Now it's time to let them go out and do things on their own instead of having her do everything herself.
Xiao Sanzi immediately replied, "Yes, madam, I will definitely find a good accountant!"
"Well," Su Li paused and continued, "Little Sanzi, after you guys finish your horseback riding practice, you can go to a teahouse or walk around the streets and markets to listen to some interesting news happening in the capital."
This is not the modern world with well-developed internet. A lot of rumors and gossip mostly come from densely populated places like teahouses and markets. Of course, if you want to spread something, it is more suitable and easier to spread it in such places. What she will do later cannot be separated from these means, so of course she has to let Xiao Sanzi and the others adapt to it in advance.
Several people were stunned, but the third child reacted quickly and immediately responded, "I understand."
Then the others also replied in unison: "Slave/slave servants understand..."
After thinking for a moment, she instructed, "Today is the day of the palace examination. I'm sure the streets will be buzzing with news about the candidates after it's over. In the next couple of days, you should inquire more about a candidate named Zhao Xingwen."
Zhao Xingwen?
A few people remembered the name and replied, "Yes, ma'am!"
It was late and the rental poster had not been finished yet, so Su Li asked Su Er to continue writing. He gave him the address of the shop and told them to post the poster at the shop on Jinxiu Street in two days. Then he left in a carriage.
It was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still early for the palace examination to end. Su Li had not had lunch yet, so he simply found a small restaurant to eat.
After dinner, they got on the carriage and headed to the palace gate.
The palace examination ended at five in the afternoon. It was not yet five when Su Li arrived, but the palace gate was already crowded with people. It was much more lively than when Pei Ji was brought in that morning.
Yes, the people waiting here are not only the parents, family members and friends of the candidates, but also those who are looking for a son-in-law.
The palace examination does not eliminate people. In other words, after the palace examination, the 136 people who passed the joint examination will all be disciples of the emperor. They are able to stand out among the thousands of students in the whole Jin Dynasty. These 136 people, no matter which one, are the best among the scholars. How could those families with daughters miss this good opportunity?
Of course, there were also people who would go to the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy to look for a son-in-law when the results of the imperial examination were announced. However, that day was too lively and chaotic, with all the students, both on the list and not, mixed together. For people who were not familiar with the students, they could not tell who was who and who was on the list, so it was not suitable to look for a son-in-law under the list.
Moreover, the most important thing about the palace examination is to rank the 136 candidates. Anyone who comes to look for a son-in-law would not want to catch the top scorer, second place, third place or some other candidate as a son-in-law after the palace examination.
In addition to these, there were many people who came to watch the fun, and even set up gambling games a little away from the palace gate, betting on who would be the top three after the palace examination.
The palace gate was already crowded with people and carriages, so Su Li's carriage naturally couldn't get close, so she had to get off at the end.
Just after she walked in for a while, Pei Mingyue came out from nowhere with two guards and grabbed her: "Ali, you're finally here, I've been waiting for you."
She and her mother arrived an hour ago.
Su Li said with a smile: "You are too impatient. The palace examination hasn't even ended yet."
Pei Mingyue chuckled and said, "I'm anxious because I'm nervous. But you're never anxious or nervous at all. Why are you so confident in Master Pei?"
Su Li smiled and said, "Of course."
Pei Mingyue couldn't help but chuckle and pulled her inside: "Let's go, my mother is over there, let's go to my mother..."
"Um……"
The wife of the Ningyuan Marquis was located closest to the palace gate, which was guarded by guards. Everyone was very conscious of not getting too close, so there was no crowding in front of her.
Pei Mingyue's two guards led the way, and the two of them quickly passed through the crowd and arrived at the place of the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis.
Just after greeting, the palace gate slowly opened.
Su Li couldn't help but think to herself, she arrived on time...
"Open the door! Open the door!" someone shouted excitedly.
"The list of top scorers is out. God bless me, I'm the one who's guaranteed to be the top scorer."
"Oh my god, I'm so nervous!"
"Me too……"
As the palace gate slowly opened, the crowd suddenly became agitated. Everyone stretched their heads to look towards the palace gate, with different expressions on their faces. Some were nervous, some were excited, some were praying, some were expectant, and some were curious...
"Ali, I'm nervous too!" Pei Mingyue looked nervous.
Su Li patted her hands and said, "Don't be nervous, you will know the result soon."
"I'm nervous because I'm about to find out..."
“…”
Several palace servants came out and stood still. With the sound of a gong, the crowd fell silent. Then a palace servant's shrill voice rang out: "The 78th Imperial Examination of the Great Jin Dynasty has concluded. A total of 136 Jinshi candidates were admitted, including three in the first class, thirty in the second class, and 103 in the third class."
"Boom! Boom!"
Two more gongs rang out, and the palace attendants continued to shout, "First place, number one scholar, is Pei Ji!"
"Second place, Zhao Xingwen!"
"The third place winner is Pei Mingheng!"
"Bang!"
As another gong sounded, several palace servants held up a golden notice and posted it in front of the palace gate.
In addition to announcing the names of the top three, the names of the second and third place students also need to be checked on the gold list, and everyone immediately gathered around to check it out.
After all, the second class is a Jinshi graduate, and although the third class is also a Jinshi graduate, they are of the same Jinshi origin, and their future official appointments and treatment will be very different.
"Third place in the imperial examination! My second brother got the third place in the imperial examination! Mom, did you hear that? My second brother got the third place in the imperial examination! He got the first place in the imperial examination, that's great!" Pei Mingyue was so happy that she almost jumped up.
"I heard it, I heard it. Look how happy you are. Be dignified!" Ning Yuanhou's wife scolded, but she couldn't hide the joy on her face. She looked at Su Li, who was smiling beside her, and congratulated sincerely: "Madam Pei, congratulations!"
"Yes, yes!" Pei Mingyue also said quickly: "A Li, you are right, Master Pei is really amazing, congratulations!"
Su Li smiled and said, "Thank you, and congratulations to the Second Young Master on passing the imperial examination."
"Hahaha!" Pei Mingyue said happily: "Congratulations! Haha..."
"He's out! He's out! The top scholar is out! He's all out!"
Someone said excitedly.
I saw more than a hundred Jinshi scholars coming out of the palace gate.
The crowd immediately started talking.
"With so many people, who is the top scorer? And who are the runner-up and third place winners?"
"Is that Pei Mingheng, the second son of Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion? I've seen him before, he's the third place winner this time!" someone said.
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