Two days passed in a blink of an eye. On September 28, the eighth year of the Xuanli period, the autumn examination of the Yu Dynasty ended in the autumn rain.
During the past two days, Fu Xiaoguan did not go out during the day. Instead, he stayed in the inn to practice the Nine Yang Heart Sutra and also wrote A Dream of Red Mansions.
At night, Yu Wenjun would sneak out of the palace to find him, and the two of them would go to the Qinhuai River to talk, but not too late. If it was too late and the palace gates were closed, things would be troublesome if Yu Wenjun did not go back.
Fu Xiaoguan learned that Dong Shulan had been completely locked up and was being guarded by Mrs. Dong herself, and that the Yan family was negotiating with the Dong family about the marriage between Dong Shulan and Yan Xiwen.
What the hell!
Fu Xiaoguan was very annoyed, but Yu Wenyun told him not to worry. Dong Shulan had written a letter and asked her to take it to Her Royal Highness the Princess yesterday. She thought Her Royal Highness the Princess would intervene in this matter.
The emperor did not summon him in the past two days. Fu Xiaoguan was a little anxious, but he did not show it in front of Yu Wenjun. He just thought that if the emperor still did not summon him in a few days, he would probably have to take the path Qin Bingzhong said.
Qin Bingzhong introduced him to a person, Xi Xunmei!
The second son of the Xi family patriarch, the Minister of Justice of the Yu Dynasty, was a student of Qin Bingzhong and a close friend of Qin Bingzhong's son, Qin Dingfang. If this man had intervened, perhaps the Fu family could have been spared.
The visiting card written by Qin Bingzhong was still in his sleeve. It would be best if he could keep it in his sleeve.
On the first day of October in the eighth year of the Xuanli reign, autumn was deepening, and a thin mist was lingering around Weiyang Lake. Many black-sailed boats were sailing on the lake towards Lantingji. Today, the results of the autumn examination would be announced, and the golden list would be posted on the Lanting Pavilion.
Dong Xiu De came to the inn early to look for Fu Xiaoguan and insisted on inviting Fu Xiaoguan to Lantingji. This made Fu Xiaoguan feel a little puzzled. You didn't even take the exam, why do you care about the results?
"It's lively. Let me tell you, Lantingji is particularly lively today."
Well, this guy just wanted to watch the fun, of course he had other ideas besides the fun, so Fu Xiaoguan directly gave him a silver note of five hundred taels.
"Book a table at Sifanglou."
Dong Xiu De was immediately happy. Look, this brother-in-law is the one who is smart.
When Dong Xiu De thought of the word brother-in-law, he thought of his sister who was locked up at home.
"My sister is still struggling, don't worry."
This was said as if Dong Shulan was a fish on the chopping board.
"Father's attitude has changed a bit in the past two days. At least he's not as serious as before. Especially yesterday. I saw that his face looked very constipated. He paced back and forth in my sister's yard, and then he sighed deeply. Did you use some trick? I've never seen him look so frustrated before."
Fu Xiaoguan glared at Dong Xiu De and wondered if it was Her Royal Highness the Princess who had come to see Minister Dong?
After a while, Yu Wenjun also came to the inn, which scared Dong Xiu De. Because Yu Wenjun often went to Dong's house to find Dong Shulan, Dong Xiu De knew Yu Wenjun's identity.
Upon seeing this unexpectedly, Dong Xiu De was about to bow, but Yu Wen Yun grabbed him and said, "Be quiet, call me sister."
"Dan... No, you are obviously younger than me!"
"Call me sister!"
"Um, sister."
"Well, good boy!" Yu Wenjun laughed. Dong Xiu De looked at Yu Wenjun and then at Fu Xiaoguan. This was not right. Why was His Highness running to Fu Xiaoguan's room?
Fu Xiaoguan has only been in the capital for a few days. Could it be that he has hooked up with Her Royal Highness the Ninth Princess?
What about my sister?
Dong Xiu De felt uncomfortable all over when he thought about his brother-in-law flying away. At this moment, he looked at Fu Xiaoguan and Yu Wenjun talking, their flirting and affectionate expressions - no, his sister couldn't come out, he must not let his brother-in-law be seduced away by this little vixen.
"Ahem, brother-in-law..."
Before Dong Xiu De could finish his words, Yu Wen Yun decisively interrupted him. Yu Wen Yun raised his neck and looked at Dong Xiu De, "Call me brother-in-law!"
“…”
Dong Xiu De was immediately confused. What does this mean?
Isn’t this my brother-in-law? How did he become my brother-in-law?
Sister...Oh, no!
There is indeed adultery and love!
"Did you hear me? I told you to call him brother-in-law!"
Dong Xiu De was very conflicted. If this brother-in-law became his brother-in-law, and this sister was fake, wouldn't that mean his brother-in-law would also become fake?
Under pressure from Yu Wenjun, Dong Xiude wisely lowered his head and whispered, "Um...Brother-in-law, it's getting late. Should we set off?"
"Where are you going?" Yu Wenjun's eyes lit up.
"Let's go to Lantingji. The results are out today. Let's see who got into high school again."
"Let's go together."
Fu Xiaoguan was also helpless. Yu Wenjun had a very cheerful personality, which was obviously different from today's women.
She is not like those ladies from wealthy families who are submissive. She has her own clear opinions. In fact, Dong Shulan also has this characteristic, but Dong Shulan expresses it more subtly. At least Dong Shulan does not have the courage to call him brother-in-law.
Their personalities have something in common with the women in their previous lives. They are becoming more independent-minded, wanting to control their own life direction, daring to love and hate, and having the courage to pursue their dreams.
This is a quality that Fu Xiaoguan admires very much. As he once said to Zhang Pei'er, marriage is about having similar interests and mutual happiness, and being like-minded.
The group went to Weiyang Lake. Dong Xiu De went to Sifang Tower to reserve a table, while Fu Xiaoguan, Yu Wenyun, Su Mo, Chunxiu and Hongzhuang took a boat to Lantingji.
There are already many people in Lantingji.
There are students taking this imperial examination, students who will take the imperial examination in the future, and many ladies from prominent families.
The students taking this imperial examination are the most anxious and nervous. The results will be announced in one hour, and the culmination of ten years of hard work will come at this moment.
Of course, the ladies from prominent families came to look at the names on the list. Those on the list were all Jinshi. If they were in the top ten, they would have to enter the palace to meet the emperor and take part in the palace examination.
If you get the first place in the palace examination, you will be the top scholar.
Fu Xiaoguan didn't quite understand the imperial examination. He didn't participate in it anyway, so he was pulled here by Dong Xiula just to watch the fun.
He thought this was similar to his previous college entrance examination. Of course, his previous college entrance examination was uneventful. He was even still moving bricks at a construction site when the results came out.
I remember it was the class teacher who called me. There was no doubt that I was ranked first in the county, but of course not as strong as the first in the province.
It seemed to be the third one. It had been too long. Fu Xiaoguan didn’t think about this mess. He didn’t go to Peking University or Tsinghua University. He was taken to a secret base.
Then he studied and trained to kill, and then came here and became a small landowner.
A dramatic life.
Fu Xiaoguan and his group were wandering around, and then he saw a group of people.
Led by Yan Xiwen, they were the young men who had been drinking that day. Of course, there were many more now. Fu Xiaoguan did not recognize them, but Yu Wenjun did.
"This one looks quite interesting. The six great families have children taking the imperial examination. I wonder which ones will make it into the top three in the palace exam."
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