Iron Kui Extra (Eighty-Eight)

Meng Ranxi went to Lan's house, no matter how Mrs. Meng tossed Ruhui, she remained calm.

More than a month passed quickly.

Ruhui sent Meng Ranxi to the examination room, and before he got off the carriage, said, "Sir, don't worry, I believe you will pass the exam." With her husband's talent and learning, as long as he performed normally, he would definitely be on the list.

Meng Ranxi smiled and said, "I won't let you down."

When she got home, Ruhui heard that Mrs. Meng San had started fasting, and asked everyone in the third room to follow her.

Ruhui laughed and said: "What's the use of eating fast and reciting Buddha's name? The Lord Buddha doesn't care about imperial examinations! If you want to worship, you should also worship Wenquxing." Before the exam, Mrs. Meng San took Meng Guangwu's daughter-in-law to various temples. Xiang, I hope that the beads will bless her son to pass the exam.

Mai Sui said softly: "Third Grandma, should we go to the Wenquxing Temple to pay homage to Lord Wenquxing, and ask him to bless the third master to pass the exam."

"Shiyin can't live without me." The child is young, and it won't be beautiful if he is scared by going up the mountain.

In fact, the main reason is that Ruhui doesn't believe in these things. If you can pass the exam by worshiping gods and Buddhas, you don't need to study hard for more than ten years.

It will be tried for nine days, one game in three days, this is the same as the previous dynasty. However, the exam time was changed to September, which made Juzi suffer a lot less than before.

Meng Ranxi was picked up by her family after each exam. Ruhui offered food and drink, and didn't ask how he did in the exam. In her words, the exams have already been completed, and asking again is useless except to make Meng Ranxi nervous.

Nine days passed in a flash. Meng Ranxi relaxed after the exam, and fell asleep when she got home. When I woke up again, it was already the second night.

Ruhui brought him water to wash him, and said, "Do you want noodles or porridge?" If he hasn't eaten for a day, it's better to eat noodles or porridge.

"Is grandpa at home?" Hearing that Meng Shangshu was at home, Meng Ranxi washed her face and said, "I'll go find grandpa."

Ruhui held his arm and refused to let him go, and said softly: "If you want to answer the question, there is no rush for a while, just go after eating."

Meng Ranxi had no choice but to agree.

Half a quarter of an hour later, a bowl of chicken noodle soup with mushrooms was served. inside

A bowl of noodles was eaten by Meng Ranxi after three times and five divisions.

After wiping her mouth, Meng Ranxi went to the front yard to find Meng Shangshu.

When I went outside Meng Shangshu's study, I realized that Meng Guangwu had come an hour ago.

Meng Shangshu saw Meng Ranxi and asked him if he had eaten. After hearing that he had eaten, he asked him to write the answer silently.

It was midnight when Meng Ranxi returned to her yard. As soon as I entered the yard, I saw that the light in the master bedroom was still on.

After entering the room and seeing that Ruhui was still asleep, Meng Ranxi said without waiting for her to ask, "Grandfather read my answers and said that I should be able to pass the exam."

"Can I enter the second class?" A total of 300 people were admitted in the previous court examination, but this has changed. Two hundred people will be accepted for the examination. There are three people in the first class, sixty in the second class, and one hundred and thirty-seven in the third class. Ruhui didn't dare to think about first-class; as long as Meng Ranxi could enter second-class, she would be satisfied.

Meng Ranxi shook her head and said, "I can't say for sure." It mainly depends on how the other candidates do in the exam.

Ruhui smiled and said: "Anyway, I've finished the exam, so you can spend the next two days with Shiyin well!"

Because Meng Ranxi had to prepare for the exam, she didn't care about her wife and children. And the previous period was to live in Lan's house, and I hadn't seen my daughter for more than a month.

"Okay." Instead of going out and wandering around, it's better to stay at home with the children.

In the early morning of the next day, Ruhui heard that Meng Guangwu was ill: "Master, my fifth brother had a high fever last night." So it's not unusual for Meng Guangpeng to have a fever.

"Let's go and visit him later!"

In the third room, Mrs. Meng San looked at Meng Ranxi very unkindly. I don't know, I thought the two had some kind of enmity!

Ruhui is not a person who can swallow his anger, so he immediately sulked: "My husband and I came to visit my fifth brother out of kindness, what do you mean, third aunt? Could it be that we came here by mistake?"

Mrs. Meng San said coldly: "The imperial list hasn't come out yet, it's still too early for you to come here to show off."

If Huiyou was not stupid, he immediately understood that the old man might say that Meng Guangwu was hopeless. It is estimated that he could not bear the blow and fell ill at night.

Meng Ranxi pulled Ru Hui, and said to Mrs. Meng San, "Aunt San, take good care of my fifth brother, and we'll go back first."

Ru Hui held back her anger and went back, and finally couldn't help but curse out in her own room: "I've never seen such a shameless elder." There is no such thing as an elder, how can anyone respect him.

Although Meng Ranxi was also uncomfortable, she was used to these bad words over the years: "She's just like that, it's not worth getting angry about her."

Ruhui was surprised: "Before the exam, didn't you tell them that Meng Guangwu has little hope this time?"

"I said it, my grandfather told my grandmother and my fifth brother. I think the third aunt should also know about it!"

On the day when the test results came out, the Meng Mansion had already sent people to guard it. When the imperial list is posted, they will be able to see the results immediately.

No matter how calm she was, Meng Ranxi was still very nervous. After all, this is a matter of a lifetime. Holding Shi Yin in her hands, her eyes always drift outside.

Ruhui also wanted to know the result, but she was steady, and deliberately joked when she saw this: "Why don't you wait outside! That way, you'll know the result as soon as it comes out."

Meng Ranxi shook her head and said, "No need, it's the same as waiting here."

Half an hour later, Meng Ranxi's personal entourage ran from the outer courtyard into the inner courtyard, shouting as he ran, "I got hit, the third master got hit..."

When Meng Ranxi heard this, she stood up immediately with joy. Shi Yin thought she was teasing her, so she couldn't stop giggling.

Ru Hui also walked out of the room and asked, "How many names did the third master win?"

Hearing that Meng Ranxi got the 29th place in the exam, Ruhui was overjoyed: "Reward, everyone will be rewarded with one month's money."

Meng Ranxi was always twenty-three in the provincial examination, and at that time she was only compared with the students in the capital. It is really not easy to pass the exam with so many outstanding talents from all over the country.

Hearing that she passed the exam and her ranking was better than expected, Meng Ranxi felt relieved. But soon, he asked again: "How many names is Brother Hui?"

The entourage smiled and said: "Master Lan is the member of this session."

Meng Ranxi was overjoyed: "I knew that Brother Hui would definitely come first in the exam."

After finishing speaking, Meng Ranxi said to Ruhui, "It's thanks to Brother Hui that I got such a good name this time. We have to thank him again." Unlike the tense atmosphere in the Meng family, Lan Yanghui seemed to be indifferent. I know I'm going to try it soon. Qianqian would occasionally exchange learning experiences with Meng Ranxi, but in his spare time, he liked to chat with him about how delicious the dishes at Fuyunlou and Deyuelou were, and which shop had the best pastries. Affected by him, Meng Ranxi had a very good attitude before the exam.

Ruhui smiled and said, "Naturally."

After thinking for a while, Ruhui said, "In order to get him to let you go to Lan's house to study, Ah Zhan sent a picture of calligraphy to Master Lan."

"What word?"

This Ruhui didn't know: "I don't know what characters, and Uncle Zhong didn't tell me. But it shouldn't be ordinary calligraphy and paintings that can catch the eyes of Young Master Lan." Ning Hai collected a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings as well as books. As the heir, Ning Zhan can take these things at any time.

Meng Ranxi accepted his brother-in-law's love.

After the test is over, the next step is the palace test. However, the palace examination is attended by people from the first and second grades, so there is no such thing as the top three.

Mrs. Meng San felt that Meng Ranxi's success in the exam was entirely due to Lan Yanghui's guidance. So she felt that if Meng Ranxi had agreed to take her son to Lan's house to study, Meng Guangwu would have passed the exam.

With this idea in mind, Mrs. Meng San felt even more displeased with Meng Ranxi and Ru Hui.

Meng Ranxi didn't care about her, but Ruhui quit. After being ridiculed by Mrs. Meng San again, Ruhui directly sued Meng Shangshu.

In front of grandchildren like Ruhui and Meng Guangwu's daughter-in-law, Meng Shangshu scolded Mrs. Meng three bloody: "Guangwu's foundation is not solid, this time he is just trying to get familiar with the atmosphere of the examination room. You mean, he didn't pass the exam because Ran Xi didn't work hard and my grandfather didn't work hard?"

Mrs. Meng San knelt on the ground and dared not say anything.

After Meng Shangshu got angry, he grounded Mrs. Meng San for three months, and then let everyone disperse.

Mrs. Meng looked at his tired face and blamed herself: "Master, I didn't take good care of this house." She also scolded Mrs. Meng, but it was useless.

Meng Shangshu looked at Mrs. Meng and said, "It's not that you didn't manage the family well, it's that we didn't marry a good wife." Now because of him, the eldest daughter-in-law and the younger daughter-in-law dare not go too far. As soon as he closes his eyes, this family will definitely be broken up. But as long as Meng Guangpeng and Meng Ranxi brothers are promising, he can die with peace.

Mrs. Meng San was grounded, and the others were also frightened. The Meng family suddenly calmed down, and Meng Ranxi could prepare for the palace examination with peace of mind.

When Meng Ranxi returned home after the palace examination, her face was full of smiles.

Ruhui asked at the first sight, "Did you do well in the exam?"

Meng Ranxi didn't answer, but said, "Ruhui, this is the palace examination hosted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Ru Hui asked a little strangely: "His Royal Highness is the crown prince, and he has also started to handle some government affairs in the past two years. It is not a surprise that the emperor and the queen will let him preside over the palace examination!"

Meng Ranxi smiled and said, "The prince presided over the palace examination, so we are considered students of the prince." As the first batch of students, we will definitely be valued extra in the future.

It turned out to be happy for this!

Ru Hui asked with a smile: "How did you do in the exam this time?" I hope that the ranking will not fall behind.

Meng Ranxi felt pretty good, but he was cautious and didn't dare to say big things before the results came out: "It's all done." He answered the questions this time very smoothly.

The results of the palace examination came out soon, the number one scholar was Lan Yanghui, the second place and Tanhualang were two talents from Northwest and Jiangnan respectively.

Ruhui heard that Meng Ranxi had scored 21st in the imperial examination, and asked, "Should this rank be able to enter the Imperial Academy?"

Meng Ranxi hummed and said, "Grandpa means, let me go to the Yamen for three years, and then I will be released for qualifications."

After entering the Hanlin Academy, you will be eligible to leave the cabinet and become a prime minister in the future. But since ancient times, there have only been a few of them who have left the court to become a minister: "Since my grandfather said so, he has his own considerations."

Not long after, Meng Ranxi joined the official department.

ps: Sorry, I was really tired today, I fell asleep after putting the child to sleep.