Chapter 212 The request for marriage in the palace failed!
The carriage stopped at the palace gate for inspection.
Gu Ting could have skipped the checkup on normal days, but today he obediently lined up to get checked.
At first everyone was curious about what their colleagues didn't understand when Gu Jinghuai, Qin Qingyuan and Qin Qingyun got off the carriage.
Minister Gu is just trying to show off, but what can he do? His nephew is just so capable.
What's more, it's one against two, so the Qin and Gu families will be on the same front in the future.
Whenever officials who had a good relationship with Gu Ting came to say hello, Gu Ting would respond enthusiastically. His temper was so good that his colleagues were not used to it.
They didn't arrive early, and some scholars had already arrived in the square in front of the palace.
Everyone was wearing the same robe and black hat, and their expressions were either nervous or expectant.
After ten years of hard study, I finally stand in front of this supreme palace, waiting for the emperor's final test.
At this moment, several people were inexplicably excited.
As the bells and drums sounded, the emperor, dressed in a dragon robe, walked steadily onto the throne room.
All the officials shouted in unison: "Long live our emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!" The sound echoed in the hall, deafening.
Then the palace examination officially began, and everyone entered the hall one by one to be personally questioned by the emperor.
When they first saw the emperor, no one dared to look up, and the emperor looked at them curiously.
Since the results were announced yesterday, the prince has praised Gu Jinghuai and the other two in front of him no less than ten times.
The first three were the top three this year. The emperor recognized Gu Jinghuai at a glance. He really looked like Old Master Gu.
The emperor took a subtle look at the two people standing beside him, and he felt that Qin Qingyuan was the more handsome one.
Don’t ask him how he knew it, he does have some similarities with Qin Zhizhi in his eyebrows.
The emperor looked at Gu Jinghuai with great pity. How could this man be his niece's cousin? Otherwise, he could have arranged a marriage for his niece.
All the officials looked at each other, feeling that the emperor had some regrets about Gu Jinghuai, but the palace examination had not yet begun.
Gu Ting knew from the emperor's expression that he was thinking about something impractical.
Gu Jinghuai was still calm. He hadn't done anything, so the emperor couldn't possibly be dissatisfied with him.
The emperor felt that he had lost his dignity just now. He coughed lightly to cover up his guilt and then got to the point.
The emperor is very optimistic about this year's new scholars and wants to test them today.
The emperor's questions were very broad, involving state governance, classics, history, and the suffering of the people.
The scholars spoke eloquently and answered carefully, and the atmosphere in the hall was very good.
The emperor listened very carefully and occasionally exchanged a few words with his ministers. The answers of the Jinshi were very brilliant.
After a heated discussion, the emperor came to his senses and decided that Gu Jinghuai was better.
Moreover, he was calm and composed when answering these questions, and was the best performer in this palace examination.
The emperor said in a loud voice, "I personally choose the top scorer of this year's exam as Gu Jinghuai!"
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, congratulations rang out in the hall. Everyone bowed to Gu Jinghuai and congratulated Gu Ting.
The Minister of Rites personally put a red silk cap on Gu Jinghuai and put on the top scholar's hat.
Gu Jinghuai knelt down to express his gratitude. "Your Majesty, I, Gu Jinghuai, thank you for your grace! I will do my best to live up to your expectations!"
"Rise up, top scholar! I admire your talent very much. Please don't let me down."
The emperor has high hopes for Gu Jinghuai. The Gu family is his own people. If he is trained well, he will become the prince's right-hand man in the future.
Next came the second and third place winners. To everyone’s surprise, Qin Qingyuan was the third place winner.
The ministers looked at the appearance of the second and third place winners and felt that the emperor's selection was reasonable.
Qin Qingyuan is indeed better in appearance.
After the second and third place winners expressed their gratitude, the emperor, perhaps feeling somewhat indebted to Qin Qingyuan, asked one more question.
"Tanhua Lang, I can grant you a small wish."
Qin Qingyuan was very surprised to hear this. He didn't expect that not only would he be chosen as the third place in the imperial examination by the emperor, but the emperor would also grant him a small wish.
Qin Qingyuan stepped forward, knelt down and kowtowed, his voice firm and earnest, "Your Majesty, I have a small wish, I hope Your Majesty will fulfill it!"
The emperor immediately became interested. This third place winner was so real, it really existed.
The emperor smiled and said, "Why not tell me about it?"
Upon hearing this, all the officials pricked up their ears to listen, as they also wanted to know the wish of the newly crowned Tanhua Lang.
Gu Jinghuai had a rough guess in his mind, and Qin Qingyun was worried about his elder brother.
Gu Ting was just there to watch the fun. He had already thought it through. If the emperor dared to cheat, he would definitely speak up for Qin Qingyuan.
After all, the emperor’s words are golden, how can he go back on his word?
The Emperor, in a gossipy mood, motioned for him to continue.
Qin Qingyuan raised his head, his eyes firm, "I have long admired the princess, and I dare to ask the emperor to grant us a marriage and fulfill my infatuated heart!"
As soon as Qin Qingyuan said this, there was an uproar in the hall.
Qin Qingyun and Ning Xuan thought they might be hallucinating.
The emperor's face was full of disbelief. Gu Ting's brain was racing, wondering which other princess was of the right age.
The Emperor had obviously not expected this, and he asked with some hesitation, "Is it Princess Yunfei you wish to marry?"
"Your Majesty, the person I wish to marry is Princess Yunfei."
Qin Qingyuan answered very firmly, as there happened to be such an opportunity today.
The emperor's eyes moved between Qin Qingyuan and Gu Ting, and then he smiled slightly.
"Tanhualang, why don't we ask Minister Gu for his opinion on this matter?"
The emperor didn't dare to grant Gu Yunfei a marriage without consulting the eldest princess, so he pushed it directly to Gu Ting.
For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to Gu Ting.
Gu Ting forced himself to calm down. If someone else had proposed to his daughter in the hall today, he would have refused without hesitation.
But when this person turned out to be Qin Qingyuan, Gu Ting felt that he needed to go back and discuss it.
"Your Majesty, I need to go back and discuss this matter with the Princess and Yunfei. I dare not make the decision on my own."
Gu Ting didn't care at all about the looks from his colleagues and so many newly-minted scholars.
He openly admitted in the hall that he was henpecked.
When the emperor heard Gu Ting mention the eldest princess, he quickly took over the conversation.
"In that case, then let's wait for Lord Gu to go back and discuss it. If Princess Yunfei agrees, then I will grant you the marriage."
Qin Qingyuan was mentally prepared, but he was not afraid at all because he and the princess were truly in love.
Qin Qingyuan kowtowed again and said, "Your Majesty, I thank you."
Although the marriage was not granted, now everyone knew that the newly crowned third place winner Lang was in love with Princess Yunfei and proposed to her in the hall.
All of a sudden, all the noble families who had ideas turned to Qin Qingyun.
It’s okay for the eldest brother to like Princess Yunfei, because he still has a younger brother.
Qin Qingyun ranked first in the second class and has a bright future. If Qin Qingyuan succeeds in marrying the princess, the value of the Qin family will continue to rise.
Qin Qingyun suddenly felt that more people were looking at him.
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