the Forbidden Army circulated the news to all levels: "The first person to become a Jinshi in the sixth year of Jiayou..."
The empty square echoed with the shouts of the Imperial Guard soldiers.
Zhang Yue felt his breathing shortness, but his mind went blank, and the wind in the square also stopped. For some reason, he thought of Liu Yong's words in his mind, "Youth is all a matter of money."
Pour and sing.'
At this time, I saw a forbidden soldier holding a golden bone flower beside the royal road and shouted loudly: "...Jianzhou Zhangyue."
At this moment, Zhang Yue seemed to have his ears broken by the loud shouts of the Imperial Guards, and something kept buzzing in his ears.
Buzz...buzz...buzz...
Zhang Yue felt that everyone's eyes were on him at this moment.
Zhang Yue didn't have any other thoughts in his mind. At this moment, he just subconsciously walked to the royal road from where he was standing before.
A forbidden soldier stepped down the white marble steps. Zhang Yue watched every step he took, and the armor leaves on his body were trembling, but he couldn't hear a sound.
Seeing the other party moving his lips and seeming to say a few words, Zhang Yue looked at the other party's black armor covered with gold, and only relied on the previous instructor's instructions to answer: "Zhang Yue, a person from Pucheng in Jianzhou, my grandfather is taboo, and my father is taboo."
Sorry, brother, it’s true…”
"A person from Pucheng in Jianzhou, Zhangyue, grandfather..."
Zhang Yue didn't know why his voice was choked with sobs. Is it because he was here to honor his ancestors?
After confirming again and again, the Imperial Guard stepped aside, made an invitation gesture to the palace, bowed his head and stood beside Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue raised his head and looked at the white marble steps leading up to the Chongzheng Hall.
Zhang Yue raised his hands high and bowed to the Chongzheng Hall. He straightened his back and lifted his robe with his right hand and climbed up the steps. The sun fell on his body, and his feet with his head hanging down rubbed behind his ears. Zhang Yue climbed several steps, and his ears I seem to have heard again: "In the sixth year of Jiayou's reign, the second person in the first class of Jinshi was Chen Mu of the Xinghua Army."
Buzz...the shouts echoed repeatedly in the square. Zhang Yue climbed to the platform, and the Chongzheng Hall was already in front of him. The sunlight fell on the glazed tiles on the hall, as if it was dancing with five colors of brilliance.
The musicians on both sides of the hall twisted their bodies and played the chimes back and forth. Without listening, you can tell that it is as sweet as the singing of the wonderful singing bird.
Zhang Yue was a little nervous when His Highness first set off, but now he is much calmer. He climbed up the jade steps step by step, his white shirt fluttering slightly in the wind.
When Zhang Yue's eyes were level with the last jade step, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were standing under the eaves on the left side of Chongzheng Hall, all eyes were fixed on him.
Zhang Yue climbed up the jade steps and bowed to Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.
"Your Highness's name, place of birth, and three generations?" Wang Anshi asked loudly.
Zhang Yue replied calmly: "Zhang Yue founded Pucheng, his grandfather kept a secret, his father kept a secret, and his brother kept a secret..."
"Please invite the first person from Yijia to come to the palace!"
After speaking, Wang Anshi took a step back and bowed to Zhang Yue.
"Thank you so much, prince!" Zhang Yue said sincerely.
Wang Anshi's face moved slightly when he heard this, and after Zhang Yue said this sentence, he felt that the initial grievances had gone with the wind.
At this moment, he was looking back at the long steps, and the thoughts in his mind were like a river, mighty and boundless, and like riding the wind, rising thousands of miles a day!
Is it difficult to take the imperial examination? It’s not!
Is it easy to take the imperial examination? It is not!
Thousands of books have been read and broken, and thousands of words have been written with the spirit behind them.
All kinds of hardships are as clear as the cold or warmth of drinking water.
With an eye on the road ahead, Zhang Yue enters the palace!
Ps: The pace is slow and the updates are slow. I really feel sorry for the brothers who follow the update. I am also very depressed. My hair has fallen out like Saitama these days. But seriously, if I can save seven or eight chapters, I will definitely look back. No procrastination.
