Rise From the Humble

For the birthday party of the old lady, the Marquis of Linhuai invited the most popular opera troupe in the capital, set up a stage in the garden, and performed several popular operas that were popular recently.

Everyone here watched with gusto, and cheers rang out from time to time. Only Zhu Ping'an looked at the performance on the stage and found it boring. How could someone who has experienced Hollywood blockbusters and domestic films and TV shows have any interest in these operas that he does not understand? How it feels.

A song "Huan Sha Ji" pushed today's birthday banquet to a climax.

The third master of the Hou family had prepared three baskets of money early. After listening to the opera, the old lady happily said "reward", and the second master of the Hou family ordered the servants to scatter the money in the baskets on the stage.

Crackling, like money raining on the stage.

When the old lady saw it, she was overjoyed, she smiled, and she was very happy.

"No wonder the lanterns burst and bloomed yesterday, and knotted again and again. It turned out to be today, but I have to thank the old birthday girl." The beautiful singer in the theater troupe bowed and thanked the old lady of the Hou Mansion.

Zhu Pingan was the youngest at the table. Since no one came to serve him, Zhu Pingan took over the task of pouring tea and wine. He poured tea and wine for the people at the table. For a while, the atmosphere at the table became harmonious. Very.

This table was filled with poor relatives of the Hou family. Zhu Pingan was sitting at this table, and he had the potential to be a foodie. Seeing that Zhu Pingan had such a good appetite, as if he had never eaten anything delicious, these people thought that Zhu Pingan was also following him. They are all poor relatives of the Hou Mansion, and they didn't avoid Zhu Ping'an, sitting at the same table and whispering about the secret things about the Hou Mansion. Because in these years, the Hou Mansion has only been focused on climbing the ladder, and has looked down upon poor relatives like them. When they talked about the difficult secrets of the Hou Mansion, they also had some personal emotions in it.

Then, Zhu Ping'an felt that what they were talking about was much more interesting than the operas sung on the stage. The Marquis of Linhuai was not clear with the maids at home. The master of the second house liked to hook up with the little master in the nunnery, and sometimes he would The handsome young man in the house was dragged into the room to make a fuss. The first master and the second master were collaborating to plan the business that the third master was trying to create outside. It was said with a nose, eyes, and a rich voice.

As the birthday banquet in the Hou Mansion was getting into full swing, a burst of noise was heard outside, and then like dominoes, the noise slowly spread from outside the Hou Mansion to the inside of the Hou Mansion, and then to the birthday banquet site.

"Enke has started to release results for the National Examination"

The news of Enke's results being released spread throughout the entire birthday banquet. There were always people related to him or her at home or from relatives and neighbors who had close connections and participated in the examination. So after hearing about the release of the results, Everyone was very excited about the news.

"This time, it seems that the list will be released a few days earlier than usual."

"This Xu Laosan, the news is really well-informed, and he really announced the list today." A second-generation ancestor at Fatty Zhou's table said with emotion.

The announcement of the results in the Enke Examination is similar to the announcement in the Provincial Examination. In both cases, a quick horse announces the success first, that is, a special person goes to the inn or home to announce the good news. After all the reports are completed, the list is posted in front of Shuntian Gongyuan in the southeast of the capital.

In the rural examination, people are promoted. Those who pass the examination are called "Gong Shi", and the first one is called "Hui Yuan". The "Gong" of Gong Shi means to pay tribute. In one leap, they can become the emperor's disciples and rise to the top. You must know that after being a tribute scholar, you can take part in the palace examination. The palace examination is personally planned by the emperor and is regarded as a "talent promotion ceremony." It's just that the rankings will change slightly.

Once you pass the examination, it means that you are about to rise to the top. If you are more powerful, you will get the top prize, second place in the exam, third prize, etc., and you will be admitted to the cabinet and become the prime minister in the future.

This time there are 400 candidates to be admitted in the general examination, and there are enough admissions. There is not a lot of difference, and there are quite a lot of people.

After the news of Enke's examination results came, everyone at the birthday banquet looked out eagerly, and each sent their servants out to find out the news. The same was true for the old lady of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion and others. Fatty Zhou from the Marquis Mansion also participated in the examination. of.

"Da da da!"

Suddenly, there was a brisk sound of horse hooves in the distant street. Each sound was like stepping in everyone's heart, so clear and affecting people's hearts.

boom!

Everyone at the birthday banquet in the Hou Mansion suddenly became excited. The sound of horse hooves was so clear and crisp, that is, the person bringing the good news came to Gonghou Street.

People couldn't wait to send several more boys out to inquire about the news. The boys who inquired about the news ran out all the way. Not long after, they ran back out of breath and reported that it was a young man from Chengguo's family who was passing by on horseback. He was not Someone who knows how to announce the good news to Enko. When everyone heard this, they were a little disappointed. Really, why did the boy from Duke Chengguo's family ride a horse at this time? He really didn't know how to choose the right time.

But soon, everyone became excited again, because there was another rapid sound of horse hooves coming from outside.

"Congratulations to Mr. Li Yiyi of Bao'an County, Guangzhou Prefecture on the successful report of the exam for Enke High School, who ranked 396th in the exam..."

The officer's loud voice announcing the good news came from outside and spread far away.

The announcement of the final examination was in order from back to front, and now we are in the 396th place.

When Fatty Zhou heard this, he became excited all of a sudden. He stretched out his fat face and looked out excitedly, as if he was the one to announce the good news next.

"Hehehe, Fatty Zhou, why are you so excited? Just eat carrots and worry less, so don't even think about it."

"That's right, at your level, there is no need to worry about the things in your heart. There are no doors or windows. When God closes a door for you, it will also use the door to pinch your brain. You will die in the imperial examination. With Bang's heart in mind, I can follow my brothers to the capital camp to find a job with peace of mind, so that my brothers can take care of each other in the capital camp."

"That's right, if you can win, I'll show everyone how to eat from the plate."

The second-generation ancestors ridiculed the fat man to the best of their ability and laughed at the fat man. One second-generation ancestor even showed his teeth and picked up a plate and bet that the fat man could hit him and then performed eating from the plate.

It had been a while since the last time the sound of horse hooves announcing good news passed by the street in front of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion. Because the four hundred people admitted to the examination were scattered throughout the capital, they did not necessarily have to pass by this street. However, everyone in the Hou Mansion knew very well where the good news was going outside, because the servants who were sent out to investigate continued to spread the news back to the birthday banquet site.

So far, the good news of the examination has reached the 188th place.

"Hehehe, it's already over a hundred. Fatty Zhou, just give up. If there are more than three hundred, if the examiner is blind, you still have a chance. With these more than a hundred, don't even think about it."

The second generation ancestors took no time to laugh at the fat man.

"Hmph, it's still early, why are you in a hurry?" Fatty Zhou snorted, still having high hopes that he would be selected, and looking outside with bright eyes.

"Pull him down, you won't die before you reach the Yellow River. If you can win, I will eat you on the spot."

"Me too"

The second-generation ancestors happily hit Fatty and teased each other, not believing that Fatty Zhou could succeed.

While chatting with her sisters, Li Shu heard the voice announcing the good news and frowned slightly. Then she called Little Maid Baozi and whispered in her ear, asking Little Maid Baozi to find Wang Xiaoer and send more people to stop him in advance. Those who bring good news to Zhu Pingan should give more red envelopes and ask them not to mention their last name when they go to the marquis's house to tell the good news, just say that the young master's high school is in the house. Just say it, keep it secret, and double the reward.

Seeing Baozi's little maid running out, Li Shu raised the corners of her lips slightly.

Haha, having fun alone is not as good as having fun together.

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