Chapter 1175 Water can nourish trees, and forests can bring prosperity to husbands

In the sixth year of Longqing, the February imperial examination finally arrived.

The eighth day of February.

The hour of Chou has just arrived.

Su Mingzhe, who was still dreaming sweet dreams while hugging his beautiful girlfriend, was awakened by Xiren.

Looking at the busy figures of the girls, Su Mingzhe yawned and said comfortingly:

"Xiren, there's no need to be here so early today. There's a whole day to enter!"

It is different from the previous county examination, prefectural examination, academy examination and provincial examination.

Because basically all the candidates from all over the country would come to Beijing to take the exam, and there were so many of them, it would take a lot of time just to get in.

Therefore, the imperial court stipulated that scholars had to enter the examination room one day in advance.

For example, for the first session of the imperial examination on the ninth day of the second lunar month, one has to enter the examination room on the eighth day, have the examination questions and papers distributed on the morning of the ninth day, and leave on the tenth day.

The second game on February 12 and the third game on February 15 followed the same process.

For the three exams, all candidates will have to stay in the examination room for a total of nine days and six nights.

Just imagining it makes you feel extremely refreshed!
"Second Master, if we go early, we can enter earlier. I've heard that if we go late, we'll have to queue for a whole day!"

Xiren really worries about her master.

Because he would be staying there for three days and two nights, Xiren not only prepared a lot of dry food for Su Mingzhe, but also specially prepared a lot of thousand-year-old ginseng slices, for fear that her second master would become listless and fail the exam.

When the maids gathered all the things together, they found that there were too many of them and the previous examination baskets could no longer hold them.

Fortunately, everyone had already prepared a big test box.

Xiren watched as everyone filled their boxes. Suddenly, she thought of a question and quickly called Su Mingzhe, who was eating:

"Second Master, come over and carry me to see if it's heavy."

Su Mingzhe walked over obediently, carried it on his back and walked two steps, saying indifferently:

"This weight is just so-so!"

"That's good, that's good!"

Xiren and several of her maids worked as servants for Su Mingzhe and had never done any heavy work. It took two of them to lift the box weighing dozens of kilograms.

Seeing the supernatural power of their second master, the maids were no longer worried.

One quarter of the morning.

Li Gui held up a lantern and led Su Mingzhe to the entrance of the Confucian Temple.

Due to the flourishing culture and education, the number of people going to Beijing to take part in the imperial examinations continued to increase during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Three years ago, the number of candidates participating exceeded twelve thousand.

This year the number is even greater, with a few reaching 15,000.

With so many people, they could only line up in ten long queues, waiting at the entrance and slowly undergoing body searches before entering.

There are about 1,500 people in each long queue. If you come late, you will have to wait a whole day before you can get in.

In order to maintain order in the team, the imperial court even sent the Yulin Guard.

As Su Mingzhe followed the team slowly forward, he saw Jia Rong who had already joined the Dragon Guards.

When Jia Rong saw his second uncle, he bowed and saluted from a distance.

Because he arrived early, Su Mingzhe didn't have to wait in line for very long, just over an hour.

After entering the Dragon Gate, Su Mingzhe saw a dozen naked scholars.

The body searches during the imperial examinations were also stricter than before.

Not only were the candidates required to take off all their clothes, but everything in their examination boxes was also carefully checked.

Things like rice balls and ginseng slices can be chopped up with the sous vide, so they were all chopped up.

Foreign objects that cannot be chopped up can be thrown aside.

When it was Su Mingzhe's turn to be searched, the imperial guard actually recognized Su Mingzhe as the emperor's uncle and immediately knelt down to pay his respects.

"Search carefully and don't be partial!"

Su Mingzhe didn't want to be treated specially, so he took off his clothes without waiting for the imperial guard to speak.

It was still freezing cold in the early morning of February.

Su Mingzhe just stood there for a while and felt a chill on his body.

After the imperial guards finished searching, Su Mingzhe discovered that his examination box had actually been packed by the searcher.

"Thank you very much!"

Su Mingzhe bowed and thanked him, then walked towards the place where he received his number plate. At the end of the Mao hour, Su Mingzhe finally received his number plate and came to his own room.

At this time, Su Mingzhe expanded his spiritual awareness and discovered many classmates from the Imperial College.

When everyone saw each other, they smiled at each other. Their energetic look made Su Mingzhe feel how great it was to be young.

Liu Xianglian was sitting not far from Su Mingzhe. When he saw Su Mingzhe, he waved and greeted him.

This is also because the exam has not started yet. As long as everyone does not make any rash movements, the guards will not forbid everyone from leaving the cells.

When the actual exam comes tomorrow, it will definitely not work if I continue to greet people like this.

Even if you want to leave the cell to go to the toilet, you need to raise your hand and ask the examiner to accompany you.

Soon, the busy day was over.

The first quarter of the ninth day.

The Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and the Prime Minister Qin Ge Lao served as the chief examiner and led everyone to worship the sages in the Confucian Temple.

At 1:00 pm, the papers started to be distributed.

Because the time was long, Su Mingzhe did not rush to answer the test questions after receiving them. Instead, he ate some breakfast, did some exercises, and took advantage of his free time to start thinking about the life and deeds of Lord Qin.

After some thought.

Su Mingzhe then began to think about how to answer the question.

The nine-day examination passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Mingzhe thought that his writing was good and was more in line with the style of Lord Qin. As for how high he could rank, that would depend on fate.

Anyway, Su Mingzhe would not cheat in such matters.

After the exam, I went home and rested for ten days.

The results were announced on this day at the end of February.

According to regulations, 300 candidates will be selected in the undergraduate examination.

After breakfast, Su Mingzhe did not leave, but stayed in the backyard, chatting with Lady Jia, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Aunt Xue, and all the sisters.

It’s just past the hour of Chen.

Three poles in the sun.

The sound of the good news came from far away and finally appeared on Rongning Street.

Li Gui was really running like a rocket, almost running until his legs broke. He was the first to run back to Rongguo Mansion and came to the backyard to announce the good news:
"Madam, our Second Master has won again. Second Master has won the first place again!"

"bingo?!"

When the people who were waiting for the news heard the good news, they immediately congratulated Su Mingzhe:
"Congratulations, Brother Bao!"

"Congratulations, second brother! Congratulations, second brother!"

"Our Rongguo Mansion is going to have a Jinshi!"

Facing so many congratulatory voices, Su Mingzhe clasped his fists and bowed, then sat down again and replied to Lin Daiyu with a smile:
"Joy and rejoice together!"

"You are the top student in the high school, not me. Why should we celebrate this?"

After hearing what the man said, Lin Daiyu was a little confused and couldn't help but lower her head and asked back.

Tanchun, who was standing next to him, heard this and said jokingly:
"Sister Lin, you may have forgotten that you and my second brother are almost a family. Since my second brother has topped the exam, I naturally want to congratulate you, Sister Lin."

"Sister Tanchun is talking nonsense again!"

Sister Lin didn't expect to be embarrassed by Tanchun. Just as she was about to refute, Xichun beside her smiled and said:
"Third sister, you are not talking nonsense. The old Taoist priest said that Sister Lin is born under the water sign, and Second brother is born under the wood sign. The two of you have a good match in your horoscopes. If you get married, you will be able to live in harmony and grow old together!"

After hearing this, everyone present nodded in agreement.

Before Lin Daiyu came to Rongguo Mansion, Su Mingzhe was a troublemaker who would throw jades and make loud noises at any time, causing chaos in the whole mansion.

After Lin Daiyu came, Su Mingzhe seemed like a different person. He hung around Lin Daiyu all day long. He no longer threw jade or made a fuss. He even spent less time going out to play.

More importantly, after Lin Daiyu came, Su Mingzhe began to study consciously, and in just one year, he passed the county examination, prefectural examination, academy examination, provincial examination and metropolitan examination.

This kind of miracle was something that no one dared to imagine in the past.

So, during the New Year, Taoist Zhang said that Lin Daiyu was born under the element of water and Su Mingzhe was born under the element of wood, and that the two of them would complement each other, live in harmony, and grow old together.

Everyone agreed with his prediction.

Although Mrs. Wang disliked Sister Lin, she did not dare to deny the influence of Sister Lin on her son when it came to matters concerning her son.

So, after seeing that everyone agreed with Lin Daiyu and Su Mingzhe, Mrs. Wang could only look at her sister and express her "apologies".

It's not that I don't like your daughter, it's just that the "perfect match" your family came up with has no market!

(End of this chapter)