Today was the palace examination, and everyone in Wu'an Marquis Mansion was at the door early in the morning to see Shen Rui off.
The old lady and the second lady gave repeated instructions.
Marquis Wu'an also patted Shen Rui's shoulder encouragingly and told him to do well in the exam.
It feels like this is not a palace examination, but a trip to the front line.
After Chen Rui left, the second wife was still looking at the door. It was just like when she was taking the college entrance examination in modern times. Her mother even went to the temple to kowtow and burn incense just to bless her to be admitted to college.
The Second Lady probably felt the same way at this moment. This place was quite far from Lingwu Temple, otherwise she would probably ask the Bodhisattva for protection.
"Second Aunt, go in first. Third brother will definitely be fine." Xia Tian comforted her.
After all, the palace examination only determines the ranking and will not eliminate anyone.
The worst person who could make it to the imperial examination was a Tong Jinshi, and there was no elimination.
This is just like looking for a job, the final interview, and confirming the salary. It can only be lower, they won’t reject you.
"Well, let's go." The second wife went back slowly this time, and looked outside again before entering the door.
Xia Tian was amused. "Second Aunt, when Third Brother comes back he'll be a Jinshi. Have you prepared the red envelope?"
When Chen Rui comes back, he will be a real Jinshi, and he may even get an official position. The red envelope from the second wife must be in place.
"Oh, it's been prepared for a long time." The second wife smiled.
Her son passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. He was the second person from the Wu'an Marquis Mansion to pass the imperial examination.
Although she was not as talented as Shen Nian and was admitted a few years later, she was admitted based on her own ability and not by relying on the reputation of the Wu'an Marquis Mansion. This made her very happy.
She had already prepared the red envelopes for everyone in the mansion.
"Then Second Aunt must give me a big one." Xia Tian joked.
"Of course," the Second Lady replied with a smile. "It doesn't matter whether others give or not, but your red envelope must be large."
"Okay, then I'll wait. I really hope that my third brother can finish the exam now, and it would be best if he can be in the top three. Then I'll be rich." Xia Tian responded with a giggle.
The second wife also laughed out loud when she heard this.
The second wife thought, as long as he was not a fellow Jinshi, it would be fine.
Don’t even think about the top three, as they are probably the top few in the imperial examination. Her son Shen Rui ranked over 100th in the imperial examination, but it’s an honor to be on the list.
It is said that some very promising students fainted in the Imperial Examination Hall and were carried out because of the cholera incident.
Some candidates were affected by this incident and did not perform well. After hearing the news, they all looked sad and dejected.
I also heard that when the results were announced that day, some candidates burst into tears right under the list.
So she didn't dare to expect Shen Rui to do well in the exam, she just hoped that he could make the list.
Now her wish has been fulfilled. Although she is still a little worried about her performance in the palace examination, she is much more relieved now that she has secured the title of Jinshi.
The next day, the results of the palace examination came out, and Shen Rui became a Jinshi as expected.
I heard that Hu Mengyao's fiancé was selected as the third place in the imperial examination, so Hu Mengyao must treat everyone to a meal.
I also heard that the reason he was chosen as the third place was because he was the best looking among the top three.
Hearing this reason, Xia Tian couldn't help laughing.
If someone was originally the top scholar, but just because he is good-looking, he becomes the third place, how unfair that would be.
But Tanhua is already very good, as it means the third place in the national exam.
As soon as the results of the palace examination came out, the entire marquis's mansion received red envelopes from the second master and the second mistress. The servants basically received one month's salary, while the other young masters and young ladies received from a few taels to dozens of taels.
Only Xia Tian was given a red envelope of 888 taels by the second wife.
Xia Tian was so scared that he wanted to retreat quickly.
She was just joking that day and didn't really want such a big red envelope.
"Hurry up and keep it." The Second Madam forced it into her pocket. "Second Aunt knows you're not short of money, so she only gave you this much, just for the sake of luck. Otherwise, I'd give you 8,888."
"Second Aunt, please stop saying that." Xia Tian quickly put the red envelope away and joked, "It sounds like I despise money, but I do love money.
I accept the red envelope, thank you, Second Aunt."
"That's right." The second wife nodded with satisfaction.
On the third day, the top scholar was paraded through the streets, and Xia Tian left home early.
Hu Mengyao, Lin Sayu and I went to the teahouse we had booked, from where we could just watch the parade passing by.
Of course, there were more than just the three of them in the teahouse. There were also many other ladies who came out to watch the fun.
The streets were also crowded with people.
We thought Wen Jin wouldn't go out on this day, so no one went to call her.
After a while, Wen Jin came by herself.
It was sent by Master Xu.
"Wenjin, why did you go out?" Xia Tian asked in surprise.
There were so many people around, and she, a pregnant woman, was not afraid of getting bumped or hurt.
"How dare you say that? You didn't even invite me to such a fun event. It's really a waste of my time making friends with you guys." Wen Jin pretended to be angry.
"Oh, how can that be?" Hu Mengyao quickly stepped forward and took Wen Jin's arm. "Sister Wen, we're just worried that it'll be inconvenient for you to go out. If anything happens to you, won't your brother-in-law eat me?"
"Pah, pah, pah, what nonsense are you talking about." Lin Sayu quickly pushed Hu Mengyao away, "Sister Wen will be fine."
Hu Mengyao also realized that she had said something taboo, so she slapped her mouth lightly and quickly followed with "Pooh, pooh, pooh".
"Okay, I'm not made of clay, so I won't get bumped that easily." Wen Jin pulled Hu Mengyao's arm down with a smile.
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