Chapter 556: Palace Examination Results
The results of the palace examination exceeded many people's expectations.
The top scorer was Yu Yongliu, who was less than 20 years old.
The relationships in the court are complicated and they cannot influence the sealing of the joint examinations, but they all have their own thoughts on the palace examinations.
But when it came to Yu Yongliu, they searched for a long time and could only find an excuse to criticize him, saying that he was "too young".
These ministers argued that Yu Yongliu was young and handsome, so he should be selected as the third place in the imperial examination.
Emperor Jiazheng said, "Yu Qing's talent and learning are not inferior to others. It would be ridiculous if he missed the first place because he is too young!"
Prime Minister Pang calmly gave a look to a minister in his party, and a minister named Li immediately stepped forward, looking embarrassed: "It's just that, Your Majesty, Yang Youguang and Tan Entong are both as talented as others, and they can be ranked in the top three with Yu Yongliu... But Yang Youguang and Tan Entong are both around 40 years old, and it's really a bit unreasonable to select them as the third place winner."
According to tradition, the third place winner is usually a student with outstanding talent and appearance. He is in his forties, which is indeed a bit old.
Before Emperor Jiazheng could say anything, Crown Prince Wei Shiqing had already sneered.
Emperor Jiazheng looked at Wei Shiqing and asked, "Does the Crown Prince have any opinion?"
Wei Shiqing took a step forward, bowed and said, "Father, my son's idea is very simple. Since Lord Li said that Yang Youguang and Tan Entong are too old to be selected as the third place, this is also easy. I will just look at the other students later."
Prime Minister Pang and the minister named Li were so confused that they couldn't control their expressions.
The minister surnamed Li stammered, "...this, this, isn't it, too unfair to me..."
Wei Shiqing said, "Oh," "Master Li means that Yu Yongliu was a top scholar, but in the end, because of his handsome appearance, he could only get the third place. That's not unfair, right?"
Wei Shiqing's eyes were cold, "Or is it that Lord Li meant that because Yu Yongliu is not from your sect, he is not as valuable as the people in your faction, so he has to bear the grievances?"
The minister named Li was sweating profusely. He bowed and said, "I dare not do that." The wolf retreated.
Emperor Jiazheng glanced at Prime Minister Pang indifferently.
The pong face looks at the nose with eyes and the nose looks at the heart without saying a word.
Emperor Jiazheng looked at them one by one, and finally picked a handsome scholar in his twenties as the third place.
The young man was still a little confused when he thanked him. He really didn't understand how such a big pie fell from the sky and he became the third place winner?
The top scholar was naturally Yu Yongliu.
The second place was Tan Entong, while Yang Youguang was the unlucky one who was squeezed out of the first place and took the first place in the second place.
——Naturally, Yang Youguang’s relationship with the emperor was complicated and he was considered to be on Pang Xiang’s side.
Pang Xiang also figured it out to some extent. This was probably a small warning from the royal father and son to him.
He looked at his nose and his heart, and no longer mixed up with the matter.
The list of the palace examination was decided quickly without any secret competition or strife among these forces.
After the palace examination, there was a horse-riding parade and a banquet given by Qionglin, which was very lively.
When the announcing team from the palace went to the Zhenxi General's Mansion with gongs and drums to announce the good news, almost half of the people in the capital were excited!
This is not just an ordinary top scorer, this is a small triple prize and a big triple prize, six prizes in a row!
I wouldn’t say there has never been anyone before the age of 20 who has won six first place in the imperial examinations, but at least this is the first time in all the years since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty!
Everybody said that Yu Yongliu was the God of Literature who had descended to earth. Countless people swarmed over him wanting to get some of his literary aura. Many young girls and wives also threw fruits into the carriages, almost drowning out Yu Yongliu who was parading through the streets on his tall horse.
It was so lively!
Xing Xing booked a private room on the highest floor of the teahouse, and leaning on the railing, she watched her third brother parade through the streets wearing a big red flower on his chest. She couldn't help laughing as she watched her third brother constantly dodge the sachets thrown at him.
Bai Xiaofeng had already returned home to wait for the good news, and she looked radiant when she left.
When Xingxing returned, the entire Wuyi Alley was already packed with people. When Xingxing squeezed in, she overheard that there were two empty houses in Wuyi Alley that had not been sold. As soon as the news of Yu Yongliu's winning six yuan in a row came, the two houses were immediately bought.
I’m afraid that if I buy it too late, I won’t be able to enjoy the literary aura of Wenquxing.
In just a short while, many families have been offering high prices to purchase houses in Wuyi Lane, saying that this lane is full of talented people and has a rich cultural heritage, so it will definitely be worth it to buy one!
Xingxing was amazed when she heard this.
Although His Majesty appreciated the size of their house, Xingxing thought that after her brothers married sisters-in-law and had nephews and nieces, they would naturally have to build new courtyards. Even though there was still a lot of vacant space at home, one day they might have no place to live. She just bought the empty house with three courtyards to the left of her own house a few days ago.
It was a close call, I missed it by one step!
Under the protection of her servants, Xingxing squeezed through the crowd with great difficulty and finally made it to the door of her home.
The entire entrance of the Zhenxi General's Mansion was covered with a thick layer of red firecracker skins. One could imagine how many firecrackers were set off.
This formation——
Xing Xing wiped her sweat.
——Xingxing later found out that if it weren’t for this situation, the Zhou Jijiu family, who had previously discussed marriage with her third brother, would have come to her house that day.
Mrs. Wei and Old Man Yu were already kneeling in front of their ancestors in the newly opened ancestral hall. Both of them had tears in their eyes and were extremely excited. They had never dreamed that their family could produce a top scholar!
Bai Xiaofeng cried and laughed, kneeling behind the two elders: "I am the mother of the number one scholar, I am the mother of the number one scholar..."
Yu Erhu knelt there in an innocent manner, with his head tilted and laughing: "My son is the number one scholar, haha, my son is the number one scholar!"
The whole family was overjoyed.
But the concierge is also very busy.
Yu Yongliu was still at the Qionglin Banquet at the moment and had not returned home yet. The gifts sent to the Zhenxi General's Mansion almost drowned the gatehouse.
The concierge was totally overwhelmed.
In the end, Yu Yongbai transferred two specialized accountants from the trading company.
In short, there is joy but also chaos.
The next day, within just half a morning, the concierge politely declined a large number of visitors who wanted to visit without a visiting card.
But there was one person who, although there was no visiting card, said that they were from the future in-laws of the Third Young Master. The gatekeeper did not dare to stop him and quickly sent someone to pass the message.
Bai Xiaofeng was so excited that she didn't sleep the whole night last night. When she got up early this morning, she was still full of energy and didn't look tired at all. She looked so happy and full of energy!
As a result, when Bai Xiaofeng heard the rumor that it was about the Third Young Master's Yue Family, she was so surprised that she almost jumped up: "What Yue Family? Where is this Yue Family from!"