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

Chapter 190
Chuanlu, which means roll call, was also called Chuanlu after No. 1 in the imperial examination.When announcing the ranking of Yijia Jinshi, the officials of Honglu Temple first read out the name, and then the ceremonial officials in the hall repeated it, and then passed it on to the guards above Danbi. In response, he stepped forward and knelt in the hall before continuing to read the next ranking.

Passing the roll call can be said to be the most intense and exciting part of the entire ceremony, so when the officials of Honglu Temple announced the start of the roll call, the three hundred scholars held their breath for an instant, and their hearts were raised in their throats. The inside and outside of the Huagai Hall are so quiet that a needle can be heard.

The official of Honglu Temple cleared his throat, and his sonorous voice echoed in the hall: "No. 1 of the First Class——Cheng Yan!"

The ceremonial officer heard the sound and repeated: "No.1 in the first class, Cheng Yan!"

The guards shouted in unison: "No. 1, Cheng Yan!"

"First Class No.1, Cheng Yan!"

The voices narrated by several people progressed outward one by one. At the beginning, they were like bow strings, sharp and clear, and then they gradually piled up like waves, rising suddenly, and then rushing away. When they came back, the echoes overlapped each other, gathered into a sea, and pressed towards the scholars magnificently, directly engulfing Cheng Yan who was in the center of the sound waves.

The sound and sight in front of them were so shocking that the three hundred scholars outside the hall were all stunned for a moment. It seemed that there was a loud bell ringing in their heads, and the lingering sound continued. In addition to being horrified in their hearts, they felt extremely reverent—this It was the first time that they felt so truly and personally what is the atmosphere of a country that embraces the world.

Gu Yunji took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly, the excitement and shock in his heart was beyond words.The scene at this moment coincides with the Forbidden City in the impression of the previous life. Although the civilization process of the two generations is different, the simple and profound historical background is similar.

He suddenly felt that he was not standing in the palace city, but in the torrent of history. The stone bricks under his feet were the pulse of civilization that had been passed down for thousands of years in China.

The echo gradually faded away, Gu Yunji came back to his senses, and whispered to Cheng Yan who was still standing stiffly behind him: "Cheng Yan, I'm calling you, don't you hurry up?"

"Ah?" Cheng Yan just woke up from a dream at this time, and realized what happened, "...No. 1, No.[-], I... am I the champion?"

Gu Yunji smiled softly, coaxing a child: "Yes, you are the champion, go up quickly, everyone is waiting."

Feeling the gazes of people around him falling on him, Cheng Yan hastily collected his mind, stepped out of the queue of scholars, walked to the center of the Huagai Hall and knelt down to Emperor Jingfeng.

Seeing this, the officials of Honglu Temple nodded slightly, and continued to read the next ranking: "No. 2 in the first class——Fang Zigui!"

"First Class No.2, Fang Zigui!"

"First Class No.2, Fang Zigui!"

……

After the same three times of paging, Fang Zigui stepped forward and knelt down on Cheng Yan's right side.

After reading two names in succession, everyone slowly came to their senses and began to whisper:
"Did I hear correctly, the champion is Cheng Yan, not Gu Yunji?"

"Didn't it mean that His Majesty has attached great importance to Gu Yunji, and has already appointed him as the champion of this year? Why is it different from the rumors?"

"I said a long time ago, how can we guess His Majesty's holy will? At the beginning, it was rumored all over the city that Gu Yunji was the third person in this dynasty to win the three yuan consecutively, and he was praised so highly. Now it's okay, not only is it not No. [-] pick, he didn’t even win the second place. If he doesn’t get in the first place, I’d like to see how he ends up!”

Hearing these words of surprise or sarcasm, Gu Yunji's originally calm mood could not help but be disturbed a little.

The so-called Mu Xiu must be destroyed by Lin Feng. He won two yuan in a row before, and he was already attracting attention. Later, because of the rumors derived from his past relationship with Emperor Jingfeng, he was directly pushed to the forefront.

However, he is a relative of an important minister in the court, and the momentum was so great before, maybe Gu Yuanhui's political opponents would contribute to the flames.In that case, if he were Emperor Jingfeng, not only would he not name him the number one scholar in front of the wind, but he would deliberately lower his ranking to beat him.

Of course, it's not impossible if Emperor Jingfeng deposed him directly in a fit of rage...

Just when Gu Yunji was thinking wildly, the voice of the officials of Honglu Temple sounded the third roll call, and then it was repeated by the officials and guards, and it was transmitted to the outside of the hall:

"No.3 in the first place, Gu Yunji!"

"No.3 in the first place, Gu Yunji!"

"No.3 in the first place, Gu Yunji!"

The majestic voice reverberated in the palace city, and instantly dispelled the chaotic thoughts in Gu Yunji's mind. His tense body suddenly relaxed, and after he exhaled slowly, a big stone in his heart finally fell. land.

No.3 in the first place, Tan Hua... Anyway, this is already much better than his estimated ranking, which is a surprise.

Slightly calming down his excited mood, Gu Yunji straightened his posture, walked to the center of the Huagai Hall, and knelt down on Cheng Yan's left side.

After the ranking of the first class is finished, because there are too many people in the second class and the third class, they only do the roll call and do not repeat the biography.

The officials of Honglu Temple read down one by one according to the gold list of the palace examination, and when they read a name, they came up one by one, and knelt neatly behind the first and third people according to the position corresponding to their rank.

"Second Ace No.1, Zhang Ji; Second Ace No.2, Wei Haifeng; Second Ace No.3, Yao Jun..."

"...No. 14 in the second class, Gu Yunxiao; No. 15 in the second class, Xiang Liqun..."

"...The 195th place in the third place is Yu Caiying; the 196th place in the third place is Wu Lin; the 197th place in the third place is Tian Qisong."

Soon, the ranks of all the scholars were all read out, and the three hundred new subjects were divided into three square columns according to their ranks, with Cheng Yan and others' first rank at the top, followed by second ranks and third ranks, like a cone, The entire hall was filled with black knees.

After the roll call was over, the next step was for the officials of the third grade and the upper court to lead the Xinke Scholars to kneel down three times and kowtow nine times to the emperor.After kneeling down, the first and third representatives of all the new subjects presented themselves to the emperor.

"Xinke Jinshi Cheng Yan—" "Xinke Jinshi Fang Zigui—" "Xinke Jinshi Gu Yunji—"

"See Your Majesty."

The three of them took a step forward together, raised their robes again and knelt down to Emperor Jingfeng.

"Exemption." Emperor Jingfeng raised his hand with a smile, "You all are the future pillars of my Great Xia. From now on, we must be cautious and diligent, and never disappoint my expectations."

"Abide by His Majesty's decree."

At this point, the Ceremony of Chuanlu was basically completed, and the last link was the exit of all the officials. The three hundred Xinke Jinshi, headed by one and three, went out of the palace and returned to the ranks, surrounded by drums and music.

(End of this chapter)