Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of September, the day when the results of the provincial examination were released, everyone in the Gu family gathered in the hall early in the morning, chatting and waiting for the news.Although they were talking and laughing at Yanyan on each other's faces, they were actually a little absent-minded, and their ears were always paying attention to the movement outside.

Gu Zhengde and the others have rich experience, and they can still maintain their composure at this moment, drinking tea and chatting unhurriedly.The young juniors were not very calm, they would check the weather and ask the time from time to time, their emotions were almost written on their faces.

Gu Yunxiao was especially restless. If there was any disturbance outside, he would stretch his neck and look for a long time. When he found that it was a passing servant girl, he looked away disappointedly, picked up his teacup to cover up his nervousness, and then began to look out again after a while.A few quarters of an hour passed, and before he took a few sips of other people's tea, the tea in his cup had already been drunk.

Gu Yunji looked amused, and lightly patted Gu Yunxiao's palm to comfort him: "Brother, it's not time to release the list yet, there's no use worrying about it now."

Gu Yunxiao's heart hung high, his nerves were tense, his mind was full of thoughts, and he didn't listen carefully to what others said.At this time, I suddenly heard Gu Yunji calling me, and subconsciously thought that he was looking for comfort, so I shook his hand and murmured: "Don't worry too much, third brother, I will definitely win..."

Gu Yunxiao's heart was beating like a drum, he held Gu Yunji's palm tightly with one hand, and ravaged the hem of his clothes with the other. His eyes wandered when he spoke, and he didn't know whether he was comforting Gu Yunji or himself.

"Brother!" Gu Yunji didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and he called out again to bring him back to his senses, "It's obviously me who took part in the provincial examination, why am I more nervous than I am seeing you?"

Gu Yunxiao let out a breath, and felt a little helpless when he heard the words: "I don't know what's going on, I didn't do this when I was waiting for the list to be released, but now that I'm here with you, I feel very upset."

"Could it be that you are afraid that there will be no one to accompany you on the way to the capital to take the exam?" Gu Huaishao cast a narrow look at him, "Don't worry, cousin Yunxiao, cousin Yunji is so good at reading, this time I will definitely win a candidate Come back, I won’t let you take the exam alone next year.”

"I'm not worried... hey, it's nothing." Gu Yunxiao reflexively wanted to explain, but then he realized that Gu Huaishhao's tone was teasing, just to help himself soothe his mood. It wasn't really a misunderstanding, so he sighed softly with a smile , no more calls.

At the top of the sun, there was a faint noise from the alley outside, and soon there was a burst of crackling firecrackers.

Everyone in the hall stopped their movements at the same time, and looked out one after another: "...Is this—someone has been hit?"

Gu Kaili pricked up his ears to carefully identify the direction of the voice, and pondered: "Listen to this voice, it sounds like the Zhang family at the entrance of the alley. His youngest son also participated in the rural examination this year, so he should have passed."

Hearing that someone had passed the exam, everyone became agitated and couldn't sit still.

Gu Kaiqi comforted him and said: "The announcements of the township examinations are made from the back to the front. The higher the ranking, the later the announcement will be. Our children are all promising. Not only will they be able to pass, but the ranking should not be low. Hold on."

Hearing the words, everyone had to temporarily suppress the urgency in their hearts, and sat back down again, but they were no longer in the mood to drink tea and chat, and each other pursed their lips sullenly, feeling both nervous and expectant.

The alley where Gu's mansion is located is basically the mansions of officials and eunuchs. Many families have children who have participated in this township examination. The gongs, drums and firecrackers rang endlessly.

Seeing that it was almost noon, but the Annunciator hadn't been seen yet, the patience of the Gu family was gradually exhausted during the long wait. They could only feel the harsh sound of firecrackers outside. ice.

Suddenly, a young servant ran in from the outside, with wind in his clothes, which finally stirred up the air flow in the hall a little.Everyone's eyes lit up, their eyes were fixed on his mouth where he was about to speak, and their hearts were raised in their throats.

The servant bowed to Gu Kaili, and said: "My lord, the young master of Xue Zhifu's family has won the election, so send someone to come to congratulate him."

The look in everyone's eyes dimmed instantly.

Gu Kaili's face froze, and after a long while, he put on a smirk and uttered a word between his teeth: "...Please come in."

A moment later, the steward of Xue's family was blushing, wearing brand-new clothes, strode in the door, and said loudly to everyone in Gu's family: "Thanks to the teaching of your school, my son Xue Yue passed the provincial examination. 64, I am here to congratulate you all.”

As he said that, the steward of the Xue family waved to the followers behind him, signaling them to bring up their things, and then handed over a post to Gu Kaili: "This is a small gift prepared by my master, in return for your care for my son over the years. Tomorrow at noon, my master will set up a school banquet in the mansion, and invite everyone to take part in it."

They were both studying in the same school, and their family hadn't received the news yet, but others had already come to the door to say goodbye. Even Gu Kaili, who had been in the officialdom for many years, almost didn't hold back his face.

The corners of Gu Kaili's lips collapsed, and it took a lot of endurance to maintain the smile on his face. He stretched out his hand to take the post, and said insincerely: "Then congratulations. When I am free tomorrow, I will definitely come to the door to congratulate Mr. Xue."

After sending the steward of Xue's family away, everyone in the hall looked a little ugly, and they all remained silent, and the atmosphere became more depressed for a while.

Gu Yunji had confidence in his own strength. Although there were twists and turns during the exam, it went smoothly overall. He felt that he did well in the exam, and if there were no accidents, he should be able to pass the exam.But seeing that the announcement of the announcement was coming to an end, but there was no news, I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and my expression gradually became serious.

I don't know how long it has passed, Gu Kaiqi broke the silence and called the servant who was waiting by the side: "Send someone to go to the outside of the Gongyuan to look directly at the rankings. If there are young masters Ming'an, Young Master Yunji, and Young Master Cheng among them, Come back and report to me immediately."

Generally speaking, the government publishes the list later than going to the scholar's residence to announce the good news. If you wait for the good news at home, you will naturally win, and there is no need to read the list yourself; It doesn't make sense.

But at this moment, Gu Zhengde and others didn't raise any objection to Gu Kaiqi's words, so the boy naturally didn't dare to say anything, and after hesitating for a moment, he went out in response.

After sitting for a while, Gu Huaishao couldn't hold back his impatience, and stood up abruptly; "Could it be that those officials are so stupid that they couldn't find the gate of our house, so that's why they were delayed. I'll go out and have a look!" Bi, without waiting for the others to react, turned around and walked out.

"Huai Shao... Hey, forget it, let him go." Gu Kaili wanted to stop him, but he didn't have the intention to wait at the moment, so he stopped talking as soon as he spoke, sighed and shook his head.

However, Gu Huaishao didn't leave for a long time, and soon turned back, his face was full of surprises, and he shouted into the hall while running:

"Uncle! Cousin Yunji! The Annunciator is here—"