[Chapter 2164 Tie Kui Fanwai (88)]
Meng Ranxi went to Lan’s house, no matter how much Madam Meng’s tossed Ruhui, she was calm.
More than a month passed quickly.
Ruhui sent Meng Ranxi to the examination room, and before he got off the carriage: “Master, don’t worry, I believe you will pass the examination.” With her husband’s talent, as long as he performs well, he will 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 said with a smile: “What’s the use of eating fast food and reciting Buddha? The Lord Buddha doesn’t care about the imperial examination! If you want to worship it, you should also worship Wenquxing.” Before the exam, Mrs. Meng San began to take Meng Guangwu’s daughter-in-law to various temples. Xiang, I hope the beads will bless her son to pass the exam.
Mai Sui said softly: “Third grandma, should we go to Wenquxing Temple to worship Wenquxingjun, and ask him to bless the third master to pass the exam.”
“Shiyin can’t be separated from me.” The child is young, and if he is scared to go up the mountain, he will not be beautiful.
In fact, the main reason is that Ruhui doesn’t believe in these things. If he worships gods and Buddhas, he can pass the exam, and he needs to study hard for more than ten years.
It will be tried for nine days and once every three days. This is the same as the previous court. However, the exam time was changed to September, and I suffered a lot less crimes than before.
After each exam, Meng Ranxi was picked up by her family. Ruhui offered delicious food and drink, and did not ask how he did in the test. In her words, she had already finished the exam, and asking Meng Ranxi was useless except to make Meng Ranxi nervous.
Nine days passed in a flash. After Meng Ranxi finished the test, she relaxed and fell asleep when she got home. When I woke up again, it was the second night.
Ruhui brought water for him to wash, and said, “Do you want to eat noodles or porridge?” It is better to eat noodles or porridge after not eating for a day.
“Is grandfather at home?” Meng Ranxi said after washing her face when she heard that Meng Shangshu was at home, “I’ll go find my grandfather.”
Ruhui took his arm to keep him from leaving, and said softly, “If you want to get the right question right, you won’t be in a hurry, just go after you’ve eaten.”
Meng Ranxi was helpless and could only agree.
After a quarter of an hour, a bowl of chicken noodle soup with mushrooms was served. inside
Meng Ranxi finished eating a bowl of noodles by dividing by three and five. After wiping her mouth, Meng Ranxi went to the front yard to find Meng Shangshu.
When I went outside Meng Shang’s study, I learned that Meng Guangwu had come an hour ago.
Meng Shangshu saw Meng Ranxi and asked him if he had eaten. When he heard it was eaten, he asked him to write down the answer by dictation.
It was only in the middle of the night that 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.
When she entered the room and saw that Ruhui had not slept yet, Meng Ranxi said without waiting for her to ask, “Grandfather read my answer and said that I should be able to pass the exam.”
“Can I get into the top two?” A total of 300 people were admitted to the previous exam, but this has changed. The meeting will now admit 200 people. 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 it in the first grade; as long as Meng Ranxi could enter the second grade, she would be satisfied.
Meng Ranxi shook her head and said, “I’m not sure.” It mainly depends on how other candidates did in the test.
Ruhui said with a smile: “Anyway, the exam is over, so you can accompany Shiyin for the past two days!”
Meng Ranxi didn’t care about her wife and children because she had to prepare for the exam. In the previous paragraph, I lived 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 is better to stay at home with the children.
Early the next morning, Ruhui heard that Meng Guangwu was ill: “Xiaogong, fifth brother had a high fever last night.” Therefore, it is not unusual for Meng Guangpeng to have a fever.
“Let’s go and see him later!”
When they arrived at the third room, Mrs. Meng San looked at Meng Ranxi with a very bad look. I don’t know, I thought the two had a grudge!
Ruhui is not a person who swallows her voice, she immediately said with a sullen face: “I came to see the fifth brother with kindness, Third Aunt, what do you mean? Could it be that we came here wrong?”
Mrs. Meng San said in a cold voice, “It’s still too early for you to come here to show off.”
If Huiyou is not stupid, he immediately understands that he is afraid that the old man said that Meng Guangwu has no hope. It is estimated that he could not bear the blow and fell ill at night.
Meng Ranxi pulled Ruhui and said to Mrs. Meng San: “Aunt San, you take good care of the fifth brother, we will go back first.”
Ruhui endured her anger and went back, and when she got to her room, she finally couldn’t help but scolded: “I have never seen such a shameless elder.” Without the appearance of an elder, how could anyone be respected.
Although Meng Ranxi was also uncomfortable, she had become accustomed to these vicious words after so many years: “She’s just that kind of person, it’s not worth being angry for 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 knows it too!”
On the day when the exam results came out, Meng Mansion sent someone to guard it early. When the ranking list has been posted, they will be able to see the results as soon as possible.
No matter how calm she appeared, Meng Ranxi was still very nervous. After all, it’s a lifetime event. Holding Shi Yin in her hand, her eyes always drifted outside.
Ruhui also wanted to know the result, but she was steady, and when she saw it, she deliberately joked: “Otherwise, you can go outside and wait! 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 while running, “I got hit, the third master got hit…”
When Meng Ranxi heard this, she immediately stood up with joy. Shi Yin thought she was teasing her and kept giggling.
Ruhui also followed out of the house and asked, “How many names did the third master win?”
Hearing that Meng Ranxi was ranked twenty-ninth in the examination, Ruhui was overjoyed: “Reward, each person will be rewarded with a month’s money.”
Meng Ranxi was ranked twenty-three in the township exam, and at that time she was only competing 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 had passed the exam and her ranking was better than expected, Meng Ranxi’s heart was relieved. But soon, he asked again, “How many names is Brother Hui?”
The entourage said with a smile: “Master Lan is the leader of this session.”
Meng Ranxi was overjoyed: “I knew that Brother Hui would definitely be the first in the exam.”
After finishing speaking, Meng Ranxi said to Ruhui, “I can get such a good name this time thanks to brother Hui, and we have to thank him.” Unlike the tense atmosphere of the Meng family, Lan Yanghui seemed to be indifferent. I know I will try it soon. I would occasionally exchange learning experiences with Meng Ranxi at the front, but in my free time I like to chat with him about how delicious the dishes in Fuyunlou and Deyuelou are, and which store has the best pastries. Affected by him, Meng Ranxi had a very good mentality before the test.
Ruhui smiled and said, “This is natural.”
After thinking for a while, Ruhui said, “Azhan sent a letter to Master Lan in order to get him to agree with you to go to Lan’s house to study.”
“What word?”
This Ruhui didn’t know: “I don’t know any words, and Uncle Zhong didn’t tell me. But what can catch the eyes of Young Master Lan should not be ordinary calligraphy and painting.” Ning Hai collected a lot of antique calligraphy, paintings and books. As the heir, Ning Zhan can use these things at any time.
Meng Ranxi accepted his brother-in-law’s love.
The test is over, and the next step is the palace test. However, the palace exam is for the people who are in the top one and two tops, and there is nothing to do with the top three.
Mrs. Meng San felt that Meng Ranxi was able to pass the exam because she had to be instructed by Lan Yanghui. So she felt that if Meng Ranxi agreed to take her son to Lan’s house to study, Meng Guangwu would also be able to pass the exam.
With this idea, Mrs. Meng became more and more disliked when she saw Meng Ranxi and Ruhui.
Meng Ranxi didn’t care about her, but Ruhui quit. After being ridiculed by Mrs. Meng San again, Ruhui directly sued Meng Shang before writing.
In front of Ruhui and Meng Guangwu’s grandchildren, Meng Shangshu scolded Mrs. Meng bloody: “Guangwu’s foundation is not solid, this time he is just trying his hand, and he is familiar with the atmosphere of the next examination room. So you say, Ranxi didn’t do his best for him because he didn’t pass the exam, and my grandfather didn’t do his best?”
Mrs. Meng San knelt on the ground and dared not speak.
After Meng Shangshu made a fire, he banned Mrs. Meng San for three months, and then let the crowd dispersed.
Madam Meng looked at him with a tired look and said, “Master, I didn’t take care of this family.” She also scolded Madam Meng San, but unfortunately it was useless.
Meng Shangshu looked at Mrs. Meng and said, “It’s not that you didn’t take care of this family, 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 do not dare to be too rude. As soon as he closed his eyes, the family would definitely be falling apart. However, as long as Meng Guangpeng and Meng Ranxi and his brothers had something to offer, he would be able to rest his eyes even if he died.
Mrs. Meng San was grounded, and the others were also frightened. The Meng family suddenly calmed down, and Meng Ranxi could also prepare for the palace exam with peace of mind.
When Meng Ranxi returned home after the palace test, her face was full of smiles.
Ruhui asked, “Did you do well in the test?”
Meng Ranxi didn’t answer this, she just said, “Ruhui, this time is the palace exam presided over by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”
Ruhui 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 unexpected that the emperor and the queen will let him preside over the palace examination!”
Meng Ranxi said with a smile: “The palace exam is presided over by the prince, so we are considered the prince’s disciples.” As the first batch of disciples, they will definitely be valued more in the future.
So happy for this!
Ruhui asked with a smile, “How did you do this time?” I hope the rankings will not fall behind.
Meng Ranxi felt pretty good, but he was cautious and didn’t dare to say big words before his grades came out: “It’s all done.” This time he answered the question very smoothly.
The results of the palace examination came out soon. The first champion was Lan Yanghui, and the second place and the tanhua were two talents from Northwest and Jiangnan respectively.
Ruhui heard that Meng Ranxi scored 21 in the palace exam and asked, “Should this ranking be able to enter the Hanlin Academy?”
Meng Ran said with a sigh: “Grandfather’s meaning, let me go to the yamen to practice for three years, and then release my qualifications.”
After entering the Hanlin Academy, you will be eligible to leave the cabinet in the future. However, since ancient times, there have been only a few of them: “Since grandfather said this, he has his own considerations.”
Not long after, Meng Ranxi entered the Ministry of Officials.
ps: Sorry, I’m really tired today, and I fell asleep after coaxing the child to sleep.
