The papers were read the next day, and the results were announced the day after that.
The official who announced the results sang loudly: "First place in the first class is Yan Zhuo——"
Yan Zhuo indeed got the top six places in the exam. This was the first thought of many people at this time.
Then came regret and reluctance, especially for the older ones, who felt terrible being pinned down by the young people.
Yan Zhuo was not surprised by the result, but he still couldn't hide his excitement.
He was just a young man of twenty years old. How could he not be proud of such an excellent result achieved at the top of a field?
Although he was excited, he remembered the etiquette and knelt down with the others.
When he returned to the ranks, the official began to sing the first, second, third...
After the names of the 350 successful Jinshi were announced one by one, the ceremonial officer led the newly-appointed Jinshi to bow down to the music.
When the music stopped, the steward came out holding the golden list, and the successful candidates walked in a mighty procession on the palace road.
Countless people had already gathered outside the palace gate, waiting to watch the excitement. They looked at the newly promoted Jinshi with envy.
Someone recognized the leader, Yan Zhuo, and shouted, "I saw it! The top scorer of this year's exam is..."
The sound spread from inside to outside. It was not as solemn and oppressive as the voices of the officials who read the list in the palace, but was full of freshness and vitality.
Yan Cheng was also outside the palace, but he was not outside the imperial palace. Instead, he was on the road that the top scholar had to take during his parade.
He had booked a private room in the restaurant in advance and was waiting here early today to watch Yan Zhuo in all his glory.
At this time, there was not only him in the room, but also the Fourth Princess, the Fifth Princess, Princess Ning'an, the Seventh Prince and Xie Guangling.
It's really overcrowded.
In fact, he only invited the seventh prince, and the other four people came uninvited.
When the Fourth Princess heard that he was going out of the palace to watch Yan Zhuo's horse parade, she took the Fifth Princess and Princess Ning'an to find him and said that they also wanted to go out of the palace to play.
Knowing that they had obtained Emperor Jingxi's permission to leave the palace, Yan Cheng and the others had no choice but to take them with them.
When they arrived outside the palace, they met Xie Guangling who couldn't find a good angle to watch the fun. When they heard that he had booked a private room in the restaurant, they excitedly joined them.
Before the parade of the top scholar came, the six of them ate something casually and chatted for a while.
The three girls were whispering about girlish topics.
Yan Cheng and the other two gathered together to talk, mainly Yan Cheng and Xie Guangling talking about the past, and the Seventh Prince listened with his ears perked up.
Xie Guangling had long known that he was not qualified enough and that it was unlikely that he would pass the imperial examination this year.
He was not very sad after failing the provincial examination, but he was particularly sad when the results of the palace examination were announced today.
"At first, the three of us agreed to pass the imperial examination together, but in the end, I was the only one left on this path."
"Brother Cheng is a prince and will not take the exam again. Brother Jing is serving in the army in the southwest and I don't know how long it will take for him to return."
It was the first time that the Seventh Prince knew that Yan Cheng had another good brother. He held up the teacup to hide his eyes as he secretly observed Yan Cheng.
When it came to the agreement between the three of them, Yan Cheng lost interest.
"Things are unpredictable. When we made the promise, we never imagined that we would end up like this."
At that time, they only regarded the imperial examination as the most correct path.
Who would have thought that after a few years, he became a prince, Kang Jing joined the army, and only Xie Guangling was still busy taking the exam.
"Thanks to Yan Miao for bringing us Brother Jing's letter this time, otherwise we don't know how long it would take before we could receive a letter from him."
Xie Guangling rejoiced.
It is inconvenient to send letters in this era. Letters may be lost while being sent. It is a blessing to receive a letter from a friend far away.
"I want to thank cousin Miao."
Yan Cheng nodded in agreement and revealed, "Cousin Miao told me that if he hadn't reminded me, Brother Jing wouldn't have thought of writing to us."
In fact, I didn’t expect that I could write a letter to them and ask Yan Miao to help bring it to the capital.
But I don’t know about Yan Cheng.
Kang Jing was too embarrassed to tell Yan Miao that he was stupid enough not to think of this.
Xie Guangling was furious: "What? How could Brother Jing do this? When he comes to the capital, I will definitely teach him a lesson."
Yan Cheng covered his mouth and laughed: "Brother Jing has already trained in the southwest, it will be a bit difficult for you to teach him a lesson!"
Speaking of this, he remembered what happened last time. This time he whispered in Xie Guangling's ear, deliberately avoiding the Seventh Prince.
after all……
This is a question of men's dignity.
He asked in a low voice: "Have you recovered from your kidney deficiency?"
Xie Guangling's face suddenly turned red. Thinking of the tonic he was still drinking, he forced a "hmm" out of his mouth.
Yan Cheng noticed his discomfort and muttered, "Brother Guangling, don't be embarrassed. Your health is more important!"
"And this isn't your fault. Look, your grandfather only had one son, your father, and your father only had you and your sister. It must be your family's genes... well, bad blood."
Xie Guangling thought of the wet bedding in the early morning, and felt guilty, his eyes evasive.
This is actually his problem. He has too many distracting thoughts.
Brother Cheng, can you please stop talking about this issue?
Perhaps Xie Guangling's urgent desire to end this topic was heard by a passing god, and screams suddenly rang out on the street.
The three girls hurried to the window, "Yan Zhuo is here!"
After the discussion about whether one's kidneys are weak or not and whether one's genes are good or not ended, Yan Cheng and the other two also leaned against the window and looked down.
Yan Zhuo was seen riding a tall horse, walking down the street with great dignity. In a short while, he was covered with many handkerchiefs and purses...
When Princess Ning'an saw this, she encouraged the Fourth Princess to throw something down as well. The Fourth Princess felt around and found an exquisite purse.
She hesitated just as she was about to throw it away. This purse was not embroidered by her, but by the palace maid beside her. Is it appropriate to throw it to Yan Zhuo?
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