The princess is soft!The sick villain is crazy

"Thank you Hou Ye!"

The corners of Pan Lingze's mouth raised uncontrollably.

Only Pan Lingze knew what level he was.In the fiefdom, the Pan family is not only the in-laws of the Marquis of Qin Yang, but also has the protection of the Marquis of Changping. Pan Lingze has no real talents, but he has a bit of lip service. He has followed the Marquis of Changping since he was a child. Deceived by rhetoric.

He is the eldest son of the big family, and the Pan family has never been an official in several generations. The hopes of the whole family are on him, waiting for him to be an official.Therefore, no matter what method he uses when he enters Beijing this time, he must get a good reputation.

Since Changping Hou Shizi was imprisoned in the palace, there has been no news for a month.Pan Lingze wrote several letters in the past, but they all fell into the sea.Fortunately, he quickly found a breakthrough, flattered Qin Yanghou and Pan, and expressed his desire to marry Shu Ningyou. Now Qin Yanghou has regarded him as a half-son-in-law, and readily extended a helping hand to him.

But only Pan Lingze knew that he was going to be an official. Shu Ningyou was a concubine, how could she be his wife?Ingratiating Shu Ningyou is just an expedient measure to survive in the Marquis of Qinyang's Mansion. When his official career is stabilized, he can find a reason to put Shu Ning in rest, or make her "seriously ill", and find another noble daughter himself. It's not too late either.

Although he got the exam questions right now, Pan Lingze didn't have any ink in his stomach. How could he write an article that fit the topic?Fortunately, before he came to the capital last year, he had already decided on the candidate.

……

On the first day of February, the provincial examination starts.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Emperor Yong Taizu revived the imperial examination and stipulated that the capital held a provincial examination every three years.Because it is in spring, it is also called Chunwei.

There are two parts to the provincial examination. One is the Jinshi, which examines the mastery of the classics and the ability to write poetry. The subjects other than the Jinshi are collectively called "various subjects" and will not be subdivided.The provincial examination is in charge of the central Ministry of Rites, and the examination is also conducted in the official office of the Ministry of Rites.The Minister of the Ministry of Rites served as the chief examiner, and three other academicians from the Imperial Academy were appointed as "Tongzhiju", who were jointly responsible for invigilating the examination and marking the examination papers.In addition, there are inspectors, Imperial City Division, Dianqian Division's Forbidden Army who are also responsible for guiding candidates to take the exam and maintaining order in the examination room.

Outside the examination room, a gorgeous carriage stopped in front of the palace wall.If there were palace people present, they would be able to tell at a glance that such a grand occasion must be Princess Huaxi.Look at the ivory pendant and the gold foil, who else but Princess Huaxi can hang these good things on the carriage as if they were decorations?

But this is an imperial examination, not a palace banquet. It's all right. What is Princess Huaxi doing at the Ministry of Rites?
Yes.After this year, Princess Huaxi is already sixteen. An ordinary daughter at her age should have married long ago.The princess came to the Ministry of Rites to take the exam, wouldn't it be to see her future husband-in-law for herself?

Back then, her mother, Princess Yongning, fell in love with Tanhualang Shu Jing after the announcement of the rankings. Since then, Shu Jing's identity has been turned upside down, from a son from a poor family to a Marquis personally appointed by the Holy One, and his family has also been tainted. light up.

It was spread from ten to ten, and I don't know who released the news. By the time it spread to the candidates, it had become "Master Huaxi intends to choose a son-in-law from this year's candidates, and she is looking at each other outside the examination room".The examinees looked at each other, and they all saw the light in each other's eyes.

Although Taizu Yong was born in a reckless family and became emperor in a yellow robe, the concept of family status is still deeply ingrained.Juzi from a poor family wants to change his status, he must either rely on the imperial examination to become an official, or he can only rely on marriage.

Fortunately, it is no longer as it was in the past when family status was everything, and a child from a poor family can still become a royal princess, which undoubtedly gave candidates enough hope.

Quite a few candidates who claimed to be upright had already tidied up their clothes and puffed out their chests. Some of the rich and powerful children who were forced by their families to come to the exam were even more excited, and their minds were not on the provincial exam at all.

In the examination room, Pan Lingze came over and looked at the young man in the indigo robe in front of him, "Brother Zhou, I have been in Beijing for so long, and I have never seen the real face of Princess Huaxi. Is it so beautiful?"

Zhou Rong looked down at the desk case, "So what if it is, so what if it is not, it has nothing to do with me."

Pan Lingze bumped into a wall, touched his nose, and walked away dejectedly.He cursed secretly in his heart, this poor scholar pretends to be so noble on the surface, when Princess Huaxi really comes, who knows if he will have an idea?
At that time, Pan Jun was running Mo Yuxuan, and he wrote to tell him that there was a scholar who could imitate his handwriting and was quite literary, but unfortunately his family was poor and poor, so he had to live in a dilapidated firewood house.Pan Lingze made up his mind at that time, wanting Zhou Rong to write an article for him.

Who knew that Pan Jun was arrested and thrown into prison, and Zhou Rong had some kind of luck this week, to be favored by the nobleman and become his servant.Right now, I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and my heart is so high that I don't want to talk properly.

Heh, Zhou Rong didn't really think that he could get a good rank in the imperial examination by being around some noble person, right?Today's imperial examinations are firmly controlled by the aristocratic family. There are so many children with big surnames in the examination room today, and they all want to be awarded officials. How can there be a place for Zhou Rong?Just wait for him to fail!
Following the sound of "quiet" from several examiners, the candidates quickly returned to their seats and sat down.Zhou Rong touched the purse at his waist, which was sent to him by A Yuan with the letter before, and there was a piece of paper inside, with his best wishes written on it.

Zhou Rong couldn't help showing a smile.

……

"Are you coming down or not?"

Outside the palace wall, Shu Yao raised the curtain and looked at Princess Jiayi speechlessly.

It was she who proposed to come to the examination room, for which Shu Yao lent her her carriage, it was already at the door, why was she so coy and refused to get off?

Princess Jiayi scratched her hair, kicked the car body again, looked at Shu Yao irritably, and said, "Oh, I told you that you don't understand... I didn't say I wanted to see him, he still has an exam , what should I do if I affected his exam?"

"If he's so easily influenced, his level will be like this," Shu Yao snorted softly, "Will you go? If not, the county chief will return home."

Seeing her in such a hurry, Princess Jiayi immediately became dissatisfied: "What's so good about your princess mansion? You think about it every day, and you still won't let me go, Shu Yao, do you still have my sister in your heart?"

Shu Yao touched her lips, a blush quickly flashed across her face.

I didn't tell her.

The two were in a stalemate when they saw a group of imperial guards approaching and caught a glimpse of a young man in a black uniform at the head. Shu Yao's eyes faltered, and Princess Jiayi seemed to have found a reason, "Look, is that your bodyguard?" ?”

Probably, as a woman, she is always more sensitive to changes in things.Intuition told Princess Jiayi that there must be something tricky about Shu Yao not going out of the house for a long time.