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

Seven days after the palace examination, outside the gate of the palace city.

The three hundred tributes who participated in the palace examination wore brand-new Jinshi uniforms and gathered together happily, waiting to be led into the palace by the officials of the Ministry of Rites.Although the current scene is very similar to seven days ago, the mood of the scholars is quite different.

Seven days ago, the scholars were still apprehensive about the final imperial examination, for fear of offending Long Yan by being careless.But today they are relaxed, all of them are high-spirited and high-spirited. The moment they walk out of the palace again, they will be the real new scholars.

Everyone has heard about Gu Yunji's possibility of winning the Sanyuan in the past few days, so when he appeared at the meeting place, he immediately attracted the attention of many people and became the focus of attention.

A young scholar had the courage to talk to Gu Yunji tentatively: "Mr. Gu is good, I wonder if Mr. Gu still remembers me?"

Gu Yunji smiled slightly: "Of course I remember, Mr. Zhang Ji, the younger brother of Mr. Zhang Xiang, the member of the Ministry of Rites, we met in the avoidance examination room of the examination."

Zhang Ji raised his eyebrows, and a flash of unexpected joy flashed in his eyes: "At the beginning, we just met briefly, and it has been so long, I am such a nobody with no reputation, I didn't expect Mr. Gu to still remember it. "

Gu Yunji smiled and said: "Today, I am the same Jinshi of the new science as you all. They all have the same status and the same starting point. What is the difference between whether the reputation is obvious or not? Besides, I still remember that Mr. Zhang will be No. 7 in the second-class exam. Among all the candidates who took the exam, he is also an excellent existence, Mr. Zhang is really too humble to say so."

Zhang Ji, who has a straightforward temper, felt a little embarrassed after being praised so much by him, and his favorability for him increased a little in his heart.Seeing that Gu Yunji treated people in a friendly manner, other scholars also came over to greet him and introduce themselves, and many people surrounded him for a while.

But fortunately, these scholars who are about to become Jinshi of the new department are all well-measured. They just got to know Gu Yunji briefly politely, and then walked away knowingly, which didn't make him fall into the embarrassing situation on the street on the day of the palace examination again.

When the space in front of Gu Yunji finally cleared, Cheng Yan couldn't help but said: "It's nothing more than common people talking about each other, but even these officials' children are like this, could it be...they really got some inside information?"

Gu Yunji shook his head: "I don't know, but I think this possibility is very low. The marking of the palace examination is conducted in secret, and the final first rank is determined by His Majesty. Especially the first three will be listed in the imperial list in public today in the palace. Fill in the name, before this, others have no way of knowing, it is difficult to reveal any news, maybe it is just catching wind and shadows."

Cheng Yan said: "Since there are such rumors circulating, it should not be completely groundless. What if you are really the champion? Don't be too pessimistic."

Gu Yunji showed a helpless smile: "So you think that you can't get the first prize, is it already pessimistic? When did you ask so much of me?"

Cheng Yan explained: "It's not that there are high demands on you, but that you have this strength. The township examination Jieyuan, the general examination Huiyuan, and the county examination back then was the top case. You really deserve our expectations."

"Then I said that you also have this strength." Gu Yunji raised his eyebrows and cast a narrow look at him, "The county test is second, the township test is second, the general test is third, and the rankings along the way have never dropped out of the top three. , are you worse than anyone else? Don't be too pessimistic, Mr. Cheng."

Cheng Yan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed: "Okay, okay, let's see later, who is the No. [-] scholar and who is the No. [-]."

Just as they were talking, officials from the Ministry of Rituals began to count the number of people to maintain order, so the two stopped talking, stood still at their positions, and waited to enter the palace.

Entering the palace for the third time, Gu Yunji felt a little familiar with the road. Although the twists and turns of the palace made him unable to discern the direction, his overall mood and state were much calmer than the previous two times.After being appointed an official, he will go to the palace every day to be on duty. I think he will be more calm than at that time than now.

Passing through the palace gates and bypassing the palace walls, the scholars followed the leading officials all the way in, and finally came to the place where the ranking of the palace examination was announced today - Huagai Palace.

The Huagai Hall is the Zhonghe Hall of the former Imperial Palace. It is located on the central axis of the palace city pattern. It is one of the three major halls of the imperial palace. Its importance is second only to the Fengtian Hall in the south. make the place.

Although the architectural momentum of the Huagai Hall is slightly inferior to that of the Fengtian Hall, but because there is no need to take an exam today, the scholars stood much closer than the palace exam seven days ago. Standing on the majesty next to the entrance of the hall, it was even more impressive. Clearly feeling the majestic aura in the palace, everyone was excited and apprehensive for a while, even more nervous than the day of the palace examination.

The first half of today's process was similar to the palace examination. Three hundred scholars stood in their positions first, and then hundreds of officials entered the venue in court clothes. Finally, the Honglu Temple officials who presided over the ceremony invited the emperor to the palace.

After everyone took their seats, they took out the palace examination gold list and filled in their names in public.

The names of the [-]nd and [-]rd are all written in advance, and only the [-]st and [-]rd names need to be filled in on the spot, which happens to be the three most attention-grabbing rankings.Under the scorching gaze of everyone, Cai Zhichuan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, methodically opened the sealed Yijia test paper, and filled in the names on the gold list in order according to Emperor Jingfeng's Zhu Zhu.

The number one scholar is the lifelong dream of every scholar. At this moment, the three hundred scholars outside the hall are all holding their breaths, staring at Cai Zhichuan's movements without blinking.Although the names on the list were too far away to see clearly, everyone was still nervous and looking forward to it. While guessing who would win the No. [-] pick, they couldn't help but hope that the highly anticipated No. [-] would be themselves.

Gu Yuanhui stood at the forefront of the ranks of officials, and the distance from the gold list was just enough for him to see the words on it clearly.When he saw the three names filled in by Cai Zhichuan, he paused his gaze, slightly curled the corners of his lips as expected, then closed his eyes calmly, and his complexion quickly returned to calm.

No matter how nervous others are, for Cai Zhichuan, the whole process of filling in the name is just a few breaths away.After returning the pen and ink to the hand of the eunuch standing beside him, Cai Zhichuan took a step forward, bowed to Emperor Jingfeng and said, "Your Majesty, all the top three rankings in the palace examination have been filled out."

"Yes." Emperor Jingfeng responded, and then nodded to the officials of Honglu Temple, "It's time to start."

The officials of Honglu Temple immediately stood in the hall and shouted to all the officials and scholars: "On the fifth day of April in the fifth year of Jingfeng, the emperor launched an examination for the tribute scholars from all over the world in Fengtian Hall. .Among them, the first three will be awarded Jinshi and rank; the second one hundred will be awarded Jinshi's background; the three top 190 will be awarded Jinshi's background."

"Now roll call!"