Of course, Jingwan and the Luo family were not the only ones who paid attention to the three brothers of the Luo family. The three of them were already married and even became fathers. The Yue family would definitely pay special attention to them. Oh, except for the people of Ding General Manor. Although Old Madam Sun resolutely solved most of the problems, would the rest of the people be quiet? Naive!
Sun Yijia's two brothers were fighting fiercely, and it was unusually white-hot. On the surface, it was more lively than the fight for the throne between the princes. How could they have the time to care about whether Luo Jingbo had the imperial examination or not? The big things outside were trivial in their eyes. To some extent, Prince Kang's matter was second. The Empress was ill and could not care about it. Prince Kang's words were not very effective. It was good to obey in public but bad to the face. But later on, he would not take it seriously and continue to put the matter between them first.
Prince Kang's power was originally led by Ding General Manor. The two brothers did not know what was important. How could others rest assured to put their future on Ding General Manor? Therefore, some people were moved and considered whether to choose another good tree. Some people had greater ambitions and wanted to replace Ding General Manor. The merit of ascending to the throne had to be divided into primary and secondary. The final benefits were also different. As the saying went, the cake was so big. Who didn't want to swallow the biggest piece?
The people of Ding General Manor had not discovered these changes for the time being. Prince Kang was probably angry because his cousins did not take him seriously. Someone wanted to replace Ding General Manor's position, but he pretended not to know. He even pushed the boat with the current. Obviously, he was ready to give some people in Ding General Manor a cold shoulder and let them know how powerful he was. He did not want them to think too highly of themselves and even forget who their master was.
Therefore, recently, Prince Kang and Qin Tianming had a close relationship in private.
Qin Tianming was a military general, but he was also very smooth and cunning. Prince Kang did not doubt his loyalty at all.
Carefully calculating, Prince Kang and Ding General Manor had a grudge. He thought he was a loyal general, but in reality, the master he was loyal to was Prince Jin. Prince Rui had been hit repeatedly. Su Mingzhang had turned against his master and became a deadly time bomb. His wife's separation from him meant that there might be problems between him and the Yue family. As for the Shen family where the Right Governor was, Shen Shuhan was actually a general without an army. Because the rest of the Shen family had been eliminated by Li Hongyuan. The Gong Prince and his father-in-law had a falling out. Half of the building, well, half of it, it was a dangerous building. As for the rest, even if they had already been bestowed the title of Prince, they were all nothing to be afraid of, let alone those who had not yet been bestowed the title of Prince. In other words, the current Qi Yuan was still fiercely fighting, but in fact, Prince Jin's family was already the dominant force.
If he tried to usurp the throne at this time, the chances of success were not too high. However, Li Hongyuan obviously did not have this plan for the time being. After all, success was success, but in the end, the chaos would also be very big. There would be too much trouble, and he would have less time to accompany his wife. It was completely not worth it. Therefore, the power of those brothers would continue to nibble away.
Not to mention these things, if one thought about it carefully, the Luo family actually had nothing to do with Duke Ding's fu. After all, Sun Yijia and Sun Yilin had already been adopted, and the genealogy had already been changed. Not to mention that Sun Yijia did not even want to pay attention to those people, even if Duke Ding's fu wanted to "reach out" to the Luo family and "show concern" for Luo Jingbo, they were essentially unqualified.
There were also Luo Peishan's colleagues, subordinates, and old friends who had already secretly prepared congratulatory gifts. Their views were the same. If Luo Peishan was not confident, he probably would not have let his grandchildren take part in the competition.
Who knew how many people were envious of Luo Peishan. How could he, Luo Peishan, be so good at giving birth and raising children? The Luo family was obviously in a good position now, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was like the sun at noon. It was a pity that the three of them were already married. It was not that marriage was difficult, so why did they get married so early? The oldest, Luo Jingde, was only 23 years old. He had not even passed the Jinshi exam, so why did he get married? Sure enough, the other families were treacherous. They had "taken in" people early.
However, the Fourth Young Master and Fifth Young Master of the Luo family had also grown up. One was 17 years old, and the other was 16 years old. They were both from the first branch. Especially the Fifth Young Master, who was the son of the first wife. Although he was not even a scholar yet, people did not think that he was uneducated. It was just that he had not gone back to take the exam. In the past two years, these two brothers had gradually become well-known in the capital. Their momentum was similar to that of the three older brothers. For men, 16 or 17 years old was actually a little early to talk about marriage. However, Luo Jingbo had gotten married at 17 years old. If they waited any longer, he would be snatched away by other families.
Therefore, the Luo family had become lively again recently. For the Luo family, this was not the first time, so they were able to deal with it easily. Moreover, looking at the situation, the Luo family would become even more lively after the examination.
In fact, there were many people who had their eyes on Jiang Wanli. In addition to the fact that he was favored, it was also because he was related to the Luo family. After all, he was the youngest disciple of Luo Peishan. Luo Peishan had never married and had no children. Obviously, he must be a descendant of Luo Peishan to take care of him for the rest of his life. Therefore, he was a member of the Luo family. His youngest disciple was like Luo Peishan's youngest son. Moreover, Jiang Wanli's family had a history of hundreds of years. Perhaps there were no people who stood at the top of the imperial court, but there were many who were scattered all over the Qi Yuan.
However, Luo Peishan had another residence in the capital. He had long escaped with his youngest disciple. Other than his own family members, no one knew where they were. They could not catch them even if they wanted to, so they could only sigh and stomp their feet. After all, other than his parents and grandparents, only Luo Peishan could make the decision for Jiang Wanli's marriage. However, Luo Peishan's temperament was a little strange. It made sense. He did not marry, did not have children, and ran around the country. How could such a person be like a normal person? Even if such a person came to find him, he would probably be simply and crudely driven out.
However, the Luo family's liveliness was not limited to this. After all, the Luo family's current momentum was obvious to all. How could they allow him to continue to be neutral? Although they could not have it, others could not have it either. It was quite fair to think about it. However, it was really uncomfortable to not have such a resource in their hands. They still wanted to do something.
However, if they thought about it carefully, they would realize that every time they wanted to pull Luo Peishan into their camp, there would always be various situations that would cause their plans to fail in the end. Obviously, they had not reacted to it yet. If there were too many accidents, then it would not be an accident anymore.
Under such an atmosphere, they would try to start.
Qi Yuan's metropolitan examination was shorter than the provincial examination. It was only a total of three days. It would still be very tiring. However, the current season was good and the weather was good. Moreover, they had experienced three rounds of "purgatory". In comparison, it should not be a problem. Therefore, in the metropolitan examination, there were relatively few people who quit midway. Of course, it was not that there were no exceptions. After all, the metropolitan examination was one level higher and the psychological pressure was greater. Anyway, there were people who quit every year for various reasons.
After going through purgatory, no matter how good one's body was, one would more or less collapse when one came out.
Regardless of whether one was happy or depressed, regardless of whether one was prepared to fight again next year or was disheartened, at this time, it was more appropriate to have a good sleep. It was better to think about other things after sleeping in the dark.
All the exam papers had been sealed and there was a professional transcribing them. The transcribed exam papers would be reviewed. After a unified ranking, it would be compared with the original exam papers. This step mainly depended on each candidate's handwriting. According to the quality of the handwriting, the rankings would be adjusted appropriately. There would not be a big fluctuation. Of course, if one's handwriting was not good, they might be eliminated directly. However, such a situation was not likely to happen. After all, if one's handwriting was not good, they would have been eliminated before. How could they reach this step?
The possibility of a mistake being transcribed was not high. After all, once a mistake was made, the person who transcribed it would be severely punished after being discovered.
By the time the rankings were released, all the candidates would be full of vigor and vitality.
Although Jingwan was not nervous, she was more concerned about the final result. She also wanted to see the final ranking of her three brothers. Although the Huiyuan Exam would be forgotten after a period of attention, it was fine as long as they passed the exam. To some extent, the ranking was meaningless. Even if they were the top scorer, they might not be able to have a meteoric rise. Even if they were the same as the Jinshi, they might not be unable to have a brilliant career. However, probably influenced by the exam-oriented education in her previous life, after every exam, who would not care about the ranking? Although the results this time might be forgotten before the next exam.
With Jingwan's identity, there was no need for her to see it in person. Moreover, because of her husband, as long as she wanted to know the ranking in advance, it was just a matter of a word. However, Jingwan did not do such a thing.
When Jingwan was leisurely eating melon seeds, Eunuch Mu came to report the good news to her.
As a senior lackey, he naturally came to ask for the reward in person, although it was not him who went out to see the rankings.
His face was obviously young, but wrinkled because of Eunuch Mu's smile. He kept saying good things as if they were free. Eunuch Mu simply said that the three brothers of the Luo Family were rare and unparalleled in the world.
Jingwan slowly peeled a melon seed and put it into her mouth. It was more interesting to eat the melon seeds by herself. She chewed for a while and said, "Mu 'an, that's enough. Get to the point."
Eunuch Mu looked serious and quickly reported the ranking of the three brothers of the Luo Family. They were very good. They were actually in the top 30. Before Jingwan got married, her grandfather had commented on the knowledge of the three brothers. There was not much difference between the three brothers. According to her grandfather, they would definitely pass the exam this time. But according to the situation at that time, they would probably rank in the top 100. If they were not lucky, they might become Jinshi in the palace exam. Looking at the actual ranking now, either they had worked hard in the past two years, or the overall level of the exam this time was low. Jingwan naturally preferred the former.
With such an awesome person like Jiang Wanli, she naturally could not let others drag her down.
"Tell them that if I'm happy, everyone in the mansion will be rewarded with three months' salary. Those who are ordered by you to run errands will be rewarded with three more months' salary. Remember, take it from your share. "Jingwan said in a small voice.
Eunuch Mu immediately put on a bitter face. "Yes, Your Highness." Then, he went to carry out his task listlessly.
Jingwan laughed. Although Mu 'an was a lackey, in Jingwan's opinion, most of the time, the lackeys were just there to amuse him. She knew that as the only chamberlain of the living King of Hell, he would have an exaggerated personality … Hmm, how should she put it? Amusing? Well, Jingwan definitely did not mean to be derogatory.
It was said that servants followed their masters. Instead of saying that Mu 'an's real personality was like this, Jingwan felt that he was more like a eunuch who was in power in a certain dynasty in her previous life. He could be a kitten or a puppy in front of his master, but he was ruthless, decisive, and used power as he pleased. Of course, Mu' an was definitely not at that level. After all, in Qi Yuan, eunuchs were purely servants. At most, they could help their masters with some affairs. If they dared to meddle with power, they would not even know how they died. Jingwan was referring to Mu 'an's personality and ability, although she had not seen him being serious.
If he was really like this, it was impossible for him to stay by a certain someone's side.
The court examination would be held the next day. Li Hongyuan had attended the last court examination, but this time, he had no intention of going.
Anyway, the court examination's format was the same. It was just that the examinees were different every year. It might be interesting if it was held once or twice, but it would be completely boring if it was held too many times. In fact, Jingwan was quite curious. However, she knew that it was not an occasion for her to attend, so she decided not to. She would definitely have a chance in the future.
Although she could not attend the court examination, Jingwan was still interested in the parade of the three Grand Scholars. Although she had experienced it three years ago, her status was different. It seemed that her state of mind had changed.
The final rankings were sent to Jingwan first. Unsurprisingly, Jiang Wanli was the top scorer. Jingwan had no impression of the second and third place. After all, she knew that there were all kinds of guesses outside. She had paid attention to them as well. Obviously, these two people were not the popular candidates. Was there a dark horse?
Soon, Jingwan received the detailed information of these two people. This was the biggest benefit of having a group of capable subordinates. After looking at the information, Jingwan could only sigh.
Third place aside, other than knowledge, one's appearance was also important. Therefore, it was not strange for someone to be in his twenties. However, the second place was actually close to 50 years old. He had been taking the examinations since he was a teenager. Logically speaking, people like him should be classified as' slow 'in the eyes of scholars. Even if he made it, his ranking would not be too good. However, this time, there was actually an old second place. Was this a late bloomer, or was this the result of a sudden breakthrough?
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