Today is the day when the provincial examination results are released.

Everyone in the Gu family deliberately slowed down when eating breakfast, as if they were waiting for something.

Starting from the provincial examination, if you pass the examination, there will be a messenger sent by the government to go to the residence of the deceased to announce the good news. They do not have to go to the examination in person and crowd in front of the examination. Besides, the Gu family does not live in the capital, even if they want to see the examination for a while,

Can't even see it.

Huating County is under the direct jurisdiction of Songjiang Prefecture. It is very close to the prefectural city, only more than an hour's journey away. If you ride a horse and run quickly, you can get there in less than half an hour.

No matter how much they chewed slowly, the meal was still finished. As the sun was getting closer, the official who announced the good news had not yet arrived.

Gu Yunji gently scraped the bottom of the bowl with a spoon, pretending to still be eating. In fact, the bowl was extremely clean, so he could find something to do for himself during the long wait.

"well--"

Gu Yunlin let out a long sigh and put the spoon into the bowl, making a crisp sound when it collided.

The hall was originally silent, but his sigh made everyone nervous look at him.

After waiting for so long, theoretically the news official should have arrived, but there is no news yet. Gu Kaizhen was already in a bad mood, and Gu Yunlin's sigh immediately gave him an outlet:

"If you don't want to eat, don't eat! Sigh, you've lost all your energy for the day!" As he said, he looked around and saw that everyone was basically lowering their heads and pretending, and then said, "Since we've all eaten, then

Just withdraw!"

"Good news——"

At this moment, a loud shout came from outside the courtyard. Immediately afterwards, a man dressed as an official with a red cloth tied around his waist entered the hall.

"Mr. Gu Yunxiao ranked 37th in the provincial examination of Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture!"

Gu Kaizhen stood up from the chair in a flash, with a look of ecstasy on his face: "Hahaha! Okay! Okay! My son has won!"

A smile finally appeared on Gu Yunxiao's face. He breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and saluted Gu Kaizhen and Mrs. Wang solemnly: "My son finally lived up to the expectations of his father and mother!"

The two of them quickly helped him up. Gu Kaizhen's eyes were filled with tears and he stroked his son's shoulder happily: "My son is so good! Your hard work in studying for so many years has not been in vain. Now my father can finally be in front of your grandfather."

Got face!"

For a moment, the hall became noisy, and everyone congratulated Gu Yunxiao one after another.

Gu Yunji sincerely blessed: "Congratulations to the eldest brother for winning the election." In a real aristocratic family, everyone is prosperous and everyone suffers losses. The so-called intrigues and fights for power are actually very rare. After all, the eldest son inheritance system is there.

After all, it's not yours to jump around. It's better to have a good relationship with your brother, so that you can be taken care of by your brother in the future and get more benefits.

What's more, in private terms, Gu Yunxiao has always been very kind to him and is a good brother. Gu Yunji naturally hopes that he will have a good future.

Gu Yunxiao still had that gentle look, and replied with a smile: "Thank you so much, third brother. Third brother has worked so hard these days, and in the long run he will definitely be able to pass the examination."

Everyone was lively for a while, but Mrs. Wang was the first to recover from her joy and gave the official a bag of broken silver as a reward.

The official who announced the good news was overjoyed and took it with great gratitude. He also said several auspicious words and then left happily.

Gu Kaizhen's face glowed brightly and he waved his hand: "The young master has won the imperial examination. This is a great event for the mansion. All the servants in the mansion will receive an extra month's money! Also, go buy some more firecrackers from a few people and come back. I will give them to you at noon.

I'll leave it at the door for a quarter of an hour!"

After a while, the servant who bought firecrackers came back. As soon as noon came, they set them up at the door of Gu's house. They also invited a gong and drum team to play and beat, and walked back and forth from the entrance to the end of the alley for several times.

After a long time, all the neighbors knew that Gu Yunxiao, the eldest son of the Gu family, had passed the exam.

In the afternoon, people who were good friends with the Gu family sent people one after another to congratulate them with gifts. Gu Kaizhen and his brothers Gu Yunxiao received foreign guests in the front yard, and Mrs. Wang and the ladies received the female family members in the inner yard.

The Gu family was extremely busy.

At this time, the boy at the door shouted loudly: "The eldest lady and uncle are back!"

When he heard that his daughter, who had not returned to her parents' home for a long time, was back, Gu Kaizhen hurriedly went to greet her.

"Sister..."

Before Gu Yunxiao could salute, the eldest lady Gu Yunyi hugged him and cried and laughed: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Yunxiao has grown so tall! I think back then I was just a follower who only called me sister all day long.

Well, now it’s all about raising people!”

Gu Yunyi is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Wang. She grew up with Gu Yunxiao since she was a child. The two siblings have a very good relationship. Three years ago, she married Yang Hezhuo, the second son of the Yang family, a wealthy local gentry in Huating County.

wife.

I never thought that Yang Hezhuo did not strive to make progress and was not as good as his eldest brother in everything. He could not please his parents. Even his wife Gu Yunyi was not welcome in the Yang family. However, her mother-in-law was very strong and would call her to set the rules from time to time. Her husband

Being a coward and not being welcomed by her husband's family, Gu Yunyi's life was very miserable.

Now that Gu Yunxiao has been promoted, the Yang family is concerned about his official status, and they will definitely not dare to despise Gu Yunyi again. Therefore, Gu Yunyi's hardships have finally come to an end, and she can see her family members whom she misses day and night, how can she not cry with joy.

Gu Yunxiao's face turned red when he mentioned his childhood embarrassment. Gu Kaizhen stepped forward and was very happy to see his daughter whom he had not seen for a long time: "It's a happy event for your brother to win the election, why are you crying? It's rare to come back, so just sit at home for a while,

Your mother also misses you very much."

Hearing this, Gu Yunyi quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and hurriedly greeted Gu Kaizhen.

Just now, Gu Yunyi hugged Gu Yunxiao and cried and laughed as soon as she entered the door. Gu Yunji and Gu Yunlin couldn't get a word in. Now that they had time, they also took advantage of the opportunity to salute her: "I've met eldest sister."

Gu Yunyi glanced at the two of them, nodded and smiled, and then her eyes fell on the upright Gu Yunji:

"We haven't seen each other for a year or two, but my third brother has grown so tall. I remember the day I got married, my third brother was still a little timid and afraid of life. Now he looks generous and generous. He has really grown up." Gu Yunyi said with emotion.

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At this time, uncle Yang Hezhuo, who had been standing in the corner and had been ignored, said: "My son-in-law has met my father-in-law."

Gu Kaizhen naturally knew that his daughter's life in her husband's family was unsatisfactory, so he didn't have a good look towards Yang Hezhuo at the moment. Hearing this, he glanced at him sideways, ignored him, and walked directly into the main hall with Gu Yunyi and others.

Yang Hezhuo looked slightly embarrassed when he saw this, and did not dare to say anything, so he had to follow silently.

Not long after everyone sat down in the main hall, Mrs. Wang and her family members also arrived.

Gu Yunhe, the second daughter of Aunt Sun, Gu Yunhua, the third daughter of Mrs. Wang, and Gu Yunqiao, the fourth daughter of Gu Yunji, all the young masters and ladies were all present at once. As for Aunt Sun and Aunt Zhao, they are the ones on such an occasion.

Not eligible to attend.

As soon as Mrs. Wang saw her daughter, who had been thinking about her day and night, she couldn't wait to pull her to look around. When she saw that Gu Yunyi was safe, she wiped her tears and felt relieved. The ladies also gathered around the eldest sister they hadn't seen for a long time and started talking.

The whole afternoon was filled with laughter and laughter in the main hall.

Unknowingly, it was already dusk. The guests left one after another, and even Gu Yunyi followed Yang Hezhuo back to Yang's house reluctantly. The Gu residence began to become deserted.

Seeing that it was getting late, the Gu family was about to ask their servants to clear the tables and chairs and close the door of the mansion when they heard the sound of gongs and drums coming from outside the mansion. After a while, an official came in and shouted: "The county magistrate is here!"

Hearing this, everyone in the Gu family hurriedly arranged their appearance and went to see him.

Outside the door, the county magistrate Chen Rong, wearing a green official uniform and soap boots, got off the sedan surrounded by officials.

"Student Gu Kaizhen, together with his sons Gu Yunxiao, Gu Yunlin, and Gu Yunji, pay homage to the county magistrate." As he spoke, Gu Kaizhen bowed to the county magistrate, and Gu Yunxiao and Gu Yunlin also quickly followed their father's example and bowed.

Both his father and elder brother had great honors, so they could not bow down when meeting officials, but just salute. Gu Yunji, who was still a child, did not dare to go beyond the rules, so he quickly knelt down, kowtowed, and bowed politely.

"No need to be polite." Chen Rong reached over Gu Kaizhen and stretched out his hand to help Gu Yunxiao up. He was also a member of the Juren family and got this official position as a candidate. He was on the same level as Gu Yunxiao, but because of his older age and the status of his parents as officials.

I could accept a courtesy from him, but I didn't dare to ask him to take care of me, so I quickly helped Gu Yunxiao up.

Gu Kaizhen seemed to be several years older than Chen Rong, but because he was just a scholar, he could only lower his profile and call himself a student in front of the county magistrate. Gu Yunxiao and Chen Rong walked side by side in front, and he carefully followed behind

, don’t dare to cross the line at all.

Chen Rong didn't sit down for long after entering. He exchanged a few pleasantries and encouraged Gu Yunxiao before saying goodbye and leaving.

In fact, there were four people in Huating County who passed the provincial examination this time, and Gu Yunxiao was not the one with the highest ranking. The reason why the county magistrate Chen Rong came to visit Gu Mansion was because he thought that the Gu family was a branch of the Gu family from Jiangnan, not to mention that Gu Yunxiao was also the one with the highest ranking.

He was very young and was very likely to become a Jinshi in the future. Regarding this, Chen Rong began to think about making friends. If he could join the Gu family in Songjiang, his official career would be smoother.

Lying in bed at night, Gu Yunji felt a lot of emotion.

Today, the county magistrate came to visit. Both his father and brother bowed to each other, but he himself had to kowtow. His son walked in front, but his father, Gu Kaizhen, could only follow behind. In ancient times, the hierarchical order was so strict that the first level of an official would crush someone to death.

If he was just a little boy all his life, he would have to grovel in front of these dignitaries for the rest of his life and never stand up straight. Thinking of this, Gu Yunji clenched his fists.

He is not willing to accept it. Since everyone cannot be equal in this world, then he must climb to a high place and look down at others from the top. He must not become an ant praying for fate at the feet of others. In the past, Gu Yunji took the imperial examination just to change his own life.

Life, after what he has experienced today, a desire for power grew in his heart for the first time. Now, Gu Yunji has re-established his goal.
Chapter completed!