After the parade, they would attend the Qionglin Banquet, a special banquet held by the imperial court for this year's successful candidates in the imperial examinations.
The top three scholars (状元, 榜眼, and 探花) all entered the Hanlin Academy. The emperor was very pleased with these three, so even if the Duke of Rong wanted to use his connections to suppress Gu Shouxin and Qian Liangduo, who had offended Li Shan a few days ago, it would be useless; they would only enter the Hanlin Academy.
Of those ranked in the second and third tiers, some will remain in the capital, while others will be sent to local areas.
These are matters for the Ministry of Personnel; the emperor generally doesn't concern himself with them.
As for his third uncle, with the help of the Huo family, he was able to stay in the capital despite ranking very low.
My third aunt's husband never imagined that one day he would become a government official in the capital, and even enter the Hanlin Academy, which is the lifelong dream of many scholars!
He was so happy that he got drunk at the Qionglin Banquet.
The two hitched a ride home in Huo Junhao's car.
In the car, Huo Junhao looked at his drunken third uncle and thought of his fourth uncle's wedding last year. He couldn't help but think of Xue Qianyu: "Sigh, I wonder where Second Brother Xue went! I didn't run into him even when I came to the capital. My eldest uncle said that the emperor probably sent him to do something important."
Gu Shouxin smiled. That kid went to Qingzhou in the first half of the year, but he didn't even get to see him. He guessed that even Lu Zheng didn't know where he went.
What important task could this foolish emperor possibly have to accomplish?
Huo Junhao frowned, as if he had just remembered something. "I'm so angry! I was originally aiming to be the second son, but now I'm the third! Second Uncle, did you see Qian Liangduo? He looks so silly. Why do you think he deserves to be the second son?"
Gu Shouxin laughed and said, "There are many talented men in Jiangnan!"
Huo Junhao: "I was so busy dealing with the top scholars from those prefectures in Jiangnan. They have so much money and grain, I never expected them to be so insidious and hiding their true abilities! I'm so angry! Next time I go to the yamen, I'm going to have a three-hundred-round battle with them!"
Gu Shouxin: "Whatever makes you happy!"
As they approached the Gu family's gate, Huo Junhao asked again, "By the way, Second Uncle, are Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu already on their way? I haven't seen Enzi in a long time. Hehe, I'm going to tease him. Even if he takes the exam next year, he still won't be able to become a third-place scholar at my age."
Gu Shouxin was somewhat speechless: "Yes, it's on its way. It should arrive around early October."
Huo Junhao muttered to himself for a while longer, and then the carriage arrived home.
Gu Shouxin helped his third uncle up, but didn't go inside immediately. After watching the Huo family's carriage leave, he thought for a moment, then put his third uncle against the wall and leaned against the wall himself.
"Dad, Third Uncle! Why didn't you knock on the door! If Mom hadn't told me to come out and check, how much longer would you have been standing in the cold wind!" Gu Xin ran out and smelled the smell of alcohol, so she told the gatekeeper to inform Cai Xiaolian.
Gu Xin couldn't handle two adults by herself, so she could only nag them and wait for them to come and help her.
Third Aunt's husband was helped back to his room, but Gu Shouxin refused to be helped and kept muttering about Xiaolian.
Cai Xiaolian rushed over. Gu Shouxin immediately hugged her: "Xiaolian, I'm drunk!"
Cai Xiaolian: "...So what if you're drunk? How much wine is this to get you drunk?"
Gu Shouxin grinned foolishly and leaned on Cai Xiaolian as he struggled to walk inside.
Gu Xin offered to help support him.
Gu Shouxin shoved her: "You brat, go to sleep! If you don't go to sleep, I'll add eight sandbags to your lives tomorrow!"
Gu Xin: "?"
Gu Hui silently pulled Gu Xin back to her own courtyard.
Gu Xin was still feeling down when suddenly the man in white appeared and gave her a letter written by Lu Zheng.
She happily read the letter, no longer thinking about her father's drunken tantrums.
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