Early in the morning of February 28th, the sky was just beginning to brighten.

The area outside the South Courtyard of the Ministry of Rites was already crowded with people waiting for the results to be announced.

Ye Laosi was leading people to maintain order when he saw the whole family, headed by his old lady, coming.

He quickly pushed through the crowd and said, "Hey, Mom, didn't I tell you that I would watch the results being announced and then send someone to deliver a letter home? Why did you have to squeeze over here?

"With so many people, what if someone gets hurt?"

"It's such a big deal, and you asked me to wait at home, how could I sit still?"

Before Mrs. Ye finished speaking, the crowd suddenly became agitated.

Someone shouted, "The results are out!"

Everyone began to squeeze forward involuntarily.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ye Laosi quickly ordered the Yulin Guards to divide into several teams and penetrate the crowd. In an instant, the crowded people were divided into several small areas, and the chaos and congestion were quickly brought under control.

At this time, someone from the Ministry of Rites finally came out with a few sheets of yellow paper and pasted them on the east wall of the South Courtyard.

The crowd immediately started a second commotion, and this time everyone squeezed even harder, wanting to get closer to see if they or their family members were on the list.

While Ye Laosi ordered his men to hold their ground and not allow any accidents to happen, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the notice.

He was the person closest to the notice at this time, and the others were blocked behind by the barricades that had been set up long ago.

Ye Laosi raised his head and planned to start looking from the first place.

But as soon as he raised his head, he froze. After a while, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief, then leaned in to take a closer look. He almost fell on the list.

After finally confirming the name of the first place winner, Ye Lao Si didn't care that he was on duty, and turned around and ran towards the Ye family, shouting, "It's won, Changrui won!

"Changrui's name is the first one, what was the first one called?

"Look at my brain. Sunny day clearly told me that."

Qingtian was also very excited at this time. Hearing this, he shouted, "Grand Prize? Big Brother won the Grand Prize?"

"Yes, yes, Huiyuan!"

When Ye Lao Si shouted these few times, not only the Ye family members, but even the people around were alarmed and cast looks of envy or jealousy at them.

The whole family, young and old, was extremely excited, but Ye Changrui remained calm and said, "Now that we know we've made the list, let's go home. I still have to prepare for the palace exam in three days!"

Old Mrs. Ye originally wanted to discuss celebrating with the whole family, but after hearing this, she didn't dare to mention it, for fear of delaying her eldest grandson's preparations.

So the family came in a lively manner and left quietly in the end.

Three days later, Qingtian accompanied Ye Changrui into the palace early in the morning to prepare for the palace examination.

But she only dared to send the person to the door of the hall, gave Ye Changrui a thumbs up, and quickly slipped away.

After Ye Changrui finished the palace examination and returned home, the whole family seemed to have made an agreement beforehand. No one asked him how the examination went, and everyone even avoided talking about it.

Mrs. Ye didn't even go to restaurants these days. She cooked different kinds of food at home, saying that she wanted to help Ye Changrui replenish his body that had become thinner due to studying.

The family had eaten delicious food for three consecutive days. It was hard to tell whether Ye Changrui had gained weight, but Qingtian was looking left and right in the mirror.

"Birui, do you think my face has gained weight? Why does it feel rounder than a few days ago?"

A few days later, the palace made preparations for the announcement in the Huagai Hall.

As drums and music sounded, the officials rolled up the yellow list and handed it to an official from the Hanlin Academy, who then took it to the Fengtian Hall to await the emperor's arrival.

Ye Changrui and other tribute students lined up on both sides of the red steps outside the hall.

Qingtian took Birui and hid behind the pillar next to Fengtian Hall, praying that he could be the first to hear the good news from his elder brother.

After receiving the imperial decree, the imperial edict officer stood on the steps and sang loudly, "There is an imperial decree!"

As the champion, Ye Changrui immediately knelt down with a group of tribute scholars to listen to the emperor's order.

Qingtian, who was hiding aside, also pricked up his ears nervously.

My eldest brother ranked first in the provincial examination. As long as he doesn't make any mistakes in the palace examination, the top three shouldn't be moved out, right?

As Qingtian was thinking this, he heard the official announce loudly: "The first place in the imperial examination is awarded the title of Jinshi, the top scorer is Ye Changrui."

"That's great!" Qingtian jumped for joy when he heard that his elder brother had indeed become the top scorer in the high school entrance examination.

Just as she was about to slip away, Wang Wei came over with a helpless look on his face and bowed, saying, "Princess, the Emperor invites you to come over and speak..."

"What did Uncle Huang say?" Qingtian asked a little guiltily.

"The Emperor said that if the princess wants to see it, she can go into the palace and look openly. There's no need to hide here."

While the two were talking, all the previous decrees were read out.

Ye Changrui led a group of tribute students to kowtow and express gratitude.

The expressions on everyone's faces are also very interesting, it can be said that some are happy while others are sad.

Only Ye Changrui remained calm and composed, showing no emotion on his face.

Qingtian followed Wang Wei into the inner hall, stepped forward and saluted, "Uncle Huang, is there something you want me to come in for?"

"I remember this Ye Changrui. He should be the eldest brother of your Ye family, right?" The emperor actually had some impression of this name.

"Yes." Qingtian smiled happily, "Uncle Huang, isn't my eldest brother amazing? He's the top scholar!"

"Excellent! You will serve the court well in the future." The emperor smiled and said to Wang Wei, who was waiting on the side. "Go and select seven men from the Jinwu Guards. Use them as horsemen to pave the way for our number one scholar."

Wang Wei was stunned when he heard this. He quickly bowed to Qingtian, who was still confused, and said, "Congratulations, Princess! Congratulations, Princess! This is a great honor!"

Qingtian instantly understood that this must be the gift that the emperor's uncle gave to his elder brother for his sake.

My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!