Chapter 786: Tanhua (2)

Cao family, Xifu, study room.

Cao Xiang tried his best to restrain his younger brother even because he was happy. Cao Feng was able to see it, and said with a smile: "My uncle said that the imperial examination career is half the manpower and half the day is determined. As expected, this is true. Yang Erde, the Yuan of the Kehui, was a scholar of Shuntian, Jiawu, and failed three years ago. He made a big splash this year. Before the exam, those famous talents had few people as they wished. It's better to say that, but Mr. Qian is a bit regrettable. I don't know that he had a talent in Jiangnan."

At the end, he remembered that when the exam was taken, there was a 70-year-old man in the shed next door. He was taking the exam with his grandson. He looked strange and said, "Uncle, the 70-year-old man traveled all the way to the exam, why did he come? Even if he was on the list, he could not serve the country. Could it be that as long as he failed, he would have to keep taking the exam like this?"

Cao Yin smiled and said, "What is the 70-year-old man? There is a Shunde Juren Huang Zhang who has passed the imperial examination in his nearly 100 years old and has been a scholar. He has taken the provincial examination at the age of 100. Thirty years have passed the imperial examination. He has passed the imperial examination in his 56th grade. This is already a young and talented person in the eyes of others."

Cao Fu was a little embarrassed by being praised and said embarrassedly: "There are people outside of people and the sky outside of heaven, which is nothing. Before entering the venue this time, I heard that there were a few young scholars, who were only thirteen or fourteen years old."

Cao Xiang said nothing, listening to his younger brother and uncle talking, always feeling unreal.

After more than a month of the exam, he also visited Qian Chenqun at the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Guild Hall, and had private conversations with several classmates who took the exam in the Imperial College. He was really unsure.

Those who can pass the exam for the Juren and take the imperial examination are all the best in various places.

Unexpectedly, it was on the tribute list.

Seeing that his nephew was not obsessed with the slightest slightest, Cao Yin felt relieved, turned around, patted Cao Xiang on the shoulder, and said, "There are not many days left in the palace examination. Be prepared well and live up to the emperor's grace."

The palace examination requires the emperor to preside over it. When he is ranked as a Jinshi, he will be the emperor's disciple...

Fuxiang Hutong, Fengguo General's mansion.

Yongquan was so happy that he couldn't stop talking, Shu Shu felt that Luo was also smiling. Although he was not here during the engagement, Cao Xiang came to pay New Year's greetings in the first month of this year according to etiquette. They had seen his son-in-law. His appearance and character were unspeakable, but he was born in a vain and had a lower status.

In this exam, the fame of Jinshi is stable, how can the couple be unhappy?

Although the Cao family has a family, even if the children do not go to the imperial examination, their career will be unhindered. However, if they pass the Jinshi, they are only a professional class, and if they have a family quotation, they will rise to the top in the future, just around the corner.

Yongquan could not wait any longer and said with a smile: "Let me prepare a backup gift. I will go to see my third aunt tomorrow and ask my in-laws if the wedding date can be determined? The new Jinshi has a leave and will be held in April. It is also a happy couple."

Shu Shujueluo heard this and hesitated for a moment and said, "Master, this is still in the filial piety of the Empress Dowager. Is it necessary to discuss marriage?"

Yongquan glanced at her and said, "It's just a question. The Queen Mother's 23rd funeral will be eliminated. There is no taboo to organize a marriage in April."

After all, he is the daughter of his relative and the eldest daughter. Shu Shu felt that Luo was reluctant to leave and said, "Master, the big girl is only fourteen, why don't she stay for another year?"

Yongquan glared at her and said, "Long hair and short knowledge! The daughter outside the Eight Banners Royal Family, Thirteenth showed up to marry her. Thirteenth is still young? The in-laws made the decision on this marriage that day. I heard that the second master and second grandma are in charge of the family. I will put aside my worries."

Shu Shujue Luo thought of the son-in-law, there was an aunt and a concubine, and he couldn't help but frown and said, "You are so young that you will be your legitimate mother when you enter the door. It's really heartbreaking. If you don't have a son, you can still get rid of someone you don't like."

Yongquan didn't care, waved his hand and said, "Marriage is a good thing to make two surnames. Our daughter is the princess of the royal family and the legitimate wife. What should we care about with a concubine? When the daughter gets married, except for the Cao family, the Prince Ping's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion, there is a marriage in-laws. Even if the Prince Ping's concubine meets you, she will call you "in-law wife". Wouldn't it be decent?"

Shushu felt that the identity of Luo was limited. He had met Prince Ping Fujin and even bowed from afar. However, he had been with Cao Yi twice.

After hearing what her husband said, she was also happy...

According to Cao Yong's intention, he had to wait for April and after the palace examination was completed, he would invite Qian Chenqun to the Cao family to attend the hall. Unexpectedly, a few days after the tribute list came out, Qian Chenqun handed over a famous post to see him.

Cao Yong thought about it for a while, but instead of waiting for the guests to come, he went to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Guild Hall to visit Qian Chenqun.

In addition to being solid in his knowledge, Qian Chenqun is also a filial son, with both virtues and a worthy person. He deserves the word "benevolent and gentleman". If he asks him to teach God to bless them for another three years, it will be a blessing for the children.

Cao Yong came here in person, and Qian Chenqun was quite surprised, but he also calmly answered him.

None of them, I just said frankly that I failed the exam and mentioned that I would continue to stay in the capital. If the Cao family did not dislike it, I wanted to go back to the Cao family to stay in the museum for two years and wait until the next exam before taking the exam.

Cao Yong's side naturally couldn't find it.

Seeing that Cao Yong agreed so readily, Qian Chenqun felt a little embarrassed and asked about the new master.

Cao Yong said: "My father has been in Jiangnan for many years and has been in harmony with local talented scholars and literati. He has also had some poetry and articles over the years. Now he is resigning at home and is planning to sort out these things, but his staff is not enough. Master Wen is an old acquaintance of his father, so it is cheap to do this."

Qian Chenqun felt relieved after hearing this.

When he returned to the Cao family, he was not greedy for the power and Shu Xiu of the Cao family, but was a little reluctant to leave those students. Apart from being a little stupid, not a material for studying, the rest were very smart, especially Niu Niu and Tianyou, who were considered to be Qian Chenqun's favorite disciples.

The two of them said a few more words, and made an appointment that after Qian Chenqun entered the mansion ten days later, Cao Yong came out of the guild hall.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang are originally a place of outstanding people. Among the candidates who come to Beijing to take the exam, there are many candidates from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There are also many candidates from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so the front of the guild hall is very lively, and they are all fellow villagers who come and congratulate.

Cao Yong was wearing regular clothes and didn't even look at him. Thinking of Qian Chenqun's calm appearance of honor and disgrace, he felt a little admiration.

However, he admired his father even more. After all, he had been in office for many years and had a clear understanding of the thoughts of emperors and court officials, and thus inferred the follow-up to the imperial examination.

However, Cao Xiang seems to have not been in vain for his hard study over the years. He just doesn’t know whether it is a second or a third. If it is a second, choose Shujishi and join the Hanlin...

Not to mention how Qian Chenqun returned to Cao's mansion, how many little guys were happy. When Zhaojia, the East Mansion heard the news about the general's mansion asking about the wedding date, he didn't like it, but there was no reason to shirk it.

Before we knew it, it was the birthday of the Birthday.

The Holy Lord has returned to the palace from Tangquan, but because of the national mourning, there is no banquet for this year's birthday.

A few days after the birthday of the Wanbao Festival, the day of the Empress Dowager Daxing’s funeral was held.

The four people from the western prefecture of the Cao family all went to the palace to send spirits.

When the Empress Dowager's coffin was launched, the country's mourning was over. Kangxi originally wanted the priest to send the spirits himself, but because of his physical condition, he could not make a trip, so he decided not to shave his head, and the kings and ministers who sent the coffin did not shave their heads. The ministers in Beijing shave their heads the next day.

After returning from the palace, Cao Yong comforted his mother a few words and returned to Wutongyuan.

Apart from his hat, he took a glass mirror and looked at it for a while, and Chu Yu was stunned.

After more than three months of national mourning, the hair that was pulled in the first half was more than an inch long. Cao Yong touched the top of his head and felt quite strange. If he didn't follow the back, he would look like a later generation.

I lived to twenty-six in my previous life, and I was twenty-five in my current life. Looking at the appearance in this mirror, I was much better than in my previous life. The previous life seemed very far away.

Cao Yong put down the mirror, sat by the kang, squinted his eyes, and did not want to speak.

Xicai brought the ginseng soup, Chu Yu personally took it and delivered it to Cao Yong, saying, "I stood there for a while, I was so tired. The prince took a bowl of ginseng soup and rested."

Cao Yong took it, took a few sips while it was hot, and saw only one bowl, saying, "Why just one bowl? Now it's the season change, so you can nourish it."

"I followed my wife to use bird's nest. This ginseng soup was prepared for the master and the prince." Chu Yu said.

Cao Yong nodded and said, "How has Tianhui complained these days? Did she complain? She originally liked to sleep the most, and her nap was a long time."

"I was tired a few days ago, so I had to sleep after dinner. I had been sleeping less after a long time. In addition, I played with Tianyou and the others, so I looked much stronger."

This time when Mr. Qian came back, Tianyou and Hengshen were happy, and mentioned the school matters several times in front of Tianhui. Because Tianhui was left with only himself in the daytime and could not see his brothers, he also shouted that he would go to school.

If the silence of the year is counted, Tianhui is already four years old. Five or seven years old are all the ages of enlightenment.

Chu Yu's daughter is too quiet and doesn't like to talk, so she is willing to follow her brothers to be more lively. Cao Yong naturally didn't object, but he just felt a little sorry for Qian Chenqun. A talented man with a reputation in Jiangnan became the king of children. To be honest, it is a waste to use such a teacher in elementary school.

However, children are more expensive, and even wasteful.

For the sake of the children, not to mention Qian Chenqun, or even the great scholars in the Imperial Academy, Cao Yong was thinking about it. He had already begun to discuss with his father and went there to hire famous teachers for the children in a few years.

While they were talking, the children came back from school and the brothers and sisters came to pay their respects to their parents.

Cao Yong looked at his daughter carefully and was indeed energetic. Seeing her with crystal lenses around her neck, Cao Yong asked, "How is this used, but it's clearer?"

This is a myopia glass that I changed from the Interior Ministry Futao. However, I don’t have two legs and glasses yet. They are all single-piece, so I hang them around her neck.

Although Tianhui's eyes can see things, she lacks eyesight. In the words of later generations, she is amblyopia and needs to wear a high myopia mirror.

After taking medicine and acupuncture for more than half a year, there was no gain. Fang Zhonggong also said that he was afraid that he could only do this. But he didn't dare to give her medicine anymore, after all, he was still a child.

Although Cao Yong had regrets in his heart, he knew that he should not force it. Besides, compared with the blindness before, it is now a blessing.

Even if parents live long, they are mostly behind their children. At that time, even if they have a lot of money, they may be bullied by someone. Wouldn't it be heartbreaking?

"Clear, my hands are sore." Tianhui wrinkled her little nose and answered concisely.

Chu Yu felt sorry for his daughter and said, "Mr., why don't you learn from outside and make a glasses for Tianhui?"

Chu Yu's meaning is to put it on the book so that his daughter can hold glasses in her hand. Cao Yong is thinking about glasses on both legs.

"Do you have tortoiseshell at home?" Cao Yong asked, "Don't have jewelry, you need coarse materials."

Chu Yu thought for a while and said, "I remember there was a box that was given by Ama in the early years. I don't like this. I took it out a few years ago and wanted to make a few sets of jewelry to honor my wife. The wife said there were a few sets of good ones there, which were left by my grandmother, and it didn't need to be remade, so I kept it without moving."

Cao Yong said: "It just happened that I asked someone to find it out and hurried to find a skilled craftsman in the Internal Affairs Office to make a pair of glasses for Tianhui."

Tianhui listened, pursed her lips and revealed two dimples. Tianyou hesitated for a moment and stepped forward and said, "Father, if you look for someone to make glasses for your sister, can you do it for your husband? The husband's eyes are not good."

Cao Yong didn't know about this. Although it was not a big deal to get a few pairs of lenses, the degree of myopia was different, and the lenses needed were also different.

The one Tianhui used was originally a few boxes of lenses and asked her to try them on one by one, and finally chose them.

It was a little troublesome, but Cao Yong nodded...

The tortoiseshell glasses on Cao Yong's side have not yet been successful, and it is the fifth day of the April 19th, the palace examination period.

Cao Xiang was the first time he entered the palace and the first time he met Tianyan. The Shengjia went to the south in his early years and stationed in the Cao family and summoned descendants of the Cao family. However, the only ones who were honored to meet were Cao Yong and Cao Song.

According to the rules, before he was released from the previous year, he needed to go to the palace to meet him. However, because the sage was in Rehe at that time, he had no chance to see Tianyan.

From afar, you can only see a shadow.

Cao Xiang was sweating all over his palms, and he calmed his mind. He didn't look at the emperor in front or the soldiers around him.

Thinking of the uncle's expectations, the aunt's advice, the gentleness of Lu Ju, Cao Xiang's mind was much clearer. Whether it was the supreme majesty of the emperor or the grandeur of the palace, he would wait until the exam was finished.

When the tribute students started to hold the pen, Kangxi sat on the dragon throne, but turned to the side and ordered: "Go and ask, who is Cao Xiang?"

Standing next to him was Zhang Tingyu, a bachelor of the cabinet and minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhang Tingyu responded in a low voice, stepped aside, and asked several officials from the Ministry of Rites present.

Because Cao Yin was on duty in the Ministry of Rites before he retired, his nephew also attracted the attention of several officials. Someone who had met Cao Xiang in the Imperial Academy pointed to a scholar in the third row and said, "Sir, that's the one."

Zhang Tingyu looked carefully and confirmed the position before returning to Kangxi to report. It was able to induce the emperor to ask, was it because the emperor wanted to be kind to the Cao family? But he didn't know how the Cao family's children were capable of being entitled to the emperor to praise him.

Kangxi looked at him and could only see a tribute student lowering his head and unable to see it. He turned his head and said, "I heard that your younger brother also has this subject, which one is it?"

Zhang Tingyu had seen his younger brother's location long ago. When he heard Kangxi ask, he was stunned. He looked around in the venue for a while, pointed to a scholar in the southwest corner, and said, "If you go back to the emperor, it seems that you are there."

Kangxi picked the corner of his mouth and looked at Zhang Tingyu thoughtfully.

Zhang Tingyu felt that she was thumping in her heart, and she couldn't tell whether she was surprised or happy...
Chapter completed!