Li Ang strode towards the eagerly awaited classmates from Zhenzhou. Chai Cuiqiao ran down from the pavilion and asked nervously: "How is it?"
"That's right, it's okay."
Li Ang smiled and waved his hand, "I have passed the exam."
"Okay!!"
The loud cheers of the students from Zhenzhou made everyone present look askance.
A young scholar from out of town who was over the age of admission to the academy and came to watch the ceremony said in a sour voice to his friend next to him: "Who is this? We are celebrating so happily now, don't hand in the paper in advance and leave without answering the questions.
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"We have reached the final level of the academy, the final exam. How could anyone voluntarily withdraw from the exam?"
The friend next to him said helplessly: "And that person came second in the academy's first exam and first in the retest. This time he is the first to come out. It seems that this year's top pick will fall in Zhenzhou."
Discussions spread among the crowd watching the ceremony. Li Ang ignored the noise and looked helpless as he was surrounded by his classmates from Zhenzhou and mounted his horse, heading south.
Li Ang slipped away quickly, and the eyes of everyone watching the ceremony fell on He Fanshuang.
Parents whose children were still in the examination room, as well as people who came to watch the ceremony, all hurriedly asked He Fanshuang about the content and difficulty of the exam, and whether they had seen their children.
"Everyone, let me borrow it."
A gentle male voice sounded, and the crowd was naturally separated by the invisible and gentle force.
"Brother, Aye, Aniang."
He Fanshuang smiled and greeted her parents, who were honest and simple like old farmers, or old farmers, and her handsome brother in white robes. The family got on the carriage and left.
"Who is this?"
The young scholar from out of town subconsciously asked, but his friend beside him was shocked and said: "What... He Siping?!"
"Who? Is he famous?"
"Prince's East Palace, the fifth grade lower Zuochunfang Zhongyun, the high-level Xunyun Realm that is only one step away from the Zhuxiao Realm."
The friend next to him took a breath and said: "At the same time, he was also the top scorer in the third examination of the Academy eight years ago."
"A son and a daughter are all admitted to the Academy. How did their parents teach them?"
"I heard that their parents used to be sharecroppers working outside Chang'an City..."
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Li Ang, who was riding a horse, looked helpless and walked around Chang'an City surrounded by his companions.
The Jinshi group, which specially organized celebrations for new Jinshis, heard the news and came over on their own initiative. They beat gongs, drums, strings and bamboos in front, and shouted to clear the way. They also brought apricot blossoms, peonies and other famous flowers from unknown places and scattered them all over the sky along the way.
The custom of apricot blossom being the official flower of Jinshi of Yu State, and peony being the national flower, can be traced back to the Queen’s fascination with it.
Xiangguo Temple, Qujiang Pool, Furong Garden.
Visiting the old place again, the mood is naturally different. The Jinshi group and the students from Zhenzhou made plans to prepare a banquet for Li Ang in Furong Garden, but Li Ang politely refused on the grounds of "mental and physical fatigue".
Everyone expressed their understanding that the final exams in the academy were exhausting and they had to go to the imperial city to meet the saint at night, so they should have a good rest.
So everyone gathered around Li Ang and returned to Huaidefang Hotel.
The owner of the hotel, a wealthy businessman from the West City who had never shown up before, heard the news and hurried over. While congratulating Li Ang, he asked his men to seize the time to tidy up the courtyard.
Weeding the yard, planting precious flowers, brushing the fur of the bay horse, and laying bluestone on the courtyard floor, it was so busy.
He also insisted on refunding the rent money of a group of students from Zhenzhou during this period.
He also said, "This house was once lived by the top scholar in the academy, and it has the aura of Wenquxing. It will be used by his own children in the future and cannot be rented out to others." This made Li Ang dumbfounded.
A group of people gathered in Huaidefang to celebrate the news of winning the top prize in the academy. The news spread from one to ten, and soon Li Ang saw the enthusiasm of the people in Chang'an.
There was a crowd of people in the street, and Chang'an citizens who wanted to see what the top scholar in the academy looked like surrounded Huaide Square three times inside and three times outside.
The outermost citizens of Chang'an have begun to spread the rumor that Li Ang "looks like Pan An, is as affectionate as Song Yu, and is better than Zijian."
Rich merchants from all over the world sent a dazzling array of gifts.
The housekeepers of each government sent greeting cards to the families of nobles and ministers,
The fellow villagers from Zhenzhou in Chang'an City enthusiastically surrounded Li Ang and kept congratulating him in Zhenzhou dialect.
People are almost numb.
Li Ang, who was the focus of the crowd, struggled to squeeze into the courtyard and left the job of receiving guests to the self-recommended Jinshi group.
And asked Zhai Yiming and others to go back to Zhuque Gate and wait for Ji Linglang, Yang Yu and others who have not yet come out - lest there be no one to celebrate when they come out.
The Chang'an Jinshi Group has rich experience in receiving guests, but the leading man still reminded Li Ang in a low voice that some of the nobles and ministers who came to deliver greeting cards in the afternoon were here to build relationships, and some were here to recruit Long Kuai's son-in-law.
It is not news that the nobles of Chang'an will look for a husband for their daughter from newly promoted Jinshi.
The status and future of the disciples who pass the Academy are even higher than those of Jinshi. So much so that there is a custom in Chang'an of "catching a son-in-law under the ranking list". Every time the Academy results are released, a wealthy family will snatch someone to be their son-in-law.
What's more, Li Ang didn't be unable to practice for the rest of his life as Xi Yangyu said. He directly won the top prize in the academy and had a bright future.
As long as the engagement is made now, even if the emperor wants to get married at night, it won't be that easy.
The greetings from wealthy businessmen are easy to send,
However, invitations from ministers, ministers, ministers, doctors, temple ministers, generals, and princes...
It’s not that easy anymore.
"As soon as I come to get a high rank, I will serve as an official in the East Palace Army. I will welcome my wife to the prime minister's house and praise the talented people."
Song Shaoyuan laughed in a low voice and said: "Risheng, you are lucky. Have you chosen which prime minister to marry? Have you chosen the daughter of a prince or a prince?"
"Brother Song, please stop making fun of me."
Li Ang rolled his eyes at Song Shaoyuan, who was standing next to Qianjiao Baimei Youduzhi.
Although the academy does not prohibit disciples from getting engaged,
But first of all, he didn't want to get married now and let strangers intervene in his life.
Secondly... aristocratic families respect family status, and the etiquette is complicated. It is definitely not a good thing to live together.
For example, in the past, there was a scholar who became the son-in-law of a prime minister. Because he had never seen the market, he took the bath beans given by his maid for bathing as food and ate them with hot water. It was passed down as a joke.
As for the princess and princess of the clan...that's even worse.
Everyone knows that many of the princesses of the Li family are arrogant, extravagant and extravagant, and some even have quite... corrupt lives.
But never.
Li Ang shook his head, and while he was thinking hard about how to deal with the invitation, the people from Yan Mansion finally arrived.
The Yan Mansion knew that Li Ang was going to take part in the final exam today. Before he came, he knew that Li Ang had no spiritual talent. If he didn't pass the exam, both parties would be embarrassed. Moreover, they had already prepared a path for Li Ang to enter the Ministry of War Zhongsi Academy.
Now that I have passed the exam, I no longer have any worries.
Yan Lin's eldest son and second son acted as groomsmen for Li Ang, welcoming guests, and they were able to cope with the invitations sent by the nobles.
Li Ang also took advantage of this opportunity and entered the room with Chai Cuiqiao. He breathed a long sigh of relief and fell on the bed, holding his painful and split eyebrows.