Chapter 1620 Regret

Zhou Shuren was so happy that he wanted to leave the palace. He hadn't taken two steps when Eunuch Zhang arrived and said, "My Lord, the Emperor wants to see you for something."

Zhou Shuren, "....."

I regret showing off. I should have run away the moment I knew.

Zhou Shuren finally arrived at the Zheng Palace after a long time. Two quarters of an hour had already passed, and it was no use for Eunuch Zhang to be anxious.

The emperor saw that someone had finally arrived and said, "If you don't show up, I will send my guards to look for you."

Zhou Shuren sighed, "Your Majesty, I really have no money. You can't squeeze me like this. Look at how thin my old arms and legs are. How can I squeeze oil out of them?"

The emperor was silent for a while, "Alas, I can't do anything about it."

Zhou Shuren spread his hands and said, "There is nothing I can do."

The court asked him for money everywhere, and he wanted to hide away as soon as spring came. He also had a bad temper in spring.

The emperor saw Zhou Shuren's firm attitude and asked, "How about moving some money?"

Zhou Shuren, "Which one should I move?"

The emperor is silent. The money Zhou Shuren reserves every year cannot be easily moved. If it is used to build the dike, what if there is a flood?

Zhou Shuren is not used to the emperor. He will not try to get money. If he doesn't have it, he doesn't have it. As the saying goes, he is a human being, not a god.

The emperor sighed, "It seems we have to put it on hold."

Zhou Shuren also breathed a sigh of relief, because it was just a bad time.

The emperor added: "I don't know when this cooling period will end."

Taxes have been reduced a lot, and he feels heartbroken every time he sees the tax cuts.

Zhou Shuren thought that life was long and if he didn't live frugally, he would have trouble getting through the future.

At noon at Zhou Hou Mansion, Li came back from an invitation and headed straight to the main courtyard, "Mother."

Zhulan was eating noodles, "Why did you come back at this hour?"

Li signaled the maid to bring her a bowl of noodles, "I'm leaving early."

Zhulan had almost finished eating. The eldest daughter-in-law would not easily leave early. "But did someone make you unhappy?"

"No, my daughter-in-law left early because she was tired of listening to you."

"What did you say?"

Li, "It's not that Ming Hui is not young anymore. Today, many people told me about their daughters. Ming Hui told me a long time ago that he wanted to find someone he liked. I couldn't promise anything and came back."

Zhulan, ".....Is he attracted to some girl?"

Li shook her head, "No, he just doesn't want to get married early. This boy is very wild."

"You know your son well."

Li felt that having too many sons would be a debt, "They are my own children!"

Zhulan laughed, "The noodles are here, eat them quickly."

"good."

Changzhong came back in the afternoon. Zhulan asked, "Master Gu's courtyard is very lively, right?"

"It was very lively. Merchants came to give gifts and officials came to congratulate us. Yes, Zhuo Guyu was there too."

Zhulan, "Zhuo Guyu is very thoughtful."

Chang Zhong, "Yes, I chatted with Gu Sheng today, and his tone was very familiar, like we were friends."

Zhu Lan said quietly, "I look forward to the gold list."

Chang Zhong smiled and said, "At this point, no one is interested in plotting against Gu Sheng. If anything happens to Hui Yuan, they will definitely investigate."

"Yeah, everyone who has something on their mind can only hold it in."

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the palace examination. The emperor had never seen Zhuo Guyu, but the crown prince had. The emperor thought that she was indeed a good-looking woman.

Then the emperor's gaze fell on Gu Sheng, and his eyes became more and more satisfied. Then he looked at them one by one, and the emperor was in a good mood.

Gu Sheng tried his best to empty his mind, told himself not to be nervous, and calmed his mind before he started writing.

Zhuo Guyu became more nervous. The pressure of the burden on his shoulders became greater, especially since the emperor was sitting on him. He was afraid that the emperor would notice. It took him a while to calm down. Number one scholar, the Duke's Mansion needs a number one scholar.

The prince thought about what his father said. His father told him that the Duke's Mansion could be used as a knife, and it would be fine if it broke. The prince smiled. It was indeed a good knife, and he would hold on to it tightly if he was given a little benefit.

The palace examination was over, Gu Sheng stood up and left, Zhuo Guyu followed him, "Together?"

Gu Sheng didn't want to have anything to do with Zhuo Guyu from the bottom of his heart. Mr. Du's evil was obvious, and Ji Deming was also a real villain. He was not afraid of him at all. Instead, it was Zhuo Guyu who made him nervous and alert.

Gu Sheng thought about the Yong'an Duke's intentions towards the county lord. Even an outsider like him could see some of it, and he didn't want to have any contact with them. "I walk slowly, please go first, young master."

Zhuo Guyu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll do it now."

After Gu Sheng and the others really left, he let out a breath and slowly left, not noticing that Young Master Wen Liu could see them clearly not far away.

Ji Deming has been waiting for someone, "I am waiting for you to win the first place in the imperial examination, so that our state can also produce a first place scholar."

Gu Sheng, "You just can't stand seeing me do well?"

This is the imperial palace. What would the emperor think when he heard this?

Ji Deming smiled and said, "Look, I'm so happy that I forgot where I was."

"Ji Deming, do you think you have nothing to fear now that you have someone to back you up?"

Ji Deming, "I don't understand what you are saying."

"Oh, that's pointless. Go around me in the future. I'm a grudge holder."

Ji Deming didn't quite believe it. They had always known Gu Sheng to be gentle, otherwise he wouldn't have been so pushy.

Gu Sheng strode away. Why didn't anyone believe him when he told the truth? It was because he didn't have the ability to do so at the moment.

Jiang Du and Mu Fan were not far away, and they heard it clearly. Jiang Du asked, "Who do you think will be the top scorer?"

Mu Fan, "I don't know, but it's not you or me."

Jiang Du was depressed, "Oh, this round was too brutal."

When he finished writing, many people had already finished writing. They were simply inhuman!

Mu Fan also sighed, and then laughed. His luck was pretty good, as the Jiang family would soon have another official.

After the palace examination, the Zhou family did not hold out much hope and gave up on getting on the gold list.

On the day when the results of the imperial examination were announced, Zhulan was surprised, "Yuwen didn't go with us?"

Su Xuan shook her head, "She was still sleeping. I woke her up and asked her, but she said she didn't need to go."

Zhulan, "If you don't want to go, then don't go. Changzhong will send back any news if there is any."

There were crowds of people under the golden list, most of them there to watch the excitement. This time, Changzhong squeezed to the front early and saw at a glance that the number one was neither Gu Sheng nor Zhuo Guyu, but the third place in the spring examination, a man in his thirties.

Zhuo Guyu was the runner-up, and Gu Sheng became the third!

Changzhong shielded his face with the fan. Gu Sheng's knowledge in the spring examination overwhelmed Zhuoguyu, and his appearance on the gold list overwhelmed Zhuoguyu again. The emperor must have done it on purpose!

Zhuo Guyu held the fan in his hand, not showing any joy at all. Everyone knew that the third place winner was good-looking. His eyes were fixed on the names of the first place winner and the third place winner.

Changzhong wanted to go back and ask his father if he had any inside information, but the top scholar had already started crying, and then he just let people scatter money.

Gu Sheng felt a little regretful, but after the test he knew that he had never encountered such questions before. The regret soon disappeared because he was the third place winner.

But he was happy for a short while before someone surrounded him and said, "Sir, my father is waiting in front, please come in."

Gu Sheng, "I have something else to do."

In the end, the person did not retreat.

Chang Zhong took one look and stepped forward, "Congratulations, Brother Gu. My carriage has been waiting for a while. Let's go."

After saying this, Gu Sheng left with gratitude, leaving the butlers looking at each other in bewilderment and not daring to step forward!