Chapter 2497 List
When the results of the academy entrance exam were announced, Manbao and his friends skipped work to go and watch the fun.
County Magistrate Tang, who was supposedly maintaining order but was actually absent from work, saw them outside the Imperial Examination Hall and his eyes were fixed on them.
When Manbao saw him, she immediately raised her hands guiltily and covered her face with her sleeves. After covering her face, she remembered that County Magistrate Tang was not the Censor, so what was she afraid of him doing?
Then he put his hands down and looked up at him with bright eyes, "Brother Tang, are you here to see the list too?"
"No," County Magistrate Tang shifted his gaze from her to Bai Shan and said, "I'm here to maintain law and order. Don't you need to be on duty?"
The two nodded together. Bai Shan was lucky today. It was not his turn to enter the palace. The Hanlin Academy was compiling an agricultural book, and his seniors did not allow him to interfere, so he just sneaked out. Moreover, there were quite a few colleagues from the Hanlin Academy who sneaked out today. Everyone smiled at each other and pretended not to see them clearly.
Zhou Man was much more frank. She told Xiao Yuanzheng directly, "The Xingbang results will be announced tomorrow. My junior brother will take the exam, my nephew-in-law will take the exam, and I also have a senior brother..."
Dean Xiao waved his hand without waiting for her to finish her words, "Alright, alright, I'll give you half a day off tomorrow, come back in the afternoon."
Anyway, the prince's daughters have all been vaccinated. The Imperial Hospital and the Zhou family purchased a batch of scar-lightening ointment to distribute to the royal relatives who had been vaccinated. The crying stopped, and the Imperial Hospital has been very quiet recently. No one is busy.
So Zhou Man came early in the morning and didn't even enter the palace.
County Magistrate Tang looked at the two of them silently, but finally decided not to see them. On such a happy day, even the censor would usually turn a blind eye. There was no need for him to argue with them. He simply said, "Just don't cause any trouble."
Manbao and Baishan nodded in agreement. They would never get into trouble because they were so well-behaved.
“The results are out—”
Manbao and Baishan were cheered up and immediately stood on tiptoe to look forward. They reached out and grabbed Bai Erlang who was rushing inside. "Don't go. There are too many people. We can just listen to the voices."
The gate of the Imperial Examination Hall opened, and officials from the Ministry of Rites came out with the imperial edict. Everyone fell silent and looked at them with sharp eyes.
The official from the Ministry of Rites was already accustomed to this. He unfolded the imperial edict and said, "This time, the imperial examination will select twenty-eight candidates. Now I will read out the list of successful candidates..."
"No. 28, Liao Jiahuan from Suzhou..."
Everyone swallowed nervously, and when Bai Erlang's name was not on the list after 25, Bai Erlang felt a little discouraged.
Manbao and the others also felt a little sorry for him and thought for a while about how to comfort him so that he wouldn't be so sad.
"Twenty-third place, Mianzhou Bai Cheng..."
Manbao blinked. Bai Shan was stunned for a moment before slapping the dazed Bai Erlang on the shoulder, "You got it!"
Bai Erlang opened his mouth and looked at Bai Dalang beside him with tears in his eyes, "Brother, brother, I got it, I got it!"
"Yes, you've won!" Bai Dalang was also dizzy with joy, and excitedly patted his shoulders several times. Feng Zongping on the side was about to express his envy, but the Ministry of Rites officials above were still breathing heavily. Before they could pat Bai Erlang twice, the list was read out: "Twentieth place, Feng Zongping from Chang'an..."
Bai Shan and the others immediately looked over, congratulated him, patted his shoulders, and urged him to treat them.
Feng Zongping was also stunned by the surprise and nodded repeatedly, "Please, please, please. Do you want to go to Zhuangyuan Building or Chunfeng Building? It's up to you."
Bai Dalang said, "Why choose? Let's go to both buildings!"
Manbao also wanted to go to Chunfeng Tower. She had always heard people say that the singing and dancing there were wonderful, no worse than those in the palace. Zhao Liulang had even brought his wife to watch it before, so she squeezed over and patted his shoulder, "Not bad, not bad, let's both go."
Feng Zongping's IQ wasn't online at this time. He smiled foolishly at Zhou Man and nodded repeatedly, "Go, go, I'll pay for everything when the time comes. You can order any girl you like."
Man Bao's eyes lit up, and he said reservedly, "I heard that Chunfeng Tower has twelve courtesans, who directly correspond to the twelve courtesans of the Jiaofangsi. Among them, courtesan Chunmei's zither skills are extraordinary. Can I choose one too?"
Bai Shan quickly pulled her away, reached out and patted Feng Zongping hard, and whispered in his ear: "Wake up, do you have money?"
This was a very serious problem. Feng Zongping, who had been distracted, suddenly came to his senses and quickly waved his hand and said to them, "Let's go to the Champion Building first. Let's go to the Champion Building first."
He saw Pei Shouyue standing beside him and immediately said with a smile, "Brother Pei, come with us too."
When Pei Shouyue heard that his name had not been called up to 13th place, he knew that he would not pass the exam, so he nodded and thought about going out for a meal and a drink.
The righteous thought above reads: "Twelfth place, Baizhi from Mianzhou..."
As soon as this name came out, the scene became a little noisy. "Why is it Mianzhou again? There are actually two Jinshi candidates from Mianzhou this year?"
"That's right. There are only two in Lu. How can Mianzhou have two Jinshi? And both of them have the surname Bai. What a name..."
It would have been fine if no one mentioned it, but as soon as someone mentioned it, someone immediately responded, "One is Zhi, the other is Cheng, are they from the same family?"
"We are from the same family. You are candidates from other places, right? It's normal that you don't know. Bai Zhi and Bai Cheng are brothers."
Those who didn't know were surprised, "Wow, so powerful?"
"Are these two brothers very talented? The name sounds familiar, I think I've heard of it before."
"Does Zhou Man know him? Does Bai Shan know him? Bai Cheng is their junior fellow apprentice, the kind who kowtows and offers tea to them together."
Everyone suddenly realized, "But that's also the reputation of Zhou Man and Bai Shan. What has he achieved?"
"Does it count as him marrying Princess Mingda? But I heard from my uncle that Bai Cheng participated in several of the memorials submitted by Zhou Man and Bai Shan to discuss matters. He contributed to all of those memorials, but he kept a low profile, so only the officials in the court knew about him, and few outsiders knew about him."
"What about Bai Zhi?"
"I know Bai Zhi. He's a student at our Imperial College. He took the imperial examination the year before last and the year before last. Last year, only twelve people passed. The professor at our Imperial College asked around and found out that he was fourteenth, just two places away from passing. So it was not surprising that he passed this time."
"Yes, Bai Zhi's writing is very good. Last time, he competed with others in the literary gathering at Zhuangyuan Building..."
Bai Dalang has always known that the imperial examination is based on impression points, which is a comparison of fame, so in the past two or three years he has been working hard to build his reputation outside.
He would attend any literary gathering he could, including poetry gatherings, so he had a good literary reputation in the capital.
Just look at Pei Shouyue and you will know. In fact, they have exchanged their essays in the past few days. In Bai Dalang's opinion, Pei Shouyue's essay is not inferior to his, but he just didn't pass the exam.
He felt that either he had performed poorly or it was because of his fame.
Bai Shan had also read Pei Shouyue's articles and knew that he was a man of great talent. Therefore, he felt very disappointed when his name was not on the list after it was read out. He reached out and patted Pei Shouyue on the shoulder and said, "Let's go to Zhuangyuanlou to eat at a rich restaurant."
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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