Ma'am, she only wants to be promoted

Chapter 312 One step away

Lu Wanning thought for a while, her eyes lit up, and she said, "Your Majesty, did the results of the examination come out? Mo'er did well in the examination?"

"My concubine is smart." Luo Chengjing praised, and said, "Simo got No.8 this time."

After a pause, Luo Chengjing continued: "I have read all the top ten papers, and judging from the answers, the knowledge gap between the top ten students is not that big. The ability is also very likely to be ranked among the top in the palace examination, Aifei really doesn't want Simo to be the number one scholar or Tanhua?"

There is no doubt that the champion is the person with the best knowledge, but Tanhua is more about appearance. With Lu Simo's age and appearance, no one will say anything if he chooses Lu Simo as Tanhua. Besides, Lu Simo is really talented.

Lu Wanning shook her head, and said seriously: "Although Mo'er can study well, he is young after all. I think it's better not to let him get too complacent, lest he be young and frivolous, and do some things that don't know the importance in the future."

Luo Chengjing thought about it, Lu Simo was the uncle of the sixth prince, if he did something stupid in his official career in the future, he would inevitably implicate the sixth prince and Lu Wanning.

Therefore, Luo Chengjing nodded, and said: "Alright, let's suppress his temper first."

After being reminded by his wife, the chief examiner was still thinking about whether to raise Lu Simo's ranking if Lu Simo's answer was not satisfactory this time when marking the papers after the palace test, but he did not expect that Lu Simo would fight on his own. The test papers are eligible to enter the first class.

Isn't everyone happy?

The chief examiner sent the top ten examination papers selected by them to the emperor for review.

What the examiner didn't expect at the end was that the emperor actually changed his ranking. Lu Simo, who could have been in the first class, was forced into the second class by the emperor.

Although it is still the top of the second class, it is still a lot worse than the first class.

"Just fill in the list according to this and announce the results."

Apart from changing Lu Simo's ranking with No.4, Luo Chengjing did not change anything else.

The chief examiner couldn't guess what Luo Chengjing was thinking, so he responded and announced the results according to Luo Chengjing's adjusted ranking.

Lu Simo knew that he was No.4, so he checked with Tanhua one step away, and then he was not too depressed.

But Zhongyonghou, who knew the result, called Lu Simo over, looked at the sullen Lu Simo, and said, "Do you think it's a pity?"

Lu Simo nodded, "Uncle, I just think that if I work harder on weekdays, maybe I can win the prize this time. Although the top two is good, but it's not as good as the champion. If she can win Tanhua, my sister will also be beautiful in the palace."

Zhongyonghou looked at the young nephew in front of him, shook his head, and said: "I think your second-class title is better than any champion or Tanhua."

Lu Simo was puzzled, "Uncle, why do you say that."

Marquis Zhongyong smiled, and said: "If you are just an ordinary person, naturally you should be the top three in the first class, but you are not, you are the son of Marquis Zhongyong's mansion, and you have a favorite concubine who is an older sister in the palace. "

"If the emperor appoints you as Tanhua, then everyone will not say how good your books are, how good your knowledge is, and they will only think that the emperor appointed you for the sake of the concubine Shu or the Zhongyonghoufu. Tanhua, this will not be good for you to enter the officialdom in the future."

"But as it is now, others will only be like you and feel sorry for you. Maybe the emperor deliberately didn't put you in the top three in order to temper you."

After hearing Zhongyonghou's words, Lu Simo's depression disappeared completely.

And in the next contact with a group of students in the list, everyone's attitude towards him was as expected.

And after Tao Shi entered the palace and came out, and learned from Tao Shi that the reason why he was not in the first rank this time was because his sister asked the emperor specially, he didn't even complain at all. .

Dow looked at Lu Simo and said, "Don't blame your sister."

Lu Simo smiled and hugged Tao Shi's shoulder, "Mother, what do you think your son is, I know my sister is for my own good, how can I blame my sister?"

"It's good that you know." Tao sighed, and said, "You knew about your sister's entry into the palace, and you had to. Although the emperor treats your sister very well now, there is no good or bad in the harem, not to mention the dangers everywhere. Yes, but there must be no time to relax."

"Now you have achieved results in your studies, and you are about to get married soon. You will be an adult in the future. Remember not to be arrogant when you do things and say things on weekdays, and don't cause trouble for your sister, you know?"

Lu Simo's marriage is scheduled for June, which is only two months away.

Lu Simo nodded, "Mother, don't worry, not only will I not cause trouble for my sister, but I will also work hard to become my sister, niece, and nephew's reliance in the palace."

Dow knew Lu Simo's temperament quite well, so he said these words just to remind him.

Seeing that Lu Simo had listened to it, he stopped talking about it, but talked to Lu Simo about the fourth princess and the sixth prince in the palace.

Lu Simo hasn't seen his niece and nephew yet.

In the palace, Lu Wanning had confinement for more than a month, and finally she was out of confinement. Under the service of Qingzhi and Qingdai, she took a beautiful bath, and when she stepped out of the tub, she looked at her waist. That limp flesh fell into silence.

After giving birth to the fourth princess last time, her stomach has almost recovered by the time of confinement. This time... this time it should be because she ate too well.

So from the second day onwards, Lu Wanning intentionally started to eat less, and even made the people in the small kitchen wonder if the food they cooked recently didn't suit the master's taste.

In addition, she moved more diligently every day. In the past few years, she has never let go of the set of body exercises she got from the dancer.

After a few years, Lu Wanning's figure may not be much different from those dancers who practiced since childhood.

Today, Lu Wanning insisted on practicing for a while longer than usual, and her clothes were soaked with sweat. She took the handkerchief from Qingzhi, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and was just about to take a shower and change her clothes , Zhou Man walked in.

After seeing Lu Wanning, Zhou Man stepped forward with a smile on his face, and said, "Master, I just heard the news that the new emperor of Dongchi Kingdom has ascended the throne."

In fact, it was more than a month ago that the new emperor of Dongchi Kingdom ascended the throne, but after all, the kingdom of Dongchi Kingdom is far away from Dayong, so the news did not reach their ears.

Lu Wanning glanced at Zhou Man, and said with a smile: "Looking at your expression, it shouldn't be their third prince who finally ascended to the throne?"

(End of this chapter)