Prime Minister

Chapter 326
Ersu and Zhang Yue are still waiting outside the Chongzheng Hall.

At this time, a little Huangmen came and said: "Your Majesty has an order saying that today is late, you guys go back and wait, and you will come to the palace tomorrow."

The three of them thought that they would be ranked today, but they didn't expect that they still didn't know anything until now.Could it be that something went wrong in the exam?

The mood of the three of them was a little ups and downs, and they were a little impatient.

However, the three of them still left the Chongzheng Palace as promised.When I arrived outside Donghua Gate, I saw two carriages waiting here.

The family members on both sides greeted them.

"Third brother, third uncle."

"He Zhong, Uncle Tong."

Zhang Yue saw Zhang Shi, Zhang Qiu turned on the lights, and Tang Jiu sat in the car with a smile on his face.

Zhang Yue turned his head and saw that Su Shi and Su Zhe were also talking to Su Xun.The father and son are happy and harmonious.

Zhang Yue greeted Zhang Shi and Zhang Qiu, then saluted Su Xun and said, "I've seen the old man."

"It turned out to be the number one scholar."

Su Xun nodded, his expression a little faint.Zhang Yue looked at the other party's expression and understood the subtle relationship between them.Su Xun should regard himself as a competitor of his two sons.

Zhang Yue could understand the love for his son, so he stepped aside.

Su Xun asked his two sons with concern, "Where is the imperial examination?"

Su Shi said: "Tomorrow the Son of Heaven will call us into the palace and wait for an announcement."

Su Xun frowned first, then stretched out, "It's okay, good things take time."

Hearing that the results of the imperial examination have not yet come out, Su Xun smiled and said to Zhang Yue who had returned to his family: "Zhuangyuan Lang, Mr. Zhang's family, after the exam, please invite the two of you to the old man Yiqiumen's home for a talk."

Zhang Yue cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Venerable."

After saying three sus, he got into the carriage.

On the carriage, Su Zhe said to Su Xun, "Daddy, Zhang Sanlang is a gentleman."

Su Xun said: "I know that Zhang Sanlang is a gentleman, and there are no brothers, fathers and sons in the examination room. Back then, I saw my best friend turn against each other because of an examination, and I also suffered because of it. As for friends, it is not too late to make friends slowly. Do you remember the words?"

Su Shi and Su Zhe all said yes.

Su Xun said: "Tell me about the strategy in the imperial examination. He Zhong, you talk about it first."

Su Shi touched his stomach and said, "Does Daddy want my stomach to read?"

"how?"

"I'm so hungry."

Su Xun scolded with a smile, "You are so unserious, you don't look like Uncle Tong."

Su Shi knew that his father loved Su Zhe even more.

Seeing this, Su Zhe also said, "Daddy, I'm hungry too."

The three people in the car laughed together.

In another carriage, Zhang Yue was chewing donkey meat and burning it. The fragrant stewed donkey meat was really delicious in the world.

"It's my elder brother who is careful and knows that I'm hungry after the exam."

Zhang Shi listened to Zhang Yue's praise and rubbed his hands together with a smile, saying, "As long as it's delicious, buy it if you don't have enough."

Zhang Yue said: "It's enough, it's enough, otherwise the sister-in-law at home won't be able to eat the food."

Zhang Yue was eating the fire, but he heard voices from outside.

Zhang Yue asked, "What's the matter?"

Tang Jiudao: "It's Wu Fu who sent someone here."

Zhang Yue swallowed the rest of the donkey meat on fire in two or three mouthfuls, opened the curtain of the car, glanced outside and said with a smile: "Isn't this in charge of Wu Dadu?"

The other party made a polite speech to Xiang Zhangyue: "Knowing that Mr. Sanlang will have an imperial examination today, the old matriarch and the two gentlemen in the mansion are very concerned, so I have been asked to inquire."

Zhang Yuedao: "Old Madam Lao, the two gentlemen are concerned, and they will enter the palace tomorrow after the announcement, and then go to the mansion to report."

Wu Dadu Guan Daxi said: "The villain knows, so I will go back to the mansion and report to the old lady and the two gentlemen."

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Wu Da will take care of it."

Wu Dadu went back to the mansion to report to the old matriarch, Wu Anshi.The old lady asked Zhang Yue a few words, when is the exam, have you eaten yet?

Wu Anshi paced back and forth, "Why didn't the officials announce that they are inferior at this time?"

Wu Anshi has been somewhat unhappy with Fan Shi these few days.Wu Anshi wanted to take in a concubine's house, because this concubine's house had been a singer, which aroused great dissatisfaction among the Fan family.

What Fan means is that for a girl from such a family, I can turn a blind eye to the outside of your house, but I can't let her in.

But Wu Anshi insisted on accepting it, which alarmed his father-in-law Fan Zhen.Fan Zhen wrote a letter to express his opposition to Wu Anshi and reprimanded him, but Wu Anshi still took the concubine into the house.

As a result, Fan was so angry that he moved out of the main courtyard.

Wu Anshi also said that the other party was just acting petty, and later saw that the Fan family had moved for more than a month, so she panicked.It happened that he was also tired of the concubine, and he knew that Shi Qi Niang had a good relationship with the Fan family, so he came to look for his sister.

The day before the imperial test.

Seventeen Niang was playing the piano in the piano pavilion, but she saw her brother rushing in.Seventeen Niang didn't ask any questions, and played the piano alone.

Seeing that her sister ignored her, Wu Anshi said, "Your sister-in-law treats me like this, and so do you."

Seventeen Niang stopped playing the piano, took off the jade pick on her fingertips and said, "Brother, what have you done? The family has its own opinion. I dare not say anything about it, and you don't want to hear me say it."

After speaking, Shi Qi Niang walked to the window and turned her back to her brother.

"Wu Anshi said angrily: "Why do you think I want to get along with your sister-in-law? One is for the harmony of the whole family, and the other is because Lao Taishan is now the imperial examiner..."

Seventeen Niang turned around and said: "Then I really want to thank my brother on behalf of Mr. Zhang's family. But I heard that Mr. Fan is a upright person and never favoritism. I think it's good if my brother doesn't mention it. If he did, he would be ridiculed by the Fan family." .”

Wu Anshi said: "It's not for your sake that I went to ask people for personal gain. Hmph, the third class in the pavilion test is indeed good, but the Zhongshu has already said that there is only one third class in the imperial test."

"You think back then, our uncle passed the third class in the Imperial Examination, and my Wu family has risen from an ordinary family in Fujian to a prominent family in the ruling and opposition circles. You should think more about the future."

Seventeen Niang said: "Brother, if you really wanted to, you wouldn't have taken a concubine back then, and you wouldn't have made Fan Gong a laughing stock in others' mouths. I am on good terms with my sister-in-law, but if you treat her like this, I will be shameless. I will not ask her for this personal matter."

Wu Anshi said: "I'll ask you again, do you really mean it?"

Seventeen Niang looked at Wu Anshi and said, "Although my brother said it was an imperial examination, the imperial court has its own rules, and it is difficult for the examiners to show favoritism. Fan Gong is even less accommodating, not to mention that you hate him now, it is fine to avenge Fan Gong's injustice." .”

Wu Anshi laughed angrily and said, "As you please, I'll take care of everything as my elder brother. I wanted to go through the paths of other examiners for you, so I don't think so."

Seeing that Seventeen Niang did not answer, Wu Anshi left the room with a flick of her sleeves.

Wu Anshi stopped at the door and said, "You said Mr. Zhang's family will take the test based on his own ability. I believe he can be sure of it with his talent. But whether he can beat Ersu who is famous all over the world? Wait, don’t you know? Just don’t regret what you said today.”

The day of the imperial examination.

Wu Dadu was in charge of reporting back to Wu Anshi.After thinking about it, Wu Anshi still sent her confidant to visit Lao Taishan brazenly to ask for advice.

But the confidant was kicked out without even entering the door of Fan's house.

When Wu Anshi heard about this, she suddenly felt her face hurt.

Li Taijun scolded: "Now you have shaded the officials, and in the future when you are in the officialdom, you still have to rely on the Yue family to take care of you. You have offended the Fan family completely because of a singing girl."

"Putting away the lady in the house, and I couldn't bear the shame to come to the door to make amends, but let your sister intercede on your behalf, and even made a lot of sense, I will feel sorry for you."

Wu Anshi's face turned green and pale after being scolded by Li Taijun.

The next day.

In the Chongzheng Hall, Zhang Yue, Su Shi, and Su Zhe were all wearing green robes and waiting.

Soon a little Huangmen came and said, "Your Majesty has a decree to declare Su Shi, and Zhang Yue is right."

The emperor sent me?

Zhang Yue had no time to think about it: "The minister leads the decree."

Why don't you announce it? See you next time.But why didn't Su Zhe see him?

Su Shi knew that he was very happy, but he asked again: "I don't know why there is no brother?"

Xiao Huangmen shook his head and said: "Su Daguan is difficult for the villain, how dare the villain ask the official's meaning."

Su Zhe said: "Brother, it is an unrivaled kindness from the government to grant you the right one. Don't miss me. I'll just wait here."

Xiaohuangmen led Su Shi, and Zhang Yue walked a long way in the imperial city, and finally entered the imperial garden.

Xiaohuangmen asked Zhang Yue to wait outside the gate of the imperial garden, and led Su Shi in first.

After Zhang Yue waited for more than a quarter of an hour, he saw Su Shi walking out of the door nervously and happily.

Zhang Yue can understand this kind of mood very well, don't say anything about feudal legacy, if you change yourself, if a leader with high authority usually takes the initiative to say a few words to you, your mood will be overwhelming.

Seeing that Su Shi is in high spirits, it is obvious that Mr. Cai's prelude is very good.

Su Shi nodded to Zhang Yue, and Zhang Yue was about to step forward to ask.At this time, another little Huangmen stepped out from the garden and said, "Mr. Zhang, come in with me."

Zhang Yue had no choice but to smile with Su Shi, and followed each other into the garden.

After entering the park, Zhang Yue held his breath and followed behind the little yellow gate.Along the way, I saw many exotic flowers and plants, strange rocks and pines planted all around.

Passing through a Yongmen, Zhang Yue stepped on the cobblestone road to a royal pond that was about a square meter in size.

But I saw a huge yellow umbrella propped up next to the imperial pond, and the official was sitting under the umbrella and fishing with a fishing rod.

Xiao Huangmen made a silent gesture to Zhang Yue, signaling him to stand still and not to move around, and then left.

At this time, the autumn sun was shining brightly, making Zhang Yue's body a little hot.

Zhang Yue didn't know whether he had to wait for the officials to finish catching the fish. Anyway, he couldn't make a sound. If he ran away the fish he voluntarily took, it would be a serious crime.

But the officials didn't keep Zhang Yue waiting for long, he turned around and saw Zhang Yue and waved.

Only then did Zhang Yue avoid the sun exposure and went to worship in front of the official's house.

The official said with a smile: "This place is no better than in the court hall. There is no need to observe the red tape between the monarch and his ministers. Sit down."

Zhang Yue looked at the futon beside the emperor, and immediately thanked him and sat down.

The official waved his fishing rod and said, "I've been fishing here for half a day and I haven't seen a single fish. I'm really not good at fishing."

Zhang Yue replied: "I would like to inform your majesty that it is not that your majesty is not good at fishing, but that the fish in the imperial pond know etiquette."

The official turned his head to Zhang Yue and asked, "How can you see it?"

Zhang Yue said: "There are poems to prove it."

Zhang Yue immediately read: "A few feet of silk fell into the water, and the golden hook disappeared without a trace."

"Every fish dare not face the emperor, but the long live king only catches dragons."

The official Zhao Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and then Long Yan was delighted.

Just when Zhang Yue felt that the dragon's fart was done, he saw the fishhook sinking in the official's hand, and it turned out that a fish had taken the bait.

Zhang Yue's face turned black when he saw this, it was a slap in the face.

But seeing the official untie the fish from the hook, looking at Zhang Yue with a confused face, he smiled and said: "This fish doesn't know etiquette, I order you to go home and cook it."

(End of this chapter)