Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 1016 But what are these expectations?

Besides, you don't attend the county school often, and you mostly rely on self-study at home, yet you consistently rank at the top of the class every month. Besides having a photographic memory, how could you lack comprehension?

Imagine this: someone with such extraordinary talent, who has not lacked resources, would have all his teachers and elders expecting him to achieve the highest honors in all three categories. Who else would they place their hopes on?
Furthermore, since students from the north and south who took the imperial examinations did not have a natural advantage when they passed the autumn examinations and started taking the spring examinations, they were not the ones who took the examinations in the north.
As a student from Zhili in the north, if one could top the list in the autumn imperial examination and become the top scholar, one's chances of not falling too low in the spring imperial examination, let alone the palace examination.

The most typical example.

Please look at Lord Zhao.

Regardless of what rank Zhao achieved in the spring imperial examinations, let's just talk about the palace examinations. In order to balance the number of candidates from the north and south, Zhao only ranked second in the second class.

What should be said but shouldn't be said.

Is it really going to be a policy question test?
In terms of the ability of candidates to write policies on current affairs topics set by the emperor during the palace examination, Lord Zhao is excellent, but compared with the many talented candidates from Jiangnan?
The fifth place ranking is somewhat inflated.

Do not believe?

We can check the origins of the top three and top ten in the second tier that year. Divided by north and south, the number of people in the top thirteen that year was exactly six to four.

As for Lord Zhao, his ranking in the spring examination must not have been very high. It was impossible for him to be in the top ten, otherwise I wouldn't have only heard that he ranked fifth in the palace examination.

It is estimated that during the palace examination, he performed exceptionally well among the candidates from the north. Furthermore, he was a disciple of the great scholar Wang, which is why the emperor selected him as the fifth-ranked candidate in the palace examination.

This ranking is similar in significance to how Qian Shibo was ranked fifth in the imperial examination by the late emperor.

The late emperor's opinion of Prince Rui was probably not much different from that of Wang Daru. He wanted to suppress him, but was also afraid that the rabbit would bite when cornered.

Regardless of whether they were direct descendants of the once prestigious Langya Wang clan, the fact that their Wang family had produced officials for generations since the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty indicates that they possessed a strong foundation.

Unfortunately, the former head of the Wang family was too cunning. Even though he wasn't a fence-sitter, he was still seen as one by the monarch, nobles, and aristocratic families. In the end, this brought disaster upon his descendants, who were relegated to the sidelines.

Unlike his uncle, even now that his true identity has been revealed, in the eyes of the monarch, nobles and aristocratic families, his uncle is still that upright and humble gentleman, and his reputation is still very good.

As the eldest disciple of your uncle, putting aside the attitudes of powerful and aristocratic families, surely the emperor and his ministers wouldn't want to make things difficult for you in the imperial examinations?
Isn't this also an advantage? Doesn't it almost take advantage of the right time, the right people, and the right place? As long as you win the top score in the provincial and metropolitan examinations, the top score in the imperial examinations is a long way off.
After all, the world is at peace now and the national treasury is full. If we have another six people who achieve the highest rank in the imperial examination, wouldn't that be like a golden age? Wouldn't that be recorded in the history books? How could the emperor not be tempted?
It has to be said that Zhou Banxia's whispered words were very persuasive. After hearing them, Gu Wenxuan couldn't help but feel a surge of pride. Of course, there was no reason why he couldn't get the top six in the imperial examination.

"Try?"

Did you actually take it seriously?

Zhou Banxia blinked innocently, "Of course, trying doesn't cost anything. Besides, your name is Liulang, which is quite fitting for the meaning of passing the imperial examination with six top honors." "Ha!" Gu Wenxuan was about to say how could it not cost anything? If he wanted to pass the imperial examination with six top honors, he would have to work himself to death first, when he heard the teasing voice.

"If that's how you put it, our son's nickname is Liuyuan, and his formal name is Jidi. Wouldn't it be more fitting to put them together as 'Liuyuan Jidi'? Son, don't you think?"

Poor Yuan Ge'er was so confused by his silly father's question that he forgot to kick his father a couple more times with his little legs.

“He peed, honey, our son peed.”

Zhou Banxia couldn't help but glare, only to find that her son had indeed peed. Seeing Gu Wenxuan still waiting motionless for his son to finish urinating, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

I don't know who it is, but Xiao Suo just finished urinating and didn't dare to go near her, disgusted that she urinated in the wrong place. But when it's her own son's turn, she acts all the same. Why doesn't she care about the smell of urine? Why is she afraid of disturbing her son if he can't finish urinating?
That wasn't enough; they even added voice-over.

After shushing for a while, Gu Wenxuan saw that his son had finally finished peeing. He wondered if his son would need to poop next. He had just hummed in response when his son became alert and started wiggling his little bottom, so he stopped pooping.

The child's mother smiled happily. With such a smart son, how could you not be proud of your daughter-in-law!

"No rush, lie down quietly and wait a moment. Daddy will pour some hot water to wipe your bottom. Sit up and keep an eye on our son. Do you really need to pour hot water? That's ridiculous. Don't think about it. Just keep an eye on him and don't let him roll off the bed."

You're just talking nonsense, it's completely unreasonable. A child this young can't even roll over, so how could they possibly roll down?
You even said I like to do everything myself. As for you, I personally pour hot water and call out and the wet nurse or maid will come in to serve you. Look how busy you are, you haven't even put your shoes on yet, you know?
"Alright, Father's back." Gu Wenxuan, unaware of being silently criticized, hurriedly turned back with the copper tray on his half-off shoes. He saw his wife being naughty again. "Why don't you get off the bed and pick up the diapers?"
You're such a grown-up, yet you're not as obedient as your son. If I tell you to lie still, you know not to move around. You only start to fidget or kick when he comes home. Unlike you, who does whatever you're told not to do.

"Isn't your back tired?" Squatting up and down, she hasn't even been in postpartum confinement for a month yet, and she's already so restless. Gu Wenxuan couldn't even imagine what kind of rest his wife meant by "taking a good rest at home."

“It’s all fat, it won’t tire me out. If I don’t move, I won’t lose weight.” Zhou Banxia picked up the diaper that Gu Wenxuan had hurriedly thrown outside the foot tray and put it back inside. She stood up straight and touched her waist.

"Nonsense, you're not fat at all. You can't lose weight. Aunt Chen and her sister-in-law have had the kitchen prepare a lot of slimming recipes for you. What are you still doing? If you move around a little more and eat those things again, do you believe you'll become as thin as a sheet of paper again?"

Do not believe!

If you're not taking care of the baby yourself, how can you lose a lot of weight? Even if the kitchen prepares a weight-loss diet, you can't eat a lot of weight-loss foods if you're not still in postpartum confinement. If you want a slimmer waist and a smaller belly, you still have to rely on yourself.

"How about this? After you finish your two-month postpartum confinement period, if your waist still isn't as slim as you want, I'll go to the gym with you. I guarantee you'll have at least six-pack abs—no, I misspoke, I guarantee your waist will be so slim—"

"Like a bucket?" Zhou Banxia chuckled and replied, "Just focus on wiping your son's bottom, I'm not in a hurry. I'm not doing this for looks, I just want to be healthy. It doesn't make a big difference whether I lose weight sooner or later."

If I believed you, I'd be out of my mind!
Gu Wenxuan shook his head and smiled noncommittally. Just as he was about to speak, he heard footsteps approaching the east wing. A maidservant followed, seemingly telling Mai Dong that Master Zhou was looking for him.

Got it!
I'm going out now!